Rainbow Connection

Album

Muppet Movie,The

Label

Atlantic Records

Genre

Stage & Screen

Composer(s)

Kenneth Asher;Paul Williams

Entered Chart

Sep 15, 1979

Peak Date

Nov 24, 1979

Released

June 1979

Recorded

1978 Studio A&M Studios

Catalog #

Atlantic 3610 A

B-Side

I Hope That Somethin' Better Comes Along (Kermit & Rowlf)

///

"Rainbow Connection" is a song from the 1979 film The Muppet Movie, with music and lyrics written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. The song was performed by Jim Henson – as Kermit the Frog – 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 in total. Williams and Ascher received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 52nd Academy Awards.

Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions
And rainbows have nothing to hide

So we've been told and some choose to believe it
I know they're wrong, wait and see
Someday we'll find it
The rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that and someone believed it
And look what it's done so far

What's so amazing
That keeps us stargazing
And what do we think we might see?
Someday we'll find it
The rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me

All of us under its spell
We know that it's probably magic!

Have you been half asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailors?
The voice might be one and the same

I've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that I'm supposed to be
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection

The lovers
The lovers
The dreamers
The dreamers
And me

Ba da da dee da da da, Ba da da da dum... ooom!