Melanie-Brand New Key -((Composer Melanie Safka))
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- Brand New Key" is a pop song written by folk singer Melanie, which became a novelty hit in 1971-72. Taken from Melanie's album Gather Me, it was also known as "The Rollerskate Song" due to its chorus. It was her biggest hit, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1971 and January 1972. It reached #1 in Canada and Australia, and #4 in the UK charts.
The song is lighthearted in tone, sung from the viewpoint of a girl with roller skates trying to attract the attention of a boy:
I got a brand new pair of roller skates,
You got a brand new key.
I think that we should get together and try them out, to see ...
The roller skates in question would have been children's quad skates, which were clamped to the soles of ordinary shoes. The clamps were tightened with a special "key" that basically was a very simple socket wrench. The key was inevitably lost or misplaced, in which case a screwdriver or other tool usually could substitute though at some inconvenience. Although the lyrics claim that the roller skates are "brand new"; the girl presumably has lost her key:
I roller skated to your door at daylight[...]
I'm okay alone, but you got something I need - Hudba
76 years old. She passed away today at home. Bless her. And thank you for the music.
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@@skygazer6898 what do you mean?
Good question
@@user-zs1cl1ri3b I think skygazer6898 is just lonely and wanted people to talk about them.
@@skygazer6898 I think skygazer6898 is just lonely and wanted people to talk about them.
One of my favorite songs as a kid!
RIP, Melanie. Keep singing in the Heavenly Choir. 😢❤
Same. ❤
The most amazing song i ever heard... Melanie could make you happy like no one other was capable to!!!!
@@carinedupont9376, I remember Sonny and Cher doing this on their weekly show. They were portrayed as cartoon characters. I LOVED it! 😊
First heard this on the radio whilst travelling to Blaenau Ffestiniog to see my Gran. It was stuck in my head ever since. I was born in 1965 so how old would I have been? I was 6. We carry music we heard as a child with us for our entire lives, you may forget the lyrics but you'll never forget the tune. Songs take us right back to where we were when we first heard them. It means something. I have an acquired brain injury since 1967 and I find the RIP impossible. I fear it and I don't know why.
RIP Melaine Safka.
Sadly, another artist of my generation has left the stage. She was wonderful.
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Well said🥺
This song came immediately to mind when I read the news this morning 😢.
And as you say, I also note that someone whose music I listened to when growing up is now gone. 😢
The Show Must Go On !
She is probably a walk performer with John and George about now.
RIP Melanie (February 3, 1947 - January 23, 2024), aged 76
You will be remembered as a legend.
I was the judge who gave her first place in a "Hootenanny" in the 1960's and got her her first job at The Quay in Sea Bright, NJ.
No shit? I believe you. What songs did she sing for you?
We are in your debt sir.
Lovely
Stephen, I carried her bag once. I guess I did more for her career than you did.
Great stuff. She is so good. I wish ... I wish ... I wish I could go back and do it all over
I used to sing this song to my eldest son when he was a baby. He's 41 now.
Bless our Moms!! What would us boys be without you??!! 🎈
@@TheMayoBlue awww!🙂
So happy, bubbly and innocent. Remember absokuteky giving my roller skates plenty of work outs going up and down the street where I used to live. When this song came out I thought " Wow what an awesome, strong, melodic voice. It makes you want to sing along with a happy heart.
you still sing it to him, eh ??
She and her mother used to sleep with her high school English teacher. LOL
RIP in peace beautiful lady. When I was a wee lad this song used to make me so happy. My mom was kind of an old hippy and decades after this song came out mom played it for me and I’d dance and try to sing along LOVED the chorus. Fair winds and following seas sweet lady. You made this guy so happy.
Loveee your comment!
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I just heard that Melanie passed away. I remember listening to this song as a child all those years ago. R.I.P.
I learned about Melanie , when I was shop lifting at Tandy aged 12 or 13 in the UK I stole a cassette and many other, Her voice got me so much .. there are unique voices and that is her , I am now 60 and it is still great
I'm almost 63 years old and still love this song. Brings back so many memories.. thank you!!! I ask you all, if it wasn't for memories what would we have??
me too.im 60 and still,rem,every word.
Isn't this an Irish rebel song?!?
