They Might Be Giants - Stuff is Way (official video)

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  • čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
  • Follow They on TikTok at @TMBGofficial. Get the album Nanobots at tmbgshop.com/ Designed, directed, and animated by David Cowles.
    Did you just what? Is what you yes? Did you whatever, whatever you I guess?
    The stalking horse was hides the guy and which the pony is a phony was a lie
    You say, stuff is way. Way to go. Go away. Who had you was? I yes you would
    It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good
    As it the drag that has you are is in the bag that you drag behind your car
    Did you just what? is what you yes? Did you whatever, whatever you I guess?
    The stalking horse was hides the guy and which the pony is a phony was a lie
    You say, stuff is way (Is what you say) way to go (Is stuff is way)
    Go away (So way to go, so go away) who had you was? (Who has you was?)
    I yes you would (I yes you would)
    It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good (It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good)
    As it the drag (As it the drag) that has you are (That has you are)
    Is in the bag (Is in the bag) that you drag behind your car (That you drag behind your car)

Komentáře • 632

  • @floridaflamingogirl3119
    @floridaflamingogirl3119 Před rokem +1685

    I will never forget the time someone said this song sounds like if Yoda wrote a Dr. Seuss book.

  • @poopinjectionxx
    @poopinjectionxx Před rokem +248

    I smiled so hard when the little scribble dog started talking in the smaller voice, this is great

  • @theunwelcome
    @theunwelcome Před rokem +114

    "catastropheeling good" is such a mood

    • @WDCallahan
      @WDCallahan Před rokem +5

      Right up there with disasterrific.

  • @colgate_andrade
    @colgate_andrade Před 9 měsíci +68

    This song feels like this late night conversations where everione is melting and the words can't form phrases properly, and it's just throwing words away and laughing at it, such a specific vibe

  • @northstarjakobs
    @northstarjakobs Před rokem +119

    Info for the average they might be giants fan (who if the audience at the Flood concert was representative, tend to range closer to my father's age rather than my own), I believe that the reason why this song has gotten a music video now, nearly 10 years after its release, is because the song has been popular with younger people on the internet, first as something for artists on youtube to make short animations to and then on TikTok. I only found out about this because people put it on a lot of their character playlists on Spotify. Speaking of, it's their third most popular song on TMBG's Spotify (which tends to be a pretty good metric of popularity for songs from older artists) and I assume probably got popular because of the lyrics being nonsense that you can project pretty much any meaning onto.

    • @kyrawr83
      @kyrawr83 Před rokem +2

      About the Flood audience-- I imagine that would attract an audience of people who are nostalgic for the original release of Flood, which was released in 1990, meaning people who were old enough to remember it coming out would now be at least 35, if not older.

    • @schlega2
      @schlega2 Před rokem +9

      @@kyrawr83 They're older than they've ever been and now they're even older.

    • @northstarjakobs
      @northstarjakobs Před rokem +4

      @@kyrawr83 I've been quite used to being the youngest TMBG fan in the crowd ever since I first got into them when I was 12

    • @pleasetakemecanada
      @pleasetakemecanada Před rokem

      @@kyrawr83 48.

    • @pleasetakemecanada
      @pleasetakemecanada Před rokem

      @@schlega2 if you're being facetious, I'm lmao.

  • @ItsNoemi_wolf
    @ItsNoemi_wolf Před 18 dny +20

    0:11 dayum what a nice horse 🔥🔥🔥

  • @JunkyardBashSteve
    @JunkyardBashSteve Před rokem +62

    after nearly 10 years they've finally released a video to their most confusing song ever, and it couldn't be more fitting.

  • @poorme1art
    @poorme1art Před 10 měsíci +54

    when you're not a native speaker and your brain is overworked from using a foreign language for many hours straight.

  • @Gameboyvariations
    @Gameboyvariations Před rokem +65

    It's amazing to see that David Cowles is still animating music videos for you guys!!! His stuff on "Here Comes Science" is probably some of my favorite bits of animation ever!!!!!!

