I accidentally found this song again. WOW.... I remember the words. Haven't heard it in 35 years.
@sallyjoan4 ай бұрын
you remember the words, yeah right
@JoseMunoz-kj5pu4 жыл бұрын
One of the most nostalgic favorites 1987 Donna Allen
@12inch_monster3 жыл бұрын
86. still got the tape 👨🎤
@ivanbarnes36595 ай бұрын
An 80's CLASSIC. KEEP FINDING THEM!
@Spudcore7 жыл бұрын
I never knew where the U Sure Do vocal was from, now I finally do. This is the greatest music video ever!
@Doves962 жыл бұрын
Same... Just came here to check this song as read this is where u sure do came from. Great track
@ScotsPipe Жыл бұрын
🎵👉😊✋Also u might not know ( info ) " CUBIC 22 - NIGHT IN MOTION🎵 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iHimdIWErKd_eMk 🎵 " 1991 DUTCH ACID TECHNO " is where " " STRIKE " - got the melody For U Sure Do " Strike redone a piano 🎹🎹🎹 version from " Night in Motion Synth 🎹🎹🎹 String Melody ✋🧡👍
@Spudcore Жыл бұрын
@@ScotsPipe I know the track, it's wonderful! But I never knew the name before, thank you!
@JaredtheRabbit8 ай бұрын
Same here
@deanosaur8086 ай бұрын
Me neither, even though I knew this song in 1986 🤔 Janet Jackson side tracked my memory 😅 There was tons of good songs like this back in the day. It's easy to forget when you don't hear it for 30+ years. how did I get so old lol
@jspencer60004 жыл бұрын
Such a quintessential 80's video! Pumps with socks, cheesy acting, love it! The 80's were THE BEST!!
@RestlessRick7 жыл бұрын
This is a SERIOUS jam.
@lewis724 жыл бұрын
I have some serious jam in my fridge. It's strawberry.
@johnwright16413 жыл бұрын
You're not wrong Rick...you're not wrong......
@RacerXGTO Жыл бұрын
It's been 34 years since I last heard this song. Flood of memories. Damn. Just, damn.
@lkofie6670 Жыл бұрын
Lol...right...I don't know how or why the song came to mind today but it did and I went searching the great newage invention of the internet and here I am watching this with glee, lol.
@effortlessGFX Жыл бұрын
Older than me. I can’t even begin to imagine how hard that nostalgia feeling must hit you. I get it strongly from 10 years ago. Haha.
@fjw-AT51456 ай бұрын
I had totally forgotten this song. Thank goodness for KZbin. Closest thing to a time machine. The memories that came rushing back just by hearing this again.
@deanosaur8086 ай бұрын
Heard a sample of this song in U Sure Do by Strike, and my memory still failed me 😱 I guess it's similarity to other tracks of the era clouded my memory 🤭
@briankh20079 жыл бұрын
Man!!!!! Talking about serious here!!! This track was the real deal when it came to 80's music!!!! It's a shame they don't make music like that anymore!!!!
@incoglido3 жыл бұрын
The dj called Barbwalters samples this in an amazing track called "Lovin' You"
@Goblexter3 жыл бұрын
Look into synthwave - there's lots of talent creating new music inspired by and directly utilizing the 80's sounds in that genre.
@nonstopakashailee53823 жыл бұрын
Timeless, i still play this track at the club.... from seoul korea
@barbettepullins43926 жыл бұрын
Honey I haven't heard this in forever!!! Thanks for the vid!!! 80s baby
@clausnielsen14904 жыл бұрын
What a strong club hit in 1986 from Donna Allen. It went through the roof on my parent’s farm back then! Produced by Lou Pace, who also worked with “Nicole”. In 1994 it transformed into “U Sure Do” by Strike.
@jasoncalia2324 Жыл бұрын
This song didn’t get the recognition it deserved…💯
@FABYBABYFUBU11 жыл бұрын
I can't believe that a song as good as this only hit #22 in 1987 on the Hot 100, that just aint' right.
@jonblazeinc4 жыл бұрын
Isn't that big though? Well it reached #8 in the UK national charts may 1987 ...it was a huge hit
@musicalmelodies35952 жыл бұрын
On the US Billboard top 40 but I think it made it to top 5 in the Billboard US Hot Dance charts
@jdpower712 жыл бұрын
Damn Straight!
@mikekaraoke2 жыл бұрын
@@jonblazeinc Yea of course it is, top 30 is respectable!
@mikekaraoke2 жыл бұрын
Least it was a hit single, and not a flop eh!
