Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance

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  • Watch the official music video for "While You See A Chance" performed by Steve Winwood
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    Music video by Steve Winwood performing While You See A Chance. (C) 1986 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
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  • @tonyarmstrong488
    @tonyarmstrong488 4 года назад +1743

    This song reminds me of my Dad. The first time I heard it, we were riding together, he says “oh, great song!” and turned it up. Now every time I hear it come on the radio, that’s what I do, turn it up. Miss you Dad 💜

    • @scotttyger4856
      @scotttyger4856 4 года назад +66

      Amazing how a song or melody will impact us for the rest of our time here!!! I like your little reflection, it's simplicity but impact. Nice.

    • @sally-annmccarthy5323
      @sally-annmccarthy5323 3 года назад +33

      With you Tony. So many feels to this tune.

    • @michaelehrenberg8583
      @michaelehrenberg8583 3 года назад +39

      OH Tony!! I remember playing this album for my dad, too...he always loved when I turned him onto music. He did the same! I miss him so much. thanks for sharing! Michael

    • @michellewilliams8663
      @michellewilliams8663 3 года назад +28

      Me too...my dad had the album and I think instantly of my dad when I hear it.

    • @marswmnwhoever2188
      @marswmnwhoever2188 3 года назад +18

      It reminds me of my grandparents and yes my grandfather that I called " Dad" cuz I called my father Daddy ...always. Miss them both, but it reminds me of being at my grandparents house on school vacations.

  • @thatsrandom737
    @thatsrandom737 Месяц назад +48

    My Dad passed in 1999. We used to listen to this song and drive on the highway together. It fills me with hope and reminds me of him. I love this song.

    • @peterlittle123
      @peterlittle123 19 дней назад +2

      It's good how just the one song or a certain aroma or the smell from a room in a house can bring back old memories ! It would be good to go back in time , not to change anything but just to relive some of those memories ! 😂

    • @thatsrandom737
      @thatsrandom737 19 дней назад +2

      @@peterlittle123 yeah that would be cool.

    • @madness3433
      @madness3433 14 часов назад

      Hey Peter, I could not say it better ! I 've got the same with this masterpiece. Wish I had a Time machine 😢. Greetz from Holland 🇳🇱​@@peterlittle123

  • @kurtistjones6337
    @kurtistjones6337 2 года назад +242

    He saw a chance. Met Valerie. Found higher love. And is back in the high life again.

    • @lisapoynor7585
      @lisapoynor7585 2 года назад +12

      Excellent!!

    • @colinrussell4868
      @colinrussell4868 5 месяцев назад +16

      Now he's rolling with it baby.

    • @richardingrassia4276
      @richardingrassia4276 5 месяцев назад +6

      Well done kurtis

    • @rcdrury1
      @rcdrury1 5 месяцев назад +3

      If I'm not mistaken, you did that all within the same album. Well done!

    • @SpaceLord2025
      @SpaceLord2025 5 месяцев назад +3

      i bet you worked all day n night for that one!!!

  • @FELIPEGARCIA-fk6zx
    @FELIPEGARCIA-fk6zx 2 года назад +294

    My body says Im 60 but my heart & mind says 21... I'll go by my heart...I want my 80's !!!!!

  • @mierezsaturday5855
    @mierezsaturday5855 4 месяца назад +61

    Being a teenager in a severely abusive household, listening to this song under the covers in the ghetto of Miami 1986. Memorizing each lyric as if it were a blueprint of escape.

    • @hesh2892
      @hesh2892 2 месяца назад +4

      It is a blueprint of escape

    • @light6508
      @light6508 Месяц назад +4

      I will keep you in my prayers! Join a church with a youth pastor where they actually praise the word of God and the truth. Also, listen to worship songs and lay your burden unto Him. He does listen. He is a compassionate Father 🙏🙏🙏

    • @marialeticiajp
      @marialeticiajp Месяц назад

      Indeed! Yes, He is!​@@light6508

    • @1JUSTPASSINGTHROUGH
      @1JUSTPASSINGTHROUGH Месяц назад

      ❤️💕💗🥰

    • @robd.153
      @robd.153 Месяц назад

      ha - wow… Can relate to a degree … via con dios amigo.

  • @permanent0midnight
    @permanent0midnight 2 года назад +460

    The keyboard overture gets me every time. It evokes so much emotions of memories of youth. How I even got to this age in life, I'll never know. I miss all the friends and loved ones that have gone before me. Songs like this are my last link to the past.

    • @terryhancockroc6560
      @terryhancockroc6560 2 года назад +11

      Awesome observations. We must have all been watching MTV waiting for gems like this to come on!
      Now we can sit back and watch as Stranger Things show all our kids what real music was🎯

    • @forwardfaith
      @forwardfaith 2 года назад +4

      Yeah me too.

    • @cm-mv7ml
      @cm-mv7ml 2 года назад +4

      I hear ya. Peace.

    • @robbie4860
      @robbie4860 Год назад +6

      Yep music can do that. 60s, 70s and the 80s were the best in music. Can't believe we've hit rock bottom with our "music" in the 2***. The garbage the artist's make today lacks love and soul

    • @bernarddeane8975
      @bernarddeane8975 Год назад +7

      So beautifully articulated sir. Thanks for that. It gets me too! I think back to being a kid working my first job in 1986 and all the feelings that accompanied that time, mostly hope. Song uplifted me then and still does.

  • @jackmomma7481
    @jackmomma7481 5 лет назад +81

    That's me in that video... the one in the black spandex. I remember hearing my dad tell the crew, "That's my son right there!"... he then blurted out a loud "I LOVE YOU SON... I'M PROUD OF YOU!!!" LOL

    • @CynthiaAllenStrawberry
      @CynthiaAllenStrawberry 3 месяца назад +7

      Cool!

    • @sgn6515
      @sgn6515 Месяц назад

      Amazing!

    • @1JUSTPASSINGTHROUGH
      @1JUSTPASSINGTHROUGH 14 дней назад +1

      How very cool! I LOVE this song. It was my song that I listened to when I was about to make a big change in my life. Like moving or taking a new job….

