Bowie, David - Chilly Down Lyrics






When the sun goes down
And the bats are back to bed
The brothers come 'round
I get out of my dirty bed

I shake my pretty little head
Tap my pretty little feet
Feeling brighter than sunlight
Louder than thunder
Bouncing like a yo-yo

Don't got no problems
Ain't got no suitcase
Ain't got no clothes to worry about
Ain't got no real estate or jewelry
Or gold mines to hang me up

I just throw in my hand
With the chilliest bunch in the land
They don't look much
They sure chilly chilly
They positively glow, glow

Chilly down with the fire gang
Think small with the fire gang
Bad hep with the fire gang
When your thing gets wild
Chilly down

Chilly down with the fire gang
Act tall with the fire gang
Good times, bad food
When your thing gets wild
Chilly down, chilly down

Drive you crazy, really lazy
Eye rollin', funky strollin'
Ball playin', hip swayin'
Trouble makin', booty shakin'

Tripping, passing, jumping, bouncing
Drivin', stylin', creeping, pouncing
Shoutin', screamin', double dealin'
Rockin', rollin' and a reelin'
With the mackin' sex appealin'
Can you dig our groovy feelin'?

So when things get too tough
And your chin is dragging on the ground
And even down looks up
Bad luck

We can show you a good time
And we don't charge nothin'
Just strut your nasty stuff
Wiggle in the middle yeah
Get the town talkin', fire gang

Chilly down with the fire gang
Think small with the fire gang
Bad hep with the fire gang
When your thing gets wild
Chilly down

Chilly down with the fire gang
Act tall with the fire gang
Good times, bad food
When your thing gets wild
Chilly down

Chilly down with the fire gang
Think small with the fire gang
Bad hep with the fire gang





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  1. L.... W....

    I used to be afraid of this part of the movie but as an adult I get it lol

  2. T.... B....

    "I get out of my dirty bed.. I shake my pretty little head.." I love it!!

  3. J.... B....

    Tbh the deep voice one the right scared me cuz I'm in a dark room at 6:59 I stayed up all night😄

  4. J.... C....

    The labyrinth was one hell of a trip....

  5. N.... K....

    Why is nobody talking about 1:06?

  6. A.... A....

    My siblings were all afraid of this scene with the Fireys but it is my FAVORITE part of the movie

  7. S.... O....

    Fireys were my favourite creatures

  8. I.... A....

    "Hey lady, You can only take your own head off"!. 😂😂😂

    This movie absolutely made my childhood so great!. I can't thank my older sister enough for letting me crash her sleepover and introducing me to this movie lol. This movie and Legend!.

  9. S.... ....

    This is on my mental breakdown playlist.

    S.... ....

    😂😂😂

  10. T.... B....

    This movie was as much David Bowie’s as it was Jim Henson’s—the awesome result of pure collaboration

    T.... B....

    George Lucas, fantasy artist Brian Fround, Monty Python's Terry Jones, were also involved so I also give them kudos. Jones's screenplay was amended by some other screenwriters for the final movie. Henson and Fround were the visual genesis of the project, then Jones became the literary genesis based on their sketches, then they needed a rock star and they decided upon the perfect fit Bowie whose songs greatly contribute to the rich joie de vivre of the movie.

  11. C.... L....

    those little guys are singing and dancing this in my head

  12. S.... ....

    I had no idea it was Bowie singing this song until recently. I already loved it, now I love it 10x more.

    S.... ....

    Although Bowie, who wrote and composed it, recorded his own voice as a demo of it, he doesn't feature on the completed track. Just the 5 Fire Gang members do, including Danny John-Jules.

