Neil Innes - Raggy Dolls (full studio version)

[@rich_edwards79]

An anthem for all of us who never fitted in as kids. The nerds, the awkward people, the autistics (though few of us had a name for it back then), the boy who preferred reading to football or the girl who would rather kick a ball than talk about boys or makeup. The kids who were too tall or too fat or too ginger or had our own style, or whatever other stupid reasons the 'normies' concocted to mock us or leave us out. The ones who grew up going to rough schools in small towns where everyone thought the same, and dreamed of somewhere better where we could be ourselves. You are all my people and always will be ♥️

[@mikalilypops3259]

Definitely 👍 the world would be boring if we were all the same

[@eleanorhogan8643]

​@@mikalilypops3259Do you know, I go by that philosophy every day of my life, society is bad because society seems to have a problem with other people who are different. I say to them "I do not care what your opinion of me is"

[@jenniferbailey5218]

I fucking love this. ❤

[@ergleburgle8882]

Hugs from one real-life Raggy Doll to another. I didn't fit in at school so much that I was homeschooled from the age of nine. The eighties and early nineties did not value the individual as we do today - if you didn't fit in, the solution was to stop moaning about it and try EXTRA HARD to fit in. It didn't matter if you were happy, or fulfilled, or reaching your potential - only that you buttoned it and conformed. Your value was in your ability to stand in a line with your peers, not make trouble, and look like everybody else.

[@gftyhify]

@@ergleburgle8882I can relate

[@twilliamspro]

Sad to hear Neils gone off to the Reject Bin on the other side RIP Sir

[@stevocooldude]

This song is just enough to realise that people should appreciate you if you're different. May Neil Innes Rest In Peace.

[@harrydbastard]

We need more of this positivity today. Be happy youre different, screw the groups who try to divide people

[@kazer4]

We find each other 😘

[@appvalleavandaro]

Qiiqiqkskslslo

[@ghostlylover99123]

I remember the days of when this was popular, this "positivity" that people talk of today that "existed" then, didnt

[@TankEngine97]

This is one banger of a theme song. Neil Innes is such a great singer.

[@ThatCoalSoul]

* was * :( .

[@KRPTV]

RIP Neil, just heard the sad news, loved this tune as a child.

[@matthewgrove-jones3001]

😞

[@grimTales1]

RIP Neil Innes :(

[@danielhill7390]

I think 99% of Briton brought up in the 90s will hear this and say..."I used to watch this and loved it"

[@Andi090386]

Correct. I want to say it was on Children's BBC, which later became CBBC, but it could have been a programme on Children's ITV which became CITV.

[@danielhill7390]

Andi090386 definitely shown on CITV because I would turn off when Tots TV came on then switch back for How2 & Children's Ward

[@kazer4]

born 95 still have all the tapes ;) glad i grew up with this sort of stuff x

[@kirstentraynor4638]

Daniel Hill I did used to watch the raggy dolls it was one of my favourite shows growing up

[@ginevras]

I saw it as a child back in the 90s on the channel ABC Australia. I loved it.

[@SamanthaFontaine]

REST IN HEAVEN PEACEFULLY 😇 🙌🏾 Neil Innes 😢 He may be gone, but has left us all with a Raggy Doll Cool Theme tune 🎶 🎙 Lyrics to remember and live by - March 2021 CoronaVirus Lockdown has made us RE - EVALUATE OUR LIVES 🤷🏾‍♀️ Looking back to Childhood days and appreciating WHAT WAS OUR NORMAL. 👩🏾‍🎤 🇩🇲 🎙 DJ 🎙Soca Sam 🇬🇧 UK - Hackney..

[@CJT80]

RIP Neil - Will never forgot this song or the series 😔

[@hippiechik95]

I'm going to say it right out, I love the Raggy Dolls, even though I didn't grow up with them. Heck, I didn't know they existed until I was about thirteen, but I fell in love almost instantly, mostly for the characters, though in part because of this song. See, at thirteen, I developed very large, very stubborn pimples on my nose, and was bullied a lot for them. The Raggy Dolls taught me to stand up tall and walk away with an air of confidence, a lesson I keep to this day.

[@eleanorwilliams769]

Good for you! My twin brother and I had unsightly eczema. Ez (twin bro’s nickname) had it on his arms and on his abs, I had it around my neck for some reason. Once we turned sixteen, we became very attractive according to our school principal, he didn’t even recognize us.

