This song will always remind me of my Mom. Driving through the streets of Philly when I was a young boy back in the 70's. She has dementia now & doesn't know who I am. And that is a very hard pill to swallow. But this song reminds me of a time when my Mother loved me & she knew I was her son. Heartbreaking. But I find joy in the songs we sang together. Thank God for the little things that mean everything. ❤
Very sorry to hear that. I went thru the same thing with my Mom many years ago. What causes it? It was awful but my wife and I survived it. It is now just a sad memory.
Me and my Wife separated and I had to bring up our girls because she had an opioid addiction. She would call me up and play this song many times. The day she passed away I went into my job to let my Boss know and this song was playing on the store's radio station. That floored me. This song will forever be in my Heart ❤️
Bless you for stepping up to care for your girls. I'm very sorry about the loss of your wife, it sounds like you loved her very much. I do hope that you found love again.
How can one song take you through time, bring back the places, the smells, the voices, the people, fallen and standing, and make you happy and sad at the same time?
So many memories of this song and my disco years! I'm 66 now and dance around my living room to the beat of disco! Bee Gees, Barry White, Earth Wind and Fire. Just been doing it now in fact! ❤
I just lost my daughter. She was 38. It happened so suddenly, unexpectedly..im sitting i was thinkg of when will i see her again..this song just popped in my head...God im going to miss her..i lost 5 siblings and a boyfriend in the last 4yrs but there is no other hurt in this world that comes close when a mother loses a child.
I lost my darling wife of almost 49 years on Feb 19, 2021. I know I’ll see her again. These moments on Earth, are short. Hold them close to your heart. When my turn on Earth is over, I’ll be with her for Eternity!
My heart and mind just loved being alive in thise days. I felt so loved and connected to family. Now im 60 and 4 kids and abusive spouse my heart loves this oldie...memories of love...
I was 13 In 74, I so remember this song I played on my 8 track player while riding in the back seat of the family car going out to town with my beloved parents. God Bless You Mom & Dad, Love ❤️ you both , rest in peace in Heaven 😊
I was born in 63, and I loved this song! Back then, we lived in a suburb of Detroit until we moved to put to the country in '69. But I grew up with a love for Motown. We had the same memories about the 8 track and the backseat. My dad also had this on his restaurant juke box, and we liked to play it while spinning on the counter stools. Sweeter times. Miss you Dad!❤
This song is my darling wife Barbara and my song since high school. Barbara was my high school sweetheart. From Alhambra high school in Phoenix Arizona. I lost Barbara in December of last year from diabetes.Barbara was my beginning and the end. Married for 44 years. Miss and love you Barb❤️
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@@sarzozasarzoza2890 thank you for your comment, I hope the rest of your life is beautiful and I know you are probably doing the same as me trying to figure out how to go on without the one you have been with so long. Love will find us again.🤗
So sad.. my dad just passed away last week. My mom is hurting so badly. 44 years they had together and this song came to my mind as it was "their song" when they were dating.. my dad was working internationally and they were separated for many months at a time. Now he's passed.. i think mom would think of this song in another way.. such as when will they see each other in the afterlife. :( :( :( plz pray for my momma.
I was so blessed. My wife and I were together for 51 years. I lost her Christmas day 2022. I love her more than ever. Miss her every day. But I will see her again.
I just lost my wife of over 30 yrs to pancreatic cancer. Every time I hear this song I get this big lump in my throat. I know I'll never love another as I loved her😢
50 years ago and still sounds as fresh and touching as when it came out! Seems like yesterday we were young and innocent with our whole life a head of us, where has the time gone!💕
Hi Bianca, my name is Joe and this song was with my wife and I until she passed in 2022. Weeks had a good life together and this song brought us together for 44 years. I hope you continue to love this song as we did. Take care maybe we could meet one of these day. 👍
I remember I was staying with my Mom and Step Dad in Minnesota for couple months until moving back to Arizona. My mom gave me a ride to the airport and it had already been a few years since I seen her so it was emotional for her and I that I was leaving and as we pulled up to the airport where she was dropping me off this song came on the radio and it made me sad realizing how perfect the song was for the moment I gave my mom a hug and told her I love her and I'll see her again soon. My mother ended up passing away several months later. I never got to see her again :( Love you Mom.
