I posted this song for people to appreciate the music. The music is for everybody to enjoy regardless of colour or race. This is not a forum for abuse, if you actually listen to the song all the way through, you will realise the message is for everybody. Thank you
Human skin colour should never have any bearing. Every human is equal. Been lucky to know many peoples from Asia Africa Middle East Europe. Everyone has great value. Great respect and regard.
I'm a 67 year old white dude, who got married for the first time at age 60. I tracked down the 12" extended single of this and had the DJ at our wedding reception play it. Yes - it's an incredibly life-affirming and positive message that EVERYONE should hear. Our friends and guests were a mix of white, Caribbean, Hispanic, Asian, and African-American folks. EVERYONE loved it.
Just transported back to 1983 Lloret de Mar 18-30s holiday, 22 years old and really living my best life. 61 now fat, recently widowed. Bless you and thanks for the memories of happier times 🖤🤍🤎
This tune is Awake up to all .. listen to the words... Stay United and not divided... I'm 53... This is my tune 😊.... Love it always .. what a message to humanity if only people listen. Xx
Just brilliant. I bought this 12" single as a young boy 40 years ago in Glasgow, Scotland. Still have it somewhere. The rhythm, the beat... captivated me. I learned every word on the back of the sleeve... and now have just reeled it all off again! Magic.
I am from Britain and my dad played this when l was a toddler. My books told this very story and reinforced what Gary Bird rapped about! I am forever grateful to both my father & DJ Gary Bird!
In 2022. This song is a timeless classic, my dad introduced me to this song! I still feel people don't appreciate the history that this song covers. One of the best ever
i last posted about this song around 6 years ago.. I went to an 80s night last weekend and the dj played the intro to this song and i was the only one who got it !! And i still know every single word.. Well impressed and so was he !!
I am 59 years old and this just reminds me of how much better our lives were. we did not have much all we wanted was the music and getting pissed on a fiver. it makes you wanna cry.Kimmy B
Still to this day such a great song to listen to .. I remember Gary Byrd being on BBC Radio 1, doing the US Top 40 countdown every Saturday, this was back in 1985 or 1986... Talented guy
My colour is incidental. Bought this on my 18th birthday in 83 and it spoke to me and still does. Be proud of who you are whoever you are. Respect and love each other. No time for hate life is short.
I’m here on 20 June 2021 listening to this masterpiece.. 38 years later I’m still loving it .. 80’s a decade to remember and how lucky I was to live to every moment ❤️
songs like this are still being played and listened to 32 yrs later dont think many songs that are getting released now will still b played in 2047 really glad i grew up in the 80s
megaphoenix2001 Fully agreed with what u said. Music of the 80s the best ever !!! Never getting tired of listening to them..... Alot do bring tears to my eyes...... they go deep down my soul......
This song is a great experience for my ears. And great to hear. Stevie. Wonder They don’t and never will make music like this any more. I’m so honoured to have been a youth when this song was out. I remember. Very hot summers and snowy winters as the seasons should be. I wish I could go back even just for an hour. Didn’t know we had it so good. No need for mobiles. 💛💚❤️💛💚❤️⭐️🌙🌈⭐️🌞🌈🌏⭐️🌈🌏💫🌛⭐️🌈🌙🌍🌟🌈🌞🌍🌟🌈💫☀️🌙🌏🌈💫☀️🌙🌈
Wish they’d release this digitally, this is probably my favorite old-school hip hop jam of all time. Before late 80s hip hop and gangster rap, this was the business, with a great message for all races.
I was staying in London when I first heard this. If you were in the clubs this was banging! Then when I came back to the USA, few had heard of this song. I was so disappointed. Had to bring it back with me from England.
I loved this way back. Have it on 12" vinyl. The message is so powerful and still as relevant today. Like the man says, " We all have a crown in place" wear yours with pride. ❤️✌🏽️🌏
Early 80s frequented ‘The Crown’, Edinburgh Sq., Midhurst where everyone ‘delighted united’ in singing along with the chorus as loud as poss when Jon & Jan played this - what a tune of happy memories❤
My mother would play this record over and over and Im so glad that she did! It fed me!!!! This song takes the cake for the music thats out today which I wont even listen too! Thanks mom!!!! :)
this is one of my fondest memory music-wise from 1983. I was in Austria, working and this song was blasting out of the radio and it was such a breath of fresh air. Little did I know that Stevie had a finger in it at the time. Today this track is so relevant and also a great musical contribution as well, love this track!
