Plus Rock With You, Off The Wall, Baby Be Mine, and Come To Me by Patti Austin and James Ingram, Give Me The Night by George Benson. The guy was a monster.
Written by Rod Temperton who wrote Rock With You, Thriller & Off The Wall for Michael Jackson as well as Give Me The Night by George Benson among many other bangers 👍😎
Off the Wall was the last Michael Jackson that I liked, really, lol (I know that's not a popular opinion, lol). Great fun stuff on there. And Give Me the Night...perfection. So glad to have grown up in the 70s, loved this song so much.
In the states Heatwave had 3 big hits that went platinum! "Always & Forever " a slow jam is next. Rod Temperton, the keyboardist was a prolific songwriter for other artists. He wrote "Rock With You" for MJ and "Baby, Come To Me" for Patti Austin.
Also George Benson "Give me the night" He has very poignant spiritual lines in his lyricism. Listen to Heatwaves Star of the story. "We can fly" is mention in a few songs of his. An Thrillers prequel, Starlight. Like a musical Shaman
I grew up in the neighborhood with the Wilders. The whole family could sing. I believe Johnnie Wilder is one of the best Falsettos ever. His voice is crystal clear with no effort . If you listen to Always and Forever and Look After Love you will love it !
Except that when he sang "Look After Love", it was after his car accident and he was paralyzed. It hurt his lungs so much for him to sing while recording it that he was crying.
Their best song is one of the greatest slow jams of all-time in "Always and Forever" Personally I think that it's in the top 10 ever in secular music. (Especially the live version) The lead singer will take you to falsetto heaven near the end of the song.
Hundreds of men in the 70's-2000's attempted this dedication to their bride on their Wedding Day. Black, White even a few Asians. Surprisingly quite a few did really well !!!OTHERS ??? Whew.... Check the ones on line that all the "men of honor join in the background.
Yes. "Always and Forever" was *the* sweet, slow love ballad of the late '70s (along with the Commodores' "Three Times a Lady"). Make sure you play the full 6+ minute album version, *not* the shortened 3-and-a-half minute single version. It's such a good song, you don't want to miss a second of it.
Classic material. One of the coldest bands of the 70s whether ballads or uptempo. Rod Temperton straight up genius, so many classics,Mindblowing decisions, All you do is dial, Star of the Story, Ain’t no halfstepping, and my favorite “Sho nuff must be love”
@@dawnpatrol700I was 10, learning saxophone, when I bought "Too Hot Too Handle" the lp. Ohio Funk was ruling the airwaves. Heatwave was one of those bands!
Hands down, this is one of the most danceable songs of all time. I absolutely love that funky bass line, horns, guitar and of course the vocals. My favorite lyric in this song has got to be, "...we got the boiler burning, we're keeping it hot..." And what was so cool about this song was how much airplay it got. It was a huge crossover hit. It was on every R and B radio station, every pop station and even rock stations were playing this song.
Thanks to all the commenters who have mentioned Rod Temperton. I, for one, was not aware that he was so prolific as a songwriter, although I have always loved his songs. Just another reason to like this channel, always something new to learn about the music we all grew up with from this fabulous community ✌️
Finally you guys have discovered Heatwave with the Invisible Man Rod Temperton. This man is responsible for an entire catalog of MAJOR MUSICAL HITS for some big time artists.
When I was in High School in my Senior Year, I worked nights and weekends at a Roller Skating Rink. This was one of the Top Roller Dancing Songs of the time. People went crazy for it when it would come on.
You just teleported me back to 1977 while I was in the USAF and stationed in the Philippines. We used to play this album (and many others) at full blased in the dorms. Thank you guys. For just a few moments I felt like I was 20 again.
"Central Heating", their second album that "The Groove Line" is on, is my favorite Heatwave album. It never lets up. One deep cut from it that's popular is "Star Of The Story".
I was in high school and worked as a DJ at my small town skating rink. This was constantly being requested. Imagine a couple of hundred teens, roller dancing, and everyone doing the Woo Woo and pulling an imaginary whistle... I am blessed to have been a part of those times.
