Out of nowhere this song popped in my head. Why don't they make music like this anymore. Makes me sad. I want to go back, back when we had actual music.
I heard this come on the speakers in Publix as I was leaving. I stopped right there and just listened with a grin on my face. How can you not just feel good listening to this?
Gavin, my brother. I miss our Facebook chats and most of all our friendship, you’re one of a kind, your music will eventually take me one step closer to you RIP.
My God, I managed to find my song, I've been looking for decades for the song I recorded on cassette tape in 1986. At the time I couldn't find out the name of the song and then it wasn't played on the radio anymore. What a joy, I finally found it !! This sound and this vocal are amazing! Gratitude !! 👉🙃👈
+@fabianosantos7269 I'd forgotten about it until the radio DJ announced Gavin Christopher's passing and went straight into this song. It goes back to that unique 1980s time.
REST IN PEACE TO MY FRIEND GAVIN CHRISTOPHER I CANT BELEVE YOUR GONE I CALLED HIS PHONE MANY TIMES THINKING HE WOULD SAY MARCO WHATS UP G .BUT I JUST GOT HIS VOICE MAIL . ONLY THING GAVIN LOVED MORE THEN MUSIC WAS HIS BABY GIRL I KNOW GAVIN IS IN A BETTER PLACE LOVE YOU MY BROTHER SEE U ON THE OTHER SIDE MY TEACHER MY FRIEND AND BROTHER R.I.P PS EVERYONE SHARE GAVIN CHRISTOPER MUSIC
I love this song. I just started singing it today, haven't heard it in many years. Sadly it because was reading Tyler Christopher soap star died at just 50 and remembered Gavin Christopher and the song.
What is it about really great songs? You never tire of hearing them; they always make you feel good; you always move to the music and smile when you remember it. This artist may be gone, but the warmth and pleasure of his talent and music remains.
Incredibly underrated and incredibly gifted. Did you know he wrote Chaka Khan’s Once You Get Started…and MANY other songs as well? He really was a musical genius!
This was my older brother. He was one of the most talented people ever. Right along with my younger sister, Shawn Christopher! Thank you for your comment!♡
Didn't Shawn Christopher have a minor Top 40 hit with a song called Don't Stop the Magic (or something similar to that) in early 1992? This one by Gavin could have been released in the 90s without sounding out of date.
@@arlindahinton your older brother is uh genius. Straight outta Chicago. Wrote DANCE WITH ME & some more tuned with RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN! But this effort... ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOU is an AWESOME 80'S GREAT!! 1986!! Rock on GAVIN! Curtis Mayfield welcomes u with open arms in music HEAVEN!!
people can talk all they want about the great music of the 1980s, but if they don't know this masterpiece, they're wasting their breath. What a brilliant sonic and creative achievement. And Gavin's vocal!! Effing immortal.
@@N4TCM another song that was boring is Buffalo Stance from Nena Cherry.....the song starts and stops and she just talks sometimes.. .its not a catchy song......LOL
I have 2 vivid memories associated with this song. First: the last time I visited the Kings Dominion amusement park in the summer of 1986 (before Paramount purchased it). On the way home, I remember my father looking for a fast food joint in downtown Richmond, VA late that night. Saw a storefront Subway-didn't stop. But was it the same time we saw the old fashioned Arby's giant "gallon hat" neon sign? "One Step Closer" was getting significant airplay then and I think I heard it in the car.
This song popped into my head earlier today for no real reason ..I started singing the main part ( one step closer to you ) Haven't thought of this song in such a long time .. I was a junior in high school when this song came out . The 80's were some fun times
I think I could solely becresponsible for HALF of the total popularity, request, purchases, air-play... this is in my top 10 favorite songs (that weren't hits).
What great thoughts run through me when I hear this song. Just bought a brand new 1986 Firebird with t-tops hauling ass on 85 in Atlanta. I saw Gavin open for Keith Sweat @ the Fox in 1988. What a show!!!! Thanks Gavin.......... ;-}
Guao, guao, guao,.. Hermosa voz, hermosa musica, hermosa cancion,. Cuando escuche esta fregona cancion en el mes de noviembre del año 1986, me fascino. Hermosos recuerdos la tengo graba en cassette del año 1986.
