Short People
Randy Newman Lyrics

@Anonymous-gu2cw

My Dad would sing this to me. He was 6'1 and I'm 4'10. 😂 Happy Father's day Daddy. I miss you.

@sunnybunnyranch

My dad did too when we were kids lmaoo

@JOHNWAYNE2871

@@sunnybunnyranch Mine too, when i was a little fella

@thomasshingleton9289

I'm 6'1" and sing it to my 16 year old she's 5'

@Anonymous-gu2cw

My Dad sang this song to me as an adult. During the early part of my adulthood, I thought I was 5'2". Eventually, I found out that I'm not 5 foot anything. I'm only 4'10". My Dad started singing this to me even more. He also called me a Loompa Oompa. I called him the Jolly Green Giant. It was all in good humor of course.😂 I would give anything to hear him sing this song to me and call me a Loompa Oompa one more time. I lost my Dad in 2020. I miss him so much.

@Anonymous-gu2cw

I mean Oompa Loompa. I had my words backwards. Lol

@BrettHoustonTube

I remember when this came out the short people were so enraged, they burned effigies of Randy Newman.
They danced around the fire in circles with their tiny little feet, chanting, "eek, eek, eek," it was mesmerizing.

@forgotten1s

Lmfao too funny

@anjilanglois818

Hahaha excellent 😂

@zetetick395

Lol
It's when they team up under a shared raincoat that ya gotta watch out - They can get totemic on ya '@_@'

@CEOofWasrael

@@zetetick395what’s your account number?

@zetetick395

@@CEOofWasrael Ohh no, I saw what your hunger ended up doing to poor Seymour - I will not 'feed you!'

- Anyway: I would normally post a check over 2U instead - but I'm a little short this week. ;P

@thedude5295

I was disappointed when this wasn't the theme song for Lord of the Rings.

@doseofreality100

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Li2MAI7Qw

@lorenzosoliz493

Oh fuck your right hhahahahahahah

@mabelcharlotteschilfrohr5108

HAHAHAHA

@kennysboat4432

@@doseofreality100 thats a good one!

@oAirehko

It aught to be!

@Mesamypig

You got a friend in me.. unless you're short

@musicgamer2743

😂😂😂

@calebp.7251

😂

@cedricgant8535

💀

@buzzytrombone4353

Should've been the credits theme for Toy Story 3

@jamesblue3907

MesaMyPig 😂👽

@VroodenTheGreat

"You gotta pick em up just to say hello" is one of my favorite lines in a song, ever.

@TheDarthneko

^_^

@arielsea9087

It’s dumb and idiotic.

@garyharrison555

My favorite part wife five foot husband six foot four, married fifty one years still laugh every time we hear it. Just great humor.

@kirnpu

I was in college when this came out and so many people were incensed about it. I'm short and I thought it was hysterical. I still love it to this day. If you can't laugh at yourself then the world is just a harder place for you to live in. That piano hook is also hard to get out of your head too once you've heard it.

@jensmoellenhoff

Y'know, it's always important to look at the subtext of lyrics, look at the other songs of an artist, and (above all) adjust one's irony detector. Another example: there's a song by German artist Funny van Dannen that has the chorus "Lesbian black disabled people can be annoying too". In this song he sings about an annoying person he meets at a DIY store, and he definitely doesn't mean that all lesbians, black, disabled are annoying. Of course you could be offended by the song if you're black, lesbian and/or disabled or all at the same time. I am not black or lesbian, but I am disabled and I think the song is hilarious. I know a lot of annoying disabled people who think they have every right to be annoying because the non-disabled world is so mean to them. Being woke is definitely good, necessary thing, but overly wokeness can be quite disturbing.

@kirnpu

@@jensmoellenhoff I guess what I'm feeling is the fact that you just HAVE to have a sense of humor in Life to get by. Somewhere along the line we've lost that sense of humor. Nowadays everyone seems poised to take offense at everything. I don't feel personally attacked because I'm short - I see that someone else has a different perspective and I can either choose to laugh along or dismiss them in my mind and move on. People with no sense of humor are scary people...

@davidh7300

I can see how you think it's a catchy tune, with their little beady eyes and nasty little feet.

@sjrigatti

Yeah, cool. But I was in 3rd grade, and being teased and mocked for being small every day before this song came out. When it came out my life was a living hell until finally stopped being played on the radio. Yes, a college kid should have perspective and be able to laugh at themselves - and I did, as a college kid, and I even though about playing it at my wedding - but as a 3rd grader - man this song suuuuuuuuuucked.