International Group. Actually Heatwave was started by two Wilder brothers from the United States. Dayton Ohio to be exact. They spent most of their lives living in Dayton Ohio. Both passed in Ohio. They started as Chicago's Heatwave before hiring the international members.
The artist who came from Dayton Ohio make it the most sampled city in music history Period !!! For both Music & Film Can't have a party without Ohio Funk Music
i’m an 80s baby but my sister is a bit older than me and she made up a dance to this song as a young teen and when i got older i learned it and added to it and now it’s like a tradition at Christmas for us to do the dance. also i saw Heatwave in concert a couple years prepandemic and they were still amazing, man singer needed a stool as he’d had an accident and told he wouldn’t walk again but he persisted and did walk again and performed again too.
It reached 83 today here in north Georgia, but big changes are a-coming very soon in the form of a strong cold front tomorrow. Highs on Tuesday are in the high 50s and low 50s Wednesday. It's supposed to be in the 20s Wednesday night! We're currently in a severe drought, so we'll take that rain you're having! I *adore* this song!
@@michaeladkins6 I enjoy winter, but it's too much for me when it's that cold it raining cos it chills ya to the bone. And then it feels impossible to warm back up.
You guys are giving great reactions the past two days. Keep up the great work if you haven’t reacted to always and forever that heat waves next great song.
Heatwave does "Always and Forever" too. It's not a funk song, but a love song, and one of the greatest and most memorable ones ever written at that. You two will definitely want to check that one out.
What a fascinating time for music. This song was hugely popular at the same time Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits was. Just a few months later we were listening Pop Muzik by M, Cars by Gary Numan and Another One Bites the Dust by Queen. And of course no school dance at that time was complete without Jay's favorite song of all time...Rock Lobster!
Loved Grooveline back in the day! Such an amazing song, especially the piano. About the same time, Hot Chocolate had another cool dance hit, Every 1’s A Winner! You need to hear it!
As many have said before, this group's secret weapon is the keyboard player, Rod Temperton. He wrote huge hits for the group plus Michael Jackson, Manhattan Transfer ("Mystery," famously remade by Anita Baker), Quincy Jones, George Benson, James Ingram & Patti Austin, and others. Two recommendations: Heatwave's classic ballad "Always and Forever," and James Ingram and Patti Austin's duet "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"
I was a heavy rock and roller in the 70s but I was a secret funk fan and I bought this album for myself. This band had some great talent and grooves! There is a live video of the band playing this song you should watch too!
Listen, I’m a child of the 70s so I grew up listening to the song obviously and till this day this is one of my favorite songs. When I’m cooking and I start playing the song on Alexa, my husband, my daughter and my daughter’s boyfriend know what’s up.! Lol I’m cooking and dancing all over the kitchen
That raise-the-roof "oo! oo!" sound that made y'all laugh was a common chant people would do in discos in the seventies. Other seventies disco songs with that "oo! oo!" chant in them are "Let's All Chant" by the Michael Zager Band (1978), "Get Off" by Foxy (1979), "Party Land" by the Blackbyrds (1976), "Sun is Here" by Sun (1977), and maybe "Stuff Like That" by Quincy Jones (1978).
Kathy here - Hey guys - IN North Carolina - today it is 82 degrees, but tomorrow the high is 52 and raining. Ugg! LOL What a throwback for me this one is! I love that you guys love to find really old music and see what you " missed" from back in the day! Love you guys! Thanks for the reaction.
Rod Temperton was a master songwriter. He wrote Michael Jackson's Thriller as well as many Heatwave originals .Always and Forever is a classic!
Rod Temperton is a huge hero for me. His songs are definitely among my favourites
One Of The Greatest Songwriters Of All Time 💯💯
Great producer as well!
Plus Rock With You, Off The Wall, Baby Be Mine, and Come To Me by Patti Austin and James Ingram, Give Me The Night by George Benson. The guy was a monster.
Always and Forever is a must hear!
This groove had this white boy funkin out back in the day and is still on my playlist. Ain't nobody standing still when this song plays.
That "Oooh-oooh" was what people would shout in clubs to work other members of the crowd up
I sure remember that! ❤❤
One of my favorite old school disco songs ! Up next for Heatwave… Always and Forever. Classic slow dance song at any 70s dance
Good one 👍
This!!
yes! Always and forever :)
Always and Forever was my wedding song
NOT disco. R&B.
