It's 1984. I'm in Zimbabwe and I'm eight years old, sitting with Mum and Big Sis listening to Voice of America with Casey Kasem on Mum's Grundig radio. This song and Solid by Ashford and Simpson ALWAYS conjure up that memory. And Mum STILL has that radio...
Same brother....my lady is hanging out in our bedroom playing a game on our Steam Deck (I think Disgaea 2). 2/11/13-4/22/24 and still going strong! ;) Addendum- Hold on a minute...my girl is very much alive. I sincerely hope his is as well. Dark.
Ruth Pointer's voice on this track is AMAZING. She said she wished her voice was as soulful as Chaka or Aretha. Ruth, if you see this, please know that even if you can't hit high notes like Chaka or Aretha, your low register is soulful and legendary in its own right.
@@Burgieking1 I am assuming you're being facetious LOL. There is no man singing on this song. This is a group comprised of 3 sisters from Oakland, CA. Originally there were 4 sisters but one left the group to go solo.
@@erichill4926 I put this song up this morning coz it takes me right back to 1985, driving PCH from Port Hueneme to Santa Monica and from there to Long Beach every morning. BLAAHH what a commute! But songs on the radio like this one made it go fast. There'll never be another time like the 80s -- best decade of _my_ life, that's for certain.
The music supervisor in charge of GTA: Vice City (as well as the other main creative forces behind the scenes) have the most pristine taste. Hats off to them.
So wait....is that really her voice? I would think they just auto-tuned it as that was the rage in the 1980's. Kind of like that deal in the 2010's with everyone was talking like a robot (which they took from the 1980's and 1990's). Addendum- You will have to forgive me if I'm wrong. I definitely heard this song as a young kid in the 1980's as it was huge. However, I was a 1990's kid so this is probably the only song of hers I know. I started getting into music in the very early 1990's with MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Bel Biv Davoe, Poison, Guns n' Roses, ect... That led to gangster rap (I loved that shit too much) and was quite literally saved by the grunge movement. Now, I love everything but country...I can't stand it.
@Sinn0100 all I can tell you is to look at the credits on the album for a man on there, lol. Ruth was NO JOKE!❤️🔥🎶❤️🔥🎶❤️🔥 My friend from a singing group we were in was the bass. I heard this on Grand Theft Auto. She came over, and I told her that was Ruth. I made her check the album cover, lol. They used electronic typed music, but that was ALL her❤️🔥
Man take me back to the 80s, Simply lovin it.. I miss those days of high school. Life was so simple, not perfect, but a little simpler to be a teenager having fun, crashing house parties, having good clean fun, very little trouble. This was around 1983 or 1984. My junior year in high school..Miami Vice, Jeri curl days. A huge Pointer Sisters fan back then I was, House parties, skate ring days. You name it, the 80s to me was clearly one of the best decades ever period. RIP Anita Pointer. Great range with Ruth Pointer also in her tone of voice on this one. Greatly appreciated and definitely missed. Thank you so much. Great times and memories.
Agreed! I was an elementary into junior high school kid in the 80s. Skating on Saturday mornings with my neighborhood friends to Cyndi Lauper, USA for Africa, Michael Jackson and Weird Al, dancing with the same friends to the "Ghostbusters" theme song, seeing "Back to the Future," "Top Gun" and "Dirty Dancing" and other classic movies in the theater, riding in my mom's car without seat belts and going for bike rides without helmets, "only" 30 channels on cable, MTV when it played videos, Atari 9000....would not trade it for the world! My mom loved the Pointer Sisters back in the day, she had the "Jump" album on cassette tape.
Mazroon M Friday the 13th, Nightmare on elm street, dream scape, Rambo, Aliens Colonial Marines “what are we gonna do now man!?” 21 Jump Street, Cosby, Fresh Prince, Tour of Duty. I could go on.
I’m 43, these songs bring tears to my eyes. There hard to listen to, I listen to them once in a blue. Prince, sos band, all reminds me of my childhood. My mom played these songs dancing around the house. She’s gone now,😢so many people r gone. Time is slipping away ⌛️⏳I was so small when the pointer sisters were popular. I almost forgot them. I loved this song.
I played this in my classroom for my kindergarten kiddos, and one of them got up and started dancing. I’ll allow it !! That kid is going places!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️
Rip Anita Pointer, you are reunited with your sister Bonnie. Your and your siblings contribution to music was massive. Music like this in the 80s was dance floor fillers. The melody and disco beat, its impossible to not dance to it. Thank you girls for such great tracks. Love & Respect.
Don't overlook The Pointer Sisters' contribution to Film Soundtracks like Beverlie Hills Cops, and their MAGNIFICENT Cover of Bruce Springsteen's "(I'm On) Fire".. The 80's were Theirs!
To be fair, they got a ton of radio time in their day, but not so much anymore, which I will never understand. Their songs are just classic, timeless, and so enjoyable! This one broke the mold for pure awesomeness, though. :)
+Dwaine Hines I've always had a deep singing voice and when I heard this song as a kid it became my everything. It's my go to karaoke song now. Such a contralto inspiration she is.
+ILLyuh keep it 100 bruh I went to a kevin gates show and there was this bad ass chick there with cut off jean shorts with bleach blond hair that was like 2 feet tall permed out to the max and curly as shit... I was like holy shit did she just step out of a time machine??? I was going to ask her but I was pretty drunk and it was standing room only lmao but dang she was BAD!
