Sir, I am trying to revitalize the golden era of soul music on my platform with my music collection. If you are missing songs like this go through my catalog and you will be amazed!!!! Funkythangzprod1 th-cam.com/video/rkDosJ_HObY/w-d-xo.html
Yup. Now, they wanna water down the quality by using computerized EVERYTHING to save a dollar or two and the music lacks that human connection factor that we used to have.
👁 👁 👄 It's June 2024 I was watching a repeat of Unsung on TV ONE, of the group SWITCH,and I wanted to here this song WOW😳 I love hearing Bobby Debarge voice👄it was sweet like butter🥰he's gone but not forgotten 😞💔
One of the best bands that ever did it. Their talent was INSANE! They were called SWITCH because they constantly switched up the instruments that they played for almost every song that they recorded. Bobby and Tommy DeBarge from the talented DeBarge family started their family's musical legacy right here in this group.
I believe the Bassist is also a DeBarge. I think his name was Tommy. He is also deceased. Their younger brother's (#ElDeBarge ) CD is so good!!! It's called *Second Chances*. Switch was so smooth & that falsetto.😍 I can definitely see & hear them in their younger brother's music.. may they continue to be held in God's embrace. Their music is so soulful. Love it. #RIPeace ✌🏾💜
Hard to stand out with so much Talent and Competition. For instance, Teena Marie never had a #1 Single or a Platinum album I think. Wiki says only 2 Certified Golds.
I can see why you would say that Switch is a good band and great sound but the competition was tough because this was respectively a new funk group goin against top bands like George Clinton and the Parliament, Ohio Players, and especially Earth Wind and Fire who had the funk and R&B game on lock at the time
Seems like we have been downhill for awhile. This may be the best that it gets. The culmination of thousands of years of musical trial and error. These brothers had a phenomenal ear.
Maaaan! If only we could go back! These were ARTISTS! We’re not having to look at pants hanging off their asses, tattoos all over their faces, not listening to auto tunes (music nor voices)… just raw and pure talent! And like you said @ToiToi…they actually WORKED for it back then. These folk we’re calling artists and musicians today wouldn’t last if they had to actually perform like they did back in tha day! When a group came onto a stage back then to do a live performance, everything about that was live…the voices, the instruments, E’ERYTHANG was live!!! Those were the good ole days.
I feel the same way. The singers had devotion and passion. I have a lot of 45 records and some 33's. One of my favorite songs "You got me going in circles ". I can still listen to. We lived in a time when people were romantic took time to date. Now days it's "hello how are zap in the sack". 😢😢😢😢
I was 9yrs old when this song came out...I loved it then and definitely love it now..I'm now 52yrs old..it's such a beautiful song! Rest in peace Mr.Debarge❤️😇
Oh my God I like to look at Bobby Debarge performing this song... This guy was gorgeous to look at with a dynamite voice and he had swag...There'll never be another Bobby Debarge....Damn baby you left this world too soon...We'll always love you
I've been hearing this song my whole life and somehow I feel like I'm listening to it for the very first time today. Beautiful coordination and harmony between artists and musicians. Great music!
I FINALLY, REALLY!, KNOW, IT's REALLY, REAL , IN MY LIFE TIME FOR ME !, THE WORDS IN THE THE (SONG) ARE REALLY, THERE FOR THOSE , WHO! REALLY , BELIEVE IT !!!,.. KEEP-LISTEN- ING , TO , ( IT!,)...
Yes... I been listening to this CLASSIC my whole LIFE... but it's something about the Guitarist 🎸that RESONATEd with me TODAY... I felt e-v-e-r-y STROKE of the string...☺❤🎶🎶🎶
I met Tommy some years ago on a flight from LA. Didn't know who he was, but listened to his story about his struggle with addiction. Wasn't til later I found out he was the bassist for Switch and one of the elder brothers of the musically famous Debarges. Nice guy and like most of us came from a good family with some imperfections that led him and his Brothers down certain paths in life that weren't all good. Nonetheless, i enjoyed our conversation. RIP Tommy and Bobby.
