Ebony and Ivory (1982) | Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder

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  • @drunkenpenguin12
    @drunkenpenguin12 Před 2 lety +880

    Black Puppy!!! White Puppy!!! Playing in the backyard; why can't we???

    • @chill3568
      @chill3568 Před 2 lety +20

      lol just watch it

    • @mielito2699
      @mielito2699 Před 2 lety +13

      Amazing episode

    • @blackadam6445
      @blackadam6445 Před 2 lety +20

      Someone just showed that to me I didn’t believe it was a parody of a real song🤣

    • @lincolnloud876
      @lincolnloud876 Před 2 lety +4

      Lol

    • @PaulieWalnuts1776
      @PaulieWalnuts1776 Před 2 lety +9

      And I had never actually heard this song before for real! Now I have!

  • @luckyhawk6158
    @luckyhawk6158 Před 4 lety +750

    1. Such a good song
    2. Something everyone needs right now

    • @hawnmelissa2000
      @hawnmelissa2000 Před 3 lety +1

      LucyHawk I Don’t Need Anyone My Heart Is Telling Me To Remain Single Forever

    • @slavprince608
      @slavprince608 Před 3 lety +8

      @Melissa Hawn what

    • @anemaldemomusic8182
      @anemaldemomusic8182 Před 3 lety +6

      We really do need good songs right now :/

    • @kimdaep6703
      @kimdaep6703 Před 2 lety +3

      @@hawnmelissa2000 She said SOMETHING, not ANYONE. Please reread. 🙄

    • @dashiellhouse
      @dashiellhouse Před 2 lety +1

      liberals be all "ebony and ivory hate each other" 😀😃😄😁😆😅🤣

  • @joshstephens3650
    @joshstephens3650 Před 2 lety +420

    40 years ago this week, this song was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. It spent seven weeks at #1, from May 15 to June 26, 1982.

    • @francospecchia9283
      @francospecchia9283 Před rokem +5

      HERE'S FOR EXAMPLE, I WOULD SPEAK WITH YOU FOR HOURS AND HOURS, YOU ARE VERY INFORMED ABOUT MUSIC, BUT YOU ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OCEAN, I LIKE PEOPLE INFORMED ABOUT MUSIC AND SINGERS ... EVERYTHING HERE GREETINGS ✋🇮🇹✋ ITALY...

    • @DevanK-rg3td
      @DevanK-rg3td Před rokem +6

      it's still in the top 100 of all time

    • @francospecchia9283
      @francospecchia9283 Před rokem +1

      @@ericksm9084 QUE TIENEN QUE HACER LOS BEATLES, ESTOY ASOMBROSO!!!! SALUDOS DESDE ITALIA 🇮🇹 AL PUEBLO DE COMENTARIOS ✋

    • @DippyHippie
      @DippyHippie Před rokem

      I loved a black man in 82’ & was actually spit on & called a n--er lover! Didn’t bother me a bit! Held onto him even tighter! I’m an old woman now,he’s out of my life,but i wouldn’t change a thing!

    • @rosaliaarcos2238
      @rosaliaarcos2238 Před rokem +1

      Es hermosa esta canción 🎶

  • @mp-xe6tu
    @mp-xe6tu Před rokem +192

    Two of the best voices in music history with an important message

    • @musicandfilms9956
      @musicandfilms9956 Před rokem +1

      ... that we'd heard ten thousand times earlier, and much better expressed.

    • @elvisleeboy
      @elvisleeboy Před 5 měsíci +3

      ​@@musicandfilms9956 That's subjective, and you still saw fit to watch this video.

    • @paralyzer2304
      @paralyzer2304 Před 13 dny

      I felt like people listened to this just to feel nostalgic or to compete against Z-gens...
      THE MEANING IS IGNORED COMPLETELY

  • @optigana
    @optigana Před 3 lety +269

    When I was a kid we had a black cat and a white dog. They loved each other and this was their song. I cry thinking about them everytime I listen to this song.

    • @aleb6245
      @aleb6245 Před 2 lety +14

      That's beautiful we have so much to learn from them
      Sending positive energy💛

    • @ivo51505150
      @ivo51505150 Před 2 lety +6

      Wow! Beautiful history. And sad too. I love my pets! This song is wonderful!

    • @logandennis1601
      @logandennis1601 Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks for sharing such a beautiful story

    • @paulie-Gualtieri.
      @paulie-Gualtieri. Před 2 lety +8

      Black puppy and white puppy
      South Park

    • @SonplaysMinEcraft
      @SonplaysMinEcraft Před 2 lety +8

      damn bro you predicted south park

  • @TheAngryBear2323
    @TheAngryBear2323 Před 3 lety +704

    Fun Fact:
    The song is about the ebony (black) and ivory (white) keys on a piano, but also deals with integration and racial harmony. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say, "Black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony, folks!"

    • @projectacuhope
      @projectacuhope Před 3 lety +18

      It's working great in Europe.... if you don't look

    • @kickpublishing
      @kickpublishing Před 3 lety +12

      Fun fact is that they managed to make the entire song without ever meeting - which could be construed as tacit support for racial apartheid

    • @J10400
      @J10400 Před 3 lety +20

      WOW REALLY????