I love the 80's music very much!!! ...especiallety this song, recorded in the year 1984, today almost 28 years ago. Thumps up if you agree!!! Thanks for post it!!!
Lyrics, vocals, arrangement and production on this song are collective perfection. So many layers of technical awesomeness. When I hear this song it's automatic exhilaration.
Amen to that my friend 👋 👋 I agree with you on that comment!!! I was always on the dance floor when this song came on, and my moves were one of a kind and original, pure Aretha, and only me!!!😉 People loved to see me dance in the club!!! From Aretha White from Bunn NC holla ok 👋👋 👋
@@rosilynmakeba1092 You got that right 💯 percent with you on that comment 👍👍👍👍💝💝💝. I love this song!!!!😀😉. Thanks for the sweet comment!!!! From Aretha White from Bunn NC. I'm just trying to keep cool these days, because as Nelly says" It's Getting Hot In Here"!!!!! You know!!!😀 LOL at myself on that one!!!!! You keep cool 😎 as well ok!!!! This heat is no joke!!!!! For real! Holla ok 😊👋👋👋👋👋✌✌✌✌✌. Much love to you and your family ok?!!!! Peace out ok!!!!!
@@jackspencer8680 lol, why is everything in your world black, you sound just like your typical fucking millennial some people in the black community has issues with seeing past colors and being open minded 70s 80s and 90s were just a fire time for all music. I'm Talkin this song I'm talking Phill Collins I'm talking Tupac biggie George Michael's *people* music no colors talent.
You'd be hard pressed to find an 80's tune with cooler synths than this song has....people forget that The Pointer Sisters were one of the greatest synthwave groups in history. That, plus the beautiful layering of the vocals mixed with two different drum machines creating a very unique sound
Oh my gosh me too. For so long I thought a male sang this one until I came across it on GTA and it made an impression on me that I got to find it and listen to it again. I actually typed "It's totally Automatic" trying to find it here in RUclips.
i'm slightly more partial to the 70s, but i'm approaching "older'n dirt" hahahahaha ... heck, i could even argue a case for the 60s ;) the 80s are of course way up there for me though ['84 hs grad] cheers
I was born in 1983 but to me the 1970s had the best music, but the 1980s is in second place for me. And the 1960s is in third place, and the 1990s is in fourth place.
Yes that is a true Statement facts I was born in the 1979 I remember my mom's playing this song all the time and 80 and 90 music was the best and im a 41 year old man I still miss my childhood on good music 💯💯💯🙏🙏🙏🙏😔😔😔
Yes it truly did, great comment cause those were the best of times and songs like it truly did define those days. man I miss days those as a teen. great times and great memories. I am definitely old skool 4 life.
I got to meet and dance it up with these fabulous women starting in 1974 at the Cabaret After Dark in San Francisco. They weren't big yet and still singing in their Father's Church in Oakland. Then they started to work on a recording career and would perform live shows in the Show Lounge on the first floor at the Club. Afterwards they would come upstairs to the giant disco and we would dance till 2 a.m. Loved these women!!
rock star games: teaching kids about good music and how to properly setup and cater your own organized crime syndicate. I live gta so much. A game that actually has taught a lot of people a lot of resourcefull information.
Maria Hunter Lol me too. I heard it in the mall and I remembered how much I always liked it. I was walking around the mall with my kids dancing to this , Jump by Van Halen, The police.... ahh love 80's music
@@ceceoo3 There will be more and more perfect music to come. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring old school, real entertainment, true talent, pure originality and diversity and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s.
@@itspokernotpitypat4619 Thank you, pal, support is what I really need the most. What we need are some funding to get the project going. I'm glad you made the right choice of joining the Retro Decade Revival Project. Real entertainment, true talent, pure originality and diversity, old school and more is what we need most in the world.
It really was! Even back then, as a child, I think I knew I was hearing something that had jumped ahead in time musically. And I LOVED it. Four decades later, it still rocks like nothing else, so I guess I'll now call it timeless.
I love this song. I am so grateful my teen age life began when the 80s started. I love all music from this era - Rock - Pop, Soul - Metal. Don't get me wrong I love life today, but am so glad when I hear this music because it brings me back to another era in which was amazing- you had to live through to understand and relate to.
Yes....very true .I listen to this all the time...it transports me back to memories of my teenage yrs ..love letters....parties ..simple life.. friends .U r gorgeous ..by the way☺❤💕💋
Ruth was the diva contra-Alto of the 80's. Range is just a thing but the beauty and richness of her tone quality was just so intoxicating. Love ya, Ruth.
The beauty of letting each member get their fair share at singing lead. You got ultimately more variety and hits from the one group. When styles changed, or the key of the song was lower or higher one of the girls would step up front and rock it. All girl groups should operate this way.
I was still in high school when Automatic was released. Ruth's deep voice really helped make me feel comfortable with my singing voice. And, I love a strong female second tenor voice. It's a unique blessing. And, I always loved the Pointer Sisters. Great song! 😄👍✌️
There hasn't been a race of people other than African Americans, that have made more timeless, classic songs than any other people on the planet and that's a FACT!! Thank you for all your contributions..
This always been my favorite Pointer Sisters song. What a bass-line!! Vocals are perfectly blended.. I expect someone to do a re-make of this someday..rip Bonnie.