His father was a monster who contributed to their addiction and Bobby’s ultimate demise. He physically and sexually abused his own children, with Bobby receiving the worst of the abuse. Imperfections is an understatement when it comes to their father. It’s heartbreaking what he did to those children
@@Zaza-wh9ovyou know I hate and you you people put Bobby down you keep talkin down dirty stuff about him without knowing when he been through the man is gone but you saying bad things about me you haven't said nothing good about Bobby you keep talkin bad about it like you have no beans in your closet like you have never said stop talkin about Bobby
The live version and recorded version are indistinguishable. That’s how insanely talented artists were back then. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, if not my favorite!
I was 9 yrs old when this song was out. I remember dancing to it while cleaning the house on Saturday mornings. In 2024, it still makes me happy when I hear it.
@@mariahg4561 It's torture, I can't watch it without going somewhere dark. What they went through. The Father is burning in hell. Bobby wouldn't let go until he came in the room to see him, he made it, Bunni said he repented and forgive his Dad. When it was his turn, he told all his kids don't come to his room. He hated Bobby the most for some reason, he beat, raped him everyday. How can a Parent be that evil. Still Bobby died wanting his love. It was one of the saddest stories I had ever watched. Now beloved Tommy is gone. I pray for this family, the greater the gift, the greater the demons, but if they hold to Jesus they will be alright.
1978 was such an amazing year! In music, television, cinema, you name it. And to the people who were here then that are no longer with us that we miss dearly…’78 I could do again and again.
I love this song SO MUCH! I have always thought it was overwhelmingly beautiful. Oddly, I would often cry because of the Bobby’s voice, the background harmonies, the electric keyboard and EVERYTHING gelled so great together.😍🎵🎶👍🏾
El said that he, himself was a perfectionist, but Bobby was perfect. He said he never wanted to sing at such a high register because he was very intimidated by Bobby, who was his mentor. All of them sound similar, but have their own sound at the same time.
I just saw Switch in concert this past weekend at Yoshi's (legendary Bay Area jazz club) and the show was amazing, and I do mean off the hook amazing....3 original members, and a few new guys, and even one of them has 20 years in.....some groups are just iconic, and this is one of them....arguably one of the best R&B acts ever, and I think it's because of the unique combo of each member being highly skilled with multiple instruments, and also having strong vocals, whether it's lead or background...Philip (Ingram) was the youngest of 4 male siblings, and he is the only one living....James, arguably the most famous Ingram, passed in 2019, and the other 2 were in 2018 & 2021, respectively.....Philip added a tribute to James, and sang a wonderful rendition of "Just Once" and tore the house down...it would have been nearly impossible to not feel the love from one brother to another.....I'm 60, and remember being in high school when they hit the scene...if any of you know the history of the Debarge family, you already know of Bobby's greatness....clearly the most talented Debarge of all, and this not debatable....El is the second most talented, and I'll stop there.....oh wait...I won't...lol Tommy (Debarge) was also part of Switch, and unfortunately, he passed also, quite a while ago, and Bobby didn't make it to his 40th birthday...well...there you are.. I know it's a lot, but I try my best to support live music, and this concert will go down in history as one of the very best I've ever seen at Yoshi's, and I've seen pretty much everybody (hardcore jazz usually, but will always support the old school R&B....current R&B is boo boo
@@KajunMs39 Yes, it was a concert of a lifetime, and I'm a longtime patron of Yoshi's, starting with the 2nd location...they're a lil long in the tooth for jazz, because SF Jazz (SF) has taken over that market...
Don Kirshner wouldn't allow it anyway. He only invideted the best onto his show. All the great legends of Rock, Funk, R&B and Punk among others. Rest in peace Bobby. There'll never be another you or Switch. 🙏🏽
They didn't do auto-tune as much back then but they did a lotta doubling, it makes your voice sound richer and fuller. I learned about it in my 1st studio 🎙️ session. Dat's why they sound so good. If your voice is weak like mine they will use it. Doubling is when U sing in sync with what U already sang. They'll have U sing a verse & play ▶️ it back & then have you sing on top of that & layer it. The weaker your voice the more they'll do it. Makes your voice sound so much Betta. Most people don't notice it but if U in the business or got an 👂 you'll hear it. All of dim do it Maurice White from EWF, Marvin Gaye & especially Chaka Khan. When they did it for me made me sound 10 times Betta. Doubling takes your voice to another level. I love 💞 😌 it!
