Owl City - Adam, Check Please (Official Lyric Video)
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- Official Lyric Video for Adam, Check Please by Owl City.
Music and lyrics by Adam Young, performed by Owl City.
Video Director/Producer: Miles Wert
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Lyrics:
I said
Hey, I’m looking for Casey Connor
Here’s my resume
I’m looking for a part-time job
And I can start today
Well, I heard you needed some help in frozen
With Eric leaving soon
My boss shook my hand and I began
That Monday after school
That Monday after school
So thank you kindly
I owe ya, Hy-Vee
Eating cold pizza in the break room
Feeling kinda small
A skinny kid with a crooked tie
My name tag said it all
It said
"Adam, Frozen, 1 Years Of Service”
But I felt like the man
And I made it rain when payday came
Cuz that was all I had
So thank you kindly
I owe ya, Hy-Vee
Yeah I owe ya
Yeah I owe ya, Hy-Vee
Adam, check please
Ooh, na da da da da da da
Yeah I’ll be filling up the Cool Whip
Adam, check please
If the lines are getting long
You know that you can call me
Adam, check
Adam, check please
Over the intercom
And I’ll be there in a jiffy
Adam, check please
Ooh, na da da da da da da
Yeah I’ll be filling up the Cool Whip
Adam, check please
Na da da da da da da
Everything is beautiful
Adam, check
Adam, check please
Yeah I promise I’m on the way
Everything is beautiful
And I’ll be there in a jiffy
Because
Stocking shelves was how I learned
To do my level best and take pride in my work
Cuz you never know when it’s your turn
To climb the ladder of success
Show the world what you do best
Yeah you were made for this
Hey, I’m looking for Casey Connor
It seems like yesterday
I paid my dues in frozen foods
And I just wanna say
God bless the helpful smile in every aisle
I couldn’t ask for more
And I’m glad I got my first real job
Working in this grocery store
In this grocery store
In this grocery store
So thank you kindly
Yeah, you mean the world to me
I owe ya, Hy-Vee
Yeah I owe ya
Don’t stop until you reach the stars
Climb the ladder of success
Show the world what you do best
Yeah you were made for this
So chase your passion and not your paycheck
Be proud of what you have
And put in the work until your signature
Becomes an autograph
Adam, check please
Ooh, na da da da da da da
Yeah I’ll be filling up the Cool Whip
Adam, check please
I’m on my way
I’m filling up the Cool Whip
Adam, check
Adam, check please
Yeah I promise I’m on the way now
That friendly smile
In every aisle guaranteed
That your day was breezy
All those hours
And store-bought flowers set me free
And freedom meant the world to me
That friendly smile
In every aisle guaranteed
That your day was breezy
All those hours
And store-bought flowers set me free
And freedom meant the world to me
Help is on the way
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I taught Adam in 3 classes at Owatonna High School. He was….and still is a CLASS act. We are all very proud of him!
So cool
Awesome😮😮😮
That's amazing! Can't believe you actually taught him, I'm guessing he was a good yet quiet student?
This is beautiful, what kind of a student was he?
@@BC-nb4kt he’s lying, he’s just a kid he didn’t teach Adam 😕
“so chase your passion and not your paycheck,
be proud of what you have,
and put in the work until your signature becomes and autograph”
You’re so inspiring, Adam! Thank you 😭😭😭🤍
Thank you adam!!
Relatable!
Life is valuable, and money is not. But most importantly, God needs to be the center of our lives. Thank you, Adam Young.
I tell you that portion of the song has so encouraged me to not give up on trying to work on my own music.
@@omegaalphawarrior1756 Amen!
I love how in this song Adam recognizes people who don’t get any credit for the important jobs they do.
Yeses!!
❤️ Adam said in the commentary ❤️:
“It’s about the first job that I’ve ever had, I was 16 years old and a friend of mine, worked at a local grocery store in my hometown and he was kind of my in for me for working there. I remember I put in my application, I did the interview and I was hired part time after school, five days a week, working in soon be my department in the store, frozen food.”
