Top 10 Muppets Songs

it's time to play the music it's time to light the lights welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're counting down our picks for the top ten Muppet songs for this list we're taking a look at the most sensational inspirational celebrational and Muppet ational musical numbers featuring this timeless band of puppets [Applause] [Music] keep in mind we're excluding songs that weren't originally written for the Muppets like Mahna Mahna as well as tunes that exclusively appeared on Sesame Street as they deserve their own list [Music] number 10 the big house Muppets Most Wanted hated boys this is the Russia's premiere if more prisons had Tina Fey as a singing guard and inmates providing backup we'd all be inclined to commit more crimes in the that being said gulag 38 B is far from the luxury resort Nadia pitches in this tune from Muppets Most Wanted after being wrongfully imprisoned Kermit finds that his new home is even murkier than a swamp but at least he gets an entertaining song to go with this rule with a catchy beat and doo-wop harmony this Bret McKenzie penned number will have you snapping your fingers all the way to the big house number 9 happiness hotel the great Muppet Caper [Music] if you didn't enjoy your stay in the big house you might prefer the happiness hotel on the surface this dank English n might not look like much but it packs in a lot of heart spirit and Muppets regardless so if you don't find friendly animals the staff and residents will even play you a song upon checking in as exhibited in this scene from the great Muppet Caper like a warm welcome from a country cousin happiness hotel overwhelms you with its cheerful hospitality even if the home in question is tacky and rat infested [Music] number eight we're doing a sequel Muppets Most Wanted we're back by popular demand everybody knows the sequel is never quite as good as its predecessor let alone better but Muppets Most Wanted is one of the few sequels that actually pokes fun at this literally picking up where the previous film left off the Muppets plan their next movie through a satirical song along the way they take shots at less successful follow-ups like The Godfather Part three four tailed Disney's plan to make a Toy Story 4 and jam in a couple of quality celeb cameos for good measure as clever as it is triumphant we're doing a sequel demonstrates that the Muppet franchise truly has no end in sight [Music] number seven can you picture that the Muppet movie The Muppets are no stranger to self-referential humor acknowledging plot devices as if they're elephants in the room let me take your picture reading the script for the Muppet movie dr. teeth and the Electric Mayhem try to think of a way to get there new friends from point A to point B their solution painting their car via a musical montage [Music] it might not be the smoothest transition into song but that's part of the joke can you picture that is nevertheless a bubbly energetic and immensely fun and funky number about believing in yourself [Music] [Applause] number six pictures in my head the Muppets is there more I could have said now there are only pictures in my head 2011's the Muppets reminded audiences just how much they come to miss characters like Fozzie Bear gonzo the great and the Swedish Chef over the years I didn't do it I've been framed [Music] gone through the great will ride this baby again the film hit us especially hard when Kermit takes a trip down memory lane looking back on all the cherished times he had with his friends would anybody watch or even care or did something break we can't repair pictures in my head perfectly captures the sentiment of nostalgia making you feel right at home one second and then empty inside the next no matter how much the world changes though characters like the Muppets will never be forgotten but I'm standing here instead now there are only pictures in my head number five moving right along The Muppet movie [Music] driving in a Studebaker the unlikely duo of Kermit and Fozzie Singh of their showbiz dreams and the long road to Hollywood throughout their travels they encounter a number of visual gags like a fork in the road and a certain larger-than-life bird in some respects moving right along feels like a number out of a road to movie with Kermit as Bing Crosby and Fozzie as Bob Hope fill of light-hearted puns and Kermit's upbeat banjo stylings this is the ideal tune to accompany any road trip moving right along number four man or Muppet the Muppets with a knack for quirky lyrics and whimsical music Bret McKenzie was born to write the songs for the Muppets [Music] he won an Oscar for Best Original Song for the hilarious man or Muppet in which brothers Gary and Walter face an identity crisis looking in the mirror Gary is confronted by his Muppet equivalent while Walter is confronted by his human equivalent Jim Parsons of course [Music] am I am I am Abed if I'm a muppet well I'm a very manly mother very manly muppet singing their hearts out both come to sudden realizations as one declares himself a muppet of a man and the other stands tall as a very manly muppet [Music] [Applause] of a man I'm a very manly [Music] number three The Muppet Show theme The Muppet Show what better way to get things started every week then with this iconic theme song written by Sam Caudill and Jim Henson himself it's like a kind of torture to have to watch this whole through its large scale opening number The Muppet Show established upfront that it wasn't some Kitty puppet theater it was an extravagant variety show with dogs playing pianos monsters dancing and bears telling jokes hey I got an opening joke for you tonight the sequence would shake things up each week with Statler and Waldorf delivering a new wisecrack and gonzo blowing his bugle of infinite sound effects from Episode one however the gene song has always maintained the same energy humor and charm no matter where it appears [Music] number two be in green Sesame Street and The Muppet Show it's not easy being green this classic song not only speaks to those born with a green complexion but to anybody who's ever felt different seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things originally performed on Sesame Street but some many times since in other Muppet media being green expresses Kermit's greatest insecurity but it has become even more meaningful with its message applying to race environmentalism and more but greens the colors spring and green can be cool in the context of the Muppets The Melancholy frog sometimes wishes he possessed a more appealing skin color like red or gold when I think it might be nicer being red or yellow or gold by the song's conclusion though Kermit realizes that being green is nothing to be ashamed of if anything a lot of beauty can be found in green after all it's one of the many diverse colors that make up a rainbow I am green that'll do fine that's beautiful and I think it's what I wanna be before we close the curtain on our top pick here are a few honorable mentions [Music] each time this promise every breath I take will be used number one Rainbow Connection the Muppet movie rainbows are beacons of hope and so is this oscar-nominated song from The Muppet movie the Rainbow Connection the lovers the dreamers written by Paul Williams and Kenny Asher Kermit the frog's heartwarming trademark number establishes his desire to seek out something greater in life [Music] [Applause] the rainbow his dream of finding the Rainbow Connection might seem impossible if this banjo-playing amphibian has proven anything however it's that no dream is unattainable and that enduring message has gotten the song were prized by the Muppets on several occasions whether you're looking for stardom friendship home or all of the above your first step is tracking down that rainbow and following it to the very end [Music] do you agree with our list what's your favorite Muppet song for more Muppet ational top 10s published 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Keywords: The Muppets (Musical Artist), Song (Composition Type), Music (TV Genre), muppet, songs, kermit, funny, puppets, the big house, can you picture that, we're doing a sequel, happiness hotel, the great muppet caper, muppets most wanted, the muppet movie, pictures in my head, man or muppet, the muppet show theme, movin' right along, Animated Cartoon (TV Genre), The Muppets (Film), Television (Invention)

Id: DBJIpwDfOeo

Length: 14min 40sec (880 seconds)

Published: Sat Sep 05 2015