Still here at 61, enjoying in 2021.
Keep having joy!
You are so right!!! (I'm 66 years old...)
63 here... brings back a beautiful feeling ❤🇦🇺
Ill never see a pair of roller skates and not think of Melanie. RIP ❤
Truth.
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I'm 63 and we were such happy boys and girls back then, and I remember when I was young the world had just begun and we were happy.✌️🙋
Memories
Looking at old pictures, listening to old songs
It seems like only yesterday, man how the time has flown.
Each one of them a memory a movie in my head,
A time, a place, a way of life that now is all but dead.
Things almost forgotten, that many have never seen.
A peaceful life of what once was, is all but now a dream.
A part of who I am inside, my soul that's deep within.
Of what it was like yesterday when innocence began.
A child like faith and an awe, where everything's brand new.
Oh how I long for the yesterdays, that are buried in my youth.
Say I am outdated a relic from the past.
that my life is over,that tomorrow's never last.
But when I'm looking back in time, and see these things again.
They're more than just a memory,but are a long lost friend.
By John Wright
Bullshit
the world was a much smaller place in the 60s. we were not constantly bombarded with the horrors that were happening on all four corners of the globe. we actually had a social fabric cause there was nothing else. now we have none of that. the wonders of the world has been buried under massive mountains of shit as a result of losing these things that most humans need to "feel" ok
And then you went and killed a bunch of innocents in Viet Nam
R.I.P. this is a quirky, very catchy song..never knew what she looked like actually never never knew her name..this song will never get old!
It's all about the simplicity of the song and THAT voice.
I agree
It's about sex lol. "Don't go too fast, but I go pretty far." It's innuendo and I only realized it recently.
@@MusicalSavior23 It is, and it isnt, which is why it's so nice.
@@danielinthewolvesden agreed.
It's all about that chorus.
R.I.P. Melanie. I found myself singing this song in the shower yesterday. It made me happy, as your music always did.
After the DJ bit in The Kids in the Hall, this is now my personal theme for the apocalypse.
I've also been listening to this on repeat since the show. I wonder how may people will be reminded of this song again now.
Same!! 😆
This song is now terrifying... 🤣
Well considering how close the apocalypse seems to be these days it only makes sense
That’s. The. Point.
This georgeous woman is proof that great music is not about complexity and technical competency its about getting inside you and tickling your emotions she is cheeky and fun and it shows in her originality i just love this song and music in general and how it can transport me back to my wonderful carefree youth surrounded by loved ones
Yes it's similar to 90-2000s pop. Simple but catchy
She is just gorgeous in this. Look at the hair! RIP Beautiful person
loved this song in my high school days. 64 years old now,still love it.
John Jarou I never heard it till sometime in the early 2000’s, I was 23. I still love it too. I wish I could see what you saw back then 🍃🌈✌🏻🦋⭐️❤️
I am 74 and still brings back great memories!
born in 1960 and this is bringing back the memories :)
yup !
I applaud your good taste, sir. I love this 50-year old song too.
RIP Melanie Safka. Just heard today, January 24, 2024. She was 76.
One of my favorite childhood tunes! Great song, great voice, great lady! May she Rest in Peace.
1/23/24. Melanie Safka has roller-skated into heaven. So long Melanie! We will miss you.☹
Simple and brilliant song. Not like today’s junk. RIP beautiful soul.
REST IN PEACE.. YOU LEFT YOUR POSITIVE MARK ON THE WORLD THROUGH ONE TRACK.. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY..
This was my grandma's favorite song! She passed a month ago. I love this song
I'm sorry for your loss 🙏
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That's really cool ❤ sincerest condolences on the loss of your dear grand mother
Kids in the Hall brought me here, and I'm happy they did, I love this
KROC
@@strattybird5310 Motormouth in the morning!
THIS IS MOTORMOUTH MIKE IN THE MORNING BRINGING YOU THE HARD AND HEAVY HITS OF CLASSIC ROOOOOOCK!!!! AND THAT WAS MELANIE LETTING YOU KNOW SHE GOT SOME ROLLERSKATES AND YOUVE GOT A "BRAND NEW KEY"!
Only the kids in the hall could make this song creepy lol
It's "Qui."
@@TheLarryBrown quay?
