This was a MONSTER hit when released and got a lot of 'disco' club play. This song, played LOUD, on speakers, in the club, with the sound bouncing off your body....GREAT times !!
Shannon was a part of a more underground dance music scene in the 80's, though some like her broke thru such as Stacey Q, Pebbles, Taylor Dayne, Jody Watley, Klymaxx, Nenah Cherry, Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam, etc.
Yep, part of the Freestyle movement. Triniere, Debbie Deb, George Lamond, Lisette Melendez, The Cover Girls, Exposé, Johnny O, Stevie B! Sigh, memories.
I work a customer service job and as a member of gen x, imagine my surprise last year when a call came through on my phone from Taylor Dayne! I was trying so hard to keep my cool. She was super nice. 🥰
Absolutely!! Exposé pronounced Ek spow zay was a huge miami trio with a sound of their own. I suggest Exposé - Point of no return, let me be the one, and beautiful ballad seasons change. Their music was considered Pop/Dance music but many people/fans still consider this part of the freestyle genre.
OMG, PLEASE go down the house/freestyle music rabbit hole!!!!!! Lisa lisa and the cult jam. Pebbles, Expose, the cover girls. OOOh and Please get to Crystal Waters!!! the 80's and 90's dance/club scene was everything!!!!!!!
This was a hustle dance, disco or freedance. I loved dancing to this song at the Underground in Virginia in the 80s. So much fun! Loved the clothes, too!
I remember hearing a story about Shannon back on the old Casey Kasem show. I think Shannon made a pledge to herself that if she didn't hit #1 on the Dance Charts with her first single, she'd give up music forever. Well, she did hit #1 with her first single (this one). She also hit #1 with her SECOND single, "Give Me Tonight", and later a third time with "Do You Wanna Get Away". This is one of those songs that never leaves your brain, ever. This was right in the same wheel house as artists like Teena Marie. There are a few others that you haven't checked out, though. "Meeting in the Ladies Room" by Klymaxx, "Mercedes Boy" by Pebbles, "The Way You Love Me" by Karyn White; "A Love Bizarre" by Sheila E. (feat. Prince), and "Everybody Everybody" by Black Box.
@Patrick Hodges Now that you mention it, I think I like "Do You Wanna Get Away" the best out of her hits. That song rocks! I bet Amber and Jay would love it. Also - thank you for all of the 80s music anecdotes you post. I think we had parallel childhoods or something, ha. You'd definitely beat me in an 80's music trivia contest, and that's saying a lot. My brain is stuffed full of (mostly) useless 80s music trivia! :)
We used to break on laid out refrigerator boxes at the Rogers Station subway station in Baltimore. Our "DJ " made a crude mix of this jam and we killed an 8 minute set. 2 Pop lock boys, 2 flyers, and 2 ground men - we used to battle that sh**.
YES!!! Been waiting for some "Freestyle/High Energy" reactions. Went through some of the comments and I'm stunned I didn't see Trinere, Debbie Deb, Stevie B, Connie, Cover Girls or Club Nouveau recommended at all. Fall down this rabbit hole, especially since "Your boy Jay" grew up with Zapp & Roger, those artists ☝🏽 go hand in hand, same mixtape/playlist. I'll start you off: Connie - Funky Little Beat Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music Debbie Deb - Lookout Weekend Stevie B - Spring Love Trinere - They're Playing Our Song Club Nouveau - Why You Treat Me So Bad Club Nouveau - Jealousy Club Nouveau - Rumors The Cover Girls - Because of You Trust, you need these songs in your life. Anyone else agree? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
Oh, could you imagine an 80s themed club? All of us old fossils would be showing off those old school dance moves... and paying dearly for it the next day! Amber and Jay, you guys would have a special invite to opening night... and any other time you wanted to groove! BUT... there would have to be a 70s night at least once a month... or better yet, once a week! Also going to take this chance to once again recommend "FLY AWAY" BY JOHN DENVER WITH OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN!!!!!!!!!!! RIP Dame Olivia!!!
A couple years ago, I was invited to an "80's prom" themed party at a venue. The band that played all night is called "High in the mid 80's". We all went dressed up like it was the 80's. The 80's band was AWESOME!! All they played was 80's music all night. They voted prom King and Queen. I won Prom Queen!!! 😂 There was all this confetti falling on us, up on stage. They put a tiera on my head. It was hysterical. We all had a BLAST! ❤️❤️❤️ (I'm a Gen X'er).
This brings me to a great memory going to a mixer at another college. My crush was there. The song played and it played out. He came back. Me & my friend freaked out. The way you danced was you just let the music take you. You enjoyed it. You didn't care about how you looked doing it just that you looked good and had fun.
"Let The Music Play" started what was known as the "Freestyle" genre. It was basically disco meets the electronic, new wave age. I bought this 45 in 1983. Try her song "Give Me Tonight" {long version}. It's great...
@@jeffreekoch9298 ~ I loved "Freestyle". You're right, it was a lot of fun. We danced to these songs all the time. Unlike disco though, there was no special look, or 'move' needed. We were simply "free" to dance as we liked...
