About the Sesame Street — Sunny Day
"Sunny Day" by Joe Raposo, with lyrics by Bruce Hart and Jon Stone. Performed since 1969 by a rotating cast of children, the cue is the longest-running television theme song still in continuous broadcast use. Raposo's gentle, gospel-tinged melody has been re-recorded dozens of times for international Sesame productions but the underlying tune has never been replaced.
How this entry is grouped in this archive
The Sesame Street — Sunny Day profile is filed under the Golden Age of Television (1950s–1960s) heading alongside other entries Ringtone Barn tags to the same period — that is a browsing grouping made by this site, not a verified production or stylistic lineage claim. Not verified against specific film or TV production credits. Listeners interested in the Sesame Street — Sunny Day profile can also browse other Cartoon & Playful Collection ringtones and related work from 1960s.
If you want to hear more from Joe Raposo, the composer page collects every catalogued profile we have of their work. To explore other themes from the same decade, see the 1960s overview.
Using the Sesame Street — Sunny Day as a phone ringtone
Original network and label recordings of theme music from this era are usually still under active copyright protection — which is why the Ringtone Barn archive primarily stocks public-domain alternatives and stylistic equivalents rather than the original masters. The most reliable legal path to using a recording you love as a ringtone is to start from a clean, properly licensed source: an archival re-recording, a tribute-orchestra arrangement, or a public-domain performance of the same composition where the original notation has aged into the public commons.
Once you have a clean source file in MP3 form, the install steps below work identically to any other Ringtone Barn download.
Install on iPhone (M4R format)
- Save your chosen MP3 to the iPhone Files app (under On My iPhone → Downloads).
- Open GarageBand from the App Store and create a new Tracks-view project.
- Tap the loop icon → Files tab → drag the MP3 onto an empty track.
- Trim the clip to under 30 seconds using the timeline handles.
- Use Share → Ringtone → Standard Ringtone from the My Songs view.
- Assign in Settings → Sounds & Haptics → Ringtone.
Install on Android (MP3 format)
- Save the MP3 file to your phone's
Downloadsfolder. - Open the Files app and long-press the audio file.
- Choose Set as ringtone if it's offered, or move the file into
Internal storage → Ringtones. - Open Settings → Sound & Vibration → Phone Ringtone and select your new tone.
Manufacturer-specific guides: Samsung Galaxy · Google Pixel
Related Reading
- Other classic themes from the 1960s
- More Sitcoms theme profiles
- The full catalog of Joe Raposo theme profiles
- Browse the Cartoon & Playful Collection ringtone genre
- How to install ringtones on iPhone and Android