It's showing the differences between the two cultures. One's not suppose to be better than the other. I like the white girls better because they're cuter, but the black girls definitely have talent.
Obviously the African American girl's are going to be better. If they weren't, it would be kind of go against the whole theme of the movie which is that talent should matter more then appearance.
Sure, but they're not doing a 'special' effort to do it... it simply, naturally, come out better because the black ladies give it an extraordinary soul that white ones can't even dream of.
i love this song and the african american women ut a whole lot of more energy in it and it was much more beter. they also had additude wich was awesome!! love it!!
Sure, but they're not doing a 'special' effort to do it, it simply, naturally, is better because the black ladies give it an extraordinary soul that white ones don't.
I really do love then black version, but i think the white girls dance at the beginning is just so darn cute! The dancing they do when they sing 'the new girl in town...' haha
Damn, them African American girls danced better and put more energy into their dancing and singing. White might be sweet, but the darker the berry, the sweeter the fruit.
Of course there are not separate versions with the two races, this song is to show the segregation and although the white may think they are superior they may not be in this case as the black girls outshine them.
I think that's the point. The writers wanted to make sure that the ausience knew that black is just as good, and can be better, than white, just as often as the other way around.
@megadork456 Very true, I've watched the newest movie about 100 times, and them singing this has always been my favorite part :) i also like when they sing a few parts in the song "welcome to the 60's" and that kids, is why you don't discriminate!
I believe the idea was for the audience to like the black girls version better, we're not supposed to like Amber or her mum and what they stand for, and the film is all about equality. I don't think it was ever made to make you pick between them when clearly the black girls version is so much better. :)
It's more about the different styles of singing. Amber's mom wanted it to stay the way it was, when people were moving towards R&B.....so they did the song in their own style. The point is Mrs. Van Tussel didn't want the Blacks influencing the whites......so you can like both, it depends on your taste of which you think is better.
The blonde version is cute and fun but the ladies in the ornage dresses are more soulful and powerful and better dancing.. LUV BOTH THOUGH ,DOESNT MATTER!!
I think the black girls were wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better!!! The blonde chicks were cute but the black girls sung wayyyyyy better and killed it!(in a good way)
The Black version put sum STANK on it, deff upbeat. makes u wanna get up and slap sombody...hahaha but i love the cuteness of the white version, and their dresses are fab esp Amber's black and white one when she's boo'd up on Link.. Both versions are fab in my opinion. =]
someone preferring one from the other doesn't make one better than the other, it's just whichever one that you like according to you.. and we can't be naive and not see that of course a large percentage of blacks would like the black version, and whites the white version..
Of course the black girls performance is way better, it's on purpose. It's to show that, even doing a better show with better quality, the black don't get as much audience as the white. It's all there. White girls make innocent silly dancemoves while black girls simply kill it. Filmmakers wanted you to like their performance better. They think about everything!
@Dabexoxo13 the blonde version is cute.. kind of racest dot you think. then to say the black version. Wow you you have alot to learn about life. Go get help you racest
@divernick100 Saying black or white is not being racist, i think thats just a color of skin people are more than that, so i think that way but if u think otherway i must say im sorry it wastn my intention okay, and u have 2 learn how to see people more than just see their color, peace bro
@MsAlyssaSings It's a lot of fun, and a lot of work. Unfortunately, this song was cut before the final version of the stage musical. It was added back in for the movie, but if you perform this play then you won't get the chance to perform this song.
whats that thing with their feet called? the thing at 0:09 ??
MrAizakku 14 hours ago
HAAAAY OOOOOO YEAAAAHH WOOOOO OWUUUUU WOA WOA WOA WOA She was the neww girl in, TOWWWWWWWWWWN.
ChezFeroce 1 day ago
I like the black version better...WAY BETTER!
merlan114 6 days ago
@merlan114 RIGHT
Brittany9759 6 days ago
It's showing the differences between the two cultures. One's not suppose to be better than the other. I like the white girls better because they're cuter, but the black girls definitely have talent.
catsodas 1 week ago 3
I love Amber's dress
dania4510001 1 week ago
who said white pepole are better than black pepole there equal who ever said white pepole dont deserve to live thats racist
TheAoibhoconnor 1 week ago
Dat Mashed Potato.
gkhan05 2 weeks ago
<3 I love Tracy! :ooo
SHINeeLuverxx 2 weeks ago
Hey look out fot that moving van.... LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT! LOOK OUT! LOOK OUTT!!!!! She was the new girl in townnnn.......:)
DariBeriBoo2 2 weeks ago
The song is about accidentally running over the new pretty girl with a van.
