Crowded House - She Called Up

[finngirltoronto]

my 3 and 6 yr old ask to see this video everytime I've got the computer on! I think they've danced to it 50 times. RIP Hessie.

[anouchkagroce20009]

This is a way much better than this stupid Pajama Club. I wish it would last forever. Oh my gosh I want to cry!

[bighaterofsharonfinn]

Hi, people! With this account I'm ready to start new year 2012!

[chrisranforadays]

Ha!!! Now you will now what New Zealand means!!!! Ha!!!!

[anouchkagroce20009]

@chrisranforadays What you have almost the same username as the uploader. What a shame! Only with one extra a in it.

[timmyboy1970]

Hey that girl guitarist isn't even fretting the right chords lol

[meadish]

@Andrea2009991 Sun tan, pigment...?

[maladjust59]

This sounds like it's been sped up. Still, great song, great band, been a fan since Split Enz. Also my daughter can belt this out better than me. :)

[spiderreko]

oh heck that is just so funny to watch

[andrea20099911]

Hi I'm new andrea with two ones I wanted to be with one 1 but I coudn't.

[2007Crowdedhouse]

Crowded House!!!!!!!!

[2007Crowdedhouse]

Very crowded

[Rimvisrimvis]

@Andrea2009991 Your crowded.

[hazelmay64]

This is an awesome song and an awesome video. The kids are adorable.

[mcbranigan84]

childhood obecity ftw

[Orcband]

was it their intention to cast a bunch of retards ?

[mcbranigan84]

@Orcband go suck a fat dick loser

[TheJamesErss]

9 people didn't get called up :(

[zigurzigurzon]

Mmmmm, cheap idea for a video: take some children. uuuuuu, they're so cuuuuuuuuute. Btw, so many obese children!

[dudeomondo]

I am and always have been a Crowdie!!love it...

[wfjellybelly]

HA!! this is GREAT!!!

[effmiklos]

It's so easy to make a simple but great video if you have a good idea.

[dropkickdrop]

Haha, nice video!

[IIIIChallahIIII]

1:24

[BRIYONCE1]

2.19 to 2.28 Haha haha

[kateandannarose]

PAUL HESTERS death, this song was written for him by the other band members. His wife called them and told them what had happened

[summer183]

cute video+nice voice!

[krusty36m]

Damn these kids are awesome

The little guy on the bongo's is awesome!

[TheWizzkid02]

i love this clip. It's so cute.

[jack69ist]

@dan11mmn01 Well,you got taste.

[dr1steve]

This clip has gotta have the same director as REM's "Imitation of Life"

[Ngako72]

Seriously listen to the lyrics...the reason why this song is so weird is because it's up beat.... it's written about the phone call neil finn got informing him the former drummer of crowded house Paul Hester had killed himself.

[anthonythirteen]

@Ngako72 exactly, I missed it the first few listens. I was looking for the 'Paul' song and overlooked this one, which is the most obvious!

[nodysseus]

Weird video, but the song is great. Puts me in mind of seventies music for some reason...

[twelvebarbluesful]

you made my friend and i love.....threw your music....he was the fan.....i just learned...we have a date to see you again......still learing, and appreciating your talent....your lyrics...as he is to m

[tonveryam]

Excelente video!!!

[JackDavidLunn]

Talk about ugly kids

[ankanankan1]

this band looks strange , i mean they are pretty young

[Coowallsky]

@ankanankan1 They'll grow on you!!

[anniegi64]

have loved CH from the get go, never heard this one. but this is so beautiful, the kids are priceless and so into it!. LOVE IT!

[jibg2002]

0.41 y 2:07, jajajajaja

[anthonythirteen]

An intelligent & sensitive way of dealing with tragedy: both the up tempo nature of the song and the cute video.

It isn't immediately obvious what it is about - I was looking for the 'Hester' song on this album and overlooked this lighter poppy song.

Typical Neil Finn, sometimes just too clever for us, the music-buying public!!!

[robo1998able]

this school must be in the north island

[Timthewicked]

Maori kids, by the looks of it.

[feenibeeni]

Only just listened to the lyrics today and realized this is about Paul Hester (who committed suicide in 2005).

[curt1030]

thanks for the perspective. i hadn't realized this is about Hessy, but now, duh, you're absolutely right.