A great blend of 80s sounds - synths, funky guitars, electro sounds, and the vocals of the ladies. I grew up in that 80s era, and I loved how synthesisers and keyboards were fully embraced by all the pop acts of that decade. It was a great departure from the rock of the 70s.
I heard about that the other day! I feel for her sisters, I know they are devastated as well as the rest of their family. May she rest in peace and continuue making beautiful music in Heaven!
Helll yeah Love this song. My mom and dad use to rock this on Saturday all through the house. While my brother and I did G.I. clean up 🤗 sure miss the 80s sure don't make music like this anymore. Pointer sister so underrated. Love them 👍🤗🙏😊
Zo'n act die je nooit eens genoemd wordt, maar zo'n 40 jaar na dato is dit gewoon nog steeds hartstikke goed. Op een fijne manier gedateerd. Gewoon eens luisteren!
It will never ever be gone. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring real entertainment, pure originality and diversity, true talent, old school and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s.
@@nancysmith8626 It hasn't started yet, Nancy, but you are welcome to join if you want. It's free for everyone of nationality, race, gender, skin color and language.
@@nancysmith8626 I'll put you on the upcoming waiting list in the near future. You can also create a list of which of the things you want to bring back from the good old days.
Ms. Ruth's baritone voice made this one of their best songs ever! I remember being a little girl in the 80's trying to mimick her unique and fabulous tone. 🎶
TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY 40 YEARS AGO TODAY (November 1, 1983): The Pointer Sisters (June, Anita, and Ruth) released their album “Break Out” (#6 R&B album charts; #8 pop album charts; #9 in the UK). (The group’s remix of their 1982 hit “I’m So Excited” was later added for the 1984 album’s re-release, replacing “Nightlife.”) [11/1/2023]
I loved this song as a kid in 1984. The music is so comforting and helped me because I was stressed when we moved to Texas at 9 years old. I'll never forget this song. ❤
Jennifer Lewis brought me here from Black-ish season series ....that woman knows her stuff and I believed her when she said Automatic is the greatest music of all time
This jam came on the pharmacy sound system the other day when I was on line. I started singing like a fool. The girl behind the counter who was young enough to be my daughter started giggling. This generation just doesn't know good music. That, and I'm old as shit. :(
Yep, that's it is and always will be...their music is great and definitely one of the early trend setters of the women's group during the 70s and 80s that paved the way for future groups that came along as well.
you should have broken into a full choreographed dance and also sang along to this song while it came on in the pharmacy. you would have gone viral. in the pharmacy Ile.
It's 1984. I'm in Zimbabwe and I'm eight years old, sitting with Mum and Big Sis listening to Voice of America with Casey Kasem on Mum's Grundig radio. This song and Solid by Ashford and Simpson ALWAYS conjure up that memory. And Mum STILL has that radio...
Very Impressive and Touching story...hoping that you and your family are Safe and Well. Greetings from N.Kentucky USA Y'All 🇺🇸
This is my "new" favorite song from the 1980s as featured on "Get Into The Groove" on Sirius XM Studio 54 Radio! 🎵
Such a cool song, great beat
Tell us about Rhodesia
@@oscarharris3687 Not much I can tell you, mate. We moved there from the UK in 1982 when I was six years old, and it was already Zimbabwe then.
RIP Anita Pointer. Thank you and your sisters for the timeless hits 💕🎵
🙏🏿 just heard
Was looking for this comment 💔
RIP 🙏
🙌❣️💃👼🎶🎵🎶🎵💙📻🌹☄️🕯️
Always loved this song in GTA: Vice City. Rip Anita
2024-1984 me and my sweet woman danced to this tune at our wedding. She is upstairs and I still love her.
Old songs like these are timeless
Current songs are forgettable.
Good deal.
With all due respect, just upstairs or UPSTAIRS?
@@tilasole3252 I'm glad you asked. I was wondering the same.
Same brother....my lady is hanging out in our bedroom playing a game on our Steam Deck (I think Disgaea 2). 2/11/13-4/22/24 and still going strong! ;)
Addendum- Hold on a minute...my girl is very much alive. I sincerely hope his is as well. Dark.
Still grooving to this in 2024. Three absolute queens.
Amen , they were!!
👍🏽💯
It’s really 4 of them
This has to be one of the most unique coolest songs ever recorded. Haven't met too many people who don't like it's just that great
I still rock this song in my car and I'm 45 lol
I play this song to the pub and nightclub crowds, NO ONE has yet NOT danced to this.....IT IS THAT GOOD.
@@B1GK1NG I'm ,43 and this is my youth
Amen. Love these ladies!♡
🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 still a banger in 2021
Ruth Pointer's voice on this track is AMAZING. She said she wished her voice was as soulful as Chaka or Aretha. Ruth, if you see this, please know that even if you can't hit high notes like Chaka or Aretha, your low register is soulful and legendary in its own right.
@@Burgieking1 I am assuming you're being facetious LOL. There is no man singing on this song. This is a group comprised of 3 sisters from Oakland, CA. Originally there were 4 sisters but one left the group to go solo.
You hit the nail on the head!
Absolutely beautiful
It was a perfect blend. You can't even fathom another voice or higher octave doing the solo. It wouldn't sound right at all...
They put us Men in our places.
Never gets old. Ill randomly play at a party and people still dance to it lol. Timeless.
It's a Jem of a track. A floor filler, no matter the situation!
Just randomly thought of it… which brought me here!