MilesPreclaro 3 weeks ago
@MilesPreclaro haha :D
TickleButton2 2 weeks ago
stop saying black people they are african american its offensive
MyGubbie 3 weeks ago
@MyGubbie especially since they're usually a shade of brown... umber in paintings usually. So it's inaccurate and racist.
BrunhildaSwecker 3 weeks ago
honestly they r both good in their own ways!!!!
elang222 3 weeks ago
Obviously the African American girl's are going to be better. If they weren't, it would be kind of go against the whole theme of the movie which is that talent should matter more then appearance.
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Sure, but they're not doing a 'special' effort to do it... it simply, naturally, come out better because the black ladies give it an extraordinary soul that white ones can't even dream of.
videocrack246 3 weeks ago
Black girls Wayyy betta
gurlshanti67 4 weeks ago
how did those white girls do that little dance thingy with their feet in the beginning??
mindlessbelieber143 4 weeks ago
@mindlessbelieber143 i think its called the mashed potato.. lol. You probably could look it up
lavender1789 3 weeks ago
@inspiredear dude its just a song in a movie
mindlessbelieber143 4 weeks ago
the black girls js killed it, i love the soul !
KLIFF55 4 weeks ago
I think everyone should stop comparing the girls to each other.
They are both wonderful and you should listen to the music. Not compare. They are both very good.
inspiredear 1 month ago
i love this song and the african american women ut a whole lot of more energy in it and it was much more beter. they also had additude wich was awesome!! love it!!
actress101246 1 month ago
@actress101246 that was the point of the movie - talent should matter not race.
BrunhildaSwecker 3 weeks ago
Sure, but they're not doing a 'special' effort to do it, it simply, naturally, is better because the black ladies give it an extraordinary soul that white ones don't.
videocrack246 3 weeks ago
I love this song and Hairspray is my favorite movie!!!!!
SomyrKnight 1 month ago
I love that attitude/neck thing, I can never do it with a straight face
TXejas19 1 month ago
I like the second part soooo much better! The first part isn't bad, but it's too sizzy, bit like Britney Spears at her first album.
LMK22 1 month ago 2
I really do love then black version, but i think the white girls dance at the beginning is just so darn cute! The dancing they do when they sing 'the new girl in town...' haha
BananaChocolate12 1 month ago
Oh, I love the voice of the black womans <3
Balderesco 1 month ago 2
black ladies: 99%
white ladies: 3%
janeykat0220 1 month ago 2
Who owns the moving service?!
SuperTigerlover98 1 month ago
video crack 246 your a rasist
TheAoibhoconnor 1 month ago
1:01
Blondiecat1961 1 month ago
0:56
Blondiecat1961 1 month ago
i loved brittany snow in the pink dress
TheAoibhoconnor 1 month ago
you have to be crazy to like the white girls doing this song... African American girls put more soul into it
RAch711baby 1 month ago
Damn, them African American girls danced better and put more energy into their dancing and singing. White might be sweet, but the darker the berry, the sweeter the fruit.
TheWitchdoctr 1 month ago
i love this movie lolz !!!!!!!!!!!!
lolsmileyface568 1 month ago
I fuckin LOVE HAIRSPRAY!!!!!
alrwia 1 month ago
Penny this is Seaweed, Seaweed this is Penny
GraphicBaby21 1 month ago
>dat mashed potato in the a-lines right at the start
alexolife 1 month ago
Of course there are not separate versions with the two races, this song is to show the segregation and although the white may think they are superior they may not be in this case as the black girls outshine them.
31girlsgreen 1 month ago 20
I wish there was a full version of the black women...SO GOOD! I just keep starting the video again at 1:16
JustAKidInTheHall 1 month ago
2:02 so cuuuuuuuuuuuute ^^
Tutifruititi 1 month ago
love it love it love it
PumpkinPie752 1 month ago
I liked the white version better but still liked the black version
florik2 1 month ago
the three African American girls sound exactly like these ladies from LIttle Shop of Horror. Anyone confirm?
TheBillieJean1234 2 months ago
@TheBillieJean1234 i was thinking that as well! :)
thatwasweird95 1 month ago
but the orange dresses are ADORABLE
BagnallFamily1 2 months ago
i am such an amber fan
BagnallFamily1 2 months ago
the black girls have way more energetic and have better coriography
0119lululemon 2 months ago 2
Goddammit, they sing so well, and I want their legs in those gorgeous orange dresses . . .
