Consider Yourself

{{Short description|Song from the 1960 musical Oliver!}} "'''Consider Yourself'''" is a song from the 1960 original [[West End theatre|West End]] and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''[[Oliver!]]'' and the 1968 [[Oliver! (film)|film of the same name]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Eric Pace|title=Lionel Bart, 68, Songwriter; Created the Musical ''Oliver!''|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/05/theater/lionel-bart-68-songwriter-created-the-musical-oliver.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 April 1999}}</ref> It was introduced on Broadway by [[Davy Jones (musician)|Davy Jones]] and the ensemble.<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Robert Simonson|authorlink1=Robert Simonson|title=Davy Jones, Member of The Monkees and a Tony Nominee for ''Oliver!'', Dead at 66|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/davy-jones-member-of-the-monkees-and-a-tony-nominee-for-oliver-dead-at-66-187950|magazine=Playbill|date=29 February 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122145914/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/davy-jones-member-of-the-monkees-and-a-tony-nominee-for-oliver-dead-at-66-187950|archivedate=22 January 2015}}</ref> In the 1968 [[Oliver! (film)|film version]], it is performed in the market and led by [[Jack Wild|Jack Wild's]] [[Artful Dodger]]. In all versions, Dodger sings it when he first meets Oliver, after offering to get the destitute and alone boy food and lodging. Lyrically, it is an enthusiastic gift of friendship from Dodger and his as-yet-unseen gang to Oliver, assuring him warmly he can consider himself "our mate" and "one of the family" as "it's clear we're going to get along". The 1968 film builds it to a spectacular extended song-and-dance routine involving the street crowd, market workers, policemen and chimney sweep boys.

==In popular culture== {{in popular culture|section|date=September 2020}} * This song was sung in the 1969 premiere episode of ''[[Sesame Street]]''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Greg Brobeck|title=Sesame Street Old School Volume 1|url=http://www.muppetcentral.com/articles/reviews/dvd/sesame_old_school_1.shtml|publisher=Muppet Central|date=17 October 2006}}</ref> * It was broadcast on the BBC (to some criticism) on November 14th 1973 during coverage of the marriage of Princess Anne (now the Princess Royal) to her first husband Mark Phillips, to ‘welcome him into the royal family’ * In October 1975, this song was adapted into Japanese to welcome Emperor [[Hirohito]] at [[Central Park]], New York City.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/when-royalty-shows-up-at-home-even-rocky-turns-camera-bug-vol-4-no-16/|title=When Royalty Shows Up at Home, Even Rocky Turns Camera Bug|publisher=Meredith Corporation|date=20 October 1975|accessdate=18 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/10/06/archives/hirohito-samples-american-ways-he-and-empress-have-tea-with.html|title=Hirohito Samples American Ways|author=Lucinda Franks|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=6 October 1975|accessdate=18 April 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418000028/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/10/06/archives/hirohito-samples-american-ways-he-and-empress-have-tea-with.html|archivedate=18 April 2019}}</ref> * In 1977, the song was sung by [[The Muppets]] on the seventh episode of the second season of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' to its guest star [[Edgar Bergen]] and his dummy, Charlie McCarthy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Edgar Bergen - Episode 31|url=http://www.muppetcentral.com/guides/episodes/tms/season2/31_bergen.shtml|publisher=Muppet Central}}</ref> * A rearranged version of the song was used as the theme of the ITV sitcom ''[[Home to Roost]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Home To Roost - Production Details|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/home_to_roost/details/|publisher=British Comedy Guide|quote=The theme tune is an instrumental version of the song Consider Yourself, from the musical Oliver!.}}</ref> * The first couple lines of the song were sung by Carlton Banks and the Alagaroos in the 13th episode of the 1st season of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Damn Day One Soundtracks |website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0582960/soundtrack/?ref_=tt_trv_snd}}{{RS|date=March 2023}}</ref> * In Christmas 2011, [[BBC One]] used famous celebrities to sing the song for promotion.<ref>{{cite web|author=Catriona Wightman|title=BBC One unveils Christmas trailer - Watch|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/news/a352984/bbc-one-unveils-christmas-trailer-watch.html#~p27bfpYv19v2r1|website=Digital Spy|date=25 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=2011 re-cap: The BBC had a Christmas sweater motif throughout their programming, and BBC1 wrapped around it the song "Consider Yourself One Of Us"|url=http://www.christmasuk.org/entry_1506|publisher=Christmas UK|date=16 September 2012}}</ref> * During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] a rewritten version of the song was aired during trailer breaks in [[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]] and [[CBeebies]] programming, sung by cast members and presenters of TV shows aired on both channels and the objective of the song was wishing viewers well during national [[COVID-19 lockdowns|lockdown]]. The tagline was "consider yourself part of our family".<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcQAGQ_LIe4 |title=Consider Yourself at Home - CBBC and CBeebies (2020) |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2022}} * A parody of the song titled "Conceive of Yourself" appears in the 2nd season of the 2020 reboot of [[Animaniacs]], in the episode "Wakkiver Twist: Part 2", which itself is a parody of ''Oliver!'' * Part of the song is sung by Detective Charles Boyle (portrayed by [[Joe Lo Truglio]]) in the season 1 episode of [[Brooklyn Nine-Nine|Brooklyn 99]] titled "[[M.E. Time]]."

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110703001232/http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/297868/Oliver-Movie-Clip-Consider-Yourself.html ''Oliver!'' Movie Clip of Consider Yourself]

[[Category:Songs about friendship]] [[Category:Songs written by Lionel Bart]] [[Category:Songs from Oliver!]] [[Category:Pinky and Perky songs]] [[Category:1960 songs]]