It's so sad that their isn't songs like this anymore I first heard this song on my way to school on bus 3 the bus driver Bob Helm always played the raido I was in 5th grade and I remember it like it was yesterday there is a lot of songs from that time period I first heard on that bus it's what introduced me to different music I even remember the bus a 3 axle Crown Super Coach
I'd known the song since childhood, but the meaning finally clicked as an adult when I found myself falling in love with my best friend. I was afraid to let him know and risk it not working out. Of course I eventually did. We've been married nearly fifteen years. Guess I was overthinking it a bit. I've always thought of this as our song.
@@jessiem276 I've had more male friends than female, but in all other cases one of us wasn't interested in the other. Most often, neither of us was romantically interested in the other. Funniest thing is, my husband and I couldn't stand each other for about the first year after we met, but we worked too closely not to get to know each other. Turns out we had a lot of the same interests. So, against all odds, we eventually became best friends. Strange how things work out sometimes.
Diana Young Love this! I was in love with my best friend for probably 8 years. Sadly, it was a one-sided love. He eventually got married to a wonderful person and they couldn’t be more perfect for each other. I love them & their kids like family.
Agreed. When most of us are young we feel love songs are sappy or silly because we haven't lived long enough to have our hearts broken. I mean really broken because you've loved something or someone beyond life, and then had it taken from you. Once that happens then you understand what love is and how honest most love songs are. Indeed at that point Emily Dickinson's words, "The heart wants what the heart wants" is never more true.
If you like the piano, you need to check out Marc Cohn; "Walking in Memphis" is his huge hit that everybody knows (he has a lot of other great lesser-known songs, too - "True Companion" is a beautiful love song of his).
Love this song!!funny thing is I had to write a report on his dad for a Sociological Study of a Minority Group, his dad was Daniel G Hill III, who was the son of an ordained minister with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Daniel G Hill III did not like how African Americans were treated in the US, so he moved to Canada to study sociology and became a pioneer in human rights, prominent writer, and historian in the field of the history of Blacks in Canada
This song saved me back in 1977. I worked at Fayva Shoes (my first job) after college and the manager played the most popular radio station, which only played disco, on the store's speakers. Then, almost like it was preordained to be a miracle before Christmas, the radio station played Dan Hill. When I'm a little down and need to think about something that I am grateful for...this song and this writer always comes to mind.
I really enjoy this song; it came out in 1977 when I was 22 years old. I was unemplyed and living in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, and I damn-near cried the first time I heard it. Unfortunately for me, it also depressed me deeply because I had nobody to love or talk to at that time. But, HEY! That was over 40 years ago, and life really DOES get better if you hang in there! Thanks, Ty.
One of the all-time best written, best sung, emotionally catchy songs I've ever heard. I got the chills watching you listen. I feel like anyone who missed out on the songs like this in the 70's (there are hundreds to catch up on), missed out on the most brilliant era to be a music lover. Quite a ride it was.
My favorite since 1977. The 70’s were a lot of wonderful songs. High School Dances and football games. I was in grade 11. Another song I remember was Magnet and Steel. Then of course there was Petter Frampton. Disco was just starting to come out also.
One of the most beautiful love songs ever written. Dan Hill sings it with such conviction too. I believe every word, every expression on his face. A classic for the ages.
Just breathtaking! The piano, the passion in his voice, the strings... It was played a lot on radio when I was a teenager and, of course, that's what I wanted. What he was singing about. Didn't we all?
This is what is missing in todays radio...loved the 70's...listening to the radio at night before everybody went to bed. only like 3 stations so everyone in H.S. heard the same songs at night. These songs would inspire the love letters that would be gotten or given the next day at school.
Dan Hill had a voice that was something else. This song was up there on the charts. He had another that really pulled at my heartstrings. Check out his song, "Daddy's Song." It is as moving as this one.
This was really popular when My boys were little! Was on the radio all the time and they would sing it in their little funny voices having no idea what they were singing!
