I used to work at Burger King from 1992 to 1999 during High School and University and these songs used to lift my spirits. Some of my fondest memories.
This music was play regularly on a radio...who hears radio these days? People are too fast at the tip of fingers the internet made people grow old fast.( love whole heartily,the after it might be gone)
My dad passed away yesterday and now I'm making a playlist with all the songs he loved and I remember him by. This is one of them. Thank you dad for showing me the greatest artists of all times. Loved, missed and never forgotten 🤘🔥❤
I used to do late night ballads way back on radio...there was this compilation CD...comps were just getting to be used in Radio production. So thing is you'd leave a compilation disc to play after closing the show....So I'd hear it on the way out...then it became my staple...tear jerker! yet I don't follow the story...just melody that communicates and that background guy...My days!
@@mariar6096 I’m 74(!) and keep coming back to this song. My memories of it stem from it being on and album way back in the 70’s (I’m pretty sure it was that far back). But people are commenting she released it as a single in the 80’s. In any event, it is a long lasting masterpiece!
True story: This was the song that encouraged me to start learning and playing the piano when I was 12. I almost gave up and taught myself to play after I couldn't afford piano lessons anymore. I'm now an accomplished pianist because of this song. I WANTED to learn to play it.
I spent my whole life trying to find this song, I last heard this song when I was 8. Im 40 now and I just found it now. My search is over ☺ love this song
One of my favorite memories. I was taking a flight from LA to NYC. And somehow found myself sitting next to Brenda Russell and her daughter. Which was strange because we three were the only passengers in the cabin. Forever I remember her kindness, her beauty and her extraordinary generosity of spirit.
That’s a great way of describing it. I hadn’t heard this in years and it was a great rediscovery. I actually think I undervalued a lot of these songs at the time because of a saturation of great music.
I can think back and remember My wife and I was driving from Cleveland to the Pocono’s listening to this on the freeway. I was so happy and in Love. Great Love
Some folks make songs to be in with the times, BUT others create songs that are timeless 💎 Thank you Brenda, Jeff Hull, Scott Cutler (songwriters), and Joe Esposito (backing vocals) for creating this gem.
Imagine having a song playing in your head for years and finally stumbling across that song one day. Yea, that really just happened here. 👍🏿 can finally die in peace now.
Found out only last night that my first love died over a year ago. He played piano for me and this song was in the charts back then. Special but painful listening to this right now. Thankful for the good times. Rest in Peace 💜🙏💜
I danced to these songs when I was in my teens, four decades later this younger generation doesn't know anything about these classics, cherish these people...
It's amazing how songs can take you on a time machine. Love and miss you mama. Those memories of car rides to school singing at the top of our lungs will always be with me ❤
I was born 1980 and growing up I love classic oldies music. Nowadays music has changed and I feel like it will never be the same as it was generations ago. Still I'm truly happy good music is still around.
My late daddy loved this song so much. Now I listen to it with tears in my eyes but I know he's here listening with me. My 1st dance at my wedding will be this in honor of him. RIP daddy, I'll love you forever. 😍
Same here with my daddy too! I listen with tears in mine as well. My daddy died too. Cancer, recently. It’s not my dad’s favorite song, it’s mine but it reminds me of him though.
I’m 47 and remember at 9 when I heard this song for the first time how it moved my soul, to waking up in 2024 with it on replay in my brain! Still the same reaction. Thank you Mrs. Russel for a classic!
When this song came out.. it was paralleling our wedding in 1988... Even though it wasn't in our ceremony we considered it our song.. the beautiful vocals.. that unforgettable single key piano sound in the background... I've kept it with me and held it close all.these years. my wife passed away last year of cancer... One of the things she loved was having a soundtrack.. to listen to.. and of course she listened to this one many times in the final week... It's gut wrenching listening to it now... But I feel I owe it to her to keep it in my life.. thank you Brenda Russell for this masterpiece
Give yourself some time to heal my brother, you'll eventually be able to listen wit ease, your story reminds me of when I lost three siblings who attended elementary school with me, they were all murdered by their uncle in 1984, at that time Jeffrey Osborne had a hit single " We're going all the way" at that time, and for years I could not listen to that song up until 10 years ago, they still come to mind when I hear it but it doesn't hurt as much , time heals all wounds.
The 80s was a great time to be a teen. All the good songs and movies we had. I would not change that for anything. I wish female singers that used their beautiful voices in the 80s. They would use it today and come out with real good music like they use to. I don't like music they put out today. It's trashy and way to sexual and to me that is not music. I don't even want to go there when it comes to what guys put out today' it's worse. And this is just what I think and everyone has their own taste in what they like.
I was listening to this in the car with my kids the other day singing so loud .. hitting every note and they were so annoyed! They dont appreciate it... but I do that's why I'm here! June 2020! 💞🤭
Tell them that it's cool to be a hipster now. Gen Z (i.e. kids and teens today) tend to like old music a lot. Tell them they're acting like 80s kids by making fun of older music! lol
They are gonna love this song when they get older because it will remind them of you! They are going to hear this song in the future and say "My mom used to LOVE this !" LOL. So you should pat yourself on the back you just planted the seed for them to appreciate this song. haha
I was 17 in 88' working at a shoe store after school. This song would play and it never left my soul. All these years and still have it on my top 10 playlist🖤
Thia is pure art! No nudity, crazy body movements, violence, or another nonsense. It is just hee voice and the band delivering pure and beautiful music.!❤❤
I don't think you were born when this song came out..pure 80s sound this song brings back alot of memories people were much different back then music was different😊.
