76 years old. She passed away today at home. Bless her. And thank you for the music.

@mateuspaimdebarros6959

5 ай бұрын

descanse em paz

@Kevin-en1jm

5 ай бұрын

@@skygazer6898 what do you mean?

@user-zs1cl1ri3b

4 ай бұрын

Good question

@Kevin-en1jm

4 ай бұрын

@@user-zs1cl1ri3b I think skygazer6898 is just lonely and wanted people to talk about them.

@Kevin-en1jm

4 ай бұрын

@@skygazer6898 I think skygazer6898 is just lonely and wanted people to talk about them.

One of my favorite songs as a kid! RIP, Melanie. Keep singing in the Heavenly Choir. 😢❤

@foreverloved2986

6 ай бұрын

Same. ❤

@carinedupont9376

6 ай бұрын

The most amazing song i ever heard... Melanie could make you happy like no one other was capable to!!!!

@gmsdani7872

6 ай бұрын

​@@carinedupont9376, ​ I remember Sonny and Cher doing this on their weekly show. They were portrayed as cartoon characters. I LOVED it! 😊

@Surfingaliens65

6 ай бұрын

First heard this on the radio whilst travelling to Blaenau Ffestiniog to see my Gran. It was stuck in my head ever since. I was born in 1965 so how old would I have been? I was 6. We carry music we heard as a child with us for our entire lives, you may forget the lyrics but you'll never forget the tune. Songs take us right back to where we were when we first heard them. It means something. I have an acquired brain injury since 1967 and I find the RIP impossible. I fear it and I don't know why.

@rsacchi100

6 ай бұрын

RIP Melaine Safka.

RIP in peace beautiful lady. When I was a wee lad this song used to make me so happy. My mom was kind of an old hippy and decades after this song came out mom played it for me and I’d dance and try to sing along LOVED the chorus. Fair winds and following seas sweet lady. You made this guy so happy.

@cynthiabustamante2884

6 ай бұрын

Loveee your comment!

@JonFuncke

5 ай бұрын

❤

@mehgahnsnook2707

Ай бұрын

❤

I was the judge who gave her first place in a "Hootenanny" in the 1960's and got her her first job at The Quay in Sea Bright, NJ.

@deplorabledave1048

4 жыл бұрын

No shit? I believe you. What songs did she sing for you?

@GitarzanLKabong

4 жыл бұрын

We are in your debt sir.

@stevemontes886

4 жыл бұрын

Lovely

@lostintime8651

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen, I carried her bag once. I guess I did more for her career than you did.

@isaiahzuppa1020

4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. She is so good. I wish ... I wish ... I wish I could go back and do it all over

RIP Melanie (February 3, 1947 - January 23, 2024), aged 76 You will be remembered as a legend.

I'm 63 and we were such happy boys and girls back then, and I remember when I was young the world had just begun and we were happy.✌️🙋

@wrightsartstudio1173

6 ай бұрын

Memories Looking at old pictures, listening to old songs It seems like only yesterday, man how the time has flown. Each one of them a memory a movie in my head, A time, a place, a way of life that now is all but dead. Things almost forgotten, that many have never seen. A peaceful life of what once was, is all but now a dream. A part of who I am inside, my soul that's deep within. Of what it was like yesterday when innocence began. A child like faith and an awe, where everything's brand new. Oh how I long for the yesterdays, that are buried in my youth. Say I am outdated a relic from the past. that my life is over,that tomorrow's never last. But when I'm looking back in time, and see these things again. They're more than just a memory,but are a long lost friend. By John Wright

@SimonTimoney-74

6 ай бұрын

Bullshit

@jjg1501

6 ай бұрын

the world was a much smaller place in the 60s. we were not constantly bombarded with the horrors that were happening on all four corners of the globe. we actually had a social fabric cause there was nothing else. now we have none of that. the wonders of the world has been buried under massive mountains of shit as a result of losing these things that most humans need to "feel" ok

@zapkvr

28 күн бұрын

And then you went and killed a bunch of innocents in Viet Nam

Ill never see a pair of roller skates and not think of Melanie. RIP ❤

@stormcharley

5 ай бұрын

Truth.

@shellyleth1434

2 ай бұрын

❤

I used to sing this song to my eldest son when he was a baby. He's 41 now.

