That's what hooked me on this song. At the time I first heard it my son had broken my heart with really poor choices. I was so broken; cried a lot. In time he realized that he had made a huge mistake; and he got back on track! Time heals all wounds and love conquers all. All kinds of love! Parent's love for child is strongest love of all!
In 2014, when I was two months away from leaving Manhattan, I got a job at a coffee shop in midtown. I was broke and had to walk from 85th and Amsterdam to 44th and 6th. This song was on my playlist during my trek and made my departure easier. Chvrches has been one of my best friends since.
As a heterosexual male, this song and video has been one of my guilty pleasures for a long time. I love to see how confident and beautiful the men are. It helps me remember that it's okay to want to be pretty sometimes.
It's all good man. I've been a pretty boy all my life and it's hard being a heterosexual pretty boy adult, but in highschool lots of girls chased me. If you need makeup and fancy clothes to feel pretty that's cool, or if you have a thin build with fine facial features, bright hair and bright eyes that's cool too.
This song comes on the overhead radio at my job EVERY SINGLE BLESSED DAY!!! I'd never heard of it before and this was the first time I've seen the video. I'm a big fan of the Robert Palmer original so this just made me really happy!
Everyone needs to stop being so ignorant. read the description. A note from Ingrid on the video: Girls Chase Boys started out as a break up song but took on a deeper meaning as I continued writing. More than just being about my experience, its focus shifted to include the idea that, no matter who or how we love, we are all the same. The video takes that idea one step further, and attempts to turn stereotypical gender roles on their head. Girls don't exclusively chase boys. We all know this! We all chase each other and in the end we are all chasing after the same thing: love.
Hey you reading this, just in case no one told you, you are beautiful and there is nothing in this world that you cannot do. You are a gift to the world, there is no one who exist that is quite like you. I love you and believe in you. Forget the haters, they secretly wish they could be like you. Now go out and live the life you've always dreamed of. Xoxo
I really loved this video and the song is great! I also agree that the lipstick is completely fabulous I don't really understand the video.. Could someone explain
I just returned from these folks show and guess what? They were totally remarkable! *watch?v=ywhvj7UaDHo* In some cases it's tricky to find a correct word, maybe remarkable? TH-cam the video and experience a fun time!!
Anya Bobonya its about how other music videos use women as a way to get views. and how its really stupid and how it would completely change if it were men taking the role of the women.
There's an unescapable message of equality of men and women here. Women are stronger than we give them credit for and can, in fact, be the pursuer rather than the pursued. I think it breaks down the sexist stereotype and when it comes down to it, we're all just people loving people. Not men, women, transgendered, gay, straight, bi... We're people pursuing people. Maybe I'm just reading into too much but that's what I get out of this :)
I first heard this song on the radio when I was about 9 years old in 2014-15. It was been living in my head NON STOP since then and I was convinced it was a song I heard in my dreams. I could never find it online because I thought the lyrics were "I like girls, jinks, boys, jinks girls". Last week, I was eating at a chinese restaurant with my family when I could *very* faintly hear that "ahAhahAhaAh" on the radio in the next room. I LAUNCHED out of my seat, whipped out my phone, ran in and held up my phone with the shazam app to the speaker. The sheer frustration I was in when I found out it was "girls CHASE boys" is indescribable, but it was such a surreal experience to finally find this song.
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This video is a piece of art, if you didn't read the title this is an "Homage to Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible". It represents how society is ok with girls being used as sexual icons and how a reverse act of males as sexual icons can cause an uproar and by the looks of the comments this is what happened. Goal achieved. It's time to educate people about sexuality, sex, gender, and gender roles.
I think the video is deeper than that though, because men are sexualized every day in the industry. Just because you put a man in a dress and put makeup on him doesn't really sexualize him. It just makes him look more feminine.
I personally think this video puts all the men and women involved into about the same light. The women backup dancers are wearing very right clothing as well as the men and even Ingrid herself is wearing a much more revealing outfit than she usually does in a music video.
Fun fact: Did you know makeup was originally made for men and reached its highest peak in Europe when Louis XVI wore it. Because he wore it many male aristocrats wore it too.
My God! A pop singer beyond compare. and a perfectly written pop song for folks who know and love the real thing. All those pink tank tops (!) and all the makeup and that voice! I have a big crush on this gal: Beyonce be damned: this is a real woman..
I don't know which I love more... the video or the song. Why do I have to choose? If there is one thing this video taught me is that I don't need to choose!
It's really ironic how upset people are getting over this video. In case you didn't read the video, this music video is a homage to Robert Palmer's music video for Simply Irresistible. This music is an exact replica of the music video for Simply Irresistible apart from the genders that are being exploited are reversed. Ingrid is showing how we, as a society, are okay with females being used as sexual icons (like they are in Palmer's music video) but as soon as males are seen as feminine or sexual icons (like they are in Michaelson's music video) there is a massive uproar. This music video is pretty genius if you ask me and my respect for Ingrid Michaelson has only just increased.
osnapitzjano Well, then she failed cause there has not been a "massive" uproar (you can check the like/dislike bar). And males are being objectified all the time. PS: I like both the song and the video.
osnapitzjano I find that it proves how feminists who rant about "objectification" in music videos are hysterical and not to be taken seriously. The roles are reversed here and there is no uproar. The approval rating is over 90% positive and looking over the top comments, no one is outraged. They actually went out of their way to provoke it, and virtually nothing happened. No one cares about objectification unless it's the helpless women with no agency - the preposterous argument cock-skinning feminazis constantly inundate us with.
