Shannon - Let The Music Play (Official Music Video)

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    Shannon (born Brenda Shannon Greene,May 2, 1958) is an American singer. She is best known for her 1983 million-selling record, "Let the Music Play". The record re-defined the electro-funk sound that Arthur Baker and John Rocca (who produced "I.O.U" by Freeez) developed in 1982, which would eventually be called freestyle music.
    In the spring of 1983, Greene was enrolled at York College and toured with the New York Jazz Ensemble. Quintin Hicks, an associate of the production team of Mark Liggett and Chris Barbosa, later saw Shannon singing with a live band in her cousin's recording studio. Shannon auditioned for Liggett and Barbosa with the song "She Can't Love You Like I Do". They introduced her to the track "Fire and Ice", which would later evolve into Shannon's signature song, "Let the Music Play". This title would also be applied to Shannon's debut album.
    In July 1983, the "Let the Music Play" single was released and Shannon was invited back to record more songs with Liggett and Barbosa. The single reached #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Billboard"s United States R&B and Hot Dance and Club Play Chart chart. Today, it is ranked #23 among Billboard's best dance songs of all time.
    Her debut album, Let the Music Play, was released in February 1984. The follow-up single from the album was "Give Me Tonight", which hit the top spot on the Hot Dance, Club Play and R&B chart. It also became a significant hit on Urban radio. It was one of Billboard's top 30 dance songs for the year 1985. In the U.S., the third single was "My Heart's Divided", another Latin freestyle track, featuring Jimmy Choo as one of the back up vocalists. "Sweet Somebody", a mid-tempo soul effort, made the Top 20 in Europe.
    Let the Music Play went on to sell over 2 million copies worldwide. Shannon was nominated for a Grammy and received numerous other awards, including the Dianah Washington (Jack the Rapper) Award, the Hall of Fame Award, the Gold Ampex Reel Award, a certified gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America, and the Best Billboard Top 10 female R&B vocalist.
    In 1985, Shannon released her second album, Do You Wanna Get Away, which sported a sound similar to that of her debut album. The title track became her third #1 on the Dance charts and became her third hit on the Billboard Hot 100. She scored three more dance hits from the album, including "Stronger Together", a cover of "Urgent" by Foreigner, and "Stop the Noise", with a video sponsored by Pepsi and Black Angus. Her third album was 1986's Love Goes All the Way. This album was not as successful as her previous LPs. Shannon was Executive Producer against all odds.
    Shannon asked to be released from her recording contract with Atlantic Records in 1987. She recorded soundtracks and jingles, Criminal", for the movie Fatal Beauty and budweiser . While touring the world, Shannon attended and graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.
    In the late 1990s interest in Shannon rekindled, when VH1 spotlighted her on their One Hit Wonders series. Entertainment Tonight also taped a special about her life. In 1998, she co-wrote and sang on multi tracks produced by Todd Terri, Tony Moran, Germany's Sash Les Rythmes Digitales Les Rythmes Digitales
    In 1999, Shannon released her fourth studio album, The Best Is Yet to Come, on which she is credited as 50% writer of the album (contracted by BMG). Chris Barbosa was invited back as a producer, along with Andy "Panda" Tripoli and Tony Moran. A greatest hits album was released in November 2004 without Shannon's knowledge and agreement.
    On April 20, 2006, Shannon participated in the Freestyle Extranvaganza concert along with Judy Torres, George Lamond, Cynthia, Lisette Melendez, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, The Cover Girls, Hanson and Davis, Coro, and Stevie B.. The event was sponsored by WKTU, WSKQ, and WCAA in New York.
    A fifth studio album, "A Beauty Returns", was released in 2007 without the knowledge and agreement of Shannon.
    Today Shannon is a voting member of the Grammy's (Recording Academy) touring the world (Kuwait, Badghdad and Iraq) with the US Soldiers. She is also in the studio working on new hits for the year 2010.
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  • @victoriawashington565
    @victoriawashington565 Před 9 dny +37

    I'm just as young as this song!!! AND PROUD OF IT!!!! Who's still listening in May 2024???? ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @staceypiedrahita89
      @staceypiedrahita89 Před 9 dny

      Girl! I am right there with you! Loving it!💖💝💘

    • @yprezzoorezzo3003
      @yprezzoorezzo3003 Před 8 dny

      Then you very young girl....This piece of gold reminds me the 90's was tiny toddler.

    • @isha-mx3hv
      @isha-mx3hv Před 2 dny

      Too Right 🎤🕺💃🕺🏽💃🏼🕺🏾💃🕺🏿💃🏿🎶🚑😂

    • @Mad_Hazardous
      @Mad_Hazardous Před hodinou

      I'm still rocking out to this joint

  • @melodysanger103
    @melodysanger103 Před 29 dny +64

    HAPPY 66TH BIRTHDAY
    BRENDA "SHANNON" GREENE
    (MAY 2, 2024)

  • @JoeF1977
    @JoeF1977 Před 2 měsíci +51

    The 80’s was the place to be.

    • @poopshoes7579
      @poopshoes7579 Před 19 hodinami

      Fuck yes, it was the peak…before the peak began the nose dive

  • @FirstLast-hr2zu
    @FirstLast-hr2zu Před 4 měsíci +225

    To all of us sitting in the backseat of our mom's car with no seat belt.