@Mcpikie3 жыл бұрын
KZbin threw this up as a random suggestion and as soon as the chorus dropped I wss like "shiiiit, thats Strike U sure do!!" absolutely love finding the originals of what I thought were actually original dance tracks. And this is SO much better
@Doves962 жыл бұрын
Exactly the same as me mate. Both absolute banging tunes as well
@salfordguy695 ай бұрын
yes!! love discovering the originals that are then sampled.
@702book10 ай бұрын
1:51 You got me going 'round and 'round. I always loved that move! ❤️🔥
@jmiller297Ай бұрын
Lookin' like she cray lolol..
@muffs55mercury618 ай бұрын
Once again I'll say that so many good songs throughout music history are from one hit wonders. This girl deserved better and should have had more hits.
@lawannalw7 ай бұрын
She's not a one hit wonder.
@victorsmith49686 жыл бұрын
Donna Allen shoving people out the way when she dances
@jenniferwest32823 жыл бұрын
IKR! Lol
@femiallen871411 жыл бұрын
DONNA ALLEN IS MY BEST FEMALE MUSICIAN! FROM R&B TO GOSPEL MUSIC! SHE IS SO FABULOUS! I THANK GOD FOR HER LIFE BECAUSE SHE HAS A VERY GOOD REPUTATION!! EVERY PART OF MUSIC SHE HAS EVER SANG HAS A UNIQUE PRODUCTION THAT IS STILL VERY RELEVANT TODAY!!! ONCE AGAIN I THANK GOD FOR HER LIFE!!!!
@FrankJohn5 жыл бұрын
I used to jam this one on cassette back in '87. I had no idea that something like KZbin would've existed. Thanks for technology.
@SongBillong2 жыл бұрын
Very ashamed to admit that, until today, I didn't know U Sure Do sampled anything. I love this!
@Doves962 жыл бұрын
Same... Both cracking tunes
@nickdorling51306 жыл бұрын
Here in the UK, this record came out April 1987 and reached Number 8 on the charts. Takes me right back to being a care free 13 year old again! Sadly it never gets played on BBC Radio 2.. a shame, as its a great 80's pop record.
@jonblazeinc2 жыл бұрын
Yes I remember her performing this on top of the pops as it was soring up the UK charts.....8 years old, childhood memories I cherish
@loulou79632 жыл бұрын
Oh me too !
@deanosaur8086 ай бұрын
BBC 2 is sh#t 😂 It's doesn't get played on the other radio stations either 😤 Not heard it for 37 years 🤯
@TitusVincentFlorence3 жыл бұрын
I was born in 2000 but let me tell you my mama had the jams going 24/7 baby 🥰😍👏
@TitusVincentFlorence5 ай бұрын
Years later and I still love this song 🥹
@relicreapers5715 жыл бұрын
This song just came back to my memory after all these years. I haven't heard it since the 80's. This video shows and sounds exactly what was going on in the 80's. The. people are dressed as what was once called "fresh"
@mdot1002 жыл бұрын
Yup! I think they were trying to re-create the movie breakin’! They had the turbo and ozone look-alike so yes this was definitely a spoof on that movie
@marcus813 Жыл бұрын
The only reason this track came back to my memory is that I heard it on iHeartRadio's Freestyle station a couple of days ago. Much like you, I hadn't heard it since the '80s, but it quickly sounded familiar.
@andreajackson93238 ай бұрын
Memories I didn't even know were there lol I was only 10.
@kellijenkins235 Жыл бұрын
Worked at Michaels Showcase and Sprits bartending and listening to Donna’s house band for years. She is and always will be the Queen!
@thatboinamedmaralyn97442 ай бұрын
❤❤❤ Donna Allen
@RealestGuyInTheRoom-4 ай бұрын
Now this song is blowing up on Tik Tok!! I found out about Donna Allen in 2016 and glad ppl r discovering her work
@solara3443 Жыл бұрын
Gosh! I haven’t heard this song since it was released during my senior year in high school! I loved it then, and I love it even more now. The “rapping” and synthesizers always made me “bounce!” 💖
@RebelBuddha19715 ай бұрын
One of my favorites! Bought the 45 the first time I heard this on the radio. Love Donna’s attitude.
@ubiquitousdiabolus4 жыл бұрын
This is soooooooooo 80's !!!
@bridazzel75883 жыл бұрын
One of the best R&B/freestyle jams ever!
@shinlanten8 жыл бұрын
This is the first time I've see this video but I always loved this song back in the day!....ahh the *wacky 80s*...
@jennypugh69011 жыл бұрын
One of 1987's finest! :D
@Hestabainano-ry3vn5 ай бұрын
Great vocals, SWEET SOMEBODY is also one of my fav tracks ❤️
@derray54739 ай бұрын
I haven't heard this song since i was 11. Forgot about it until this morning it popped in my head. Forgot who it was. Thanks KZbin
@MrTerryb19563 жыл бұрын
Am 64 and still pumpin this out in my motor
@waynegilchrist3535Ай бұрын
I remember when this would come on the radio! Reminds me of my skating rink days baby.
