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  • Опубликовано: 30 ноя 2024

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  • @gordondodds5537
    @gordondodds5537 8 месяцев назад +155

    Got to be one of the greatest dance tunes ever, still listening 2024

  • @MagalaRonald-u2s
    @MagalaRonald-u2s 25 дней назад +26

    52yrs just can't stop listening to these vibes

  • @riteshrishi4594
    @riteshrishi4594 2 года назад +525

    Lisa Keith's backing vocals are sublime and made the song a classic.

    • @brandongomesfernandes4828
      @brandongomesfernandes4828 2 года назад +12

      oh my god yes

    • @hwilmore
      @hwilmore Год назад +12

      Bang on! I can dig it.

    • @beachchaos1863
      @beachchaos1863 Год назад +31

      She elevated the song to pure perfection.

    • @gilboyle1387
      @gilboyle1387 Год назад +24

      I first discovered Lisa's amazing voice when attending hometown church in Bloomington, Minnesota, where her husband Spencer is a pastor, and Lisa's sometimes sings.

    • @horseman942
      @horseman942 Год назад +6

      @@gilboyle1387 thanks for sharing this, very cool!

  • @whydoyouwanttoknow4464
    @whydoyouwanttoknow4464 Месяц назад +21

    Songs like this put a smile on my face. I miss the 80's. I was a teenager when this came out.

    • @kerry-j4m
      @kerry-j4m 20 дней назад +3

      Me too. I still remember watching this video for the first time,great memories.

  • @chelseamontgomery3918
    @chelseamontgomery3918 10 месяцев назад +96

    One of the best songs ever made. I’m 25 and listen to this song every day like I was born back then 💃

    • @3legend552
      @3legend552 9 месяцев назад +7

      I'm 49 and I remember this song when I was young..let me tell you something that's when music was good you'd had been there in that time people were different back then 😊

    • @DanBrown-jx6cm
      @DanBrown-jx6cm 9 месяцев назад +8

      55 yrs old and I was in the thick of it, brilliant times….

    • @_RicoPapi
      @_RicoPapi 9 месяцев назад +5

      Fr… I’m 26

    • @jongbong1912
      @jongbong1912 8 месяцев назад

      I'm 165 years old and wish I would just die

    • @kharyvines6971
      @kharyvines6971 7 месяцев назад

      TELL A FRIEND I'M 47 I PLAY A COOKOUTS

  • @peterjordan2599
    @peterjordan2599 13 дней назад +7

    I am 70 Now , this came out 1987 , loved it ever since . What a Voice !!

  • @bertrum4
    @bertrum4 4 года назад +762

    48 years old and I still remember the buzz when this tune first hit the charts,

    • @m3dow._.512
      @m3dow._.512 4 года назад +16

      Lol I wish i was around then I would be non stop listening

    • @xc1971pp
      @xc1971pp 4 года назад +10

      Yeah! I was there, too!

    • @thestrengthwithin4249
      @thestrengthwithin4249 4 года назад +11

      I was there to, wow what memories, and what music that was 👏👏👏👏🌹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿x

    • @kerryrace3244
      @kerryrace3244 4 года назад +7

      ❤️ My favourite song 😊

    • @justafanofnerdculture7602
      @justafanofnerdculture7602 4 года назад +9

      47 years old and I remember it as well.

  • @Zennie371
    @Zennie371 7 месяцев назад +295

    Who is listening to this great single in 2024. I wish the 80's was a vicennial, which is a period of 20 years and not a decade!

    • @davidmunene3324
      @davidmunene3324 7 месяцев назад +8

      It's on repeat for me, today

    • @modrikisadopted6337
      @modrikisadopted6337 7 месяцев назад +5

      Me. Since my college days of the 80s.

    • @alfredomartines7223
      @alfredomartines7223 7 месяцев назад +5

      Tolle Lieder sterben nie ,80',die geilste Zeit meines Lebens 😊✌️✌️✌️

    • @Felicity-g2j
      @Felicity-g2j 7 месяцев назад

      Yep me bloody love this

    • @Swanny77-o8y
      @Swanny77-o8y 7 месяцев назад +2

      I grew up in the 80s. Proper amusement arcades, amazing animation, and bouncy castles. Lots of bouncy castles. Playgrounds were potentially death traps, all concrete and steel, but, by the four winds, it galvanised you.

  • @eindhovenf
    @eindhovenf 4 месяца назад +64

    2024 and still getting goosebumps from this song. What a voice this man had!
    Brings tears to my eyes, also mainly by thinking about my life and thinking about the past and the good old days....🥲

    • @garyfaulkner1480
      @garyfaulkner1480 3 месяца назад +2

      Likewise...amazing times

    • @HoodBoy426
      @HoodBoy426 Месяц назад +1

      I'm picking up what you're putting down 💯

  • @markswoman2134
    @markswoman2134 4 года назад +169

    For my friend Andrea. She passed away yesterday. Thank you for your friendship and the memories, they'll never die. Love you xxxx

    • @dwightlove3704
      @dwightlove3704 3 года назад +15

      My condolences to you

    • @greeneyedwarlock882
      @greeneyedwarlock882 3 года назад +11

      SO VERY SORRY to read that. Sending you strength and light and love!

