This usta fuck all the dance floors up in Chicago!! Tambourines slappin'....huggin' the speakers....wigs flyin' off...drinks fallin' on the floor....yesssir we beat the floor down on this one!!!
Ok, so I've played this about 30 times in a row now. Once it starts playing I can't stop. Belita Woods sang the sh*t out of this jam, and that bass line and those strings KILL ME me. When I was a teenager I used to perform this with my family (we were a singing group), and 40 years later, it still rocks me to my soul.
Tracy Whitney well said. This song is an under rated masterpiece. All the musical nuances, the clapping, the horns, the castanets spoons, the strings. The harmony of the backup singers and of course Belita Woods soulful pipes. Genius!
Thank you for that! Such a brilliant, funny, and true comment…. I’ll enjoy the rest of my day with your comment in mind! 🙏🏾 By the way, Belita singing “Seeing You I Go Wild” would get me out of hiding…😉
The best music came out of the clubs between 1975 and early 1978. By the late 70s the genie was out of the bottle. This stuff is infectious and amazing. What a time to be alive.
Belita Woods died on May 14, 2012 and Donna Summer died on May 17, 2012. Both were 63. Two incredible disco vocalists and beautiful women gone too soon... Your music lives on.
The city was broke, the subways were filthy (and usually late), much of The Bronx was a burned-out wasteland, crime was rampant, Times Square was as seedy as could be, Son of Sam had just had all all in terror - and yet, just HEARING the awesome opening riff of this incomparable classic and I am LONGING to be right back in that Time and Place. The club scene then, well, you had to have been there to believe it. I'm sure the kids today are as devoted to their music and their clubs, but for all of us lucky enough to have LIVED 70s NY, we know the truth. Our fun was on a scale quite incomprehensible to the kids of today. 84 King Forever...
That's how it was in San Francisco, too, and I'm sure it was this way in many places across the country and around the world. That time and this music (any disco, really) made us all get up and dance the night away. We were younger, at least I was, and lived every day as if it were my last. I'm grateful to be alive today, so many of my generation are gone. But when I hear music like this, they're alive again, and for a moment, we can dance the night away, one more time!
Braighdan Silas Did you miss the Larry Levan/Paradise Garage Block Party last May 2014? It was the closest I've felt to that feeling in over a decade. It was magic.
***** I feel you njpir!!!! I arrived in NYC in 1982 at 18 yr.'s old. I remember the dirty, sexy, dangerous ,exciting city NYC was before gentrafacation and all the yuppies took over!! There was an raw energy and electric charge that made the city vibrate with creativity & life. This song takes me back to the Paradise Garage and Larry Lavan who killed us with this classic masterpiece until the club closed in 1986. I'm so grateful I experienced NYC at this time in it's history, it will never be repeated again……...
+njplr AMEN I moved to New York in 1982 it was so much fun, I'll never forget!!! The Most Grimmy, sexiest heaven on earth to be had!!! I lived for the energy and ever present danger around every corner! I was so F-----g young and dumb! I remember wearing out the Paradise Garage and Better Days dancing to this classic, feeling the waves of vocal and instrumental brilliance crashing over my youthful and energetic body. It was a magical experience. Christ, I'd give anything to be transported to to that transformative era!!!
My mom tells me all the fun she had in the discos when she was my age (mid 20’s) in the 1970’s. An era gone by that a select few were able to experience. So glad beautiful songs like this were preserved so us younger folk can appreciate the the timeless and transcendental classics that our parents grooved to.... Absolutely incredible and brings me to tears almost everytime!!!!
There were the disco sucks people then … but these songs were only in the clubs where you could lose yourself in the music all night…..club people were a real thing and it wasn’t for everyone!
So right, no song has ever made me feel a rush of the holy ghost like I feel with this masterpeice, my body moves like it did when I first heard it at The Paradise Garage spun by the Master Larry Lavan!!!! Every Angel in heaven falls down on me and lifts me up into pure bliss!!!
I honestly think we were so lucky to grow up with this music. Too many young folks with mental health problems now and today's music doesnt help. Dancing to music like this made you happy
Very true about many now having mental problems and never connected with lack of great music All I know is that I was depressed for many years and when I started listen to the music of my past, I lit up like a Xmas tree. Lol! So now I know that music is my cure and medicine.
If disco needed to be defined with just one song, this would be it.. The best disco track ever!! I challenge you to try not to groove when you hear this.
The strings are what made this song so memorable. Strings have always added so much depth to all our disco cuts. Any song without strings remains a forgettable tune.!!!!!
EMPHAPHATIC......EMPHASIZED LYRICAL TIMING, THE EPITOME OF SONGTRESS CAPTURE......RENDERINGS, UNBELIEVABLE, EPIC, LEGENDARY TO A GENRE', BELLA WOODS, VOCAL SIGNATURE WILL FOREVERMORE, EVERLASTINGY BE WHOLEHEARTEDLY LOVED🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯❤❤❤❤❤
I fell absolutely head over heals in love with this song the first time I heard it. It was the summer of 1998, I was 14 years old, and I was just discovering that I had a true passion and love for disco music. The movie 54 had just came out in theaters, so I begged my mom to take me to see it - which she did. That's where I heard Lovin' Is Really My Game for the first time. It's 24 years later now, and it is still my absolute favorite disco song of all time, and it always will be! 😁
I've heard it said that a great disco 12" single builds and builds the energy like a pressure cooker until it releases it and the dancers go wild as it is a sort of musical orgasm. If that is the case then this record has the hottest musical climax of any, and all of of us dancers needed a cigarette afterwards. (just kidding; no cigs but the beer and cocktails were flowing); it was a blast!. This was Brainstorm's best track in my opinion although I remember another one called "Hot for You". Sylvester did a re-make of this song; it is pretty good but not a volcano like this baby. I made the mistake of letting someone borrow my 12" copy of this and he never returned it so I bought it all over again. I consider this one of the best disco 12" singles ever made.