Great song great singers. Rest in peace to June Bonnie and now Anita pointer
❤️👍
@@otdreamer193 true
Taking Automatic into 2023, I'll never let go of the 80's
Nostalgia al 100 por 100 recuerdo mi adolescencia y no sabia que pointer sister cantaba esta joya que vale 100000000000000 clasicos
Never let the 80s Go!!!!!
80's fo life
@@erichill4926 I put this song up this morning coz it takes me right back to 1985, driving PCH from Port Hueneme to Santa Monica and from there to Long Beach every morning. BLAAHH what a commute! But songs on the radio like this one made it go fast. There'll never be another time like the 80s -- best decade of _my_ life, that's for certain.
Me too!
The music supervisor in charge of GTA: Vice City (as well as the other main creative forces behind the scenes) have the most pristine taste. Hats off to them.
Lazlow picked the music. He left though.
Glide into a Miami club in the 80s in aviator shades, a pastel-colored Armani suit and boat shoes.
This song was in Vice City?
@@joshuaattractsmoney yep, if you play the radio station "Fever 105"
@@sugarspell1306 🤣❤dang ok. Thata what's up. That's the power of music. It lasts forever
Ruth was BORN to sing this song. We lower-register girls grew up loving, imitating, and hoping to be this! TY Ruth!
So wait....is that really her voice? I would think they just auto-tuned it as that was the rage in the 1980's. Kind of like that deal in the 2010's with everyone was talking like a robot (which they took from the 1980's and 1990's).
Addendum- You will have to forgive me if I'm wrong. I definitely heard this song as a young kid in the 1980's as it was huge. However, I was a 1990's kid so this is probably the only song of hers I know. I started getting into music in the very early 1990's with MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, Bel Biv Davoe, Poison, Guns n' Roses, ect... That led to gangster rap (I loved that shit too much) and was quite literally saved by the grunge movement. Now, I love everything but country...I can't stand it.
That register is everything and brilliantly displayed on this song
@@Sinn0100that is indeed her
@Sinn0100 all I can tell you is to look at the credits on the album for a man on there, lol. Ruth was NO JOKE!❤️🔥🎶❤️🔥🎶❤️🔥 My friend from a singing group we were in was the bass. I heard this on Grand Theft Auto. She came over, and I told her that was Ruth. I made her check the album cover, lol. They used electronic typed music, but that was ALL her❤️🔥
Forty years ago, The Pointer Sisters were "Automatic"! They were spot on!
RIP Anita Pointer!
It just lifts my spirits like it did in 1983. Thank you ladies .
Man take me back to the 80s, Simply lovin it.. I miss those days of high school. Life was so simple, not perfect, but a little simpler to be a teenager having fun, crashing house parties, having good clean fun, very little trouble. This was around 1983 or 1984. My junior year in high school..Miami Vice, Jeri curl days. A huge Pointer Sisters fan back then I was, House parties, skate ring days. You name it, the 80s to me was clearly one of the best decades ever period. RIP Anita Pointer. Great range with Ruth Pointer also in her tone of voice on this one. Greatly appreciated and definitely missed. Thank you so much. Great times and memories.
Michael Ivory, Sr. Highly agreed.
Michael Ivory, Sr. Good times man
Michael Ivory, Sr. I miss Those days to Brother...
Michael Ivory, Sr.
I was 28-29 in 83’-84’ it was a great time!!
Agreed! I was an elementary into junior high school kid in the 80s. Skating on Saturday mornings with my neighborhood friends to Cyndi Lauper, USA for Africa, Michael Jackson and Weird Al, dancing with the same friends to the "Ghostbusters" theme song, seeing "Back to the Future," "Top Gun" and "Dirty Dancing" and other classic movies in the theater, riding in my mom's car without seat belts and going for bike rides without helmets, "only" 30 channels on cable, MTV when it played videos, Atari 9000....would not trade it for the world! My mom loved the Pointer Sisters back in the day, she had the "Jump" album on cassette tape.
Summer of 84 was the best music ever!!!!!!!!
The whole decade in the summers of the 80s were GREAT.
@@bqkmg2037 I agree. The summer of '86 (the summer between my junior and senior year) was the best. I had my driver's license, and it was my freedom!
Yesssss....I agree totally.
Movies too! Ghostbusters, Terminator, Purple Rain, Beverly Hills Cop, Footloose, Temple of Doom, Karate Kid, Spinal Tap. What a year!
Mazroon M Friday the 13th, Nightmare on elm street, dream scape, Rambo, Aliens Colonial Marines “what are we gonna do now man!?” 21 Jump Street, Cosby, Fresh Prince, Tour of Duty. I could go on.
I’m 43, these songs bring tears to my eyes. There hard to listen to, I listen to them once in a blue. Prince, sos band, all reminds me of my childhood. My mom played these songs dancing around the house. She’s gone now,😢so many people r gone. Time is slipping away ⌛️⏳I was so small when the pointer sisters were popular. I almost forgot them. I loved this song.
MAG 777
I'm with you in this sentiment. My condolences for your loss tho.
Jenuwin Moore thank u❤️
MAG 777
You're very welcome my dear.
I'm 47 and feel same. We are a rare breed of cold war/nuclear war looming in the back of our every thought kids. Our music brought hope and good vibes
Mag 777 ur not alone me too I feel you 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
The rhythm guitar and the bass BVs are severely underrated.
Love this.
I played this in my classroom for my kindergarten kiddos, and one of them got up and started dancing. I’ll allow it !! That kid is going places!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽❤️❤️❤️❤️
love it!
