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 song, explains that he is "no better / and neither are you / we are the same / whatever we do." Sly's sister Rose Stone sings bridging sections that mock the futility of people hating each other for being tall, short, rich, poor, fat, skinny, white, black, or anything else. The bridges of the song contain the line "different strokes for different folks," which became a popular catchphrase in 1969 (and inspired the name of the later television series, "Diff'rent Strokes"). Rose's singing ends each part of the bridge with the words: "And so on, and so on, and scooby