Mark Ronson - Stop Me (Official Video) ft. Daniel Merriweather

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  • @mickiamajor8110
    @mickiamajor8110 9 месяцев назад +154

    2007- I love this song 💚
    2024- I still love this song 💚

    • @rachelrobinson9009
      @rachelrobinson9009 9 месяцев назад +5

      SAME. SAME. FIRST SEEN ON VH1SOUL...GOOD OLE DAYS....

    • @anasalazar1
      @anasalazar1 7 месяцев назад +3

      I love too

    • @DavitBabayan-q1d
      @DavitBabayan-q1d 6 месяцев назад

      give me your phone numer:D

    • @tekh07
      @tekh07 5 месяцев назад

      Same!!!

    • @williamgilliam3484
      @williamgilliam3484 4 месяца назад

      SAME, one of the few good memories I have from that time, I hold onto it :)

  • @rludlow77
    @rludlow77 3 месяца назад +34

    Not sure why Daniel Merriweather didn’t become a global superstar. The look, the voice, the songwriting.

    • @maliceinwonderland99
      @maliceinwonderland99 3 месяца назад +3

      The look? You see bro's weird mouth? And it's funny, I don't remember him looking like this at all.

    • @mrsmith7936
      @mrsmith7936 2 месяца назад

      easy answer he's not jewish

    • @stephenoneill5349
      @stephenoneill5349 Месяц назад +5

      This is a cover he didn't write it The Smiths did, listen to the original....

    • @mrsmith7936
      @mrsmith7936 Месяц назад

      he's not jewish

  • @eleonorastolfi4550
    @eleonorastolfi4550 Год назад +43

    I can't believe I've finally found this song! Heard it tonight in a pub in London. I've been asking everyone over these years if they could remember a music video with cartoon tears 😭

    • @John-o8l
      @John-o8l 5 месяцев назад +1

      This is the international video. The one released in the UK was a pair of shoes walking down the street on their own then someone steps into them

    • @jacobharris954
      @jacobharris954 4 месяца назад

      @@John-o8l I remember this version the most

    • @John-o8l
      @John-o8l 4 месяца назад

      @@jacobharris954 you must not be from England then. Or you are not old enough to remember the original

    • @jacobharris954
      @jacobharris954 4 месяца назад

      The smiths version no, but this version yes and I am 40 and from the u.k

    • @shanrenee2908
      @shanrenee2908 Месяц назад

      😂😂😂

  • @chrisjames5188
    @chrisjames5188 4 года назад +247

    This was massive in 2007 Can't believe it has such few views

    • @Zulf85
      @Zulf85 3 года назад +14

      Yeah - I remember hearing it on music channels and the radio all the time. Had to look it up to figure out if it wasn't just a figment of my imagination

    • @glennchinyangarara8225
      @glennchinyangarara8225 3 года назад +7

      I hear this song playing at IKEA when I’m at work

    • @TheEtherny
      @TheEtherny 3 года назад +8

      This version was uploaded in 2011 way after its peak

    • @mizzymauri
      @mizzymauri 3 года назад +2

      yooo i have been looking for this song ever since 2007 and randomly heard it playing in Reading, uk yesterday!! had to shazam it for 2007 me

    • @hartleyjr
      @hartleyjr 3 года назад +2

      *few views

  • @marklopez7775
    @marklopez7775 9 месяцев назад +14

    This Mark Ronson song is so beautiful. 😭😭😭😭🥹🥹🥲🥲 I remember listening to that song when I was watching its music video accompaniment MTV Hits on TV when I was 7 years old in 2007. The way people cry animated tears in it truly gives me chills.

  • @TheAnyothergirl
    @TheAnyothergirl 2 года назад +117

    Amazing singing. This song will never age. It still gives me the chills, so good.

    • @nbaoldgirl
      @nbaoldgirl Год назад +1

      Just got the chills too!! It’s so good ❤

    • @AdeOsinowo
      @AdeOsinowo 3 месяца назад

      So i drank 1, it became 4. when i fell on floor I drank More. when i 1st heard that line i was convinced it was about Me. yrs later this tune still grabs me in that place. 😢😮😂❤

  • @jaxsoncurriesmith7602
    @jaxsoncurriesmith7602 5 лет назад +573

    It's actually The Smiths "Stop Me" and the Supremes "Keep Me Hanging On" beautifully mashed together 👌

    • @woodspirit7701
      @woodspirit7701 4 года назад +11

      Stop that!