I am a conservative Christian and find this video to be a beautiful piece of art. I was sincerely moved at the simplicity used to reflect how love does not discriminate. I am proud of this video and of Ingrid's message. I apologize how people of the same faith and political affiliations have offended an hurt others, not all of us think that way.
You sir, are awesome. There are not many men like you. I'm a liberal, and dare I say it, atheist, and the fact you are so open minded restores my faith (slightly) in humanity. Too often I see men, and women sometimes, that close their minds and judge before they know anything. Plus, you write well. Rather legibly might I add. Shows how education pays off. Ignorant people seem quick to judge.
Im a guy and I am straight but I gotta say, I am impressed with the song and the video. Ladies have it tough already. And they have so much more to offer than just their bodies. Keep it goin' ladies.
Most people who experience mental illness are men. Most people who commit suicide are men. Most people who do poorly in school are men. Most people who die in war are men. Most people who perform dangerous jobs are men. Most people who are homeless are men. Most people who are victims are violent crime are men. Most people who are in prison are men. But yeah, ladies have it tough already. Simp
@@MichaelSaunier Yeah most people who are rapist, most people who DUI are men, most people who are psychopaths are men. Most people who commit crimes are men. And if you do poorly at school or go to psrison that is also your fault. Say hi to your mama and tell her what you just told me, Mr Misogynist.
It's pretty much an exact copy of Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistible music video. Which she states in the damn title. So to the people that are complaining STFU already.
J. Doryean Yes and no. Robert Palmer wasn't wearing a dress in that video, and the girls didn't have hairy legs. Gender bending, not gender swapping, is what's making people squirm. You can't help how you feel, and in a way, this does make me feel slightly uncomfortable, but I recognize that feeling is irrational and I try to move past it.
This popped up in my recommendation years later. Im still subscribed to her channel and this is still liked. I was 9 when this came out. I am now 19 🥲❤
I used to work in a casino, and this was one of the few songs they played over the intercom that didn't make me want to die. I could barely hear it, as with most of the music on their playlists, so I never knew what to look up. Today my telephone identified it while it played in a store, and now it's so fulfilling to play it through proper headphones and hear the texture of it all. Delightful song, lovely lyrics.
max awsumb and I would say I hate you for using that word. Please tell me you saw that parody of the Millennial Chevy commercial or you won’t get why I said that.
I just gotta say, the black guy right behind ingrid is just hottttttttttttttttttttttttt and he looks like he rlly likes being in the movie and his makeup just suits him so well and im so obsessed with him right now hahahahaha
As a dude, A usually fairly masculine dude, I think this would have been a super fun song to be in, I usually dont like makeup (How it feels on my skin) but it just looks like everyone's having a blast. People take shit too seriously sometimes, myself included. This song reminds me, Lets not make it harder than it has to be.
I'm not sure, but I believe that is the point.. I found this on some website saying something about not being sexist... I don't know. It is pretty cool and different... And I don't really like this kind of music :)
hm...i see what you mean. if you look at how the women are dressed etc it looks pretty sexist. and the guys...actually, what is sexist when it comes to guys? i think of it more as a parody of sexism towards women. still pretty cool. :)
Am playing this song today. For my friend who passed on yesterday. I would watch her and my brother dance to this everyday from work. We would put it on repeat and do all crazy moves. MHSRIP.
watch the Simply Irresistible music video by Robert Palmer... the thing is that well this video should've had just boys and them kinda of lifeless... but on a side note his video was risque and oversexualized for its time... tame and lame by our standards today...
The song is supposed to act as an olive branch to the opposite sex, and the video serves as a means to further that peace offering. Michaelson is trying to show how both sexes objectify and use (in different ways, mind you) one another during courtship. Because the objectification of the male is much more subtle in real life, she chooses to compare apples to apples by portraying men as we usually see women in the media today. Hence, the emphasis on their beauty and sex appeal. But the video, truly drives home this point of comparable objectification, when some of the male dancers are literally replaced by females. Thus cementing this idea of male/female interchangeability. When combined with such lyrics as,: "You played me now I play you too, Let's just call it over... All the broken hearts in the world still beat Let's not make it harder than it has to be" it's not difficult to see that Michaelson is simply trying to be fair when analyzing the modern relationship. Because she thinks both sexes use and exploit each other, she's trying to ameliorate the feeling of betrayal both parties feel when discovering the true intentions their partner had for their relationship. She comes to the conclusion that since both sexes do awful things when pursuing/"chasing" one another, we shouldn't hold any grudges. After all, even when our heart has been ripped to shreds, it does, in fact, still beat. TLDR: Breakups hurt, but get over it... we're all just assholes
Hey for all for all of you who view this video for the first time and think something like "WTH This video is gay and stuff", I will say my interpretation of the video and hope that you won't be quick to judge and think clearly on how this video's message is not just that. That being said this video is clearly about the gender issue that's still being happening today like how the media objectifies women (a great example would be Thicke's Blurred Lines) and how women react to them being objectified (an example would be Lily Allen's "Hard Out Here".) This video starts out with men dressed up like the women in the "Simply Irresistible" music video and it comes out as a revenge from making women look stupid in other music videos. As the song progresses and when Ingrid sings "Let's just call it over" one by one the men are being replaced by female dancers. This is what this video is about. It's saying that there's practically no difference between men and women and that we are all equal. The bridge clearly states that as well; "I've got 2 hands, one beating heart and I'll be alright. I'm gonna be alright." So as long as you're a human then you have nothing to be ashamed of. All of the dancers and Ingrid are having fun by the end of the video and they're just dancing and celebrating. We should be happy about ourselves and don't hate on other people as well. "Let's not make it harder than it has to be. It's all the same thing." ;)
Jen G It started as a breakup song but ended up as this: "Girls Chase Boys started out as a break up song but took on a *deeper meaning* as I continued writing. More than just being about my experience, its focus shifted to include the idea that, _no matter who or how we love, we are all the same._ The video takes that idea one step further, and attempts to turn stereotypical gender roles on their head." -Ingrid Michaelson on her Facebook page. And if you really know Ingrid's style you'd notice that every move she makes has significance to it. She wouldn't just do a parody; she would make it into a message.
