Paula's music videos are so cool because she includes numerous close up shots of her face which reflects the mood/tempo/feeling of the song at that moment. It is just like she is addressing you personally. She is the best of the best in her choreography and execution.
@@jonathanx8528 I think that for today's kids, today's tunes will have a similar effect, but whatever decade you grew up, I think that whatever music played during your teenage days will always be special. I used to think that any modern music post 2000 was a bit lame, but every now and then, there's still a good one that is super catchy. My teenage days were firmly in the 80s, but I also think that not all songs back then were great.
This is the most under appreciated music video of all time. Its aesthetic is unmatched. It’s mysterious, urban, fun, well choreographed and well edited. It’s aged like wine.
I CANT BELIEVE UNTIL NOW that I thought this song was done by Madonna!!! hahaha SMH... I am only 33, but I grew up on 80s music due to my older sisters.. Which in turn made the "80s' like my favorite decade genre of music... So i have always knda pride myself on knowing songs and artists of that period. So it is utter shock that I thought this was a Madonna song til tonight?!?!? crazy. lol
I have admired Paula since the 1990s, when my teacher gave me a cassette with the album Straight Up and I listened to this cassette on a mono player. These sounds formed my soul...
SexuallyRepressedMegalodon Because a sane person should vote for a warmongering lesbian who supports everything she claims she's against plus pedophile rings. And I really don't care what your username stands for. Just replying to another left-winger who brings in politics where it doesn't belong. Regardless, Paula Abdul is 54 years old. She's 30 years past her prime so of course she doesn't look that good anymore.
SexuallyRepressedMegalodon You already made it a discussion and even ignored the part where I actually went on topic for the music video. It's your own fault. I also never said Hillary is a pedophile. You leftists all share the same bad reading comprehension.
@@halloweenville1 I was there too. Women in general didn't do that bad, during the 80s! Dolly Parton, Sheila E, Lisa Lisa, Olivia Newton-John, Patti LaBelle, Whitney Houston, and yes there was Paula vs Janet... MTV chose Madonna. I'll never forget the shock of seeing Janet Jackson lose Best Female Artist (or whatever) to Katie Lang. MTV loved that "If" video while Lang wasn't even in their program rotation, haha. I didn't even get into Madonna until Vogue...
It's one of those songs that don't die over the years. Nothing will overshadow it. There will be remakes and remixes. A lot of things. I am happy that I lived at a time when this song thundered and blew up the world. Thank you. We remember. Love. We live by this music.
I was just thinking the same thing... Was the legitimately her? 😳 Update: My mother has informed me she choreographed and performed her own routines. Gotta love having an 80’s raised mom!
One of the great dance songs. Fat beat, killer bassline, amazing choreography, wrapped in the black and white visual aesthetic. From the era when art worked on several levels.
100% agree. Very nicely put by you. Even if I think this goes beyond 'dance' or even the pop genre; it's a truly well-made piece of art - the composition, arrangement and everything around it.
@Matt Flynn✨ JUST SO STRAIGHT UP 👌 IN THE 22:51.P.M. 🌃 ✨PAULA ABDUL✨ I'LL AGREE SHE'S😝 ICONIC TOO ANNA BEAUTIFUL LIFE TIMES YA' TH-camR'S💋 IN YOU TOO.😅
A piece of pop trivia. When the man is dancing in the trench coat with the Cain, while in his flip his hat falls off. That was unintentional and the dancer naturally did the splits to recover the hat. They left it in the video.
...yet, I keep telling everyone WHY Arsenio was blurred from the video, YOU gimme this trivia, and I've been watchin' this damn video since 1988!! ....how'd I didn't KNOW this!? ...THANKS, Papa!!
@@KC-fx2vy It absolutely can be classified as pop and/or dance as well. This is why the song was nominated for best POP female vocal performance at the 1990 Grammy's.
jermsolo because hes suppose to be a prop to the setting of the backprops and anothet upcoming face but the main focus is on Paula Abdul .Omg who wants his face for her music video
Eternal Darkness - Just because you don't know about all the work she's done, does not change the fact that she is a legend! Just a few hits in the 80's? You better look her up, her work goes way beyond all the music she has recorded herself... For instance she is also a choreographer. She is in the Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame for a reason...
There’s an amazing story behind this. There was no faith in it but still Paula believed in this song and went on to record it, next thing she knew... It became an instant massive hit that sold over a million copies in ten days. It’s funny how the most unexpected things are sometimes the ones that bring big surprises. Paula, you rock!!! ❤️
Paula Abdul is a wonderful singer. I love this song and the era. No internet or social media, great music, films & tv, Coke v Pepsi, Tyson v Bruno. Much happier times.
Haven’t heard this for so long, I had totally forgotten about it. Then it pops up on my music app and bam!! I’m back in time, and dancing my ass off on the balcony. And I’ll be 72 in a week. I’ve played it at least 15 times since then, and I mean just this afternoon. My neighbors even came over to check out, as they say “why are you dancing so hard, Phil”. Absolutely love this tune!!
