RIP Melanie. You are singing with the angels now. Thank you for blessing us with your beautiful voice on earth.

8 million views for a high school project I think we can all agree this is a masterpiece

RIP Melanie. She passed this week. I love homemade music videos. Reminds me of video projects we would do in our broadcasting classes in the '80s.

THIS SONG WAS A REAL TREASURE. i WAS JUST 7 WHEN THIS SONG CAME OUT. Now in my 60s I still love it.

I bet when she made this video in 1972 she never thought 50 years in the future 8 million strangers would watch it and love it.

Okay, but can we all appreciate how adorable this homemade high school music video is? I mean the song is great, but for a class project in the 70s, I'd have to say nicely done!

RIP Melanie Thank you for your talent, songs and being one of the best parts of growing up in the 70's!! Love you and I grew up and my best friend's name is what, Melanie.

I heard this song as a youth. Just discovered the video about a month and a half ago. Rest in peace Melanie. Thanks for the memories. 😢

I hope Nancy got an A+ on her school project.

I love this song so much. My daddy used to always play guitar and sing this song. He’s been gone now for 6 years so the song means even more to me. He always made us laugh because on the part where she asks the mother if the boy is home he would make his voice higher mocking the mom saying yes lol. Crazy how a song can bring back so many memories...

Family guys y'all!!! always bringing us together!

I'm a 27 year old black guy in 2021......see? We all love a good wholesome song 😁🖤

I was in junior high when this song came out. The years fly by!

I was 15 when this came out . My sister and I would go roller skating together. What great times we had. Great memories! Take me back to a simpler time.

I still got my skates like this. I too could go fast in those back in the day but the other kind of skates not so much. Ice skating never could do that I was so afraid of falling. Those were the days my friend I though they would never end. Old song.

A+ on this project! Wow, does this bring back memories! I was in high school, but taking a child development class through a local university. Three days per week I went to assist in a fourth grade class. Well, on a particular day, I showed up to find a substitute teacher in the room. Her name was Mrs. Wieder, which the kids had already turned into Mrs. Weirder. She lived up to her name as she had allowed a day long recess. During the real recess, she sent two girls to go to the one girl’s home and bring back her new 45 of Brand New Key. (Imagine doing that today? The girl lived about four blocks from the school and her parents were not at home!) They returned without incident, record in hand. Back in the classroom, Mrs. Weider had everyone put their desks together to form a large table. The chairs were arranged in front with an aisle up the middle, like a stage and seating for an audience. Mrs. Weider proceeded to put on a show for us. A boy was the sound man at the record player. Another kid made a fake microphone from a paper towel roll, tissues, and aluminum foil. It had a real extension cord dangling from it, but of course, it wasn’t plugged in. Three or four kids had flashlights from the science supplies. They put colored cellophane wrap over the lamp to make different colored lights. Mrs. Weider was wearing that day a very progressive outfit, a neon pink polyester pants suit with lime green trim and a gold chain belt from which dangled a fish bone ornament. When everyone was seated, she gave the signal for the overhead lights to go off, a large flashlight on her, and the colored flashlights to wave around. The sound man put on the record and Mrs. Weider sang along and danced. Whenever the music went, “bomb, bomp, bomp, bomp,” she grabbed the fish bones and twirled them to the rhythm. She performed it twice, solo, then everyone joined in, taking turns a few at a time to be on the stage. Very reluctantly, we restored the room to its normal boringness for the French teacher to give her lesson. Mme. Toussant knew something was up because nobody paid attention. In the meantime, Mrs. Weider sat at the side of the room rapidly writing on a ditto master. She sent a very shy girl who had just watched to the office to get dittos for everyone. It was our homework, choose three of five questions to answer about the show. It asked questions like, “What arithmetic problems can we make from the rhythms in Brand New Key? Give two examples and explain your equations in sentences.” For P.E. and science, we had to tell which body systems were used while dancing. Make and illustrate with a drawn or pipe cleaner stick figure a dance step to do to Brand New Key. Give the dance a catchy name. For English, write a ten line dialog between the girl and boy in the song. Or, write a 30-50 word entry in the girl’s diary. We could also write another two original verses for the song to change the ending. Another was to think of analogies like, “Roller skates are to key, as _____ is to _____ .” We could write different style poems based on the theme of the song. There were a few others I no longer recall. As a future teacher, my thought was, “Now THIS is teaching!” Sadly, the principal and powers that ran the school, along with numerous parents of children in the class, were shocked, angry, disappointed, outraged. Mrs. Weider was removed from the substitute list. I wrote an account of the day as required in my “teaching journal.” The professor thought I was playing some sort of prank, that I’d maybe missed the bus or forgotten to go. When I showed him my ditto of the homework, he changed his mind and actually agreed with me. I’m retired now, but I still say that was just about the most interesting and fun lesson I’ve ever had in school. I doubt Mrs. Weider is still alive, probably in her mid to late 30s. I hope she’s singing and dancing in the Heavenly choir!