Enchanted planter, you broke my heart with this story, sad, very sad. But, if you believe in Jesus, you’ll see her again! Have hope and God bless you. (This is my favorite song)
It was late November, I was stationed with the US Army in cold Taegu, Korea; my wife and new born son were back in the states. We were blessed with AFN radio at our base, and in the evenings the radio jockeys would play song favorites. This was back at the end of the VN conflict, so a number of soldiers were newly stationed here alongside myself. This song would come on the radio, just before turning out the lights and hitting the rack, and the memories of home and wishing so much just to be back there in the arms of my wife and son. Hearing this again still tugs at my heart. This is among the top 10 songs of all time in my long life of 74 years.
The music of the 70s Its part of the soundtrack of all of our lives. I hear this now entering my 62nd year. I don’t believe we knew what we had back then. To all the artists that gave us this gift, Thank you so very much
My father passed away a year ago and I'm still in pain and when I hear this song I'm desperate to see him again as happy as I am enjoying my life otherwise the pain doesn't go away I miss him and conditionally and I can't wait to see him again😢
11 years old this song plays on my school bus radio (wtre),it meant very little to me then,now at 59 i barely contain the tears as so many of my friends and family have passed on😢 Music is so powerful, this isn’t just music this is a masterpiece, thank you ladies for this.
This was 1974.........my grandson died In March......before he died I caught my Grandma quietly crying on her back Porch....knowing his time was almost Up...this song played on my way home From their house. He died that evening Grandma was doing pretty good They'd been married over 50 years. This by the 3 degrees....has meaning For me I watch a life that was Ending. Yet a new life was starting Elsewhere.
This was “our” song when we first met in 1974. It was so special to both of us. The last time we heard it in June of 1998, he was battling cancer and two weeks later he was gone. It still brings a tear to my eye when I hear it. Rest in eternal glory and peace, dearest Dan. ❤
This wonderful song brings back some bittersweet memories to me. I'm now 63 yrs old. I should've married that sweet, wonderful, beautiful girl. I still think of her.
Yeah,me too. I left home in '73 and moved to the big smoke. This song and many more from that era bring back wonderful memories. Ahhh, the seventies. Best decade, by far.
This song was released in 1974. At the time I was a professional guitarist working with Baltimore based band Sunshine we just finished a six night gig in Rehobeth Beach Delaware. The other bands members headed back to Baltimore but I was currently living in Forest Hill Maryland outside of Bel Air. Like many other people I fell instantly in love with this song. As a musician I initially locked in on the beautiful production and rhythm section featuring a Fender Rhodes piano bass and drums then of course the melody and lyrics and of course beautiful vocals. That time and song were forever locked in my memory. We were currently playing a lot of soul music coming out of Philly.
I think of my mom who died in 2015. She loved this song. But she had MANY songs she liked. She loved songs from the 60's, 70's & 80's. She was a Motown fan too.
This song reminds me of my father, he passed away 2 years ago, i remember him singing this song laying on my couch with his eyes closed, man i miss you Daddy 😢😢Farris forever BUD
Me too- I had just got my driver's license- and this song came on the radio on the way home from high school with my new girlfriend- and she looked me square in the eye and sang with the song- "Are we in love- or just friends?"
I remember this song on the radio when I was a junior in high school. I had just gotten my driver's license and I was driving my then girlfriend home from a date. We sat a little closer when this song came on. We didn't date long but I this song always reminds me of her and that night back in 1974. Just a great memory.
I don't know the very first time i heard this song, i was 10 years old in 1976 and this song was very popular on radio stations back then when i was a young boy in Haiti where i was born and raised. And everytime i hear this song it brings my childhood back to life and a lot of joy and happy times. And sometime i just wished i could go back to those childhood days. This song is very dear to my heart, i could listen to it hundreds of times and never get tired.
Growing up I listened to this song through my dad. He'd put his cassette and we'd sit down and listen. Finding this song today reminds me some old memories. Keep resting in peace Dad
The first time I travelled to Mexico in 1980,I met a man that was so what I was wanting. I omly knew him for 2 weeks and I could barely make myself get on the plane to go home. When we were boarding this song played on the sound system. My friends had to literally hold me in my seat so I couldn't leave. I never saw him again but after 44 yrs. this song brings it all back. What could have been........
@@AnastasiaBeaverhousn I've been to where I met him in Mexico many times and asked people if they remember him or if they know where he went. Nobody knows. I believe in fate. I guess it wasn't meant to be😢
Yep, the music of the 60's and 70's was chock a'block full of great love songs and "message music". A great time to be young and listening to my little red AM radio.