@seanodwyer4322

@@davidh7300 met a maori sheep shearer near taihape who was a short- arse. He must hav had a inferority complex as he wore platform shoes/ foot-wares.- He hated me and my tall ngapuhi girlfried as we over 6 feet tall and one night he savage attack us and knocked me out and raped her outside the shearing contractors house. - Put her in hospital- Taihape- After that savage attack ahh could not become ''Aryan'' fast enough too gas all - ''Short- Arse's. - Newman wrote a song about the runts but ahh could Go even further concerning the - ''Short- Arsed rapist's.''

@forkfork1

Short people are the last ones to find out it is raining

@yoooyoyooo

Not if they are bald.

@harryfowler592

And the 1st to notice a flood!

@LeScandal

lona forest ...except in Australia

@bonniesilva7616

Lol

@noneofyourbusiness2386

lona forest holy shit that is deep

@wretchedslippage3255

"Little cars that go beep beep beep" Gets me every time. Such a hilarious song

@hamitcampos4989

Yeah what cracks me up is they ware platform shews on their nasty little feet. Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahha! But I think to an extent this is about real little people. People like Vurn Troier. Cause someone who is 4 foot 10 you don't necessarally have to pick up. Lol. My friend Min who is Viatnamese is 4 foot 10. Awwww how cute. But still you didn't need to pick her up just to say hellow. lol.

@higgme1ster

Everybody who has ever owned a Volkswagen Beatle raise their hand!✋

@higgme1ster

I even rolled one over and totaled it.

@zetetick395

Like a clown car 😹

@samo_ammo

@@higgme1ster glad you are ok and here to tell the story 🙏🏽

@deborahhennessey

I was a little girl when this came out. I was raised by much older parents who could have been my grandparents, and were very strict, proper and old school. I was raised on Classical and war music and musicals. Well of course the radio played, and I had an older brother who was quite the vinyl collector, and music officionado, even from my earliest of memories. He also had a bit of the devil in him. Mom would rush to turn the radio off if ever anything improper came on, and so now, I've just turned 57, and heard this full song for the first time. Oh my. I blushed. You see, my brother had changed the tune, and only sung me his shortened version which throughout my life, suddenly pops into my mind. "Short people got, no reason, short people got no reason, short people got no reason to cry. They've got tiny hands, they've got tiny feet, they've got no reason why they're so complete. Short people got no reason to smile". Well, something like that, but he made the song much more kind, and he used it to bother my mom, and make me laugh, and it's all just memories now. I'm only getting to realize who the person is, behind so many songs I've loved over the years is, and his name is Randy. Thanks Randy.

@ethelwalter6686

My Mom who is 4' 4 And my Dad was 6' 3. She hated this song and he teased her so much when it came on the radio..lol..I miss him so bad..But short people are strong lil folks. She is 93❤

@whoknows8509

Every time i try to figure out the meaning of this song i keep coming up short .

@sparrow9735

I can’t see the point of this over everyone’s heads😂

@erinkittridge3148

Billie Joelish 🤣🤣❤️

@SuperMartin223

It’s about racism or whoever you want to vilify, using short people as a ridiculous and humorous example, and negates it in the third verse. I didn’t get it much when it came out but now I thinks it’s a really clever song. Good video!

@seandafny

Billie Joelish lol

@jaymesdw

Would agree and or he doesn’t like kids.

@addisonstudios5536

The best part about having short people around? You'll always have someone who looks up to you.

@theghostreckon69420

Lol

@JettBlast

Cold!

@rachelmoreno4958

Haha

@MrKmail

And somewhere to set your beer.

@Mr.Pennington

I like to take um berry picking, they always see the ones i cant, from up here

@theUcane

Dear Randy, It's story time. As a 5-6 year old, I sang and danced this song for tap class. We were dressed in green jumpsuits with hoods that had little silver antennae. We came out on to the stage from behind a giant cardboard space ship sporting a fog machine. I have loved this song my whole life. Thank you for the amazing memory of my short-person years. 💚💚

@daudder

I’m 63 years old. I remember the furor this song caused. And the pure joy of people embracing it so much. What a world.

@TravisTerrell

Wow, that's just hilarious. I didn't really believe that it could've ever caused a fuss, but all these comments beg to differ!

@wmd1949

Same age yes it was fun

@Kathy-bk6cg

I remember that to, people who are/were short hated this song but they wanted to hear this song 🎵

@user-ht1xu4gv2u

Munchkins....

@Jorgee0013j

As a short person I feel like song is about me and now I feel special.

@clintthrustmaster

Short people have no reason to live...

@Nightcore-qz2nf

Actual sameeeeeeeee

@lloydkline7245

My sister friend love this song

@alexishighland2972

Same though

@FaultyScript

Think he is talking bout kids. But ok

@Rigel7WasAlreadyUsed

946 short people managed to reach the mouse. Bless their little hearts.