Lol. I remember when I was a kid! I would get my older sister's Switch album with that particular song on it, and play it over and over and over again! Those were the days when songs like this, made you fall in love with that special one! 😊😊
This was my mom’s era of music and some of the dopest music in music history. I LOVE the 70’s. I was born in the 70’s but always felt like I should have been a teen in that era. I was an old soul as a kid.
Awww! This my favorite song of them. I miss Bobby even though he was before my time but I know great music. He was so handsome and just LOVE watching this
These were better days. Nothing different from then and now..except now we all live a virtual existence rather than living in the real world, in real time. It just seems like it was healthier for the brain.
@@michaelbranch2538 We were brought up in Era's, late 60's, early 70's when We didn't know that We were being specially moded down in Our Bones, and not only that, but We became in the most, mystical and majestical Era, the 80's and can't nobody take Prince, away from Us! Sting: Every breath you take, every vow you break, I'll be watching You! Be Blessed!✨🧙💫
@@TheGoodWitchLolipopif you're 56 then you weren't old enough for the late 60s and early 70s. I was born in the 50s and I was a teenager/20s by then. I always gotta laugh at GenX when they wanna claim my era as their own when they were in diapers and weren't even of the age yet. Jealousy is funny I suppose
I'm just discovering something today now I remember listening to DeBarge when I was a kid but I never realized what proceeded them and El debarge I always thought was al. Debarge. I find it absolutely awesome that I can discover new music no make that new things about music that I thought I knew over and over technology is wonderful if used and positive ways but if not the devil is always looking for new victims
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Wow!!!!! It's official I'm 😆 old, this was over 40 years ago, man how time flies by...Who else is jamming this in 2024?
Meeee! 🙋🏾♀️
@@tbee1575 me!!! I was 17 or 18 when this came out.
I was 3 years old when this came out I’m old af😂🤣
Sir, I am trying to revitalize the golden era of soul music on my platform with my music collection. If you are missing songs like this go through my catalog and you will be amazed!!!!
Funkythangzprod1
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Me too. My Afro fell out years ago.🤣👍
That was an era where people had to be able to sing, play an instrument, and write. Love Switch!
Yes, the real talent era.
We'll never have that again. Sigh
It's here now. It still exists. It's just not hyped and recognized.
Now they just show up with cute outfit and an entourage and they have instant star power...
Yup. Now, they wanna water down the quality by using computerized EVERYTHING to save a dollar or two and the music lacks that human connection factor that we used to have.
U said THAT!
The DeBarge voice is so distinct. That family is so talented.
You said that right!!!!❤️
That's correct!
Smokey voice.
Facts on facts.
That family was awesome ❤❤❤
It’s 2023 and this performance is still AMAZING.
RIP Bobby DeBarge!
I hope you have found PEACE from you traumatic childhood.
What how can you have a good time in peace when he died struggling within abused at being rejected
You can't deny his talent!!!!!!!! RIP Bobby!
Also, RIP Tommy. he died today..
You are so right!
Hi cousin!
I am so bad that Bobby DeBarge is dead and gone.
@@claude878878 no he died 9 months ago
RIP to Tommy DeBarge killing that bass line.
One of the funkiest ever. And he listened to James Brown and kept track of the one.
When music was music
That was Bobby singing song give him his credit!
Yesssss he was
@@sammjackson70 and Tommy Debarge on bass..
The Dabarge family have phenomenal voices. From Switch to Debarge, I love their sound.
Switch and mint condition are truly two of the best bands that was underrated!!
❤❤❤❤
Yes!!
❤❤❤❤❤👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
And I have there music still in my collection,pulled out the cassette and played it,still in Mint Condition 😉😉
Switch was very popular on the late 70's and early 80's. Shit "I call your name " was the most played song next to "Always and Forever "
Bobby DeBarge was a music genius
Vocal Genious!!!!
A BEAUTIFUL GENIUS
Falsetto
It’s the pisces energy for me💯
Yes!
The guitar intro and solo were so sweet.
BEYOND!!!..
It's February of 2024 and I'm here. Nothing like clean music.. God is the greatest love of all. We can't forget that.. Amen!