My mom showed me this song because of all the dancing men. She knew what it was about but I was really confused on what she meant cause I was a young child. My sister played this in the car and gave me nostalgia. Ngl I’m sorta mad my mom was making fun of this, it’s an amazing song and we all know the meaning right now. I want to hear this in the radio.
Knowing Robert Palmer's Original, being from that generation, I love what Ingrid & her team did with this! Wow if only I could Rock Red lipstick like that! Awesome song, always in my head, the day after a first date, makes me feel connected and smile a while, get's you through the pain, of knowing, here we go again! Girls chase boys chase girls, same same! I LOVE IT!
You are so in he swim of things instead of clutching and screaming about what was already enjoyed for those who could take pleasure in it at its time. Good show!
"All the broken hearts in the world still beat, let's not make it harder than it has to be." 💕🩷💔 "I'm a little let down, but I'm not dead." 💜💜💜 "I got two hands, one beating heart and I'll be alright." 🩷💕💜 Love the tribute/homage to Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistible music video 🩷💜💕
they look good, boys look really good in heels too. youre just mean and close minded if you hate this video solely because of the fact the boys are wearing makeup and pink, grow up, thank you goodbye
You do know that heels were invented for men to wear as a fashion of the workplace. But women adopted it after men realized they could never find a hard enough element to support their stature, weight and still look stylish as a heel.
When I first heard this, thought she was saying "cheese boys, cheese curls" and I was googling aimlessly for it. Good thing I came across it on Spotify!
If I wasn't so Bible terrified I would consider being bi-sexual, but the thought of actually going through with it terrifies my dick into proverbial corpse. Chances you all were right all along and I was afraid of nothing. Oh well....
digidgetnation If you're afraid of living life how you want because of fear of the bible, then, in my opinion, your philosophy on life is a little misguided
😭😭😭😭 I LISTENED TO THIS SONG WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND I WAS LOOKING FOR IT FOR 3-4 YEARS!!! I HEARD A GLIMPSE OF IT ON THE RADIO AND I FINALLY FOUND IT!!!!!! I’m crying😭😭😭😭😭😭 THIS IS MY SOUL JAMM!!!!
i heard this song on the radio of a taxi about 6 years ago when i was around 7/8; on my way home from school with my mom after a rough day... i immediately fell in love with it- the melody, the lyrics, the chorus. i’m 14 now, almost 15, and i still love it
Makes me cry that I was 22 when this song came out and I remember listening to this like it felt like yesterday, I am 32 now soon to be 33, time really flies man like what happen, where did all those years go?
This song has been stuck in my head for years-
Same
I agree poopy legos, i agree
Same and I always forget the name
Sameee and I remembered the video but couldn’t find it😭
Same
Saw this for the first time on VH1 this morning, and the Sarah Palin / Hot Librarian fetish is strong with this one.
Note to the world
"All the broken hearts in the world still beat, let's not make it harder than it has to be."
That's what hooked me on this song. At the time I first heard it my son had broken my heart with really poor choices. I was so broken; cried a lot. In time he realized that he had made a huge mistake; and he got back on track! Time heals all wounds and love conquers all. All kinds of love! Parent's love for child is strongest love of all!
2020: Hold my beer!
@@majimespirit8421 Aww that’s beautiful! Love truly is a powerful thing. Lots of Love to you and your son!
Let's add that most suicides are committed over a broken heart. So no, not all of them still beat.
@@sophomoric1605 We still here aren’t we!?
"all the broken hearts still beat" is the most soul-soothing thing I've heard in this decade
Unrelated, but I love ur pfp!! I was just thinking about NITW lol
Lies again? Miami Birds Green Pink
I haven’t heard this song in 5 years and it randomly got stuck in my head
I was literally playing Just Cause 3 and the song got stuck in my head
Heard it at work this used to be my shit
Sameee
It’s nice to rediscover songs
Same, didn’t know it was this gay lol..
In 2014, when I was two months away from leaving Manhattan, I got a job at a coffee shop in midtown. I was broke and had to walk from 85th and Amsterdam to 44th and 6th. This song was on my playlist during my trek and made my departure easier. Chvrches has been one of my best friends since.
🤔? Um Chvrches? This is Ingrid Michaelson unless there is a Chvrches version I don't know of.
