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"'''Tiny Hands'''" (full title: "'''We Don't Want Your Tiny Hands, Anywhere Near Our Underpants'''") is a [[Protest songs in the United States|protest song]] by [[Fiona Apple]], released on [[SoundCloud]] days prior to the [[2017 Women's March]] (January 21, 2017), for which the song was created.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fiona Apple releases 'Tiny Hands,' a rallying cry for the Women's March|first=Caitlin|last=Gibson|date=January 18, 2017|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/01/18/fiona-apple-releases-tiny-hands-a-rallying-cry-for-the-womens-march/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]| |
"'''Tiny Hands'''" (full title: "'''We Don't Want Your Tiny Hands, Anywhere Near Our Underpants'''") is a [[Protest songs in the United States|protest song]] by [[Fiona Apple]], released on [[SoundCloud]] days prior to the [[2017 Women's March]] (January 21, 2017), for which the song was created.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fiona Apple releases 'Tiny Hands,' a rallying cry for the Women's March|first=Caitlin|last=Gibson|date=January 18, 2017|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/01/18/fiona-apple-releases-tiny-hands-a-rallying-cry-for-the-womens-march/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=January 19, 2017}}</ref> |
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==Composition and recording== |
==Composition and recording== |
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[[File:Fiona Apple 10 2012.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Fiona Apple]] in 2012]] |
[[File:Fiona Apple 10 2012.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Fiona Apple]] in 2012]] |
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During the one-minute long chant, Apple repeats, "We don't want your tiny hands / anywhere near our underpants".<ref name="Bromwich">{{cite news|last1=Bromwich|first1=Jonah Engel|title=Fiona Apple Releases a Trump Protest Chant|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/arts/music/fiona-apple-tiny-hands-womens-march.html| |
During the one-minute long chant, Apple repeats, "We don't want your tiny hands / anywhere near our underpants".<ref name="Bromwich">{{cite news|last1=Bromwich|first1=Jonah Engel|title=Fiona Apple Releases a Trump Protest Chant|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/18/arts/music/fiona-apple-tiny-hands-womens-march.html|access-date=January 19, 2017|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/thats-what-makes-us-great-bruce-springsteens-anti-trump-song-2527819|title='That's What Makes Us Great' Is Bruce Springsteen's Anti-Trump Song|date=April 20, 2017|website=Ibtimes.com|access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref> The track, which was produced by [[Michael Whalen (composer)|Michael Whalen]], also includes a sample of [[Donald Trump]]'s comments from the [[Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording]], in which he boasts about grabbing the body parts of women.<ref name=Bromwich/><ref name=Nation>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/doesnt-every-political-resistance-need-a-soundtrack/|title=Doesn't Every Political Resistance Need a Soundtrack?|first=David|last=Hajdu|date=May 16, 2017|website=Thenation.com|access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref> |
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Apple recorded the song on her phone.<ref>{{cite |
Apple recorded the song on her phone.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Kaufman|first1=Gil|url=https://www.billboard.com/video/fiona-apple-debuts-anti-trump-song-tiny-hands-in-honor-of-womens-march-billboard-news-7661642|title=Fiona Apple Debuts Anti-Trump Song 'Tiny Hands' in Honor of Women's March|magazine=Billboard|access-date=April 6, 2017}}</ref> "Tiny Hands" features Apple's voice "mixed over chunky synth drums and a sample of Trump bragging about grabbing women in the crotch".<ref name=Nation/> |
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==Reception== |
==Reception== |
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"Tiny Hands" has been called the "unofficial anthem" for the 2017 Women's March.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/music/feature-music/the-music-industry-hates-trump/|title=The Music Industry Hates Trump - By jschiewe - May 18, 2017 - SF Weekly|date=May 18, 2017|website=Sfweekly.com| |
