"Sesame's Treet" is a 1992 remix of the "classic" Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...

theme song

Theme music

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 by the English

English people

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 rave

Rave music

Rave music may either refer the late 1980s genre or any genre of electronic dance music that may be played at an electronic dance party such as a rave. Very rarely, the term is used to refer to less electronic related genres glam, powerpop, psychedelic rock and dub music parties...

 group Smart E's. The song reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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At the time of its creation, dance music was not played on major radio stations. London radio station Kiss FM

Kiss 100 London

Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting on FM and Digital Radio, specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and TalkTalk TV...

 soon became legal, but attained a lightly more commercial style. According to Luna-C

Luna-C

Luna-C is a British DJ and record producer, known for his work in breakbeat hardcore music. He made up a third of the rave group Smart E's in 1992, which had a number 2 hit in the UK with a remix of the Sesame Street theme song .Luna-C founded the Kniteforce Records label in 1992, which has...

 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

Kiss 100 London

Kiss is a UK radio station broadcasting on FM and Digital Radio, specialising in hip hop, R&B, urban and electronic dance music. It also broadcasts on DAB Digital Radio around the UK & nationally on Freeview, Sky and TalkTalk TV...

 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

Atlantic Records

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.

Track listings

Suburban Base Records (UK) SUBBASE12CD and Possum Records (Australia) PDSCD510

1. "Sesame's Treet" (Edit) – 3:33
2. "Sesame's Treet (Krome & Time Remix)" – 5:22
3. "Magnificent" – 4:36
4. "Sesame's Treet (12" Version)" – 5:10

Pyrotech Records (USA) 10082-2

1. "Sesame's Treet" (Edit) – 3:33
2. "Sesame's Treet (12" Version)" – 5:10
3. "Sesame's Treet (Krome & Time Remix)" – 5:22
4. "Sesame's Treet (Beltram Mix)" – 5:04
5. "Sesame's Treet (Hardcore Mix)" – 3:22
6. "Magnificent" – 4:36

ZYX Records (Germany) ZYX 6813-8

1. "Sesame's Treet" (Edit) – 3:33
2. "Sesame's Treet (Krome & Time Remix)" – 5:22
3. "Sesame's Treet (12" Version)" – 5:10
4. "Magnificent" – 4:36

Chart positions

Chart (1992)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	2
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	4
New Zealand RIANZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...	4
Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	6

See also

• Charly (song)
  Charly (song)
  "Charly" is the debut single released by the British electronic act The Prodigy, taken from their debut album Experience. The version featured on the album is the significantly longer "Trip Into Drum & Bass" remix...
  
   and A Trip To Trumpton
  A Trip To Trumpton
  "A Trip To Trumpton" was a rave song released in the early 1990s by the group Urban Hype , and was produced by DJ Jack Smooth. It featured samples from the 1960s children's television programme Trumpton...
  
  , two other rave tunes sampling from children's programmes.