@TheMayoBlue

4 жыл бұрын

Bless our Moms!! What would us boys be without you??!! 🎈

@tiffany4628

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMayoBlue awww!🙂

@marleneboyd-wilson1268

4 жыл бұрын

So happy, bubbly and innocent. Remember absokuteky giving my roller skates plenty of work outs going up and down the street where I used to live. When this song came out I thought " Wow what an awesome, strong, melodic voice. It makes you want to sing along with a happy heart.

@rhuephus

4 жыл бұрын

you still sing it to him, eh ??

@stephenrafe2278

3 жыл бұрын

She and her mother used to sleep with her high school English teacher. LOL

R.I.P. this is a quirky, very catchy song..never knew what she looked like actually never never knew her name..this song will never get old!

This georgeous woman is proof that great music is not about complexity and technical competency its about getting inside you and tickling your emotions she is cheeky and fun and it shows in her originality i just love this song and music in general and how it can transport me back to my wonderful carefree youth surrounded by loved ones

@f1rebreather123

6 ай бұрын

Yes it's similar to 90-2000s pop. Simple but catchy

@freedomisall5620

4 ай бұрын

She is just gorgeous in this. Look at the hair! RIP Beautiful person

R.I.P. Melanie. I found myself singing this song in the shower yesterday. It made me happy, as your music always did.

I just heard that Melanie passed away. I remember listening to this song as a child all those years ago. R.I.P.

@wetukman

6 ай бұрын

I learned about Melanie , when I was shop lifting at Tandy aged 12 or 13 in the UK I stole a cassette and many other, Her voice got me so much .. there are unique voices and that is her , I am now 60 and it is still great

I'm almost 63 years old and still love this song. Brings back so many memories.. thank you!!! I ask you all, if it wasn't for memories what would we have??

@conniekrout320

3 жыл бұрын

me too.im 60 and still,rem,every word.

@GuitarSlayer136

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't this an Irish rebel song?!?

@corinabm60

3 жыл бұрын

Still here at 61, enjoying in 2021. Keep having joy!

@gerlindeb.1114

2 жыл бұрын

You are so right!!! (I'm 66 years old...)

@robross180

2 жыл бұрын

63 here... brings back a beautiful feeling ❤🇦🇺

After the DJ bit in The Kids in the Hall, this is now my personal theme for the apocalypse.

@mandisteppingoutvintage

2 жыл бұрын

I've also been listening to this on repeat since the show. I wonder how may people will be reminded of this song again now.

@sunsh1in3

2 жыл бұрын

Same!! 😆

@anthonypeterson428

2 жыл бұрын

This song is now terrifying... 🤣

@themotorcyclemasswhole

2 жыл бұрын

Well considering how close the apocalypse seems to be these days it only makes sense

@wobblynoggin

2 жыл бұрын

That’s. The. Point.

Simple and brilliant song. Not like today’s junk. RIP beautiful soul.

It's all about the simplicity of the song and THAT voice.

@MrKingvenom77

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@MusicalSavior23

4 жыл бұрын

It's about sex lol. "Don't go too fast, but I go pretty far." It's innuendo and I only realized it recently.

@danielinthewolvesden

4 жыл бұрын

@@MusicalSavior23 It is, and it isnt, which is why it's so nice.

@MusicalSavior23

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielinthewolvesden agreed.

@NxDoyle

3 жыл бұрын

It's all about that chorus.

Sadly, another artist of my generation has left the stage. She was wonderful.

@surveytestmoney2550

6 ай бұрын

😭😢😥🥹🥺

@billygoatbaa3350

6 ай бұрын

Well said🥺

@nrcg2317

6 ай бұрын

This song came immediately to mind when I read the news this morning 😢. And as you say, I also note that someone whose music I listened to when growing up is now gone. 😢

@jeffschuler5659

6 ай бұрын

The Show Must Go On !

@juansarabia7530

6 ай бұрын

She is probably a walk performer with John and George about now.

One of my favorite childhood tunes! Great song, great voice, great lady! May she Rest in Peace.

I had no idea she died... Iconic song that most any American Boomer could sing right along. RIP sweet woman...

REST IN PEACE.. YOU LEFT YOUR POSITIVE MARK ON THE WORLD THROUGH ONE TRACK.. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY..

