So lucky to have been 18 when this song hit... born at the right time! 🥰 To Mr. Parker and Raydio: thanks again, fellas. You helped to make our youth so much fun!
I love all the African American singers of seventies and eighties, makes feel young again such talent, total unmatched quality, and empowerment. ❤❤❤😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉
I feel horrible having to interject the classification, just stick to, some of the best performances and song writing from the 80’s era, by “Black” artists❤️🇺🇸
Ummm!🤔 I'am guessing maybe Actress Diahnne Carroll at the time,or former 1967 NFL Denver Broncos Cheerleader and actress Pam Greer.Yesss! If it was anyone of the Black Beauty Queens most definitely🔥❤❤👍👍
My future husband and I had our first date Oct 5, 1979. I was 16 and he was 18. I was still in high school. After our date, I was staying at a friend's house for a sleepover and was the last one asleep. In the darkness, amidst my sleeping friends, I was watching the light of her stereo and thinking of this boy. This song came on like a beacon in the darkness and somehow, I knew he was the one. I don't know how I knew...I just knew. We've been together and married since 1983. Raydio was right. Every time we hear this song, no matter what we're doing or where are, we stop, listen, remember...and smile.
"Let me tell you one thang": the combination of Arnell's singing and movement displays an integration of EXCEPTIONAL VOCAL TALENT AND GLORIOUS EXUBERANCE that may exceed even the very best of his fellow 70s and 80s R&B performers. An absolute thrill to watch someone with this level of vocal skill uninhibitedly immersed in it.
What a great disservice it is that these few lines (and his vocals in "Jack and Jill") are all I can find sung by Arnell Carmichael as a young man. What a voice! It should be all over the internet.
1979 was a great time. It was my freshman year in high school. This song reminds me of the summer before freshman year at the park pool. Good memories!
IT'S 7/17/2024, AND I'M STILL ROCKING THIS! I PLAY THIS MASTER PIECE EVERY DAY! IT'S NOT A DAY IT DOESN'T GET IT'S ROTATION! RAYDIO YA'LL KNOW YA'LL GOT THIS ONE RIGHT! OK, DETROIT!👍
All THREE guys (Ray Parker Jr., Arnell Carmichael and Darren Carmichael) who sang lead vocals on this song NAILED their parts. One of my favorite songs ever.
Grateful to be Young and Alive and well when this hit the airwaves Memorabilia at it's finest Eighties classic Ray parker Junior Class act all the way !!
Who is listening 04:28pm June 12, 2024. This song was released in 1979. My only child was born in 1979. I’m now 62…. Gosh time flies😔. God bless you Mr Parker
@@dayjo325 Ray Parker wrote, all of songs and played almost all of the instruments as well was the recording engineer on all of Raydio's hits. Ray got the credit he earned. You are right Arnell's is fantastic. He didn't get the credit he deserved.
The 70s music will put you on another planet that no one will understand unless you have a love of the 70s music. You don't need drugs or alcohol to appreciate the best music ever. God....take me back to the 70s and leave me there....I'll be just fine.
There were guns and violence but it was before social media and the liberal media started turning everybody against each other back when it was more of the Ebony and Ivory keyboard song
Boy, Ray was a very talented dude, no? I mean he handled all guitars, wrote the material, arranged and produced it, right? Plus, he played with a lot of other very impressive groups and recording artists. He doesn't get the credit he warranted.
Humbert, your point is valid. Not only are most folks today unaware of Ray Parker's solo artist songbook and hits decades ago, but those same folks are oblivious to the fact that Ray went on to a serious career as a producer, arranger, guitar session player and part-time performer in bands like the Crusaders and others. Shame on them, and shame on radio stations for ignoring one of the brighter talents to come out during that era and to transcend musical genres......pop, Top 40, Motown, to jazz, smooth jazz, adult contemporary, yacht music, etc. Probably can only hear this guy on Sirius XM if you're lucky...
as a little white boy growing up in the 1970s I used to watch Soul Train Faithfully every Saturday at 1 p.m. and I knew when I got older I wanted to grow up and be a black musician and play a funk band!!!!!!!
Slick Mic - that's good to hear , we black kids in Baltimore always had a couple good white lifelong friends that loved our music and culture ....from Baltimore with love !
When i was a little boy i did not see people as white and black i was taught to see people as people .Not a day goes by that i don't miss my mother and grandmother dearly.
