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The song was originally written and performed by Prince, Stevie Wonder was on harmonica and they sampled his hit “fingertips”, rap was done by Melle Mel of “Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five”, the choreography was done by ex Soul Train dancer and original member of “the Lockers” Shabba Doo, and the song was released around the same time the movie Purple Rain and soundtrack was released; pure marketing magic. The summer of 1984 was on 🔥 with great music.
Wow ‼️
Man there was so much gold on the fm radio in the 80s
Imagine the dancefloor when this came on back in the day. Slammin' too hard. An all-timer.
This went to number 3 in 1984. It won the Grammy for R&B song and female vocal. It definitely stood out at that time and still does. I saw her with Michael McDonald a few years ago 😎
It went to Number 1 here in the UK for 3 weeks :)
Would still fill the dance floor.
...well, I got my Books out...so, I'll tack it on YOUR comment...😁...The Top 10, Nov., 1984, when CK 'felt' it, at #3 Pop...:
10. I Just Called To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
9. Penny Lover (remix) - Lionel Richie
8. All Through The Night - Cyndi Lauper
7. Strut - Sheena Easton
6. Caribbean Queen- Billy Ocean
5. Better Be Good To Me - Tina Turner
4. Out Of Touch - Hall + Oates
3. ***I Feel For You*** - Chaka Khan
2. Purple Rain - Prince & The Revolution
1. Wake Me Up Before You Go - Go - WHAM!
It was written by Prince and that is Stevie Wonder on the harmonica too
I believe Prince recorded this song on his second album, which was before Chaka’s version.
Cool didn’t know that!!!
Makes me feel like watching Breakin' again lol. R.I.P. Shabba Doo aka Ozone, salute to Chaka for giving the poppers and breakers their shine in this video and having Melle Mel on the track.
Don't forget most of the dancers are from the cast of Breakin also called Breakdance from 1984.
Yes,that's Stevie Wonder on harmonica!
I remember when this came out..I was 8 years old and loved dancing..I still love this song and dance when I hear it..Prince wrote the song and recorded his version but Chaka's is so iconic
"I Feel for You" was a top ten hit for Chaka Khan in 1984. Prince wrote the song for his second album in 1979. Chaka Khan received two Grammy Awards for her version - Best R&B Song (with Prince as its songwriter) and Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for Khan. That was my junior year in high school. Melle Mel rapping and Stevie Wonder playing a chromatic harmonica laying up arias for Chaka Khan? Ear candy. The dance pop stylings of the song sound more like what was called "New Jack Swing" later in the decade than what I think of as hip-hop, although in hindsight, many elements of what would become hip-hop are there in the song and in that video. Back then what came to be called hip-hop was still mostly called rap. Run-DMC, for example, before "Walk This Way" in 1986. At any rate, Chaka Khan is awesome. Check out her 1974 break out hit "Tell Me Something Good" with Rufus when you can.
CHAKA CLASSIC ‼️You can hear Prince all over, under and through this🔥🔥
Absolutely massive hit in the UK 🇬🇧 "the bomb" Her earlier hit "I'm every woman" was big here as well.. Love Chaka Khan
Chaka is fire 🔥 no lady comes close today. We had the best ladies from the 70s thru the 90s!
This was the jam! The movie "Breakin'" was my movie too. I loooooove me some TURBO! He was my movie crush back in the day! 😆
Props for recognizing Stevie's harmonica after a single bar of it. But yeah, it sure is recognizable. Prince wrote this song and recorded it for his second album. When Chaka's version came out, Prince had blown up with Purple Rain, so he kept her off the number one spot.
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Empress: It's good to know that younger people like you are still embracing a part of black american culture and traditions. You cannot build the present and the future without looking to the past/history. Stay strong! 💖
Thsnkz!
About this song:
When this song came out Thriller by Michael Jackson had been out two years and he was still on his throne untouched. But, when I Feel For You came out in 1984 (which was written by Prince), Prince also came out with the Purple Rain album, Madonna came out with the Like A Virgin album that included hits like Material Girl and Get Into The Groove, Bruce Springsteen released Born In The USA. Also that year massive hit singles like Let The Music Play by Shannon, Caribbean Queen by Billy Ocean, Jump by Van Halen, and many other singers came out swinging like Phil Collins with Sussudio and Against All Odds. 1984 is considered one of the best years in music history. I Feel For You hit number one topping everyone and Chaka took over the world winning a Grammy and walking away like a boss. That is like it was when this song came out in 1984.
