Everyday People series of Toyota commercials in the late 1990s. The song's title is mentioned in the hit song by Sly and the Family Stone's "Thank You (For Lettin Me Be Myself Again)" in the third verse, along with their other hit "Dance to the Music". Soul singer Billy Paul covered the song on his 1970 album "Ebony Woman". Joan Jett's version appears on her 1983 release "Album". "Everyday People" by Ta Mara and the Seen was a minor hit in the Philippines in 1988. Aretha Franklin performed a version of the song for her 1991 album "What You See Is What
Everyday People dooby doo". During the chorus, all of the singing members of the band (Sly, Rosie, Larry Graham, and Sly's brother Freddie Stone) proclaim that "I am everyday people," meaning that each of them (and each listener as well) should consider himself or herself as parts of one whole, not of smaller, specialized factions. Bassist Larry Graham contends that the track featured the first instance of the "slap bass" technique, which would become a staple of funk and other genres. The technique involves striking a string with the thumb of the right hand (or left hand, for a left-handed player) so