    • @i-nodt8505
      @i-nodt8505 Před 3 lety +3

      Soo cool❤️

    • @olga138
      @olga138 Před 3 lety +45

      @@kickpublishing Incorrect. They recorded it together during sessions from Feb 27 to March 2, 1981 at George Martin's studio in Montserrat. (Paul later did some overdubbing on the song). Why would you pass off incorrect information as a "fun fact?" It was not "tacit support for racial apartheid" and in fact was banned in South Africa.

  • @TheBlueThird
    @TheBlueThird Před 2 lety +391

    A timeless classic. They don't write songs like this anymore.

    • @deepinyourma_69
      @deepinyourma_69 Před 2 lety +11

      Sadly that's true

    • @wchristian2000
      @wchristian2000 Před 2 lety +1

      Yeah cause they suck

    • @KulturedPanda
      @KulturedPanda Před 2 lety +11

      These guys copied Randy Marsh shame on them

    • @PerfectAzrael
      @PerfectAzrael Před 2 lety +3

      I can tell you that that ain't true. Songs didn't stop being good.

    • @dorianautry
      @dorianautry Před rokem +3

      @@PerfectAzrael they didn’t say that songs stopped being good. They said they don’t make them like this anymore.

  • @Shah-of-the-Shinebox
    @Shah-of-the-Shinebox Před rokem +297

    I’ll never understand the hate this song gets. Rock on Stevie and Paul 🤘🏻🤘🏿

    • @dennytate26
      @dennytate26 Před rokem +21

      My only complaint is that the first verse is the same as the second with only the leads switched but the message is what's important and can't be diminished

    • @pedromaldonado112
      @pedromaldonado112 Před rokem +25

      @@dennytate26 thats not even a complain cos that’s how songs are made in other hand nowadays theres not eve lyrics on the songs lol

    • @RayyannAlqadry
      @RayyannAlqadry Před rokem +16

      @@dennytate26 I see your point, but I just thought, maybe that was the idea? To show both sides can do the say something, sing the same lyrics, that sort of thing...

    • @ayejonezy3693
      @ayejonezy3693 Před rokem +19

      It’s called racism 😔 unfortunate humans figured out almost everything but how to conquer that 🤦🏾‍♂️

    • @steveweingart9221
      @steveweingart9221 Před rokem +4

      It's because of the John-Paul thing I think. John fans hate what Paul creates.

  • @timothymcclain4551
    @timothymcclain4551 Před 3 lety +764

    I absolutely love this song. I don't understand how anyone would have a problem with any part of this song. The music itself, the voices of Mr. Wonder and Mr. McCartney, and most of all, the lyrics which speak of peace and harmony. What a beautiful song!

    • @MariusIonescu
      @MariusIonescu Před 2 lety +20

      Amen to that!...

    • @ThyFleshConsumed
      @ThyFleshConsumed Před 2 lety +3

      Did you know this song is actually a parody? Check out the original if you're interested:
      czcams.com/video/GG2EjgOE8pc/video.html

    • @kudurrumaqlu
      @kudurrumaqlu Před 2 lety +21

      @@ThyFleshConsumed dude don't be cringe

    • @ThyFleshConsumed
      @ThyFleshConsumed Před 2 lety +1

      @@kudurrumaqlu Funny coming from the guy with an anime girl in your pfp.

    • @kudurrumaqlu
      @kudurrumaqlu Před 2 lety +28

      @@ThyFleshConsumed yeah that should tell u something. If some one cringey is calling you cringe then damn your cringe

  • @koonjar
    @koonjar Před 4 lety +1471

    We need this right now

    • @Luvie1980
      @Luvie1980 Před 4 lety +30

      Do we?

    • @rkipphorn
      @rkipphorn Před 4 lety +17

      @@Luvie1980 my thoughts exactly. There are spiritual and physical debts, from Minneapolis to the Middle Passage, for which reckoning and atonement must be rendered. It's not revenge, it's justice.

    • @Gheangel-Quinn
      @Gheangel-Quinn Před 4 lety +28

      I’m just gonna leave this right here for you to ponder on. I hope you would at least do the right thing and at least try to prove me wrong.
      National Academy Of Sciences conducted yet another study, where they concluded that for the year 2019:
      9 unarmed black people were shot & killed by Police
      19 unarmed white people shot and killed by the Police

    • @angelreve909
      @angelreve909 Před 4 lety +7

      Totaly agree!

    • @joshuahek4564
      @joshuahek4564 Před 4 lety +29

      Yes we do. I don't want to not see color. I want a world where we all recognize different cultures and colors, and embrace them. We don't need to all be the same, that would be boring. I want Indian food, I want Ethiopian food, I want greasy spoon white guy diner food, I want Mexican food, I want authentic Chinese food, I want sushi. The same goes for music. Variety is the spice of life. I don't want all of us to be the same, I just want all of us to be equal. If you want everyone to assimilate to one culture, you are missing out on so much awesomeness that other people can offer you. We are all different, but we are all the same. One love.

  • @dbcchannel10kaibigannetwor54

    A Beatle Legend Meets The Motown Legend together lived together in perfect harmony.

