Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love (Official Music Video) [4K]

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  • You're watching the official music video remastered in 4K for Tom Tom Club - "Genius Of Love" from their 1981 self-titled debut album. "Genius Of Love" is sampled by Mariah Carey in "Fantasy".
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  • @lauriekrebs4522
    @lauriekrebs4522 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3910

    Fun fact: This band was a start-up formed by the bassist for the talking heads. The Talking Heads were huge at the time, but she wanted to get out and sample and do different music. Amazing that this song has so much relevance today. It's an excellent, zany piece of work

    • @irlBarraON
      @irlBarraON 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Superb fun fact!

    • @theshadowknows6969
      @theshadowknows6969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      I heard somewhere that this is the most sampled song in history. Think it was a talking heads documentary. ..

    • @NewWaveEnthusiast
      @NewWaveEnthusiast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@theshadowknows6969 Yup, this is my first time hearing the original

    • @greerklepacki1237
      @greerklepacki1237 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      This is also the only song by a Talking Heads member to reach #1!

    • @8mmtaco
      @8mmtaco 2 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      It was Tina Weymouth *and* Chris Frantz’s side project

  • @Mikemikemike13579
    @Mikemikemike13579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5022

    This song is almost 40 years old... and still sounds like it could play with today's music.

    • @iamboomer.4673
      @iamboomer.4673 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      No.......................m

    • @gratefulape12
      @gratefulape12 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      Because for a couple of decades, pop music has been eating itself.

    • @leilanilamour5173
      @leilanilamour5173 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Be sure to be obnoxious and bump it extra-loud when driving through your neighborhood lol. I don’t think anyone would mind 🤩👍🏼💖💖💖💖

    • @Trixtah
      @Trixtah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +146

      Dude, I'm 52, and no, it really could not. it's still fresh in a way, but it doesn't sound like contemporary stuff at all

    • @Uncle-Smart-Alec
      @Uncle-Smart-Alec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Play with???It destroys today's "musuck!"🧐😤🤬

  • @manuginobilisbaldspot2
    @manuginobilisbaldspot2 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    I’ve always loved that underneath it all, this was an homage to Black music and artists! Shoutouts to Bootsy Collins, Sly and Robbie, Kurtis Blow, Smokey Robinson, and of course TGOS James Brown. I became a Talking Heads fan via the Tom Tom Club and I wouldn’t be surprised if many Talking Heads fans became fans of these artists via this song. That’s the power of music ❤

    • @NinaBaby210
      @NinaBaby210 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And Bob Marley, and the impact Reggae music has had on The Culture!✊🏾🎶

  • @CalifornianCuttlefish
    @CalifornianCuttlefish ปีที่แล้ว +2142

    *The fact that not only did this song come from 2 members of the talking heads, but also created a bunch of new hip hop songs proves it's an absolute masterpiece*

    • @nataliecovers__
      @nataliecovers__ ปีที่แล้ว +27

      The ONLY time when that way overused word Masterpiece is warranted

    • @CalifornianCuttlefish
      @CalifornianCuttlefish ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@nataliecovers__ ok

    • @nataliecovers__
      @nataliecovers__ ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@CalifornianCuttlefish haha not toward you just I see it used on every generic song because it's become the popular thing to say

    • @CalifornianCuttlefish
      @CalifornianCuttlefish ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@nataliecovers__ Oh ok

    • @limerobloxgaming8567
      @limerobloxgaming8567 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@nataliecovers__ true

  • @willt.9654
    @willt.9654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1612

    Late 70s/early 80s has got to be one of the most creative eras in music. Talking Heads, Devo, The B-52s, Tom Tom Club. I live for this stuff.

    • @joewhitehouseiv3300
      @joewhitehouseiv3300 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Don't forget Oingo Boingo

    • @surtcalderam9595
      @surtcalderam9595 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Before the internet ate the recording industry for breakfast, and it still had some money to publish creativity. Now they're afraid of anything but autotuned clones.

    • @kaymuldoon3575
      @kaymuldoon3575 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Tina Weymouth from the Talking Heads was also a member of the Tom Tom Club.

    • @mrmjb1960
      @mrmjb1960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth of the Talking Heads' started this group.

