@@jlv3x WRONG... You're an IDOL worshipper. M.J. was a Master of the arts, he studied everything and absorbed it. Charlie Wilson of the Gap Band did the Moonwalk in a "music video" before Michael Jackson, the music video is called "Dropped A Bomb On Me". M.J. didn't start everything, silly. This song and video was out before Michael Jackson released Thriller, Oceans' video theme is like Thriller's and not like the tuxedo clad Off-The-Wall, bye.
🌊Billy Ocean be like: "Time to groove and get down." 🐅Tiger be like: "Thanks, but I'm tired and exhausted. Thanks for letting me be in the video though." 😂😂😂😂
@@green_guardian5 It didn’t. At least not consciously …and I’m not going to get into your who copied who theory, respectfully. But with that all said I still stand by my initial comment. This song should’ve been bigger and if MJ sung it it would’ve been imo. Btw, this is not a critic on Ocean as a vocalist. This is more related to MJ’s popularity at the time.
@@clove8763 Music videos weren’t a deciding factor for airplay in 1981. Btw, MTV was born in 1981. But they weren’t playing black and they most definitely weren’t playing RnB. That is until “Billie Jean” came along 2 years later
@@ronthatus let me see you rent a tiger & the trainers to feed & sedate it for a day long video shoot... see how much that costs you lol. not only that they have to train the music staff on how to act around the tiger so they don't become cat food.
I love when it comes on while I'm on the Casino roof terrace. That outdoor sound just gives it a different feel, especially with all the surrounding opulence... And explosions lol
This & many other deserving songs in 1981 certainly would have gotten a huge boost with help from a certain video channel that launched the same year. But as we all know, they didn’t live up to the “M” in their name & ignored black artists until Michael & Prince gave them no choice.
Billy Ocean Released Night On January 1st, 1981 & 43 yrs later on Sunday, September 8th 2024, still rocking & smoking🔥💨 Respects to Billy Ocean for petting that tiger 🐅 big cajones 👊😂
My dad bought a mercury mekur in 87. He came to pick me up. He put this in the deck and blasted it all around southwest Detroit. I never forgot this song. Thank you so much brother.
@@10LUCKY17 I'm also both 80s and 90 kid now lm 45 almost 46 in January 23 music back then is not the music of today old school music way better that's never going to change 80s forever
Been listening to and JAMMING to this literally since I was a child and TODAY (February 11 2024 @ 3:03 am ) I'm JUST finding out one of My favorite jams of ALL TIMES has a darn Video !??? Now I have to watch it a few thousand times to feel caught up !!! 😂🤣🤣🤣❗️❗️
Billy Ocean had such a signature tone to his voice. He also had some solid producers and songwriters backing him, cause he put out some nice tracks in the 80s. Respect.
Billy, I just want to take this chance, since there aren't many comments yet so maybe this won't get buried, to just say I've been a huge fan of yours since I was a little kid. Thanks for all the great songs. Usually I get tired of listening to a song if I play it often enough, that's never happened with any of your songs I listen to.
I was way too young to appreciate Billy when he was in his tiger stroking prime but he's grown on me over the years and now I'm a massive fan. His music is phenomenal!
It has taken forty-three years for me to learn that Billy Ocean sang this song and that there's a video. Takes me back to 80's New York walking around with a boom-box on our shoulders. 😂😅😂😅
I am almost 40 and I never heard this till just now. What a fuckin' bop! Like word these are the vibes - I'm just an older fly dude with money and a tiger for some reason, let's go!
So brave to support funk against the mainstream in this 1980 year. Amazing soulful voice. A maestro. Happy that the mainstream finally recognizes his talent
As crazy as it may sound, I just found out last year (2023) that this was Billy Ocean 's song. I loved this song when it came out (I still do! 🙂✊🏾). I was very familiar with his other hits, but I never knew that this one was ALSO one of his! It's the same feeling you get when you put on your winter coat for the first time this winter, and find a $20.00 bill that you left in the pocket LAST spring. 😁♥️👍🏾
Billy Ocean’s voice is so distinct to me having listened to it since the ‘80s when he first came on the music scene. He rocked til he stopped! I’m glad he’s getting play time and doing concerts…it looks like their sold out, too?! Very happy for him! His voice STILL sounds the same…Smooth🙂
WHO IS STILL LISTENING IN 2024 🔥 🔥
Right here. Here I am.✊🏾👍🏾
Me too!
