Lol...ck (and rufus) were awesome and extremely talented. She pretty was a lot of younger man's dreams growing up in the 70s. Wish they would've played more
Flawless beauty that excudes from the inside out, and her voice.. her natural hair, the way she feels the music with her dance.. This is the real music.
She absolutely mesmerizing on that stage. Almost hypnotic. And her voice is like that of an angel. It can be powerful and commanding and then it can be soft and gentle.
Chaka Khan can "SANG". She reached those octave ranges like no other. I have always said that Chaka Khan was/is probably the best singer from the ol' school. And trust me, we had some baadd Black female singers. (i.e.) Aretha, Gladys Knight, Patti Labelle, Natalie Cole, and later Whitney Houston; to name a few. Plus Chaka Khan was sexy and the men used to go crazy over her.
Chaka Khan was then and is still one of the best singers of our time - like it or not! Some one commented on whether or not she was lip syncing - she was and the reason for not seeing background singers live or taped, is because Chaka did her own background singing, thats why she was then and is now one of the best singers of our time, everybody cannot sing both the lead & background believe me, I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!
This song was on the charts when I was 13. I'm 49 now; where has the time gone? I can remember going to Maui and standing on the lava rocks, watching the water crash on those rocks, through my toes, and hearing this song in my head. I looked at the island of Molokai across the water. What memories! Thank you, Chaka Khan.
I'm 66 in 2023. Grooved to soul since 1969. The bands I was in wanted to play such things as "Smoke on the Water", "Sister Golden Hair", "Frankenstein", and Jerry Lewis tunes. Later jazz with a funk twist even with tunes going back to the 1930's. I want to dance if I'm not playing. Chaka A+++.
Dem dudes from Rufus were sick with the musical arrangements & the writing!! We all know Chaka is one of the greatest that ever did it!! These artists of today don't know how to sing with passion & delivery!!
There have been so many great female singers who sang the heck out of a slow jam. The Late Great Aretha Pattie Gladys Natalie Denice Williams Mary J Stephanie Mills The Late Great Whitney Houston The Boss Beyoncé and the list goes on with greatness. I think after all these years Chaka still got the crown for Sweet Thing
Agreed. I think it's because this is what we used to call a "bump and grind" song. Not too many female singers had those that were big hits. Maybe Betty Wright with "Tonight Is the Night" or Jocelyn Edwards of Mothers Finest with "Changes", Teena Marie's "Portuguese Love" come to mind and one or two others. Of course, none of the others had a killer Funk unit like Rufus. I suspect that last part is the key.
I met her once, at the funeral of a mutual friend. Shes truly like 4 feet tall!! Amazing how that big wonderful voice can come from such a tiny package!
@Dame Taylor Tyler Yeah, you're right about wiki..They get it twisted. I'll stop believing 'em. Also, I'll thumbs up your comment since you did 😄 be blessed!
No homo but chaka body is banging plus her voice. This is the true definition of a singer, you can tell there was no struggle in her voice she's a natural born singer.
🔥 *EVERYone* who contributed to this song performed on an incomparable level! 👏🏽 That’s what makes this a bona fide classic. The _entire_ band made magic. • Chaka Khan - lead vocals 🎤✍🏽 • Tony Maiden, who wrote the song with Khan - guitar & backing vocals 🎸🎤✍🏽 • Bobby Watson - bass & backing vocals 🎸🎤 • Kevin Murphy - keyboards 🎹 • André Fischer - drums 🥁
I sooo miss the music of yesterday. Damn, Can we get it back? When real music was talking about something. So, glad I grew up on this music. I remember cleaning up the house on a Saturday and bumping Rufus and Chaka. Good Ol Days! LOL
On this day in 1975 {December 12th} Rufus, featuring Chaka Khan, performed "Sweet Thing" on the late night weekly NBC-TV musical variety program, 'The Midnight Special"... A little over two weeks later on December 28th "Sweet Thing" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart at position #82, thirteen weeks later it would peak at #5 {for 1 week} and it spent twenty one weeks on the Top 100... And on February 15th, 1976 it reached #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart... Between 1973 and 1984 the group had twenty-five records on the Hot R&B Singles chart, twelve made the Top 10 with five reaching #1, besides "Sweet Thing", their four other #1 records were "You Got Love" for 1 week in 1974, "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)" for 2 weeks in 1977, "Do You Love What You Feel" for 3 weeks in 1979, and "Ain't Nobody" for 1 week in 1983... In addition, they had two records peak at #3, "Tell Me Something Good" {1974} and "Hollywood" {1977}... May Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012} R.I.P.