    • @manuelmoreira4020
      @manuelmoreira4020 4 года назад

      🗯👊🙂

    • @Winter-gf9nt
      @Winter-gf9nt 4 года назад +23

      What did you expect from Ronson? The king of covers

    • @thereaper7150
      @thereaper7150 4 года назад +9

      I knew it sounded familiar

    • @lizaram5017
      @lizaram5017 4 года назад +5

      I started to listing The Smiths, I grow up in the earlys 2000’s. And I thought I had already heard this song. And I finally found this mashup

  • @lislylau91
    @lislylau91 11 лет назад +255

    Daniel Merriweather is so underated.

  • @smorris7713
    @smorris7713 3 года назад +244

    It's 2021, I'm still listening, song totally underrated, the vocals and music is so fantastic!

    • @SA-StoneKind
      @SA-StoneKind 2 года назад +4

      Completely fckn underrated and, this is 2022.

    • @nbaoldgirl
      @nbaoldgirl Год назад +9

      Yessssssss it’s 2023 and I agree!!!❤

    • @sarabarraj7980
      @sarabarraj7980 Год назад +4

      Mark
      Ronson is underrated AF ❤

    • @aidanboyce258
      @aidanboyce258 Год назад +3

      It was originally a song by the smiths which in my opinion is better it’s called stop me if you think that you’ve heard this before

    • @whysogrim697
      @whysogrim697 Год назад

      Smiths or gfto

  • @bullfelt
    @bullfelt 5 лет назад +117

    Still here in 2020! Tune!

  • @_waldeinsamkeit_
    @_waldeinsamkeit_ 3 года назад +84

    This was such a bop in my early teenage years. I can't believe I still remember the lyrics despite not having heard this song in years! I can't stop listening to it now that I have come across it again 🥴

    • @justme-qp8nz
      @justme-qp8nz 3 года назад +4

      And it still is ❤❤💪

  • @myfriendisaac
    @myfriendisaac 11 месяцев назад +4

    1:58 “Who said I lied!?” 🔥🔥🔥

  • @siobhant6656
    @siobhant6656 11 месяцев назад +9

    Currently on a Daniel merriweather spree. Man this guy had some bangers back in the day!

    • @l0st1t2b0st1k
      @l0st1t2b0st1k 11 месяцев назад

      Same here.

    • @MysticalRainbowKaci
      @MysticalRainbowKaci 11 месяцев назад +2

      He has such an incredible voice, some of his songs I had on repeat, I cluding this which was my MySpace song forever 😂. But FR so horribly underrated and unknown. He must have opted NO on the Hollywood deals so many make to get the spotlight. Maybe it was meant to be better for him to not go that route. Hope he is successful in what ever ways matter most to him! 💖

  • @TheSarali85
    @TheSarali85 Год назад +7

    Where is Daniel now?! Such a Talent! Miss his voice!

  • @markgillan3750
    @markgillan3750 Год назад +3

    Why the Fuck do I love the last ten seconds of Life set me free

  • @eggfriedrice4495
    @eggfriedrice4495 2 года назад +36

    How this wasn’t a bigger hit when he released it I don’t know. Absolute tune!

    • @TheAnyothergirl
      @TheAnyothergirl 2 года назад +2

      Precisely! How come it hadn’t been bigger? I heard this song when it came out and I’m still getting the chills listening to it in 2022. Go figure.

    • @d12cov38
      @d12cov38 Год назад +4

      what do you mean, it was everywhere

    • @sonicdiablo8968
      @sonicdiablo8968 Год назад +2

      It was a huge hit

    • @Tammy-f2p
      @Tammy-f2p Месяц назад

      Wonder what happened to him

  • @shaunagenre
    @shaunagenre 10 месяцев назад +2

    Still a great song

  • @Stefano19otto1
    @Stefano19otto1 5 лет назад +42

    One of my all time favorites, great vibe!

  • @samybenakcha2101
    @samybenakcha2101 6 лет назад +64

    I was searching for this song for years!
    i finally found it and it totally worth it, this is pure art !!!!!