Yep!
I am & this my absolute favourite Billy Ocean tune!!
I'm rocking my head and pointing at everything 🤣😂
If you didn't have the tiger with you in the 80's, you weren't doing anything.
😂No lies told
i noticed how he got his jacket hanging on a shoulder like michael too.
@@drewali7
This is before Michael Jackson and Thriller. Jackson was more likely watching the rare video scene during this time.
@@TheOnIyGod this was two years after Michael Jackson's multi-platinum Off The Wall album, so things were probably the other way around.
@@jlv3x
WRONG...
You're an IDOL worshipper. M.J. was a Master of the arts, he studied everything and absorbed it. Charlie Wilson of the Gap Band did the Moonwalk in a "music video" before Michael Jackson, the music video is called "Dropped A Bomb On Me". M.J. didn't start everything, silly. This song and video was out before Michael Jackson released Thriller, Oceans' video theme is like Thriller's and not like the tuxedo clad Off-The-Wall, bye.
Tiger’s like “ I don’t feel like getting down right now, you go on without me Bill”
Just like a cat😂
😂😂
😂😂
😂😂😂 🐯
🤣
I'm 56 years old and a huge Billy Ocean fan and I never knew a video existed for this song! Great to see it.
I'M JUST LEARNING AFTER SONG PLAYED ON RADIO JUST NOW .NEVER KNEW BILLY OCEAN SANG THIS AND I'M 55.
Same here my friend...
I'm 59 and to this Day This 80's Groove sounds Great!
Me neither lol
I didn't know BILLY SING THIS JOINT WOW SALUTE 😳 😍 👏
You know it’s a serious music video …. because a Tiger was just chillin’.
Tiger just chilling 😎🐯
Likely heavily sedated! lol
He don't look like he ready to get down😊
He tame the tiger with this awesome music
@@thoroughbredunderdog Billy Ocean
🌊Billy Ocean be like: "Time to groove and get down."
🐅Tiger be like: "Thanks, but I'm tired and exhausted. Thanks for letting me be in the video though."
😂😂😂😂
I can’t help thinking that if MJ recorded this song it would’ve been one of the biggest songs of the 80s
I think what may have given you that ideal was that MJ copied his style with the jacket over the shoulder and the tiger....similar to Thriller!
@@green_guardian5 It didn’t. At least not consciously …and I’m not going to get into your who copied who theory, respectfully. But with that all said I still stand by my initial comment. This song should’ve been bigger and if MJ sung it it would’ve been imo.
Btw, this is not a critic on Ocean as a vocalist. This is more related to MJ’s popularity at the time.
The video made ABSOLUTELY no sense, that's what messed up its chances of greatly hitting the airwaves #LUVMeSomeBillyOceanMusic
@@clove8763 Music videos weren’t a deciding factor for airplay in 1981.
Btw, MTV was born in 1981. But they weren’t playing black and they most definitely weren’t playing RnB. That is until “Billie Jean” came along 2 years later
@@waynedexter : For Black contemporary music, videos were indeed a factor, we already had BET (Established in 1980).
Back when the videos were low budget but the songs were jamming
😂 I feel like a tiger is pretty expensive ! 😂
@@gohanyoung2100 🤣
@@ronthatus let me see you rent a tiger & the trainers to feed & sedate it for a day long video shoot... see how much that costs you lol. not only that they have to train the music staff on how to act around the tiger so they don't become cat food.
Yeah but not many people nowadays or back then would actually have a real tiger and pet it during their video, nothing low budget about that.
@@asdfdc1946💯% Agreed 👍🏽
Been really rocking out to this one while driving around in GTA lately 🤣 cheers
Nothing like causing chaos in the city while jamming out to an 80's banger 😂 #ditto
I love when it comes on while I'm on the Casino roof terrace. That outdoor sound just gives it a different feel, especially with all the surrounding opulence... And explosions lol
🤣
Same here.