  • @mjs3764
    @mjs3764 5 лет назад +438

    Steve Winwood is one classy, super-talented, musical genius.

    • @jeftesantos6845
      @jeftesantos6845 4 года назад +7

      MJS376 No doubt. Simply masterpiece

    • @derpaderpaderpader
      @derpaderpaderpader 2 года назад +4

      this statement is correct.

    • @greggstewart1977
      @greggstewart1977 2 года назад +3

      Couldn't say it better myself ☺️

    • @dukecraig2402
      @dukecraig2402 2 года назад

      True, but the fact is the string of hits he had starting with this in 1981 through the mid 80's weren't written by him, I can't remember his name but there was a guy who wrote all those hits for him through that era.

    • @markgordon7193
      @markgordon7193 2 года назад +8

      Will Jennings, & no he CO-wrote them WITH Steve

  • @belga3513
    @belga3513 21 день назад +19

    Steve Winwood's voice,music and his style is wonderful.

  • @arminwestenhofer2735
    @arminwestenhofer2735 5 месяцев назад +41

    One of the best musicians in the world...completely underrated...

    • @profitnadeem
      @profitnadeem 5 месяцев назад +6

      So overlooked and undervalued! His music spoke life love and truths. Bless you for recognizing 🙏🏽🕊️🫡

    • @SpaceLord2025
      @SpaceLord2025 5 месяцев назад +1

      um ok in no way form or fashion is steve winwood underrated by anyone anywhere... the only thing underrated is your level of stupidity you are both idiots!!!!

    • @SpaceLord2025
      @SpaceLord2025 5 месяцев назад +1

      that is the dumbest statement anyone has ever said if i was him id be offended by your stupidity.....that is no where near true on any planet!!!!

    • @anthonydowney6069
      @anthonydowney6069 5 месяцев назад +5

      From the age of 6 😅😊❤!

  • @Erin-uz2gf
    @Erin-uz2gf 2 года назад +159

    Steve Winwood talked about how some people said he sold out in the 80's, but when I listen to this I hear it as being as soulful as any Traffic tune..... it has all the elements that made them legendary. Great song.

    • @ChrisWilliam-er2cw
      @ChrisWilliam-er2cw Год назад +2

      I think he settled into his own with songs like this.

    • @ChrisWilliam-er2cw
      @ChrisWilliam-er2cw Год назад +1

      ​@@geetarman AC DC rules. Watch Angus on Thunderstruck. One hand intro.

    • @ThePineryGuy
      @ThePineryGuy Год назад

    • @cs292
      @cs292 Год назад +5

      He didn’t sell out, he grew up.

    • @427SuperSnake1
      @427SuperSnake1 Год назад +3

      I don’t think he sold out. His music is some of the most memorable songs of the 80’s.

  • @michaelcallahan6527
    @michaelcallahan6527 6 лет назад +155

    I was at a lecture/presentation on Steve Winwood's work by a musicologist which was very good and during the Q & A a supposed expert in the audience referred sarcastically to the 80's as Winwood's "lounge singer" period. Forget the weird video and the stuffy clothes, the songs he wrote in the 80's were incredible - so good!. True they were a little more "pop hits" style than the classic improvisational Traffic work of the 60's and 70's - but you can be sure that all the elite talents from the 60's and 70's would have killed to be able to write and perform music as successful as Winwood did in the 80's. There's nothing wrong with commercial success, man! There are trashy, throwaway pop hits and there are classic pop hits and he turned out one great pop song after another in the 80's. Give him a ton of credit for his versatility and genius.

    • @terryhancockroc6560
      @terryhancockroc6560 2 года назад +16

      Amen to this all!
      From what I remember Steve Winwood was all but wrapped up at this point. By his own admission he was going out with this album-all or nothing. He did all the instruments. Write, composed everything on Arc. The things kids held Kenny Kravitz or Prince up for being a genius 10 years later Here Steve Winwood shared stages and studios with legends and pioneered a lot of this type of music.
      You watch, Stranger Things will get to this song and it'll be the next Running Up That Hill that turns a whole new generation on to this Genius.
      Great memories of this song.
      Love it!

    • @Erin-uz2gf
      @Erin-uz2gf 2 года назад +7

      This song could be a Traffic tune!! .....just remove the 80's synth and there it is. Great song.

    • @NeverTalkToCops1
      @NeverTalkToCops1 2 года назад

      You've been bamboozled. "lounge singer period" is quite apt.

    • @boosqueezy2418
      @boosqueezy2418 Год назад +7

      sounds like the “expert” is envious of steve’s talent and success. these songs stand the test of time and then some!!!

    • @philg4116
      @philg4116 Год назад +1

      @@terryhancockroc6560 yeah, but, no need to take a swipe at Prince here (Kravitz ehhh) you didn’t have to be a kid to recognize that Prince was worthy of the genius label. Try finding anyone in the biz who will dispute it.

  • @finnmccool684
    @finnmccool684 3 года назад +232

    This is one of those rare songs...when you hear the closing chords...you silently grieve that the song will soon be over.

    • @stormfield9431
      @stormfield9431 3 года назад +8

      What a cool comment. I 100% agree. good on you!

    • @sally-annmccarthy5323
      @sally-annmccarthy5323 3 года назад +3

      so true . Ive replayed 3 times tonight so far

    • @sally-annmccarthy5323
      @sally-annmccarthy5323 3 года назад

      Also, Finn McCool ? You a warrior fam ?

    • @karenishness1
      @karenishness1 3 года назад +5

      When Michael Jackson won nine grammies Stevie was the only other person winning.

    • @finnmccool684
      @finnmccool684 3 года назад

      @@sally-annmccarthy5323 What kind of warriors?

  • @timtraver7152
    @timtraver7152 4 года назад +274

    Remember the 1980's when everything seemed bright, shiny and new? Yeah, I remember that too...

    • @android584
      @android584 3 года назад +7

      Never thought those dystopian 80s movies were actually on to something.