Takes be back to my childhood, lower ninth ward of new orleans. My dad would block the street off and we would have a block party. Dancing and having a good time to this song and music like it...
It’s just so amazing cause this voice just does not match her body & she sings this song with little to no effort. Love the fact that she’s literally in her element & feeling every note in her bones 🤤
Chaka khan would appear in Jet Magazine on occasions during my boyhood. My Brother and I would fight over who would get to view the photos first. I have literally been listening to this woman's voice for over 40 years.
I blasted this tune at my folks place when I was 10, and still do 50 years later. Miss Khan, the Empess of FUNK kickin it and diggin it. Thanks, eh ✌️🎗️⚓
Trust me when I say some people who were kids when this song came out say the same thing; they would be in their late 30's early 40's now. Personally I like the both of them I was either 8/9 when this came out depending on what month it hit the airwaves.
@@richardcharney1559 I am white and middle aged; when I grew up.I listened to nothing but black R&B, funk and soul. Would not listen to any white people music, LOL. Unfortunately with the advent of rap, there's very few black singers I've been able to enjoy since the early 80s.
O.G. here! Yeah, I saw this on Soulllllllllll Train but Rufus/her busted out with 'Tell Me Something Good' first on radio. We didn't know who she was or what she looked like at first. Verrrrrry pleasantly surprised though, I tell ya!
I bet Chaka had to beat the guys off her. She was gorgeous. Still a mature beautiful woman. Women's beauty changes over the years with wisdom. That girl had some hair too. She and Selena could have sold some bustiers!🤣🤣
Nothing today compare to when it was for love n money was next. Gotta bring luv back ,these boys don't even open open a door for a woman,Chaka set soul uk she .ent every word cuz u felt it,God bless all souls,especially the beatiful
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 crazy crush as a child. Like a lil ass kid. I knew this was not a regular woman. And to this day, l go after women who have her aesthetic features.
While singing Sweet Thing... Chaka Khan comes to the edge of the stage and sits down right in front of me...she points at me, with her finger calling me to her, while she is singing ..puts her arms around me pulls me into her, and then gives me the "Big Wet Kiss" right on my cheek... we were in the 11th grade high school when Chaka Khan appeared at a New Jersey club called the Scene Disco in 1973. We all went down to the Scene Disco in South Jersey... we all had to get the fake IDs to get in...
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Shes all natural look at her perfect shape! and her beautiful smile.lips fo dayz
Yes
Indeed!
@@thaole-ei6cb absolutely 💯!!!!
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeees OMG❤
And Cherokee
Who ever at Rolling Stone Magazine thinks that Mary J. Blige is a better singer than chaka Khan needs to get fired
Child please, that’s a laugh. 😂
Amen, in capital letters.😂😂😂😂😂
Exactly!
Mary who???😒😒
The objective is to undermine Black/African American culture introducing lower standards hence.
Lol...ck (and rufus) were awesome and extremely talented. She pretty was a lot of younger man's dreams growing up in the 70s. Wish they would've played more
I’m so glad I grew up with this music.
Facts....
So much fun, just high on the music
Me too. I loved Rufus!! And of course, Chaka. The 70's were so smooth.
Black is still beautiful in 2024✊🏿
I'll never get tired of this song, brings back beautiful memories
Flawless beauty that excudes from the inside out, and her voice.. her natural hair, the way she feels the music with her dance.. This is the real music.
She absolutely mesmerizing on that stage. Almost hypnotic. And her voice is like that of an angel. It can be powerful and commanding and then it can be soft and gentle.
That's why she's the one and only Chaka Khan. 😊
This was a smooth ass groove
Yes and played on a nice Rickenbacker 4001.
