Rubber Duckie

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"Rubber Duckie"
Single by Ernie (Jim Henson)
from the album The Sesame Street Book and Record
Released 1970
Format 7"
Recorded 1970
Genre children's, pop
Length 2:25
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Jeff Moss

"Rubber Duckie" is a song sung by the Muppet character Ernie (voiced by Jim Henson) on Sesame Street. The song is named after Ernie's toy, a rubber duck affectionately named Rubber Duckie.

The song became a surprise mainstream hit, reaching #6 on WLS on 21 September 1970, #16 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 26 September 1970[1], and #14 on the Australian Singles Chart on 19 December 1970.[2] "Rubber Duckie" was nominated for the Best Recording for Children Grammy in 1971, losing out to the album The Sesame Street Book & Record, which contained the song.[3]

The song had two follow-ups, "Do De Rubber Duck" and "D-U-C-K-I-E".

The song made a brief appearance in a scene in Three Men and a Little Lady, and during an episode of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?".

Contents

[edit] Ernie's version

[edit] Different versions

  • Version 1: The living room set was used.
  • Version 2: The bathroom was a plain blue background.
    • This version seems to be the most famous and most often-used version.
  • Version 3: This version took place in an actual bathroom, interspersed with footage of rubber ducks and kids taking baths.
    • Steve Whitmire, performer of Ernie since 1993, performed the character on this version to Jim Henson's original vocal track.

[edit] Other versions

  • Little Richard also sang this song in the album Splish Splash: Bath Time Fun.
  • Jane Krakowski sings the song on her live album The Laziest Gal in Town.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel, "Top Pop Singles: 1955-2006," 2007.
  2. ^ "Go-Set Australian charts - 19 December 1970". Poparchives.com.au. 1970-12-19. http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1970/19701219.html. Retrieved 2011-04-20. 
  3. ^ Oloffson, Kristi (2009-11-09). "Top 10 Sesame Street Moments". Time (New York: Time). http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1936900_1936910_1936993,00.html. Retrieved 2011-03-30. 

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