A great 80's feel good jam. Wasn't a big hit but still great. NEVER will be songs like this ever again especially in this day & age. Brings back great memories of the summer of 86. Swimming, cookouts, going to the drive in, roller skating, water balloon battles & just hanging out not causing any trouble.
I was a Senior in High school and was in a Garage band. I played Bass and sung lead Vocals. I got the guys in my band to listen and play our rendition of this. So Bass, Lead/ rhythm guitar, and drums. We played it by ear since it was a pretty straight cords. We never performed it live but I do miss the days of simple 3 or 4 cords. Bass straight forward and drums with rhythm. Love the 80's.
OOhhh, Christopher! Santa Cruz, mid eighties, you played at a local club. I danced at the front of the stage, we caught each others eye ... and you definitely took one step closer to me! Great memories of my wild days. And you were very memorable!!!
Fond memories of this song from the time I was a freshman in High School. All the new girls I never met before and this song made me think about wanting to get close to them but I never had the nerve.
I remember when I was younger, when Michael Jackson first came out with "The Way you make me feel" I thought it was this song. the intros sound so similar.
Thanks so much and believe it or not I have it in it's original forty five jacket. I used to play this all the time. Thanks for the memories. Whatever happened to him.
What memories this song brings to me. I vividly remember Gavin Christopher coming to our high school (Thomas Jefferson High School, Los Angeles, CA.) and dancing to his song on the quad. It seems just like yesterday. GREAT SONG!
this song came out in my senior year in HS. we stayed up late on weekends watching Night Tracks for the latest jams. MTV didn't this song as much . great tune!
Another fantastic tune from the incredible eighties. Innocent lyrics and music about a serious topic finding the right one and just a song you want to put on repeat I will😊
I find it odd that a song that was played frequently as a current hit on the radio back in 1986 only has 95,000 views with other videos of this song having much fewer view counts.
mannn i been wondering 4 yrs who sings this heard in a niteclub in melborne in australia bac in da 80s....thanks so much 4 postin it thanks you tube!!!!
Besides one in the Norfolk, VA area, I didn't see another of the old-style big brown "gallon hat" Arby's neon signs until arriving in Winston-Salem. The Peters Creek Parkway location has such one, plus a unique drive-thru delivery system which has the food descending down a chute, relegating staff to collecting the customer's money at the previous window. The giant neon cowboy in the "One Step Closer" to you video always reminds me of the old-style Arby's giant neon hat sign
I'm watching this because I was listening to Matthew Rudd's Forgotten 80'S Show on Absolute 80's, this was announced that it was played but strangely it was not played or I didn't hear it!, technical hitch I suppose!,R.I.P. to this R&B All rounder.
weeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa finally ive heard it again... its been a long time since high school days!!! Damn how i love RUclips hehe... tnx for the video
muy buena rola..de los 80's...que grandiosa musica se hacia antes,esta en especial me recuerda a los antros como el news,magic circus,tifanni's (lol)en la zona rosa sobretodo..excelente tema...!!! 80's forever...!
THIS SONG CAME OUT IN 1986 . MICHAEL JACKSON GOT THIS BASS RHYTHM FROM THIS SONG. AND IN 1987 HE CAME OUT WITH THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL ON THE BAD ALBUM. IT'S THE EXACT RHYTHM .... SAME SPEED .....SAME FLAVOR.... BUT WITH DIFFERENT LYRICS.....WOW MIKE. DID YOU ANY CREDIT TO THIS GUY FOR SAMPLING HIS BEAT ??? BECAUSE THIS SONG CAME OUT A YEAR BEFORE YOUR SONG MICHAEL. AND YOUR SONG WENT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS. EVERYBODY TODAY REMEMBERS THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL......BUT NOBODY REMEMBERS. THE SONG ONE STEP CLOSER. AND THE ARTIST NAME IS MR. CHRISTOPHER GAVIN. YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT HIS SONG " YOU ARE WHO YOU LOVE " THIS BROTHER CAN SING !!!! HE ACHEIVED SOME SUCCESS....BUT NOT LIKE MJ. . .