@tinacarlson7481

Manhatten transfer

@johnhardy2100

I could barely reach it but I managed to hit the like button 😂

I think the song is funny. Some people just get mad for no reason and don’t know how to laugh.

@Fan45192

the satire went over their heads

@mickyb803

its up to 1200 now, they must be boosting each other up there now

@mftstrifelegit2786

Bless there little hearts lol

@angelsgiftstudio

OMG 😂 I was 7 years old when I 1st heard this song and I was singing it my grandmother was 4'5 she chased me around the house with a flip flop on her hand, yelling in Spanish.

@Thewritingelf

YOOO you was mad petty for that 😂😂

@TechnicJunglist

Hahaha

@CEOofWasrael

The chancla must be some ancient aztec shit I swear. We all got that treatment.

@Tearsofa

It’s the combo of Spanish and flip flop 🩴 for me!🤣🤣🤣

@Death_Incarnate

Lmfao you should’ve told your grandma, “see this is why no one likes short people”.

@AprilWilliams01031993

I am a teacher and I was having a rough day...my Momma played this song for me and it made me feel so much better.
This should be an anthem for elementary and middle school teachers.

@Turnpost2552

omg no. Jesus Christ the stupidity is baffling.

@patriciaminnick2779

And you are a teacher?

@Smex

​@@patriciaminnick2779the first four words read: "I am a teacher"

@jackpedroza

Lmfao

@NoOne-kr4jc

Lol.

@kaicolligan8967

I’m surprised more girls don’t have this song on their Tinder profile

@SDPTheGhost

😂

@rhaib

😂😂

@jalonzo310

They should right? But if they do that their fake modeling career would be over since midgets can be models now as long as you have a big fake ass.

@mon6745

It's a filter 🙃

@nakmuay7705

@Kai Colligan I'm not on tinder, but I'm short as all hell. Do Tinder girls have a huge vendetta against me that I am unaware of? This both upsets and amuses me. Alas, I have no Napoleon complex or I'd probably be super pissed.

@pl3459

This one goes out to Joe Rogan.

@humidharolddeadgamingchann1791

He is kind of an ass

@mrsnoop1820

@@humidharolddeadgamingchann1791 why?

@humidharolddeadgamingchann1791

mr snoop he’s very disrespectful to the pro wrestling community.

@mrsnoop1820

@@humidharolddeadgamingchann1791 to be fair ... well it is fake wrestling

@humidharolddeadgamingchann1791

mr snoop it’s worked, that means you work together to make it look like a fight instead of actually fighting. It’s not *fake*, you are still falling on your back onto wood, it still takes effort to pick somebody up, to move in the proper way to preform a move, to to land properly from the top rope, it’s still a very athletic sport (even though it’s not exactly an actual sport).

@danielmiller210

Damn what a good songwriter The older I get the more I appreciate them Bob Dylan's Randy Newman's the songwriting skills Great stuff

@karmone11

Pure genius.What a Talented talented Family man...Imagine -

@suesims5943

Well, as a short person with little hands,, little feet and a little voice that goes peep, peep, peep..... I've always loved this song! It gives me a good laugh every time I hear it. ❤❤

@wsc1018

When this song came out, I was working for a supervisor who was 4'8" and she loved the song. She even used to sing it around our part of the office.
So many of Randy Newman's songs are written tongue in cheek - people need to stop & think before jumping to conclusions.

@davidillich7014

I used to work with a girl that was 4'11 tall and her name was Donna in 84 And now i found a new friend that is 4'9 tall with the same name in 2019

@Isadorka1

Nice to remember a time when things were normal and you can play jokes.

@soulassassin0g

Short girls are hot.

@K_impossible1

yeah boy wow. REALLY? No worries, run along, don’t miss your short little yellow bus. Hope you get schooled today.

You’re welcome.

@petehouse8380

yeah boy if you want my comeback you’ll have to scrape it off your mom’s teeth..... ah, satire!

@adamaizenberg756

Michael gave me a list of his top ten Springsteen songs. Three of them were Huey Lewis and the news, one was Tracy Chapman Fast Car, and my personal favorite, Short People.

@scottdinsmore6892

Literally why I’m here right now is I’m watching that episode lol

@michellejones9639

Adam Aizenberg 😂😂😂😂
On that episode right now as I’ve started my quarantine and TV binging had to turn on the song.

@saintchristian9129

Michelle Jones ditto😭😂

@TenMinuteDrumSolo

@Imight Realperson Michael Scott - The Office

@vicimg84

Lol

@curlysmother

Best concert I have ever seen was Randy Newman solo at the Atlanta Symphony Hall. You could have heard a pin drop during most of this performance. The audience was enthralled by every note.
When Randy played 'Short People' everyone sang along. It was pure magic! Thank you, Randy, for sharing your incredible tallent!