What a song!! It was powerful and Stewie's voice was honey and awesome .The lyrics are so good. An old goodie of the seventies. I want to give Stewie and Gary Byrd a crown because they deserved it!!
One of my favorite 12 inches. Then again I don't think there's any song from this era that I don't have. What an animated and fun time to grow up! I wish I was still young, but not if I would lose the knowledge of this musical era.
Thanks for posting this song which is an integral part of my musical taste. Love it all those years ago and still do now in 2022. Definitely has stood the test of time. ⌚⌚⌚⌚
Co written by Stevie Wonder & Gary Byrd who sing & rap on this mega hit of a track, retelling the story of the coming of modern civilisation, paying homage to the Alkebus, the Romans, the ancient Greeks, Neffertiti, king Tut, the Sphinx, Cleopatra, Alex Haley, Roots, Muhammad Ali, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Louis, Malcolm x, a history class but in a rap format
Gary Bryd is a highly respected radio broadcaster from NYC since the 60s . Been listen to Gary Bryd since the late 60s since wwrl 1600 am and I'm 65 yo today . Love this tune .
Brother Gary Byrd is the self-conscious rap mentor ever. This definetely is such a deep self-conscious track, that teaches our true life story about how we built our realities that was totally denied. Brother Gary Byrd is the greatest ever rapper, mentor, DJ and hero of all-time and this hip-hop classic, twenty-nine years, says it all.
What a truly an amazing record that was way back in the days, brings back some great memories of my childhood times. Yes dont think there will be many in around 30yrs could say that about the music of today lol we had it you will not.
My 1st ever 12" single and simply a classic.Amazes me when my kids now say "what the hells this your listening to" Do they not realise it all started here!!!
hope you told em' off for cursing. lolz And I hope you told them that this whupps anything that modern artists can produce or have produced cause all they can do is imitate. Oh and there's few legends more legendary than Stevie Wonder! yeah baby.....
I where the crown because I' am always down with an ancient sound one that is quite profound! Yeah I love the mystery digging inside our history, information is free. A revelation has given me a clue who thought it would come true...
![Gary Byrd & The GB Experience - The Crown [HQ Audio]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bglEOTeBtqM/mqdefault.jpg)
Still listening in 2024!!😊😊😊😊
Me to
Fantastic song
IM STILL JAMMIN TO THIS SONG😎😎
Love this Tune,58 yr old woman from Britain, Still know the Words 👍👌🙋🏼♀️🇬🇧
Me too! We could do a duet 😂🎤🎶 Still one of my absolute favourites 💯❤️
Almost in tears........this song used to make me so happy as a kid! That chorus just brings back childhood memories!!
Me to mate
I love all you people who love this song - this song is REAL THINGS! 🙌🏽
I posted this song for people to appreciate the music. The music is for everybody to enjoy regardless of colour or race. This is not a forum for abuse, if you actually listen to the song all the way through, you will realise the message is for everybody. Thank you
Nice one Timmo.
I have the original 12" vinyl which i bought when it came out 1983 i believe. Thank you for the upload...I love this song.
merci
The music is for everybody, but the message is to our own black people....
Well said my friend. Peace. Love. God bless.
Human skin colour should never have any bearing. Every human is equal. Been lucky to know many peoples from Asia Africa Middle East Europe.
Everyone has great value. Great respect and regard.
One of the best songs of all time
I'm a 67 year old white dude, who got married for the first time at age 60. I tracked down the 12" extended single of this and had the DJ at our wedding reception play it. Yes - it's an incredibly life-affirming and positive message that EVERYONE should hear. Our friends and guests were a mix of white, Caribbean, Hispanic, Asian, and African-American folks. EVERYONE loved it.
Awesome 👊🏽😎 🇬🇧
Love this song, love your story more..(nearly 😉❤) X
Really if u telling the truth respect 👊👊💯❤️❤️❤️
Just transported back to 1983 Lloret de Mar 18-30s holiday, 22 years old and really living my best life. 61 now fat, recently widowed. Bless you and thanks for the memories of happier times 🖤🤍🤎
Should have a 1 billion likes ! It’s that’s good
This tune is Awake up to all .. listen to the words... Stay United and not divided... I'm 53... This is my tune 😊.... Love it always .. what a message to humanity if only people listen. Xx
Just brilliant. I bought this 12" single as a young boy 40 years ago in Glasgow, Scotland. Still have it somewhere. The rhythm, the beat... captivated me. I learned every word on the back of the sleeve... and now have just reeled it all off again! Magic.