  • @ding1r
    @ding1r Před rokem +14

    My English teacher showed us this song in school 8 years ago. He passed away a couple of months ago.
    Rest in peace, Alfredo Guadarrama, i will never forget you, and your memory will stay in this song forever.

  • @larasatisetyoningrum
    @larasatisetyoningrum Před 4 lety +385

    Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony
    Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?
    We all know that people are the same whereever you go
    There is good and bad in ev'ryone
    We learn to live, when we learn to give
    Each other what we need to survive, together alive
    Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony
    Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord why don't we?
    Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
    Ebony, ivory, ooh
    We all know that people are the same whereever you go
    There is good and bad in ev'ryone
    We learn to live, when we learn to give
    Each other what we need to survive, together alive
    Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony
    Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord why don't we?
    Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we
    Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
    Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
    Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
    Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
    Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony

    • @XxowendanxX
      @XxowendanxX Před 3 lety +13

      Who could've forseen that in academic circles, "people are the same wherever you go" is now politically incorrect?

    • @josysantos594
      @josysantos594 Před 3 lety +5

      Thank you for the lyrics!🙏👍🎼🎼

    • @andreacassio6076
      @andreacassio6076 Před 3 lety +3

      Beautiful

    • @fernandoclaudiano3588
      @fernandoclaudiano3588 Před 3 lety +1

      Very good ❤️

    • @debbiejrosz2869
      @debbiejrosz2869 Před 3 lety +1

      I don't quite understand why people repeat the lyrics to the song we all just listen to whaaaaaat?

  • @paulberthold932
    @paulberthold932 Před 2 lety +150

    I loved the duets Paul did with Stevie and Michael. Such fun, carefree times in the early 80s.

  • @iyeetandskeet_6444
    @iyeetandskeet_6444 Před 2 lety +194

    I don't care what people say. I will forever love this song.

    • @samanthakim5035
      @samanthakim5035 Před 2 lety +3

      Me too

    • @johnrafaelangeles8446
      @johnrafaelangeles8446 Před 2 lety +2

      why? what's the issue about here

    • @monochromeyoshi
      @monochromeyoshi Před rokem +4

      @@johnrafaelangeles8446 they say the song was one of the worst hits of the 80s because of the song’s “heavy-handed” approach to the subject of racism. Some also point out that it’s ironic the black and white duet was entirely written by the white person.

    • @MontagZoso
      @MontagZoso Před rokem +18

      @@monochromeyoshi that is so lame. It’s a nice song. Sheesh.

    • @staringcorgi6475
      @staringcorgi6475 Před rokem +1

      @@johnrafaelangeles8446 people hate this song like baby by jb

  • @spfdff
    @spfdff Před 3 lety +796

    I truly believe that Stevie Wonder doesn’t see skin color

  • @supremelink7299
    @supremelink7299 Před 3 lety +62

    Two angelic voices joined together to show what we are capable of.

  • @ericgrove7755
    @ericgrove7755 Před rokem +80

    This song was recorded forty years ago and the message in the lyrics is more important today than ever before.

    • @omaramador4669
      @omaramador4669 Před rokem +5

      Eric the racism, segregation and discrimination is in the air. Is in everywhere, any country. As species we are too territorial. Someone in your family or in my family is telling us every day every minute to hate every person that has strange colors in the whole world. Isn’t just white and black. I’m a black male but my family was middle class long ago so we were well educated. My family lived among white neighborhoods and I remember my father telling me “ don’t meet people from the low lying life area and also the whites. So the problem cross from father to son. Luckily for me I broke the chain but causing a lot damage in the family prides. I married with a white woman and I have 2 children but my father never likes her and my daughter. My father died and never asked for his niece. She’s 23 right now .
      Peace

    • @user-vg8mc5bo2f
      @user-vg8mc5bo2f Před 9 měsíci

      This song popped up and played it repeatedly so to let it soak in

  • @InfinityNL2000
    @InfinityNL2000 Před 2 lety +497

    Not true your honor! I have never even heard of paul McCartney’s version. Black puppy white puppy is a song i wrote by myself on my piano keyboard!

    • @chicagoblackmale
      @chicagoblackmale Před 2 lety +20

      Damn you! You beat me to it!🤣🎹

    • @abetwabe
      @abetwabe Před 2 lety +22

      That's how I learned this song exist.

    • @DavidSmith-jj7zn
      @DavidSmith-jj7zn Před 2 lety +19

      I’m a HUGE Beatles/McCartney fan and have been since I was a little kid so I’m definitely familiar with this song. But when I watched that new South Park (my favorite show of all time) I almost cried laughing when the amazing black puppy white puppy started. Also the way randy says “pyeeano” was perfect.

    • @nathanlindahl8336
      @nathanlindahl8336 Před 2 lety +2

      Lmfao

    • @avi2125
      @avi2125 Před 2 lety +3

      You had ta dintcha 😂😂😂 - what exactly was the officer problem you were trying to solve?😀😀😀

  • @johnharris4899
    @johnharris4899 Před 4 lety +164

    Paul & Stevie need to preach this word.

  • @samanthakim5035
    @samanthakim5035 Před 2 lety +41

    This song is really deep. This song is what we need today's generation and to next generation

  • @ttidforever7416
    @ttidforever7416 Před 2 lety +55

    It really could be this easy folks. When i first heard this song this 8 year old white kid from the suburbs began to formulate a foundation of Love for people for their humanity. It made me want to understand others' struggles, and why their struggle was mine, because at the end of the day we all breathe the same air. One Love.