@Punterofchildren

Pen*

@amphibia95

@@Punterofchildren "you could hear a pen drop" yeah, no buddy xD

@samw6344

​@bradydunn5019 yeah it's pin.

@larzdoggg

​@bradydunn5019 Its Pin. Funny you're correcting someone w the wrong answer

@curlysmother

Pin as in dress pin not a writing pen.

@WasmachenSachen82

"You got to pick them up to say hello" 😂 i love this line men 🤦‍♂️

@davemartin9557

Advantages of being short:

We rarely, if ever, bump our heads.

We are usually the first to spot loose change or bills laying in the ground.

Even a small cars, apartments, and houses seem plenty big to us.

We present a small target so we’re harder to shoot at.

@j-money1354

Live longer too

@TheTurtle.

Im 6 ft 4 and bumping your head isn't as bad as slamming your face into a "low" branch while talking with a potential date

@maxdalhaus8555

Well yes but you are short 😂😂😂

@deborahcurtis1385

You live longer, generally speaking.

@nathanbeutler4509

With all those pro I’m still choosing to be 6’3😂

@theproblemmustbeinyourpant5910

I sent this to my midget friend and in response, he sent a video of the Rwandan genocide with a bunch of Hutus saying "Cut down the tall trees". Well played, midget, well played.

@pluckyduck11y

lmfao

@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790

You cant be real friends if you're calling them a slur.

@Thedarkbunnyrabbit

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790 That's the mark of a true friend, when you call them rude things.

@dariensampson7913

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790. XD you must be an only child. That's like saying you can't love your brothers or sisters if you make fun of them tease them or treat them disrespectfully. I would argue it is only the people you love the most you can joke around with because they know you love them and don't actually mean to hurt them. You don't joke around with strangers because they don't know you.

@@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa790 I bet you are a riot at parties.....

@Jupiter_Rsabbit

It's so interesting seeing old songs being relevant in today's time.

@legoyodascream

I associate it with Little Rascals when they were trying to buy lumber and get bank loan.

@Jupiter_Rsabbit

@@legoyodascream never seen that movie but HILARIOUS

@j.c7719

The song is an absolute masterpiece though, Randy Newman is a world class composer.

@MrHumpah12

0:11 you just got flipped off by the guy who does the song for toy story

@jerrygarcia9028

And now my life is complete lol

@jerelminter

This was before Toy Story dude.

@MrHumpah12

@@jerelminter I know. It's still the toy story guy regardless the year lol

@abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwyxz102

@@MrHumpah12 😂

@tmp1111

He wrote the toy story music and he gave the finger wdym?

@draxxsklounst6595

You got to pickem up, just to say "hello"

Lmao

@coloradogalnva5331

Lmaooooooo I’m 5’2.5” yes that half inch counts!!!!

@jameselswick686

Watch out for dem terry's

@ucanleaveyourhaton

… and ya gotta put em down just to say goodbye…..

@freakles9311

The amount of dislikes and comments of people who take these lyrics literally, still manages to amaze me. There truly is no end to short people around here.

@ricklee6196

You gotta pick em up just to say hello" is one of my favorite lines in a song, ever.🤣

@johnathanleefaulkner5963

This song reminds me of The Little Rascals growing up as a kid. The first time I ever got to hear this song is when I watched The Little Rascals which is still my favorite movie.

@parryyotter

Same!!!

@coronbrown9238

Man this song and that movie are hand and hand. The same way you got a friend in me goes with toy story

@eelnai2503

You just unlocked a core memory for me. I was trying to think of where I heard this first and it was definitely little rascals when I was little

@inspectorjavert8443

What’s the number for 911?

@alterego3525

Short person asks me if I play basketball. I say, “No, do you play miniature golf?”

@KatarinaS.

Nice one! My youngest daughter is 6' tall, I'm gonna tell her to use that one, she gets asked all the time.

@danielharrington5429

Well playex

@justme9385

Nice!!!

@koifeesh-sg2cf

Dang Bo Burnham did that joke too

@dlawlis

@@KatarinaS. But she probably does or did play basketball, right?

@jilllane5709

My mom got me this 45 record when I was a kid. She just looked at the title and thought it would be a cute gift. Imagine my surprise when I heard the first line.

@thomasdunphy9312

They need to play the song more on the radio 2024 so he
can get royalties. It’s hilarious. He’s a genius.

@yeetqueen8729

Im 5'1 my mom is 4'10 and she was watching a show and it had this song on and she just sat there and listened to it with a smile on her face it was hilarious!

@petergant8767

...as she tried to kill Randy with her scanner powers!

@petergant8767

Your Mom, OBVIOUSLY, has a good sense of humor! Go, Mom!

@petergant8767

Am I bi-polar, or WHAT!?

