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  • @JackReacts904
    @JackReacts904  Год назад +11

    🚨Do you have a favorite song/video? Send it to me here and I'll react to it! 🎵: streamlabs.com/jackreacts904/tip

    • @sandbeach3351
      @sandbeach3351 Год назад +1

      Listen to their song (STARS)

    • @Reeplay7
      @Reeplay7 Год назад +2

      Simply red - If you dont know me by now

  • @KLEFF718
    @KLEFF718 Год назад +83

    This is a classic 🔥 transcends generations

    • @clubgel
      @clubgel Год назад +6

      Saw this live in concert. At one point I turned around and ppl were in silence in tears. 15k ppl in arena ans most were in bits

    • @samanthanickson6478
      @samanthanickson6478 Год назад +1

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@clubgel’for your babies’ does that to me. can’t keep it together when i hear it.

  • @pridehunter2507
    @pridehunter2507 Год назад +45

    It is still amazing that a song of this style was able to hit on the pop charts at that time. British Soul at its best and his voice

  • @CRobb-ql4zp
    @CRobb-ql4zp Год назад +54

    Yes they are a British soul & pop band formed in Manchester, England. The lead singer name is Mick Hucknall.

    • @JackReacts904
      @JackReacts904  Год назад +10

      I appreciate the info and thank you for the request!

    • @CRobb-ql4zp
      @CRobb-ql4zp Год назад +8

      You are welcome Jack.
      And I would like to add your reactions are so good you make me feel like I owe you money. Your reactions are that quality good. I know your reactions deal more with the production side of the music & I truly appreciate that trust me, but you do capture the lyrical essense & state of mind of the songs in my opinion very well too. Keep it up.❤️

    • @ANDY1985UK2011
      @ANDY1985UK2011 Год назад +7

      @@JackReacts904 been quite a few white british singers with soul over the years, more common than white americans dare i say it lol

    • @AshLee92490
      @AshLee92490 Год назад +6

      @Andy G Yeah, I think a lot black American music, especially soul and r&b, have in the UK. You'll notice a lot of UK white, blue-eyed soul singers often get mistaken as black american artists until you see what they look like lol, and they take that as a huge compliment...

    • @Lilah1848
      @Lilah1848 Год назад +2

      @@ANDY1985UK2011 Omar - there's nothing like this. Jack needs to react to it!

  • @Maria.DSax970
    @Maria.DSax970 Год назад +35

    I like Simply Red. This is a great song. My favorite one is “Sunrise” which contains samples of Hall & Oate’s “I can’t go for for that” Good request.

    • @NJbakintheday
      @NJbakintheday Год назад +2

      Yup! Jack, listen to Maria.

    • @DaddyBaggio
      @DaddyBaggio 10 месяцев назад +1

      Also the De La Soul 'Say No Go' rap on the same sample

  • @ssang187
    @ssang187 Год назад +36

    Amazing song. Incredible vocals

  • @marneebragg9839
    @marneebragg9839 Год назад +23

    He has a song I really like called "Sunrise." It's a song to crank the volume on.

  • @AlMiner
    @AlMiner Год назад +12

    One of the best songs from the last century! Timeless and classic.

  • @lameekabrown6294
    @lameekabrown6294 Год назад +15

    To me, it looks like he's reflecting on his childhood, just based on the lyrics of the song. This song is so very beautiful, and it always gets me emotional.❤

    • @shersunn
      @shersunn 9 месяцев назад +1

      It is about his childhood. Pater = father and Mater = mother. His mom left his dad and himself when he was 3 years old; she never came back. He was 17 when he wore this song.

  • @CRobb-ql4zp
    @CRobb-ql4zp Год назад +17

    Yep Jack, the music video shows the lead singer Mick Hucknall walking through the beautiful english countryside & Whitby Abbey. He was reminiscing about his chilhood & the difficult relationship he had with his father. The scene at the end when he was on the train was at and around Goathland railway station on the Nork Yorkshire Moors Railway.