Always a stampede to the dance floor. I was a DJ then and can remember the hair on the back of my neck standing up at 4:59 and praying to all the disco gods that my mix out of this was spot on. At that time this was one of the fastest BPM songs we played so it was a challenge to come up with something fresh. Also the smell of amyl nitrate wafting up to the DJ booth was fucking intense. Wonderful days.
Wasn't it though.... EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN THE CLUB MADE IT TO THE FLOOR WHEN THIS WAS PLAYED. I MISS IT SO MUCH. AND THE PEOPLE DIDN'T MIND GETTING BUMPED, CAUSE WE WERE ALL JUST HAVING FUN.
Listening to this in 2020. This was 43 yrs ago. All those wonderful times - dancing, happy music, such huge aspirations for the future ! And what T F has the World come to now ?
My god - this is a special find for me... kinda hunting back to look up old vinyl albums I had as a kid. I was a little 10 year old white boy in a tiny town of Nova Scotia, Canada. I bought the Stormin' album at our record store at the mall. I was only a kid, and literally bought albums based on how the album cover art spoke to me. I will NEVER forget that chrome brain !!! Which is why I remembered today, in 2022, to look this up again. *I am kinda shaking and a bit tearful listening to this track right now* As I'm heading into my senior years, I think of how I was blessed with such a huge variety of music when I was a kid. I had no idea what Detroit Funk was... nor any knowledge or influence about race or "black music" in North America. A ton of my albums were from black disco & funk artists at the time - and I naturally loved it as much as everything else. Maybe even more. Hearing this as an adult, decades later - OH THE MAGIC. It was ALWAYS good - it's like a universal given. Now I have the ability and maturity to look up all the information about the band... My GOD - *BELITA WOODS* (RIP) What a freakin' QUEEN ... and *Lamont Johnson* on bass WOW - a master class! Even as a kid, that bass playing stood out to me. Didn't know why it was special - but now I can totally understand. I didn't even know this was a hit song !!! I just loved it, hands down. I'd say it's in the top 25 standout/remembered songs of my childhood. All because that chrome brain led me to pick it up and buy it. Was it fate? I cannot imagine never knowing or discovering this song.
Thanks for your story and I’m one of those ppl.. that loves things no matter who does and don’t care. I just look at everyone else as missing out of they don’t know music like this or care for. Your story also made me realize how deep and profound music is to me and always have . 🎶❤️
@@DRLEWIS I disagree with you. As far as disco songs go, this was the best. You can the bass and strings were played by live musicians. Lamont Johnson on bass and Regina Carter on 🎻, can't go too wrong with that.
Lord have mercy, " LOVIN IS REALLY MY GAME " hands down is the BEST DAM DISCO RECORD ON THE PLANET EARTH!!!!!!!!!! The arrangement is expert, Belita Woods ....grand! The violin/ strings section.....AWESOMELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bought this 12" when it came out....I wore it out! I still have it! This is not your average disco record.... this is SUPREME ROYALTY! It starts off slow ..then it goes into this WONDERLAND OF MAGIC!!!!!!!!!! There's nothing like it. It's extremely hard to find on CD. Thank you so much for posting this treasure:) !!!!!!!!!!
So right!!!! I remember being beaten to death by this classic on the dance floor of the Paradise Garage in NYC. The holy sprit fell on me like a ton of brick lifting me into a frenzy of ecstasy !!!!! My body crackled with energy, So Amazing, Belita vocals are touched by the hand God!!! the phrase " TRY ME BABY " is everything!!
God, I remember being on Riis Park Beach one hot summer day (an afternoon, post-Garage session, I'm sure!) and this song was coming out of every boom box on the beach, and let me tell you, in 79 EVERYONE went to the beach with a boom box. No headphones then, either, we all shared our music, it was WONDERFUL. I can still see that beach, everyone boppin', swayin', groovin' to this song....Truly, it was a magical time to live in NY. When 92, KTU ruled the world...:)
disco just doesn't get much better than this. I'm proud to say I met Belita Woods and made sure I mentioned Brainstorm, and she seemed surprised (she was doing an in-store appearance with George Clinton). Rest in peace Belita, but I REFUSE to believe YOU couldn't "catch no man hangin' out at a discotheque", fine as you were.
I danced to this and wore it out every Saturday at the clubs back in the day. I would no sooner here the first chord and I was on the floor and DARED any one to stop me!
