SO ROMANTIC!!! BENNY MARDONES - INTO THE NIGHT (REACTION)
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Mardones had a friend that helped him write this song by the name of Robert Tepper. The 16 year old was a neighbor whose dad had run out on the family. Mardones paid her to walk his dog and clean his apartment. One day Robert saw the 16 year old girl and said....Hey Benny she's cute. Benny replied, She just 16 years old, leave her alone.
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Those are not special effects at the end. Those were his pure vocals !!! I saw him live once and his voice was unreal. Beautiful song !!
Checkout his live version AWESOME czcams.com/video/eLj9OLw03Zs/video.html
I found out after Benny died that those vocals at the end were sung as guidance for a saxophone solo they were going to lay on in post-production. After they heard the voice they decided to keep it. I wish my friend was alive so I could ask him to confirm or deny.
The vocals at the end are Benny singing out guidance for a saxophone solo they were going to lay on in post-production.
After they heard the vocals, they forgot all about that saxophone and went with what THE VOICE had laid down!
He confirmed that in a couple of interviews that I saw him in. so you are correct about the saxophone!
@@adamhommey Just watched your interview Professor !
I still cry with this song and his performance!! Had a huge crush on him...I wish I would've known him!!! Pure talent!! UR missed Benny!!! 😢❤ Sometimes this makes me live in the past...😢 Love U Benny!! Impressive voice and man!!!!❤😢
I actually knew Benny mardones ... I met him in the '90s right after he did a commercial for Glacier Ridge... I was a bar manager at the time in an English restaurant... The glacier riidge people brought Benny and his band to our restaurant to celebrate the commercial and we closed down the restaurant for the Glacier ridge people and Benny and his band and probably about 80 other people... That group kept me busy slamming drinks for about 4 hours straight and when it did die down a little bit I had some time to talk to Benny... He was good enough to take pictures with our waitresses and sign some autographs... Benny had a good heart and he cared about people... He was happy when he was having a glass of scotch and telling a southern yarn... This song propelled him into the public eye and it went national but he was never able to follow up with another one as good to keep himself in the national eye... I was sad when he got sick and then he eventually passed... I just thought back of the conversations that he and I had... He was such a good person...R.I.P. Benny...
Yep, that sounds just like Benny. I fully believe your story.
He was one of my best friends for the last 11 years of his life.
Man, was he a riot.
I miss him fierce.
This is beautiful, to read, thank you! Miss Benny so much!!!
Thanx demand 4 sharing ur awesome story!
@adamhommey
I just heard this song and fell in love with his music. I started looking into the several clips on the background of this song. The first story was about the abandoned children then I came across this clip that he made about saying good-bye to Angie McCartney and he talks about the beetles and Angie's daughter Ruth, possibly being his child.
So, do you know anything about this clip?
I'd love to hear your opinion on this. Thanks
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Boy, this song brings back memories!! Incredible vocals, haunting melody and a very sexy song. This was a big hit in 1980 and I still love it today.
@@michaelasay8587 Yes, I am LOL!! I feel very lucky to have been 22 in 1980, had the time of my life in the 80's!!
I am a bit disturbed with it's pro-statutory rape message though,
@@EricAmosCheck- That’s not what it’s about at all. Google the song 🤓
@@michaelasay8587and like me...🤣🤣🤣
@@EricAmosCheck😂 It's not about that At All 😂
This has been my all time favorite song since it came out in 1980
He promised nothing and delivered everything!🤩🥰
Rest in peace Benny Mardones, your voice was unmistakable.
This is my FAVORITE song of ALL time!!!!
Me also! 🎉
During it's radio time, this song would be playing on every station. I consider myself a Rocker, but that voice melted me then, still does.
I was probably 10 years old and had this song on a K-Tel record called "Soundwaves." Thanks for transporting me to a better time.