An anthem - the anthem - of adolescent longing.

THIS IS MOTORMOUTH MIKE IN THE MORNING BRINGING YOU THE HARD AND HEAVY HITS OF CLASSIC ROOOOOOCK!!!! AND THAT WAS MELANIE LETTING YOU KNOW SHE GOT SOME ROLLERSKATES AND YOUVE GOT A "BRAND NEW KEY"!

@guycalgary7800

2 жыл бұрын

Only the kids in the hall could make this song creepy lol

@TheLarryBrown

2 жыл бұрын

It's "Qui."

@andypants1000

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheLarryBrown quay?

@phousefilms

Жыл бұрын

(Dead eyed stare of absolute collapse).

@fartkerson

Жыл бұрын

Calling all crocodile rockers that was Melanie and reliable sources tell me she has a brand new pair of rollerskates and you have a brand new key.

1/23/24. Melanie Safka has roller-skated into heaven. So long Melanie! We will miss you.☹

Gods speed Melanie! Thank you for being in our lives! We love you!! Ciao! God bless!

RIP Melanie Safka. Just heard today, January 24, 2024. She was 76.

Happy Heavenly 77th Birthday Melanie Safka February 3 1947 - January 23 2024

This was a hit with all generations back then . My Dad born in the 1920s and my mom who was born 30s loved it and of course I did too. The late 20th Century. Just magic music everywhere . Melanie knew that and now she knows it all .

I used to hand over the fake hairbrush microphone to my first born son when this song came on. He was only 5. We would both struggle to hit those high notes! I hope he thinks of me if he ever hears it again. Good times!

loved this song in my high school days. 64 years old now,still love it.

@MissEddieBlueKawaiiKrafts

5 жыл бұрын

John Jarou I never heard it till sometime in the early 2000’s, I was 23. I still love it too. I wish I could see what you saw back then 🍃🌈✌🏻🦋⭐️❤️

@stevencoffeen6684

5 жыл бұрын

I am 74 and still brings back great memories!

@peterb5294

5 жыл бұрын

born in 1960 and this is bringing back the memories :)

@zindi1138

5 жыл бұрын

yup !

@thomtlc2

5 жыл бұрын

I applaud your good taste, sir. I love this 50-year old song too.

R.I.P. beautiful soul with a angelic voice. The world will be less musical without you.....

I adored this song upon first hearing it in late 1971. Rest easy Melanie and thank you for this forgotten gem.

Melanie: born 1947, got a brand new key 2024 🐱☯♥

Awe sweet memory. Rest in peace, Melanie.

Kids in the Hall brought me here, and I'm happy they did, I love this

@strattybird5310

Жыл бұрын

KROC

@fartkerson

Жыл бұрын

@@strattybird5310 Motormouth in the morning!

RIP Melanie....American singer & songwriter best known for her international top charting songs "Brand New Key" & "Lay Down"....She performed at the Woodstock Music Festival & was awarded with 2 Gold albums and USA Billboard's #1 Top Female Vocalist Award in 1972.

RIP, Melanie.

Im 67 years old and i still love this song

This was my grandma's favorite song! She passed a month ago. I love this song

@lindabyrley5370

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for your loss 🙏

@raceface48

Жыл бұрын

❤

@denisehboyd2191

7 ай бұрын

That's really cool ❤ sincerest condolences on the loss of your dear grand mother

I watched this video last night by chance, and today I hear she's gone. RIP, you had a beautiful voice.

RIP MELANIE I HAD THE BIGGEST CRUSH ON YOU AS A TEN YEAR OLD!❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤

Rest in Peace Melanie and thank you for all the joy. You've got a brand new key in Heaven.

So sad. I've loved this song since I first heard it around the early 1970's. A little bit folk..a little bit country..a little bit high pitched and quirky. She's in love with a guy who hasn't figured that out yet. Gorgeous. Well written and musical. I'll miss you!

RIP to a beautiful sweetheart with a beautiful voice.

The Kids In The Hall brought me here. She has a Loretta Lynn type sound. ❤️

@saviorofnoobs6219

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's this is the song that you will play in your bomb shelter during the imminent dystopian hellscape.

@themotorcyclemasswhole

2 жыл бұрын

What the f@ck else you gonna play after the apocalypse?!?!!