Shannon's - Let the Music Play, Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock gave way to a new genre called “Freestyle” but at first, it was called Latin Hip-Hop or Latin Freestyle. You should check… Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Can You Feel The Beat, Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart, The Cover Girls - Show Me, Judy Torres - No Reason To Cry, Cynthia- Change On Me, Lisette Melendez - Together Forever, Expose - Come Go With Me, Sa-Fire - Boy, I’ve Been Told, Lil Suzy- Take Me In Your Arms, Rockell - In A Dream My Love, Stacey Q - Two Of Hearts, Jocelyn Enriquez - Do You Miss Me, Noel - Silent Morning, George Lamond - Bad Of The Heart, Stevie B - Spring Love, Coro - Can’t Let You Go, Collage - I’ll Be Loving You, TKA - Louder Than Love, Linear - Sending All My Love. There’s more to name but those are the few you can check.
Hi. This is not the original recording..Shannon released a few rereleased versions with new vocals. Either way, she was the BEST freestyle artist of her time...
This song is real dance music. Great Groove with a singer who can actually sing. Hope you listen to the dance duo, La Bouche’s dance hit, Be My Lover. The singer sadly died in a plane crash.
80's Freestyle was and is my jam! Shannon was awesome! Check out Safire, she had some memorable hits, highlighted by Don't Break My Heart, Boy I've Been Told, Let Me Be The One, and Made Up My Mind.
This is what we call FREESTYLE. Freestyle music is the best genre of EDM (electronic dance music). Freestyle was huge in the 80's and 90's. Freestyle is still popular today. I just went to a huge Freesyle concert in Orlando at the Amway Center, 20k people attended. You have to react to more Freestyle artist, like Expose',The Cover Girls, Sweet Sensation, Debbie Deb, Lil' Suzy, TKA, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Stevie B.
It isn't disco it was called Freestyle music then later Latin Freestyle music. Disco was pretty much dead by 1981 but its sound birthed other genres like Freestyle, House and Eurodance.
It was 1984 and I was out one very hot Saturday night on the west side of Chicago at a very popular dance club. Like always, the dance floor was packed shoulder to shoulder by all these amazingly talented, beautiful couples just tearing up the dance floor. For reasons I can't recall, probably heat exhaustion, around 1:30 am the dance floor was empty for a brief period and Shannon's "Let the Music Play" fired up and right away a couple ran out there that were very different from all the folks you'd normally see out there dancing for they were both very large and considerably older than everyone else. I remember better than half the people in the club were either giving them a ""Are you two serious?" type looks and many pointing and laughing with their friends. I thought it was absolutely awesome that these two folks, who appeared to be in love, having a beautiful night out and didn't have a single f*ck to give what anybody else in that club thought and just blew me away with how much fun they were having. You should have seen them out there just gliding around the dance floor as if they were were skating on ice. She was mouthing the words and the two of them were acting out the lyrics to the song. By the time the song had ended I don't think there was a person in the club that wasn't part of this amazing roar of approval at the conclusion their moment out there alone on the dance floor. For some reason this sticks with me and it's probably because it was one of the most beautiful, awesome feeling and kick-ass displays that I've ever witnessed.
YES!!! You’re getting to the dance music!!!! I’m a teenager back in Brooklyn, cruising while blasting this song again on the way to the club; yep, we got in every time 😀. Please react to Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam’s “I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME”; it was a huge hit and is a toe dip into 80’s “Freestyle” music ❤️❤️❤️
YESSS MORE FREESTYLE MUSIC!! We wanna see Jay jamming in his seat! Please check out Stevie B - Spring Love, Party your body, Dreamin’ of love, & In my eyes..
I made a fool of myself on the dance floor many times to this music. Back in the day, you got out on the floor whether you could dance or not. Great memories.
Really interesting that in the early 80's I was mostly a rocker and also into new wave, but I heard this song and INSTANTLY LOVED it!! This was when disco was transitioning to club music. I had the DJ make me a mix-tape with this on it.
I suggested this almost a year ago, glad you got around to it. The song is basically dance club culture, dancing with a stranger before even knowing their name, unspoken vibes, but no one is committed to dance with the same person. So she was getting her groove on with a guy, then another song came on and he moved on to dance with someone else and she is just trusting the music and the groove to bring him back to her. This was a very common occurence in the clubs back then. The other band of this genre I think of is PLANET PATROL with tracks like Cheap Thrills, Play it at your own risk, and I didn't know I loved you til I saw you rock and roll.
In my area, we have a charity event each spring called The 80's Prom where you dress up like you were back in the 80's and boogie down to awesome 80's music.
East Los Angeles, early 80’s, I’m a Metalhead, my disco friends invite me to a backyard party to meet girls, cool songs playing then the DJ plays this LOUD and I’m mesmerized by the sound and how many people started to dance and pop-lock…right after this, DJ played Nucleus “Jam on it”… nearly 40 yrs later still remember that night, good times…
Shannon was one of the first to introduce Latin Freestyle into the clubs. Latin freestyle was a popular genre in the 80s, characterized by sporadic, dark, syncopated rhythms (similar to Latin American rhythms) and synths out the wazoo. It became a fast, cheap way to make hits. Thanks for this video! That said, you guys should react to some of Alisha's stuff. All Night Passion, Do You Dream About Me? (from the movie Mannequin featuring a young Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall) , and Too Turned On are some of her popular ones.