HugMonster341 2 months ago 18
The guy who plays the dad in this movie lives like a mile away from my house!
FutureTrophyWife96 2 months ago
African American women are my favorite singers from that era. They just were so energetic and had such great voices and spunk!
CourtneyTHEamazing 2 months ago 3
@TheKinckKnack12345678 yea she did
sophiethesofa 2 months ago
the african are way better
TheEmi13em1 2 months ago
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How the hell they do that step :|?? 0:07
AnonymousMaggot1 2 months ago
Hw the hel they do that step :| ? 0:07
AnonymousMaggot1 2 months ago 3
i love that head bobbing part at 1:39
pinkpopjenny534 3 months ago 5
gggrrrrr i'm trying to figure out what the fat girl's name is from this movie...........eh fuck it. i'm out
pargelenis2020 3 months ago
@pargelenis2020 Tracy.
mooqtie215 2 months ago
@mooqtie215 oh finally thanks :)
pargelenis2020 2 months ago
omg they shufflin ! 0:07 xd
JustMe24678 3 months ago
@JustMe24678 not really.....
istalkcookies 3 months ago
@JustMe24678 i can't believe usaid that that's a dance from like the 1970's called the mashpatato
Theashleystar24 2 months ago
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JustMe24678 3 months ago
so catchy!
DANCEGIRLSGROUP 3 months ago
Sry, I meant I -3 as is love
Sparklyfashionis 3 months ago
I doing a trio in dance to this song and I -3 it!
Sparklyfashionis 3 months ago
Those black ladies are soo much better than the whitey ones.....and Michelle Pfeiffer is a Goddess.
videocrack246 3 months ago 45
@videocrack246
I think it's mainly because we are a more modern day audience, and music in American greatly changed due to African Americans, so you know.
lilanimemaniac 3 months ago
@videocrack246 'whitey' is racist. 'Black' is in some cases as well.
BrunhildaSwecker 3 weeks ago
@BrunhildaSwecker whitey is extremely racist and offensive, they shouldve chosen a better word.
NewGenerationOtis 2 weeks ago
The African American girls put more energy into it :)
BeatlesRockRock 3 months ago 163
@BeatlesRockRock I LOVE THEM THEY ARE DA BOMB!!!
kama2015native 2 months ago
@BeatlesRockRock
I think that's the point. The writers wanted to make sure that the ausience knew that black is just as good, and can be better, than white, just as often as the other way around.
megadork456 2 months ago
@megadork456 Very true, I've watched the newest movie about 100 times, and them singing this has always been my favorite part :) i also like when they sing a few parts in the song "welcome to the 60's" and that kids, is why you don't discriminate!
BeatlesRockRock 2 months ago 4
@BeatlesRockRock
Nah baby, they put more SOUL into it! lol
Dejsheron1 1 month ago
@BeatlesRockRock so true
crazychickk1000 1 month ago
Oh snap the new girl in town became the new dead girl in town. R.I.P. to the new girl in....TOWN!
peopleloveify 3 months ago 6
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GuitarsAndPurpleHair 3 months ago
I love the african american version better
january284 3 months ago 5
i love the movie hairspray esspecially this song !!! ;L
ams1812 3 months ago
im trying out for amber for a play!
11gothgirl 3 months ago
I don't get the end "she WAS the new girl in town."
Did she get run over or something?
TheKnickKnack123456 3 months ago 8
@TheKnickKnack123456 Yes because in the end the sang "Hey look out for that moving van look out! look out! look out! She WAS the new girl in town....
Derek12141981 3 months ago
@TheKnickKnack123456 I think it's more of now she lives here now... she's not new anymore. She's a resident. But @Derek12141981 also has a good point
MyZeebraaGoesRawr 3 months ago
The black version girls are better, and I want their dresses!
TheArdenWhite 3 months ago
shes got the coolest hair
MegaLaurafan 3 months ago
hey look out for that movin van look out look out look out look out..........she was the new girl in........towwwnnnn
princessdaisy41 3 months ago 3
I believe the idea was for the audience to like the black girls version better, we're not supposed to like Amber or her mum and what they stand for, and the film is all about equality. I don't think it was ever made to make you pick between them when clearly the black girls version is so much better. :)
MissEmziWemzie 4 months ago 10
@MissEmziWemzie
It's more about the different styles of singing. Amber's mom wanted it to stay the way it was, when people were moving towards R&B.....so they did the song in their own style. The point is Mrs. Van Tussel didn't want the Blacks influencing the whites......so you can like both, it depends on your taste of which you think is better.