Love me some K-Tel!!!😂
Forgot about k-tel
😁👍🏼 I remember K-Tel. 🤣😂😅😆😁😄😃😀
Same here
Benny's vocal range & control was off the charts. Best vocals ever in my opinion. This song is pure passion. It made the top in billboard charts 3 times. Twice in the 80's & again made a come back in 2020.
I'm from Syracuse,Benny's adopted hometown. Saw him in concert at least a 100 times over 35 years. Always a high energy,amazing show. Until he got sick his vocals were the best live. Syracuse loved him and he loved Syracuse ❣️
Hi Syracuse. My second home and Alma mater.
Syracuse born and bread. Benny, in the water like smell of Colubus Bakery, Dominic's, 805, Fall days in Lafayette picing apples.. Great stuff.
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Yes Syracuse is a great city. Very different than other cities.
Unfortunately Benny has passed away and I've just discovered his beautiful music and I can't say that I've seen him in concert and unfortunately I won't but I have his music to listen to especially this song
I’m from Watertown…..just an hour north!!! His vocals really are something to admire. I wish I could of seen him live!!
This was a big hit for Benny and once you heard him sing it, you never forgot it. This was from the 80's and people always wanted him to play it, it never died. He had such a strong, passionate voice. RIP Benny.
I’ve always been a fan of this song. This takes me straight back to my teenage years. I really do love this song and I’m glad y’all did this one! Enjoy your Sunday!
GREAT CHOICE! I've loved this song since first hearing it while living in New York City in the 80's. There's a real cool backstory about the young lady in the video, Benny died from Parkinson's disease complications two years ago. He was a sweet generous soul.
I can verify.
Benny was a friend of mine for many years. 20, even 30+ years on, she still sent Benny cards and letters thanking him for his kindness and helping her family when they were in the spot after their dad walked out. He showed them to me.
Heidi attended a memorial concert held in Benny's honor in Syracuse last year. I couldn't make it, but about 20 of my friends were there and got to meet her.
I can also attest to his generosity, kindness, and overall good nature as a human being.
@@adamhommey What a legend! RIP Benny 🙏
Call the Fire Department 🚒 😂😂
I get that it’s a taboo subject but my husband was 19 and I was 15 when we met. We have 2 children and 5 grandchildren. It’s not for everyone but 38 years later it’s still working for us!
My wife was 17 and I was 24 we’ve been married 42 years twin daughters one son and four grandkids sometimes it just works what also helped our family knew each other for a long time. I wouldn’t change a thing
Man was way older than that, he should not have been talking about a 16 yr old... he was in his late 30's!! 🤮🤢🤮🤢
I was 16 my husband was 18.....38 years together with 3 children....I always loved this song!!
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Great story to hear
True love ❤️
Australia 💕 Christina
@@b.a.j5168 he wasn't really having an affair with a 16yr old. It's a song he wrote after telling someone he knew to leave the neighbors daughter alone.
I have loved this song since it first came out back in the day. Still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
I just found this song today. I've been listening to it constantly. One of the best songs I've ever heard. The chorus is amazing.
RIP Benny...one of the greatest songs of the 80's❤️
one of my favorite of all times song!!!
I love how she’s vibing hardcore during the first verse and he just straight up goes 😳 LOL love it (it is an awesome song, I gotta say)
Always loved this song. It was pretty much a one hit wonder for Benny. He passed away in 2020. Mel your hair is cute short like that! Have an amazing day today!
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Wow. Didn't realize he passed away two years ago. Loved this song as a kid and forever will. The 80's was a very great time for music 🎶❤️💯
I love Benny Mardones, he had the most beautiful voice and he was absolutely gorgeous Man too!❤️ Rest in Peace Beautiful One.
God! I miss him!! I adore this song, so much!!
Benjamin Ruben Armand Mardones (November 9, 1946 - June 29, 2020)[1] was an American pop/rock singer and songwriter noted for his hit single "Into the Night",[2] which hit the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart twice, in 1980 (#11) and again in 1989 (#20)
Good call. I knew this song charted twice but wasn't sure what year the second time was.