This song makes me very nostalgic for simpler times, though the 70s seemed anything but uncomplicated back then. I was twenty-five when this song dropped. It brings tears to my eyes as so many of my friends have left this world. Ah yes, I'm an old man inhabiting a strange new world... Chuck
My amazing grandma who passed away just 2 days ago used to sing this to me when im leaving from a visit to her and i loved it. I love her. May God bless His mercy and forgiveness.
This is a great song. When music was a pleasure to listen to , we enjoyed it. The 50, 60, 70 ,and the 80. We're almost all good . I have 500 albums in this era. L P 's of course and 45's too. I even have a few 78's. I play them non stop.❤️🇨🇦
This song makes me smile and brings me to tears at the same time. I worked with a girl in a nursing home and we developed a great friendship. She was going on vacation to see her brother in Hawaii and we said this was "our song" and she later became my sister in law and we had some great times. Hers and my brothers marriage ended and we sort of lost touch but one of my daughters got a message from her on Facebook and she said, "ask your mom if she remembers " when will.I see you again? So for a while we got to talk again some and we always sang this song. She passed in 2021 and today when I saw this I had to listen and the smiles and tears came pouring out. It's really amazing how a song can do that. I'm waiting to see my old friend in Heaven one day. Thanks for this song.
Take me back to my teen years … in the mid 70’s just thinking about my very first bf when we broke up☺️that was the greatest music era for love songs❤and awesome song artist ever! #Disco era
This song and the Roger Whitaker song were two of my favorite falling in love songs. And new crushes were a monthly event throughout grades 7 and 8 for me.
I've loved this song, my whole life, and I'm OLD lol. I love it so much I have it downloaded on my 📱. Is anyone else still listening in December 2024 ?? 🎶 💃
Precious moments that will never be repeated, that I will never live again. She left this world. OMG, this song makes me remember, laugh and also shed some tears. 😥
Ive loved this song since l first heard it backin the 70's. My identical twin sisters and l would make believe we were 3 degrees and l was the lead😂 😂 Great Memories now that we 3 are all seniors.
I remember my late eldest brother buying the LP and playing it in 1974 just before the Christmas holidays, every time hear this it brings me to tears in his memory.
those beautiful orchestration arrangements on this classic. were composed by Music Arranger/BOBBY MARTIN. Bobby was a TOP Music Arranger at Gamble and Huff's label. Gamble and Huff wrote and produced this track.
I wasn’t born until 1998 but I love this song and old music. My parents raised me on this song and this old music and I thank them for raising me on this music. This song makes me cry but it reminds me of good memories with my family and I salute them every day for everything they do for me. 😢
Amazing how many people find comfort in this lovely song after the painful loss of a loved one. A classic that says what we all think after loss: When will I see this precious person again? Classy ladies, timeless and beautiful lyrics
Absolutely timeless. There's a not many songs that nail the writing (Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff), arrangement, orchestration, and production. The right song sung by the right singers. A very strong Supremes vibe but done even better. God, I miss this kind of music.
I posted this song by The Three Degrees in honor of Sunday's weather high in the Missouri Ozarks - Just 3 degrees. I haven't heard this great song by those three beautiful women for years!
![The Three Degrees - 'If and When' [Live] - Europe 1974](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/aRZjUtRtfgY/mqdefault.jpg)
I loved this song when I first heard it in 1974! 50 years later in 2024, I still love it!
I’m still in to it big time in April 2024…
Ouvindo em abril de 2024 😂🎉❤🇧🇷🇧🇷
Me too! And I love the music.
Me2
Same here. I first heard it in 1974 and met my wife in 1976. She passed away in 2021, I still miss her.
This song will always remind me of my Mom. Driving through the streets of Philly when I was a young boy back in the 70's. She has dementia now & doesn't know who I am. And that is a very hard pill to swallow. But this song reminds me of a time when my Mother loved me & she knew I was her son. Heartbreaking. But I find joy in the songs we sang together. Thank God for the little things that mean everything. ❤
I'm so sorry but thankful you have your memories
@@patriciafall5112 Thank you ❤
Very sorry to hear that. I went thru the same thing with my Mom many years ago. What causes it?
It was awful but my wife and I survived it. It is now just a sad memory.