I can't catch no man Hangin' out at a discotheque But I believe in the boogie Oh, but the boogie don't believe in me Well, I got my way of groovin' Sittin' down right in my seat I get soul satisfaction Yeah, without jumpin' up and down on my feet Whoa...ho...disco guy You'll be sorry if you pass me by I've got what you need Boy, I wouldn't tell you no lie Why not give me a chance I swear I could prove it That don't mean I can't move it And it's close to perfection I just use it in another direction, yeah Ooh...ooh...yeah I can't catch no thrill Though the music they're playin' makes me feel When all is said and done Well, now, I know what it's all about Well, hey, come along with me If you do I will guarantee I'm gonna give you my love And the way it's gonna make you shout, shout, shout, boy Disco guy You'll be sorry if you pass me by I've got what you need And boy, I wouldn't tell you no lie Why not give me a chance I swear I could prove it That don't mean I can't move it And it's close to perfection I just use it in another direction I can't catch no man Hangin' out at a discotheque But I believe in the boogie Oh, but lovin' is really my game Well, lovin' is really my game Well, lovin' is really my game Well, lovin' is really my game Try me, baby, yeah And I will make you see, yeah I-I got lovin', yeah I-I got lovin', yeah I'm gonna love you right, yes, I will Every day and every night, yeah Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Try me, baby, yeah Try me, baby, yeah ¡®Cause I got it, yeah I've got love, yeah And I got good kissin', yeah And I got good squeezin', yeah Try me, baby, alright Love me, baby, alright Try me, baby, yeah I got love Come on and give it to me And I will love you right, yes, I will Every day and every night, yeah And then you'll see that lovin' is really my game, whoa Lovin' is really my game, whoa Lovin' is really my game, yeah Lovin' is really my game I wanna make you feel good all over Oh...oh...and-and then you will see Lovin' is really my game, yeah It's my game, it's my game, it's my game Lovin' is my game, it's a game, yeah
flew down to the Warehouse 5 times to catch Frankie Knuckles from the Bronx trained by Nicky Siano of the Gallery he rocked this had and tough felt home House heads in Chicage treated me like 24 carat gold yeo
This song as few others will forever bring back joy! Flamingo NYC late70’s I will always remember a sea of beautiful men pulsing dancing and releasing incredible energy to this classic!
Belita Woods was the lead singer on one of the baddest jams of all time, “Loving Is Really My Game” by the late 70's group, Brainstorm. She passed away yesterday, 5/14/12. Here is that jam, in her memory. Hearing this song I STILL gotta get up and dance, arthritis and all! Rest in Peace, Belita!
When i went to the Casino, Russ Winstanley used to play this back to back with Eddie Holman's 'This Could Be A Night To Remember', by the time they'd finished you knew you were at an allnighter!
Oh my! Somehow, this song popped back into my head for no reason some 40 years later and suddenly, there I was, seeing myself racing to the dance floor, poppers in hand, dancing like a crazy man in the gay clubs back then. It was exhilarating then and has not lost an ounce since.. what an incredible arrangement and holy crap, her voice!!! I will never ever forget the wonderful times back then.. the gay clubs, the sense of freedom and all despite the dark cloud of AIDS and bigotry, we never stopped dancing.. so glad progress has been made (though we still journey on). Songs like this leave an indelible mark and that rush of memories bring me right back as I crank this up dancing again at 65, thinking I’m 20 as I’m flooded with a euphoria that only the 70’s club scene made possible! Nothing defines that era more than this!!! I’m so grateful to have lived during that time!
Love your story and reading it while this song blasting in my ears, you took me back to those magical time dancing at the gay clubs and bars back then. Keep cranking up the music of our past and dancing whenever possible and open up the memories.
This song just epitomizes a true disco jam. This is the 33 1/3 aka Disco version just represents the best in brass, woodwind, percussion and those beautiful strings of the violins. I was 15 years old when this song was release. The Motown sound was in full effect. During that era, we had so many local groups coming up in Detroit. That mid to late 70s still and away will have a special in heart and mind. At the cabarets in Detroit would also play Brainstorm. This high energy disco version song just gets me so excited when I listen to it.
EMPHAPHATIC......EMPHASIZED LYRICAL TIMING, THE EPITOME OF SONGTRESS CAPTURE......RENDERINGS, UNBELIEVABLE, EPIC, LEGENDARY TO A GENRE', BELLA WOODS, VOCAL SIGNATURE WILL FOREVERMORE, EVERLASTINGY BE WHOLEHEARTEDLY LOVED🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯❤❤❤❤
I’m 66yo. I heard this so many years ago at Dugans Bistro in Chicago. The best disco ever. I’ve listened to great tracks from RUclips algorithm, and they are fabulous, but this is the best. Find a disco ball and fly!
Had to come back and listen again.. Oh man when Belita says "I've got love c'mon and give it to me" and the way the beat goes in tune with her is EPIC!!! This is truly disco royalty at its' best!!
Had to come back and listen again.. Oh man when Belita says "I've got love c'mon and give it to me" and the way the beat goes in tune with her is EPIC!!! This is truly disco royalty at its' best!!
I am a straight grandpa but when there's no one around I put this on and make some moves I really shouldn't be able to. at 4 minutes 58 seconds there is probably the most sublime disco moment ever, uplifting
Oh yeah, when that beat bridge at 4:58 that smacks right into her vocals and that wall of sound... makes my butthole weep happy tears of joy...every time
I love orchestral disco, Philly Soul, funk, etc. but my wife calls it "crap". She just doesn't get it. There are very few things in life that can beat 4:58 on this track. I'm sitting smiling away at it. Pure magic. The best kind of feel good factor. I feel sorry for people that don't know about this stuff or who can't get it. Keep posting it. I need more!
Dallas Texas. Bayou Landing. Downtown Dallas Texas. You had to park blocks away. You could hear this echoing between skyscrapers. Wed run as fast as we could. Dance floor elbow to elbow and shoulder to shoulder. Still play it and dance in my house. The BEST times of my life. Made LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS!! Belita Woods!!!!!
Maybe the greatest Disco song of all time ❤️❤️❤️
I agree with you 100% on that Florian. It definitely deserves to be ranked that high! 😁
Yes it was. When it came on I was on the floor 🤣
@@pamelaosley1608my me too. And i just turned 63. I remember those days or nights on the dance floor. Lots of fun🎉 hope you are still enjoying life
No exaggeration there.
Most definitely !!
This usta fuck all the dance floors up in Chicago!! Tambourines slappin'....huggin' the speakers....wigs flyin' off...drinks fallin' on the floor....yesssir we beat the floor down on this one!!!
wigs flyin' off...LOL!!