I remember when this classic gem came out in 1988. I bought the album and wore it out. The whole album is a masterpiece. I absolutely love this song. Brenda Russell did her thang on this track. Love her music
1) So Good, So Right 2) Way Back When 3) This Time I Need You 4) Get Here 5) Stop Running Away 6) No Time For Time 7) Love and Paris Rain 8) You Can't Hide Your Heart From Me 9) Something About Your Love 10) I Know You By Heart Just to name a few....
My husband passed away a few weeks ago after nearly 40 years of marriage and I just found this LP in a cupboard I didn't know was there. We didn't have a record player for years but I think he bought this so I could find it as a message ❤
This song still has all the magic I felt the first time I heard it 33 years ago. And the girl is the real definition of soul. The original, the classy, the one and only............The beautiful Brenda Russell.
I agree...her voice so very Awesome! I was in a big disco in late 80's (the Crystal in Cancun)..her song n video came on..the whole place came to a standstill...we were all mesmerized by her performance!!
The summer in 1988 I heard this a lot on the radio. I would turn up the volume up. This song til this day touches my heart. Its a part of my teen years.
I was 14 in the Summer of 1988, right before I started high school. That year was so hot, but it was fun and this song played all the time. So many memories
@@paisleyprincess7996, same here. I was the same age, also going into HS. ANd yes, it was a very hot Summer. I was living in NYC , at the time. No longer there!!
I'd be honored if some fans of under-the-radar late 80s classics would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of HEAVEN HELP ME by Deon Estus & George Michael and GET HERE IF YOU CAN by Oleta Adams & Brenda Russell on my YT channel in tribute to the era. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace & stay safe.
I was literally obsessed with this song when I was 14-15. I feel time stops each time I revisit it. Consciousness has a strange way of getting you back in time with songs as if time was frozen ❤
Since 1988 I have Truly Lo❤ed, LO❤ED it's Uplifting Melody. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENDA RUSSELL! I Love Piano In The Dark! 💖 Happy Birthday Queen !🥳🎂🎉🎁💐April 9, 2024.❤
Samia Williams Me too 🤗 That's all I listen to 70s 80s 90s. I can't be bothered with any new music today doesn't feel right.Probably some but not all just saying.
Johnny Dobbs Absolutely amazing! Very touching and somehow connected to it on a very intense level, chills and everything and felt a great sense of her emotions. Absolutely love it thank you very much. I do agree there’s a lot I haven’t heard as yet and more than eager to do if there are anymore more amazing ones like this let me know, thank you❤️ please let me in on some of your favorites
I heard her perform this live in the year 2000 with Michael McDonald. I can't tell you how excited I was when she sang the first few notes. The music goes through your soul..
@lauracline8865 Really.. That's He's your maker.. Your Creator.. Your Heaven and Father 👨 He's your Savior.. Let me tell you a secret yeah If you want him to be part of your life and help you out with anything you dream of.. Just go to your room and be on your knees and say a prayer to him.. He will answer..
@lauracline8865 How do you explain your existence and how you end up here.. Give the try.. And Reactivate your Faith.. You Gotta believe. Your maker is wireless just talk to him and he will answer you.. He gonna make happen..
Brenda now lives in Austin, Tx and I am a friend of hers. She is still doing music and recently won a tony for writing and production in The Color Purple Broadway. Wish I could post pictures here. I have a few recent ones with her.
OMG!!!! This song so takes me back to the day in 1988 back to when I was a little boy at 6 years old living out my glory days of being really young,adorably cute,innocent & carefree. Now today I'ma 36 yr old man and this song still today makes me feel like a 6 yr old little boy all over again!!! Forever Old-school R&B 80's music!!!!🎶
George Williams I was in my early 20s getting ready to leave the UK and work for the summer in Greece. I ended up staying there ten years got married and had 3 now adult children how the time flies by.
her voice gives me goosebumps, i can't stop listening to this song, she is perfect, todays music has no soul, no emotions, soo sad that we'll never see a master piece like this again!
Do you ever fall in love with a song that has no relevance to your actual life? Many times I have and then comes the images of a different life where instead of being moved solely by the singing, lyrics, and music my attachment is greater, relevant. This is one of those songs for me.
By far, one of the absolute most beautiful songs ever written. And she sings it with such perfection. Thank you for giving us all such a beautiful gift. I cherish this song.
Timeless is the perfect word… And the way Brenda sings it, my heart breaks every time I hear the passion in her voice. Some songs are just so beautiful it almost hurts to listen to them, this is one such song.