    • @Jordan-wn7kj
      @Jordan-wn7kj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no you don’t

  • @gustavoceballos5327
    @gustavoceballos5327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3052

    The song is one of the most sampled rhythm tracks of the 1980s, particularly within the hip hop and R&B genre. Notable versions include Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Hyde's "Genius Rap" in 1981; Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "It's Nasty" in 1982; Mariah Carey's "Fantasy" in 1995, and The X-Ecutioners' "Genius of Love 2002" in 2002.
    Other artists have incorporated "Genius of Love" into their works, including Public Enemy's "Leave This Off Your Fuckin' Charts", Redman's "Brick City Mashin'", Cam'ron's "Me, My Moms & Jimmy", 2nd II None's "Niggaz Trippin'", Fresh Kid Ice's "Roll Call", 2Pac's "High Speed", Seagram's "I Don't Give a Fuck", Busta Rhymes' "One", Ant Banks' "Roll 'Em Phat", P.M. Dawn's "Gotta Be... Movin' On Up", Menajahtwa's "I Ain't Nasti", 50 Cent's "When I Get Out", Erick Sermon's "Genius E Dub", Mac Dre's "Chop that Ho", Dream Warriors' "And Now the Legacy Begins", T.I.'s "Down Like That", R.A. the Rugged Man's "Tom Thum", Mark Morrison's "Return of the Mack", Ice Cube's "Bop Gun (One Nation)", Warren G's "What's Love Got to Do with It", the D-Influence Real Live Mix of Billie's "Girlfriend", Latto's "Big Energy", and Paramore's "Rose-Colored Boy", during their shows at the After Laughter Tour.

    • @mandywheeler4186
      @mandywheeler4186 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Great info.

    • @claragabriellehouser1991
      @claragabriellehouser1991 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Wow. No idea it had been used that many times! Excuse me while I go listen to them all -

    • @firstname_lastname
      @firstname_lastname ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Doc D (Logic) also used this song on the title track for his album "Planetory Destruction", feat. Big Lenbo.

    • @roycedot
      @roycedot ปีที่แล้ว +7

      DJ Clue - That’s the Way (Mase, Foxxy Brown, Fabolous)

    • @LikaLaruku
      @LikaLaruku ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Most recent is "Big Energy" by Latto.

  • @ZedanB
    @ZedanB ปีที่แล้ว +704

    This was, to my knowledge, my mother's favorite song. No matter what she was doing, if it played, she was dancing-
    My mom was a bit more like an older sibling than my mother (she was 18 when she had me), and I distinctly remember as a kid she'd play this constantly. Whole nine yards: hand movement dancing. Singing every word like it was her song.
    My mom passed 2 years ago, but every time I hear this song, it takes me back to the summer of 2001, which was probably the best time of my life (even though I was only 6).
    RIP, Momma- I'm still playing this song daily for you 😊

    • @Sequins_
      @Sequins_ ปีที่แล้ว +10

      ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @Alwaysliveitup
      @Alwaysliveitup 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Crying on a train reading this! Sorry for your loss

    • @oscarl.ramirez7355
      @oscarl.ramirez7355 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Sorry for our Loss She is in a Far Better Place than we are/

    • @sleeplessinbklyn1
      @sleeplessinbklyn1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      🕊❤ RIP

    • @Jimmy_Widders_Hunt
      @Jimmy_Widders_Hunt 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Your mum had great taste in music and sounds like a cool mum 😊

  • @KILO993
    @KILO993 ปีที่แล้ว +205

    "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" prompted me to come find the original. Love it!

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Well that's just frat boy sad

    • @Rosskles
      @Rosskles หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@NormAppleton Because of the 'implication'...

    • @Erocksoco
      @Erocksoco 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Do we got beef?

  • @ThisIsReadyMade
    @ThisIsReadyMade 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3805

    Frank Zappa said this is one of his favorite music videos. Gotta agree with that.

    • @Happysquigglyrudy
      @Happysquigglyrudy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      Frank Zappa had such a great taste in music and art

    • @The_momur
      @The_momur 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      ThisIs ReadyMade love Frank. He should be here to document current events.

    • @rodneyshackles782
      @rodneyshackles782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Please be wary when mentioning frank

    • @Happysquigglyrudy
      @Happysquigglyrudy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      rodney shackles why

    • @purge2--u--nite342
      @purge2--u--nite342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Cause Zappa likes hip hop 👌

  • @tedastor7558
    @tedastor7558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1162

    A masterpiece. Whoever directed and animated this is a genius.

    • @lobo3671
      @lobo3671 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      a genius of love

    • @hipsterelephant2660
      @hipsterelephant2660 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Its the couple that did the Mario Bros movie from the 90s. No joke.

    • @martynarusek1606
      @martynarusek1606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Look up James Rizzi :)

    • @silla-je9od
      @silla-je9od 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Tina's sister, Laura Weymouth, is one of the artists in the credits for the ink and paint work.

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@hipsterelephant2660 and Max Headroom, their true claim to fame.

  • @andrewgordon235
    @andrewgordon235 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +465

    This is proof the 80's never died they just got remixed to oblivion.

    • @Nathan-lj4ds
      @Nathan-lj4ds 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Too true my friends

    • @yanikotavov385
      @yanikotavov385 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      hell no

    • @Yeedo420
      @Yeedo420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@yanikotavov385yeah, actually. 80s funky strings and synths have had a resurgence in recent years

    • @yanikotavov385
      @yanikotavov385 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Yeedo420 80s metal however - hasn't.

