Randy Newman - Short People (1978)

[welovejeremylangston]

i see he's trying to sound like ray charles

[tbuck501]

Thanks for posting this! I loved this when it came out, it was so funny, and I thought I was so tall. I was in grade school. Didn't know I'd stop growing in 5th grade! That's what I get for bein a chick. Song is still funny, though!!

[evanswood1]

I remember this song from the seventies, and finally found it , just as funny now as then!!!

[86videostar]

Thanks randy I'mma take my nasty little feet in jump off a bridge

[9intheaftern00n100]

Foxes! They like looking at bags! And then they walk away, so their tails they can wag!

YoupayRandynow.

[vinnyd91]

Red headed lady, reaching for an apple.

[bojanks15]

fucking randy newman

[airsoftrocka101]

dont want no short pepole



[horseluvver915]

i LoVe this song lol



[gawa4002]

This song is poking fun at people who hate others for stupid reasons. (any one feel like it's making fun of most of the people who comment on youtube videos?)

[botmetzg]

"One of his biggest hits, "Short People" was written from the perspective of "a lunatic"[3] who hates short people." - wikipedia

[JacobyDontez]

Fuck short people I'm gonna kill a shit load of them 2nite. who with me?

[hey53t0]

@JacobyDontez

a family of Obama loving short ass bastards = the Papa family, located at 1005 Glenwood Rd. Vestal, NY 13580

[Twodickfrog24]

Randy Newman Ima kick you in the nutts my girlfriend is short!!

[segabud]

Foxes

They like lookin at bags

and then they walk away so

their tails are gonna waag

youpayrandynow...

[FLOWINminecraft]

fag

[winrx]

Kind of ironic, since he looks like someone who's into little boys....lol

[moondogflex]

Randy Newman is so short you can see his feet in his drivers license picture!

[Jagvillhejhej]

R.I.P Kim Jong il

[demon515]

@Jagvillhejhej He had no reason to live.

[sirwob]

@Jagvillhejhej there's a fitting comment on a Randy Newman vid...........NOT

[Coltongirl1]

I love short people >:(

[kermithehomo]

christophe' kermit clark is a short person and a wanker

[PooBucket2112]

Randy is a dick. I am short. I have been discriminated against my whole life. Girls won't date me, I can't reach things and I feel threatened by large cats. I hate you Randy Newman, I am a wonderful person despite my height!!

[eldering01]

@PooBucket2112 If you don't understand the deeper meaning in this song then don't bother commenting in the future. This is satire, he himself is short as well! LOL

[bad2dabone49]

@PooBucket2112 Haha large cats. Keep on trollin', Poo Bucket.

[xXXna8XXx]

21 people are short

[Raiderfn31]

Satire at it's best.

[podsterkid]

Thumbs up if you remeber this from that classic movie "Little Rascals"

[kja427]

Of all of the celebrities born from New Orleans, I ALWAYS thought that Mr. Newman was the most awkward. Hell, Ellen DeGeneres is more rounded than Randy Newman. I truly believe that.

[noneothat56]

Does anyone out there understand the concept of sarcasm? Try listening to to the entire song people!

[nirvanafreak3213]

21 people were too short to reach the like button.

[nickp440]

@krelbar i just tried that. Turns out the song is even better that way

[MrMegaman690]

Short people? What about the Goddamn Rhinos?!

[MrMegaman690]

Also, notice the expression form the recording guy from the beginning of this video. He must of been going made from listening to this song.

[DonnerPassBandUtah]

21 people were too short to reach the like button

[MrMikeb1958]

@DonnerPassBandUtah LMAO! Too funny! I almost sprayed my moniter with coffee. :)

[EZBLooDYDSI]

PLAY SHORT PEOPLE!

[nikkisixxual]

Short people got. Short people got. Short people got inferior genetics. Short people got fucked by god.

[mphello]

And anyone who thinks being politically correct and overly sensitive about a song is a "liberal" thing is an extremist anti-free-speech conservative asshole.

[iTzChRiSv2]

lil wayne should remix this song



[smallblockvette]

I'm 5'4, Iwant to find a couple of midgets and sing this song at karaoke

[iTwixful]

@IAmThinkTank LMFAO

[SislerPianoPlaya]

I'm short and I love this song. It's so funny when over-politically correct people get angry and "offended". I wish there were more of those people, then I would have more people to laugh at.

[RonSafreed]

My woodshop teacher in senior high was barely 5 foot 2 inches tall-LOL Mr Cade whereever you are.

