Mr. Sandman, Man Me A Sand (Full parody)

Edit: Thank you for one million views! Sand doesn’t feel like a word to me anymore.

Because you asked, and kept asking, and never stopped asking, here is the full version of Mr. Sandman, Man Me A Sand! This is a parody of the song "Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes.
Main vocals - Teza Belmond (Me!)
"Sand?" Vocal - Mr. Sandman
Manborghini manufacturer - Sara

Credit to redpyros and thesylverlining for the original mixed up lyrics. Full lyrics written by Knave of Dogs in the comments section of the original video! I have nothing more to say for myself. B)

[TezasTunes]

IMPORTANT NOTE: I cannot put this on Spotify for legal reasons! I ask that you do not either, as even if I'm not the one to upload it, I could still get in trouble. I also just don't want to have to take the video down if something goes wrong, because I really like it! Thanks for understanding~ More detailed answer below, for those curious!

People ask me a lot why this isn't on Spotify or any streaming services, so I'm finally gonna try and explain: It's because parody covers generally aren't covered by distributors like DistroKid and require something called a sync license to be published on streaming services! Sync licenses do cost money, unfortunately, and as I don't make any money off of my YT channel (and don't intend to!) I would kinda just be losing money if I were to buy one--BUT, there are even further complications than just that!

You see, this song's sync license owner has changed hands multiple times since I first uploaded this cover years ago, and in all those changes, it has frequently jumped between it being impossible to find, or it being impossible to contact the sync license owner to see if I COULD get a sync license. But lastly, and most importantly: I'm worried that if I DID contact the license holder and ask for a license, and they said no, that I'd potentially have to take this video down, or have it forcibly taken down by the current license owner. I'm currently in a safe gray area since this IS explicitly a parody cover, I am making no money off of it, and they get any ad revenue that comes from the ads YouTube puts on the video but otherwise have no involvement with me. Maybe it's a little vain of me, but I do feel pretty proud of having a video with over 3 million views, and I would hate to lose that!

I'm not exactly legally experienced or anything, so it's entirely possible that I have some details of this process wrong, but these are the hurdles as I understand them! If I ever DID manage to get it on streaming services like Spotify, it really wouldn't be for the money, but just for the happiness of everyone who's ever asked me to put it up there! And I'd probably just donate whatever I got in sales to charity, haha. For now though, it is what it is!

original post: sorry I can't cover the original version, I have too much sand in my mouth

[TheSmart-CasualGamer]

I'm sorry, but that "Sand?" replacing the "Yes?" is absolute genius and nothing else in the song competes.

[ZaGorudan]

When you kinda remember the melody of a song but only know a sentence's worth of lyrics.

[nasrajse]

imagine future historians having to decipher our current language from this song

[Sairuken]

0:43 The fact that you can hear some of them say "man me a sands" instead of "sand me a man" is such a perfect extra touch.

[minniem-ms]

It’s 2097 and I’m in a nursing home and all I can sing is this. The nurses think I have dementia, but the other residents *know*

[exudeku]

when you really forget your lyrics but the recording just started

[jellyfishyy]

she really said “i am going to use my angelic voice for m e m e s”

[gemcorker]

This is a fine example of my favourite musical genre: high tier, high effort shitposts. Amazing work, this brings me so much joy knowing you are both incredibly skilled and committed to using that skill in very strange ways

[ianlinn]

When your character has 10 charisma and 1 intelligence.

[FederalBulgeInvestigator]

*This video is like a curse. You listen once and it overrides completely any memory you have of the original lyrics. You will never remember how to sing the original and everyone will look at you weird when you start singing. I love it.*

[blasterisk]

I want this to be the only digital evidence of our existence

[labrat_goyle]

Imagine being someone who’s just trying to learn English.




Edit: if you are I’m sorry you came across this video

[savi]

"Give him the sand that I'm not a hander" could almost pass for a slang phrase from the 50s

[AtomicShrimp]

I visited a beach called Mansands (in Devon, England) today. This song was in my head the whole way there.

[rainisreallyprettycool]

Singing the actual lyrics over this feels like in chorus when no one knows what the heck is going on and trying desperately to remember the lyrics.

[EnderIzzy]

* *The Sandman is spasming on the floor.*
* *He's drooling profusely, you're not sure he's conscious anymore.*
* *You're hoping the man he sanded is a doctor.*

[beccamomo]

In these stupid AI times I want to say I appreciate people like you who make it for realsies with their handses

[Warhawk-kfmx]

This is what English sounds like to non-English speakers.

[fang]

"hey, hey girls, are you alright?"
"No, handses are manning a stroke. call a sandulance"