Is It You? - Lee Ritenour featuring Eric Tagg (1981)
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2010
- "Is It You?" was one of the tracks from Lee Ritenour's 1981 jazz album "Rit", featuring vocals from Eric Tagg. It became a crossover hit reaching number fifteen on the pop chart and number twenty-seven on the soul chart. Lee Mack 'Captain Fingers' Ritenour is a guitarist, recording artist, composer and producer. He began his career at the age of 16 and has appeared on over 3000 sessions, recorded over 40 albums, and has charted over 30 instrumental and vocal contemporary jazz hits since 1976. Ritenour is considered to be a pioneer in the contemporary jazz and jazz-funk genres of music. Ritenour was born January 11, 1952 in Los Angeles, California. He played his first session when he was 16 with The Mamas & The Papas and given the moniker 'Captain Fingers' because of his manual dexterity on the guitar. His prolific career includes a Grammy Award for the collaborative work "Harlequin" (1985), and 17 other Grammy nominations. Ritenour also holds the distinction of having two of the promotional videos for his songs "Is It You?" and "Mr. Briefcase" being played during MTV's first day. Ritenour has been at the top of many guitar polls throughout the world. Throughout his career, Ritenour has experimented with different styles of music. A true fusionist, he has often incorporated elements of funk, pop, rock, blues, Brazilian and classical music with jazz. This channel is dedicated to the classic jazz music you've loved for years. The smokin' hot, icy cool jams that still make you tap your feet whenever you hear them . . . Cool Jazz is here!
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1981 working at pizza Hut and putting money in the juke box to hear this song over and over again
And you know it
Nice. I was eleven and this song was already about ten years old, and i remember thinking if id have a boyfriend who would sing this to me one day, Cd 101 in nyc loved to play this song back then.
I would’ve done the exact same thing!
And I would've done the same ‼️ 👍🔥
That was back when Pizza Hut actually made good pizza lol
What a great song in 2023! The 80s will never be repeated! Thank you Lee for this great song.
I originally thought he was the singer, but he is not.
I was 19 years old when this song came out back in 1981 and here I am 61 years old not understanding where the last 40 years went😢
This is 2023 and this song is still powerful and pure! I am 56 and have always loved it from the first time I heard it back in the day! I just did a road trip to Phoenix from Denver and on the way back I was listening to one of my online 80s streaming stations and this came on and I just lost it with my 15yr old son. Of course he doesn't appreciate good music like this but it's ok cause I can't get enough of music like this😊 Music today can't touch music like this! PEACE!
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I AGREE 👍🏾💯 it something about amazing beautiful 🎶🎵 it touches your soul 💕
This is a "timeless" piece. In no way does the music today compare to songs such as this one!
OMG! This takes me back to when I had no bills, no kids, no mortgage (my dad was paying for everything, Lol!) ....... I just worried about doing my homework and meeting my friends for lunch at the cafeteria ....... 😂😭❤
Yep! I wanna go back! I'm tired of working and paying bills!🫣
Oh those were the Days!
This tune is so Smooth!Back in the Day when life was so Beautiful!
I was getting ready to graduate now my eldest is 40
@@pntbtr Thats also how Eddie Money felt as your above comment starts out was his 1986 hit.
Y'all just don't understand how much I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!
I DO. I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND
EXCUSE U, I DO.. 😎😷🎶
I absolutely get it!!🥰🥰
Stephanie, I promise you that we've played this song over a million-gazillion-trillion times just like you - we know the value!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@MBContentCoach i know that's right!!!
Summer, breezes, in San Diego California, Sitting on the beach watching sunsets with my wife of 43 years, ..listening to this tune...life doesn't get any better
This hits harder when you grow old with someone special. :)
Life is and will always be a beach!
it was now 43 yrs ago when this came out
This never gets old. Songs like this make it so difficult to upgrade to this new school music.
Facts!
You mean downgrade 😂.
