"Surfin' Bird" is a song recorded in 1963 by the Trashmen. Actually a medley of two established songs ("Papa-Oom-Mow-Mow" and "The Bird's the Word"), the single placed 4th on the Bilboard Hot 100 and was prominently featured in the film Full Metal Jacket. The Sesame Street album The Bird is the Word features Big Bird performing a shortened version.