Jacko lifted excessively. He stole the mamasay chant and was sued for it. He encapsulates unoriginal. Almost everything he did from stage ideas, outfits and musical ideas wasn't his own.
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Passed away 3/3/2016 age 66 (heart failure) Some of the best songs are made by one hit wonders.
Out of nowhere this song popped in my head. Why don't they make music like this anymore. Makes me sad. I want to go back, back when we had actual music.
I heard this come on the speakers in Publix as I was leaving. I stopped right there and just listened with a grin on my face. How can you not just feel good listening to this?
Just an absolutely underrated 'top tune'... One of my faves and never forgotten by me. 1986 was a very good year, 'hear, hear'.
It's so boring I dont even remember it from the 80s.....LOL
@@jimd2101 You’re crazy! He had some pipes on him.
I agree! Never forgot him either or this song.
@@pglover64 Its still a boring song and I dont remember it.....LOL
Michael Jackson interpolated this song into his song. There’s a good youtube video on it called “Michael Jackson interpolations”
Gavin, my brother. I miss our Facebook chats and most of all our friendship, you’re one of a kind, your music will eventually take me one step closer to you RIP.
My God, I managed to find my song, I've been looking for decades for the song I recorded on cassette tape in 1986. At the time I couldn't find out the name of the song and then it wasn't played on the radio anymore. What a joy, I finally found it !! This sound and this vocal are amazing! Gratitude !! 👉🙃👈
+@fabianosantos7269 I'd forgotten about it until the radio DJ announced Gavin Christopher's passing and went straight into this song. It goes back to that unique 1980s time.
This song stays in rotation on my 80s playlist. RIP Gavin!
REST IN PEACE TO MY FRIEND GAVIN CHRISTOPHER I CANT BELEVE YOUR GONE I CALLED HIS PHONE MANY TIMES THINKING HE WOULD SAY MARCO WHATS UP G .BUT I JUST GOT HIS VOICE MAIL . ONLY THING GAVIN LOVED MORE THEN MUSIC WAS HIS BABY GIRL I KNOW GAVIN IS IN A BETTER PLACE LOVE YOU MY BROTHER SEE U ON THE OTHER SIDE MY TEACHER MY FRIEND AND BROTHER R.I.P PS EVERYONE SHARE GAVIN CHRISTOPER MUSIC
well said
He's in a better place now. RIP Mr. Christopher!
How very sad. Peace and love to you ❤
Sure miss him! cant believe even today i listen to his music.
May you find solace in good friends and family around you.
I love this song. I just started singing it today, haven't heard it in many years. Sadly it because was reading Tyler Christopher soap star died at just 50 and remembered Gavin Christopher and the song.
Loved his music. He might be gone but he left his mark.
What is it about really great songs? You never tire of hearing them; they always
make you feel good; you always move to the music and smile when you remember
it. This artist may be gone, but the warmth and pleasure of his talent and music remains.
I miss voices that are real like his...so sad . goodbye Gavin
I loved this song when it came out. He had such a fantastic voice.
Yeah, This is one of those great 80's songs you'll never forget...music used to be fun in the 80's....Why did the fun have to end???
Very upbeat song! This is what I miss about the 80's.
I had NO IDEA this man had passed. He was one of my favorites of all time. This was one of my favorite songs...This man was sooooooo underrated.
Agreed 💯
Incredibly underrated and incredibly gifted. Did you know he wrote Chaka Khan’s Once You Get Started…and MANY other songs as well? He really was a musical genius!
This was my older brother.
He was one of the most talented people ever. Right along with my younger sister, Shawn Christopher!
Thank you for your comment!♡
Didn't Shawn Christopher have a minor Top 40 hit with a song called Don't Stop the Magic (or something similar to that) in early 1992? This one by Gavin could have been released in the 90s without sounding out of date.