(Dead eyed stare of absolute collapse).
Calling all crocodile rockers that was Melanie and reliable sources tell me she has a brand new pair of rollerskates and you have a brand new key.
An anthem - the anthem - of adolescent longing.
Gods speed Melanie!
Thank you for being in our lives! We love you!! Ciao! God bless!
R.I.P. beautiful soul with a angelic voice. The world will be less musical without you.....
She's so plucky and positive even though she's singing about rejection 👍
yea
And being a stalker 🤣🤣🤣
@@theinvisibleswordsman1196 Mark David Chapman was a stalker. A teenage girl roller skating past her crush's house is not a stalker. Your generation are such a bunch of nervous Nellies if half of you died virgins I wouldn't be at all surprised
We all have to deal with rejection. 😞
A rejected stalker
Im 67 years old and i still love this song
This was a hit with all generations back then . My Dad born in the 1920s and my mom who was born 30s loved it and of course I did too. The late 20th Century. Just magic music everywhere . Melanie knew that and now she knows it all .
I adored this song upon first hearing it in late 1971. Rest easy Melanie and thank you for this forgotten gem.
I was 11 years old when this came out and I loved it. My older "sophisticated" brothers gave me the business and told me I liked stupid, corny songs. Yeah, well take that bro! I STILL like i 50 years later!
When I listened to the kinks or leslie gore my mom's boyfriend said that's "pansy music "... what a bad complaint! More power to you!
Brings back many memories of the era!!
u have great taste because this song is still a banger!!!
Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport was a corny kid's song (or perhaps Puff The Magic Dragon) but there's really no comparison to Melanie, she's not a Muppet.
Stand your ground Jeff, stand your ground.
She had such a cool sound. That original, early 1970s quirkiness just can’t be equaled. Love the jug-band vibe that burbles merrily along beneath her simple (but actually quite meaningful) ditty about the skates and the key. Didn’t she also play Woodstock?
Yep. Look up "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)."
Melanie sang "Birthday of the Sun" at Woodstock. Fabulous. Thrilling.
She played with lots of people like Johnny Cash, search her online....
a touch of 20s nostalgia like granny dresses
Send this to American Idol and let her do a tribute she is awesome
The Kids In The Hall brought me here.
She has a Loretta Lynn type sound. ❤️
Yes, it's this is the song that you will play in your bomb shelter during the imminent dystopian hellscape.
What the f@ck else you gonna play after the apocalypse?!?!!
Did the exact same thing.
Same here
Same
If it makes anyone have hope in youth. I'm about to be 28 in two weeks. I love this song and all the classics (which is literally 100's of songs). I'm now a mother of a 5 year old. You bet your ass he knows these songs now too.
The first 45 record I bought back in the early "70"s was Paul McCartney's Admiral Halsey/Uncle Albert. The second 45 was this one by Melanie. To the person posting this... thanks for reminding me of my youth. At 68 years of age, time is slowly passing by and music like this makes us old farts remember and feel good. Thank you.
Ditto, but my time is flying👌😀
I'm not convinced that is not Paul McCartney under a wig
@@jimlesab - Yeah, same here.
Seems like it was only a week or two ago that I was 14 or 15, and had little more to worry about than whatever was going on in school.
Now here I am, 60 years old, and wondering where the hell the time went... and why I didn't get more done with it.
@@guarddog318 Hobby time! I think I'll get a new/used Strat guitar & learn to play! 📻🎼🎵🎶
How is it possible that I graduated from high school 43 years ago?! Those four years of high school went more slowly than the 43 years since.
Turning 54 today and still remember this song from my childhood. Simple songs are the best aren't they?
Anyone else think Feist could sing this song?
YES. I literally just discovered this song (and singer) and immediately thought of Feist.
Same here dude!
Olivia Rodrigo might be able to pull this off
Maybe Pink?🤔
Awe sweet memory. Rest in peace, Melanie.
Happy Heavenly 77th Birthday Melanie Safka February 3 1947 - January 23 2024
It is the year 2024 and just found out about "MELANIE'S passing...One of the greatest folk singers of ALL TIME and she will definitely be missed 🙏😭
I watched this video last night by chance, and today I hear she's gone. RIP, you had a beautiful voice.