@PugFeist

2 жыл бұрын

Did the exact same thing.

@kickstartmyhart

2 жыл бұрын

Same here

@chrissampson7569

2 жыл бұрын

Same

RIP, Melanie.....another piece of my teen years gone 😪😪

@DorenesFoodPrepResource

6 ай бұрын

Mine too 😞

RIP dear one. You're not replaceable. Enjoy you trip through the heavens. See ya around some time.

It is the year 2024 and just found out about "MELANIE'S passing...One of the greatest folk singers of ALL TIME and she will definitely be missed 🙏😭

Such a beautiful soul. She has recently passed away😢 My husband and I had done work for her in her home in Hendersonville tn and we became very close.😢

Loved these songs from my childhood. Beautiful talented singer. RIP

One of My First 45rpm records. Rest In Heavenly Peace 🙏🏽✝️🕊️☮️🎤✌🏽

RIP Melanie. I loved this song as a kid. So quirky and fun to sing.

Love you Melanie. RIP sweet child. I will always remember you like you were the first time I heard your sweet voice.

RIP Yeah you done alright for a girl!

Kids in the Hall got me here... perfect music for a post apocalyptic bunker

RIP, loved this song as a kid

When I was a kid there was some reason this song reminded me of Peppermint Patty trying to get with Charlie Brown.

May that sweet lady rest in peace.

Bummer…. Thanks for this gem!

#kidsinthehall brought me here! I was born in 1972, so I don't remember this weird but catchy hippie era ditty lol 😆

If it makes anyone have hope in youth. I'm about to be 28 in two weeks. I love this song and all the classics (which is literally 100's of songs). I'm now a mother of a 5 year old. You bet your ass he knows these songs now too.

😢I came here to leave my condolences🙏🏾I loved that cute quirky childhood song so much! I never knew who sung it but I definitely remembered the song. I had just turned 9 when it came out in Dec 1971. It's scary to see how life is moving forward and everybody from your childhood has died or soon will be🥶Life is so fleeting😭

Brand new key reminds me of my first teenage romance while on holiday at Cullercoats ,Whitley Bay.She was bright little bird called Diane Wilcox,I was 14 she was 13, the other boys in my group were very jealous! Melanie was her fave at the time . Bless them both!

Gather me was one of the first abums I bought as a teenager. A sad loss of a lovely voice and beautiful lady.

#RIP Melanie! You were one of a kind!

I loved singing along with this one. I've done so ever since I first heard it at the age of 10. RIP.

First time I heard this when I was 6 years old..I got new roller skates. RIP 🙏 Melanie

Always one of my favorite songs

My master was a big fan. She was so connected with so many other bands in the late 60s and early 70s. She will be missed.

Beautiful Melanie, rest in peace 💔💔 You will be missed. 💔

My mother loved that song and years and years later I bought her a skate key. She cried. #BestMom Ever

I literally brought '24 in playing "Candles in the Wind"....grew up on her songs and beauty, many memories for this 57 year old. RIP

@PC-dc1kv

6 ай бұрын

Candles in The Rain

Got to see her live a few years ago and got to meet her. Her voice was impeccable live. She was way more talented than she was given credit for

RIP Melanie. All the great singers, groups and bands from the 50s, 60s and 70s are leaving us. It is sad. Hopefully, the music in heaven is tremendous! 🎸🎸🎹🎹🎶🎶

1973 I was ETS FT.DIX .WAS IN BARRACKS WITH TINY LITTLE TRANSISTOR RADIO ..WAITING FOR FINAL ORDERS HOME. THEY PLAYED OVER AND OVER. BRINGS BACK THE MEMORIES.

God bless Melanie, she is so beautiful and talented. So sorry for her passing. I've been thinking about this song recently , and then she is gone, but never forgotten...

Great Song Great Woman Sad to hear she passed today I'm sure heaven has a special place for her, RIP my friend you will be missed!

Always loved this song since I was very young. RIP Melanie

RIP Melanie.

R.I.P Melanie, I remember this earworm fondly when I was reaching my teens in the early 70s . Sad loss

Turning 54 today and still remember this song from my childhood. Simple songs are the best aren't they? Anyone else think Feist could sing this song?