@exitcheese8 жыл бұрын
sweet teenage memorise! l use to blast this track on the ghetto blaster, nothing. comes close to that 80's feel good era. omg the video lol! i fancy her boyfriend and his outfit!
@ANGELGMAILSIX4 жыл бұрын
Me to woof
@royjurich19939 жыл бұрын
Damn! I miss the fabulous 80s
@rondanorris5504 Жыл бұрын
I can't believe I looked up this song after all these years!! The 80's were great. Lol 🎵🎵 even in 2023
@gomezgomez62993 жыл бұрын
🤯 forgot about this toon!!! My older brother use to ride his 66 Impala with his CONION C100F ( didn’t have 💵 for sound system 😆) in the front seat ,full blasting this song!!! Thanks !
@kimwright8768Ай бұрын
One Of My Favorite Donna Allen Songs Serious From The March 5th 1986 Perfect Timing Album ❤️🔥
@DoronBond9 ай бұрын
1/21/24 SNF brought me here AGAIN! 😂 ..somebody @ NBC like them some Donna!
@albertarmstrong7198 Жыл бұрын
She is always amazing
@dianebottazzi509911 жыл бұрын
I share in your disappointment, BUT the VOICE did give her the platform for exposure to the WORLD and that alone WILL open doors for her to rejuvenate her music career! Donna is one who will "NEVER" give up on what she was born to do, regardless of her age, that was her message to all! Many blessings to you
@davidskidmore41898 ай бұрын
Love that tune! I sho do!
@SableSenegal8 ай бұрын
I remember this song being performed on the defunct 1986 dance show dancing to the hits!it was so funky &Donna can sing the phone book disappointing she never received more recognition in her career🎉🩰📻📺
@sharlenepetersen725211 жыл бұрын
What a song. How did I forget!
@ultraviolet69894 жыл бұрын
😱I haven't heard this song in more than three decades but I remember it as if it were yesterday. The brain is an incredible organ😱
@smartwerbung3 жыл бұрын
Exactly the same for me. I listened to the beginning and remembered the song. radio10. nl played it on “Disco classics”
@DoronBond2 жыл бұрын
10/2/22 Sunday Night Football brought me here…..they thought I didn’t catch it going to commercial break…you can’t ignore a classic like that …respect to the diva!
@Dilberto882 жыл бұрын
1986 was the absolute best year, for infectious Radio Hits. The production quality and sonic polishing far exceeds what is digitally recorded today. I played this song on three one-night stands, as a horny 22 year old. Memories, ahhh…
@johnbrowneyes7534 Жыл бұрын
I bought this 45 record when first released. 😎
@allanp4437 Жыл бұрын
Strike, in the 90s, sampled this song with ' You Sure Do'.👍☺️🎼🎵🎵🎶
@luvmefood5 ай бұрын
So this is who Strike sampled in U Sure Do.
@taichi299 жыл бұрын
I remember Soul Train used to play this song all the time.
@marciagendraw73912 жыл бұрын
Can't believe they played the instrumentals to this song during Sunday Night Football and it's 2022! Haven't heard this in decades!
@maxtheknife6 жыл бұрын
Many of you are complaining about how awful the video is. Well, despite the 80's being the decade of the music video, vocals and whether or not you could sing was still important. Donna was an incredible singer. In 2017, its the opposite. Great videos featuring lousy singers who couldn't sing on key if their lives depended on it.
@paisleyprincess79966 жыл бұрын
maxtheknife and most of the videos in the 80s were over-the-top and were as go-go as the 80s
@user-pm4mz9hv3h6 жыл бұрын
is, was, and always will be a serious jam i was a little young and i dont know if i saw the video before this, but i heard it on the radio and bought the 45rpm single immediately. so i have always had that image for this song. but i love the video. the 80s was more empowering to women than people give it credit for. i love how at the end they all leave the joker who burned her.
@bobnagel64495 жыл бұрын
@@paisleyprincess7996 I think being over the top isn't a bad thing in a music video, like Pat Benatar's "Love is a Battlefield." The video has a good song to back it up.
@iroquois465 жыл бұрын
Preach hun
@ajs415 жыл бұрын
There's nothing wrong with this video.