TheKanejack drinks falling Lol❗️
violins tho
maceo28 WOW, COOL!
+maceo28 "This usta fuck all the dance floors up...." Lovely!
Your entire comment deserves 5 stars. Thanks for the visual!
This song makes you tap your toes even in 2023, music like this never gets old....
RIP Belita. You sang the hell out this song!!!
DiscoDub74 what a voice she had ! Clear with a beautiful smooth conviction -- god blessed her....
YES INDEED!!
Her version is the best one. I love Betty Wright, and the late Sylvester, but the late Belita Woods nailed it. R.I.P
The living hell out of this song!!!
@@shondaprice5506 AMEN!
one of the best disco tracks of all time. underrradet unfortantely .
for real ❤
Ok, so I've played this about 30 times in a row now. Once it starts playing I can't stop. Belita Woods sang the sh*t out of this jam, and that bass line and those strings KILL ME me. When I was a teenager I used to perform this with my family (we were a singing group), and 40 years later, it still rocks me to my soul.
Tracy Whitney well said. This song is an under rated masterpiece. All the musical nuances, the clapping, the horns, the castanets spoons, the strings. The harmony of the backup singers and of course Belita Woods soulful pipes. Genius!
Anyone who expierenced it in the right club at the exact moment would be changed forever!♥️
I love DISCO MUSIC, I am Mexican, my mother tongue is Spanish, but I danced this tunes in my younger days.
Absolutely
@@simoneduardocastroLa Musica es Universal mi hermano. Viva La Musica Siempre !
The beat, the strings, the drums, the horns and that voice yessssss😄
If you're a serial killer trying to lure me out of hiding, THIS is the song you play.
2 funny 🤣
SO TRUE 😂😂
Thank you for that! Such a brilliant, funny, and true comment…. I’ll enjoy the rest of my day with your comment in mind! 🙏🏾 By the way, Belita singing “Seeing You I Go Wild” would get me out of hiding…😉
“Every time I see you I go wild!”
R.I.P. Belita Woods, you could sang, woman
I get soul satisfaction without jumping up and down on my feet
Wtf. I can't stop listening to this.
I listened 3x and then put on loop for the entire morning LOL! I haven't jumped around like this in months!
Same here
RIP Belita Karen Woods your voice is still rocking us!!
Taino...did not know that
Rest up Belita ❤
Didn't know she passed when ? How ?
The Best!!!!
@@fredgillette6583 DEVASTATED...
The best music came out of the clubs between 1975 and early 1978. By the late 70s the genie was out of the bottle. This stuff is infectious and amazing. What a time to be alive.
Oh yeah 👍🏽👍 WOW and the house era that followed 💋💯💯♥️♥️😊💪🏽✌🏽👍🤯
Belita Woods died on May 14, 2012 and Donna Summer died on May 17, 2012. Both were 63. Two incredible disco vocalists and beautiful women gone too soon... Your music lives on.
I love this song next to danger stranger
I forgot this song at Wigan casino I remember my mates saying Gill it's new soul
REST IN POWER!!
Rip......
Wow. Thanks for the rememberance.
One of the greatest high energy dance songs of all time!
SO ABSOLUTELY 🩸🩸✈✈ TIMELESS⌚⌚
Songs like this will have you burning a lot of calories on the dance floor 😅
This song makes me feel sooooooooooooo GOOD. This song and Sylvester's You Make Me Feel would keep me on the dance floor all night.
The city was broke, the subways were filthy (and usually late), much of The Bronx was a burned-out wasteland, crime was rampant, Times Square was as seedy as could be, Son of Sam had just had all all in terror - and yet, just HEARING the awesome opening riff of this incomparable classic and I am LONGING to be right back in that Time and Place. The club scene then, well, you had to have been there to believe it. I'm sure the kids today are as devoted to their music and their clubs, but for all of us lucky enough to have LIVED 70s NY, we know the truth. Our fun was on a scale quite incomprehensible to the kids of today. 84 King Forever...
That's how it was in San Francisco, too, and I'm sure it was this way in many places across the country and around the world. That time and this music (any disco, really) made us all get up and dance the night away. We were younger, at least I was, and lived every day as if it were my last. I'm grateful to be alive today, so many of my generation are gone. But when I hear music like this, they're alive again, and for a moment, we can dance the night away, one more time!
Braighdan Silas Did you miss the Larry Levan/Paradise Garage Block Party last May 2014? It was the closest I've felt to that feeling in over a decade. It was magic.
***** Way to go!!
***** I feel you njpir!!!! I arrived in NYC in 1982 at 18 yr.'s old. I remember the dirty, sexy, dangerous ,exciting city NYC was before gentrafacation and all the yuppies took over!! There was an raw energy and electric charge that made the city vibrate with creativity & life. This song takes me back to the Paradise Garage and Larry Lavan who killed us with this classic masterpiece until the club closed in 1986. I'm so grateful I experienced NYC at this time in it's history, it will never be repeated again……...
+njplr AMEN I moved to New York in 1982 it was so much fun, I'll never forget!!! The Most Grimmy, sexiest heaven on earth to be had!!! I lived for the energy and ever present danger around every corner! I was so F-----g young and dumb! I remember wearing out the Paradise Garage and Better Days dancing to this classic, feeling the waves of vocal and instrumental brilliance crashing over my youthful and energetic body. It was a magical experience. Christ,
I'd give anything to be transported to to that transformative era!!!
My mom tells me all the fun she had in the discos when she was my age (mid 20’s) in the 1970’s. An era gone by that a select few were able to experience. So glad beautiful songs like this were preserved so us younger folk can appreciate the the timeless and transcendental classics that our parents grooved to.... Absolutely incredible and brings me to tears almost everytime!!!!
