Charlie Wilson came up with played the bass line on keyboards for this song in the studio. He also came up with all of the funky bass lines for The Gap band what Robert Wilson use the combination a bass guitar with keyboard effects on stage.
This song came out around 81'. That means that someone had did the moonwalk(the backslide) on camera before Michael Jackson. Even though the LA Breakers and other LA Dancers had been doing it for years before it had been filmed.
An extra tite burnin' out reaction 👨🏾🔧! The car 🚗 revving sound at the beginning of the song was dope! Charlie Wilson did a funky backslide 🤠. I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to The Gap Band before: You Dropped A Bomb On Me, Outstanding and Party Train and Early In The Morning. Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) was the lead single released from the Gap Band's 1980 album: The Gap Band III. It was written by Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor. It was produced by Lonnie Simmons. The song reached #1 on the R&B chart, #19 on the Dance chart and #84 on the Hot 100. Billboard magazine ranked it as the 12th biggest R&B single of 1981. This performance was from the Dutch TV show: TopPop, on April 18, 1981. The lyrics are a composite of two true stories. Lonnie Simmons had a girlfriend in college who left him abruptly, and a roadie for the band had a girl who sent him to the store and moved out while he was gone. When you burn rubber, you drive away so fast that the tires leave some of their rubber on the road. There's often a cloud of smoke left behind as the car takes off. In this Funk classic, the girl makes a quick exit, burning rubber and leaving the guy behind after she sends him out for a soda. The poor dude can't figure out what he did to deserve it. "It could have been a love story if you slowed the track down, because it talked about this girl leaving this guy and running home to mother, and burning rubber out the back door and taking all of her clothes and leaving only hangers and bows in the closet", Lonnie Simmons explained in the book: Billboard Book Of #1 R&B Hits. "Part of that was a true story". The song opens with the sounds of a car burning rubber and driving away. They used two cars to do it. The revving noise was a Volkswagen owned by Cavin Yarbrough of Yarbrough & Peoples ("Don't Stop The Music"). That car didn't have the horsepower to burn rubber, so they used another car for that and combined the sounds. Both were recorded in the parking lot of the Los Angeles studio where they were working: Total Experience Records. It's a very memorable open, but it almost got nixed. According to Lonnie Simmons, their record label asked them to remove it, fearing that radio stations wouldn't play it. They took it off, but some copies accidentally went out with the car sounds. Those got a great response, so they made sure the sound effects stayed in. According to studio engineer Jack Rouben, the foundation of the song started with its bassline: "[The track] was a musical idea that Charlie came up with on the Minimoog that turned into a groove, then a completed arrangement, and then they put the lyrics at the very end...This song was built upon that one repeating bass track, and that was the jam that blossomed into a whole complete song". Jack Rouben also remarked how the title for this song, along with many other hits by the band, was a phrase coined by co-writer Rudy Taylor. The song has been used in the films 📽: Boss Level (2020), I'm In Love With A Church Girl (2013) and At First Sight (1999). The song has been used in the television shows 📺: Insecure (S2/E5 "Hella Shook" 2017), Cold Case (S7/E13 "Bomber" 2010) and Entourage (S2/E3 "Aquamansion" 2005). Lyrics 🗒: Woo, gave you my money, I gave you my time Why you want to hurt me, girl Are you serious, I'm just curious Why you want to hurt me, girl Just because you're not for real Why you hurt me, girl Just because you're not for real Why you hurt me, girl Never, ever had a lover Who put the peddle to the metal And burn rubber on me, Charlie Oh, no You took my money, you took my time Made me think everything was fine Then you upped and ran away And made me just go crazy I never, ever had a lover Who put the peddle to the metal And burn rubber on me, Charlie