    • @nitsamichael1436
      @nitsamichael1436 3 года назад +6

      Sorry for your loss darling.

    • @markswoman2134
      @markswoman2134 2 года назад +2

      Thank you beautiful people for kind words X.

    • @markswoman2134
      @markswoman2134 2 года назад +1

      @@dwightlove3704 Thank you. Just seen this notification . Much love X.

  • @sharonjepson2469
    @sharonjepson2469 Месяц назад +6

    I've seen Alexander O'Neil twice and he was amazing

  • @darrenb8974
    @darrenb8974 2 года назад +240

    I can't think of a better produced or more effective use of backing vocals. It is like cream being poured on strawberries. Really superb.

    • @exoticallovergirl
      @exoticallovergirl Год назад +3

      Amennnn

    • @randychampion184
      @randychampion184 Год назад +2

      Another Jimmy and Terry production comes close for me: 'Ice Cream Dream" by Mc Lyte on the "Mo Money" motion picture soundtrack.

    • @EthioMix
      @EthioMix Год назад +1

      Bernard Wright - Who Fo You Love 👌

    • @nelsonhibbert5267
      @nelsonhibbert5267 11 месяцев назад

      It's definately the jizz on the tits of music.....

  • @Ali-hb9bd
    @Ali-hb9bd Год назад +119

    This song was one of the best of the 80s, in fact his whole album was. Life was great in the 80s, the music, the clothes, nothing will ever beat it.

    • @kerryrace3244
      @kerryrace3244 11 месяцев назад +2

      ❤ Correct

    • @Kyle-wm1sm
      @Kyle-wm1sm 10 месяцев назад +3

      What u mean the 80s it’s still one of the best now as are all the 80/90s tunes … they will never be beaten a club dance floor with all these classics is one hell of a night… compared to the shit that’s made today… no wonder the clubbing scene has diminished ….

    • @arsenewenger30
      @arsenewenger30 9 месяцев назад +1

      Hearsay was an amazing album.

    • @kharyvines6971
      @kharyvines6971 7 месяцев назад +1

      I TEACH THIS TO KIDS. IM FOR REAL.N

  • @CodiganKelly1983
    @CodiganKelly1983 3 года назад +907

    This song doesn't get the respect it deserves. Alex O'Neal is amazing

    • @drustlyz
      @drustlyz 2 года назад +14

      it's awesome the bass the midrange awesome

    • @tramellmalone9146
      @tramellmalone9146 Год назад +12

      It doesn't. I agree. Classic Jam

    • @tonymontana897
      @tonymontana897 Год назад +17

      This song was a powerhouse song for the 80's. It had a big presence and I always would play it loud. He was amazing !

    • @CollectorChronicles
      @CollectorChronicles Год назад +12

      Facts! I never even heard of this song. It’s badass

    • @paulc3749
      @paulc3749 Год назад +13

      💯, this was a top tune back in the day

  • @Jack-q1d8i
    @Jack-q1d8i 7 месяцев назад +111

    My entire teenage years were in the 80's.....I'm blessed🙏

    • @TheAnasAcuta
      @TheAnasAcuta 7 месяцев назад +7

      Truly blessed being a teenager in the 80' ...I totally agree!.

    • @mcpeewee68
      @mcpeewee68 6 месяцев назад +1

      Same. Turned 11 right before the start of the 80s and 21 right before the end

    • @lisabeech275
      @lisabeech275 5 месяцев назад +3

      That was me very happy times ❤

    • @cerealkiller4248
      @cerealkiller4248 3 месяца назад +3

      10 in 1980, what a time to be alive.

    • @jamesbrown8961
      @jamesbrown8961 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@cerealkiller4248 I was 9 I feel u

  • @Venus29
    @Venus29 4 года назад +491

    The album Hearsay, needs more recognition it’s just pure brilliance.

    • @bonusbaby801
      @bonusbaby801 4 года назад +14

      @Venus...Hell yeah it was. I beat this cassette tape to death!!

    • @sherrijones1498
      @sherrijones1498 4 года назад +7

      I agree

    • @peterallsop3491
      @peterallsop3491 4 года назад +5

      Proper great album love it

    • @washinkan
      @washinkan 4 года назад +9

      An absolute modern masterpiece!

    • @briannorby
      @briannorby 4 года назад +11

      From beginning to end...every song was slamming!

  • @BiffcheeseSpinoccoli
    @BiffcheeseSpinoccoli Год назад +153

    Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis produced an era of absolute BANGERS. This song is one of many, many examples. ❤

    • @tonymagnier9846
      @tonymagnier9846 Год назад +10

      yea they were brilliant with Janet Jackson, George Michael, even the Human League and so many others, bangers each and every one.