@Deese Knutz Back them RnB songs rarely made it to pop radio. So if you were white and you wanted to enjoy RnB music you had to look for it. It is not like it is today.
@Deese Knutz Man, will you please realize different life perspectives. if we learn to listen and respect all of them it should create a better understanding and respect for all.
No doubt on that, Ms. Davis👌🙂 I can remember my mom, dad and I driving back home Labor Day from the shore back in '79 and hearing Herb Alpert's Rise on the radio
maybe people.if you wanted to make it with music you had to work hard ,and it shows with your music 🎶.today everything is handed to you .God bless stay safe peace ✌☺💃🎶👍🙏
People do. Not understand how good that grew was radio.Ray Parker junior first group.That group has some big hits man.Too bad the young people don't know about this music
I love how animated the 2nd singer is and he added more energy to the song! 1st singer kept his suave but 2nd singer was animated to make the song fun! I love this jam!
The interesting thing about this song is that there are three different vocalists on this song, not two. RPJ carries the basic tune with Arnell Carmichael handling the lead (brilliantly) , but at 2:47 the vocals are done by the keyboard player, who I believe is Arnell's brother Darren. IMO it's the best part of the song.
"you may change a dollar bill, but let me tell you one thing you can't change the way I feel"! Arnel was singing the hell out of that song. Those dance moves too. 😀😀😀
Ray Parker was THE child prodigy in Detroit who played guitar with the greats. Barry White, Stevie Wonder and The Carpenters. So, when he got his record deal with CLIVE DAVIS, he wanted the right amount of $$$$$$ to be his own Berry Gordy. He had his own publishing, built his own studio and since he's done hundreds of recording sessions, knew what to pay his band and singers. Oh, he also wrote a little ditty called GHOSTBUSTERS!
A much simpler, better and eclectic era definitely. This upbeat melody personifies those impressive times with smooth harmonies and pertinent lyrics. And you can't change that.
Junior high fall 1979. How blessed we were with Top40 radio back then. Raydio, Donna Summer, Chic, The Bee Gees, Shalamar & Michael's Off The Wall album had just come out that August too. Wow!
Love this group and this song, haven't heard this song since my dad last played it. I lost my dad a year ago and this song makes me feel that little bit closer to him hearing this. Love you dad and I will add this to ur playlist of songs.
This song has been kicking ass for over 40 years... AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT
Very original. Did you think of that yourself?
😂😂👍👍👏👏💯
@@sludge4125 If I didn't think of it, I wouldn't have mentioned it. HA
Remember, you can change a dollar bill.
@@matthewmolkentin6230 👍👍👍👍
45 years later and this song still sounds smooth and cool. And "You Can't Change That."
😂😂
So lucky to have been 18 when this song hit... born at the right time! 🥰 To Mr. Parker and Raydio: thanks again, fellas. You helped to make our youth so much fun!
Ray Parker Jr is one of the most underrated singer/songwriters ever. This song is one of my favorites and is a classic!!!!!!!!
Amen 🙏 🙏
There's the "underrated" comment in every music video :)
Agree
RPJ was a music thief. Just remember that.
@@bogus696996 how was he a music thief
Happy New Year! Who's listening to this song in 2024?
The new Ghostbusters trailer brought me here...😊
Meeee❤️❤️❤️❤️
Not me, 2020 here 😉
Me, I danced this song in disco in Italy. I was 18.😊
Meeeeee lol
I love all the African American singers of seventies and eighties, makes feel young again such talent, total unmatched quality, and empowerment. ❤❤❤😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉
Black get it right. Only African American if a citizen of Africa & America otherwise black
I feel horrible having to interject the classification, just stick to, some of the best performances and song writing from the 80’s era, by “Black” artists❤️🇺🇸
Great era - saw lots of the acts live in 1980-1982. Great memories.
Love how the vocals dance around the entire group. A great song from when I was a kid.
Yeah I remember Radio opening for Bootsys Rubber Band.
@@jeromeosills6522 That's great! I detected a bit of Bootsy in a few of Raydio's songs.
I always loved Ray Parker. And he can’t change that ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️😃
RAY PARKER JR IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT MANY THINK...AWESOME
My brother with the cross jumping around makes the song with his heart and souls. Love this song!!
HIS NAME IS ARNELL CARMICHAEL! THE BILLION DOLLAR VOICE!