[@tomhamilton5261]

Met him a couple of years back in North Wales at a Rutles gig. A gentleman and very gifted talented musician . Rest easy, Neil. Thanks for your music especially with the Rutles and the Bonzos!

[@Andi090386]

Until now I've never heard the full version of this tune. Brings back so many memories of watching Raggy Dolls on Children's TV back in the 1990's. Children of today need to hear this song, as it teaches them about self esteem & that everyone is different. So if you look different to others, then it doesn't matter. It's what's underneath that counts. Many thanks for posting this.

[@matthewgrove-jones3001]

Were you in TISM?

[@MrRickster83]

@@matthewgrove-jones3001 do you not mean TLOG (he looks like that weird clown thing in League of Gentlemen)

[@matthewgrove-jones3001]

@@MrRickster83 I take my hat off to you Sir.

[@davejohnson3474]

@@MrRickster83 Papa Lazarou - your my wife nooow

[@RtardD2]

He can DO THINGS to you….

[@matthewgrove-jones3001]

Been stuck in my head for 35 years...

[@jamsee1]

Glad i was a small kid in the eighties as this was the first tv show i remember watching as an infant in the late eighties/early nineties & loved it. Think of all those kids born today who missed brilliant Childrens TV like shows like this around at that time. Those times were priceless to many children growing up then.

[@stepheng8779]

Great show, lovely memories, get the message without being preached at, they could make kids TV shows back in the day, no it's not my rose tinted specs. Rip Neil 😢

[@joolsner]

I used to love the Raggy Dolls intro as it really resonated with me. I was bullied at school, never felt I fitted in, didn't have any friends and had a bad squint, so I felt the song was giving me advice and reassuring me that it was ok not to fit in.

[@MajorT0m]

All the best people are outcasts my friend 🖤

[@emilianozapata175]

Know you're loved.

[@1987welsh]

I've lived in the reject bin all my life, never did me no harm! :)

[@DoctorHver]

Personally I would like stay in the reject bin.

[@Revelation21-4-]

me too but at least I have Jesus and now a best friend at last

[@amycurtis4121]

Me too

[@_phoebe_.246]

I can’t tell you how much I loved the Raggy dolls as a kid, and what makes it even better is that we learned (watching them more than anything) at school and had to dress up as them a couple times never been so happy in my life back then. Also R.I.P Neil and thank you for making happiness and joy in others childhoods and making children know it’s okay to be different.

[@leechilds3725]

Love this show ❤️ never realised neil wrote & sang this song.

[@WANNABENICKO]

This was an excellent kids show and was the first time I became aware of the genius that is Neil Innes! I'm happy to say I'm seeing him live in Birmingham next month! BTW it's about time The Raggy Dolls was released on DVD!!!!!

[@daniellenewman7547]

I love the Raggy Dolls I used to watch this show when I was little with my sister who died and I miss her so much 💕❤😊

[@ummarah2000]

So sorry for your loss. Hope listening to this brings on happy memories

[@bobstar76]

RIP Neil Innes 😢

[@ThunderCrackers1985]

Whoever gave this a thumbs down had no childhood

[@robg5161]

Mike H maybe their thumbs were put on upside down.

[@haleyjones2204]

Ikr

[@Grantofglyn]

Their fingers were all thumbs so even if gave a thumbs up it was still a thumbs down

[@APH1991]

Whoever gave this a thumbs down is part of the production line of sameness.

[@chrisclarke3965]

Thank you Neil (bless his Soul) for this lesson.

[@ThereseLjunggren-nc5pw]

Beautiful Raggy dolls Thank you 💋❤️

[@RustyShackleford101]

I sincerely believe if children today had a positive role model for "imperfections" like The Raggy Dolls, there would be less anorexia, less bullying and less anxiety among teenagers.

[@JonatanGronoset]

I agree, I think I was shaped by this show as a kid. Couldn't care less what the world thinks about me now.

[@RustyShackleford101]

But that was the beauty of The Raggy Dolls. They taught kids that they might not be perfect but that's okay because their imperfections made them unique

[@APH1991]

Very much happy being a Raggy Doll Andy.

[@daniellenewman7547]

I agree with you and I love the Raggy Dolls my favourite one is Sack Sack

[@eleanorhogan8643]

​@@APH1991Is it wrong that I want a cross over with these characters and Raggedy Ann and Andy?