    • @alanvallazza9781
      @alanvallazza9781 3 года назад +6

      I was pretty young. 2 in 1980 and 11 in 1989. I wish I could redo life.

    • @theraven3481
      @theraven3481 3 года назад +5

      You are exactly right.... everything was in front of not only the young in school who heard this on the radio but the world in general. Too many things to list...... I'm 55 and we truly were blessed to have lived in that time period as young people growing up

    • @FLAMENGO4L
      @FLAMENGO4L 2 года назад +2

      Melhor década pra música eternamente.

    • @charliegirl42ify
      @charliegirl42ify 2 года назад +3

      Everything was shinier in the 80s. Compared to today. Sheesh.

  • @pattysutton5684
    @pattysutton5684 24 дня назад +18

    I was 14 and woke up “in a clear blue morning” in park city Utah the sun was refracting off the snow but the sky was the most extreme blue I’ve ever seen. It was magical, this song takes me back to that morning. Thank you Steve for making the music of my life.

  • @deltatango1248
    @deltatango1248 2 года назад +9

    Love that fart at 0:03.

  • @tonyd6270
    @tonyd6270 3 года назад +130

    The whole "Arc of a Diver" album is excellent. Winwood made some great music in the 80s.

  • @ayanat.miller3929
    @ayanat.miller3929 4 года назад +368

    Who's here listening to this Classic in 2020?

  • @stacyjessee4973
    @stacyjessee4973 2 года назад +234

    This is one of those songs you never get tired of hearing . Reminds me of my HS days !!!

    • @petediamond7358
      @petediamond7358 2 года назад +3

      I agree with you Stacy but that sentiment isn't exclusive to this song, I get that same feeling with many of his other hits...

    • @Wolferal
      @Wolferal 2 года назад +4

      Same. It reminds me of walking around the house early in the morning getting ready for school in the early 80s.

    • @techytech1
      @techytech1 Год назад

      YYUP... I was 16 when this was out.. memories galore.

    • @ebenezersouza5956
      @ebenezersouza5956 Год назад

      Como nao lembrar das propagandas do hollywoog o sucesso

    • @urbanbader4113
      @urbanbader4113 Год назад

      Yes I agree but what is HS 🙃✋

  • @nativson6312
    @nativson6312 8 месяцев назад +50

    Triggers a yearning for this great time in my life…I was born in the perfect time of music ! Thank you God….im so blessed in all ways !

  • @Spy-hp8ki
    @Spy-hp8ki Год назад +94

    The video may seem quite outdated. But the Music is by far more superior to the ones we hear today.

    • @cristiangortega
      @cristiangortega 6 месяцев назад +2

      Así es el video con muy pocos recursos pero era de época , de la musica mucho que decir de un genio que lo ponías cantar con Eric Clapton eran 2 perdón son 2 grandes genios ...!!!! Saludos del Chileno de ❤

    • @hermeswings1925
      @hermeswings1925 5 месяцев назад +1

      It's the haircut that's outdated. Or never dated. Lol

    • @gimmyherbert8217
      @gimmyherbert8217 4 месяца назад

      We here my state has channel 49.5 plays the smooth music ....but still play Taylor Swift junk

  • @joshuak5958
    @joshuak5958 Год назад +63

    One of Winwood's underrated talents: the ability to sing passionately with weird crap going on behind him.

    • @BlueBeeMCMLXI
      @BlueBeeMCMLXI 11 месяцев назад +1

      you couldn't make a sandwich.

  • @maestroh2986
    @maestroh2986 9 месяцев назад +16

    I know a guy who had High School Shop class with Steve Winwood. He said they were both making guitars. He never finished his, but Steve finished his. He said 'doesn't that tell a story'

  • @regiopazzo
    @regiopazzo 2 года назад +41

    My goldfish died on Valentine’s Day, 1993. This was his favorite song. Gill, I miss you, buddy.

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 6 месяцев назад +4

      I had shubunkin. Great fish! Miss them, I’m traveling and can’t have a fish 😢

    • @robd.153
      @robd.153 6 месяцев назад +5

      😆 😆 😆

    • @paulnewell7722
      @paulnewell7722 3 месяца назад +1

      😂😂😂

    • @simonvanderheijden432
      @simonvanderheijden432 2 месяца назад +2

      You've made my day.. 😂

    • @viincentrobinson3658
      @viincentrobinson3658 Месяц назад +1

      My gosh… One of the greatest comments ever written on RUclips!

  • @noreneallinotte8270
    @noreneallinotte8270 2 года назад +86

    This song ALWAYS makes me cry..Those WERE the greats days…My late husband loved this, as we took a CHANCE on each other!

  • @dantanna3161
    @dantanna3161 8 лет назад +1111

    my wife died last Nov and today is her birthday((. this was one of her fav songs. miss you baby !

    • @williamwerner7086
      @williamwerner7086 8 лет назад +36

      +Chuck Jones happy birthday to your wife!!she had wonderful taste!you were a blessed man!

    • @dantanna3161
      @dantanna3161 8 лет назад +22

      Thank you William . very nice of you to take time to comment!!

    • @kellicontreras1396
      @kellicontreras1396 6 лет назад +23

      Chuck Jones Sorry you lost your wife! She had great taste in music and was lucky to have someone who loved her as it seems you did very much!

    • @foesperu84b
      @foesperu84b 6 лет назад +22

      My deepest condolences, she had great taste.

    • @andrewsnow1933
      @andrewsnow1933 6 лет назад +6

      Chuck Jones

  • @wanted-33
    @wanted-33 5 лет назад +114

    This song helped me make one of the biggest decisions in my life. And, it paid off. Thanks you Steve Winwood.