My sentiments exactly. The 70s, particularly disco, is a major experience to the body and spirit.
❤
dancing and having fun
I’m 67 and one of those lucky people ❤️
There were the disco sucks people then … but these songs were only in the clubs where you could lose yourself in the music all night…..club people were a real thing and it wasn’t for everyone!
I’m still pumpin this!! Who else is still pumpin this in 2019?
I am and I love all the remakes
Lovin is really my game brilliant track
Yes sir this still thumps bumps and all the above
I'm pumpin it right now.😁
me
She has brought me joy the minute she opened her mouth to sing. I miss her.
this song is like you dropped a match on a puddle of gasoline!!!
Burn Baby Burn !!
Say it!!!
Drake Patton perfect description
TRUTH!!!
So right, no song has ever made me feel a rush of the holy ghost like I feel with this masterpeice, my body moves like it did when I first heard it at The Paradise Garage
spun by the Master Larry Lavan!!!! Every Angel in heaven falls down on me and lifts me up into pure bliss!!!
That bass line tho 🔥🔥🔥
This song has it all. Strong vocals, great musicianship, a long bridge, funky bassline, cool strings and a funky beat.
DISCO RULES AND THIS SONG IS ONE OF THE REASON
#1 on the dance charts in August 1977.
I was 11years old
INCREDIBLE ---THIS WAS AN AMAZING ERA OF MUSIC !!!
Of course, disco era. Salutes!
I honestly think we were so lucky to grow up with this music. Too many young folks with mental health problems now and today's music doesnt help. Dancing to music like this made you happy
Very true about many now having mental problems and never connected with lack of great music All I know is that I was depressed for many years and when I started listen to the music of my past, I lit up like a Xmas tree. Lol! So now I know that music is my cure and medicine.
Belita Woods at her best....another Motor City girl. We love you Belita!
I LOVE HER VOCAL QUALITY. SHE IS MY KIND OF SINGER.
If disco needed to be defined with just one song, this would be it.. The best disco track ever!! I challenge you to try not to groove when you hear this.
this song will definitely make anybody move, tap they feet or something 😂😂 !!
Indeed.....🎯
ANTHEM
AWESOMENESS
INCREDULOUS
The strings are gorgeous! :)
TIMELESS......
The strings are what made this song so memorable. Strings have always added so much depth to all our disco cuts. Any song without strings remains a forgettable tune.!!!!!
@@louisgonzalez8846I totally agree. Is this one of your productions?
God this record always gets me so Excited and Happy!
Tears of joy fall when listening to this song.
💕
I remember this from my freshman year in college in 1977
God YES!
Belita Woods vocal is incredible ! Listen for the spoons playin' on the rhythm break.
This is one of best Disco songs
ever PERIOD 🤟🙈🙉🙊
Frankie Crocker. RIP used to play this every afternoon on his show.
Frankie Crocker WBLS
World's Best Looking Sound
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oh my god I can't believe I FOUND T HIS. I have not heard this song in 30 years!!!! I grew up in Detroit. Getting teary eyed..
I've got to say this this is proper proper disco classic
This my jam!!!!!!!! Belita Woods one of the best voices ever and she sang this song!!!!!!!!
EMPHAPHATIC......EMPHASIZED LYRICAL TIMING, THE EPITOME OF SONGTRESS CAPTURE......RENDERINGS, UNBELIEVABLE, EPIC, LEGENDARY TO A GENRE', BELLA WOODS,
VOCAL SIGNATURE WILL FOREVERMORE, EVERLASTINGY BE WHOLEHEARTEDLY LOVED🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯❤❤❤❤❤
SO ABSOLUTELY 💯💯♥♥ TIMELESS
This song is A combo of disco funk and Soul with a touch of gospel that what made it Great
Some serious vocals some serious ass disco realness. I love this
They made one of the best danceable songs
I fell absolutely head over heals in love with this song the first time I heard it. It was the summer of 1998, I was 14 years old, and I was just discovering that I had a true passion and love for disco music. The movie 54 had just came out in theaters, so I begged my mom to take me to see it - which she did. That's where I heard Lovin' Is Really My Game for the first time. It's 24 years later now, and it is still my absolute favorite disco song of all time, and it always will be! 😁
I've heard it said that a great disco 12" single builds and builds the energy like a pressure cooker until it releases it and the dancers go wild as it is a sort of musical orgasm. If that is the case then this record has the hottest musical climax of any, and all of of us dancers needed a cigarette afterwards. (just kidding; no cigs but the beer and cocktails were flowing); it was a blast!. This was Brainstorm's best track in my opinion although I remember another one called "Hot for You". Sylvester did a re-make of this song; it is pretty good but not a volcano like this baby. I made the mistake of letting someone borrow my 12" copy of this and he never returned it so I bought it all over again. I consider this one of the best disco 12" singles ever made.
The great Ms.Belita Woods sanging, the song R.I.P. sister
This is one of best Disco songs
ever PERIOD 🤟🙈🙉🙊
this is realistic fuckin music long live disco .
tHIS IS WHAT A GROWN WOMAN'S VOICE SOUNDS LIKE.
Without a doubt!!!
fred sims Amen
yeah but you gotta to no they sound mature cuz some got an early start in church these young ladies. were young people sounding grown
fred sims No doubt about it👌
fred sims You are right. Bravo Belita Woods.
Memories........moving on......Disco Never died ! At least it lives on by ME!
+Anthony Barlow Can I get another Amen!
Yasss!!!