  • @cwin721
    @cwin721 Год назад +48

    He was our Ed Sheeran in the 90s😊. His version of If you Don't Know Me By Now is top tier

  • @astleygenetaylor7463
    @astleygenetaylor7463 Год назад +13

    Hi Jack great reaction…. Mick is from a little town called Denton in Manchester England, just 10 minutes from me. This was recorded in 1985, so 38 years old and the video was recorded by n a little seaside fishing village called Whitby over on the east coast of England. Mick Hucknall is the lead singer and still sounds incredible, I saw them live last year in his home town, he can still hit those notes! ❤

  • @kevaunmitchell1316
    @kevaunmitchell1316 Год назад +22

    My mom's favorite childhood song and yes simply red is a band you guys

  • @dread30329
    @dread30329 Год назад +17

    Awesome choice! Brings back some memories. 😢

  • @shanellblue4317
    @shanellblue4317 Год назад +3

    Love him down ! His voice is so beautiful.. Fun Fact : he wrote this song at age 17 !!! Classic timeless music right here ! I feel this song in my chest & heart every time I hear it 🥹😍❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @chriscreekmore210
    @chriscreekmore210 Год назад +15

    This song is mesmerizing! Of course it was a massive hit. Awesome reaction!

  • @elisavetsandoval5362
    @elisavetsandoval5362 Год назад +7

    This song is so beautiful!!! Touches the soul.

  • @JackReacts904
    @JackReacts904  Год назад +13

    Thank you CRobb for the request!!!

    • @CRobb-ql4zp
      @CRobb-ql4zp Год назад +2

      🧡💚You are welcome💛💙

    • @MMHrtSol
      @MMHrtSol Год назад +1

      @CRobb Yes, appreciate this...talk about right back to the time this came out and was Everything...still is decades later...music created here

  • @shawnawilliams634
    @shawnawilliams634 Год назад +11

    One of the best concerts I’ve ever gone to. Mick Hucknall sounds just like the record singing live!!!

    • @shawnawilliams634
      @shawnawilliams634 Год назад +2

      And his band is bananas live. I’d put them close to Sade’s band and that’s saying a lot. Listen to Stars, Money’s Too Tight to Mention or Sunrise to hear more classics from Simply Red!

  • @naetiontv
    @naetiontv Год назад +10

    “I thought this was like the Isley Brothers or something” so basically you were thinking what a lot of us thought for years. Because I thought he was a “Brother” for years😂😂😂 But I love this song❤❤

  • @demetriadee
    @demetriadee Год назад +9

    This song is special...brings back memory of middle school ❤❤❤

  • @missgigip
    @missgigip Год назад +1

    One of my fave songs growing up ❤ what an awesome request

  • @bakersupreme2010
    @bakersupreme2010 Год назад +2

    A few things to mention about Simply Red: (1) I remember that while riding on a Bus in Detroit, a Man started singing this song loud enough that it made the Bus Driver tell Him that He would only move the Bus when the Guy stopped singing! He stopped, and We All finally started moving along. (2) If You want to see Lead Singer Mick Hucknall in a different light, then You can check out the Music Video for the song 'Stars'. He really changed His Look in this one! And (3) When I worked in a Café in Downtown Detroit in the 1990s, I saw the Manager great none other than Mick Hucknall and Lead Bassist and Singer Steve Lewinson into the restaurant, called Café Martinique'. Mick smiled at Me and a Coworker behing the counter while the Owner and Manager named George n'Namdi (He sold Art there as well) spoke with Them. George asked what brought Them here to Detroit and Café Martinique, and They admitted that They wanted to go Sightseeing in Detroit while They were performing there, and in the process They got lost Downtown, so They both decided to come into the Café to rest a bit a have a drink. So that's all that I have to mention about Simply Red for now! Peace, Jack!

  • @ggsworld8762
    @ggsworld8762 Год назад +6

    This song is so iconic…I have lays loved it and it’s featured in one of my favorite movies Love & Basketball ❤

  • @lionsden836
    @lionsden836 Год назад +7

    That’s that blue-eyed soul. Check out Phil Collins One More Night

  • @mariahramierz4082
    @mariahramierz4082 Год назад +9

    It's a 🔥🔥🔥🔥 song though and he has nice singing voice WOW very great request so far loving it much love 💜💜💜

  • @lecuyerdooley1084
    @lecuyerdooley1084 Год назад +6

    Angie Stone's remake of this for the Love & Basketball soundtrack is sublime. There's a live performance of it on RUclips as well - check iy out if you love the original!

  • @NJbakintheday
    @NJbakintheday Год назад +1

    This is one of those songs that has a permanent spot in my playlist... for over 35 years running. Amazing song, amazing voice, and the video takes it to another level.