@Nelson_Swamp

3 жыл бұрын

YES. I literally just discovered this song (and singer) and immediately thought of Feist.

@jordanfehr7749

2 жыл бұрын

Same here dude!

@TimmyTickle

Жыл бұрын

Olivia Rodrigo might be able to pull this off

@tommihail2178

Жыл бұрын

Maybe Pink?🤔

She's so plucky and positive even though she's singing about rejection 👍

@naruto-rv2ee

2 жыл бұрын

yea

@theinvisibleswordsman1196

2 жыл бұрын

And being a stalker 🤣🤣🤣

@texasred2702

2 жыл бұрын

@@theinvisibleswordsman1196 Mark David Chapman was a stalker. A teenage girl roller skating past her crush's house is not a stalker. Your generation are such a bunch of nervous Nellies if half of you died virgins I wouldn't be at all surprised

@rayrous8229

Жыл бұрын

We all have to deal with rejection. 😞

@MrMatterhorn89

Жыл бұрын

A rejected stalker

R.I.P., Melanie. Hope you're in a beautiful cosmic place...somewhere out in the cosmos. Far from planet earth in 2024. ❤‍🩹

The first 45 record I bought back in the early "70"s was Paul McCartney's Admiral Halsey/Uncle Albert. The second 45 was this one by Melanie. To the person posting this... thanks for reminding me of my youth. At 68 years of age, time is slowly passing by and music like this makes us old farts remember and feel good. Thank you.

@jimlesab

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto, but my time is flying👌😀

@JacobDMacDonald

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not convinced that is not Paul McCartney under a wig

@guarddog318

Жыл бұрын

@@jimlesab - Yeah, same here. Seems like it was only a week or two ago that I was 14 or 15, and had little more to worry about than whatever was going on in school. Now here I am, 60 years old, and wondering where the hell the time went... and why I didn't get more done with it.

@lilblackduc7312

Жыл бұрын

@@guarddog318 Hobby time! I think I'll get a new/used Strat guitar & learn to play! 📻🎼🎵🎶

@carlabamford9154

Жыл бұрын

How is it possible that I graduated from high school 43 years ago?! Those four years of high school went more slowly than the 43 years since.

Today's so called artist can't hold a candle.Im so sorry you're gone.💔

@baberRuth

6 ай бұрын

Your sad. That you can't find enjoyable music. Just bitch moan

Sing with the angels Melanie

RIP to an artist who produced a very iconic song. Thank you Melanie.

@baberRuth

6 ай бұрын

Some Radio stations banned this for sexual lyrics. "Brand new pair of RS's, you got a brand new key". Where's the sexual reference there? Thanks.

Rest in peace. You were great.

RIP cool lady.

Thank you Dave Foley…

Just died today. Another part of my teenage years bites the dust

Amazing singer and songs. Great memories. RIP beautiful lady.

@gerryboudreaultboudreault2608

5 ай бұрын

ALL of her songs were beautifully sung. A unique voice!

Thanks for the joy from this song. RIP 😢

RIP Melanie. Thank you for the music. ❤

Came here when i read she passed, love the music of this era😊 ahe seemed like a nice person and was so musically talented. Thanks for the songs and the smiles .❤

My MOMMA loved this song and I've enjoyed it all of my life. Now My Momma has front row seats in Heaven to see Melanie LIVE! ❤

RIP Melanie. We will miss you.

So pure a voice, with a sweet and girl-next-door presence. Down to earth for sure. She was very young at the time, on her own with the will and determination to show the world the underated talent she was. I remember my Dad playing this song loud on the radio in the early 70's, when I was a boy. I hope Melanie has found her shelter of peace. Good bye Melanie

@turbompson4546

5 ай бұрын

You're right about that. She was in my dad's junior high hischool class in New Jersey 60+ years ago.

@genericman6648

5 ай бұрын

@@turbompson4546 It's pretty neat to hear that. I wish your Dad had a story to tell. Stay safe out there!

@turbompson4546

5 ай бұрын

@cman6648 He didn't tell me much, it was a long time ago. He said she was sort of a rebel and didn't care much for school and that she dropped out that year I imagine to pursue her music. Looks like she made the right move-

R.I.P. Such a beautiful voice and person.

R.I.P.

I was 12. I loved this song. RIP Melanie 💔