This is one of THE most absurd, over the top quintessential, 80s videos ever! The break dancing, the dance/fighting, the guitar solo, glass breaking, the non-smiling femme fatale, the two hour hairdos… I freaking love it!!!
Footloose was released 40 years ago!! Bacon went to the high school where it was filmed. He looks great too. Just rewatched it last week, incredible soundtrack
As a mobile dj, when I throw this in the mix, im always amazed how fast the dance floor fills up, including young people asking me who is this by. Epic song
+April Krabe Purple Rain,Shaft,Superfly,& Saturday Night Fever but SNF was not specifically written for the Movie!You must be under 40 and White:) no offence!
This is a great song..Howard Hewitt excellent singer Micki Free an excellent guitarist...And the lady did her best as well the was a huge hit and still sounds great today....
Used to dance to this in the clubs back in the day! Now only in my livingroom :-) Love it still.It never gets old ♥ Thanks for posting this one,this was when music was fun and good! ♥♥
Again one of my favorite videos! What a great band they made. Brings back such good memories. I remember being in HS and wanting to be in a video with them so badly. I would sing and dance to them all of the time.
SHALAMAR is one of the greatest soul bands in music history period! This classic track from 1984 shows there versatility with Micki Free killing it on guitar!
@@nepatrul6075 My first thought was, "Why does this song sound familiar but the lyrics don't", and then it clicked, "This is just 1999 but slightly different." If I could post images I'd make a meme using the copying someone's homework but changing it a little one. lol
I caught you smiling I know I've seen you here before How come you're hiding? Hey don't you want to hit the floor? The place is crowded Or maybe you don't like the beat I got a two-track playing in my head So let me take you somewhere else instead Dancing in the sheets Dancing in the sheets Grab your coat and wave goodbye to your friends I want to take you where the night never ends I feel the need to sweep you off of your feet You and me, we should be dancing in the sheets Dancing in the sheets We feel the rhythm We've got the music on our side If we go with 'em I'll bet we'll have a wonderful ride Your hands are cold So maybe we could make some heat Love is always born on a chance So wrap around me and baby let's dance Dancing in the sheets Dancing in the sheets Grab your coat and wave goodbye to your friends I want to take you where the night never ends I feel the need to sweep you off of your feet You and me, we should be dancing in the sheets Dancing in the sheets Grab your coat and wave goodbye to your friends I want to take you where the night never ends I feel the need to sweep you off of your feet You and me, we should be dancing in the sheets Dancing in the sheets Dancing in the sheets Dancing in the sheets Dancing in the sheets Dancing in the sheets
I never put two and two together, so way back in the day. The transition between the albums "The Look" and "Heartbreak". At first I'm like, "That ain't Jody!?!?!" LOL "And who's that other guy?? That ain't Jeffery?" Needless to say, here's where all the gossip comes together revolving around Howard's "solo" career....with backup and what Shalamar originally was. It just ain't the same without Jeffery and my girl Jody. I use to watch Jeffrey and Jody on Soul Train, dancing. Back when TV's still had knobs, lol. They could do a hell of a line routine together. DAMN I'm old! LOL
Both Jody and Jeffery were both living in Englan at that time in 1984! Jody working as a session musco and later on in the year sing in charity single-Do they know Its Xmas. + Jeffery was in West End cast for Starlight Express! Must of known that after you saw that song as was said in loads of TV stuff. etc
This song was Top 20 on both the Pop Chart and the Soul Chart and Top 10 on the Dance Chart 35 years ago and BTW, this Shalamar Group Right Here Features Guitarist Micki Free and Keyboardist Delisa Davis replacing Jeffrey Daniels and Jody Watley I use to listen to this song on Soul Train with the late Don Cornelius and Dick Clark's American Bandstand as well as on SOLID GOLD and American Top 40 with the late Casey Kasem and I use to watch the Music Video on Night Tracks on SuperStation WTBS Atlanta Plus, this song was out when shows like Pac-Man, Rubik: The Amazing Cube, Saturday Supercade, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Mr. T, Smurfs, Shirt Tales, Monchichis, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, The A-Team, The Fall Guy, Magnum, P.I., Knight Rider, The Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, Simon & Simon, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, $ale of the Century, Daytime Wheel of Fortune, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Benson, T.J. Hooker, The Joker's Wild, The NEW Tic Tac Dough, Hardcastle and McCormick, Riptide, Press Your Luck, Airwolf, Family Ties, Cheers, Kate & Allie, Cagney & Lacey, 3-2-1 Contact and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe were still on the air Plus, Larry Bird & Magic Johnson battled for NBA Supremacy, Alan Trammell and the Detroit Tigers RULED the MLB, the late Richard Dawson was still KING of the Family Feud, the late Judge Wapner still RULED The People's Court, Chuck Woolery was KING of Love Connection and Wheel of Fortune began its run as America's Game Remember those days?