You people have no idea I was in the military I was a Desert Storm vet I listen to this music and made me so happy I deal with my friends dying in a war but yet this music somehow made it better you can think what you want I don’t really give a damn I’m 55 years old and this stuff just made my life a little better back in the day 30 some years ago
I was at Dharan 3 days after the Navy shot down that Airbus out of Iran (AUG 87-Nov87). Elf one Det one. Spent 4 months over there....then I went to Australia Missile Warning site for three years. While I was in Saudi this was a song played on the BBC out of Bahrain that helped me get through there..
Funny u say that.. I was at Ft Hood.. went to Saudi from there.. many songs from this time just brings me right back.. music is amazing like that right?
Has there ever been a more perfect mixture of pop, jazz and blues in one voice? Ms Russell with that piano playing accompanying her in the background made this an instant classic
Once upon a time, this type of greatness was played regularly on the radio. I should have never taken for granted how good we had it.
I used to work at Burger King from 1992 to 1999 during High School and University and these songs used to lift my spirits. Some of my fondest memories.
Honestly said!
This music was play regularly on a radio...who hears radio these days? People are too fast at the tip of fingers the internet made people grow old fast.( love whole heartily,the after it might be gone)
I say the same thing! It brings back so many memories...
One of the most underrated songs of the ‘80’s. Timeless
hauntingly romantic
Yes... timeless classic
Amazing song, melody, production, lyrics, and voice!!
Hardly "underrated". It was a giant hit.
@@cakescakes2482 It should’ve been, he plays piano with nothing on or in the nude. Like who plays piano in the dark?
My dad passed away yesterday and now I'm making a playlist with all the songs he loved and I remember him by. This is one of them. Thank you dad for showing me the greatest artists of all times. Loved, missed and never forgotten 🤘🔥❤
So sorry for your loss. May he rest in peace 🥀🕊️💔🙏💔🕊️🥀
God bless you ❤❤❤
My condolences to you and your family
sorry for your loss
May he rest in peace.
Released in 1988. I was a sophomore in high school. Good Lord we LOVED a ballad in the 80's!
Bons tempos que não volta mais
When music had meaning
This classic song was released 1 year following my graduation. How nostalgic! Such vivid memories then as now. 🎉
@@lcuco2473 I was only 5 years old when I frequently listened to this single on the Radio back during the Summer of 1988!
@Tornado1994 Sweet. You were a mere child. You still remember like it was beautiful moment with such fondness.
Someone once asked me, 'Why do you love music so much?
I replied: It's the only thing that stays after everything and everyone is gone'.
Seriously well put 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾
Awesome artist!
Indeed Kenneth! The one True emotion we can touch after all is gone
AGREED!!!
When it hits you feels no pain
I'm 49 years old. I don't remember when I first heard this song, but I've been coming back to it for years. A beautiful song ❤
I used to do late night ballads way back on radio...there was this compilation CD...comps were just getting to be used in Radio production. So thing is you'd leave a compilation disc to play after closing the show....So I'd hear it on the way out...then it became my staple...tear jerker! yet I don't follow the story...just melody that communicates and that background guy...My days!
@@mariar6096 I’m 74(!) and keep coming back to this song. My memories of it stem from it being on and album way back in the 70’s (I’m pretty sure it was that far back). But people are commenting she released it as a single in the 80’s. In any event, it is a long lasting masterpiece!
True story: This was the song that encouraged me to start learning and playing the piano when I was 12. I almost gave up and taught myself to play after I couldn't afford piano lessons anymore. I'm now an accomplished pianist because of this song. I WANTED to learn to play it.
Way to go
What became of your precious?
Awesome!👍👍
Much respect
Glad you stayed with it. I'm teaching my self as well.
Hard to think that there once was a time where people could listen to music and not see many people talking about listening to that song in 2024.
It will take wisdom to Understand what you wrote... I FEEL THE MEANING AND IT HURT DEEP WHY THOSE TIME WERE ALL GONE...hmmn😢😢
I spent my whole life trying to find this song, I last heard this song when I was 8. Im 40 now and I just found it now. My search is over ☺ love this song
👍😉
Me too.
Glad that you found the song.! I love this song.
That's amazing. Always great when that happens.
Ain't it cool and rewarding when that happens Joseph.
One of my favorite memories. I was taking a flight from LA to NYC. And somehow found myself sitting next to Brenda Russell and her daughter. Which was strange because we three were the only passengers in the cabin. Forever I remember her kindness, her beauty and her extraordinary generosity of spirit.
Lucky one ;)
No way that would of been a good encounter this is one of the few songs that can make me cry
@Scott Utley Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark is one of my favorite song
That's an amazing crossing of paths! That's insane.
That's so amazing what a great experience
It’s crazy how most of us are here because we loved this song as kids. Today there’s no music that sticks with you like these classic 80’s songs.
So true!
That’s a great way of describing it. I hadn’t heard this in years and it was a great rediscovery. I actually think I undervalued a lot of these songs at the time because of a saturation of great music.
I know right 😃😃 It rinds me so much of childhood and listening to it makes me happy
her voice is awesome but I really like they added the background / backup. Makes it way more better and soothing. please take me back to the 80’s.
Junior in high school when this song released loved it then still do!