Oh, no, no, no Just because you're not for real Why you hurt me, girl Just because you're not for real Why you hurt me, girl I never, ever had a lover Who put the peddle to the metal And burn rubber on me, Charlie Oh, no, no, no Just because you're not for real Why you hurt me, girl Just because you're not for real Why you hurt me, girl You told me to go up the block To get you a strawberry pop When I got back to the flat You had burned rubber out the back I went to the closet and saw no clothes All I saw was hangers and poles I went to the phone and called your mother And told me that you had burned rubber on me, Charlie Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Just because you're not for real Why you hurt me, girl Just because you're not for real Why you hurt me, girl I never, ever had a lover Who put the peddle to the metal And burn rubber on me, Charlie Oh, no, no, no, no, oh, no, yeah, yeah Just because you're not for real Why you hurt me, girl You took my money, you took my time You made me think everything was fine Like the clock on the wall said ding-ding-dong Got to find another lover that won't be gone She won't put the medal to the metal And burn rubber, burn rubber on me, Charlie No, no, no, no Never, ever had a lover Who put the peddle to the metal And burn rubber on me, Charlie No, no, no, no, no, no Gap Band Info 📰: The Gap Band which consists of 3 brothers- Charlie (lead singer), Ronnie & Robert Wilson, is from Tulsa, Oklahoma (Black Wall Street). The three Wilson brother started out singing in the father's church and stayed involved in music throughout their school years. The Gap Band's name "GAP" is an acronym for 3 main streets (Greenwood, Archer & Pine) from their Tulsa, Oklahoma hometown. Charlie Wilson attended Langston University and would go on to become drum major in the Langston University Marching Pride. The Gap Band officially formed in 1967, based around the three Wilson brothers, but often included other musicians as well. The band received its first big break by being the back up band for fellow Oklahoman Leon Russell's album: Stop All That Jazz, released in 1974. Early on, the group took on a funk sound typical of the early 1970s This style failed to catch on, and their first two albums: Magicians Holiday (1974), which was recorded at Leon Russell's historic The Church Studio and The Gap Band (1977), not to be confused with their 1979 album of the same name, failed to chart or produce any charting singles. Afterwards, they were introduced to Los Angeles producer Lonnie Simmons, who signed them to his production company: Total Experience Productions (named after his successful Crenshaw Boulevard nightclub), and managed to secure the group a record deal with Mercury Records. On their first album with Lonnie Simmons: The Gap Band (1979), they found chart success with songs including: "I'm In Love" and "Shake", with the latter becoming a Top 10 R&B hit in 1979. Later that same year, the group released the single: "I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops! Up Side Your Head)", from their album: The Gap Band II (1979). Although it did not hit the Billboard Hot 100, it soared to number 4 in the US Billboard R&B chart, and the album went Gold. The song, and the band's musical output as a whole, became more P-Funk-esque with expanded use of the synthesizers and spoken monologues within songs. The song: "Steppin' (Out)", also reached the top 10 on the R&B chart. The Gap Band reached a whole new level of fame in 1980 with the release of their number 1 R&B album charting and number 16 Billboard Hot 100 album: The Gap Band III. That album had Soul ballads such as the number 5 R&B chart song: "Yearning For Your Love", and Funk songs such as the R&B chart-toppers: "Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" and "Humpin'". They repeated this formula on the number 1 R&B album Gap Band IV in 1982, the first album released on Lonnie Simmons' newly launched Total Experience Records, which resulted in three hit singles: "Early In The Morning" (number 1 R&B, number 13 Dance, number 24 Hot 100), "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" (number 2 R&B, number 31 Hot 100, number 39 Dance) and "Outstanding" (number 1 R&B, number 24 Dance). It was during this time that former Brides