Look Out Dancing With The Stars Here Comes One Of JChesser77 Kindergarten Students
Your a great teacher 🙏🏻
Was it the video of the little boy dancing 🤣, he was jamming
@@CHTT458 Yes
Rip Anita Pointer, you are reunited with your sister Bonnie. Your and your siblings contribution to music was massive. Music like this in the 80s was dance floor fillers. The melody and disco beat, its impossible to not dance to it. Thank you girls for such great tracks. Love & Respect.
🤲🏿🤲🏿
You think she gone see this
Don't overlook The Pointer Sisters' contribution to Film Soundtracks like Beverlie Hills Cops, and their MAGNIFICENT Cover of Bruce Springsteen's "(I'm On) Fire"..
The 80's were Theirs!
... AND JUNE!!!!
Ruth is the only sister who is still alive
She killed this Joint.
Everyone slept on Ruthie!
Ruth was the truth, the 80s version of t boz.
This generation need to know that ruth pointer was doing this before t boz was born. Nuff said
Carlton King
U better say what u said!
💟🎶🎶🎶
Ruth's deep voice is the real deal.Ruth really killed this joint .
Ruth Pointer's voice makes this song so cool. One of those 80s tracks that instantly take you back to that decade with memories galore.
YES!
Would have been amazing if she & Alison Moyet (Yazoo) did a song together. Both have very lovely unique voices.
I agree
Indeed😢
The Pointer Sisters are one of the most Amazing Groups especially vocally and Underrated. They deserve more radio time. 😉
To be fair, they got a ton of radio time in their day, but not so much anymore, which I will never understand. Their songs are just classic, timeless, and so enjoyable! This one broke the mold for pure awesomeness, though. :)
And to be inducted into the R & R Hall of Fame.
Yes!
My favorite group! Exactly
This song was a big hit in 1984 reach Number 5 on billboard on the Hot 100 was one the radio heavy then.
To me this was the best pointer sister song, Ruth Pointer nailed this.
+Dwaine Hines I've always had a deep singing voice and when I heard this song as a kid it became my everything. It's my go to karaoke song now. Such a contralto inspiration she is.
+Dwaine Hines Ruth is great, June is the most underrated singer of the Four Sisters
Dwaine Hines I guess you could say that Ruth Pointer grew some balls.
No sir Jump was their best song
Or maybe "Dare me"
Sometimes I wish I could go to a dope 80s themed party and just vibe out to tunes like this.
ILLyuh keep it 100 Meeeeeeee tooooooo!!!!
+ILLyuh keep it 100 bruh I went to a kevin gates show and there was this bad ass chick there with cut off jean shorts with bleach blond hair that was like 2 feet tall permed out to the max and curly as shit... I was like holy shit did she just step out of a time machine??? I was going to ask her but I was pretty drunk and it was standing room only lmao but dang she was BAD!
Aisha Walker we should start a 80s theme house party lol
codemiesterbeats damn I know. I'm a sucker for curly kinky hair lol
+ILLyuh keep it 100 writers cared about the music then
TIMELESS CLASSIC TAKE ME BACK TO CHILDHOOD IN THE 80s 💯🤞🏿
Great music
June Died In 2006 And Bonnie Died In 2020. R.I.P. June And Bonnie. Will Be Truly Missed But Not Forgotten!
alls left is Ruth and Anita.
They killed it Everytime.
I didn't know Bonnie died this year.
😥
Ho!! I didn't know that 😥
God give strength and comfort to family.
I love the 80's music very much!!! ...especiallety this song, recorded in the year 1984, today almost 28 years ago. Thumps up if you agree!!! Thanks for post it!!!
1980s music was a whole other by itself. I'd say music has reached its peak at that decade.
I got Sirius Radio and that's what I listen to the 80s love it
Lyrics, vocals, arrangement and production on this song are collective perfection. So many layers of technical awesomeness. When I hear this song it's automatic exhilaration.
🎶🎶🎶💟
Hello friend have you seen John Ramirez story,Evangelist 💌💌
Yes!
You said all🥰👏🏿
Amen!
Heard this song for the first time today and I’m in love. 80s pop is AMAZING!!!
The 80's were great
Welcome to the party!
Yeah the Pointer Sisters were the real deal during Disco too.
They had a great team to help them transition to the New Wave.
@@travisdonaldstanley6420 they are not the only one.
Nothing beats 80's music. It was a great time to be in your 20's. Hard to describe how great it was, wish I could turn the clock back...
This song is considered the #1 essential, iconic, legendary, epic, and epoch song of the 1980’s.
Soooooo True!!
absolutely right
#99luftballoons
Agreed!!!
No lies told here...
That hook. That vocal. *Damn.*
Amen to that my friend 👋 👋 I agree with you on that comment!!! I was always on the dance floor when this song came on, and my moves were one of a kind and original, pure Aretha, and only me!!!😉 People loved to see me dance in the club!!! From Aretha White from Bunn NC holla ok 👋👋 👋
This was the jam!!
@@rosilynmakeba1092 You got that right 💯 percent with you on that comment 👍👍👍👍💝💝💝. I love this song!!!!😀😉. Thanks for the sweet comment!!!! From Aretha White from Bunn NC. I'm just trying to keep cool these days, because as Nelly says" It's Getting Hot In Here"!!!!! You know!!!😀 LOL at myself on that one!!!!! You keep cool 😎 as well ok!!!! This heat is no joke!!!!! For real! Holla ok 😊👋👋👋👋👋✌✌✌✌✌. Much love to you and your family ok?!!!! Peace out ok!!!!!