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This is like 1981

  • @herberthunter5570
    @herberthunter5570 ปีที่แล้ว +491

    This song was so popular in black culture, I promise. I remember it being played at many local DJ parties at parks and in the projects, too.

    • @jimgonewild909
      @jimgonewild909 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Crazy cause it's a White chick singing

    • @joevega5477
      @joevega5477 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Hispanic parties too! Chicago & Cali🙏

    • @neosapienz7885
      @neosapienz7885 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@jimgonewild909when it’s real, it’s real, no matter

    • @atomant332
      @atomant332 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@joevega5477 Yeah still huge in Cali.

    • @herberthunter5570
      @herberthunter5570 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@joevega5477 Yessir 👍👊🏾

  • @DrClawizdead
    @DrClawizdead หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I don't care who samples this. They will never make a better song.

  • @dice1820
    @dice1820 2 ปีที่แล้ว +653

    We still hear this today. Mariah Carey used it in her song “Fantasy” that topped the billboard hot 100 for 8 weeks and just last year Latto sampled it in her song “Big Energy”. The funny thing is, when they talk about the song “big energy”, they say Lotto sampled it from Mariah Carey without even realizing where it actually came from and how old it really is. And in another 30-40 years when everyone forgets it again, someone else will sample it to make it a hit again.

    • @RnBReworked
      @RnBReworked 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Who is they? I think most people who know music are well aware Fantasy was sampled.

    • @spongebob03
      @spongebob03 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I remember tripping out, when I heard that Dreamlover sampled a hip hop song! I was alive for it’s original release. It was years before I knew about it! 😂

    • @magma41158
      @magma41158 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hearing the chorus of the song used in Fantasy came to me as a big surprise

    • @AngelDommeX
      @AngelDommeX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Big Energy remix they sample this again with Mariah Carey..

    • @slicedfruitgirl
      @slicedfruitgirl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      In Latto's case, I think she really did sample it because of Mariah. Her song "Big Energy" has the line "I can be your fantasy" in it and she also said she idolized Mariah growing up. Strangely enough, she initially denied the Mariah reference at first saying that she had never heard of "Fantasy" before, but now Mariah is on the remix edition so Idk what was going on there.

  • @JohnTurner313
    @JohnTurner313 วันที่ผ่านมา

    They're totally different styles, but for some reason this video always reminded me of the Schoolhouse Rock videos I watched as a kid. Super cool song, and the 80s were amazing for music.

  • @Yakkymania
    @Yakkymania 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +427

    The style of this music video is perhaps the coolest thing in existence, the art style is so funky & goes great with the groovy rhythm of the song

    • @anitasmith4559
      @anitasmith4559 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      The animated art work is priceless.

    • @ElectricPhantasmagoria
      @ElectricPhantasmagoria 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      You should check out Peter Gabriel sledgehammer, king gizzard and the lizard wizard - the River for some funky and ultra ultra creative animation

    • @Yakkymania
      @Yakkymania 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@ElectricPhantasmagoriaI’ve seen Sledgehammer tons of times before, but i’ll have to check out The River!

    • @bubuyogui2733
      @bubuyogui2733 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Peso pluma ohhhh yes

    • @emanzikeith7683
      @emanzikeith7683 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Psychedelic visuals

  • @AnnaJo2000
    @AnnaJo2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +861

    This song was way, way ahead of its time! Absolutely lovely song!

  • @bigguys45s29
    @bigguys45s29 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1502

    This video’s almost like a Sesame Street animated skit on a bit of drugs. LOL

    • @applemask
      @applemask 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      They cut out the bit about cocaine

    • @EsmeMarion
      @EsmeMarion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It kinda gives me that Sally Cruikshank vibe

    • @rommix0
      @rommix0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@EsmeMarion yeah like Quasi At The Quackadero.

    • @atlsongbyrd6084
      @atlsongbyrd6084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes definitely drugs lol!

    • @asongaboutafriend2592
      @asongaboutafriend2592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      More Like Schoolhouse Rock

  • @ernestbeserra5485
    @ernestbeserra5485 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    PLAY IT LOUD! For my SON, Ernie! Who Loved this Song! Miss you Ernie, Son! Passed Sept 7, 1980. 34 years old. Shame.

  • @deansamson9835
    @deansamson9835 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This is one of the best skate jams from back in the day.

    • @Nhamp2000
      @Nhamp2000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Four wheels and a toe stopper. None of that Rollerblade crap.

  • @notrlybad
    @notrlybad 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +239

    Who's here in 2024?

    • @uwutakke3964
      @uwutakke3964 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Mayyyy

    • @Mercedes65
      @Mercedes65 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    • @txenfu
      @txenfu หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      🥂🍾🕺🏽

    • @user-it8gt1le1m
      @user-it8gt1le1m หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ❤🎉

    • @1poopiebritches1
      @1poopiebritches1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

  • @StonyRC
    @StonyRC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +827

    Never really understood exactly why I love this song and its video so much. It's kooky, it's upbeat, it's really clever and has simply stuck with me since I first heard it back in 1981.