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The black and white video, directed by David Fincher and choreographed by Abdul herself in mid-January 1989, won four 1989 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video, Best Editing, Best Choreography, and the first Best Dance Video. The video features an appearance by her friend, comedian Arsenio Hall, whose popular talk show had premiered a few weeks prior to the video shoot. Djimon Hounsou also appears.
This video was so ahead of it’s time! 🫶🏾So new and innovative. I remember being a kid seeing this and being obsessed. Paula Abdul was pure fire caught on video.❤️🔥What a talent she is. And the “David” that directed this music video in 1989 is in fact David Fincher in his early years before he rose to fame with Se7en! Cameos by Arsenio Hall and Djimon Hounsou. So many stars on the rise in this video. Pure fire! ❤️🔥
No it wouldnt lmao. Dont get me wrong this song is godlike and I think it SHOULD be #1 but theres no way in hell it actually would get #1. Have you heard todays music? Kids/Teens are too used to their Billiard Ireland's and Nicki Minaj's. Sure they might like it, but it being #1 would probably be impossible
She is an amazing dancer!! My husband said he went to school with her. She is extremely talented and gave me so much inspiration to dance. Thanks Ms Abdul 4:07
Paula Abdul has more talent in her pinky than most have their entire body. Not just a pretty face, although she is beautiful. Could sing, dance, and also had substance to her music. True legend.
I swear this woman is so underrated!!! One of the most gifted dancers and choreographers of all time! People swear these girl performers today can dance but none like this lady!
She was from an era of professional dancers/choreographers who became pop stars, first was toni basil, then Madonna(who Paula worked with), then Paula herself and finally Jennifer Lopez. All used their dancing to break into the music scene, well J-lo needed a movie to get it going.
Paula is an amazing person! Check out our latest interview with Paula where she reveals surviving Lupus due to her dancing injuries. th-cam.com/video/OAk1yyKdL14/w-d-xo.html
Wow!!!WoW!!!Wow!!! Pure talent... I always adore you Paula...You are very remarkable...You should revive this...make new albums too, you are very relatable...You are awesome!!!
We could only wish that she could push acts like Cardi B and Beyonce out of music. But the labels can make too much money from these women who get up on stage looking like $2 hookers whose only real talent is that they can follow choreography that someone else made up.
The eighties were the best era for music❣ Best memories of my life were in my twenties.... Love watching old videos and reminiscing favorite pastime ever🥰⚘❣
I'll call y'all your comments and s*** yeah like this pokers, it's more than mine Hill had a great looking wife ex-wife only had two kids have fun making them f*** you
Wow what an amazing song and I'm a heavy metal guy but I remember this from when I was little and it just cannot be denied amazing song they not sounding like this no more when it comes to hip Hop
When Paula Abdul took ownership of MTV. Wow the nostalgia, I remember it Paula,Janet,Michael and Madonna were in constant rotation. The best choreography category at the VMAs was a big deal.i miss those days.
I miss the days when Mtv actually played music videos. I watched the very first broadcast of Mtv and stopped watching when they started those unreality shows.
I CANT BELIEVE UNTIL NOW that I thought this song was done by Madonna!!! hahaha SMH... I am only 33, but I grew up on 80s music due to my older sisters.. Which in turn made the "80s' like my favorite decade genre of music... So i have always knda pride myself on knowing songs and artists of that period. So it is utter shock that I thought this was a Madonna song til tonight?!?!? crazy. lol
@@codyferrell1031Damn you never heard of Paula Abdul? I'm barely older than you, and I grew up hearing this song. She was a headliner for most of my early years.
Love her distinctive vocals. Even if you don't know the track, you know who the artist is. Hard to say the same with most these days. And don't even get me start with her beauty and dance floor prowess...
+Ultra80s LOL WHAT. i don't find her voice to be distinctive at all, in fact she is not even singing she is just talking. this woman is a dancer not a singer
Lost in a dream I don't know which way to go (A-let me say it now) If you are all that you seem Then, baby, I'm movin' way too slow [Pre-Chorus] I've been a fool before Wouldn't like to get my love caught In the slammin' door How about some information, please? [Chorus] Straight up now, tell me Do you really wanna love me forever (oh, oh, oh) Or am I caught in a hit-and-run? Straight up now, tell me Is it gonna be you and me together (oh, oh, oh) Or are you just havin' fun? [Verse 2] Time's standing still Waiting for some small clue (A-let me tell ya now) I keep getting chills When I think your love is true [Pre-Chorus] I've been a fool before Wouldn't like to get my love caught In the slammin' door How about some information, please? [Chorus] Straight up now, tell me Do you really wanna love me forever (oh, oh, oh) Or am I caught in a hit-and-run? Straight up now, tell me Is it gonna be you and me together (oh, oh, oh) Or are you just havin' fun? [Bridge] You are so hard to read You play hide-and-seek With your true intentions If you're only playin' games I'll just have to say Abb-b-b-bye, b-b-b-bye [Breakdown] Do, do you love me? (Do, do you love me, baby?) Do, do you love me? (Do, do you love me? A-hey, baby!) Do, do you love me? (Do, do you love me, baby?) C'mon now, do, do you love me? (Do, do you love me?) A-tell me, baby [Pre-Chorus - Extended] I've been a fool before Wouldn't like to get my love Caught in the slammin' door Are you more than hot for me Or am I a page in your history book? I don't mean to make demands But the word and the deed go hand in hand How about some information, please? [Chorus] Straight up now, tell me Do you really wanna love me forever (oh, oh, oh) Or am I caught in a hit-and-run? Straight up now, tell me Is it gonna be you and me together (oh, oh, oh) Or are you just havin' fun?
