I don't care if people love this song because they lived it back then or because they heard it from someone else these days... This is just art. The lyrics, the heart, let alone the voice... Not a single dance song today has this quality.
This was and is still an awesome song !! Hey @Paul Jacinto, I'm from the USA (Rhode Island), and growing up in grade school, I had a Paul Jacinto in my class. He was Portuguese and when we were about 7-8 years old, he moved from the USA to Portugal. Could this be you?
"Give Me Tonight" and "Let The Music Play" have a similar beat, but still separately treasured. Shannon was underrated. Both of those songs were great club songs. The songs had a fantastic beat made for freestyle dancing. There's nothing like the songs of the 80's.
I was born at the wrong time I just discovered this banger and I’ve had it on repeat for a good whole! I’m only 30 but man do I love these throwbacks 🔥🔥🔥
THIS IS THE JAM!! I used to play this song so loud in my '81 Regal the windows would rattle....awwwww-such great memories...If I could only go back in time for just a month. Until they invent a time machine, I'll have to keep my memories in my heart and this music in my soul.
I couldn't possibly choose between the two I love them both equally! But yes I definitely love how dark this one sounds in comparison, plus I love the way the vocals are edited on the longer version of this song, absolutely phenomenal
I can remember it perfectly still - I'm 18 driving up and down the "show off" route in my mustang convertible top down blasting this over my new Kenwood radio lol. Songs like this bring back memories
Check this video of these Young African boys still dancing in 2019 on Shannon and other 80's classics! Its incredible! ruclips.net/video/od4N3OCXFTI/видео.html
Wow I heard this in a movie last night and got chills up my spine. I hadn't heard this in probably 25 years. Cruising around in my bf's GTO listening to Shannon. Cool memories :)
Jajajajajaja quise expresar lo que sentia cuando escucho esta cancion.pero hay personas como usted que lo entienden y lo pueden escribir .es como que usted tiene la capacidad de leer los pensamientos .gracias 😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
How this did not become a Top 10 or 20 hit nationally in the US is a joke Didn't even chart Top 40! Crushed it in New York City. I was raised on this jam! The rest of the country missed out.
+Ed Jessup It was simply ahead of its time, but this was the follow-up her only real hit, the very similar Let The Music Play. No good reason for one to hit and one to miss.
Embarrassed to say I’ve only just discovered/been introduced to this absolute beauty of a track!!! (By my missus) Every days a school day. Been on repeat while I dance my way through the day 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
This song was HUGE in German bars/nightclubs when I lived in that country in the early 1980's. It still makes me wanna get off my 50 year old butt and shake it :-).
What a great tune. I started 1984 in high school. By the end of the year I was in the Army. Great memories and experiences. Purple rain movie and soundtrack, The Time, Run DMC….. 40 years ago and 40 pounds lighter with a full head of hair….❤️
These songs are like the 80’s version of 90’s old school breakbeats. My now husband and I were deep into the rave scene back in the day and I just had him hear this and told him this is some underground 80’s gold. I used to get down to this and Stacy Q, Lisa Lisa, etc so hard lol. I was only like 8 or 9 but I got DOWN. haha. I love being an 80’s baby.. loved growing up in that era. I would have had TOO much fun if I were a young adult in the 80’s lol.
@Walter White but You had no phone, no internet, no own money, no independence, couldn't do want You want, You had to listen to other people and learn what You didnt like...
Walking sadly through the park I hear crying in the darkness And though I act like I cannot hear The situation is very clear A girl who's trying to tell her guy The time has come that they say goodbye And his answer tears my heart apart Give me tonight Then if you don't wanna stay Girl I'll just forget you You'll see I'm right You won't get to go away Love ain't gonna let you Give me tonight Walking with you through the park Now it's my voice in the darkness Just like the girl trying to tell her guy I'm telling you we must say goodbye I can't believe when I hear once more The very words that were said before Come from deep within your broken heart Give me tonight Then if you don't wanna stay Girl I'll just forget you You'll see I'm right You won't get to go away Love ain't gonna let you Give me tonight Give me tonight Give me tonight Gimme Give me tonight Then if you don't wanna stay Girl I'll just forget you You'll see I'm right You won't get to go away Love ain't gonna let you Give me tonight Give me tonight Give me tonight
I was driving tonight, my iPod played this song, I blasted my stereo a woman smiled and looked, she was flabbergasted as she heard the song. I play Shannon’s songs so loud, every one around must hear them. It’s a must.