Ahhhhhhh! So beautiful! What incredible writing and his vocals are so genuine and simple but perfect! Great percussion too! Seems to be a rarity in music now days.
A very good romantic song is *Eric Carmen* (former lead singer of The Raspberries) with *All By Myself.* Play the *full album 7 minute version. Has a nice piano solo.*
1977, I was 21 and in the army. A hard core rocker but this was a guilty pleasure. If it came on the radio we'd yell, "change the station!" but if I was in my car by myself you know it got cranked and I'd sing along at the top of my lungs! :-)
I haven't heard this song in a long time. Glad you played it. I'm a softie for love songs. Liked what you said about the skating rink. Brings back old memories. Thanks for taking me back down memory lane.
I remember listening to this song on the radio. They had Canadian content rules back in the day ... Dan Hill's younger brother Lawrence wrote a book known as "Someone Knows My Name" in the USA because it's real title is deemed too controversial. Their father, Daniel G Hill, who was born in Missouri and came north right after he married, founded the Ontario Black History Society and wrote the book, The Freedom Seekers: Blacks in Early Canada. Dan Hill has a more recent song I am My Father's Son ...
Dan Hill's brother, Lawrence Hill, wrote The Book of Negro which became a best seller and a mini series. I got the chance to meet Lawrence at a book reading of his book.
I love this! A friend and singer kind of courted me with his first two albums. Hurt me honestly with this and admission he wasn't single. Yikes, but I found so much depth in Dan Hill, I walked away with a treasure trove of songs.
Awwww Kaka Ty, you expect an old woman who can't hardly remember 2 days ago to remember when I first heard this🤪. Grew up with 3 older sisters and always music playing. I was a youngun tho, remember that much and loved this song. Thanks for another great throwback 🤗💞
To my husband you are my rock and I won’t know what I do with out you after 42 years to death do us part we heard at dance 1st time one year after we were married.I cried with tears of happiness because I knew we meant to be together and we are because we are still dancing.
I don't know when I first heard this song. Dan Hill is an iconic songwriter here in Canada and his music was always around while I was growing up. His younger brother Lawrence is a successful novelist. Their father has too many achievements to name in a TH-cam cpmment.
Dan Hill song came out in 1977...he is from Canada, has had two major hits. And written some best sellers for Celine Dion and George Benson. He is 64 yo.
Great song Dan Hill multi-talented guy I believe he's Canadian such passion amazing voice love it this song was released in1977 a classic not an 80s song sir. .
Love songs from the 70s was an era of the singer-song writer. A time of great music for those young people in love. High quality cheese for couples skating on a Friday/Saturday night. In our rink in Elkhart Indiana they would announce that couples skating was coming up. Boys and Girls would line up on opposite sides of the rink and when the love songs would start you would go and ask someone of your desire to skate while holding hands.
I don't remember what I was doing when this song first came out. I do remember that I thought it was extremely exquisite. Very touching in the way it expressed from the singer. It's sad that this was the one hit wonder for him. He DID have another hit, but it was a duet with Vonda Shepard, but as a soloist, this was his best and only top ten.
Always loved this song. This song is the song I had my first dance at my first school dance with my first Girlfriend also. Remember it like it was yesterday. Dan hill had a much better voice than the world realized at the time. Nice one Bud
Tracks like this always remind me of 60s/70s pop AM radio. Another great track like this is "Without You" by Harry Nilsson. It was covered in that same era by Air Supply and Badfinger. It was also VERY successfully covered by Mariah Carey. She does a great job, but I still prefer Nilssons version.
I've known this song since I was a kid. I have Dan on Twitter and I admire his songwriting and, of course, as a Canadian, I get to say... yep... he's one of ours. He has a beautiful song called 'You Make me Want to Be' that I also love and you should put in your bingo ball!
So glad you gave it a proper review. There was a time (long after the song faded) that it was considered too "sappy". I've always thought it was/is one of the greatest. Good to know people can recognize a classic when they hear it.