I'm sorry about your mom
@@Ivan-bw6iw thank you I appreciate that
Me and my Wife separated and I had to bring up our girls because she had an opioid addiction. She would call me up and play this song many times. The day she passed away I went into my job to let my Boss know and this song was playing on the store's radio station. That floored me. This song will forever be in my Heart ❤️
Bless you for stepping up to care for your girls. I'm very sorry about the loss of your wife, it sounds like you loved her very much. I do hope that you found love again.
God bless you!
😥
I am really Sad to hear that .stay strong . God bless You and Your Wife
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Lost my mom yesterday this was her one of her favorite songs. 🥲 I love you mama.
Sincere heartfelt condolences for the loss of your mama😢
PRAYERS UP 🙏
I know the feeling, My heart goes out to you
May God Bless you, and ease your hurt.
My mom is 79 and doing fine 🙂
Only if we had this kind of music today.
I know what you mean....but, of course, we do. It is still here, isn't it!?
@@IAmJaguarPaw.ThisIsMyForest. umm its not
@@sonny5196It's not? What are we listening to here?
We do !! You’re listening to it !!
How can one song take you through time, bring back the places, the smells, the voices, the people, fallen and standing, and make you happy and sad at the same time?
Es cierto, te da tristeza y felicidad al mismo tiempo.
time travel exists in music
also scientific answer....music is EXTREMELY DEEP IN OUR MEMORIES and takes us back--watch documentary called "ALIVE INSIDE"
That’s because it’s SOOO RELATABLE 😢 😅
So many memories of this song and my disco years! I'm 66 now and dance around my living room to the beat of disco! Bee Gees, Barry White, Earth Wind and Fire. Just been doing it now in fact! ❤
I just lost my daughter. She was 38. It happened so suddenly, unexpectedly..im sitting i was thinkg of when will i see her again..this song just popped in my head...God im going to miss her..i lost 5 siblings and a boyfriend in the last 4yrs but there is no other hurt in this world that comes close when a mother loses a child.
God bless you and keep you in His arms
Nothing worse I imagine.
And now we see it daily with parents losing their kids and loved ones. I just weep with all parents 😢
May Almighty be the creator of the universe. I hope everything goes well for you, young lady. Last September, my best friend departed this world.
So sorry 🙏
So sorry for your loss, she's with our
God till you get there. She's in the very best care.
I lost my darling wife of almost 49 years on Feb 19, 2021. I know I’ll see her again. These moments on Earth, are short. Hold them close to your heart. When my turn on Earth is over, I’ll be with her for Eternity!
Great you had 49 years together :)
Thanks Kyle👍
Being with Jesus is far better than earthly relationships no matter how good of a marriage we had.
@@forliberty1805 of course , it is only through him that our marriages can be eternal.
@@forliberty1805 AMEN 😇
Those magnificent 70's... Better days and music than 2023.
My mother died from cancer , this was a song she sang while
cooking.
Love /Miss UMomma RIP 🙏 🪦 😌
Every mother sang back then
Because men were bastard's
LOL.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
As a mom, thank you for letting her sing.
@@edenvanhook7735 😂😂😂😂😂
This is Bill’s favorite soul song from the 70’s
wow yes
wow yes
Mine too
That's exactly why I'm here 😂
just watched the movie lol
70's is the best easy listening era - nothing will ever come close.
Any time I hear this song, it brings me back to my childhood in the 1970s. Times were much easier being a kid in those days.
Me too 😌
Yesss! Me too! It is a great tune!
My heart and mind just loved being alive in thise days. I felt so loved and connected to family. Now im 60 and 4 kids and abusive spouse my heart loves this oldie...memories of love...
Definitely I love these old songs as it reminds me of back then
Brezhnev beats the crap out of Putin!
I was 13 In 74, I so remember this song I played on my 8 track player while riding in the back seat of the family car going out to town with my beloved parents. God Bless You Mom & Dad, Love ❤️ you both , rest in peace in Heaven 😊
I was 10...will always be one of my favorites
O boy I was in the service that's was thinking every day Love that song
@@paulzajencki9976 I was 10 too and loved this song.
74 was my favorite year
As was I. Great song!