[robertplantisgod1234]

I'm short:(

[UmyNEPHEW]

1:19 explains everything!

[pop909000]

BLAH HAHAHAHA I LOVE THIS SONG!!! my criminal law teacher showed us this :D

[Exilemainstreet]

@pop909000 Is he . . . a Little Criminal?!!! I crack myself up so much.

[philldholes]

I remember that song I was about 7 when it was popular

[Hot100daze1976to1997]

This song - Short People - By Randy Newman peaked at # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart on 02-04-1978

[Zidave]

I love this song. I have it on my itouch playlist!

[peabogutta]

I like Short people

[bosunbilly]

Anyone who thinks this song is a slap on short people clearly miss the point of the song.

This is actually a slap on people with irrational biases.

[Emiaroza]

Rhinos, they scare little boys.

Assassinating parents don't bring em much joy.

It's Randy.

(Thumbs up if u know the reference) :)

[MrBuch169169]

@Emiaroza I was about to type that exact same thing. xD

[LizaMMX]

@Emiaroza James and the Giant Peach, but wasn't that on Family Guy, too?

[FortWorthRaised]

This song makes me feel glad that I'm 6'4" so I have a reason to live!

[snappercactus]

short people, as in people with a short fuse? or a short little racist perception of the world? goddamn it, Randy Newman! Stick to Toy Story soundtracks!!!!

[pcgamer010]

@snappercactus It's satire...

He's not being serious.

[belladulcenikki]

Short people happen to be very awesome :) just saying!

[acajudi100]

This was a parody on racism. You could replace the adjective with fat, skinny, tall, ugly, pretty, white, yellow, black, pink ,brown, or red. Racism is dumb!

[heinlich1]

people who hate short people has NO REASON TO LIVE!

[heinlich1]

if Randy Newman were short i'd forgive him . but i'm sure God WON'T

[heinlich1]

why can't short people be as respected as the black, blind, fat, poor people?

[heinlich1]

Randy Newman method against racism is VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND

[heinlich1]

people that don't suffer height discrimination can't talk. period

there are here only for joking , that's make them inferior

[heinlich1]

450 people love discrimination...

that's why the world is what it is. a terrenal hell!

[eliack95]

@heinlich1 u must b short ur self. lol

short ppl r so stupid wit small brain

s stupid short fucker.

[agua4health]

short and love this song

[ziagirl]

Funny song! Back in the day when people could make a freakin joke and people would laugh and not consider it racist or discrimation. People need to get a grip these days! Hell, I'm short and I love the song, always down for a laugh and if you can't laugh at yourself then you've got some problems.

[TBAWriter]

@ziagirl Actually, "back in the day" Randy Newman got a lot of flack for this. Even then, there were people who couldn't understand parody or satire. It's not "these days", it's human nature for people to be too dumb to take a joke.

[666fost]

@TBAWriter hello

i blond !!!!!!!!!!!!! (give me a joke on blonds:-)) and short with acne and i love this song ......

[TBAWriter]

@666fost I'm glad that at least one person is smart enough to take a joke, but I was more responding to the use of the phrase "back in the day."

[natedaug1]

Jesus, the lyrics to this song are brutal. The song is so upbeat but the lyrics are vicious.

[nforshaw]

luv it

[Jettvictery]

This is a classic that even "Short People" probably like!

[xWittgensteinx]

It's about time someone took those midget bastards down a peg.

[moonstone101987]

@xWittgensteinx that's mean they can't help being born small, anymore than we can help being born with brown hair, or blue eyes. I know a little person, and she is very nice.

[duconducon2]

Go Ahead ! Randy you're the best

[MissDeeCole]

fuck midgets!

[VICJR98]

I bet this song is banned in China

[TimeForBold]

Ummm, listening to this as a child, I always thought he was black.

He is the precursor to Mayer Hawthorne.

[jdj924]

My brother was 6'10" and I am 5'8" he got great delight playing this song when we were crusing in his Buick GS 400. He was killed in a car accident when he was 26 years old. Love you brother

[JmariolinkJ]

@jdj924 Sorry to hear that. I hope that didn't ruin you enjoying this song!

[themutherfunkinDme]

17 tall ppl, are mad, with their little vote

[StooJohny]

In response to all these people fighting.... ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE! Chill out and listen to the music, don't read words.

[TheGoggles1970]

hey imagineRevolution64 - get a life you tool.....

