Don’t know what community your from, what demograph but El has always been a musical genius over here. As a musician myself we’ve always recognized his talent of song, songwriting, composing and musicianship
@@I_be_eI’m white. Arguably my community was what El’s solo music was really aiming at the most during this time. Motown likely saw him as their Whitney Houston of sorts at the time. Was DeBarge talented, yes, but Motown made El so middle of the road during this time because of the crossover success of “Rhythm Of The Night” and “Who’s Johnny.” They had him record songs by songwriters-for-hire and unfortunately, the fickle younger audience just moved on to other performers that ended up being more popular.
@@healing4yapets RIGHT!!! Blame the White father...The White father forced them ALL to do drugs, crimes and go to jail...What is YOUR excuse? White boss, White society, White raycizm, White privilege?
I just discovered this song about three weeks ago when someone was reminiscing about old school jams. I just heard a snippet and it was on. Oh my God! Tears…..In love all over again! @ 50 years old! Sang baby!💜💜🔥💜😍😍😍
The DeBarge group was mostly never very popular with young white people who were the main record buyers. It was always either mostly black listeners and older white people that liked them, but never the main MTV audience, and that had continued into El’s solo career. “Rhythm Of The Night” was the DeBarge group’s only music video and that is a big part of why that demographic never really connected with the DeBarge group. Also, El was too tied to his siblings in the minds of most people and both of his previous singles “Who’s Johnny” and “Love Always” pretty much killed any chance of El reaching a broader audience solo from the start.
Should have been a number 1 hit! His music just touches your soul, along with Love Always and Somebody Loves You. Never tire of listening to his voice.
I agree.This has got to be one of the most beautiful love songs ever written! I can listen to this one constantly! What a shame that this wonderful singer and his family never got the recognition and staying power they deserved! Their music is REAL MUSIC,not the terrible crap thats out there today. I loved his voice,and its so sad that he just got arrested,again, for drug possession,and a slew of other things in his car. 60 years old and a life destroyed by drugs,and probably the loss of FAME! My heart breaks for him,another very talented lost soul.😪💔❤
In 8th grade, my mom surprised me with a concert. We went to the venue and walked up to the stage and out walked El ! I was thrilled ! This album was the shhh !❤
This was my favorite jam in the 80's-what a voice and talent-Makes me want to fall in love over again-sorry but the 80's was the best music decade ever.
How about that growl he put's in there! That's when you know how to deliver a song. It's funny how the 80s El was always behind a mic dancing, I never knew he was so accomplished on a keyboard until hus latest comeback. No wonder he was a great writer. Love this dude! 💕
This is the song that made me fall in love with someone who’s dear to me he’s not here anymore but every time I hear this song it takes me back to a great time in my life and love I have never felt like I did with Tony Great song❤
Armelle D. The fact that “Someone” underperformed on all the singles charts probably made Motown feel that Jay Graydon’s sound had become by then too out of style for all the contemporary radio formats. It’s a shame. I really liked this single and I still do to this day. It’s my favorite of El’s solo singles.
This song brings tears to my eyes all the time and every time I play it. If I close my eyes, I can imagine him singing this song to me. It is good to feel love in that way, and it makes me feel so good. Love you El!💚💚
@@ylarakuh2702 El is mix on his dad side he's canadian german and french and irish and English and on his mom side he's black and natalie american indian so El is canadian german french irish and English and black and native american indian a beautiful mix👍
ESTA CANCION DEVOLVIO A MI VIDA.MUCHOS RECUERDOS DE LOS SERES QUE ME ACOMPAÑARON.MI VIDA EN ESTE PAIS ELDRA DEBARGE TU ERES EL NUMERO.1 FOREVER.😎😍🤩🤗🙋♀️🙋♂️☝️👆👌🤘🕶🧢🎓
I was a teenager and I use to wonder when I was gonna have a boyfriend......this song would make me feel hopeful........his high high notes is just gorgeous and flawless!!!!!!!
It's a shame why this song was way too underrated. This hit song was Number 1 in the Philippines way back in the late 1986 after Five Star's "Rain Or Shine" stepped down from the #1 slot. I missed the memories this song brings back to reminisce the good old times..