@lennoxsommerville7451

@@petergant8767 shut up Peter.

@lennoxsommerville7451

@@petergant8767 none of your replies contributed anything to anyone’s life

@Frankincensedjb123

I'm 6' 3" and my wife's 5' 2". Love this song, but she'll never know

@hillboylucci7021

In Peter Griffin vioce 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@yixuanli3799

I’m 6’3 as well lol,,, when I say I love girl that is around 5, my friend asked me “Are you raising a baby or sth ?”

@PalashaGabarra

That's actually about average height for an American woman.

@shanedancer3895

The Bringer of Salt Not even close to true lol. Average height for women is 5’6

@PalashaGabarra

@@shanedancer3895 it's 5'3" in the US dude look it up.

@AwfullWaffle

I can’t believe Randy Newman wrote the theme for the new Disney Snow White reboot all the way back in 1977. What great foresight!

@topazprism77

Lyrics:

Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
Short people got no reason
To live

They got little hands
Little eyes
They walk around
Tellin' great big lies
They got little noses
And tiny little teeth
They wear platform shoes
On their nasty little feet

Well I, don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
'Round here

Short people are just the same
As you and I
(It's a wonderful world)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die

Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
Short people got nobody
To love

They got little baby legs
They stand so low
You got to pick 'em up
Just to say hello
They got little cars
That got beep, beep, beep
They got little voices
Goin' peep, peep, peep
They got grubby little fingers
And dirty little minds
They're gonna get you every time

Well I, don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
Don't want no short people
'Round here

@werewolffamguy8597

Thank you!

@lelelovesfood9620

I remember that!

@arielsea9087

Why not a song about tall people? That would be fun.

@utamariamessner5832

auch bei " Kottan" immer zu hören, endlich kenne ich den Text, sarkastisch aber gut, man denkt viel nach.
Ob die short people und big people Mutationen sind, wie weit gehen die zurück, wenn überhaupt?

@HK83IE

a favorite .. they got lil baby legs that stand so low, you gotta pick em up just to say hello.

@corlenajames1381

I know right, lol. That part gets me every time.

@thomasdelvaux5175

You don't have a name but laugh at lil baby legs. That is rich. American?

@karatenfriendship

+Thomas Delvaux
what the fuck you think you know about americans? you seem like a real piece of shit when you make assumptions like that.

@shanemueller7373

lmao idiots don't realize he's quoting the song

@MrColebiz1

Steven H Hahaha they uses it in Little Rascals 90s remake

@AsierElgezua

The sound is like a 80’s sitcom openings

@WKLN

You have it backwards. 80's sitcom openings were made to sound like this song.

@judgy3

It was in a commercial in the 80s iirc

@NatandGeorge

His voice & piano style is similar in "It's a Jungle Out There"(theme song to the '80s sitcom Monk)

@AsierElgezua

@@NatandGeorge hahaha!, yes! It also reminds me of the oppening of family matters

@legoyodascream

@@judgy3 It was in 1994's Little Rascals when they try to buy lumber and get a bank loan.

@capnvideocapnvideo2216

I'm a short guy. Just slightly under 5 foot 6 inches. I was never offended by this song. It was all in good fun and it made people aware of short people. We are people too!!!

@deepakds4142

How do you make it in life it's so hard isn't it

@Turnpost2552

@@deepakds4142 its hard for all of us.

@marywilliams9858

In our family you would be considered TALL. We are all short. Four girls and a boy. B My favourite hobby is helping the police fight drugs. I used to argue with the drugdealers in McDonald's. I started in 1992. Now I am secenty-five and still at it.

@siavashbaghalian8319

Amazing performance ❤

@LeeStar1234

I just realized this song plays in the movie "Little Rascals" one of my favorite movies

@Nedshnibley

that’s why i’m here lol

@Xac.Taylor

Is that your ladder?

No, it’s my step ladder. I never knew my real ladder.

@rickyricochet5393

The short person made the first ladder !!😆😲😉😲

@JettBlast

Stealing it!

@thomashughes4859

It took me about 4 seconds to get it. Damn good on you, mate! (notice the pun)

@nilsgraham9315

Good One! Consider it stolen

@larrysullivan6536

Absolutely brilliant what a lyrical genius he is the man toy story wouldn’t have been such a big su without this great sing songwriter love him to bits cheers

@stacifry4059

My dad was 6'3 I'm 5 ft. He would pick me up to say hello and sing this. I love you dad rip.

@puglosipher1666

as a tall person I did not find this offensive

@Z32R

Puglosipher same here man 6ft😂🤙🏼

@gregcross8486

You can fuck off and all

@darring.9161

Tall People Got No Reason...Tall People Got No Reason to Live.