Can he still jump around like that? 😅 I can't but I am so glad this was the music we had when I was young! So good!
This is an example of when music was good, and people had talent..
Facts
Oh yes. They are so wholesome and handsome. Can we time travel???
@markpinasco5797* l agree with you.💯
Facts
And the life was much better!
Substance + imagery = classical RnB
Takes me back to 1979, the year I and my honey married! Still together and friends after 43 years and forever, plus you can't change that!🥰
I am a qualified lesbian
Good ole school music like this one played when I was about 9 is the best and you can't change that!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Congrats! 😀May you and your honey celebrate 43 more years of marriage and friendship. 😊
congrats 😎💯
💯🙏💪
43 years later and this song still totally rocks, and you can't change that.
I agree I know that's right.
That must have been one hell of a woman , because Arnell meant & felt every word he sung. 😍😍😍😍
I know right!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ummm!🤔 I'am guessing maybe Actress Diahnne Carroll at the time,or former 1967 NFL Denver Broncos Cheerleader and actress Pam Greer.Yesss! If it was anyone of the Black Beauty Queens most definitely🔥❤❤👍👍
His voice is fantastic l love it 😀 ❤
SHE MARK HIM .
Honestly they’re just having fun seeing an awesome song and They are true professional
As God is my witness-I love this song!
My future husband and I had our first date Oct 5, 1979. I was 16 and he was 18. I was still in high school. After our date, I was staying at a friend's house for a sleepover and was the last one asleep. In the darkness, amidst my sleeping friends, I was watching the light of her stereo and thinking of this boy. This song came on like a beacon in the darkness and somehow, I knew he was the one. I don't know how I knew...I just knew. We've been together and married since 1983. Raydio was right. Every time we hear this song, no matter what we're doing or where are, we stop, listen, remember...and smile.
That's the day and year I was born!! 10/5/79 😊
Ti Adimiro ,,,😘
Das just burtiful..... ❤️
Nice! As always love is the great unifier
What a beautiful story
HAPPY 69TH BIRTHDAY
RAYMOND "RAY PARKER, JR."
(MAY 1, 2023)
Wow!!!! You mean this handsome man is 69 yrs of age. Wow!!! Time really goes to fast.
Happy Birthday Ray! You’re gorgeous!❤
im so glad i grew up listening to music like this,and you can't change that.
Tell it, Johnny!
Brother, you ain't never lied!
YOU CAN'T CHANGE THAT, NO NO, TRY IF YOU WANT TO.
I'm glad I still listen to this style aged 41 too 😁
And you can't change that! LOL!
"Let me tell you one thang": the combination of Arnell's singing and movement displays an integration of EXCEPTIONAL VOCAL TALENT AND GLORIOUS EXUBERANCE that may exceed even the very best of his fellow 70s and 80s R&B performers. An absolute thrill to watch someone with this level of vocal skill uninhibitedly immersed in it.
67......you tell them brother......
Whoa, who opened the door and let the geniuses in 🤩
Arnell's talent OWNS this song...what an amazing performer!!!!
What a great disservice it is that these few lines (and his vocals in "Jack and Jill") are all I can find sung by Arnell Carmichael as a young man. What a voice! It should be all over the internet.
Arnell was a very powerful presence for Radio. I believe he did go solo, but with no success.
No matter what happens.. we all love this song, AND YOU CANT CHANGE THAT!
You know it! 😁
Thats the treu 🥰
Truth is truth👍🎶🎵
Yes ma'am!❤❤❤❤❤
Aww yeah!!!! Alohaz❤
The Summer of 1979 was filled with memorable songs like this-and you can’t change that!...
1979 was a great time. It was my freshman year in high school. This song reminds me of the summer before freshman year at the park pool. Good memories!
@@kittykixbootie And may you have many many more memories that are not only Good ones-but Great ones!
@@johngolofit1208 thank you, same to you.
@@kittykixbootie It's so ridiculous how things have changed for the worst in a 42 year span its crazy
MJS DONT STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH AUGUST 1979 Rappers delight ,, BY THE SUGAR HILL GANG Sept 1979 released as a single
As God is my witness-I love this song!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
IT'S 7/17/2024, AND I'M STILL ROCKING THIS! I PLAY THIS MASTER PIECE EVERY DAY! IT'S NOT A DAY IT DOESN'T GET IT'S ROTATION! RAYDIO YA'LL KNOW YA'LL GOT THIS ONE RIGHT! OK, DETROIT!👍
THIS IS 1 OF MY FAVORITE OLDIES.
