Dance Myself to Sleep

In the song "Dance Myself to Sleep," Ernie explains that when he can't fall asleep, he gets back up out of bed and dances until he feels sleepy. He's joined in his dancing by some Boogie Woogie Sheep, a bugle, and his Rubber Duckie. Throughout the number Bert complains and tells Ernie to go back to bed. At the end of the song, the sheep take Bert and his bed outside, and Ernie snuggles down into his bed with his Rubber Duckie, finally able to go to sleep.
Ernie (voiced by Steve Whitmire) recorded a new version of the song for the CD-ROM game, Music Maker, with commentary by Bert.
In Nice Guy, the song was re-edited to include celebrities who had appeared on the show since Season 3, including Joshua Bell, Harvey Fierstein, Whoopi Goldberg, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seth Green, Norah Jones, Larry King, Andrea Martin, Martina McBride, Dr. Phil McGraw, Christopher Meloni, Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Brittany Murphy, Bobbie Jean Carter, Doris Roberts, Ruben Studdard, Carol Burnett, and Venus Williams. Stockard Channing, Allison Janney, and Lily Tomlin were also included in their characters dancing on the set of The West Wing during the filming of the episode, "Eppur Si Muove," where the Sesame Street Characters made an appearance.
In episode 4276, Ernie and Bert sleep over at Gordon and Susan's while their apartment is flooded. To help get to sleep, Ernie whips out his cellphone and calls the Boogie Woogie Sheep to dance for him.
==Other versions==
File:3978t.jpg|An animated segment sung by a lion, drawn by Sally Cruikshank.
File:MJeter.DanceMyself.jpg|Michael Jeter sings with the sheep.
File:152zg.jpg|A celebrity version was filmed for Nice Guy.
==Releases==
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;Audio
*The Best of Ernie (1983, Bert's dialogue is omitted)
*Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration (1991, includes a new Bert track)
*Sesame Street Celebrates! (1994)
*Bert and Ernie's Greatest Hits (1996)
*Dreamytime Songs (1996)
*Sesame Street Best (1997)
*Big Bird's Sunny Day Camp Out (2000)
*All-Time Favorites 2 (2018)
;Video
*Bedtime Stories & Songs (1986)
*Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years (1993)
*Good Night Sesame (2007)
*Old School: Volume 3 (2012)
*50 Years and Counting (2019)
;Publications
*The Sesame Street Songbook (1992 edition only)
==See also==
Category:Songs
Category:1976 songs