@@arlindahinton your older brother is uh genius. Straight outta Chicago. Wrote DANCE WITH ME & some more tuned with RUFUS & CHAKA KHAN! But this effort... ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOU is an AWESOME 80'S GREAT!! 1986!! Rock on GAVIN! Curtis Mayfield welcomes u with open arms in music HEAVEN!!
The underlying beat and rhythm reminds me of Michael Jackson's "The Way You Make Me Feel". Both are great songs!
that was very popular beat/rhythm pattern in '86-'87
Well mj bit a few ideas
Because it basically is.
@@niqulusviii987 well in words, he interpolated it.
@@w1neken He lifted it, jacko was a charlatan.
If anything could be more "1986" I don't know of it !!!
It makes memories of that year more clearer. I can even smell the exhaust of the 1964 Cadillac I had that year.
#RIP Gavin Christopher. Love this song. Didn't know he'd passed until now.
people can talk all they want about the great music of the 1980s, but if they don't know this masterpiece, they're wasting their breath. What a brilliant sonic and creative achievement. And Gavin's vocal!! Effing immortal.
One hell of a song .I was in high school when this song came out
As a DJ, I loved playing this tune. Too bad it never made it top of the charts. I didn´t care. It´s a great song, with agreat singer!!
It's a boring song....I can see why it didn't make it to the charts...I dont even remember it......LOL
@@jimd2101 top 10 on the dance charts and the top 25 on Hot 100.
@@N4TCM Well ....it must have been a boring song....cause I dont even remember HEARING back in the 80s......seriously
@@jimd2101 got it on an 80's compilation cd. And I remember it on the radio.
@@N4TCM another song that was boring is Buffalo Stance from Nena Cherry.....the song starts and stops and she just talks sometimes..
.its not a catchy song......LOL
I have 2 vivid memories associated with this song. First: the last time I visited the Kings Dominion amusement park in the summer of 1986 (before Paramount purchased it). On the way home, I remember my father looking for a fast food joint in downtown Richmond, VA late that night. Saw a storefront Subway-didn't stop. But was it the same time we saw the old fashioned Arby's giant "gallon hat" neon sign? "One Step Closer" was getting significant airplay then and I think I heard it in the car.
Great Track 🥰
I didn't know he had passed away. This was my motivation song for a long time and the video intensified it
It was #26 on August 9 1986 I listened to the countdown. Not at all ashamed to admit I LOVE this song and had the cassette 👍🏻 RIP GC
The '80s were great musically! I heard this one yesterday, on XM, and had to come here to hear it yet again.
This song popped into my head earlier today for no real reason ..I started singing the main part ( one step closer to you ) Haven't thought of this song in such a long time .. I was a junior in high school when this song came out . The 80's were some fun times
I did not know he had passed on. I saw him in concert in 1988 in long beach, ca. An underrated artist #rip gavin
Despite I was born in 1986 I love everything what's from the 80s; gadgets,music,fashion and many
Great song, seems like the Summer of '86 is one of the best summers for Top 40 music.
I think I could solely becresponsible for HALF of the total popularity, request, purchases, air-play... this is in my top 10 favorite songs (that weren't hits).
What great thoughts run through me when I hear this song. Just bought a brand new 1986 Firebird with t-tops hauling ass on 85 in Atlanta. I saw Gavin open for Keith Sweat @ the Fox in 1988. What a show!!!! Thanks Gavin.......... ;-}
I will always love and cherish this masterpieciece. Sorry that you are no longer with us❤ R.i.p
Started listening to this song in the 80s in Atlanta
This man & his song will live on forever...fly free
This song was playing the other day at my work and I just had to RUclips it!!! Now I know!!!
Guao, guao, guao,.. Hermosa voz, hermosa musica, hermosa cancion,. Cuando escuche esta fregona cancion en el mes de noviembre del año 1986, me fascino. Hermosos recuerdos la tengo graba en cassette del año 1986.
