Before watching Piece By Piece, I had never heard this song before, so hearing it in the film was my very first impression on the song. I don't know if it was just because it was in the context of the film (it played during Pharrell's lowest point), but it hit very hard. Nonetheless, I thought this was a brand new song since I had never heard it before and the production on it just felt so modern, and was so convinced it was a song made just for the film. That was until I checked out the soundtrack and realized this song came out in 2008. 16 years ago! This song really aged like the finest wine.
Check out his earlier tapes He has a lot of beautiful music. You should check out tape you,run to the sun,don’t worry about it and stay together if you haven’t.
Piece by Piece hit me so hard in the artist feels and when this came on it was like a wake up call for putting everything that holds me back on notice. I am late tot the Pharrell game, but I am glad that I had enough curiosity to see a movie and hear a story I really needed to experience.
after i watched pharrell’s movie it changed the way i view life when i saw this song in his movie it just hit different the beat drop made me feel something i’ve never felt before and i never knew pharrell produced so many of the songs i heard in the movie it was just so good ❤
This song just states facts; don't leave shit to the last minute , get it done while you still have the time cause like that old saying "time waits for no one".
Beautiful chord progression, sonic features, piano and drums + that epic guitar solo on the album version. I honestly wish we'd appreciate this style of music and that it had more airplay & radio time.
Last heard this song year 2009, 5th grade. Lost my phone, forgot the title, was only left with the memory of the chorus part and almost correct lyrics. Until now, I've been googling the lyrics,even tried one of those websites where they guess what song ur humming or singing,but to no availl. So glad i found this. 😃
A forever fave. Best guitar solo I’ve ever heard. For those that haven’t heard the original version, do yourself a favor, it’s a longer session and amazing 🙌🏾
Only Michael Jackson has had as much influence on African-American music culture as this guy. Pharell is the most brilliant composer,collaborator, and musician of our era. He's done so much for Hip-Hop and even punk rock, that it sends my head spinning off into the air like a helicopter.
Classic!!! I remember I was in prison 08 and I was always a pharell/ Neptune fan and I was watching MTV 2 and this video came on and the hook to the song is what got me. This song still in my playlist until this day.💯
Watched piece by piece and this song had me tear up just because I felt the wave of life and everything we all as people go thru .. but sooner or later we must see ourselves and welcome life with a new perspective because it’s never too late to see the other side of things
This song is like a masterpiece. Somewhere in this song you lose yourself and become just an extension of the message of the song. Its not about you, its not about nerd, its about the message, that sooner it WILL all fall down. And in that moment, praise GOD you have a song that can help you make it through those tough times. Alot of people dont make it out of tough times and take the easy route out. Maybe if they knew this song existed. Maybe if they knew they were not alone. Maybe, we all could be better.
I love this song and video, so brutal and depressing, yet the way in which it's portrayed is a slap in the face to keep going and try again. Adored it from the moment I first heard it.
Wow, this takes me back to my first year in college. And crazy enough around this time alot of artist were making songs about "the recession", they knew about things going on in the elite before it even hit. Young Jeezy's album this year was rightfully called "The Reccession"
This song was always the best song on Seeing Sounds and my favorite besides Laugh About It and Spaz. It hits differently now after seeing Piece By Piece. It was played at the low point of the story and that likely means Pharrell was in a bad depression when this song was written.
I was freshly graduated out of high school and my mother lost our home when this video came out. I love N.E.R.D. they just always have the right sound.
I refuse to let those nightmares eat my dreams ~ thank you N.E.R.D for keeping me grounded in reality ~ I love you INFINITELY ~ you are my number ONE source of inspiration ~ keep blessing us with your magic ~ keep fueling my dreams ~ I’m with you ~ you’re with me ~ I feel in it in my bones ~ and I am eternally grateful ~ with love, b 🦋
One of the best underrated songs ever. I hate that NERD has never had major commercial success because their song like this one is sick! I have ever album of theirs
This song is Sooo important to me its crazy I can vaguely remember listening to this on my moms phone on the bus back from kindergarten and still to this day is an amazing song!!
I’ve been searching this song for years since I heard it the first time in 2009(-ish). I could only remember the dollar bills falling down in the video and the lyrics “it’s over”. Lately I’ve been listening to Pharrell’s old songs and luckily came across N.E.R.D’s Seeing Sounds album, I’m so glad to find it after SO many years.
This song should've blown up more than it did. I hate radio because of situations. Those beat change ups are still sick to this day!! IT'S OVER! LEAVING!!!
