Kiara The Best of Me

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  • From AllMusic.com:
    A moderately successful debut by the team of Gregory Charley and John Winston. This duo debuted in the late '80s and got some mild attention from their lead single "Every Little Time," then actually got a hit with the second release "This Time," thanks to a cute/self-effacing vocal spot from Shanice Wilson. But the duo, whose roots went back to the early '80s in Detroit, simply didn't have enough in their arsenal to consistently crank out hits in the necessary manner to ensure steady urban contemporary airplay and exposure.

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  • @RoyfelJagnarain
    @RoyfelJagnarain 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I can play it 1 billion times ok ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @LALewis-rf8rr
    @LALewis-rf8rr ปีที่แล้ว +17

    These brothers are from Detroit, my hometown. The sleeve of this album, if I recall correctly said they went to Cooley High together. Sadly Cooley closed in 2010. I was 19 years old when I bought this debut album on cassette in 1989. They had another major hit titled 'Quiet Guy', so after hearing 'Best Of Me' I had to have it. The whole album was tight. Two years later they dropped their 2nd album titled 'Civilized Rogues' and it was just just as good as the first album, but radio and the world slept on it. #DetroitStandUp

    • @marvin469
      @marvin469 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks bruh because there's no info on them. I forgot about them but they best song was with Shanice imo 👍

    • @Battle_Faith-Ministries
      @Battle_Faith-Ministries 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I played this album when I used to deejay. It’s a great get

  • @arnettamcnairy6545
    @arnettamcnairy6545 8 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    This song was the SH*T!... man! They just don't do it like this anymore.

  • @jugg48
    @jugg48 11 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Man, I thought I was the only one on the planet who loved this Album. They came out when I was in junior high. I haven't heard any of these songs in well over twenty years but as soon as it started playing, I knew every word! Memory Lane like a mug!

    • @Kimi_BrownEyez
      @Kimi_BrownEyez 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol, same here. I was watching tv and a show called best of me was being advertised and outbof nowhere I just started singing this song. I love it!!

    • @CJacksonMemories
      @CJacksonMemories 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No you're not the only one friend and it's been over 20 years for me too😀. Good music and where did it go. My husband wanted to hear this while we chilling tonight February 2020🖤

    • @mikemiller3434
      @mikemiller3434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I saw these guys on soul train!

    • @royaltyakatweetypie3058
      @royaltyakatweetypie3058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Everything you said, exact same here!

    • @ieshawhit5212
      @ieshawhit5212 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love this song, always have. It’s too bad it’s not on Apple Music, can’t add to my playlist 😩

  • @candypeach0103
    @candypeach0103 8 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Summer of 1990, I met this guy and this was his favorite song. It always brings me back to those days. I had just graduated from high school and he was on leave before being deployed to Germany in the Army. This song, on cassette tape, kept me company until he returned and broke my heart. A lifetime ago, and I haven't seen him since, but I still remember.

    • @noorsarwar5074
      @noorsarwar5074 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sounds very sad, hope life treats you better these days

    • @stefaniaoprandi1193
      @stefaniaoprandi1193 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hope you are better now and life treats you right.

    • @Gods_Favorite7
      @Gods_Favorite7 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Landa Vanz ....wow

    • @optimalbuildingservice969
      @optimalbuildingservice969 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry bout that. I just have a hard time committing.

  • @joelrichards8456
    @joelrichards8456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    My wife and I's song while we dated! Going strong 30 years and counting. Need this cut added to amazon music

  • @joannehines7806
    @joannehines7806 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Best of. Detroit. & produced by the late, great James Mtume, singer & songwriter. extraordinaire!! Continue to Rest in Musical Power, Soul Emperor!! 💘 👼 🎸 😇 ☁🙏

  • @kiaramurphy9722
    @kiaramurphy9722 8 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    My mom named me after this group and this song is beautiful. RIP MOM xoxoKiara Lakie**

    • @Reallythere54321
      @Reallythere54321 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Omg me too!!!

    • @kiarahart3114
      @kiarahart3114 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was named after them too

    • @sarahonJAMZ963
      @sarahonJAMZ963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      MissSarahRadio
      1 second ago
      my neice was named after this too! My brother said " if i ever have a daughter...".. 15 years later...

    • @Gods_Favorite7
      @Gods_Favorite7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Damn...all three of y’all was named after Kiara...that’s beautiful

    • @kennethmiddleton5470
      @kennethmiddleton5470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol... I named my daughter after this group as well.

  • @earlharmon9230
    @earlharmon9230 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This group just popped up in my head out the blue. So glad I grew up in the 90's great music love this song!