[devoidsteele]

wow- we truly have some complete idiots on this planet. Hey short guy (imagineRevolution) you're such a small person no matter how tall you are. And by the way, what does 'short' actually mean? Is there any true DEFINITION of short??? NO -its subjective. Short for the NBA is 6' 4" so all you dumbshits that LOVE to be offended should just get back in your "mini' coopers and stop feeling so bad cuz you gotta get your pants in the 'tween' section or baby gap. Oh, sorry - your skin is too thin. punk

[ImagineRevolution64]

@devoidsteele Just reading through the comments on this. Real big of you to talk behind some computer screen, extra anonymously, I might add, by not even tagging me. I seriously can't even believe that people are actually idiotic enough to call someone a "small person" based on a couple of comments. Even as I'm going off right now, I don't know who you are. It would be narcissistic and presumptuous to do so.

[nikkisixxual]

@ImagineRevolution64

No reason to get all pissy.  If you can't reach something off the top shelf, I and many other people of normal height will gladly help a manlet out.

[yourtreat2]

Wonderful satire! Classic Randy. What a great talent.

[PaulMFliebler]

It's Randy Newman , Anyone who thinks he is being the slightest bit serious and accusing him of "height-ism" that is the most liberal bull shit nonsense that I've heard. lmao my gf is 4'11 and she thinks it's funny.Randy Newman does not hate anyone , who made Toy Story music for christ sakes

[n3cr0fil3]

For the haters: This song is a satire. Like most of his songs.

[elhyperdunk15]

I'm 15 and 6'8 think he's talking bout me?

[Bobartles]

@IAmThinkTank You, sir, are awesome.

[tukabl]

Probably the most misinterpreted song in music history. More often than not, by the very people it's aimed at :-)

[SuperLincoln01]

great song, im only a very small man but so what its a fact. to those who say its racist etc get a life

[GoodReasonNews]

This song is about short-tempered, small-minded bigots, not people who are physically short. It's just a metaphor, folks.

[thykothak]

@GoodReasonNews

It's advanced irony that Randy wrote about a man he was told hated short people.

[tacitgreen]

Yes, Randy Newman INTENDED this to be a song from the viewpoint of someone who dislikes short people. It does not reflect his own views. It was intended to underscore the stupidity and bigotry of the average person. Unfortunately, many people mistake it as support of the particularly American tendency to judge people on their height, and in that respect it has become an ugly song. Even Randy Newman does not like this song now, and has stated it repeatedly.

[molsymac]

16 people are short

[mypennypoo]

I'm 6'7" and have loved this song since I was young. I don't think it's demeaning at all, and to people of my stature, EVERYONE is short! LOL It's a cute song, fun and is meant only in jest! If you take it as offensive, well, just consider all the taunts us tall people endure on a daily basis as well. Everyone is the same, regardless of size.

[salemetro]

Let me explain it to you, since you are obviously uneducated;

Satire makes a statement, often through sarcasm....just as in this case. Sadly, you are someone who can only see things in a literal fashion.

You resort to name-calling when you aren't able to understand what is plainly obvious to the rest of us. So go ahead and keep typing away incoherently, and crying racism about that which you simply do not have the mental capacity to understand. You only serve to show your own stupidity.

[cbeadlesyum]

THIS IS IN THE LITTLE RASCALS :D :D

[PAULYThePOJO]

Fuckking Awesome Song. The Melodyy Is TOOO RAD!!

[jennyz96]

little rascals !

[alexwhitehead]

Racist? Seriously? The song is a play on how stupid it is to be racist. Short people is just a metaphor. A good songwriter isn't going to tell you what he is actually singing about. God people, read a book or something. Step your education up.

[Chase0The0Bass]

@alexwhitehead Not just racism but bigotry in general

[itachiitachi1946]

a short dude must had tought a hard lesson to that randy newman.thats why he wrote and sang such a racist discriminating song.was he crasy or paranoid?ima check wikipedia to see if he had any mental or psychological problem for accusing short people beeing racist to them provoking heightism and saying in a few words''be ware!! short ppl r mean and evil and they must not exist''yup he was a crasy dude just like hitler and many others.

[Honormartin]

@itachiitachi1946 calm down love, he's clearly joking.

[itachiitachi1946]

@Honormartin joking?r u kiding me?this song is very ofending and discriminating!