Of Funkenstein singer Dawn Silva joined them on tour. Their 1983 album: "Gap Band V: Jammin'", went Gold, but was not quite as successful as the previous works, peaking at number 2 on the R&B chart and number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single: "Party Train", peaked at number 3 on the R&B chart and the song: "Jam The Motha'", peaked at number 16 on the R&B chart, but neither made it onto the Hot 100. The album's closer song: "Someday", featured Stevie Wonder as a guest vocalist. The group's next album: Gap Band VI, brought them back to number 1 R&B in 1985, but the album sold fewer copies and did not go Gold. The group's single: "Beep A Freak", hit number 2 on the R&B chart while the group's single: "I Found My Baby", peaked at number 8 on the R&B chart and the group's single: "Disrespect", peaked at number 18 on the R&B chart. That same year, lead singer Charlie Wilson and singer Shirley Murdock provided backing vocals on Zapp & Roger's number 8 R&B chart song: Computer Love. While the group's 1986 cover of the song: "Going In Circles", went to number 2 on the R&B charts, and the album it was released on: Gap Band VII, hit number 6 on the R&B album chart, the album almost became their first in years to miss the Billboard 100. While they were beginning to struggle stateside, the group found their greatest success in the UK when their 1986 single: "Big Fun", from Gap Band 8 (1986) reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. The group's 1988 album: Straight From The Heart, was their last studio album with Total Experience Records. ****CONTINUE BELOW****
The Gap Band caught a small break in 1988 with the Keenen Ivory Wayans film: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. They contributed the non-charting song: "You're So Cute", and the number 14 R&B chart song of the same title as the movie: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Their first song on their new record label: Capitol Records. The group's single: "All Of My Love", from their 1989 album: Round Trip, is to date, their last number 1 R&B hit. The album also produced the number 8 R&B charting song: "Addicted To Your Love", and the number 18 R&B charting song: ""We Can Make It Alright". They left Capitol Records the next year and went on a five-year hiatus from producing new material. During the 1990s, the band released three non-charting studio albums and two live albums. In 1992, Charlie Wilson ventured into a solo career and has had several moderate R&B hits on his own accord. Charlie Wilson's vocals were credited in part for inspiring the vocal style of new jack swing artists Guy, Aaron Hall, Jodeci, Keith Sweat and R Kelly. The Gap Band reunited in 1996, and issued the compilation album: The Gap Band Live And Well, a live performance greatest hits album. On August 26, 2005, The Gap Band was honored as a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI Urban Awards. The honor is given to a creator who has been "a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers". "Outstanding" alone remains one of the most sampled songs in history and has, astonishingly, been used by over 150 artists. Charlie Wilson aka Uncle Charlie has has a very successful solo career. He is still active in the music industry as he just finished touring with New Edition & Jodeci this past summer (2022). In 2008, Charlie Wilson was diagnosed with prostate cancer and treated successfully with implants. He has since worked with the Prostate Cancer Foundation, encouraging Black men to be tested for the disease as one of its National Spokesmen. Charlie Wilson still performs his music live on stage in 2024. Group Members Who Passed Away 🙏🏾: 1. Robert Wilson (December 21, 1956 - August 15, 2010) He passed away after suffering a heart attack at his home in Palmdale, California, at the age of 53. He was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California. 