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"Short People" is a song by Randy Newman from his 1977 album, Little Criminals. With lyrics demeaning to short people, the song was intended by Newman to be a satire about prejudice more broadly. [2] As with many of his songs such as "Rednecks", Newman wrote the song from the point of view of a biased narrator.
Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, pianist, composer, conductor and orchestrator. He is known for his non-rhotic Southern-accented singing style, early Americana-influenced songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and various film scores. [5]
Little Criminals is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman.Like most of Newman's work, the album eschews traditional pop-music themes ("I'll Be Home" is the only love song on the album) in favor of musical story-telling, often featuring quirky characters and cynical views.
Randy Newman at home in Pacific Palisades in 2017. ... “Short People,” which somehow reached No. 2 in 1978, and the deathless “I Love L.A.,” which still marks home-game wins by the Lakers ...
Randy Newman, Music’s Most Biting Storyteller, Gets His Own Story Told: Ex-L.A. Times Critic Robert Hilburn on Penning the Singer-Composer’s Biography
Randy Newman is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Randy Newman, released in 1968 by Reprise Records. The album is sometimes referred to as Randy Newman Creates Something New Under the Sun , written on the reverse of the album sleeve.
“Randy said, ‘Well, it’s funny — when I wrote “Feels Like Home,” I didn’t realize I was writing a love song, because I’m Randy Newman and I don’t write love songs.’
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1 is the eleventh studio and first songbook album by Randy Newman and contains newly recorded, stripped-down versions of some of Newman's best-known songs, performed by Randy Newman singing and playing the piano without accompaniment.