I contacted Derek Holt and he recorded a short version of this song on video for my 40th wedding anniversary! My wife was floored. This like many people is our song. Thanks again Derek Holt youre the best!
That is awesome! He is a great man! One of my favorites songs of all time! Too bad the rest of the band hated it and never performed it live. It's all Derek on all of the vocals and studio musicians with his piano.
The bends on the solos alone can cut you, but the strings & harmonies just shred your heart. Being on the verge of 55 now, I can't imagine how much your heart was hurt by the loss. I'm sorry he's gone, but surely he'll never be forgotten... not as long as this song exists
This song is beautifully written and composed. So heartfelt, brings such emotion. No music like this exists nowadays, seriously this is just a beautiful song
Who's out there listening to this classic. God I miss this song I'm 54 n I still remember where I was when I first heard this song. God I miss those days
I was 17 he was 19 and 43 years later, here we are. Reading the comments, isn't it amazing how many of us are still married to the loves of our lives, after all these years! When marriage and love meant something. ❣
Same here. This was the slow dance song at our reception, married the same year it was on the charts. I was 23, she was 21, and 43 amazing years later here we still are.
No reason to dog the new music ,I grew up in those times ,we took it all for granted.40 yrs ago, nobody gave two shits about these songs.If the kids dig our sounds now, its all good.
To todays generation, this is what you call music. Listen closely, no cursing, no threats ,no calling women whores, no auto tune. Talented musicians, period.
My Soulmate in Heaven Jeffrey played me this song for me over and over for 17 years and had the cassette tape. He would light candles and have a bottle of wine, the way he looked into my eyes will forever stay in my heart until I hold.him again in beautiful Heaven ❤ I love you, I miss you, and I will always remember the true love we shared. One in a million. God I miss you 😢
@lesliedixon9225 I'm so sorry for your loss 💔🥺 I never thought the last time we talked would be the last time. I just think he is waiting for me in the next room and one beautiful day I will walk in there and he will be playing this song with his amazing smile saying, it's about time BABY DOLL! 🥰❤️ Sending you a big hug my friend! ❤️
I can 💯% understand & know exactly what u mean!! My husband played this always for me. Lost him Jan 2015 after 20yrs married 😢 can never unhear this song 🎼🎶💞
👍♥😰, it's Love & Life...and meaning to Life I say (for no money or possessions or status captions this) I agree, even more so ---since my beautiful wife died unexpectedly 3yrs ago, from I song I knew of in my heart since the late 70s or when it came out.
Let me tell you when I was 11 same thing as you I heard it when I was a boy and when I was a boy whenever I would see a cool student not my student this was the best I would sing at him
42 years and still going strong too. My then boyfriend, now husband, gave this song to me when we were dating and soon to be engaged..Live it still.. we both cry. He’s given me so many love songs over the years❤️❤️❤️
Just like my wife. We were married 39 years yesterday. This whole song reminds me of her. I remind her of this song ALL the time. Thank the good Lord for putting such an exceptional lady like her in my life ❤️
After 41 yrs.i can still vividly remembered this song.i was 17 yrs old 3 months older with my childhood sweetheart who became my wife,blessed with 2 children,sad to say she passed away year 2007.i can proudly say that this song is our ''love song'' thank you climax blues band..for touching our lives with your wonderful song.
One of the most heart wrenching, emotion laden and iconic guitar solo riffs in rock ‘n’ roll history. You can almost feel your heart melt as the guitar riff starts at 1:56 and then 2:54
Beautiful song that says what a lot of guys, like me, felt when that right woman entered our lives, at the right time. This song is very dear to me... Thanks for sharing
RIP keyboardist Arthur Wood, vocalist and harmonica player Colin Cooper, and guitarist and vocalist Pete Haycock all 3 taken from us waaay too soon : - (
it’s a whole new world since this song was playing… not a better world, just a new one. i miss the way america was then… the nostalgia from this song hits you like a truck…first kisses, love had, love lost, just growing up, and the girl you were crazy in love with, but we’re afraid to talk to her 😂
I don't even remember hearing that term when this song was popular on the radio, that came along in the mid Eighties when hair metal unfortunately took over the airwaves. If you listen to music from the early eighties to the mid eighties there's a huge difference.