“Whenever there was a wave of customer that came through the store and things got kind of backed up a shift manager would call me over the intercom and that was my cue to drop whatever it was I was doing, run up to the front, uh cash registers and open a new checkout lane to keep the crowd moving through. When they would call me over the intercom, somebody would always say, "Adam, check please.”
“My first day on the job, they gave me the name tag, a little clip-on name tag that said my name at the top Adam Y., under that it said the department I belonged to, "Frozen.” And under that it said “Years of Service” with a space. There was a little space in front of it where removeable number would go. The idea was to change the number as the years went up. But somehow my name tag never got the update so I was there for two years and the two years I worked at this grocery store it said, “Adam, Frozen, one year(s) of service.” And I still have the name tag."
“And that’s the song. I’m so grateful that I had the opportunity to get my first job at the grocery store that I worked at. I’m really grateful for the money that I earned and values that I learned along the way, particularly how to work hard and how to take pride in doing a good job, didn’t matter what I was doing, I learned to take pride in what I was doing and that chapter of my life was really important to me, it was a really important part of my story and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”
Does it imply that he was doing cashier’s work during rush hours too?
@@MrInterpriser yep, his main job was stocking the frozen section but he'd be a backup cashier if they needed him. what an awesome way to tell a story about a childhood job!
He's a good guy he's got gratitude for things like these
Thank you for sharing this, @Erianto Estrada, I wonder where a person could find other commentaries from Adam? I love hearing more :)
@@OliviANDixie It was streamed live for the people who won the ARG Adam hosted throughout 2022. (It was streamed on 2022-10-27, starting at 6:00pm CST, but was made private a couple minutes after it ended). During the livestream Adam shared the instrumental for "Kelly Time", "Adam, Check Please", and "Vitamin Sea" along with some commentary. 😊😊
Adam doesn't just create music - he creates works of art. I wish he knew how much his music meant to me - it's been there through so many hard moments.
Amen.
Me too
Same here. Such a genius 🙏🏻
Same
Something tells me he rests in the peace and joy of Christ that God so obviously grants Adam. So thankful for his music 🙏
The production quality in this song is just stellar! Can't wait for Vitamin Sea and the new album! 😃
May I ask if you grew up with Adam? I've seen you in every comment section of his stuff recently, and you even played some Cinematic songs on the end credits of some of your videos. Glad to know there are famous hootowls. Hahaha!
Hey it’s you - didn’t expect to see you here!
damn charles you are a pretty huge fan lol
Same here.
@@casafurix I dont blame the dude adam songs touches person heart & it makes him happy in magically way. he is my fav singer actually
homie makes working at a pharmacy like the hypest experience ever
As a midwesterner who moved to Nashville, no one here knows what Hy-Vee is. Hearing Hy-Vee in a song by one of my favorite artists is extremely validating and nostalgic. Thanks for the old and new memories Adam!
As a midwesterner (Iowa) who also moved to Nashville. I feel this.
"Chase your passion and not your paycheck. Be proud of what you have".
I OWE YAAAHHHHH!!!!
"Climb The Ladder Of Success. Show The World What You Do Best."
Love that verse
Words can’t describe how much I love this song; it’s so good to have new Owl City 😊
What does the new owl city mean
@The quiet kid *new music from Owl City
"So chase your passion and not your paycheck, be proud of what you have" I've got the same feeling to this song, as a working student, I've been struggling a lot of things right now, studying at day, working at night. Life seems hard but I gotta keep going for the future. Thank you Adam for creating a song like this. You didn't just write about your past but you were writing for those who can relate being a working student. God bless you. ❤️❤️❤️✨✨✨
It's 2023 and Adam still writing heartwarming songs with 'innocence' lyrics.
I love it.
Adam surely a rare breed among artists these days.
I can't explain how much Owl City is important to me
Being from the Midwest, I always feel exactly where you come from.
If you're from Iowa, this hits you right in the feels.
In a world were most pop music sounds boring and unoriginal it's refreshing to hear such original sounds, lyrics, harmonies and music.
Well done!