This song came out right when the shit was hitting the fan. It hit a heartstring especially when watching the video as well. Though at the same time it reminded me that life is not to be taken to seriously. You win some you lose some, either way keep smiling
No joke, it gets me mad that this song only has 325,00 views. Like N.E.R.D is way under rated. this songs kicks so much ass its crazy. and Rob Dyrdek makes the video THAT much better. N.E.R.D for life man.
This song is amazing beautiful production, this is really amazing NERD will always be one of the best groups of all time, Seeing Sounds definitely comes close as being their second best album with In Search of is number 1
Before watching Piece By Piece, I had never heard this song before, so hearing it in the film was my very first impression on the song. I don't know if it was just because it was in the context of the film (it played during Pharrell's lowest point), but it hit very hard. Nonetheless, I thought this was a brand new song since I had never heard it before and the production on it just felt so modern, and was so convinced it was a song made just for the film. That was until I checked out the soundtrack and realized this song came out in 2008. 16 years ago! This song really aged like the finest wine.
Check out his earlier tapes
He has a lot of beautiful music.
You should check out tape you,run to the sun,don’t worry about it and stay together if you haven’t.
same
SAME
😂😂❤
the album “seeing sounds”is a work of art. go give it a listen🖖🏾
Piece by Piece hit me so hard in the artist feels and when this came on it was like a wake up call for putting everything that holds me back on notice. I am late tot the Pharrell game, but I am glad that I had enough curiosity to see a movie and hear a story I really needed to experience.
after i watched pharrell’s movie it changed the way i view life when i saw this song in his movie it just hit different the beat drop made me feel something i’ve never felt before and i never knew pharrell produced so many of the songs i heard in the movie it was just so good ❤
Bro why do people always forget about chad hugo, thay are a duo, Pharrell Williams music is mid without chad hugo
@lllll88766 what about shae holey.
This song just states facts; don't leave shit to the last minute , get it done while you still have the time cause like that old saying "time waits for no one".
“…now your opponent he wears your glove, a nightmare just ate up your dreams” those lyrics are deep!
Beautiful chord progression, sonic features, piano and drums + that epic guitar solo on the album version. I honestly wish we'd appreciate this style of music and that it had more airplay & radio time.
facts
This song will never get old. EVER
The guitar solo is like an eagle soaring gracefully in the flow of the wind
THIS SONG HAS THE MOST SATISFYING DROP I EVER HEARD
FOR REAL! i keep skipping back!
oh look who it is listening to your silly lil band
I remember having this song on my PSP back in 2008 lol. The Neptunes so talented
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Last heard this song year 2009, 5th grade. Lost my phone, forgot the title, was only left with the memory of the chorus part and almost correct lyrics. Until now, I've been googling the lyrics,even tried one of those websites where they guess what song ur humming or singing,but to no availl.
So glad i found this. 😃
lol hate it when that happens you remember a song and it takes for ever to find it. But when you finally find its a good feeling
I was googling mopping nerd video.. 😂
I found this when one of my fav rappers mentioned his song and when he was young back in 2008 and he first heard it it mnade him cry
So cool how we were both in 5th grade in 2009! :)
Honestly so relatable King 😭✊🏾
the most underappreciated n.e.r.d. song
NERD’s music got me through some tough times back then. Especially this song
I had no clue how many beats Pharrell made until i watched his movie. Neptunes 🔥 N.E.R.D 🔥
A forever fave. Best guitar solo I’ve ever heard. For those that haven’t heard the original version, do yourself a favor, it’s a longer session and amazing 🙌🏾
damn this was 2008 and pharrells outfit would still look fly if it was worn today
+Justin Mendez nah she was right, just look at the description
pharrell's a fashion icon.
samantha garong he’s a trendsetter.....No Doubt About It
I was just thinking the same thing
He owns Billionaires Boys Club
the guitar at the end is like a eargasm
Hell Yeahhhh!! it was edited on the video but the FULL GTR Solo at the end on the record??....#MAGIC
Yo we all await that...bliss that guitar brings..
Oh yeahhhh
The solo on the album version is incredibly 2min longer.
I came.
I was 18 when this came out. Probably the most relevant song of the time period. Gives me goosebumps.