Always and Forever is such an underrated song!!!!!
Underrated?? It's played to death on radio.
@@fmtalks1386 not up here
That song is a HUGE favorite of mine! So beautiful and sentimental! ❤
Back in the 70's & 80's we were having house parties and we played this.
Written by Rod Temperton who wrote Rock With You, Thriller & Off The Wall for Michael Jackson as well as Give Me The Night by George Benson among many other bangers 👍😎
Off the Wall was the last Michael Jackson that I liked, really, lol (I know that's not a popular opinion, lol). Great fun stuff on there. And Give Me the Night...perfection. So glad to have grown up in the 70s, loved this song so much.
Oh, I didn't know this. And, I certainly can hear his signature/mark on "give me the night". Great tune!
@@jenniferfoster1692 I could not agree more. I feel that Off The Wall was Michael Jackson's best album.
Wow
In the states Heatwave had 3 big hits that went platinum! "Always & Forever " a slow jam is next. Rod Temperton, the keyboardist was a prolific songwriter for other artists. He wrote "Rock With You" for MJ and "Baby, Come To Me" for Patti Austin.
Always and Forever was a feature at all the school dances.
Also George Benson "Give me the night" He has very poignant spiritual lines in his lyricism. Listen to Heatwaves Star of the story. "We can fly" is mention in a few songs of his. An Thrillers prequel, Starlight. Like a musical Shaman
"Always & Forever "
I grew up in the neighborhood with the Wilders.
The whole family could sing. I believe Johnnie Wilder is one of the best Falsettos ever. His voice is crystal clear with no effort . If you listen to Always and Forever and Look After Love you will love it !
Absolutely! He's one of the best. Second only to Barry Gibb from the BeeGees.
Except that when he sang "Look After Love", it was after his car accident and he was paralyzed. It hurt his lungs so much for him to sing while recording it that he was crying.
He sounded like an angel ❤
Their best song is one of the greatest slow jams of all-time in "Always and Forever" Personally I think that it's in the top 10 ever in secular music. (Especially the live version) The lead singer will take you to falsetto heaven near the end of the song.
Yes, definitely need to do this one next!!
Definitely do the live version if you react to Always & Forever. Sounds better than the studio version!
Yesss. The live version is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
It is my personal #1 song ever. I heard it for the first time in grade school and fell in love always and forever! ❤
Amazing that both songs from the same group.
ALWAYS AND FOREVER. you guys have to play that one. I think it's Heatwave best song.
Hundreds of men in the 70's-2000's attempted this dedication to their bride on their Wedding Day. Black, White even a few Asians. Surprisingly quite a few did really well !!!OTHERS ??? Whew.... Check the ones on line that all the "men of honor join in the background.
Yes. "Always and Forever" was *the* sweet, slow love ballad of the late '70s (along with the Commodores' "Three Times a Lady"). Make sure you play the full 6+ minute album version, *not* the shortened 3-and-a-half minute single version. It's such a good song, you don't want to miss a second of it.
Classic material. One of the coldest bands of the 70s whether ballads or uptempo. Rod Temperton straight up genius, so many classics,Mindblowing decisions, All you do is dial, Star of the Story, Ain’t no halfstepping, and my favorite “Sho nuff must be love”
Oh, yeah! I came here to suggest all of these, too! Each and every one is a jam!
I remember them well. The 70’s had some great music. It wasn’t all disco.
In 77, I was only 8. Bought the Boogie Nights 45, and liked the b-side " all you do is dial" equally. Made me buy the whole album
half steppin is hard
@@dawnpatrol700I was 10, learning saxophone, when I bought "Too Hot Too Handle" the lp. Ohio Funk was ruling the airwaves. Heatwave was one of those bands!
Watching the Soul Train Dancer's 💃 🕺 dancing to this great song was completely out of this world 🌎 amazing 👏 😊 ❤️ ...
And, the Wilder brothers did acrobats on stage during the performances.