As part of the Footloose soundtrack, just 40 years ago, this song peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks. On that same week, "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams, another song of the Footloose soundtrack topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks.
Footloose and fancy free. 2024
This is one of THE most absurd, over the top quintessential, 80s videos ever! The break dancing, the dance/fighting, the guitar solo, glass breaking, the non-smiling femme fatale, the two hour hairdos… I freaking love it!!!
And the Zorro costume for good measure...
If this video was shot in 2024, as soon as the fight started, everyone else would’ve had their phones out and on record.
#currentreality
Yes. Cheesyness with appeal.
so glad i was an 80's child
amen brother
Me too!!!❤
It was great! Clothes and hair were not that good but God was it was a great time to be a teenager, and great music.
Footloose 🕺💃🕺💃🪩
You can loop this song for 10 hours straight and I will not get sick of listening to it.
Me either ❤
Shalamar was sooo underrated...they made a lot of great dance songs back in the early 80's.
Never heard that bfor
Late 1970's into early/mid 1980's SHALAMAR Ruled DancePOP Rhythm and Soulful Dance FUNKY/BlackLatin Groove music-mix world..!
Um did they sing anything else?
To think of i😢had not bought the footloose tape in 1984 I would never have heard this
I only know 2 songs what else did they sing
Prince had the whole game shook back in the 80's.
Give it up people of today! The 80's had the best music.
Dancing in the sheets is an amazing song 🎶 🎸 Footloose was an awesome movie 🎦
I would agree with you best times in the 80's was just fantastic 😊
Yes! So was Flashdance. Lots of great music there too.
Playing it now
Footloose was released 40 years ago!! Bacon went to the high school where it was filmed. He looks great too. Just rewatched it last week, incredible soundtrack
Shalamar was an awesome group!! Love them!
As a mobile dj, when I throw this in the mix, im always amazed how fast the dance floor fills up, including young people asking me who is this by. Epic song
Um, not so young too mate. 28 years later I am still dancing
There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.
I get it~ boy do I get it....this song gave me that deep sense of nostaglia too and I yearn for those 80's days.
Bleep77 has got great taste in music 😎
Why I like to listen to it once in a while. Very well said.
Same here!
They played this all the time at the skating rink. I have memories of those times
Loved it then, love it now!! Mikki Free!! 💙
80s were the best time in music
i agree!
Roberto Martin Amen!! 🤘🤘
Deffo!! No music like this today!! SO MUCH FUN!!!
Amen bro I'm a Gap Band man 1980-1988
LIKEWISE!
Mannn I miss groups like this! Loved some Shalamar.
Footloose and Flashdance music tracks are some of the best of all time.
Robert V, you forgot Dirty Dancing and Top Gun!
+April Krabe Purple Rain,Shaft,Superfly,& Saturday Night Fever but SNF was not specifically written for the Movie!You must be under 40 and White:) no offence!
Not Top Gun. 🤢
I would throw Vision Quest in there as well.
@@Crayzeecatlady Why not Top Gun? There's "Dangerzone" "Take My Breath Away", "Heaven in your Eyes".
10-13-24 What a time to be a teenager in the mid 1980s 😎 😊📻 🎶 💃 🕺 🎸 🚘 🌴 🍷 💯 🎯
Brings back awesome memories growing up x gen rocks
Is that the same Art Deco building from the movie Xanadu? ✨
This is a great song..Howard Hewitt excellent singer Micki Free an excellent guitarist...And the lady did her best as well the was a huge hit and still sounds great today....
Micki Free was fine af!! 😛😍
@@cyn88true92 Oh hells yeah!!
1999 rip-off.....hope Prince got paid
He may have produced this song and others on this record.
It could be because Prince was really tight with Micki Free around that period.
80's never gets old miss it alot
-1984- classic old school all the way!
Used to dance to this in the clubs back in the day! Now only in my livingroom :-) Love it still.It never gets old ♥ Thanks for posting this one,this was when music was fun and good! ♥♥
msstevie1951 Agreed....and I do the same! 😀👍
Ditto💃🏻
Yes when there were RAVES!!
I remember dancing to it also in the clubs!
The good old days I was a teenager in the 80s
This. Song. Is. Perfection. Thank You, Shalamar!
And, so is the video! Thanks, MTV!
Strait 80's at it's best!
Shalamar hit #17 in Billboard, 5-26-84.