There’s just nothing like this being made or performed today!! ❤️❤️
I would be satisfied if all 6 minutes of this was just the hook XD
DAMN !!! ONE OF THE BEST SONGS OF ALL TIME !!! AND TIMELESS.
raymond falls, sr. Yes.!
Yes I totally agree...
raymond falls, sr. I don’t know “of all-time”, but a good song. 👍
Yeeeeees!!!!!!!
RIP Bonnie, Anita and June Pointer aka The Pointer Sisters🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
The Pointer Sisters were awesome! This is one of my favorite songs by them. It makes me feel nostalgic for the 80's
1983-84 was arguably the greatest Year's in music history. Iconic records and hits came out like it was nothing to it. This record was one of em!!!
I totally (80's reference) agree with you. 82 and 85 were pretty good also. 👍
83-84-85, it was the best of the best 80's
The 80's ...THE BEST ...PERIOD !
That's true
80' the best, no doubt!
Yes
@@michaelivorysr.9868 80s was the best for cool black music, 90s were the best for positive and cool black music
@@jackspencer8680 lol, why is everything in your world black, you sound just like your typical fucking millennial some people in the black community has issues with seeing past colors and being open minded 70s 80s and 90s were just a fire time for all music. I'm Talkin this song I'm talking Phill Collins I'm talking Tupac biggie George Michael's *people* music no colors talent.
This song is nothing less than amazing after all this time.A timeless classic
You'd be hard pressed to find an 80's tune with cooler synths than this song has....people forget that The Pointer Sisters were one of the greatest synthwave groups in history. That, plus the beautiful layering of the vocals mixed with two different drum machines creating a very unique sound
Yes indeed!
Not just my favorite Pointer Sisters song, but one of my favorite songs of all time!
Oh my gosh me too. For so long I thought a male sang this one until I came across it on GTA and it made an impression on me that I got to find it and listen to it again. I actually typed "It's totally Automatic" trying to find it here in RUclips.
Mine is "fairytale" but any will do!
Yep, me too!
Me too .. as a life long metalhead, this song gets much play on my iPhone
She come in smooth af with that deep ass voice. 😂😂😂Everybody know this is a CLASSIC!!
Who is still listening to this groovy song in 2023!! 💐💕 RIP Anita 🙏💔
2024 🎉
Me in NYC
Me too 👍😃 best song of pointer sisters. Very funky ❤️🤩
All of us who were around when this song first came out.
I am. Great song. @@slactweak
If you don't think the 80's had the best music, you weren't alive in the 80's.
i'm slightly more partial to the 70s, but i'm approaching "older'n dirt" hahahahaha ... heck, i could even argue a case for the 60s ;)
the 80s are of course way up there for me though ['84 hs grad]
cheers
I was born in 1983 but to me the 1970s had the best music, but the 1980s is in second place for me. And the 1960s is in third place, and the 1990s is in fourth place.
CORRECT
I'd rank music as (from best to least):
1970s
1980s (very close second)
1990s/1960s (tied)
1950s
1920s-40s
2010s
2000s
Yes that is a true Statement facts I was born in the 1979 I remember my mom's playing this song all the time and 80 and 90 music was the best and im a 41 year old man I still miss my childhood on good music 💯💯💯🙏🙏🙏🙏😔😔😔
The song defined the good times of the 80s and I truly miss life before cell phones
Yes it truly did, great comment cause those were the best of times and songs like it truly did define those days. man I miss days those as a teen. great times and great memories. I am definitely old skool 4 life.
@@michaelivorysr.9868I was born in 1978 and I miss being a kid at that time.
😢😢😢#Me2
I got to meet and dance it up with these fabulous women starting in 1974 at the Cabaret After Dark in San Francisco. They weren't big yet and still singing in their Father's Church in Oakland. Then they started to work on a recording career and would perform live shows in the Show Lounge on the first floor at the Club. Afterwards they would come upstairs to the giant disco and we would dance till 2 a.m. Loved these women!!
Rex Bishop that’s awesome! They look like they would be a lot of fun
"They weren't big yet" yes they were, SESAME STREET anyone?
Wow I was born in 74 :-)
Omg so lucky🙏💃🍀🍀🌹🌹
@Eseercam no
We who grew up with this music were so blessed!! And we are grateful.
These ladies was among the groups who's music really ruled the 80's.
jder06 Too bad this sort of great music no longer exists.
+jder06 these fine ladies are legends
+Mary Kate Daniiher Synth Pop is making a comeback.
jder06 A big YES on that one. Totally
They better recognize.
Thanks for defining the 80s with your great talent and bringing so much joy , the pointer sisters, R.I.P Anita.
For people who didn't get to see the 80's, GTA Vice City gave us great 80's hits like this = We can now experience 80's nostalgia. :-)
rock star games: teaching kids about good music and how to properly setup and cater your own organized crime syndicate. I live gta so much. A game that actually has taught a lot of people a lot of resourcefull information.
i drive around in gta v jamming this and others from the series :)
Tommy Vercetti remember the name!