I was born in 63, and I loved this song! Back then, we lived in a suburb of Detroit until we moved to put to the country in '69. But I grew up with a love for Motown. We had the same memories about the 8 track and the backseat. My dad also had this on his restaurant juke box, and we liked to play it while spinning on the counter stools. Sweeter times. Miss you Dad!❤
This song is my darling wife Barbara and my song since high school. Barbara was my high school sweetheart. From Alhambra high school in Phoenix Arizona. I lost Barbara in December of last year from diabetes.Barbara was my beginning and the end. Married for 44 years. Miss and love you Barb❤️
@@wendychadwick7216
Thankyou
your wonderful comment
From
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Thank-you for sharing here and know that you and Barbara are added to our prayers🙏🏼
I understand 42yrs with the love of my life..he passed of a heart attack. I know I will see him again
@@sarzozasarzoza2890 thank you for your comment, I hope the rest of your life is beautiful and I know you are probably doing the same as me trying to figure out how to go on without the one you have been with so long. Love will find us again.🤗
So sad.. my dad just passed away last week. My mom is hurting so badly. 44 years they had together and this song came to my mind as it was "their song" when they were dating.. my dad was working internationally and they were separated for many months at a time. Now he's passed.. i think mom would think of this song in another way.. such as when will they see each other in the afterlife. :( :( :( plz pray for my momma.
I will pray for your momma...
Sending Love Hugs and Prayers your way ❤️ ✝️
So sorry 🙏
Sorry about your dad
Iam 70 yesrs Old And This is one of my Favorite Sons Until Today. I Still Listening. I Told My DoughtercTo Play It in my Funeral the Day I Die.
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I was so blessed. My wife and I were together for 51 years. I lost her Christmas day 2022. I love her more than ever. Miss her every day. But I will see her again.
YES YOU WILL, THANKS TO JESUS CHRIST!!!!
I just lost my wife of over 30 yrs to pancreatic cancer. Every time I hear this song I get this big lump in my throat. I know I'll never love another as I loved her😢
Merry Christmas!
Keep believing,as I do for seeing my love,too
50 years ago and still sounds as fresh and touching as when it came out! Seems like yesterday we were young and innocent with our whole life a head of us, where has the time gone!💕
I love that song
You made me cry 😭
@@saskianourami6457 My apologies, wasn't my intent, we certainly have wonderful and bittersweet memories of those years long ago!💕
Oh my, I was sitting here thinking that exact same thing. Where oh where has it gone 😢.
@@Biff-fm1mh Sadly buddy, "If" is the single biggest word in the English Language!!!😥
I was 19 and an angry young man , only interested in rock albums but now l'm older it floors me every time x
This song makes me cry. So many precious memories 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽❤️
Makes me think of a woman i loved so much..now shes gone for good. Married some jerk.
Didn't one of the ladies die
Makes me cry too
One of the best songs ever recorded.
Defo David.
You nailed it David. Totally agree. My those ladies sure could sing. Awesome
Yep
David muzzatti I agree with you july 2022 i am listening to this great song 👍👍
The best
BEAUTIFUL SONG , 3 BLACK QUEENS
I’m 41 years old, in 2024, and still sing my heart out to this song!!
Hi Bianca, my name is Joe and this song was with my wife and I until she passed in 2022. Weeks had a good life together and this song brought us together for 44 years. I hope you continue to love this song as we did. Take care maybe we could meet one of these day. 👍
70's music.....the BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember I was staying with my Mom and Step Dad in Minnesota for couple months until moving back to Arizona. My mom gave me a ride to the airport and it had already been a few years since I seen her so it was emotional for her and I that I was leaving and as we pulled up to the airport where she was dropping me off this song came on the radio and it made me sad realizing how perfect the song was for the moment I gave my mom a hug and told her I love her and I'll see her again soon. My mother ended up passing away several months later. I never got to see her again :( Love you Mom.
Enchanted planter, you broke my heart with this story, sad, very sad. But, if you believe in Jesus, you’ll see her again! Have hope and God bless you. (This is my favorite song)
Sorry for your lost 🙏🙏🙏
We forget too easily, there are few second chances.
Sorry 🙏
sorry for your lost
It was late November, I was stationed with the US Army in cold Taegu, Korea; my wife and new born son were back in the states. We were blessed with AFN radio at our base, and in the evenings the radio jockeys would play song favorites. This was back at the end of the VN conflict, so a number of soldiers were newly stationed here alongside myself. This song would come on the radio, just before turning out the lights and hitting the rack, and the memories of home and wishing so much just to be back there in the arms of my wife and son. Hearing this again still tugs at my heart. This is among the top 10 songs of all time in my long life of 74 years.
Thank u for your service brother welcome home 55 bravo ft reilly kansas
God bless thank you for everything
That is so cool.
