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Rainbow Connection
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This article is about the song from The Muppet Movie. For the 2001 Willie Nelson album, see Rainbow Connection (album). For the concept in graph theory, see rainbow coloring.
"Rainbow Connection"
Rainbow Connection scene.jpg
Scene from The Muppet Movie
Single by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson)
from the album The Muppet Movie: Original Soundtrack Recording
B-side "I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along"
Released June 1979
Recorded 1978
Studio A&M Studios
Genre Pop
Length 3:15
Label Atlantic (US/Canada)
CBS (international)
Songwriter(s)
Paul WilliamsKenneth Ascher
Producer(s)
Paul WilliamsJim Henson
"Rainbow Connection" is a song from the 1979 film The Muppet Movie, with music and lyrics written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher.[1] The song was performed by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) in the film. "Rainbow Connection" reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1979, with the song remaining in the Top 40 for seven weeks total.[2] Williams and Ascher received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 52nd Academy Awards.[3]


Contents
1 Production
2 Critical reception and awards
3 Legacy and other Muppet renditions
4 Covers
5 References
6 External links
Production
Williams and Ascher, who had previously collaborated on several songs for the 1976 film A Star Is Born, were tasked with writing the songs for The Muppet Movie. For the song that became "Rainbow Connection", Jim Henson told them that the opening scene should feature Kermit the Frog by himself, singing and playing the banjo. Williams and Ascher wrote most of the song fairly quickly at Williams' house, but got stuck trying to think of appropriate words for the part in the chorus that eventually became the phrase "the rainbow connection"; they were looking for a way to tie in the chorus to the song's theme of rainbows. As they sat down for dinner with Williams' then-wife, Kate Clinton, they explained to her their predicament of looking for a phrase that would provide "a rainbow connection", then realized, in the course of explaining the problem to her, that the phrase "the rainbow connection" would itself be a good fit.[4] Williams and Ascher used "When You Wish Upon a Star" from Pinocchio as inspiration for the song.[5]

Williams has said that his favorite lyrics in the song are "Who said that every wish/ Would be heard and answered/ When wished on the morning star?/ Somebody thought of that/ And someone believed it/ Look what it's done so far", because they imply that "there's power in your thoughts".[4] He also noted that the lyrical phrasing was written specifically with Kermit’s speech patterns in mind.[6]

Critical reception and awards
Allmusic described "Rainbow Connection" as an "unlikely radio hit ... which Kermit the Frog sings with all the dreamy wistfulness of a short, green Judy Garland"[7] and went on to add that "'Rainbow Connection' serves the same purpose in The Muppet Movie that 'Over the Rainbow' served in The Wizard of Oz, with nearly equal effectiveness: an opening establishment of the characters' driving urge for something more in life."[7] Others have similarly referred to "Rainbow Connection" as the film's "I Want" song.[8]

Ascher and Williams received Oscar nominations at the 52nd Academy Awards for both the score of The Muppet Movie and for "Rainbow Connection", which was nominated for Best Original Song. The song lost to "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae, a win that some critics denounced.[9][10]

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