I love this song, but I hate its truth. It's difficult releasing a love that still burns hot within you, but is unrequited from the person you indeed love. I fell in love with this song from this performance at age 17, and at 35 I understand more than ever. You can't help but dance through the tears, as she sings my heart to all the women I've ever loved.
Damn thats crazy. I’m 35 and also fell in love with this song from this performance somewhere in my late teens/early 20s. Being able to pass through the pain of lost relationships and not chase unavailable people is not for the faint of heart, i’ve struggled with it my whole life. This is one of those songs that people will aways relate to, Badu is on another level. Peace ✌🏼
Of course you're not O.K. she gave you a K.O. I 100% agree on the sexiest performance EVER recorded. That jacket look so cool, like an armour. Check out another cool song if you like th-cam.com/video/-qy3REaKk2Q/w-d-xo.html
I know this is late but I have to disagree. I think THIS (th-cam.com/video/09qK8MMb-mk/w-d-xo.html) is the best performance of this song. I love the upbeat to it in that version.
Ashamed to say that I, a die hard Erykah Badu, only heard this song on 2019 soul train awards. played it over like 12x before youtube suggested this version, She definitely left me wanting more
haha I only heard it in 2018 when I saw her live at Fieldday since then been hooked! One of my faves from her. The song live it is a whole different experience
I’ve listened to Badu 20yrs, I wasn’t consistent on each of her albums. I just now heard this song for the first time today, I must’ve been sleep, don’t know how I missed this dope song!!
Never heard this song or her till Dave Chapelle had her on.... Maybe the best live performance I've ever seen. Astonishing.....Years later and ive remembered this.
Wow…. I always loved this live performance from The Chappelle Show!! When she did the back breaking step turn around I felt that too. I loved that part of the song as well!! Texas Dolls❤👍🏾
I swear there is some kind of magic spell in this performance. I left this on my DVR till I bought the season on DVD. I’m still under the spell all these years later. One of humanity’s greatest performances, thanks for posting.
@@rocness5153 pretty sure season 1, but no idea on episode. For some reason, I don’t think it appears on the DVDs either. If you find out, please reply 👍👊🇺🇸🤘
I also kept this on my DVR till I was forced to switch providers. Was there saved for like 3 yrs, showed it to every friend that came over and was so pissed when I had to lose it. Secondly, I’ve searched far and wide…TH-cam is the only place to see this. It’s not on the DVD or anywhere else that I’ve looked. Every so often (today being one of them), I search for answers. Nada, zilch…I don’t get it.
@@jjsdad4952 my man 👍👊🇺🇸🤘 Another lost performance I look for Amy Winehouse Live from some theater in England, and it was only played on an early HD music channel called Palladium (99% sure, maybe spelled different). Great sound, an she looked happy, healthy, and hot - not really a ‘leg man’ but damn she looked good. It was early, likely right after or just before Back to Black dropped.
One of those songs that echoed in my head for a decade and a half after hearing it once. Glad to finally find it again; my dim recollections did not do her performance justice.
The first time I read this song a student played it after our dance class and I thought I would lose my mind. We both zoned Inward amd outward 4real!!!!!!
Erykah Badu gave one of the most sensuous performances ever on a television show; and yet there were no "wardrobe malfunctions," and neither was she dressed an underslip or bustier
@@domachondri Right! Janet is a beautiful Balck woman who deserves her own to cover her. Lord knows white boy, Justin, left her high and dry... why should black folk?
Still watching in late 2024. Absolutely in love with
this is THEEEE performance
I love this song, but I hate its truth.
It's difficult releasing a love that still burns hot within you, but is unrequited from the person you indeed love.
I fell in love with this song from this performance at age 17, and at 35 I understand more than ever.
You can't help but dance through the tears, as she sings my heart to all the women I've ever loved.
I feel u...
Damn thats crazy. I’m 35 and also fell in love with this song from this performance somewhere in my late teens/early 20s. Being able to pass through the pain of lost relationships and not chase unavailable people is not for the faint of heart, i’ve struggled with it my whole life. This is one of those songs that people will aways relate to, Badu is on another level. Peace ✌🏼
Ditto....had already bought her first 2 cd's (Baduizm & Mama's Gun) and this live performance on Chappelle blew me away.👋
One of the greatest songs ever created
FACTS.
@@MoneyOverFame Power over money, yeah!
That's what I came here to say, it's a fucking jam.
AGREED!!!
Truly true
Favorite Badu joint. Erykah was cooking em on this performance!
"Wow" is all that can be said!!!!! Still watching this awesome performance in 2024. Love me some Erykah Badu❤💕
Possibly one of the greatest live performances ever!!!