A great 80's feel good jam. Wasn't a big hit but still great. NEVER will be songs like this ever again especially in this day & age. Brings back great memories of the summer of 86. Swimming, cookouts, going to the drive in, roller skating, water balloon battles & just hanging out not causing any trouble.
How come I haven't really heard of you? This is another banger!
Nothing beats the sounds of 80's pop music! Thanks for posting!
I was a Senior in High school and was in a Garage band. I played Bass and sung lead Vocals. I got the guys in my band to listen and play our rendition of this. So Bass, Lead/ rhythm guitar, and drums. We played it by ear since it was a pretty straight cords. We never performed it live but I do miss the days of simple 3 or 4 cords. Bass straight forward and drums with rhythm. Love the 80's.
another classic track i have this on 45' [does anyone remember those] brings back good memories.. wicked post cheers
This song would get everybody up on the dance floor back in the day.
OOhhh, Christopher! Santa Cruz, mid eighties, you played at a local club. I danced at the front of the stage, we caught each others eye ... and you definitely took one step closer to me! Great memories of my wild days. And you were very memorable!!!
He has a Wonderful voice-Nice song!
Fond memories of this song from the time I was a freshman in High School. All the new girls I never met before and this song made me think about wanting to get close to them but I never had the nerve.
Great song remember hearing this in high school.
Love love love this song and Gavin! This will always be a number one hit in my heart ♥️
Still here listening to this amazing iconic song. R.i p ❤
1986 was a very good year for me.
Would definitely have been even better had I heard it back then.
First time I heard it was a year or two ago.
Still love it! 1986 - 2015 :-)
RIP my friend. Your song got me to Florida 28 years ago!
whao amazing music, brings me really good memories when high school.thanks for uploading.
I miss this kind music
First heard this when HitsTownUSA had it on his channel. Still love it now.
man, i miss the 80's. good song!!!
I always loved this song .Great voice.I didn,t know he passed away until I just read some of your comments.RIP
Lois Ayers. in early 2016 he passed away. A few months before PRINCE. Rock on to both of 'em. In Music HEAVEN! See u boys soon!!
I remember when I was younger, when Michael Jackson first came out with "The Way you make me feel" I thought it was this song. the intros sound so similar.
Bryan Loren in MJ Podcast sign posted this as copy of something Michael did. And Billie Jean is like Donna Summer,
The way you make me feel was suggested by Michael's mother
@@jketcham9004 Michael recorded the first version of TWYMMF in 1985, Bryan loren is an idiot who doesn't know what he's talking about and so are you.
I read that on Wikipedia too, but I don’t hear the similarity.
What a beautiful song.. So underrated artist. R. I. P🙏
Thanks so much and believe it or not I have it in it's original forty five jacket. I used to play this all the time. Thanks for the memories. Whatever happened to him.
What memories this song brings to me. I vividly remember Gavin Christopher coming to our high school (Thomas Jefferson High School, Los Angeles, CA.) and dancing to his song on the quad. It seems just like yesterday. GREAT SONG!
I remember hearing this on WLS-AM in Chicago, IL.
WOW! WOW! WOW! I think the three people who remember this song are us two posters and whoever put up the video. Great find!
Still loving this in Dec 2020. Banger!
Thank you for this song gavin,...............it has given me soo much joy in my life!
this song came out in my senior year in HS. we stayed up late on weekends watching Night Tracks for the latest jams. MTV didn't this song as much . great tune!
So sad to hear he is no longer with us ! Never heard of his passing but know that this song will forever be in my heart ❤️
This song is so perfect!! Love it
Never get tired hearing this one.👍👍
Gavin was an incredible artist and overall great guy. I miss him.....
great song wonderful voice
Another fantastic tune from the incredible eighties. Innocent lyrics and music about a serious topic finding the right one and just a song you want to put on repeat I will😊
Thx for upload. Nice.
Tremendo tema del 86, me recuerda Algarrobo aquí en Chile uffff qué recuerdos !!!!
GODDAMN, WHAT A VOICE!!!!!!!
