And Bootsy's fellow Funkadelic bandmate, Maceo Parker on the horn, and Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. This song started many parties, and still does, but HAD to be a party to make it!
I do, however, recall a resurgence of this fashion in the early 90s. I think the color splash was in opposition to grunge. Also, I would have a hard time believing anyone knows how to tie dye anymore, so we get to keep that. ;-)
I may be an old rocker raised on a diet of Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, Deep Purple, AC/DC and bands like that; but "Groove Is In The Heart" triggers responsible cells in my brain to trigger the funk muscles in my body and before I realize it I am getting groovy... baby 💯
1) This is one of a handful of songs that manages to trick my brain into thinking I can groove. 2) I don't like club/dance music, but this song gets played at volume level 11 3) Lady Miss Kier, with Q-Tip, Bootsy Collins, and Maceo Parker = 🔥 4) Lady Miss Kier is one of the sexiest women in music ever. I had the biggest crush on her back in the day! 5) Great channel, y'all!
The reason this song is such a throwback - and was a throwback 30 years ago, is that the bass line is from the 1966 Herbie Hancock song Bring Down the Birds.
The legendary Maceo Parker on Sax, the legendary Bootsy Collins on Bass, and yes Q-Tip from Tribe (at the time). Y'all nailed it as far as the timeline. This came out in early 1990 (recorded in '89).
This song is a throwback even for the 90s. It's produced by Bootsy Collins, the bassist for James Brown and Parliament Funkadelic. The main groove is Herby Handcock, who was among other things was the pianist for Miles Davis(By my personal estimation the 2nd or 3rd most important American musician of the 20th century). Another bit was taken from another James Brown contemporary that Bootsy worked with back in the day. And then another bit by A Tribe Called Quest. All together musicians from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s come together to create one song in the 90s as a kind of one off joke song for fun. And it's awesome.
She was friends with my girlfriend and we used to go watch her perform at the Limelight in NY all the time and then go to the after party, that was fun times
This music is considered house music where the background music is usually sampled and the vocals are soulful and the lyrics are positive and meaningful. This group is comprised of Lady Miss Kier, DJ Tei Towa (the Japanese guy) and DJ Dmitry (the Russian guy). You should react to more of their music like Power Of Love,, Runaway, Bittersweet Loving and Say Aaah please.
Lol the 70s was popular in 90s people start dressing baggy look at high schoolers college students anyone would dress in 70s fashion people were Not dressing punk anymore like in 80s
Hey guys - groovy selection and I am glad you dug it, as I do! I would recommend a tune called "Connected" by a group by the name of Stereo MCs, it's one of my favorites from the same era. Peace & Love to All...
Yep, the fashion statement and graphics are retro-sixties/seventies MOD/psychedelic. Turn up the Bass more! Everybody liked this one. Blondie started out Punk in NYC during the mid-seventies, but not commercially viable, so branched out across genres as the Disco Craze grew and hit it big, yet kept their Punkish edge. X OFFENDER, KIDNAPPER, SHAYLA, BERMUDA TRIANGLE BLUES (flight 45). I was born in the mid-fifties, yet enjoy '80s music mostly (if you include '79, with stuff like Gary Numan's CARS, and ARE 'FRIENDS' ELECTRIC?).
some songs hit perfection ... The B52s 'Loveshack' are such an example, and so is 'Groove Is In The Heart" by Dee Lite. perfect song, perfect video, and can be played for hours on loop ... and I say that as someone who listened to Nick Cave and Sonic Youth at the time, and is mostly into Metal nowadays.
As an older guy, thank you for respecting our music, and the '90s in general. When you get to be old (like me), I'm sure you'll expect the same. Keep doing what you're doing!
That’s Bootsy Collins with this short comments. You guys should check out some George Clinton or Parliament Funkadelic. Flash Light, Knee-Deep and more.
I'm a Metal fan through and through. Problem with that, the girls were NOT at metal shows so I also went to a lot of dance clubs in the 90's. This song bring back so many memories and to this day I can't sit still when I hear it.
"_How do you say the groovy...." that was all they need to fill the dancefloors back then, an absolute floorfiller. Sadly most "reactors" just do this one, of course it was their biggest hit, but they made three great albums. First one was a pop album drenched in the most infectious house rhythms; second one, still dancey but with a soul twist and third, an eclectic though balanced mixture of house, rave, jungle and kitschy pop. Another example of short sight record label managment, they just wanted to sell them as a dance act and they were much more deep than that; plus, their singer, Miss Kier Kirby had an extenuatelly long battle with their label (electra) that wouldn't let her use her own name. They even were invited to perform at the prestigious Montreaux jazz festival, respect the groove, respect Deee Lite 👍👋
This was a huge, huge song & the video was on MTV all the time. It's 1990 so it was absolutely bridging the 80s & 90s. We had a resurgence of psychedelic at the time.