I can think back and remember My wife and I was driving from Cleveland to the Pocono’s listening to this on the freeway. I was so happy and in Love. Great Love
80's MAGIC! They just don't produce music like this anymore.
It is criminal how so underrated this song is.
TheLastOfTheFinest80 dude you are so right and that made me laugh
TheLastOfTheFinest80 I agree!!!
+TheLastOfTheFinest80 Agreed. And she wrote this song as well.
+TheLastOfTheFinest80 Fucking A. incredible vocals, great production, truly an amazing song.
+TheLastOfTheFinest80 Yet if Beyonce or Rhianna came up with this then it would be riding the top of the charts for months.
Over 30 years later this song still sounds great .
Yess indeed!!!! I love it!!!
Wow fantastic ❤️ still love this song after all these 😊 years
I thought Michael McDonald sang backup.
A timeless masterpiece :D
Indeed 🙂
I’m listening to Brenda Russell Piano in The Dark early March 2024
I’m listening to Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark early February 2024
2:03
@@brandonmoore7497 thanks
@@brandonmoore7497 thanks🙏🏻🫠
27th. I woke up with this sing in my head. I listened to it at least seven times today and it's 630. ❤
P.m. lol
Who’s listening to this in 2024? You have great taste in music.
I am , great song , great life now but miss the good days 😂
🎯
Me!!
Me, myself and I.
Saw her live w/Dave Koz, was a Christmas concert, Brenda performed this song to perfection❤
Never gets old listening to this. Real music with real voice.
Vc est corretamente ❤❤
E verdade! Nunca envelhece....
Em 08/09/23....
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Hoje. Tudo. Fechou.
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Yes. Real singing and no auto tune
Some folks make songs to be in with the times, BUT others create songs that are timeless 💎 Thank you Brenda, Jeff Hull, Scott Cutler (songwriters), and Joe Esposito (backing vocals) for creating this gem.
I'm going to watch it every time someone likes it 👍 this wonder 2024
I’m listening and watching Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark mid May Mother’s Day
2:13
Time to watch again!
Watching it now 6/3 😊
Amo ela e linda ❤😊
🔔🔔🔔
Imagine having a song playing in your head for years and finally stumbling across that song one day. Yea, that really just happened here. 👍🏿 can finally die in peace now.
King Yudah happy for you mate! 💕 🐨
Kelly Chapman didn’t mean to literally die. Come on homie. I have to much to live for.
Know what you meant hon, cause i love this song so much too.
You mean you heard it before n couldn't find it,...or the song played in ur head n found out it actually existed
I've been there and still am. Is hard to believe you struggled with this one after all its samples, glad you found it though 👍🏽
10 seconds in and I have a lump in my throat, a heavy heart and tears. So many memories. Where has time gone?
Time heals all..they say..but time can also be a complete ass! I would love to be a kid again..
Homer simson I get it..
Homer Simpson how true pall so many shit and a few good memories , lifes a bitch! thank fuk for my true Love ....LEEDS UNITED
Johnny Black
- I did - but it only helped for 7 minutes. I mean who ever really watches a Porn Movie till the End?
+Johnny Black Other way round. I've just watched the porn, now I'm listening to this as a calm down! Lol!
Who is listening to this beautiful song now in 2023
Me! In the dark. 😂
Found out only last night that my first love died over a year ago. He played piano for me and this song was in the charts back then. Special but painful listening to this right now. Thankful for the good times. Rest in Peace 💜🙏💜
Me.....
Can't get enough of this absolute masterpiece!
Me! from Buenos Aires Argentina 🇦🇷
This has always been my favorite song since the 80's . Absolutely beautiful!!!!
The 80's was a great decade for music and this is an all time classic. Love it.
This song will always be breathtaking... it's perfectly written, played and sung.
Totally agree…
Amenzing music 😊
Oh my dear, oh my dear, would you like to see me sing ? I would sing just for you 💖💖💖
I forgot about this soul stirring song , I listened to it when very young ,thank you very much for the memories, bye for now.
I danced to these songs when I was in my teens, four decades later this younger generation doesn't know anything about these classics, cherish these people...
It's amazing how songs can take you on a time machine. Love and miss you mama. Those memories of car rides to school singing at the top of our lungs will always be with me ❤
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One of the most beautiful, underrated song and female artist. I wore this classic song out on my Sony Walkman.
This is real song writing and real singing. No computers with auto tune. Miss Russell is still a shining star.
No. This was processed by computers and machines.
It's one of the great tunes which get you every single time. A female Luther Vandross. Love it always.
I recall from 80s MTV, There's another video version.
She's a cabaret singer in a club.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
listen to GIGI De Lana's version
Born in '82... This is another one of those timeless classics I remember hearing as a kid. - February 2023
I’m listening to Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark mid May 2023!Born in 1985
I was born 1980 and growing up I love classic oldies music. Nowadays music has changed and I feel like it will never be the same as it was generations ago. Still I'm truly happy good music is still around.
I cry whenever I hear this song. Such a beautiful song and Brendas voice is angelic.
You cry just a little.
Oi❤❤❤
2023 and I’m still feeling this. Silence is broken, no words are spoken.