    • @mvnorsel6354
      @mvnorsel6354 10 месяцев назад

      Glad you got the ' cat '.😅

  • @laurentfaugerolas3485
    @laurentfaugerolas3485 Год назад +85

    June 1981. I brought this record during a weekend at the seaside with friends.We never stopped listening to this incredible song. Two days after , I had my written exams for my two degrees, in Law and Political sciences. It went well but , coming back to my parents' home after the session , I had a very serious car accident which left me with my two legs broken. I thought afterwards that I was lucky because I was a survivor ! I spent 3 weeks in a wheelchair and , thereafter, one month and a half with a plaster on the left leg. I spent all summer long in re-education and working the .... 12 topics I had to take for my oral exams, end of September. And I made it ! Guess what ? When I was lacking energy , I was listening to this fabulous song . I was then telling to myself : " Man , while you see a chance take it !". Thanks Stevie, you will always stay in my heart !

    • @Merula-er1xr
      @Merula-er1xr Год назад +5

      Nice story! I am glad everything went well, after all.

    • @robadams5799
      @robadams5799 Год назад +4

      Awesome story. Thank you for sharing.

    • @babyfacenc
      @babyfacenc 10 месяцев назад +2

      Success in life is just the realization how good we have it.
      While you see a chance? Oh geez. We always have that choice

    • @FLAMENGO4L
      @FLAMENGO4L 9 месяцев назад +2

      beautiful story, here in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil there is a radio station that has always played great bands including Stive with this wonderful song. I love

  • @chadbot0129
    @chadbot0129 6 месяцев назад +13

    It's honestly cool and impressive that a Rock singer from the 60s went completely synthpop in the 80s. Most artists, like Rolling Stones and Who, maintained some level of their sound, but him, Peter Gabriel, they just completely 180d and they're all the cooler for it.

    • @petechau9616
      @petechau9616 3 месяца назад +4

      I would add the Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship to groups that started in the 60s and continued thru to the 80s.

  • @TweedSuit
    @TweedSuit 3 года назад +195

    He's only 32 years old here but already a veteran of the 60's and 70's music scene.

    • @detroitpolak9904
      @detroitpolak9904 2 года назад +6

      Ages as u showed always amaze me on some of these. Other day I learned Olivia Newton John was 30 during Grease and 33 when Physical came out. I was blown away

    • @nhmooytis7058
      @nhmooytis7058 2 года назад +6

      Started age 16!

    • @georgegordonbrown9522
      @georgegordonbrown9522 2 года назад +1

      15

    • @markgordon7193
      @markgordon7193 2 года назад

      33!

  • @arkady714
    @arkady714 9 лет назад +279

    "When there's no one left to leave you, Even you don't quite believe you..."

    • @cherylruhr6001
      @cherylruhr6001 5 лет назад +16

      That's when no one can deceive you

    • @susanhooper1605
      @susanhooper1605 5 лет назад +4

      My favorite lyric and favorite song!

    • @bfelker77
      @bfelker77 4 года назад +2

      This exact lyric brought me here!

    • @malcolmcoco6458
      @malcolmcoco6458 4 года назад +1

      I never thought of it.... but it is

    • @jaslynkingston7533
      @jaslynkingston7533 4 года назад +6

      arkady714 😊NICE GOD JESUS TTHEE ANGELS ARE WITH YOU THE HOLYSPIRIT INVITES YOU & GOD WILL ALWAYS BELIEVE IN YOU!! & LOVE YOU EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T HE DOES THAT ALONE COULD MAKE YOU SHED TEARS THAT WHICH HE COUNT'S AND COLLECTS EVERY ONE HOW PRECIOUS HIS CHILDREN ARE GOD BLESS YOU GOD BLESS ALL!!! GODS PRECIOUS CHILDREN IN JESUS CHRIST!!!! NAME HALLELUJAH AMEN😊

  • @kevink5073
    @kevink5073 6 месяцев назад +12

    This song was always about "going for it" for me. It became my mantra in life. It gave me hope in dark times...

  • @steves4177
    @steves4177 5 лет назад +56

    One of the greatest songs ever written.

    • @randolphpinkle4482
      @randolphpinkle4482 Год назад

      Subjectivity at its best. Don't let your feelings and nostalgia completely destroy your critical faculties.

    • @juliebrown8331
      @juliebrown8331 Год назад +4

      ​@@randolphpinkle4482 you sound like you'd be a blast at a party. 🙄

    • @jamescole8355
      @jamescole8355 Год назад +2

      ​@@juliebrown8331 lol 😂

  • @CM-ym1rw
    @CM-ym1rw 7 месяцев назад +37

    Still listening in 2024! 😊
    Reminds me of being a kid in the early 80s!

    • @brandonmoore7497
      @brandonmoore7497 6 месяцев назад +1

      I’m listening to Steve Winwood While You See A Chance mid February 2024
      2:27

  • @gwynnielsen5081
    @gwynnielsen5081 2 года назад +158

    I love the positivity of this song. Life is all about timing and taking chances.

    • @armandocardona4478
      @armandocardona4478 Год назад +4

      IMO the one overriding characteristic of most 1980's pop/rock is its unbounded sense of positivity & optimism. We were happy & we did not know it.

    • @gwynnielsen5081
      @gwynnielsen5081 Год назад

      @@armandocardona4478 We are happy now and don't know it. Happiness is relative. Human nature doesn't change over time, only technology. Here's one of my own about searching for happiness: ruclips.net/video/VeP2dardrFc/видео.html. Enjoy your own sense of contentment.

    • @armandocardona4478
      @armandocardona4478 Год назад +2

      @@gwynnielsen5081 - I agree with what you just wrote in general terms but what I meant is that life was much simpler in the 1980's, much less affected or encumbered by intrusive technology and totally unaffected by social media of course; computers were just coming into general use but there were no iPhones, no Internet, no Facebook, no Twitter and no algorithms to foster division into opposing blocs and groups. Given the high social tensions that affect many if not most countries these days, the 1980's seem like Paradise in retrospect; oh and pop/rock was MUCH BETTER back then as well, and my guess is that if you don't share or can't relate to that general feeling, you hadn't been born yet in the 1980's.