I promise you are NOT the only one! I’m from Denmark and I still love this song, and all the other great 80’s songs! The quality was just better and every one didn’t need to have plastic surgery. Shannon and all of the other stars of that time were real talents and they kept their clothes on! Miss those days!
It just petered out short of reaching the Billboard Top 40 (#46) in the middle of 1984. #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1984. Still an awesome tune!
oh I love this! brings me back to the freestyle days of the 80s reminds me of all the cute boys in 2nd thru 6th grade!💖💕💗💜 I didn't know what love really was but I totally dug these tracks in my childhood of the 80s I am 38 now.
Give it up...to the Queen Shannon! I'm 57 yrs young...and still can not sit still listening to this classic song! Shannon is Queen that deserves her crown! 👑🎤👑
This song will never get old for me.
I don't care what people say, the 80s were the best decade in music!
Best ever 👍👍👍
Yes and 90s..done in 2000
Every genre too. Not to say the movies, cartoons, tv shows, toys, etc....and the list goes on.
best decade in life....
Definitely!
I don't care if people love this song because they lived it back then or because they heard it from someone else these days... This is just art. The lyrics, the heart, let alone the voice... Not a single dance song today has this quality.
Well, it's not the Sistine Chapel, but it's a good record. "Let the Music Play" is better. You might want to take a course in art, BTW.
Art is subjective .
Point not taken.
@@ddave7026 Merry Christmas to you too. "Give Me Tonight" is a good record. I liked it when it came out
@@henry-bo3np sorry buddy got to get you in the game this song is better
@@ddave7026 better than any thing payed in 35 yeas
This song brings back so many memories. I was just a young teenager when this was released. The '80s really spoiled us with some great music.
This will never die...80s all the way😊
Always !!❤
The 80s was the pinnacle of creativity in music. Good music. PERIOD
Whoever wrote her music and produced/engineered them is an absolute genius.
indeed!
Chris Barbosa
Best disco tune ever!
+Michael Berta very possibly
Absolutely
Shannon kept the Eighties alive when she gave pop fans tonight in 1984. In 2024 this song and video still have "Pop"!
80's were ahead of its time. Sounded hot then and sounds just as hot now. Freestyle music will never be beaten.
The DJ played this last weekend at a club here in Lisbon and the place went wild. This jam still rocks!
This was and is still an awesome song !! Hey @Paul Jacinto, I'm from the USA (Rhode Island), and growing up in grade school, I had a Paul Jacinto in my class. He was Portuguese and when we were about 7-8 years old, he moved from the USA to Portugal. Could this be you?
do you know other songs like this?? this song is still legendary
@@cintoman I went the other way. Moved to N.Y. when I was 9 and came back to Portugal a few years ago.
@@Omar00L Let the Music Play
@@benjaminreiss7609 good one i know it tho but thanks a lot...
Born in 84 but my mom made sure I was up to the times on 80s classics. Now my daughter singing the in 2023. 😂 #timeless
"Give Me Tonight" and "Let The Music Play" have a similar beat, but still separately treasured. Shannon was underrated. Both of those songs were great club songs. The songs had a fantastic beat made for freestyle dancing. There's nothing like the songs of the 80's.
+J Hayes She's like the female Rick Astley with her two big hits sounding essentially the same but loved by fans nonetheless.
There's another song that sounds like Give me tonight. Expose's point of no return
Ao ouvir essa seu austral não levantar,preucure psico logo!
Dont write here is only 4 BLM! ))
Love both and Snap rhythm is a dancer same vein. Brilliant tunes
I was born at the wrong time I just discovered this banger and I’ve had it on repeat for a good whole! I’m only 30 but man do I love these throwbacks 🔥🔥🔥
Keep listening to the classics!