2. Ronnie Wilson (April 7, 1948 - November 2, 2021) He passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from the effects of a stroke at the age of 73. He was laid to rest at Hillcrest Memory Gardens in Spencer, Oklahoma. Gap Band Group Members 👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤: Charlie Wilson - lead vocals, piano, synthesizer, clavinet, organ, drums, percussion Ronnie Wilson - vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, synthesizer, percussion Robert Wilson - vocals, bass, guitar, percussion GAP Band Albums 📀: Magicians Holiday (1974) The Gap Band (1977) The Gap Band (1979) The Gap Band II (1979) The Gap Band III (1980) Gap Band IV (1982) Gap Band V: Jammin' (1983) Gap Band VI (1984) Gap Band VII (1985) Gap Band 8 (1986) Straight From The Heart (1988) Round Trip (1989) Testimony (1994) Ain't Nothin' But A Party (1995) Y2K: Funkin' Till 2000 Comz (1999) Charlie Wilson Albums 📀: You Turn My Life Around (1992) Bridging The Gap (2000) Charlie, Last Name Wilson (2005) Uncle Charlie (2009) Just Charlie (2010) Love, Charlie (2013) Forever Charlie (2015) In It To Win It (2017) Some good Gap Band songs 🎶: Yearning For Your Love, I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops Up Side Your Head), Going In Circles, Addicted To Your Love, Disrespect, First Lover, I Found My Baby, We Can Make It Alright, Out Of The Blue (Can You Feel It), Little Bit Of Love, The Boys Are Back In Town, Desire, Big Fun, Silly Grin, Got It Goin' On, Jam The Motha, Talkin' Back, Someday, Beep A Freak, You Can Count On Me, Talkin' Back, Season's No Reason To Change, I Can Sing, All Of My Love, Bumpin' Gum People, Jammin' In America, Automatic Brain, Open Up Your Mind (Wide), I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Humpin', Steppin' (Out), Party Lights, I'm Ready (If You're Ready), Shake, I-Yike-It, Backbone, After All Is Said And Done, Fontessa Fame, You Can Always Count On Me, Bad Girl, Tommy's Groove, Loving You Is Everything, Magicians Holiday, Easy Life, Sweeter Than Candy, Smile, Not Guilty, Stand Up And Dance With Me, God Is Watching You, Hang On (To Yourself), Knuckle Head Funkin', Zibble Zibble (Get The Money), I Believe, Thinking Of You, Messin' With My Mind, Baby Baba Boogie, Keep Holding On, Don't You Leave Me, I'm In Love, Got To Get Away, No Hiding Place, Who Do You Call, Nothin' Comes To Sleepers, You Are My High, When I Look In Your Eyes, Are You Living, Sweet Caroline, Desire, Lonely Like Me, I Can't Get Over You, Shake A Leg, You're My Everything, The Way, Gash Gash Gash, Stay With Me, The Sun Don't Shine Everyday, Party Down, Strike A Groove, Listen To The Music, I Expect More, I Want A Real Love, Merry Go Round, Video Junkie, Automatic Brain, L'il Red Funkin' Hood, Ooh What A Feeling, I Know We'll Make It, Get Loose Get Funky, I Need Your Love, You're Something Special, Don't Take It Away, I Can't Live Without Your Love, Keep Holding On, I'll Always Love You, Wednesday Lover, Jam, Weak Spot, I Will Never Leave You, Straight From The Heart, Come & Dance, All The Way Yours, That's It I Quit, I Owe It To Myself, Addicted To Your Love, I'm Dreaming, No Easy Out, I'm So Satisfied, Antidote (To Love), We Can Make It Alright, Confess Your Love, It's Our Duty, Gap's Jam, I Like It, Funky Bass Man, Gimmie Lovin Everyday, Come Into My Love Life, Outside Lookin In, Based On G.A.P., Everybody Knows, I Can Make You Dance, Shake Dat Booty, Over The Funkin Hill, Testimony, Closin' The G.A.P., Funkin' Till 2000 Comz, Baby, I Remember Your Face, Scandalous, Good Old Fashion Lovin', Untouchable, Hard Time Charlie, No Colour Lines, Messin' With My Flow, Style And Grace, Otta Be Like This, Love At Your Fingertips, This Place Called Heaven, You Told Me That, Bop B Da B Da Da (How Music Came About), For The People and Why You Wanna Funk Around. Fun Fact 🕵🏾: On June 30, 2021, Dave Grohl of the Grunge Rock band: Nirvana, said that the drumming on the group's 1991 smash hit song: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", was ripped off from the drum intro of The Gap Bands' 1980 song: "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)".
❤😜😘THANK YOU 💖 THAT DEFINITELY!😊 TOOK ME BACK! TO MY BOOGIES! DAYS!!!
Charlie Wilson came up with played the bass line on keyboards for this song in the studio. He also came up with all of the funky bass lines for The Gap band what Robert Wilson use the combination a bass guitar with keyboard effects on stage.
This song came out around 81'. That means that someone had did the moonwalk(the backslide) on camera before Michael Jackson. Even though the LA Breakers and other LA Dancers had been doing it for years before it had been filmed.