My father served in the Army on the DMZ in Korea for a year in 1968
The music of the 70s
Its part of the soundtrack of all of our lives. I hear this now entering my 62nd year. I don’t believe we knew what we had back then. To all the artists that gave us this gift, Thank you so very much
My father passed away a year ago and I'm still in pain and when I hear this song I'm desperate to see him again as happy as I am enjoying my life otherwise the pain doesn't go away I miss him and conditionally and I can't wait to see him again😢
Whenever the outside temp reads 3 degrees, i think of and play this song!
One of the immortal songs the 70s. Pure talent effortless singing.
The fact that we all want to comment means we’re all fans of the good ole days music! Who doesn’t love this classic?!!
Yes lots of memories then and now
Nothing better than growing up in the 70’s!
Concordo. Que época maravilhosa 🎉
Correct, ilove that music. Music today are all noise.
Although I didn't "grow up" in the 70s, I remember my high school sweetheart from the 50s and always wondered, "When will I see you again?"😢
Right felt useless being 2k🙂
Like seriously... Who the f*** would give this a thumbs down? Great song!!!!
11 years old this song plays on my school bus radio (wtre),it meant very little to me then,now at 59 i barely contain the tears as so many of my friends and family have passed on😢
Music is so powerful, this isn’t just music this is a masterpiece, thank you ladies for this.
I heard you clearly man.! I know exactly what you mean. Cheers.
Someone said music is the closest thing to a Time Machine! He’s so right 🥲
Your comment made me cry because I thought the same thing.
This song has a special memory for everyone - some happy, some sad - all unforgettable.
Very true! The power of music is amazing.
Facts
Drink to that
Traductor al español
Right on my brother ❤️❤️
This was 1974.........my grandson died
In March......before he died I caught my
Grandma quietly crying on her back
Porch....knowing his time was almost
Up...this song played on my way home
From their house. He died that evening
Grandma was doing pretty good
They'd been married over 50 years.
This by the 3 degrees....has meaning
For me I watch a life that was
Ending. Yet a new life was starting
Elsewhere.
This was “our” song when we first met in 1974. It was so special to both of us. The last time we heard it in June of 1998, he was battling cancer and two weeks later he was gone. It still brings a tear to my eye when I hear it. Rest in eternal glory and peace, dearest Dan. ❤
Sorry about the loss
This wonderful song brings back some bittersweet memories to me. I'm now 63 yrs old. I should've married that sweet, wonderful, beautiful girl. I still think of her.
Yeah,me too. I left home in '73 and moved to the big smoke. This song and many more from that era bring back wonderful memories. Ahhh, the seventies. Best decade, by far.
Thanks to Apple TV’s Hijack leading me here. What a beautiful and unique song! Salute to the song writers, and the group performing it.
Same here
Me too!! 😂
There are two people I'm thinking of right now from the past; I'm wondering where they are now and when I can see them again.
This song was released in 1974. At the time I was a professional guitarist working with Baltimore based band Sunshine we just finished a six night gig in Rehobeth Beach Delaware. The other bands members headed back to Baltimore but I was currently living in Forest Hill Maryland outside of Bel Air. Like many other people I fell instantly in love with this song. As a musician I initially locked in on the beautiful production and rhythm section featuring a Fender Rhodes piano bass and drums then of course the melody and lyrics and of course beautiful vocals. That time and song were forever locked in my memory. We were currently playing a lot of soul music coming out of Philly.
I think of my mom who died in 2015. She loved this song. But she had MANY songs she liked. She loved songs from the 60's, 70's & 80's. She was a Motown fan too.
This song reminds me of my father, he passed away 2 years ago, i remember him singing this song laying on my couch with his eyes closed, man i miss you Daddy 😢😢Farris forever BUD
Back in the 1980s my buddy from the neighborhood always said that music from the 1960s & 1970s was the best. & you know he was right!
My god could these three sing or what
I'm 44 and this is a song that always brings me joy
Rest in Paradise Mom ! I Love and miss you !!!🙏🏻❤️🌹🕊😞
In an absolute time machine, and what an amazing time the 70s were.
I am back in time and time has stood still.
Love it.....just love it.
Yes! A beautiful song . Wow
I remember the time when I was young and this song was a big hit in 1974 and all over the radio. It's always been a favorite.
It's also good for our age group to keep remembering to keep our minds young.