  • @shakes042
    @shakes042 Před 2 lety +104

    I dont know why but this song brings tears to my eyes When I was a kid my father would play this song all the time he is still alive today but the song always takes me back to my childhood days. WHAT A CLASSIC!!!

  • @HM2SGT
    @HM2SGT Před 3 lety +31

    Ah, riding the bus to school, playing this on the Boom box, everyone singing along... Good Times

  • @onlybyhisgrace...5644
    @onlybyhisgrace...5644 Před 10 měsíci +17

    Anyone listening in 2023 to this song, great 🎵🎶...I am listening right now to this song - have it playing quietly in the background while I work 🎧 shhhh ☺️ Blessings to all and do not allow anyone to steal your joy...
    Peace and Love 2 ALL!!!

  • @user-ev9ll3su7k
    @user-ev9ll3su7k Před 7 měsíci +13

    This Song Is Dedicated To The War Between Israel And Palestine Why Cant We Live Together In Perfect Harmony Indeed ❤❤🇮🇱

  • @BlackJaxxx
    @BlackJaxxx Před 2 lety +57

    Two of the greatest artists in music history with this great song. :)

  • @NoProb4Rob
    @NoProb4Rob Před 4 lety +795

    'Ebony and Ivory' not 'Ebony vs Ivory'. Together, alive.

    • @johnharris4899
      @johnharris4899 Před 3 lety +12

      Work together.

    • @Noother00
      @Noother00 Před 3 lety +3

      😍😍100%😍

    • @account3935
      @account3935 Před 3 lety +9

      Benny Hill That’s capitalism that thrives off of division, and racism is the easiest most efficient way to do that. The left wants nothing to do with that.

    • @NoProb4Rob
      @NoProb4Rob Před 3 lety +22

      @@account3935 you will find racism on both sides of the political debate because it lies within everyone of us. The song 'Ebony and Ivory' is addressed to everyone.
      If you note the tactics of Democrat politicians like AOC or Omar you will see they promote division by labeling anyone 'a racist' who disagrees with their thinking/agenda whether that person be black or white.

    • @emanuelepattaro3515
      @emanuelepattaro3515 Před 3 lety

      Thank hip hop for that

  • @munizdaniel7
    @munizdaniel7 Před 4 lety +93

    We need to listen to this song on loop nonstop today more than ever

  • @Jim_Stark
    @Jim_Stark Před rokem +23

    I've heard that some people hate this song. I don't know why. It's a good tune and definitely a good message.

    • @MorusAlba1975
      @MorusAlba1975 Před 9 měsíci

      I can imagine why the woke left hate the song: it encourages co-existence, rather than getting ivory abolished, punished, subjugated. The woke probably see a "micro-aggression" in every line of the song. "People are the same wherever you go." That's like saying "All lives matter."

  • @MackTheBurst
    @MackTheBurst Před 2 lety +55

    Came here because of Southpark 😂😂

  • @lowmazda626
    @lowmazda626 Před rokem +163

    i remember how enormously popular this song was at the time. high scool music teachers were teaching it, everywhere. a lot of my class made their own arraingements and we even sang it in my church choir

    • @thesuncollective1475
      @thesuncollective1475 Před rokem +4

      I always thought the video was shot separately for Paul and Stevie and then spliced together. I just learned they were actually together when shot, the green screen is soooooooooo bad!

    • @Gaviid
      @Gaviid Před rokem +2

      You are black, and I am white

    • @gabrielscott2449
      @gabrielscott2449 Před 5 měsíci +2

      We also performed it in high school, we were a very restless group, creating activities for the students.

  • @therezinhasantos1757
    @therezinhasantos1757 Před 4 lety +163

    Why don't we? Let's do it now! Live in harmony like the keys of the keyboard. Let's make beaultiful music from our lives!

  • @redsiren3831
    @redsiren3831 Před rokem +33

    Ive loved this song since I was 10

  • @kikka7391
    @kikka7391 Před rokem +30

    Truly wonderful song. Great singers : Stevie Wonder and also Michael Jackson with Paul Mc Cartney, they really meant something and gave strong messages with their singing together. Music has no color ! Music is for all people.

  • @alisonhodge1778
    @alisonhodge1778 Před rokem +9

    With everything that's going on in the world, people should stop for a minute and listen to this song and the words carefully ❤

  • @nooneinparticular1685
    @nooneinparticular1685 Před 3 lety +60

    Hey stranger,
    I want you to know that I appreciate your being here. It's not an easy time to be alive, but you bring a vibrant contrast to life that I just couldn't live without. I hope you never stop sharing your stories, even if you think that I won't understand them, I appreciate them so much. You are loved and you are appreciated, please know this ❤️

    • @nickhill8612
      @nickhill8612 Před 3 lety +4

      Stranger?
      Like the old saying goes A Stranger is a friend you haven't meet yet.
      Something along those lines.
      I hope you, your family and friends are doing well.