What’s interesting is that freestyle music was mostly created by blacks and latins, like hip hop in the beginning especially in the Bronx. Blacks artists developed hip hop and Latin artists developed Latin freestyle which was a hybrid of club, some disco elements, minor keys heavy, hip hop elements and synth pop elements. As the genre grew more Latin influenced beats came in as well.
You have opened up a rabbit hole of the genre of "freestyle" or "Latin Freestyle".... A VIIIIIBE! Especially in roller skating rinks. Anyone calling this disco doesn't know what they're talking about. Try Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam- I Wonder if I Take you Home, or Nu Shooz- I can't wait.
One of my most favorite songs of all time, thanks for reacting to it. :) It might be the first song I ever heard with a Roland TB-303. "Give Me Tonight" was another popular song of hers.
This was the New York to Miami club music sound of the 80's which included artists like Stevie B, Debbie Deb, Trinere, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Expose, The Cover Girls, Pebbles, Klymaxx and Joyce Sims. Check out these hits. They were the jams back then. Trinere - They're Playing Our Song Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - I Wonder If I Take You Home The Cover Girls - Show Me Stevie B - Spring Love Expose - Point Of No Return Expose - Come Go With Me Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music Debbie Deb - Look Out Weekend Klymaxx - Meeting In The Ladies Room Pebbles - Mercedes Boy Pebbles - Girlfriend Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life
This was a huge hit for Shannon in 1983. Check out Jody Watley's hits, Real Love, Looking for a New Love, Everything, Friends, and Don't You Want Me. Also, check out Pebbles and her hits Girlfriend and Mercedes Boy! And check out Karyn White and her mega-hit, Superwoman! These were some of the top hit makers of the eighties. 💖💖
I remember Shannon from the Streetsounds albums in the UK with 'Give Me Tonight'. I requested this song at the school disco in '83 and the crowd clearing so some of the lads could show off their breakdance moves! (I believe she was a classically trained vocalist too!) Awesome tune 😃
this song is considered the first freestyle of all time, believe it or not another banger from this era is by Nu Shooz called "I Can't Wait", you both would love it!
This is from the 80s Freestyle genre. You should listen to more Freestyle like Debbie Deb Look Out Weekend. Lisa Lisa, expose, the cover girls are all apart of that genre as well
I just got up and did the parts of the breakdance routine my crew had..🤣😂..only the poppin' parts of course. I think my wife was impressed, definitely surprised...thank you ...1
This was one of my favorites in the early 80s !!! You two chair dancing is the way we danced on the floor moving and bouncing around…lol the clubs loved this song!!😘
I worked in a record store when this came out. Everyone liked this song. I remember talking to "metal heads" and even they thought it was a great song. 1
I need to check to see of the Soul Train dancers did a line dance feature to this song. ... Funny, when I was in my 20s this song came out, but I was too fixated on rock to give the song its due. As I've gotten older, my horizons have expanded--more to love out there. Great stuff.
You just now tapped into the Freestyle genre with Shannon other groups to check out are Debbie Deb, Expose', Trinere, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and many more...
‘Centipede’ by Rebbie Jackson, ‘Meeting In The Ladies’ Room’ by Klymaxx, ‘Change Your Mind’ by Sharpe & Numan, ‘New Thing From London Town’ by Sharpe & Numan
Great song. Brings back great memories of the 80s and dancing to it. I remember buying the 12 inch extended play single. Give me tonight another good one by Shannon.
It doesn't get more 80s sounding than this! This was my era, and let me tell you, it was fabulous. The music 🎶, the clothes, the dancing 🕺 💃. Hey, has anyone invented a time machine yet? Oohhh, I wish. 🤞❣🔥🎼🎙
Unfortunately this is a very shortened single edit and you guys missed so much of what makes this song epic, the extended dance version especially the version which starts off with an instrumental portion that leads into a fierce whipping sound and the song then kicks in. There is a great break in the middle of the dance version which is full of sounds which you would really get into Jay. I recommend you guys check out another of her hits which Amber I think you would get into the story, it’s called “Give Me Tonight”, but, if you do choose to react to it please make sure it’s the 12” extended version to fully appreciate the production and the epic 80s sounds you’ll hear. Shannon also had another hit called “Do You Wanna Get Away” which was another banger, but, personally, I think “Give Me Tonight” is a better choice.