@@shuaduah I stand corrected. Lol!
Old school music is the best school
@@billybrooks4956 exactly,
It is absolutely gorgeous !! Summer of 81.....this is a tune that will never get old!
It was my favorite in 1981 I have fond memories of my mom.
I totally agree
@@cindyyoung2787 How old was u at the time?
If ever a Time Machine existed this song takes me back to beautiful place in time.
Me too!
Me too ✋
I am with you.. I see images and experience feels when I hear this song
Hells yea
Reminds me of the central California coast as a child, especially around Pismo Beach and Morro Bay. Driving down the 101 on a bright, warm day, seeing the sun glinting off the Pacific. Good times. 😎
... so timeless... the purity, authenticity & magic of true music ... all here. 2023 & still hypnotized😄😄🔥💖 Rits is a musical LEGEND 👑🔥🐐
I'm so moved by this song in 2019 is there anyone with me please raise your hands
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I sent this to my girlfriend after we reconciled from a split. It summed up my emotions. Unfortunately we split again several months later. Hearing this song just brought back how right it all felt. I guess this will always be that song now.
👍
Hands up
@@pvibezhowever - you really have good taste!
Sounds just as good, even BETTER in 2020!
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AprilJoi5 yes I agree👍🤓
yes indeed mis Tiffany!
@@micahshepherd2210 who's Tiffany?
@@bugalooanzal4564 Yes, I agree 💯 percent with you on that my friend 👋!!!I even have a 45 record of this awesome song 👌😉!!! And it still sounds great!!!!!👍👍👍👍!!!!Beautiful song!!! So romantic to dance to. Take care of yourself and your family during this coronovirus pandemic 😷 ok. Much love from Bunn NC. 👋💖😀Be and safe ok 🙏 Peace out for now my friend 👋!!!!
Makes me wanna be a teenager in the 80s again, it was more sincere then, people were more real.
This is great to hear again in my 60th year on earth. I hear EWF influence. Just beautiful.
David Foster publically admitted the great influence the late Maurice White had on his songwriting carreer.
Me too!
Yesssss!
Amen
80s sound track miami vice
His vocals are timeless
You mean Eric Tagg?
Well I started with Mr. Briefcase and here I am Is it You...2023!!Thanks WCLK 91.9 Jazz in the City !!
3.6M views, from 13 years ago… if that isn’t timeless I don’t know what is. Fabulous track and I’m thrilled it’s getting the recognition it deserves. The guitar solo is sublime, if I could pick a specific moment.
Can we also talk about how they bring the intro back to serve as the bridge? SO satisfying. And so 70s/80s. Such clever songwriting.
Yeeeessyss,,,. Reminds of Kool Jazz Festival in Hampton Virginia....1980... City folk ' can't relate like Southerners.... with this music it's Calm, warm & brezzy
This is such a great song. Can it be 1981 again please. Where has the time gone?
Can't believe this song goes back to 1981!
It is just so fresh It just fits in so well even in today's music !
Nobody out there today can even come close to something like this !
This is one of the best melody songs I ever heard and its even more classier now that todays music is so worthless.
I could not have said it better
Preach!
You are 1000% right.
I wouldn't say worthless, but definitely harder to find.
There is no real music anymore.not like it used to be.
2019 anyone?? I can't be the only one still listening to great music
No, your not alone!
thobeka skosana This is a Gem which stands the test of time!
I am! I'm 20 years old (turning 21 next week haha)- and just discovered this song today! love the live version
Count me in, they don't make them like this anymore.
This was on my "Chill Tape" for sure!
I haven't heard this in decades. What a blast from the past 👏🏽
In 2002 I ran my first marathon in San Diego. At around mile 23 I was completely exhausted but this song came on my Walkman and I became so energized by hearing it that the remaining 3 miles were a breeze. Nearly 20 years later it is still one of my favorite songs. It is truly a classic.
Inspirational music.
