You’re absolutely right. Gives me chills, and the backup vocals, “wow”. Has that 70’s and 80’s Philadelphia style. I miss those times. Lulu can go up against all of the top women vocalists of all time and look and sound better. “ yes, I said it”
I am listening in July of 24. I was a freshman in high school a year I made the honor roll three times. I was brash, full of myself, and I backed it up in the classroom. This song was part of the soundtrack of that awesome time, Spring semester of 1982.
I gave my daughter most of my 45s and this was played....she loved it ! 🤣 Man the late 70s and early 80s were absolutely great ! I remember driving around in my 69 Chevelle SS listening to great songs like this...then would go out and by what I liked...this was one of the songs !! It's great to know that a lot of her generation is starting to get into old albums and records and Stereo's !! 🤣🤣. Great song by Lulu.
@@andyinlv1975 I'm going to have to agree with that. As an American, if you have a #1 hit in this country your next two or three singles are almost guaranteed to go top 10, but not Lulu, her career was DOA. Terrible manager, terrible 😠!
I sang this song in a pageant as a Freshman in high school in 1982 and won Miss Homecoming! I fell in love the first time I heard it. On the B side of a small record.
Over 40yrs ago, but great talent endures. The Rocket Records album, Don't take love for granted, and Alfa Records 1980 album, Lulu! were both worthy albums and BOTH featured this song. Lulu is vastly under-rated, in my opinion.
I think this is the most underrated pop single of at least The Eighties - when it came out in the states I bought the 45 faster than you can say "To Sir With Love". In fact - if I had to say, this is my favorite pop vocal by a female of the entire 1980s, and I know EVERY top 40 song. Her phrasing on this was beyond professional, and the bridge to key change was worthy of the Brothers Gibb (including her ex-beau Maurice). Says something with 215 likes and NO thumbs down so far. xxx Thanks for sharing this!
still on my alltime fave paylist ever since...bought the single back in the 80's and gosh it was hard to get over here.. no hit. But must say, you can tell that there is an american 70's flair to the song that was not "in" anymore in Europe at the time with Fade to grey and Tainted Love ruling the charts...
Ella y ese temon hermoso fueron muy subestimados pero para mi es un temon de lo mejor que llego aca a Peru en 1981 y al toque pego en las radios locales eres una grande Lulu
I was stationed in Korea when this song aired on a tv station in the recreation building. Her voice absolutely floored me !! She really delivers the goods in a duet with Bobby Womack !!
Summer of 2021 and this song just popped into my head for some reason. Love it!.....thank you RUclips! And to think Lulus first hit was back in 1964.......and she still looks fab to this day!
Oh the 1980s! Hated them and loved them at the same time. South island New Zealand was so far away from everything. Invercargill, Dunedin, Christchurch. Now in the thick of it Sydney during a Pandemic. Lol!
Agree song is sooooooo underrated. Al you female singer /screamers Christina A. etc. LISTEN to how it's done, LuLu!! You don't have to do fifty riffs and runs every other line . Just SING with feeling, tone, soul and proper pitch.
One of her best songs. Loved the stuff she did around this time but it's not available on cd. Tracks like this and if i were you. Your love is everywhere and i love to boogie. Great vocal here
i was fifteen years old in form five, when i heard this song. i loved it then, and i love it now. lulu has so much pathos. oh, i mean Dame Lulu. i remember her tv show in the 70s, i was just 4, and she dropped out of a helicopter. she's awesome
I have this record on 45rpm i remember the vid on tv and she wore a gold shoe string low cut top as she stood looking out from a balcony. Its such a a fantastic song and what a singer!
On this day in 1981 {September 22nd} Lulu was a guest on the CBS-TV weekday-afternoon television program, 'The Merv Griffin Show'... At the time her "I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)" was at position #21 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, two weeks later it would peak at #18 {for 2 weeks} and it also spent eighteen weeks on the Top 100... It reached #3 in New Zealand and #10 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart... Between 1964 and 1982 the Lennoxtown, Scotland native had nine records on the Top 100 chart, one made the Top 10 and it reached #1, "To Sir With Love", for five weeks in 1967... Her covered version of "Shout" charted twice on the Top 100, in 1964 it reached #94 and stayed on the chart for three weeks, then three years later in 1967 it re-entered the Top 100, once again it stayed on the chart three weeks, this time around it reached #96... Lulu, born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, will celebrate her 71st birthday in two months on November 3rd, 2019...