That was my jam back in the day! So many friends have passed on from that time but I still love everyone of you crazy mfs!!
braviafeed I.wish.it.was.1986.again..
@@garrysnett9986 Me too brother...me too.
Great song! I can watch/listen to it over and over and sometimes do!
Love the song for many years. I have not even seen the video until now.
I love this song it's up lifting beautiful song
I find it odd that a song that was played frequently as a current hit on the radio back in 1986 only has 95,000 views with other videos of this song having much fewer view counts.
I used to watch his lives on youtube. He was doing bad. Now all these "so called friends" are here with the R.i.p's
mannn i been wondering 4 yrs who sings this heard in a niteclub in melborne in australia bac in da 80s....thanks so much 4 postin it thanks you tube!!!!
Very nice. Many thanks! I'm with Marcus, I would LOVE to see "You Are Who you Love". That and a little Leata Galloway to round out the evening.
Besides one in the Norfolk, VA area, I didn't see another of the old-style big brown "gallon hat" Arby's neon signs until arriving in Winston-Salem. The Peters Creek Parkway location has such one, plus a unique drive-thru delivery system which has the food descending down a chute, relegating staff to collecting the customer's money at the previous window. The giant neon cowboy in the "One Step Closer" to you video always reminds me of the old-style Arby's giant neon hat sign
I'm watching this because I was listening to Matthew Rudd's Forgotten 80'S Show on Absolute 80's, this was announced that it was played but strangely it was not played or I didn't hear it!, technical hitch I suppose!,R.I.P. to this R&B All rounder.
Hit #22 pop, #25 soul in Billboard. God bless!
weeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa finally ive heard it again... its been a long time since high school days!!! Damn how i love RUclips hehe... tnx for the video
muy buena rola..de los 80's...que grandiosa musica se hacia antes,esta en especial me recuerda a los antros como el news,magic circus,tifanni's (lol)en la zona rosa sobretodo..excelente tema...!!! 80's forever...!
Brings back memories, this song his voice. The power of the 80s
Man what a great jam 🎸 so sad he's gone way too soon!😢 may his soul rip🙏
Gavin's a songwriter, but, he didn't write this 1. He hit #22 in Billboard, 8-16-86. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken did
Great voice .
Here in September 2024.
This is his best song!! RIP 😇
2021 heard this catchy cool song on 93.3 Sunny Radio they play all 80'sand 90's rock and cool songs like this
1986 lo recuerdo de mis horas dedicadas al american top 40 ...one hit wonder...aunque creo promedio el puesto 20
❤❤❤. Hermosa canción con ritmo
THIS SONG CAME OUT IN 1986 . MICHAEL JACKSON GOT THIS BASS RHYTHM FROM THIS SONG. AND IN 1987 HE CAME OUT WITH THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL ON THE BAD ALBUM. IT'S THE EXACT RHYTHM .... SAME SPEED .....SAME FLAVOR.... BUT WITH DIFFERENT LYRICS.....WOW MIKE. DID YOU ANY CREDIT TO THIS GUY FOR SAMPLING HIS BEAT ??? BECAUSE THIS SONG CAME OUT A YEAR BEFORE YOUR SONG MICHAEL. AND YOUR SONG WENT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS. EVERYBODY TODAY REMEMBERS THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL......BUT NOBODY REMEMBERS. THE SONG ONE STEP CLOSER. AND THE ARTIST NAME IS MR. CHRISTOPHER GAVIN. YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT HIS SONG " YOU ARE WHO YOU LOVE " THIS BROTHER CAN SING !!!! HE ACHEIVED SOME SUCCESS....BUT NOT LIKE MJ.
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Jacko lifted excessively. He stole the mamasay chant and was sued for it. He encapsulates unoriginal. Almost everything he did from stage ideas, outfits and musical ideas wasn't his own.
@@mrpussinboots4252jajaja😂
aahhh yeah...summer of '86! me 'n' Denine....fun times indeed!! YEAH BABY!!!
Love this song, been a long time too long. Great post, thank you.