    • @nikkic2538
      @nikkic2538 Před 2 měsíci +10

      HOW DID U KNOW.

    • @KenGi973
      @KenGi973 Před měsícem +10

      station wagon

    • @MikiTheKat...InaHatsometimes
      @MikiTheKat...InaHatsometimes Před měsícem +8

      1980 Ford Fiesta!!! My dad n me no seat belts, jamming to this song 😊😊😊 good memories ❤❤❤

    • @ramonwhite75
      @ramonwhite75 Před měsícem +4

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 yaaass

    • @AdolphusWatkins-lv3ol
      @AdolphusWatkins-lv3ol Před měsícem

      😊😊​@@nikkic2538I am mad because I trying to be good but my family just not right. I never had a family

  • @PheonixX46
    @PheonixX46 Před 4 měsíci +538

    Whos listening in 2024

    • @baikaranabyo
      @baikaranabyo Před 3 měsíci +8

      The older they get the nicer they sound in the ears. Timeless jams....this is one of them

    • @gregmack5580
      @gregmack5580 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@baikaranabyo😅😅😅😅😅

    • @jaecalderon260
      @jaecalderon260 Před 3 měsíci +4

      Completely timeless

    • @daaaniecem6528
      @daaaniecem6528 Před 3 měsíci +4

      MIss those days

    • @CrystalClearWith8BE
      @CrystalClearWith8BE Před 2 měsíci +4

      I'm listening to that one-hit wonder this winter and it was in the Top 40 of the US Billboard Hot 100 40 years ago. 40 years and a week ago, it peaked at #8.

  • @GenoG1202
    @GenoG1202 Před 8 měsíci +257

    40 years later...FORTY...and people are here...timeless!!! 🎉

    • @christopherbrubaker2070
      @christopherbrubaker2070 Před měsícem +5

      Don’t want to be no where else! 80’s music is my life line!! Always picks my spirits up remembering an awesome time to live, love, and jam on it! Lol👍👍

    • @mrsks5399
      @mrsks5399 Před měsícem +5

      I'm not even 40 yo and I love this song 😭

    • @GenoG1202
      @GenoG1202 Před měsícem +5

      @@mrsks5399 LOL!!! I'm 43. This came out in 1983 when I was barely turning 3. So I don't remember this song coming out, but when Freestyle music got big in the 90s...I remember this song at every...single...club and on EVERY "Freestyle Hits" kind of CDs. This song will never fade away!!!

    • @sebtheanimal
      @sebtheanimal Před měsícem +4

      Hell yeah

    • @Casual_laughter
      @Casual_laughter Před měsícem +1

      Finally found this song after many years of searching.. Helps if I put 'let the music play' and not 'dance the night away'

  • @leewilliams6232
    @leewilliams6232 Před 2 dny +2

    I agree. The 80s and the 90s were the best of times. Sadly, I didn't know it or appreciate it at the time. My son is 27 and he'll never know what he missed out on. I WANT TO GO BACK!!!!

  • @N1611n
    @N1611n Před 18 dny +16

    Still loving 2024!

  • @juliopontigo6971
    @juliopontigo6971 Před rokem +455

    This song is from 1983 and it will never be considered "old". This song holds up through all of the decades and will continue to do so.

    • @revpgesqredux
      @revpgesqredux Před 4 měsíci +4

      1981

    • @nathaliehtpartica7385
      @nathaliehtpartica7385 Před 3 měsíci +3

      1984

    • @chrisr5499
      @chrisr5499 Před 3 měsíci +2

      It sounds like Chicago House be the term of House was invented.

    • @LLynneM
      @LLynneM Před 3 měsíci +5

      1983. He’s right. I was just “grandfathered in” to legally drink (and go club’n 😂) and this song was in heavy rotation at every one of them, brand new.

    • @andrescotapo3653
      @andrescotapo3653 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Us the old school posie. When we were teenagers we dressed better than today's kids. No originality . No creativity. Another time another era.

  • @nicholassinkovich
    @nicholassinkovich Před měsícem +61

    You could drop this in any club today and bring these young people to life.

    • @rflan7766
      @rflan7766 Před 29 dny +6

      facts. i was born in 93 and i have a profound appreciation for 80’s hits. especially the black artists who found crossover success when their labels tried to put them in a box.

    • @jillehrhardt2273
      @jillehrhardt2273 Před 25 dny +2

      Absolutely!Today's music has NOTHING On this! I'd do anything to go back to the late 70's ...80's

    • @sanaaniz
      @sanaaniz Před 8 dny

      @@rflan7766 same I was born in 93 as well :)

    • @teawithshayyy6802
      @teawithshayyy6802 Před 3 dny +2

      Me and my kids father got a 15 year age difference and he love this song so now I play it when I wanna think about the better memories ❤ I’m also young so I agree with this comment cause I dance every time
      I hear this

    • @user-tq5fr3by2x
      @user-tq5fr3by2x Před 9 hodinami +1

      W - o - r - d - !

  • @leonadams1942
    @leonadams1942 Před 4 lety +3004

    Man the 80's gave us some of the most unforgettable songs and artists did it not? Who's behind me?

