Danny Don't You Know - NSP

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Director/Editor/VFX: Sean Barrett

Music credits:

Written by Dan Avidan, Brian Wecht, and Jim Roach
Produced and Engineered by Jim Roach
Additional Engineering by Eric Palmquist.
Recorded at Palmquist Studios and Santa Monica Recordings in Los Angeles, CA
Mixed by Thom Flowers
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound, NYC

Dan Avidan - Vocals
Brian Wecht - Keys & Synths
Havve Hogan - Drums
Lord Phobos - Guitar
Doctor Sung - Synths & Keys
Commander Meouch - Bass
Jim Roach - Guitars

Video credits:

Producer: Shawn Wallace
On Set Producer: Bret Rea
Cinematographer: Gordon Yould
Production Designer: Traci Hays
Art Director: Nicole Case
1st AC: Brooks Burgoon
1st AC: Wes Waters
2nd AC/DIT: Brooks Ludwick
Gaffer: Randy Newman
Gaffer: Adam Leene
Key Grip: Chris Lowery
Swing: Jacob Laureanti
Swing: Kenneth Bauer
Hair: Becca Weber
Makeup: Laura Peyer
Makeup: Erin Walters
Truck PA: Mark Dewey
Art PA: Jesse McElroy
Set PA: Gabriel Peregrino
Set PA: Alex Cohen
Set PA: Eric Gilbert

Cast

Finn Wolfhard: Young Danny
Arin Hanson: Danny's One Friend
Mark Fishbach: Centaur
Nathan Smith: High School Bully
Kevin Abernathy: Male Classmate
Taylor Grandy: Female Classmate
Pam Horton: Centaur Girl/Concert Fan
Amy Nelson: Concert Fan
Mica Burton: Concert Fan
Dave Moss: Concert Fan

Brent Lilley: Amazing (and handsome) Manager

Lyrics

Hey little Danny don’t you cry
I am you from much later in your life
I know your hair is wild, I know you have no style
You’re still a virgin and you will be for a while

Danny don’t you know that you are hot as fuck on the inside
Everybody knows the best bananas will be ripe with time
Danny don’t you know that you kick so much ass on the inside
Danny don’t you know

Hey little Danny, don’t be blue
You had a growth spurt and you’re suddenly 6’2”
The girls are steering clear
You walk like a newborn deer
You sent birthday invites, and now all your friend is here

Danny don’t you know that you are cool as fuck on the inside
You’re just going through an awkward phase from 12 to 29
Danny don’t you know that everyone feels weird on the inside
Danny don’t you know

Close your eyes and you will see
A window into your destiny
Now you’re on tour, and they want more!

You step on stage and they come alive
No one cares that you’re 35
You’re a rock star on a centaur!

You’re still a nerdy kid inside
But now you’ve finally found your tribe
Hear the crowd roar
Give ‘em what they came for!

ALL RIGHT LET ME HEAR YOU!!!!!

D-A-N-N-Y HE’S A SUPER AWESOME GUY
D-A-N-N-Y HE IS NOT AFRAID TO CRY
D-A-N-N-Y HE CRIES ALMOST ALL THE TIME
D-A-N-N-Y HE CRIES AND CRIES AND CRIES AND CRIES

Danny don’t you know that we’re all rad as fuck on the inside
Now it’s time to rock the show, come on you are a star tonight
Danny don’t you know that you’re a spandex butterfly for life
Danny don’t you know

[freyaschenberg]

The harmonies on "Come on, you are a star tonight" never fails to just give me goosebumps all over. Danny Avidan you brilliant man.

[tharpinup]

He cried during the live show I saw of this. He wiped his eyes and was grinning ear to ear. A man living his dream. Makes me tear up too. Keep kicking ass Mr. Avidan.

[brendonhawkins]

Danny: "hey markiplier"
Markiplier: "yeah?"
Danny: "You wanna be a centaur?"
Markiplier: "sure"

[hexiscursed]

The “now its time to rock the show, come on you are a star tonight” still gives me goosebumps every time

[IWasWatching]

"Hey I am Dan,
I am also Dan,

[loonietuunes]

I love how in the cast it says
Arin Hanson: Danny's One Friend.

[fostena]

Finn Wolfhard landed the role of a lifetime here. I'm so happy for him.

[formoftherapy]

This isn't funny. This is emotional. This is pure art.

[deccius]

Possibly the most amazing part is when Danny tells himself to shake it off after everybody says he cries and cries.
A nuance about how he still has his troubles and issues as an adult, but has grown mature enough to know how to handle things.

[KokuroSame]

This song is hardcore real. This isn't NSP's normal sound, but I think it's something Danny HAD to write. If you follow Danny on Grumps, or even have listened to any of the plentiful "best of" compilations, you know that Danny had a tough time getting into the music business, but he tried his best always until it finally worked out for him. This is more real than it is funny or satirical. There are humorous elements, but this is Danny looking back at his past and being thankful he made it. I'm sure there were tough patches out there for him, like there are for all of us. Dan Avidan is the prime example of someone who never gave up on his dreams and carved a path doing what he fucking loved, even in the worst of times. This song is actually fucking inspiring to the point where I'm tearing up thinking back to it. We've all been in young Danny's shoes, and some of us are still fighting the fight to make it to where we can be a rockstar. Fighting through the worst shit life has to throw at us. But Danny's living proof that if we work hard and never stop doing what we love, we'll get there. This song actually touched me, not in the normal NSP NSFW way, but in a way that hits me right in the emotions. It also shows Danny is fucking balling at writing more serious songs. I don't want NSP to go anywhere, but this song is proof that if NSP ever branched into more serious material, they would have talent to do so.

[jakeeynick]

Knowing that the legendary Dan Avidan took until 29 to get out of his awkward phase definitely helps me feel more hopeful about the fact that I’m 19 and still feel like a lost, alienated guy. Like I’m gonna be 20 soon and I still feel like I’m not going anywhere. Thank you Danny Sexbang.

[dragonlord_]

I like how this implies that ninja Brian had always been an adult

[Ookler]

straight from the credits:
"Arin Hanson: Danny's One Friend"
That's a beautiful line...

[LilBunny]

Still makes me smile to think Finn, a game grumps fan, is playing Danny, who is a huge Finn fan. ♥️😭

[iwatchtoomuchhaikyuu]

I first heard this song when it was barely released. I was a struggling college student going through depression, totalled my car, got arrested for a DUI and the lowest I've ever been. I'm now a software engineer, at a great company, make good pay, married, and the happiest I've ever been. Just know your time will come too you just gotta keep at it even when you are at your lowest

[MichaelAronson]

As much as I enjoyed early NSP, this one feels like it's approaching something greater. It's a song with a purpose, not a punchline.

[MemoryAEBDC]

Finn Wolfhard playing Young Danny was absolutely genius

[NicolaeHolley]

Getting Finn to play young Danny is the best casting choice that has ever been made.

[BenStoneking]

How is a song simultaneously hilarious and also so emotionally moving at the same time? When you successfully produce a song that is both funny and unironically fantastic at the same time, you've gota 10/10 masterpiece. Love this song.

[maryashley]

Mark and Arin’s little cameos never fail to make me laugh 😂