    • @tonyfan3
      @tonyfan3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      It is probably the music they wanted to make outside of serious punk and rock

    • @lexkanyima2195
      @lexkanyima2195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tonyfan3 it's a new era that the music going

    • @who_cares848
      @who_cares848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You like it because you have good taste in music lol

    • @greenmasterrinse
      @greenmasterrinse 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Probably because you find it kooky, upbeat and clever.

    • @sofia9127
      @sofia9127 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i didn't exist back then but i love this song!

  • @DunsDeeDowns
    @DunsDeeDowns 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I remember when MTV got started this was one of the earliest videos in 1981. The bridge part in the middle where they start singing "James BROWNNNN!! JAMES Browwnnn!" got me to find the Godfather of Soul good stuff all round

  • @mikewatkinson1996
    @mikewatkinson1996 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    If anyone here is familiar with the man... In an interview Frank Zappa cited this song as being one of the only music videos he actually enjoyed "because it's animated and clever". High praise from a musical genius that thought music videos were simply a racket (He was quite cynical lol).
    Also I love Tina Weymouth and the Talking Heads tons.

    • @DogeGFSolo
      @DogeGFSolo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😁

    • @kirbzmom
      @kirbzmom ปีที่แล้ว +3

      AND Frank! Very talented; gone too soon!

    • @diehappydie
      @diehappydie ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Exactly why I am here...paused the Zappa interview to watch it. Once it started I instantly remembered it. Zappa was a genius.

    • @ImBarl
      @ImBarl ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@diehappydie me as well lol

    • @booblikon
      @booblikon ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That bought me here, and I agree.

  • @conradpoos2859
    @conradpoos2859 4 ปีที่แล้ว +522

    I went to the NY Film Festival in the 80's and they ran this as a short. The James Rizzi animation lit up the whole theater.

    • @amayalevels
      @amayalevels 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Gosh ur so mf blessed

    • @Teebiscuit12345
      @Teebiscuit12345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I like your Pythonesque profile picture.

    • @jaclynzinck4241
      @jaclynzinck4241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That must have been an interesting experience

    • @mecaillagladue2587
      @mecaillagladue2587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I remember rollerskating to this . 14 with all my friends 💓💓

    • @synthonaplinth5980
      @synthonaplinth5980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Teebiscuit12345 I like your use of alliteration. :)

  • @nigelseaton8367
    @nigelseaton8367 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    God bless James Rizzi, the artist who created the images for this classic masterpiece, sampled, and sampled. Mr. Rizzi you are one of my favorites 😍, I'm glad I had the pleasure to meet you. Rest in peace.

  • @th0rne_999
    @th0rne_999 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I've been robbed of knowing this song for my 23 years on this earth... it's about time

  • @samvaz8002
    @samvaz8002 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Way ahead of its time!!! Just to show you how talented the Talkkng Heads were.

    • @wilneal8015
      @wilneal8015 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ❣️Just More Proof👂That David
      Byrne Is A Performing Arts
      Genius😊👍💥😎✌️🖖

  • @maestroh2986
    @maestroh2986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    Tragically under-appreciated. This trippy tribute to past artists is pure joy.

    • @KrashyKharma
      @KrashyKharma ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Under appreciated? One of the most well loved, repeatedly sampled songs of all time? Ok...

    • @Thunderchild-gz4gc
      @Thunderchild-gz4gc ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@KrashyKharma maybe OP meant the sampling artists get more attention than the Tom Tom Club

    • @penguinsrbirds2
      @penguinsrbirds2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "under-appreciated" is a straight-up lie, come on dude.

    • @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991
      @dawnkindnesscountsmost5991 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Genius of Love didn't get nearly enough radio airplay at the time, in my opinion, which may have just been where I lived. I managed to get it on a blank tape, though, so I could play it as much as I wanted to- and between songs, too, so no DJ chatter over the beginning or the end!! 😃

    • @etherealwavefan94
      @etherealwavefan94 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      this is literally one of the most iconic tracks of all time lmfao you guys really don't know what underrated means

  • @patricklaureys1249
    @patricklaureys1249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I wish I could be 21 again, sitting in the evening sun, smoking the mellow stuff that grows on Crete, and listen to music like this.

  • @gisellemarte
    @gisellemarte หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    WHOAH I HAD NO IDEA!!! I LOVE HOW INDIE THE ORIGINAL SONG SOUNDS. IM SO EMOTIONAL

  • @JannieKannie
    @JannieKannie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +489

    A moment of silence to the people who cant find this song

    • @camilacris7560
      @camilacris7560 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      lost ages searching for it

    • @tipphilips8252
      @tipphilips8252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s hilarious haha. I just barely made it lol

    • @TeddyOG
      @TeddyOG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I would never have found it if it wasn't in Always Sunny. This song had vibes even before it became a meme word

    • @sinbad2247
      @sinbad2247 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      damn right lol

    • @kaymod1284
      @kaymod1284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      .. Due to its catchy nature yet seemingly unrelated and obtuse song title

  • @mattma96
    @mattma96 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +75

    This would DEFINITELY be a worldwide hit if re-released in 2023 !

