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

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[@luckyhawk6158]

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

[@hawnmelissa2000]

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

[@slavprince608]

@Melissa Hawn what

[@anemaldemomusic8182]

We really do need good songs right now :/

[@kimdaep6703]

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

[@dashiellhouse]

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

[@optigana]

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]

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

[@ivo51505150]

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

[@logandennis1601]

Thanks for sharing such a beautiful story

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Black puppy and white puppy South Park

[@SonplaysMinEcraft]

damn bro you predicted south park

[@joshstephens3650]

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]

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]

it's still in the top 100 of all time

[@francospecchia9283]

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

[@DippyHippie]

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]

Es hermosa esta canción 🎶

[@drunkenpenguin12]

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

[@chill3568]

lol just watch it

[@mielito2699]

Amazing episode

[@blackadam6445]

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

[@lincolnloud876]

Lol

[@PaulieWalnuts1776]

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

[@timothymcclain4551]

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]

Amen to that!...

[@ThyFleshConsumed]

Did you know this song is actually a parody? Check out the original if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXiVdp2dhKprpsU

[@kudurrumaqlu]

@@ThyFleshConsumed dude don't be cringe

[@ThyFleshConsumed]

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

[@kudurrumaqlu]

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

[@TheBlueThird]

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

[@deepinyourma_69]

Sadly that's true

[@wchristian2000]

Yeah cause they suck

[@KulturedPanda]

These guys copied Randy Marsh shame on them

[@PerfectAzrael]

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

[@dorianautry]

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

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

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

[@dennytate26]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@steveweingart9221]

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

[@mp-xe6tu]

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

[@musicandfilms9956]

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

[@elvisleeboy]

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

[@paralyzer2304]

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

[@larasatisetyoningrum]

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]

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

[@josysantos594]

Thank you for the lyrics!🙏👍🎼🎼

[@andreacassio6076]

Beautiful

[@fernandoclaudiano3588]

Very good ❤️

[@debbiejrosz2869]

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

[@paulberthold932]

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

[@patrickniehus3132]

Absolutely, I agree, before everybody disappeared into the asshole of their own importance...music should be fun...yes?

[@iyeetandskeet_6444]

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

[@samanthakim5035]

Me too

[@johnrafaelangeles8446]

why? what's the issue about here

[@monochromeyoshi]

@@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]

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

[@staringcorgi6475]

@@johnrafaelangeles8446 people hate this song like baby by jb

[@koonjar]

We need this right now

[@Luvie1980]

Do we?

[@rkipphorn]

@@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]

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]

Totaly agree!

[@joshuahek4564]

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.

[@ericgrove7755]

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

[@omaramador4669]

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]

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

[@onlybyhisgrace...5644]

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!!!

[@dorotaadamska5946]

I'm listening now this song,1982;I love it

[@TheAngryBear2323]

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]

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

[@kickpublishing]

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]

WOW REALLY????

[@i-nodt8505]

Soo cool❤️

[@olga138]

@@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.

[@johnharris4899]

Paul & Stevie need to preach this word.

[@ttidforever7416]

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.

[@ruthmarcano631]

Amen🙏

[@spfdff]

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

[@christiem1742]

I see what you're saying. Good one.

[@peachydandy2570]

Yup Christie took the words out of my mouth. Good one!

[@chicadelfbi]

You’re my hero 🤣

[@theviewer102]

Lmfao.

[@perxky6132]

This is true most people need more love and care

[@NoProb4Rob]

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

[@johnharris4899]

Work together.

[@Noother00]

😍😍100%😍

[@account3935]

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]

@@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]

Thank hip hop for that

[@Jim_Stark]

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]

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."

[@lowmazda626]

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]

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]

You are black, and I am white

[@gabrielscott2449]

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

[@shakes042]

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!!!

[@idudaojeamiren4528]

Tears me up too.

[@shakes042]

@@idudaojeamiren4528 👍🏼

[@supremelink7299]

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

[@HM2SGT]

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

[@BlackJaxxx]

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

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

great song? worst song ever

[@nooneinparticular1685]

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]

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]

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]

❤️❤️

[@christiem1742]

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]

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

[@illegality8054]

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

[@ding1r]

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.

[@samanthakim5035]

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

[@therezinhasantos1757]

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!

[@kristinmagnuson1714]

ditto!

[@NoProb4Rob]

Amen

[@albinoenricojosiah5495]

preach

[@cdub9925]

Easy to say

[@DeNFlix...]

it's already happening, we should celebrate that, don't let extremists who hate, rule the air time with rhetoric.

[@acmild]

*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

[@InfinityNL2000]

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]

Damn you! You beat me to it!🤣🎹

[@abetwabe]

That's how I learned this song exist.