This was one of my skating songs!!!!
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I grew up when this was a new release.
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One of the best funk songs EVER!!!
That's family reunion music 😂😂😂
The opening drum beat…yeah, Dave Grohl used it for “Smells like teen spirit “
I was shook😂😂😂😂
Love love love your reactions
When every song was good and we were having fun.
Charlie ❤
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An extra tite burnin' out reaction 👨🏾🔧! The car 🚗 revving sound at the beginning of the song was dope! Charlie Wilson did a funky backslide 🤠. I see 👁👁 that you have reacted to The Gap Band before: You Dropped A Bomb On Me, Outstanding and Party Train and Early In The Morning. Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me) was the lead single released from the Gap Band's 1980 album: The Gap Band III. It was written by Charlie Wilson, Lonnie Simmons and Rudy Taylor. It was produced by Lonnie Simmons. The song reached #1 on the R&B chart, #19 on the Dance chart and #84 on the Hot 100. Billboard magazine ranked it as the 12th biggest R&B single of 1981. This performance was from the Dutch TV show: TopPop, on April 18, 1981.
The lyrics are a composite of two true stories. Lonnie Simmons had a girlfriend in college who left him abruptly, and a roadie for the band had a girl who sent him to the store and moved out while he was gone.
When you burn rubber, you drive away so fast that the tires leave some of their rubber on the road. There's often a cloud of smoke left behind as the car takes off. In this Funk classic, the girl makes a quick exit, burning rubber and leaving the guy behind after she sends him out for a soda. The poor dude can't figure out what he did to deserve it.
"It could have been a love story if you slowed the track down, because it talked about this girl leaving this guy and running home to mother, and burning rubber out the back door and taking all of her clothes and leaving only hangers and bows in the closet", Lonnie Simmons explained in the book: Billboard Book Of #1 R&B Hits. "Part of that was a true story".
The song opens with the sounds of a car burning rubber and driving away. They used two cars to do it. The revving noise was a Volkswagen owned by Cavin Yarbrough of Yarbrough & Peoples ("Don't Stop The Music"). That car didn't have the horsepower to burn rubber, so they used another car for that and combined the sounds. Both were recorded in the parking lot of the Los Angeles studio where they were working: Total Experience Records.
It's a very memorable open, but it almost got nixed. According to Lonnie Simmons, their record label asked them to remove it, fearing that radio stations wouldn't play it. They took it off, but some copies accidentally went out with the car sounds. Those got a great response, so they made sure the sound effects stayed in.
According to studio engineer Jack Rouben, the foundation of the song started with its bassline: "[The track] was a musical idea that Charlie came up with on the Minimoog that turned into a groove, then a completed arrangement, and then they put the lyrics at the very end...This song was built upon that one repeating bass track, and that was the jam that blossomed into a whole complete song". Jack Rouben also remarked how the title for this song, along with many other hits by the band, was a phrase coined by co-writer Rudy Taylor.
The song has been used in the films 📽: Boss Level (2020), I'm In Love With A Church Girl (2013) and At First Sight (1999).
The song has been used in the television shows 📺: Insecure (S2/E5 "Hella Shook" 2017), Cold Case (S7/E13 "Bomber" 2010) and Entourage (S2/E3 "Aquamansion" 2005).