The guy at the very beginning was KILLING IT
As a heterosexual male, this song and video has been one of my guilty pleasures for a long time. I love to see how confident and beautiful the men are. It helps me remember that it's okay to want to be pretty sometimes.
I prefer shorter shorts tho , they covering a lot of thighs .
I like the thighs around the dong
im right here with ya bro
It's all good man. I've been a pretty boy all my life and it's hard being a heterosexual pretty boy adult, but in highschool lots of girls chased me. If you need makeup and fancy clothes to feel pretty that's cool, or if you have a thin build with fine facial features, bright hair and bright eyes that's cool too.
Quit capping, we know you aren't hetero.
You are far from straight
Oml. I haven't heard this song in forever!
Faxx
I know! It randomly played after something I put on originally, now I'm back again 😂😂
This song comes on the overhead radio at my job EVERY SINGLE BLESSED DAY!!! I'd never heard of it before and this was the first time I've seen the video. I'm a big fan of the Robert Palmer original so this just made me really happy!
Same!!!!
Eric2litty 4x sameeee
Everyone needs to stop being so ignorant. read the description.
A note from Ingrid on the video:
Girls Chase Boys started out as a break up song but took on a deeper meaning as I continued writing. More than just being about my experience, its focus shifted to include the idea that, no matter who or how we love, we are all the same.
The video takes that idea one step further, and attempts to turn stereotypical gender roles on their head. Girls don't exclusively chase boys. We all know this! We all chase each other and in the end we are all chasing after the same thing: love.
Corvo Lynne Coylee I feel like that message would’ve come across clearer if the women dressed as men
We are not all the same
Far from it
As you can see the crossdressers in this video confirm ir
Not far from it at all. We have an obvious shared humanity whether your ego believes it or not.
How am I only seeing this now?? This is fantastic
Same here, though I'd heard the song a bunch. Adds a whole different layer of meaning and is damn funny too.
This Ingrid Michaelson song makes me proud of who I am, no matter the gender. I am a man. Thanks for the message, Ingrid Michaelson!
With the way she's dressed, the hair and glasses -- I keep glancing up and seeing Sarah Palin singing this song. >_
lol!
bacchante1 SAMEE
i can't unsee it
bacchante1 ommmggg noooo 😹😹😹
bacchante1 reminds me more of tina fey's sarah palin, which isnt necessarily a bad thing
Hey you reading this, just in case no one told you, you are beautiful and there is nothing in this world that you cannot do. You are a gift to the world, there is no one who exist that is quite like you. I love you and believe in you. Forget the haters, they secretly wish they could be like you. Now go out and live the life you've always dreamed of. Xoxo
Yes, there's nothing you can't do... but don't forget that it takes a shitload of effort.
RP AYEE ON SIGHT FAM💗😘😍💯🌈👫👬👭
RP MADE MY DAYY MAHALO YOU BEAUTIFUL PERSON 💖💖💖
It’s one thing to be encouraging, it’s another to lie in the name of encouragement.
I love this comment so damn much.💜
the makeup is so on point and I'm so
jealous
they must've spent like 6 hours on it
I'm pissed that they look better
who still loves this song??
A HOTTER VERSION OF SARAH PALIN??? BUT NONE THE LESS I FREAKIN LOVEEEEEEEEEE THIS SONG
***** WELL THANK U :*
I'm mesmerized by how bomb everyone's lipstick game is. Like holy shit these people are gorgeous.
thank you for such a lovely comment - I agree, they are beautiful x
I really loved this video and the song is great! I also agree that the lipstick is completely fabulous I don't really understand the video.. Could someone explain
I just returned from these folks show and guess what? They were totally remarkable!
*watch?v=ywhvj7UaDHo*
In some cases it's tricky to find a correct word, maybe remarkable?
TH-cam the video and experience a fun time!!
I swear just before I read this comment, in my head I thought - Damn! Their lip game is strong!
Anya Bobonya
its about how other music videos use women as a way to get views. and how its really stupid and how it would completely change if it were men taking the role of the women.
Very nice song. But disconcerting video kind of wrecks the sweetness of her voice and the lyric.
Also, I don't feel as if I were made more socially aware for having watched this.
Shiva Ganesha I hope she produces a better video for her song
its based of a different song so thats why it looks like that the song simply irrasiable by robert palmers
mallory arend And it's brilliant! Sorry, Shiva. Context.
I thought that till I realized it was a parody of Simply Irresistible.
There's an unescapable message of equality of men and women here. Women are stronger than we give them credit for and can, in fact, be the pursuer rather than the pursued. I think it breaks down the sexist stereotype and when it comes down to it, we're all just people loving people. Not men, women, transgendered, gay, straight, bi... We're people pursuing people. Maybe I'm just reading into too much but that's what I get out of this :)
I love your interpretation. And I think you're pretty spot-on. =D
i agree with you! i think its awesome
Yes I completely agree with this
I definitely think you're on point here.
gay
Those boys know how to use their hips
Riiiiight
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Indeed.
lol XD
dang right
If you're secure in your own skin, It's not that big a deal!
This some deep stuff.
As far as I'm concerned it's art! I think it's a brilliant concept to objectify the male form as we've been objectifying women since the dawn of life!
Curtis Guest to be honest I didn't get it first. Thanks for explaining!
Rav Shokar Watch Robert Palmers "Simply irresistible" it will make more sense!