  • @dobdante
    @dobdante Год назад +5

    Sad song. He was abandoned by his mother at age 3 and had a distant, disapproving father (particularly of his choice to do music). Holding on probably refers to, in spite of his circumstances he would not give up and hoped for a better future.

  • @sheilayates6548
    @sheilayates6548 Год назад +2

    I was lucky enough to attend two Simply Red concerts, wonderful and amazing Micke Hucknall has an incredibly distinctive and beautiful voice .❤UK

  • @wotgM316
    @wotgM316 10 месяцев назад +1

    To realize "Holding Back the Years", "Human" (Human League), "That's Just the Way It Is" (Bruce Hornsby), "Sweet Love" (Anita Baker), "Tender Love" (Force MDs), "Something About You" (Level 42), "Captain of Her Heart" (Double), were ALL on the charts at the same time is amazing. I was 10 years old. Such a rich moment in time.

  • @reshaud81
    @reshaud81 Год назад +6

    Sunrise is another Simply Red banger. They sample Hall and Oates I Can't Go For That on the track!

  • @karenfoster9594
    @karenfoster9594 Год назад +2

    Mick was 25 here, he's 63 now and sounds just as good even live

  • @jennhurl
    @jennhurl Год назад +2

    Jack, Mick started writing this at age 17. It's inspired by his true life story where, unfortunately, his mother left him at age 3. How about the harmon muted trumpet? Best choice ever for this song. You can hear the Miles Davis influence as Tim Kellet serenaded us in a very rare mid 80's pop song trumpet solo. Excellent!
    "If You Don't Know Me By Now" is an AMAZING cover & really shows off Mick's vocals.

  • @leslapins7617
    @leslapins7617 Год назад +2

    He wrote this fantastic song when he was 17 only and the fact that it is an autobiography song adds layers of emotions to me.

  • @manuelacevedo79
    @manuelacevedo79 Год назад

    Another classic i remember this song when it came out back in the day another favorite. Also have that song on my playlist. Stay Groovy my friend keep on the good work ✌️

  • @JayGSmith08
    @JayGSmith08 Год назад

    Love Simply Red very soulful

  • @jeffstevens4262
    @jeffstevens4262 Год назад +1

    One of 'The Red's' greatest hits back here in the UK. Mick Hucknall's brilliant coming of age song about his life and upbringing back here in northern Britain. Another brilliant song they made was their cover of the old Harold Melvin classic 'If You Don't Know Me By Now' where Mick really lets rip. Great band. Great lead vocals!! 🙋‍♂

  • @eskayh7734
    @eskayh7734 Год назад +3

    When I found out Mick wrote the song when he was 17 it blew me away. "Holding Back the Years" is the third single from SR's debut album, Picture Book (1985); it hit #1 on the Hot 100 and #2 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was also nominated for a Grammy (Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals). Please react to Simply Red - "Stars" and "Sunrise" (my faves!).

  • @jesusebelortuazon9847
    @jesusebelortuazon9847 Год назад

    Yaaas! The iconic holding back the years of simply red ♥️...wish you'll do a reaction of video of his other hits like "fairground" and "stars" 😊

  • @lydmarl.475
    @lydmarl.475 Год назад

    Blue eyed British Soul!! It’s the video, this is what it was back in the days, music video!!

  • @kaylucas51
    @kaylucas51 9 месяцев назад

    I am pleased to say a Manchester England lad with one of the best voices ever loved when they started and still love him now pure talent and he wrote the song

  • @denzelperry7024
    @denzelperry7024 Год назад +5

    You would 🤍 "Something Got Me Started" by them also, it's an absolute bop 👍🏻

  • @MMHrtSol
    @MMHrtSol Год назад

    Hey hey now...talk about one smooth classic right here. The key changes and intricacies n this one too. His voice leads it all. Woo....yes, request the archives now...Indeed ❤

  • @AndreD0217
    @AndreD0217 Год назад +4

    He’s got other nice ones too “Stars”, “Sunrise” & cover of “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”…one of those blue eyed Soul singers

  • @valdannfamr.2430
    @valdannfamr.2430 7 месяцев назад

    Love Simply Red,
    /Mick Hucknall's voice👍🔥
    You have to hear:
    "It's Only Love", "Money's Too Tight", "Sunrise",
    "If you don't Know me by now"
    🔥✌🌼

  • @davidw7
    @davidw7 Год назад +1

    This smooth jazzy/bluesy 80s sound among so much else variety of the 80s... is also another song to try (if not in the past). Similar sensual vibe 80s song ... "George Michael" - "Careless Whisper" - from 1984 and was a huge international hit official video is good.