Ya still got that Walkman? 😄
I Was In The 9th Grade When This Song Came Out. Beautiful Song. No Internet. No Beepers. No Facebook. Just A Bunch Of Quarters For The Arcade And A Black Book With A Pen. So Peaceful Back Then
I was a senior when it came out. Just the kind of music to kick back and relax to.
+southroncross It's Actually Good Driving On The Highway Music.
you are so correct. i graduated in 92, and i say the same thing. no internet, computers, cell phones, etc etc. times were more positive looking back then. now its a different world
+Antonio Cognato I Agree With You 100%. It Was A Complete Different Time. Now Today's Music Is Just "Microwave Music". It Doesn't Have Any Meaning Or Sense Of Direction. Go Figure.
+Antonio Cognato I Agree With You 100%. It Was A Complete Different Time. Now Today's Music Is Just "Microwave Music". It Doesn't Have Any Meaning Or Sense Of Direction. Go Figure.
Classic smooth grove from 1981!! They DON"T make em like this anymore!!
No they certainly don't! My year...class of 1981. Some of the very best music EVER then.
Leslie Robinson I was a senior in high school when this song came out,the music was classy back then!
This song could pass off as a 1978 or 1979 hit.
This is pure class !
81 was good for music of all kinds
1981 good song good times period when people knew how to love and respect each other regardless of gender and color.
One of my all time favourite love songs with such amazing and beautiful lyrics. 😘❤❤❤❤❤
T this song is love, opens one's heart. This song is what heaven must be like. Touching my imagination. It's all soothing oh goodness,.
Yes indeed...one of my all time faves....it never grows old
Same here
This song just takes me away
@@suzannegoomansingh ❤
This song makes me feel good every time I hear it. They don't make music like this anymore. It's a shame.
Jae Forte Me to😊😁
They do not
Facts
Your right feel good music have you thinking back to your childhood
I listened to this when I was a young girl.
I am now 66 and I still love this song.
Thank You Lee Ritenour❤️❤️❤️
I remember radio station WJZZ in Detroit played this song, I was 9 listening to this I'm 46 and I still LOVE IT 🤗🤗❤️❤️
Purple Butterfly my hometown 🙏
@@priscillarancier429 Where are you now?
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Here in Philly it was WJJZ.I loved that station. In the summer cars passing by had the same station. I miss it
Me too! Then Smooth Jazz WVMV played it. How I miss smooth jazz in Detroit.
I’ve had a huge crush on Lee Ritenour for four decades. Because of music like this!
The early 80s seemed like a magical time, great chill music.
I agree ! That they are ! Now days it it’s different now vs back then ! I’d. Give anything to relive those days all over again ! This is real music with real talent & theses so called tv shows are nothing but garbage & very foolish ! I wouldn’t call them shows ! I was still in the 6th grade when this song came on the air . Back in 1981 ! Then Ronald Wilson Regan became the 40 th president ! I was 13 yrs old back then !& now almost 50 yrs now man how time marches on ! Hard to except
Robert Desjarlais FACTS! SUCH A GREAT TIME
Robert Desjarlais
*it did; it seemed like a*
*"golden age" for music, and more so for this class of music* ..... *these guys worked hard to earn their way into the ranks to be remembered in future, which even this generation seems to appreciate* , *than they appreciate the music of today* ......... *it would be nice, to go back, and live a part of the 80's, at least, from 1980, to 1984* .......
*but as it is; the music, and* *your memories, are the best one can get, to taking a step back in time*...... *long live the 80's, and all that it has brought us* ...........
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LOVE THIS SONG! OLD SKOOL!!!
Still sounds fantastic in 2023.Great music can never die.
Eric’s voice was made for this song! Loved it back then, love it even more now!💕💕💕💕💕💯💯💯💯💯
Brings me back to the great 80's--young children, stay-at-home mom, and great music. Nothing like it today!