Amen!
lee king indeed ❗️
yes indeed Anthony.........yes in deed🎶🎶🎶
Back in the 80’s this filled the floors of brum and the Black Country. Brilliant tune, brings back memories good and bad
SO ABSOLUTELY....I WAS THERE......"EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT" .....***TIMELESS
It still does lol
Always a stampede to the dance floor. I was a DJ then and can remember the hair on the back of my neck standing up at 4:59 and praying to all the disco gods that my mix out of this was spot on. At that time this was one of the fastest BPM songs we played so it was a challenge to come up with something fresh. Also the smell of amyl nitrate wafting up to the DJ booth was fucking intense. Wonderful days.
Oh YESSSSS! Everyone would LOOSE THEIR MINDS at 4:59!!! 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Wasn't it though.... EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN THE CLUB MADE IT TO THE FLOOR WHEN THIS WAS PLAYED. I MISS IT SO MUCH. AND THE PEOPLE DIDN'T MIND GETTING BUMPED, CAUSE WE WERE ALL JUST HAVING FUN.
love how you explained it
Best Disco record ever ahead of its time! 🕺🏾💃🏽
Yeah, It was.
🎯
It really was. It had a lot of features that would not show up broadly until later. It also lacks the ubiquitous clap track.
Brilliant tune. Not sure about ahead of its time. It was out when Disco was having it. Just wished I was there
@@kulturekritik9665 Good point!
Listening to this in 2020.
This was 43 yrs ago. All those wonderful times - dancing, happy music, such huge aspirations for the future ! And what T F has the World come to now ?
Sadly It’s filled with zombies with no soul in their hearts.
My god - this is a special find for me... kinda hunting back to look up old vinyl albums I had as a kid. I was a little 10 year old white boy in a tiny town of Nova Scotia, Canada. I bought the Stormin' album at our record store at the mall. I was only a kid, and literally bought albums based on how the album cover art spoke to me. I will NEVER forget that chrome brain !!! Which is why I remembered today, in 2022, to look this up again. *I am kinda shaking and a bit tearful listening to this track right now* As I'm heading into my senior years, I think of how I was blessed with such a huge variety of music when I was a kid. I had no idea what Detroit Funk was... nor any knowledge or influence about race or "black music" in North America. A ton of my albums were from black disco & funk artists at the time - and I naturally loved it as much as everything else. Maybe even more. Hearing this as an adult, decades later - OH THE MAGIC. It was ALWAYS good - it's like a universal given. Now I have the ability and maturity to look up all the information about the band... My GOD - *BELITA WOODS* (RIP) What a freakin' QUEEN ... and *Lamont Johnson* on bass WOW - a master class! Even as a kid, that bass playing stood out to me. Didn't know why it was special - but now I can totally understand. I didn't even know this was a hit song !!! I just loved it, hands down. I'd say it's in the top 25 standout/remembered songs of my childhood. All because that chrome brain led me to pick it up and buy it. Was it fate? I cannot imagine never knowing or discovering this song.
That's such a great story, I can definitely relate. Thanks for sharing!
I loved reading this. Music takes us to great times and places and this song is no exception.
Beautiful story…. But this music was club music and radio music never crossed…. So you were definitely blessed!
Thanks for your story and I’m one of those ppl.. that loves things no matter who does and don’t care. I just look at everyone else as missing out of they don’t know music like this or care for.
Your story also made me realize how deep and profound music is to me and always have . 🎶❤️
I am still jamming to it after 40 years. As it been that long?
And you will be jamming to this even longer...
"TIMELESS"
"TRY ME"
im 58 still got it long song lol
Best disco classic of all time love it 😍
SOMEBODY.......TRY ME'♥♥♥♥🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶 EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT
This song is in my Top 10 all time favorite disco songs & yes I'm a proud 70s baby 😁
That BASS LINE! You cannot beat those strings if you wanted to Castanets? Nobody was ready! My kids love this song and the youngest is 15years old
That Baseline and that string section they are truly just doing too much!
@@DRLEWIS I disagree with you. As far as disco songs go, this was the best. You can the bass and strings were played by live musicians. Lamont Johnson on bass and Regina Carter on 🎻, can't go too wrong with that.
Belita, them castenets and them strings blew all our minds bk then, I was just 12 when this was released. Still blowing minbs😍
Lord have mercy, " LOVIN IS REALLY MY GAME " hands down is the BEST DAM DISCO RECORD ON THE PLANET EARTH!!!!!!!!!! The arrangement is expert, Belita Woods ....grand! The violin/ strings section.....AWESOMELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bought this 12" when it came out....I wore it out! I still have it! This is not your average disco record.... this is SUPREME ROYALTY! It starts off slow ..then it goes into this WONDERLAND OF MAGIC!!!!!!!!!! There's nothing like it. It's extremely hard to find on CD. Thank you so much for posting this treasure:) !!!!!!!!!!
LMFAO!!!!! I wore mine out too. I feel the same way about Tom Moulton's 17 min remix of Diana Ross's 'Love Hangover.' It's on youtube too.
So right!!!! I remember being beaten to death by this classic on the dance floor of the Paradise Garage in NYC. The holy sprit fell on me like a ton of brick lifting me into a frenzy of ecstasy !!!!! My body crackled with energy,
So Amazing, Belita vocals are touched by the hand God!!! the phrase " TRY ME BABY " is everything!!
OOOOOOOOOOVVVEERRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! oh YEAH!!!!
Thanks!!
deana diedrich Sylvester. Mighty Real
Disco at it’s finest! A classic!🎶
Love this high energy song ! Takes me back to when I was 18 years old and loved to dance on Saturday nights in Atlanta.
I remember when it was a hit...love it then, still love it...