I went to a aerobics class one and will it finish I haven't even broken into a sweat I realise it was because at the time I was dancing to 12 inch extended remixes of tracked like this. You can't beat the 80s
Shannon was part of the Freestyle Dance movement (not to be confused with Freestyle Rap). This is a kind of electronic dance music that was popular in the mid to late 80s, which I don't think you've reacted to until now. It was mostly an underground dance club scene, but some songs like this one did hit the charts. It competed with New Wave Synth dance clubs. You can read about this music style in the Freestyle Music article in Wikipedia. If you do any more freestyle songs, I highly recommend the following: The Cover Girls - Because Of You - ruclips.net/video/lSwDOENwNR8/видео.html Expose - Exposed to Love - ruclips.net/video/23MGB8QtLgI/видео.html Cynthia - Thief of Hearts - ruclips.net/video/-d42VJ8AgnU/видео.html There are tons of others! Rob will especially love these songs!
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This was a MONSTER hit when released and got a lot of 'disco' club play.
This song, played LOUD, on speakers, in the club, with the sound bouncing off your body....GREAT times !!
Definitely! The bass would pump through your chest; best times of my life ❤️
It was loud in my car stereo which was more expensive than the actual car.
@@rbodee haha...I could relate to that!! The car may have been 'crappy' but the stereo was always killer!!
@@rbodee Hahaha! When we were dating, my husband had no room in the trunk because of Amps and speaker boxes 😂❤️
We RAANNNN to the dance floor when this beat dropped!!!
She is regarded as the QUEEN OF FREESTYLE. This tune helped usher in the "Freestyle" subgenre. Therefore, Shannon is a legend in her own right.
Shannon was a part of a more underground dance music scene in the 80's, though some like her broke thru such as Stacey Q, Pebbles, Taylor Dayne, Jody Watley, Klymaxx, Nenah Cherry, Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam, etc.
Klymaxx .... Smoking in the GrLs room ... Yes!!!! .... I miss you - banger!!!! ❤️
Yep, part of the Freestyle movement. Triniere, Debbie Deb, George Lamond, Lisette Melendez, The Cover Girls, Exposé, Johnny O, Stevie B! Sigh, memories.
Yes! They were all fabulous!
I work a customer service job and as a member of gen x, imagine my surprise last year when a call came through on my phone from Taylor Dayne! I was trying so hard to keep my cool. She was super nice. 🥰
@@amyconnors8918 did you ask her to tell it to your heart?
This was an anthem of breakdance back in the 80 's....you have no idea how fun was those days..😁😁
Yup. That’s how you dance to this. Pure B-boy moves.
I was a kid and later fell in love with 90”s breakbeat.. so many good sounds!
She had another hit in the club back in my day called "Give Me Tonight." It could be a good one for female Friday.
Give me tonight is FIRE (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)
Great song .
But it’s gotta be the 12” version though
💯💣
I prefer give me tonight
This was a skating rink staple back in the day! This song takes me back!
Others have mentioned "Give Me Tonight." It's another strong hit of hers from the 80s. Give it a shot.
This song was HUGE back in the early 80s! It packed the dancefloors!
Shannon had a vocal style all her own. I loved watching my older siblings dance to this jam. Y'all might also like Exposé.
Dana says- Yes! Expose' with their Miami Dance sound had such bangers.
Absolutely!! Exposé pronounced Ek spow zay was a huge miami trio with a sound of their own. I suggest Exposé - Point of no return, let me be the one, and beautiful ballad seasons change. Their music was considered Pop/Dance music but many people/fans still consider this part of the freestyle genre.
Expose is a great late 80s/early 90s group. Awesome tunes!
Klymaxx, Klymaxx, Klymaxx. "The Men All Pause" and "Meeting in the Ladies Room". Must listen:)
That was the song back in the day, everyone was on the dance floor when this was playing.
OMG, PLEASE go down the house/freestyle music rabbit hole!!!!!! Lisa lisa and the cult jam. Pebbles, Expose, the cover girls. OOOh and Please get to Crystal Waters!!! the 80's and 90's dance/club scene was everything!!!!!!!
Once they start, they will not want to come out of it. Just club bangers
A huge hit! I also recommend that you listen to Sheila E. The Glamorous Life. She's not only the singer but plays a mean drum. Island vibes for sure
Great song and video.
they need to hear the long version of glamorous life
This was a hustle dance, disco or freedance. I loved dancing to this song at the Underground in Virginia in the 80s. So much fun! Loved the clothes, too!
I remember hearing a story about Shannon back on the old Casey Kasem show. I think Shannon made a pledge to herself that if she didn't hit #1 on the Dance Charts with her first single, she'd give up music forever. Well, she did hit #1 with her first single (this one). She also hit #1 with her SECOND single, "Give Me Tonight", and later a third time with "Do You Wanna Get Away". This is one of those songs that never leaves your brain, ever. This was right in the same wheel house as artists like Teena Marie. There are a few others that you haven't checked out, though. "Meeting in the Ladies Room" by Klymaxx, "Mercedes Boy" by Pebbles, "The Way You Love Me" by Karyn White; "A Love Bizarre" by Sheila E. (feat. Prince), and "Everybody Everybody" by Black Box.
A Love Bizarre! What a bop!!!
Casey Kasem! There’s a blast from the past!
@Patrick Hodges Now that you mention it, I think I like "Do You Wanna Get Away" the best out of her hits. That song rocks! I bet Amber and Jay would love it.