Wonder what brought the song back in 1989?
susan, a dj did a where are they now segment and played it. other stations followed suit.
@@steelethescene I saw that
Wherever you copy pasted his name from is incorrect. His legal name according to his driver's license, which I saw, was Ruben Armand Mardones, Jr. Incidentally he has a half-brother in Chile who is named Ruben Armand Mardones II.
My mom used to put this song on and slow dance around the living room by herself while I half watched her and colored in my coloring books. It was the 80s. I guess that's what grown ups did back then.
Great song. Underrated singer. You guys are the best.
Amazing song 🎵
Benny sings so heavenly...no one ever before or ever now, could, can or will - out sing this MASTER!
That is what you call pouring your heart and soul into a song.
Love this song!!! ♥️♥️♥️
I love this song. I was 16, he was 26. We had 41 years before I lost him 4 years ago. 2 kids, 3 grands and 4 great grands and counting. Our love was not wrong.
Your first reaction to the opening line was what most people thought.
It's sad really.
It's about a 16 yr old girl who was abandoned by her father and Benny kinda became caretaker of her and her brother and sister.
Eventually, because of this song Heidi, the young girl had a very happy and amazing life.
It shows me how one act of kindness has so many repercussions, not to mention when the world heard the true story, it propelled this song to the top 10 3 separate times.
Look up "professor of rock" for the whole story.
He was the very first guest I ever had on my first podcast and the first 5 minutes is him telling the story.
Furthermore, I saw some of the cards and letters Heidi sent him 20, even 30+ years later, thanking him for what he had done for the family.
Heidi appeared at a memorial concert for Benny that took place in Syracuse last year. I wasn't there, but a lot of my friends were and got to meet her.
No it's not that's damage control in the video he's hanging out her window and kissing her at the end he made up that bs story
@@adamhommeythen interview her. Because if his story is true, he should have refused to do that video. It’s not just the first line; the whole song is disgusting. Voice an absolute gift, but it makes me vomit that I can’t get it out of my head. I HOPE the story is true, but the lyrics and video glorify and normalize pedœ-u-no-wh@t
@@walkinharmonyhomestead2888 you will stop spreading libel and slander about Benny.
PERIOD.
END OF CONVERSATION.
@@adamhommey What a shame. I really liked you. But no one can justify or defend that video.
I never said anything libelous or slanderous. I never said he did anything wrong. I said, I hope the story he told you (and others) is true. But that video is sick. Period.
Benny sang the hell outta this song!!! This song comes on the Yacht Rick station and when he gets to the yelling and crooning my radio volume goes up!!!!
Benny was an incredible singer and was never given the credit he deserves. His manager did not do him justice. He had one of the best voices in rick music ever.😊
Forgot how good his voice was. Amazing.
Woah nelly! This is a new one for me.... I really liked it. Great voice. 👍 🎙🎵
Wow! Just wow! This song, his voice, his passion. My heart just flipped over! ❤❤❤
I loved this song. I'd listen to it over and over. Not sure why. And I watched this video over and over again and I don't know why. Lol.
Always on my playlist!! Love this song.
I absolutely love his vocals and especially the high raspy part. I feel he gave his everything when singing this song. You can just feel it.
This song came out the year I got married to the most wonderful man I'm still married to today. It's still a favorite of ours 42 years later and he still sings it to me from time to time,
One of my favorite songs ever!!! I'm flabbergasted I believe this may be his only hit. A tremendous voice no question can sing Unchained Melody in the Bobby Hatfield style. I'm listening to music over 60 years he had one of the greatest most powerful voices ever
This is has nothing to do with a relationship with a 16 year old. It’s about kids in his building that he lived there were abandoned by their father. Please watch Professor of Rock interview with Benny about 2 years before he passed away. He gives the history of how he and co-writer wrote the song.
Beautiful song!