    • @gwynnielsen5081
      @gwynnielsen5081 Год назад +1

      @@armandocardona4478 I hear you, Armando. And I agree. I was born in 1958; however, my music has a fan base of people in their forties. I am extremely happy that my music is being played in the Ukraine now. This song they like: ruclips.net/video/amrXlywecCA/видео.html. 9CeSgxnOkkDU845aRbizWQNymCu. It is obvious why, I think. The power of music will outshine all technology. It is a panacea.

    • @armandocardona4478
      @armandocardona4478 Год назад +1

      @@gwynnielsen5081 - I stand corrected & I apologize for any offense I may have given by anything I wrote before. Stay safe & best regards.

  • @abathens
    @abathens Год назад +91

    One of the best songs of all time, especially if you are middle aged or older. This one came out when I was 11.

    • @julieboehm8062
      @julieboehm8062 Год назад +2

      Same for me!

    • @MultiGreatescape
      @MultiGreatescape Год назад +2

      Feels just like yesterday

    • @BuddyLee23
      @BuddyLee23 Год назад +1

      I was born in the 80s and I have always found the song wistfully (and enjoyably) nostalgic.

    • @robertleach4496
      @robertleach4496 Год назад +1

      Very true crafted to perfectiom

    • @dbeans63
      @dbeans63 Год назад +1

      This is a classic. It tells me to love. Not to forsake a true love.

  • @aphillychristmas626
    @aphillychristmas626 3 года назад +158

    Can’t believe this song is 40 years old. Time flies :(

    • @marswmnwhoever2188
      @marswmnwhoever2188 2 года назад +6

      Wish could turn the clock and go back. Would definitely not of chosen to waste my life around people that just use other people. " When theres no one left to leave you even you dont quite believe you" cant believe Im this age living as I do. Broken people picker

    • @hardiemartellgarnett2911
      @hardiemartellgarnett2911 2 года назад +2

      Philly , doesnt time fly? I am wondering what happened to my 20s. will be 59 in a few months

    • @lewisgriffiths9928
      @lewisgriffiths9928 2 года назад +2

      Can’t believe I am forty years older after first hearing it!!

    • @88feji
      @88feji Год назад +1

      I do not really like Steve Winwood's big hits but I have a soft spot for this particular song While You See A Chance ... its really a special vibe that belongs to a very special time in human history .... you get immediately transported to that time period and the wonderful innocence of it ....

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 Год назад

      That’s right the early 80’s .

  • @keithrad7082
    @keithrad7082 7 лет назад +263

    I never cared for Steve Winwood's music (radio hits) during the 80's. I was too busy listening to heavy metal and hard rock. Then.....I found Traffic..... and some years later...... discovered Blind Faith and BOOM!!!! here I am. Yeah, you Can teach an old dog new tricks!! You're the man Steve, I just needed to hear where you had come from to see the light!

    • @wmarkfish
      @wmarkfish 5 лет назад +9

      If you were born much earlier you would have started with Spencer Davis Group and Yardbirds then gone on to Traffic and Cream and might have avoided the Heavy Metal phase. Traffic knew how to play the silent pause as well as blast the amps at the same time. The later Heavy Metal bands were lost on this sophistication and simply filled the air with noise.

    • @iljavermoet623
      @iljavermoet623 5 лет назад +7

      In that case: go and discover Stevie as the leadsinger/frontman of the Spencer Davis Group!

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 5 лет назад +2

      I'd be honored if some 80s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of PURPLE RAIN by Prince and PRAYING FOR TIME by George Michael on my YT channel in tribute to 2 of the greatest vocalist-songwriters in music history. Live acoustic with no autotune. Thanks and RESPECT to the legends.

    • @ktkingston6116
      @ktkingston6116 5 лет назад +8

      Lol better late than never. Check out Spencer Davis output

    • @tammyleederwhitaker649
      @tammyleederwhitaker649 4 года назад +3

      Always the light ✌️🥰🌷😇♥️

  • @gorbegra
    @gorbegra 7 дней назад +2

    I was in between jobs, broke, sent out countless resumes, had just left a bar, fired up a cigarette (was 1998), and this song came on the radio. Cranked it UP! Was such a POSITIVE shot in the arm. Really put the wind in my sails. Funny I remember all these years later....

  • @beanmchne
    @beanmchne Год назад +6

    Strange video but one of the best songs ever, imo. I'm 49 now, but whenever I hear this song, I'm back in the car with my dad.

  • @liciniawrench8123
    @liciniawrench8123 7 лет назад +218

    This is such a great song still after 37 years

  • @66impala71
    @66impala71 3 года назад +20

    "Are you still free? Can you be?"

    • @paulnewell7722
      @paulnewell7722 3 месяца назад

      great lyric to a very soulsy song

  • @snowbird9748
    @snowbird9748 Месяц назад +11

    Steve Winwood ist einer , der besten Musiker seiner Zeit . Doch leider wurde er , seinerzeit nicht genug geschätzt .
    Dieser Song baut mich , in diesen schweren Zeiten , immer wieder auf ❣

  • @eddiekay9019
    @eddiekay9019 4 месяца назад +13

    I think this is the best advice given. Take a chance.

  • @rifelaw
    @rifelaw 6 месяцев назад +7

    This album hit my desk while I was entertainment editor. Took it home and listened to it. Then listened again. Then wrote the review. Then kept listening and have never stopped.

  • @ryantay9642
    @ryantay9642 8 лет назад +281

    The beginning of this song reminds me of a beautiful sunrise. It sounds so positive and hopeful. SW, one of the best ever!

    • @Sincopare
      @Sincopare 7 лет назад +11

      Ryan Tay I am amazed that so many people have the same feeling about this song and sunrise as I!

    • @billybelcaro9585
      @billybelcaro9585 5 лет назад +6

      I read somewhere the intro was a mistake. The other music tracks were accidentally erased and only the organ solo remained and they went with that.
      Bob Ross would be proud! So I hope it's true :D

    • @franciscocosta2422
      @franciscocosta2422 5 лет назад +1

      Me too! The Same feelings and when im going to work I remember this song

    • @s.foostenveld29
      @s.foostenveld29 4 года назад +1

      Yes!