Also - thank you for all of the 80s music anecdotes you post. I think we had parallel childhoods or something, ha. You'd definitely beat me in an 80's music trivia contest, and that's saying a lot. My brain is stuffed full of (mostly) useless 80s music trivia! :)
I didn't know that she hit #1 with those other two songs. I love them both!! 🙂
Patrick is keeping it real! Listen to this man's suggestions. I am gonna second all he said because he brought up some choice stuff!
She also sang GIVE ME TONIGHT!
Jay & Amber, she had two more huge Dance/R&B hits "Give Me Tonight" and "My Heart's Divided"!
Good song to dance to….disco! Dance all night… boogie woogie Feet hurt…. don’t care! Dance until you can’t dance anymore!
I agree! It reminds me of skating at the roller rink in my hometown!
I put Give Me Tonight just above this one, but both are fantastic.
@@jadakid6942 I agree
And " do you wanna get away do you wanna escape"
Freestyle music! Loved this song so much.
This and Madonna's Holiday, released around the same time, both post-disco, yet I still visualize the disco ball spinning all night to these songs. 🎇
That and Get Into The Groove by Madonna, produced by Nile Rodgers from Chic was a jam too.
When Holiday first came out, I thought it was a Shannon song. 😀
We used to break on laid out refrigerator boxes at the Rogers Station subway station in Baltimore. Our "DJ " made a crude mix of this jam and we killed an 8 minute set. 2 Pop lock boys, 2 flyers, and 2 ground men - we used to battle that sh**.
Freestyle from the 80s, yo!!! Other artists in this genre were mentioned below-pls check out Exposé’s “Come Go With Me” and “Point of No Return”👍🏼
YES!!! Been waiting for some "Freestyle/High Energy" reactions. Went through some of the comments and I'm stunned I didn't see Trinere, Debbie Deb, Stevie B, Connie, Cover Girls or Club Nouveau recommended at all. Fall down this rabbit hole, especially since "Your boy Jay" grew up with Zapp & Roger, those artists ☝🏽 go hand in hand, same mixtape/playlist. I'll start you off:
Connie - Funky Little Beat
Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music
Debbie Deb - Lookout Weekend
Stevie B - Spring Love
Trinere - They're Playing Our Song
Club Nouveau - Why You Treat Me So Bad
Club Nouveau - Jealousy
Club Nouveau - Rumors
The Cover Girls - Because of You
Trust, you need these songs in your life. Anyone else agree? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
Oh, could you imagine an 80s themed club? All of us old fossils would be showing off those old school dance moves... and paying dearly for it the next day! Amber and Jay, you guys would have a special invite to opening night... and any other time you wanted to groove! BUT... there would have to be a 70s night at least once a month... or better yet, once a week! Also going to take this chance to once again recommend "FLY AWAY" BY JOHN DENVER WITH OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN!!!!!!!!!!! RIP Dame Olivia!!!
A couple years ago, I was invited to an "80's prom" themed party at a venue. The band that played all night is called "High in the mid 80's". We all went dressed up like it was the 80's. The 80's band was AWESOME!! All they played was 80's music all night. They voted prom King and Queen. I won Prom Queen!!! 😂 There was all this confetti falling on us, up on stage. They put a tiera on my head. It was hysterical. We all had a BLAST! ❤️❤️❤️ (I'm a Gen X'er).
@@user-or1ye3iz6d love it!
Pot store one one side..massage therapist on the other
We’d throw out our backs and knees and it would be WORTH IT!!!
In Toronto, pre-Covid, there was a monthly “Retro Road Show” which was an 80s/90s video dance party at a dance hall. Miss those days!
Shannon was considered to be the beginning of the Freestyle Movement.
Freestyle music. 🎶
Big in the '80s and '90s.
This brings me to a great memory going to a mixer at another college. My crush was there. The song played and it played out. He came back. Me & my friend freaked out. The way you danced was you just let the music take you. You enjoyed it. You didn't care about how you looked doing it just that you looked good and had fun.
Jays reaction and Amber getting lost in that beat was exactly what I needed tonight. Jay’s smile is awesome
This is anotther one of those songs that we played at every single teenage dance we had. How do you dance to it?....you GROOVE to it, that's how.
If you like this, you should try Catch Me I’m Falling, by Pretty Poison, and Pump Up the Volume by M.A.R.R.S
YES!
Great suggestions 🥰
Yes. I totally agree. Great picks
"Let The Music Play" started what was known as the "Freestyle" genre. It was basically disco meets the electronic, new wave age. I bought this 45 in 1983. Try her song "Give Me Tonight" {long version}. It's great...
With a Latin style music twist and early hip hop/breakdance beat as well. Freestyle was fun, great in the '80s and early '90s. 🎶
@@jeffreekoch9298 ~ I loved "Freestyle". You're right, it was a lot of fun. We danced to these songs all the time. Unlike disco though, there was no special look, or 'move' needed. We were simply "free" to dance as we liked...
FINALLY a Freestyle genre reaction!!
One of my favorite dance grooves.
You got to dance, the rhythm and percussion is simply Awesome.