………70’s !!!! That’s all you need to know 🔥❤️ (1977)
Jay & Amber, you'll love their ballad "Always and Forever"!!!! (for your 3rd song from them)
Think it will be too slow for Jay.
@@mongooz24- I think it’s one of those ballads that everyone loves. Kinda like Fire And Desire by Rick James & Teena Marie.
Rod Temperton wads the main man who wrote Heatwaves songs as well as Thriller and Rock with you for Michael Jackson
A standard at the discos back in the day.
Rod Temperton had this genre nailed, Michael Jackson,Quincy Jones (the dude) etc no one believed he was from the North East of the UK!
I knew because he was a member of Heatwave, who were from the UK
Hands down, this is one of the most danceable songs of all time. I absolutely love that funky bass line, horns, guitar and of course the vocals. My favorite lyric in this song has got to be, "...we got the boiler burning, we're keeping it hot..." And what was so cool about this song was how much airplay it got. It was a huge crossover hit. It was on every R and B radio station, every pop station and even rock stations were playing this song.
Thanks to all the commenters who have mentioned Rod Temperton. I, for one, was not aware that he was so prolific as a songwriter, although I have always loved his songs. Just another reason to like this channel, always something new to learn about the music we all grew up with from this fabulous community ✌️
Exactly! And same, did not know about the clearly incredible and prodigious Rod Temperton.
This is such a great song, just makes me wanna dance whenever I hear it!
OMG Heat Wave was everything in high school! Class of 80!! We danced our a… off!
Always and Forever is a classic played at every wedding.
Finally you guys have discovered Heatwave with the Invisible Man Rod Temperton. This man is responsible for an entire catalog of MAJOR MUSICAL HITS for some big time artists.
If you don’t AT LEAST bob your head you need to check your pulse fr 🔥🔥🔥
That part
This song was huge. Your next Dance Classic should be "Oh Sheila" by Ready For The World (1985)
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
if ya want bloody broken eardrums yah!!
When I was in High School in my Senior Year, I worked nights and weekends at a Roller Skating Rink. This was one of the Top Roller Dancing Songs of the time. People went crazy for it when it would come on.
This song was a staple at roller skating rinks.....
You just teleported me back to 1977 while I was in the USAF and stationed in the Philippines. We used to play this album (and many others) at full blased in the dorms. Thank you guys. For just a few moments I felt like I was 20 again.
"Central Heating", their second album that "The Groove Line" is on, is my favorite Heatwave album. It never lets up. One deep cut from it that's popular is "Star Of The Story".
I was in high school and worked as a DJ at my small town skating rink. This was constantly being requested. Imagine a couple of hundred teens, roller dancing, and everyone doing the Woo Woo and pulling an imaginary whistle... I am blessed to have been a part of those times.
Nice groove, danced to that many a Saturday night.
The house party was not a
house party without the Heatwave
Yeah Heatwave
Part of the soundtrack of my youth!!!
Next: Always and Forever. It was THE song back in the day!
ma' jam yall...61 years old and still feel like a teenager when this comes on...hit the floor!!!
I resemble that remark ;)
Criminally underrated band.
This British group included Rod Temperton who went on to write Thriller amongst others for MJ. I've always loved The Groove Line
International Group. Actually Heatwave was started by two Wilder brothers from the United States. Dayton Ohio to be exact. They spent most of their lives living in Dayton Ohio. Both passed in Ohio. They started as Chicago's Heatwave before hiring the international members.
The artist who came from Dayton Ohio make it the most sampled city in music history Period !!! For both Music & Film Can't have a party without Ohio Funk Music
Makes me want to go skating.
Song's been my playlist for 40+ yrs!!
Love this!! Love your reaction!! Cannot sit still to this song!!
How can you chair dance on this!!!!😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
Gotta love the 70’s, so much feel good music back then.
I spent hours watching the video and learning these steps in high school. Their performance of this is so great, their outfits, dancing and singing!
Heatwave’s “Always and Forever” is a slow dance song. The local high school would always play it as the last song at Friday night dances.
FIRE!!! Friday night at the rink. Texas groove line. 🤠 Thank you for the flashback. Have a great week! ❤
I'm from Texas as well.. if I was not in Spring Branch at the skating rink, I was in Pasadena with the cousins at their rink. Good times!
