Songs

On this page there is a list of songs or music made for Franklin and Franklin and Friends.

As TV shows aimed for a younger audience, the episodes in Franklin and Franklin and Friends might contain musical numbers in the episodes, which occasionally appear in the series, being sung by the characters. Most songs are usually traditional children's songs, while the films Franklin and the Green Knight, Back to School with Franklin, Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure and the Franklin and Friends specials Polar Explorer and Deep Sea Voyage contain original songs written for them. Usually, as a rule, the episodes do not contain any songs sung by the characters.

The instrumental background music heard throughout all seasons of the original series (and associated specials) is composed by Ray Parker and Tom Szczesniak of Parker/Szczmith Music Inc. In Franklin and Friends, the instrumental background music is composed by John Welsman.

Numerous songs are heard as well as in the Franklin stage shows, particularly "Franklin's Big Adventure" which includes songs that can also be heard in the album, Hey, It's Franklin!, and "Franklin and the Adventures of the Noble Knights", in which the songs can also be heard in the original cast album of the same name.

Song List

Original series (1997-2004)

Recurring

• "Hey, It's Franklin!"

  

Season 1 (1997-98)

• "If You're Happy and You Know It" (Franklin Has a Sleepover)
• "Pop -- Goes the Weasel!" (instrumental background music) (Franklin Fibs)
• "Three Little Ducks" (Franklin in the Dark)
• "Down by the Bay" (Franklin Goes to Day Camp)

Season 2 (1998)

• "High, Low, Medium, Slow" (Franklin and the Broken Globe)
• "The Beautiful Blue Danube" [Johann Strauss II] (instrumental background music) (Franklin's Music Lessons)
• "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" (Franklin's Music Lessons)
• "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" (Franklin's Music Lessons)

Season 3 (1999)

• "She'll Be Comin' Around the Mountain" (Franklin Camps Out)

Season 4 (2000)

• "Mr. Groundhog Had a Farm" (Franklin's Good Deeds)
• "This Old Man" (whistling) (Franklin's Stopwatch)
• "A-Camping We Will Go" (Franklin and Sam)

Season 6 (2004)

• "The Wheels on the Cart" (Franklin's Go-Cart Race)

Instrumental

• See List of background music

Films

Franklin and the Green Knight (2000)

• "Brothers and Sisters"
• "Wake Up, Spring!"
• "I Wonder"

Franklin's Magic Christmas (2001)

• "Deck the Halls"
• "Jingle Bells"
• "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"

Back to School with Franklin (2003)

• "Doing Nothing (Can Be Such a Busy Thing!)"

Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure (2006)

• "Memories"
• "Getting There is Half the Fun"
• "When We Are One"
• "Tant Que J'Existerai" (used promotionally)

Live Shows

Franklin's Big Adventure (2000)

• "What I Do in the Morning"
• "The Wheels on the Bus"
• "Head and Shoulders"
• "Hello"
• "Friends"
• "Come See the World"
• "The Rainforest Song"
• "The Dinosaur Song"
• "Georgia Camp Meeting" [Kerry Mills] (instrumental)
• "The Hokey Pokey"

Franklin and the Adventures of the Noble Knights (2010)

• "The Ballad Of The Noble Knights"
• "Play On"
• "Wouldn't You Like To Be a Real Hero"
• "Just So Much Faster Than You"
• "It's Great To Be A Knight"
• "Riddle For You All"
• "Too Small To Be A Hero"
• "A Hungry Little Bear"
• "Misunderstood"
• "Festival Of The Noble Knights"

Franklin and Friends (2011-2014)

Recurring

• "Hey, It's Franklin!" (revamped version)

  

Season 1 (2011)

• "You Can Make Music!" (Franklin's Special Job)
• ”The Watermelon Song” (Franklin Helps Out)
• “The Nature Song” (Franklin and the Mooseratops)

Season 2 (2011-2012)

• "Low, Low, Low" (Franklin's Fishing Trip)
• "It's Time for Christmas Cheer" (Franklin's Christmas Spirit)
• ”Treasure Song” (Franklin Changes the Rules)
• ”The Beaver Tooth Salute” (Franklin and the Super Sleepover)
• “Space Adventure Song” (Franklin's Spaceship)

Season 3 (2012)

• "We Love Sand!" (Franklin’s School)

Season 4 (2013)

• “The Submarine Rescue Guys” (Franklin and the No-Sleep Sleepover)
• “It's My Day with Dad” (Franklin's Day with Dad)
• ”Come On Along” (Franklin's Dynaroo Day)
• "The Big Box Song” (Franklin’s Big Box)
• ”In the Nighttime” (Franklin’s Woodland Night)
• "The Four Seasons Song" (Franklin and the Four Seasons)

Polar Explorer (2014)

• "We're On Our Way"
• "Hold Up, Franklin"
• "Treasure"

Deep Sea Voyage (2014)

• "Aqua Rescue Patrol Song"
• "Slow and Steady Does It"
• "Calm Seas Ahead"