VirgiliaCoriolanus 4 months ago in playlist VirgiliaCoriolanus's favorites 3
The blonde version is cute and fun but the ladies in the ornage dresses are more soulful and powerful and better dancing.. LUV BOTH THOUGH ,DOESNT MATTER!!
musicmoviesgal 4 months ago in playlist Hairspray 4
I think the black girls were wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better!!! The blonde chicks were cute but the black girls sung wayyyyyy better and killed it!(in a good way)
IndieMomoBaby 4 months ago 7
i like the blonde chicks better
ambiipambii4664 4 months ago
I like the white girls version better, irs cuter, and sweeter.....more like the concept of the movie
louisianaboy86 4 months ago
the girls in the orange dress were the best <3 <3 <3 !!!! :)
Bexico713 4 months ago 4
When I wanted my little brother to watch this with me I simply said: "Look, that's Catwoman!"
And now he likes this movie ^^
loveClowns8 4 months ago 3
love the movie
xxayoolaynaxx 4 months ago
BLACK GIRLS MADE IT SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH BETTERRRRRRRR LOLLL white gurls were cute tho..
Simplyfearless16 4 months ago 7
Blar!
TheJustinbieber9090 4 months ago
2:00-2:10 lol
thebestone0010 4 months ago
im not racest or anything but the black people killed it
athleticlu 4 months ago 7
white chocolate, dark chocolate
its' all smooth and sweet to me baby :D
Emrald70 4 months ago 144
@Emrald70 And pink on the inside :P
takeshitapart 4 months ago
damn, i wish i was black!
Thainnn 4 months ago
Prefer the girls in the orange dresses so much attitude and very diva love love..
issycherrymanUK 4 months ago
I think its funny when the black girls say sshe WAS the new girl in town. Makes you think a ACCIDENT happened to her.
TheHalliwell666 4 months ago 2
the black ones remind me of the hercules disney movie :P the girls that sing! :D
WolfClanAlfa 4 months ago 8
@WolfClanAlfa The muses?
jinglybell1 4 months ago in playlist jinglybell1's favorites
@jinglybell1 haha yup! :D
WolfClanAlfa 4 months ago
@WolfClanAlfa Aren't they awesome? >_<
jinglybell1 4 months ago
@WolfClanAlfa LOL I was thinking the same thing when i first saw this! Throughout the whole movie but especially on this song.
Brandonbooy 3 months ago
there's this, i dunno...this special voice that blacks have when they harmonize.When they sing it's really awesome....
jinglybell1 4 months ago in playlist jinglybell1's Favorited Videos
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jinglybell1 4 months ago in playlist jinglybell1's favorites
errm, think i prefer the white version
coolboialex 4 months ago
The Black version put sum STANK on it, deff upbeat. makes u wanna get up and slap sombody...hahaha but i love the cuteness of the white version, and their dresses are fab esp Amber's black and white one when she's boo'd up on Link.. Both versions are fab in my opinion. =]
Cabz2018 4 months ago 3
someone preferring one from the other doesn't make one better than the other, it's just whichever one that you like according to you.. and we can't be naive and not see that of course a large percentage of blacks would like the black version, and whites the white version..
Tabitha93C 4 months ago
i hate it when songs break into this horrible fast speed version near the end... it was sooooo perfect with the slower tempo....
SaraAngel1993 4 months ago
me gusta mas la version negra
FanParchis1 5 months ago 2
I know this movies a few years old, but it always makes me thinks it's actually FROM the 60's.
AllieDominguez 5 months ago 5
haha
"Penny this is Seaweed, Seaweed this is Penny"
tsyganko 5 months ago 3
Of course the black girls performance is way better, it's on purpose. It's to show that, even doing a better show with better quality, the black don't get as much audience as the white. It's all there. White girls make innocent silly dancemoves while black girls simply kill it. Filmmakers wanted you to like their performance better. They think about everything!
renaobrazil 5 months ago 7
@renaobrazil lol thank you! Glad I'm not the only one that actually knew that xD
mrtrollolalot 4 months ago
I like the lady in the middle in the black version has some arms!
gigante1593 5 months ago
This is me and my cousins song! We only met 4 years ago, even though we've been cousins our whole life. We watch this movie whenever we meet up <3
theyukarimobile 5 months ago
If I see one more person referring to Glee, I will vomit.