👁 👁
👄 It's June 2024 I was watching a repeat of Unsung on TV ONE, of the group SWITCH,and I wanted to here this song WOW😳 I love hearing Bobby Debarge voice👄it was sweet like butter🥰he's gone but not forgotten 😞💔
One of the best bands that ever did it. Their talent was INSANE! They were called SWITCH because they constantly switched up the instruments that they played for almost every song that they recorded. Bobby and Tommy DeBarge from the talented DeBarge family started their family's musical legacy right here in this group.
There’ll never be anyone like Bobby Debarge.. RIP.
Truly one of a kind...
2023
I believe the Bassist is also a DeBarge. I think his name was Tommy. He is also deceased. Their younger brother's (#ElDeBarge ) CD is so good!!! It's called *Second Chances*. Switch was so smooth & that falsetto.😍 I can definitely see & hear them in their younger brother's music.. may they continue to be held in God's embrace. Their music is so soulful. Love it. #RIPeace ✌🏾💜
Bobby DeBarge wasn't talked about when he started singing until he died!😮
@@sammjackson70 Not sure where you were but Bobby was most def talked about before his death...We thought he had an MJ sound about him..Like El did..
Switch is such a underrated group
Underrated by who? Who on this earth would underrate their talent?
Hard to stand out with so much Talent and Competition. For instance, Teena Marie never had a #1 Single or a Platinum album I think. Wiki says only 2 Certified Golds.
Not at the time... they were huge.
I can see why you would say that Switch is a good band and great sound but the competition was tough because this was respectively a new funk group goin against top bands like George Clinton and the Parliament, Ohio Players, and especially Earth Wind and Fire who had the funk and R&B game on lock at the time
And this was played live
2022 and this song is still touching 🥰
Sure is
Gives me chills every time I hear it
@@therightlife9434 up and down and up and down my spine..( I like what you're doing to me).Young & Company...🎼🎵🎶
Listening in 2023..there will never be anything better than old school music..rest in peace Bobby
The horns and the bass line...👌🏾
Queenesq i
Seems like we have been downhill for awhile. This may be the best that it gets. The culmination of thousands of years of musical trial and error. These brothers had a phenomenal ear.
Legendary
Something else man, Something else 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Tommy debarge on bass
This song is so absolutely beautiful. I could not ever stop appreciating the music and talent from this time period.
Same! The artists were definitely more talented and worked 10x harder
Maaaan! If only we could go back! These were ARTISTS! We’re not having to look at pants hanging off their asses, tattoos all over their faces, not listening to auto tunes (music nor voices)… just raw and pure talent! And like you said @ToiToi…they actually WORKED for it back then. These folk we’re calling artists and musicians today wouldn’t last if they had to actually perform like they did back in tha day! When a group came onto a stage back then to do a live performance, everything about that was live…the voices, the instruments, E’ERYTHANG was live!!! Those were the good ole days.
Sho you right
These days are gone
Same. I don’t care if I get Alzheimer’s! I might not remember my name but I’ll be damned if I forget these songs!
Great vocals it's so hard to sing at a falsetto and this guy killing it wow
His name is Bobby debarge...read up on his life...El had nothing on him
@Miss W did you read up on his life?! And my comments are from 2 months ago seriously...
@@tonyageorge8972 DeBarge family been through hell what they're disgusting father did to them and El is just as good as his older brother Bobby
Bobby DeBarge was the best singer out of that family I give him a slight Edge over El DeBarge
Bobby opened the doors for his brothers and sister ❤❤❤❤
One of smoothest groves ever
One of the best songs ever created
OMG it's sooo good. That intro, the lyrics, the voices. I love it!
Indeed!
So true. So sophisticated, but yet such a groove. Touching lyrics.
Somebody tell me why I feel like crying when I hear our late 70s and 80s music ?
It was a great time to be alive, and be apart real music and bands. Gone are those days. RIP BOBBY
…because it was written to touch our souls and have us vibrate at a higher frequency. In comparison, music now is dead.
I feel the same way. The singers had devotion and passion. I have a lot of 45 records and some 33's. One of my favorite songs "You got me going in circles ". I can still listen to. We lived in a time when people were romantic took time to date. Now days it's "hello how are zap in the sack". 😢😢😢😢
Because it had soul.