"Tiny Hands" has been called the "unofficial anthem" for the 2017 Women's March.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfweekly.com/music/feature-music/the-music-industry-hates-trump/|title=The Music Industry Hates Trump - By jschiewe - May 18, 2017 - SF Weekly|date=May 18, 2017|website=Sfweekly.com|access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref> ''[[New York Daily News]]'' described the song as "clever and succinct",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/kendrick-lamar-eminem-artists-anti-trump-songs-article-1.3008257|title=Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and other artists with anti-Trump songs|website=Nydailynews.com|date=March 25, 2017 |access-date=September 23, 2017}}</ref> and ''[[The New Yorker]]'''s Carrie Battan called the song "blunt and infectious".<ref name="newyorker">{{cite magazine|last1=Battan|first1=Carrie|title=Listen to "Tiny Hands," Fiona Apple's Anti-Trump Protest Song|url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/fiona-apples-protest-chant-tiny-hands-meets-trump-at-his-level|magazine=The New Yorker|date=January 18, 2017 |publisher=Condé Nast|access-date=April 6, 2017}}</ref> David Hajdu of ''[[The Nation]]'' said of the song: "It's a forceful recording with a message of resistance expressed in direct and disturbingly intimate terms, in which Apple addresses not only Trump's individual transgressions, but also his threat to women's reproductive rights and the sovereignty of women more broadly. Needless to say, it resonates best when it's sung by women, though it leaves a great many [[Trumpian]] threats for other songs to take up."<ref name=Nation/> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight)|Donald Trump (''Last Week Tonight'')]] |
* [[Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)|Donald Trump (''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'')]] |
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* [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|Donald Trump ''Access Hollywood'' tape]] |
* [[Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape|Donald Trump ''Access Hollywood'' tape]] |
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* [[Donald Trump in music]] |
* [[Donald Trump in music]] |
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* [[Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations]] |
* [[Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations]] |
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"Tiny Hands" (full title: "We Don't Want Your Tiny Hands, Anywhere Near Our Underpants") is a protest song by Fiona Apple, released on SoundCloud days prior to the 2017 Women's March (January 21, 2017), for which the song was created.[1]
Composition and recording
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During the one-minute long chant, Apple repeats, "We don't want your tiny hands / anywhere near our underpants".[2][3] The track, which was produced by Michael Whalen, also includes a sample of Donald Trump's comments from the Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording, in which he boasts about grabbing the body parts of women.[2][4]
Apple recorded the song on her phone.[5] "Tiny Hands" features Apple's voice "mixed over chunky synth drums and a sample of Trump bragging about grabbing women in the crotch".[4]
Reception
[edit]"Tiny Hands" has been called the "unofficial anthem" for the 2017 Women's March.[6] New York Daily News described the song as "clever and succinct",[7] and The New Yorker's Carrie Battan called the song "blunt and infectious".[8] David Hajdu of The Nation said of the song: "It's a forceful recording with a message of resistance expressed in direct and disturbingly intimate terms, in which Apple addresses not only Trump's individual transgressions, but also his threat to women's reproductive rights and the sovereignty of women more broadly. Needless to say, it resonates best when it's sung by women, though it leaves a great many Trumpian threats for other songs to take up."[4]
See also
[edit]- Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)
- Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape
- Donald Trump in music
- Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations
- Protest songs in the United States
- Protests against Donald Trump
References
[edit]- ^ Gibson, Caitlin (January 18, 2017). "Fiona Apple releases 'Tiny Hands,' a rallying cry for the Women's March". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ a b Bromwich, Jonah Engel (January 18, 2017). "Fiona Apple Releases a Trump Protest Chant". The New York Times. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
- ^ "'That's What Makes Us Great' Is Bruce Springsteen's Anti-Trump Song". Ibtimes.com. April 20, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ a b c Hajdu, David (May 16, 2017). "Doesn't Every Political Resistance Need a Soundtrack?". Thenation.com. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ Kaufman, Gil. "Fiona Apple Debuts Anti-Trump Song 'Tiny Hands' in Honor of Women's March". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ "The Music Industry Hates Trump - By jschiewe - May 18, 2017 - SF Weekly". Sfweekly.com. May 18, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ "Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and other artists with anti-Trump songs". Nydailynews.com. March 25, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ Battan, Carrie (January 18, 2017). "Listen to "Tiny Hands," Fiona Apple's Anti-Trump Protest Song". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved April 6, 2017.