[@DavidSmith-jj7zn]

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]

Lmfao

[@avi2125]

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

[@kikka7391]

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.

[@OnlyGoodMusic_]

worst song ever

[@amyroberts9761]

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!!!!

[@vinnyc1914]

Well said Amy! Every word 😉

[@lilacritchell6349]

Yes great message so true

[@nickhill8612]

I just heard this on the classic rock station and I had to KZbin it.

[@Cukito4]

So don't believe it, then.

[@iminyourhead9936]

These is plastic times!

[@munizdaniel7]

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

[@bleep77]

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

[@redsiren3831]

Ive loved this song since I was 10

[@hassanburton669]

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]

I was six 😂

[@Capablanca1]

I remember my babysitter playing it on the stereo.

[@madness130]

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

[@MM-iu5jp]

Loved this song when I was a kid. ♥️

[@surfshack2]

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.

[@Alphawolf2017]

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...

[@alisonhodge1778]

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

[@PaulieWalnuts1776]

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😅

[@thebeatlesandqueen8817]

Good

[@totallytravicious5919]

Me neither. And it makes it even funnier noe that I know that they literally say "piano keyboard" in the song 🤣

[@missnprice23]

Where were u in '82 when Paul released it?

[@christopherdiedrich40]

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

[@lilacritchell6349]

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

[@karlgreat1661]

Hello 👋🏼 Lila Critchell

[@lutherheggs]

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

[@Slick-Wit-it]

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

[@DarthVader1977]

@@lutherheggs except*

[@josephblough7509]

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.

[@riEariEriE]

Yes Me too ... I'm born 1968

[@cblount3800]

😊

[@annielane5621]

Just seen South Park the song " black puppy, white puppy." Shit is funny.

[@thebeatlesandqueen8817]

O

[@bjkim0728]

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

[@hudsonlouren]

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]

We're all flesh colored.

[@EvandroFusco]

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

[@silviamayerhofer752]

😊❤👍

[@MackTheBurst]

Came here because of Southpark 😂😂

[@drewdawg125]

Saaaame 😂😂

[@TeamAmericaWorldPolice]

Black puppy White puppy

[@ciccio6417]

Super

[@lewisrobinson512]

That's prerty sad

[@JaimeyBurrell]

lmao sameee

[@arizonadaveellis7500]

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

[@rooseveltdavis9559]

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]

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

[@Herrera777]

Yup I was in kindergarten. Good ole 1982

[@islandbee]

Class of 93 in the house.

[@Herrera777]

@islandbee ‘94

[@islandbee]

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

[@adrianebeier7361]

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

[@bloxfruit2027]

hello uou re beautifult girl

[@IndependenteMarxista]

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

[@luizhenriques.s.1846]

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]

Hey! No mention of brown in this song!

[@FernandoAparecidodeOlive-kd8jt]

Boa tarde

[@jovoy123]

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

[@TheSuperJebs]

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

[@jothamefeovbokhan1972]

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]

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

[@missnprice23]

​@@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.

[@anamariacostademelo4367]

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

[@karlgreat1661]

Hello 👋🏼 Ana Maria

[@thugvida]

White puppy black puppy is an amazing remake of this classic

[@thebeatlesandqueen8817]

L

[@thugvida]

@@thebeatlesandqueen8817 w

[@jcstrikesagain684]

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

[@loisdunfee873]

People should get the hint.

[@alanduran-gonzalez8060]

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

[@MaidenMontana]

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

[@rosesingh339]

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

[@karlgreat1661]

Hello 👋🏼 Maiden Montana

[@gabbysheldon4605]

@@karlgreat1661 l

[@gomogo2000]

Excellent idea!

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

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?

[@jenx8842]

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. 🥰

[@MrJsfingers]

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

[@rokus100]

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

[@geminilady75]

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.

[@OGDweeb]

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.

[@bigben0316]

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

[@missnprice23]

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 😳

[@shirleybooth2824]

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 ❤

[@karlgreat1661]

Hello 👋🏼 Shirley Booth

[@carloseugeniocarlos4287]

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

[@felicciasc]

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]

That's awful. What happened to that man?

[@felicciasc]

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

[@water9892]

@@felicciasc thanks for the update

[@marioborras4823]

Música de alto nivel dos gigantes de todos los tiempos impresionante

[@redmadman8567]

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]

*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]

0.0001% Everybody Hates Chris

[@andrewhillis9544]

I AM STILL WAITING FOR THIS SONG TO COME TRUE FOR ME ! ! !🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@missnprice23]

It will not happen in ur lifetime

[@lotso655]

Black Puppy White Puppy! Playing in the backyard!