    • @debbiejrosz2869
      @debbiejrosz2869 Před 3 lety +5

      these comments are another interesting way to show how much we are all different wouldn't it be boring if we were all look the same acted the same said the same thing and did the same things like robots ew!

    • @alakesbrahms806
      @alakesbrahms806 Před 3 lety +4

      ❤️❤️

    • @christiem1742
      @christiem1742 Před 3 lety +1

      Kindness is contagious and the antidote to pain. Let's share it as much as we can. Thanks for your kind post, it's a blessing.

    • @bhoomipurohit_nd5_em802
      @bhoomipurohit_nd5_em802 Před 3 lety +3

      Lots of love from India, to you, gentleman/lady❤️❤️❤️

  • @amyroberts9761
    @amyroberts9761 Před 3 lety +121

    I cannot believe this does not have wayyyy more views than it does!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is a total masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And whoever gave this a thumbs down, well, i don't want to know you!!!!

  • @bleep77
    @bleep77 Před 2 lety +9

    There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.

  • @bjkim0728
    @bjkim0728 Před 4 lety +51

    This song is truly felt when you listen to whole tug of war album. When this song comes at last, it's absolutely beautiful

  • @josephblough7509
    @josephblough7509 Před 2 lety +30

    if only we could all just get along... this world would be a far better place. always loved this song!! I was 14 when this came out.

  • @jenx8842
    @jenx8842 Před rokem +4

    Paul McCartney's Best duet.
    My grandmother used to play this on her piano into her eighties.
    She had wonderful taste in Music and Joy. She loved to dance. It was a family secret. When you make National attention you don't need to tell people you know how to feel music. 🥰

  • @acmild
    @acmild Před 6 měsíci +12

    *Ebony and Ivory*
    [Chorus]
    Ebony and ivory
    Live together in perfect harmony
    Side by side on my piano keyboard
    Oh Lord, why don't we?
    [Verse]
    We all know that people are the same where ever you go
    There is good and bad in everyone
    And we learn to live, we learn to give each other
    What we need to survive together alive
    [Chorus]
    Ebony and ivory
    Live together in perfect harmony
    Side by side on my piano keyboard
    Oh Lord, why don't we?
    [Bridge]
    Ebony, ivory
    Living in perfect harmony
    Ebony, ivory, ooh
    [Verse]
    We all know that people are the same wherever you go
    There is good and bad (Mm, hmm) in everyone
    We learn to live when we learn to give each other
    What we need to survive together alive

  • @janiahsantos3241
    @janiahsantos3241 Před 3 lety +8

    my dad and i always sing this together when i was a child ,im 11 now and i keep going back here ,this is what we need people,btw my favorite song too because of my dad and memories

  • @rokus100
    @rokus100 Před 3 lety +13

    Can't believe that this is still contemporary in 2020... beautiful song

  • @geminilady75
    @geminilady75 Před 2 lety +14

    This song was drummed into me by Mum at the age of 7 when it was released.
    I've carried it throughout my life and passed it onto my children and can only hope that they will do the same.

  • @christopherdiedrich40
    @christopherdiedrich40 Před 3 lety +61

    Here's to the moment we finally realized that we are in this together and this is exactly what needs to happen. For we do not battle with flesh and blood but we wage war with powers and principalities in high places!
    So remember to wield that double edged sword of truth and put on all of the armour of God, trust & have faith in your God and just do the next right thing!
    Much Love

  • @juanjomarinero3990
    @juanjomarinero3990 Před 3 lety +8

    I woke up today with this song in my head. Thank you God for creating Paul and Stevie.

  • @jovoy123
    @jovoy123 Před 8 měsíci +4

    One of the best "feel-good" music of all time.

  • @davidj470
    @davidj470 Před 2 lety +3

    Makes me cry because I miss mom and she used to sing this to me, she had such good taste in music. R.i.p. mom

  • @amarvinwinansfan
    @amarvinwinansfan Před 3 lety +10

    This was my song back in the 80's! This is classic!

  • @illegality8054
    @illegality8054 Před 2 lety +10

    Black puppy, white puppy, playing in the backyard! Why can’t we?

  • @thugvida
    @thugvida Před 2 lety +18

    White puppy black puppy is an amazing remake of this classic

  • @arizonadaveellis7500
    @arizonadaveellis7500 Před 2 lety +18

    Happy 80th Birthday Paul and Happy 40th Anniversary to a classic album Tug Of War! Good video, a real symbol of brotherhood!

  • @loisdunfee873
    @loisdunfee873 Před 4 lety +166

    People should get the hint.

    • @alanduran-gonzalez8060
      @alanduran-gonzalez8060 Před 4 lety +4

      That it’s so corny and cheestatic with but now pointed and the production values were off the charts

  • @shirleybooth2824
    @shirleybooth2824 Před 3 lety +21

    One of my old time favorites nearly 40yrs on and we could all do with still listening to this and taking note. We are not the colour of our skin, we are all born of Adam thus we are all equal human beings 🌹
    If only life could be like this the world would be a Better Place ❤

  • @OGDweeb
    @OGDweeb Před rokem +1

    I've always said music and good food bring people together. None of us make it out of this life alive. Love your neighbor, folks.