RAY IS SO CUTE. THE GUY SINGING
WITH HIM HAS A GREAT VOICE! NOT
BAD LOOKING EITHER!!!! 👍👌
June 2024 who is listening to this Old School Classic I know I’m listening to it Love it real Old School Classic
All THREE guys (Ray Parker Jr., Arnell Carmichael and Darren Carmichael) who sang lead vocals on this song NAILED their parts.
One of my favorite songs ever.
Grateful to be Young and Alive and well when this hit the airwaves Memorabilia at it's finest Eighties classic Ray parker Junior Class act all the way !!
Yes Ray! Love this man.
I don't know the name of the man in the orange jacket - but he is the BEST - wicked talent!!!
@@tessagracechase1808 His name is Arnell Carmichael... He had a great singing voice.
@@matthewmolkentin6230 Thanks Matthew! Arnell Carmichael is so talented. Thanks for letting me know this master musician's name! Appreciate it!
This was from that era with real voices, real music instruments, real class and real emotions. And you can’t change that! (SADLY)
Nostalgia is one of the greatest enemies of the truth.
This is the sound of music that makes sense my fellow Americans.
If a man can be described as beautiful, then that man is Ray Parker Jnr - and the passage of time can't change that. Truly super handsome!
Who is listening 04:28pm June 12, 2024. This song was released in 1979. My only child was born in 1979. I’m now 62…. Gosh time flies😔. God bless you Mr Parker
Big Ups
They don't make em this no more. Beautiful music
@@maxamillioncash9652no absolutely not they don’t!
You are so RIGHT!
This song was out the summer of 1982. A very chilly cold summer
ITS THE BEST SOUND...I CANT HELP FEEL THAT RAY PARKER WAS A VERY UNDERATED ARTIST WHO HAD A UNIQUE SOUND...A GREAT ARTIST
ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER! GREETINGS FROM THE NETHERLANDS!
YEAH...BUT HE STOLE GHOSTBUSTERS FROM HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS....killed his career dead.
He's also a very interesting storyteller, the guy has been around!
Yes, he was I saw him in concert last year in Chicago and it was great.
Ray had a beautiful smile on him! Super talented! 😍❤️
RP jr is pure talent. Phenomenal musician. Guitar, bass, vocals, keys, drums, producer, #1 hit songwriter, I mean, c'mon.
Hi
Jk
and thief
RPJr: Suave.
He gave New Edition mr.Telephone man.
True that !!!!!!
I’m here because I work at Walgreens and our radio station plays this song and it’s my jam 💃🏽
How many times a day?! I have a Walgreens gift card from Christmas and I can't decide what to buy. Do y'all sell Raydio cd's?!
Of course they would play this in Walgreens
SuperHottt McM I looooove the back up singers voice!🔥❤️💋
If you weren't around during the 70's you missed some good music. But it's still to be found. Enjoy!
You have great taste in music 🙂
When you hear a song and instantly think of another time in life.
Yes. Thats exactly what happens. Every time I hear good music. Takes me back
I definitely agree with you!😎👍
Oh yeah..
Most definitely
@Tatted 1969 it was once told to me in my adolescence that music is the soundtrack of life……and ya can’t change that. 🤟🏿🔥💯💯
Arnell Charmichael’s vocals Is what made this song great!!! No debate.
Yes, you are right.
Thank you so much for acknowledging Arnell Carmichael awesome vocalist. He helped make Raydio.
A.G. M. But Ray Parker got all the fame unjustly
@@dayjo325 It's like that sometimes/often.
@@dayjo325 Ray Parker wrote, all of songs and played almost all of the instruments as well was the recording engineer on all of Raydio's hits. Ray got the credit he earned. You are right Arnell's is fantastic. He didn't get the credit he deserved.
The 70s music will put you on another planet that no one will understand unless you have a love of the 70s music. You don't need drugs or alcohol to appreciate the best music ever. God....take me back to the 70s and leave me there....I'll be just fine.
Don't think you ever left, is all I hear you talk about. Living in past wastes your present 👍
So much charisma, so much charm and talent. How could you not like this guy.
Qual a origem desta banda
Ele cantou a música original do Ghost Buster. "Não tenho medo de fantasmas."."@@antonioeraldo6241
Don't know him, im not allowed to talk to or like strangers, my mom gets mad at me 🥴
This song puts a big smile on my face no matter how many times I hear it.