    • @gordonramsdale
      @gordonramsdale 5 лет назад +6

      Listen to the smiths version, much better

    • @donner5383
      @donner5383 5 лет назад +2

      @@gordonramsdale definitely

    • @hannahkitching3877
      @hannahkitching3877 5 лет назад +4

      Smiths version is the best

    • @Werten25
      @Werten25 4 года назад +1

      Took me years to find this song too.

    • @woodspirit7701
      @woodspirit7701 4 года назад

      @@gordonramsdale only slightly only slightly.

  • @MarkGriffiths-k1t
    @MarkGriffiths-k1t Месяц назад

    Fab tune

  • @hannouhanna1481
    @hannouhanna1481 8 лет назад +8

    Beautiful song Stop me Thank you Mark ronson and Daniel Merriweather

  • @LilRocObama
    @LilRocObama Год назад +2

    Been looking for this song 15 years 😢

  • @amandairvine7998
    @amandairvine7998 Год назад +2

    It’s 2023. And I’m back for more. Now I know how it’s so important for me right now

  • @JojoJojo-qr5ye
    @JojoJojo-qr5ye 9 месяцев назад +2

    Bulgaria

  • @Marklovesdrama
    @Marklovesdrama 10 месяцев назад +7

    Two very good songs merged together, to create a wonderful new sound.

  • @missyflutter5562
    @missyflutter5562 Год назад +2

    I know exactly where I was the very first time I heard this… it still hits the same

  • @LaionDres
    @LaionDres 11 лет назад +14

    My memory is incredible... i havent hear this song in years and i remember it :D

  • @EffieCarr17
    @EffieCarr17 3 года назад +15

    2021 & its still an Amazing Song!

  • @hollypietrzak5214
    @hollypietrzak5214 8 лет назад +93

    this was my jam in spring 2007

    • @ozronteil3909
      @ozronteil3909 8 лет назад +4

      SAME!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL SAME

    • @jimtim8805
      @jimtim8805 7 лет назад +4

      High school memories of watching this song in 2006-2007. I knew Mark Ronson mixed the song but never noticed he was in the video. He looks so young!

    • @ozronteil3909
      @ozronteil3909 7 лет назад +2

      it was my first year in high school when this song came out. i was 16, and it was on the tv ALOT ....

    • @JJStale
      @JJStale 2 года назад

      My jam in 1987😊

  • @Brownloafers21
    @Brownloafers21 11 месяцев назад +1

    Came on a random foreign radio station other day ago, still bangs.

  • @anaaaaaaa96
    @anaaaaaaa96 8 лет назад +7

    I used to love this song when it came out. 10 years. WOW. :)

    • @Josezitoreq
      @Josezitoreq 8 лет назад +1

      +šalalala it came out 29 years ago. it's by the smiths

    • @anaaaaaaa96
      @anaaaaaaa96 8 лет назад

      I'm talking about Mark Ronson's version.

    • @Josezitoreq
      @Josezitoreq 8 лет назад +1

      +šalalala and i'm talming about the song

    • @anaaaaaaa96
      @anaaaaaaa96 8 лет назад +2

      Good for you.

  • @grout88
    @grout88 Месяц назад +1

    J'ai cherché pendant des années cette chanson. Je l'ai attendue un jour au supermarché, je me suis arrêtée pour écouter les paroles 😅 et rechercher par la suite sur youtube 😂

  • @cherylpirie-warsop6994
    @cherylpirie-warsop6994 Год назад +4

    Daniel merriweather had an amazing voice

  • @rayfish-9275
    @rayfish-9275 Год назад +1

    Across the pond ~ no pun intended😊

  • @M0_00M
    @M0_00M 5 лет назад +23

    I’m Japanese.I heard this song at yesterday’s live so I came here.
    I love this.

  • @attilaremzso7404
    @attilaremzso7404 3 года назад +1

    there was acually a proper video for this for first time. I am old enough to do not be fooled. Where it was gone durind these decades and why???

  • @Sr.Fanco95
    @Sr.Fanco95 2 года назад +5

    Por mucho tiempo he buscado esta cancion, gracias Radio Berlin.