I did too, but lost the 12" somehow
I did the same thing, around the same time, but in Edinburgh 😉
It is bang out of order to disrupt any songs with adverts, does any one else agree?.
I am from Britain and my dad played this
when l was a toddler. My books told this
very story and reinforced what Gary Bird
rapped about!
I am forever grateful to both my father &
DJ Gary Bird!
Hands up if you're still listening in 2019? joy....
Hands WAYYYY up!
Yessss...today 17-11-2019 !!! Still cool !!!
What a great song, in every aspect. Still listening, in Norway :)
Still listening France. Love this song
Absolutely 🙂
17 years old ,48 now still remember the words
Ffffffantasic !!!@. Turn 40 years back
i was 14 when i bought this,54 now and i still love it !
Stevie Wonder has been such an important figure in the soundtrack of my life. A true gift. Thankyou for everything Stevie !
King-man ❤🙌🏽
In 2022. This song is a timeless classic, my dad introduced me to this song! I still feel people don't appreciate the history that this song covers. One of the best ever
One of the best tunes ever made. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Not wrong there brother… will never get old
No question Phill
@@tonyjlorns1727 great stuff
It’s not in question Phil
i last posted about this song around 6 years ago.. I went to an 80s night last weekend and the dj played the intro to this song and i was the only one who got it !! And i still know every single word.. Well impressed and so was he !!
I am 59 years old and this just reminds me of how much better our lives were. we did not have much all we wanted was the music and getting pissed on a fiver. it makes you wanna cry.Kimmy B
+Kim Bennett :-) :-) you know it swet x
+Kim Bennett lol sweet
+Kim Bennett agreed
spot on kim. im 50 & i was boppin 2 this yrs ago. fiver got u out, pissed & a chippy meal👌
+Kim Bennett yep 54 now and still have the vinyl,,,some soul moving music,,memories,,,think of the cars we were driving,lol
Still love this and I am almost 70!!!
Mike Shaw good stuff Mike age isn’t a barrier for a great tune im 51 and still love this
age must not play a role in music
Mike Shaw good ol' boy ...
Me too.
Now your 75 congrats hope your still there🙏🏽❤️
Lots of Hotep business, but one of my favorite songs from my youth. It's among the songs which send me on my journey to seek knowledge.
I remember this from the UK in the 80's my gawd this was so good.
Who is here 2023 ❤🎉
This is funk. I learned very word when I was 16 by listening to it endlessly - the Stevie Wonder break is incredible.
Oh mate Stevie interlude is classic bro 😊
Sublime
Still to this day such a great song to listen to .. I remember Gary Byrd being on BBC Radio 1, doing the US Top 40 countdown every Saturday, this was back in 1985 or 1986... Talented guy
Love this song so much especially when Stevie Wonder kicks in ... what a gem 💎 ✨
Stevie the Godfarther
Didn't realize Teena Marie did backup for this - I love it even more for that. Her voice just gives me strength.
I never knew that
@@DaveMcleanJrNor Me❤
Teena is amazing
My colour is incidental.
Bought this on my 18th birthday in 83 and it spoke to me and still does.
Be proud of who you are whoever you are.
Respect and love each other.
No time for hate life is short.
+Billy McKirdy spot on bud well said :-)
+Billy McKirdy REAL TALK!!!
respect man
#muchrespectbro!!!!!!!!!!!
Billy McKirdy good man GEEZER........X
I'm a 69 year old white British woman and still love this song and it's lovely positive message
I’m here on 20 June 2021 listening to this masterpiece.. 38 years later I’m still loving it .. 80’s a decade to remember and how lucky I was to live to every moment ❤️
I totally agree
songs like this are still being played and listened to 32 yrs later dont think many songs that are getting released now will still b played in 2047 really glad i grew up in the 80s
megaphoenix2001 The saddest thing is that they WILL be played, and they'll be remembered as classics.
megaphoenix2001 Fully agreed with what u said. Music of the 80s the best ever !!! Never getting tired of listening to them..... Alot do bring tears to my eyes...... they go deep down my soul......