Exactly! Honestly, Owl City is the only mainstream Western artist I could bear to listen to.
Only Adam could turn a day job in a grocery store into a song and made it highly inspiring for taking pride in your work, no matter what it is.
@@aronth Couldn't agree more.
This song was me when I was working in a Grocery Store 2011 - 2018.
Good times.
All these years later and Owl City makes music that relates to me.
Everything is so beautiful
In this corner of the world
Where Adam sings kindly
And we're wandering in the Owl City!
❤️🔥
This new Owl City album is gonna break the internet 😏😎
Excuse me? He name-dropped my local GROCERY STORE? Hy-Vee? I just got goosebumps!
"So chase your passion and not your paycheck, be proud of what you have. Put in the work till your signature becomes an autograph~"
Wise words I will forever live by now as I work towards my dreams to become an author. You're such an inspiration Mr. City! We hootowls will forever be grateful for you
Love you, Adam. Thank you for still making music after all these years.
Only Adam Young (Owl City) can write a song about working in the most boring and mundane job ever e.g. grocery store and make it sound like the most majestic thing ever. Adam is such an inspiration and deserves so much credit for his work.
Every new song and album that Adam releases is always a journey. I have so many unique memories tied to every song, and it makes me happy when I get to make new ones.
True! It makes me so happy that he is sharing these moments from his life and writing the music he wants to write.
It also inspires us to do our best and be happy even in your toughest times
I couldn’t help but reminisce days of my first job- with relatable moments of “eating cold pizza in the break room”. It’s such a meaningful song, and a reminder to “chase your passion and not your paycheck .. and put in the work until your signature becomes an autograph”. I love it 🌟
I can't explain how much this song means to me, my first job was in retail and I'm about to quit and get a different job soon, then here at 4:42 with "help is on the way" in the background, I've been dealing with a serious Eating Disorder my whole life undiagnosed and now we're finally getting help for it. for the first time in 17 years things look bright and it really does feel like help is on the way. I've always been so into music and composing and may want to do it as a career one day. Thank you Adam Young for being one of my big inspirations since I was a child.
I'm glad you're getting help for it, stay positive!
This song is already saved on my spotify playlist
God bless you owl city✌🏼🎧
The music, his voice,I like how he still maintains his originality you can tell it's him instantly when you listen to the first note of this song
Love hearing Adam's works of art!!! Owatonna girl here that worked at HyVee where Adam did.
It was a particularly down week at work when this song came out on Spotify. I happen to work at Walmart, and this song actually kept me motivated to finish the week. Thank you Adam. God bless.
Cute retail job song. Adam being super humble and grateful ❤
Im a huge metalhead but i just LOVE your songs dude
When Fireflies first came out, I’d immediately written it off as another cheesy pop song. One of my friends, a fellow metal guitarist I respected told me I had to give it another listen. I was very surprised to discover the depth Owl City had and still has.
I used to regularly go from death metal to Owl City.
same
Same! Owl City has been a guilty pleasure since Of June. We metalheads love complexity and there are so many layers to every song. I'm still finding new things in his older work. Just brilliance.
As an aspiring musician, I'm always astounded with his lyrics!
Wayback in college when Ocean Eyes was released it really gave me a different perspective about music since I used to listen heavier songs. I never expected that my friends would love it too. We still listen to it and jam whenever we got the chance. You're not the only one :)
This is brining back VIVID PUBLIX MEMORIES. “Check please” 👍🏼 Worked there for 5 years as my first job. So many good times haha😅 My boyfriend now Husband started off as a bagger, now he is the assistant grocery manager. This song just made me smile so hard the whole time. 😊
Adam, you are a magnificent man, I hope you never stop doing what you do. You make my life so so much better and I don’t know what I’d do without you making your beautiful and mystifying music.
Truly, I can’t live without you.
(Pun intended :) )
I didn’t know I needed a Hy-Vee anthem until I heard this. Absolutely incredible!