  • @AldenRDavis
    @AldenRDavis Před rokem +690

    2022... still listening to this classic. Anyone else?

  • @WeArePRC
    @WeArePRC Před 4 měsíci +211

    Born in 78...and grew up w this on the radio...and MTV! God, please take me/us back to those days...

    • @user-bb3cu3zb8d
      @user-bb3cu3zb8d Před 3 měsíci +3

      Yes you said it 👍

    • @jameslowery3498
      @jameslowery3498 Před 3 měsíci

      77 here. How time flies.​@@dreamfury2351

    • @GeronimoLives
      @GeronimoLives Před 3 měsíci +8

      70 hear, I was a teenager of the 80s. Best time ever.

    • @mikebennett6713aceadventures
      @mikebennett6713aceadventures Před 3 měsíci +6

      They were the best of times.

    • @anitakos1375
      @anitakos1375 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Missing the amazing 80s sooo much!! It was happiness and we were safe!! 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @gilbertjimenez3405
    @gilbertjimenez3405 Před 5 měsíci +293

    I’m 75 and when I hear this song of extreme perfection! I’m up and on the floor! What a very special song!
    Thank you Shannon❤️

    • @AliBaba-cq5oc
      @AliBaba-cq5oc Před 5 měsíci +5

      ❤❤

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 Před 3 měsíci +7

      I'm 67 and my sweetie is almost 64 and we still do that, too. Never too old to rock.

    • @user-oh2ht4hq4q
      @user-oh2ht4hq4q Před 3 měsíci +5

      I'm 65 and oh what memories this holds

    • @jaecalderon260
      @jaecalderon260 Před 3 měsíci +3

      I’m 40 and the music my parents raised me on is pure nostalgic magic

    • @MK-su6eg
      @MK-su6eg Před 2 měsíci +4

      Keep DANCING.... I'm 64 and still dancing and moving body and feet. Aloha from Hawaii, let the music play!

  • @bleep77
    @bleep77 Před 3 lety +2467

    There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.

    • @markjohnson3093
      @markjohnson3093 Před 3 lety +50

      You got that right.

    • @tinapearlsound7611
      @tinapearlsound7611 Před 3 lety +31

      Me toooo ...😢💜

    • @giuseppegenchi3703
      @giuseppegenchi3703 Před 3 lety +2

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      @giuseppegenchi3703 Před 3 lety +2

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    • @tinapearlsound7611
      @tinapearlsound7611 Před 3 lety +7

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  • @juliopontigo6971
    @juliopontigo6971 Před rokem +771

    This song is about 40 years old and will be still great in 40 years

    • @antoniogaytan8628
      @antoniogaytan8628 Před rokem +9

      100 agree

    • @grantchang81976
      @grantchang81976 Před rokem +6

      nearly exactly 4decades as a matter of fact

    • @abathens
      @abathens Před 11 měsíci +7

      Truth. I hope a 13 year old in 2063 sees this post and gives his opinion if the song really did hold up 40 years later

    • @ONEREMEDYUSA
      @ONEREMEDYUSA Před 11 měsíci

      Do you really think you'll be allowed to play this or similar songs in 40 years in the North American China New Foundland? Hell no! You'll be busy studying and mastering mandarin. Remember this was or will be the as a result or the idiots in DC, single parents, rainbow flags, national debt and the young being to stupid. Y'all lack analytical skills. So have a blast if you survive the takeover. Remember four to maximum six years. Enjoy!

    • @jeffd9782
      @jeffd9782 Před 10 měsíci +2

  • @Lee-cn7yp
    @Lee-cn7yp Před 7 měsíci +82

    80s IS THE BEST DECADE EVER FOR MUSIC

    • @generalinformation3507
      @generalinformation3507 Před 22 dny +1

      I must respectfully disagree with you Lee. The 1970s had the best music fashion and movies. And let's not talk about the TV shows And sooooooul train🚂

    • @leomejias299
      @leomejias299 Před 12 dny +1

      and the 70s

    • @NinteSegaRarew
      @NinteSegaRarew Před 11 dny

      Both 1970s and 1980s are the best decades for music, the best era of music, and are also real music, compared to some most songs we have nowadays since the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.
      Also, the 1990s, 2000s, and early 2010s (before 2012) were the best in terms of video games, although don't get me wrong, there are recent games that interest me, but anyways, as mentioned above, nothing will ever beat music from the 1970s and 1980s as those are the best era of music and are also real music, compared to some most songs we have nowadays since the 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.

    • @generalinformation3507
      @generalinformation3507 Před 11 dny

      I guess everybody has their decade, but growing up in the 70s was like magic.Being amazed by those 5 young brothers with afros from Gary Indiana, Every time Muhammad Ali fought you felt he was fighting for us, All in the family, good times, the partridge family, Sanford and son. The godfather, the taking of Pelham 123, godfather part 2, jaws, Shaft, Foxy Brown, Disco, The birth of hip-hop. If there were ever a time where America was great for black people, it was during the 70s🤔

    • @NinteSegaRarew
      @NinteSegaRarew Před 11 dny +1

      @@generalinformation3507 Very true that everybody has their decade. I was born in 1994 and I'm proud of it! 🎮🕹👾🤘🤟✌😌😎👍🤙💯

  • @williamellis-xd1rm
    @williamellis-xd1rm Před 3 měsíci +111

    I'm a metal head and I'm telling you...this song is heavy AF!!!!