Literally me at this moment. That's why I came here!!🤣🤣🔥🔥
I just looked Billy Ocean up and looks like he's been married to the same person since 1978? RESPECT!
I wonder if he married his Carribean queen
@@theramplocal could also be his European or African Queen
He clearly got down and RIGHT with WIFEY that night 😂
FYI Billy Ocean is also a devout Rastafarian
Crazy! He's sitting, rubbing this tiger on the head. Billy Ocean is the man!
that tiger is just one big chill cat
@@FizzyArtCola it's probably drugged up to the eyeballs to be fair
Looking at this video where he was rubbing that tiger yo he loved him some brown meat !
@@Meongge12 Hell yeah, the dang tiger's on quite a few edible gummies!
He got big balls.😂😂😂
Wow I never knew Billy had a video for this song. 🤯
I've been hoping someone post this video for years!!😊
Me either
I didn't either. But these videos were promotional. Not aired alot except on saTurdaYs on tv or discos. This was before mtv.
This should have been a big hit, its a great R&B track, more credible than his later more commercial stuff even though thats very good pop music.
This & many other deserving songs in 1981 certainly would have gotten a huge boost with help from a certain video channel that launched the same year.
But as we all know, they didn’t live up to the “M” in their name & ignored black artists until Michael & Prince gave them no choice.
Man. Billy Ocean is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
It's 2024 ...I'm still rockin this banger❤️🖤💚
AGREE......HAPPY NEW YEAR
I agree, this one never gets old!
Yesssssss!
I'm rocking my head and pointing at everything 🤣🤣💯
My deceased husband was a DJ and he would scratch & play this song 🎵 and have the party. jumpin!!!! Never knew that it had a video ❤!!!
Time for a triple shot of whiskey 🥃🥃🥃
Billy was that smooth Kool grove 😍
This song deserves millions of views!!🎉
It did,they must have re VEVOed it,I was bumping this a long time ago and it had millions of views
Groovin' while petting a real live tiger. Gtfoh😂😅😅
Billy Ocean is the Truth
Billy Ocean Released Night On January 1st, 1981 & 43 yrs later on Sunday, September 8th 2024, still rocking & smoking🔥💨 Respects to Billy Ocean for petting that tiger 🐅 big cajones 👊😂
GREAT songs are TIMELESS!!
Big cojones, you should say... and I agree.
I won't lie, GTA 5 introduced me to this gem. 13 year old me used to jam to this, while trying to getaway from cops 🤣🤣🤣
I'am 16 years old and i love it❤
Awesome! Keep on gettin’ down young one! 🕺🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽
This joint is 🔥
Back when we had fun and black music was good
My personal favorite Billy Ocean song ❤
Me too
My dad bought a mercury mekur in 87. He came to pick me up. He put this in the deck and blasted it all around southwest Detroit. I never forgot this song. Thank you so much brother.
Awesome car..I had the merkur xr4ti myself 🎉
Lol..I had that same car in 1990...my first car 😊
What up doe!
@@DadSwagg my boy...
Wow take me back my guy, haven't heard that Mercury model name in forever 👍
His music sounds like success and happiness. Like having a pocket full of money and hitting the road for a great weekend.
ROAD TRIP!!! Let's go 💯
That was my Partying jam in 1981, I still love this , I’m 60yrs old miss music like this🔥🔥🥰
🙌☝🙌
There is no more music like this!
I’m a 90s baby and still admit the fact that music isn’t the same now days great shame the talent has changed
I still dance to this and work out at the gym to this NOWWW! I,M 68 good groves never get old! 🕺🏾💃🏽
@@10LUCKY17 I'm also both 80s and 90 kid now lm 45 almost 46 in January 23 music back then is not the music of today old school music way better that's never going to change 80s forever
Been listening to and JAMMING to this literally since I was a child and TODAY (February 11 2024 @ 3:03 am ) I'm JUST finding out one of My favorite jams of ALL TIMES has a darn Video !??? Now I have to watch it a few thousand times to feel caught up !!! 😂🤣🤣🤣❗️❗️
AGREE......HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!