I first heard this song on the radio when I was about 9 years old in 2014-15. It was been living in my head NON STOP since then and I was convinced it was a song I heard in my dreams. I could never find it online because I thought the lyrics were "I like girls, jinks, boys, jinks girls". Last week, I was eating at a chinese restaurant with my family when I could *very* faintly hear that "ahAhahAhaAh" on the radio in the next room. I LAUNCHED out of my seat, whipped out my phone, ran in and held up my phone with the shazam app to the speaker. The sheer frustration I was in when I found out it was "girls CHASE boys" is indescribable, but it was such a surreal experience to finally find this song.
what a beautiful music video
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Guy over her right shoulder is having so much fun!
"All the broken hearts in the world still beat. Let's not make it harder than it has to be." These lines helped me get through my first heartbreak.
This song is so hopeful and kind, it chokes me up.
This video is a piece of art, if you didn't read the title this is an "Homage to Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible". It represents how society is ok with girls being used as sexual icons and how a reverse act of males as sexual icons can cause an uproar and by the looks of the comments this is what happened. Goal achieved. It's time to educate people about sexuality, sex, gender, and gender roles.
I think the video is deeper than that though, because men are sexualized every day in the industry. Just because you put a man in a dress and put makeup on him doesn't really sexualize him. It just makes him look more feminine.
yo are so right! I am feminist jeje i like this video.
I personally think this video puts all the men and women involved into about the same light. The women backup dancers are wearing very right clothing as well as the men and even Ingrid herself is wearing a much more revealing outfit than she usually does in a music video.
Thank you, Chris!
I agree, Chris;Thank you for your insightful and intelligent post.
Wow. This is such a celebration of love, and probably her best song to date. Well played, Ms. Michaelson.
Fun fact: Did you know makeup was originally made for men and reached its highest peak in Europe when Louis XVI wore it. Because he wore it many male aristocrats wore it too.
Cool!
+Amanda Archer and that too.
+John Phillips i love you
Jason martin O_O
+John Phillips Thank you, Sheldon. ;-)
Seven years later, I'm a teenager, and this song is still superior and is constantly stuck playing on repeat in my head.
My God! A pop singer beyond compare. and a perfectly written pop song for folks who know and love the real thing. All those pink tank tops (!) and all the makeup and that voice! I have a big crush on this gal: Beyonce be damned: this is a real woman..
Amen to that!!!
Why do you need to damn Beyonce to proclaim Ingrid a "real woman"? I am certain neither of them feels that the other doesn't qualify.
I don't know which I love more... the video or the song. Why do I have to choose? If there is one thing this video taught me is that I don't need to choose!
Last time i came on this video there were stupid comments and now theres supportive nice comments and im glad
+Mandie_Kat that's because last time you "came" on this video
+danusty Oh my gosh --- seriously can't stop laughing! :)
Brandy Glenn thank you! I tried and I guess I achieved
+danusty I forgot to ever reply to this comment but yeah my choice of words is questionable but your response is terrific XD
+danusty were you in the video
This lady has wrote all kinds of music for tv shows but this song is awesome made me a fan plus the director reversing robert Palmers video is awesome
this song randomly got stuck in my head so now I'm here
Same and it's from the vampire diaries
@@greyjenkins4186pssh , I came from the flash
@@greyjenkins4186 I came from vampire diaries!!!!
Saaammme...
Alexandra Citan yup same
Laughing and crying this was wierd and beatiful thank you IngridMichaelson
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It's really ironic how upset people are getting over this video. In case you didn't read the video, this music video is a homage to Robert Palmer's music video for Simply Irresistible. This music is an exact replica of the music video for Simply Irresistible apart from the genders that are being exploited are reversed. Ingrid is showing how we, as a society, are okay with females being used as sexual icons (like they are in Palmer's music video) but as soon as males are seen as feminine or sexual icons (like they are in Michaelson's music video) there is a massive uproar. This music video is pretty genius if you ask me and my respect for Ingrid Michaelson has only just increased.
I so agree with you
osnapitzjano Yes exactly!
Roxanne Smith
osnapitzjano Well, then she failed cause there has not been a "massive" uproar (you can check the like/dislike bar). And males are being objectified all the time. PS: I like both the song and the video.
osnapitzjano I find that it proves how feminists who rant about "objectification" in music videos are hysterical and not to be taken seriously. The roles are reversed here and there is no uproar. The approval rating is over 90% positive and looking over the top comments, no one is outraged. They actually went out of their way to provoke it, and virtually nothing happened. No one cares about objectification unless it's the helpless women with no agency - the preposterous argument cock-skinning feminazis constantly inundate us with.
6 years later.....
This song is stuck in my head, I remember this song when I was 7
My favorite part was 0:00 to 3:40. This song means a lot to me and I've looked for it for so long. Thanks and have a great day!
I am a conservative Christian and find this video to be a beautiful piece of art. I was sincerely moved at the simplicity used to reflect how love does not discriminate. I am proud of this video and of Ingrid's message. I apologize how people of the same faith and political affiliations have offended an hurt others, not all of us think that way.
You sir, are awesome. There are not many men like you. I'm a liberal, and dare I say it, atheist, and the fact you are so open minded restores my faith (slightly) in humanity. Too often I see men, and women sometimes, that close their minds and judge before they know anything. Plus, you write well. Rather legibly might I add. Shows how education pays off. Ignorant people seem quick to judge.