I was born at the right time. Wore the vinyl 45 out. A banger indeed 😁
Check out "I'll Wait" by Van Halen.
Listen to Chaka khan, "This is My Night"
Shout out to Shannon (She still performs her hits!) Classic material - We used to roller skate to this!
THIS IS THE JAM!! I used to play this song so loud in my '81 Regal the windows would rattle....awwwww-such great memories...If I could only go back in time for just a month. Until they invent a time machine, I'll have to keep my memories in my heart and this music in my soul.
#THEJAM 🎤
#WE #NEED #HOTTUBTIMEMACHINES 😂
Shannon was one of a kind,voice and instruments perfectly used.Once again,the 80's still rule.
I object to ANYONE who says that Shannon was a one-hit wonder ..this song was VERY underrated!
+Lashid4u i know her most from Let the music play so she can't be a 1 hit wonder
+Lashid4u I agree 110%
Why in the world would anyone ever call her that when she was the queen of freestyle back in the day? This is Shan-fucking-non we're talking about.
Saw her at Morgan State University in Baltimore and she "Rocked it" xxxooo best years of my life
Lashid4u ok two hits but at least they were good ones
Always preferred this to Let the Music Play. It has a dark edginess that I love.
YES! ME TOO!👍
👍🏻
Love both
Same!
I couldn't possibly choose between the two I love them both equally! But yes I definitely love how dark this one sounds in comparison, plus I love the way the vocals are edited on the longer version of this song, absolutely phenomenal
Classic Freestyle! Takes me back to high school.
This so-called 80s classic, as well as "Let the music play," are still played at most parties, 30 years later! Go Shannon! Bring freestyle back.
Keep the 80s aliiiive!
This is a timeless classic. Love this song.
That's why you can never ever forget Old school music
Me escapaba para guerra de minitecas y está canción mandaba en la pista
Love this song!!! I was 8 when this song came out, omg! Just listening to this gives me chills of happiness!!
❤
Me too 😂😂😂
long live the 80's for sho!!
This video is insane. And has forever changed me. I adore it.
I can remember it perfectly still - I'm 18 driving up and down the "show off" route in my mustang convertible top down blasting this over my new Kenwood radio lol. Songs like this bring back memories
Many memories
80s freestyle was the best !!!!!!
James Cameron Damm straight!!! Killer beat!!!
still ease
100%
Was this really 1980s, or 1990s?
Check this video of these Young African boys still dancing in 2019 on Shannon and other 80's classics! Its incredible!
ruclips.net/video/od4N3OCXFTI/видео.html
Love her songs...80's were my decade...best music
Wow I heard this in a movie last night and got chills up my spine. I hadn't heard this in probably 25 years. Cruising around in my bf's GTO listening to Shannon. Cool memories :)
Shannon.. just a once in a life time phenomenon.... fantastic singer. But not sure she received as much accolades as her voice and music
Dope! Miss the 80's so much. Everything was better.
agreed
This was her best song! Let the music play was a bigger hit but this is the song that rocked the clubs.
Love the energetic beats and the overall vibes of this song! It's beyond amazing!!! ...like from another dimension!!🤩😍🥰😘😘😘
Jajajajajaja quise expresar lo que sentia cuando escucho esta cancion.pero hay personas como usted que lo entienden y lo pueden escribir .es como que usted tiene la capacidad de leer los pensamientos .gracias 😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
How this did not become a Top 10 or 20 hit nationally in the US is a joke
Didn't even chart Top 40! Crushed it in New York City. I was raised on this jam!
The rest of the country missed out.
+Evander Smart This song was representative of the thriving underground dance scene of the 80s. It was too cool to be top 40. ;)
+Ed Jessup It was simply ahead of its time, but this was the follow-up her only real hit, the very similar Let The Music Play. No good reason for one to hit and one to miss.
***** Stopped at #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the Spring of 84. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Me_Tonight
in our community, DJs played it like it was a top ten...
and do did the discotheques!
We didn't miss out
We jammed all day long to this
+What is Bitcoin? I was raised on this too. New London, CT.
Still the best musical era, 80s
You better believe it :)
One of the best club songs ever , still fresh 2023 .