RIP, Melanie.....another piece of my teen years gone 😪😪
Mine too 😞
One of My First 45rpm records. Rest In Heavenly Peace 🙏🏽✝️🕊️☮️🎤✌🏽
Loved these songs from my childhood. Beautiful talented singer. RIP
Such a beautiful soul. She has recently passed away😢 My husband and I had done work for her in her home in Hendersonville tn and we became very close.😢
Rest in Peace Melanie and thank you for all the joy. You've got a brand new key in Heaven.
"Don't go too fast, but I go pretty far..." I need that on a T-shirt
As an 11 year old when this came out, I liked that line. It took a few more years to figure out why. It was kind of a psycho-stalker song though....
Hahahahaha that profile pic makes this comment so much better
Lol...
As a 70 year old, I always think of this song when bicycling with our senior group. 🚴
RIP Melanie....American singer & songwriter best known for her international top charting songs "Brand New Key" & "Lay Down"....She performed at the Woodstock Music Festival & was awarded with 2 Gold albums and USA Billboard's #1 Top Female Vocalist Award in 1972.
Beautiful artist, beautiful voice. RIP Beautiful Melanie.
I was 9 years old when this song came out. I remember we all loved it. Listened to it over and over. Never will there be another... RIP Melanie. They just don't make music like this anymore.
RIP MELANIE I HAD THE BIGGEST CRUSH ON YOU AS A TEN YEAR OLD!❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤
Gather me was one of the first abums I bought as a teenager. A sad loss of a lovely voice and beautiful lady.
Brand new key reminds me of my first teenage romance while on holiday at Cullercoats ,Whitley Bay.She was bright little bird called Diane Wilcox,I was 14 she was 13, the other boys in my group were very jealous! Melanie was her fave at the time . Bless them both!
So sad. I've loved this song since I first heard it around the early 1970's. A little bit folk..a little bit country..a little bit high pitched and quirky. She's in love with a guy who hasn't figured that out yet. Gorgeous. Well written and musical. I'll miss you!
RIP, Melanie.
RIP to a beautiful sweetheart with a beautiful voice.
Love you Melanie. RIP sweet child. I will always remember you like you were the first time I heard your sweet voice.
Kids in the Hall got me here... perfect music for a post apocalyptic bunker
RIP to an artist who produced a very iconic song. Thank you Melanie.
Some Radio stations banned this for sexual lyrics. "Brand new pair of RS's, you got a brand new key". Where's the sexual reference there? Thanks.
I literally brought '24 in playing "Candles in the Wind"....grew up on her songs and beauty, many memories for this 57 year old. RIP
Candles in The Rain
My master was a big fan. She was so connected with so many other bands in the late 60s and early 70s. She will be missed.
Dang, I was a teen when this song was popular....Bring back the ''good old days''.....
I was toio..
Me toooooo
Me too. At 15 I didn't take this song literally.
Hoping you are all still alive?? I’m afraid to die... sometimes I think I’d rather be a zombie one day, at least then I’d still be here
1959 baby here and I wish it would roll back also !
My 5th or 6th grade class decided that this song was unofficially our class song- think I remember that we sang it to our hippy-ish teacher one day. She loved it. That was a great year.
That's some memory 👍 I too had a Hippy Art teacher who loved this song and others like Ochs& Dylan..
So pure a voice, with a sweet and girl-next-door presence. Down to earth for sure. She was very young at the time, on her own with the will and determination to show the world the underated talent she was. I remember my Dad playing this song loud on the radio in the early 70's, when I was a boy. I hope Melanie has found her shelter of peace. Good bye Melanie
You're right about that. She was in my dad's junior high hischool class in New Jersey 60+ years ago.
@@turbompson4546 It's pretty neat to hear that. I wish your Dad had a story to tell. Stay safe out there!
@cman6648 He didn't tell me much, it was a long time ago. He said she was sort of a rebel and didn't care much for school and that she dropped out that year I imagine to pursue her music. Looks like she made the right move-
RIP Melanie. I loved this song as a kid. So quirky and fun to sing.