This and a lot of others, I listened to cause the adults around me were listening to them- And I just loved the way they sounded-🤷🏼♀️ Barely being in elementary school on up- I loved real music at a VERY young age-non of the “my little teapot” stuff for me.. Judy sayin’. Sending love Ty- ❤️🤘🏼✌️
I was in my teens when this song came out, my boyfriend and I danced every time it came on. I haven't heard it for a long time, thank you for reacting to it!
This song ... tear my heart out and throw it on the floor ! Another good one, At This Moment by Billy Vera and the Beaters. The backwards skate/couples skate song I remember most was I Go Crazy by Paul Davis. You should check his work out. Gone too soon, he was very talented. (Dan Fogelberg, too ! Leader of the Band is one you might like a lot, Ty.)
I was a teen when this came out but I didn't realize how powerful this song was until I'd been in a long term relationship for 20 plus years. And yeah, how bout that piano?
This is one of my all-time favorite songs.
Dan Hill....Wow, a blast from the past!!! Always loved his music!! Thanks for playing this amazing artist and song!! 👍❤🤗
Awesome 👌
I'm a singer and Musician from back in the 70's. How I miss these poets , and there songs Pure Genius I'm sorry I took that time for granted ....:))
It's so sad that their isn't songs like this anymore
I first heard this song on my way to school on bus 3 the bus driver Bob Helm always played the raido I was in 5th grade and I remember it like it was yesterday there is a lot of songs from that time period I first heard on that bus it's what introduced me to different music I even remember the bus a 3 axle Crown Super Coach
Wow.just wow you brought back some happy memories for.me I .use to sing this to my late husband as we danced to it. Bless him. Thanks again 😊😊
I'd known the song since childhood, but the meaning finally clicked as an adult when I found myself falling in love with my best friend. I was afraid to let him know and risk it not working out. Of course I eventually did. We've been married nearly fifteen years. Guess I was overthinking it a bit. I've always thought of this as our song.
That's wonderful! Every guy I ever tried to be friends with, was always trying to date me.
@@jessiem276 I've had more male friends than female, but in all other cases one of us wasn't interested in the other. Most often, neither of us was romantically interested in the other. Funniest thing is, my husband and I couldn't stand each other for about the first year after we met, but we worked too closely not to get to know each other. Turns out we had a lot of the same interests. So, against all odds, we eventually became best friends. Strange how things work out sometimes.
Diana Young Love this! I was in love with my best friend for probably 8 years. Sadly, it was a one-sided love. He eventually got married to a wonderful person and they couldn’t be more perfect for each other. I love them & their kids like family.
Agreed. When most of us are young we feel love songs are sappy or silly because we haven't lived long enough to have our hearts broken. I mean really broken because you've loved something or someone beyond life, and then had it taken from you. Once that happens then you understand what love is and how honest most love songs are. Indeed at that point Emily Dickinson's words, "The heart wants what the heart wants" is never more true.
That's a beautiful story. Glad that everything ended up so well.
If you like the piano, you need to check out Marc Cohn; "Walking in Memphis" is his huge hit that everybody knows (he has a lot of other great lesser-known songs, too - "True Companion" is a beautiful love song of his).
Memphis is one of the most powerful songs I have ever heard.
I'm glad you mentioned True Companion. That song gets to my emotions.
Or Bruce Hornsby in "The way it is"... fantastic piano
Love this song!!funny thing is I had to write a report on his dad for a Sociological Study of a Minority Group, his dad was Daniel G Hill III, who was the son of an ordained minister with the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Daniel G Hill III did not like how African Americans were treated in the US, so he moved to Canada to study sociology and became a pioneer in human rights, prominent writer, and historian in the field of the history of Blacks in Canada
His brother is Lawrence Hill, author of the phenomenal Book of Negroes, which was made into a mini-series starring Cuba Gooding.