  • @oscarthecouch69
    @oscarthecouch69 Před rokem +73

    love that lil dog thing

  • @jackgillespie4594
    @jackgillespie4594 Před rokem +60

    Something extremely funny and jarring about seeing a music video for a song from a nearly decade old album- I ADORED nanobots when it came out because that tour was my first ever concert! I begged my mom toto

    • @27TacitusKilgore
      @27TacitusKilgore Před rokem +1

      Pardon my ignorance. I love TMBG but I haven't kept up with them since Flood. Although a few years ago they posted, "Christmas in the Bighouse" And, "Last Wave" that moved into my top five favorites. Anyway, what year did this song debut?

    • @legatelaurie
      @legatelaurie Před rokem +1

      @@27TacitusKilgore this released in 2013 on Nanobots - the whole album is really well worth listening to, honestly all of their music is.

    • @LoonMoolay
      @LoonMoolay Před rokem +1

      @@27TacitusKilgore 2013 iirc

    • @floridaflamingogirl3119
      @floridaflamingogirl3119 Před rokem +1

      @@27TacitusKilgore do check out Apollo 18, John Henry, Join Us and I Like Fun, those are excellent albums.

    • @27TacitusKilgore
      @27TacitusKilgore Před rokem

      @@legatelaurie Thanks. I'm pretty sure I'll find it here on CZcams.

  • @Protosworth
    @Protosworth Před 3 měsíci +25

    "the stalking horse-"
    *becomes cat cutely*

  • @idkwhattomakethename307
    @idkwhattomakethename307 Před rokem +76

    This video hits different when you are viscerally ill

    • @amari7482
      @amari7482 Před rokem +8

      It hits even harder when you’re higher than eagle tiddies

    • @AggressiveSpaghetti
      @AggressiveSpaghetti Před rokem +3

      even harder if you have schizophrenia

    • @d.ragonology
      @d.ragonology Před rokem +2

      even harder when you add bath salts

  • @kawaiicrossing5047
    @kawaiicrossing5047 Před 6 měsíci +49

    If surreal art had a theme song.

  • @RodentMcGregorTheRodentMan
    @RodentMcGregorTheRodentMan Před 8 měsíci +75

    I love it when my face violently rearranges itself on my head constantly! Feels so cool!

  • @MarionRobbins
    @MarionRobbins Před měsícem +15

    This is exactly what it feels like to have an anxiety attack from too much caffeine. The constant pounding is like my heart and there is so much going on in the song it hurts my brain

  • @Dystdotmp4
    @Dystdotmp4 Před rokem +50

    glad to see TMBG is still making extremely topical and normal music videos after all these years.

    • @B1esky
      @B1esky Před rokem +6

      so glad jade homestuck2 listens to tmbg

    • @Dystdotmp4
      @Dystdotmp4 Před rokem +4

      @@B1esky hi yes i am jade homestuck 2 (the squeaquel)

  • @mochaXX16
    @mochaXX16 Před rokem +53

    0:29 dang the new epic wubbox looks amazing

  • @teiladnam
    @teiladnam Před rokem +48

    I uploaded a video of this song on another account that I forgot about. Then I came back to it recently and was amazed to see that my video had over a million views. Apparently the song got really popular on Tik-Tok and people were making tons of fan videos for it. It's pretty cool that, almost a decade later, they're making an official video for it.

  • @Dantelmao
    @Dantelmao Před rokem +89

    If r/Ihadastroke had an anthem

  • @-.normal_peep.-
    @-.normal_peep.- Před 4 měsíci +46

    Nobody:
    Literally nobody:
    What my friend’s messages sound like:

  • @XanderTimez
    @XanderTimez Před 13 dny +11

    Breaking all the bones on my body trying to do this dance

  • @ccherry-cb
    @ccherry-cb Před rokem +35

    this is satisfying as weird as it is, the lyrics make sense but dont at the same time - like organised chaos

    • @level7000
      @level7000 Před rokem +4

      Its like catastro, catastro feeling good

  • @clonnie-cloo
    @clonnie-cloo Před 5 měsíci +32

    this is just what it sounds like when you have audio processing issues and someone is trying to talk to you

  • @yourhighschoolenglishteach8405
    @yourhighschoolenglishteach8405 Před měsícem +19

    lots of people cite this song as an example of how TMBG songs don’t mean anything in particular.
    its a bad example of that.