I always thought this is one of the greatest artistic videos I have EVER seen! She was so talented, that in a decade of the most talented artist ever, she stood out.
In my high school, there were two groups: Team Madonna and Team Paula. Needless to say, I was on PAULA'S side! She can sing, dance up a storm, AND she's a nice person.
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She deserves endless praise for that opening tap sequence alone. It was perfection!
Yes!!!😮😅😊❤
Yes! I revisit this video often just to watch and rewatch the tap!
Paula is awesome
She's wonderful!!!
I still think of it. It's my favorite part of the video from the first time I saw it when the video came out.
This is a powerhouse of a song, so is Paula Abdul!
❤
So lucky that I was born in 1977! Had a chance to enjoy the best of both 1980s and 1990s. What a tune ❤
Right with ya 1976😮😮
Me too
My dad was born then too❤😂
I'm 1990 but my siblings were 80s kids so I got to enjoy a lot of this growing up.
'77 here too and I definitely loved the 80s and early 90s!Best music!❤
Paula's music videos are so cool because she includes numerous close up shots of her face which reflects the mood/tempo/feeling of the song at that moment. It is just like she is addressing you personally. She is the best of the best in her choreography and execution.
Thank to David Fincher for that.
There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them
Yes and this is definitely one of those songs ❤
@@RareGemLove чтоа главное чтобы они могли не
Definitely know where your coming from....... today's music just doesn't do that.
@@jonathanx8528 I think that for today's kids, today's tunes will have a similar effect, but whatever decade you grew up, I think that whatever music played during your teenage days will always be special. I used to think that any modern music post 2000 was a bit lame, but every now and then, there's still a good one that is super catchy. My teenage days were firmly in the 80s, but I also think that not all songs back then were great.
Aww hell yeah 🤧🤟
If you lived through this era than you know Paula and Janet were radio queens of pop.
I promise people cared but time is just evil to humans, things change as a natural progression but not for the benefit of humans.
Miss Jackson, if you're NASTY!!!!
SHE WAS POP
JANET JUST filled in
Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson definitely ruled the 80s and 90s I grew up on their music had all their albums 😊
I agree with you I grew up in the 80s and 90s and Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson definitely ruled the 80s and 90s 😊
It's 2023 and this video is still *EVERYTHING!* The editing and production is so great that 30+ years later, it still holds up.
I know right!!! Classic!
And Paula is still great !!!!!!!!!! for real!!!!
David Fincher quality
It’s 2024 wtfym
@@nezukochan3890 WTFIM? I typed this comment 11 months ago ... when it was *2023,* duh.
Best dancer and singer in her style... unique... queen , creative,,, genuine , so SHE. PAULA... REAL QUEEN.
At 41 years I still feel like my young self whenever I hear this song!! ❤❤🥰🥰🥰🥰
I'm 47 and I feel ya!!👊🏽😎
I'm the exact same age and I totally feel the same way! I miss the early 90's!!
Me to😂 #41
42. I know how you feel.
65 and I know what you mean.
She was way ahead of time! Pure class!!!
She was actually right on time in her time..fk this generation 🤠🖕🏽
I hope you are a bot.
@@challengerbrant not a bot but a 40yr old guy from India who appreciates quality that was way ahead of it's time !
Well, the hip thrusting was a bit off putting lol but she can shuffle better than most! Makes me want to try my hand at dancing.
@@challengerbrant haha
2024になっても充分に通用するナンバーです🤩🤩
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Someone I know who met Paula says she's a really kind, good person.
Please keep me posted 📫 😊❤thanks 😅
She is - and down to earth too.. I met her back in 2019 she’s awesome 😀
Friend of a friend of a friend...
고딩때 폴라 첨 접했는데 그 갬성 아직도 느끼고 있어요 넘 좋아요
This is the most under appreciated music video of all time. Its aesthetic is unmatched. It’s mysterious, urban, fun, well choreographed and well edited. It’s aged like wine.
Directed by David Fincher
lame
It beat Vogue.
It was OVER-RATED
Well said!!
I could not agree more!! The production value, choreography, lighting and editing are as fresh today as it was in the 80s
Her dance talent is out of space !!!!!!!! A true Artist from the bottom of her heart and soul !!!!