    • @ryantay9642
      @ryantay9642 4 года назад +3

      Lol. I think my dad posted this on my account. I don' even know who this guy is, and my dad's super into this sort of music.

  • @simonc61
    @simonc61 Год назад +20

    I saw my chance and took it a few months ago. After ten years single I've finally met my soul mate/twin flame 🙏☺️

    • @themanftheworld8439
      @themanftheworld8439 Год назад +1

      How ?
      You are lucky.

    • @Coneman3
      @Coneman3 Год назад

      Tried my luck got rejected 😢

    • @davidnikoloff3211
      @davidnikoloff3211 Год назад

      Never regret, no matter what happens. The fact is many of us turned down the chance you took, and forty years later we look back and think about that choice.

  • @mikehill8113
    @mikehill8113 День назад +4

    Sadly Will Jennings, Steve's co writer has passed away this week aged 80.
    A very talented man RIP

  • @jaslynkingston7533
    @jaslynkingston7533 4 года назад +65

    MOM
    WOULD BLAST THIS ONE FOR SURE WHEN I WAS A KID MISS HER WITH ALL!!!!! MY HEART AMEN REST IN PEACE PRECIOUS BEAUTIFUL MOM

  • @jannemanhendrik3881
    @jannemanhendrik3881 Год назад +6

    Jongens wat een plaat. Wat een tekst en wat een waarheid.

  • @jimmyparks3548
    @jimmyparks3548 Год назад +8

    It reminds me of my childhood woke me up every morning a little AM FM radio which was Mom and Dad's that's a beautiful song God Bless That Man

  • @KingAndrew5000
    @KingAndrew5000 9 лет назад +184

    i don't give a shit what anybody says.. this track is kick ass!

    • @gsadventures678
      @gsadventures678 7 лет назад +6

      Great message... you don't get far by not taking chances and risks.

    • @patrickbroadley7507
      @patrickbroadley7507 3 года назад

      One of the best ones from the 80s

    • @Ryan-zn1rk
      @Ryan-zn1rk 3 года назад

      But the video is crap. Never seen such a good song with such a bad video. Unusual combo for sure.

    • @vannjunkin8041
      @vannjunkin8041 3 года назад

      Sure as fuck is "kick ass"!i!i!

    • @tommoore4717
      @tommoore4717 3 года назад

      No its awesome

  • @kevinschiller1749
    @kevinschiller1749 Год назад +4

    Arc of a genius

  • @aliciahite9532
    @aliciahite9532 2 года назад +45

    This song came out when I was in Army boot camp. I listened to this on deployments. It gave me hope I would be coming home soon. It's helped me through alot of dark times in my life. I never get tired of listening to it. ❤

    • @TheGiantRobot
      @TheGiantRobot Год назад +1

      Glad you made it!

    • @catholicdad
      @catholicdad Год назад

      I thought you were going to say ". . . 'til I took an arrow to the knee."

  • @larrytasker7043
    @larrytasker7043 Год назад +36

    Steve Winwood is a musical genius. Brilliant voice, great style, amazing range and wonderful songs. One of the best. The collaborations with other legends shows how good he was/is

  • @jacksquat4140
    @jacksquat4140 10 месяцев назад +18

    Perfect example of how an awesome song can overcome a shitty video.

    • @d.o.f.t.1578
      @d.o.f.t.1578 21 день назад +1

      Are you kidding? This is peak MTV

    • @jacksquat4140
      @jacksquat4140 21 день назад +1

      @@d.o.f.t.1578: This wasn't classic MTV - it was rather disturbing.

  • @edwoll
    @edwoll 2 месяца назад +5

    Who can craft so much melodic beauty inside 3 minutes and 55 seconds? Steve Winwood, that's who.

  • @sabinoespinoza959
    @sabinoespinoza959 Год назад +7

    I was on my last year of my Marine 3 yr tour and I realized that I have no where to go. I went home for 18 months and I realized that my life was being in The Marine Corps. I did 6yr and 9 months when I got out. I now live my life as the title of the song ‘When you see a chance take it.

  • @RAZORBLACKRX
    @RAZORBLACKRX Год назад +5

    I attended Catholic grade school for a few years and the open overture reminds me of the church services I had to attend even though I wasn't catholic. The song came out at the same time I was graduating and moving on to high school. I will always associate that and the song's upbeat feelings with my youth. I can't stop feeling misty eye and nostalgic whenever I listen to it.

  • @lisamak7288
    @lisamak7288 Год назад +39

    I have ALWAYS loved this song. One of those songs you can't help but turn up and sing along. Never tire of it. Classic.

  • @lindo4010
    @lindo4010 8 лет назад +52

    Steve Winwood was such a teenage prodigy that by 1981, he was already a veteran of 17 years or so in the music business, with a deep and varied catalogue to his name. He had first appeared on the album chart in his own right, with a new studio recording, with a self-titled Island release in 1977. But it was on 10 January, 1981 that his solo career really took wing, with the UK chart debut of Arc Of A Diver.

    • @slaugh84
      @slaugh84 4 года назад +2

      well he was 33 in 1981, not exactly a teenager

    • @bicyclist2
      @bicyclist2 4 года назад +2

      I had no idea. Thank you.

    • @mitsu1539
      @mitsu1539 2 года назад +3

      @@slaugh84 He started playing in a band at 8yo, joined The Spencer Davis Group when he was 14, and their debut single was released on just 10days after his 16th BD. Have a listen to their Georgia On My Mind cover that was recorded when he was 17, you might forget about his '80s stuff ;-)

  • @goingtothestore
    @goingtothestore 3 года назад +48

    Every once in a while I need to remind myself of Winwood’s greatness.

  • @onehit2364
    @onehit2364 Год назад +9

    Why do i have tears? Love this...reminds me of my younger years.

  • @097534
    @097534 5 месяцев назад +6

    That synth and melody sends shivers down my spine.

  • @maxkerkar7175
    @maxkerkar7175 4 месяца назад +173

    2024 anyone ?