  • @eomyenom1
    @eomyenom1 Před rokem +410

    I’m sorry the 80s were the best decade in terms of music, movies, tv and sports. Thanks for uploading this. I’m so glad to have been a 80s kid.

    • @CarlosHernandez-kd2vb
      @CarlosHernandez-kd2vb Před rokem +6

      Me too!!!

    • @abraxas1313
      @abraxas1313 Před rokem +7

      I agree it was eclectic and common was the synthesizer! Awesomeness

    • @Musicjuice11
      @Musicjuice11 Před rokem +5

      And the 70s

    • @theodoreritola7641
      @theodoreritola7641 Před rokem +1

      WAIT A minute the 70s say Hold all 10 of our beers

    • @mattrodgers2911
      @mattrodgers2911 Před rokem +8

      I was a child/teen of the 80’s and I couldn’t agree more. Music, movies, television, fads, video games, pop culture of all kinds, it was a spectacular decade!!

  • @juliedrew8870
    @juliedrew8870 Před 20 dny +18

    Who’s listening to this in 2024?

  • @raulcapetillo1087
    @raulcapetillo1087 Před 24 dny +6

    05-07-2024 sounds great

  • @danielbijan
    @danielbijan Před 3 lety +336

    The production on this song was way ahead of it's time.

    • @AshleyPomeroy
      @AshleyPomeroy Před 3 lety +17

      It's a good early example of the Roland TR-808 as well.

    • @julianpotentate5942
      @julianpotentate5942 Před 3 lety +7

      abc change there music sound to sound like this ........with who wants to be a millionaire

    • @KadeSutherland
      @KadeSutherland Před 3 lety +13

      Sounds like 1986/1987 not 1983, so 3-4 years ahead its time.

    • @martintabiyashki7308
      @martintabiyashki7308 Před 3 lety +4

      @@KadeSutherland sounds like 3021

    • @jonathansoko1085
      @jonathansoko1085 Před 3 lety +3

      I like and all, but hte production is typical 80s. Many of shannons beats were pretty much taken from foreign songs. Her producers clearly were listning to french stuff at the time then taking ideas thinking no one would ever realize it, most evident is the beat and bass in heart divided, its basically paris latino by bondelero. Its undeniable.

  • @syviakelly6015
    @syviakelly6015 Před rokem +530

    This song still the BOMB!

    • @johndean4727
      @johndean4727 Před rokem +6

      so true.

    • @fluffymittens24
      @fluffymittens24 Před rokem +7

      Word. Love this song.

    • @swordfish00007
      @swordfish00007 Před rokem +3

      Absolutely... It will never go out... Amazing

    • @yourpapi9491
      @yourpapi9491 Před rokem +3

      In the 90s i was and still jamming to this and im 40 years young yeeee Chitown 2023 lets gooooo \!/ HAPPY NEW YEAR

    • @sonnyc3826
      @sonnyc3826 Před rokem +3

      the bomb? brining back the 90's with that lingo

  • @Solargold1
    @Solargold1 Před 9 měsíci +334

    What a blast from the past, being a teenager in the 80’S was awesome!!!!!

  • @jasonbrown7960
    @jasonbrown7960 Před 4 hodinami

    I wanna like this video two, three, four, ......1000 times!! Long live the 80s!

  • @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980
    @xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Před 3 lety +3553

    1980 people: The future will be awesome!
    2020 people: I want to go back to the 80s.

  • @darrellbandjar
    @darrellbandjar Před 2 lety +637

    The 80's was an awesome time for every music genre.

    • @dawns.3000
      @dawns.3000 Před 2 lety +24

      And most of the radio stations played so many genres so we all got exposed to so much different music.

    • @katiebuaw4654
      @katiebuaw4654 Před 2 lety +16

      I miss it sometimes just because I remember having the cassette player next to the radio so I could record this song,,,good times for my gen

    • @AV1776
      @AV1776 Před 2 lety +3

      @@katiebuaw4654 YESSS!

    • @isyaqis2178
      @isyaqis2178 Před 2 lety +1

      Yes agree

    • @davenoerling3755
      @davenoerling3755 Před 2 lety +6

      It doesnt matter how old you are if you listen todays music But youll always come back to the real music 50s 60s some 70s lol and most definitely 80s and some 90s. It just sucks you in. Well sucks me in a great daze of relaxation.

  • @josesanchez-almonte369
    @josesanchez-almonte369 Před 8 měsíci +34

    66 yo and still loving this song.

  • @patriciaalston1082
    @patriciaalston1082 Před 2 měsíci +42

    I am listening in 2024 who is with me. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Vaultboy101
    @Vaultboy101 Před 3 lety +433

    This song never gets old.