Obrown Ojay
lesley love I agree - I have moved to Cambodia and had to download all my old 80s songs and still can dance around to them - still feel 25 years old!
megaphoenix2001
xxx true say my friend
This song is a great experience for my ears. And great to hear. Stevie. Wonder
They don’t and never will make music like this any more. I’m so honoured to have been a youth when this song was out. I remember. Very hot summers and snowy winters as the seasons should be. I wish I could go back even just for an hour. Didn’t know we had it so good. No need for mobiles. 💛💚❤️💛💚❤️⭐️🌙🌈⭐️🌞🌈🌏⭐️🌈🌏💫🌛⭐️🌈🌙🌍🌟🌈🌞🌍🌟🌈💫☀️🌙🌏🌈💫☀️🌙🌈
Wish they’d release this digitally, this is probably my favorite old-school hip hop jam of all time. Before late 80s hip hop and gangster rap, this was the business, with a great message for all races.
I to bought this in 83. now i am 53 and still loves it i tells ya!!!!
I was staying in London when I first heard this. If you were in the clubs this was banging! Then when I came back to the USA, few had heard of this song. I was so disappointed. Had to bring it back with me from England.
Very true it was banging in the clubs in England then,totally unique and original record
USA Chicago IL we jam this song
I love stories like these...the unkown hits. It is strange how this song never became no 1. In the US. Strange indeed
This is real music. One of my faves ❤
I have this on vinyl and It is still one of my favourites ❤❤ jigging to it since I was like 5. Now I'm 37....still jigging 😊
I loved this way back. Have it on 12" vinyl. The message is so powerful and still as relevant today. Like the man says, " We all have a crown in place" wear yours with pride. ❤️✌🏽️🌏
prob worth a few quid now I'm sure...:-)
Dave Jones it's not worth anything
***** damn I thought it would of been cos I think they stopped pressing copies of that decades ago...
Sorry mate I picked up a copy for 25p just yesterday
😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
Just an incredible tune. Educational, socially conscious, positive. We need to get back to this
An all time favorite. I just love this.
Still listening to this 2023, still a top tune..
absolute perfection! you wont hear a better tune than this. pure class!!!!
Timeless classic untouchable
Completely timeless music. That's the mark of a great song
This is relevant to all people everywhere. A joyous piece of music and much needed, especially nowadays. Enjoy!
I absolutely LOVE this song and have ever since I heard it for the 1st time back in the 80's!
Me too! As fresh today as the day it was released.
A masterpiece Tim
Early 80s frequented ‘The Crown’, Edinburgh Sq., Midhurst where everyone ‘delighted united’ in singing along with the chorus as loud as poss when Jon & Jan played this - what a tune of happy memories❤
My mother would play this record over and over and Im so glad that she did! It fed me!!!! This song takes the cake for the music thats out today which I wont even listen too! Thanks mom!!!! :)
My elder brother Charlie fed me Barry White so glad he did. What a gift xx
Gary Byrd brought us to be inspired, thirty-three years ago with his rap classic.
Kwame Aboagye absolutely sir
WOW!!!! This song is so ahead of its time....the lyrics is Amazing
Best times the 80s best music best movies etc miss it a lot a time without mobile phones and a lot off. Happiness
Oh my god, this takes me back to my funky days of the 80’s. I have this on 12”.
My cousins had this on vinyl, I used to demand they play it whenever I visited. I love the message.
Everyone can wear the crown. Such a great motivational song. Start wearing it and smile.
This takes me back to the 80s when I was in my 20s. Love it
Driving through the streets of Accra, caught the tail end on radio 2! I must have lost kilos back in the day dancing to this, wish I could do it again
this is one of my fondest memory music-wise from 1983. I was in Austria, working and this song was blasting out of the radio and it was such a breath of fresh air. Little did I know that Stevie had a finger in it at the time. Today this track is so relevant and also a great musical contribution as well, love this track!
i was in a pub the first time i heard this,everyone there stopped chatting to listen to it, don,t see that every day
What a song!! It was powerful and Stewie's voice was honey and awesome .The lyrics are so good. An old goodie of the seventies. I want to give Stewie and Gary Byrd a crown because they deserved it!!
One of my favorite 12 inches. Then again I don't think there's any song from this era that I don't have. What an animated and fun time to grow up! I wish I was still young, but not if I would lose the knowledge of this musical era.
Push For Bros was pretty darn ordinary though, I do recall.
One hundred years from now it will probably still sound as good. Timeless classic; they don't make 'em like this anymore!