This was a huge skating ⛸️ song in the 80's
Shannon's - Let the Music Play, Afrika Bambaataa & Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock gave way to a new genre called “Freestyle” but at first, it was called Latin Hip-Hop or Latin Freestyle. You should check… Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Can You Feel The Beat, Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart, The Cover Girls - Show Me, Judy Torres - No Reason To Cry, Cynthia- Change On Me, Lisette Melendez - Together Forever, Expose - Come Go With Me, Sa-Fire - Boy, I’ve Been Told, Lil Suzy- Take Me In Your Arms, Rockell - In A Dream My Love, Stacey Q - Two Of Hearts, Jocelyn Enriquez - Do You Miss Me, Noel - Silent Morning, George Lamond - Bad Of The Heart, Stevie B - Spring Love, Coro - Can’t Let You Go, Collage - I’ll Be Loving You, TKA - Louder Than Love, Linear - Sending All My Love. There’s more to name but those are the few you can check.
Wow all the freestyle artist! Sa-Fire whatttt!!
Hi. This is not the original recording..Shannon released a few rereleased versions with new vocals. Either way, she was the BEST freestyle artist of her time...
Love this song reminds me of when I was a kid my dad had this cassette tape . It was like 83 or 84 something like that and I was like 10 or 11.
This song is real dance music. Great Groove with a singer who can actually sing. Hope you listen to the dance duo, La Bouche’s dance hit, Be My Lover. The singer sadly died in a plane crash.
Absolute banger and one of the best 80's/90's club songs. When this came on, everyone went to the dance floor!
80's Freestyle was and is my jam!
Shannon was awesome!
Check out Safire, she had some memorable hits, highlighted by Don't Break My Heart, Boy I've Been Told, Let Me Be The One, and Made Up My Mind.
This song sparked a new whole genre of Music called Freestyle which was huge in all of the major urban areas back in the late 80’s and early 90’s.
Yep freestyle concert pretty much every year! STEVIE B spring love
Yeah afrikka bambata started the sound, but she took that sound and added singing melodies and lyrics and a new genre was born. She was a pioneer.
When this jam came on in the clubs the dance floor packed out!! Man how I miss the 80's
This is what we call FREESTYLE. Freestyle music is the best genre of EDM (electronic dance music). Freestyle was huge in the 80's and 90's. Freestyle is still popular today. I just went to a huge Freesyle concert in Orlando at the Amway Center, 20k people attended. You have to react to more Freestyle artist, like Expose',The Cover Girls, Sweet Sensation, Debbie Deb, Lil' Suzy, TKA, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Stevie B.
I got into Shannon when I was stationed in Germany never heard of her in the USA.
This was the ultimate Disco hit! Whenever it came on, everyone got onto the dance floor. You MUST do "Give Me The Night" next.
It isn't disco it was called Freestyle music then later Latin Freestyle music. Disco was pretty much dead by 1981 but its sound birthed other genres like Freestyle, House and Eurodance.
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@@kevcall I stand corrected!
@@jermalcromartiepresents5728They still had some disco hits in the early 80s, hits like Michael Jacksons Billie Jean.
DONNA SUMMER had a BANGER hit in the 80's called THIS TIME I'M READY FOR LOVE - a MUST reaction!
It was 1984 and I was out one very hot Saturday night on the west side of Chicago at a very popular dance club. Like always, the dance floor was packed shoulder to shoulder by all these amazingly talented, beautiful couples just tearing up the dance floor.
For reasons I can't recall, probably heat exhaustion, around 1:30 am the dance floor was empty for a brief period and Shannon's "Let the Music Play" fired up and right away a couple ran out there that were very different from all the folks you'd normally see out there dancing for they were both very large and considerably older than everyone else. I remember better than half the people in the club were either giving them a ""Are you two serious?" type looks and many pointing and laughing with their friends. I thought it was absolutely awesome that these two folks, who appeared to be in love, having a beautiful night out and didn't have a single f*ck to give what anybody else in that club thought and just blew me away with how much fun they were having. You should have seen them out there just gliding around the dance floor as if they were were skating on ice.
She was mouthing the words and the two of them were acting out the lyrics to the song. By the time the song had ended I don't think there was a person in the club that wasn't part of this amazing roar of approval at the conclusion their moment out there alone on the dance floor. For some reason this sticks with me and it's probably because it was one of the most beautiful, awesome feeling and kick-ass displays that I've ever witnessed.
Istantly takes me back to my childhood i was 5 and was having the time of my life the 80's and 90's was my time and what a wonderful time it was....
I read somewhere that Shannon was still in high school when she recorded this.
YES!!! You’re getting to the dance music!!!! I’m a teenager back in Brooklyn, cruising while blasting this song again on the way to the club; yep, we got in every time 😀. Please react to Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam’s “I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME”; it was a huge hit and is a toe dip into 80’s “Freestyle” music ❤️❤️❤️
Yessssss I keep saying the same when they do 80’s bangers!!
@@jackie_jrml Right? I hope more are coming! 😊
YESSS MORE FREESTYLE MUSIC!! We wanna see Jay jamming in his seat! Please check out Stevie B - Spring Love, Party your body, Dreamin’ of love, & In my eyes..