Great songs never age.😁
Hope you never change that!
Haven't heard this in ages! Still terrific of course!! Can't change that!!✨✨✨✨
I am a qualified lesbian and you can't change that
I wish they still made great pop music like this song. I'm glad I grew up when there must have been 100's of these good songs through the years🌞
Cherub makes some good shiii
Not just the songs, but also the outfits, the hairdos and moves.
I love this era, this was party music, no guns, no violence, just fun and love!!!
You are so right!!!
@Sandra Dawson Hear! Hear! Lol! i'm with you on that one baby!!
@@SoNewOrleans1 Lol! Thank you ! W are all o the same page.
There were guns and violence but it was before social media and the liberal media started turning everybody against each other back when it was more of the Ebony and Ivory keyboard song
@@terrynies yeah like fox news right...lol
Boy, Ray was a very talented dude, no? I mean he handled all guitars, wrote the material, arranged and produced it, right? Plus, he played with a lot of other very impressive groups and recording artists. He doesn't get the credit he warranted.
...first I've ever seen him play bass...he was money, on his regular guitar
He sure was! He still is talented! :-)
I too know these impressive things 😉
Humbert, your point is valid. Not only are most folks today unaware of Ray Parker's solo artist songbook and hits decades ago, but those same folks are oblivious to the fact that Ray went on to a serious career as a producer, arranger, guitar session player and part-time performer in bands like the Crusaders and others. Shame on them, and shame on radio stations for ignoring one of the brighter talents to come out during that era and to transcend musical genres......pop, Top 40, Motown, to jazz, smooth jazz, adult contemporary, yacht music, etc. Probably can only hear this guy on Sirius XM if you're lucky...
He couldn't sing outside of mono
But he made it work especially with Arnell help pushing and covering his lack of vocal talent
Arnell has one hell of a voice! Loved this song/group in the day. 70s was a fantastic time to be a teen like me
Such a pretty song with the contrast of the tenor voice and Ray Parker’s! Big fan!!
...Another good sound by Raydio!...The good old days!...
as a little white boy growing up in the 1970s I used to watch Soul Train Faithfully every Saturday at 1 p.m. and I knew when I got older I wanted to grow up and be a black musician and play a funk band!!!!!!!
Slick Mic - that's good to hear , we black kids in Baltimore always had a couple good white lifelong friends that loved our music and culture ....from Baltimore with love !
When i was a little boy i did not see people as white and black i was taught to see people as people .Not a day goes by that i don't miss my mother and grandmother dearly.
We all loved good music in my neighborhood, it didn't matter who played it!
@Deese Knutz Back them RnB songs rarely made it to pop radio. So if you were white and you wanted to enjoy RnB music you had to look for it. It is not like it is today.
@Deese Knutz Man, will you please realize different life perspectives. if we learn to listen and respect all of them it should create a better understanding and respect for all.
Songs like this are what made 1979 one of the best years in music.
I THINK IT WAS THE BEST YEAR EVER FOR MUSIC
No doubt on that, Ms. Davis👌🙂 I can remember my mom, dad and I driving back home Labor Day from the shore back in '79 and hearing Herb Alpert's Rise on the radio
maybe people.if you wanted to make it with music you had to work hard ,and it shows with your music 🎶.today everything is handed to you .God bless stay safe peace ✌☺💃🎶👍🙏
Agree!!!!
Yep! I just replied this song give me The Summit.. Houston Texas concert vibes! " Prince" on stage " The Summit!" Houston Texas!
This was real music,with instruments and bands
Straight up one of the greatest songs of the 70s.
And u cant CHANGE that lol
I Love thier smiles on their faces..now a day Musicians look Mean and Mad !
Rappers look like that. NOT singers.
@@TF-gf3fs The only rapper that has smiles is nicki minaj actually
@@sstmusic9957that's cause Eminem just had his two oranges and a banana in that thang 😏
🤣 see what I did there
Yes they did smile alot back then. Even though they didn't get paid much.
Sisters and brothers were cosmic back then,and like all here Raydio is another one of those groups that bring gladness to your heart......
People do.
Not understand how good that grew was radio.Ray Parker junior first group.That group has some big hits man.Too bad the young people don't know about this music
Ray is just so cool here !! 😎👍🏽
This song just makes me feel good and brings a smile to my face! I love Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio!