@draxxsklounst6595

I'm a tall man who identifies as a short man who identifies as a tall man. Does anyone know if I'm supposed to be offended? I'm not sure......

@bigpickle7744

Puglosipher

@mmsiphonevinyls1027

Newman is just a genius. He can be genuinely funny with ironic songs like this and Sail Away, yet can be so touching in songs like When She Loved Me or You’ve Got A Friend In Me.

@larrylinn8589

I worked on this project with the Rand Corporation. At a small meeting once, the manager told me, “Larry, I’m tired of your sardonic wit”. I started laughing because I realized that is why I love Randy Newman.

@psychobillynumbnuts1

What's ironic about this song?

@michellegoshorn8185

Wow… said the comments. Lol.
This song had it’s day.
Most of us know the voice.

@michellegoshorn8185

It’s true facts tho. Short people suck. They are always starting stuff. Watch those little fingers. They will get your stuff.

@michellegoshorn8185

@@psychobillynumbnuts1 hahaha your name says it all

@donaldlove4547

I love that there is a pop culture song that expresses my disdain for the vertically challenged.

@danielurban3416

Randy Newman is so biting in his satire that i assume "you got a friend in me" is specifically about how I'm not a good enough friend to him (we have absolutely never been close to meeting)

@BishopHatto

They should have used this song in Toy Story

@Rejoice.

It actually is in Toy Story

@henrypaleveda7760

where would it fit into the movie?

@oofogman420oo2

Little rascals but you guys were close. He also wrote the songs for toy story

@JaredGriffiths2000

I think it was in a Toy Story video game or something.

@tourzrap

Henry Paleveda Lol exactly

@woebegone_kenobi

5'11" vs 6'

@yrockerboy

t. /fit/

@mitchross871

Only one country on earth has an average height for men over six foot

@topsecret490

North america average height for men. 5'10". Some European countries avg height 6'

@jayden793

@@topsecret490 Holland

@sixbronks4972

Facts 😭

@TenFalconsMusic

I'm so thankful I can enjoy this song without standing on a box to hear it.

@jessxj5521

😂😂😂😂😂

@ClevelandRock

The message of this song is "This is you. This is how stupid you sound when you say racist stuff." He wasn't counting on the fact that a lot of people really feel this way about short people.

@integral

Bingo. Right on the money.

@Vanessa-vk4cq

Where’s the racist part?

@jacobhollis1062

Racist?

@lez11221

Jfc y'all are some dense mofos

@gebling

Randy Newman was using insults against "short people" to illustrate how generalizations (such as racist generalizations) are silly.

@user-pr3jm9jx1f

it seems a lot of people in this comment section have a...short temper

@matthewj3389

john jason facepalm

@maddbutcher666

john jason you're actually funny though. teach the people! I'm short as fuck myself

@youreright6627

racist wordplay

@youreright6627

ima midgest, i know what im talking about

@youreright6627

AnActualCøral stop stalking me, racist

@doomhead1490

i want this played at my funeral also, been on paper for years now. I see the word short as a different meaning than height

@McGillicuddy849

in 5th grade we found the teacher watching this video in class on her computer and we had no clue what was happening, looking back now that was the funniest shit ever

@maxwesolick8674

I'm just happy someone bothered to film this.

@FlippedOut1

Classic, lights up a smoke after recording. I remember as a kid that it was controversial, and it played twice an hour on local Boston stations 🌻👍😄

@west_alvarez1047

😂😂😂🔥

@MARCIE12ification

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@rosstapson

Once upon a time I could smoke in recording studios :) I mean, not really, not the pro ones, and you didn't do it if you were considerate, but still. Ai.

@jeffbailey6001

Brings back a lot good memories.music is the greatest thing we ever did !🤪

@edward9862

@Midnight Lightning RadioCc

@hottboi2794

The movie....The Little Rascals bought me here!! A classic!

@legoyodascream

Why I'm here too.

@zroe1988

I can't believe I overlooked this song for my entire life

@legoyodascream

I associate it with Little Rascals the most, when they were trying to buy lumber and get bank loan.

@curtisboswell2619

Always got a good vibe from this song...and it made me laugh. It's piano hook is one of the best ever composed...and immediately attaches itself to one's long term memory. A true ear worm.

@hamitcampos4989

Yeah the "they ware platform shews on their nasty little feet." line cracks me up the most. The way he says nasty. But I do think well joking obviously he was refering to little mini people. Someone like Vurn Troyer. Cause of "You got to pick'em up just to say hello." Someone 4 foot 10 you don't gota pick up. Vurn had fun with how little he was by the way. Heck he even did a thing where they stacked up doughnuts. He was 20 doughnuts high.

@alexvaldivia1855

I like how all the comments are defending how it's not actually discriminatory, yet I haven't seen a comment saying it is

@dbgameace

It is discriminatory

@zztopz7090

There were, but yeah, its overkill.