I love this song and back then there was live singing....you couldn't skate by on back tracks. That's how you knew who could sing and who the studio was carrying.
@@RocStarr913 That's true - so sad. People are a product of their surroundings/ environment. I wonder if God was trying to scourge them for being disobedient to Him. God scourges those whom He Loves. I guess I won't know until I go back to Heaven. Long story short- yes I've been there. Some people think I'm crazy- but they will think otherwise when they experience the 2nd death. They will say He was right- He didn't lie about being elect of the Most High God.
So true. The DeBarge family was really messed up. It was particularly sad to have that happen to El, because he seemed to try the hardest out of all of them to stay clean and responsible, even as the DeBarge group were at the peak of their popularity.
Sometimes its hard to tell the difference between Bobby's and El's voice. One thing for sure is that Bobby's singing voice is stronger- His vocal range is higher. I saw Bobby in concert- that's why I know.
That’s family genes for you. It’s been said that when El recorded “I Like It”, the producer of the song, Iris Gordy, had to really goad him into singing in a falsetto range in that last section of the song recording because El was actually too afraid he’d sound just like Bobby.
I mean guys you cannot understand the deepness of feelings and not think about the Heavenly Father this way. See how beautiful the Heavenly Father is is undescribable. He's soo overwhelming Beautiful that if you were standing in front of him you'd be bawling your eyes out soo hard because of this beautiful feeling he gives you when your standing in front of him. The feeling is beyond words all you can feel is this Love radiateing your whole body and soul that you only want to express deep deep loveing for him. Please understand my words. How I know is because of pouring my heart and soul out to the Heavenly Father in prayer and feeling his beautiful presense inside my body. Please hear my voice. You can feel these things too if you just pour your heart and soul out to the Heavenly Father. He will come inside your body and pour out his Loven for you in deep spiritual connection. Please do it. You will feel these beautiful things like I have that nobody around me knows about what I feel and experience everyday pouring my soul out to the Master in deep prayer. He will pour out his loven for you inside your body and share something greater with you that nobody on the face of the Earth knows about. I know this because he does it daily with me. I want to share my message with you guys because he pours out his beautiful Loven for me daily inside my body. Please do it. I want you guys to feel what I feel beyond this world inside your body. Please pour out your hearts to the Heavenly Father in Loven and he will Love you greatly back inside your bodies.
I love El debarge for his gift of voice in Milwaukee i seen him in concert many years ago and i enjoyed it,and i met him and the family they're so talented
I imagine people felt that it sounded too similar to El’s past singles, both solo and with his siblings, and that sound had become passé by the point of this single.
Around the time of the recording of the self-titled solo debut album is actually when El said his drug addiction started. He said he just picked up a crack pipe around that time one day, tried it, and instantly became addicted.
I agree! I play it over and over in my car and NEVER GET TIRED OF IT! This kind of wonderful song will never die! Excellent song and El Debarge,he was a great singer and so perfect for this one! I wish him well and to get rid of the "demons" that plague him.❤
Glad to hear that El is doing well. I was concerned about Him maintaining the quality of His singing voice. I just might collaborate with El before We get too old. I'm a singer as well. I saw the late Bobby Debarge in the early eighties. Bobby was with Switch back then.
That someone is him very songstress and talented put meaning for the one he love he's been touch by a angel that will be with him always he be in my heart mind soul love always
This is one of my favorite songs by El Debarge. I was hoping when I get married to my girl will someone sing this song at my wedding. That would be a dream come true.
Love him this song is my alarm I wake up to. Absolutely beautiful.
ANN KOVACS I've heard this song bak when I was like 10 in 1995 from an older head now I'm here in 2018 lol
ANN KOVACS I just made this one of my wake up songs to listen to in the shower. Love El DeBarge too 🥰
Love this
Good idea
Every time i take a shower i listen to this
Who is still listening to this song in 2023❤
Listening in 2024!
You have good taste 🎉
2024 still going I'm obsessed ❤
Me
2024 and beyond. 🍁🧡🍁
I don't know why he is not considered one of the greats.
Because a lot of what he and his family group were famous were for singles that were too of the moment.