  • @jamiethecringequeen
    @jamiethecringequeen Před 2 měsíci +48

    did you just W H A T

  • @jupt
    @jupt Před rokem +21

    now i'm gonna picture that dog every time i listen to this song

  • @berlabelle5999
    @berlabelle5999 Před 4 měsíci +38

    0:11 i love this face so much

  • @jocaalpe12
    @jocaalpe12 Před rokem +31

    Surprised that they would make a music video for a song from a decade ago, but it would be more surprising if they released the video for Rabid Child.

  • @SkyeShallWin
    @SkyeShallWin Před rokem +61

    What is happening and why is it so good

    • @idkargqrwh
      @idkargqrwh Před rokem +5

      the is what the video the that is because the very.

  • @justarondombloboverhere123
    @justarondombloboverhere123 Před 11 měsíci +31

    When too many people are talking at the same time and you’re getting overstimulated:

  • @OneThousandTinyElephants
    @OneThousandTinyElephants Před měsícem +17

    The brackets make me think of Spamton
    DID YOU JUST [what] IS WHAT YOU [Yes!] DID YOU [Whatever] WHATEVER YOU [I guess?]

  • @haileybalmer9722
    @haileybalmer9722 Před rokem +35

    I love that this has a video now. It deserved one, don't you think?

  • @thefiretailedweasel6206
    @thefiretailedweasel6206 Před 2 měsíci +20

    The phrase "The stalking horse" makes my skin crawl bro

  • @waffler-yz3gw
    @waffler-yz3gw Před rokem +35

    0:08 this deer goes hard

  • @magnoliacookie
    @magnoliacookie Před 9 měsíci +91

    did you just *what?*

  • @Torisocland
    @Torisocland Před 9 měsíci +28

    I just heard this song it feels like I’ve known this for exactly 2 years

  • @Oliverthetransmascdumpser2709

    This song was disturbing *without* the video
    Now it’s worse.
    *I love it*

    • @ReaT_Alpha
      @ReaT_Alpha Před rokem

      😨 ''shocked Chinese sounds activated"

  • @EnderStine
    @EnderStine Před rokem +33

    this is about what i expected for a music video for this song and i love it

  • @matthueloose7172
    @matthueloose7172 Před rokem +22

    While TikTok is the most recent place this song gained popularity, one of the reasons its been near the top of TMBG’s Most Streamed songs on Spotify is due to the years of “Animation Memes” set to this song... so glad to see it!
    Some stellar animation and skill went into all those videos, check ‘em out after this one for more TMBG love! :)

  • @Rubyskies333
    @Rubyskies333 Před 8 měsíci +26

    I feel like my brain is melting but I cant stop rewatching

  • @the-floofy-mew
    @the-floofy-mew Před 2 měsíci +17

    "did you just what?" followed by "is what you yes?" is what i seemed to sound like these days.

  • @NewWaveEnthusiast
    @NewWaveEnthusiast Před 11 měsíci +24

    Nanobots is proof that the quality of their work never dropped, and never will.

    • @floridaflamingogirl3119
      @floridaflamingogirl3119 Před 10 měsíci +4

      So many whimsical and odd topics, and lots of instrumental variety with woodwinds and punk guitar and all sorts of good stuff.

  • @W.Gaster
    @W.Gaster Před rokem +46

    What am yes you would not?

    • @Artsy_Idiot
      @Artsy_Idiot Před rokem +6

      Gaster how did you get out of the void

  • @krakenofthesea106
    @krakenofthesea106 Před měsícem +9

    I love the fact the song uses stalking horse both meanings at the same time

  • @starmaker75
    @starmaker75 Před rokem +131

    Man this new deltarune bonus boss is looking good

  • @abandonedaccounnt
    @abandonedaccounnt Před rokem +15

    they might be trending on tiktok

  • @natelhyve
    @natelhyve Před rokem +30

    that made the music even more confusing. wonderful

  • @crusaderdalek3527
    @crusaderdalek3527 Před 8 měsíci +31

    Whatever the animation team took, i want some

  • @Calypso-The-Kitsune
    @Calypso-The-Kitsune Před rokem +21

    Hearing this for the 30th time now... still no clue what it's about but i like it so there is that

  • @Ilovebookstoomuch-y1e
    @Ilovebookstoomuch-y1e Před 5 měsíci +26

    My theory: The song is 'bout a man a man who's on dr_gs . The lyrics "Catastro--feeling good" means while the man was in dr_gs and "The stalking horse" was when the man was getting paranoid while on the dr_gs.