  • @user-dd9yu2bi6w
    @user-dd9yu2bi6w 9 месяцев назад +3

    80年代はプログレの雄達がヒット曲を連発していましたね、本当に音楽が熟成していた時期だったと思います。

  • @DavidNewlandz
    @DavidNewlandz 2 года назад +10

    Reacquainted myself with this anthem, moments ago, happily now covered in tears and snot.

  • @gilsanderson3275
    @gilsanderson3275 5 лет назад +23

    God....he looks so young! I'm a long time Steve Winwood fan, seen him live several times, and he NEVER fails to put on a great show.

  • @PrimalEater
    @PrimalEater 2 года назад +14

    The most prolific song writer and musician very under rated genius.

  • @Evangelistos
    @Evangelistos 7 месяцев назад +9

    One of the best Songs of the 80s. The Feeling of the 80s is so real when you listen to this song. #Like!

  • @redbeardsbirds3747
    @redbeardsbirds3747 7 лет назад +137

    I had a horrible shitty day at work...came home and this song poped in my mind....now I can finaly hear it!!
    ! No song reminds me of such happy feelings and emotions...kindness,innocence,wisdom,happiness,comfort,beauty,life,air,fire,humility,good will,hope ......every note and chord shimmers lightness through the darkness. I know to some it's a romance song but to me it's a song for any chance you want or need to take...maybe I need to find a better Job ! LOL

    • @daisymaisymae8788
      @daisymaisymae8788 6 лет назад +6

      This is a victory song. An all time favorite of mine!

    • @billybelcaro9585
      @billybelcaro9585 5 лет назад +5

      :D This used to feel like just a pop love song to me, until I realized 'romance' can be symbolic.
      Any chance we take in life has vulnerability, excitement, opportunity, fear. etc. Go get that better job if you haven't already!

    • @joannagipson12
      @joannagipson12 2 года назад +1

      Did you?🦋🦋🦋🦋

  • @Jaydoggy531
    @Jaydoggy531 6 лет назад +70

    Mr. Winwood, thank you for all of the music.

  • @765ketyjo
    @765ketyjo 5 лет назад +47

    Great songs never date. Still sounds modern(whatever that means) Stevie Winwood's voice is golden. The opening chords hook you in and it never lets go. He has one the great Rock voices ever.

    • @DavidNewlandz
      @DavidNewlandz 2 года назад +3

      For folks like myself, (guitar player, vocalist) SW leaves it all up for grabs, a nice keyboard rhythm section I must say.

    • @ekscalybur
      @ekscalybur Год назад

      This song is extremely dated. I wouldn't think it possible without seeing it with my own eyes, but the video is even more dated.

    • @765ketyjo
      @765ketyjo Год назад

      @@ekscalybur video certainly, but the song and his voice. No way

    • @765ketyjo
      @765ketyjo Год назад

      @@ekscalybur Dated? I don't hear that. Still stands up for me. Contemporary songs of the here and now are more so called dated if they don't stand up to scrutiny of quality rock performances. It's more than a decent song and Winwoods voice carries it off.

  • @stevenp.sparks2953
    @stevenp.sparks2953 Год назад +2

    For those that don't know: He played ALL of the instruments and sang all lead & background vocals on this, as he did for most of this entire album, Arc Of A Diver. Sparks in Daytona

  • @Tutankhamen210
    @Tutankhamen210 8 дней назад +1

    I was a rock 'n' roll fan in high school and, along with liking a wide variety of genres of music (very eclectic!), I still am-Zep, Floyd, The Who, Van Morrison, Rush, Neil Young, Dylan, and the list goes on . . .
    This tune came out during my senior year at Bountuful High School in Utah. Wow, listening to it takes me right back. Nostalgia galore! I'm amazed at the powerful effect of music.

  • @laurenshendrikx5349
    @laurenshendrikx5349 5 лет назад +30

    my wife died last Nov and today is her birthday((. this was one of her fav songs. miss you baby !
    Linda recordação,música show mesmo

  • @HolyHeinz
    @HolyHeinz 4 года назад +5

    THANK GOD, he is still with us 🧡🧡🧡 I´m sitting here, cyring and remembering that times...
    It wasn't better, but we were younger ...
    Greetings from Germany!

    • @johnjones6601
      @johnjones6601 Месяц назад +1

      Es war viel besser!! There'll never be another musical period like the 80's. 😢🥰🎵🎶

    • @AnthonyESacco
      @AnthonyESacco 18 дней назад

      it WAS better than this SHIT world we find ourselves in, here in 2024....esp. the U S & A....

  • @aorsini6617
    @aorsini6617 3 года назад +13

    Have not heard this in many years. Gave me chills. Makes me long for the old days when we had hope. I have never had a great romance and it's too late now.

    • @michaelconnolly4968
      @michaelconnolly4968 2 года назад +4

      It’s never too late. God bless you!

    • @sassy0010
      @sassy0010 2 года назад +1

      @@michaelconnolly4968 Not generally, no, it's not too late. But Michael, for most of us....... it is. Few people of a senior age meet a soul mate.

    • @michaelconnolly4968
      @michaelconnolly4968 2 года назад +1

      @@sassy0010 Try to look on the bright side Ana, our lives are constantly changing. All the best for the future! Gb

    • @CynthiaAllenStrawberry
      @CynthiaAllenStrawberry 3 месяца назад +1

      God bless you I hope you’re well. 🙏

  • @user-fy9be1ug3z
    @user-fy9be1ug3z 6 дней назад +1

    81年だったと思うが…
    ベストヒットUSAで見てから一目惚れの曲です

  • @profitnadeem
    @profitnadeem 5 месяцев назад +5

    Whoever said the future lives in the past, was absolutely right! 🙏🏽🕊️✌🏽

  • @carloswazny9157
    @carloswazny9157 5 лет назад +19

    I remember playing this while I was on my way to Edwards Air Force Base to watch the space shuttle Columbia land for the first time on April 14, 1981. I was almost 17. Great memories!