The cutest dirty song ever to fly below the radar on the radio airwaves....loved it then..love it now

I met Melanie and her son and they were so wonderful. Felt like my heart was healed at her concert, as soon as she started singing. Love this song. Roller skating as I listen now

Love this song! I remember listening to it on the radio! I was 10 !

I think she did a great job! Anyone that has ever shot footage with 8MM and spliced together a short film will completely understand the time and effort involved. I love the creativity. And how cute is this!!! Bravo I hope she continued to express her creativity and talent throughout her life.

My 25 year old daughter just got married and I LOVED/Listened to this song so much when she was young that she started to love it too and it was part of her playlist at her wedding!!! ❤️

"Oh my God! Here comes Dan with the steel chair!!!" "AhhhhhhIIII've got a brand new pair of roller skates,"

this video gives me so much nostalgia ❤

Loved this song in the good ol' days! ❤️❤️

A classic. The age of innocence when life was laid back and so simple.No computers no cellphones and endless summers and cute girls

I'm here from the '70s, when I was a teenager! This film is HILARIOUS -- and perfectly captures the fashions of the times, as well as the awkwardness of an adolescent crush on someone who acts as if you don't exist. The tables can turn -- as most of us learn -- and time has a way of balancing things out.

RIP Melanie. Cute video. Well done.

I remember having skates like that. I miss those innocent days.

RIP Melanie. Thank-you for your Music. This song brings back precious memories, for me. Sad news of your Demise. God rest your Soul.

This song sounds even better from an apocalyptic bunker!

My mother showed me this song when I was a child! I love this song!

I was 8 when this song came out, having teenage sisters is how I first heard it, bought the record. Its been my favorite song from my childhood all these year, now 58..

Brings back good memories of the 1970s ... 🎶🎶🎶✌

I always think of Boogie nights when hearing this.

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

I've seen this video multiple times and had no idea that it wasn't official. It just seems to fit the vibe and the era so naturally.

My grandma loved this song, I imagine her singing and dancing along to it every time I play it😊❤️

I loved this song so much when it came out, and of course I was so little I was actually equating it to when I had a rollerskate key. Now that I’m older of course I get the lyrics, but I will still always love this song and I thank Melanie for such good memories!

Two roller skating flowers on Family Guy brought me here. 🌻🌻

February 2021 I had heard this song in over 45 years! I was 13 years old when it came out.

Oh my gosh I just about died with laughter hearing this song again. My sister use to play it all the time and you guessed it! I had to hear what she played! : ) Its funny but I would give anything to go back to those great times again. Trust me, time goes by quicker than you can imagine and you always think life will be the same but here I am today wishing I could go back and appreciate and love life the way it use to be. : )

This reminds me of when I was in 7th grade . I used to ride my bike outside of my crush's house hoping he would come outside .

This is definitely one of my favorite videos on KZfaq.

I remember hearing this song alot when I was growing up. RIP Melanie

THANK you for sharing! I was a kid in the 70's and these memories are priceless!

Just discovered this and love it. Melanie was way ahead of her time. Love her voice, the song, the metal roller skates, the sheer blue tights, and the old misgynistic saying "Some people think I did all right for a girl." If I heard that once, I've heard it a million times. As a young girl, that was about all we ould aspire to, unless we wanted to be someone's little wife-y and be quiet and stay in the background. I used to sit on my slates rolling down the hill, so if I fell off them, I wouldn't fall too far.

I always like to visit this video from year to year for over 14 years now!

They used to play this song at the roller rink all the time 50 years ago..The rink is still there, I'll bet they still do!

I miss hearing people-s natural voices when they sing :(.

I’m only 24, but does this bring back memories when I fist got my skates. Happy times. Just started using them again, how amazing!

This makes me cry, I lived in such a wonderful time in history, where music was music which required real work with no synthesizers

My sister just sent this video to me as a dedication. I was 1 1/2 yrs old and must have loved the song as much as my beloved future roller skates. I remembered this song after all these years.

Music is only a bunch of history books that can’t be burnt

I was 10 years old when this came out and my little brother and I would sing or hum this when we went roller skating across the street at the school in our metal, clamp-on skates. I later graduated to Oberheimer Hockey Boots and my brother wore black speed skates. We got so much exercise and had so much fun we slept like rocks at night. I've had a rough time in life but I have no regrets because I got to enjoy music like this when I was a child. I will NEVER forget the good times because they get me through the rough times.

Somebody told me that she passed away this is one of the obscure great songs that sinks into your brain rest in peace honey❤

Song just came to my head, I asked hubby if he remembered it and am happy I found it on KZfaq 💕 I probably drove my older brothers crazy playing song repeatedly when I was 10 years old. 🥰

Hey, this is pre-MTV. Your sister was a video pioneer!!

Takes me straight back to the 70s I love it. This is one of my favorite songs.

If MTV were here in 1972, this video would have been a work of art, worthy of television play.

I'm 64 and I played this for my granddaughter and now it's her favorite song.

I use to sneak in my big sisters room to listen to her albums. This was one of my favorites ❤️

Kids in the Hall brought me here. And I love this.