SOMETIMES YOU NEED THIS TYPE OF MUSIC IN YOUR LIFE
中 lol
That guitar riffing at the end was EPIC!…🔥🔥🔥
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greatest song of all time genuinely
I love how this video uses 'It's over' part of the song so smartly.. from hitting the bottom to coming back alive again
2024. Been listening to N.E.R.D. For decades.
Never noticed Bobby Light at the end😂😂😂😂😂
2024 🖐🏾
🖖🏾🖖🏾✨
Only Michael Jackson has had as much influence on African-American music culture as this guy. Pharell is the most brilliant composer,collaborator, and musician of our era. He's done so much for Hip-Hop and even punk rock, that it sends my head spinning off into the air like a helicopter.
yea uhhh second best i put kanye over pharrel
***** ctfu i know...i just really like ye lol
Gary Stephens CHUUUUUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Lj Wright hui
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+Debz Ster Kanye pushes the boundary more and takes more risks but Pharrell is the better musician per say . Both are legends nonetheless
I come to this song a lot. It’s good because it gives you a sad feeling but then it hits you with the ending riff
Classic!!! I remember I was in prison 08 and I was always a pharell/ Neptune fan and I was watching MTV 2 and this video came on and the hook to the song is what got me. This song still in my playlist until this day.💯
You get tv in prison?
@@poggerswoggers7478 unfortunately yes
@@Lacostefiend76 oh i thought tv'd be good
10+ years and still a gem . Kinda wish N.E.R.D were still making bangers like this
I love this video concept. All the business people freaking out and the janitor is like...naw I'm good.
Tyler, the Creator - "When I first heard this song, I cried."
Watched piece by piece and this song had me tear up just because I felt the wave of life and everything we all as people go thru .. but sooner or later we must see ourselves and welcome life with a new perspective because it’s never too late to see the other side of things
dude pharell's fashion is on point ever since the hypebeast and hipsters got big
Heard this song is Piece by Piece and I’ve been obsessed ever since!
This song is like a masterpiece. Somewhere in this song you lose yourself and become just an extension of the message of the song. Its not about you, its not about nerd, its about the message, that sooner it WILL all fall down. And in that moment, praise GOD you have a song that can help you make it through those tough times. Alot of people dont make it out of tough times and take the easy route out. Maybe if they knew this song existed. Maybe if they knew they were not alone. Maybe, we all could be better.
Scary how relevant this song is right more bc of the Corona and the environment 😭🤦🏿♂️
The song is 4:20 sec and it's April 2020, I don't know why I thought of this song now after so many years! The timing👀
When it breaks into the chorus … Best part ever!
This song hits even harder in 2020.
that Zune product placement tho lmao
talk about crashing down
Lmao! Damn
J.W. Stillwater they really tried to make Zune happen but it just didn't 😂😂😂😂
I copped one....
I still have mine in a drawer somewhere, lol
Lol
I cried when i first heard the guitar solo at the end. couldnt help it the tears just started flowin. first time i cried at something so beautiful
1:31 INSANE.
this song is one of the best. check out the extended , the guitar solo is bomb
Sam Carter the best part of the song.. I repeat it at least 4 times when I listen😎😎
It’s N.E.R.D., of course it’s bomb!
Unreal shredding
One of my favorite NERD songs. It's just special
I dunno why. But this song just brings back so many memories 💭
jhhh
true
Who's Here in 2024?
Yesssiir 🖖🏾✨
Origino fans of the neptunes from Morocco 🇲🇦
cali baby we here forever
Meeee!!! I love me some Pharrell ❤
Meeeeeee!
After election day for me🤭🤭
He's really good at harmonizing.
This song help me through a lot when my uncle was murdered Thank you so much for this song #N.E.R.D.🖖🏿
Rip
The drums and the guitar on this song is everything.
Chorus is the best part of this song,harmonies are butter..
Bro’s hat game was phenomenal
Damn I miss NERD
Me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
naynay3303 Some Kinda Creature Cat me too guys, me too
new album soon
Phil there back but it's a crappy song
Phil well they're back....just released a new album last week
I love this song and video, so brutal and depressing, yet the way in which it's portrayed is a slap in the face to keep going and try again. Adored it from the moment I first heard it.
It is what it is! 🤷🏻♀️ It's part of life! 💜
Anyone else getting a Bowie's "All the Young Dudes" and "Change" vibe from this?
Especially the sooner or later part
The outro on the album version is CUUUURAAAAAAAAAZYYYYYYYY
the guitar at the end is enough to make you ascend into the heavens
One of the most versatile gifted artist’s ever
Wow, this takes me back to my first year in college.
And crazy enough around this time alot of artist were making songs about "the recession", they knew about things going on in the elite before it even hit.
Young Jeezy's album this year was rightfully called "The Reccession"
Pharell voice so amazing, All fit for Rap, Hip hop, rock and R&B.