Q Tip was just starting out. Tribe just released their debut album 4 months prior to this feature, (1990) which was actually helpful with launching his and his group's careers. He was just warming up. By 93 A Tribe Called Quest was Hip Hop greatness.
They were definitely going for a 60s/70s retro vibe with the video. By this time music videos had advanced past the early 80s video quality but this group obviously was going budget on the video a bit.
That immaculate human at the beginning on the bass who says, "Dig!", is none other than Bootsie Collins, bassist for James Brown and The Parliament Funkadelics.
When this song was big, a bunch of us went to LA to party for a long weekend. It was a disastrous trip for a few of them, and we had a very awkward 7-hour drive back to SF. The guy who owned the car we were in played this song on repeat for the Entire 7 hours!
Before I watch this video, I will say, this is one of my favorite songs of all time, at least in the top 20. I don’t play it every day, but when I do I get down because the groove is in the heart baby.
This was very late '80s I had a DJ promotion copy of it in '89 so, it was before 'A Tribe Called Quest' made it big which was in '91, even though they formed in '88, that's why 'Q-Tip' didn't get billing from the group, the female singer 'Lady Miss Kier' (who was also a DJ) and 'Bootsy Collins' on bass. Parts of this have been sampled, the first time was by, "A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It (Extended Boilerhouse Mix)", "SecondCity and George Smeddles - Groove Is In", "Latino Party - Arriba!", "The Orb - Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix)", "The Reflex - Groove Is In The Heart (The Reflex Revision)", "Towa Tei feat' Kylie Minogue - GBI: German Bold Italic", "Girl Talk - Step To It". There may be others but these are the ones that I know of.
I think that they wanted this to be a song that people would hit the dance floor no matter how silly you look while dancing. Basically everybody should have the experience having the fun and joy of dancing without any judgement.
This song is pure art. It is a Masterpiece. They joined a legendary funky bassist (Bootsy Collin’s), a legendary soul saxophonist (Maceo Parker), a brilliant hip hop guy (Q Tip), an American singer, a Russian dj, a Japanese dj, and a slowed down Herbie Hancock’s famous bass line (“Bring down the birds”), mixed them all together and gave us this Pearl!!👏🏻👏🏻🚀🚀
This is fantastic. Just makes me want to dig into the 90s vibe again. There are sooo many great hip hop songs from back then. Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Black Street, Tupac's California Love etc. Great era.
Yes, it was the 90s and in Madrid we danced to this song like crazy in a club called Stella. The people were like the ones in the video. beautiful and very funny people
Bootsy on bass, cant forget a legend. Producer, singer, songwriter, manager, ect. 😂😂
And Bootsy's fellow Funkadelic bandmate, Maceo Parker on the horn, and Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. This song started many parties, and still does, but HAD to be a party to make it!
Bootsy did not play on this record.
@@Floyd1138 was still this the video. 😂
@@Floyd1138 He's definitely in the video, even of his adlibs.
Great bassist. But this is still Herbie’s line.
There's nobody back in the day that didn't love this song. Whatever else you were into, you still loved this song.
The guy at the record shop in Barking didn't when I bought it, but record shop employees are are prissy bunch.
Oath... full on metalhead, but this is one of the best songs ever made. Brilliance, makes me want to dance!!!
@@manna6618 yup.
I was not a fan back then. Today I can appreciate it more.
Same, greetings and..hail, Devildriver 😉 @@manna6618
This song is often described as “the exact moment that the 80’s became the 90’s” and it’s so accurate 😁
I never heard that before but I can definitely get behind it!
Well this came out in 1990.
Came here for this exact comment
@@shawnsullivan5469 ……..
Nah. The 90's were late, this still felt like the 80's to me.
The 90's didn't start until the opening riff of Smells like Teen Spirit
60’s fashion 🔥🔥🔥
90’s vibe 🔥🔥🔥
Club banger 🔥🔥🔥
Agreed 💯 !
As a child of the 60's and 70's, I need to tell you that this fashion was ours!
Amen
Until your kids took it out of your wardrobe for a brief revival 30 years later ;)
I do, however, recall a resurgence of this fashion in the early 90s. I think the color splash was in opposition to grunge. Also, I would have a hard time believing anyone knows how to tie dye anymore, so we get to keep that. ;-)
@@elwray3506LOL!! Right you are!