Me too- I had just got my driver's license- and this song came on the radio on the way home from high school with my new girlfriend- and she looked me square in the eye and sang with the song- "Are we in love- or just friends?"
Right on!!!
I remember this song on the radio when I was a junior in high school. I had just gotten my driver's license and I was driving my then girlfriend home from a date. We sat a little closer when this song came on. We didn't date long but I this song always reminds me of her and that night back in 1974. Just a great memory.
I don't know the very first time i heard this song, i was 10 years old in 1976 and this song was very popular on radio stations back then when i was a young boy in Haiti where i was born and raised. And everytime i hear this song it brings my childhood back to life and a lot of joy and happy times. And sometime i just wished i could go back to those childhood days. This song is very dear to my heart, i could listen to it hundreds of times and never get tired.
I was a child in the 70s when this song came out I always loved this song brings back so many childhood memories ❤
Growing up I listened to this song through my dad. He'd put his cassette and we'd sit down and listen. Finding this song today reminds me some old memories. Keep resting in peace Dad
The first time I travelled to Mexico in 1980,I met a man that was so what I was wanting. I omly knew him for 2 weeks and I could barely make myself get on the plane to go home. When we were boarding this song played on the sound system. My friends had to literally hold me in my seat so I couldn't leave. I never saw him again but after 44 yrs. this song brings it all back. What could have been........
Find him ❤️
@@AnastasiaBeaverhousn I've been to where I met him in Mexico many times and asked people if they remember him or if they know where he went. Nobody knows. I believe in fate. I guess it wasn't meant to be😢
Some of the best feel good music came from the 70's. So glad I grew up at that time and got to hear it on many of the radio stations any time of day.
I so agree Andrew and am grateful to have been of age in Junior High School to remember.
Yep, the music of the 60's and 70's was chock a'block full of great love songs and "message music". A great time to be young and listening to my little red AM radio.
Me too.. I bought multiple CDs...so My music is always here
This song makes me very nostalgic for simpler times, though the 70s seemed anything but uncomplicated back then. I was twenty-five when this song dropped. It brings tears to my eyes as so many of my friends have left this world. Ah yes, I'm an old man inhabiting a strange new world...
Chuck
Turning 52 shortly, and the beautiful memories of my Mom n Dad and their loving upbringing are priceless.
I'm back in ⏲ 1970
Just ❤ it!!!!!
Rebecca, I’m just stuck in that period lately. So many beautiful memories and heartache…
My amazing grandma who passed away just 2 days ago used to sing this to me when im leaving from a visit to her and i loved it. I love her. May God bless His mercy and forgiveness.
Put the song on repeat and I sit and cry. The love of my life died.
Thank you Bobby Martin for such a superb arrangement!!! The Classic Sound of Philadelphia.
And Barry White too!
@@cactus-wren I could be wrong. but I thought Barry White's Music Arranger back in the 70's was Gene Page.
@@darrellmfume4020It was.
The seventies were calming and relaxing era now it's recollection with the songs past to present.
This is a true love song and should be enjoyed over and over
Had my heart broken in 74 back in Cambridge UK, this song always reminds me of that young lady. 'What may have been'
This is a great song. When music was a pleasure to listen to , we enjoyed it. The 50, 60, 70 ,and the 80. We're almost all good . I have 500 albums in this era. L P 's of course and 45's too. I even have a few 78's. I play them non stop.❤️🇨🇦
Mostly 45s, 78s and a small # of LPs with me. I still play them and will never get rid of them.
One of the most beautiful popular songs ever.
Winter of 74,am radio,all I did was listen to this song,most underrated song❤❤
Underrated NOT. The played the &^%$ out of it.
I was 14 in 1974 - this song takes me right back there - where have the years gone?
I was 8 in 1974, I am the same . This beautiful song on the radio. They were much better times.
I was 14 when this song was released in 1974 and it is such a big part of my youth 😊 thank you ❤
I had a long distance relationship in 1974. This song was simply special!
This song makes me smile and brings me to tears at the same time. I worked with a girl in a nursing home and we developed a great friendship. She was going on vacation to see her brother in Hawaii and we said this was "our song" and she later became my sister in law and we had some great times. Hers and my brothers marriage ended and we sort of lost touch but one of my daughters got a message from her on Facebook and she said, "ask your mom if she remembers " when will.I see you again? So for a while we got to talk again some and we always sang this song. She passed in 2021 and today when I saw this I had to listen and the smiles and tears came pouring out. It's really amazing how a song can do that. I'm waiting to see my old friend in Heaven one day. Thanks for this song.