Agreed
agreed
Sexiest performance EVER recorded.. all these years later and im STILL not o.k. …. im not ok, folks .
Yours is one of my all-time favorite YubeTubecomments:-}}
Tell me bout it. It won't let go man. And i do mean her feminine aura. It will draw u in and kick yo ass. AND IM ALRIGHT WIT IT.
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Amen to that!
Of course you're not O.K. she gave you a K.O. I 100% agree on the sexiest performance EVER recorded. That jacket look so cool, like an armour. Check out another cool song if you like th-cam.com/video/-qy3REaKk2Q/w-d-xo.html
Damn this is such a great song, and listening to it live just makes it ever better. Who's still listening in 2020? #QuarantineConcertSeries
Facts
yes!
Absolutely amazing.
Absolutely amazing.
Come back periodically, at least 3 times a year just to watch the performance
When the backing singers come on two thirds of the way through, the whole song comes together with this sort of magic flow and you just wanna JAMZ.
Keisha Jackson is incredible ❤❤❤
2024 and still in my Top 3 Favorite Songs I’ve ever heard
This lick is not only one of the greatest song ever, it's also one of the baddesy performances ever.
Guys we were alive in the time of Erykah
I remember watching this show when it aired.. I still get Goosebumps and vibrations thirteen years later..
Me too!
The thing about Erykah is that she is just so damn cool always! and one of kind I love you all!!!
never will forget chapelle show or this performance
Agreed!
What season /episode was this
@@randomuser1567 idk what people are talking about she preformed back in the day not this song on the actual episode of chappel
@@charlesquales7450 she performed to close the Chapell show live
i repeat. this is the best live performance i ever seen. This and the NPR Tiny desk perfomence of green eyes
I saw that too. Amazing!
I know this is late but I have to disagree. I think THIS (th-cam.com/video/09qK8MMb-mk/w-d-xo.html) is the best performance of this song. I love the upbeat to it in that version.
The background are killing it with those chaka khan harmonies. You can def hear chaka’s influence is erykah badu’s music
A great example of the divine feminine nature
Amen.
Ms Badu has some top tier songs & this is top 5 of my favs from her.
-3:27 Badu hitting that diminished octave easily and flawlessly.
Bruh....
What the fuck is a diminished octave? An octave is just the same note higher or lower...
What the fuck are you smoking?
Facts
Sis snapped on this performance!!! Also the background singers and band are amazing!!🙌🏽👏🏽
Yes they did the great Millie jackson daughter is the background singer on the left
@reeboo43 wow, you’re right. Not a lot of people know that. That’s the great Keisha Jackson.
So True and I think that’s Shaun Martin on the keyboard. He produced for Kirk Franklin and God’s Property as well as Erykah.
Literally nothing should be this good.. especially a live freaking performance. Top 10 I've ever seen, easy.
Straight Chaka riffs!
Really wish there was an album version for this song. I always find myself coming back to this video every so often.
It's on the album Worldwide Underground
there is an album version, its brilliant, but i love the live so much more
We all do , this live one is something else ! And Chappelle show one of the shortest and best .
@@zackbrown1525 Meant to say the live version, the studio version doesn't hold a candle to it for some reason.
This performance was magical; just look at the effect it’s had on all of us. Wild
She really knocked it out of the park with this song!
Music that feeds the soul. Still enjoying in 2021.
April 28th, 2022.
March 2024
Singular best live performance of anybody ever! I go back to this video almost weekly to remind me of the greatness of this Queen🙌
Love the craving in this song
Nobody talking about Daves Chapelle jammin to this masterpiece. 🙌🏾🐠
well it was on his show he jammed to all the guests
Ashamed to say that I, a die hard Erykah Badu, only heard this song on 2019 soul train awards. played it over like 12x before youtube suggested this version, She definitely left me wanting more
haha I only heard it in 2018 when I saw her live at Fieldday since then been hooked! One of my faves from her. The song live it is a whole different experience
I read your comment quickly. Won't say what I thought!
This is it!
I’ve listened to Badu 20yrs, I wasn’t consistent on each of her albums. I just now heard this song for the first time today, I must’ve been sleep, don’t know how I missed this dope song!!
Never heard this song or her till Dave Chapelle had her on....
Maybe the best live performance I've ever seen.
Astonishing.....Years later and ive remembered this.
Fucking amazing song. Dave back there catching all the vibes.
Stunning performer..so gorgeous and at many moments in this video Erykah looks like a young Diana Ross gone radical
Every damn body on stage new the assignment!!!!
I love how she showcases her background singers and displays how powerful they can be, bless you Erykah 🥰🙏🏾😇
The instrumentation is next level, top notch musicianship
I seen this when it came out and just remember how mesmerized I was with her voice.