    • @tb8810
      @tb8810 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      March 3,2024 3:00am
      I haven't thought about this song in forever and all of a sudden I just started singing it. Must mean something huh? Lol

  • @KiaraPalmerS
    @KiaraPalmerS 9 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    I came here because my mother named me after this group. Thank God, because I'd be a Leeroyetta if it wasn't for them and my momma.

    • @KB-ms4ht
      @KB-ms4ht 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My mama name me after this song to

    • @jdfodio
      @jdfodio 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Kiara Palmer I think my cousin was named after them, too. Born in 1990 or 1991.

    • @whitesongs73
      @whitesongs73 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ur mom is smart. she rocks. God bless her.

    • @whitesongs73
      @whitesongs73 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ur mom is smart. she rocks. God bless her.

    • @nykohackett4248
      @nykohackett4248 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love this!

  • @creeme9031
    @creeme9031 11 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Man I SO love this song, so smooth and beautiful!
    I wish REAL R&B would make a comeback!
    This song reminds me of my childhood!

  • @bradmarr7057
    @bradmarr7057 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Detroit will never be like it was back then. It was a special place.

  • @princemickiii
    @princemickiii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I only had 25 seconds of this song on tape I finally found out who sings this after 30 yes

  • @brandigrogan83
    @brandigrogan83 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    They are basically singing wedding vows. So dope.

  • @seekwisdom2903
    @seekwisdom2903 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Now this is what you call real R&B music..

  • @jeromemitchell3083
    @jeromemitchell3083 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Where has music like this gone? Lyrics that you can feel and their actually talkin about something you can relate to. A true love song at its most simple form.

    • @gladiator7688
      @gladiator7688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same place where the PRODUCERS went.....OBSCURITY. Meanwhile a half naked Beyonce is now our premier "diva." The planet is doomed

    • @Falcon2609
      @Falcon2609 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@gladiator7688Facts

  • @thabangseqhobane
    @thabangseqhobane 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Very good yet underrated.

  • @a.demetriusglover6761
    @a.demetriusglover6761 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    they need to remaster this Album and put it on itunes and amazon music

  • @Fam200532
    @Fam200532 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Senior year of high school. The girl I dedicated this song to, is the woman I married and she still has the best of me

  • @JustinLott1980
    @JustinLott1980 9 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    When I was a eight years old, I tried to serenade a girl with this song. Awkward but memorable. :-)

    • @ChezhAvailability
      @ChezhAvailability 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      OMG... Me too.. I was soo young.. and I really did use this song and serenad to a girl too...
      HECK it didnt work, but It gave me a whole lot of confidence later on. HIHIH..

  • @audreybaugh6427
    @audreybaugh6427 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks, j, for bringing me here. I promise you the best of me ❤❤

  • @jrbill4421
    @jrbill4421 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Didn't last long enough. Good group

  • @koolmogee
    @koolmogee ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This has been my song from the moment I heard it...

  • @kennethsteward853
    @kennethsteward853 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Can't go wrong with old school ❤

  • @curtislamarlanier
    @curtislamarlanier ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks grandma... you did so much for me! I understand now! Thank you! Done!

  • @sraerica
    @sraerica 9 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    15 when this came out and hearing today for the first time in YEARS and GOD how it took me back! Loved it then and love it STILL! Thx for posting.

  • @reames1
    @reames1 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My Daughter was conceived off of this song!!!!! Listen up Jessica Barkley .
    This song is the reason your are here!!!!!

  • @shodanart
    @shodanart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Such great music in the 1980s. Love the jazz sax solos back then! 1988. Still listening almost into 2021.

    • @marvin469
      @marvin469 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Them sax solos were 🔥 around that time

  • @JCWakes
    @JCWakes ปีที่แล้ว +6

    one of the greatest songs of all time
    thats it

  • @bill12616
    @bill12616 12 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thanks to Groover Washington, he put this band together, thats him on the sax.

  • @mstov8490
    @mstov8490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Just heard this on Sirius XM The Groove. Great 80's R&B throwback tune!

    • @dontaviouschandler3961
      @dontaviouschandler3961 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That seems to be about the only place where this song will ever get played at

  • @bradleymarr6564
    @bradleymarr6564 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Born and raised in the D. This is our music. That's why it only has 110,000 views. Most of us are dead!

  • @iluvmyboba
    @iluvmyboba 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This one will always be a gem. Cool, smooth and geniune. That's the way a love song should be handled. Anything else is uncivlized.

  • @tonid6054
    @tonid6054 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Here in 2024. ❤this song 4ever❤

    • @sherrybolling4783
      @sherrybolling4783 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yasssssss!! Especially this time with Shanice

  • @gregsinclair140
    @gregsinclair140 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Thank you TH-cam!!!! I have been looking for this song for so many years. I had this song on tape but never knew who sung it. I can't believe I finally found it. This just made my night.