We just borrowed it for a while in the nineties. Regards /Generation X
I may be an old rocker raised on a diet of Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin, Deep Purple, AC/DC and bands like that; but "Groove Is In The Heart" triggers responsible cells in my brain to trigger the funk muscles in my body and before I realize it I am getting groovy... baby 💯
It's just one of those songs.
Lol yea but Ozzy had a few funky sounding songs too
Love this comment, haha!
I’m like you and this song rocks! It’s eternal😍👏🏻
This video always reminds me of Rowan & Martin's Laugh In
Omg, you're right!
Spot on
Ha, man you are so right!
Oh my .. Rowan & Martin ! That goes back a few years
@@xadam2dudex yes, I really am that old!!
Not only is her fashion from the GROOVY 60’s but so is her dancing! I did all of those moves 60 years ago and still today! Groove is in the 60’s!
As a bouncer back in the day this was a nightly song and always filled the dance floor.
Back in the late 80's early 90's when we all just got along with out all this division and hate. Love Deee-Lite's message.
Yeah… back when nobody cared what gender or sex you said you were… we just got on with having fun.
@@aarpoonwaify6694 Fortunately Guys AND Girls knew which bathroom to use AND I couldn't give birth! We live in BIZARRE times
Remember when stuff was fun, and you weren't expected to feel guilty about it.
Yeah, I agree. Thanks for nothing Trump you toxic a-hole.
Weird how high the violent/hate crime stats were back then considering we all got along.
1) This is one of a handful of songs that manages to trick my brain into thinking I can groove.
2) I don't like club/dance music, but this song gets played at volume level 11
3) Lady Miss Kier, with Q-Tip, Bootsy Collins, and Maceo Parker = 🔥
4) Lady Miss Kier is one of the sexiest women in music ever. I had the biggest crush on her back in the day!
5) Great channel, y'all!
Such a 60's psychedelic vibe in the 90's.....funky nostalgia!
This is House music, very funky, very nice house music.
YES!!! He kept blathering on about hip-hop but this was HOUSE MUSIC from the late 80’s, early 90’s.
The reason this song is such a throwback - and was a throwback 30 years ago, is that the bass line is from the 1966 Herbie Hancock song Bring Down the Birds.
Thanks. I was trying to remember which Herbie Hancock song that bass line was taken from.
@@johnsilva9139 Ron Carter plays the bassline.
It's a 90s song that has a retro 60's 70's theme!
Don't forget, groove IS in the ♥️
Yep, right in-between the left and right side at the top. 😜
And Deee-Lite have definitely been known to smoke… _on stage, that is._ 🤫
The legendary Maceo Parker on Sax, the legendary Bootsy Collins on Bass, and yes Q-Tip from Tribe (at the time). Y'all nailed it as far as the timeline. This came out in early 1990 (recorded in '89).
I forgot Maceo was in the video until I saw this.
In the 90s, retro vibe was a very common thing. This is one of the greatest examples.
This song is a throwback even for the 90s. It's produced by Bootsy Collins, the bassist for James Brown and Parliament Funkadelic. The main groove is Herby Handcock, who was among other things was the pianist for Miles Davis(By my personal estimation the 2nd or 3rd most important American musician of the 20th century). Another bit was taken from another James Brown contemporary that Bootsy worked with back in the day. And then another bit by A Tribe Called Quest. All together musicians from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s come together to create one song in the 90s as a kind of one off joke song for fun. And it's awesome.
90's was the best era for dance music, the OG of this genre definitely come from this era.
Good as it was,it doesn’t hold a candle to the 60’s and 70’s.
Fully agree, the 90's was the decade of dance music
OMG I'm dying😂. I forgot how much fun this song is❤
The best dance song of the 90’s for sure!! ❤️❤️ Makes me want to dance!!
Have to smile whenever this plays..
She was friends with my girlfriend and we used to go watch her perform at the Limelight in NY all the time and then go to the after party, that was fun times
Oh, bless your heart…
It's like I time warped back to the 70's complete with the LSD 😂
This music is considered house music where the background music is usually sampled and the vocals are soulful and the lyrics are positive and meaningful.
This group is comprised of Lady Miss Kier, DJ Tei Towa (the Japanese guy) and DJ Dmitry (the Russian guy).
You should react to more of their music like Power Of Love,, Runaway, Bittersweet Loving and Say Aaah please.
This song is widely considered the milepost for the end of the 80's and the start of the 90's.
Shout out to the great Maceo Parker on sax, too. Pass the Peas, brother.