God, I remember being on Riis Park Beach one hot summer day (an afternoon, post-Garage session, I'm sure!) and this song was coming out of every boom box on the beach, and let me tell you, in 79 EVERYONE went to the beach with a boom box. No headphones then, either, we all shared our music, it was WONDERFUL. I can still see that beach, everyone boppin', swayin', groovin' to this song....Truly, it was a magical time to live in NY. When 92, KTU ruled the world...:)
This generation couldn't handle such fabulousness.
Woooo Paco, G Keith Alexander and others from the sound of Disco in NYC 92 WKTU!
YES! Riis Park was the beach to be at! And the music was in surround sound!
Boy I remember riis beach..especially the nude section. Fabulous music we had with the disco era.
Those were the days...💖💃
This song is perfection.
Yes yes yes! I can totally relate. The absolute best time of my life, Disco Forever!!!
One of disco Greatest dancing song of it's time
disco just doesn't get much better than this. I'm proud to say I met Belita Woods and made sure I mentioned Brainstorm, and she seemed surprised (she was doing an in-store appearance with George Clinton). Rest in peace Belita, but I REFUSE to believe YOU couldn't "catch no man hangin' out at a discotheque", fine as you were.
I danced to this and wore it out every Saturday at the clubs back in the day. I would no sooner here the first chord and I was on the floor and DARED any one to stop me!
Oldie but goodies, PARADISE GARAGE, CLUB ZANZIBAR THE GOOD OLE DAYS
Those were my clubs...the loft...mellons...
Club 747
the Limelight
My favorite dance song EVER!
30 yrs later and still my theme song. love it
I can't catch no man
Hangin' out at a discotheque
But I believe in the boogie
Oh, but the boogie don't believe in me
Well, I got my way of groovin'
Sittin' down right in my seat
I get soul satisfaction
Yeah, without jumpin' up and down on my feet
Whoa...ho...disco guy
You'll be sorry if you pass me by
I've got what you need
Boy, I wouldn't tell you no lie
Why not give me a chance
I swear I could prove it
That don't mean I can't move it
And it's close to perfection
I just use it in another direction, yeah
Ooh...ooh...yeah
I can't catch no thrill
Though the music they're playin' makes me feel
When all is said and done
Well, now, I know what it's all about
Well, hey, come along with me
If you do I will guarantee
I'm gonna give you my love
And the way it's gonna make you shout, shout, shout, boy
Disco guy
You'll be sorry if you pass me by
I've got what you need
And boy, I wouldn't tell you no lie
Why not give me a chance
I swear I could prove it
That don't mean I can't move it
And it's close to perfection
I just use it in another direction
I can't catch no man
Hangin' out at a discotheque
But I believe in the boogie
Oh, but lovin' is really my game
Well, lovin' is really my game
Well, lovin' is really my game
Well, lovin' is really my game
Try me, baby, yeah
And I will make you see, yeah
I-I got lovin', yeah
I-I got lovin', yeah
I'm gonna love you right, yes, I will
Every day and every night, yeah
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Try me, baby, yeah
Try me, baby, yeah
¡®Cause I got it, yeah
I've got love, yeah
And I got good kissin', yeah
And I got good squeezin', yeah
Try me, baby, alright
Love me, baby, alright
Try me, baby, yeah
I got love
Come on and give it to me
And I will love you right, yes, I will
Every day and every night, yeah
And then you'll see that lovin' is really my game, whoa
Lovin' is really my game, whoa
Lovin' is really my game, yeah
Lovin' is really my game
I wanna make you feel good all over
Oh...oh...and-and then you will see
Lovin' is really my game, yeah
It's my game, it's my game, it's my game
Lovin' is my game, it's a game, yeah
❤️🙏
One of the greatest dance 🩰 jams EVER!!!!!!!!! NYC dancing forever♾️😍🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡☮️
this became a true Chicago house classic for the deep heads. Ron hardy used to tear this shit up at the music box. though not this fast
+ChicagoDeepHouseHead
YES,,,,,,,,,,,,, HE,,,,,,,,,,,, DID! ALRIGHT RONNAYYYYY!!!!! LOL
JACK ME RONNIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!
If I had a time machine that is the time I would live in all the trouble I got into sneaking out was worth it.
flew down to the Warehouse 5 times to catch Frankie Knuckles from the Bronx trained by Nicky Siano of the Gallery
he rocked this had and tough
felt home House heads in Chicage treated me like 24 carat gold
yeo
Up and down 103rd st near Cottage Grove-I was younger then-can’t forget than voice-didn’t know she was with P-Funk
I was 3 years old in 1975 and remember this playing at all of the family functions!!! Best song in the world and I'm dancing to it right now!!!!❤
This song as few others will forever bring back joy! Flamingo NYC late70’s I will always remember a sea of beautiful men pulsing dancing and releasing incredible energy to this classic!
I wasn't old enough to get into clubs when this song was out, but I remember hearing it all the time then. My radio stayed on WBMX.(Chicago).
WBMX LOVE IT
Wvon
Belita Woods was the lead singer on one of the baddest jams of all time, “Loving Is Really My Game” by the late 70's group, Brainstorm. She passed away yesterday, 5/14/12. Here is that jam, in her memory. Hearing this song I STILL gotta get up and dance, arthritis and all! Rest in Peace, Belita!
When i went to the Casino, Russ Winstanley used to play this back to back with Eddie Holman's 'This Could Be A Night To Remember', by the time they'd finished you knew you were at an allnighter!
2021 and still my favorite song!
Disco soul at its best!! Lead vocalist Belita Woods(( Rest In Peace))) also the co writer.
Really! Thanks for that info. I love this song, her voice and the arrangements.
I can’t get no man
Hanging out at the Disco-Tech
Now I believe in the boogie
Ohh but the Boogie don’t believe in me....
Classic line!!