[Honormartin]

@Honormartin yeah I know, I got hacked pretty badly

[salemetro]

@itachiitachi1946 Amazing that someone like yourself would be so quick to cry "racist discrimination". You really should grow up. Do yourself a favor, and spend 10 seconds over at wikipedia to learn the background of this song. It's sad that narrow-minded people as yourself are the root cause of "political correctness" gone mad in our society. Some people only hear what they want to hear, and have no sense of an artist's creative expression AGAINST discrimination. Geeze....get a clue!

[itachiitachi1946]

@salemetro im not gonna anlyse to u cause ive done that before.and after all ur also RACIST AND A DISCRIMINATING PERSON WHEN U TALK LIKE THAT..this song is racist and discriminating and rpoducer of hate against ppl.period.thats right w/e u say.

[salemetro]

@itachiitachi1946 You are clearly out of touch with reality, and have no concept of satire. It must be a very sad life that you lead to "find" hate and racism where there is none.

[ecentrixx]

@itachiitachi1946 You are a fucking idiot, please re analyse your ethics and views on everything.

[ImagineRevolution64]

@itachiitachi1946 I'm a short person, and even I can see the irony in this. He's kidding.

[itachiitachi1946]

@ImagineRevolution64 heightism,racism,sexism and any form of discrimination is not irony or funny and cannot be accepted by any kind of means.the song is provoking heightism and hes not kidding.i wish he was but he isnt(dont know if he still lives though but thats not the point)

[ImagineRevolution64]

@itachiitachi1946 If we can't laugh at things like this, how can things like racism, sexism, "heightism" ever be accepted? Also, he is kidding. You have no evidenciary support to prove that he isn't. You're only saying he isn't so you can prove your point.

[itachiitachi1946]

@ImagineRevolution64 laughing at how others looks and judgin em is PATHETIC.shaping opinions and attributes that a person has to have to be accepted on social norms is PATHETIC and cant be tolerated or accepted.the song provokes heightism and ppl like u who like it tend to be racists,discriminating and trying to make hurt others in order to fullfll their insecurities.thats what pshyckology says and my opinion is that ur a DOUCHEBAG.period

[ImagineRevolution64]

@itachiitachi1946 That's a stereotype. Now you're prejudiced. And anyways, he's making fun of the stereotype, not seriously promoting it. You have no evidence, otherwise.

[itachiitachi1946]

@ImagineRevolution64 1 its not stereotype and even if it was stereotypes r bad.2)i have no evidence?HELLOO!1 r u stupid?do u listen what he sings over here?3)hes not making a fun of the stereotype casue he promotes heightsim and discrimination against short ppl.i guess u like that casue ur the same as him.thats why u try ur best to justify him.imgaine hiim saying ''black ppl r nothing'and stuff.he says short ppl? wtf is that action/its clearly a from of discrimnation and expresion of hate.period

[ImagineRevolution64]

@itachiitachi1946 Second verse: Short people are just the same as you and I. All men are brothers until the day they die.

Where did that one go? Skip it over because it didn't fit your criteria?

[itachiitachi1946]

@ImagineRevolution64 1)what about the other verses? and 2)when u discriminate ppl by their attributes then thats racism,heightsim,sexism etc etc.get the point.song provokes discrimination.imagine a song like that about blacks.blacks would go on rampage.but now thats about heightism evrtyinhgn is cool and ur k with that.i sudgest u to check about heightism and ull realise that society is discriminating against short ppl and no1 notices that.only the short ones.''i dont need no short ppl''.....

[ImagineRevolution64]

@itachiitachi1946 Hellooo? I'm a short person? Forget that? Moron. You're clearly one of those oversensitive people who looks for discrimination in everything. I'm going to stop replying to you now. 'Kay? Bye bye.

[itachiitachi1946]

@ImagineRevolution64 u oretend beeing a short person.and HELLOOOOO cant u hear what that ''song'' says?''short ppl got no reason to live''....DISCRIMINATION AT ITS BEST...FUCK YOU ,LAME CUNT.U FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT.u try ur best to justify that song that provokes discrimination.fuck u and die

[thechosennerf]

@itachiitachi1946 The song was written as a humorous dig at the ridiculousness of discrimination and racism. Newman takes something arbitrary - height - and writes a discrimination song in order to show how stupid it is to judge people based on physical characteristics.

[TheTypicalGirl]

@thechosennerf Except that racism isn't merely about judging people based on physical characteristics. Race is essentially geographic ancestry and certain physical attributes correlate highly with race/geographic ancestry. So do certain behavioral characteristics. Therefore, certain behavioral traits correlate in statistically predictable ways with certain physical traits. The physical traits themselves are merely the most easily recognizable identifiers.