  13. R.... 2....

    When the sun goes down (when the sun goes down)
    And the bats are back to bed (and the bats are back)
    The brothers come 'round (the brothers come 'round)
    I get out of my dirty bed (my dirty bed)
    I shake my pretty little head (I shake my pretty little head)
    Tap my pretty little feet (tap my pretty little feet)
    Feeling brighter than sunlight (oh)
    Louder than thunder (oh)
    Bouncing like a yo-yo, whoa (oh)
    Don't got no problems (no problems)
    Ain't got no suitcase (no suitcase)
    Ain't got no clothes to worry about (no clothes to worry about)
    Ain't got no real estate or jewelry or gold mines to hang me up
    I just throw in my hand (throw in my hand)
    With the chilliest bunch in the land (in the land)
    They don't look much (oh), they sure chilly chilly (oh)
    They positively glow-glow, huh (oh)
    Chilly down with the fire gang
    Think small with the fire gang (It's the only way)
    Bad hep with the fire gang (a smile a day keeps the doctor away)
    When your thing gets wild, chilly down
    Chilly down with the fire gang (Hey, I'm a wild child)
    Act tall with the fire gang (whoo, walk tall)
    Good times, bad food (yeah)
    When your thing gets wild
    Chilly down, chilly down
    Drive you crazy, really lazy, eye rollin', funky strollin', ball playin'
    Hip swayin', trouble makin', booty shakin', tripping, passing, jumping
    Bouncing, drivin', stylin', creeping, pouncing, shoutin', screamin'
    Double dealin', rockin', rollin', and a-reelin'
    With the mackin' sex appealin'.
    Can you dig our groovy feelin'?
    So when things get too tough (get too tough)
    And your chin is dragging on the ground (dragging on the ground)
    And even down looks up (down looks up)
    Bad luck, heh-heh
    We can show you a good time (show you a good time)
    And we don't charge nothin' (nothin' at all)
    Just strut your nasty stuff
    Wiggle in the middle yeah
    Get the town talkin', fire gang
    Chilly down with the fire gang (think small)
    Think small with the fire gang (bad hep)
    Bad hep with the fire gang (hey, listen up)
    When your thing gets wild
    Chilly down
    Chilly down with the fire gang (hey, shake your pretty little head)
    Act tall with the fire gang (tap your pretty little feet)
    Good times, bad food (come on, come on)
    When your thing gets wild
    Chilly down
    Chilly down with the fire gang (wooh)
    Think small with the fire gang
    Bad hep with the fire gang

  14. R.... 2....

    Masterpiece

  15. S.... L....

    My favorite song ever♡♡♡♡♡

  16. P.... ....

    0.00-0.21 Instrumentation inspired by The Man Who Sold The World album track After All? "Oh by Jingo".

  17. H.... ....

    That diminshed 7th chord, mmm...

  18. C.... R....

    (In my opinion) Chilly Down is the best one on Labyrinth, (of course yes someone else’s might think it’s Magic Dance or something else)

    C.... R....

    Christopher Rodmell chilly down or underground for me

  19. W.... 9....

    I was the weird child who loves this scene 😂! I love the tune

    W.... 9....

    😂😂😂 It freaked me out lol

  20. D.... G....

    "Shake your pretty little head""Tap your pretty little feet""CoMe On CoMe On"🤠

  21. A.... ....

    #Labyrinth

  22. A.... ....

    My Dad likes musical Movies
    Of 80’s.
    He is Childhood,Remembers to Rudins Deltarune.

  23. B.... ....

    I had so much fun with this song as a kid. GREAT MEMORIES 🥴🥴🙂🙂🙂😂😂👍👍👑

  24. L.... P....

    theres a long version and short version

  25. K.... E....

    I love this song just as much as the rest of the album but it gives me like ptsd because this seance scared me so much when i was younger

    K.... E....

    Me tooooooooooo

  26. L.... T....

    the perfect shower song doesnt exi-

  27. D.... g....

    I love this so much!

  28. c.... ....

    GREATEST PART OF THE MOVIE!!!

  29. C.... T....

    when the green screen effects break and now every single thing has a black outline

  30. B.... P....

    My older sister is a 90's kid and she showed me this song. This song never fails to make me smile and jump around. It takes me back to when I was eight. So much nostalgia I can't take it!!

  31. B.... P....

    *presses loop*

  32. B.... P....

    actually listens to the lyrics and realizes whats actually going on

    B.... P....

    What IS going on?

    B.... P....