  • @DebVeda
    @DebVeda 6 месяцев назад +1

    Brilliant song x

  • @itswais77
    @itswais77 8 лет назад +7

    i love this song

  • @rigby__
    @rigby__ Год назад +2

    Absolutely fantastic mashup, the strings add so much

  • @benriley2697
    @benriley2697 3 года назад +24

    Remember buying this mark ronson 'version' cd when i was 17. And this was my fave song on it. I blast it out in the house

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 2 года назад +2

      "Teenage angst has paid off well, now I'm bored and old." - Kurt Cobain

  • @maricamari2802
    @maricamari2802 9 лет назад

    I have 15 years are Italian . I always listen to this song ... every moment of my life , when I'm at school , cycling , and even when I go to sleep . I love you

  • @EditorTasha
    @EditorTasha 11 лет назад +9

    This is on in my workplace all the time, and although I didn't think much of it at first, it's grown on me now. I always appreciate a cover version, as long as it's given a different twist to the original. It will, of course, never compare to the original mind!

    • @ray_tupper
      @ray_tupper 2 года назад

      This is a rare occasion, where the cover outshines the original... massively.

  • @olafmiller6746
    @olafmiller6746 3 года назад +2

    2007 nice, stoned days. 2021 best days and listen always

  • @markofsaltburn
    @markofsaltburn 3 года назад +42

    Sometimes you don’t realise how good one of your favourite songs is until you’ve heard someone else sing it.

  • @saraivanovichmachado8311
    @saraivanovichmachado8311 4 года назад +2

    here in 2020 December cant wait for christmas

  • @Yamaharx-ir2rp
    @Yamaharx-ir2rp 5 лет назад +7

    Brings back my wild memories of 2007-2008. This used to go on and on on My UK radio channels.

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 2 года назад +2

      Yeah it was great back then wasn't it? We weren't living in a police state. In fact, I'm even nostalgic for 2019.

    • @Yamaharx-ir2rp
      @Yamaharx-ir2rp 2 года назад

      @@thursoberwick1948 offcourse those were very good days mate. I used to live in Reading Berks back then.

    • @JJStale
      @JJStale 2 года назад

      Brings backs memories from 1987

  • @fulcrum300
    @fulcrum300 Год назад +1

    Utter genius.

  • @louraouielmehdi6046
    @louraouielmehdi6046 4 года назад +15

    I got high and this song popped into my head 2020 covid-19 ✌🏼

    • @tomsilberberg1978
      @tomsilberberg1978 4 года назад +2

      You have good taste, what other songs you been jamming to lately?

    • @louraouielmehdi6046
      @louraouielmehdi6046 4 года назад

      @@tomsilberberg1978 cola - club mix camelphat
      Tell me what you think 👌🏼

  • @rithunr9229
    @rithunr9229 4 года назад +1

    Nice and beautiful song I very like this song tune very nice and this songs tune remmebering my old memmories

  • @draffael123
    @draffael123 8 лет назад +8

    Slick cover. Love both versions!!

  • @slprz_5097
    @slprz_5097 Год назад +1

    Been listening to this song since 07 so many good memories

  • @joannalouise2077
    @joannalouise2077 3 года назад +6

    Merriweather's voice 😘. Heavy little track..

  • @professormariarty
    @professormariarty Год назад +2

    I'm in love. This is so full of music

  • @monagram6
    @monagram6 5 лет назад +10

    Wow Daniel is beautiful!!

    • @JJLCFC
      @JJLCFC 3 месяца назад

      no u

  • @layparisss
    @layparisss 8 месяцев назад +5

    April 2024❤🔥 This video never gets old

  • @Djoawd
    @Djoawd 10 лет назад +121

    This deserves more views

    • @dimitrakazazo5394
      @dimitrakazazo5394 10 лет назад +9

      I agree and Daniel Merriweather is so underrated!

    • @5uper5kill3rz
      @5uper5kill3rz 9 лет назад

      this video is bad compared the other one tho

    • @Djoawd
      @Djoawd 9 лет назад

      Compared to?

    • @5uper5kill3rz
      @5uper5kill3rz 9 лет назад

      Djoaw Oawed yeah

    • @Djoawd
      @Djoawd 9 лет назад

      I mean compared to what?

