"Tiny Hands" (full title: "We Don't Want Your Tiny Hands, Anywhere Near Our Underpants") is a

protest song A protest song is a song that is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of ''topical'' songs (or songs connected to current events). It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre. Among social mov ...

Fiona Apple Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She has released five albums from 1996 to 2020, which have all reached the top 20 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Apple has received numerous awards an ...

, released on

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days prior to the

2017 Women's March The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, the day after Inauguration of Donald Trump, the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president. It was prompted by Trump's policy positions and rhetoric, which protesters called Misog ...

(January 21, 2017), for which the song was created.

Composition and recording

During the one-minute long chant, Apple repeats, "We don't want your tiny hands / anywhere near our underpants". The track, which was produced by Michael Whalen, also includes a sample of

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...

's comments from the Donald Trump and Billy Bush recording, in which he boasts about grabbing the body parts of women. Apple recorded the song on her phone. "Tiny Hands" features Apple's voice "mixed over chunky synth drums and a sample of Trump bragging about grabbing women in the crotch".

Reception

"Tiny Hands" has been called the "unofficial anthem" for the 2017 Women's March. ''

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'' described the song as "clever and succinct", and ''

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s Carrie Battan called the song "blunt and infectious". David Hajdu of ''

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'' said of the song: "It's a forceful recording with a message of resistance expressed in direct and disturbingly intimate terms, in which Apple addresses not only Trump's individual transgressions, but also his threat to women's reproductive rights and the sovereignty of women more broadly. Needless to say, it resonates best when it's sung by women, though it leaves a great many

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threats for other songs to take up."

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* {{Trump media 2017 songs Fiona Apple songs Songs about Donald Trump Protest songs Songs with feminist themes Songs about sexual assault Songs written by Fiona Apple

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