  • @williamspencer367
    @williamspencer367 Před 10 měsíci +58

    I was a 13 yr old black kid from Atlanta in 80s break dancing to this song..🎉😅

    • @mikebennett6713aceadventures
      @mikebennett6713aceadventures Před 3 měsíci +5

      Had to be the best time ever

    • @TiffanyRecktenwalt
      @TiffanyRecktenwalt Před 3 měsíci +2

      Yessss!!! This is when I fell in love with hip/hop n r&b

    • @HomeByTheSeas
      @HomeByTheSeas Před 3 měsíci +1

      I was a little white kid who broke the coffee table while trying to break dance but in the early 90s

    • @MarkPlotkin-df8cn
      @MarkPlotkin-df8cn Před 3 měsíci +2

      I still do breakdance to this song ❤😊

    • @Nick-rr3pv
      @Nick-rr3pv Před 2 měsíci +3

      I was 10 years old white kid from Eastern Europe break dancing to this song. ;)

  • @jasonsterling4129
    @jasonsterling4129 Před měsícem +2

    One of my cousins was a dancer on this video. He was the Black guy in the bowtie. RIP!

  • @jasonpeters9716
    @jasonpeters9716 Před 9 měsíci +2

    This song was blueprint for early-mid 90s dance/club music

  • @williamcrews3809
    @williamcrews3809 Před 4 lety +2492

    The year is 2020, and this song still puts me in the groove...let’s get it!

  • @flo-grownplumber6
    @flo-grownplumber6 Před 3 lety +294

    I want to go home. Back to the 80's. Man, i miss those days.

    • @shannon6771
      @shannon6771 Před 3 lety +8

      The Music is still there to remind you!

    • @luissbrown6186
      @luissbrown6186 Před 3 lety +3

      Yesss 🙌🙌🙌💯❤✌

    • @davehanley4776
      @davehanley4776 Před 3 lety +1

      Me to and the 90s

    • @swapmeetsheriffdonknottexp3046
      @swapmeetsheriffdonknottexp3046 Před 3 lety +4

      Fuck yeah! School dances! No cell phones all ballz and confidence! When chicks wanted to talk to a hi and not the IG. I use to hit up all the make up counters in the malls with my party flyers! Nothing could stop me! Pop in, lock in, break in, bootie slappin, and number takin!

    • @TheOriginalgangsta38
      @TheOriginalgangsta38 Před 3 lety +1

      How was 1987?

  • @shiftyshamsk
    @shiftyshamsk Před 3 měsíci +57

    Let the music play....in 2024.🎉😊

  • @jcgarciajcblackteam6463
    @jcgarciajcblackteam6463 Před měsícem +1

    May 1 2024 still bumping this great song brother

  • @drozneik
    @drozneik Před 3 lety +649

    Is it even physically possible to listen to this song without dancing? 🤔🤷🏾‍♂😂

  • @soleast1075
    @soleast1075 Před 9 lety +27

    Nothing like the 80's

  • @jaynotjoe7589
    @jaynotjoe7589 Před 6 měsíci +3

    2023 and the music’s still playing!

  • @worldwar3ucityishqtochina553
    @worldwar3ucityishqtochina553 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Best morning song
    Still tha truth
    2024

  • @karlijackson8580
    @karlijackson8580 Před 9 lety +1799

    Being a teen in the 80's seems awesome

    • @CH-il7cc
      @CH-il7cc Před 9 lety +8

      Karli Jackson

    • @keithwhitcomb2256
      @keithwhitcomb2256 Před 9 lety +108

      Boy,was it ever.

    • @jtoddjb
      @jtoddjb Před 9 lety +35

      Dave Mustaine Its funny I had forgotten about the roller rinks we used to enjoy back then. Had roller limbo competitions and they played this song

    • @YnseSchaap
      @YnseSchaap Před 9 lety +31

      Karli Jackson Played a lot of pacman to this song in a sleazy snackbar in my home town

    • @paulon1970
      @paulon1970 Před 9 lety +44

      Karli Jackson I was born in 1970!! can you imagine my friend! It was amazing!

  • @JJJJ-pi9qs
    @JJJJ-pi9qs Před rokem +627

    Went to a club in Tokyo for the most epic evening out, and they played this for the encore. The crowd went nuts for the next several minutes, and anyone who knew the song was singing it at the top of their lungs. Such a amazing memory😎

    • @stldweller
      @stldweller Před rokem +17

      Wish I was there. I had a similar experience in Jebel Ali, United Arab Emirates military base party in 2001 The Artist was Nelly, It was his first platinum album that went on to make him one of the best selling artist of 2000 - 2010

    • @lydiasr7192
      @lydiasr7192 Před rokem +1

      @@stldweller Nelly Furtado?

    • @stldweller
      @stldweller Před rokem +9

      @@lydiasr7192 Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper and singer. Raised in St. Louis, he embarked on his musical career with the Southern hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. The album Country Grammar was certified 9× platinum by the RIAA on April 27, 2004

    • @nesianhoney94
      @nesianhoney94 Před rokem +12

      The power of music and the zest of youth! Love Nippon.

    • @rainypath96
      @rainypath96 Před rokem +9

      tokyo is wavy. experienced something like this several times

  • @godfreymabunda6069
    @godfreymabunda6069 Před 4 měsíci +2

    For sure we'll never have the type of music like we had in 70s and 80s this kind of music stand still

  • @billbbobby2889
    @billbbobby2889 Před 4 měsíci +56

    *From the Great Music Renaissance of the 1980s. When the walls were shaking inside all the clubs and the floors were filled with Beautifully Dressed women. Great Music and Great Time growing up in America.*

    • @sv160
      @sv160 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Well, same in good old Germany every weekend in the disco dancing the nights away ❤

    • @java8368
      @java8368 Před 3 měsíci +1

      It sure was fun!