  • @TheLovesnowangel
    @TheLovesnowangel Год назад +1

    We all had the same reaction when we found out who actually sang this song 😆😆😆. Definitely thought it was a brotha singing this when I heard it as a kid

  • @Camille4Real
    @Camille4Real Год назад +1

    I like that you had the closed captions on 👍🏾

  • @carnifexmactator
    @carnifexmactator Год назад

    Man, I’ve been WAITING for you to react to this. Thank you for doing this!!!

  • @joelscottarnold3262
    @joelscottarnold3262 Год назад +2

    Mick Hucknall is just an amazing vocalist!! A song I still love, and he sounds just as great now as he did in the 80’s!

  • @norenore9944
    @norenore9944 Год назад

    Definitely a Classic !!! ❤ this song one of my favs!! I know ALL the words
    REAL MUSIC 💯

  • @demetriadee
    @demetriadee Год назад +4

    Finally...Mr red❤❤

  • @aya9af
    @aya9af Год назад +1

    Great song! You better sing 🎶 Jack🎙!!! I love the trumpet in this song too. It's it's hauntingly beautiful, filled w/ melancholy & memories. Have a good one 🌄 🌞✌🏽!

  • @majorsolutionsllc
    @majorsolutionsllc Год назад

    Simply Red is da truth!🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @WM4ME
    @WM4ME Год назад +1

    Simply Red (the band) still makes amazing music. The lead singer Mickey's voice only got better with age. Definitely react to some of their 90s/00s projects too.

  • @corinicole9271
    @corinicole9271 Год назад +1

    This song has always been dope!! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @totalprocall6894
    @totalprocall6894 Год назад +1

    Del boy alone after Rodney's wedding...if you know you know. Amazing track.

  • @kellykade
    @kellykade Год назад

    One of my favorites ❤Good song 🎵

  • @dsterohio
    @dsterohio Год назад

    Great song and incredible voice

  • @user-im6ph5cm1j
    @user-im6ph5cm1j Месяц назад

    Fabulous! Mick wrote the song when he was 17 years. It's about his family pater is dad mater is mom who left him when he wasv3 years & did not return😢

  • @Elaine-tk7nx
    @Elaine-tk7nx 11 месяцев назад

    Totally agree, the use of the French horn echoes the melancholy of the lyrics. Great analysis!

  • @fatihabenboubou5636
    @fatihabenboubou5636 Год назад +1

    One of the most beautiful voice in music. You should check other songs . I love him 🥰🥰🥰

  • @sarahfer1004
    @sarahfer1004 Год назад

    Thanx for reacting (Y) beautiful song.

  • @StarGirl-oz5gh
    @StarGirl-oz5gh Год назад +1

    British white soul singers are some of the best from the 60s to the 90s.

  • @JayGSmith08
    @JayGSmith08 Год назад +1

    This song is on the movie soundtrack Love and Basketball

  • @obibraxton2232
    @obibraxton2232 Год назад +2

    A classic!! 🥰

  • @london9372
    @london9372 8 месяцев назад

    17 yrs old when he wrote this, it's about the fact that his mother left him at 3 yrs old & never came back. That's why he sounds so angst in this track. That' a Trumpet!

  • @GaryKirkham-ju8gw
    @GaryKirkham-ju8gw Год назад

    Aw come on Jack! I'm surprised that you're surprised by the quality of this song - you know what of hotbed of musical genius the UK was, especially in the 80's and 90's ... its our super-power !!!💪

  • @winslow551
    @winslow551 Год назад

    Classic Simply Red. Check out their cover of If You Don't Know Me By Now. I know you'll be impressed. Then explore their more upbeat funky cuts.

  • @Alisha1686
    @Alisha1686 Год назад

    YESSSSS❤❤❤❤❤. Jack Jack you are on a role😊😊😊. Also some of themost soulful white artists are from the UK. As they had a greater appreciation for black soul music. Starting decades back.

  • @samanthanickson6478
    @samanthanickson6478 Год назад

    their whole album “stars” is fire! 🔥🔥

  • @kev7161
    @kev7161 Год назад +1

    I've always loved this song. Suggestion: Terence Trent D'Arby's "Sign Your Name". Another great song from the 80s.