I think I first heard this song on “The Wave” in the late 80s or early 90s while I was young and in LA ready to conquer the world…this song has that magic ability that great songs do of taking us back to a certain feeling or time that could be described as nostalgia - but it’s a more specific nostalgia.
Anyway, for me, “Is it you” takes me back to West LA and living and working to find my place in the world while the whole future was in front of me. 30yrs later and retired from a full career in finance, I can only think: “Where the Hell did the time go?”
You worked hard Gus you didn't count the time- you made the time count! Awesome!
Wow!! Thomas Great caught phase.. My friend.
NOW 2023 ! OMG and i'm still listening this song
Super classic song 🎵
It sounds like Earth, Wind & Fire. Great tune!.
No disrespect but no one and I mean no one sounds like EW & F !!!!
@@thomasjackson3863 No disrespect, but chill,, everyone's entitled to an opinion bud
one of his best song,never get tired of this track
Ashira pupa I agree!!!!!most def
Love the music.the best jazz ever never get old .love it .mickey-edward-manny forever
I 2nd that.
Ashira pupa hi there. I'm listening to this a third day in a row☺
Sneaking round my heart....love the lyrics, and Eric Tagg's voice...magic❣
This is such a beautiful song.
Todays music just dont groove like this! Old school beats them all!
Scott Davis this is real music right here
Agree
Cosign
Amen
Preeeeeeach
When music spoke to your soul and uplifted you ..... #OldSchoolMusicNEVERoutofStyle
Here here!
Right on
Absolutely!!🤘
Great Music... Still love this song today! I really miss this type of music playing on the radio.
Well said Ms.Erica.
MrVolcomclassic Thank You :-)
This song is smooth as fuck. I love it.
life was better.
MsErica Eleese Me too!
I fully blame this song for opening my eyes to what I would call jazz fusion, pop plus jazz and a dash of funk. makes me think of spring 1981! what a beautiful song
This is a Beautiful song it makes you want to fall in some serious love ❤
This song has the power to transport me from wherever tô a beautiful sunset in front of the sea ...
Sandra Lopes I would love to accompany you on that voyage!
It has the power to transfer me to a lot of beautiful places, a song I can never get tired of! At the beach, in the mountains, etc. :-)
Funny....that's the same thing I feel when I hear it. A drive on the beach at sunset.....what was her name? Helen....yeah, Helen....thanks for the memory, Sandy....
Sandy Probst@ Me too 😊
exactly
I am now 46 but I remember liking this as a 12 year old boy.
Same age and very fond memories!!!
DIMP11,
I was either 8 or 9 when this came out. It's a song that reminds me of summer times.
Me too great song .i was 12 too
I was 8 when this came out, and man, does it bring back good times still.
DIMP11 me too
Love this tune!Lee is so Smooth!
Been searching for this song for years, but didn't know enough about it to Google it. Good ol' RUclips algorithm comes through again!
It's the guitars. It's the vocals. It's the brass...,,song has ruled all of my life....gotta have it.
John Lancaster need a list of songs of this genre/caliber. It would be a short list.
Has to be in the top 10 of my favorite songs. Love the texture and the hopefulness it brings on a summer day you can't beat it
I woke up hearing this song this morning, i had forgot about it and remembered i used to love it but now its how i feel but i didnt know that Lee was playing guitar and not singing on this until i saw the live video. Im impressed even more so. 7-23-21
Flugelhorns kick ass!!!!!!!!!
Music like this isn't made anymore
This still Knocks till this Day Good Times.......
been trying to remember the name of this song to search for it on RUclips.. just couldn't remember the name.. came across "is it you" song in my RUclips recommendation list and decided to play it... couldn't believe it.. sent chills down my spine.. one of my favorite songs growing up in the 80s.. brought back so much memories... almost brought tears to my eyes!!! thanks for posting!!
I've been beating myself up for the past hour trying to think of it!
My exact sentiment. A lost classic but I have the feeling we'll be hearing it A lot now that it's on my playlist.