Never tired of this song. The beat, the melody, the lyrics... Everything still applies today 👍❤️
I CANT BELIEVE UNTIL NOW that I thought this song was done by Madonna!!! hahaha SMH... I am only 33, but I grew up on 80s music due to my older sisters.. Which in turn made the "80s' like my favorite decade genre of music... So i have always knda pride myself on knowing songs and artists of that period. So it is utter shock that I thought this was a Madonna song til tonight?!?!? crazy. lol
For sure, for sure, not to mention that Paula is just as good as Fred Astaire.
@@codyferrell1031 you are cvcckujl
Additional. Super choreographer
I have admired Paula since the 1990s, when my teacher gave me a cassette with the album Straight Up and I listened to this cassette on a mono player. These sounds formed my soul...
Paula Abdul... you're songs still kicks ass even in 2017. oh and your still fiiiiine
love you Paula ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Oh look, a butthurt Trump hater. Must be the sexual repression.
SexuallyRepressedMegalodon
Because a sane person should vote for a warmongering lesbian who supports everything she claims she's against plus pedophile rings. And I really don't care what your username stands for. Just replying to another left-winger who brings in politics where it doesn't belong.
Regardless, Paula Abdul is 54 years old. She's 30 years past her prime so of course she doesn't look that good anymore.
SexuallyRepressedMegalodon
You already made it a discussion and even ignored the part where I actually went on topic for the music video. It's your own fault. I also never said Hillary is a pedophile. You leftists all share the same bad reading comprehension.
Geeked-OutTurtlesFan36 That's true! Im only 13 yrs old but I love this song still also her,Forever my girl!!!!
Ashley Cariño same I love it😍
I grew up in the 80s and Paula Abdul and Janet Jackson definitely were the queens of the 80s and 90s 😊
Madonna was bigger than both of them put together.
My word Madonna was massive in the 80s & 90.
💯 she was the Queen
@@Natasha_835 I know right, shemekacash6927 obviously wasn't alive in the 80's, lol.
Cindy Lauper
@@halloweenville1 I was there too. Women in general didn't do that bad, during the 80s! Dolly Parton, Sheila E, Lisa Lisa, Olivia Newton-John, Patti LaBelle, Whitney Houston, and yes there was Paula vs Janet... MTV chose Madonna. I'll never forget the shock of seeing Janet Jackson lose Best Female Artist (or whatever) to Katie Lang. MTV loved that "If" video while Lang wasn't even in their program rotation, haha. I didn't even get into Madonna until Vogue...
It's one of those songs that don't die over the years. Nothing will overshadow it. There will be remakes and remixes. A lot of things. I am happy that I lived at a time when this song thundered and blew up the world. Thank you. We remember. Love. We live by this music.
I love it, but it really doesn't come on the radio that often as "many other 80s classics" - I do listen to it a million times - from time to time.
Real...
Paula is an absolute perfect performer. She helped define the 80's for the music and the videos.
I remember when this was new and played on the radio all the time. This brings back memories of High School dances. Thanks.
Junior high for me
Brings me back memories of kindergarten!! I just thought this song was so cool!
I bought the cassette
This reminded me of the time my arabian friend who sacrificed his life for me came back to life to save me from this genie
About 3 weeks ago for me. I’m young and got here thanks to JoJo’s
That tap opening was EPIC!!
Yea she killed it like insanely
get it paula.
love me some paula abdul.love her.and also love this classic song as well.
Yep she's the bomb, wish I could do that!!
...fail
Nobody appreciating the amazing tap scene in the beginning
That tap scene made this my favorite video of the 80s
I was just thinking the same thing...
Was the legitimately her? 😳
Update: My mother has informed me she choreographed and performed her own routines. Gotta love having an 80’s raised mom!
It's incredible!
I appreciate it. She's one of the few singers that can do it all - including tap. Remember, she started out as a choreographer.
Michael Bischoff EVERYBODY DO! We have NO WORD
A 1980s iconic Classic!
1989 35yrs. Ago
Paula Abdul = One of the greatest dancers of all time.
I think Michael Jackson might have something to say about that one
+barry elms that's why I said ONE OF the best.
+Quickstar989 MJ is
+tinasea1 What don't you get about the term "one of"?
He said "one of the best" not "the best dancer ever."
Crazy how a song that feels so modern so 35 years later !
I believe everyone adored, Paula. She was straight up.
Tina Marie she’s not dead
R.I.P Paula you will be missed
U damm skippy
@@Whoflungpouu u r so stupid PA is STILL ALIVE!
Back in these days, it was impossible to live without MTV !
It was possible, because of the great radio stations!
❤❤🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊
Тогда музыка была хороший.
@@Z0RDR4CK Ned's dad was a teacher and forced their family to watch only PBS. Ned was not very popular. Your point, again?👂🏾
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I'm man enough to admit that this CD was my jam in the 90's.