    • @wilneal8015
      @wilneal8015 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      😮It Already Has Been A World 🌎🌍🌏 Wide Hit! Where Have You Been?¿?¿!¡!¡😅

    • @thatoneguy9582
      @thatoneguy9582 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      literally just Big Energy by Latto

    • @randomlittleidot
      @randomlittleidot 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      if it re-released in 2023 there probably has to be funny cats for it to really take off

    • @rainbowspongebob
      @rainbowspongebob 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@randomlittleidotwhat about the funny dog🗿

  • @mf_is_legendary
    @mf_is_legendary 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Mariah Carey’s use of this song for her hit “Fantasy” is sooo good

  • @jerellewynn2855
    @jerellewynn2855 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Aww the golden eighties of my childhood. 1981 l was 8 years l will always remember hearing this song on the radio. When l am walking from elementary school or watching karate movies this song was always in my head and open gym too this song would be playing. Now listening it takes me back to my childhood. What a wonderful time to be alive during a time of great music. Life was simple and easy back then. Great music was every where black and white. The great 80's. There Will never and ever be a time like that 1980-1983. Those years were the greatest for me when l listening to music. Thanks for posting.

  • @dr.smurpf6979
    @dr.smurpf6979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1861

    Fun Fact: The makers of this video also directed the Super Mario Bros movie

    • @brotherjauffre4923
      @brotherjauffre4923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Every year I want to re-watch that that movie IGN 10/10

    • @332spicelord
      @332spicelord 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      WHAT?????

    • @dr.smurpf6979
      @dr.smurpf6979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@332spicelord Yep, look it up. They also created Max Headroom too.

    • @romarkent1748
      @romarkent1748 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Wait really?!

    • @rubberduckiefanatic
      @rubberduckiefanatic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Woah! that's good to know

  • @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp
    @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp ปีที่แล้ว +475

    Tina Weymouth is brilliant!
    She almost created the hip hop pop sound and did not know it!

    • @DaeguDown
      @DaeguDown ปีที่แล้ว +24

      She did

    • @NatTurner328
      @NatTurner328 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      Knock it off, Hip Hop was already well-established in the 1970s

    • @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp
      @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@NatTurner328 LOL No Kidding But private Party's in Black neighbourhoods homes did not make it known This song was one of the first White Groups to attempt it and helped get it popular. I'm a musicologist and was former vinyl Night club DJ in London, New York and Montreal What have you Done?

    • @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp
      @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Mariah Carey's great sample of the song in "Fantasy" in 1995 made it a retro hut once again!

    • @NatTurner328
      @NatTurner328 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp You just moved the goalpost from “she created the hip hop sound” to “her white privilege helped introduce it to the masses”. So which one is it? That’s why we should have gatekept hip hop from non-black outsiders. You made an entire career from appropriating our culture and now you’re attributing another outsider to its creation? You’re a joke and you lack self-awareness. “William H Baird”, what’s wrong, daddy stopped paying your college tuition when he realized you suck at math so you had to take away what little space they let black people have to eat and feed their families? Literally the worst kind of person.

  • @nanny287
    @nanny287 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I initially heard this song during my dance evenings at the famous “First Avenue” in Minneapolis during their famous Tuesday night dance nights. This tune immediately made us get up and dance, despite the fact we had just danced two hours straight and were taking a break. The song just compelled you to move and was unique. The DJ was great and always played the newest music from everywhere and anywhere. It was our Midwest Studio 54. Great times.🎶❤️🎶

  • @baseddoggie
    @baseddoggie 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This is easily one of the most beautiful, genuinely heartfelt songs + music videos I've ever seen. You can tell that Tina truly loves Chris. It's so sincere and beautiful. Even the animation doesn't betray the beauty of the lyrics, in fact, it enhances it. No wonder this song has had so much staying power over the years.

  • @PetertheChanter
    @PetertheChanter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    40 yrs in the blink of an eye. It goes so damn fast.

  • @nicknickbloodynick
    @nicknickbloodynick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +599

    I'm in heaven
    With my boyfriend, my laughing boyfriend ♥️
    There's no beginning and there is no end
    Time isn't present in that dimension

    • @DDios-ih9de
      @DDios-ih9de 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Bloodybeibi Latin Boyfriend

    • @bredmond812
      @bredmond812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      all these years, i thought it was "lucky boyfriend". oops.