That's because the music back then, was sung from the heart, and then penetrated our heart, in the process!! 😊
I was 9yrs old when this song came out...I loved it then and definitely love it now..I'm now 52yrs old..it's such a beautiful song! Rest in peace Mr.Debarge❤️😇
Right on! And RIP Bobby! What a gorgeous and silky voice🙏🏼
i'm right behind you. i'm so glad i was taught good music thru my brothers and sisters. i'm the last of the last on my mom side as far as men.
Oh my God I like to look at Bobby Debarge performing this song... This guy was gorgeous to look at with a dynamite voice and he had swag...There'll never be another Bobby Debarge....Damn baby you left this world too soon...We'll always love you
Ikr
Girl I thought it was just me ugh smh
In tears
Yes lord smh
@rick smiff Was it true about him -- meaning what? What do you wanna know was true about him?
I've been hearing this song my whole life and somehow I feel like I'm listening to it for the very first time today. Beautiful coordination and harmony between artists and musicians. Great music!
I FINALLY, REALLY!, KNOW, IT's
REALLY, REAL , IN MY LIFE TIME
FOR ME !, THE WORDS IN THE
THE (SONG) ARE REALLY,
THERE FOR THOSE , WHO!
REALLY , BELIEVE IT !!!,..
KEEP-LISTEN- ING , TO ,
( IT!,)...
Awesome 👍
Yes... I been listening to this CLASSIC my whole LIFE... but it's something about the Guitarist 🎸that RESONATEd with me TODAY... I felt e-v-e-r-y STROKE of the string...☺❤🎶🎶🎶
This is absolutely on my Playlist.....always loved this jam! Play it all the time!
I met Tommy some years ago on a flight from LA. Didn't know who he was, but listened to his story about his struggle with addiction. Wasn't til later I found out he was the bassist for Switch and one of the elder brothers of the musically famous Debarges. Nice guy and like most of us came from a good family with some imperfections that led him and his Brothers down certain paths in life that weren't all good. Nonetheless, i enjoyed our conversation. RIP Tommy and Bobby.
That’s so cool ❤️ Tommy was known to be an open book 📖😂 Bobby used to get annoyed at how much he liked to talk to anyone who would listen
His father was a monster who contributed to their addiction and Bobby’s ultimate demise. He physically and sexually abused his own children, with Bobby receiving the worst of the abuse. Imperfections is an understatement when it comes to their father. It’s heartbreaking what he did to those children
@@Zaza-wh9ovyou know I hate and you you people put Bobby down you keep talkin down dirty stuff about him without knowing when he been through the man is gone but you saying bad things about me you haven't said nothing good about Bobby you keep talkin bad about it like you have no beans in your closet like you have never said stop talkin about Bobby
Not like most of us. Bobby and his siblings were Raped and Beaten by their Evil violent dad
The live version and recorded version are indistinguishable. That’s how insanely talented artists were back then. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, if not my favorite!
Don Kirshner shows were usually live, but this one wasn't. I think they put the amps on stage for authenticity.
This was a backtrack. They were lip syncing
@AnAdorableWombat1 They were singing over the track. Some parts live most of it, not.
The LEGENDARY Bobby DeBarge!!!
REMEMBERING ROBERT "BOBBY" DEBARGE, JR.
(MARCH 5, 1956 - AUGUST 16, 1995) [03/05/2018]
Melody Sanger Tragically gone but will never be forgotten!!!!! Happy birthday Bobby....We miss you.... love always
I was 9 yrs old when this song was out. I remember dancing to it while cleaning the house on Saturday mornings. In 2024, it still makes me happy when I hear it.
When the performance sounds just like the recorded album. My good God i love it
Uh….they were not performing this live. Trust me. You can tell. I’m a musician…..
Because he was lip syncing
@@guerrillanation1862 exactly 💯. This is not live at all!!! Just over dubs
This idiot really thinks this shiiiiit is live lmao
Kinetic energy or live vocals, pick one! 😎
Timeless. This song hits the soul
It surely does.....every....single...time❤️
That Voice!!!!!!! Bobby had it and so does El👑👑🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👑👑👑🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Yes El Debarge have a great voice but you just won't get Bobby Pais the credit he deserves you never got it that's why he was so stressed
Bobby is unmatched.. Even in 2023❤❤❤
Look at Tommy over there on that bass tho🔥🔥🔥🔥
WHO IS STILL LISTENING IN 2023 ILL BE BIG 50 THIS YEAR MAY 19. GOD IS GOOD 🙌🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Me I be 47 this October
I’ll be 53 And ❤ This Song My Grandad Lived In GR Best Life Experience I Had There So Much Love ❤️
I’m 60 and remember a party wasn’t a party if switch wasn’t playing on that slow dance!