    • @patrickmcwilliams7000
      @patrickmcwilliams7000 Před 2 měsíci +2

      ALSO MIAMI VICE 🌆 🌴 ☀️ 😎 👍

    • @jtgately1871
      @jtgately1871 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Now things are a sewer

  • @njneer7511
    @njneer7511 Před 4 lety +291

    God I miss the 80's.

  • @jamesmouyassar2470
    @jamesmouyassar2470 Před 3 lety +387

    I am 61 years old now and was a professional dancer in the eighties and nineties. This was one of my "Get in the Groove" songs before every show after it's release. Love her, her voice and the Eighties!

    • @keydrajoy9915
      @keydrajoy9915 Před 3 lety +8

      Wow excellent 🎠🐴💃🏽🕺

    • @heat4yoass
      @heat4yoass Před 3 lety +8

      Never too late get in the groove tho.

    • @sphinxrising1129
      @sphinxrising1129 Před 3 lety

      Sure you was in one of your drug induced fantasies.

    • @ritabell2129
      @ritabell2129 Před 3 lety +11

      I grew up on this and will never forget....im 50 and was a showgirl at many clubs....those were the good old days

    • @michellefalk5825
      @michellefalk5825 Před 3 lety +5

      i was a different kind of dancer lol this was my song i danced to 80s, they called me 80s mercedes lmao

  • @mansamusatheogjr4177
    @mansamusatheogjr4177 Před 9 měsíci +24

    Born in 1986. 80's baby here. Listen & groove.

  • @roxannebruner3627
    @roxannebruner3627 Před 3 měsíci +2

    2024 and still in the groove!!!!!

  • @osterregenttheatre4596
    @osterregenttheatre4596 Před 3 lety +517

    This video was shot in 1983 at the Off-Broadway Entermedia Theatre, 12th St & 2nd Av in NYC. It was a short one day shoot on the cheap, I was the lighting designer. But really, lights were already set for a musical show currently running on that stage, so all I did was turn the board on and bring lights up. :) Shannon was a super nice person, no star attitude. The show running was a musical about aging called Taking My Turn and included Tiger Haynes (original Tin Man in The Wiz) and Cissy Houston (Whitney's Mom.) Whitney was at the theatre many times over the nine months the show ran, but not on the day of this shoot. Also, the same theatre The Talking Heads shot their music concert in '78. Wilson Pickett performed his "comeback concert" there in '80. The theatre is now the Village East Cinema, a 7-plex.

  • @7thangelad586
    @7thangelad586 Před 2 lety +665

    This has to be one of the best grooves in music history. That half second buildup to the beat: you know a party is on!

  • @marioflamez3677
    @marioflamez3677 Před 5 měsíci +12

    2k23 almost over. Anybody listening to this classic with me?

  • @kimberlycanales916
    @kimberlycanales916 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Never gets old

  • @oldskoolmusicforever0724
    @oldskoolmusicforever0724 Před 3 lety +312

    AT 57 YEARS OLD NOW,I'M STILL A PARTY ANIMAL.I JUST DO MY PARTYING AT HOME NOW.THIS SONG IS STILL LIT AS THE YOUNG PEOPLE SAY NOWADAYS.

    • @greytrax
      @greytrax Před 3 lety +10

      bruh im born in the 2000s and this shit is burning hot man

    • @oldskoolmusicforever0724
      @oldskoolmusicforever0724 Před 3 lety +3

      @@greytrax I INDEED FEEL THE HEAT 2 AKOTO

    • @lanelane838
      @lanelane838 Před 3 lety +8

      same with me bro-I am 70 and still party,and ride a motorcycle!

    • @greytrax
      @greytrax Před 3 lety

      @@lanelane838 dann thats impressive you king

    • @oldskoolmusicforever0724
      @oldskoolmusicforever0724 Před 3 lety +5

      @@lanelane838 RIDE ON L L,RIDE ON

  • @saleemkhoury
    @saleemkhoury Před 11 měsíci +27

    2023 and still listening strong !

  • @Craig-tv6se
    @Craig-tv6se Před 2 měsíci +1

    MUCH LOVE TO QUEEN SHANNON 🤘😈

  • @jamesking6583
    @jamesking6583 Před 5 měsíci +36

    We need REAL artist that are authentic like Shannon, Chaka...... I've been in the mix with current young artist since 93'. Love the 80's I grew up in!

  • @digdeep0169
    @digdeep0169 Před rokem +27

    80s: "Let the Music Play" it's 2023 and I'm still returning this! #legendary

  • @extraterrestrialsgene7407
    @extraterrestrialsgene7407 Před 4 lety +740

    Who still rocking to this during quarantine?

  • @rosie7745
    @rosie7745 Před 13 hodinami

    I'm back in the 80's!! Best music ever!!