One of my fave songs of all time. Still as good as it was decades ago. Classic
Wow she wrote that song.. People are really sleeping on Chaka
Sultry, Sexy, Groovy, Amazing Voice! Pure Talent! There is only ONE CKAKA KHAN!💜
Chaka Khan can "SANG". She reached those octave ranges like no other. I have always said that Chaka Khan was/is probably the best singer from the ol' school. And trust me, we had some baadd Black female singers. (i.e.) Aretha, Gladys Knight, Patti Labelle, Natalie Cole, and later Whitney Houston; to name a few. Plus Chaka Khan was sexy and the men used to go crazy over her.
Chaka Khan was then and is still one of the best singers of our time - like it or not! Some one commented on whether or not she was lip syncing - she was and the reason for not seeing background singers live or taped, is because Chaka did her own background singing, thats why she was then and is now one of the best singers of our time, everybody cannot sing both the lead & background
believe me, I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!
Most did that on soul train, that's no big thing
❤ Beautful!!!!!
BEAUTIFUL
I preferred the songs to be the original studio recordings anyways.
Gorgeous voice, gorgeous face, gorgeous body, and I'm a woman and I think she's one of the sexiest singers ever.
I don't know about the gorgeous face. Just keeping it Tesla.😅😅😅😅😅
@@lisakirk2796That’s your opinion and it’s not worth much. Beautiful face and smile. In perfect shape and naturally gorgeous.
As a little boy in the seventies, she and Gladys knight made me fall madly in love with black women.
This song was on the charts when I was 13. I'm 49 now; where has the time gone? I can remember going to Maui and standing on the lava rocks, watching the water crash on those rocks, through my toes, and hearing this song in my head. I looked at the island of Molokai across the water. What memories! Thank you, Chaka Khan.
NatureGirl62 Lanai was listening too🤙
Damn you ancient
I'm 66 in 2023. Grooved to soul since 1969. The bands I was in wanted to play such things as "Smoke on the Water", "Sister Golden Hair", "Frankenstein", and Jerry Lewis tunes. Later jazz with a funk twist even with tunes going back to the 1930's. I want to dance if I'm not playing. Chaka A+++.
Damn Chaka's Body was BANGIN!
Yeah man!, Chaka has and will always be one of the greatest singers of all time!!!! This is my favorite of her songs.....go Chaka!!!!! Sexy!!
Now this is what I call SOUL music, because it truly touches and inspires my soul.
Love chaka...
Dem dudes from Rufus were sick with the musical arrangements & the writing!! We all know Chaka is one of the greatest that ever did it!! These artists of today don't know how to sing with passion & delivery!!
EDDIE BIG Q. Yeah what he said😎
Speaking nothing but facts
Back when melodies were catchy and talent was HUGE......Such A Sweet Thang!
There have been so many great female singers who sang the heck out of a slow jam. The Late Great Aretha Pattie Gladys Natalie Denice Williams Mary J Stephanie Mills The Late Great Whitney Houston The Boss Beyoncé and the list goes on with greatness. I think after all these years Chaka still got the crown for Sweet Thing
Agreed. I think it's because this is what we used to call a "bump and grind" song. Not too many female singers had those that were big hits. Maybe Betty Wright with "Tonight Is the Night" or Jocelyn Edwards of Mothers Finest with "Changes", Teena Marie's "Portuguese Love" come to mind and one or two others. Of course, none of the others had a killer Funk unit like Rufus. I suspect that last part is the key.
Don't forget Alicia Myers and Phyllis Hyman 🤣👍🏽💯💯💯👍🏽👍🏽
She was so magical with Rufus!
Man the energy she showed gives me energy just watching her. She was a natural beauty in every sense of the meaning.
I met her once, at the funeral of a mutual friend. Shes truly like 4 feet tall!! Amazing how that big wonderful voice can come from such a tiny package!
It's not about the Stature of Man God says
She's 5'-4", but yeah.
@Dame Taylor Tyler Yeah, you're right about wiki..They get it twisted. I'll stop believing 'em. Also, I'll thumbs up your comment since you did 😄 be blessed!
I saw Rufus and Chaka Khan in the 70's and she set the place on fire! The men in the audience were going crazy because she was so beautiful and sexy.
No homo but chaka body is banging plus her voice. This is the true definition of a singer, you can tell there was no struggle in her voice she's a natural born singer.
Seriously one of the most perfect, beautiful songs ever
chaka's hair says it all!!
good stuff :)
I seriously envy her hair!!!!