Lyrics 🗒:
Woo, gave you my money, I gave you my time
Why you want to hurt me, girl
Are you serious, I'm just curious
Why you want to hurt me, girl
Just because you're not for real
Why you hurt me, girl
Just because you're not for real
Why you hurt me, girl
Never, ever had a lover
Who put the peddle to the metal
And burn rubber on me, Charlie
Oh, no
You took my money, you took my time
Made me think everything was fine
Then you upped and ran away
And made me just go crazy
I never, ever had a lover
Who put the peddle to the metal
And burn rubber on me, Charlie
Oh, no, no, no
Just because you're not for real
Why you hurt me, girl
Just because you're not for real
Why you hurt me, girl
I never, ever had a lover
Who put the peddle to the metal
And burn rubber on me, Charlie
Oh, no, no, no
Just because you're not for real
Why you hurt me, girl
Just because you're not for real
Why you hurt me, girl
You told me to go up the block
To get you a strawberry pop
When I got back to the flat
You had burned rubber out the back
I went to the closet and saw no clothes
All I saw was hangers and poles
I went to the phone and called your mother
And told me that you had burned rubber on me, Charlie
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Just because you're not for real
Why you hurt me, girl
Just because you're not for real
Why you hurt me, girl
I never, ever had a lover
Who put the peddle to the metal
And burn rubber on me, Charlie
Oh, no, no, no, no, oh, no, yeah, yeah
Just because you're not for real
Why you hurt me, girl
You took my money, you took my time
You made me think everything was fine
Like the clock on the wall said ding-ding-dong
Got to find another lover that won't be gone
She won't put the medal to the metal
And burn rubber, burn rubber on me, Charlie
No, no, no, no
Never, ever had a lover
Who put the peddle to the metal
And burn rubber on me, Charlie
No, no, no, no, no, no
Gap Band Info 📰:
The Gap Band which consists of 3 brothers- Charlie (lead singer), Ronnie & Robert Wilson, is from Tulsa, Oklahoma (Black Wall Street). The three Wilson brother started out singing in the father's church and stayed involved in music throughout their school years. The Gap Band's name "GAP" is an acronym for 3 main streets (Greenwood, Archer & Pine) from their Tulsa, Oklahoma hometown. Charlie Wilson attended Langston University and would go on to become drum major in the Langston University Marching Pride.
The Gap Band officially formed in 1967, based around the three Wilson brothers, but often included other musicians as well. The band received its first big break by being the back up band for fellow Oklahoman Leon Russell's album: Stop All That Jazz, released in 1974.
Early on, the group took on a funk sound typical of the early 1970s This style failed to catch on, and their first two albums: Magicians Holiday (1974), which was recorded at Leon Russell's historic The Church Studio and The Gap Band (1977), not to be confused with their 1979 album of the same name, failed to chart or produce any charting singles. Afterwards, they were introduced to Los Angeles producer Lonnie Simmons, who signed them to his production company: Total Experience Productions (named after his successful Crenshaw Boulevard nightclub), and managed to secure the group a record deal with Mercury Records.
On their first album with Lonnie Simmons: The Gap Band (1979), they found chart success with songs including: "I'm In Love" and "Shake", with the latter becoming a Top 10 R&B hit in 1979.
Later that same year, the group released the single: "I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops! Up Side Your Head)", from their album: The Gap Band II (1979). Although it did not hit the Billboard Hot 100, it soared to number 4 in the US Billboard R&B chart, and the album went Gold. The song, and the band's musical output as a whole, became more P-Funk-esque with expanded use of the synthesizers and spoken monologues within songs. The song: "Steppin' (Out)", also reached the top 10 on the R&B chart.
The Gap Band reached a whole new level of fame in 1980 with the release of their number 1 R&B album charting and number 16 Billboard Hot 100 album: The Gap Band III. That album had Soul ballads such as the number 5 R&B chart song: "Yearning For Your Love", and Funk songs such as the R&B chart-toppers: "Burn Rubber On Me (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)" and "Humpin'".
They repeated this formula on the number 1 R&B album Gap Band IV in 1982, the first album released on Lonnie Simmons' newly launched Total Experience Records, which resulted in three hit singles: "Early In The Morning" (number 1 R&B, number 13 Dance, number 24 Hot 100), "You Dropped A Bomb On Me" (number 2 R&B, number 31 Hot 100, number 39 Dance) and "Outstanding" (number 1 R&B, number 24 Dance). It was during this time that former Brides Of Funkenstein singer Dawn Silva joined them on tour.
