Sesame Street is turning 50 years in November. As part of the yearlong celebration, they’ve posted this fun compilation of well-known musicians parodying their own songs over the years. (I’m actually ok with not being able toget REM’s “Happy Furry Monsters” out of my head because it’s adorable.)
A YouTube commenter listed all the musical artists with their Sesame Street-ed song:
* 1973 – Stevie Wonder | Superstition (0:00)
* 1978 – Paul Simon | Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (5:09)
* 1979 – Ray Charles | I Got a Song (1:40)
* 1984 – James Taylor | That Grouchy Face (3:41)
* 1988 – Smokey Robinson | U Really Got a Hold on Me (4:02)
* 1988 – Billy Joel | Just the Way You Are (0:38)
* 1988 – Marlee Matlin | Just the Way You Are (0:38)
* 1996 – Melissa Etheridge | Like the Way U Does (4:15)
* 1996 – Spin Doctors | Two Princes (1:15)
* 1998 – Tony Bennett | Slimey to the Moon (2:48)
* 1999 – REM | Furry Happy Monsters (1:24)
* 2000 – Hootie & the Blowfish | Hold My Hand (2:01)
* 2000 – The Goo Goo Dolls | Pride (1:05)
* 2002 – Dixie Chicks – No Letter Better Than B (2:20)
* 2003 – Sheryl Crow | I Soaks Up the Sun (1:48)
* 2004 – Norah Jones | Don’t Know Y (0:18)
* 2005 – Andrea Bocelli | Time to Say Goodnight (2:27)
* 2007 – James Blunt | My Triangle (5:00)
* 2008 – Feist | 1234 (3:00)
* 2009 – Jason Mraz | Outdoors (4:47)
* 2011 – Elvis Costello | (A Monster Went and) Ate My Red Two (3:27)
* 2012 – Train | Five By (3:11)
* 2015 – One Direction | What Makes “U” Useful (4:31)
* 2015 – Macklemore | Grouch Thrift Shop (3:53)
Just try and tell me that didn’t make you smile, even a little.