  • @taresacampbell5316
    @taresacampbell5316 Год назад

    This is one of my dad's favorite songs. Absolutely love❤

  • @Scavenger-hr7km
    @Scavenger-hr7km Год назад

    This one here is one of my favorites, including SAY YOU LOVE, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER...

  • @glenicasdream
    @glenicasdream Год назад

    This song really makes me emotional, because my Mum sang it to my brother, who has now passed.

  • @tallpall1976
    @tallpall1976 Год назад

    I went to see them twice last year and was great he still got the voice ❤

  • @GinaGeeILuvu
    @GinaGeeILuvu Год назад

    I love this song! Yes Simply Red was part of that second British Invasion of music of the eighties! He has an amazing sound! This is just a great music video! Mick Hucknall is the lead singer of Simply Red! Check out their hits: “Money’s Too Tight To Mention”, “Stars”, their remake of “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”, and more!❤❤

  • @reneelove4839
    @reneelove4839 Год назад

    I still listen to this song to this day. Great choice

  • @tylerhackner9731
    @tylerhackner9731 Год назад +3

    Classic

  • @skinmeister1
    @skinmeister1 Год назад

    Great reaction and a fantastic band! For a completely different - yet equally good - vibe from Simply Red try their earlier tune "Money's Too Tight To Mention" next.

  • @joyceking8789
    @joyceking8789 Год назад

    They used to be my song. Oh my God back of the day I’m telling on my age now because oh my God I used to love that song and yes I was around then, so you know

  • @sweetwilly
    @sweetwilly Год назад

    In your music journey you will realise when you cross true talent. It transcends time and genre. ❤

  • @mapegatkinson92
    @mapegatkinson92 2 месяца назад

    He did a great cover of If You Don't Know Me By Now.

  • @latoyawalton6010
    @latoyawalton6010 Год назад +1

    Love and Basketball ❤️

  • @damonfisher5984
    @damonfisher5984 Год назад +1

    Mick Hucknall can sing. Respect this voice.

  • @lookinforthe70s
    @lookinforthe70s Год назад

    It's just as good now as when it first was released. It's been a favorite of mine for decades.

  • @mrdrico1313
    @mrdrico1313 Год назад +1

    This is a classic!

  • @mizzcarla7191
    @mizzcarla7191 Год назад

    Really enjoyed your reaction. 😊

  • @Lilah1848
    @Lilah1848 Год назад

    I've always loved this song. I heard it when I was a child, and I would always think, 'I don't want to get older and be singing this song with regrets', which was a very deep thing to think, but I've always been a deep thinker. Also, Mick wrote this song when he was 17 years old.

  • @Citizenesse8
    @Citizenesse8 Год назад

    The song is phenomenal. You should do Money's Too Tight to Mention next.

  • @AlonzoLouw
    @AlonzoLouw Год назад

    stars is my favorite and red wine

  • @daniellaplume3840
    @daniellaplume3840 Год назад

    Tone in the voice is the most important thing some would say. Lyrics are a kind of a Poetry-.

  • @LeVonngaKiara
    @LeVonngaKiara Год назад

    So funny you saying you thought it was The Isley Brothers🎤💜 they did a cover of the song and the lead singer is Ronald Isley. He has a very distinct voice as well, similar to Mick's🎶...

  • @CRobb-ql4zp
    @CRobb-ql4zp Год назад +2

    Hi Jack, so it's possible that the version of this song you live stream years ago was by the Isley Brothers. They did do a cover of this song.

  • @Dion_Mustard
    @Dion_Mustard Год назад

    fun fact : this music video was filmed in the seaside resort of Whitby, United Kingdom :)

  • @LeVonngaKiara
    @LeVonngaKiara Год назад

    😭😭😭💖💖❤️ No Words

  • @elcasettedelosmelofilos6652
    @elcasettedelosmelofilos6652 Год назад +1

    I could recommend What's Your Flava by Craig David ! It's FIRE

  • @Plastic35789
    @Plastic35789 Год назад

    I’m surprised that you didn’t know this artist, he is amazing worldwide famous, everyone knows him here in Brazil 😅

  • @pridehunter2507
    @pridehunter2507 Год назад

    Their entire debut album Talking Book was dope !!!!