I'm thinking, Dan Fogelburg Phoenix, then Van Halen Hot For Teacher!! Man!! Some Excellent Tunage for each era if you get really into it..Classical, Boogie, Big Band, Blues and Bluegrass Hillbilly Stomp and Seger...Where are all the great NEW Tunz??????? 🤔🎶🎤🎧🎹🎸🕊🤗
This song says it all. When I was 23 that's how my life was then I meet her and she changed my life. It would have been our 39th anniversary last month but unfortunately she pasted Dec 14 2017. Miss her so much love you sweetheart.
I can totally relate lost my husband nine months ago and this was one song he used to sing to me all the time I miss you my sweet Ron always and forever
This is music and tells a story about life and love. You don't see this anymore in music. Thank you to the the most underrated band the Climax Blues band
Here in Nov 2024… 53 years old. Remember this from when I first heard this at 10 years old. And now saying “I love you” to my amazing man/king 👑❤ and how much this song means to me and us. For me, There is no better era than the 80’s for 🎶
Heard a busker covering this at the corner of Broadway and Wall and absently started singing along. Then realized that I’d forgotten how great this song is. Hey busker! Thanks for the reminder! Haha.
That year was my worst & best! I ended a very bad chapter in my life & started a new chapter with my soul mate. That was 43 years ago & we're still going. A true love story never ends! ❤ Thank you to my husband for his determination & his never give up attitude when he wants something. I'm the one that has been Blessed by this amazing man. I love you Sweet Boy!
This was before my time but I absolutely love finding gems like this song! So great ! Had me so emotional out of nowhere! Thinking of my wife and how much she means to me! I must have played this song 5 times having never heard it before! Epic story god I love music!
Many of us women were caring and loving toward these situations back in the 1970's. The fond memories of genuine love was a big part of our generation.... This song is a prime example
This song certainly hits home! And now that I'm older, I have a whole new perspective regarding it! When I was a teenager it was just a song I heard from time to time, now it chokes me up and bring tears to my eyes! Because it's no longer just a song, but a reflection of the best days of my life.
I’m surprised that no one really talks about this. This is the ONLY video that I’ve ever seen, spot-on vocals to the actual recording of this song. It’s amazing. Either this was the REAL RECORDING of this song.. or they perfected this live recording to match the studio recording. I’m not sure if that’s even possible. As I see it..these are live vocals coming out of their mics here. Amazing.. and Crazy.
What an awesome song. I used to hear it on the radio all the time but I never really HEARD it til now! How is that possible? It's beautiful but I never saw that in it before
Good Morning! Song like this they help you think of the truth. No body wants to hear the truth those days. They rather hear a lie then try the truth. Marlene Toledo Grayson
I was 22 and he was 20. We dated, we married, we had no kids, we divorced. When I hear this song I'm back in that time.😢 A happy, sad, disastrous time.
Beautiful song. 70s and early 80s songs were so great, clean cut,and this just tops them all. I was 11 at the time and would hear this ballad on the bus ride home on ckrc.
I always thought this was LEO SAYER. Surprised to learn it is Climax Blues Band. The same band that sings "I kept on looking for the sign in the middle of the night".