Thanks to the two of you, I learned something today. Thank you! Even at my age there is so much to learn.
One of my favorite and most beautiful songs of all time.
😭😭😭 Waah!!!! Dan Hill sings so beautifully, sigh.
Dan brought this song to the stage in 1977. This video is 1994.
And he still had it - still does!
Dan Hill Canadian singer and songwriter, had a lot of great songs.
This song saved me back in 1977. I worked at Fayva Shoes (my first job) after college and the manager played the most popular radio station, which only played disco, on the store's
speakers. Then, almost like it was preordained to be a miracle before Christmas, the radio station played Dan Hill. When I'm a little down and need to think about something that I am grateful for...this song and this writer always comes to mind.
I really enjoy this song; it came out in 1977 when I was 22 years old. I was unemplyed and living in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, and I damn-near cried the first time I heard it. Unfortunately for me, it also depressed me deeply because I had nobody to love or talk to at that time. But, HEY! That was over 40 years ago, and life really DOES get better if you hang in there! Thanks, Ty.
I was 16 in Moncton in 77. Ended up back here.
One of the all-time best written, best sung, emotionally catchy songs I've ever heard. I got the chills watching you listen. I feel like anyone who missed out on the songs like this in the 70's (there are hundreds to catch up on), missed out on the most brilliant era to be a music lover. Quite a ride it was.
My favorite since 1977. The 70’s were a lot of wonderful songs. High School Dances and football games. I was in grade 11. Another song I remember was Magnet and Steel. Then of course there was Petter Frampton. Disco was just starting to come out also.
Wow, I forgot all about this song. Loved it when I was young. Blast from the past, thank you 👍😁🤗
GREAT SONG!!! Another one that takes me back.
The 70s BABY! Roller skating at the rink with the flavor of the day.
Hey, our wedding song in 1995! 🙂 Love the reaction/song/lyrics/piano. Greetings from a 56-year old Belgian
I love this song. Waiting patiently to see what you think.
One of the most beautiful love songs ever written. Dan Hill sings it with such conviction too. I believe every word, every expression on his face. A classic for the ages.
Just breathtaking! The piano, the passion in his voice, the strings... It was played a lot on radio when I was a teenager and, of course, that's what I wanted. What he was singing about. Didn't we all?
Imagine turning on the radio wanting to rock out and having to listen to this... No better time than the 70s for sappy love songs.
Beautiful oldie I know so well. It's great to listen & hear the old song as there are so many a million times better than some of them are nowadays!!
Another beautiful Dan Hill song that I recommend you react to is "Can't We Try" 1987.
Boy, oh boy, the laps I put on the roller skating rink listening to this tune. I KNEW that last note would get a hair tug!
This is what is missing in todays radio...loved the 70's...listening to the radio at night before everybody went to bed. only like 3 stations so everyone in H.S. heard the same songs at night. These songs would inspire the love letters that would be gotten or given the next day at school.
I use to love hearing this song back in the 80s. My mom had a cassette and she always cried hearing this song. Sadly she died 20 years ago.
Dan Hill had a voice that was something else. This song was up there on the charts. He had another that really pulled at my heartstrings. Check out his song, "Daddy's Song." It is as moving as this one.
He also did the theme soundtrack for the First Blood Movie With Sylvestor Stallone called It's A Long Road. Another great song. Check it out.
i play this song at least once a day at work... One of my favorites
This was really popular when My boys were little! Was on the radio all the time and they would sing it in their little funny voices having no idea what they were singing!
Ahhhhhhh! So beautiful! What incredible writing and his vocals are so genuine and simple but perfect! Great percussion too! Seems to be a rarity in music now days.
A very good romantic song is *Eric Carmen* (former lead singer of The Raspberries) with *All By Myself.* Play the *full album 7 minute version. Has a nice piano solo.*
Good song. He had another hit w/ a song called Can't We Try, a duet with Vonda Shepard. Might be worth your while to check it out.
That's a really good one.