That guy can squeeze more feeling out of his guitar than 99% of the guitarist today.
If you didn't come to party, don't bother knockin' on my door!
I remember this song from 83.
I REMEMBER TWAS ALSO ON FOOTLOOSE SOUNDTRACK
and its over 40 years now in 2024. Most of the singers in here are in their 60's and 70's.
Shalamar got a new girl.Ha-ha! R.I.P. Charlie Murphy.
Footloose.......
This song was so much fun in 1984 and still is in 2020!
Footloose (1984), brought me here. A classic tale in which a hero (Kevin Bacon) rescues a town of people with sticks up their butts into dance.
"Who put the sticks up their butts? That's mean."
+velociraptor4you The er...parents "doh"
Caius I see.
"Its just a phrase."
Frank Conquest Jr is this song in the soundtrack????
I love the hair and clothes. Go 1980's!!!
msalis1 🤘🤘😀 Absolutely!!
I sooo loved this song back in the day! Brings back great memories!
@ Douglas Brayden….. u are so right, dear sir!
The late 70’s 80’s and early 90’s had the best music🎼💯
Flashbacks to the clubs! Best time of my life!
Unsung brought me here. Shalamar had three ultra talented artists in the same band.
Always a Shalamar fan.
The summer of '84 brought me back here.
Miki free dance moves were 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Fine as hell!!
Again one of my favorite videos! What a great band they made. Brings back such good memories. I remember being in HS and wanting to be in a video with them so badly. I would sing and dance to them all of the time.
Gen X:
"This is Doctor Johnny Fever of WKRP in Cincinnati. The hits of the 80s never stop and keep rockin to the hits."
FABULOUS
This was after Jody Watley left. Howard Hewett said she wasn’t shit without him and ended up being more successful that Shalamar ever was!!!!!
He had one hit song
SHALAMAR is one of the greatest soul bands in music history period! This classic track from 1984 shows there versatility with Micki Free killing it on guitar!
What a nice and unforgettable time in 80's.
Git the party started without me!
Class track from Footloose!
You mean classic.
Footloose!
HAPPY 61ST BIRTHDAY MICKI FREE (MAY 20, 2016)
One of the most memorable Shalamar songs along with Take That Back To The Bank.
Loved dancing to this out in the clubs with friends in the 80's! Just good muisic ♥
Music not muisic.
Great great times
I'm proud to be an 80s baby, but those handclaps are totally 80s!!! It goes well with the song!!! And that damn Howard Hewett is so damn sexy!!!!
They still together some of them and touring now in essex dec !!
Good seeing you guys on this morning. Way to go 👏👏👏❤️
Gen x rocks 😊
Dancing in 2024 🎉
This was awesome!!
Friday Night Videos
Damn! Shalamar is bad axx!! They have so much energy!
Cool song!!! I had never heard it beyond the little blurb that they played in Footloose.
Retro funk!
It smells Prince everywhere... pure Minneapolis sound influence.
Pretty sure Prince wrote this, as a matter of fact he wrote most of the songs for Morris Day too.
@@mikehunt3436 This song was written by Bill Wolfer and Dean Pitchford.
@@Tat2Dragons It definitely sounds like Prince though
@@EgoChiptell me it’s not literally 1999…
@@nepatrul6075 My first thought was, "Why does this song sound familiar but the lyrics don't", and then it clicked, "This is just 1999 but slightly different." If I could post images I'd make a meme using the copying someone's homework but changing it a little one. lol
The 80tys was a cool time. The parachute pants hair, music. Just a cool time. I wish time machines existed
I caught you smiling
I know I've seen you here before
How come you're hiding?
Hey don't you want to hit the floor?
The place is crowded
Or maybe you don't like the beat
I got a two-track playing in my head
So let me take you somewhere else instead
Dancing in the sheets
Dancing in the sheets
Grab your coat and wave goodbye to your friends
I want to take you where the night never ends
I feel the need to sweep you off of your feet
You and me, we should be dancing in the sheets
Dancing in the sheets
We feel the rhythm
We've got the music on our side
If we go with 'em
I'll bet we'll have a wonderful ride
Your hands are cold
So maybe we could make some heat
Love is always born on a chance
So wrap around me and baby let's dance
Dancing in the sheets
Dancing in the sheets
Grab your coat and wave goodbye to your friends
I want to take you where the night never ends
I feel the need to sweep you off of your feet
You and me, we should be dancing in the sheets
Dancing in the sheets
Grab your coat and wave goodbye to your friends
I want to take you where the night never ends
I feel the need to sweep you off of your feet
You and me, we should be dancing in the sheets
Dancing in the sheets
Dancing in the sheets
Dancing in the sheets
Dancing in the sheets
Dancing in the sheets
That look like the dude in Over and Over video sitting with Leon Sylvers. Leon wrote most of Shalamar music. Just a genius.