  • @PaulieWalnuts1776
    @PaulieWalnuts1776 Před 2 lety +8

    I really actually never heard this song before the episode of South Park. I’m glad I did. So that argument would actually hold up in court for me😅

  • @lilacritchell6349
    @lilacritchell6349 Před 3 lety +73

    Such a good message and such a great song!!! We should live in harmony, side by side. :)

    • @karlgreat1661
      @karlgreat1661 Před 3 lety +1

      Hello 👋🏼 Lila Critchell

    • @lutherheggs
      @lutherheggs Před 2 lety +2

      That isn't possible excepting at the point of the government gun.

    • @Slick-Wit-it
      @Slick-Wit-it Před rokem +1

      There's a lot of things we "SHOULD" do but we don't

    • @DarthVader1977
      @DarthVader1977 Před rokem

      @@lutherheggs except*

  • @rooseveltdavis9559
    @rooseveltdavis9559 Před 3 lety +35

    I was kid living down in Phoenix,in the second grade when this classic came out. My father never had the record or tape,but I use to hear it on the car radio a lot. Great fond memories.

    • @ElvarMasson
      @ElvarMasson Před 3 lety

      At the same time I was listening to this timeless tune where I grew up; in Reykjavik, Iceland 🇮🇸

    • @Herrera777
      @Herrera777 Před 3 lety

      Yup I was in kindergarten. Good ole 1982

    • @islandbee
      @islandbee Před 3 lety +3

      Class of 93 in the house.

    • @Herrera777
      @Herrera777 Před 3 lety +1

      @islandbee ‘94

    • @islandbee
      @islandbee Před 3 lety

      @@Herrera777 - Did you skip a grade? Or maybe this came out when I was in 1st grade.

  • @ElizabethEwins-mj9zu
    @ElizabethEwins-mj9zu Před 6 měsíci +2

    Wow! This song is so very needed at this time in history!It is such a beautiful song! Both singers are such great singers and as a duet they are a powerhouse!

  • @inesbarros1944
    @inesbarros1944 Před 3 lety +5

    This a song that we’ll never forget and we should to live like brothers in Peace!!
    ❤️❤️🙏🙏💕💕😘😘😘

  • @hassanburton669
    @hassanburton669 Před 4 lety +135

    THIS SONG WAS BIG. I was Seven at The Time Probably playing PAC-MAN AND DONKEY KONG. Paul McCartney Was On Demand. I Think Right After this Came Him And Michael Jackson The Girl is Mine.

    • @juliet.nebblet-cox
      @juliet.nebblet-cox Před 4 lety +2

      I was six 😂

    • @Capablanca1
      @Capablanca1 Před 3 lety +1

      I remember my babysitter playing it on the stereo.

    • @madness130
      @madness130 Před 3 lety +1

      I was 11 and played it non stop on my little portable record player ,

    • @MM-iu5jp
      @MM-iu5jp Před 3 lety +1

      Loved this song when I was a kid. ♥️

    • @surfshack2
      @surfshack2 Před 3 lety +1

      OMG that's so funny. I was 14 and doing the same thing. Pac-man and donkey kong were the two top video games of the day. I so remember those days. Fantastic.

  • @LaPerledesAntilles1804
    @LaPerledesAntilles1804 Před 2 lety +4

    This song is so beautiful! It was such a beautiful and harmonious duet! Two beautiful voices and highly talented musicians/singers joined their forces and the result is a classic, timeless, and beautiful masterpiece! Bravo Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️

  • @lotso655
    @lotso655 Před 2 lety +41

    Black Puppy White Puppy! Playing in the backyard!

    • @missnprice23
      @missnprice23 Před měsícem

      😲😲😲 UHH, BULLSHYT!!! 😡😡😡
      No offense, but "THAT song is what THIS one was a parody of" is WTF u MEANT to say Chile 🙄🙄🙄
      You youngins really kill me & are completely clueless as to knowing or understanding just how damn disrespectful yall are when u do that -- it is an overwhelming insult & offensive bash to the legendary icons who composed the damn music & song lonnng before South Park was even a phuckin thought 💯

  • @jothamefeovbokhan1972
    @jothamefeovbokhan1972 Před 3 lety +21

    This is so true we don’t need to be against each other, like the piano keys ebony and ivory why can’t we be in perfect harmony?

    • @iminyourhead9936
      @iminyourhead9936 Před 2 lety

      It's nothing to do with colour and everything to do with culture.

    • @missnprice23
      @missnprice23 Před měsícem

      ​@@iminyourhead9936
      It has nothing to do with culture, and everything to do the ⚫️ & ⚪️ keys on a "piano keyboard" 🎹, how they "live together in perfect harmony side-by-side," and the question of "why don't we," as ppl, do the same thing.

  • @andymastrocinque9109
    @andymastrocinque9109 Před 3 lety +18

    We definitely need this now.

  • @carloseugeniocarlos4287
    @carloseugeniocarlos4287 Před 10 měsíci +5

    just a unique moment at music history ! Mccartnery And Steive Wonder were a duo of legend alives!

  • @jetfan925
    @jetfan925 Před 2 lety +26

    Who's here from Randy Marsh and Tolkien's father?

  • @lemartravis1
    @lemartravis1 Před 3 lety +79

    Stevie's hair dope AF in this!

