Millennials Of Twitter Roused Into Remembering 'Peaches' By Presidents Of The Unites States Of America

Millennials and Gen X-ers were roused from their retirement homes yesterday after a viral tweet suggested, "A good way to tell elder millennials from younger ones is to shriek-sing 'PEACHES COME FROM A CAN' at them and see what happens."

A good way to tell elder millennials from younger ones is to shriek-sing “PEACHES COME FROM A CAN” at them and see what happens

— Jessica Ellis (@baddestmamajama) May 24, 2021

The tweet by Jessica Ellis is referencing the song by Presidents of the Unites States of America, a 90s band with hits such as "Lump," "Kitty," and of course, "Peaches."

The song is a very "only-in-the-90s" hit. It's essentially a song about eating peaches (with a brief verse of sexual innuendo), has lots of shrieking, and a bridge that's musically disconnected from the rest of the song. However, the track was a staple of mid-late 90s radio after its 1996 release, meaning that it was right in the wheelhouse of geriatric millennials, who took to Twitter in droves in response to Ellis' tweet. "THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN," the lyric following "PEACHES COME FROM A CAN," trended on Twitter throughout the day.

Who could have suspected "they were put there by a man" was the trigger phrase to awaken a sleeper cell of elder millennials?

I'm not going to pretend I was immune. I'm not that proud.

— "Two-Shots" Dollanganger, Fastest Vax in the South (@5thDollanganger) May 24, 2021

I made this because "THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN" is trending, and thaThe t shit's my jam. pic.twitter.com/UgUNdwxrGi

— Brandon Applegate (@brandonappleg8) May 24, 2021

Did you know THEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN?! pic.twitter.com/tu92pcq5nd

— The Great Tawnos (@TawnosWins) May 24, 2021

The "Peaches" craze even reached YouTube, as a nine-year-old video of a guy kayaking that happened to be set to the song (and titled "Peaches Come From A Can") hit the SEO jackpot. "Google brought me here after my sister posted some meme about this song," wrote one new commenter.

As far as frivolous trends on Twitter go, the site can (and often does) do way worse than remembering a pretty esoteric 90s jam.