Jim Henson Records Jim Henson Records was a music label established by the Jim Henson Company in 1992 , with a five - year licensing deal with record distributor Bertelsmann Music Group for worldwide distribution . BMG was established in 1987 by the multinational media company Bertelsmann AG ; the Henson albums were distributed through the BMG Kidz line . The first album , the soundtrack for the film " The Muppet Christmas Carol " , was released in November 1992 . The official launch of Jim Henson Records was announced in March 1993 . Releases . In 1993 , Jim Henson Records released a set of seven albums , including several re - releases : the soundtracks for " The Muppet Movie " and " The Great Muppet Caper " , and " Rock It to the Stars " , a 1985 " Muppet Babies " soundtrack album . Jim Henson Records also released " Muppet Hits " , a compilation of " Muppet Show " songs previously released on LP in the late 70s . Jim Henson Records also released " Ol ' Brown Ears is Back " , a Rowlf the Dog album containing previously unreleased tracks recorded by Jim Henson and Derek Scott in 1984 , and " Music and Magic " , a " Fraggle Rock " soundtrack album . The first completely original album for Jim Henson Records was " Muppet Beach Party " , a collection of classic surf tunes sung by the Muppets . The final track on the album , an enthusiastic rendition of " Wipe Out " sung by Animal , was released as a single . A music video for " Wipe Out " aired on VH1 , featuring Animal rocking out over footage from 60s beach movies . The single reached the # 1 spot on the children ' s record charts during the summer of 1993 . As a special cross - promotion with Target department stores in spring 1993 , Jim Henson Records produced a four - song cassette , " Put Some Zing In Your Spring " , which was packaged with stuffed toys of Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy . The cassette included " The Rhyming Song " ( from " Muppet Hits " ) , " Rainbow Connection " ( from " The Muppet Movie " ) , " Fraggle Rock Theme " ( from " Music and Magic " ) and an original song by Kermit and Piggy , " Zing Into Spring " . In 1994 , Jim Henson Records released a second " Muppet Show " compilation , " Muppet Hits Take 2 " . Kermit Unpigged . The label ' s final album was the ambitious " Kermit Unpigged " , a concept album in which the Muppets are lost in a busy recording studio , where they join famous singers for duets . The celebrity lineup included Vince Gill , Linda Ronstadt , Don Henley , Jimmy Buffett and George Benson . On one track , Miss Piggy performed a raucous duet of " Born to Be Wild " with heavy metal performer Ozzy Osbourne . To promote the album , Kermit and Miss Piggy recorded a music video for the first track , " She Drives Me Crazy " . The Muppet footage was intercut with numerous celebrity cameos , in the style of " Sesame Street ' s " celebrity versions of " Monster in the Mirror " and " Put Down the Duckie " . Filming for the cameos was done in September 1994 at studios in Los Angeles and New York City , and attracted press attention . The roster swelled to 23 celebrities , including Leslie Nielsen , Katie Couric , Fran Drescher , Conan O ' Brien , Paul Reiser , Shari Belafonte , Dick Clark , Gilbert Gottfried , Ricki Lake and Paula Poundstone . The producers were so eager to get celebrities to participate in " She Drives Me Crazy " that Phil Collins ' cameo was taped in a hotel room , and Bruce Willis and Demi Moore were " invited to contribute segments on location . " As it turned out , the footage of Willis and Moore appears to have been shot in the kitchen of their beach house , with the stars dancing around to the tune playing on a radio . The uncomfortable result is so star - studded that the mugging celebs threaten to crowd Kermit and Miss Piggy out of their own video . Lawsuit . The lackluster " She Drives Me Crazy " video is an appropriate end to the Jim Henson Records line , as the plug was pulled not long after . Just a month after the celebrities filmed their cameos for " She Drives Me Crazy " , BMG informed Henson that they wanted to cancel their distribution agreement and close down BMG Kidz . In February 1995 , " Billboard " printed a story , " Jim Henson Productions Sues BMG Over Poor Management " :