Don’t know what community your from, what demograph but El has always been a musical genius over here. As a musician myself we’ve always recognized his talent of song, songwriting, composing and musicianship
@@I_be_eI’m white. Arguably my community was what El’s solo music was really aiming at the most during this time. Motown likely saw him as their Whitney Houston of sorts at the time. Was DeBarge talented, yes, but Motown made El so middle of the road during this time because of the crossover success of “Rhythm Of The Night” and “Who’s Johnny.” They had him record songs by songwriters-for-hire and unfortunately, the fickle younger audience just moved on to other performers that ended up being more popular.
El Debarge's life has been a hell of a rollercoaster. In this song he was touched by God. I've played it a million times. Thank you El. God bless you.
Ulul
Their father was a monster the way he treated them abused them n all kinds of ways
I think this has to be my favorite of his.
@@healing4yapets RIGHT!!! Blame the White father...The White father forced them ALL to do drugs, crimes and go to jail...What is YOUR excuse? White boss, White society, White raycizm, White privilege?
I just discovered this song about three weeks ago when someone was reminiscing about old school jams. I just heard a snippet and it was on. Oh my God! Tears…..In love all over again! @ 50 years old! Sang baby!💜💜🔥💜😍😍😍
If you weren't around in the 80's to experience this kind of music, you simply missed it
Amen
Im gen z and i love 80s music so much😢 music nowadays sucks for the most part. Wish i was a teenager in 1980s instead of 2010s and 2020s
110% agreed
This should have been a number one hit.
I always thought so. But somehow, people prefered Bananarama... A matter of taste and heart
Right!! I just don't understand
The DeBarge group was mostly never very popular with young white people who were the main record buyers. It was always either mostly black listeners and older white people that liked them, but never the main MTV audience, and that had continued into El’s solo career. “Rhythm Of The Night” was the DeBarge group’s only music video and that is a big part of why that demographic never really connected with the DeBarge group. Also, El was too tied to his siblings in the minds of most people and both of his previous singles “Who’s Johnny” and “Love Always” pretty much killed any chance of El reaching a broader audience solo from the start.
@@RocStarr913 Also latinos from the 80s
They never played this on our stations. I would have bought it!
His free spirit and the keyboards at 2:43. Nice.
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One of the greatest musicians and songwriters of our time. Underrated AF. This man DESERVES his flowers. ❤💯
Underrated by who? People that were not around in the 80's or know nothing about him?
Brasil aqui fala comigo
@@roundtown1769Brasil aqui qual seu nome
Yes he does
I really miss the music of the 80's especially El DeBarge, Jacksons, Atlantic Star, Cherelle, and WAM.. Bring the groove music back, someone plz.
It’ll come back soon let the stupid new generation singer pass
Thank God for you tube!
Wish granted: Silk Sonic 💪🏽
I knooooowwwww🥲
@@ianvlnva And Lady Wray
This song..magical. I can not stop listening..
He is singing that song with authority wow
Should have been a number 1 hit! His music just touches your soul, along with Love Always and Somebody Loves You. Never tire of listening to his voice.
R dry in 😅😮😢😮
Anyone else came looking for this song after hearing Keke Palmer singing it on her way home with her new bundle of joy?
😂
Keke Palmer bought me here. Never heard this before. Thanks Keke!! 3/23.
During 1986-'86, I was a freshman in college listening to this beautiful song on the radio.
i love his hair, his fresh looks, his innocence, the way he moves, the voice and the song
He's still so handsome at 60. Touring too!
This song never received the acclaim it should have gotten.
Totally agree I just heard song recently El Debarge voice is just unique and superb .
Such is the fate of many great songs that came out in the 1980s. If this song came out in the late 1990s - superhit 10 X over for sure !
That's a lie ,this song steady was playing on the radio
Agreed!!! All time favorite of mine
I agree.This has got to be one of the most beautiful love songs ever written! I can listen to this one constantly! What a shame that this wonderful singer and his family never got the recognition and staying power they deserved! Their music is REAL MUSIC,not the terrible crap thats out there today. I loved his voice,and its so sad that he just got arrested,again, for drug possession,and a slew of other things in his car. 60 years old and a life destroyed by drugs,and probably the loss of FAME! My heart breaks for him,another very talented lost soul.😪💔❤
2023 this song still touches the heart ❤️ ❤ thank you
The Barge & The Jets got me through the 80’s
The 80s sound of music and singers are gone, but will never be forgotten.