Singer James Ingram"s brother on the keyboard...these guys were amazing RIP bobby
@@camiosis9024 no he didn't he's still alive
@@Elmo284 No sir, Bobby Debarge passed away in 1995.
Rip tommy and bobby
@@teneil31😢
Bobby Debarge should've got the love when he was alive!
Watching these videos makes me sad knowing that this talent will never again grace this world!
So very true and sad ..never will be great music like this again
I know right? Its heartbreaking.
Recently watched the Bobby DeBarge story so these videos make me sad
@@mariahg4561 It's torture, I can't watch it without going somewhere dark. What they went through. The Father is burning in hell. Bobby wouldn't let go until he came in the room to see him, he made it, Bunni said he repented and forgive his Dad. When it was his turn, he told all his kids don't come to his room. He hated Bobby the most for some reason, he beat, raped him everyday. How can a Parent be that evil. Still Bobby died wanting his love. It was one of the saddest stories I had ever watched. Now beloved Tommy is gone. I pray for this family, the greater the gift, the greater the demons, but if they hold to Jesus they will be alright.
A complete Band, no faults or weaknesses. Bass, horns, backup vocals and lead singer PERFECT!
RIP BOBBY AND TOMMY 🙏🏽.... what an amazingly talented group ♥️
I’m 21 and this is a hit 💯💯💯
Factz!!!!
YES THERE NEVER BE,BE BE, JUST LISTEN
Never too young to appreciate good music !!!
Yes it is!! Great ears young one!!
This is the kind of music that never gets old and it's nice to know bobby lives on and on thru his music
Timeless music, with talent all around. Thank You Switch and DeBarge family.
1978 was such an amazing year! In music, television, cinema, you name it. And to the people who were here then that are no longer with us that we miss dearly…’78 I could do again and again.
I was born in 79 but I remember hearing this song on my grandma's car radio when I was kid timeless music
DAMN BOBBY DEBARGE WAS FINE I REMEMBER I HAD THE BIGGEST CRUSH ON HIM. R.I.P BOBBY DEBARGE.
El is so much like him!!!! OMG 😍😍 😍😍😍 😍
I love this song SO MUCH! I have always thought it was overwhelmingly beautiful. Oddly, I would often cry because of the Bobby’s voice, the background harmonies, the electric keyboard and EVERYTHING gelled so great together.😍🎵🎶👍🏾
This music will always be in style for me. 🥰 🤎
Me too
Songs from younger days were straight fire. There'll never be a better song!!
Whats so interesting is that while El and Bobby sound alike and are superior singers, Bobby has a much stronger and clearer voice
Nah blood
El said that he, himself was a perfectionist, but Bobby was perfect. He said he never wanted to sing at such a high register because he was very intimidated by Bobby, who was his mentor. All of them sound similar, but have their own sound at the same time.
No el only sings that pitch because Bobby is dead
@@nisicastro4748 Wrong! El was singing that pitch from the very beginning of his career. Bobby died in 97' Stop the madness... Respectfully ✌🏿
Siblings sound alike El never deny that Bobby was the better singer
Going on 40 years for me when this song came out also. How time flies ❤.
that harmonic sound is just unreal!!! 😊👍
One of the best songs ever made
That guitar sounds awesome...loved this group/song♥️
That tommy playing base
Gibson ES 335.
Mr. Ronnie Vann on guitar. Well done!
This is real love music.
I’m more a child of the 1980s and the metal scene but these guys are on point! So many 1970s groups were👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
RIP Bobby Debarge one of the greatest male singers too live. That is his little brother Tommie Debarge on the bass.
RIP Thomas KEITH DEBARGE 10/21/21 😥🙏 Will be getting his Book titled " There'll never be "🎙🎸.
June 4th 2023 and we still jammin'!
👍🏽🎶🎵🎵💯😆🤣🤣😄😄👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽💯💯💯💯💯💯😆😆🤣😄
Bobby was so talented, unique voice. Rest In Peace.
he's truly a masterpiece. how are you doing? I hope you're safe!