Ashley White Thank you very much! I am very humbled by your compliments and recognition.
My new favorite song. Heard it on the radio a week or so ago and can't stop the video over and over.
Wow. That's exactly what I'm doing. I think I have an addiction.....@.@
This my new "love it" song! I am serio listening to it all the time!! 😍 love you Ingrid😘
Is it bad that I can't stop playing this over and over XD
No, it's perfectly normal, Alaina Friske !!!! xD
I always find my self coming back to this video randomly every year it became an annual tradition.
Im a guy and I am straight but I gotta say, I am impressed with the song and the video. Ladies have it tough already. And they have so much more to offer than just their bodies. Keep it goin' ladies.
Kyle Joe thanks
Fuck yeah, Kyle Joe.
Gay
Most people who experience mental illness are men. Most people who commit suicide are men. Most people who do poorly in school are men. Most people who die in war are men. Most people who perform dangerous jobs are men. Most people who are homeless are men. Most people who are victims are violent crime are men. Most people who are in prison are men. But yeah, ladies have it tough already. Simp
@@MichaelSaunier Yeah most people who are rapist, most people who DUI are men, most people who are psychopaths are men. Most people who commit crimes are men. And if you do poorly at school or go to psrison that is also your fault. Say hi to your mama and tell her what you just told me, Mr Misogynist.
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n a d s fuck yeah
n a d s extreme levels of yo mama
YES
So many fabulous queens
Fuck I can't handle it!
I was cracking up the entire time...especially the epic guitar solo at 2:42
;)
I love it. The men actually still look great! The eyeliner actually highlights their beautiful eyecolors.
The makeup is well done and the men are in excellent shape.
She looks pretty, to everyone that thinks this video makes them uncomfortable, GROW UP, no but seriously? My 7 year old sister loved it
Only some parts are..... weird
It's pretty much an exact copy of Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistible music video. Which she states in the damn title. So to the people that are complaining STFU already.
J. Doryean Yes and no. Robert Palmer wasn't wearing a dress in that video, and the girls didn't have hairy legs. Gender bending, not gender swapping, is what's making people squirm. You can't help how you feel, and in a way, this does make me feel slightly uncomfortable, but I recognize that feeling is irrational and I try to move past it.
ShastaOrange Yeah, I didn't mean to make anyone feel bad.
***** No, but I wish.
THEY'RE ALL SO BEAUTIFUL WHAT THE HELL
One of the most underrated videos of all time.
Shania Twain and Robert Palmer
@@pychang21 both are true statements
@@cjnelson669 that’s weird, I didn’t see you in the video
Why homophobes hang out in this comment section I will never understand
@ Er...what? I said homophobes not homosexuals LOL
Such an underrated song its crazy. Literally lives rent free in my head. Also idk why but her appearance and voice makes my soul feel warm
this video probably has a deep ass meaning but i'm to focused on why these guys can rock red lips better than i can...
Ashley Almeda bruh sameeee
My Life as a DANCER!!! lmaooo
Ashley Almeda the meaning is to support not bully transgender people.
Ashley Almeda this is literally me
Ashley Almeda nah it's a knock off of Robert Palmer simply irresistible look it up 😘 not kidding! It's rly cool
This popped up in my recommendation years later. Im still subscribed to her channel and this is still liked. I was 9 when this came out. I am now 19 🥲❤
words can't describe how much I love this song and video
0:46 I AM SURPEISED AT THE MOVE OF THE BLACK MAN IN THE MIDDLE. IS HE A MODEL? OR A DANCER?
I used to work in a casino, and this was one of the few songs they played over the intercom that didn't make me want to die. I could barely hear it, as with most of the music on their playlists, so I never knew what to look up. Today my telephone identified it while it played in a store, and now it's so fulfilling to play it through proper headphones and hear the texture of it all. Delightful song, lovely lyrics.
Everyone's makeup is on fleek and i'm jealous
max awsumb and I would say I hate you for using that word. Please tell me you saw that parody of the Millennial Chevy commercial or you won’t get why I said that.
Christopher Henderson I get it lol
Dang Ingrid lookin 10/10 in this video
But I mean she always looks 10/10
Life needs more of this. Whatever it is. Life needs a lot more of it.
Gayness?
Style, rhythm, acceptance, empowerment, equality, and relationship Independence. Yeah, the world definitely needs more of those things.
Its called mental illness
Transgenderness?
Like so much more of it. Fuck the haters
Hear it once in the radio in like 2014. Sucked on my head ever since
Same
I just gotta say, the black guy right behind ingrid is just hottttttttttttttttttttttttt and he looks like he rlly likes being in the movie and his makeup just suits him so well and im so obsessed with him right now hahahahaha
He reminds me of King Bach without facial hair 😂😂😂
+Luan Osorio same hahahhahah
No comments yet about the best part of this video? The ukulele gag at 02:43!!!
The dude to her left is having so much fun and he gives me life
As a dude, A usually fairly masculine dude, I think this would have been a super fun song to be in, I usually dont like makeup (How it feels on my skin) but it just looks like everyone's having a blast. People take shit too seriously sometimes, myself included. This song reminds me, Lets not make it harder than it has to be.
