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# Watch The Muppets Break It Down To Kool & The Gang's 'Jungle Boogie'

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by 

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## Melissa Locker


Aug 4, 2015 2:13 PM UTC

by 

[Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/)


## Melissa Locker


Aug 4, 2015 2:13 PM UTC

In the wake of[ Miss Piggy singing Rihanna’s](http://time.com/3964518/miss-piggy-rihanna-bbhmm/) “Bitch Better Have My Money,” comes Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem giving their all to a cover of Kool & the Gang’s “Jungle Boogie.” The track is so catchy that even staid Sam the Eagle can’t help but boogie on down to the beat.

While the original Muppet mash-ups came courtesy of [YouTube star Mylo the Cat](https://www.youtube.com/user/isthishowyougoviral), the latest iteration comes from the Muppet mothership itself. The Muppets have teamed up with YouTube Space L.A. for a series of videos to pave the way for [the Great Muppet Revival](http://time.com/3851511/muppets-reboot-abc/) when the [“more adult”](http://time.com/3855950/muppets-abc-show-trailer/) reboot hits ABC’s TV lineup this fall. (You can [watch a trailer here](http://time.com/3855950/muppets-abc-show-trailer/).)

If more adult means more Muppet mash-ups, well, as they say, it’s time to start the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s time to get things started on the new _Muppet Show_.

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