[jassthebass]

i love neil finn

[bighaterofsharonfinn]

@jassthebass But I hope not his wife.

[tojiroh]

I very much like this.

[Maria75824]

I think this song came out in the ninties.not very weell knowwn but a great song .

[AfrOmaNtiS]

no its quite a recent song its been on new zealand music channels only for a couple of years at the most

[SolarisAladar]

Nah its more recent than that, in 2007 sometime I thought

[anotinette]

YEah i think this vid is really cute as well the kids look so natural.Thanx 4 the vid

[Maria75824]

Cute vid!

[Joanne1974KiwiGirl]

Is this a New Zealand school? ... Everytime I see this video, I've been curious about the story behind it! ... It must have taken a long time to film and capture the expressions on the kids face's etc.

[Brandy314]

@Joanne1974KiwiGirl No, the school is in the Los Angeles area. 

[anthonythirteen]

@Brandy314 Los Angeles? Hence there are so many Maori children ;)

[bighaterofsharonfinn]

@anthonythirteen They are not Maori you are Maori! Get Neil Finn's wife and blow it away! I won't let these children call Maori!

[chrisranforadays]

@bighaterofsharonfinn I hope not Maori. For my mom they looked Latino or Hispanic.

[Brandy314]

@Joanne1974KiwiGirl I know it's in the Los Angeles area. But thanks for not being able to read sarcasm.

[Joanne1974KiwiGirl]

@Brandy314 You replied to the wrong person... but I'm great at detecting sarcasm, I'm just not sure what was so sarcastic about this. The Finn's have recorded videos all over the world. It was a valid question. The kids could pass for a number of ethnicities including Maori (as @anthonythirteen pointed out).. or hispanic. That's all.

[Brandy314]

@Joanne1974KiwiGirl You actually replied to me, so I replied to you. The end.

[deogolf]

2007, I do believe.

[Captaingamecube]

what year did this song come out in ?

[whackedfreak]

cuuuuuuuuuuute :))))))))))))))))

[NiniNoa]

Love the video! The song is good to, but the movie is almost even better! :)

[19shadows70]

Which movie?

This songs ROCKS :D

[jnspincliffe]

so cute :)

[whatwasthatsong]

OH! Doc thnxs for sending me this! LOVE IT! why did Paul have to go? Gr8t Tune for sure! Love IT .... M <3

[yammg]

i love this song !!

[bigtomtomtom]

Love crowded house!

[crowdedhousemaniac]

crazylegs735, that was directed at you

[crowdedhousemaniac]

you have problems

[fullobologna]

Cutest video I've seen in a long time.

[crazylegs735]

these kids are f'n ugly they all have a face like a donkies but

[12211274]

LINDO VIDEO (BRASIL)

[ReZnz]

Cool Vid. I should have been in it!

[Patrick19090]

lol

[drakkas666]

Crowded House offended them with the chocolate cake song! Truth hurts eh!

[MitziDeMarco]

It's a shame that MTV or VH1 in America doesn't play Crowded House's stuff. No, they're too busy running useless tv shows or playing crap like the Jonas Brothers or some garbage.

[cyclonus38]

Probably because Crowded House were hating on America before it was cool to do so.

Woodface hit on a lot of issues that are only now gaining prominence.

[sungkie777]

@MitziDeMarco You are right! Cause people's ears are slaved at the crap gabages

[lord2313]

@MitziDeMarco but in portugal VH1 has played this tune and that's where i saw it.

[jack69ist]

@MitziDeMarco Yeh,It's like London where i visit and it's the same.If it's crap,the radio station will play it.Crowded House are brialliant,

[ImaGYMNASTiHaveNoLyf]

man i love this video and this song!

[katrinkisss]

Ty děcka sou bombový :-D

[crossieblue]

1:59 is that a male or female?

[madziopexxx]

female i guess

[jpshadsy]

Yea it has a pony tail

[Rockcritic97]

male i rekon, with a maori haircut or a ponytail or something

[neilb13]

Why, you after a date?

[userone1000]

Wow...you suk!

It's too bad you have a vision problem!

[crossieblue]

What Fucking Ugly Children !!!!

[lixie1]

WTF? Eff you!

[missnorthwest]

Really cute idea!!! I love all the kids' enthusiasm!! CH absolutely ROCKS!!!!

[SparkyCola3]

What a fantastic song!!