  • @candiecc
    @candiecc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I had the BIGGEST CRUSH!!!

  • @moEtown72
    @moEtown72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dang..I believe I was attending Finney High School and they performed this song for us..My gf and I sat sooo close....thanks for the wonderful memories 👍🏿

  • @robertjones1940
    @robertjones1940 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing song .. one of my favorite song.. 16 years old in High School in Jamaica , 35 years ago 🖤

  • @repgreater6855
    @repgreater6855 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I was just sitting here and this song just popped in my head.I remember me and my sister use to sing the chorus that’s all we knew because it was a clip in another song.

    • @AwnanNahalyah
      @AwnanNahalyah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The same thing just happened to me...no idea why.😂

    • @padussia
      @padussia 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AwnanNahalyah Same.

  • @jasonsmith1146
    @jasonsmith1146 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I met a young lady tonight that was given this name, she was named after a band I never heard of. She is a wonderful girl.

  • @afroblack1000
    @afroblack1000 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    not heard dis song in many years, brings back memories

  • @optimalbuildingservice969
    @optimalbuildingservice969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Detroit music. When it was still Detroit. Wish I could go back. Them boys from the D.

  • @gregsjourney6216
    @gregsjourney6216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember this and from my childhood...I was like 8 when it came out...I’m 41 now and have no clue how it came back to me randomly.

  • @eugeneperry6987
    @eugeneperry6987 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Fire 🔥

  • @bfer95
    @bfer95 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Damn i don't know why this song just popped up in my head. But I just couldn't remember who sung it glad I found it long live the 80's. Junior High Memories

  • @smiggyball
    @smiggyball 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I was rocking this cassette last week. Classic! Great post!!

    • @kevinallen1586
      @kevinallen1586 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      lol. not the cassette. good for u

  • @TheOnIyGod
    @TheOnIyGod 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    🤵🏾 *Blessings to all the beautiful women named "Kiara".* Your mothers got it right. Just met (10/31/18 0700) a girl that told me her mom named her after this group.

  • @lazvegaz
    @lazvegaz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a soothing song. I wish I could find it on Spotify so I can walk down the memory lane. 😍

  • @JoannHines-g6f
    @JoannHines-g6f ปีที่แล้ว +2

    OMG!❤ Forgot about this song❤

  • @kelliepatton200
    @kelliepatton200 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Remembered this lovely cult classic today, Love love love it!!!

  • @AwnanNahalyah
    @AwnanNahalyah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just popped in my head again…I wish Apple Music would put it on their platform.

  • @wayjac67
    @wayjac67 13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    A lot of memories in South Florida with my favorite radio staion Hot 105.

  • @donnafruster8620
    @donnafruster8620 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This group was the reason I name my daughter. 🥰🙏🏾

  • @davidrobinson9845
    @davidrobinson9845 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wow!! Forgot about these guys.

  • @Jabbaro123
    @Jabbaro123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    R&B at it's finest.

  • @111hidden1
    @111hidden1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i love this song

  • @kimwright8768
    @kimwright8768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I Was 12 Years Old When This Song Came Out I Love The Group Kiara The Best Of Me From The 1988 Make A Difference Album❤🔥

  • @sherismith1165
    @sherismith1165 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow it's so crazy listening to this song I can just remember how innocent I thought love was .where I was who I was in love with and how I thought as long as I had love I knew life would be good to me. . God I was such a young innocent little girl that didn't know anything about real love. Life will teach you everything you need to know about real love that's for sure.

  • @NELAND915
    @NELAND915 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1988...GREAT YEAR!

  • @glynnmcknight6165
    @glynnmcknight6165 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Dope song! Cooley high stand up

  • @katharinelers460
    @katharinelers460 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So disappointed this is not on Spotify…😢

  • @cynthiathomas1476
    @cynthiathomas1476 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I;ve been searching for this song for years. I never heard it til now. i was in junior high when I think i first heard it. I am now 35 so it;s been a long time. i am going to purchase this from amazon.. THANKS TO WHOEVER POSTED THIS VIDEO!!

  • @kennethsteward853
    @kennethsteward853 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My high school days

  • @dontaviouschandler3961
    @dontaviouschandler3961 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was a little 1 Year old baby when this song was released. It was actually released a month after I turned a year old in July 1988

  • @traceyjoyner5301
    @traceyjoyner5301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still listening, November 24th 2021 .❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @kimwright8768
    @kimwright8768 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I Love This Beautiful Song The Best Of Me From The Group Kiara Produced By The Singer Songwriter And The Extraordinaire James Mtume ❤️🔥

  • @edwardmorrison2000
    @edwardmorrison2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OMG| Even though I still have this album on Vinyl I haven;t heard it in ages This is when I just close my eyes and a whole lotta of memories just flood my head with memories of my ex and our wonder years with friends we lost along the way..Nostalgic wonderful moments..Can't capture those anymore....so much negativity now...