  • @stephlowry2011
    @stephlowry2011 4 месяца назад +1

    Daniel Merriweather has such an AMAZING voice!!Love this track!!😍😍😍

  • @lumadiedo
    @lumadiedo 11 лет назад +7

    I can't stop listening to this ♥

  • @humbles19
    @humbles19 Год назад +1

    Beautiful song for someone I still love but can't be with ❤️

  • @gordonarmstrong2208
    @gordonarmstrong2208 3 года назад +151

    I’m a massive Smiths fan, but for the record I absolutely love this version. And Daniel Merriweather’s voice is awesome.

    • @lanalewis9616
      @lanalewis9616 3 года назад +1

      I think his voice is good aswell!☺☺☺☺☺☺

    • @thursoberwick1948
      @thursoberwick1948 2 года назад +2

      "For the record"

    • @ray_tupper
      @ray_tupper 2 года назад +3

      Better than the smiths version fasho

    • @marknorris1381
      @marknorris1381 2 года назад

      It's good, but if I had to chose it would be the original, no disrespect intended for this version.

    • @JJStale
      @JJStale 2 года назад

      @@ray_tupper what drugs are u on

  • @vincentmichaelleguesse6021
    @vincentmichaelleguesse6021 3 года назад +27

    Mark Ronson is definitely one of my favourite producers along side The Neptunes, Kanye West, DJ Shadow and Trent Reznor. Kudos!

    • @unicorntomboy9736
      @unicorntomboy9736 2 года назад +2

      I remember Timberland back in the day

    • @marianocanchi
      @marianocanchi Год назад

      Damn Man...I think the Same...just add Danger Mouse

    • @antwill7916
      @antwill7916 Год назад

      Damn. Finally an actually impressive favz list with good range and diversity. Co-sign this list

    • @MysticalRainbowKaci
      @MysticalRainbowKaci 11 месяцев назад

      Larry Fisherman

  • @cliveboaden
    @cliveboaden 3 года назад +3

    Mark Ronsons style always reminds me of Propeller Heads with Shirley Basey. Old cool meets new cool. 😎

  • @hieronymousblack3364
    @hieronymousblack3364 7 лет назад +17

    Daniel's voice is beautiful.. Mark is amazing as usual

  • @mfice1975
    @mfice1975 7 лет назад +5

    Great voice,what a talent this guy was!

  • @thomaslindsay1525
    @thomaslindsay1525 2 года назад +1

    Need original video to this man

  • @swervhd1800
    @swervhd1800 5 лет назад +7

    Just 👌 such a stunning voice 🎶💖🎶

  • @lizzybethnj617
    @lizzybethnj617 Год назад +1

    This was and still is my jam

  • @riddledrhythms8821
    @riddledrhythms8821 6 лет назад +9

    I have got your songs on repeat. Makes me want to make music right now! 😀😌

  • @Maggymoos82
    @Maggymoos82 6 лет назад +3

    Love this track can’t believe it’s 12 years old !!!

  • @cathygarrick9957
    @cathygarrick9957 3 года назад +4

    Love this one and the originals

  • @jessf6049
    @jessf6049 6 лет назад +10

    Poppin in 2018!

  • @The.extra-ordinary_life.form..
    @The.extra-ordinary_life.form.. 5 лет назад +3

    still an absolute banger!!

  • @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy
    @minmogrovingstrongandhealthy 2 года назад +2

    A tasteful update on the original track. Love when the remix doesn't take away from the original instead expands and makes in modern+rich in sound

  • @charissehuff3847
    @charissehuff3847 6 лет назад +3

    Don't take this song from me. I live for it

  • @aldaschinaia
    @aldaschinaia 3 года назад +23

    Daniel Merriweather is an underrated genius!

  • @nalacrown173
    @nalacrown173 3 года назад +4

    Daniel Merriweather's voice... 😍💕

  • @Werten25
    @Werten25 9 лет назад +276

    Probabbly the best song in 2007.

    • @Deanooooification
      @Deanooooification 9 лет назад +24

      +Hoshi No Kaabii Cant beat the original though

    • @Werten25
      @Werten25 9 лет назад +1

      +Amy Jade And...?

    • @Werten25
      @Werten25 9 лет назад +10

      +DeanstaaaarFTW Still way better than Uptown Funk, which is an alright song, but doesn't beat this.