It cost me 37 years to know the name of this song! A jewel of '83
The best rap of all time and the message is so strong and true,thanks for this brilliant song
One of the best songs of the 80 s
Buffalo NY been in the house give us our respect
Thanks for posting this song which is an integral part of my musical taste. Love it all those years ago and still do now in 2022. Definitely has stood the test of time. ⌚⌚⌚⌚
2021 and I'm still loving this as much as the day I bought the 12 inch ❤
Was never off my DJ console ❤ it,memories of my youth 👌
absolutely brilliant, remember who produced it, the musical genius that is Stevie Wonder!
The genius he certainly is
20th june 2020 still sounds fresh. this record is under played.
2021
I wonder why...🙄
@@auldreekie7768 omg same
Heard this last night in a bar floor filler 🎸🎸🎸🎙🎙🎧🎧🎧🎵
I gave my 12" to the thrift store.....I'm still crying about it now!
ya gave it to a thrift store...damn id of paid you goood money for it...goood money.... lolz smh
oh mate, it's worth a bomb on the vinyl DJ circuit
Sorry for you mate, I still have mine 😯
An underrated Gem.
It's not underrated - anyone who knows their 80's music rates this one very highly. Other people's opinions don't count ;)
This is education,soul and Knowledge All on one classic.
I have the 7 Inch vynal somewhere.
BLESS.
Co written by Stevie Wonder & Gary Byrd who sing & rap on this mega hit of a track, retelling the story of the coming of modern civilisation, paying homage to the Alkebus, the Romans, the ancient Greeks, Neffertiti, king Tut, the Sphinx, Cleopatra, Alex Haley, Roots, Muhammad Ali, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Louis, Malcolm x, a history class but in a rap format
Glad you mentioned this .
I used to jam to this chune nuff times but had no idea of the lyrical content.. wow! Thanks for pointing this out 👏🏽👏🏽
@@streetcat1510 Me too! I’m normally a lyrics person, but somehow these passed me by..
he wasnt "paying homage" to the romans OR the greeks
10.42 of Musical Heaven.
Just ace , best played loud , bought it in 1983 , absolutely ace .
Gary Bryd is a highly respected radio broadcaster from NYC since the 60s . Been listen to Gary Bryd since the late 60s since wwrl 1600 am and I'm 65 yo today . Love this tune .
So glad my mum showed me this song when I was 7. I'm 16 now and still obsessed with it
I jus love it ol Skool is better than today music, ❤️❤️❤️🤙🏽😎
Still marvelous in 2022.
early 80's. Every song had a chance. I own this. I'm 55. Wouldn't change a thing.
brilliant song, one of the first rap songs ever. its been downhill all the way since!
True
Brother Gary Byrd is the self-conscious rap mentor ever.
This definetely is such a deep self-conscious track, that teaches our true life story about how we built our realities that was totally denied.
Brother Gary Byrd is the greatest ever rapper, mentor, DJ and hero of all-time and this hip-hop classic, twenty-nine years, says it all.
Rap that makes sense. Compare this to (c) rap that came afterwards.
Old skool grooves 1983 used to love this track
I heard this on the radio - haven't heard it for years - love it.
Loved this song I will always remember Whitney Houston taking over radio 1 in 1991 playing this as one of her favourites xxx😊
What a truly an amazing record that was way back in the days, brings back some great memories of my childhood times. Yes dont think there will be many in around 30yrs could say that about the music of today lol we had it you will not.
Brought a smile to my face
History brought to life 2022...
Born in the 90's, heard this on the radio a while ago. Possibly my favourite song ever.
cant beat the music from the 70s and late 80s.....
What about the early 80s?
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Learnt every word of this on a cassette and a Walkman love it
Listening 2021..well isnt this the. Most profound truth . The. Crown is the trinity you are the crown
i first heard this when i was 14,and the next day went out to buy the 12 inch.. Played it to death.. Brilliant song
Loved it then and love it even more today. What a tune and what inspirational lyrics. 😍
How i wish i was back there, trouble is you don't know when your here that you will miss be back there , great times !!
I love so much appreciate is not even a word I'd say was born when this came out makes me so happy respect
when rap was funky!!!
My 1st ever 12" single and simply a classic.Amazes me when my kids now say "what the hells this your listening to" Do they not realise it all started here!!!
hope you told em' off for cursing. lolz And I hope you told them that this whupps anything that modern artists can produce or have produced cause all they can do is imitate. Oh and there's few legends more legendary than Stevie Wonder! yeah baby.....
Heard this tonight while at work on greatest hits radio, definitely had to get it added to my playlist
I where the crown because I' am always down with an ancient sound one that is quite profound! Yeah I love the mystery digging inside our history, information is free. A revelation has given me a clue who thought it would come true...