    • @user-fh2vx3hd6c
      @user-fh2vx3hd6c Год назад +2

      best song on Hearsay and the only one Jam & Lewis didn't write

    • @buffalosoldier4045
      @buffalosoldier4045 11 месяцев назад

      Facts

    • @kharyvines6971
      @kharyvines6971 7 месяцев назад +3

      SOS BAND TOO

    • @robbiebridges6021
      @robbiebridges6021 7 месяцев назад +2

      I also see that girl from house party with Gina from Martin singing in the background!

  • @AndrewMuschett
    @AndrewMuschett 2 дня назад +2

    Music has taken me over, can't imagine a day without it 😂❤

  • @susana6920
    @susana6920 3 года назад +290

    How I miss the 80's, when the best songs were written!!!!

  • @John-sp8gj
    @John-sp8gj Год назад +32

    I'm 60 years old now but in my younger days I used to frequent the night clubs in town back in the good old 80s. This song was always played every time I went to one particular night club called Squires. Hearing it brings back so many great memories. Thank you Alexander for some truly great songs and some truly great memories, from England 😊

    • @Man_from_UNCLE
      @Man_from_UNCLE Год назад +4

      I'm with you all the way. Am 66 now and also remember the clubbing days when this and many other 80s classics used to set the places afire!
      I saw him in concert at the Albert Hall (London) in April 1991 with The Pasadenas in support on the All True Man tour - seriously one of THE best concerts of my life.

    • @kathysamuels3054
      @kathysamuels3054 9 месяцев назад +1

      He's touring again his last ever tour I'm 56 so I also remember going to clubs and this was blasting out

  • @mauricegovender1932
    @mauricegovender1932 9 месяцев назад +24

    What a classic! Brings back so much fond memories of our clubbing days!

  • @bigphil9714
    @bigphil9714 2 года назад +308

    I work on a construction site and everyone turns this up when it's on the radio! How it only has 3m views is beyond me, absolute banger!!!!

    • @stephenmcculloch7192
      @stephenmcculloch7192 Год назад +1

      It's only this video that has 3mill, another video clip, say on the old grey whistle of him sing it, maybe has 4mill, its each performance that gets views, if its live it maybe has 5mill

    • @bogeythedog163
      @bogeythedog163 Год назад +2

      Great lyrics

    • @johnnypox7226
      @johnnypox7226 Год назад +3

      this turns up on the radio? wow. that's a good radio station.

    • @missparsley3202
      @missparsley3202 Год назад +3

      ​@@johnnypox7226 😂 yeah, they don't play this that much anymore on the radio in my country neither. Damn shame! Still one of the best feel good tracks ever !!! 💐👋💞💯💯💯❤️

    • @laurence8209
      @laurence8209 11 месяцев назад

      I think this was Alex's biggest best seller. He has many classics , I think he wrote it too!

  • @justafanofnerdculture7602
    @justafanofnerdculture7602 4 года назад +500

    This man is one of the best singers ever... period!

    • @erehistruth2356
      @erehistruth2356 4 года назад +9

      This was my jam right here.

    • @dpogue6195
      @dpogue6195 4 года назад +6

      Big Beautiful Black Man who can "sang" & move! He's got my attention😍

    • @nyobu73
      @nyobu73 4 года назад +5

      The truth

    • @christinecolgate7884
      @christinecolgate7884 4 года назад +1

      Love English

    • @jamalsoward72
      @jamalsoward72 3 года назад

      @@erehistruth2356 mine too. Feel in love with it the minute I first heard it.

  • @reallife0728
    @reallife0728 8 месяцев назад +25

    MY ERA IS UNDEFEATED!!!!!🤎🤎🤎

  • @deandeany911
    @deandeany911 Год назад +52

    I love this song. It reminds me of my late wife of 25 years. Brilliant times. R.I.P from our beautiful son and to good times. This doesnt mean alot to anyone but i dont g a s. This song fires times in our then young lives that can never be taken away. Thank you. Xxxxxxxx

  • @HeartReader57
    @HeartReader57 7 месяцев назад +67

    I am still Jamming to this song at the end of April 2024. It sounds even better since it was real music. 67 years of age and still listening to this great music from when I was 30 in 1987 and the clubs were jumping.

    • @ronk4257
      @ronk4257 6 месяцев назад +4

      61 here.....and i am still listening....what a music

    • @Roger08q
      @Roger08q 6 месяцев назад

      Lucky man u lived the good years. We're in for it now tho

    • @stevewagner7018
      @stevewagner7018 5 месяцев назад

      Totally with you !😀

    • @eduardosolis6383
      @eduardosolis6383 5 месяцев назад +2

      Is everyone still jumping to this song even if you have passed your prime?👍👍🕺🏼🪩😁😁😁
      Me am 27 and loving this!

    • @Ian-d3r
      @Ian-d3r 3 месяца назад +2

      August 24 and still hunting this banger down..73 kid and love it

  • @RicardoAng
    @RicardoAng 3 года назад +131

    Lisa Keith’s background vocals are lit. Goosebumps all over.

    • @abc78920
      @abc78920 Год назад +12

      Do you mean Lisa who sang "Making Love in the Rain" by Herb Alpert?