Wish they played the whole song I like the guitar solo at the end
This song was always the best song on Seeing Sounds and my favorite besides Laugh About It and Spaz. It hits differently now after seeing Piece By Piece. It was played at the low point of the story and that likely means Pharrell was in a bad depression when this song was written.
end of the world playlist 2020
I was freshly graduated out of high school and my mother lost our home when this video came out. I love N.E.R.D. they just always have the right sound.
One of the classics from N.E.R.D.
_'Sooner or Later' will always comes to my mind whenever I think about N.E.R.D_
Saw there 1st show in 2001 in London..had about 50 people there,I said it then,and I still say..genius
shepherds Bush with Kelis??
That the background vocals on the bridge always makes me smile and that end sounds like church in a mosh pit. ❤
This is one of the best music videos ever made, the song & vid fit perfectly.
I refuse to let those nightmares eat my dreams ~ thank you N.E.R.D for keeping me grounded in reality ~ I love you INFINITELY ~ you are my number ONE source of inspiration ~ keep blessing us with your magic ~ keep fueling my dreams ~ I’m with you ~ you’re with me ~ I feel in it in my bones ~ and I am eternally grateful ~ with love, b 🦋
I can have this song on replay all day
I feel like the zune advertising was super appropriate for this considering what happened to them X)
I miss seeing this on tv lol
One of the best underrated songs ever. I hate that NERD has never had major commercial success because their song like this one is sick! I have ever album of theirs
Absolutely brilliant!! Timeless classic!!!!
My homies! Virginia Beach, VA all day!
This song is Sooo important to me its crazy I can vaguely remember listening to this on my moms phone on the bus back from kindergarten and still to this day is an amazing song!!
the guitar solo though.... Damn son!
came from Genius because of the 4 beat start.
Facts
facts
Yup
Me too
Same 2021 april
Skateboard P and the Boys always deliver the goods ☝🏾😷...N E R D🌹
Written for a vision❤
This song is INCREDIBLE!!!! The bass line is sick, my kids ages 11, and 7 rock to this!!! My son age 11 is a drummer. he loves N.E.R.D
A toast to the wicked ⏳⌚️😅😅😤 (Proverbs chapter 13, verse 22 KJV)
I guess no one took N.E.R.D seriously. Their music is PURE genius. And not to mention 'original'.
I’ve been searching this song for years since I heard it the first time in 2009(-ish). I could only remember the dollar bills falling down in the video and the lyrics “it’s over”. Lately I’ve been listening to Pharrell’s old songs and luckily came across N.E.R.D’s Seeing Sounds album, I’m so glad to find it after SO many years.
This is such a classic. I don’t understand how it only has 2.8M views… it’s fantastic. ❤
Relevant in 22’
a lot of people forget that NERD write/ perform such topical songs... love this video, and the beatles-esque hook.
Another one of there great recording sessions.. 6 min version, Awesome!
This song should've blown up more than it did. I hate radio because of situations. Those beat change ups are still sick to this day!! IT'S OVER! LEAVING!!!
All these years and I never knew they made a video for this.
Remembrance of my son and I and on Amtrak to Upstate. This album was the THEME! New York in here!
This song came out right when the shit was hitting the fan. It hit a heartstring especially when watching the video as well. Though at the same time it reminded me that life is not to be taken to seriously. You win some you lose some, either way keep smiling
No joke, it gets me mad that this song only has 325,00 views.
Like N.E.R.D is way under rated. this songs kicks so much ass its crazy.
and Rob Dyrdek makes the video THAT much better.
N.E.R.D for life man.
L.O.V.E. this damn song! 2019 and i still listen to this every month.
This song is amazing beautiful production, this is really amazing NERD will always be one of the best groups of all time, Seeing Sounds definitely comes close as being their second best album with In Search of is number 1
I'm listening to this due to coronavirus
💯💯💯
We are here
one of the best modern guitar solos of its time
this is just so special. LOVE N.E.R.D.
damn... how does this NOT have 151,000,000 views or something? The high and lows of this song flow like nothing I've ever heard.
I haven't listened to this song in 3 years, when Pharrell started singing I started crying like a baby
That is a awesome guitar riff @ the end!...He KILLS IT!
I'm about to be 19 and I've listened to all of NERD's music since I was a child
+ashley williams i'm 32 and N.E.R.D was a really good band in my 20s i miss the "first time" Pharrell was famous
+ashley williams No one gives a shit nigga
Honey Goat im just happy nigga damn! lol
How well known is this guy?
Lol Pharrell if insanely well known by anyone under 30
I 1ST HEARD THIS SONG ON THE EARLY MORNING MTV VIDEO BROADCASTS RIGHT BEFORE I RUN FOR THE SCHOOL BUS
NERD knows money is fake. Maybe love, too.