    • @DDios-ih9de
      @DDios-ih9de 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Brandon Redmond lol thats okay😊😉
      Btw its
      Cuse me while i kiss the sky
      Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze..
      Not
      " kiss this guy".😊

    • @bredmond812
      @bredmond812 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DDios-ih9de thanks! Yeah, I knew that one. Good lookin' out!

    • @wyattownby2886
      @wyattownby2886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bloodybeibi congratulations, you can hear

  • @ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord
    @ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +69

    It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia brought me here.
    Thank you for that.

    • @fonzieskatesurf
      @fonzieskatesurf 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Which episode! 😆

    • @fonzieskatesurf
      @fonzieskatesurf 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Came here from Instagram frank Zappa, ok so Mariah Carey got it from here too ya

  • @stevenporter5872
    @stevenporter5872 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Back in the day's hip hop beat 🎼🎶🎼🔥

  • @comicquestfanzia
    @comicquestfanzia 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    2:13 is the best part for me.

  • @titocris4746
    @titocris4746 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This song and Mama Used to Say made the Spring of ‘82 a wonderful time for music.

  • @AggroQM2
    @AggroQM2 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Moonlight roller rink in Pasadena was where I heard this beautiful song. I miss those times.

  • @stylezcain2562
    @stylezcain2562 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Who is still Listening in 2024 and Beyond?👍🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @spacemanrick2014
    @spacemanrick2014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I wouldn’t be surprised if this song is still sampled in 2087.

    • @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617
      @antoniokastrocarlisledemel6617 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      3087 shit I'm sure I've heard Fry,Leela and Bender rocking out to this classic on the Planet Express

  • @tomdillistone1828
    @tomdillistone1828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    2:39 stereo echo effects - very cool on headphones.

  • @bigbubba2680
    @bigbubba2680 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Was 10 years old when this song came out... 52 now and definitely like it more now... brings back great memories of growing up through the 80's... wish everyone could have grown up in these times.

  • @Flossys
    @Flossys 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This song is the result of so many r & b hits.

  • @hamsterdiving7593
    @hamsterdiving7593 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    I was still a newlywed in 1981, living in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, in an apartment complex that was rather dull and ordinary...
    One Saturday, while trying to be a good wife at the age of 20 (🤯) and perform some housecleaning, I turned on the newly created MTV channel on the newly created cable TV, and witnessed a revelation: Tom Tom Club's Genius Of Love music video...
    I'd never seen anything like it.
    I was mesmerized and didn't get much cleaning done. I also realized as time went on that there was a great big wide world out there that I wanted to experience that my staid, safe, stockbroker husband wasn't into
    I realized I was too young to have gotten married and we sadly split up in 1983.
    It's safe to say that Genius Of Love was my gateway to independence and it's been a favorite of mine ever since...

    • @lunayastros1356
      @lunayastros1356 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wao!!!! 😮 Buena anécdota!
      Aveces la gente olvida esta clase de cosas, y claro va acordé con el mensaje que dejaba la canción.
      Saludos desde Chile!!!

    • @hamsterdiving7593
      @hamsterdiving7593 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@lunayastros1356 ¡Dios mío, tienes razón! No me di cuenta hasta ahora... han pasado cuarenta años. dolor y pérdida... brillante.
      ¡¡Gracias!! ¡Viva Chile! 🇨🇱

  • @darklordxxx
    @darklordxxx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +329

    i was in grade 10 when this tune came out in 83 , Friday nights me and the boys would go down to the roller palace and when this song came on everyone was on the floor , same for double dutch bus witch came 2 years earlier . life long memories with these songs .

    • @willie417
      @willie417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      are you sure it was 1983, and not 1981?

    • @CreativeCreatorCreates
      @CreativeCreatorCreates 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The roller rink was my place to discover the best hits. Love that you brought it up!

    • @AzzyRiah
      @AzzyRiah 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What did it feel like when the century switched to 2000?

    • @isamcc1831
      @isamcc1831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Roller skating to this must have been great!
      Wasn't alive when this came out so I missed the whole roller skates thing 😞

    • @m.r.e.5731
      @m.r.e.5731 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@willie417 it was '81.

  • @kcox621
    @kcox621 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This whole video screams the 80s n that’s wut I luv about it

  • @helgevalk6276
    @helgevalk6276 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Avant-garde then, avant-garde today, the video is still great

  • @keithmcmiller8470
    @keithmcmiller8470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    Sounds as good today... as it ever was.

  • @gilbertolopez9004
    @gilbertolopez9004 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    I remember back in 1981 when going to high school parties how everyone jumped into the dance floor just from hearing the intro of this song. Awesome song, awesome times!

  • @shameacortes
    @shameacortes 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I was trying to remember the name of this song for the last 30 years. I'm 40. I always recognize that one lyric, rhythm and video. Thank goodness for the Shazam app.

  • @cracklingvinyl6779
    @cracklingvinyl6779 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If you're not tapping your feet to this you ain't got no feet.