    • @Heartboy1031
      @Heartboy1031 Год назад +3

      @@abc78920 Yes.

    • @thekid5729
      @thekid5729 11 месяцев назад +5

      Lisa Keith's background vocals are flawless on this track, absolutely mesmerized.

  • @baggie29
    @baggie29 4 года назад +326

    Pure nostalgia from a music era that will never be repeated. God bless the 80s

  • @markj9544
    @markj9544 6 месяцев назад +15

    52 yr old white guy here and I still play his CD from time to time. I grew up listening to this kind of music and still love it!

  • @SeeDeeJay72
    @SeeDeeJay72 4 года назад +297

    This is so funky! Terry and Jimmy Jam production at it's finest! That Minneapolis Sound!

    • @noelmurphy406
      @noelmurphy406 4 года назад +4

      Bigtime buddy, loves their sound in the day 👌

    • @BarkleyConners
      @BarkleyConners 4 года назад +3

      except it needs more bass and i would like to hear Alex sing the hook melody that the girls sing

    • @THAT-ONE
      @THAT-ONE 4 года назад +1

      @@BarkleyConners always had the same feeling

    • @mrtruthhurts2307
      @mrtruthhurts2307 4 года назад +4

      Jelly Bean produced this

    • @SeeDeeJay72
      @SeeDeeJay72 4 года назад +4

      Wow you're right Brother Dee! Looked it up he produced for Janet and New Edition too.

  • @marcusbrown9917
    @marcusbrown9917 4 года назад +908

    This song never gets old.

  • @PaulineBishop-f2r
    @PaulineBishop-f2r 3 месяца назад +15

    Legend of a song. Alexander brilliant. Brings back memories.

  • @chunkygroove9038
    @chunkygroove9038 10 месяцев назад +7

    A super classic by Alexander. His deep, powerful vocals melt into the eighties production. The result is organic & timeless.

  • @Willlll1m
    @Willlll1m 10 лет назад +1665

    This is one of the greatest songs of the 80s

  • @DanielNegron-h6c
    @DanielNegron-h6c 4 дня назад +1

    The year I graduated highschool 😮 Alexander had mad hits .. Great 👍 music 🎶.

  • @pantherboy9536
    @pantherboy9536 2 года назад +5

    In 1986, I happened to get my 1st job as a teacher at his former HS in MS, North Natchez high School. I lived a mile from his mom (In Broadmoor) and met him at a club there in Natchez in '87. Went to the same college (Alcorn State). Not many people know, but he was an outstanding linebacker/defensive end in football. An All-around talented guy!!

  • @monicajones5943
    @monicajones5943 5 лет назад +241

    2019😀 I had the cassette. Does anybody remember listening to an album on cassette? Sounds Great🎧
    Thanks for Posting☝

    • @aplleyva
      @aplleyva 4 года назад +11

      Bought the Vinyl LP put it on cassette ASAP for the car

    • @monicajones5943
      @monicajones5943 4 года назад +7

      @@aplleyva The whole album was great for Aerbics. Late 80s...😆

    • @mikeandrsn3715
      @mikeandrsn3715 4 года назад +4

      I had it on cassette in 1987 in Lubbock Texas I was still jamming his 1985 release innocent!!!

    • @monicajones5943
      @monicajones5943 4 года назад +1

      @@mikeandrsn3715 ...You had to be there...it's was the 80s...

    • @markdrake5977
      @markdrake5977 4 года назад +6

      yes i do in my mk2 escort back in the day when life was simple and music was good

  • @beccylovland7382
    @beccylovland7382 9 месяцев назад +7

    One of my all time favourite songs. This came out when I was 14. Would sit in my bedroom blasting this out at 14 having to rewind the tape to repeat it. Still love it ❤

  • @sundeeprajagopalan8673
    @sundeeprajagopalan8673 3 года назад +454

    I accidentally stumbled upon this song in the midst of lockdown and ended up listening everyday till date at least once. There’s something magical about Alexander’s voice and the music composed for the song.Being from India, I am extremely privileged to listen to music from across the globe. Thanks to technology which has shaped and broadened the channel to explore a plethora of genres.. Happy new year to all you music lovers.

    • @gazeyre
      @gazeyre 3 года назад +23

      Happy New Year to you too Sundeep. Check out his albums, he is the best singer ever...and I mean that.

    • @dxthegreat
      @dxthegreat 3 года назад +11

      Cuz this jam classic

    • @michaelh1889
      @michaelh1889 3 года назад +14

      It's a bad ass jam, Sunny !! ;D

    • @davidibrahim4294
      @davidibrahim4294 3 года назад +9

      I love this song

    • @davidibrahim4294
      @davidibrahim4294 3 года назад +8

      I love this song

  • @APSMCMLXXXII
    @APSMCMLXXXII 2 года назад +31

    Well since I’m not American, I didn’t knew the existence of this song until some years ago driving a car on Liberty City (New York City version in GTA IV, a video game), so I heard this song and I liked and loved instantly, a true masterpiece and a 80’s feeling this one 😍

    • @markhardcastle9820
      @markhardcastle9820 Год назад +4

      Bigger in the U.K. than USA. Amazing voice. He has his farewell tour next year. One cool guy.