Yes... I feel the same.. Great song..
Sergio Antonio Sacramento me too and you can't change that
Ditto to that-I don't need an antidepressant if I'm listening to stuff like this!
" My heart tells me how I feeeel" !
Brings back such happy memories of my youth!! 😄
Raydio got it right - true Love is a decision, not just a feeling...💕
I like the hit he had a few years later, about how he’s issuing the warning to his ex girlfriend that if she thinks it’s over, she’s wrong.
Ray Parker is a BEAST with those "stuck in your head" melodies!
I love how animated the 2nd singer is and he added more energy to the song! 1st singer kept his suave but 2nd singer was animated to make the song fun! I love this jam!
The interesting thing about this song is that there are three different vocalists on this song, not two. RPJ carries the basic tune with Arnell Carmichael handling the lead (brilliantly) , but at 2:47 the vocals are done by the keyboard player, who I believe is Arnell's brother Darren. IMO it's the best part of the song.
I agree most definitely! 👍🎶
@@matthewhiggins8851 I never noticed that! Thanks for pointing it out.
@@matthewhiggins8851 Jerry Knight (Ollie and Jerry) did some vocals too...
Exactly !!!!! His name is arnell and the front man is Ray Parker Jr , he sang the ghost busters song also
I miss groups like Ray Parker and Raydio. So talented!! Play their own instruments, write and arrange their own songs on top of singing them!
Me to
@@JamesWilliams-cq8xm Me three.
@@Sunlight_Moonbeams Me four.
Too bad about that plagiarism thing. I wonder how much he had to pay.
Still listening in 2021💙 Ray was rocking the hell out of them boots....
And those white pants 😁
Ray was one smooth cat!
The end of glam
@@ricolewis2949 The end of bands who had a passion for their craft and truly loved performing. 🕺💃🎧🎶🎹🎼🎸🎷🌆💖
Michigan Tiffany?
This is a classic and I am also glad I grew up in a household that listened to music and classics like this!
I wouldn't dream of changing this OR that OR anything at all about this fantastic classic performance.
How can you not like Ray Parker Jr??? Not only did he have soul hit but the man wrote Mr. Telephone Man for New Edition...one of their biggest hits!
Well if you sympathize with Huey Lewis...
That was a Ray Parker song, had nothing to do with Huey Lewis.
@@drewski1441
The Ghostbusters melody was very similar to I Want A New Drug. Huey Lewis sued Ray for plagiarism, and things was settled out of court..
He also wrote "You make me feel like Dancing" & Got hosed when it ended up Leo Sayer's song. What if Ray did that song instead of Leo Sayer?
didnt he do "ghost busters?" man nailed it!😀😀😀😀😀
This song makes my heart so happy! When you hear it you feel so much joy
so do i .it makes you feel better.God bless everyone stay safe peace ✌
True✌💙😇
It sure does.
Yeah homegirl
Same.
If America full of these kinds of talented singers ，there won’t be so many problems on the streets
"you may change a dollar bill, but let me tell you one thing you can't change the way I feel"! Arnel was singing the hell out of that song. Those dance moves too. 😀😀😀
Is it change as in money or change as in put a new face on the bill?
Loved RAYDIO back in my youth......Timeless "good music".
I loved the way their voices sounded together...ARNELL was my favorite...I loved his spunk on stage
’79年、二十歳でした。名曲の多い年でしたよね。今でも’79年の曲は忘れられないですね。
Who’s still listening to this in 2020 during this coronavirus mess?? Have a great day everyone it’s gonna be alright 💋💕❤️
We needed a song like this
Me!
It's not often 3 guys in the group can sing well! So smooth
Yeah no kidding
me im listening from new zealand
That is the best downbeat in a pop-song. Having two singers, split the verse & the chorus was brilliant! Listen to the drums, for the groove.
Actually, three singers. The keyboardist (Darren Carmichael) sings lead vocals on the last verse.
@@matthewmolkentin6230 Ray Parker Junior was intelligent to have a layered sound, and layered vocals. Three lead singers never sounded better!
@@adamlasko315 I completely agree.
more like upbeat.
Love this song so much❤️I was born in 1969 and as a little girl my memory of this song is my Mom and Dad dancing to it🎵 so great!!!
You are the greatest
@lorraineparker6525. Im 54 as well and yes I absolutely love this song!!❤
Was the dance at a morgue party? 🤣
He really has it all - talent, voice, musician, lyricist, and so fine to look at. Always loved his work.