We,rmfm
She was the best of the best! The 70;s were great
Here it is 2022, Her music is still Certified Gold 🎶
The epitome of talent, sexiness, class, beauty!!! I miss musical talents like this!
Hit #1 soul, #5 pop in Billboard. God bless!
Back in the day, Chaka was a fine ass young thang
Haha my guy john!!
💯
word
With body!
The lovely, the incomparable, Chaka Khan and her band Rufus. This song never gets old. a timeless classic from the 70's.
Three words...Beau-ti-ful.
Yes you can understand what they were singing about years ago today I'm not too sure!
This is my song that I personally can listen to ALLLLLLLLL Day & Never get tired of. Shout out to my gurl Chaka
If I knew those days would never come again. I would have cherished them more.
She looked good.
We are blessed to still have Chaka present well&thriving and still wailing those notes into the strasphere!!
🔥 *EVERYone* who contributed to this song performed on an incomparable level! 👏🏽 That’s what makes this a bona fide classic. The _entire_ band made magic.
• Chaka Khan - lead vocals 🎤✍🏽
• Tony Maiden, who wrote the song with Khan - guitar & backing vocals 🎸🎤✍🏽
• Bobby Watson - bass & backing vocals 🎸🎤
• Kevin Murphy - keyboards 🎹
• André Fischer - drums 🥁
Thank you for acknowledging all the band members ❤
Rufus and Chaka,..some good ole' throwback in the day, she was bad then and still bad
now, you go girl!!
I remember playing this song over and over before it became a hit song
I sooo miss the music of yesterday. Damn, Can we get it back? When real music was talking about something. So, glad I grew up on this music. I remember cleaning up the house on a Saturday and bumping Rufus and Chaka. Good Ol Days! LOL
On this day in 1975 {December 12th} Rufus, featuring Chaka Khan, performed "Sweet Thing" on the late night weekly NBC-TV musical variety program, 'The Midnight Special"...
A little over two weeks later on December 28th "Sweet Thing" entered Billboard's Top 100 chart at position #82, thirteen weeks later it would peak at #5 {for 1 week} and it spent twenty one weeks on the Top 100...
And on February 15th, 1976 it reached #1 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart...
Between 1973 and 1984 the group had twenty-five records on the Hot R&B Singles chart, twelve made the Top 10 with five reaching #1, besides "Sweet Thing", their four other #1 records were "You Got Love" for 1 week in 1974, "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)" for 2 weeks in 1977, "Do You Love What You Feel" for 3 weeks in 1979, and "Ain't Nobody" for 1 week in 1983...
In addition, they had two records peak at #3, "Tell Me Something Good" {1974} and "Hollywood" {1977}...
May Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012} R.I.P.
She's in my top 20. That's soul in her voice and passion in her heart. A treasure...
Her voice is like heaven
It doesn’t get better than chaika
Takes be back to my childhood, lower ninth ward of new orleans. My dad would block the street off and we would have a block party. Dancing and having a good time to this song and music like it...
I know chaka is old enough to literally be my grandma but damn she was fine as hell back in the day
Sexy-ass song. Even now. These young ones need to know what soul, sexy, love is.
This song is about being a side chick
It’s just so amazing cause this voice just does not match her body & she sings this song with little to no effort. Love the fact that she’s literally in her element & feeling every note in her bones 🤤
I think that it helps that Chaka wrote Sweet Thing alongside her band mate Tony Maiden.
She was perfect as a woman can be here physically and vocally
Chaka khan would appear in Jet Magazine on occasions during my boyhood. My Brother and I would fight over who would get to view the photos first. I have literally been listening to this woman's voice for over 40 years.
I blasted this tune at my folks place when I was 10, and still do 50 years later. Miss Khan, the Empess of FUNK kickin it and diggin it. Thanks, eh ✌️🎗️⚓
I remember this song and plus I had the album Rufus featuring chaka khan. This song never get old. 2 this very day I still love this song.
Lover her pipes & her range! Maybe it's b/c I'm Gen X, but I've not found any female lead who comes close to her.
Chaka is a Goddess!!!
She was our Beyonce
Still is, dawg!!!
Lester Jordan shaka kan can be my grandma but shes still my beyonce
Beyonce got nothin' !!