This is the kind of song that can cheer anyone up if they're having a bad day. Especially the chorus where he sings "Leave your worries behind".
It's cold here in Missouri too! Ooooohhh...back in the day babys BACK IN THE DAY!🔥🔥🔥🕺
💃💃💃💃💃
Suddenly I'm 17 again, listening to this while driving around in my parent's '74 butterscotch colored Datsun. 😊
one of the greatest dance tracks ever ,if not the best , wow what a tune , im 70 and still get up and move to this ,brilliant guys
The Rhythm Guitar was boss on this Jam! Great reaction!
“Leave your worries behind”💃🏻🤪🕺🪩💃🏻🕺
Heatwave's, "Gangsters of the Groove", is another great dance tune you should check out! One of the best groups from the late 70's, early 80's!!!!
That was their last big hit. Johnnie WIlder had that car crash that left him a paraplegic--and he and the band were never the same.
@@user-ve1tx7sh4s Such a sad story!! So talented!!!
Same weather here, guys. Yup. Remember this one. Good horn lines too. Thanks.
What a group! Dreaming you, Star of the story, Mind blowing decisions, always and forever etc etc
i’m an 80s baby but my sister is a bit older than me and she made up a dance to this song as a young teen and when i got older i learned it and added to it and now it’s like a tradition at Christmas for us to do the dance. also i saw Heatwave in concert a couple years prepandemic and they were still amazing, man singer needed a stool as he’d had an accident and told he wouldn’t walk again but he persisted and did walk again and performed again too.
Love that!
It reached 83 today here in north Georgia, but big changes are a-coming very soon in the form of a strong cold front tomorrow. Highs on Tuesday are in the high 50s and low 50s Wednesday. It's supposed to be in the 20s Wednesday night! We're currently in a severe drought, so we'll take that rain you're having!
I *adore* this song!
One of my favorite songs of the late 70s. Im in Tulsa. Rained most of the day 37 degrees. Remnants of Hurricane Otis.
@@michaeladkins6 I enjoy winter, but it's too much for me when it's that cold it raining cos it chills ya to the bone. And then it feels impossible to warm back up.
One of the greatest jams of all time
I love 💗 playing this on the drums
There will never be a better “wedding song“ than Always & Forever. It’s how my wife & I have signed our anniversary cards for 45 years now. ❤
You guys are giving great reactions the past two days. Keep up the great work if you haven’t reacted to always and forever that heat waves next great song.
This is a great set-up for Heatwave's Classic monster ballad "Always and Forever".....you'll see. (Good reaction!)
Heatwave does "Always and Forever" too. It's not a funk song, but a love song, and one of the greatest and most memorable ones ever written at that. You two will definitely want to check that one out.
Brings me right back to Saturday night at the disco...so much fun!
Had 1978 On Fiyaaaaaaaaah 🔥🔥🔥 wait to you here their Worldwide Classic Wedding Ballad "Always And Forever" One of the greatest love songs ever💯💯
What a fascinating time for music. This song was hugely popular at the same time Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits was. Just a few months later we were listening Pop Muzik by M, Cars by Gary Numan and Another One Bites the Dust by Queen. And of course no school dance at that time was complete without Jay's favorite song of all time...Rock Lobster!
LOL the dance floor would all break out with the woot woot on cue -
So much fun!
FIRE👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Loved Grooveline back in the day! Such an amazing song, especially the piano. About the same time, Hot Chocolate had another cool dance hit, Every 1’s A Winner! You need to hear it!
For similar sound, I recommend Kool & The Gang's Let's Go Dancing, or Morris Day & The Time's 777-9311. Cannot NOT dance to those two. Love y'all!
Groove Line - secret weapon song on my playlists ! Cheers ! ☮️
Heatwave is a constant on my playlist, literally daily.
I haven't heard this song in a long time, another one to check out by this band,"Always and Forever".
One of my all time favorite Jams. Skating rink, dance floor or chilling in the car. This song makes me Smile
O.M.G. You just took me back to highschool dances in the late 70s. And yes, everyone did the "ouit-ouit" along with the song.