Keke made me search for and listen to this song for the first time. Anyone else?
Ke Ke Palmer sent me here! Never heard this song until now. I love this flow!
Same! and I love me some El, I guess I missed this one. I knew I heard El's voice in background 😊
A sound that will never come back . 😢..
Who’s sharing this lovely song with me in this difficult times 😍😍🤗🤗, thank you el debarge for this beautiful song 🙏🏻🙏🏻.
🙃👏🙏🎼🔥
@@Irina-oh6rs thank you!!
@@ramphissantana4311 from all my heart😍
@@Irina-oh6rs How do I find you in instagram or Facebook Irina? Well if You can of course 😅😅😄.
@@ramphissantana4311Excuse me, please..but i don't use facebook not instagram🙃🙏
In 8th grade, my mom surprised me with a concert. We went to the venue and walked up to the stage and out walked El ! I was thrilled ! This album was the shhh !❤
This was my favorite jam in the 80's-what a voice and talent-Makes me want to fall in love over again-sorry but the 80's was the best music decade ever.
Yes it was
Yes!!! I totally agree with you
@malusi ntsele The 90s don't have nothing on the 80s! Only thing the 90s had was good ass Talk Shows! And Good Black Sitcoms!
Wrong. The 60's through 80s were.
Yeh then they drop u😂
A HIT IN 2024 ❤ 😊
This is the most wonderful song I've ever heard
I still listening this song ini 2024
Great being able to easily look up these classics. A nice break from the mess of a world we currently live in.
I love El debarge as a singer 4ever!
Golden voice...
He should have been wayyy bigger.👍
How about that growl he put's in there! That's when you know how to deliver a song. It's funny how the 80s El was always behind a mic dancing, I never knew he was so accomplished on a keyboard until hus latest comeback. No wonder he was a great writer. Love this dude! 💕
Michelle Summer how did you slip by me beautiful eye candy you know you are so gorgeous to me your fine self 😍😍😍😍. What's your number gorgeous lol.
This is the song that made me fall in love with someone who’s dear to me he’s not here anymore but every time I hear this song it takes me back to a great time in my life and love I have never felt like I did with Tony Great song❤
If I had this song and others AJareau- Morning,I'm ready- Tevin, come to me -James as my alarm songs I would wake in a better mood.😊
I don't think I can ever get enough of this man!!!
Me neither ❤
💕💎
Same!!
I'm addicted to El.😍💗 I can't get enough of Him!!
Yes been in love with him since the 80's!!
😻💞
Such a young genius..
Masterpiece. Jay Graydon behind the keys.... Absolutely perfect !! Never again have I heard this stuff
Armelle D. The fact that “Someone” underperformed on all the singles charts probably made Motown feel that Jay Graydon’s sound had become by then too out of style for all the contemporary radio formats. It’s a shame. I really liked this single and I still do to this day. It’s my favorite of El’s solo singles.
This song brings tears to my eyes all the time and every time I play it. If I close my eyes, I can imagine him singing this song to me. It is good to feel love in that way, and it makes me feel so good. Love you El!💚💚
El Debarge is one of the nicest guy, next to Denzel Washington I've ever met
You should here me play it on sax!
This one is Jay Graydon's signature !!
I covered this song back in the day I need to get my yamaha dx7 back and start over.
The debarge family's music is timeless the music is always on point
Hello Legend this Song Voice magic el grande de bärge
Beautiful song, gosh he is pretty
Very
The result of the mix is really beautiful... but what’s happening right now is the clash of coloured and whites- it’s making the world ugly.
@@ylarakuh2702 El is mix on his dad side he's canadian german and french and irish and English and on his mom side he's black and natalie american indian so El is canadian german french irish and English and black and native american indian a beautiful mix👍
He sure is!!!!! Can't wait to see him in concert.