@fruitwagon9275

Just in case

@locksheer

It is a song showing the stupidity of racism by focusing on a different standard such as height instead of race.

@bbigrocker1

You can't see the ACTUAL point. LISTEN to the lyrics friend. This song IS ABOUT DISCRIMINATION and how STUPID it is

@DeezNuts-hh7pw

As a man who’s 5 ft 3, I think this song is both hilarious and beautiful. I love it so much I even finally learned it on piano.

@bellinghammond

how did you reach the pedals?

@bellinghammond

@@DeezNuts-hh7pw "...testicles"?

@shubham943

@@DeezNuts-hh7pw Don't u feel depressed that girls don't like such height? 🥲

@DeezNuts-hh7pw

@@shubham943 your mom doesn’t seem to mind

@cmcull987

I was a teenager when this song came out. I was a short kid and when I tried out for glee club this was one song I sang. 🎵

@crowquilltarot9008

Pure genius. Ever more pertinent in our current culture. This man is just too far ahead of his time to be appropriately appreciated.

@vivar5318

A jew whining about the dominant culture oppressing minorities, meanwhile I don't see him saying anything about his jewish-supremacist state of Israel genociding the native Palestinians.

@sagelawrence9785

Negative commenters: This song is about generalization and discrimination; it's not to be taken literally. Be happy. Have a sense of humor.

@fntime

Shut up, Fool! You stink of self rightousness.

@krishnasatheeshmenon5992

@@fntime SHUT UP YOU DISRESPECTFUL ASSHOLE

@gaymanlover

sounds like something a tall person would say

@WalterLiddy

Intent is irrelevant! Context is irrelevant! What matters is that I get to be the voice of victimhood!

@stephenbiggins9114

Ha ha shorties.

@taffykins2745

I was pretty young when this came out and even then, I knew it was satire, a joke, not for real, just silly. Always loved Randy Newman! Mr. fun cool dude! 😁👍

@janetaylorparris

“Three of them were Huey Lewis and the News… and my personal favorite, Short People” brought me to this sweet song!

@sam-ds3nh

Kevin Heart's diss track

@rachelperez7801

🤣🤣👍omg

@chriscarnage90

Hart***

@leepetime5195

@glenmhayes

@pedowise

You mean Crippled hart

@sgtgiggles

Will Sasso wasn’t doing a satire, he was just straight up being Randy Newman

@claussaunte2303

Pure genious!

@legoyodascream

I associate it with Little Rascals when they were trying to buy lumber and get bank loan.

@lisahunt7554

I'm short at 5'2" and I used to call the radio station and request that they play it. Lol

@dawgcat3087

ur 2 inches below average not that short

@zerkzy842

Short ppl are great too have around. You never know when your going too need something off a low shelf.

@AldweeshTheFifth

Sorry i didnt hear that your too far away.. mind bending down? :)

@henrypaleveda7760

or to destroy a powerful evil

@littlemissblackdress7587

*you're

@unseenufo

How's the weather up there? Jk im tall

@jalonzo310

They also make good ball scratchers.

@jamesrichards2720

I love this song because short people do got reason to live, it expresses the sentiments of the tough life through irritation but also how the short people/children could be feeling about themselves. Truly a song of empathy.

@ElectricBuckeye

The song is about short-minded people, specifically it's a satire about prejudice.

@viniciusgmachado1204

@James Richards I wish everybody felt how you do about this song.
Others’ first thoughts were that Randy was attacking little people!

@TheModShopCO

@@viniciusgmachado1204 honestly I think they’re both reading too much into it. And I don’t think most people feel he’s genuinely attacking short people. It’s just a comedic piece with no ill intent, not much more to it.

@viniciusgmachado1204

@@TheModShopCO Thankfully, I think you’re right.

@drsloanski

@@TheModShopCO Back in the 70s a lot of people took it the wrong way and felt attacked. The lyrics just get so ridiculous, Randy thought for sure nobody could think he was serious, but they did. He himself in interviews said it was a song about irrational prejudice.

@madumlao

this hits so different when your toddler can walk and you just bought them that little car and you wan a pick them up every single day just to say hello

and they get you every time

@stevebrindle1724

genius at work

@ravidwolff667

its not actually against short people. its about senseless discrimination. its a joke about the hate. i like short people!!!!

@digitgod7213

Ravid Wolff oh well I don’t like short people

@qingdaoren

Yeah, Oh YEAH? Well I LOVE short people!

@shaynebabineau7102

Many people missed that sentiment, you are absolutely right

@jencamargo5094

Setting things, straight. U have some major issues!

@jencamargo5094

Rock on to u ravid Wolff

@Strait_Raider

It's like nobody in the comments section made it to the second verse.

