Feelings

"Feelings" is a well-known ballad performed in the 1970s by Morris Albert. The song was featured on the Sesame Street album Let Your Feelings Show! as being performed by Marry Banilow (Marilyn Sokol) and the Muppetones. The song starts out normally, but degenerates into a Spike Jones-style parody, complete with assorted random noises, yelling, screaming and other sound effects.
The song was also sung by Beaker for the UK spot from episode 424 of The Muppet Show. His heartfelt rendition of the song is backed by Animal on drums (and backing vocals), Janice on guitar, Rowlf on piano and Zoot on saxophone. Halfway through the performance, the audience boos Beaker, so Animal quiets them down. 
Beaker later attempted to sing the song during the framing scenes of Rock Music with the Muppets. Animal also performed this song during Muppets on Location: Days of Swine and Roses.
On Sesame Street, Gladys the Cow moos a brief rendition to demonstrate her singing skills in Episode 2799. Wolfgang the Seal plays (and barks) "Feelings" on his horns in order to get a fish as a reward from Gina in Episode 2813. Sonny Friendly belted out a verse of the song near the end of a "Here Is Your Life" sketch, honoring a storybook, and Prairie Dawn plays a bit of the song at the end of the "Girl Talk" sketch. 
==References==
*A parody commercial of food songs in episode 112 of The Jim Henson Hour includes the song "Peelings."
*The song was also parodied as "Felines" in an animated Sesame Street segment.
*At the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Elmo sits in the commentator booth with Katie Couric. Following the cast's performance of "Rubber Duckie" on the Sesame Street float, Elmo tells Couric that the tune is "the second greatest song of our generation." When asked what the first is, Elmo sings the first lines of "Feelings."
*A sample of Morris Albert's recording was briefly used in a pre-taped segment featured in the Electric Mayhem's performance at the 2016 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival.
==Releases==
;Audio
*Let Your Feelings Show! (1977)
*Feelings/Let Your Feelings Show! (single, 1977)
;Video
*Muppet Moments (1985)
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