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It's easy today to dismiss "Everyday People" as a bland song about acceptance, and almost uniform conformity, that has been used for everything from Cher and Future selling jeans in a Gap ad to Maroon 5 covering on a tribute album. But the Family Stone really were an early example of diversity in popular music. In 1969, there were very few bands with black and white members. Sly was a man who simultaneously preached activism and progressivism ("Don't Call Me N***, Whitey") and tolerance (see this song). Not for nothing, "Everyday People" may be the first example of slap bass in a funk song. I covered Sly before (#Frey1968, #Song1119), including just last December while he was still alive. But, like Ozzy and Golden Earring's George Kooymans, Sly sadly passed away this summer as well. He died on June 9, 2025 of chronic heart disease at age 82. We should remember the original message of "Everyday People" as an anthem of inclusion and a celebration of diversity. (Also, is it just me, or does this song remind you a lot of "Islands in the Stream"?) RIP, Sly.