    • @ok-yv9dd
      @ok-yv9dd Před 5 měsíci +4

      you can say drugs dude, it's fine. Also i think he either is being kidnapped or witnessed one (is in the bag that you drag behind your car), done by someone he knew (the stalking horse is a thing hunters do -- look it up, and I yes you would) but those are just guesses more than theories

    • @lucy-gj8lj
      @lucy-gj8lj Před 5 měsíci

      i thought it was a child witnessing murder

  • @kevinlardi5961
    @kevinlardi5961 Před rokem +23

    I honestly cannot look at this for more than 30 seconds straight.

  • @floridaflamingogirl3119
    @floridaflamingogirl3119 Před rokem +16

    I am catastro-feeling good.

  • @kyl3_brøfløvskii
    @kyl3_brøfløvskii Před 9 měsíci +24

    Dude this hits hard for some reason
    This is stuck in my head-

  • @nicknamedude
    @nicknamedude Před 10 měsíci +18

    Sums the song up perfectly

  • @nym2717
    @nym2717 Před rokem +30

    this is so unsettling and i dont know why, but i love it lol

    • @asoaringheart
      @asoaringheart Před rokem +1

      That, my friend, is called Uncanny Valley.

    • @greendelivery6129
      @greendelivery6129 Před rokem +2

      this is not uncanny valley that is completely different-

  • @fauziabajwa1976
    @fauziabajwa1976 Před měsícem +15

    This is...
    🌠DYSLEXIA CORE🌠

  • @Wyrmro
    @Wyrmro Před 11 měsíci +22

    i pity the historians in the far future who will have to try and decipher this to find out what civilization before their time was like

  • @curtisnelson9579
    @curtisnelson9579 Před 5 měsíci +28

    is what you yes 🔥🔥🔥

  • @robyn3600
    @robyn3600 Před 3 měsíci +23

    I am in love.

  • @pandaqwanda
    @pandaqwanda Před 10 měsíci +19

    well this sure was [CATASTRO];; catastropheeling [GOOD]

  • @nc234
    @nc234 Před 2 měsíci +9

    "The stalking horse" - random dog whenever this was made

  • @SugarTheBee
    @SugarTheBee Před 7 měsíci +26

    Oh look, it's my brain all the time every day 24/7. Can I have it back please?

  • @reginamercy4798
    @reginamercy4798 Před 2 měsíci +21

    When you skip your Duolingo English lessons

  • @gork42
    @gork42 Před rokem +8

    I nominate this song to introduce a Grammy for best new Christmas Carol. Santa is the OG of bag dragging, what a boss.

    • @ezekielbrockmann114
      @ezekielbrockmann114 Před rokem +5

      You say
      St Nick's sleigh
      Sleigh of Noel
      Christmas Day

    • @unikadas
      @unikadas Před rokem

      @@ezekielbrockmann114
      Of jingle well
      For reindeer nose
      Into snowflake for the egg nog colored dye

  • @elliethefuzzyturtle
    @elliethefuzzyturtle Před 9 měsíci +33

    Wow that dogs been smoking

  • @user-wj3mn2tp8v
    @user-wj3mn2tp8v Před 3 měsíci +23

    Bro came straight from regretevador

    • @notbeetle
      @notbeetle Před 2 měsíci +1

      honestly, i did hear this before regretevator! but when i got into regretevator (recently) i remembered this song ^^ its good lmao

  • @2000TheKrewExtras
    @2000TheKrewExtras Před měsícem +31

    This was made by the dude who made the mickey mouse clubhouse ending song.

  • @ivanterrible7362
    @ivanterrible7362 Před rokem +30

    Man I hope I die before they get old.

    • @tmartin6300
      @tmartin6300 Před rokem +3

      A little late now I hate to say.

    • @numberq1134
      @numberq1134 Před rokem +1

      You hope that they get old before you die?

    • @ivanterrible7362
      @ivanterrible7362 Před rokem

      @@tmartin6300 well, aren't you a little ball of sunshine?
      Not really, no.