This woman is incredible... She touches you very deep
Brother B is absolutely killing this bass line, the improvisation is adding SOOO much to the groove.
Still One of the best live performances ever. ❤️❤️
This song will always hit..To infinity and beyond!!!
I love her so much period 😭❤❤❤❤❤❤
How in the hell can 46 people NOT like this song and performance?
Wow…. I always loved this live performance from The Chappelle Show!! When she did the back breaking step turn around I felt that too. I loved that part of the song as well!! Texas Dolls❤👍🏾
I swear there is some kind of magic spell in this performance. I left this on my DVR till I bought the season on DVD. I’m still under the spell all these years later. One of humanity’s greatest performances, thanks for posting.
What season is this and episode?
@@rocness5153 pretty sure season 1, but no idea on episode. For some reason, I don’t think it appears on the DVDs either. If you find out, please reply 👍👊🇺🇸🤘
I also kept this on my DVR till I was forced to switch providers. Was there saved for like 3 yrs, showed it to every friend that came over and was so pissed when I had to lose it.
Secondly, I’ve searched far and wide…TH-cam is the only place to see this. It’s not on the DVD or anywhere else that I’ve looked.
Every so often (today being one of them), I search for answers.
Nada, zilch…I don’t get it.
@@jjsdad4952 my man 👍👊🇺🇸🤘 Another lost performance I look for Amy Winehouse Live from some theater in England, and it was only played on an early HD music channel called Palladium (99% sure, maybe spelled different). Great sound, an she looked happy, healthy, and hot - not really a ‘leg man’ but damn she looked good. It was early, likely right after or just before Back to Black dropped.
Your whole body comes alive with this performance! Erykah is flawless!
Singular best live performance on TV ever! The Queen!
Love this live version!!!! Still remember watching when it aired.
Thank you Dave for introducing me to Erykah.
Man I love this ladys music, its off the charts.
Woke me up outta my sleep!🔥
I saw her on Chappelle show when I was a about 7. I knew immediately I liked women after her performance lol
One of those songs that echoed in my head for a decade and a half after hearing it once. Glad to finally find it again; my dim recollections did not do her performance justice.
Big up to all the pisces sisters , we've got this ✨
i can't believe i've never heard this live version before...Badu transcends beyond any other realm of sound
It’s way more hype
One of my favorite songs by Erykah Badu
Love seeing Dave Chappelle vibing to it
Whoa!!! STILL electrifying, years later 🤯👏🏾
She did her thang💜
I always liked her soothing music
I miss these days
I remember hearing this in 2003 for the first time at 12 y/o and it remains til this day a favorite live performance.. so beautiful
Love me some badu!!!!!!
Im really feeling this song wow She is so amazing...
got goosebumps everytime the beat drops
I love this version!!
That was straight electric I want her so badly and her background singers too if I'm being honest
The first time I read this song a student played it after our dance class and I thought I would lose my mind. We both zoned Inward amd outward 4real!!!!!!
l love this song...
This one still grooves
All hail the Queen of Neo Soul
this is a great performance. I would love to hear/see the original higher quality broadcast version. Erykah Badu baby.
Best performance ever
I love the sheen she performed this on Dave Chappell she sang “ I’m Sugah free....in the day”. They jazzed that part.
This performance is the one
Wow... This song speaks to me on a personal level lol
right😂❤ 😢
I really like this song. LOVE is awesome, good feelings.
Erykah Badu gave one of the most sensuous performances ever on a television show; and yet there were no "wardrobe malfunctions," and neither was she dressed an underslip or bustier
aye lets not come for Janet like that in 2020 for a mistake a culture vulture made and never had to take the fall for
@@domachondri Right! Janet is a beautiful Balck woman who deserves her own to cover her. Lord knows white boy, Justin, left her high and dry... why should black folk?
H
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GROOVE
We allll need this ❤️❤️❤️❤️
3:30 I jumped outta my chair. Who else has this SULTRY today? Her own
She's definitely a vibe!
Vocals are on point
GOOSEBUMPS !!
I just wanna say I came back for the goosebumps!
she go crazy at 3:00🔥😍❤🙏🏿
Wow! Beautiful.
Ela tá tão linda meu que mulher 😍😍i love's badu performed
queen!
rolando berberena iii
Erykah is the cutest I'm so fucking in love!
Simply Beautiful
Love her always.
one of the best lives ever!
You better sing that note!!!!!❤
Goddess 🧡
I'm here 2022
Her music permeates my soul.
Everything God Is 👑👆💯
Captivating!! HEY MA!
Go suger bear go suger bear🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉great performance awesome delivery 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
My Pisces soul sista. she's the 26th and I'm the 27th of February. Fly as Eva .