I have been married for 30 years and love the song my husband and I still slow dance to this song
Tremendous!
Keep dancing! That's a beautiful
Too sweet.
keep going 😍
What
Pure melted b-u-t-t-e-r..........what a groove.
This is what I call music! Not the crap There is today!
I’m listening to this song right now in 2018! Beautifully played and lyrics. Love it ! Timeless
That high harmony it has healing powers.
Robert Shields Thank Bill Champlin, thats him on the high Harmony (Co-wrote it, too - With Lee Ritenour and Eric Tagg)
AMEN BROTHER
I first heard this song when I was eleven and completely fell in love with it (I grew up on jazz). I love how smooth this is. Lee and the gang do a killer job with the instruments. Then, there's Eric Tagg's voice. Yes please!
Forever a fave!
STEVE LUKATHER OF TOTO SANG THIS IN THE STUDIO, NOT ERIC TAGG....
Yes, my favorite too!!!
I LOVE JAZZ TO BABY!!!
This song resists the boundaries of time and for some people touches a special moment in their lives. What more could you ask of an artist? Mr. Ritenour captured one if those moments with this effort. Bravo!
iliveibreathe hey I was 11 years old too, I heard Phil Perry sing this song and was confused? I thot he sang this song back in the day? Both versions are Beautiful but, Mr.Perry put so much Strength and power behind his voice it hit me with Emotions from within! Check his version out you’ll Love it even more.
The one song that will always be tied to the time I drove to see a beautiful girl whom I had a Chance meeting with months before. We were from different states and in H.S. I had decided that I just had to see her before I left for the Navy, so while on my senior trip in Florida after graduation, I bugged out and drove all day to surprise her. We had only part of one evening together. Young and innocent, we had a great time and fell in love.
Such a sweet memory which the lyrics of this song bring to life with how I felt about her. Thanks L.R!
My gosh ... this song is even better then when I use to listen to it 41 years ago ... wow
This song really brings back the best of memories.
I used to hear this song on a NY radio station called CD 101 FM in the mid eighties. I didn't know it came out in 1981. Wow. It sounds timeless.
It is....
Loved CD 101.9
My memory might not be correct, but I think WQCD/CD101.9 signed on when WPIX-FM changed from their “nothing but love songs” format to “cool” or smooth jazz....sometime between 1987 or ‘88 if memory serves me right. But even before that official change, WPIX had become a steady home for artists like Lee Ritenour, George Benson, Pat Matheny, and Steely Dan to finally have their music heard on a regular basis.
Smooth Jazz WJJZ 106.1 in Philadelphia, PA from 1993 to 2006.
Love this song I know I've listened to it at least 20 times over and over, so beautiful and yes it is "you"
I just can't believe this was 40 years ago. Where does the time go??? Just as soul-moving now, as it was to a silly just-turned-15 year old. :)
Great track, love Eric Tagg's vocal on this.
A SONG THAT CAN TAKE ME BACK IN TIME
and forward too........
I got this when it was first released and on a 45 inch record. Played it like crazy on my double cassette stereo.
This song is so pretty it brings tears to my eyes.
Lee Ritenour -- guitars
Eric Tagg, Bill Champlin -- vocals
Jerry Hey -- trumpet, horn & string arrangements
Abraham Laboriel -- bass
David Foster, Richard Tee -- keyboards
Alex Acuña -- percussion
Harvey Mason -- drums
Thank You
ALL STAR CAST. No wonder its flawless.
Boom...💖
Bill Champlin? Wow!
Nice line up
one of my favorite tunes ever!
great songs to relax to and look at the sunset
Yes. Others include Rise, and Feels so good.
Yes for sure...
Takes me back to mom and her mixtapes. She used to go through my dad's albums (which he did NOT like. No one was to touch his turntable) and put her playlists together on cassette. Way before Spotify 😆. Her mixtape game was nice.
I love at the end when Eric cries 'who are you'?... Masterful!