Same
I'm man enough to admit this cd is still my jam
First cassette I ever purchased. Actually I asked my mom to buy it for me. I was 11. She asked if I was sure. I said yep, 'Shes Hot'...
connection with dates I had in the East Village..... early 90's
Not a damn thing wrong with that! I mean...im 43 and im here...
I had a huge crush on Paula Abdul. Loved the 80s music. Didn’t realize it wasn’t going to last.
One of the great dance songs. Fat beat, killer bassline, amazing choreography, wrapped in the black and white visual aesthetic. From the era when art worked on several levels.
100% agree. Very nicely put by you. Even if I think this goes beyond 'dance' or even the pop genre; it's a truly well-made piece of art - the composition, arrangement and everything around it.
A pretty sick electric keyboard there at the end too
True! The beat is good even to this day. Also, the bu-bu-bu-bu-bye and the the tune that sounds like a whistle!
All true & gated reverb as icing😁
@Matt Flynn✨ JUST SO STRAIGHT UP 👌 IN THE 22:51.P.M. 🌃 ✨PAULA ABDUL✨ I'LL AGREE SHE'S😝 ICONIC TOO ANNA BEAUTIFUL LIFE TIMES YA' TH-camR'S💋 IN YOU TOO.😅
Man ..this deserves at least half or a billion views 80s people where ya'll at?
prolly taking catre of the second round of kids
Here, from Singapore
Adoro está época no cambio la verdadera música por la actual ❤❤❤❤
I'm right here
we be here 😊
This is the most 80s thing I've ever seen and heard. Love it
I thought it was from the early 1990’s.
@@rebecca8525 This style of freestyle was agreeably bigger in the early 90s than the late 80s
@@rebecca8525 this was released in late 1988
LOL! I’m worse! Thought it was post-2000s music.
I think you're all right. It has a late 80s moving into 90s vibe, but also sounds quite original even today.
A piece of pop trivia. When the man is dancing in the trench coat with the Cain, while in his flip his hat falls off. That was unintentional and the dancer naturally did the splits to recover the hat. They left it in the video.
Woah that is crazy!! Real history right there.
That looked pretty cool tho
1:40
@Honest Person nobody knows 🤷 I remember him in it though.
...yet, I keep telling everyone WHY Arsenio was blurred from the video, YOU gimme this trivia, and I've been watchin' this damn video since 1988!! ....how'd I didn't KNOW this!? ...THANKS, Papa!!
Pop classic. This song and choreography will never get old. Paula was really that girl. Better than anything on radio today.
True, without her (choreography guidance) there would be no 1980/90s George Michael or Janet Jackson.
This is not Pop. It's called New Jack Swing or Swing Beat
@@KC-fx2vy It absolutely can be classified as pop and/or dance as well. This is why the song was nominated for best POP female vocal performance at the 1990 Grammy's.
@@Keezie27 Cool
I love Paula Abdul. ❤❤❤ Her singing and dancing are pure perfection. Fresh as ever, I could watch her all day.
This song still sounds amazing even after nearly 30 years
Absolutely true!👏🏾
+vikki d ♡
well thanks for letting me realise how old i am......
And she still looks the same wtf?
I gotta agree!
One of the greatest music videos of all time. Everything working together, razor sharp.
her facial expressions are amazing
David Fincher master class
@@jayzonone Wow I've always thought this video was stellar, but didn't realize Fincher had directed it. That explains so much.
@@aro5490The Aerosmith video for "Janie's Got a Gun" also directed by David Fincher- it is cinematic.
Клип выше всяких похвал!!! Всегда очень нравился и Пола конечно супер!!!❤
This woman is molten lava. Always was, still is! 80s forever!
TheArkhatron 1989 😂
Never tires.....What a song.
Paula is underrated. We need to give her her flowers NOW⚘⚘⚘
Close your eyes and she sounds like Madonna .
@@ricog8209 They sound similar but Paula has a certain quality that is different from Madonna.
I agree!!
Flowers are always nice.
She’s never underrated
Paula is the Queen of dance. .. this was ahead of it's musical time and even today still a classic go to
Look, how stylish this still looks even 30 years later! The music and video are really timeless.
36 years to be exact. 1988.
I love Paula Abdul. She’s a wonderful dancer and I hope she’s singing still.
Happy Birthday to Paula Abdul! I still remember exactly where I was the first time this video came on and I FREAKED! She changed the game.
True!! She is a legend👏🏾
absolutely
Why is Arsenio Hall blurred out on this video?
jermsolo because hes suppose to be a prop to the setting of the backprops and anothet upcoming face but the main focus is on Paula Abdul .Omg who wants his face for her music video
Eternal Darkness - Just because you don't know about all the work she's done, does not change the fact that she is a legend! Just a few hits in the 80's? You better look her up, her work goes way beyond all the music she has recorded herself... For instance she is also a choreographer. She is in the Rock'n Roll Hall of Fame for a reason...