Oh my! Somehow, this song popped back into my head for no reason some 40 years later and suddenly, there I was, seeing myself racing to the dance floor, poppers in hand, dancing like a crazy man in the gay clubs back then. It was exhilarating then and has not lost an ounce since.. what an incredible arrangement and holy crap, her voice!!! I will never ever forget the wonderful times back then.. the gay clubs, the sense of freedom and all despite the dark cloud of AIDS and bigotry, we never stopped dancing.. so glad progress has been made (though we still journey on). Songs like this leave an indelible mark and that rush of memories bring me right back as I crank this up dancing again at 65, thinking I’m 20 as I’m flooded with a euphoria that only the 70’s club scene made possible! Nothing defines that era more than this!!! I’m so grateful to have lived during that time!
67 here.....and yes.....We certainly did dance did we not!
@@nigelprance2540 65 and still jamming to this!
Love your story and reading it while this song blasting in my ears, you took me back to those magical time dancing at the gay clubs and bars back then. Keep cranking up the music of our past and dancing whenever possible and open up the memories.
Oh and turning 60 at the end of August 2023.
Heard this on the radio Sunday, been in my head since it’s Wednesday now. 😭🥰
This song just epitomizes a true disco jam. This is the 33 1/3 aka Disco version just represents the best in brass, woodwind, percussion and those beautiful strings of the violins. I was 15 years old when this song was release. The Motown sound was in full effect. During that era, we had so many local groups coming up in Detroit. That mid to late 70s still and away will have a special in heart and mind. At the cabarets in Detroit would also play Brainstorm. This high energy disco version song just gets me so excited when I listen to it.
EMPHAPHATIC......EMPHASIZED LYRICAL TIMING, THE EPITOME OF SONGTRESS CAPTURE......RENDERINGS, UNBELIEVABLE, EPIC, LEGENDARY TO A GENRE', BELLA WOODS,
VOCAL SIGNATURE WILL FOREVERMORE, EVERLASTINGY BE WHOLEHEARTEDLY LOVED🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯❤❤❤❤
It's the Violins that always get me!
3:48 til the end
2 thumbs WAY up!
I’m 66yo. I heard this so many years ago at Dugans Bistro in Chicago. The best disco ever. I’ve listened to great tracks from RUclips algorithm, and they are fabulous, but this is the best. Find a disco ball and fly!
the BEST version of this song
this is one of my all-time favorite songs. great memories of good times. talking someone to church
Brings back great memories
Dancing all night long in NYC
❤️🎶❤️
Detroit ! Seems like just being from that place gives you mad chops by default !
I need that bass
One of the few songs that can turn my mood around, make me wish I was at least 21 in the early 70's and get me dancing no matter where I am!!!!
+QT4Bklyn Me Too!!
QT4Bklyn o
RIP Ms Belita Woods this is my favorite song by this amazing group with her on lead vocals..Awesome...
Had to come back and listen again.. Oh man when Belita says "I've got love c'mon and give it to me" and the way the beat goes in tune with her is EPIC!!! This is truly disco royalty at its' best!!
Had to come back and listen again.. Oh man when Belita says "I've got love c'mon and give it to me" and the way the beat goes in tune with her is EPIC!!! This is truly disco royalty at its' best!!
This and Sylvesters You make me feel mighty real; the best pieces of music will make You crazy
@@melvinrobinson3048 Laaawd don't get me started on Sylvester! You make me feel mighty real is my all time fave by him may he also continue to RIP.
Their lead singer, Belita Woods was the truth!
MrJayreyn: Yes indeed.....love the quality of her voice.
Magic corner by her - unreal...
You know who also had a similar voice Barbara Roy from Ecstasy Passion and Pain
@@Kitu74 Don't forget about the late Great Voice of legendary Loleatta Holloway!
My song back in the 70's
Taren M: This was hot in the 80s and early 90s too!! I remember all clubs playing this atleast twice in the night. The dance floor would be packed.
I was 11yrs old when this song came out. I loved it then and still love it now...
I was as well. Still love it to this very day!
I also was 11yrs of age & bought this (everything else).
I am a straight grandpa but when there's no one around I put this on and make some moves I really shouldn't be able to. at 4 minutes 58 seconds there is probably the most sublime disco moment ever, uplifting
+paul shadlow I agree! It's a suburb mash up that makes this whole song!
+paul shadlow Grandpa, you are my hero. I'm skipping to 4:58 to jam out for you!
Oh yeah, when that beat bridge at 4:58 that smacks right into her vocals and that wall of sound... makes my butthole weep happy tears of joy...every time
I love orchestral disco, Philly Soul, funk, etc. but my wife calls it "crap". She just doesn't get it. There are very few things in life that can beat 4:58 on this track. I'm sitting smiling away at it. Pure magic. The best kind of feel good factor. I feel sorry for people that don't know about this stuff or who can't get it. Keep posting it. I need more!
two2goats i'm with you, bro,...i'm with you! 👌👍👍🤗
Dallas Texas. Bayou Landing. Downtown Dallas Texas. You had to park blocks away. You could hear this echoing between skyscrapers. Wed run as fast as we could. Dance floor elbow to elbow and shoulder to shoulder. Still play it and dance in my house. The BEST times of my life. Made LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS!! Belita Woods!!!!!
DISCO LIVES !! This jam right here .....
There's a old saying that says "everything old is new again", apparently it's true.
Bass legend... Lamont Johnson! One of the Greats!
Awesome song
Lamont Johnson was hot on this jam
This song is on 🔥!
This was my theme tune!!! I remember a crowd stood around me as i spun and danced at 100 mph to this...I still love it to death..
Top northern soul dancer
lol awesome!