[@Blacky474]

Neil Innes doesn't even have to try, anything he writes and sings is full of magic, l loved him from the Bonzo days, and the Innes book of record's was out if this world.

[@kawaiigirl6284]

One night me and my mum sat down stairs and she put on KZbin and showed me all the cartoons she used to watch, and this was my favourite one that she showed me because of the theme song x

[@hillarymubvinzi3110]

These shows made much more sense than what kids now have to see, Ben 10 Max Steel and all the zombies and aliens movies.

[@thereseljunggren5746]

Beautiful raggy dolls thank you 🌹💋❤

[@Scripture-Man]

Very strong Beatles influence on this version. No surprise then to learn that Mr Innes was in a Beatles tribute band!

[@tonycaniggia]

The Rutles is bit more than just a tribute

[@ginevras]

Rest in Peace Neil Innes ;-(

[@noblesiner]

I didn't see this show as a child, but i heard this song played in a cartoon midley and decided to come here and listen to the original, and I must say I like it.

[@ismayb754]

This isn't actually the original, this is very different to the version used on the actual show.

[@frankbrown4780]

Best message from any cartoon ever!...........................although there was the one that said "don't eat paint." That was also good advice.

[@dennisporter-avis7576]

R.I.P The great Neil Innes

[@seangannon1919]

This was the British children's show which was introduced to American audiences in 1988. A year later, it came out on VHS by Golden Book Video, despite the British accent still remaining. It is hard a believe, but all nine complete seasons might be available on US DVD today.

[@WardyLion]

This song speaks to me on several levels. One - it was a very popular theme song from my childhood. Two - I was always the odd one out. I was / am eccentric, out-there, different (the horror!), nerdy, geeky and not "normal". Back then it was supposed to be something I was ashamed of, now I wear that badge with pride! I am a fucking Raggy-Doll and proud!

[@joolsner]

Same here mate. I used to love the Raggy Dolls intro as it really resonated with me. I was bullied at school, never felt I fitted in, didn't have any friends and had a bad squint, so I felt the song was giving me advice and reassuring me that it was ok not to fit in.

[@WardyLion]

joolsner I hope things are going better for you now.

[@joolsner]

Thanks Lion Man, it's going great. I am a therapist now, one of the things I do is help people to feel comfortable in their own skin.

[@WardyLion]

joolsner Excellent!

[@joolsner]

Thanks dude.

[@Buster2024-m2e]

Love it brings back memories

[@TheCindyh89]

My all time fave kids show, it's such a shame it's no longer shown! Thankyou for posting. A lovely trip down memory lane

[@David315842]

A very rare find indeed. Thanks for uploading this. :)

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

Been listening to this for years on your ch ....sorry I never said..THANK YOU

[@andreworourke]

For me this song and this show reminds me of a good simple time 😊. It reminds me of my dad and the good times as a child. That's all that's important to me.

[@EllaEgerton2010]

It’s the Raggy dolls!! 😁

[@twilliamspro]

Such a good idea for kids just because you are different doesnt make you any less of a person

[@seanh8888]

The message of this song is well ahead of its time, loved it back then and love it even more now

[@tojoluna]

I love this show but the song is better! Thanks

[@Irene-lf4fr]

Woke up this morning with this song in my head i had to come listen to it🤣

[@GregTheLion]

I had this on VHS and it was so pink and pretty XD

[@UKGareth316]

that warm fuzzy feeling when you realize this is your childhood and you loved it and all the differences there was.

[@JamesScouseGames]

Basically about being different is not a bad thing coz each individual is unique any one agree ?

[@grill-chan6383]

james blakemore a agreed

[@eleanorwilliams769]

lifes little mysteries wholeheartedly my dear.

[@pumpkinorange]

I loved this show as a child so much :')

[@scottsevven8136]

Ive just discovered this today. I was brought here by a man who made a video "28 cartoon themes in 7 minutes" and it was impressive. He sang this theme in swedish i believe. So i thought " ive never heard it but its catchy." I had no idea that this would be something thats very deep and meaningful to my life. Im the raggy doll of my school pretty much. So are some of my friends :)

[@matthewgrove-jones3001]

Rescued puddle lane! Bravely bold Sir Robin! I stupidly never connected the dots.

[@thecarolinianrailfan8339]

This is really my type of jazz.

[@benthejrporter]

I feel embarrassed and I don't usually watch kid's programmes, but this is such a good song.