I Love the 80‘s!🖤
Me too
Shark 13 it’s actually the 90’s
There’s an amazing story behind this. There was no faith in it but still Paula believed in this song and went on to record it, next thing she knew... It became an instant massive hit that sold over a million copies in ten days.
It’s funny how the most unexpected things are sometimes the ones that bring big surprises.
Paula, you rock!!! ❤️
Thanks for the trivia. I remember singing and dancing in Houston, to all of Paula’s music!!!
Riveting...
It wasn't an instant hit. It wasn't the first single from the album. The album was relaunched after it flopped with this song. Then it succeeded.
Best choreographer of the 80's and 90's! She choreographed everyone from Janet Jackson to Michael Jackson and all the Jackson's!!!! Wow the GOAT!!;
Paula Abdul is a wonderful singer. I love this song and the era. No internet or social media, great music, films & tv, Coke v Pepsi, Tyson v Bruno. Much happier times.
And madonna with michael Jackson.... A beautiful time😍
Really truly happier times!!!
Haven’t heard this for so long, I had totally forgotten about it. Then it pops up on my music app and bam!! I’m back in time, and dancing my ass off on the balcony. And I’ll be 72 in a week. I’ve played it at least 15 times since then, and I mean just this afternoon. My neighbors even came over to check out, as they say “why are you dancing so hard, Phil”. Absolutely love this tune!!
Keep on dancin', Phil!! 😊
My neighbours smashed my windows at 2am
I think they couldn't hear it properly😂
The 80’s were the greatest decade for music other than the swing era 😎
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THAT tap dance omg! cud watch n 're watch thst a gazillion times over n over!!!
Paula looks amazing in this video, song is killer and the choreography is off the charts!!
You can hardly see her in this Video 😂😂😂
On point analysis
She was the best choreography in the 80s & 90s. Love watching her dance 💃
Paula's a legend IMO.Bad ass girl.
+creepyd444 just what i was going to say :) - bad ass dancer.. :)
Yeah, exactly what I was thinking. She danced her ass back then and taught so many people you dance. She's great.
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+creepyd444 Tap dancing gives me erections.
Nicholas James It's fucking true. Especially from females.
Omg this song can't be over 30+ years old wow. I remember this like it was yesterday.... she still looks great though
You look great tho to 🙂
She doesn't age
Watch her perform this song on stage from 2019.
@@moomahchaloopa3164 maybe she is a vampire !
So you were there when this song came out how old were you back then
Whoever shot this video in black & white is a legend , absolutely love this song even all these years later 🥰
I wonder if Mark Walberg’s Good Vibrations video was the same producer.
The black and white video, directed by David Fincher and choreographed by Abdul herself in mid-January 1989, won four 1989 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video, Best Editing, Best Choreography, and the first Best Dance Video. The video features an appearance by her friend, comedian Arsenio Hall, whose popular talk show had premiered a few weeks prior to the video shoot. Djimon Hounsou also appears.
This video was so ahead of it’s time! 🫶🏾So new and innovative. I remember being a kid seeing this and being obsessed. Paula Abdul was pure fire caught on video.❤️🔥What a talent she is. And the “David” that directed this music video in 1989 is in fact David Fincher in his early years before he rose to fame with Se7en! Cameos by Arsenio Hall and Djimon Hounsou. So many stars on the rise in this video. Pure fire! ❤️🔥
Omg that was them!?
Damn, Paula was beautiful in this video. Plus she choreographed all of her own moves. Beautiful woman!
Paula Abdul was 1 of the most gorgeous women of the 80's, I don't care what anybody says..
totally agree! still is
I honestly believe that everyone would agree with you. 🌹
100%
O, that wasn't a revelation. That was just a FACT 😍🔥
2024.always
One of the most awesome videos of all time , I appreciate the beauty of the performance, Paula you are and forever will be awesome 👏
The Straight Up video won 4 VMAs in 89
• Best Female Video
• Best Dance Video
• Best Choreography
• Best Editing
And best body!!
and rightfully so!
No surprise there.
Whitney houston said she can't sing, she's off key
@@antimatterwave3747 She can't. This is still a awesome song though.
if released today, this would be number 1.
still listening in 2020
No it wouldnt lmao. Dont get me wrong this song is godlike and I think it SHOULD be #1 but theres no way in hell it actually would get #1.
Have you heard todays music? Kids/Teens are too used to their Billiard Ireland's and Nicki Minaj's. Sure they might like it, but it being #1 would probably be impossible
Yesssssss
Yeah even J. Cole Only got it up to the number 13 spot on the Billboard Top 100 with this sample.
Breaking Rick, she was a hit.
Mmm
There is nothing like the videos that were created in the 80’s! We will never see a style or a sense of fresh clean fun-ness like that again!
É verdade!