  • @MichaelB-gi4lt
    @MichaelB-gi4lt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    Truly one of the most satisfying songs from the 80’s. Sounds as good now as it did forty years ago...

    • @addambelmont3050
      @addambelmont3050 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh God, is that how old I am?

  • @RoyalTheCheeseSergal
    @RoyalTheCheeseSergal 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This music video is a fever dream

  • @DanielLopez-tb2fl
    @DanielLopez-tb2fl หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Some songs define the moment, others defy it

  • @bryanjensen2614
    @bryanjensen2614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    1:49 before joining the Rugrats Spike the dog had a promising singing career.

  • @reneeheknowsmyname6771
    @reneeheknowsmyname6771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    1981?!?!? WOW, that's crazy!! Man you just gotta love the 80's!!! So grateful that my teen years were in the 80's!

  • @JustLacksZazz350
    @JustLacksZazz350 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It's always sunny in Philadelphia

    • @DeltaHighlights
      @DeltaHighlights ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Them dancing with this song and Frank doing his stare down is too good

  • @EENEENJOYER
    @EENEENJOYER 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    2:04 my favorite part of the song

  • @KabukeeJo
    @KabukeeJo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    Wow... It's literally been decades since I last saw this. In fact, it was when MTV actually showed music videos. Shame Rhino could not afford to upscale it to HD.

    • @KabukeeJo
      @KabukeeJo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @dandanthetaximan Full screening it does not make it HD. Learn to HD my friend.

    • @g__wizz
      @g__wizz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      its better low-fi dawg

    • @joeyoung1498
      @joeyoung1498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It's a shame people can't enjoy videos if they are not in hd.

    • @timusforlife
      @timusforlife 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It would be great to see the animation remastered in HD

    • @KabukeeJo
      @KabukeeJo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Jimmy Jazz it is awesome. Still wish it was in HD.

  • @user-xb5jp5wl9m
    @user-xb5jp5wl9m 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    80's music is the best.. and It's Always Sunny 🌞 😎

  • @DP-hy4ct
    @DP-hy4ct 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I should not admit my past transgressions - but - I was 20 and living in Vegas when this song came out. It was everyone's favorite song and the dj's would play it over and over in the course of the evening. Who remembers dancing to this while doing poppers? In the same year, MTV was launched and of course, we had a huge party. The cops showed up and as they were leaving, one said "next time you cause a disturbance, make sure you put your bong away" ! OMG, what memories! I am truly amazed I made it out of the 80's alive!

  • @FANLIZable
    @FANLIZable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    This song came out when I was 18 years old, I remember the disco and a boyfriend I had in that time, funky sound never gets old 🌈🌻🌈

    • @LostwaveTT
      @LostwaveTT 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I know right? Beautiful song. Godbless ❤

  • @robcouncil1592
    @robcouncil1592 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    CBS' Sunday Morning brought me here. They did a segment on David Byrne and Talking Heads today. Former Talking Heads band members, Chris Frantz and wife Tina Weymouth, are brilliant. Their song, "Genius of Love" is and will forever be a timeless classic. Turn it up and play it LOUD!!! 😎👋🏿👍🏿🙌🏿

  • @CoryTheCorsterCory
    @CoryTheCorsterCory 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There is something to this song... it sounds so modern yet it's so unique and nice

  • @johnpulaski6725
    @johnpulaski6725 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you Home Goods, I would never have found this song! 👍🏻🇺🇸

  • @avronil_htech
    @avronil_htech ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This music video is like a dream to me .

  • @peterkaufmann4855
    @peterkaufmann4855 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Fun fact: at the time, this record went gold before the Talking Heads had a gold record. Chris Frantz said he remembered walking down Houston Street in NYC near the basketball courts and people blasting "Genius of Love" on their boom boxes via WBLS. He said it brought tears to his eyes. The sad part is that David Byrne wasn't happy for Chris and Tina when it was announced that the record went gold.

    • @Treyworld
      @Treyworld ปีที่แล้ว +16

      David got burned....with envy.

    • @bbaskin6785
      @bbaskin6785 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Holy Hyeesh! ...To have the memory of this song playing on the the ol skool bball courts of Houston would be one of the greatest gifts of my life.

    • @kirbzmom
      @kirbzmom ปีที่แล้ว

      And I must be the only that didn't know, until just now, that Tina and Chris were married.

    • @matthewwoods3126
      @matthewwoods3126 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kirbzmom Yup. One of the pivotal dynamics of the band. You can get a glimpse of how crucial TTC is to the Talking Heads by watching Byrne & Molly Cyrus sing Bowie's Let's Dance NYE. It's embarrassing for Byrne... He can't dance! He's stuck with MC, playing a network variety gig.
      He may be an artist...but w/o the Tom Tom Club he's not much of a musician.
      How far they have fallen.

    • @janismacolley2395
      @janismacolley2395 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dave is a brilliant musician but he has an ego as big as all outdoors!!!