Heaven is rejoicing with the angelic voice Bobby you will always be missed RIP....
I'm 21 and for once I'm grateful for TH-cam because of seeing videos like this I love the whole family btw
Did you ever go to Mayo
I still remember my parents playing these songs back in th 70's
Still remember slow dancing to this song at the weekly dance in the school cafeteria in 10th grade. Time surely does fly.
Me too!!!
I just saw Switch in concert this past weekend at Yoshi's (legendary Bay Area jazz club) and the show was amazing, and I do mean off the hook amazing....3 original members, and a few new guys, and even one of them has 20 years in.....some groups are just iconic, and this is one of them....arguably one of the best R&B acts ever, and I think it's because of the unique combo of each member being highly skilled with multiple instruments, and also having strong vocals, whether it's lead or background...Philip (Ingram) was the youngest of 4 male siblings, and he is the only one living....James, arguably the most famous Ingram, passed in 2019, and the other 2 were in 2018 & 2021, respectively.....Philip added a tribute to James, and sang a wonderful rendition of "Just Once" and tore the house down...it would have been nearly impossible to not feel the love from one brother to another.....I'm 60, and remember being in high school when they hit the scene...if any of you know the history of the Debarge family, you already know of Bobby's greatness....clearly the most talented Debarge of all, and this not debatable....El is the second most talented, and I'll stop there.....oh wait...I won't...lol Tommy (Debarge) was also part of Switch, and unfortunately, he passed also, quite a while ago, and Bobby didn't make it to his 40th birthday...well...there you are.. I know it's a lot, but I try my best to support live music, and this concert will go down in history as one of the very best I've ever seen at Yoshi's, and I've seen pretty much everybody (hardcore jazz usually, but will always support the old school R&B....current R&B is boo boo
Beautiful place!! I bet it was fabulous ¡!Love Yoshi's ❤️
@@KajunMs39 Yes, it was a concert of a lifetime, and I'm a longtime patron of Yoshi's, starting with the 2nd location...they're a lil long in the tooth for jazz, because SF Jazz (SF) has taken over that market...
Bobby Debarge one of the best falsetto singers ever RIP Bobby and Tommy Debarge ❤❤🎉🎉
Autotune couldn't save you back in these days. You had to have a good voice or you were out of there... Lol Good shit SWITCH!!!!!
1 exception, Zapp and Roger
@@kevinp7519 Very true lol
Don Kirshner wouldn't allow it anyway. He only invideted the best onto his show. All the great legends of Rock, Funk, R&B and Punk among others. Rest in peace Bobby. There'll never be another you or Switch. 🙏🏽
They didn't do auto-tune as much back then
but they did a lotta doubling, it makes your voice sound richer and fuller. I learned about it in my 1st studio 🎙️ session. Dat's why they sound so good. If your voice is weak like mine they will use it. Doubling is when U sing in sync with what U already sang. They'll have U sing a verse & play ▶️ it back & then have you sing on top of that & layer it. The weaker your voice the more they'll do it. Makes your voice sound so much Betta. Most people don't notice it but if U in the business or got an 👂 you'll hear it. All of dim do it Maurice White from EWF, Marvin Gaye & especially Chaka Khan. When they did it for me made me sound 10 times Betta. Doubling takes your voice to another level. I love 💞 😌 it!
@@racerx1189 they was lip singing on dat video 😂 just like on American Bandstand & Soul Train 🚂
aww l love bobby debarge and that beautiful voice😘😘💖 he is so gorgeous.
Real music 🎶🎵🎼✌️✌️🎸🎸
Lol. I remember when I was a kid! I would get my older sister's Switch album with that particular song on it, and play it over and over and over again! Those were the days when songs like this, made you fall in love with that special one! 😊😊
I'm still in love with this song The Whole group was so on point! Real Talent Thank you for the Music
Don’t know how Switch wasn’t a more popular group 🤦🏿♂️🔥they so cold
Because Bobby was a severe drug addict and ruined the group
Drug addiction, mental illness, incest.
@@mariahyohannes Incest with who?