She is an amazing dancer!! My husband said he went to school with her. She is extremely talented and gave me so much inspiration to dance. Thanks Ms Abdul 4:07
This is my favourite song of Paula’s. My favourite video is Opposites Attract. Love that tune too!! Bring back the 80’s!!!😍❤️
Flutterby 84 listen to the cover of Straight Up by the band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Flutterby 84 opposites attract is the BEST!!! I loved that video
Singing along whilst having a duvet day still sounds as good as it did 😍
I could have sworn this was a 90s song. Nope, it's 80s. I'm an 80s man. :)
Flutterby 84 I like " cold hearted 🐍 " the best.
Hard to believe this song is 31years old.....Paula is a living legend!!!
Legend? LMFAO... You people want to call everyone a legend... 30 years from now everyone will claim the "catch me outside" girl was a legend.
It makes me feel old
@@chaseholstein7083 2 each it's own Bro....have a good year
Zed Tinsley it’s funny cuz 30 years from now iggy azalea or cardi b are gonna considered legends
I feel attacked
If TH-cam was around in the 80's this video would have billions of views
Trillions maybe!!!!
It's better to sell CDs and records in the 80s than crummy TH-cam views today lol. Means more $.
No need because at the time there was a thing called MTV that did nothing but play music videos:)
Sorry BORING. YIKES.
I remember when this song was played on MTV all the time. Ahhhhhh, the sounds of my childhood! 😉💚
ONE OF. MOST ICONIC MUSIC VIDEOS OF ALL TIME
The Choreography and Song are just MAGNIFICENT!
Paula Abdul has more talent in her pinky than most have their entire body.
Not just a pretty face, although she is beautiful. Could sing, dance, and also had substance to her music. True legend.
her choreography was second to none👯
That tap dance intro was str8 fuckin 🔥
Most definitely.!!!
You know she didn't write this song?
@burnsiet doesn't change my opinion one bit
I swear this woman is so underrated!!! One of the most gifted dancers and choreographers of all time! People swear these girl performers today can dance but none like this lady!
She was from an era of professional dancers/choreographers who became pop stars, first was toni basil, then Madonna(who Paula worked with), then Paula herself and finally Jennifer Lopez. All used their dancing to break into the music scene, well J-lo needed a movie to get it going.
@ LaMescia Montoryas exactly!
She taught Janet Jackson how to dance and choreographed a lot of her videos. Paula even appears in "Nasty Boys" as one of Janet's friends.
Paula is an amazing person! Check out our latest interview with Paula where she reveals surviving Lupus due to her dancing injuries. th-cam.com/video/OAk1yyKdL14/w-d-xo.html
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One of the best songs ever.
Wow!!!WoW!!!Wow!!! Pure talent... I always adore you Paula...You are very remarkable...You should revive this...make new albums too, you are very relatable...You are awesome!!!
We could only wish that she could push acts like Cardi B and Beyonce out of music. But the labels can make too much money from these women who get up on stage looking like $2 hookers whose only real talent is that they can follow choreography that someone else made up.
I agree!!!
Unless you were around you’d have no idea how big this track was
It was epic!
Exactly!
Wasn’t around and I know how big this is, culture run deep in my family
Paula is a legend
As a kid I always waited for this shit to come on the radio..... dope track
80's the way to go!!!! Will never beat it ❣️
When I was a kid this was the shit! 🔥 She was also one of my many 80's crushes. So much nostalgia in this video, i was like 7 when this was released 🥹
The eighties were the best era for music❣ Best memories of my life were in my twenties.... Love watching old videos and reminiscing favorite pastime ever🥰⚘❣
I prefer the 90s. But this is somwehere in between I guess
The 80’s were such a great decade for music.
The most unique. My song folder has no other music genre than the 80s!
Yes it was I can totally agree
@@Ghostxfied ok then bud
Jsn Ynk18 yesss
@Dee Dokken I was an 80s teen and I agree. Also, the year 2000 was pretty lit when it came to music.
Paula Abdul The Queen of Tap Dance !!!
Paula Abdul still doing this today @ 56.... Amazing !!!
56 ???? Is not old . I'm 52 and I destroy newbies at my job . GO see The Rolling stones and The Who . ( Roger and Pete , still alive )
BRUTUSPLAC what job? 🤔
Fifty-six... or "Fifty-FINE"? EH? YEAH??
All the artists i grew up with are either getting old or dead sad this is when real music was still being made....makes me fell old im 40.
Song still dope in 2024!
Toujours 🤣🤣😂😂😂🎉🎉
ㅋㅋㅋㅋ me too
Agreed ❤
It is, Paula had, still has a pretty voice.
and rad too 😆
2019. Still love it. I will never get bored with this song.
I'll call y'all your comments and s*** yeah like this pokers, it's more than mine Hill had a great looking wife ex-wife only had two kids have fun making them f*** you
same hahahahahahahahhahahahahhahah
Bud S ☝️
the first song video I've seen back in 80s in Soviet Russia :)
Best music was at the era..👍
Wow what an amazing song and I'm a heavy metal guy but I remember this from when I was little and it just cannot be denied amazing song they not sounding like this no more when it comes to hip Hop
My favorite Paula Abdul song. 😍
2020 straight up who else miss this good music? Paula still a dime!!!