HERE YOU GO: Climax Blues Band - I love you 1981 When I was younger man I hadn't a care Foolin' around, hittin' the town, growing my hair You came along and stole my heart when you entered my life Ooh babe you got what it takes so I made you my wife Since then I never looked back It's almost like living a dream And ooh I love you You came along from far away and found me here I was playin' around, feeling down, hittin' the beer You picked me up from off the floor and gave me a smile You said you're much too young, your life ain't begun, let's walk for a while And as my head was spinnin' 'round I gazed into your eyes And thought ooh I want you Thank you babe for being a friend And shinin' your light in my life 'cause ooh I need you (Instrumental) As my head was comin' round I gazed into your eyes And thought ooh I want you Thanks again for being my friend And straightenin' out my life 'cause ooh I need you (Instrumental) Since then I never looked back It's almost like livin' a dream Ooh I got you If ever a man had it all It would have to be me And ooh I love you.
I was 16 and My Boyfriend was 18 he would always play this song to me through the years and now here we are 32 years later and we still play this song to each other ❤️💞❤️
Had this tune 82 on a Maxell C90 Cassette..... only this one song.... over and over me and my girlfriend listened to this magnificent Love Song. Still gives me goosebumps!
I’m 47 I grew up With all this music and I still think this was the most beautiful song ever written. I listen to this often !! I miss 80’s music best era ever !!
This song took about 25 years to be found at all n boy oh boy was I happy when I found it after searching for so long YT is amazing it has all of our old songs n videos from the 70sn80s- who needs TV
With no record store within 30 miles (and being under age to drive) I had to wait each Saturday for America's Top 40 to come on the FM radio and record my cassette player (three hour radio show to record one song on a Saturday as a kid - CAN YOU FREAKIN' IMAGINE?)
Love of my life, father of our 2 beautiful kids & soulmate, destined other half, STILL SMH why u were taken away from me & r babies I'll never understand. But hearing this makes me know ur here when I need u xoxo 😘✌️😘
LYRICS When I was younger, man, I hadn't a care Fooling around, hitting the town, growing my hair You came along, and stole my heart when you entered my life Ooh, babe, you got what it takes, so I made you my wife Since then, I never looked back It's almost like living a dream And, ooh, I love you You came along from far away, and found me here I was playing around, feeling down, and hitting the beer You picked me up from off the floor, and gave me a smile You said, "You're much too young, your life ain't begun, let's walk for a while" And as my head was spinning around I gazed into your eyes And thought, ooh, I want you Thank you, babe, for being a friend, and shining your light in my life 'Cause, ooh, I need you As my head was coming round, I gazed into your eyes And thought, ooh, I want you Thanks again for being my friend, and straightening out my life 'Cause, ooh, I need you Since then, I never looked back, it's almost like living a dream Ooh, I got you If ever a man had it all, it would have to be me And, ooh, I love you
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I contacted Derek Holt and he recorded a short version of this song on video for my 40th wedding anniversary! My wife was floored. This like many people is our song. Thanks again Derek Holt youre the best!
Love your story.
You should share that on RUclips! I’d watch it. ❤
Cute! Love it! Bless him for doin that. ❤❤
Derek Holt is an awesome and kind gentleman for sure!!! Bless him for doing that for you and your wife ♥
That is awesome! He is a great man! One of my favorites songs of all time! Too bad the rest of the band hated it and never performed it live. It's all Derek on all of the vocals and studio musicians with his piano.
42 years ago when I first heard this I had no idea just how beautiful this song is. No one writes like this anymore...
Absolutely
Im 40 yrs old
But i heard During 90's only Radio Fm
🎉 One of my ALL-time Lifetime Favorite Songs 🎵 🎶
I’m 58, LOVE this song, been on my top 5 songs forever
Very true ! No one writes like this anymore!
My husband passed away last august at 55 and was a brilliant musician and he played this often for me.
The bends on the solos alone can cut you, but the strings & harmonies just shred your heart. Being on the verge of 55 now, I can't imagine how much your heart was hurt by the loss. I'm sorry he's gone, but surely he'll never be forgotten... not as long as this song exists
@@kurttimothy139 thank you. That was a beautiful reply.
Such a beautiful song! I lost my wife of 43 years 6 months ago and hearing this again brought me to me knees
sorry to hear that
So sorry to hear of your loss... Hope this song brings you "some" comfort
Whomever is still diggin this in 2024, you're still human. Rejoice in knowing that.