  • @kimberlyhardiman9011
    @kimberlyhardiman9011 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have NO idea why but earlier today I just started singing this song. I hadn’t heard it in years. I was like in the 8th grade when it came out. I knew TH-cam would have it.

  • @jt-kf1qz
    @jt-kf1qz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Real lyrics. true ol school r and b. The best music in the world back in the day.

  • @bridgettedallasdavis920
    @bridgettedallasdavis920 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I Miss THIS KINDA MUSIC!! When MUSIC TAUGHT Us How 2 LOVE!! Take me BACK IN TIME To The 80’s & 90’s😞

  • @lexxin952
    @lexxin952 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I met the most beautiful woman when this was released. I'll never forget Marie

  • @trohnb8104
    @trohnb8104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not on Apple Music. THIS IS A GEM!!! Never take this off TH-cam.

    • @Fam200532
      @Fam200532 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, it needs to be

  • @MLSJ781
    @MLSJ781 13 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    DAMN I FORGOT ABOUT THIS SONG!!!!!

  • @RaphaelLevante
    @RaphaelLevante 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1988 -- great memories, for sure!

  • @ciavasquesholder4108
    @ciavasquesholder4108 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder why you can’t get their music on streaming sites. I keep having to come back to TH-cam. I love this song so much

    • @antoniosmith1079
      @antoniosmith1079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same‼️ spotify act like they don't exist

  • @mrbdx
    @mrbdx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Detroits own!

    • @charlesstrong2249
      @charlesstrong2249 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      liars quiet guy

    • @misslisa807
      @misslisa807 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was at Henry Ford Highschool in Detroit and they performed for us. They were amazing!!!😍👏👏👏🥰My best friend named her daughter after the group.

    • @mrbdx
      @mrbdx 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@misslisa807What year? I think I remember that. I graduated from Ford, Class of 89.

    • @misslisa807
      @misslisa807 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mrbdxI think it was 1988, the year I graduated.

  • @heidinatt3390
    @heidinatt3390 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love these guys , Thats where I got my daughter name:)))))

  • @BIGCHAS89
    @BIGCHAS89 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This reminds me of when i joined the Army in Memphis in 1988...Great times

  • @ciavasquesholder4108
    @ciavasquesholder4108 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m still in love with this song years later

  • @jorgesena3567
    @jorgesena3567 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The best,of the best.

  • @lelat32
    @lelat32 11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Me and my friend was listening to this thee other day they whole album was off the chain

  • @danalh63
    @danalh63 11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    LOVE THIS SONG.

  • @robertferguson2346
    @robertferguson2346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this song old school jammimg

  • @MsJae77
    @MsJae77 12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    the best years of my life!

  • @tammytoney7470
    @tammytoney7470 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this song! It has this sweet melody sound. To this day I still love it and I'm in my late 50's❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @mariawillis1769
    @mariawillis1769 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My cousin enterduce me to this song when we were in Junior High I love u cuz.

  • @dbrownporecords
    @dbrownporecords 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One if my all time favorites

  • @bajancutee
    @bajancutee 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I absolutely adore this song!

  • @joycelawson2604
    @joycelawson2604 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    reminds me of when I was younger....love this

  • @t.jackson100
    @t.jackson100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still such a sweeeet song!✨🎙️🎼🎶💖🎵💫

  • @kristytaylor8269
    @kristytaylor8269 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Omg I use to have his record loved it

  • @Major613
    @Major613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Woke up earlier this week with this song on my mind. Was thinking it was O'Bryan, had been on spotify searching. TH-cam!!

  • @tickedoffsheikh8587
    @tickedoffsheikh8587 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this song has a hit of me. I was a primary school kid back then when it hit the airwaves here in 🇬🇾. to say I love it is an understatement.

  • @GodsProperT
    @GodsProperT 13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good music never gets old...#Detroit

  • @breg9368
    @breg9368 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    love this oowie!!

  • @kgspoon5219
    @kgspoon5219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this song so much!!

  • @patreasedurgin8792
    @patreasedurgin8792 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this!! He sounds 2 me like Trey Lorenz.

  • @lolaruffin6124
    @lolaruffin6124 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    finally found this again!! I remember watching the video when was a kid* thanks Kiara and TH-cam!

  • @meredithbarrett5520
    @meredithbarrett5520 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These guys made great music

  • @therealfoxyone
    @therealfoxyone 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You all don't beat me up..but this was first time hearing this on XM radio the groove..and came straight here to find it..oh yeah this will be on one of my lists and drive my kids crazy with..lol