You will not find Millennials listening to this type of music, but I'm 34 years old. (and no, I don't listen to much of the junk that is heard today in pop radio). I heard this song from a gold-leaning soft rock radio station on the internet several years ago. This is an incredible song from an artist who had one of the biggest hits in the 60's "To Sir With Love." If you listen to the early 1980's music especially some of the country music, there is something special that comes out of many of these songs with this song being an example. It was the feeling that you get living in that time period that you will not find today.
She really gives ol' Aretha Franklin a run for her money on this one! Very soulful, great backup chorus, all round fine song! I had forgotten this, thanks for posting.
so great,overlooked in the seventies because radio was playng carly simon,joni mitchell,and carole king-good song writers but they couldn't hold a note if you wrote them a letter,it took whitney houston to get radio to appreciate great vocalists again
This was originally on her Rocket album, "Don't Take Love for Granted" and showed up on the self-titled Alfa album. It is a great song and Lulu is brilliant!
@jonbecker03 This song was recorded by Melba Moore first in 1980 and on her album "Closer". However, it was Lulu that had the big hit with it. Both versions are great though.
Thanks so much for posting - haven't seen this since it first came out all those years ago! Got this album - it's probably the most played thing in my vinyl collection.
Whew! It's benn a minute since I ehard this. I remember this being played in the hood. I remember another song that hit the hood too.....hmmmmm....I think it was IF I WERE YOU. Have to look it up and see if was dreaming.
This is one of the most underrated songs in pop history. Lulu is an amazing singer I love her.
Yes... remember that years and she never was in the top's. Beeing a good song... !
You’re absolutely right.
Gives me chills, and the backup vocals, “wow”. Has that 70’s and 80’s Philadelphia style.
I miss those times.
Lulu can go up against all of the top women vocalists of all time and look and sound better.
“ yes, I said it”
Totally agree! Love this song. She's kind of like Olivia Newton John with the workout look and sound.
Triia Martin very true.
Lovely LuLu ❤
It's a great song, and she is a fantastic singer, and she's from the East end of Glasgow! Bravo Lulu !!!
I love this song, who's listening that song in May 2.022.
I am listening in July of 24. I was a freshman in high school a year I made the honor roll three times. I was brash, full of myself, and I backed it up in the classroom. This song was part of the soundtrack of that awesome time, Spring semester of 1982.
Uffff. Que recuerdo , volví a retroceder en el tiempo , que vivencias tan bonitas.
Heard this little gem on the radio this morning - shamefully not a hit here in the UK....best thing she ever did ??
Oh , Lovely LuLu 💕
Her voice makes me happy . I feel so good !
I gave my daughter most of my 45s and this was played....she loved it ! 🤣
Man the late 70s and early 80s were absolutely great ! I remember driving around in my 69 Chevelle SS listening to great songs like this...then would go out and by what I liked...this was one of the songs !!
It's great to know that a lot of her generation is starting to get into old albums and records and Stereo's !! 🤣🤣. Great song by Lulu.
This woman has always been so soulful🤗
Amazing beautiful voice!
I could never understand why lulu never had a bigger singing career oh that voice she has is amazing
Posh Tart it’s her publicity agent Edina Monsoons fault...
@@andyinlv1975 I'm going to have to agree with that. As an American, if you have a #1 hit in this country your next two or three singles are almost guaranteed to go top 10, but not Lulu, her career was DOA. Terrible manager, terrible 😠!
She should have done more movies too she was good in to sir with love
Agree
I sang this song in a pageant as a Freshman in high school in 1982 and won Miss Homecoming! I fell in love the first time I heard it. On the B side of a small record.
This song is one of my best Favourite Song from She. And the complete Don't Take Love For Granted album...
great song its a crime it didnt do well in the charts lulu is a national treasure love her
+Adrian Symcox just love this lady so underrated as a singer she be a great x factor judge
I'd say #18 on American top 40, is doin' well. Dave
#2 on the Adult Contemporary chart 10/10/1981
Over 40yrs ago, but great talent endures. The Rocket Records album, Don't take love for granted, and Alfa Records 1980 album, Lulu! were both worthy albums and BOTH featured this song. Lulu is vastly under-rated, in my opinion.
loved this song from the first time it broke into Americas top 40 with kasey kasem I miss shaggy rest in peace !
I think this is the most underrated pop single of at least The Eighties - when it came out in the states I bought the 45 faster than you can say "To Sir With Love". In fact - if I had to say, this is my favorite pop vocal by a female of the entire 1980s, and I know EVERY top 40 song. Her phrasing on this was beyond professional, and the bridge to key change was worthy of the Brothers Gibb (including her ex-beau Maurice). Says something with 215 likes and NO thumbs down so far. xxx Thanks for sharing this!
i agree
still on my alltime fave paylist ever since...bought the single back in the 80's and gosh it was hard to get over here.. no hit. But must say, you can tell that there is an american 70's flair to the song that was not "in" anymore in Europe at the time with Fade to grey and Tainted Love ruling the charts...