WOW...I wasn't expecting you to brush off the cobwebs on a Canadian classic!!! I wasn't very old when this was on the radio but I loved this!!
Dan Hill's brother, Lawrence Hill, wrote The Book of Negroes, which was made into a mini series. They're Canadian.
1977, I was 21 and in the army. A hard core rocker but this was a guilty pleasure. If it came on the radio we'd yell, "change the station!" but if I was in my car by myself you know it got cranked and I'd sing along at the top of my lungs! :-)
I have always loved this song! 💜
I haven't heard this song in a long time. Glad you played it. I'm a softie for love songs. Liked what you said about the skating rink. Brings back old memories. Thanks for taking me back down memory lane.
I remember listening to this song on the radio. They had Canadian content rules back in the day ...
Dan Hill's younger brother Lawrence wrote a book known as "Someone Knows My Name" in the USA because it's real title is deemed too controversial. Their father, Daniel G Hill, who was born in Missouri and came north right after he married, founded the Ontario Black History Society and wrote the book, The Freedom Seekers: Blacks in Early Canada.
Dan Hill has a more recent song I am My Father's Son ...
Dan Hill's brother, Lawrence Hill, wrote The Book of Negro which became a best seller and a mini series. I got the chance to meet Lawrence at a book reading of his book.
Beautiful I've always loved this song great choice
Another great love song from the 80s.
I love this! A friend and singer kind of courted me with his first two albums. Hurt me honestly with this and admission he wasn't single. Yikes, but I found so much depth in Dan Hill, I walked away with a treasure trove of songs.
My favourite song when I was in my 20’s still love it
One of my favorite "blasts from the past". Thank you so much for reacting to this poignant song.
"Couples skate only." Gosh, I would've probably gone the rest of my life without hearing those words again. :)
It’s funny how how songs like this takes you back
Awwww Kaka Ty, you expect an old woman who can't hardly remember 2 days ago to remember when I first heard this🤪. Grew up with 3 older sisters and always music playing. I was a youngun tho, remember that much and loved this song. Thanks for another great throwback 🤗💞
To my husband you are my rock and I won’t know what I do with out you after 42 years to death do us part we heard at dance 1st time one year after we were married.I cried with tears of happiness because I knew we meant to be together and we are because we are still dancing.
those drum punctuations on the last chorus always give me goosebumps
I don't know when I first heard this song. Dan Hill is an iconic songwriter here in Canada and his music was always around while I was growing up. His younger brother Lawrence is a successful novelist. Their father has too many achievements to name in a TH-cam cpmment.
I loved this song as a teenager, I love anything with piano. Another nice piano song is by Five for Fighting, called 100 years.
one of the greatest song writers and singers of my generation! Dan never put out a bad song.
Doesn't get any more romantic than this. Epicly great song.
One of my all time faves! Where was I? Cooking a dinosaur roast. Yep. Older than dirt here, lol.
One of the greatest Love Songs
This was the first song my 80yr old Mom liked from that new stuff her kids played
One of the most honest and beautiful love songs ever
I remember this song. Sorry Ty, I can't tell you where or when or where, I heard it. Just remember it!
most honest love song ever written
Always a great love song.
Great song by a great artist!
Awww! Another slow skate song! So young, sweet and innocent! Simpler times! 💜
Angelia Harman, “couples skate, couples skate”
Dan Hill song came out in 1977...he is from Canada, has had two major hits. And written some best sellers for Celine Dion and George Benson. He is 64 yo.
Canadian Content!! I'm baptizing U as an Honorary Canadian 🍁🍁🍁 Have a Blessed Day!! ... Grew up listening to this song on the radio!! 😊😊😊
Great song Dan Hill multi-talented guy I believe he's Canadian such passion amazing voice love it
this song was released in1977 a classic not an 80s song sir. .
Aw, man. I was in the 5th grade and had my first crush. This song takes me back to 5th grade. It’s beautiful.
