Genre Breakbeat hardcore | Label Atlantic | |
Released 29 June 1992 (1992-06-29) Format CD single, maxi single, vinyl Writer(s) Joe Raposo, Jon Stone, Bruce Hart | ||
"Sesame's Treet" is a 1992 remix of the Sesame Street theme song "Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?" by the English rave group Smart E's. The song reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart. The title is a pun on "Sesame Street".
Contents
At the time of its creation, dance music was not played on major radio stations. London radio station Kiss FM soon became legal, but attained a lightly more commercial style. According to Luna-C of Smart E's, “It was good, because now our music was getting the recognition it deserved, but it was crap, because the money men forced it to be less than it was trying to be.”
Kiss FM DJ Steve Jackson obtained the record and played it on the radio. Its popularity dramatically increased, and Smart E's was signed to Atlantic Records.
The Prodigy's "Charly" and Urban Hype's "A Trip to Trumpton" were two other rave tunes of that time, also sampling from children's programmes (collectively known as "Toytown Techno").
Video
The video displayed an A-Z of the rave scene as follows (in the following order):
A is for 'Ardcore
B is for B.P.M.
C is 4 Chill Out
D is for Dance
F is for Flyerz
G is for Get Down
H is for Handz In The Air
I is for In The Mix
J is 4 Jack
K is for Kosmos
L is for Love (Summers Of)
M is 4 MC
N is for Nine-0-9
P is for Pumpin'
Q is for Q-Bass
R is for Rave
S is for Smart E's
T is for Techno
O is for Oops
U is for Ultra Violet
V is for Vinyl
W is for Warehouse
X is for X-press Yourself
Y is for Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Z is for Zero Gravity
Notable is the absence of the letter E. Presumably, this implied Ecstasy, and its absence was either due to not wanting to promote drug use in a commercial music video, or it was deliberately left out to imply that whether or not a raver took Ecstasy was their personal choice.
Track listings
- "Sesame's Treet" (Edit) – 3:33
- "Sesame's Treet (Krome & Time Remix)" – 5:22
- "Magnificent" – 4:36
- "Sesame's Treet (12" Version)" – 5:10
- "Sesame's Treet" (Edit) – 3:33
- "Sesame's Treet (12" Version)" – 5:10
- "Sesame's Treet (Krome & Time Remix)" – 5:22
- "Sesame's Treet (Beltram Mix)" – 5:04
- "Sesame's Treet (Hardcore Mix)" – 3:22
- "Magnificent" – 4:36
- "Sesame's Treet" (Edit) – 3:33
- "Sesame's Treet (Krome & Time Remix)" – 5:22
- "Sesame's Treet (12" Version)" – 5:10
- "Magnificent" – 4:36