Super human😂🎉
Me song like this never get old ❤❤❤
Ain't many humans left, I can tell you that much...
✋✋✋
It's gorgeous and still timely.
We don't search for old songs, we search for old MEMORIES❤
So true! 😊
So very true I miss being loved 💗
Amen to that
Lovely..
I love U Mars ❤❤😂
nah i search for old songs
One ticket please to go back in this era.
One way ticket
Make that 3 one way ticket's please.
Two please
Make that plus all that wanna go!
Can I come along? ❤😊
There will never be ballads like this ever again, and that's sad. This tears me up every time I hear it. Incredible.
It su re is
Yes there will, people are awesome!
@@kylemc8851 no way
@@jackieguccione94 have faith, it’s a good thing!
@@kylemc8851 yes it is good for you
This song is beautifully written and composed. So heartfelt, brings such emotion. No music like this exists nowadays, seriously this is just a beautiful song
Today's society is far too gay for a great song like this.
👍♥😰, it's Love & Life...and meaning to Life I say (for no money or possessions or status captions this)
Agreed!
This is a truly beautiful song. We also, I feel, have great musicians and songs current day. No need to be negative about it.
This was our wedding song...still together 25 years!!! ❤
Mine too, but unfortunately ours didn't make it.
Congrats - that's awesome!
@@mikedr1549 i remember this song when I was a kid in the 70s I was born in 1965 im 58 now and I still love this song
@@amykeith1395 I'm 60 - I clearly remember when this song came out. Lots of fond memories of those times.
@@amykeith1395exactly the same here
Who's out there listening to this classic. God I miss this song I'm 54 n I still remember where I was when I first heard this song. God I miss those days
57 and still loving this song. I get goosebumps ❤.
35 here and this song is an absolute classic I grew up listening to classic Rock music my parents always tell me I was born in the wrong era!
55 here and haven’t heard that song in decades. Still remembered every word. God what great memories.
Me toooooo
I was 17 he was 19 and 43 years later, here we are. Reading the comments, isn't it amazing how many of us are still married to the loves of our lives, after all these years! When marriage and love meant something. ❣
May you live together a long and happy life until the end! This kind of love is rare in these times...
@@GUnit2214 Thank you!
congratulations!!!
Same here. This was the slow dance song at our reception, married the same year it was on the charts. I was 23, she was 21, and 43 amazing years later here we still are.
@@lauramayfield5410 Thank you! 💖
Thank GOD for recordings of these old songs because today’s music is not an option.
No one has ever said anything more true, Ryan.
@Cosmic Apostate And you will be old too one day.
@Cosmic Apostate ...and you´re here ... why ?? Todays music is - I´m sorry - uninspired.
I am glad to be old. To have heard some really 👍 good 🎶 music 🎶
No reason to dog the new music ,I grew up in those times ,we took it all for granted.40 yrs ago, nobody gave two shits about these songs.If the kids dig our sounds now, its all good.
70s and 80s was by far the best bands and songs we'll ever hear so fortunate to grow up in that time
To todays generation, this is what you call music. Listen closely, no cursing, no threats ,no calling women whores, no auto tune. Talented musicians, period.
Right on
So sad music is over for the new Generation
True
I think I read on here that this song basically destroyed the band, right?
Oh how True this is‼️🤟💯
Can't help tearing-up nearly every time listening to this lyric:
"If ever a man had it all, it would have to be me". What a feeling that must be.
It truly is!! I'm extremely fortunate to have lived this!
Beautiful song . They don't get any better than this love song.
I SAY IT EVERY DAY
Brings back old memories of a good old girl i missed all those years onto tomorrow's magic yesterday's long gone ...