    I have two guesses: prostitution and demonic sacrifices

  33. T.... ....

    Summer2019

  34. I.... A....

    "Hey lady!, You can only take your own head off"!. 😂😂😂😂
    I f**kin loved these guys lol!... My older sister is the one who introduced me to this movie and I haven't looked back since!.

  35. J.... S....

    Hey her head don't come off.

  36. e.... ....

    1:54 Cat from Red Dwarf!

  37. 1.... ....

    I never realized this was danny john jules until a few months ago. What a talented man

    1.... ....

    This is david bowie?

    1.... ....

    @Rylee Atkinson not singing, he wrote it im sure but hes not singing the different voices(for once) go ahead and look it up

    1.... ....

    16driver16 at least one of the voices has to be bowie it sounds just like him

  38. R.... ....

    This scene in the movie always struck me as weird since it was the only song not sung by Bowie, the fact that the green screen on the fireys was really bad compared to the rest of the movie, and that the scene honestly is completely pointless to the rest of the movie.

    R.... ....

    so, a BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT, huh?

    R.... ....

    Charles H. lol, yeah exactly 😂

    R.... ....

    The "Green Screen" you speak of wasn't even a possibility at this point. Henson had to use a black backdrops and the puppeteers had to wear full-body black suits so that it did not show up in the film. If you ever get the chance to watch the making of Labyrinth, this sequence is fantastic! My favorite part is finding out Gates McFadden was the puppeteers' choreographer., what a talented woman!

    R.... ....

    ClawdyaTube Oh very cool to know! I just acquired the blu ray on 4K so I definitely will have to check that out, thanks for the information. I guess I just heard from so many people that they used a green screen that I just decided never to question it.

    R.... ....

    @Robster_the_Lobster Check out https://youtu.be/3LPSOnJyKDA if it's not available on your blu ray.

  39. b.... ....

    Bowie channeling Zappa here...

  40. I.... a....

    Dude this song is actually so good for something off of a soundtrack

  41. D.... G....

    IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS BEST SONG😚😍💖😭MISS U R.I.P DAVID BOWIE💖😭We all do!😢💖

  42. G.... a....

    "HER HEAD DON'T COME OFF!"

    G.... a....

    Hey man, I know what we can do, TAKE OFF HER HEAD!!!

    G.... a....

    "Hey where you going with a head like that?"

    G.... a....

    where's the referee?

    G.... a....

    @John Kenneth Wiseman now I'll just take your head off! Ha Ha Ha!!!

    G.... a....

    "you don't need two ears"

  43. g.... ....

    This song makes me want to sit down and do nothing at all

    g.... ....

    gtgt2010 hahahahaha

    g.... ....

    this song is about smoking about 15 oz and then chillin

  44. L.... R....

    Shame this wasn't included on Re:Call 4 of the Loving The Alien box set. Missed opportunity.

  45. F.... ....

    "Hey how come her head don't come off."

  46. g.... ....