  • @marcdyas2654
    @marcdyas2654 Год назад +35

    There's nothing like music from this decade, I grew up during the 80's, it was absolutely unbelievable, there was something about the 80"s that made it magic, for me it was all about the music, I'm privileged to have grown up in this decade

    • @missparsley3202
      @missparsley3202 Год назад +2

      👍Couldn't have said it better! 🤩💯👋Grtz from Belgium 🇧🇪✌️🍀

  • @farleymarly2575
    @farleymarly2575 2 года назад +76

    When I was a child my dad used to play this song in the car. But I thought it was a dream.
    Somehow I was trying to remember the lyrics to that day. And I thought yeah I must be dreaming.....then have you guys ever had one of those days you fall on something you haven't heard for like 35 years and it hits hard in the heart. I'm having that right now.

    • @Paces2
      @Paces2 2 года назад +3

      😌😇 Isn't that the best feeling

    • @Luna-kb3sr
      @Luna-kb3sr 2 года назад +2

      ♥️♥️♥️♥️

    • @vinnybruce2874
      @vinnybruce2874 Год назад +1

      you're not the only one I remember I was in the car with my dad when this song was on

    • @missparsley3202
      @missparsley3202 Год назад

      God bless you. 🙏🍀✌️

    • @therealjesterguys
      @therealjesterguys 7 месяцев назад +1

      I feel you. I turn 20 this year, but my mother used to play this song all the time when I was growing up, so I absolutely love it

  • @alyslesafranks261
    @alyslesafranks261 4 года назад +245

    Boy do I miss the 80's....

    • @tommypillay743
      @tommypillay743 4 года назад +5

      Me too

    • @BBoyFast1000
      @BBoyFast1000 4 года назад +6

      TELL ME BOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @stevebaker8313
      @stevebaker8313 4 года назад +4

      ซาง สูง yeah best times ever

    • @alexanderstefanov6474
      @alexanderstefanov6474 4 года назад +3

      The best music for sure, but let's be honest and not look through rose tinted specs, it was great if you were a straight white man living in the west.

    • @JayKhwaja
      @JayKhwaja 4 года назад +1

      You'll Never Be Alone On That, Believe Me

  • @norfairaffair
    @norfairaffair 11 месяцев назад +3

    I’m 43 and didn’t hear this song until 2008 GTA IV. Amazing song. Also his track, “If you were here tonight” is an another great one I didn’t hear until this year, thanks to IG.

  • @steverdms
    @steverdms 3 года назад +132

    I'm late to the party. Never heard of Alexander O'Neal until a couple months ago. I don't know what planet I lived on because I thought I was an 80's music guru. I was reading an article on Morris Day and the Time and heard the name. Looked him up. POW! Instant fan. Now, I know all the songs on every album and he is the best find of the year!! I'm simply incapable of turning it off. I wish they still made music like this today. And my lord, what a handsome guy!

    • @lokienvy
      @lokienvy 3 года назад +11

      Never too late to appreciate greatness. =)

    • @kerryrace3244
      @kerryrace3244 3 года назад +7

      Got on the stage with him in Sheffield ❤️. Loved him from day one . Best song of the 80’s

    • @samstevens8012
      @samstevens8012 3 года назад +5

      Alexander O'Neal is definitely one of the underappreciated artists of his time..
      But please don't worry. There are dozens more unbelievably talented R&B artists yet to be discovered.. artists who have simply been lost in the shuffle as music tastes changed over time.. but the music they left behind testifies to their talents.

    • @dwightlove3704
      @dwightlove3704 2 года назад +4

      Steven Baker Better late than never

    • @cerealkiller4248
      @cerealkiller4248 2 года назад +5

      That’s strange because it’s one of those tracks that still gets regular air time. No matter though, you’re here now 👍👍👍

  • @Dead-Ball-Situation
    @Dead-Ball-Situation 3 года назад +3296

    I guarantee if 80's music came back, the world would be a happier place.

  • @NeziNappsakaNezi
    @NeziNappsakaNezi 2 месяца назад +5

    I loved Alexander O'Neal's music so much when I was a teenager. ❤

  • @Chrisamusic1
    @Chrisamusic1 4 года назад +414

    The bass in this is just sooo nasty. A fantastic bassline.

    • @artfull334
      @artfull334 4 года назад +19

      Chris A. Totally 😄👍and no surprise there because Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis wrote and played this jam. Both are ex associates and band members of Prince from the Time and also Alexander, but Prince sacked him and next Jimmy and Terry. Their all from the Minneapolis sound of Funk.

    • @inbutnotoftheworld2237
      @inbutnotoftheworld2237 4 года назад +9

      Yup...and don't forget Alexander and his crazy vocals...full of life and excitement, always...