Beautiful voice.
RIP Benny..
Benny Mardones told Songfacts that the 16-year-old girl he's singing about was named Heidi, and she lived in his apartment in Spanish Harlem. Their relationship was purely platonic, however, as Benny looked after Heidi and her family after her father left.
um Bull!!!!!!!!!!
That's what they all say! 😆
Dig deeper. There's old interviews he gave when it came out. Not good. Why do you think he "took care" of them? He was paying to keep them quiet.
I call bull on all these replies, @Janice Duke is right, there are interviews out there with Benny telling this story. The 16 yr old, her sister(17) and her brother (15) knocked on his door crying after their father left the family. He tried to comfort them the best he could, then told them he would give them jobs. He gave the brother 20 dollars a week to run grocery errands, and the sister 50 dollars a week to walk his dog before and after school. Benny and his songwriting partner had worked the entire night on the song, had the melody but didn't have words or a good first line into the song. He had the windows blacked out and didn't realize it was morning until the 16 yr old opened the door to pick up the bassett hound to go for a walk. She came in dressed in his words "a sixteen yr old going on 21". When she left with the dog, his writing partner said something like "Good Lord", and Benny said to him "She's just 16 yrs old, leave her alone." Then he started using the line in the song, and the rest of the song wrote itself. When the song started to take off, some radio station or promoter asked Benny if the girl was real or made up, he said real. They wanted to put her on the air, which they did. She was a hit and because of that she ended up meeting and marrying the son of a real estate developer who developed properties many places including Puerto Rico. She ended up living in a mansion there and took her mother to live with her and her brother got a job with the company. She sent him Christmas cards every year and never forgot the help he gave her family.
@@ldybozz He took care of them, because there father ran out on them. He didn’t really take care of them, only gave them money to make errands for him, like getting a pack of cigarettes, and easy things like that. If you know the story, this song helped her (Heidi) find her future wealthy husband shortly after.
The song actually chartered top 20 two different time, #11 in 1980 and #20 in 1989
Four times, actually.
The 1980 original charted in 1980 on mainstream
It was actually the 1989 remake that charted in 1989 on mainstream
The 2002 remake charted in 2002 on adult contemporary
The 2019 remake, which was based on a 2009 re-recording with a dance track overlaid, charted on dance in 2019
Four versions, four chart hits.
Currently under consideration for the Guinness Book of World Records for the number of decades, millenia, versions, different producers, and different genres it gained traction on.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥FIRE!!!! Benny one of the greatest singers in my 60 plus yrs listening to music. One of the greatest songs
I agree with Mel love it from start to finish
Awesome voice on this man...RIP
Linda música de Benny Mardones. Irá deixar saudades . Partiu em 2020 nosso querido Benny ouço todos os dias essa música e não canso . Pelo contrário me inspira para o dia todo .
Wow!! What a voice!! Absolutely beautiful!! It's a shame what happened to him. He was a good person to help out these children. Not too many people would go out of their way to be very compassionate like Benny. I don't know anyone who do something like what Benny did to help out another human being. We never know, if or when, we ourselves would be in a situation like that. More people should be like Benny. RIP Benny Mardones 💖😥💖😥
Isn't that the sexiest song EVER?!!!! And the passion in his voice is just overwhelming! Check out the video where he sings it on The Mike Douglas Show live. - it's AMAZING!!!!!!
un gran artista era conocido como la voz
Bennys voice has been described as "otherworldly" towards the end of this amazing song. Tommy Mottola said he had one of the best voices he had ever heard. Rest In Peace, Benny. Your music eas so underappreciated:(
I am fortunate enough to be from Syracuse NY. Benny's favorite place to play. Saw him so many times. Concerts, Springfest, even walked beside him in our St. Patrick's Day parade. His nickname was "The voice" and now you know why. He is a great trail to explore as all his songs are just as powerful.