Groove as the title says
As many have said before, this group's secret weapon is the keyboard player, Rod Temperton. He wrote huge hits for the group plus Michael Jackson, Manhattan Transfer ("Mystery," famously remade by Anita Baker), Quincy Jones, George Benson, James Ingram & Patti Austin, and others. Two recommendations: Heatwave's classic ballad "Always and Forever," and James Ingram and Patti Austin's duet "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?"
I had this album in college in the 70's OMG! The drawing of a melting record on the album cover!
"The Groove Line" is still one of my favorite party records! It takes me back to my high school days in the 70's. Such great memories! ❤
This was a HUGE radio hit when I was a kid!! LOVE IT!!
I was a heavy rock and roller in the 70s but I was a secret funk fan and I bought this album for myself. This band had some great talent and grooves! There is a live video of the band playing this song you should watch too!
LOL on the secret funk fan.. I was a rock and roller too but don't tell anyone that I was a closet Carpenter's fan. Have a good one!
@@connieb4372 🤣 your secret is safe with me!
One of the best dance songs for us kids...We tore that floor up with this one with a lot of swag.
They played this at all of our high school dances. thanks for bringing back great memories
Check out Heatwave's "Always and Forever"
Yes, one of my faves! Everything and the kitchen sink and it makes you boogie in your chair or your car seat!
This is on my everyday playlist. The extended version. Always puts me in a good mood and makes me wanna move! 🥳🥳
I remember Heatwave very well and love "Groove Line".
I also hear this groovy song for the first time!! What a cool and groooovy song !!!Great ! Many greets from Germany near Cologne
Ohhh, hell yeah! Disco days. Great tune. Happy days for sure!
Listen, I’m a child of the 70s so I grew up listening to the song obviously and till this day this is one of my favorite songs. When I’m cooking and I start playing the song on Alexa, my husband, my daughter and my daughter’s boyfriend know what’s up.! Lol I’m cooking and dancing all over the kitchen
That raise-the-roof "oo! oo!" sound that made y'all laugh was a common chant people would do in discos in the seventies. Other seventies disco songs with that "oo! oo!" chant in them are "Let's All Chant" by the Michael Zager Band (1978), "Get Off" by Foxy (1979), "Party Land" by the Blackbyrds (1976), "Sun is Here" by Sun (1977), and maybe "Stuff Like That" by Quincy Jones (1978).
If I ever get married again, this will be the second dance of the reception! 😎🕺💃
(And I don't dance)
What's the 1st one?
@@scottboswell6406
Don't know. It'd probably depend on the chick. ..but if I have to dance, this is the second.. and we're practicing 😏
@@danrumble74I thought for sure you were going to say Always And Forever. Here's a suggestion...You Are Everything by the Stylistics.
@@oldiesgeek454
Always and forever would be apropos if it were to my first long-term girlfriend, since it was actually our song, but not otherwise ☺️
@@oldiesgeek454
..she wore Gucci #1 💨💕
As far as I know, this is the first song that made everybody go woot! woot! on the dance floor.
I wasn’t old enough to be in the clubs when this one came out but I was still there dancing my butt off to this song!😂
I got so excited when I saw this thumbnail. ❤
And now I'm dancing around...
🤩This was the first album I bought for myself as a teenager. There are sooo many Great songs on this album, I Loved it!!❤😍❤😊
Just a few first notes..running to the dance floor!
Have always loved that ominous minor key undercurrent that flows through this. Definitely their best song. Thanks for the upload.
Heatwave ROCKS! 😎😎😎
Ain't no beating this era of music!!!!!!!
Kathy here - Hey guys - IN North Carolina - today it is 82 degrees, but tomorrow the high is 52 and raining. Ugg! LOL What a throwback for me this one is! I love that you guys love to find really old music and see what you " missed" from back in the day! Love you guys! Thanks for the reaction.
You definitely need to check out more Heatwave. They're not all about the boogie. Always and Forever and Star of the Story are both stunning tracks.
Always and Forever is my favorite Heatwave.
Excellent choice! I don’t have too many positive childhood memories, but the music was one of them.
One of my favs! Mind Blowin' Decisions was another great track