Mr.Vercetti93 Jajaajajja ilove tomyyyy 100 pre te amree :*v 😂😂😂😂😵😨😵😱😪😭😭😭😫😭😫😭😫😫2009
Kendall A true
Dang, I was blasting this song all night yesterday too. RIP 💔
Just another damn FINE '80s song!
Hello Lisa
New York City, Palladium 1986....great dance song! Love this song.
I was in the store today and this song was playing. I hadn't heard this song in a long time, I started singing and smiling. It made me happy!
Maria Hunter Lol me too. I heard it in the mall and I remembered how much I always liked it. I was walking around the mall with my kids dancing to this , Jump by Van Halen, The police.... ahh love 80's music
@@ceceoo3 There will be more and more perfect music to come. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring old school, real entertainment, true talent, pure originality and diversity and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s.
Maria Hunter ☺
@@reneastle8447 U got my support!! Keep us updated.
@@itspokernotpitypat4619 Thank you, pal, support is what I really need the most. What we need are some funding to get the project going. I'm glad you made the right choice of joining the Retro Decade Revival Project. Real entertainment, true talent, pure originality and diversity, old school and more is what we need most in the world.
This song was so far ahead of its time. One of the greatest hits of the decade...
It really was! Even back then, as a child, I think I knew I was hearing something that had jumped ahead in time musically. And I LOVED it. Four decades later, it still rocks like nothing else, so I guess I'll now call it timeless.
heard this at the grocery store today and was jamming out. this song is f'ing awsome. never would have guessed it was the pointer sisters.
I love this song. I am so grateful my teen age life began when the 80s started. I love all music from this era - Rock - Pop, Soul - Metal. Don't get me wrong I love life today, but am so glad when I hear this music because it brings me back to another era in which was amazing- you had to live through to understand and relate to.
Hey, life is good when you listen to good music, especially 80s music.
Me too. Age 13 back in 1980.
this was a special time for pop music
@@johnnybeefum espacially in 1984
Yes....very true .I listen to this all the time...it transports me back to memories of my teenage yrs ..love letters....parties ..simple life.. friends .U r gorgeous ..by the way☺❤💕💋
Brothas and sistas, don't act like we're still not jamming to this in the 2023! God I'm old, 53 this past December.😘
Yessir! I was 10 years old when this came out. Sounds just like yesterday!😂
Naw. You ain't old. Still groove bruh.
I'm 56! Going on 57! Still groovin'!
66 years old in 2024 and still jamming to our old school sounds!!!
68 here, and this music is of our lives .
super theme of the 80s, classic, they will never go out of style.
It should be a soundtrack of BH1
❤
The vocals are amazing on this song. A lot of their songs.
Ruth was the diva contra-Alto of the 80's. Range is just a thing but the beauty and richness of her tone quality was just so intoxicating. Love ya, Ruth.
One of the best songs ever and is still a bop to this day , this song instantly made me a fan of the pointer sisters and I do not regret it at all. ❤
What a song! Brings me back to the good ol' days. 😊 The Pointer Sisters were so beautifully talented. RIP Anita and Bonnie 🕊❤
The beauty of letting each member get their fair share at singing lead. You got ultimately more variety and hits from the one group. When styles changed, or the key of the song was lower or higher one of the girls would step up front and rock it. All girl groups should operate this way.
Blackish brought me here the songs pretty cool
This song is so magical. I heard it when I was growing up, reading comics, and it still has such action to it, makes you wanna dance immediately!!!
Dude! So many songs take me right back to reading comic books in the eighties.. It's so visceral.
Cheers. So glad you said this.
Right on! I discovered this gem through gaming
I was still in high school when Automatic was released. Ruth's deep voice really helped make me feel comfortable with my singing voice. And, I love a strong female second tenor voice. It's a unique blessing. And, I always loved the Pointer Sisters. Great song! 😄👍✌️
All of em are dudes
@@TroubleMaker7411 Cringe
@@TroubleMaker7411 No they aren't. Don't be ignorant.
I am Chicago South and North and i still listen to this track 40 years later...still one of my favorites
This is an amazing classic!!! They have some of the best harmonies of any girl groups!!
The Pointer Sisters are the truth. I love Ruth's vocals on this jam. One of my favorites songs ever!
This song is nothing short of amazing. I think it's their best song. I love the deep sultry voice-- Ruth Pointer's I think.
Listening from Trinidad ........BUENISIMA
2020 still listening to this masterpiece. Blessings from the UK xxxx
Lynn, ❤💗❤💗💕💖🎶🎶🎶🎶
im glad i came up in the 80's, r&b, pop, even rock n roll, all of it had substance, great music great times....
Yes, thank I came up in this era!!!
Yeah substance abuse 😋. I mean that with love of course. Everyone was high AF.
Blackish brought me here. Thank you Jennifer Lewis😘 I had forgot about these awesome ladies!🖤❤️
Yep, me too! This was my jam!
The Pointer Sisters gave us some of the Greatest Hits that could ever be still Great Today ❤.
There hasn't been a race of people other than African Americans, that have made more timeless, classic songs than any other people on the planet and that's a FACT!! Thank you for all your contributions..
Facts
A lot of good music come the UK too
This always been my favorite Pointer Sisters song. What a bass-line!! Vocals are perfectly blended.. I expect someone to do a re-make of this someday..rip Bonnie.
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The 80's and this song shaped my beautiful life into what it is today!!!!
A great blend of 80s sounds - synths, funky guitars, electro sounds, and the vocals of the ladies. I grew up in that 80s era, and I loved how synthesisers and keyboards were fully embraced by all the pop acts of that decade. It was a great departure from the rock of the 70s.