Glad to know she got a Grammy for this 🥰
First time I heard it was the original version on Prince's second album
This is a Prince song that she covered. Chaka's version was released in 1984. That was Stevie Wonder's harmonica playing on the track. And that was Shabba Doo the break dancer in the yellow outfit who choreographed and danced in Madonna's Who's That Girl Tour. He was in the movie Breakin.
.....Prince wrote this song and he re-arranged it for Chaka Khan !!!!!!!!!
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Stevie Wonder played the harmonica on this song
Icons made this song !!!!
Music from my days as a young man. late '70s, ]80s and early '90s... . I loved it. living life and thinking we were on our way to a great future. Sometimes watching the optimism of that era feels sad because it it feels like something good was lost
CHAKA kHAN ❤
I really liked this song waaaay back in 1984, the year I in earlier comments claimed to have been the greatest of the great years of the 80ies music history! This song was something new, kind of revolutionary, it was the rap /hip hop element, and it appealed to me right away. But where have all those good years gone...now I'm a 52 year old man, heading for 53 in September...at least, inherited from my fathers side, all 3 of us siblings look at least over 10 years younger than we really are😊😁, with my sister 59, and my brother 56 looking like in their late 30ties, telling me stories of their doctors asking them if their birthdates in their files were correct, after seeing them in person...😂😂, so we are all in way more or less timeless😎😎😂😂, and I therefore complement my sister every year on her birthday for being a timeless beauty😊
I just heard a good song by Chaka Khan today called “Whatcha Gonna Do For Me”.
Also, look at David Foster's " Through The Fire" with Chaka...so romantic and beautiful!
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Your Dad and Mom would appreciate this song. It was from their generation. Also it had won 2 Grammys
Those synths 🤍
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Chaka has a great vibe. 10's across the board for this hit from 1984.
I was in secondary school when this came out (UK) and it was MASSIVE. I already saw some kids trying to dress all hip-hop style. But along comes Chaka with that voice of hers... but wait... rapping ? scratching ? There had been nothing like it to many ears at the time ! I'm actually really surprised you hadn't reacted to this song already, I was like wait what ? lol.
I was 10 years old when this dropped, and we all LOVED it. It coincided with the film "Breakin" which catapulted breakdancing into the mainstream.
Oh 1984! The 80’s were an amazing time to be around for music!! This was the first time I had ever heard of or seen Chaka Khan. I instantly fell in love with this song. This was one of her biggest hits. Loved the video too of course!🙌🏼❤️
I adore Chaka Khan. Try “I’m every woman” n “through the Fire” I remember reading she opened for one of George Michael’s concert when he was doing his Faith tour.
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This song is everything
I was a kid when this song came out. I hadn't heard anything like it before. It ran hot in the 80's
It got to number one here in the UK - and well deserved too.
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I'm Every Woman is in my top 10 tracks of ALL TIME. This one's pretty fine too ❤
This was on the radio and in dance club back in 1984.
Absolute classic! I remember this being all over the radio, MTV, VH1 when I was barely in kindergarten. Can't believe I just realized that that was Shabba Doo of Madonna's Who's That Girl Tour in the video. And also just found out that in between Prince's original, and Chaka's that The Pointer Sisters did a version of this (not released as a single) so now I'm gonna have to look that up!
Love Chaka I was in high school when this song was out. I remember friends trying to sing this with spit flying out during some of the verses. Lol thanks for sharing. Fire bomb here.
This still hits today just like back in the day💯. I tried break dancing couldn't quite get my body to move like Ozone(R.I.P.) and Turbo😅😅
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My god we loved this in the uk 🇬🇧 pop music just emanates class. Thank you 🙏 empress for perpetuating great tunes 👍
If not the first R&B artist to meld r&b with rap/hip hop, definitely one of the first. Just as Blondie was the first rock and roll band to do so, well before the RunDMC/Aerosmith collaboration. Check out Blondie on "Rapture"
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I truly do enjoy your takes. One of those songs that was an INSTANT hit in my mind (at the time). And the video did not hurt. It ticked off so many boxes. Everything was about BREAKDANCING at the time and that's what pulled everything together for this one.
I mean, you have MELLE MEL (from Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five) OPENING the song, you have a DJ on the decks in a mainstream music video, the two hottest breakdancers in the world and SAMPLING ... which rarely gets mentioned (Stevie Wonder - FINGERTIPS). A record in my parents collection so I picked up on that right away.
Looking back, it really was BREAKDANCING that brought hip-hop on-to a wider stage. It was one of those things ... I tried and was never the greatest on the cardboard but that music - it stuck with me. And I stuck with it.