  • @mahdifarahmandtabar7589
    @mahdifarahmandtabar7589 Před 7 měsíci +12

    Man these "Totally Killer" 80s songs are just awesome

  • @alb3rt4
    @alb3rt4 Před 11 měsíci +63

    2023 i stll love this music
    Im 51 years old

    • @LouisMaloma
      @LouisMaloma Před 4 měsíci +1

      Same here

    • @arlesterbrownlee3391
      @arlesterbrownlee3391 Před 3 měsíci

      73 and fell in lust on the dance floor!!! Ok!! Wasn't always old😉 had a good time.!!!

  • @debraswayze4666
    @debraswayze4666 Před 9 měsíci +7

    Thank you. Life is good when I see comments like that. God bless you!

  • @ShannonEdwards-de2ls
    @ShannonEdwards-de2ls Před 9 měsíci +8

    That is my name.. love this song and band classic ❤

  • @sxippydennison3577
    @sxippydennison3577 Před 4 lety +719

    This song is still fire in 2020, because it's truly transcendent of time.

  • @JohnPierceNC
    @JohnPierceNC Před 3 lety +87

    CZcams is my time machine, this channel is my home.

    • @vincentwilliamson8561
      @vincentwilliamson8561 Před 3 lety +1

      Me too!!

    • @jdbfeverforlife
      @jdbfeverforlife Před 2 lety +1

      CZcams is the ultimate music headquarters for all era's of music! 👏🏻

    • @JohnPierceNC
      @JohnPierceNC Před 2 lety

      @@itsano808 figure of speech genius 🤔😆

    • @JohnPierceNC
      @JohnPierceNC Před 2 lety

      @@itsano808 I do spend way to much time on CZcams or CZcams music, I don't watch TV so I listen to music, even at work.

  • @sir275handsome
    @sir275handsome Před 3 měsíci +3

    🎶TIMELESS🎶

  • @superpop8396
    @superpop8396 Před 5 měsíci +3

    This song is definitively 80s

  • @markplotkin1166
    @markplotkin1166 Před rokem +54

    I'm 49 used to roller skate to this song 80s we're and will be forever awesome to me 😎

  • @funkmasterfishdatdamnfish7442

    Who else is going through their favorite jams thinking about life back in the days? Please tell me I'm not the only one✌🏼️

    • @steveperkins9244
      @steveperkins9244 Před 3 lety +2

      Of course not, totally normal behaviour.

    • @nicholasglenn7598
      @nicholasglenn7598 Před 3 lety +2

      Happens all the time, my man. To all of us. Welcome to the club.

    • @AG-vx8sv
      @AG-vx8sv Před 3 lety +1

      Yo yo yo fo cho!!!!

    • @sallyannandrade8559
      @sallyannandrade8559 Před 3 lety +4

      All this AWESOME Music takes me back to GOOD TIMES . . Unfortunately we'll never be that young again . . . So yes, I ENJOY this !! . . I crank it up and my grandkidz are always telling me to turn it down !!💕 LOVE IT !!! 💕❤💕

    • @soloj1933
      @soloj1933 Před 3 lety +2

      Who remember challenging people on the dance floor LMAO 😂😂

  • @angelrbernal3090
    @angelrbernal3090 Před měsícem +5

    Lady im here 2024 plzzzz ❤❤❤

  • @user-wu4dl6fc2z
    @user-wu4dl6fc2z Před měsícem +1

    still got the lp 40 years later

  • @juliecardillo1204
    @juliecardillo1204 Před 3 měsíci +2

    My dad used to play this song all the time

  • @autumnapollonia
    @autumnapollonia Před 11 měsíci +215

    This song is perfection. Every time I hear it, it's like hearing it for the first time. It's absolute gold. The 80s was the best decade ever.

  • @HappyHands.
    @HappyHands. Před 3 lety +191

    Is it just me or is this woman crazy beautiful?

    • @GeneTrujillo
      @GeneTrujillo Před 3 lety +10

      I'd sure love to have her look over her shoulder at me like that.

    • @stevenhosea4849
      @stevenhosea4849 Před 3 lety +1

      Goodness. Very. Happens. Happens

    • @wetplant1748
      @wetplant1748 Před 3 lety +1

      Nah bro it just you

    • @kareemsupremet.v.5189
      @kareemsupremet.v.5189 Před 3 lety +5

      Dude you need to check out DJ Cassidy's pass the mic (soul train edition.) Shannon literally floored me with her performance

    • @Rocknranchman
      @Rocknranchman Před 3 lety +3

      @@GeneTrujillo This was exactly what I was thinking! What a sexy look! Ya have great taste in women!

  • @renataperkovic539
    @renataperkovic539 Před měsícem +4

    Wow..iam that song..and that woman..timeless🤩🤩

  • @poocabraxi
    @poocabraxi Před měsícem +4

    FINALLY FOUND IT YES!!!🎉

  • @ronniesapp4469
    @ronniesapp4469 Před rokem +218

    There are songs that are timeless. This is one of them.

  • @jomohector5274
    @jomohector5274 Před 5 lety +301

    Who is jamming right now, what a tune👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

  • @guins99
    @guins99 Před 2 měsíci +4

    The 80s just rule. Gen x knows.