I’ve always loved this song. Still do.
I never put two and two together, so way back in the day. The transition between the albums "The Look" and "Heartbreak". At first I'm like, "That ain't Jody!?!?!" LOL "And who's that other guy?? That ain't Jeffery?" Needless to say, here's where all the gossip comes together revolving around Howard's "solo" career....with backup and what Shalamar originally was. It just ain't the same without Jeffery and my girl Jody.
I use to watch Jeffrey and Jody on Soul Train, dancing. Back when TV's still had knobs, lol. They could do a hell of a line routine together.
DAMN I'm old! LOL
Tv's still have knobs they're called MP's ,mainstream propaganda media (fake news),corrupt judges,police et al :)
Both Jody and Jeffery were both living in Englan at that time in 1984!
Jody working as a session musco and later on in the year sing in charity single-Do they know Its Xmas. + Jeffery was in West End cast for Starlight Express!
Must of known that after you saw that song as was said in loads of TV stuff. etc
Wow great to hear this Love It❤
Great Shalamar song; typical mid 80's sound!
Old school 80's r the best....
Yeah...
Another video with the late great Pan-Pacific Auditorium (also known as the club called XANADU).
80s music forever
I really liked to dance to this in the 80's and I still do in 2018! Still a cool and danceable jam!
Fuera de este mundo Shalamar.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
HOT Classic🔥🔥🔥
Howard Hewett can sing anything and it sounds great. Underated song.
I've loved this song since I first heard it way back when.
Very talented ❤this song 🎵
One of my favourite jams
The 80's were great, but when your my age the 60's and 70's were great. lol....Everyone loves the music from their own generation.
This song was Top 20 on both the Pop Chart and the Soul Chart and Top 10 on the Dance Chart 35 years ago
and BTW, this Shalamar Group Right Here Features Guitarist Micki Free and Keyboardist Delisa Davis replacing Jeffrey Daniels and Jody Watley
I use to listen to this song on Soul Train with the late Don Cornelius and Dick Clark's American Bandstand as well as on SOLID GOLD and American Top 40 with the late Casey Kasem and I use to watch the Music Video on Night Tracks on SuperStation WTBS Atlanta
Plus, this song was out when shows like Pac-Man, Rubik: The Amazing Cube, Saturday Supercade, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Mr. T, Smurfs, Shirt Tales, Monchichis, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, The A-Team, The Fall Guy, Magnum, P.I., Knight Rider, The Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas, Knots Landing, Falcon Crest, Simon & Simon, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, $ale of the Century, Daytime Wheel of Fortune, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life, Benson, T.J. Hooker, The Joker's Wild, The NEW Tic Tac Dough, Hardcastle and McCormick, Riptide, Press Your Luck, Airwolf, Family Ties, Cheers, Kate & Allie, Cagney & Lacey, 3-2-1 Contact and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe were still on the air
Plus, Larry Bird & Magic Johnson battled for NBA Supremacy, Alan Trammell and the Detroit Tigers RULED the MLB, the late Richard Dawson was still KING of the Family Feud, the late Judge Wapner still RULED The People's Court, Chuck Woolery was KING of Love Connection and Wheel of Fortune began its run as America's Game
Remember those days?
I do remember ALL of that.
Great stuff. Great time!
You forgot Miami Vice sir.
That building was featured in Xanadu 1980
Makes me wanna get up and dance!
As part of the Footloose soundtrack, just 40 years ago, this song peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks. On that same week, "Let's Hear It for the Boy" by Deniece Williams, another song of the Footloose soundtrack topped the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks.
Just when disco was thought dead, this jam brought it all back 80s style
I'd almost call it funk before disco, but it was definitly keeping the spirit of DANCE alive!
One of if not the greatest era in music
I miss the 80s to much !
Love this video ❤❤❤❤
What a great jam! One of the greatest dancing songs of all time. Sure brings back the 80's. Is that Mark Breland, the boxer in the video?
Great groove.
Footloose!!!
Cool, very Kool 🤌
Very classic, I love this song!
One of may favourite songs of the 80’s brilliant
Great song, good rhythm, the best of Shalamar.
Another Fantastic Memory
Micki Free!!!
Nob the Knave 😂😂🤣🤣 Charlie Murphy
THE ULTIMATE MUSIC FOR BREAKDANCE IN 80'S....NICE MUSIC..