[Bluestone365]

Love this :) God Bless Paul, RIP

[userone1000]

Who? Sorry I've not listened to Crowded House since the late 80's and early 90's...I was never familiar with their names.

[udosgirl]

cute,cute,cute!!!!

[flooberbloob]

Finn, ghost of Hester, bright song , dark lyrics...

kids doing their thing...Paul would love it...

Perfect House...

Now all I need is tickets

[TPOSWNM]

Some of those kids are really getting into it.

[RockStyling]

Lol- sweet :-)!

[saliya101]

aww that was adorable!!

[KlaerR]

that has to be the cutest music video I've ever seen.

[dazzadidja]

love this song and the vid is excellent...

[stuffonyourcat]

This is such a cute video.

[juancaquita]

Oh! si todo el mundo tuviera la inocencia y espontaneidad de estos hermosos niños...otro sería el mundo. Dios los bendiga...a estos y a todos los niños del planeta.

[Danintravel]

That is cool

[chechiARG]

Excelente tema..al fin lo puedo escuchar ;)

Muy bueno el trabajo y los chicos

Besos

[LoyolaCeltic]

Very cute.

[luchadora10]

bravo por los peques¡¡¡

[irishspirit]

this is great :o)

[lolomaris]

me encanta el video ,esos niños inocentes,viendoles felices,esto me hace ver que dios no esta tan lejos,,gracias a dios `por poder haber visto ese video tnn hermoso.

[elczanka]

You are great! I greet warmly from Poland. Thank you Lolomaris

Alicja

[ivanetelilja]

Excelente!

Parabéns, obrigada Lola.

[sole1948]

EXELENTE!!! 5******, gracias Lolomaris por enviarlo.

[agucamisofi]

muy bueno*****

[rainydog]

Great performance. I used to plan and execute programs like this with the kindergarten kids in the schools where I worked.

[Carlinhos271980]

So amazing, 5* -

Thanks LOLOMARIS for sharing

Carlinhos

[UKSundaeGirl72]

Neil Finn is like Elvis Costello - wraps his darkest lyrics in his most uptempo songs. The video fits the way he chose to sing the song. And he felt everything fans felt and FAR more at hearing about Paul Hester's death. The vid doesn't appeal to me, but any opportunity to hear Neil Finn's music on here is welcome. And I'm pretty sure he did it for Paul.

[chalmacu]

it's sad to hear about someone dieing let alone someone famouse like paul hester you can't help but sit there and listen to the words and be mesmorised in there memories of paul it's a very good song to remember him by and anyone this song reminds you of

[UScrowdie]

I can see this being a song about Neil's reaction to the news of Paul's suicide. If it truly is, I find it strange that such a heavy song would be wrapped in an uptempo song and the video would have kids singing the song. They look cute, anyway.

[galzad]

is it not about paul hester...... its obvious

[Sylvester007nz]

Actually it is about Paul Hester. The song is about Neil's wife ringing to tell him of Paul's death.

[scullysloveslave]

The best band ever!! This video made me joyous. Smiley insides, smiley insides!!

[flooberbloob]

sheer frickin genius video. Simple concept, brilliant execution. Check the two sisters singing at 2:21.

[spacifical]

I really like this song.But this video freaks me out for some reason,maybe its the kids.

[zerosis]

I LOVE this song!

It plays at work, but since I stopped listening to radio, I had no idea who it was, minus they kinda sounded like Crowded House

Good guess on my part haha

[discosuitDan]

ha! this song plays at my job too...Ruby Tuesday

[jonners11]

strange it plays at my work oo been trying to find it for a while and now i have...lol

[rawautube]

i think both of the video and song are creative....good job...it made me laugh

[idiamim]

i hear the song every day in my live:)

[dorka991]

I love this song! =) I think it's so cute.. =)

[idiamim]

is the best song in world

[idiamim]

I love this song.

[dukie743]

Great song. I love the enthusiasm on their sweet little faces.

[HoganPeter]

The first boy, who sings, "She called up ..." looks sad, pensive.

[retrochickduranie]

I think it's cute, but don't really love it.

I wonder why they decided to make the audio a key or two higher than on the album... still, wonderful song, and even better live:D

[HoganPeter]

I think the song was sped up. Perhaps the original was too long. As a result of playing the song faster, the pitch rises.

