Written by	David Axlerod and Sam Pottle
Date	1975
Publisher	Sesame Street, Inc

"I Refuse to Sing Along" is a Sesame Street song from the 1975 LP Bert & Ernie Sing-Along (later remade for Episode 0900). Ernie tries to convince Bert to sing a song with him, but Bert wants to finish his bath instead, and insists that he won't sing along. At the end of the song Ernie points out that Bert has in fact sung the song with him.

Ernie and Bert later sang this song at the 1976 Grammy Awards,^[1] in the Sesame Street Live show Sesame Jamboree, and on social media in February 2023 [1] where the duo appear to be singing on headphones (lip-syncing to the 1975 recording) in separate spaces via split screen, but Ernie crosses over to Bert in the end.

Audio releases[]

• Bert & Ernie Sing-Along (1975)
• I Refuse to Sing Along/Come On and Sing Along With Me (single, 1976)
• At Home with Ernie and Bert (1979)

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