[@pumpkinorange]

Loved this as a little girl :) I'm 18 now x

[@roisinbryson5845]

Love it x

[@miriam-aurora]

Awesome series in every way. We watched it in Norway too. I love the theme song, and I also want to give a shoutout to Steve Smallman who drew the pictures.

[@aptheplotagonandpuppetpals6424]

I forgot about this show from about mid 2018 till now.

[@emperorpalpatine783]

Brings back memories i grew up watching them

[@pinkdiamond1847]

I've never seen or heard of this show before but I really relate to this song

[@davecarty9055]

Ha ha oh wow never thought I’d hear this again…..I was born 84! This has not made my day it’s made my life 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@BggProductions]

Oh wow, I loved this as a child. Never knew it was Neil Innes!

[@thereseljunggren9360]

Wow music is so cute💗

[@SteamLance]

If you didn't know, Neil Innes was also part of the Beatles parody band, "The Rutles".

[@stevenhibbert5565]

This sounds like the beatles

[@hiyo1234]

bit cheesy but I always come back to listen to this when I'm feeling down - it's about time I said thanks for the upload! it's much appreciated.

[@MayaMishi]

Any time! The real credit goes to Neil though. I come back to it a lot too, it always makes me feel better.

[@lratcliffe9151]

a great theme, jolly but with very serious overtones, i think its a great way to say to people, it doesn't matter what you look like, you are as important as the next person!, this is true and i admire that

[@JamesScouseGames]

The songs about everyone being the same no matter how you look what colour or race you are

[@JamesScouseGames]

Even disability too

[@cryptosguns]

Such a beautiful period of animations back then - The underlying messages were always so pure

[@goingnowherefast1834]

yes, i have aspergers and although i dont really like it, it doesnt make me less of a person

[@thereseljunggren2878]

I love raggy dolls my favorite❤👄💋

[@Nikik1986]

loved the raggy dolls when i was a kid

[@Sportymale]

Sadsack and Back to Front were the best and most remembered. The 80's were awesome to grow up in.

[@Angelika226]

loved it :)

[@MrLinus20]

RIP Neil Innes

[@devinpaul9026]

This song deserved a much more exciting show, not gonna lie.

[@swanseasasda]

R.I.P. Neil Innes :(

[@markhartshorn3476]

I remember watching this when i was younger and i can relate been the odd one out

[@ummarah2000]

Ah memories of my childhood. Good days man

[@bletheringfool]

This is a Children's ITV classic. Never heard this version of the song though. Nice one.

[@gwc289]

Strange, I never was much of a fan of the programme, didn’t really watch it (granted I had nothing against it either) but I’ve always remembered the theme song crystal clear- and it’s ace!

[@doctorwho3445]

Could get aired again was a fantastic cartoon

[@DonByronDukeoftheArctic]

WTHeck! I love it!

[@clareclark6535]

I loved this. I'm definitely in the reject bin x

[@Fairyqueen2857]

R.I.P Neil Innes. 😢

[@1983noddy]

Ahhhh the memories!!

[@charlieajanga5311]

NOSTALGIC

[@MsBananasmel]

RIP :(

[@MegaTaylor12345]

oh my god this is going too be in my head for the rest of the day now lol

[@zarz860]

Loved this kinda miss it

[@kigr91]

this is now on dvd

[@richardmadden8742]

Never heard of the Raggy Dolls until The Academic Agent did a vid and started off with this soundtrack. Grew up in the 90s so maybe this is an 80s programme.

[@danielsellers8707]

Yes it is from the 80s.

[@zepareace]

Is this Neil Innes as in of bonzo dog doo dah band fame? As if! I never knew!

[@GavinWoods]

The one and only!

[@goingnowherefast1834]

yay! a song about being yourself!

[@callum110597]

Wasn't really familiar with the show, but what a fascinating theme song.

[@azzaassaf131]

My sister likes that tv show

[@Meanmanmartin2007]

Wow, this brilliant

[@jasonbryce3036]

this is a massive tune

[@astroblemeRC]

Warm memories ☺️

[@haleyjones2204]

Oml, i miss these cartoons

[@rosierennie5867]

My Mum knitted me the teddies of the raggy dolls and my Dad made the reject bin for me for one of my Christmases. I tried to sleep in it like it was a crib, I broke it so many times as well Gosh do I miss the nineties