Bonnie Pointer passed away. May God comfort her sisters.
RIP Bonnie Pointer. ☹️
Another great group from an awesome music era!
Ouuhhhh!!!!,Really???I`m really Sorry!!Bonnie:-Thanks a lot,by such a wonderful Legacy!!!.R.I.P.
...and God takes another wonderful one. RIP Bonnie. x
I heard about that the other day! I feel for her sisters, I know they are devastated as well as the rest of their family. May she rest in peace and continuue making beautiful music in Heaven!
RIP
Heard this song after such a long time, what a fantastic song! Takes me right back to the 80's, the absolute best decade for music!!!
The 80s were the best of all time
Helll yeah
Love this song. My mom and dad use to rock this on Saturday all through the house. While my brother and I did G.I. clean up 🤗 sure miss the 80s sure don't make music like this anymore.
Pointer sister so underrated.
Love them 👍🤗🙏😊
Omg simply amazing indeed 🔥 for sure 😎thx for sharing.... smiles
Right on. At least the worlds still here and so are we. I'm 38 and I'm glad I'm still alive at this point in tis crazy ass world!
wow I was born in 82 I remember my mom playing this song when I was a kid over an over I didnt mind I thought it was a great song..still is😜😛
Rockey 314 ....same here! Momma kept this on replay! 🥰💯🎶🔥🎶
You're mom has really good taste in music 💯
Born in 81! Same deal!
When uniqueness was cherished. Stunning!
Good point. They talk about diversity these days, but back then you could really be an individual and be appreciated. Nowadays you have to conform.
Wow...heard this song a long time ago, it played yesterday and I had no idea the Pointer Sisters sung it 😳😳😳 oh wow ❤️🙏🏾💃🏾
this song could be 100 years old it still sounds fresh & original
A well produced track with great vocals, I love it
The glorious '80s!!!!!
Zo'n act die je nooit eens genoemd wordt, maar zo'n 40 jaar na dato is dit gewoon nog steeds hartstikke goed. Op een fijne manier gedateerd. Gewoon eens luisteren!
The 80's. Like they say you never know how good it was until it's gone.
It will never ever be gone. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring real entertainment, pure originality and diversity, true talent, old school and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s.
@@reneastle8447, have you had any progress on this? Sounds like an awesome idea!
@@nancysmith8626 It hasn't started yet, Nancy, but you are welcome to join if you want. It's free for everyone of nationality, race, gender, skin color and language.
@@reneastle8447, how do I join?
@@nancysmith8626 I'll put you on the upcoming waiting list in the near future. You can also create a list of which of the things you want to bring back from the good old days.
Representing for 1993. But I swear I lived in the 80's.. This is definitely a jam.
Check out The Pointer Sisters - Betcha Got A Chick On The Side......it's from the 70's !
Chick on the side top 10 funkiest songs ever!!!
Ms. Ruth's baritone voice made this one of their best songs ever! I remember being a little girl in the 80's trying to mimick her unique and fabulous tone. 🎶
Loved this song!! Brings back happy memories. School days and break dancing. Pointer sisters you're amazing. Love the 80's
TODAY IN MUSIC HISTORY
40 YEARS AGO TODAY (November 1, 1983): The Pointer Sisters (June, Anita, and Ruth) released their album “Break Out” (#6 R&B album charts; #8 pop album charts; #9 in the UK).
(The group’s remix of their 1982 hit “I’m So Excited” was later added for the 1984 album’s re-release, replacing “Nightlife.”)
[11/1/2023]
I love how Ruth pointer used her voice to make this song come to life. Her voice is deep but so friggin perfect for this song ! December 8th, 2019
Coool😆
I loved this song as a kid in 1984.
The music is so comforting and helped me because I was stressed when we moved to Texas at 9 years old.
I'll never forget this song. ❤
I was 4 when I first heard this. I thought it was a jam. I loved it!! I am now 39...and I STILL LOVE it just as much!!! R. I.P. June❤️
I miss these ladies. They made some of the best music I ever heard.
Jennifer Lewis has said that the Pointer Sisters "Automatic" is the greatest song ever. And Ms. Lewis is always right.
Who Jennifer Lewis??
@@gregwatson8219 ...Dude, you don't know who Jennifer Lewis is!?!...She was Will Smith's aunt on the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 🤔
Jennifer Lewis brought me here from Black-ish season series ....that woman knows her stuff and I believed her when she said Automatic is the greatest music of all time
Saw them in vegas for new years and her grandkids were sing with her. Sound the exact same. Wonderful concert. Wish they would come back to vegas
This jam came on the pharmacy sound system the other day when I was on line. I started singing like a fool. The girl behind the counter who was young enough to be my daughter started giggling. This generation just doesn't know good music. That, and I'm old as shit. :(
No one will ever know what good music is, unless they sit on our lunch table. I am only 23 that's my problem.
I would do the same... And do a bootleg version of the *robot*
Yep, that's it is and always will be...their music is great and definitely one of the early trend setters of the women's group during the 70s and 80s that paved the way for future groups that came along as well.
you should have broken into a full choreographed dance and also sang along to this song while it came on in the pharmacy. you would have gone viral. in the pharmacy Ile.
Baby we are only as old as we let ourselves be. Shoot every time i hear one of my jams i'm a different age. Git it git it!!