[@missnprice23]

😲😲😲 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 💯

[@lemartravis1]

Stevie's hair dope AF in this!

[@hadarsimantov6076]

i like your cut g

[@ElvarMasson]

Dope ?

[@johnharris4899]

U think Stevie's fro is dope?

[@lemartravis1]

@@johnharris4899 absolutely

[@itsmagic573]

for sure man

[@amarvinwinansfan]

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

[@mariothomas8585]

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

[@lauriealvaro1125]

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

[@mariadasgracas5833]

Essa.música.é linda....para.quem.tem.talento.ótimo.até.combinou.com.os.dois.astros....parabéns.mais.sucessos.💝🌸❤😦❤🙏

[@ValdeirRezende]

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

[@reginaldosiqueira6984]

Foi mesmo!

[@levialvesdelimaalvesdelima7996]

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

[@giovanasuassuna9577]

E depois em Todo Mundo odeia o Chris

[@enricogoncalves8936]

Eu lembro bem

[@CanalDoNinjaa]

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

[@grandirici-growinghereagen5254]

Ebony and Ivory…. Happily live together forever ♾️ living in perfect harmony!!!! Ebony and Ivory… living happily ever after together forever!! Side by side on my piano keyboard… WHY DON ‘T WE……

[@josecherubim4857]

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

[@juanjomarinero3990]

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

[@muhtante3412]

Fantastic Song 🎶

[@davidj470]

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

[@t.o.o.smooth5870]

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

[@janiahsantos3241]

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

[@mtwright9782]

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!!!

[@mariasvard1701]

Black puppy and white puppy 😂😂😂

[@lasmensajeritasdeoriente4119]

Me trae una mezcla de alegría y nostalgia está canción, recuerdo mi niñez junto a mis tíos en mi tierra natal(Medellín, Colombia), tiempos que nunca volverán 😞.

[@andymastrocinque9109]

We definitely need this now.

[@otakusamsay1953]

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

[@HearITTMAtrix]

Beautiful Union and Gathering with 2 stars. 👍🌟🌟🌈🌙🌍🍀🔥🙏 Merci from France 🙏

[@Nomad111.]

In 1982 I was 7 years old and this was my favorite song. At the time I remember driving to school with my Neighbors dad. He asked me what sort of music do you like. Which bands. I didn't know the name of bands, only songs. and I said Ebony and Ivory. He said "Oh mate you like the Beatles." Loved Paul and The Beatles since the moment I heard them.

[@elaineresende1273]

Meu Deus... em plena pandemia de 2020... que saudades da minha infância e adolescência. 😓

[@anamariacostademelo4367]

Verdade ❤️

[@anamariacostademelo4367]

São essas músicas que acalmam a minha alma

[@Nasima_Abdalziz]

Eu queria tanto nascer nessa época 😞

[@geraldojosevicentecruz2796]

@@Nasima_Abdalziz Eu vi tudo isso acontecer, foi muito bom! Uma pena que hoje não tem mais música assim.

[@Nasima_Abdalziz]

@@geraldojosevicentecruz2796 sorte sua mano

[@aronmoatshe3890]

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

[@demetruewilliams2315]

Yes this song touch your whole foundation and very strong

[@nickhill8612]

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

[@danomanno747]

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.

[@ElizabethEwins-mj9zu]

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!

[@kelleypendergraft2873]

I love this song. Just listen to the lyrics of this song. They're such beautiful lyrics. Although I hadn't listened to this song in a great while, I started crying. Just like the question of "Why can't we all just get along?"...the keys on either a synthesizer or a piano. They get along just fine, but not people of color. We're not that different. We bleed the same color.

[@karlgreat1661]

Hello 👋🏼 Kelley Pendergraft

[@MorusAlba1975]

IQ differences and all kinds of resentment (over slavery, Apartheid, the Holocaust, the Crusades etc.) make the situation way more complex than the keys on a piano or the color of our blood. At some point people are going to separate again because this 1982 dream is never going to come true. It's been a disaster and things only got worse, all the way up to the present day.

[@elianacandida7752]

Parceria maravilhosa, vozes, melodia , letra tudo em em perfeita harmonia . !!! Parabéns!

[@anamariacostademelo4367]

Como uma música pode trazer uma paz tão grande pra minha alma???????

[@Nasima_Abdalziz]

De fato

[@rafaa151]

Isso sim que é música. Melodia, arranjo perfeitos, e letra perfeita. Só poderia vir de dois gênios da música como são. Algumas pessoas (muitas) deveriam ouvir essa música umas 1000 vezes antes de fazerem os discursos mequetrefes que andam fazendo ultimamente. Isso sim é ser contra o racismo, não ficar discriminando as pessoas e segregando como os "anti-racistas" gostam de fazer.