Their 1983 album: "Gap Band V: Jammin'", went Gold, but was not quite as successful as the previous works, peaking at number 2 on the R&B chart and number 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single: "Party Train", peaked at number 3 on the R&B chart and the song: "Jam The Motha'", peaked at number 16 on the R&B chart, but neither made it onto the Hot 100. The album's closer song: "Someday", featured Stevie Wonder as a guest vocalist.
The group's next album: Gap Band VI, brought them back to number 1 R&B in 1985, but the album sold fewer copies and did not go Gold. The group's single: "Beep A Freak", hit number 2 on the R&B chart while the group's single: "I Found My Baby", peaked at number 8 on the R&B chart and the group's single: "Disrespect", peaked at number 18 on the R&B chart. That same year, lead singer Charlie Wilson and singer Shirley Murdock provided backing vocals on Zapp & Roger's number 8 R&B chart song: Computer Love.
While the group's 1986 cover of the song: "Going In Circles", went to number 2 on the R&B charts, and the album it was released on: Gap Band VII, hit number 6 on the R&B album chart, the album almost became their first in years to miss the Billboard 100. While they were beginning to struggle stateside, the group found their greatest success in the UK when their 1986 single: "Big Fun", from Gap Band 8 (1986) reached number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. The group's 1988 album: Straight From The Heart, was their last studio album with Total Experience Records.
****CONTINUE BELOW****
The Gap Band caught a small break in 1988 with the Keenen Ivory Wayans film: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. They contributed the non-charting song: "You're So Cute", and the number 14 R&B chart song of the same title as the movie: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. Their first song on their new record label: Capitol Records. The group's single: "All Of My Love", from their 1989 album: Round Trip, is to date, their last number 1 R&B hit. The album also produced the number 8 R&B charting song: "Addicted To Your Love", and the number 18 R&B charting song: ""We Can Make It Alright". They left Capitol Records the next year and went on a five-year hiatus from producing new material.
During the 1990s, the band released three non-charting studio albums and two live albums. In 1992, Charlie Wilson ventured into a solo career and has had several moderate R&B hits on his own accord. Charlie Wilson's vocals were credited in part for inspiring the vocal style of new jack swing artists Guy, Aaron Hall, Jodeci, Keith Sweat and R Kelly. The Gap Band reunited in 1996, and issued the compilation album: The Gap Band Live And Well, a live performance greatest hits album.
On August 26, 2005, The Gap Band was honored as a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI Urban Awards. The honor is given to a creator who has been "a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers". "Outstanding" alone remains one of the most sampled songs in history and has, astonishingly, been used by over 150 artists.
Charlie Wilson aka Uncle Charlie has has a very successful solo career. He is still active in the music industry as he just finished touring with New Edition & Jodeci this past summer (2022). In 2008, Charlie Wilson was diagnosed with prostate cancer and treated successfully with implants. He has since worked with the Prostate Cancer Foundation, encouraging Black men to be tested for the disease as one of its National Spokesmen.
Charlie Wilson still performs his music live on stage in 2024.
Group Members Who Passed Away 🙏🏾:
1. Robert Wilson (December 21, 1956 - August 15, 2010)
He passed away after suffering a heart attack at his home in Palmdale, California, at the age of 53. He was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.
2. Ronnie Wilson (April 7, 1948 - November 2, 2021)
He passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from the effects of a stroke at the age of 73. He was laid to rest at Hillcrest Memory Gardens in Spencer, Oklahoma.