This song is is one time where the mainstream did not bastardize the sub-culture ... it actually elevated it.
Wow love this comment especially about break dancing being an essential part of the commercialization of rap
A great patreon pick!
Yeah, I think Chaka was one of the first r&b acts to feature hip hop! 😎😀
A phenomenal classic that never gets old. 💕
+ bit of Trivia - This is a virtual NORMA KAMALI Fashion Show, She was HUGE in the 80's!
You’re right. It’s fire! This song was everything in high school. 🔥
YES AT LAST!!! I’ve been waiting for you to hear this awesome track and knew you’d love it. It never grows old and that intro still gives me life!!! 💙
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@@EmpressReacts There is a longer version too if you Anna check it out. You won’t be disappointed.
When she first heard the beginning of this recording. She didn't like it. She would hate people coming up to her with that rap. She lightened up when she realized it was such a hit.
😂wow
Stevie was on the harmonica. Prince wrote this song. Most of the video was them dancing for a clothes store commercial. That's crazy. That's why they never saw Chaka w/them. I think this is 1 of the very 1st collabs of r&b & rap. The legendary Melle Mel rapped. His group was inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame.
wow chaka chan wastotally different looking back in the day
So many memories from my childhood everytime I hear this 😍
On August 11, 1973, a DJ named Kool Herc threw a party in the basement of an apartment building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in The Bronx, New York. Of course, the foundations of Hip Hop were laid even earlier and in different places by different people, but August 11, 1973 has become sort of a symbolic date signifying ‘the birth of Hip Hop’.
One of my all time favorites after an 80s night at the college bar. I’m like what are those shorts on her head lol.
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2 Queens: Chaka and Empress ❤
Awewww😍
You would love the song just an illusion by imagination it is totally your jam
Its 1983 Chaka Kahn said she never really care for this song....lol. Melle Mel from grandmaster flash and the furious five. Yes that's stevie on the harmonica. Actually that's Prince song he written back in 1979 and on his self titled album. But wasn't a big hit until chaka Kahn record it
I love how you dance along to the songs you react to. Literally every react vid i see from others they just sit there which ya know its cool lol but its the little things.
😂thanks!
not usually my type of tune but yeah this one is a jam whenever I hear it : )
Great reaction "Empress" this song was on "Prince" second album in 1979.
Wow‼️
This song was on the Breakin soundtrack. Another great song from that movie is Ollie & Jerry's Ain't No Stopping Us. You should check it out.
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Stevie Wonder on the harmonica #facts🔥🔥🔥
Her Hello Happiness album 2019 is amazing
Wasn't the dancing awesome, ,."Adolfo Sbabba Doo Quinones", Adolfo Gutierrez Quinones, and Boogaloo Shrimp, Michael Chambers, doing early pop locking, break dancing, they were all over the place back then, couldn't believe it when this video hit, had already seen them on, God I think even the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson!, they made it look so simple, easy, flawless,..saw you shine a little there too girl😉, it was just a thrill seeing them in a video with Chaka, so glad they were included,..Chaka and Aretha were always moving ahead of everyone, doing groundbreaking work, keep going, enjoy..Godspeed, Peace ✌
This song is from 1984. The song and the video were in constant rotation then. I still dig it 😁 and yes Rapture was before this
this song is an ICON in itself!
see how they did Chaka like Ann Wilson tho! stuck her behind the DJ rig!
The first rap song I heard was back in the late seventies by The Sugarhill Gang, using the music by Chic called Good Times.
Another BANGER by Chaka,love the colors of the set.Old school break-dancers too,not bad. Chaka looking like BARNEY with the big,purple,coat on. LOL. How does Chaka have alllll that hair ??? She must be mixed with another nationality. Saw you jamming Empress,love your reactions,keep'em coming.
Did you recognize dancer Shabba Doo? He was the choreographer, dancer, and Madonna's love interest during the Who's That Girl Tour. RIP Shabba Doo
Oh wow, no I didn't ‼️
Written by Prince and harmonica by Stevie Wonder and vocals by Chaka you can’t miss
Prince wrote this song.
***CHAKA KHAN TRIVIA TIME!!!*** ...do you feel it!??? (4:42) ..I do, for YOU....
- OK, LOTS, on this one....CK was NOT the first to cover this Prince - penned tune, The Pointer Sisters & Rebbie Jackson did it FIRST, in 1982 and 1984...Rebbie actually had it slated as the 3rd single from her "Centipede" Album, but it was pulled from release, Spring 1985....