  • @wilsongill6575
    @wilsongill6575 Před 7 měsíci +6

    Needed to listen to it after watching Totally Killer

  • @user-ih5zj2lr3d
    @user-ih5zj2lr3d Před 11 měsíci +52

    This song is 100 times better than the new shit they call music … the new crap that is considered music is hot garbage… we won’t ever have the great music like we had in the 80’s

    • @user-dj3yv4ke5r
      @user-dj3yv4ke5r Před 2 měsíci +4

      You are absolutely right. Today's music is garbage. Born in the 80's and grew up listening to all these music. They were the best and still is. The lady's was dressed nicely not naked how they dressing now.

    • @sergiocalderon1528
      @sergiocalderon1528 Před 2 měsíci +3

      100%

  • @mizzerica6256
    @mizzerica6256 Před rokem +23

    Stilll bumping in 2023!! Classic will never Die! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

  • @rianair5899
    @rianair5899 Před 4 měsíci +2

    i cry, now i´m old, but i love it.

  • @vinniepolitan1
    @vinniepolitan1 Před 4 měsíci +8

    This song changed everything! The birth of Freestyle Dance

  • @raymondperales6612
    @raymondperales6612 Před 2 lety +271

    I remember when I was a young kid and now I’m 55 and still dancing to this great song haha.

    • @ZZAPOFSCC
      @ZZAPOFSCC Před 2 lety +9

      This was my first 12" MAXI-SINGLE - still have it!!! Bought back in 1983. :-) Almost 55...

    • @cindys2100
      @cindys2100 Před 2 lety +5

      58 and still love it! Brings back wonderful memories 💕 I could still jam to it!

    • @luisdelfino8964
      @luisdelfino8964 Před 2 lety +2

      Me too Perales

    • @kevinetherington570
      @kevinetherington570 Před rokem +3

      Right on Raymond! 👍

    • @lm3253
      @lm3253 Před rokem +3

      Love the song, too! I still love to dance and sing to this song. Flashback from the 80's!!

  • @leonadams1942
    @leonadams1942 Před 3 lety +936

    If I built a time machine to go back to the 80's and live there, would anyone join me? Be honest

  • @Soundofsilver2007
    @Soundofsilver2007 Před 8 měsíci +5

    EVEN THOUGH this was made in late 83… It gives us a sneak 6-8 years into the future

    • @GenoG1202
      @GenoG1202 Před 8 měsíci

      I'm an 80s baby and never realized that. This song was "pop", but then became freestyle, house, etc lol. Timeless

  • @claireurquhart9451
    @claireurquhart9451 Před měsícem +2

    One of my most favourite dance songs ❤

  • @egulauedward5469
    @egulauedward5469 Před rokem +130

    Let the music play, what a hit. Old is gold.

  • @augie460
    @augie460 Před 3 lety +1274

    Even in a global pandemic this song is still rocking

  • @chillywillie67
    @chillywillie67 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Song is a classic,, song was popping in all the clubs in the 80s...

  • @user-cl3tg5oh6o
    @user-cl3tg5oh6o Před 5 měsíci +4

    Loved dancing to this song

  • @lindseysummers5351
    @lindseysummers5351 Před 7 lety +53

    This would be a hit if it were released today.

  • @scottperkins6073
    @scottperkins6073 Před 9 měsíci +212

    I just saw her perform live at Freestyle Explosion in Tampa. Ain't nothing changed. She hasn't missed a step. Thank you Shannon for an incredible performance.

    • @agmcroom2374
      @agmcroom2374 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Timeless classic that I just discovered this past year

    • @coreys5097
      @coreys5097 Před 4 měsíci +2

      We met her in Dominican Republic. She put her hand out and said” Shannon darling”. She is incredible❤

  • @carieb6396
    @carieb6396 Před 5 měsíci +7

    I used to roller skate to this song. Wow the good ole days. I was 16yrs old. Sure do miss those years. 🛼🛼

  • @raygunner4970
    @raygunner4970 Před měsícem +2

    A timeless classic

  • @MariaRodriguez-ir8hs
    @MariaRodriguez-ir8hs Před rokem +46

    She deserves all royalties. Lovely song . Good times dancing

    • @albertmorales7425
      @albertmorales7425 Před rokem

      Maria Rodríguez. Love From Puerto RICO. . Lady . Still My Dc7. . Tale care. 💝💝🌸🌸😉

  • @impact1
    @impact1 Před 4 lety +98

    Born in 65. The 80's? Trust me. Best of times.

    • @Kevin-1969
      @Kevin-1969 Před 4 lety +12

      Erik I was born in 69, I just made it I was 13 in 82, I agree it was a magnificent decade.

    • @mikeallmon1
      @mikeallmon1 Před 4 lety +8

      @@Kevin-1969 born in 68 here! was the best decade for music!

    • @Kevin-1969
      @Kevin-1969 Před 4 lety +4

      Mike Allmon it was Mike, our age group got the full experience

    • @TheSolo1papi
      @TheSolo1papi Před 4 lety +5

      1967 here. This is still as dope as when I first heard it. Bad ass dance song

    • @amphetaminelogic7006
      @amphetaminelogic7006 Před 4 lety +3

      1969 here. Consider this the one true disco classic. Timeless. 83 best music year ever....88/89/90/91 - forgot all about those years...

  • @deonwhite201
    @deonwhite201 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Bringing back good old memories