Satan Elmo's Fire (Muppets From Hell)

"Satan Elmo's Fire (Muppets From Hell)" is a song of the Every Ape and His Brother album The Man From '84. It is a parody of "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" by John Parr.

Backstory
In this world, Sesame Street is, as Dave Chappelle once warned everyone, a "terrible place." But it's worse than he thought! This song imagines what may happen if Sesame Street were to go the route of The Banana Splits Movie and Willy's Wonderland. Some traveling party decides to visit Sesame Street, but is unprepared for what happens when the Muppets get possessed, and the region just beneath the street morphs into a portal to Hell.

Themes
In addition to subverting the original song's hopeful messages brutally at every turn, this song reimagines the Muppets as creepy beings of pure evil. Kermit the Frog is the first to be introduced, frying a victim in butter to induce death-by-irony, given how frog legs are usually cooked. The Swedish Chef is implied to be a cannibal. Every character's typical Sesame Street gimmick is either subverted or perverted. Whenever inspiration can't come from Sesame Street directly, various different Muppet movies are referenced instead. Each verse ends with a reminder that in this song's world, Elmo is literally the Devil. Various old internet jokes are reused and sometimes repurposed, and political commentary is sneakily thrown in on Joe Biden's presidency. All the Muppets are deranged, sadistic, and homicidal. The song offers but one hope for listeners to (possibly) avoid the consequences of Sesame Street turning evil: "Don't learn the way to Sesame Street, and you might survive!" This implies that the Muppets grow weak if they stray too far from Sesame Street, thus limiting their range of victim-gathering to the street's vicinity. Avoiding Sesame Street entirely increases your chances of not being destroyed in both body and soul.

Development
The song was developed from August until September of 2021, in response to an 80s station in Orlando playing the original "St. Elmo's Fire" song regularly at the time.

Reception
In spite its predecessor, "Hell Sermon," being one of the lowest-rated Every Ape parody songs ever; "Satan Elmo's Fire" became one of the highest-rated on AmIRight per capita.

Trivia

 * The line about Kermit "frying someone in buttery pain" is a reference to how frog legs are cooked. It implies death by irony.
 * "Leave the Chef alone; 'cause he's real deranged!" implies the Swedish chef chops up human victims and cooks them. The use of "real deranged" here is the same use as given to the island cannibals in "They'll Claw You Open."
 * Grover wields a gun instead of Elmo, since Elmo is the steward of Hell in this song's world. Even so, this references the song "Elmo's Got a Gun."
 * The line "a prisoner in one of Segi's braids" references the Segi-themed sketch "I Love My Hair." Here, Segi's hair becomes a prehensile weapon, a-la Dixie Kong or Sindel.
 * "Statler and Waldorf will chain you up with desire!" can mean either using desire to ensnare victims, or that they enjoy literally tying you up in chains. Either way, it references their roles as the Marley Brothers in The Muppet Christmas Carol.
 * The line "Dr. Feel hits you with potions!" is also a slam on Anthony Fauci.
 * The line "Burt's evil!" and the line "The Taliban tells him what to do!" both reference the "Burt is evil" meme from the late 2000s.
 * The lines: "Ernie knows; but he keeps on saluting Pooh!" refer to Joe Biden getting kickbacks from China to deliberately violate the peace terms with them negotiated by Donald Trump, which led to the Tabliban taking over Afghanistan with no resistance from Biden's regime. China did this to secure a deal of acquiring Afghanistan's vast deposits of lithium, allowing China to lead the world in lithium production.  Similarly, "Pooh" is a reference to Jinping Xi, compared to Winnie-the-Pooh in appearance by South Park.  Ernie is implied to endorse the CCP's every activity in the world.  And because it benefits him, he cares not about Bert's Taliban activities.
 * "Cookie Monster's like a mountain; makes you feel like you're a flea!" implies that he will make you feel completely insignificant. You compared to him will feel like a flea against mountain.
 * Frequent references to fourth-degree burns are to imply that the flames of Elmo's Hell will leave victims looking like Darth Vader in Revenge of the Sith. Coincidentally, the Muppets did have crossovers with the cast of Star Wars in the 1980s.
 * "Don't learn the way" is similar to "Don't go there," from "Lower!!!," another song about being lured into a trap that takes one to a portal to Hell. Only instead of some weird Druid-like cult, the Muppets are the ones doing the dragging of victims to Hell.
 * "You'll Bet-ty Lou-se your life" is a play on Betty Lou's name.
 * The line "Then Big Bird won't have to lie!" references the sketch "To Tell the Truth."
 * The line "Thrown into the trash again; with Oscar, you will die!" is deliberately vague. It can mean Oscar will kill you, or that the other Muppets will kill you and Oscar both.  Either way, the human victim is doomed!  The second interpretation references Dave Chappelle's sketch about Sesame Street from the 2000s.
 * The line "Gonna suffer from Prince Harming!" refers to the limited edition "Prince Charming" Muppet. It states he's back, but has lost all his charm.  He's now a sadist, so "Prince Harming" has become a better name for him.
 * "Crush you under SAM's new wheels!" implies that SAM the Robot is now wheeled, and intends to run you over.
 * "Where your future's Stinky," has a triple meaning. It can refer to the Muppet, to the generally miserable experience of being in Elmo's Hell, or to how much it will literally smell down there.
 * "Gnashing teeth, multitudes cry!" alludes to the Biblical description of Hell as a place "where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
 * "Brought you by the number 3; times burned at the pyre!!" references Sesame Street having a dedicated number in most episodes, as well as a line from the song "Hellfire" off the soundtrack to Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
 * "You're alive? You won't be for long!" references a Sesame Street sketch dubbed "You're Alive!"
 * "Crushed under-neath Piggy's heels!" is a reference to Miss Piggy weaponizing her shoes in The Great Muppet Caper.
 * "Chained up in the lowest valley!" is a direct slam against the line "You can climb the highest mountain" from John Parr's original song. In this version, the song claims you'll be completely helpless, unable to do any such thing.  And in utter defeat, instead of tasting self-earned victory.
 * "Brought to you by the letter C!" and "CONSUME your kidneys!" refer to most episodes having a dedicated letter.