How can you NOT move with this beat right?! 🤣
YES...one of my favorite songs of all time!
Top tune of the breakdance era. If you love this early 80s pop gem maybe give a listen to The Pointer Sisters "Automatic"
I made a fool of myself on the dance floor many times to this music. Back in the day, you got out on the floor whether you could dance or not. Great memories.
Thanks -- my high school dance team routine just came back to me.....we won tons of competitions with this sick beat LOL!!!
Really interesting that in the early 80's I was mostly a rocker and also into new wave, but I heard this song and INSTANTLY LOVED it!! This was when disco was transitioning to club music. I had the DJ make me a mix-tape with this on it.
Shanon 1983 NYC Summer was heated up! 🔥🔥🔥❤🔥🔥🔥
I suggested this almost a year ago, glad you got around to it. The song is basically dance club culture, dancing with a stranger before even knowing their name, unspoken vibes, but no one is committed to dance with the same person. So she was getting her groove on with a guy, then another song came on and he moved on to dance with someone else and she is just trusting the music and the groove to bring him back to her. This was a very common occurence in the clubs back then.
The other band of this genre I think of is PLANET PATROL with tracks like Cheap Thrills, Play it at your own risk, and I didn't know I loved you til I saw you rock and roll.
In my area, we have a charity event each spring called The 80's Prom where you dress up like you were back in the 80's and boogie down to awesome 80's music.
East Los Angeles, early 80’s, I’m a Metalhead, my disco friends invite me to a backyard party to meet girls, cool songs playing then the DJ plays this LOUD and I’m mesmerized by the sound and how many people started to dance and pop-lock…right after this, DJ played Nucleus “Jam on it”… nearly 40 yrs later still remember that night, good times…
That’s a dope story, good visualization!
Great story!
Soooo smooth rockin!!!! Danced and just happy doing it!!!! Just let your body do the moves… that’s dancing.
Shannon was one of the first to introduce Latin Freestyle into the clubs. Latin freestyle was a popular genre in the 80s, characterized by sporadic, dark, syncopated rhythms (similar to Latin American rhythms) and synths out the wazoo. It became a fast, cheap way to make hits. Thanks for this video!
That said, you guys should react to some of Alisha's stuff. All Night Passion, Do You Dream About Me? (from the movie Mannequin featuring a young Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall) , and Too Turned On are some of her popular ones.
What’s interesting is that freestyle music was mostly created by blacks and latins, like hip hop in the beginning especially in the Bronx. Blacks artists developed hip hop and Latin artists developed Latin freestyle which was a hybrid of club, some disco elements, minor keys heavy, hip hop elements and synth pop elements. As the genre grew more Latin influenced beats came in as well.
You have opened up a rabbit hole of the genre of "freestyle" or "Latin Freestyle".... A VIIIIIBE! Especially in roller skating rinks. Anyone calling this disco doesn't know what they're talking about. Try Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam- I Wonder if I Take you Home, or Nu Shooz- I can't wait.
One of my most favorite songs of all time, thanks for reacting to it. :) It might be the first song I ever heard with a Roland TB-303. "Give Me Tonight" was another popular song of hers.
Oh I had this record and played in constantly- Great dance groove throwback! 💃💃. 💕💙
Freestyle Classic
Y'all dance to this song just like you were doing. This one would empty seats and pack the floor, along with a couple others. Great memories!! Thanks.
80s club music is a mood. I need y’all to hear some Ready For The World. “Digital Display” or “Oh Sheila” puhleeeez!
This was the New York to Miami club music sound of the 80's which included artists like Stevie B, Debbie Deb, Trinere, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Expose, The Cover Girls, Pebbles, Klymaxx and Joyce Sims. Check out these hits. They were the jams back then.
Trinere - They're Playing Our Song
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam - I Wonder If I Take You Home
The Cover Girls - Show Me
Stevie B - Spring Love
Expose - Point Of No Return
Expose - Come Go With Me
Debbie Deb - When I Hear Music
Debbie Deb - Look Out Weekend
Klymaxx - Meeting In The Ladies Room
Pebbles - Mercedes Boy
Pebbles - Girlfriend
Joyce Sims - Come Into My Life
This track was/is sampled a lot in hip-hop! It's referred to as the "Shannon sound".
When I was a freshmen in HS MY best friend( guy) and I would have dance competitions to all of her music so many good memories
This was a huge hit for Shannon in 1983. Check out Jody Watley's hits, Real Love, Looking for a New Love, Everything, Friends, and Don't You Want Me. Also, check out Pebbles and her hits Girlfriend and Mercedes Boy! And check out Karyn White and her mega-hit, Superwoman! These were some of the top hit makers of the eighties. 💖💖
Ooooh yeah Jody Watley Don't you want me!! And ALL those!
Yes, Shalimar Night To Remember or Paula Abdul's Vibeology or Opposites Attrack
1983!? I feel older now 😑
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey kids..... this is '80s, '90s freestyle music! lol
Great music.