October 2016...track is still great, a good mid 90s feel to it, and Ingrid is a bombshell
August 2024...track is still great....too lazy to type the rest.
in some short sequences you can't really tell whethter it's a guy or a girl if you don't look closely. that's kinda cool, i think. =)
I'm not sure, but I believe that is the point.. I found this on some website saying something about not being sexist... I don't know. It is pretty cool and different... And I don't really like this kind of music :)
hm...i see what you mean. if you look at how the women are dressed etc it looks pretty sexist. and the guys...actually, what is sexist when it comes to guys? i think of it more as a parody of sexism towards women. still pretty cool. :)
this is fabulous
❤❤❤❤❤
Sassy Slayer thanks
Flaming Mary Just like you ;3
XxXFallenTacozXxX thanks
That's the most wholesome back and forth I've seen on youtube. Awwww! xD
Am playing this song today. For my friend who passed on yesterday. I would watch her and my brother dance to this everyday from work. We would put it on repeat and do all crazy moves. MHSRIP.
Can someone explain to me the music video? I'm so lost
watch the Simply Irresistible music video by Robert Palmer... the thing is that well this video should've had just boys and them kinda of lifeless... but on a side note his video was risque and oversexualized for its time... tame and lame by our standards today...
The song is supposed to act as an olive branch to the opposite sex, and the video serves as a means to further that peace offering. Michaelson is trying to show how both sexes objectify and use (in different ways, mind you) one another during courtship. Because the objectification of the male is much more subtle in real life, she chooses to compare apples to apples by portraying men as we usually see women in the media today. Hence, the emphasis on their beauty and sex appeal. But the video, truly drives home this point of comparable objectification, when some of the male dancers are literally replaced by females. Thus cementing this idea of male/female interchangeability. When combined with such lyrics as,:
"You played me now I play you too,
Let's just call it over...
All the broken hearts in the world still beat
Let's not make it harder than it has to be"
it's not difficult to see that Michaelson is simply trying to be fair when analyzing the modern relationship. Because she thinks both sexes use and exploit each other, she's trying to ameliorate the feeling of betrayal both parties feel when discovering the true intentions their partner had for their relationship. She comes to the conclusion that since both sexes do awful things when pursuing/"chasing" one another, we shouldn't hold any grudges. After all, even when our heart has been ripped to shreds, it does, in fact, still beat.
TLDR: Breakups hurt, but get over it... we're all just assholes
Mike Walsh Do you happen to have degree in Literature or Critical Writing? I could not have analysed it better myself; I even understood more as well.
Mike Walsh Perfect breakdown, Nice!
Mike Walsh You just blew my mind. Wow.
Everyone in this video is dashing!
Upvote for "dashing."
How very Oscar Wilde of you.
The guy on the right who screws up the clapping at 2:57 has the best reaction. Hilarious.
Bahahaha
+Joseph Williams My thoughts exactly.
Lol i saw
Dat dude to the right: I messed up, shoot! Okay, what ever
I know right
My favourite Ingrid Michaelson song. My 2 & 4 year-old nieces heard me listening to this song and now they sing along whenever I play it.
This song is my life right now. I don't know why this song is my life right now, but this song is my life right now.
Why are you commenting in every video I watch?! I try to run away from my hand-loving shame but you just keep pulling me back in!
Sonia del Valle
Ha, we just have far too much in common.
You have excellent taste, then ;)
Hey for all for all of you who view this video for the first time and think something like "WTH This video is gay and stuff", I will say my interpretation of the video and hope that you won't be quick to judge and think clearly on how this video's message is not just that.
That being said this video is clearly about the gender issue that's still being happening today like how the media objectifies women (a great example would be Thicke's Blurred Lines) and how women react to them being objectified (an example would be Lily Allen's "Hard Out Here".) This video starts out with men dressed up like the women in the "Simply Irresistible" music video and it comes out as a revenge from making women look stupid in other music videos. As the song progresses and when Ingrid sings "Let's just call it over" one by one the men are being replaced by female dancers. This is what this video is about. It's saying that there's practically no difference between men and women and that we are all equal. The bridge clearly states that as well; "I've got 2 hands, one beating heart and I'll be alright. I'm gonna be alright." So as long as you're a human then you have nothing to be ashamed of. All of the dancers and Ingrid are having fun by the end of the video and they're just dancing and celebrating. We should be happy about ourselves and don't hate on other people as well.
"Let's not make it harder than it has to be. It's all the same thing." ;)
Agree
Well said!
The song is about breaking up and it's a parody of Robert Palmer. Don't over think it.
Jen G It started as a breakup song but ended up as this:
"Girls Chase Boys started out as a break up song but took on a *deeper meaning* as I continued writing. More than just being about my experience, its focus shifted to include the idea that, _no matter who or how we love, we are all the same._
The video takes that idea one step further, and attempts to turn stereotypical gender roles on their head." -Ingrid Michaelson on her Facebook page.
And if you really know Ingrid's style you'd notice that every move she makes has significance to it. She wouldn't just do a parody; she would make it into a message.
I freaking love this adorable song! HUGZZZZZ!
My mom showed me this song because of all the dancing men. She knew what it was about but I was really confused on what she meant cause I was a young child. My sister played this in the car and gave me nostalgia. Ngl I’m sorta mad my mom was making fun of this, it’s an amazing song and we all know the meaning right now. I want to hear this in the radio.