英語全然わかんないけど、やさしい歌声と心地よいメロディと休日のお昼感がすごい好き やっぱりOwl City 好きだなあ
ほうじ茶パフェ
1 month ago
英語全然わかんないけど、やさしい歌声と心地よいメロディと休日のお昼感がすごい好き やっぱりOwl City 好きだなあ
I need more of Owl city everyday!
I started listening to Owl City since 7th grade and also was around when he became quiet on TH-cam
I'm thankful and happy to hear about him being around since the end of 2022 and me being a 12th grader now ^^ - This is really nice and amazing to listen to
I honestly believed Owl City (Adam) would return 🎉 “Thank You Kindly”
people who wants Adam’s songs back in movies
👇
Over 10 years passed and nothing has changed and yet so much has changed. 😌
Adam, thank you for coming back and sharing your wonderful music with us. We'll still be here :')
I love how it talks a story and he still finds a way to inspire others . I also love listening with head phones the music itself is beautiful. So dear owl city “thank you kindly” for this wonderful song
ADAM! YOU ARE ADAMazing! I AM PROUD TO BE A HOOT OWL!
I love that only a very niche percent of his audience lives in the parts of the Midwest where we have Hy-Vee and it makes this song so funny to me bc my siblings worked at Hy-Vee too and I go there all the time 😂
Adam uploads a new song
Le me : Calls my homies for listening it together!!
You rock Adam❤🔥
First job i ever had was dishwasher at Skyline Chili at 18. They were not hiring but I i needed a job badly. My boyfriend worked there so I would come with him to work and sweep the floor. Then I started helping the waitresses clean off the table. Then that led the owner to asking me to cover shifts whenever people called off. After two weeks of that he said to me " You've worked so many hours I have to put you on payroll now!" I was SO STOKED. He saw my hard work and gave me a chance. I'll always be grateful to him for giving my first "yes" in the world! ❤
I internally scream everytime I get a notification from owl city. Thank you Adam for the amazing music ❤️
Love the backgrounds for this!! Can't wait for more Owl City music 💙
Dang your songs never fail to leave us feeling warm and happy
Love the throat clearing in the start... Like he hasn't sang in a long time
Your first job paves the way for your life. That first paycheck and finding out what you love to do. Great song that relates just like Vitamin Sea and Kelly Time.
What a masterpiece Adam! Turning a life event into a song. That got me... Wonder if i can write a song about my forst job also. You inspire me man...
I love this song so much and I’m so grateful that you are sharing it with us! Thanks Adam!
ya know I mainly listen to heavy metal but I am always coming back to listen to Owl City, His music is so magical and makes me feel so many emotions. One of my all time favorite artists
bro same. rock on
This song is so nostalgic. Your songs are so Awesome Adam (Mr. Owl Man😉) Also many of these videoclips are from Adam’s home town of Owatonna, MN 🏡🦉 👀
Owl city 🥺🥺. Here before this goes viral again
Soo Glad you're back Adam, soo glad you are back OWL CITY. you guy are soooo underappreciated. NEver stop making music, i want my children to hear your songs. God bless you all.
Love the aerials of small town Minnesota, I think Owatonna would be much like Cambridge-Isanti where I did an exchange program as a teenager in 2004. I have such fond memories of small town Minnesota and how genuine and humble the people there are. That's one of the many reasons why I love owl City
One of the best songs so far 👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥
I cant describe the good feelings this song gives me. I appreciate my first job too, ive never heard a song quite like this.
This is--and I say this with all due affection--such an Elder Millennial song lol. I am exactly the same age as Adam and I can just feel in my soul the flip phones, watching training videos on VHS tapes, the scratchy uniforms we had to wear, stuffy Boomer bosses in their 40s, frosted tips, "non-skip" CD players with pop punk or nu-metal in them, and the cautious optimism about our futures that we still had.
The build up at 4:07 gets me every dang time. "Don't stop until you reach THE TOOOOOOOPPPP!!" 🎵🎵🎵😂😍😍
I'm glad you're actively making songs again! These sound great! :D
Adam creates such beautiful art work in his music .
I loved Hy-Vee growing up! Had it in Nebraska 18 years ago if I remember correctly. Or it was Missouri.