    When the sun goes down (when the sun goes down)
    And the bats are back to bed (and the bats are back)
    The brothers come 'round (the brothers come 'round)
    I get out of my dirty bed (my dirty bed)
    I shake my pretty little head (I shake my pretty little head)
    Tap my pretty little feet (tap my pretty little feet)
    Feeling brighter than sunlight (oh)
    Louder than thunder (oh)
    Bouncing like a yo-yo, whoa (oh)
    Don't got no problems (no problems)
    Ain't got no suitcase (no suitcase)
    Ain't got no clothes to worry about (no clothes to worry about)
    Ain't got no real estate or jewelry or gold mines to hang me up
    I just throw in my hand (throw in my hand)
    With the chilliest bunch in the land (in the land)
    They don't look much (oh), they sure chilly chilly (oh)
    They positively glow-glow, huh (oh)
    Chilly down with the fire gang
    Think small with the fire gang (It's the only way)
    Bad hep with the fire gang (a smile a day keeps the doctor away)
    When your thing gets wild, chilly down
    Chilly down with the fire gang (Hey, I'm a wild child)
    Act tall with the fire gang (whoo, walk tall)
    Good times, bad food (yeah)
    When your thing gets wild
    Chilly down, chilly down
    Drive you crazy, really lazy, eye rollin', funky strollin', ball playin'
    Hip swayin', trouble makin', booty shakin', tripping, passing, jumping
    Bouncing, drivin', stylin', creeping, pouncing, shoutin', screamin'
    Double dealin', rockin', rollin', and a-reelin'
    With the mackin' sex appealin'.
    Can you dig our groovy feelin'?
    So when things get too tough (get too tough)
    And your chin is dragging on the ground (dragging on the ground)
    And even down looks up (down looks up)
    Bad luck, heh-heh
    We can show you a good time (show you a good time)
    And we don't charge nothin' (nothin' at all)
    Just strut your nasty stuff
    Wiggle in the middle yeah
    Get the town talkin', fire gang
    Chilly down with the fire gang (think small)
    Think small with the fire gang (bad hep)
    Bad hep with the fire gang (hey, listen up)
    When your thing gets wild
    Chilly down
    Chilly down with the fire gang (hey, shake your pretty little head)
    Act tall with the fire gang (tap your pretty little feet)
    Good times, bad food (come on, come on)
    When your thing gets wild
    Chilly down
    Chilly down with the fire gang (wooh)
    Think small with the fire gang
    Bad hep with the fire gang

    g.... ....

    I never once knee what the song said til now

    g.... ....

    Thank you. Soooo much for this.

  47. J.... S....

    hello my dad named me after this movie when i die this movie is going to be played
    i want my corpse in a up right position facing it so i can watch this movie for the last time before i meet my hero David Bowie up in heaven.

    J.... S....

    @• Lucy • that really made me laugh out loud! 🤣

    J.... S....

    I'm 42 years old, and I still name most of my video game characters Jareth, lol. You're dad's totally rad!

    J.... S....

    That's awesome but also slightly terrifying

    J.... S....

    Cool but holy shit my dood

    J.... S....

    Jareth Smith Bro I wish I could meet someone like this in real life. Jareth is such a cool name😂

  48. d.... ....

    The perfect anthem for faerie creatures. Fast and funny but with an edge of menace and madness

  49. A.... C....

    How does this only have 200 likes

    A.... C....

    Better question - How are there ANY thumbs down?!?!

    A.... C....

    It's traumatizing? LOL

  50. A.... G....

    Did Bowie sing this?

    A.... G....

    It is both him and the black guy.

    A.... G....

    A couple of different people sung it, but not David Bowie. But he did write the song.

    A.... G....

    Kevin clash sang part of this as a firey

    A.... G....

    Danny John-Jules (Cat from Red Dwarf) sung the part of 2 Fieries from this scene.

    A.... G....

    He might of done the backing vocals

  51. a.... 0....

    this is the best song on this soundtrack. magic is cool but this is a crazy good awesome catchy song.

    a.... 0....

    I was always both horrified and entertained by The Fire Gang LOL

    a.... 0....

    I agree i really like the sound track and i LOVE this song above all.

    a.... 0....

    As The World Falls Down is the best in my opinion 😂

  52. K.... R....

    David Bowie is a legend and his music needs to be WAY more noticed

  53. C.... E....

    I wish there was a band that just sounded like this. Even if it was just one albums of songs like this. Thank god they gave us this one, though.

    C.... E....

    Oingo Boingo

    C.... E....

    Christopher Elfers yeah and I’d be thinking the same kind of thing about the number one band in history - The Beatles!

    C.... E....

    I feel like a good amount of stuff by the B-52s has similar lyrical energy

    C.... E....

    sounds like the kinks

    C.... E....

    Try Stump

  54. K.... ....

    Why doesn't this have more views?

    K.... ....

    It was only uploaded last year and there are many other version available on youtube, including the part clipped from the movie

    K.... ....

    It's kind of a terrifying scene for children, now that I look back at it LOL

  55. B.... ....

    I feel like this is very underrated

    B.... ....

    I use to hate this scene as a kid but now I love it because of the great song.

    B.... ....

    That's because its a beautiful hidden gem of David Bowie's work.

    B.... ....

    Let’s agree