  • @anamariacostademelo4367
    @anamariacostademelo4367 Před 3 lety +48

    Saudades de uma época que infelizmente não volta mais 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @lauriealvaro1125
    @lauriealvaro1125 Před 2 lety +2

    i graduated june 5th 1982 i heard this song at emerald queen casino when i was working in fife i started working in fife october 1st 2008 until october 18th until 2019 i would listen to this song every day at work but i couldnt sing this song when i was working this song is my favorite song

  • @hudsonlouren
    @hudsonlouren Před rokem +65

    Conheci essa música recentemente através de um amigo chamado Humberto. Ele é branco, eu sou negro. Achei a melodia muito boa e a letra, sem comentários. Bastante profunda. Se nos atentarmos a mensagem que a letra carrega, veremos que não se resume basicamente às teclas pretas e brancas de um teclado, que por sinal, está sendo tocado por Stevie e Paul. As teclas juntas produzem essa melodia harmônica. No entanto, ébano e marfim, é uma letra que faz apologia à igualdade e integração racial. Uma clamação a vivermos de forma harmônica. Sobretudo um convite a problematizar questões/ aspectos intrínsecos em nossa sociedade, a exemplo o racismo. O ébano é tão precioso quanto o marfim.

    • @catholicdad
      @catholicdad Před 9 měsíci

      We're all flesh colored.

    • @EvandroFusco
      @EvandroFusco Před 8 měsíci

      A desigualdade racial nunca deveria existir. Deveríamos nos unir (todos) para o fim comum: viver em irmandade.

    • @silviamayerhofer752
      @silviamayerhofer752 Před 8 měsíci

      😊❤👍

  • @mtwright9782
    @mtwright9782 Před 3 lety +8

    My mom loved this song when I was a kid and my sister and I loved the hook! This song needs to be reintroduced in the United States!!!

  • @redmadman8567
    @redmadman8567 Před 3 lety +37

    97% of comments: this is a good message and a lesson for many people these days
    2% comments: I remember when this came out, nostalgia hits me hard.
    1% I think of this at stupid occasions!

    • @hmvp6346
      @hmvp6346 Před 3 lety +4

      *Correction*
      96% of comments: this is a good message and a lesson for many people these days.
      2% of comments: I remember when this came out, nostalgia hits me hard.
      1% of comments: I think of this at stupid occasions!
      1% of comments: *Something in Spanish*

    • @giovanasuassuna9577
      @giovanasuassuna9577 Před 2 lety

      0.0001% Everybody Hates Chris

  • @Alphawolf2017
    @Alphawolf2017 Před 2 lety +5

    This song is my older sister and mine's namesake. My sister is Ebony and I'm Ivory (I fully blame our mama for this. We've been called each other's names since I was born practically [mind you, it's really hard to get us confused. I'm 7 whole years younger than my sister and I'm a little bit lighter in skin than her]! Plus the reference to this song has been heard MANY times by both of us). So for the last 24 years...**sarcastic** thanks mama for our matching first and middle names...

  • @mariothomas8585
    @mariothomas8585 Před 2 lety +1

    Something the world needs to listen to. Every race, every color, every nation! Love one another!

  • @davefoot342
    @davefoot342 Před 4 lety +7

    I remember the head teacher made us all listen to this in a school assembly nearly 40 yrs ago .............

  • @TheSuperJebs
    @TheSuperJebs Před 2 lety +7

    Black puppy white puppy was a song I wrote by myself on my pianO keyboard

  • @jcstrikesagain684
    @jcstrikesagain684 Před 2 lety +15

    black puppy, white puppy- playing in the backyard, why can’t we?

  • @muhtante3412
    @muhtante3412 Před 2 lety +3

    Fantastic Song 🎶

  • @marioborras4823
    @marioborras4823 Před 3 lety +42

    Música de alto nivel dos gigantes de todos los tiempos impresionante

  • @bigben0316
    @bigben0316 Před 3 lety +13

    Stevie Wonder and Sylvester Stallone ! What a duo that was, especially on that piano.

    • @missnprice23
      @missnprice23 Před měsícem

      IDK whether to fall out 🤣🤣🤣 or curl up in a ball & 😭😭😭 @ u for thinking that is the actor Sylvester "Rocky"/"Rambo" Stallone in that video and not who it really-n-truly & crystal clearly is 😳

  • @MrJsfingers
    @MrJsfingers Před 8 měsíci +4

    Love the song. Especially when it goes into double time.

  • @adrianebeier7361
    @adrianebeier7361 Před 2 lety +120

    Que letra! Que Poesia! Somos todos irmãos! Não ao racismo, a discriminação pela cor da pele! Canção Maravilhosa!!

    • @bloxfruit2027
      @bloxfruit2027 Před 2 lety

      hello uou re beautifult girl

    • @IndependenteMarxista
      @IndependenteMarxista Před 2 lety

      @@bloxfruit2027 fuhck you bro. is a season coment, no tinder.

    • @luizhenriques.s.1846
      @luizhenriques.s.1846 Před rokem +7

      Eu vivi os momentos áureos de um ser humano nessa década de 80, entre os 15 e os 24 anos. Eu sou testemunha viva do quanto aquela década produziu belíssimas músicas. Já hoje, só vemos merda, Anita, Pablo Vitar e um monte de porcaria estrangeira. Estamos fu...Fu.