@Thebearcat66 Seriously doubt that!!!
@@DaPhilthyDog you are talking to bot
Paula Abdul ain't $hit
@@charelsgunn9024 I would really like to know what kind of "music" you hear.
@@CrazyDoodEpicLeaves I listen to Soul music or R&B ,sometimes Rock
Paula was one of the best dancers back then and also she was a backup dancer and choreographer for Janet Jackson.
She is one sexy Mutha f*ckn woman.
And LA Laker cheerleader.
Always was there and always will be, love You Paula❤
80s songs never get old...and this song will live forever..
When Paula Abdul took ownership of MTV. Wow the nostalgia, I remember it Paula,Janet,Michael and Madonna were in constant rotation. The best choreography category at the VMAs was a big deal.i miss those days.
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Seems like times are so much crazier now. Think back to the mid 80s to early 90s and I wish I would have appreciated life more.
I miss the days when Mtv actually played music videos. I watched the very first broadcast of Mtv and stopped watching when they started those unreality shows.
I can dance just like Paula she my mentor
And Whitney Houston and Prince as well
This is my fave 80’s song. It’s empowering and fun to dance to
I CANT BELIEVE UNTIL NOW that I thought this song was done by Madonna!!! hahaha SMH... I am only 33, but I grew up on 80s music due to my older sisters.. Which in turn made the "80s' like my favorite decade genre of music... So i have always knda pride myself on knowing songs and artists of that period. So it is utter shock that I thought this was a Madonna song til tonight?!?!? crazy. lol
Not to mention great to listen to in the car.
Str8 Up!!!
@@alfa-psi back off
@@codyferrell1031Damn you never heard of Paula Abdul?
I'm barely older than you, and I grew up hearing this song.
She was a headliner for most of my early years.
Iconic classic.. i loved this song ❤❤❤
Love her distinctive vocals. Even if you don't know the track, you know who the artist is. Hard to say the same with most these days.
And don't even get me start with her beauty and dance floor prowess...
+Ultra80s LOL WHAT. i don't find her voice to be distinctive at all, in fact she is not even singing she is just talking. this woman is a dancer not a singer
I still love this song.
Ian Alexander)
The beauty of the voice of this great Singer Is extraordinary
Lost in a dream
I don't know which way to go
(A-let me say it now)
If you are all that you seem
Then, baby, I'm movin' way too slow
[Pre-Chorus]
I've been a fool before
Wouldn't like to get my love caught
In the slammin' door
How about some information, please?
[Chorus]
Straight up now, tell me
Do you really wanna love me forever (oh, oh, oh)
Or am I caught in a hit-and-run?
Straight up now, tell me
Is it gonna be you and me together (oh, oh, oh)
Or are you just havin' fun?
[Verse 2]
Time's standing still
Waiting for some small clue
(A-let me tell ya now)
I keep getting chills
When I think your love is true
[Pre-Chorus]
I've been a fool before
Wouldn't like to get my love caught
In the slammin' door
How about some information, please?
[Chorus]
Straight up now, tell me
Do you really wanna love me forever (oh, oh, oh)
Or am I caught in a hit-and-run?
Straight up now, tell me
Is it gonna be you and me together (oh, oh, oh)
Or are you just havin' fun?
[Bridge]
You are so hard to read
You play hide-and-seek
With your true intentions
If you're only playin' games
I'll just have to say
Abb-b-b-bye, b-b-b-bye
[Breakdown]
Do, do you love me?
(Do, do you love me, baby?)
Do, do you love me?
(Do, do you love me? A-hey, baby!)
Do, do you love me?
(Do, do you love me, baby?)
C'mon now, do, do you love me?
(Do, do you love me?)
A-tell me, baby
[Pre-Chorus - Extended]
I've been a fool before
Wouldn't like to get my love
Caught in the slammin' door
Are you more than hot for me
Or am I a page in your history book?
I don't mean to make demands
But the word and the deed go hand in hand
How about some information, please?
[Chorus]
Straight up now, tell me
Do you really wanna love me forever (oh, oh, oh)
Or am I caught in a hit-and-run?
Straight up now, tell me
Is it gonna be you and me together (oh, oh, oh)
Or are you just havin' fun?
林秀美 I
Who's the dancer and band?
Thank you
Wow Paula did an amazing job during that billboards performance! She still has it!
This song never ever gets old.
i think u dont know what the word old means.......
Never!
It literally does
oh it got old all right
What a pretty woman ,hello my Beauty ?
I always thought this is one of the greatest artistic videos I have EVER seen! She was so talented, that in a decade of the most talented artist ever, she stood out.
love Paula Abdul
❤️❤️
In my high school, there were two groups: Team Madonna and Team Paula. Needless to say, I was on PAULA'S side! She can sing, dance up a storm, AND she's a nice person.
Don’t forget Whitney female pop stars from 80’s
Paula who?
Madonna nice
They are booth good in their own way
@@fuckuboi8726 Paula Abdul. Stop being dense