I’m listening to Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark early January 2023
Right on?
MCMLXXXVIII
This song is best played inside a car while driving in the evening.. So soothing
This is true!🚗
Alone too, at that..
Or with the right one
Yes you are right, this has that tipical night-feel to it... Just Like drive from the Cars
When it's raining at that...
My late daddy loved this song so much. Now I listen to it with tears in my eyes but I know he's here listening with me. My 1st dance at my wedding will be this in honor of him. RIP daddy, I'll love you forever. 😍
My dad (rip) loved this song too, congratulations on your wedding, rip your dad also
Same here with my daddy too! I listen with tears in mine as well. My daddy died too. Cancer, recently. It’s not my dad’s favorite song, it’s mine but it reminds me of him though.
❤
I’m sure he’s so proud
💕💕💕
I’m 47 and remember at 9 when I heard this song for the first time how it moved my soul, to waking up in 2024 with it on replay in my brain! Still the same reaction. Thank you Mrs. Russel for a classic!
This song always makes me happy! I lost my husband two years ago and this song makes me think of him. Love you Tom.
Thank you for the likes, you put a smile on my face.
Hello Cindy
💐
I am so sorry!
My thoughts and prayers are with you!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank You.@@insaturnsringzz
When this song came out.. it was paralleling our wedding in 1988... Even though it wasn't in our ceremony we considered it our song.. the beautiful vocals.. that unforgettable single key piano sound in the background... I've kept it with me and held it close all.these years. my wife passed away last year of cancer... One of the things she loved was having a soundtrack.. to listen to.. and of course she listened to this one many times in the final week... It's gut wrenching listening to it now... But I feel I owe it to her to keep it in my life.. thank you Brenda Russell for this masterpiece
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Linda historia 😊❤❤❤❤
Está música fez parte da minha vida, onde um romance começou,
@@user-xf1ee3fi6t 🙂🤗😊😊😊
Give yourself some time to heal my brother, you'll eventually be able to listen wit ease, your story reminds me of when I lost three siblings who attended elementary school with me, they were all murdered by their uncle in 1984, at that time Jeffrey Osborne had a hit single " We're going all the way" at that time, and for years I could not listen to that song up until 10 years ago, they still come to mind when I hear it but it doesn't hurt as much , time heals all wounds.
I haven’t heard this in over 2-3 decade's and I remember all the lyrics because it was that good! Thank you RUclips!
💜🙏🎶🎼🎹💕 yes indeed
Whose still listening to this jazz masterpiece in 2024?
2034 also
This is jazz?
I am listening!
I AM 😊 LOOKING FOR THE MAN THAT CAN PLAY THE PIANO IN THE DARK 😊 IN 2024😊
@@reginafarrow4053lol 😂 I can try Regina
This song always gives me chills. Missing the 80's.
I miss the eightees too!!
It really do give chills, the 80s has this effect on us, I am so proud to be a 80s kid..
@@jessiekondiah8110 me to. Great decade. This song is pure class, a great example of the 80s.
Me too
The 80s was a great time to be a teen. All the good songs and movies we had. I would not change that for anything. I wish female singers that used their beautiful voices in the 80s. They would use it today and come out with real good music like they use to. I don't like music they put out today. It's trashy and way to sexual and to me that is not music. I don't even want to go there when it comes to what guys put out today' it's worse. And this is just what I think and everyone has their own taste in what they like.
When she broke down “ JUST AS I WALK” like she caught the spirit. I broke down I could feel her emotions. This song is embedded in my soul
You could feel her emotions… BUT, did it pull you back to love…?
@@danicakes9212 just a little bit 😉😅
I'm Sorry But I Love You Fo
I'm sorry but I Love You ❤ FOR Expressing That Part of the Song She Sang
Yes!
Makes me cry.So good
I was listening to this in the car with my kids the other day singing so loud .. hitting every note and they were so annoyed! They dont appreciate it... but I do that's why I'm here! June 2020! 💞🤭
Yo babies dont have an ear for talent!
Time to have them scrub toilets and clean out the cabinets!😅😂😘
Tell them that it's cool to be a hipster now. Gen Z (i.e. kids and teens today) tend to like old music a lot. Tell them they're acting like 80s kids by making fun of older music! lol
They are gonna love this song when they get older because it will remind them of you! They are going to hear this song in the future and say "My mom used to LOVE this !" LOL. So you should pat yourself on the back you just planted the seed for them to appreciate this song. haha
@@elainasmall3481 You are so sweet and kind with your comment.Kids will remember this song with love for their Mother.✌
Embarrassing your kids in public is a parents' job. Embrace it!!!
Loved this song 🎶 in1988 and still in 2024 🎶
I’m listening to Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark mid August 2024
3:48
This song is hauntingly beautiful and for those that know good music- it will never go out of style
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I was 17 in 88' working at a shoe store after school. This song would play and it never left my soul. All these years and still have it on my top 10 playlist🖤
How I wish I did experience it to :(
It’s a great song!👌👌
Tell me about it; the power of MUSIC is Scary and Beautiful at the same time!!