#kidsinthehall brought me here! I was born in 1972, so I don't remember this weird but catchy hippie era ditty lol 😆
Got to see her live a few years ago and got to meet her. Her voice was impeccable live. She was way more talented than she was given credit for
I'm 61 years old and I still love the song ❤️❤️❤️❤️
im 73-still love it as welll as her other songs
😢I came here to leave my condolences🙏🏾I loved that cute quirky childhood song so much! I never knew who sung it but I definitely remembered the song. I had just turned 9 when it came out in Dec 1971. It's scary to see how life is moving forward and everybody from your childhood has died or soon will be🥶Life is so fleeting😭
I was 10 or so in 1971 when I heard this song. Every kid in school was singing it on the playground. Fond memories
I was 12 and I loved this song since the first time I heard it. I used to love roller skates.
Try using that line I have done alright for a girl in 2021 the liberals would go wild !
I'm currently 14 and just discovered this song!
@@lamasu8060 atleast your not old :(
Simple beautiful times playing in an actual (not a virtual one) playground. Making a whistling sound without gadgets from a far away country. Having friends from our neighbourhood school and not from a screen. Loving our transistor AM radio at home,etc.
I used to love this sweet song when I was young. Now I'm 76 years old and I still love it.
God bless Melanie, she is so beautiful and talented. So sorry for her passing. I've been thinking about this song recently , and then she is gone, but never forgotten...
RIP, loved this song as a kid
Melanie is so pure and just beautiful!!!
My MOMMA loved this song and I've enjoyed it all of my life. Now My Momma has front row seats in Heaven to see Melanie LIVE! ❤
RIP Melanie. All the great singers, groups and bands from the 50s, 60s and 70s are leaving us. It is sad. Hopefully, the music in heaven is tremendous! 🎸🎸🎹🎹🎶🎶
First time I heard this when I was 6 years old..I got new roller skates. RIP 🙏 Melanie
Great Song Great Woman Sad to hear she passed today I'm sure heaven has a special place for her, RIP my friend you will be missed!
RIP Melanie Safka, your music influenced my songwriting greatly. You will be missed.
My mother loved that song and years and years later I bought her a skate key. She cried. #BestMom Ever
LOVED her, listened all the time to her in the 70’s
The new Kids in the Hall brought me here. This has been stuck in my head for 3 days...😂🔫
RIP dear one. You're not replaceable. Enjoy you trip through the heavens. See ya around some time.
I loved singing along with this one. I've done so ever since I first heard it at the age of 10. RIP.
i’m only 19, but my mom used to play this pretty frequently on mornings when she took me to elementary school, especially kindergarten - 2nd grade lol. this song brings back such lovely memories :”)
the exact memory of this song i have. my mom LOVED this song. driving me to school blasting this in her old volkswagen jetta wagon. this song makes me CRY
I was 12. I loved this song. RIP Melanie 💔
I was 7 years old in 1971 when this song topped the charts. I thought it was (and still is) a cool, fun song.
Always loved this song since I was very young. RIP Melanie
I love this old song! It sounds sad and happy. " I've got a brand new pair of roller skates.
You got a brand new key". Freudian Symbolism.
I thought I was the only one!
I'm reading the comments to see if anyone else thinks so.
We weren't so slow back then.
This song is as much about roller skates and keys as France Gall's "Les Soucettes" is about lollipops! czcams.com/video/s3RwVOSpcVo/video.html&ab_channel=bitniks I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees this.
Always one of my favorite songs
I’m 66 and my father would ask me to play this song over and over.🥰
70 years old and got this tune in my head and sing along every day
My lord... she's so beautiful singing with ease and makes her doing look so effortless. That's a gem right there. Think I'm in love.
Bro you want to fall in love pull up midnight at the oasis with maria d'amato muldaur. The cutest hippie chick to ever grace a stage!
@@bajaborracho9139 Melanie is much prettier than Maria Muldauer, and also a better singer.
@@TheLarryBrown I love them both but I suppose its subjective
Was beautiful, not so much now. Aging sucks!
RIP Melanie. Thank you for the music. ❤
May that sweet lady rest in peace.
Amazing singer and songs. Great memories. RIP beautiful lady.
ALL of her songs were beautifully sung. A unique voice!
Thanks for the joy from this song. RIP 😢
Rest easy, Melanie. Thanks for the tune 😊
She did alright for a girl. Thanks Melanie.