'Let the Music Play' is a classic, but this right here is a classic also!
2019 and going...one of the best freestyle/dance songs ever made! If this doesn't get your ass on that dance floor I swear 😂😉
Beautiful mind body soul and voice. Long live Shannon. Let the music 🎶 play! 👍 💖
35 years later and I'm still listening too Freestyle music and I'll be listening in 35 years from now if I'm alive lol....
I went back in time it's 1985 now! Im rollin hard extacy baby what a ride..........
This is honestly one of my all-time favorite songs. I can't understand why Shannon wasn't a huge success. She should've been as big as Madonna, imo.
Stop
PERFECT !!! Masterpiece !👍👍👍
Glad you like it!
@@shannon6771 👍👍👍✌️🥰
I loved the old school freestyle music back in the 1980’s and still going strong.
this is by far the greatest song from the eighties
So ahead of its time.... 1984?! Crazy.
This was her best song
Embarrassed to say I’ve only just discovered/been introduced to this absolute beauty of a track!!! (By my missus)
Every days a school day.
Been on repeat while I dance my way through the day 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Damn.. This slaps hard!
Glad you like it!
The second hit, brilliant production, big heart and soul in vocals, it was my favorite of the Shannon album, still sounds fantastic and fresh.
This was everybody’s jam in my hood back in the day. I remember it blasting from cars, neighbors apartments, block parties (sigh) I miss them days 😭💔
Bringing me back to my childhood 😂❤. I miss the 80s! They used to play this song on Power 96, Miami Florida.
yes! miami kid here 😅
This is the REAL people, can't touch this Old School dance music!!!
this is one of her best songs that I've heard so far.
I love this song.
Yessssssss me too 👍🏽
The production on this song was so ahead of its time! Great classic!
this song and music is beyond their time
Great song!!! I remember dancing to this song at the clubs in the 80's and jamming to all of Shannon's songs in my Sunbird. Thanks for posting!!!
This song was HUGE in German bars/nightclubs when I lived in that country in the early 1980's. It still makes me wanna get off my 50 year old butt and shake it :-).
Get down wit ya bad self!!!!
@Stephen Roldan AEIOU (and sometimes Y) was also huge.
I bet that was AWESOME
Do it!!! Dance like no one is watching!
Same with toronto canada dance floor late 80s era .coool..times.
What a great tune. I started 1984 in high school. By the end of the year I was in the Army. Great memories and experiences.
Purple rain movie and soundtrack, The Time, Run DMC…..
40 years ago and 40 pounds lighter with a full head of hair….❤️
When music had passion and soul
One of the greatest 💓 dance club songs ever. 💖⭐💃
These songs are like the 80’s version of 90’s old school breakbeats. My now husband and I were deep into the rave scene back in the day and I just had him hear this and told him this is some underground 80’s gold. I used to get down to this and Stacy Q, Lisa Lisa, etc so hard lol. I was only like 8 or 9 but I got DOWN. haha. I love being an 80’s baby.. loved growing up in that era. I would have had TOO much fun if I were a young adult in the 80’s lol.
Amazing song! All these years later, I still can't sit still when I hear it.
Glad you enjoy it!!
So fuckin 80's god damnmmmmmm fire. I witnessed one of the best breakdance battles ever to this song!
Shannon always pushing the mix engineer beyond his limits
MORE COMPRESSION
OMG This was the jam. I remember when this would play in a club .
What's the words to this jam?It's something about it,I guess this could have been one of those hidden jams!
when life was simple and uncomplicated!
Natasha Bishun i Was so in love with that era
@Walter White but You had no phone, no internet, no own money, no independence, couldn't do want You want, You had to listen to other people and learn what You didnt like...
Thats right!!