Mr. American Bandstand
She's so French
Sheila C
Mighta been love
How could you love me
just to name a few
Yeah, his expression when Benny said, She's just 16 years old! When I saw the thumbnail, I said WHOA NELLY!
chicos beny mardones era de padre chileno y madre norteamericana, que fabulosa combinación
I saw him live once, every song he made sure he drew you in and made it personal.
chills and goosebumps incarnate....
the whole album is incredible. don't stop there... other benny notables = "she's so french", "sheila C" and "hey baby"(maybe the most soulful song that you have ever heard)
And what's a Benny Mardones throwdown without "Thank God for Girls!" The recording of the song on the album by the same name doesn't do justice to how he rocked it live. On Spotify there is a live performance on the Club 37 album. The website for a theater called Wolfgang's where Benny did a 3-night stand the year before "Never Run, Never Hide" came out sells recordings of all 3 nights!
"She's just 16 years old, leave her alone, they say." Shawn:😬😬 Me too!
However, dang, this song is a force of nature. That voice! If i'm not mistaken, this song charted twice, being rediscovered years later. Killer tune, thanks for the review.
I think Benny may have been a one-hit wonder. BUT, if you want your minds blown in similar fashion, please check out Santa Esmeralda's version of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" from around the same period as this Benny Mardonez joint. But it's got to be the long version! Ok, actually the version from Kill Bill that's "only" 10 minutes long is the best. The radio-edit is also good, but the romantic parts were cut to make the length radio-friendly. I guarantee you'll love it, or your money back. 😉
I’ve always loved this song growing up but never knew the back story of it,he was one of the few vocalists that brought real love and passion to his work!🙌❤️😎
Love this song!!!!
Linda canção do coração que tem muita voz e porencia . 😇💜🌎🎸🎧🎸🎵🎵🎵🎵
Great song ... It reminded me of another GREAT song. George Benson - "Give Me The Night"
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍✌️
Go watch him sing that Live now....he nails it!!..Benny had some Pipes!!..you had to have the vocals back in the 70's and 80's..or you didn't make it!!!
Check out the live version!!...
Back story for the song, is 3 kids abandoned by their dad. Benny was struggling to come up with a song. He was helping the kids out, and the lyrics just came out.
No one will ever come close to his unique voice sound.
Love you forever Benis Mardones !😢☝❤
Lol! His face when Benny says "she's just 16 years old leave her alone" 😂😂😂
And that's the reaction any normal grown man would have 💯 especially a father of a young daughter
I absolutely love him and thisong...!!!...He recently passed away and now this song is so much more poular than its ever been
If you haven't done so already, check out Gary Puckett and the Union Gap's Young Girl. Another strong vocal with a similar theme ... Keep up the good work!
They’ve done that one. Their reaction was hilarious!
good call, i just remember bob saggett on full house singing this lol
What a pedo theme
His voice is amazing! As is the piano
RIP BENNY WE WILL REMEMBER YOU FOREVA❤
Shawn & Mel; U guys r great! Thank u 4 critiquing "Into The Night". It was a Top 20 hit in 1980 & in 1989! There's really a wonderful story behind this song that some don't know. Some great interviews of Benny's can b found on CZcams. Benny was a U.S. Veteran, a great person & fantastic singer & performer!
Pretty much my favourite song ever!
Benny marrones ,es hijo de un chileno .venía siempre a ver su familia desde estados unidos
Where he wails at the end was supposed to be a demonstration for what he wanted a saxophone to do! When his producer heard it, he said they were keeping the singing in! Good choice!!
I love this song!
A beautifully constructed masterpiece
Love it! Mel, your voice is beautiful.
I like how much you guys got into this, makes me know you have impeccable taste ❤
I envy you getting to hear this for the first time.
I always loved this song as well loved the beat, his voice everything about it, including the fact that it brings me back to a time in life that was more carefree and brought back good memories. Now that I hear it again and I listen to the words more closely and it’s a grown man singing this about a 16-year-old girl and there are actually so many songs out there from artist back in the day who were adults who sang about relationships and desires for young girls and a lot who actually Had relationships with young girls.