  • @truewax257
    @truewax257 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great Great Great song! I LOVED THIS SONG!
    I have been searching for this specific song for over 5 years!! I am a 65 yr old 1980's disco nightclub appreciator.
    I fell in love with this song in the 80's! So glad I found this again. Thank you so much for posting this song.

  • @Wesley_C
    @Wesley_C 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My mom and Dad had listened to this song, this is a wonderful masterpiece, a “Big Energy”.

  • @lemonfroth8843
    @lemonfroth8843 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I love the vibe this artstyle gives off

    • @campfortson4387
      @campfortson4387 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I almost get like Rugrats vibes or something, lol

  • @Meli_monster
    @Meli_monster ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As a kid growing up, sharing a car with a family of five. We always fought about the radio. Parents liked Hispanic music, my siblings liked pop, I liked rock. My dad also really liked Funk. This is the only song that we all enjoyed. I grew up with the long version tho lol. Now we associate this song with long car drives.

  • @charles727727
    @charles727727 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Genius is right! Forever tom Tom Club

  • @TonyTone1
    @TonyTone1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This songs takes me way way back to NYC in ‘82 , Fun House, Gotham West and Broadway 96

  • @kev2525
    @kev2525 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2067

    Being a 90s kid, I feel like this was supposed to end with a Nickelodeon logo

    • @scottfree8953
      @scottfree8953 4 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Or may be Adult Swim

    • @kmk900___
      @kmk900___ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Pete Harris expected*

    • @kingsessingcomedy661
      @kingsessingcomedy661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You would lol

    • @kingsessingcomedy661
      @kingsessingcomedy661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @RipMudafuka69 MLG that's what he's saying

    • @a.c.7573
      @a.c.7573 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeah this looks very late 80s-early 90s

  • @zinorob1
    @zinorob1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    2:23 Rest in Peace Hamilton Bohannan! "Bohannan, Bohannan, Bohannan"...now they know who you are!

    • @yurushii
      @yurushii 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      2:43 Rest in peace JAAAAAMMMMEESSS BRAAAAAHHHWWNNN!!!

  • @reesa219
    @reesa219 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Doing the Slow Walk.. At the Skating Rink 🔥🔥🔥💜💜

  • @JaiPritchett
    @JaiPritchett 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This track was released a few months after I was born... It has always been a high contender for my most favourite song ever!
    The band it self is was just incredible! And with Talking Heads! BRO! One of my most fav bands ever! Its just one of the most glorious things to happen in music to me!
    WOW FOREVER!

  • @DarkCylon
    @DarkCylon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    I heard this song for the first today after many years. I don't know why, maybe it's the flu or the medicine I'm taking, but the song made me so happy....like seeing a friend again after a long time. Hello, old friend. I'm very happy to see you again.

    • @themadratchett3891
      @themadratchett3891 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree. My uncle used to download older songs for me back when I was 17 and I loved playing them over and over, listened to this constantly in 2003 and it took me back. Don't know exactly what it is, but the song has that affect.

    • @TechJunky777
      @TechJunky777 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And it’s the original uncut version

  • @cesargomez1965
    @cesargomez1965 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Genius of love was made on the Billboard chart at # 31 on April 24, 1982.

  • @RobertSantiago-nu3kp
    @RobertSantiago-nu3kp 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Music has changed so much but growing up in the 70's with such great music is memorable 👍

  • @emilyparkison9523
    @emilyparkison9523 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was one of my favorite skating songs

  • @StopFear
    @StopFear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When the dog is dancing it’s my favorite part.

  • @secretofthedevil
    @secretofthedevil ปีที่แล้ว +228

    When I was a child, my mom always had put this song for us. Since then, I love it. ♥️

  • @alexloza7454
    @alexloza7454 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This song will go down in History...

  • @commiekillahjay2525
    @commiekillahjay2525 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The ACID Tabs were wonderful back then.

    • @user-wh5ir4fo4r
      @user-wh5ir4fo4r 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's not what I heard.

  • @wrestlingwithjay3770
    @wrestlingwithjay3770 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Flashback in the 80’s

  • @burtlee4628
    @burtlee4628 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    If You Were A Teenager In The Early 80s, This Song Has To Be On A Music Playlist In Your Mind Somewhere 🎶 🎵 🎶 🎵

  • @ana_geo2319
    @ana_geo2319 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks G. ❤

  • @jeffpiatt3879
    @jeffpiatt3879 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very ahead of it's time. That little synthesizer hook ties it back into the 80's, marvelously.

  • @bigghansum
    @bigghansum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Damn?!?!? I was 9 when song came out?...... damn I’m old AF

  • @sjdrifter72
    @sjdrifter72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    The cute dog is the most memorable part of the video for me.

  • @entertexthere1127
    @entertexthere1127 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    First time I heard this song today and I immediately youtube it. I thought this song was 2024 released. Holy crap I didn't know it was this old.