    • @blahblah1438
      @blahblah1438 4 года назад +7

      I love a good baseline

    • @tommymagnusson
      @tommymagnusson 4 года назад +5

      I agree 👍🎧🎶🎵🎼❤️

    • @johnmilbourn8876
      @johnmilbourn8876 3 года назад +3

      I hop you are enjoying this music on lockdown

  • @markfinney4472
    @markfinney4472 4 года назад +242

    Still one of the best song's from the 80's

  • @nicke5403
    @nicke5403 6 месяцев назад +1

    This was my record of 1989 - and a fantastic album, good luck on your farewell tour Alex- hope to see you Shrewsbury to roll back the years!!!!

  • @39doddle
    @39doddle 2 года назад +74

    I was lucky to grow up in the 80s and listen to great music like this! Wish I could back.
    The world is s*#t now!

  • @aaronisadore7863
    @aaronisadore7863 3 года назад +105

    The 80's hands down produced some of the most unbelievable sounds and music not to mention the sophisticated style and class...Theses women playing with Mr O'neal absolutely brilliant beautiful and Talented very deserving of Hall of Fame the stuff legends are made of!!!Thank you Alexander O'Neal for giving me a great child hood and teenage dream I will never forget it...No....not never!!

  • @crystalmason829
    @crystalmason829 Год назад +35

    This was my mothers theme song when I was baby. She always played this song and always said our immediately family was criticizing her. She had converted to Islam and the way she dressed, how many times she prayed down to the food she ate the rest if the family made a big deal out of it. She was passionate about her beliefs and her new found spirituality. One thing she didn't drop was the good R&B music...she wasnt dropping Alexander O'neal for nobody!!!! This man has no idea how liberating this song was for my mother...

  • @djdigital3806
    @djdigital3806 4 года назад +66

    I like when the drummer hits the crash cymbol! 80's keyboard synthenziers sound heavenly 🎹

    • @rachaelobrien9566
      @rachaelobrien9566 2 года назад +1

      👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

    • @iammicsholla1482
      @iammicsholla1482 2 года назад +2

      Ah don't, you know it when you're in the 80s era as those synthesizers gave them the ultimate sound, the best!

  • @nitajuarez9090
    @nitajuarez9090 5 лет назад +100

    I see A.J.Johnson on keyboard doing her thing. Such a classic. Love his voice. So relaxing & fun. Definitely a gem

    • @Sher7725_
      @Sher7725_ 5 лет назад +8

      I thought that was her!! Thanks!

    • @GearsinMotionGraphics
      @GearsinMotionGraphics 5 лет назад +5

      Yes that was her, such a wonderful thing seeing people back in their heyday and you spot them towards their career.

    • @curtismichael4703
      @curtismichael4703 4 года назад +6

      Lip synching on point!🎤

    • @cheesygrits000
      @cheesygrits000 4 года назад +3

      😁😁😁😁yes that's her! 😍😍😍😍😍Go AJ it your birthday!!!

    • @lionelkennedy1394
      @lionelkennedy1394 4 года назад +2

      Yeah, that's her! With her sexy beautiful self 😍😍😍

  • @samsonmathenge9992
    @samsonmathenge9992 10 дней назад +1

    My all time hit. I really like the song!

  • @martinplatt5928
    @martinplatt5928 2 года назад +6

    I was 29 in 1987.....that bass line.....wow.......those beautiful women. A video to empower women; fantastic. He looks so cool it's incredible to watch. Give me a time machine please!

  • @Mochic45
    @Mochic45 3 года назад +99

    The Vibe 98.8 is one of the best radio stations of all time....

    • @andrewbladerunner
      @andrewbladerunner Год назад +9

      Damn straight

    • @tyloocollins
      @tyloocollins Год назад +5

      Fucking right

    • @jonaznostal
      @jonaznostal Год назад +1

      La mejor de todas!!! THE VIBE >>>>>

    • @HamtaroSan85
      @HamtaroSan85 6 месяцев назад +1

      That radio station hits different when it’s night time in game, especially when "Footsteps in the Dark" comes on.
      The Beat 102.7 is perfect too with "Flashing Lights"

    • @HamtaroSan85
      @HamtaroSan85 6 месяцев назад

      That radio station hits different when it’s night time in game, especially when "Footsteps in the Dark" comes on.
      The Beat 102.7 is perfect too with "Flashing Lights"

  • @greeneyedwarlock882
    @greeneyedwarlock882 2 месяца назад +2

    ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍 This MASTERPIECE has been, is and FOREVER WILL BE one of my ABSOLUTELY FAVORITE JAMS of my ENTIRE 63 YEAR YOUNG LIFE! I FLY with it and O'Neal and all the INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS who mad it every damn time I hear it!!!!!

  • @RichWeigel
    @RichWeigel Год назад +17

    Hard to believe this song came out 36 years ago time flies always a classic!

  • @ericajones2537
    @ericajones2537 Год назад +20

    So underrated!!!! Not only is music, his voice fantastic, but all his songs have relevance to human behaviors.....