  • @tangerinedream7211
    @tangerinedream7211 Год назад +3

    Brilliant album, such a long time ago, happy days

  • @hazelhamilton1283
    @hazelhamilton1283 Год назад +6

    Love this song! Reminds me of my hubby & I in his old vauxhall viva on our 1st holiday together, winding our way through country lanes of Devon.

  • @geraintgill1621
    @geraintgill1621 Год назад +2

    Great song.

  • @billymack333
    @billymack333 2 года назад +11

    One of those rare gems that just gets better every time, even after 40 years. Music that makes the hair stand up on your neck ⚡️💎⚡️

  • @Margie75
    @Margie75 2 года назад +8

    Happy Birthday to Steve Winwood. Hope he has a wonderful day 🎊 🎁

    • @brandonmoore7497
      @brandonmoore7497 4 месяца назад

      Happy 76th Birthday 🎂 to Steve Winwood!!!!! While See A Chance Steve Winwood!!!!
      1:27

  • @Biden_Cult_Morons
    @Biden_Cult_Morons 2 года назад +4

    Takes me back to 1980. Those were some damn good days..

  • @Debralambert332
    @Debralambert332 Год назад +11

    Loved all of Steve Windwood’s songs. 😊

  • @mackeydirk8643
    @mackeydirk8643 3 года назад +14

    I was 8 years old when this song came out. I probably heard this song hundreds of times a kid. It was on heavy rotation oon the radio and my mom is a huge Steve Winwood fan...ahhhh the 80s. Us 80s kids know what's up

    • @carolynnwalker2971
      @carolynnwalker2971 3 года назад +1

      You have a cool mom. Good for you, kiddo! Best Regards.

    • @christianjsmith410
      @christianjsmith410 Год назад +1

      We sure do know what’s up buddy it’s slowly fading away and the sad thing is I’ve lost over half of my best friends and I’m just getting home from another one’s funeral. This whole playlist I’m listening to now is for all of my homies out there alive or gone on. Man or woman you all rocked and I miss you all no matter how the chips may fall, I can’t wait until we meet again at the midnight ball!!

    • @mackeydirk8643
      @mackeydirk8643 Год назад +1

      @@christianjsmith410 Rock on brother.....may your friends rest in peace. I know what you mean......trying to keep the fading memories with me by listening to the music of my youth. Lucky to have had a happy childhood. Lost some goood people I truly loved along the way too. I think of them often.

    • @christianjsmith410
      @christianjsmith410 Год назад

      Thanks for the reply my friend and In the future I plan to make this and many other songs part of the good times I had in those days as I believe we were all very fortunate and blessed to have grown up in that time when things were still very good compared to a lot of what happens today. May you have prosperity and peace @mackeydirk8643

  • @mikemartin3161
    @mikemartin3161 3 года назад +4

    How many artists these days play ALL the instruments on an album? Thank you Steve for reminding us of when great music and great musical artists still existed.

  • @cj6884
    @cj6884 Год назад +4

    I love this song, and I always have. But it reminds me of lost opportunities in life (And I have so many). I wish it wasn't like that--that you only have a limited window to take advantage of something good.

  • @jorgkuhnapfel8012
    @jorgkuhnapfel8012 8 месяцев назад +3

    One of my favourite songs! Love it!Released 43 years ago (?), tomorrow (Dec.30th) is my 61st birthday, together with my son who will be 21.

  • @rubedogg6969
    @rubedogg6969 9 лет назад +125

    Steve had a nice solo run in the 80's

    • @sharpasaneraser
      @sharpasaneraser 8 лет назад +11

      +Ruben Delgadillo he really did but he seemed to be everywhere in the 80s, you just couldn't escape his music on tv especially those michelob commercials.

    • @JamesKovacic
      @JamesKovacic 7 лет назад +18

      sharpasaneraser Phil Collins had the same issue. Talented but inescapable. His image and popularity overshadowed just how skilled and prolific he was

    • @CurtHowland
      @CurtHowland 6 лет назад +5

      I've heard it said, "No one comes from nowhere". Looking up Winwood's origins is a fascinating journey.

    • @optimisticzebra8498
      @optimisticzebra8498 6 лет назад +5

      He had a great career before the 80's too. He was in Blind Faith, with Eric Clapton! Steve Winwood is a very talented musician, who was able to stay relevant thru the decades, thats hard to do.

    • @728huey
      @728huey 6 лет назад +9

      Actually, he got his start at the beginning of the British Invasion as a member and lead singer of the Spencer Davis Group. They had a hit single with "Gimme Some Lovin" around the same time The Beatles and The Rolling Stones were dominating the pop charts. He left that group to hook up with Eric Clapton to form Blind Faith, and he formed the group Traffic in the 1970's. He went solo by the end of that decade and this song was his big hit as a solo artist.

  • @jeannecoyle9053
    @jeannecoyle9053 4 месяца назад +1

    love Steve and all his wonderful works!!

  • @cpman1987
    @cpman1987 8 лет назад +55

    Steve Winwood is the man!!!!! ......Period!!

  • @judynoble6286
    @judynoble6286 2 года назад +14

    Such an underrated singer, so many great songs.

  • @andrewsstation6436
    @andrewsstation6436 3 года назад +10

    I really love the synthesizers at the beginning of this song.

  • @pwm485
    @pwm485 9 месяцев назад +2

    This song reminds me of my ex wife and me when we first started out - there wasn't anything we couldn't do. We even went overseas when I was in the military. That's when our first child was conceived. We came back and the years went by and we just grew apart unfortunately. But this song always brings back the picture in my mind of the two of us and it hurts, but I still listen.

  • @michaelbruns449
    @michaelbruns449 2 года назад +23

    One of those songs that i seem to like listening to more and more, the more time goes by. Lyrically, vocally and instrumentally, perfectly capturing the magical feelings and the evocative radiance of exuberant youth.

  • @raymondmalcuit8361
    @raymondmalcuit8361 3 года назад +6

    This Song Went To Number 7 On The Billboard Hot-100 Chart In 1981.