Context

This line is from the song "I Got You Babe" by Sonny and Cher from the album Look at Us (1965).

This song was popular during the early hippie counterculture movement. The first lyric ("They say we're young and we don't know…") sets up a young vs. old theme that resonated with the rebellious youngsters of the time, giving them a disapproving "they" to rally against. Take that, "they."

Yeah, those were the good ol' days of fightin' the power. Nowadays, we tend to take a problem and just shake it off, shake it off….ahem. 

The sweet refrain is simply a promise that no matter what happens, we'll be there to support one another. We think that's pretty groovy.

Where you've heard it

If you happened to be around during the early 60s, then you probably sang this jam while cruising in your VW bug, protesting Vietnam, and celebrating transcendental consciousness and our oneness with the universe. Far out, man.

But if you weren't around during that time, then maybe you heard it in the 1993 film Groundhog Day as the song that wakes Phil Connors every morning. Or perhaps Golden Girls was more your thing.

No, still not right? Then maybe you're more familiar with the version that features Cher's other duet partners, Beavis and Butthead. And fun fact! That version reached the top ten in both the Netherlands and Poland.

….There's honestly nothing we can add to that fact to make it any more amazing than it already is.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Nothing wrong with quoting this song. It's the musical equivalent of whipped cream. Fluffy, light and sweet, with a gentle undertone of counterculture rebellion.