Oh, it is! 42 years this August! ;)
My Soulmate in Heaven Jeffrey played me this song for me over and over for 17 years and had the cassette tape. He would light candles and have a bottle of wine, the way he looked into my eyes will forever stay in my heart until I hold.him again in beautiful Heaven ❤ I love you, I miss you, and I will always remember the true love we shared. One in a million. God I miss you 😢
My soul mate is in heaven too for 5 months now. I hear you sister. I don't have words for how much I miss him
@lesliedixon9225 I'm so sorry for your loss 💔🥺 I never thought the last time we talked would be the last time. I just think he is waiting for me in the next room and one beautiful day I will walk in there and he will be playing this song with his amazing smile saying, it's about time BABY DOLL! 🥰❤️ Sending you a big hug my friend! ❤️
@@suzanneminikus9770 I hope so I hope so
I’m so sorry for your loss 😂😂
I had it on an 8 track tape.
I was born in the 60's great tunes and still listening. Still here July 31 2024
My husband used to play this song for me when we first married ad still plays it for me 36 years later. Such a classic!
Those 70s guys were so Awsome!
Your husband's a keeper. So I guess you did ;O)
I can 💯% understand & know exactly what u mean!! My husband played this always for me. Lost him Jan 2015 after 20yrs married 😢 can never unhear this song 🎼🎶💞
that's what up 27 for me and my wife she is my bast friend
@@jme61275 Sorry to hear about your husband. He couldn't have picked a better song to tell you how much he loved you.
Stay strong
My wife passed away7/2/24, and we loved this song. We were only married a short 18 yrs but she was my one ❤.
So sorry for your loss😢
Sorry for your loss. God bless you ❤️🙏🏼. Thank you for sharing.
God bless you and your wife.
you shared some awesome music! God bless & keep you, sorry for your loss
So Sorry for your loss, you were lucky to find that one ! I'm 67 and never have .
I still love this song 42 years later! Never get tired of it....
I'm right there with you, the best music ever. Nothing can and will ever compare to our 🎶 music.
@@cindyrogers8002 You are so right! We had the best music, 60s-80s, the best of times👍✌️
I’m never getting bored and this song never gets too popular and old
Ever since I first heard this song I became emotional and now it’s 2023 the feeling still the same ❤❤❤
Agreed with this song. Its beautiful.
Amen 🙏❤😊
I’m 61 and this song is making me cry again right now.
👍♥😰, it's Love & Life...and meaning to Life I say (for no money or possessions or status captions this)
I agree, even more so ---since my beautiful wife died unexpectedly 3yrs ago, from I song I knew of in my heart since the late 70s or when it came out.
This is the most beautiful song I've heard in a long time. They don't make music like they use to. God Bless you for making it. 🙏🙏
I couldn't remember the name of the song or the band, so it's nothing short of a miracle that I found it 🙂
Let me tell you when I was 11 same thing as you I heard it when I was a boy and when I was a boy whenever I would see a cool student not my student this was the best I would sing at him
This was and is our song. Thirty-eight years and still going strong.
That is awesome
Love is Strong!
42 years and still going strong too. My then boyfriend, now husband, gave this song to me when we were dating and soon to be engaged..Live it still.. we both cry. He’s given me so many love songs over the years❤️❤️❤️
todays music doesn't even come close
Same 38 years here too awesome song ooh the memories
Just like my wife. We were married 39 years yesterday. This whole song reminds me of her. I remind her of this song ALL the time. Thank the good Lord for putting such an exceptional lady like her in my life ❤️
Does her boyfriend like the song too?
The era where beautiful songs were written...this is one of the golden song.
Can you believe the band hated this song, would support it with a tour. WB loved it as did Derek, basically led to him leaving the band.
Lost my husband of 20 years ago.. 11 months ago. Think he wanted me to hear this song 🎵 tonight.❤️
Makes me cry songs like this will never be made again no faith into 2023 music😢
Music has pretty much been “over” since like 2003. It sucks. 😢
One of the most under rated band, a very classic song. Timeless
Absolutely, but they got a whole bunch of air time here in new orleans
@@danonoveh8114 This song was played a lot here in Australia.