Wasn't she Mrs. Maurice Gibbs, they were married
+falldownhard
What other songs like this do you like?
Yes. That's true. They were married for a few years. But even after they divorced, they still were friends.
epic song... beautiful memories... third year in college... life was simpler
Love this song. It was on a cassette of songs I'd recorded off the radio. It finally stopped working. 😢
Such an Incredible Singer, Lulu Has a Tremendous Personality ❤❤❤
My favourite Lulu song :)
Mine too.
Lulu's last top 40 single a song that reached number 15 on Billboard pop singles chart in 1981 a very good vocal performance
Lulu baby, amazing sound, old school, back in the day.
Ella y ese temon hermoso fueron muy subestimados pero para mi es un temon de lo mejor que llego aca a Peru en 1981 y al toque pego en las radios locales eres una grande Lulu
Thanks for sharing
I was stationed in Korea when this song aired on a tv station in the recreation building. Her voice absolutely floored me !! She really delivers the goods in a duet with Bobby Womack !!
Love this song. Lulu was so underrated.
Well written and very performed
Summer of 2021 and this song just popped into my head for some reason. Love it!.....thank you RUclips!
And to think Lulus first hit was back in 1964.......and she still looks fab to this day!
Hi, this is such a great track. Thanks and cheers from Australia.
Oh the 1980s! Hated them and loved them at the same time. South island New Zealand was so far away from everything.
Invercargill, Dunedin, Christchurch. Now in the thick of it Sydney during a Pandemic. Lol!
Agree song is sooooooo underrated. Al you female singer /screamers Christina A. etc. LISTEN to how it's done, LuLu!! You don't have to do fifty riffs and runs every other line . Just SING with feeling, tone, soul and proper pitch.
Beautiful, an underrated gem!
One of her best songs. Loved the stuff she did around this time but it's not available on cd. Tracks like this and if i were you. Your love is everywhere and i love to boogie. Great vocal here
it's available now -- look for 'Lulu Gold'
@@rigormortis414 yes but I love to boogie and your love is everywhere not available anywhere
@@malcolmwearin4185 I'm pretty sure those are also on 'Lulu Gold'
Just looked all there except your love is everywhere and working nights now . Both good singles
Her voice conveys such emotion. I remember when 'To Sir with Love' came out, and brought tears to my eyes when I was a young kid.
Always loved her voice. She brought out the emotion of a song like few others.
Un temazo bailable con una interpretación hermosa. 🕺
such an underrated singer I felt lulu could have had a bigger singing career she had the voice
Born Marie McDonald McLaughlin. Lulu hit #18 in Billboard, 10-10-81. Bless you, fritz, for postin' it. Thanx! Have a blessed week!
this song had a great beat, I could have danced forever, she was underrated
Still listening to this great song and artist, FOREVERRRR
Classic soft Rock. always love this song.
i was fifteen years old in form five, when i heard this song. i loved it then, and i love it now. lulu has so much pathos. oh, i mean Dame Lulu. i remember her tv show in the 70s, i was just 4, and she dropped out of a helicopter. she's awesome
Very underrated singer... this was top 20 in the US. For decades with the exception of Dusty, she was the best British female vocalist
great song this lady so underated in my book
Nice song. Stands the test of time.
Great song by a great singer. By the time of my writing there is no thumb down and 63 thumbs up. A very rare achievement.
I LOVE this song from Lulu. I didn't buy her album when it came out in 1980 but this song ROCKS. Thank you for posting.
Always adored Lulu, what an amazing voice
I have this record on 45rpm
i remember the vid on tv and she wore a gold shoe string low cut top as she stood looking out from a balcony.
Its such a a fantastic song and what a singer!
This woman has an Awesome voice. This particular album is one of her best.
On this day in 1981 {September 22nd} Lulu was a guest on the CBS-TV weekday-afternoon television program, 'The Merv Griffin Show'...
At the time her "I Could Never Miss You (More Than I Do)" was at position #21 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, two weeks later it would peak at #18 {for 2 weeks} and it also spent eighteen weeks on the Top 100...
It reached #3 in New Zealand and #10 on the Canadian RPM Singles chart...
Between 1964 and 1982 the Lennoxtown, Scotland native had nine records on the Top 100 chart, one made the Top 10 and it reached #1, "To Sir With Love", for five weeks in 1967...