  • @raheemthedreamsterling4501
    @raheemthedreamsterling4501 Год назад +5

    Alexander before my time. I'm a 90s baby. But my god I love his music and his voice. I'm going watching his farewell tour with my mum tomorow I can't wait. This I'd proper music I also love George Benson ❤

  • @rebeccajordan3174
    @rebeccajordan3174 Год назад +3

    One of my fave songs of all time! Take me back

  • @jackiebrown3906
    @jackiebrown3906 15 дней назад +9

    2024 IM STILL LISTENING TO MY GUY ALEX HIS MUSIC NEVER GOES OUT OF STYLE

  • @arnoldmutemeri925
    @arnoldmutemeri925 Год назад +19

    Those backings still give me goosebumps....

  • @jamesprivet
    @jamesprivet 4 года назад +277

    I can't criticize this song!! 😄🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👏👏👏👏👏

  • @francisibok474
    @francisibok474 2 года назад +15

    Alexander O'Neal had one of the most distinctive voices in R&B. This is one of my all-time favourite jams of his. Love the pulsating beat . Jam and Lewis upped the tempo on this one. Brilliant.

  • @sykesmark65
    @sykesmark65 3 месяца назад +2

    Top song, good memories from the 80s, the lady on the drums is stunning

  • @brianj5355
    @brianj5355 Год назад +11

    Absolute late 80's classic it is timeless and brings back so many memories of my times in the nightclubs back then, dancing my heart out to Alexander O'Neil What a Legend of the Dancefloor.

  • @shawnstancil6942
    @shawnstancil6942 3 года назад +42

    Music like this have tears coming out my eyes. Good music

    • @yaelgill
      @yaelgill 2 года назад +2

      Same

    • @shawnstancil6942
      @shawnstancil6942 2 года назад +2

      @@yaelgill I still play this song because it's real. People who be hatimg be the ones always criticizing

    • @mrjace3
      @mrjace3 2 года назад

      Bro bro I'm happy you shared that comment.

  • @KJ_92-x2k
    @KJ_92-x2k 9 месяцев назад +19

    This song was played at my sisters funeral today! 😢😢

    • @ianbell7342
      @ianbell7342 9 месяцев назад +1

      i feel your loss . good choice. brill song

    • @mitch7951
      @mitch7951 9 месяцев назад +3

      So very sorry for your loss, but your sister must have been a fun and wonderful lady to have this song played at her funeral! ♥♥♥

    • @lorileeann7623
      @lorileeann7623 8 месяцев назад +2

      So Sorry For Your Loss... Great Song♥️

    • @tmackalicious4552
      @tmackalicious4552 7 месяцев назад +1

      My condolences to you and your family

  • @paulboyd3357
    @paulboyd3357 3 года назад +23

    Takes me straight back to the 80s love this song 🎶🎶💯♥️🎶🎸🎶thanx 4this awesome 💥🥴🇬🇧👍🤘👌✌️

  • @capt.lovestarii2752
    @capt.lovestarii2752 4 года назад +52

    I saw Alexander at the Forum in Ludwigsburg in 1991. He was support for the late Robert Palmer. It was a great gig.

    • @justme-hh4vp
      @justme-hh4vp 3 года назад

      ah, the mid-life crisis all female band tour!

  • @neil1982
    @neil1982 Год назад +5

    I heard it in the 80's.... I appreciated it in Grand Theft Auto 4... and now here were are, 12 years on from the game still listening to it.

  • @robertlloyd4712
    @robertlloyd4712 3 года назад +31

    Definitely one of Alexander’s best songs, once you heard that funky baseline and the song dropped it was on the dance floor for everyone 🎼🎶💥😂

  • @SlapStyleAnims
    @SlapStyleAnims Год назад +13

    Glad as a young person that I appreciate classics like this. Much of my generation doesn’t know how good it is. I love 80s music so much ❤️

  • @BillODriscoll-jo2ve
    @BillODriscoll-jo2ve 11 месяцев назад +1

    I definitely agree with that comment 100%
    If we had 80s music in the 21st century the world would be a much better place
    This is such a fantastic song from '87

  • @PrisonerofChrist81
    @PrisonerofChrist81 4 года назад +92

    A hit that was missed by many.
    Decades later discovered by many to be a hit.

    • @kennethrobinson6738
      @kennethrobinson6738 4 года назад +2

      Great point.

    • @jakbrown7289
      @jakbrown7289 4 года назад +3

      Im 27 and this is banger i can slightly remember my mum and dad blasting it wen i was a young en

  • @taichi29
    @taichi29 3 года назад +118

    That whole album is a straight up classic.

    • @gmcneoplan84
      @gmcneoplan84 2 года назад +3

      I've listened to that album a million times over the years. It's all scratched up and shit.

    • @THEREALLORDJ
      @THEREALLORDJ Год назад +1

      💯

    • @kevinworrall1346
      @kevinworrall1346 11 месяцев назад

      I've only got 2 cassettes Alexander oneil & princess

    • @trasation1774
      @trasation1774 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@gmcneoplan84 Hi, if you look online, I recall I used to fix vinyls with rubbing alcohol.