@@vashtikelly6837 Happy New Years to you too Miss!!!
I was today years old when I found out this song had a video🥴
This is one of my favorite dance songs of all time.
this is BETTER than anything on the radio today. this is a well-produced record. by Nigel Martinez.
Word!
This exact comment is said on literally every song that isn't played on the radio. Lol. Also some stations still play this.
I'm rocking my head and pointing at everything 🤣 🤣
@@antoinewarren8869 LOL good for you brother.
I remember this Billy ocean is tha bomb🎉
Old school is the best school for music.😎😜
Tiger "One of them nights ... one of them nights I feel like laying down"
Underrated song! This is a banger. Love Billys voice!!!
Yeah, it's soooo hot
I agree! This was his start!!! ❤🎉
I still act the same way when I hear It.
So many lost their lives in the 80's to party chemicals, and Billy was in the studio with a big, chill tiger.
С большим ГОЛОДНЫМ тигром!)))))
What's it name? Hope they've not tranquilized it too much for video shooting.
Idk about chill. That critta looked kinda annoyed when Billy started rubbing it. Talented and brave Brotha. 💯😊
Not just party chemicals, but AIDS took a lot of those people away too. The 80s were rough especially for the LGBT community in that time frame.
Isn't that the truth THE COCAINE COWBOYS YEARS ALL OVER AMERICA.
Even the tigers loving a bit of biily ocean 🐅😆
Mf’s had tigers like pit bulls in the 80’s..
😂🤣😂 Oh damn, I didn't think about that 😆🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
Scarface influence
4 real 😂😂😂
Nose candy makes people do strange things.
Every time I hear Billy Ocean, I think of Tonya, from everybody hates Chris 😂😂😂
I think you're from Brasil 🤔🇧🇷 Esse cantor inventou o Moonwalk!
LOL... Exactly... she was obsessed!!!
My sister said I sang this song at the age of 5 or 6. Im in my 50s now bur I still love this song!!
One of the underrated and underplayed great songs of 1981. Always a fave!
Billy Ocean had such a signature tone to his voice. He also had some solid producers and songwriters backing him, cause he put out some nice tracks in the 80s. Respect.
Damn this song grooves soo tough!!!🔥🎶✌🏽😎
I don't remember this song as a child, but I really like this song and a big fan of Billy Ocean.
Billy, I just want to take this chance, since there aren't many comments yet so maybe this won't get buried, to just say I've been a huge fan of yours since I was a little kid. Thanks for all the great songs. Usually I get tired of listening to a song if I play it often enough, that's never happened with any of your songs I listen to.
Hecks yeah, 1981❣️ I still have my copy on 45. This joint still 🔥. 💯
absolute banger why did it take me until 2024 to hear this
I was way too young to appreciate Billy when he was in his tiger stroking prime but he's grown on me over the years and now I'm a massive fan. His music is phenomenal!
😂 “Tiger stroking prime…” 🤦🏽♀️
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS DID NOT KNOW HE HAD AN OFFICIAL VIDEO TO THIS CLASSIC LOVE IT LOVE LOVE IT💯💯💯💯💯💃🕺⚘🥂🔥🌃🌃🌃🌛🍭🍸
He ate!🥶
Спасибо большое тигру, что не скушал нашего Билли на съёмках видео!!!!🐅🐯🤩
Take me back to the time of fun and get down 🙌🏾❤❤
He should have won best RnB album,Best New Artist for 1981 because his album was 🔥🔥🔥 from beginning to end!!
One of the great songs from the 80's. Love it.
YEAH YEAH 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯🔊🔊🔊
🔥dOpE🔥
the Tiger looked chilled out because of Billy singing
Beautiful tiger 🐅 ❤
Billy Ocean was like things you got to do man to get a contract nowadays. 😂
How playa was and is this song. Play on playa👑
A CLASSIC BANGER🇹🇹🇹🇹
The 80's was looking so beautiful back then
My favorite Billy Ocean song!!!!