The greatest last song of the night ever.. I saw them live in Baileys, Derby, 31.10.74.. Incredible!!
Lucky you.
Their voices are so gorgeous. The minute they come in with "HOO-OOH!!! HAA-AAHHH!!" you're taken.
I used to hear this song, every morning before I go to school, Wednesday radio station 107.7 Bham Al, I love that song,
When music was still actually music, and beautiful.
Take me back to my teen years … in the mid 70’s just thinking about my very first bf when we broke up☺️that was the greatest music era for love songs❤and awesome song artist ever! #Disco era
This song and the Roger Whitaker song were two of my favorite falling in love songs.
And new crushes were a monthly event throughout grades 7 and 8 for me.
My favorite female group!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
Sheila Ferguson is Ace of DIAMONDS ♦Happy Birthday to SHEILA FERGUSON OF 3 DEGREES Blessings and HUGS! 👑💜
Oh my gosh, these ladies could sing!!
A nice piece of song,my husband used to sing & play it when we met in 1983, may he rest in peace. It still remind me of those old days.
I've loved this song, my whole life, and I'm OLD lol.
I love it so much I have it downloaded on my 📱.
Is anyone else still listening in December 2024 ?? 🎶 💃
Precious moments that will never be repeated, that I will never live again. She left this world. OMG, this song makes me remember, laugh and also shed some tears. 😥
Ive loved this song since l first heard it backin the 70's.
My identical twin sisters and l would make believe we were 3 degrees and l was the lead😂
😂 Great Memories now that we 3 are all seniors.
I remember my late eldest brother buying the LP and playing it in 1974 just before the Christmas holidays, every time hear this it brings me to tears in his memory.
This song will always be relevant
every line of this song is a new question.. that takes some doing, to structure a song's lyrics that way 👌👏
I never noticed that before...have loved this song for decades.
Interesting observation! 👍
August 14, 2020
...I'm having a little trouble envisioning "hooo haaaa haaaa hoooo precious moments" as a question...
Talmudic?
@@Doctor_Robert Who (is going) "ha"? See, a question. :-)
8-14-23🎤The Music ❤The Harmony🎤The Lyrics❤The Depth🎤The Meaning❤The Memories 🎤The Beauty ❤️The Sultry Sexy Pleading of Want Desire Friendship Honesty ❤Then Now FOREVER
those beautiful orchestration arrangements on this classic. were composed by Music Arranger/BOBBY MARTIN. Bobby was a TOP Music Arranger at Gamble and Huff's label. Gamble and Huff wrote and produced this track.
I love to hear the ladies sing the songs all the time Amen 🙏
I wasn’t born until 1998 but I love this song and old music. My parents raised me on this song and this old music and I thank them for raising me on this music. This song makes me cry but it reminds me of good memories with my family and I salute them every day for everything they do for me. 😢
Thanx, Girls.... will Always love this classic tune...Y'all have given us a LOT of great Music !
Great song, one of my favorites of the 1970's!
Amazing how many people find comfort in this lovely song after the painful loss of a loved one. A classic that says what we all think after loss: When will I see this precious person again? Classy ladies, timeless and beautiful lyrics
This song takes you back to Precious Memories! It will make you Cry! And later turn those Tears to a SMILE ❤
True.wish we could feel this way for ever.
Nothing like the hits that came out before you was born
Beautiful song sung by 3 Beautiful Ladies
Sanford and Son is the reason why I first time I see The Three Degrees, God bless The Three Degrees and Sanford and Son.❤️❤️❤️😥😥😥👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Who do we want? THE THREE DEGREES! One of my favorite S & S episodes.
Absolutely timeless. There's a not many songs that nail the writing (Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff), arrangement, orchestration, and production. The right song sung by the right singers. A very strong Supremes vibe but done even better. God, I miss this kind of music.
Loved hearing this in my mom's Ford Grand Torino.
I dedicate this song to my beautiful angel 😇 I miss you so much I know you are with the lord see you when I get there ❤️ always
So beautiful.. love and divinity shine through this song
How true... remember the good times...and forget the bad times...
Time always has a way to soften the hard times and always elevates the Good Times!!!💕
I posted this song by The Three Degrees in honor of Sunday's weather high in the Missouri Ozarks - Just 3 degrees. I haven't heard this great song by those three beautiful women for years!