    • @tmartin6300
      @tmartin6300 Před rokem

      @@ivanterrible7362 Fine, I’m sorry.

  • @aka9815
    @aka9815 Před 11 měsíci +73

    normalize talking like this

  • @-CloClo-
    @-CloClo- Před 9 měsíci +22

    This song sounds really familiar but I can't put my finger on it...
    Otherwise it's a funky little tune. Love the animation.

  • @popsicle4424
    @popsicle4424 Před 2 měsíci +33

    I think this is about a guy killing two women and being Interrogated

  • @Lisilous67
    @Lisilous67 Před 9 měsíci +19

    this scares me but I like the song

  • @Lun4_0n_Pawzies
    @Lun4_0n_Pawzies Před 7 měsíci +34

    Good job you just spawn the whole dhmis fandom!

  • @juliemanson2394
    @juliemanson2394 Před rokem +43

    Someone needs to do a BABA is YOU version of this.

  • @scrowfunk8109
    @scrowfunk8109 Před rokem +23

    why is this getting a music video 9 years later? not that im complaining, just wondering if maybe it took that long

    • @floridaflamingogirl3119
      @floridaflamingogirl3119 Před rokem

      The song has been trending a lot on TikTok. It's also become one of the band's most streamed songs on Spotify.

    • @F5ss
      @F5ss Před rokem +2

      @@floridaflamingogirl3119 knowing this, this video might be criticising tiktok. The video is confusing and feels ill. They even seem to look at tiktok and to do a tiktok dance.

  • @Catinafrogsclothing
    @Catinafrogsclothing Před 23 dny +14

    My brain hurts

  • @chowfamily9607
    @chowfamily9607 Před 9 měsíci +16

    They made a music video for the song... The song was made, like 10 years before this

  • @Arson_worm
    @Arson_worm Před 8 dny +5

    IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SONG FOR 5 MONTHS AND I FINALLY FOUND IT!!!!!

  • @akwrdian
    @akwrdian Před 5 měsíci +22

    i feel like this has a dark meaning but also think this is literally just a silly little song

  • @gandyatila
    @gandyatila Před 2 měsíci +11

    I'll admit that even knowing "Birdhouse in your soul", "Istanbul not Constantinople" and "Communists have the music" beforehand, I found this song from an animation meme :P Funny what songs you can find in memes like these sometimes

  • @endervoir
    @endervoir Před 8 měsíci +40

    anybody else kinda regretting getting on this elevator rn? like some kinda regretevator..

    • @Severonblyat
      @Severonblyat Před 7 měsíci +3

      flesh cousin moment

    • @endervoir
      @endervoir Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@tiredshot.1 flesh cousin has some dialogue that are lines from this song :D

    • @Na0m1_Cheeze
      @Na0m1_Cheeze Před 4 měsíci

      ​@endervoir Based from me reading other comments, the song was actually an inspiration 4 fleshcousin (specifically his dialouge)

  • @Oak_Eggar
    @Oak_Eggar Před 5 měsíci +30

    Listening to a fever dream made by the same guys who made music for mickey mouse

  • @catamitee
    @catamitee Před rokem +25

    yoooo offical TMBG animation meme lets go

  • @Oak_Eggar
    @Oak_Eggar Před 5 měsíci +26

    These ppl made stuff for mickey mouse?? This song is a fever dream im in love like i feel a deeper meaning even if i dont know it

  • @veronica_editig3698
    @veronica_editig3698 Před 9 měsíci +30

    Confusion in a song

  • @Shay2
    @Shay2 Před 26 dny +11

    I can't explain this song, but I like it anyway.

  • @brain_rot28
    @brain_rot28 Před 10 měsíci +19

    this song is the definition of having a stroke

  • @SILLYDOG-ANIMATION
    @SILLYDOG-ANIMATION Před 9 měsíci +33

    All of the [ ] words
    What
    Yes
    Whatever
    Guess
    Horse
    Guy
    Pony
    Lie
    Say
    Way
    Go
    Away
    Was
    Would
    Catasatro
    Good
    Drag
    Are
    Bag
    Car

    • @oriGD
      @oriGD Před 9 měsíci +1

      you forgor feeling

  • @PuglyWont
    @PuglyWont Před rokem +19

    Everybody saying "Who's that icky guy? I'd like to get to know him"...
    (I can't help hearing this right after Stuff is Way... TMBG's most cryptic and catchy back to back)

    • @haileybalmer9722
      @haileybalmer9722 Před rokem +1

      I decided "Icky" is my cat's theme song. He has a first name, a last name, has to be all up in everyone's face, and he is, in fact, an icky guy that everyone wants to get to know.
      So you heard it here first. "Icky" is about a cat who wouldn't be born until 9 years after the song was written. Very cryptic. Very on brand.

