Sesame Street Transforms Chappell Roan’s ‘Hot to Go!’ Into the Potty-Training Anthem ‘Got to Go,’ With Lead Vocals From Cookie Monster

By Jem Aswad

Jem Aswad

Executive Editor, Music

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Sesame Street has a half-century-long tradition of legendary musical guests and innovative adaptations: from Stevie Wonder’s iconic performance in the early ‘70s to Tony Bennett retrofitting his timeless classic “Fly Me to the Moon” to be a story about the show’s worm character Slimy on an expedition to the moon (“Slimy to the Moon,” of course); from the Fugees’ inclusion anthem “Just Happy to Be Me” to blues legend B.B. King singing an ode to the letter that has meant so much to his career; from Smokey Robinson getting groped by the letter “U” for “U Really Got a Hold on Me” to — this writer’s personal favorite — opera legend Marilyn Horne trilling an orchestral version of “C Is for Cookie” on an elaborate mock-Egyptian set while wearing a tiara adorned with a bouncing cookie.

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