Her covered version of "Shout" charted twice on the Top 100, in 1964 it reached #94 and stayed on the chart for three weeks, then three years later in 1967 it re-entered the Top 100, once again it stayed on the chart three weeks, this time around it reached #96...
Lulu, born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, will celebrate her 71st birthday in two months on November 3rd, 2019...
Why was the pyramid so ubiquitous in many MTV videos especially from the early 80s?
Life does not diminish some songbirds!
What a find I love this song!! Never knew she did a video for this. Thanks for posting this classic. Hit #18 on Billboard in the fall of 1981.
Beggars belief this never made it in the top 10 in the US or UK
She was a good Singer Lulu, she is on par with Bernie Nolan, Bernie was a great Singer, under appreciated as well.
One of my all-time favorite songs! Lulu is great!
Always loved this song. I used to think she was black the very first time I heard it.
Been a fan since 1967
What are her best songs?
You will not find Millennials listening to this type of music, but I'm 34 years old. (and no, I don't listen to much of the junk that is heard today in pop radio). I heard this song from a gold-leaning soft rock radio station on the internet several years ago. This is an incredible song from an artist who had one of the biggest hits in the 60's "To Sir With Love." If you listen to the early 1980's music especially some of the country music, there is something special that comes out of many of these songs with this song being an example. It was the feeling that you get living in that time period that you will not find today.
wow wow wow busqué esta canción por meses hasta que al fin la encuentro, gracias por bajarla, buenísima buenísima
She really gives ol' Aretha Franklin a run for her money on this one! Very soulful, great backup chorus, all round fine song! I had forgotten this, thanks for posting.
Great song,I couldn't understand why it wasn't a bigger hit here in the UK. Also she was a real sexy lady around this time!
Freemans catalogues thought so! 😊
fue lo mejor que escuche en labios de una mujer tan bella como Lulu
♥️ nice
1979 great song
Love you Lulu...
love her voice
THE song for the LOVE that you lost but ALWAYS remember.
so great,overlooked in the seventies because radio was playng carly simon,joni mitchell,and carole king-good song writers but they couldn't hold a note if you wrote them a letter,it took whitney houston to get radio to appreciate great vocalists again
This was originally on her Rocket album, "Don't Take Love for Granted" and showed up on the self-titled Alfa album. It is a great song and Lulu is brilliant!
+Dennis Lee Cleven Are there any other good songs on the Rocket album?
Still jamming to lulu 👍
oh, this brings back memories!!!!
a big hit in the US in the late summer/early fall of 1981.
I'm shocked it didnt do better in the UK.
Loved this song as a young teen and still now
Love this song. Missing my lost girl 2020.😥
awesome I remember hearing this on the radio alot in 82.
still has the disco flavor
One of the GREATEST songs ever sang. I LOVE Lulu!
I wish this lady had a bigger career she is so amazing and what a voice lulu you rock !
Great tune that brings back floods of memories from long ago.
Thank you for posting-I have been searching for the video for years. The song is as fresh today as it was in the fall of 1981.
Possibly the most under-rated song of the 80's
Honestly, this song is my most favorite by Lulu. I mean its just the best song ever.
this song is the bomb. thx for posting!!!!!!!!!
Champagne for Lulu!
@jonbecker03
This song was recorded by Melba Moore first in 1980 and on her album "Closer". However, it was Lulu that had the big hit with it. Both versions are great though.
Wonderful!
I love this song. It's a classic
Thank you so much for uploading this....great song!!!!!
Thanks for posting
this was all ova the radio here in the US,
had to have been in the top 5.
LOVE it! Should have been a huge hit
Pity that Lulu did not extend her career enough ! She was a born rocker !
Karharias she has had a successful 50 plus year career, here in the UK
She used to model for Freemans Mail Order catalogues for years
she so sweet
Thanks so much for posting - haven't seen this since it first came out all those years ago! Got this album - it's probably the most played thing in my vinyl collection.
TheDancingCookie I can’t find the album on ITunes or Spotify. Dam!
what a great song to take lulu into the 1980s
i used to love this song in college
this was a hit back in the 80's...damn i'm old...
I was so happy when this came out,she wasn't a one hit wonder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She had already had two hits in the US--"Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool For You Baby)" from 1970 was her second.
@@mga7076 She actually had four top 40 US hits altogether and a further five which hit the US Billboard hot hundred.
Whew! It's benn a minute since I ehard this. I remember this being played in the hood. I remember another song that hit the hood too.....hmmmmm....I think it was IF I WERE YOU. Have to look it up and see if was dreaming.
LU2 sweetest heart inthe world. I'll be right here.
I love this song! What happened to all the great songs!
such a great voice