[thechosennerf]

@TheTypicalGirl Way to try and justify racism.

[krelbar]

@thechosennerf Don't confuse justification with definition.

[krelbar]

Want to have fun? Replace the word "short" with "black" in this song.

[rayjr62]

@krelbar How bout you place the barrel of a fully loaded .357 in your mouth and pull the trigger. That would be even more fun.

[pvrhye]

@itachiitachi1946 It's not even that cleverly disguised sarcasm. Think about it one itty bitty moment dude. People like you are why books of real literary merit get pulled from school libraries. Over-sensitive-under-educated people are really dumbing the country down. If you had your way, every song would be absolutely literal.

[itachiitachi1946]

@pvrhye dude this is discriminates ppl.LOOK THE TRUTH and stop trying to justify this shit ok? u like the song.but that doesnt mean u have the right calling others names and trying to justify the discrimination against ppl of this song.period

[pvrhye]

@itachiitachi1946 The song even literally breaks the sarcasm for a moment with this part ->

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)

It's very clearly an anti-discrimination song dude. The whole point in to point out the absurdity of discrimination by reducing to it's absolute most absurd form.

Then again, you're probably just trolling. I tend to bite troll bait all the time.

[itachiitachi1946]

@pvrhye yeah...write also the rest fo the songs verses what it says..'

Short peaple got no reason to leave

they got little hands and eyes they walk around telling lies

dont want short ppl

and other crap like that

THATS A FUCKING DISCRIMINATION DAMMIT! get lost i hate talking with ppl who support discriminations.seriously..get lost u idiot

[joenite99]

@itachiitachi1946 --dawg u got 2get a life.

[itachiitachi1946]

@joenite99 speak 4 urself u person who has heightism and discriminate others cuase they r short and not tall or w/e they think they r.

[sirwob]

one of the most under-rated artists of all time

[jdogpj]

this was one of my favorites songs. My daughter just asked me if it was offensive to short people I explained to her that this song was about people with small minds, prejudice. By the way I am 5' 1"

[duntie1]

substitute 'short' for 'black' (not shortsighted) in most of the lyrics. It was an anti-racism song with 'short' people being the victims of prejudice

[shadowlassie1]

fu

[mightystu49]

11 people were too short to reach the "like" button.

[orangegold1]

@mightystu49 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH­AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHA­HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

[acarouselofantics]

@mightystu49 Hahaha....that's hilarious! I'm 5'4 and I have to say that I love this song for some reason!!

[eighteen18jts]

@mightystu49 NICE ONE, DUDE!!!! LMAO.

[Smurf17420]

Listened to this song in English in our satire section. It was great.

[sendanor]

Doesn't ANYONE understand finally that the 'Short' in the song stands for 'shortsighted'? Well, viewing the reactions....Q.E.D.

[supermandisco]

I dont think leprechauns appreciate this song, but we'll see.

[reverendoodie]

I'm surprised that this is still controversial, still misunderstood. This was discussed over and over back in 1977. All of us short-arses understood what it was about way back then, and very few of us were upset by it. Folks just love to seek out things to be offended by.

[MamaWolffe777]

In the words of Alan Jackson, "It's all right to be little bitty."

[Mr1029Tyler]

10 people are short. xD

[idorkTheLine]

im surprised no one connected that this song was his take on racism and how all people despite their differences are equal.

[MrMusician42]

He was obviously serious. In fact, he created the Randy Newman "Short Humans Under Tall: Unhygenic Peons" Coalition.

[agua4health]

this song is pretty hilarious. i love the lyrics. "nasty little feet," etc.

[THEEPICAIRSOFTMAN]

bet u he got snowballed by little kids before he made this song

[cheezeit90]

I'm 2 ft tall at 2 months old and I like this song. Peace

-Baby Jesus



[teamcrumb]

@cheezeit90  brilliant news!

[jesicat42]

@cheezeit90 that actually makes you tall. lol

[shawnconnry001]

@cheezeit90 jesus never said that!

[eighteen18jts]

@cheezeit90 if your 2 months old you shouldn't be able to talk.

[puregenius711]

I'm short, but I find this hilarious.

[MaaikeGitaar123]

omg, he's talking about short in mind..

[anarchydistrict]

I am 4ft 6 at 18 years old, love this song. xD

[guitardedboy]

8 short people saw this video.