He was a snack indeed!
@@talikharyou need me to get a towel to clean up you twos puddles 🤣
Blessed menopause + disability= No more puddles for me, just the Sahara dessert. LOL@@TDBear-bs6zl
One of my favorite songs from when I was growing up in the 70's. Its simplicity makes it great - a true classic.
Ray Parker was THE child prodigy in Detroit who played guitar with the greats. Barry White, Stevie Wonder and The Carpenters. So, when he got his record deal with CLIVE DAVIS, he wanted the right amount of $$$$$$ to be his own Berry Gordy. He had his own publishing, built his own studio and since he's done hundreds of recording sessions, knew what to pay his band and singers. Oh, he also wrote a little ditty called GHOSTBUSTERS!
I’m digging Ray’s shoes. I should wear that to court
😂
I love that 😂😊
Ray Parker Jr. was soooooo handsome!
no matter what you think of this song, it'll be in your head !!! ...and you can't change that!
*****
:) isn't it awesome!
Bad ass song
Lol, t/y 4 the Chuckle
Yup, you might change a dollar "beel" but let me tell you one thang, you won't change the way U feel! :-)
aujourd8 jesus christ u are right.shit i cant get this out of my head now lol
Surely one of the top 20 finest R&B songs of all time. Boom.
Presentation for the showbread
These were the days. Puts a smile on my face every time.
A much simpler, better and eclectic era definitely. This upbeat melody personifies those impressive times with smooth harmonies and pertinent lyrics. And you can't change that.
What a Masterpiece, The 70s & 80s Music was Soul grabbing & Therapeutic, Radio was Awesome*
70s 4 me im just fine
R.I.P. Vincent Bonham, an original member of the group, I do believe.
HE IS!
One of the coolest soul songs ever released on Raydio👍
This song still slays more than 40 years later! And my god, those boots. WOW!
Oh wow. I have not heard this song in such a long time.😎💃💃😎Ray was so handsome!!
I just love Jerry Knight's fill in at 2:46 Such an underrated vocalist. And Carmichael is all over the fills too. Three great vocals on one song.
Aaron Rivers - yes I agree 100%
Jerry was gone by this time. I think that was Arnell’s brother, Darren , singing.
Jerry Knight of Overnight Sensation?
Moham Neela yup.....AND the same one from the duo Ollie & Jerry(Ain't no Stoppin' Us.....from Breakin')
@@SktFreeIt was Darren Carmichael who sang the lead vocals at the end of the song.
Three awesome singers on one song.
I LOVE OLD SCHOOL MUSIC❤️❤️❤️
Proud that I grew up in the 70s n 80s!!! Can't change that if I wanted to! ❤
Same!
same here
Just listen to this song..takes you back to the old days. Class..
Definitely 👍
this could be the greatest feel good , innocent love song of all time. i end up here every so often for some reason.
This song is better than the crap we hear today.
And you can't change that!
I agree . i miss that era
I was born in 2000, and I fully agree with you
Back when talented grown folk played music, and when black men played instruments. I miss this so much.
Yes
Ray Parker...A genius
Junior high fall 1979. How blessed we were with Top40 radio back then. Raydio, Donna Summer, Chic, The Bee Gees, Shalamar & Michael's Off The Wall album had just come out that August too. Wow!
I was a Junior in high school
Had this on an old K-Tel album. Remember those?
Still have it but no working turntable. Thanks to CDs & TH-cam.....
7th grade for me. Dont forget Luther Vandross, The Whispers, LTD, Supertramp, Dazz Band and Yarbough and Peoples. So many more too
Jack & Jill. Some of us 50 something's starting high school. The radio was our friend. For me since 1972..
Pure magic from a magical & simpler time when they had talent & REAL GOOD music!
Too bad about the plagiarism charge against Ray. I wonder how much he had to pay.
I like the hit he had a few years later, about how he’s issuing the warning to his ex girlfriend that if she thinks it’s over, she’s wrong.
Love this group and this song, haven't heard this song since my dad last played it. I lost my dad a year ago and this song makes me feel that little bit closer to him hearing this. Love you dad and I will add this to ur playlist of songs.
Darz Fenton God bless your father sir. I am sure he is smiling down at you from heaven when you play this song
This could be the sweetest song about stalking ive ever heard.