35 years on and still a classic.
So true
I ran my first marathon in 2002 in San Diego. At around mile 23 I was completely exhausted but then this song came on my Walkman and immediately I was energized. The remaining 3 miles were a breeze. Nearly 20 years later this is still one of my favorite songs. It is truly a classic.
good memories 1981
Just that good - wow we loved everything about this song Eric is so great on this
38 years later, this song and artist still move me. (What doesn’t move me is the flashing red byline at the bottom.)
2:25 a.m. Saturday, April 8: The right hour for Lee Ritenour!
Hey, still sounds good in 2018
Check👍
A friend turned me on to the 'Rit' album. Forever grateful.
Love this oldies song.
The bridge of this song is quite possibly the best I've ever heard in a sweet pop song. What an amazing sequence of events! Wish I wrote it. Great song!
I agree, I've always loved this bridge! I can remember hearing this song on the bus in the 6th grade and just waiting for that part to come up.
Hmbldzy99 ... I so agree! I’ve loved that bridge since I was a little kid… To me it’s one of the most beautiful moments in love song history… It is sublime. Great call indeed my friend
No disrespect,but this is PURE SMOOTH JAZZ,no pop I know they played it on top 40 station but no no pop
Well said hmbdzy99! Although I would like to think of this as more than a sweet pop song and go so far as to say that this is more like an anthem for lonely hearts the 'round the world filled with both class and hope for love that's surely just outside my door!
@@vernonhartsr.3111 Its ok. Let a man dream.
I have loved this song since I was 13 ! Ahhh the good ole days... LOL
Great song, brings tears to my eyes
I listened to this on the radio today for the first time. When this came out I wasn't born yet.
I love this.
Someone's just outside, knocking at my door
A stranger, somebody unknown
Someone's in my dreams, can't get it off my mind yeah
I'm tired of being alone
Someone's trying to find an easy way inside
Come on, I'm right here at home, right at home
Is it you?
Is it you?
Is it you?
Is it you?
Who's that deep inside me, sneaking around my heart?
Are you somebody in love?
Show me what you're doing and tell me who you are
Hey! I'm ready for love, for love.
Is it you?
Is it you?
Is it you?
Is it you?
If it's you, come out in the open
You don't need to hide your love
If it's you, you know I'm hoping
'Cause it's way too late to run away
Don't run away from love, my love
Is it you?
[Instrumental]
Is it you, knocking at my door?
Is it my imagination?
Is it you, I can't get off my mind?
Is it you, you, you?
Is it you, sneaking around my heart?
Is it my imagination?
Is it you, I can't get off my mind?
You, you, you?
djtwin storm
thanks for lyrics!
The Simpsons brought me here.🙈🙉🙊
djtwin storm thank you for the lyric this good song 👍
Love this song ....try love song
good song
Monster cut. I used to blast this one on the way to work.
This jam right here. Goes in the forever catalog
Such a great song with fab vocals and arrangements
Man I was coming out of High School when this came out!
Kevin Scott Same here,graduated in 1981
Same here! Class of '81 still rocking this classic!
Me too, I have heard so many versions of this song sung by others, no one is better than Eric Tagg..
Me three 1983 ...
Better times - better people..!
Always loved this song!
Carla Linton. I was in the First Grade when this song came out called. Is It You by Lee Ritenour. It was my favorite song then. And it still is my favorite song now. I am still Jamming to it in 2019. 38 Years Later.
wow
🎶🎶🎶 was so well produced back then!!!! Take me back!!!
Anyone ready to go back to the 80's just for the music? Come on. The train's leaving in 10 min.
smokiebird06 I'm on board and don't want to return to this decade
@@rickfarr8491 Amen.
one of the EASIEST youtube songs for me to constantly hit "replay"
I'm 56 and the chord progression is as cold now as it was at 19!
Ah man the memories, junior year of high school, Id go back in a heartbeat.