@@jasonforte409 his father and two of his brothers (tommy and Chico)
@@nicky1wood632 damn
This was my mom’s era of music and some of the dopest music in music history. I LOVE the 70’s. I was born in the 70’s but always felt like I should have been a teen in that era. I was an old soul as a kid.
My era (I’m 58) and my youngest loves them because of me. I introduced him to my very favorite “I Call Your Name”
Great song....I was a teen in the 70’s...good times for sure. 😊
I wasn't born til 2 years later. I enjoy this group
Me too but the music is timeless!
Awww! This my favorite song of them. I miss Bobby even though he was before my time but I know great music. He was so handsome and just LOVE watching this
RIP in PEACE, Tommy! "There will never be...." another!
Rip to the greatest base player tommy debarge
Can i just get a man to speak these type of words to me in 2023??? What happen to Love!!! ❤️
THIS IS THE BESTS SONG OF 1978) ON EVERYBODY TURNTABLE BACK IN THOSE DAYS) 2023/
REMEMBERING ROBERT 'BOBBY" DEBARGE (MARCH 5, 1956 - AUGUST 16, 1995) [03/05/2019]
I don’t know why but this is on repeat today. So good!
Damn moma you have the most luscious lipps!!!!!
@@sirjer73 horny as*
There will never be another Switch or Bobby DeBarge I still love that man since I was 12 years old!! RIP I know your jammin in heaven! 🙏💯🥰🔥💋👑💜❤️💜❤️
One of the best house party songs ever!! Ya’ll remember being in the basement with your first love and slow dragging…good times
These were better days. Nothing different from then and now..except now we all live a virtual existence rather than living in the real world, in real time. It just seems like it was healthier for the brain.
And here we are 2023 and this still hitting right!
This was a great era for music..loving this❤
This is sooooooo amazing and genius the new music of today cannot compare NEVER
"Someday I know you won't forget it!"😩😩😩❤️that line gets me weak every time
Still in 2021 Bobby got this on LOCK DOWN. RESPECT BOBBY DABARGE RIP.. And sadly your brother Tommy too😞😞😞😞
😢 I miss these times. Music and family relations were different then…
Pure melody and harmony at it’s best WOW!!! A true God given talent!!! The song never gets old
I was 13 years old when this song came out! Wow, I'm 56 now and this song is still great 👍 👌
Me too, 56!
We're not old..
We're Ole Schoolers!
We're the recipe with the right seasonings!
💫🧞✨🧙😇🙏
Our childhood was filled with great music!
@@michaelbranch2538 We were brought up in Era's, late 60's, early 70's when We didn't know that We were being specially moded down in Our Bones, and not only that, but We became in the most, mystical and majestical Era, the 80's and can't nobody take Prince, away from Us!
Sting: Every breath you take, every vow you break, I'll be watching You!
Be Blessed!✨🧙💫
Was in the 8th grade myself; join the party 🎉!
@@TheGoodWitchLolipopif you're 56 then you weren't old enough for the late 60s and early 70s. I was born in the 50s and I was a teenager/20s by then.
I always gotta laugh at GenX when they wanna claim my era as their own when they were in diapers and weren't even of the age yet.
Jealousy is funny I suppose
Ayyyyyyy!!!! My jam! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Thankful my dad raised us on this timeless music
Real music here!! The way they are harmonizing 😍😍. You can’t/won’t find good music like this these days💯🤷🏾♀️
Nothing like good old school music..Never will be ..listening in 2020.....RIP Bobby Debarge
I'm just discovering something today now I remember listening to DeBarge when I was a kid but I never realized what proceeded them and El debarge I always thought was al. Debarge. I find it absolutely awesome that I can discover new music no make that new things about music that I thought I knew over and over technology is wonderful if used and positive ways but if not the devil is always looking for new victims
One of the best songs ever written!!! A hit in 2022...STILL😎💥
Switch Never under rated by real music lovers! You guys can sing to me all night long! The days of pure music. November 21, 21
THAT, was THE Jam back when I was in Jr. High. I'm old too. It still sounds amazingly fresh.
Sure was..
Bobby is a cold dude on this jam r.i.p 🙏
Bobby was a musical genius
Man Bobby was one beautiful Man OMG with a voice of a King! Continue to rest in heaven!😔 Still this record is 🔥🔥🔥still jamming in 2022
Damn i wanna go back in time