My song gave me the 45 for Christmas. He knows that I love the song and didn’t have a 45. Such a thoughtful gesture.

Once you lose your mother it's never the same.. I heard this in Shop Rite grocery store...it made me think of my mom and where we lived for a long time and I started to cry in the store.

Brought a smile to my face, what a time to be young and innocent, those days are long gone!😢 To all those amazing days we thought would last forever!❤😢

Just another example of the unique songs that were out in the greatest time to grow up in America!

Everybody needs to be chased by a weird girl on roller skates at least once in their life. lol And yeah, I'm old enough to remember metal-wheeled roller skates and keys for 'em. I would have been about 10 years old when that movie was shot.

kids in the hall brought me here....listen to this song for 10 hours straight and you'll be on a whole new level of insanity 😀

I love this song!! I haven't heard it in so long!! Omgeez! Blast from the past ❤️ awesome!

Not much impresses me on KZfaq and I am a publisher out here, but I have to thank you so much for this. In my sixth-grade class we had a Christmas exchange thing where we did secret gifts and I put this 45 record in as my gift. When the class was opening the gifts, this 45 made everyone laugh, like "who was the idiot who put this in the pile." It was me. A scar I still bare today. However, watching your sister's video helps me remember that we creative kids had a reason.

Im here with the late Baby Boomers who remember this so well....crazy song, that still makes no sense to me...but beloved.

Wow, I thought this was the original music video. Thanks so much for uploading this.

Oh heck yes! 2019 and my 19y old son just added this on his Spotify...

My grandma had this on CD and whenever I rode in the car with her, we played this. I never got sick of it!

I'll never forget dancing in my nanas living room to this as it played on her record player.. one of my best memories.. 🖤

Tell your sister that this is ..... MAGNIFICENT !!!!

DAmn I wish I was back in the 70's... everything just made much more sense!

What a treasure. Thanks for posting.

My great grandma used to be amazing at roller skating, I've got a bunch of pictures of her skating around with friends in a dress and just enjoying life and it brings me joy

I miss you mom..she loved this song

Those look exactly like my first pair of skates and that was in the 50's! Would go back in a heartbeat !

This makes me happy and cry all at once . Honestly I can't thank you enough for uploading it . It just goes so perfectly with the song. It could've been its music video .

I loved this song when it came out. My sister and me would sing and sway to this catchy tune. Still love it and the memories at 65.

when i was younger i heard this song in the car, and i’ve been trying to find it for 9 years. i don’t even listen to this type of music, but i am so excited that i just found it

Today is the day roller skates were patented in 1884. I got one here to look for a video to post on Facebook and to share with my students. 'Brand New Key' is one of my all-time favorite songs. This is a perfect video for this song. It represents the era that Melanie wrote it in, perfectly! Thank you for sharing!

A long time ago but it never gets old. Another great classic from the 70's! L❤️ve it!

watching the video, I would have sworn that was "The Official" video for the song! to find out your sister did it for a class project is awesome! well done! even after all these years! love Melonie since the 1st time I heard her; love the video! thanks for sharing cuz it brings back tons of feel good memories!

I was walking with someone I love very much and this song came on in lows. That's why I'm here

I’m Dave England, and this is the bungee boogie!

This song rings in my head out of no where!!! A M RADIO FLINT MICHIGAN!!!!!! 1970 SOMETHING !!!!? IM IN THE BACK OF MOMS CAR JAMING WHEN I WAS 4 OR 6 ? FLINT TO BAY CITY TRIPS !!!!! NOT A WORRY IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!! .

So a video made in the 70's posted in 2006 being seen in 2023 oh how the internet makes great thing gow around sometimes, i love it ^^

I love this so much. It is probably my favorite thing I've ever found on KZfaq. I love this song. I love the 8mm film. I was born in Wichita in '73. This feels like movie of my childhood. Perfection! Thank you for sharing. 🥰

I was very young, perhaps 8 years old, we were visiting relatives and I was listening to his record collection and this song stuck, I still love this song to this day and for the rest of my life. It's a happy song... maybe that's why I like Donny and Marie Osmond, I can't handle too much heavy metal and the dark side, it's way too depressing. I never knew there was video to go along with this video.

I think this was an amazing find. I absolutely loved, and always have, this song. Then to see it as a 1970's class project on 8 mm was just awesome. It's great seeing 8mm films still around.

DJ Mike “Motor Mouth” Mulcahy brought me here. He is constantly playing this.

thanks family guy for bringing me to this beautiful song

This is one of the connections I have with my dad. I don't think I have anything else I have in common but his temper. Not only that my very first and lifetime love just sent this song to me. Melanie and rock n roll was part of my life since I could remember!

i listened this song like crazy when i was 10 and 7 years later i randomly thought about it and now i see why i loved it 🥺

I imagine a couple of guys having fun jumping into a pool with surfboards, roller skates, skateboards and wheel barrows

I did really just get a brand new pair of skates and have had this song stuck in my head since the UPS person came up my walkway! I am so excited to get rollin!