They just don't make music like this that speaks to your life and touches your soul thank God for youtube!
AMEN TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID!!!! I couldn't agree with you more!!!!!!
Don’t worry you’re not the the only one listening to this masterpiece in 2024
Good one dear ❤
I’m listening to Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark early March 2024
0:49
I know good music
thanks i needed a good laugh.
☺️🎶🤌🏾
Thia is pure art! No nudity, crazy body movements, violence, or another nonsense. It is just hee voice and the band delivering pure and beautiful music.!❤❤
I don't think you were born when this song came out..pure 80s sound this song brings back alot of memories people were much different back then music was different😊.
Perfection isn’t it.
@@AlexHarrisDigital Yes, indeed! 💯% perfection 🥰 💞 👌
Yes, and real female artists with real voices keep their clothes on. They don't have to get half naked.
@@kenyawalker9482 love it! ... she's that good she can keep her clothes on!
I can listen to this song over and over again and it never gets old. Love it.
Me too isn't too that amazing!
Which I am doing now..🎶❤
LOOOOOOOOOVE 💞Brenda's💞 soulful melodic voice
Absolutely. I could drive to the ends of the Earth and back just listening to music like this.
Cuts to the heart
Brenda Russell is one of the most supremely talented singer songwriters ever.
Who is listening to this beautiful song now in 2024
I’m listening to Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark near the end of April 2024
Im here, just listening now with this song i really love it
What a beautiful ballad. It brings me spiritually closer to my sister, who joined the LORD 33 years ago. I love you Janet!
Praised be the Lord for this beautiful ballad! And for Janet, too 🙂
Conheci essa música no ano de 1988.
Se não estiver enganado, é um dos temas internacional da novela Vale Tudo (1988).
Listening to this masterpiece in early 2024...anybody else?
I’m listening to Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark late January 2024
0:22
Followed the sample trail from Flo Rider
Yes!!
Yess❤
Hoje 31/01/2024 ouvindo 👂 está linda música 🎶 🎶
I remember when this classic gem came out in 1988. I bought the album and wore it out. The whole album is a masterpiece. I absolutely love this song. Brenda Russell did her thang on this track. Love her music
Can you share the name of other tracks that you think are really good so I can look them up?
1) So Good, So Right
2) Way Back When
3) This Time I Need You
4) Get Here
5) Stop Running Away
6) No Time For Time
7) Love and Paris Rain
8) You Can't Hide Your Heart From Me
9) Something About Your Love
10) I Know You By Heart
Just to name a few....
@@deewoo2776Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark is my number one favorite song
@@justpassingthrough3410 you're welcome by the way. 😀
@@brandonmoore7497 cool. It's one of my favorites by her.
My husband passed away a few weeks ago after nearly 40 years of marriage and I just found this LP in a cupboard I didn't know was there. We didn't have a record player for years but I think he bought this so I could find it as a message ❤
I must agree with you and know that he loved you!
❤❤❤❤❤❤
❤❤
@@Josianne-Music thank you xx
@@janekilpatrick6685 You are welcome 😊♥️🙏
This song still has all the magic I felt the first time I heard it 33 years ago. And the girl is the real definition of soul. The original, the classy, the one and only............The beautiful Brenda Russell.
I agree...her voice so very Awesome! I was in a big disco in late 80's (the Crystal in Cancun)..her song n video came on..the whole place came to a standstill...we were all mesmerized by her performance!!
@@jameslewis9569you SHOULD have Grabbed rhe nearest Chick and Slow Danced ; it WOULD have been MORE memorable...
The summer in 1988 I heard this a lot on the radio. I would turn up the volume up. This song til this day touches my heart. Its a part of my teen years.
It's so true..part of my teenage years as well
I was 14 in the Summer of 1988, right before I started high school. That year was so hot, but it was fun and this song played all the time. So many memories
I was 28 years old love the 80s.
@@paisleyprincess7996, same here. I was the same age, also going into HS. ANd yes, it was a very hot Summer. I was living in NYC , at the time. No longer there!!
PAUL FT I lived in the Twin Cities, and we were having a drought. Man...
Epic Song and probably one of the most poignant and romantic underrated gems ever written.
I'd be honored if some fans of under-the-radar late 80s classics would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal performances of HEAVEN HELP ME by Deon Estus & George Michael and GET HERE IF YOU CAN by Oleta Adams & Brenda Russell on my YT channel in tribute to the era. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace & stay safe.
She also wrote "If only for one night" made popular by Luther Vandross.
@@willritter4076 sounds good those are 2 of my favorite songs of all time along with this classic track!!!
Ein wunderbares und stimmungsvolles Lied!
@@leshawnkincey2398 oh cool
2024 anyone??
Me right now🎉😂
And me, such a great song 🎶🎶🎶
Justo ahora!
Check we are here
Every month of every year 💎🏆🙌🏾
I was literally obsessed with this song when I was 14-15. I feel time stops each time I revisit it. Consciousness has a strange way of getting you back in time with songs as if time was frozen ❤
"Silence is broken but no words are spoken"
Cadê os brasileiros apreciando essa obra ???