I stop EVERYTHING when this comes on!!!!
And Bootsy Collin’s in here too
NYC!!! (Got it!) That’s how they knew Q-Tip.
The 80's & 90's vibe in this song were just mimicking the 60's & 70's groove period-- the true "mod" aesthetic after the hippy period. Thx, P & S!
There's no way you can sit still watching this video
Man I can't get enough of this tune!!
65yo white guy here, I was NEVER a dancer, but, I wish I had her moves.
Never too late to get your groove on!!❤
As a lifetime rocker I've loved this song since day one 🤷♂️❤
So much fun. This one never gets old.
One of my all time favorite one hit wonders.
this was a short 60s vibe that happened in the early 90s
Lol the 70s was popular in 90s people start dressing baggy look at high schoolers college students anyone would dress in 70s fashion people were
Not dressing punk anymore like in 80s
EVERYTHING was going on in the 90S! And this jam was so catchy and groovy! I still love it!
Man you took me back wow 😯 lol 😂 black and white kids was jamming to this back then not gonna lie
Had the cd in college back then. Loved to turn it up and dance around the living room. Such a fun song.
1990! MTV Days!!!! 🖤🖤
Hey guys - groovy selection and I am glad you dug it, as I do! I would recommend a tune called "Connected" by a group by the name of Stereo MCs, it's one of my favorites from the same era. Peace & Love to All...
Yep, the fashion statement and graphics are retro-sixties/seventies MOD/psychedelic. Turn up the Bass more! Everybody liked this one. Blondie started out Punk in NYC during the mid-seventies, but not commercially viable, so branched out across genres as the Disco Craze grew and hit it big, yet kept their Punkish edge. X OFFENDER, KIDNAPPER, SHAYLA, BERMUDA TRIANGLE BLUES (flight 45). I was born in the mid-fifties, yet enjoy '80s music mostly (if you include '79, with stuff like Gary Numan's CARS, and ARE 'FRIENDS' ELECTRIC?).
some songs hit perfection ... The B52s 'Loveshack' are such an example, and so is 'Groove Is In The Heart" by Dee Lite. perfect song, perfect video, and can be played for hours on loop ... and I say that as someone who listened to Nick Cave and Sonic Youth at the time, and is mostly into Metal nowadays.
Man this song is everything, love it!
This entire album (World Clique) is _FIRE!!_
Awesome dance song, club days MTV Days 🎤👏😎👌🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
As an older guy, thank you for respecting our music, and the '90s in general. When you get to be old (like me), I'm sure you'll expect the same. Keep doing what you're doing!
The sound of my first foreign (from England)holiday in 1990! The clubs of Kavos in Corfu pumped it loud, non-stop! 😉
That’s Bootsy Collins with this short comments. You guys should check out some George Clinton or Parliament Funkadelic. Flash Light, Knee-Deep and more.
Q-tip (Tribe Called Quest) on the rap verse and Bootsie Collins (P-Funk) on the adlibs and bass guitar.
This came out my first year of college and was absolutely huge and on huge rotation in the clubs
This song was EVERYWHERE!!! This is the skating rink song.
There can be no doubt about it's groovy credentials.
I love this song and it's great to dance to. The Lady Miss Kier Kirby has a great voice.
I remember in the 90's that there was a resurgence of 60's psychedelic disco style for a short moment
Just as much fun live.
I'm a Metal fan through and through. Problem with that, the girls were NOT at metal shows so I also went to a lot of dance clubs in the 90's. This song bring back so many memories and to this day I can't sit still when I hear it.
Best dance track ever and I rarely dance. The hook will stick to you like rice tomorrow.
This song transcended music tastes when it came out.
The essential messaging here is extra-extra FUN! Combine genres, subgenres, and musical decades. Add a bit of tongue-in-cheek, and have some FUN!
Iconic for me. Never fets old from their day one viewing.
"_How do you say the groovy...." that was all they need to fill the dancefloors back then, an absolute floorfiller. Sadly most "reactors" just do this one, of course it was their biggest hit, but they made three great albums. First one was a pop album drenched in the most infectious house rhythms; second one, still dancey but with a soul twist and third, an eclectic though balanced mixture of house, rave, jungle and kitschy pop. Another example of short sight record label managment, they just wanted to sell them as a dance act and they were much more deep than that; plus, their singer, Miss Kier Kirby had an extenuatelly long battle with their label (electra) that wouldn't let her use her own name. They even were invited to perform at the prestigious Montreaux jazz festival, respect the groove, respect Deee Lite 👍👋
This song was everywhere when I was a kid.