Knowing Robert Palmer's Original, being from that generation, I love what Ingrid & her team did with this! Wow if only I could Rock Red lipstick like that! Awesome song, always in my head, the day after a first date, makes me feel connected and smile a while, get's you through the pain, of knowing, here we go again! Girls chase boys chase girls, same same! I LOVE IT!
You are so in he swim of things instead of clutching and screaming about what was already enjoyed for those who could take pleasure in it at its time. Good show!
@@severnyaquarius Me: *hears the song*
My Brain: *Flash S1E1*
0:46 I AM SURPEISED AT THE MOVE OF THE BLACK MAN IN THE MIDDLE. IS HE A MODEL? OR A DANCER?
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I’m pretty sure they are all dancers
Sarah Palin sings?
Now, THAT would be disturbing.
+Foot In Heaven's Door sarah palin is awesome i wish she would run with trump
+Ross Murog endless entertainment.
no
No, it's in English.
"All the broken hearts in the world still beat, let's not make it harder than it has to be." 💕🩷💔
"I'm a little let down, but I'm not dead." 💜💜💜
"I got two hands, one beating heart and I'll be alright." 🩷💕💜
Love the tribute/homage to Robert Palmer's Simply Irresistible music video 🩷💜💕
I have never heard this song before but glad i know it thanks to Michelle Phan, Great song
Me too
they look good, boys look really good in heels too. youre just mean and close minded if you hate this video solely because of the fact the boys are wearing makeup and pink, grow up, thank you goodbye
I agree with you.
Julie Lemon we have the same first name ^^
lol, no matter what I do, I doubt i'd look good in heels, besides the fact that I can't walk in them
Their makeup is on fucking point
You do know that heels were invented for men to wear as a fashion of the workplace. But women adopted it after men realized they could never find a hard enough element to support their stature, weight and still look stylish as a heel.
When I first heard this, thought she was saying "cheese boys, cheese curls" and I was googling aimlessly for it. Good thing I came across it on Spotify!
Ingrid MIchaelson is literally so beautiful wtf
I love all the comments about the meaning of the song and I'm sitting here just thinking "This girl has an amazing voice" Simple pleasures
Yea I love her voice its amazing and she is beautiful!
Yeah and honestly I didn't even notice they were dudes the first time I watched it.
Alexander Heinecke XD
See, the right way to enjoy this video
is it bad that back in 2014 when I first heard this song I thought it was about kids on a playground chasing each other playing tag LMAO
You aren’t alone 😂
My lil kid self thought the same 😂
same
omfg same i use to think about my playground buddies chasing eachother lmao
SAME
This song is great
now that I am 17 and can understand this..I’m in love with this video and the concept
Omg this I ain't what I expected to be
Same
XBrayan13X lmao
Me too, I'm so confuse
Same
😐 it's nothing like I thought
I just bought your song from Amazon, Ingrid and I can only hope others will help support you and not rip you off, sweetie.
If I wasn't so Bible terrified I would consider being bi-sexual, but the thought of actually going through with it terrifies my dick into proverbial corpse. Chances you all were right all along and I was afraid of nothing. Oh well....
digidgetnation If you're afraid of living life how you want because of fear of the bible, then, in my opinion, your philosophy on life is a little misguided
If you expect me to believe I can be as immoral as I like and suffer no eventual consequences JUST BECAUSE YOU SAY SO you are crazy!!!!
I heard this at a supermarket 6 years ago... finally found it again...
I always remember Ingrids movements the most when I listen to this song. It’s so meticulous and beautiful in a very specific way.
i saw the guys in the beginning and i was like 'holy shit they look fabulous'
same
ikr its sad im a girl and they look more fabulous than me in make up
C Coates ikr
😭😭😭😭 I LISTENED TO THIS SONG WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND I WAS LOOKING FOR IT FOR 3-4 YEARS!!! I HEARD A GLIMPSE OF IT ON THE RADIO AND I FINALLY FOUND IT!!!!!! I’m crying😭😭😭😭😭😭 THIS IS MY SOUL JAMM!!!!
Love the song but i don't get the video.
the title says it "homage to simply irresistible". the video for that song it's the same BUT instead of men, there's women and a guy sings it...
Miqii Parra you can here a choir in the back but its a guy singing.??
Miqii Parra o lol. I got it now its by Robert palmer. But i like this one better.
***** omg shut the fuck up.
Its sexualizing men like the Simply Irresistible video sexualized women
i heard this song on the radio of a taxi about 6 years ago when i was around 7/8; on my way home from school with my mom after a rough day...
i immediately fell in love with it- the melody, the lyrics, the chorus.
i’m 14 now, almost 15, and i still love it
Maybe I'm alone on this one, but whenever I see Ingrid wear glasses, I always think of her as the 4th grade teacher I fell in love with at school.
no she reminds me of that same teacher
more like Sarah Palin.. ultimate fetish
Junior Alexis That's so true
Snapper this what I actually feel
no you're not alone. when i see her in glasses I think about that teacher you fell in love with in 4th grade too
Anybody else still in love with this song? Quarantine 2020 but this makes me feel better
By the way did anyone notice the fantastic fist-bump in the background at 3:15!?!?
oh lol you noticed it too!!!! :D
Makes me cry that I was 22 when this song came out and I remember listening to this like it felt like yesterday, I am 32 now soon to be 33, time really flies man like what happen, where did all those years go?