Eu gravei essa música! Espero que goste! ruclips.net/video/tBOLCaeLX5s/видео.html
Aqui❤
Aqui❤😊
Muito linda essa música hummmm
Aqui ❣
THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG IS ON MY 2024 PLAYLIST.🎶🎶🎵🎵🎼🎼🎼🎙🎶🎵🎼🎤🎧🎙🎶🎵🎼🎵🎶
Same here❤
I’m listening to Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark late May 2024
1:41
This song is a whole mood. Thirty something years later it still hits me that way.
@shview james Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark is one of my favorite song
🌹♥️🙏🏽
@Chris Great Story! Thanks for sharing! What a moment!
Me to
I must agree!
This song is as old as me, but unlike me, this song didn’t age. A true classic
To be fair 33 years old is not old whatsoever. 43 maybe...
Me to I'm 45, I remember this on the old radio. Lol
Love this song
In a million years from now this will still be one of the greatest songs of all time ❤
I recorded this wonderful song! I hope you like it! ruclips.net/video/tBOLCaeLX5s/видео.html
Por toda la eternidad
@tenebos3378 Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark is my favorite song
Iam agree!!
@@brandonmoore7497 Did you know she also wrote the song "Get Here" made famous by Oleta Adams? another one of my Favourite songs of all time.
Since 1988 I have Truly
Lo❤ed, LO❤ED it's Uplifting Melody. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRENDA RUSSELL! I Love Piano In The Dark! 💖 Happy Birthday Queen !🥳🎂🎉🎁💐April 9, 2024.❤
This is still one of my favorites of all time.
For real!
I'm telling you, people, it doesn't get much better than when she sings "when he plays piano, in the dark" I can feel it in my soul. Beautiful!
This song brings back so many memories from my childhood. 1985-1990 was a great time for this type of music.
Samia Williams Me too 🤗 That's all I listen to 70s 80s 90s. I can't be bothered with any new music today doesn't feel right.Probably some but not all just saying.
Yes it was
Absolutely ☺
Untill the end of time
Same here.
Age 71, still listening to Great Music!
I'm 73!
Awwe. ♤♤ to both comments. Very sweet. This is a beautiful song. I agree. 🎹💕🎶
Timeless. This song was released February 1988, 33 years ago. Unbelievable.
I was 11 yrs old in the 6th grade and that timetable is certainly spot on in my memory bank.
I was 7, in Junior School.... You are right though, it's timeless.
My birth month and year 👀👀 amazing
Wow I was in 8th grade❤️
Beautiful tune indeed
I’m a 17 year old and i believe there’s no better song than this😌
Johnny Dobbs Absolutely amazing! Very touching and somehow connected to it on a very intense level, chills and everything and felt a great sense of her emotions. Absolutely love it thank you very much. I do agree there’s a lot I haven’t heard as yet and more than eager to do if there are anymore more amazing ones like this let me know, thank you❤️ please let me in on some of your favorites
youtubesucks Thank you, have my parents, my pure/old soul and these amazing throwbacks to thank for that!
bless your music taste at that age
I heard her perform this live in the year 2000 with Michael McDonald. I can't tell you how excited I was when she sang the first few notes. The music goes through your soul..
I love you.. wise beyond your years
This song gets me thru these long nights of driving across America...so comforting...😌
HUGS STay safe and Thank you for what ever you deliver , God bless :) from Arizona
Be safe brother
@@Kymmie-uj6qw Thank you 🤗
@@SweetPPeaches Thank you. You do the same brother.
@@GrabinGears your job is long hours and grumpy traffic stay safe ,
I'm in South Africa listening to this in 2024
I’m listening to Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark near the end of April 2024 Las Vegas, Nevada
1:22
Me too! 🇿🇦
2:45 @@brandonmoore7497
Brazil 2024!
❤
Praise the Lord to allowing me to still enjoying these precious memories for 4 decades 🙏
Fico muitíssimo por você!❤️
Amen!
Who is the Lord have you seen him i doubt it NO such person
@lauracline8865
Really..
That's
He's your maker..
Your Creator..
Your Heaven and Father 👨
He's your Savior..
Let me tell you a secret yeah
If you want him to be part of your life and help you out with anything you dream of..
Just go to your room and be on your knees and say a prayer to him..
He will answer..
@lauracline8865
How do you explain your existence and how you end up here..
Give the try..
And Reactivate your Faith..
You Gotta believe.
Your maker is wireless just talk to him and he will answer you..
He gonna make happen..
I’m 40 and I never heard this song till today totally obsessed now how beautiful
The 80s were the best!!!
Omg girl where you been?
Great music
Welcome to a wonderful song!
I turn 40 in 6 days, yikes! Only 7 when this song came out lol.
a golden treasure from 1988 , a great song from an era when real music was played on the radio
Singers were unique and when you heard one you knew exactly who it was unlike today where they all sound the same
Ha! I know almost all 80s songs. I was trying to figure out why I didn't remember this one... It's because it came out the year I was born lol😂🎉❤
It was the greatest era of music, those 80s were😂🎉! @@jessicacooper8257
And I used to record it off of over old and new cassettes!!😂
I'm Hearing now in Brazil South america april 11 2024 this song never dies
I’m listening to Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark April 14th 2024
4:25
Brenda never got the notoriety she deserved. Love her music and her voice!! This one is my favorite!!