We loved to dance and have fun. Example Deee-lite. 😁💖
I remain impressed with her smmmoooth moves. That girl could wiggle and dance!
A floorfiller, enough said 🕺
This was a huge, huge song & the video was on MTV all the time. It's 1990 so it was absolutely bridging the 80s & 90s. We had a resurgence of psychedelic at the time.
Groovy, baby, groovy.
Q Tip was just starting out. Tribe just released their debut album 4 months prior to this feature, (1990) which was actually helpful with launching his and his group's careers. He was just warming up. By 93 A Tribe Called Quest was Hip Hop greatness.
Excellent fun and so damned groovy
I went through a big club music phase and this was a top favorite. I still turn it up when I want to get in a good mood. It’s a fun one!
Dude i remember hearing this in clubs back when I was 18 years old... I'm now 51, so yeah its been a minute
They were definitely going for a 60s/70s retro vibe with the video. By this time music videos had advanced past the early 80s video quality but this group obviously was going budget on the video a bit.
That immaculate human at the beginning on the bass who says, "Dig!", is none other than Bootsie Collins, bassist for James Brown and The Parliament Funkadelics.
Shades of
80's hip hop/funk
70's disco
60's fashion
80's - 90's evolution/transitioning
Makes me smile every time I hear it, have it on 45 vynal
one of the first defining 90s songs.
My kids loved this when it came out so I've heard this thousands of times, Very loud!
When this song was big, a bunch of us went to LA to party for a long weekend. It was a disastrous trip for a few of them, and we had a very awkward 7-hour drive back to SF. The guy who owned the car we were in played this song on repeat for the Entire 7 hours!
The whole album is worth a listen. Catchy stuff.
This song is a classic!!! I love it.
Before I watch this video, I will say, this is one of my favorite songs of all time, at least in the top 20. I don’t play it every day, but when I do I get down because the groove is in the heart baby.
This was very late '80s I had a DJ promotion copy of it in '89 so, it was before 'A Tribe Called Quest' made it big which was in '91, even though they formed in '88, that's why 'Q-Tip' didn't get billing from the group, the female singer 'Lady Miss Kier' (who was also a DJ) and 'Bootsy Collins' on bass. Parts of this have been sampled, the first time was by,
"A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It (Extended Boilerhouse Mix)",
"SecondCity and George Smeddles - Groove Is In",
"Latino Party - Arriba!",
"The Orb - Perpetual Dawn (Solar Youth Mix)",
"The Reflex - Groove Is In The Heart (The Reflex Revision)",
"Towa Tei feat' Kylie Minogue - GBI: German Bold Italic",
"Girl Talk - Step To It".
There may be others but these are the ones that I know of.
I think that they wanted this to be a song that people would hit the dance floor no matter how silly you look while dancing. Basically everybody should have the experience having the fun and joy of dancing without any judgement.
This is a song I knew for many years but didn't know the group name until RUclips reactions.
all that flavor PLUS bootsy, bernie worrell AND q-tip?!! funktastic.
This song is pure art. It is a Masterpiece. They joined a legendary funky bassist (Bootsy Collin’s), a legendary soul saxophonist (Maceo Parker), a brilliant hip hop guy (Q Tip), an American singer, a Russian dj, a Japanese dj, and a slowed down Herbie Hancock’s famous bass line (“Bring down the birds”), mixed them all together and gave us this Pearl!!👏🏻👏🏻🚀🚀
TOTALLY LOVE THIS VIBE!!! :) THANKS, YOU-GUYS!!
What a great dancer , just makes me want to get up and dance very badly
In those days we all had a (diff'rent) groove in our hearts... We loved it and respected it from eachother, we lived and learned.
The sax player who wanders in and out towards the end is the legend, Maceo Parker! He was in James Brown’s band, along with Bootsy Collins!
BOOTSY!
This is fantastic. Just makes me want to dig into the 90s vibe again. There are sooo many great hip hop songs from back then. Missy Elliott, Mary J. Blige, Black Street, Tupac's California Love etc. Great era.
Ooh this is a classic. I feel like this was in a whole bunch of movies and end of movie credits and stuff. Damn, throwback
Man... The best shapes in the dancefloor during summer in Rio de Janeiro... Tripping on mescaline with my mates. Bestest of times eveeeeer !
Yes, it was the 90s and in Madrid we danced to this song like crazy in a club called Stella. The people were like the ones in the video. beautiful and very funny people
This video ALWAYS brings a smile to my face. It also reminds me to go watch the B52's in the Love Shack video again. :-)
Oh Yes!