Yes he is, I use stay up plenty of night thinking if him, Prince, and Michael Jackson!! Pretty boy trilogy!!
🖤🖤🖤
Bons tempos
Perfect song for meeting a person that has common interests. That's how El made his music the soundtrack of my life!
ESTA CANCION DEVOLVIO A MI VIDA.MUCHOS RECUERDOS DE LOS SERES QUE ME ACOMPAÑARON.MI VIDA EN ESTE PAIS ELDRA DEBARGE
TU ERES EL NUMERO.1 FOREVER.😎😍🤩🤗🙋♀️🙋♂️☝️👆👌🤘🕶🧢🎓
This is my life rn ❤️
9999
²⁰⅘ ŵé still listning🎉
Love El's voice, it is heavenly.
SO HANDSOME SO BEAUTIFUL.....THATS ALL I CAN SAY...I COULD WATCH EL ALL DAY..LOL.....
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MRSELDEBARGE ee
This is my first time hearing this song I Love it ❤️❤️
Whaaaaaaat!!??
@@lavictorsermons6632 I'm in love with this song 😏
HE IS SO HANDSOME I LOVE HIS VOICE
Its amazing because he's still handsome even now that he's 60 yr old.
@@sucrose7483 And still touring. He'll be in my town next month. Yep... He's blowing up again!
He and Smokey Robinson have two of the smoothest, easy to listen to voices ever.
I was a teenager and I use to wonder when I was gonna have a boyfriend......this song would make me feel hopeful........his high high notes is just gorgeous and flawless!!!!!!!
I'm amazed that El has the same beautiful voice today as yesterday, love this song, although he didn't get the props for it he should have!!
Nobody can sing slow jams like the Debarge’s!!!
He is just truly gifted with a voice that one cannot tell if it is a falsetto or his natural voice. Just a blessed man.
It's a shame why this song was way too underrated. This hit song was Number 1 in the Philippines way back in the late 1986 after Five Star's "Rain Or Shine" stepped down from the #1 slot. I missed the memories this song brings back to reminisce the good old times..
I think younger listeners had moved on to other people.
This is what I crave, over and over again...
*Such A Sweet Lovely Magical Innocent Song This Was. Timeless.*
2024, anyone?
Of course 2024 on into 3030. 👍
I love this song and back then there was live singing....you couldn't skate by on back tracks. That's how you knew who could sing and who the studio was carrying.
Que canción tan hermosa ❤️ es de mi época dorada
He is a beautiful genius!
Not bragging: I'm a reputed musical genius. Not self proclaimed. No lie- no ego here.
Yes- El Debarge is considered a musical genius in my book.
A genius is one who has Extraordinary Creative Ability.
He's gifted songwriting, producing creativity may God continue to bless you keep praising his name !
No one can do it better than El
🙏I hope he can make his way back to the top. He’s so talented. 🙏💖
I love you El! May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you to richly. 😍
El and Bobby Debarge are my Top Singing Mentors.
David Hall So sad they both became drug addicts. They were both so ridiculously talented.
@@RocStarr913 That's true - so sad. People are a product of their surroundings/ environment. I wonder if God was trying to scourge them for being disobedient to Him. God scourges those whom He Loves. I guess I won't know until I go back to Heaven. Long story short- yes I've been there. Some people think I'm crazy- but they will think otherwise when they experience the 2nd death. They will say He was right- He didn't lie about being elect of the Most High God.
So true. The DeBarge family was really messed up. It was particularly sad to have that happen to El, because he seemed to try the hardest out of all of them to stay clean and responsible, even as the DeBarge group were at the peak of their popularity.
Sometimes its hard to tell the difference between Bobby's and El's voice. One thing for sure is that Bobby's singing voice is stronger- His vocal range is higher. I saw Bobby in concert- that's why I know.
That’s family genes for you. It’s been said that when El recorded “I Like It”, the producer of the song, Iris Gordy, had to really goad him into singing in a falsetto range in that last section of the song recording because El was actually too afraid he’d sound just like Bobby.