The same occurs with those Who songs at the beginning of CSI and radio stations that play "eleven in a row" or whatever. In both cases, the songs are sped up, the pitch is higher, the duration is less.

[bighaterofsharonfinn]

@HoganPeter What original? This is original.

[Sembozuka]

I don't like the videoclip,

but i like this song realy!

[bighaterofsharonfinn]

@Sembozuka For me this video is much better than where Neil Finn is kissing his wife.

[girlcalledjoe]

Fair point, I guess i just have a problem with Neil having said that after the farewell gig that there would NEVER be another Crowded House project, and after Paul I thought he never would. I just wish they had called it something else, to me Crowded House was sacred and this doesn't have the same apeal...although saying that, I do like some of the new tunes.

[girlcalledjoe]

I've been a huge fan of Neil Finn even back to the split endz days, and the only problem i have is the HUGE farewell concert they had, only to regroup with, 2 original members, if they had called themselves something different i think it would have looked better. Still think the new stuff is worth the listen.

[mentak83]

actually 2 of the three founding members but mark hart joined crowded house in around 1991,

so the only new guy is the drummer

[marvelboy74]

Sorry to say, this was one of my least favorite tracks on the album.

[manimalistik]

Saw them november 16. The band ruled! One of the best live bands ive seen 4 a while

[JadaMai]

Wicked! CH at their best again.

[ccw76]

Truly a wonderful video, encapsulates the innocence and beauty of the song. These kids are a joy to watch.

Welcome back once again Crowded House - the band's band!

Can't wait to see them again, in November!!!

[CamillaDK]

cute video.

[manamara]

Thanks for the add!

Love this song! I know the clip is a bit strange, but that's the beauty of Crowded House. Great to have them back. Can't wait to see them in concert this November!

[poorcata]

Crowded House - lovely to have them back, but it's a pity they've gone so bland.

Get Timmy back in the band!

[jibunwoshinjiro]

whats so bad about this vidio?

the children only had 3 days to learn it

shame on you

[Maxsdiscos]

The people werent even playing live. How Stupid ! :@ :@ :@

[ArseBEAST]

Neil Finn licks arse to the tune of Del Amitri's 'Hatful of rain' and then dives up to suck any available dick...his body exists

[slabbalang]

arsebeast sucks ass

[trentsgirl79]

Then don't watch his videos shit face.  Neil Finn is the best.

[ArseBEAST]

Neil finn sucks horse dick

[ronhelf]

"Neil finn sucks horse dick". Now that's what I call criticism of a high order. You wouldn't be on the payroll of Rupert Murdoch would you?

[ArseBEAST]

No, I'm not.

[nickgiles]

I love crowded house this is a well good song i love the video aswell.. lol

[chigirl1968]

Poor Paul Hester.

[woywoy2007]

oi honestly all u people crowded house is the greatest bad in the world yes this video clip is weird in fact it is the strangest i have seen.. considering what they did for chocolate cake but its cool what they did. they got a kiwi school (whre neil was from) and got them to sing there song it symbolises rebirth of the band andas sid below closing on the kid with the drums symbolises the ending of paul hester.. keep up the good work boys

[bgzooo]

Does anyone the school . US? NZ?

[Brandy314]

@bgzooo Los Angeles area.

[bighaterofsharonfinn]

@bgzooo I hope not NZ, because I hate New Zealand. The same I hate Sharon Dawn Johnson.

[uhisthisthingon]

I know the video is strange, but this song has been heavily linked to the memory of Paul Hester, and my brother mentioned how the curtain closes finally on the boy playing the drums, which could symbolise the death of Paul

[qutaiba7]

A very unfitting video for a great song on this album, i don't get the meaning of it... it's not even fit for children to sing it.. I don't see how this will help the single release. Crowded House have been known for very unique videos, but this is not one of them.

[blackgargamel]

it's a bit strange to see kids associate with this dark track.

[kaakemousie]

Cute cute cute! :)

[cacaovanhouten]

Great!

[cacaovanhouten]

Great!

[cacaovanhouten]

Great kids and a great song - love the conga player's enthusiasm!

[mastacation4dnation]

Great kids and a great song!!

[MuzzikLvr]

A Crowded House video without the band in it? At the very least they should've had Neil at the end as the music teacher. I just don't see this video helping to sell any records...except maybe to the kids parents.