Shawn & Mel, we need to speak! Thank you for your enthusiasm and support.
"Benny Mardones was first discovered literally coming off a bus from Savage, MD by Joel Diamond. Joel gave Benny his opportunity to write and sing his first recordings. Joel produced Benny's first record called "Please Say You Want Me" followed by Joel producing "Tomorrow Means Another Day We're Apart" having gotten Benny a deal on CBS Records. Benny certainly carved out a major recording career after that having written and produced on of the most iconic rock songs ever and to this day, still in the Top 25 most played songs on the radio, "INTO THE NIGHT". It was Joel who made the Mike Curb connection for Benny to re-record "Into The Night" which landed him his second Top 10 record with the same song. It was only recently that Joel took Benny back in the studio to record "Into The Night" for the third time.
Benny Mardones has the distinction and unmatched record of having had the same song "Into The Night", recorded by the same artist Benny Mardones, different labels and decades, FIVE (5) times charted on the Billboard charts. Benny is also being considered for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Benny passed away much too early in June, 2020."
Also thought you might enjoy the last version of "INTO THE NIGHT" by Benny which I produced 40 years after the first one ...
czcams.com/video/esFvmO5OXyU/video.html
Joel Diamond www.joeldiamond.com e; jdiamond20@aol.com
This is a beautiful song.
Great choice! One of the GOATs!
Passion has a sound, and it's THIS.
I was 13 when this song came out.
Benny, grew up in Spanish Harlem he's Hispanic or Latino - Latin America !!! He's been known as "The Voice"
Not exactly.
He was born in Cleveland, OH and grew up in Savage, MD.
Benny's full name was Ruben Armand Mardones, Jr.
His father (obviously Ruben Armand Mardones, Sr.) was Chilean, of Mapuche and Castilian ancestry; his mother was American of German ancestry.
In person, he was short, stout, very Native American looking with a large head and narrow shoulders, with natural blond hair.
Ruben Sr. left when Benny and his full sister were toddler-aged. He took up with a woman who he had a daughter with (the daughter was put up for adoption but eventually found Benny and they got to meet); Ruben Sr. went back to Chile and had two more daughters (Patricia and Pamela) and two more sons (Ruben Armand II and Patricio) through his second and third marriages.
Benny eventually met all of his half-siblings, though some of them don't speak English and they had to communicate through a translator.
Is origen chileno
@@robertofigueroa1620.. German origin
Amazing Singer
one of the worlds best songs
No autotune or layering special effects in the recording studio back then. Good grief this man could sing ! And what a great story and lyrics. Wow. Mind boggling.
This Song still gives me goosebumps
wow.... haven't heard this song in 30 years .... thank you for playing it ..❤️
yeah! yeaaaaah! yeah, baby!
My mom was 15, married to my dad 34 in the 60s. And they were the happiest couple before they passed away.
This way it was in the 1960s and 70s, everything was heartfelt sung with passion, ending meant what they were singing about!, Not like today is garbage!, I miss music from that era , Al Green Barry White The O'Jays Tina Turner Smokey Robinson these are just some of the artists that made world history in the music business Soulful music , unchained Melody the righteous Brothers !! And so many more!!,
More than 42 tears ago my precious wife and I were married and we're still together and going strong. She was still 16 at the time and I was 20 and NO, she wasn't pregnant. At 16 she was far more "grown-up" than I was. It's not all about the age of the bride and groom, but how much they love and treasure one another! She's the best thing that ever happened to me. Just saying!
It’s not about underage love. There is a full interview on CZcams about his life and this songs meaning. But his passion is truely contagious!!
Best,singer
Oh Lord do I remember this song!!!!
I love this song!! PASSION is definately the word to describe this. His voice, the lyrics, especially the end 🔥🔥🔥