I know what you mean, musically speaking Chaka's phrasing is so great. She could cover a lot of musical territory, great live performer!
I wish I could travel to 1972 she’d be my sweet thang!
I was so in love with her. She has that look that you could never forget. She was the group and needed to get away from them. 😊
One of the greatest female singers (second ONLY to Ree Ree) & one of the greatest songs!
Even though I know it, I don't care that it's playback. I love this. Chaka is beautiful
What a Body! to go with that Voice!!!!!
I know it's nearly impossible to pick a fav but.... I'm in love with this sweet thing
Sweet Memories! I wish I could go back in time☺
I have loved this since I first heard it in the 70s....... and yes in little ole New Zealand...
luv luv funk. cant get any better than this.
goodness what a beautiful woman...
"CHAKA KHAN"....'Sweet Thing/Body on Lock'💋🔥❤🔐💯💯
Trust me when I say some people who were kids when this song came out say the same thing; they would be in their late 30's early 40's now. Personally I like the both of them I was either 8/9 when this came out depending on what month it hit the airwaves.
Man she'd kill about 98% of female singers now a day's ...Chaka is a legend!~!
✊🏿LEGENDARY ❤️🖤💚💪🏿🤎
THIS JAM -RIGHT C'HERE...IS STILL THE JAM...RIGHT C'HERE!!!
LOVE Me Some Chaka Chan Baby!!!
🙂💜
Chaka is still doing the same side today 😂2023 & she still sounds the same! Now that’s Legendary!🔥🔥
I am thankful I grew up when I did. It was as good as it got.
Einfach super, diese alt gute Musik aus den 1970er und 1980er Jahren, richtig gut war das noch
When music was good
Yes that's back when they made good music!
@@richardcharney1559 I am white and middle aged; when I grew up.I listened to nothing but black R&B, funk and soul. Would not listen to any white people music, LOL. Unfortunately with the advent of rap, there's very few black singers I've been able to enjoy since the early 80s.
Still listening in 7/24/23!!!
The JAM💜💜💜💜💜CANDI CANE
I remember seeing on soul train when it came out, me and sisters and brothers watch this I was the young at ten years old.
Good times!
my favorite song in my entire life .
What an funky group. What a hottie Chaka was back then n b4
Absolutely marvelous!
O.G. here! Yeah, I saw this on Soulllllllllll Train but Rufus/her busted out with 'Tell Me Something Good' first on radio. We didn't know who she was or what she looked like at first. Verrrrrry pleasantly surprised though, I tell ya!
she is amazing.
2020 and beyond
HAPPY 64TH BIRTHDAY YVETTE MARIE STEVENS "CHAKA KHAN" (MARCH 23, 2017)
She's beautiful . . . . no matter what !!!
I bet Chaka had to beat the guys off her. She was gorgeous. Still a mature beautiful woman. Women's beauty changes over the years with wisdom. That girl had some hair too. She and Selena could have sold some bustiers!🤣🤣
Chaka Khan is a sexy goddess, gracing us with her sweet sweet soul.
Jennifer Leslie Chicago legend of soul and funk
Nothing today compare to when it was for love n money was next. Gotta bring luv back ,these boys don't even open open a door for a woman,Chaka set soul uk she .ent every word cuz u felt it,God bless all souls,especially the beatiful
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 crazy crush as a child. Like a lil ass kid. I knew this was not a regular woman. And to this day, l go after women who have her aesthetic features.
I saw her of all places in a country bar! Shes rad!
i used to love to watch them on Soul Train back then
yes Chaka you are a sweet thing with a sweet voice, you belt it out like no one else
This makes me think of Ol' Skool radio in NYC RIP Frankie Crocker
While singing Sweet Thing... Chaka Khan comes to the edge of the stage and sits down right in front of me...she points at me, with her finger calling me to her, while she is singing ..puts her arms around me pulls me into her, and then gives me the "Big Wet Kiss" right on my cheek...
we were in the 11th grade high school when Chaka Khan appeared at a New Jersey club called the Scene Disco in 1973. We all went down to the Scene Disco in South Jersey... we all had to get the fake IDs to get in...
I remember singing this when I was 12 in 1977 to my friends.....
Timeless jam
Her beauty is timeless.
Chaka body is crazy...