I mean guys you cannot understand the deepness of feelings and not think about the Heavenly Father this way. See how beautiful the Heavenly Father is is undescribable. He's soo overwhelming Beautiful that if you were standing in front of him you'd be bawling your eyes out soo hard because of this beautiful feeling he gives you when your standing in front of him. The feeling is beyond words all you can feel is this Love radiateing your whole body and soul that you only want to express deep deep loveing for him. Please understand my words. How I know is because of pouring my heart and soul out to the Heavenly Father in prayer and feeling his beautiful presense inside my body. Please hear my voice. You can feel these things too if you just pour your heart and soul out to the Heavenly Father. He will come inside your body and pour out his Loven for you in deep spiritual connection. Please do it. You will feel these beautiful things like I have that nobody around me knows about what I feel and experience everyday pouring my soul out to the Master in deep prayer. He will pour out his loven for you inside your body and share something greater with you that nobody on the face of the Earth knows about. I know this because he does it daily with me. I want to share my message with you guys because he pours out his beautiful Loven for me daily inside my body. Please do it. I want you guys to feel what I feel beyond this world inside your body. Please pour out your hearts to the Heavenly Father in Loven and he will Love you greatly back inside your bodies.
I love Eldra & that DeBarge sound is so classically soothing. It teleports me to a simpler time ......
Check out his song " The Other side". Makes my heart melt
Great song, can never get enough of any song from El ,Bobby,Bunny or Debarge. Just love them!
terrific i am lucky i discover this song thank u songwriters
He look SO GOOD standing up there singing about sincere, true love.
I love El debarge for his gift of voice in Milwaukee i seen him in concert many years ago and i enjoyed it,and i met him and the family they're so talented
wonderful song. 30 years and still a magnificente song and performance.
Beautiful song
Great song from a great album... ahhh 1986!
Totally agree! Love it!
Yesss
# 5 ? #1 in my book. El DeBarge, the best !!!!!
Here in 2024
j'adore ce titre depuis après tant d'année, je prends plaisir à écouter ce titre avec autant de plaisir , Debarge tu es un vrai artiste bravo !!!!
How was this song not number one?? Smooth…as…silk.
I imagine people felt that it sounded too similar to El’s past singles, both solo and with his siblings, and that sound had become passé by the point of this single.
I love love him so much I pray those demon's stay away we have lost to many masters of good music. 😚😚😚😚😚😚
i feel the same way there entire family
Around the time of the recording of the self-titled solo debut album is actually when El said his drug addiction started. He said he just picked up a crack pipe around that time one day, tried it, and instantly became addicted.
Wow very nice voice song👍👌🏽👌👍🥰
from japan ❤🎄
It’s September 2020 and I still bump this jam !
Sounds great in the car !
I agree! I play it over and over in my car and NEVER GET TIRED OF IT! This kind of wonderful song will never die! Excellent song and El Debarge,he was a great singer and so perfect for this one! I wish him well and to get rid of the "demons" that plague him.❤
Excellent tune @@@
Muito bom bons tempos
Salute.
I'd forgotten about this gem.
What an artist.
Still Love this- Still a Beautiful and Talented man. Seen him not too long ago. Looks even better and his voice is still the same.😍
Glad to hear that El is doing well. I was concerned about Him maintaining the quality of His singing voice. I just might collaborate with El before We get too old. I'm a singer as well. I saw the late Bobby Debarge in the early eighties. Bobby was with Switch back then.
Sacramento x Foursquare Hollywood
Freestyle
Robbie Neville wrote this masterpiece...El brought took it to the stratosphere...
That someone is him very songstress and talented put meaning for the one he love he's been touch by a angel that will be with him always he be in my heart mind soul love always
Voz e categoria ao cantar,
Super afinado somado a linda
Música top 20.
I love this!
This song is just magical!❤
Esta canción solo la tenía en mi mente por casi 20 años, pero hoy se m ocurrió q era la voz de debarge, acerté, estoy muy feliz, hermosa canción!!!
This song is soooo beautiful. I’m in love with his vocals!!
This is one of my favorite songs by El Debarge. I was hoping when I get married to my girl will someone sing this song at my wedding. That would be a dream come true.
I'll always be in love with this man. He's so beautiful ❤
Beautiful song!!!
His voice is pure genius and his vocals sail to the heavens..God Bless him!