    • @deathparty5615
      @deathparty5615 8 лет назад +30

      it was much better in the 80s by the smiths

    • @Werten25
      @Werten25 8 лет назад +1

      Eh

  • @TheSmooveguy
    @TheSmooveguy 2 года назад +6

    Great song. Love the bass guitar undertones in the background

    • @marysanchez4789
      @marysanchez4789 2 года назад +1

      Stuart Zender (Jamiroquai original bass player) recorded the bass

    • @TheSmooveguy
      @TheSmooveguy 2 года назад

      @@marysanchez4789 Thank you for that bit of information I'll look him up 👍🏿

  • @ChazzTheGuardian
    @ChazzTheGuardian 5 лет назад +1

    MTV! MAJOR NOSTALGIA

  • @DerKlassiker73
    @DerKlassiker73 9 лет назад +7

    Mark Ronson ist ein Genie!!!

  • @salsainspires9099
    @salsainspires9099 Год назад

    What a beautiful voice! We need to hear more of his music in the mainstream. Ronson is a genius!

  • @ritchiebeckett9535
    @ritchiebeckett9535 3 года назад +3

    Nailed it, great cover!

  • @givemeashot27
    @givemeashot27 13 лет назад

    the two sexiest guys in the world together and the world isn't over yet. miracle.

  • @macmac278
    @macmac278 10 лет назад +95

    mark ronson. hot hot hot

  • @marialt17
    @marialt17 11 лет назад +1

    All time classic for me!

  • @beatrizfrancisco2507
    @beatrizfrancisco2507 4 года назад +3

    0:30 these people in bikes just like the Smiths' clip ❤️

  • @sarabarraj7980
    @sarabarraj7980 Год назад

    Takes me back to a beautiful time in my life aka young wild and free me ❤

  • @helenaemme9172
    @helenaemme9172 7 лет назад +19

    No mention of The Supremes anywhere in the comments...
    "Set me free why don't cha babe
    Get out my life why don't cha babe
    'Cause you don't really love me
    You just keep me hangin' on
    You don't really need me
    But you keep me hangin' on"

  • @גילי
    @גילי 3 года назад

    אחד השירים הכי יפים אי פעם, ביצוע שקורע את הלב. ואני לתומי חשבתי שהוא זמר נשמה שחור כל פעם שהייתי שומע ברדיו. א-ל-ו-ה-י

  • @KusanagiMotoko100
    @KusanagiMotoko100 12 лет назад +5

    I think this version is great, he has a great voice and the beat is sick, plus the orchestra sound adds up to the epicness.

  • @123arcadia
    @123arcadia 2 года назад +1

    Master vocalist !

  • @cche16
    @cche16 3 года назад +8

    this song still haunts me after nip/tuck all of these years later...

  • @JAYDOUBLEUSHIZNIT
    @JAYDOUBLEUSHIZNIT 8 лет назад

    I found this song when I first fell in love and it just brings back so many memories

  • @hollycarter725
    @hollycarter725 6 лет назад +3

    Great cover. Love this album.

  • @conor0044
    @conor0044 7 лет назад +1

    Absolutely killed it the fuck is up with modern music

  • @spj_7
    @spj_7 11 лет назад +53

    Nice take on a great song. Marr's guitar line is what makes the song for me, so this could never stand up to the original, but still, I dig.

    • @johansevenhant3126
      @johansevenhant3126 2 года назад

      Honestly, I'm a big smiths fan always will be but this is together with 'ask' their worst one and they made so much better!

    • @duhusker4383
      @duhusker4383 Год назад

      @@johansevenhant3126 You can't be much of a fan if you think this is the worse song by The Smiths when it's clearly one of their best. Not just musically but lyrically it one of the funniest lines in the history of pop music.

  • @funnymanlife7756
    @funnymanlife7756 3 года назад +1

    mmm 2021 and this stil hits like it came out this year. blackberry and nokia days, thanx for the memories.

    • @Zulf85
      @Zulf85 3 года назад

      Remember when MP3s on your phone were a new thing? God bless lmao

  • @cristoferaguilar5698
    @cristoferaguilar5698 2 года назад +3

    Me encanta el cantante su voz perfecta con la melodía.

  • @camillekale5566
    @camillekale5566 Год назад

    They use to play this at the W in Scottsdale and omg was such a huge hit back then