124MichaelJacksonfan 5 months ago 8
240p we meet again....
sdogIovers 5 months ago
so at the end the new girl got hit by a moving van??
dede12397 5 months ago 3
@dede12397 OMG how did i not notice that...LMAO. Apparently so... O_o
Cabz2018 4 months ago 2
lol that big little girl is sending my sales through the roof
dede12397 5 months ago
i watched the musical I WAS SO AWESOME sadly they didnt have this song it was my fav in the movie
thypurpleturtle 5 months ago
I like both!!!
stylishsyko 5 months ago
i like them both black or white dosnt matter
lovelygirl424 5 months ago 144
i love the white girls version
jox:)
hamkinnes 5 months ago
I love all the comments about how annoying the white girls are. Ah, so good to see racial prejudice alive and well. It goes both ways, people!
ludicrus32 5 months ago
@ludicrus32 Haha so true!
HDI3333 5 months ago
The dynamites would actually keep their man from the new girl
822CMooreful 5 months ago
white people look like damn foos tryna dane like black people :/ jus sayin
cutiequeen74 5 months ago
them white girls are damn annoying, like foo-foo dolls
awakenedlink37 5 months ago
at 0:55 her smiles really sweet
dancefreak931 6 months ago
i don't get the ending? does the new girl get killed my the moving van or does another girl move in?
mihtagaran 6 months ago
@mihtagaran
she gets run over :(
dancefreak931 6 months ago
I LOVEBOTH VERSIONS :D
ecmt14 6 months ago 2
is the one in the green queen latifa?
CuppyCake411 6 months ago 2
OMG I love how they move her neck *-*
karliicecy 6 months ago
The girls in the orange dresses owned the first version <3
TheLaurenAndSaffShow 6 months ago
love this!
january284 6 months ago
The part the women in the orange dresses sang was wow. Damn...DIVA'S BABY
WantedMirrors 6 months ago
The blonde version is cute but the black version damn!!! they rock!!!! wow!!!! and dance and sing better!!!
Dabexoxo13 6 months ago 144
@Dabexoxo13 the blonde version is cute.. kind of racest dot you think. then to say the black version. Wow you you have alot to learn about life. Go get help you racest
divernick100 4 months ago
@divernick100 Saying black or white is not being racist, i think thats just a color of skin people are more than that, so i think that way but if u think otherway i must say im sorry it wastn my intention okay, and u have 2 learn how to see people more than just see their color, peace bro
Dabexoxo13 3 months ago
YAYYYYY! PROUD 2 B BLACK!!!!
erocksursocks 6 months ago
I usually don't believe in love at first sight, but in Seaweed and Penny's case I'll make an exception.
gleekqueen93 6 months ago 2
I like the soul version better!
RandomReviewshehe 6 months ago
I'm black and I like the white version better its no big deal who likes what version more
hairlessdoves 6 months ago 2
the first one is bubbly and preppy but you gotta say the the second one has SoUl!
0suresh1 6 months ago
Aww Penny's speechless when she first meets Seaweed
Kaynas1988 6 months ago
I love the two versions : the white one is cute, the black one is cool!
TheRealVirtual93 6 months ago
tracy is sooo anoying!!!! not because she is big but she is so... so... SWEET!!!
whoisthatgirl345 6 months ago
"I'm gonna get her after school." *fists imaginary pussy*
mackeymkay 6 months ago
I love the diva head sliding the black girls did. I LOVE being able to do that. None of my Caucasian friends can do it! lol!
ChanniAntoinette 6 months ago 5
I prefer the white version, it's cuter c: .
AdoreDelight 6 months ago
I love this song and i really hope my school does this musical it would be soooo much fun!
MsAlyssaSings 6 months ago
@MsAlyssaSings It's a lot of fun, and a lot of work. Unfortunately, this song was cut before the final version of the stage musical. It was added back in for the movie, but if you perform this play then you won't get the chance to perform this song.
sailorknightwing 6 months ago
The black girls remind me of dreamgirls....
drich2130 6 months ago
Kinda sad that the white girls are sing meekly and dressed like dolls, when the black girls are dressed sexily and sing with a strong voice.
Kinda diffrent nowadays. : /
FireSath 7 months ago 9
I love the mowtown version!!!
starsanimemusic 7 months ago
@buhvansex thank you sooo much. I cannot wait to see your video
MsRosalieMarie 7 months ago
i love this song and move
braindeadchild911 7 months ago