I love the Owl City music
We love this album!!!!Global Tour(Please)!!!!welcome to Chengdu!we are waiting for u!(Under the moonlight~)
Owl City genre is one of the best and my favourite, it's super aesthetic without any dirty lyrics like other artists make nowadays
He is the greatest artist for me. There is no song with sexual content , violence or insults. It’s friendly for children ears to hear.
Please never stop your work of such a fine music. I love it. You are the greatest.
👏👏👏👏 all of his works never disappoint, always comfortable to listen to.
Adam never dissapoints with his music; great job!!!
OMG the imagery from the lyrics are so wonderful and surprising.
My first job as a teenager was in a grocery store at the chain in Florida that starts with "P". I was the drink/dairy aisle guy. I miss it sometimes. Adam is describing the experience perfectly. It was hard work but I can remember us blasting this on the intercom at 12am at night while waxing the floors. And getting the wax all over your shoes, crap!. But you didn't have to worry about taking the work home. Every day was a reset.
I am now an IT professional but would have never gotten there without this experience.
Loved the part 'until your signature is an autograph ' ❤️
This is such a beautiful song of reflection and gratitude for where you've come from. I love it!
I was just looking up the song Fireflies, which I've long loved, but I had no idea there was a ton more amazing music from Adam! What a pleasant surprise!
Adam could create a song about watching paint dry and it would be a masterpiece. Words can't describe how much I adore his music ❤️
Who's ready for the Album drop? 🤔
Thank you kiiiindly for the new music
Im your number.1 fan from 🇵🇭
It’s so baffling how this man finds a way to make very specific songs so relatable to me personally. I’ve never met a single person myself who started stocking shelves and took pride in it, and had it help shape them into who they are. Blows my mind
This song sounds like it would fit perfectly in a musical
I’m leaving this comment so after a month or a year after someone likes it, I’ll get reminded of this beautiful song❤
Glad to see the reemergence of a music legend!
Idk why but hearing this for the first time in Spotify just made me imagine a scene from a musical.
Casey Connor now owns his own grocery stores in northern Iowa and still helping people succeed in every way he can.
Dude, Adam! Where have you been?! I'm so glad your back! I hope you tour again because I started having doubts I'd never be able to see you live.
Reminds me of my first job as a carry out at 15 for a local grocery store foodtown. Love this song. So often now we only hear people compliaming about the work they have to do and what they get paid.
God, Adam, is that some kind of message? For me, the phrase: "I heard you needed some help with frozen" is more relevant than ever. Woah, someone really heard me?!
this style will always feel so nostalgic to me, i don't think it's the lyrics, but the music behind it and the tone of Adam's voice. I started listening to his stuff in 4th grade when my older cousin introduced me to the music and i couldn't get enough of it. I remember dancing around their room and singing various songs as loud as i could. I stopped listening as consistently as i got older and Adam wasn't as active. But in highschool i remember a day where i relistened to a bunch and just felt like i was a kid again. Owl city is for sure my comfort music artist.
Perú presente, te amamos Adam! Te esperamos con un abrazo y con el corazón latente siempre
Love you so much Adam. Your music has influenced me since I was a little kid, growing up and being a fan even still in adulthood is fantastic and it’s so nice to see you still making music ❤ thank you.
Adam will never frozen again❤️😊
My favorite Owl City❤️♥️
This song is so catchy love it
I missed you so much! It's good to see that you are back
His songs always bring me back to the early 2000s. :)
After the family reunion dinner:
Adam, check please
This song is one of the inspirations for one of my life goals right now - romanticizing my life in general. I think everyone should take the time to ponder how lovely the little things we do and accomplish are
I really really loved owl city even way back.. i remember there first song i heard was the “fireflies” and until then owl city was always in my playlist… thank you so much owl city for always inspiring me to do better especially im a nurse working through this pandemic.. the past 3yrs was so tough but listening to your music day and night made me strong.. keep doing and making real music.. inspire others more! People might say owl city is to underrated… but for me owlcity will always be number one…
Yoooo! Its nice to see that he's still making music.