@Bruce Krall I absolutely agree with you Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark didn't get enough credit! That's classic song!
One of the best songs of all time
You're right, for some unknown reason she didn't and she had several beautiful songs with different artists.
You right, she didn't. The samples got more recognition. But they are also proof of the magnitude of her influence
Amazing song
Brenda now lives in Austin, Tx and I am a friend of hers. She is still doing music and recently won a tony for writing and production in The Color Purple Broadway. Wish I could post pictures here. I have a few recent ones with her.
blakkmag please convey our best wishes... Bless her and her beautiful voice...
Please tell her she's one of the best. Loved this song of hers... extend my well wishes for her.
LOVE IT, GREAT MEMORIES
Beautifull voice the best ever...
Eternal fuel for the soul...I feel the emotions every time I listen to this song, thank you Brenda Russell, love will prevail.
OMG!!!! This song so takes me back to the day in 1988 back to when I was a little boy at 6 years old living out my glory days of being really young,adorably cute,innocent & carefree. Now today I'ma 36 yr old man and this song still today makes me feel like a 6 yr old little boy all over again!!!
Forever Old-school R&B 80's music!!!!🎶
George Williams I was 14 when this came out. It was a really hot summer in MPLS that year, and this song was everywhere.
You made me smile.
I was 5 when this song came out
George Williams I was in my early 20s getting ready to leave the UK and work for the summer in Greece. I ended up staying there ten years got married and had 3 now adult children how the time flies by.
George Williams you're still adorably cute! 😆
This song takes me back when I was a young man. I loved it then. So many moons later, I still love this song.
I love this song!! She was so under rated :(
Agree!! what shame.
yea!!!
yea!!!
Cynthia Mattera How under rated ..here in Brazil was ever an anthem of breathtaking emotion
THIS BLACK BEAUTY WAS A PART OF MY LIFE DURING THE EIGHTIES.
her voice gives me goosebumps, i can't stop listening to this song, she is perfect, todays music has no soul, no emotions, soo sad that we'll never see a master piece like this again!
Verdade
This is beautiful and classy, unlike the smut they put out today(2023)
Such a damn shame no female singer comes even close
True
You are so right
Wonderfully written, arranged, performed..... haunting! Just a beautiful piece of music!
One of the best songs of the 80's, & so under rated. Still sounds awesome.
I love this song so much! Takes me back to 1988..such style like Anita Baker, Sade, Double…smart stylish music never gets old ❤️
Amen.
'88. 😉
This song was released in It's 88 not 86
@@mariobrosxsuperOK OK GOT IT JESUS H CHRIST
@@mariobrosxsuperedited it for you Officer
Imagine if modern music could soothe and warm the inner soul the way this does. Timeless and exuding love with honor and reciprocity.
Do you ever fall in love with a song that has no relevance to your actual life? Many times I have and then comes the images of a different life where instead of being moved solely by the singing, lyrics, and music my attachment is greater, relevant. This is one of those songs for me.
Very well put.
Cadê os brasileiros curtindo esse clássico ?🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Eu 🇧🇷
Opa!!
Tenho 26 anos e amo essa música. Ouço desde adolescente
Eu na area.
Eu🇧🇷
By far, one of the absolute most beautiful songs ever written. And she sings it with such perfection. Thank you for giving us all such a beautiful gift. I cherish this song.
Piano in the dark going into 2021....🥰😊😉
I'm listening to Brenda Russell Piano In The Dark early February 2021!
I agree! One of my favorites from Brenda.
Such an upbeat song just what we needed
@Nat Palmer absolutely fantastic tune
Still listening, April 2021.💜
Timeless is the perfect word… And the way Brenda sings it, my heart breaks every time I hear the passion in her voice. Some songs are just so beautiful it almost hurts to listen to them, this is one such song.
damn the 80s were so good. this is real music.
Everyone has their own tastes in music, but I'm into the entire 20th century.
Your right
@Digby Dooright Really. They did suck
They are still making good music! Just listen.
Ikr
You people have no idea I was in the military I was a Desert Storm vet I listen to this music and made me so happy I deal with my friends dying in a war but yet this music somehow made it better you can think what you want I don’t really give a damn I’m 55 years old and this stuff just made my life a little better back in the day 30 some years ago
I was at Dharan 3 days after the Navy shot down that Airbus out of Iran (AUG 87-Nov87). Elf one Det one. Spent 4 months over there....then I went to Australia Missile Warning site for three years. While I was in Saudi this was a song played on the BBC out of Bahrain that helped me get through there..
Funny u say that.. I was at Ft Hood.. went to Saudi from there.. many songs from this time just brings me right back.. music is amazing like that right?
Thank you for your service
One of the best songs of 1988. Never fails to give me goosebumps to this day. So deep and soulful.
Has there ever been a more perfect mixture of pop, jazz and blues in one voice? Ms Russell with that piano playing accompanying her in the background made this an instant classic