  • @use-oc4mj6n
    @use-oc4mj6n 10 дней назад +2

    Probably the best song produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis in the golden era of Flyte Tyme studios. Jellybean Johnson's contribution in writing this all time classic along with Alex cannot be ignored. ❤

  • @kerryrace3244
    @kerryrace3244 4 года назад +51

    ❤️❤️❤️ Pure class . Best song of the 80s for me xx

  • @snowywinterforest2507
    @snowywinterforest2507 2 года назад +14

    Most gorgeous song ever. Everything about it is amazing, light, happy, upbeat. Backgrounds singing, instruments, the 80s were the best, artists really cared about their music&put everything into it. Even the film's of the 80z were best, and they had amazing soundtracks hits. I miss 80s so bad it hurts, makes me cry tbh! I wish can go back.

  • @sararichmond8476
    @sararichmond8476 2 года назад +13

    I recall listening to the chart countdown on the radio in the 80s and the sense of anticipation waiting for this song to start! It fills me with joyous abandon! What a scorcher!!!!!!!! 🌟💥🔥

  • @CYANMUSICNETLABEL
    @CYANMUSICNETLABEL Год назад +10

    We need a big revival of 80s music to get the world calming down back again :) great track, alexander! one of the best of the 80s in my opinion, thanks!

  • @Folk_var
    @Folk_var 4 года назад +14

    I remember this so well from the Streatham ice rink in London, they played it every time. I was just a kid but I loved skating to this. So takes me back.

  • @Drewcat07
    @Drewcat07 4 месяца назад +1

    Damn! WOW! Breathtaking! What a song!

  • @petroskoutromanos331
    @petroskoutromanos331 4 года назад +25

    The ebb and flow in his voice is infectious..All time classic!!!,and will be relevant forever

  • @glamoriquearshad2552
    @glamoriquearshad2552 2 года назад +8

    Definitely my Alexander O'Neal jam. Always love his voice

  • @randalramsook5445
    @randalramsook5445 2 года назад +6

    Songs like this will never come back. So natural and organic music.

  • @michaelcole9165
    @michaelcole9165 3 года назад +53

    One of greatest tracks of the 1980’s. Still listening in Sep 2021

    • @mrjace3
      @mrjace3 2 года назад +2

      And now its 2022

  • @Ms666ism
    @Ms666ism 4 года назад +19

    This is solid jam. The background vocals totally shred. I still jam this classics don’t die

  • @anenowo
    @anenowo 2 года назад +81

    2022 and Alexander O’Neil deserves all the credits! My 80’s memory 🥰

  • @Paris__
    @Paris__ 2 года назад +7

    You know what, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's..........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world🇬🇧

  • @seancharlie8476
    @seancharlie8476 3 года назад +8

    He is such a good vocalist and the lady on the chorus has such a pleasant voice too.
    I find them very therapeutic to listen to 🙂🙂

  • @logicalnetwork1611
    @logicalnetwork1611 2 года назад +23

    I love Alexander O'Neal's music. Such a brilliant artist.

  • @mattymatty3124
    @mattymatty3124 4 года назад +101

    I loved this song together with "Fake", both from Alexander O'Neil.

    • @Supreme_Von
      @Supreme_Von 4 года назад +3

      Indeed. If you were here tonight ??

    • @mcdonoghrahloh459
      @mcdonoghrahloh459 4 года назад +2

      I don't think Alex is Irish!

    • @brennocalderan2201
      @brennocalderan2201 4 года назад +1

      @@mcdonoghrahloh459 O'neal is a irish surname though.

    • @mcdonoghrahloh459
      @mcdonoghrahloh459 4 года назад +2

      @@brennocalderan2201 No kidding!I was being a bit of a smart elik.The shamrock of the original commenters avatar.Hope that makes sense.

    • @brennocalderan2201
      @brennocalderan2201 4 года назад +1

      @@mcdonoghrahloh459 Indeed! XD

  • @davidtaysom3592
    @davidtaysom3592 Год назад +37

    This tune is absolutely legendary

  • @Dorian_Scott
    @Dorian_Scott Год назад +1

    I recently watched a certain rose maiden VTuber playing GTA IV and this song was played on one of game's radio stations. I loved it so much that I just *_had_* to look it up.

  • @bngr1
    @bngr1 4 года назад +377

    still listening in 2020!

    • @jasonhawkins6187
      @jasonhawkins6187 4 года назад +2

      Right here memories bout to shed a tear happy times

    • @admm8482
      @admm8482 4 года назад +4

      I´m already in year 2067 and still listening :)

    • @SantiagoBernebeu
      @SantiagoBernebeu 4 года назад +2

      Count me in!!!

    • @carlmason4153
      @carlmason4153 4 года назад +1

      @@SantiagoBernebeu Im here

    • @sheogorathz
      @sheogorathz 3 года назад +2

      2021 here

  • @swokatsamsiyu3590
    @swokatsamsiyu3590 2 года назад +17

    This just never gets old! How I miss the 80's when it comes to the music.