@@danonoveh8114 ABSOLUTELY AGREE!!!
I remember it lots as a young boy on radio in duluth mn
Who exactly "under rated" this band ??? Hilarious...
That sustained end. "And, Oooooooooooooooooooh I love you." Cuts to the soul.
I like this song , i loveit
100 percent agreed!
Wow, this IS A BEAUTIFUL SONG
After 41 yrs.i can still vividly remembered this song.i was 17 yrs old 3 months older with my childhood sweetheart who became my wife,blessed with 2 children,sad to say she passed away year 2007.i can proudly say that this song is our ''love song'' thank you climax blues band..for touching our lives with your wonderful song.
One of the best love songs of all time! ❤😊
The Best Love Song.
*"YES"*
*"Period!♡¡""*
It is my FAVOURITE love song of all time
I grew up in the 70 s and 80s. I feel i was blessed greatly with all the wonderful music. Such good memories!
My Carol. We had 10 years under our belt when this came out. God took you in 2002. My Own True Love, I'm still empty. Love Your Johnny ❤❤
One of the most heart wrenching, emotion laden and iconic guitar solo riffs in rock ‘n’ roll history. You can almost feel your heart melt as the guitar riff starts at 1:56 and then 2:54
yup
Love it....Mesmerized
Beautiful song that says what a lot of guys, like me, felt when that right woman entered our lives, at the right time.
This song is very dear to me...
Thanks for sharing
Until a decade passes and nothing you do makes her happy anymore
Hear hear!!!
Yea man........... 👍🎶
Exactly right Anthony.
Spot on!
RIP keyboardist Arthur Wood, vocalist and harmonica player Colin Cooper, and guitarist and vocalist Pete Haycock all 3 taken from us waaay too soon : - (
You tube. Has been a godsend
it’s a whole new world since this song was playing… not a better world, just a new one. i miss the way america was then… the nostalgia from this song hits you like a truck…first kisses, love had, love lost, just growing up, and the girl you were crazy in love with, but we’re afraid to talk to her 😂
Now that's a great power ballad. 💝
I don't even remember hearing that term when this song was popular on the radio, that came along in the mid Eighties when hair metal unfortunately took over the airwaves. If you listen to music from the early eighties to the mid eighties there's a huge difference.
I'm thinking, Dan Fogelburg Phoenix, then Van Halen Hot For Teacher!! Man!! Some Excellent Tunage for each era if you get really into it..Classical, Boogie, Big Band, Blues and Bluegrass Hillbilly Stomp and Seger...Where are all the great NEW Tunz??????? 🤔🎶🎤🎧🎹🎸🕊🤗
No one puts their heart in to their music anymore . today's music just don't have it , like yesteryear music did .
This song says it all. When I was 23 that's how my life was then I meet her and she changed my life. It would have been our 39th anniversary last month but unfortunately she pasted Dec 14 2017. Miss her so much love you sweetheart.
So sorry for your loss 🌹
So very sorry for your loss and heartbreak 😞😥🌹🌹
I can totally relate lost my husband nine months ago and this was one song he used to sing to me all the time I miss you my sweet Ron always and forever
How I still love this song after sooooo many years!! You never hear music like this anymore!!
I only hear music like this, or new Country. Whenever I hear Rap or Hip/Hop I want to ban sound
This is music and tells a story about life and love. You don't see this anymore in music. Thank you to the the most underrated band the Climax Blues band
I was fortunate enough to reconnect with my first love from the age of 15 after my husband of 25 years passed. This is the first song he played me.
One of the best love ballads ever! Still sounds great!
One of the best songs ever...a true masterpiece!
I agree 100%…ever.
Simply:
*"Beautifully EPIC!♡¡"*
Everrŕrrr❤
I was 26 years old at this time when the sun came out now I’m gonna be 68 and I still love it
I'm so glad I grew in the 60, 70's and 80's simple the best of times!