  • @Dome-bn9lv
    @Dome-bn9lv Před 4 měsíci +48

    This song gives off sally face and Lacey vibes

    • @BigStankyToes
      @BigStankyToes Před 4 měsíci +3

      HGFWUYSHUDWEUIDE HUQWEI SALLY FACE DETECTED!!!
      WTF IS BALOGNA!?!?
      im so glad someone else said this i thought that too!

    • @fritzzy_crak
      @fritzzy_crak Před 3 měsíci +2

      honestly i feel its kind of more like emesis blue but i see it

  • @MarkFVanGelder
    @MarkFVanGelder Před rokem +16

    LYRICS:
    Did you just what?
    Is what you yes?
    Did you whatever, whatever you
    I guess?
    The stalking horse
    Was hides the guy
    And which the pony is a phony was a lie
    You say, stuff is way
    Way to go
    Go away
    Who had you was?
    I yes you would
    It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good
    As it the drag
    That has you are
    Is in the bag
    That you drag behind your car
    Did you just what?
    Is what you yes?
    Did you whatever, whatever you
    I guess?
    The stalking horse
    Was hides the guy
    And which the pony is a phony was a lie
    You say, stuff is way (Is what you say)
    Way to go (Is stuff is way)
    Go away (So way to go, so go away)
    Who had you was? (Who had you was?)
    I yes you would (I yes you would)
    It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good (It was catastro-, catastro-feeling good)
    As it the drag (As it the drag)
    That has you are (That has you are)
    Is in the bag (Is in the bag)
    That you drag behind your car (That you drag behind your car)

    • @frenspz
      @frenspz Před 11 měsíci

      or you could simply read the description

  • @EuropaAndGanymedesApologist

    This song makes my head hurt and I love it so much.

  • @awawawawawea5232
    @awawawawawea5232 Před 2 měsíci +21

    Is it abt a guy killing both of them after "dating" them at certain times? Because it shows how the guy wanted them to meet up somewhere and after, it shows how they probably died and got put into bags so he could hide their bodies in the trunk of his car.
    What helps me come up with the story is that i remove some unnecessary words and rearrange the ones that make a sentence. Including looking at the animation.
    There is also a chance that the guy planned with two other guys because it shows that they went in the opposite direction (left: went up, right: went down) and when their face changes into mean guys it could mean that they caught the girls. Befor they changed into skulls meaning that they were killed tHEN dragged into their car inside of bags (bc both heads went inside their big bodies symbolizing bags.) from the men.

    • @nc234
      @nc234 Před měsícem +1

      And it would make sense with the line "the bag you drag behind your car" which means that one of the bags was left out of the trunk and it was being dragged so they got caught

    • @ElAdriánLRZ
      @ElAdriánLRZ Před měsícem +2

      That would explain why their faces are changing so much

  • @channelname4238
    @channelname4238 Před rokem +8

    David Cowles did an amazing job on this video, as always

  • @AntiqueDeathcult
    @AntiqueDeathcult Před rokem +21

    MIFFA MIFFA, MEEKA MOO

  • @autisticbaconenjoyer
    @autisticbaconenjoyer Před 9 měsíci +42

    what i hear during algebra

  • @MenderSlen579
    @MenderSlen579 Před rokem +15

    feels like a song to an old bbc tv show at 1am.

  • @nostaldec4705
    @nostaldec4705 Před rokem +20

    0:30 Aye, yes you would. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @professor0
    @professor0 Před rokem +11

    Reminds me a lot of Frank Zappa's Valley Girl, where he just made a song of every pop culture phrase his teenage daughter said. (Plus some they made up)

    • @unikadas
      @unikadas Před rokem +3

      It's an absolute Moon Unit of a song