Gap Band Group Members 👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤👨🏾🎤:
Charlie Wilson - lead vocals, piano, synthesizer, clavinet, organ, drums, percussion
Ronnie Wilson - vocals, trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, synthesizer, percussion
Robert Wilson - vocals, bass, guitar, percussion
GAP Band Albums 📀:
Magicians Holiday (1974)
The Gap Band (1977)
The Gap Band (1979)
The Gap Band II (1979)
The Gap Band III (1980)
Gap Band IV (1982)
Gap Band V: Jammin' (1983)
Gap Band VI (1984)
Gap Band VII (1985)
Gap Band 8 (1986)
Straight From The Heart (1988)
Round Trip (1989)
Testimony (1994)
Ain't Nothin' But A Party (1995)
Y2K: Funkin' Till 2000 Comz (1999)
Charlie Wilson Albums 📀:
You Turn My Life Around (1992)
Bridging The Gap (2000)
Charlie, Last Name Wilson (2005)
Uncle Charlie (2009)
Just Charlie (2010)
Love, Charlie (2013)
Forever Charlie (2015)
In It To Win It (2017)
Some good Gap Band songs 🎶: Yearning For Your Love, I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up And Dance (Oops Up Side Your Head), Going In Circles, Addicted To Your Love, Disrespect, First Lover, I Found My Baby, We Can Make It Alright, Out Of The Blue (Can You Feel It), Little Bit Of Love, The Boys Are Back In Town, Desire, Big Fun, Silly Grin, Got It Goin' On, Jam The Motha, Talkin' Back, Someday, Beep A Freak, You Can Count On Me, Talkin' Back, Season's No Reason To Change, I Can Sing, All Of My Love, Bumpin' Gum People, Jammin' In America, Automatic Brain, Open Up Your Mind (Wide), I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Humpin', Steppin' (Out), Party Lights, I'm Ready (If You're Ready), Shake, I-Yike-It, Backbone, After All Is Said And Done, Fontessa Fame, You Can Always Count On Me, Bad Girl, Tommy's Groove, Loving You Is Everything, Magicians Holiday, Easy Life, Sweeter Than Candy, Smile, Not Guilty, Stand Up And Dance With Me, God Is Watching You, Hang On (To Yourself), Knuckle Head Funkin', Zibble Zibble (Get The Money), I Believe, Thinking Of You, Messin' With My Mind, Baby Baba Boogie, Keep Holding On, Don't You Leave Me, I'm In Love, Got To Get Away, No Hiding Place, Who Do You Call, Nothin' Comes To Sleepers, You Are My High, When I Look In Your Eyes, Are You Living, Sweet Caroline, Desire, Lonely Like Me, I Can't Get Over You, Shake A Leg, You're My Everything, The Way, Gash Gash Gash, Stay With Me, The Sun Don't Shine Everyday, Party Down, Strike A Groove, Listen To The Music, I Expect More, I Want A Real Love, Merry Go Round, Video Junkie, Automatic Brain, L'il Red Funkin' Hood, Ooh What A Feeling, I Know We'll Make It, Get Loose Get Funky, I Need Your Love, You're Something Special, Don't Take It Away, I Can't Live Without Your Love, Keep Holding On, I'll Always Love You, Wednesday Lover, Jam, Weak Spot, I Will Never Leave You, Straight From The Heart, Come & Dance, All The Way Yours, That's It I Quit, I Owe It To Myself, Addicted To Your Love, I'm Dreaming, No Easy Out, I'm So Satisfied, Antidote (To Love), We Can Make It Alright, Confess Your Love, It's Our Duty, Gap's Jam, I Like It, Funky Bass Man, Gimmie Lovin Everyday, Come Into My Love Life, Outside Lookin In, Based On G.A.P., Everybody Knows, I Can Make You Dance, Shake Dat Booty, Over The Funkin Hill, Testimony, Closin' The G.A.P., Funkin' Till 2000 Comz, Baby, I Remember Your Face, Scandalous, Good Old Fashion Lovin', Untouchable, Hard Time Charlie, No Colour Lines, Messin' With My Flow, Style And Grace, Otta Be Like This, Love At Your Fingertips, This Place Called Heaven, You Told Me That, Bop B Da B Da Da (How Music Came About), For The People and Why You Wanna Funk Around.
Fun Fact 🕵🏾: On June 30, 2021, Dave Grohl of the Grunge Rock band: Nirvana, said that the drumming on the group's 1991 smash hit song: "Smells Like Teen Spirit", was ripped off from the drum intro of The Gap Bands' 1980 song: "Burn Rubber (Why You Wanna Hurt Me)".
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