    • @catholicdad
      @catholicdad Před rokem

      Hey! No mention of brown in this song!

    • @FernandoAparecidodeOlive-kd8jt
      @FernandoAparecidodeOlive-kd8jt Před 4 měsíci

      Boa tarde

  • @sheilabrooks4848
    @sheilabrooks4848 Před 4 lety +3

    Wow!! This is beautiful!! Ebony and Ivory living in perfect harmony! I just feel so much pain listening to this song!! What has our world come to!!

  • @ValdeirRezende
    @ValdeirRezende Před 3 lety +65

    (...) Essa maravilha chegou aqui no Brasil, nos anos 80, foi uma febre...Um musicão.

    • @reginaldosiqueira6984
      @reginaldosiqueira6984 Před 3 lety +4

      Foi mesmo!

    • @levialvesdelimaalvesdelima7996
      @levialvesdelimaalvesdelima7996 Před 3 lety +6

      Ah meus tempos de colégio. Maravilha! A professora de Inglês traduziu conosco essa música. Ouvir hoje é voltar maravilhosamente no tempo. Gratidão.

    • @giovanasuassuna9577
      @giovanasuassuna9577 Před 2 lety +4

      E depois em Todo Mundo odeia o Chris

    • @enricogoncalves8936
      @enricogoncalves8936 Před 2 lety +1

      Eu lembro bem

    • @CanalDoNinjaa
      @CanalDoNinjaa Před 2 lety +3

      @@giovanasuassuna9577 não lembro dessa musica em todo mundo odeia o Chris kk. So to aqui por causa do filme “A família da noiva”.

  • @danomanno747
    @danomanno747 Před 8 měsíci +1

    An old classic my late father liked a lot, especially as a huge fan of The Beatles, and appreciating Stevie Wonder a lot too. R.I.P. dad.

  • @t.o.o.smooth5870
    @t.o.o.smooth5870 Před 2 lety +7

    This is us people. Don't let the power that be continue to divide us! ✊🏿✊🏻

  • @otakusamsay1953
    @otakusamsay1953 Před 3 lety +16

    I wonder how crazy Stevie's hair would be if he never made the braids a mainstay and just kept growing his fro out.

  • @MaidenMontana
    @MaidenMontana Před 4 lety +180

    I've always loved this song! Can Paul and Stevie please do a sequel to this for today?

    • @rosesingh339
      @rosesingh339 Před 3 lety +14

      They sang this song together again at the Kennedy Honors back in 2012

    • @karlgreat1661
      @karlgreat1661 Před 3 lety +1

      Hello 👋🏼 Maiden Montana

    • @gabbysheldon4605
      @gabbysheldon4605 Před 2 lety +1

      @@karlgreat1661 l

    • @gomogo2000
      @gomogo2000 Před rokem

      Excellent idea!

    • @ThePeterDislikeShow
      @ThePeterDislikeShow Před rokem +4

      How about a new version for LGBTQ? Maybe how different kinds of chords can live together in harmony in my favorite music, why can't we?

  • @leannebarrett908
    @leannebarrett908 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Absolutely fantastic song and always will be ❤❤❤

  • @josecherubim4857
    @josecherubim4857 Před rokem +26

    40 anos desta linda musica, alguem mais a escutando em 2022?

  • @aronmoatshe3890
    @aronmoatshe3890 Před 3 lety +6

    Imagine u & me living together in harmony, what a wonderful song

    • @demetruewilliams2315
      @demetruewilliams2315 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes this song touch your whole foundation and very strong

    • @nickhill8612
      @nickhill8612 Před 3 lety

      @@demetruewilliams2315
      This should be played on every radio station at the same time.

  • @djamarildo3842
    @djamarildo3842 Před 3 lety +29

    Dueto maravilhoso vindo desses caras aí só vem canções lindas...

  • @ebonylorriano8633
    @ebonylorriano8633 Před rokem +2

    So blessed to be name after the song

  • @kishenvelloo5858
    @kishenvelloo5858 Před 11 měsíci +1

    48 now, first and ever song i know all the words to.... since 6/7 years old. Love this song

  • @tomdill
    @tomdill Před rokem +5

    These 2 are just a wonderful duo and Stevie’s happiness is so infectious

  • @lschmidtmre
    @lschmidtmre Před 3 lety +14

    every person likes this music

  • @felicciasc
    @felicciasc Před 2 lety +9

    This reached #1 40 years ago in May 1982. I remember my neighbor invited me to his daughter's McDonalds Birthday Party. He was a car dealer so he had a car with a stereo. Big deal in 1982. This song came on and I started singing along. He turned the channel and said "I'm too racist to listen to this song." At least he was honest. Racism is a sign of insecurity internally. Strong people can lift others up with out fear of diminishing themselves.

    • @water9892
      @water9892 Před rokem

      That's awful. What happened to that man?

    • @felicciasc
      @felicciasc Před rokem

      @@water9892 he divorced his wife a couple years later.
      She was a hottie.

    • @water9892
      @water9892 Před rokem

      @@felicciasc thanks for the update