...CK sung it 'straight', but her record producer Arif Mardin remixed it (...this Man was in his 50's at the time!), and added the rapper, Stevie's harmonica (& sample), & the scratchin' .....and, CK HATED it!! ...CK wanted the track "Eye To Eye" to be the first single, but, it was never released in the USA....
- ...CK actually released it Sept. 1984, with a WILD, cheap Video of CK, singing in a strip Club, quits, & leaves with the (Female) strippers, and goes to a Male strip Club ("Zippers")!! ...Her record label FREAKED, and pulled the Video, and replaced it with the "Fashion Model" Video, Oct. of 1984....which was a documentary Video, featuring unknown Models & rappers! ...HERE'S the original.... th-cam.com/video/qkz4vZa6dM8/w-d-xo.html
- ...this tune was THE Song, that started 'Classic' Artists updating their sounds with hip hop flourishes; CK became QUEEN of (Electro) hip-hop, until Mary J. came along....The Album also had the #1 Dance track "This Is My Night", and the CLASSIC quiet storm jam, "Through The Fire"....
- ...CK used a 'cartoon' drawing (for "I Feel For You"), of her previous (at the time) 1982 Album, "Chaka Khan"; CK was did a photo session, but was so drugged up (with 'glassy eyes'), they scrapped it and used the drawing! ...One of the dumped pics from the session was the cover for the "This Is My Night" single...
...Others said it before me; it peaked at #3, Nov., of 1984, (#1 R&B & Dance), and won the best Female R&B Grammy... I'm not near my Book to give the chart positions! ...Sorrrrry!! ...ha-HAAA!
Wow! That original video is amazing! 🤣Your trivia facts never disappoint!!!
@@royg9080 ...this One is VERRRY close to me; I went through a LOT of personal stuff when the Album / Song was released...nuthin' bad, just, "you're the Father" accusations...I WASN'T... but, that Album was there, every step of the way....played it to DEATH, Man...still do....
Thanks so much for sharing the earlier video of I Feel For You. Still one of my all time 80s faves!
Wow sooo much going on here😂
This takes be back to some good times!!! And she didn’t even have to be naked like the ones today they can’t touch this!!!
Your voice so sweet
Thanks
Chaka Khan is my favorite singer ever!! I have been in love with her voice since I was 6 years old. I was 15 when this song came out and played it to death! I read that Chaka hated this song when she first heard it. The original version doesnt have a rap in it and she hated how Melle Mel is repeating her name over and over LOL. I dont think the original with out the rap was ever released. She recorded this song and they added a rapper because hip hop was becoming really big.
YESS!!!
If you haven't heard it, you should backtrack to the original Prince version, to know where it came from.
Whoa‼️this is a prince sing
Absolutely a fabulous reaction. Chaka Khan has always been a jam. "Ain't Nobody" and "I'm Every Woman" are also big hits of hers. In the late 70's in New York creative scene came the raise of Spoken Word nights which turned into Rap and the raise of people like Grand Master Flash and Kool Moe D. Then came the commercial success of acts like Run DMC and The Beastie Boys it made it's way out to L.A. by the mid 80's which birthed acts like N.W.A. The dancing you see in this video back then was Break Dancing. But an interesting note, you should check out the song "Rapture" by Blondie. It's one of the earliest form of Rap videos at that time. Might surprise you a bit. But again, absolutely fabulous reaction. Just subscribed ;-)
That is a Bop and a whole vibe! Check out Prince's version. It slams too
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Please React to audio "Got To Be There" by Chaka Khan.
Gotta check out Prince's of the same song. He wrote this song.
Classic
I think 83.
No technically she isn't the first to have a rapper on a recording. You have to go back to Jamica during the late 1960's during the sound system days and the development of dub reggae. They called their rappers toasters..
Ah interesting ‼️
One of the few instances where the remake totally obliterated Prince's version. And Prince is THE greatest male musician, vocalist,songwriter, producer. entertainer in human history. I mean, the original is cute 'n' s**t but it needed this presentation to make it a smash.
Interesting ‼️
Hey lovely lady . I’m now a man of the world. And at the time I was break dancing to this when it was released. This in general is a beautiful love song about
Meeting the love of your life with energy and style. Ain’t no shit with this song. Just appreciate the lady primarily. Trust me embrace everything and your hits will go up. Please change your channel intro into something more not self indulgent then your opinion will be Truely appreciated
I didn’t start doing this to be fake
I love Chaka Khan, She is so cool. Very sexy to me. Beautiful ballads and very soulful.
You could pass for Chaka Kahn
I'll take that as a compliment
She wasn't hip hop, it copied her, poorly I might add