I remember Shannon from the Streetsounds albums in the UK with 'Give Me Tonight'. I requested this song at the school disco in '83 and the crowd clearing so some of the lads could show off their breakdance moves! (I believe she was a classically trained vocalist too!) Awesome tune 😃
I danced with my girlfriend/wife to this song countless times when I was stationed in South Korea in 1985.
Oh and getting into freestyle. Definitely check out the cover girls song show me and Noels song silent morning.
You asked how we danced to this back in the day…We danced to it exactly like you both were dancing only standing.
This was a dance floor mob song back in the day. Even the poindexter got in and grooved, lol.
Wow! Totally reminds me of The Apple House in Okinawa, Japan in the early 80’s…any other Marines remember that?
I was in seventh grade when this came out and I had a huge crush on a girl named Shannon Johnson! Sigh. My love went unrequited...
this song is considered the first freestyle of all time, believe it or not
another banger from this era is by Nu Shooz called "I Can't Wait", you both would love it!
This song is credited with the birth of Freestyle dance music from mid 1980’s - mid 1990’s.
This is from the 80s Freestyle genre. You should listen to more Freestyle like Debbie Deb Look Out Weekend. Lisa Lisa, expose, the cover girls are all apart of that genre as well
'80s and '90s freestyle music! Do more of it!
J&A... from New Zealand, Split Enz "I Got You". Hit from the early 80s.
When you were in the club and this song came on. BOOM! Hit the dance floor!
I just got up and did the parts of the breakdance routine my crew had..🤣😂..only the poppin' parts of course. I think my wife was impressed, definitely surprised...thank you ...1
This was one of my favorites in the early 80s !!! You two chair dancing is the way we danced on the floor moving and bouncing around…lol the clubs loved this song!!😘
I use to break dance to this,brings back some very good memories 👍
Lock,pop and shock
I worked in a record store when this came out. Everyone liked this song. I remember talking to "metal heads" and even they thought it was a great song. 1
I am a Metal Head and I always liked this song. Fun to play on a keyboard too.
I need to check to see of the Soul Train dancers did a line dance feature to this song. ... Funny, when I was in my 20s this song came out, but I was too fixated on rock to give the song its due. As I've gotten older, my horizons have expanded--more to love out there. Great stuff.
You just now tapped into the Freestyle genre with Shannon other groups to check out are Debbie Deb, Expose', Trinere, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and many more...
‘Centipede’ by Rebbie Jackson, ‘Meeting In The Ladies’ Room’ by Klymaxx, ‘Change Your Mind’ by Sharpe & Numan, ‘New Thing From London Town’ by Sharpe & Numan
Shannon - Give Me Tonight. A must listen. Shannon had a literal wall of sound behind her.
Great song. Brings back great memories of the 80s and dancing to it. I remember buying the 12 inch extended play single. Give me tonight another good one by Shannon.
It doesn't get more 80s sounding than this! This was my era, and let me tell you, it was fabulous. The music 🎶, the clothes, the dancing 🕺 💃. Hey, has anyone invented a time machine yet? Oohhh, I wish. 🤞❣🔥🎼🎙
There were 1 hour remixes to this that kept us on the dance floor for hours!
Unfortunately this is a very shortened single edit and you guys missed so much of what makes this song epic, the extended dance version especially the version which starts off with an instrumental portion that leads into a fierce whipping sound and the song then kicks in. There is a great break in the middle of the dance version which is full of sounds which you would really get into Jay. I recommend you guys check out another of her hits which Amber I think you would get into the story, it’s called “Give Me Tonight”, but, if you do choose to react to it please make sure it’s the 12” extended version to fully appreciate the production and the epic 80s sounds you’ll hear. Shannon also had another hit called “Do You Wanna Get Away” which was another banger, but, personally, I think “Give Me Tonight” is a better choice.
Yeah I agree, the extended version especially the beginning, rocks
I agree this version sounded off.
Yes, I use to dj and always played the 12" versions to dance to. "Give me tonight" is another one. A good slow mix also from Shanon was "It's You"
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I went to a aerobics class one and will it finish I haven't even broken into a sweat I realise it was because at the time I was dancing to 12 inch extended remixes of tracked like this. You can't beat the 80s
OMG you have just opened the door leading to a whole Other world
Shannon was part of the Freestyle Dance movement (not to be confused with Freestyle Rap). This is a kind of electronic dance music that was popular in the mid to late 80s, which I don't think you've reacted to until now. It was mostly an underground dance club scene, but some songs like this one did hit the charts. It competed with New Wave Synth dance clubs. You can read about this music style in the Freestyle Music article in Wikipedia.
If you do any more freestyle songs, I highly recommend the following:
The Cover Girls - Because Of You - ruclips.net/video/lSwDOENwNR8/видео.html
Expose - Exposed to Love - ruclips.net/video/23MGB8QtLgI/видео.html
Cynthia - Thief of Hearts - ruclips.net/video/-d42VJ8AgnU/видео.html
There are tons of others! Rob will especially love these songs!
Popular here in the states, early '90s as well. Especially bigger cities.