In 1981 i was 15 now im 58 enjoying it everytime
Here in Nov 2024… 53 years old. Remember this from when I first heard this at 10 years old. And now saying “I love you” to my amazing man/king 👑❤ and how much this song means to me and us. For me, There is no better era than the 80’s for 🎶
Heard a busker covering this at the corner of Broadway and Wall and absently started singing along. Then realized that I’d forgotten how great this song is. Hey busker! Thanks for the reminder! Haha.
My favorite song growing up. I am playing it at my wedding.
The greatest love song ever. 30 years ago this was sung at my wedding. It was the first song we heard on our first date and remains our song.
I think I might have to agree with you!
This was our wedding song too - 40 years in July!!
That year was my worst & best! I ended a very bad chapter in my life & started a new chapter with my soul mate. That was 43 years ago & we're still going. A true love story never ends! ❤ Thank you to my husband for his determination & his never give up attitude when he wants something. I'm the one that has been Blessed by this amazing man. I love you Sweet Boy!
One of the top 10 or 5 best ballads of all time. This song is simply beautiful... very moving.
This was before my time but I absolutely love finding gems like this song! So great ! Had me so emotional out of nowhere! Thinking of my wife and how much she means to me! I must have played this song 5 times having never heard it before! Epic story god I love music!
Many of us women were caring and loving toward these situations back in the 1970's. The fond memories of genuine love was a big part of our generation.... This song is a prime example
If they took all these great songs away and said I can only listen to todays music…I’d say “Is silence an option?”.
This song certainly hits home! And now that I'm older, I have a whole new perspective regarding it! When I was a teenager it was just a song I heard from time to time, now it chokes me up and bring tears to my eyes! Because it's no longer just a song, but a reflection of the best days of my life.
I used to sing this to my first wife, God rest her saintly soul. It's still one of the most magnificent declarations of love in a song ever written!
The guitar bends and tone are fantastic..
Everything about this song is perfect.
I’m surprised that no one really talks about this. This is the ONLY video that I’ve ever seen, spot-on vocals to the actual recording of this song. It’s amazing. Either this was the REAL RECORDING of this song.. or they perfected this live recording to match the studio recording. I’m not sure if that’s even possible. As I see it..these are live vocals coming out of their mics here. Amazing.. and Crazy.
This is almost certainly the best love song in rock/pop history.
I only wish I could go back to that time and know then what I know now .
What an awesome song. I used to hear it on the radio all the time but I never really HEARD it til now! How is that possible? It's beautiful but I never saw that in it before
This song was a big hit in the early 80s. The blues melody and the lyrics is perfect. Climax Blues Band music never fade. Cheers.
This is just awesome!!! I remember when this song was on the radio like it was yesterday!!!
Beautiful ❤
This song has grown on me over the years. Can make the case it's one of the better Love songs ever - actually thanking someone to come into your life.
How is it you appreciate a song so much more 40 years later? One of the most beautiful love songs ever composed.
Good Morning! Song like this they help you think of the truth. No body wants to hear the truth those days. They rather hear a lie then try the truth. Marlene Toledo Grayson
Great music period..if only new artists could do the same
"If ever a man had it all, it would have to be me". Greatest line ever!!!!!!!
I was 22 and he was 20. We dated, we married, we had no kids, we divorced. When I hear this song I'm back in that time.😢 A happy, sad, disastrous time.
I rediscovered this song this week!
I weld up inside with emotions of my children .
This helped me stay in the game.
Beautiful song. 70s and early 80s songs were so great, clean cut,and this just tops them all. I was 11 at the time and would hear this ballad on the bus ride home on ckrc.
I always thought this was LEO SAYER. Surprised to learn it is Climax Blues Band. The same band that sings "I kept on looking for the sign in the middle of the night".
Of course, the name of that song is COULDN'T GET IT RIGHT.
Story of my life. My wife truly changed my life. Every word of this song rings true. I deeply love my wife and best friend.