Agreed fully first heard this on holiday in Spain 84 have it on vinyl👍👍👍
hehe I guess :)
Name another decade with as much great music as the 80s...you can't. Enough said. xx
Walking sadly through the park
I hear crying in the darkness
And though I act like I cannot hear
The situation is very clear
A girl who's trying to tell her guy
The time has come that they say goodbye
And his answer tears my heart apart
Give me tonight
Then if you don't wanna stay Girl I'll just forget you
You'll see I'm right
You won't get to go away Love ain't gonna let you
Give me tonight
Walking with you through the park
Now it's my voice in the darkness
Just like the girl trying to tell her guy I'm telling you we must say goodbye I can't believe when I hear once more
The very words that were said before Come from deep within your broken heart
Give me tonight Then if you don't wanna stay Girl I'll just forget you
You'll see I'm right You won't get to go away
Love ain't gonna let you Give me tonight Give me tonight Give me tonight Gimme Give me tonight
Then if you don't wanna stay Girl I'll just forget you You'll see I'm right You won't get to go away
Love ain't gonna let you Give me tonight Give me tonight Give me tonight
Shannon Give Me Tonight 1984
"Girl, I'll just forget u"
I always thought she was saying "girl, im disco dancing"
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@diamondsparkle9967 🤣🤣
💃 📻 🕺Thanks 👍
Thanks so much for sharing this.
A love song for the ages.
I was driving tonight, my iPod played this song, I blasted my stereo a woman smiled and looked, she was flabbergasted as she heard the song. I play Shannon’s songs so loud, every one around must hear them. It’s a must.
THE ORIGINAL DANCE MUSIC!!!!!. THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.
I'd like to see current Bey's and Riri's music played in clubs in 30 years. Won't happen! This song is 30 something. Still rocks!
Who else is going through their favorite jams thinking about life back in the days? Please tell me I'm not the only one✌🏼️
No you're not!
I promise you are NOT the only one! I’m from Denmark and I still love this song, and all the other great 80’s songs! The quality was just better and every one didn’t need to have plastic surgery. Shannon and all of the other stars of that time were real talents and they kept their clothes on! Miss those days!
I'm in a nostalgic universe wishing I could turn back time
One of the best poplocking songs in the world!!!
Such a QUEEN! Beautiful woman and voice. I wonder if she still has the crown from this video.. 👑
My friend Shannon Rocks this classic song
This song still has me dancing even tho I'm an old gal now 😍
😊we only old when we want to die you still a youngster
Still groovin' to this in 2021 and FOREVER!
I'm so old I miss break dancing to all these songs
2021 and still an amazing song
Takes me right back to the 11th grade! I love this song! ♥️
This was and will remain music for an eternity for the ones that lived the 80’s. I miss these days si much!! 😞❤️
90s baby but my mom loves Freestyle. Thanks to her I kinda "grew up" with the 80s :)
This is my fave Shannon song! Love the fantasy theme here. Still ROCKS today!!!
Great song great performance, we miss this kind of music nowadays
It just petered out short of reaching the Billboard Top 40 (#46) in the middle of 1984. #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1984. Still an awesome tune!
This tune was way ahead of its time - certified banger.
Glad you like it!
oh I love this! brings me back to the freestyle days of the 80s reminds me of all the cute boys in 2nd thru 6th grade!💖💕💗💜 I didn't know what love really was but I totally dug these tracks in my childhood of the 80s I am 38 now.
Good one babygirl...fosho..
I will always find myself here 2021 and beyond 80s music was out of this world 🛸
Nothing like the 80's G.. Beautiful years
I'm here for it. 💎
Give it up...to the Queen Shannon! I'm 57 yrs young...and still can not sit still listening to this classic song! Shannon is Queen that deserves her crown! 👑🎤👑
MISS THOSE DAYS NO WORRIES AND DANCE CLUBS EVERY WEEKEND
Frank Gall dont forget the house parties and breakdancing back then
Linda música beultiful parabéns vivi muito essa época de músicas boas
I have mad love for the original and respect Adore for reviving it. Music is a powerful thing.
Everyone got up to shake a leg when Shannon came on in the 80s. What a gal❤
Adore arrasa nessa! a original também é bem legal! amo Adore Delano
Camy Hardy Filth
FREESTYLE ..WAS GREAT MUSIC AND GREAT MELODY...
Beautiful song from a beautiful era
This used to be my old workout song.
I love me some SHANNON!
I never knew that there was a video to this song.