Context

This line is from the song "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers, from the album Still Bill (1972).

If a person doesn't like this song, then something is probably wrong with them. Remember that.

Originally recorded by Bill Withers, "Lean of Me" was a number-one hit in the '70s. As if that didn't prove the song's greatness, Club Nouveau added a Casio keyboard-sounding beat and took it to number one again in the '80s. Here's Bill's version, and here's Club Nouveau's. If you ask us, they both be jammin'.

Where you've heard it

Chances are you heard it when some kid you know was taking their first piano lessons. That's because it's super easy to play. You also might've heard the lines as sung by the kids of Glee. Check it out here.

The song and its famous chorus can also be heard in the 1989 Morgan Freeman movie that snags the song's title.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

We're still studying this, Shmoopers, but we think that this might be the most unpretentious song ever written.