65 now still listening March 2024
Still listening May2024
65
64 and November 23, 2024
HERE YOU GO:
Climax Blues Band - I love you 1981 When I was younger man I hadn't a care Foolin' around, hittin' the town, growing my hair You came along and stole my heart when you entered my life Ooh babe you got what it takes so I made you my wife Since then I never looked back It's almost like living a dream And ooh I love you You came along from far away and found me here I was playin' around, feeling down, hittin' the beer You picked me up from off the floor and gave me a smile You said you're much too young, your life ain't begun, let's walk for a while And as my head was spinnin' 'round I gazed into your eyes And thought ooh I want you Thank you babe for being a friend And shinin' your light in my life 'cause ooh I need you (Instrumental) As my head was comin' round I gazed into your eyes And thought ooh I want you Thanks again for being my friend And straightenin' out my life 'cause ooh I need you (Instrumental) Since then I never looked back It's almost like livin' a dream Ooh I got you If ever a man had it all It would have to be me And ooh I love you.
Every once in a while, a perfect song comes along. This is one of them.
For every man that has had a good woman... a theme song, you DESERVED us. ❤😊
This era of music was so pure and real. Wish it would come back...
Senior year in high school...what I would give to be there again.
I was awesome music
That song reminds me of happier times!
I was 16 and My Boyfriend was 18 he would always play this song to me through the years and now here we are 32 years later and we still play this song to each other ❤️💞❤️
I LOVE this song. I’ve had it on repeat for a while ❤
Had this tune 82 on a Maxell C90 Cassette..... only this one song.... over and over me and my girlfriend listened to this magnificent Love Song. Still gives me goosebumps!
I love that!
What’s a cassette?
One of the best romantic ballads written. Timeless
I’m 47 I grew up
With all this music and I still think this was the most beautiful song ever written. I listen to this often !! I miss 80’s music best era ever !!
I’m 66 and full of great music and concert memories. This has to be in my top 3 all time favorites!
This song took about 25 years to be found at all n boy oh boy was I happy when I found it after searching for so long YT is amazing it has all of our old songs n videos from the 70sn80s- who needs TV
Great to hear these classics the way they are meant to be heard!
One of the best love songs ever written!
With no record store within 30 miles (and being under age to drive) I had to wait each Saturday for America's Top 40 to come on the FM radio and record my cassette player (three hour radio show to record one song on a Saturday as a kid - CAN YOU FREAKIN' IMAGINE?)
Yes, I freaking believe you. When music was worthy of our attention.
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“If ever a man had it all, it would be me.” That line speaks volumes and it is timeless.” ♥️♥️
This was our song @ our wedding, 26 years later still have something special still going on...❤️
It would sure be nice if we could go back to these times 2023
Love of my life, father of our 2 beautiful kids & soulmate, destined other half, STILL SMH why u were taken away from me & r babies I'll never understand. But hearing this makes me know ur here when I need u xoxo 😘✌️😘
LYRICS
When I was younger, man, I hadn't a care
Fooling around, hitting the town, growing my hair
You came along, and stole my heart when you entered my life
Ooh, babe, you got what it takes, so I made you my wife
Since then, I never looked back
It's almost like living a dream
And, ooh, I love you
You came along from far away, and found me here
I was playing around, feeling down, and hitting the beer
You picked me up from off the floor, and gave me a smile
You said, "You're much too young, your life ain't begun, let's walk for a while"
And as my head was spinning around
I gazed into your eyes
And thought, ooh, I want you
Thank you, babe, for being a friend, and shining your light in my life
'Cause, ooh, I need you
As my head was coming round, I gazed into your eyes
And thought, ooh, I want you
Thanks again for being my friend, and straightening out my life
'Cause, ooh, I need you
Since then, I never looked back, it's almost like living a dream
Ooh, I got you
If ever a man had it all, it would have to be me
And, ooh, I love you