I drove my parents nuts playing this song over & over. We had a game room & my dad bought a juke box, I asked him to put this 45 in & he said no way.
Love it, remember from many yrs ago!!! Thanks
Dude, check out "RUN FOR THE ROSES" by Dan Fogleberg. It's about the horses and Kentucky Derby. It's really man.
I always loved that song. I know it from it being on the radio as a kid.
Such an AWESOME SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love songs from the 70s was an era of the singer-song writer. A time of great music for those young people in love. High quality cheese for couples skating on a Friday/Saturday night. In our rink in Elkhart Indiana they would announce that couples skating was coming up. Boys and Girls would line up on opposite sides of the rink and when the love songs would start you would go and ask someone of your desire to skate while holding hands.
I don't remember what I was doing when this song first came out. I do remember that I thought it was extremely exquisite. Very touching in the way it expressed from the singer.
It's sad that this was the one hit wonder for him. He DID have another hit, but it was a duet with Vonda Shepard, but as a soloist, this was his best and only top ten.
We had this on 45 when I was a child. It was one of my mother's favorite songs at the time.
Oh wow!! The flood of memories of my younger years. It's been many years since I've heard this. ☺️☺️
Love this 💕 I play this video all the time 💓
Has anyone suggested Dan Hartman’s “I Can Dream About You”? Such a great song.
Song my husband and I danced to at our wedding. 1985.
Wow!, memories are clouding my vision!
Always loved this song. This song is the song I had my first dance at my first school dance with my first Girlfriend also. Remember it like it was yesterday. Dan hill had a much better voice than the world realized at the time. Nice one Bud
First time I heard this I was 13 yrs old (40 years ago), it still brings tears to my eyes. I was experiencing my first "love".
I love this song...because of this song I bought the album
Wow, did this bring back a whole lot of memories from my early twenties. Thanks for that Ty...fun to go back in both feelings and memories.
Great song,considered a classic, beautiful lyrics it moves You every time You hear it.
Tracks like this always remind me of 60s/70s pop AM radio. Another great track like this is "Without You" by Harry Nilsson. It was covered in that same era by Air Supply and Badfinger. It was also VERY successfully covered by Mariah Carey. She does a great job, but I still prefer Nilssons version.
Nilsson did not write "Without You" Pete Ham and Tom Evans of Badfinger did 1970.
I've known this song since I was a kid. I have Dan on Twitter and I admire his songwriting and, of course, as a Canadian, I get to say... yep... he's one of ours. He has a beautiful song called 'You Make me Want to Be' that I also love and you should put in your bingo ball!
I loved this song.
So glad you gave it a proper review. There was a time (long after the song faded) that it was considered too "sappy". I've always thought it was/is one of the greatest. Good to know people can recognize a classic when they hear it.
Thanks for this video, I never knew who sang this song
Love this beautiful song...and his voice. What ever happened to Dan Hill?
I just saw a YT video of him doing this song at a radio station in 2017.
This and a lot of others, I listened to cause the adults around me were listening to them- And I just loved the way they sounded-🤷🏼♀️ Barely being in elementary school on up- I loved real music at a VERY young age-non of the “my little teapot” stuff for me.. Judy sayin’. Sending love Ty- ❤️🤘🏼✌️
I was in my teens when this song came out, my boyfriend and I danced every time it came on. I haven't heard it for a long time, thank you for reacting to it!
Believe it or not, I remember this song from couples skates at the roller rink with my girlfriend. I was 15.
I love this song..
This song ... tear my heart out and throw it on the floor ! Another good one, At This Moment by Billy Vera and the Beaters.
The backwards skate/couples skate song I remember most was I Go Crazy by Paul Davis. You should check his work out. Gone too soon, he was very talented. (Dan Fogelberg, too ! Leader of the Band is one you might like a lot, Ty.)
I was a teen when this came out but I didn't realize how powerful this song was until I'd been in a long term relationship for 20 plus years. And yeah, how bout that piano?