Love this song I heard in my car and I started to singing love you billy ocean ❤❤❤😂😂
2024 Our generation is still the best. Timeless music. No audiotune.
You need to stop saying that.
It has taken forty-three years for me to learn that Billy Ocean sang this song and that there's a video. Takes me back to 80's New York walking around with a boom-box on our shoulders.
😂😅😂😅
I be speeding through Los Santos bumping this in my new car I just got from Warstock. 😂😂😂
Very impressive 👍
I would've been to scared to sing let alone DANCE near that tiger 😅🐅
Billy Ocean
Jul 30, 2021
You know the music was fire when the tiger cameo in your video or album cover.
Chicago Lake Shore Drive....oh how I miss you.
That 🐅 is sure calmed and tamed. Great 👍 music 🎶.
Before MTV Billy Had Us on WBLS and Disco 92 in NYC with This JAM !
You know it!
Frankie Crocker and Paco gave New York City energy. Nice days!
You know it!
Frankie Crocker and Paco gave New York City energy. Nice days!
Let me get my skates... it's going to be one of them nights at the rink.😏
To those who were there... pure freedom
Love Mr Ocean, this song is in my Playlist in 2022...Timeless...80s 4life!!!!
Timeless classic ✊🏾👑🖤
Damn I didn't know there was a music video to this song, pretty awesome.
This was one of those Friday night going out songs. ❤
Just like living it up friday night
Just like that song, living it up Friday night by Bell and James
Allllllllllll this time hearing this song didn’t know there was a video. Thanks TH-cam.
Timeless childhood classic. My mom used to blast this one at home when she was cookin or we were cleaning up lol
Mine too
@@ugochi1 That song is the best song to listen to while you’re doing the chores or just walking around town when the moon shines :)
Same here! Maybe the parents today need to do the same so these lazy kids could start cleaning up behind themselves😄
I am almost 40 and I never heard this till just now. What a fuckin' bop! Like word these are the vibes - I'm just an older fly dude with money and a tiger for some reason, let's go!
Billy and his tiger....... priceless 🐯🐅
Fire 🔥 🎉
2022 and I still rock out on this❤️
Me too!
1st time, 6/6/2023.From 45 Another day won't matter🇮🇹
HE HAD A TIGER NO FUCKING WAY
9/14/23 still listening will be 56 9/17/23💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾
Michael Jackson and Mike Tyson was the same damn way!!! guys from the 80s were built different😂😂😂
If this was shot in 1981, I can see MJ may have been influenced for the Thriller album cover with the tiger
Still the groove which has not grown old.🎉
So brave to support funk against the mainstream in this 1980 year. Amazing soulful voice. A maestro. Happy that the mainstream finally recognizes his talent
Excellent time and place.
Real music 🎶 gets into the soul ❤
This is one of my all-time favorite songs. I LOVE dancing to this record. I've seen him in concert five times and he still performs this song.
I was such a big fan of his as a child. I'm so glad that I finally got an opportunity to see him in concert in my adult years. He didn't disappoint.
CLASSIC!!! 🔥🔥🔥
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Certified party rocker right here. If ur not already on the floor ur gonna wish u were.😂
Still sounds great after all of these years
Most random TH-cam recommendation ever. 😂😂😂😂. But I love this song 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ive recently (re)discovered this song and I just cant stop listening to it
The flow, the voice.. Everything is perfect ☀️
This videos is really insane
He compared having a good time to petting a tiger😂
😂😂😂
As crazy as it may sound, I just found out last year (2023) that this was Billy Ocean 's song. I loved this song when it came out (I still do! 🙂✊🏾). I was very familiar with his other hits, but I never knew that this one was ALSO one of his! It's the same feeling you get when you put on your winter coat for the first time this winter, and find a $20.00 bill that you left in the pocket LAST spring. 😁♥️👍🏾
Billy Ocean’s voice is so distinct to me having listened to it since the ‘80s when he first came on the music scene. He rocked til he stopped! I’m glad he’s getting play time and doing concerts…it looks like their sold out, too?! Very happy for him! His voice STILL sounds the same…Smooth🙂