People hear what they want to hear, I guess.

@Beowoulf69

Short People are just the same
As you and I
(A Fool Such As I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It's A Wonderful World)

@barryg.1056

A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.

@MrReymoclif714

Telling great big LIES??

@noonecareslol2771

People didn't get it back then, and they don't get it now, LOL

@lisaoliverius6086

Ignorance sees only what it wants to - and twists things to suit its agenda.

@DI7Witch

Randy Bachman came to my middle school in Toronto's East York around this time, 1977, maybe shortly after writing this song. He was school friend's with our geography teacher. They gave us a great show, still remember it to this day but the only song that stuck with me was this one! 😆

@karenr9503

I am 6'2" tall, and I still like this song. It takes a bit of bravery to sing this.

@GregOrCreg

Don't worry. Anyone who's offended won't be able to reach up to punch you... 🤐

@johnnynorrisjr.39

Everyone in that room is trying not to crack up laughing and you can tell

@milay543

Thank you Randy Newman for making a song about me!! (I'm 5'1!!)

@richardcharney1559

when this song debuted in 1978 he had actually people had sent him a threatening letters because of this song!

@vamoooshka

Same here! (I’m 4’10”)

@jamesbondero5691

@@richardcharney1559 they probably had every right to, it probably offended alot of people who was self conscious about being short

@debbiecarleton2101

My husband used to sing to me just remembering the song thank you

@pacman3556

Short people have plenty of reasons to live. Example
1- they are good at getting under things like the couch, stove or fridge to clean
2- you can rest your drink on their head when you are at the bar
3- you can punt them like a football when you are angry and need to relieve your frustrations.

I am sure there are thousands of more reasons short people are useful.

@Alaskanman

They're also useful for crawling into enemy ground tunnels. Short people got no reason to live so might as well make em useful lol

@removalist1995

god bless this man, what an amazing troll

@removalist1995

@Lewis HorganLmaooo

@brokenguillotine6988

Fr tho

@aztecwaryer16

On top of that this man is 6 feet😭 the disrespect lmao.

@henryd6721

He’s trolling racists. The second verse is all about “separate but equal”

@wemcal

The stations played the max out of this song and I remember marching bands everywhere was playing it.. made it to #2 on the US charts

@thomashudson5074

Fell just short of #1

@wemcal

@@thomashudson5074 yeah, “it’s a jungle out there” in the music business

@lucy8025

@@thomashudson5074 🤣

@pineddy3001

Don’t think many caught that

@patriciaminnick2779

It should’ve been banned

@stvargas69

Im surprised YT still has this available. But me at 5'6" I always enjoyed the song. Thanks Randy

@jurgenkindler1338

How I wish, that everybody would finally understand this message ... whether about short, big, fat, slim or any other kind of people ... 🙏🏻

@flouserschird

Are you serious? I can’t believe this comment section. It’s not a song about height. “Short” refers to a rude, lying, dishonest person. 🤦‍♂️

@jurgenkindler1338

@@flouserschird I guess you have very different interpretation of the song than most people. I am not a native speaker so I may be wrong. For me the song is a mirror helt in the face of people judging others based on their size.

@flouserschird

@@jurgenkindler1338 it’s supposed to be an ironic play on words

@ziruini5071

"my motivation is to change the course of western music. I haven't liked where it's been going so I decided to make a record" lmao this guy is a satiric genius 😂😂

@maureencurto3207

I can’t believe I never looked for this. I’m 5”1 as an adult. My brothers were all under 5”5. We heard pieces of this song on the daily. We all managed to “live through it”. We had tough skin in the 70s. I roared with laughter after just listening after decades. We laughed with the ppl saying it back then

@adriennerobinson1180

I'm short as well. When this song first came out,I wasn't offended, but aot of short back then were offended.

@thegamewin100

Well guess what most short men are sad about it nowadays it’s a bunch of crybabies that blame their height on all their inconveniences wether it be women or social interactions it’s honestly sad

@Decco6306

From hating short people to "you got a friend in me", Randy Newman

@victim109

I think he just ate a short person

@legoyodascream

I associate this song with Little Rascals the most, when they were trying to buy lumber and get bank loan.

@JThvdLvS

So funny, lol every time

@radixreuel7631

…….This REMAINS one of the most
BUBBLY, RELEVANT, TRACK S EVER✨ It’s sorta ironic so many people fall short of its point. ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS UNTIL WE DIE”
Thanks Mr.Randy…..4 all of it ♥️

@funstuffonthenet5573

Yeah, Randy throws this little gem in there, instead of going full sarcasm.

@vivar5318

Jews will talk about brotherhood when they are the minority but when they are the majority like in Israel they openly genocide the Palestinians.