@perseusjoppa4264 жыл бұрын
Glorious 1987! It produced this gem, and also Jodie Watley's Looking For A New Love. I used to confuse both songs at the start, hahaha
@jonblazeinc Жыл бұрын
Both songs more or less released same time April/May 1987 in UK anyway
@deanosaur8086 ай бұрын
The song was already known in the UK long before it was officially released in 87. I heard in 86
@6410daniel2 жыл бұрын
I DJ'D AT Cafe 66 ft lauderdale 1990 She was the club's main band for a while ..I did dj during their breaks.. she was so nice to work with.
@cocopalmer9585 Жыл бұрын
Thats my song❤❤❤❤❤
@savannah589 жыл бұрын
My teenage years. This song was my Jammm!!!!
@georgeking1647 Жыл бұрын
This song is SERIOUS!!!😱
@deanosaur8086 ай бұрын
Talk about serious 😂
@kt8199 Жыл бұрын
I love this song! So many highschool memories 🎉❤💃
@phillipcollier61763 жыл бұрын
Yo, Donna Allen reminds me of Chaka Khan and the late great Vesta Williams
@ronaldflowers8765 ай бұрын
Yes I agree alot like vesta Williams my all time favorite female vocalist
@lansesteiner35632 ай бұрын
Always loved this song. Horrendous music video though 😂
@whale14411 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see her on the voice!
@rajatroxx10495 жыл бұрын
Oh the 80s ..love this ..remember her performance on Top of the Pops ..
@missj68063 жыл бұрын
When music was music and you remember the lyrics after so many years is called serious. What a great joy to find it again
@mdot1002 жыл бұрын
Lou Pace hooked that beat up!! That shit was fire 🔥🔥🔥 back in the day!! And I love the spoof of the movie breakin’, with the turbo and ozone look alikes, classic!!
@sunshinehour97523 жыл бұрын
I remember watching Selena Quintanilla Perez covering this song in 1987 at her top 40 live preformance she covered this song great!
@edwinmitchell8843 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there is footage would like to see that
@sunshinehour97523 жыл бұрын
@@edwinmitchell884 their is lol when i said i remember watching selena cover this song at her top 40 medley live performance i meant i saw it on youtube lol. Just search Selena Quintanilla live top 40 medley uploaded by Q Productions and she covers the song in the video. In the same video she also covers jody watleys looking for a new love & michael jacksons billie jean.
@edwinmitchell8843 жыл бұрын
Got it cool !!
@702book10 ай бұрын
Selena covered this song??? OMG! That's so cool! I would love to see her version. I absolutely love this song and especially the video. So much energy, and it looks like it was really fun to make.
@albertarmstrong7198 Жыл бұрын
Now she is what you called under rated .and can sang.
@josebrown59619 ай бұрын
Yes she definitely can sang but she is not underrated. This song was a top 10 Soul hit. It was properly rated.
@sallyjoan4 ай бұрын
@@josebrown5961 you are so wrong
@josebrown59614 ай бұрын
@@sallyjoanThe charts disagree with you. Listen I love her, I own this album. This song was rated #21 on the Pop chart and #5 on the Soul chart. Those are her “ratings” and they are not small.
@darlingnikkidirtymind80305 жыл бұрын
I miss these times!!! This video changed my life!!!
@SharonColeBatGirly10 жыл бұрын
I met Donna Allen at Western Playland in the 80, s
@deanosaur8086 ай бұрын
Almost forgot about this song, even though it was sampled in a popular dance track. I guess the janet jackson vibe and cameo style rap clouded my memory ☺️ The fact that it doesn't get much radio play doesn't either 😔 Reached number 8 in the UK
@wicksee2 жыл бұрын
What a bassline
@claudioperalta68139 ай бұрын
I love this song, remember when I was a kid 80"s n chicago.. 59 st n racine st saludos, Mildred & Joyce Montgomery...from México 🖐️
@edwardcalvert2 жыл бұрын
I recall hearing this song in early 1987 when I was 18 years old and in 12th grade. Some time after March of that year was the last time. From that time I primarily recalled mostly major instrumental sections of it really well and forgot the title but was able to recall who sang it.
@bp63292 жыл бұрын
i can't believe a song as good as this only reached No 11 in the charts, that's just not right.
@GordonJent Жыл бұрын
Oh,Oh,OOOOO,I freakin loved this song then and still rock it today at 57 yrs old.
@rocknroll4205 жыл бұрын
I worked with Donna at Pickles Pub Pompano Beach, 1991 - I was the House DJ - she was amazing, and alot of fun ! God Bless You, "Your Jingling Baby" -
@eloisewarren99082 жыл бұрын
Love this song always still listening 2022!!!
@stevenmccants15 жыл бұрын
Lol Donna Allen Is Fabulous....Meeting her and knowing her is a wonderful pleasure....my new Friend!
@jacekolsztyn7 ай бұрын
❤ bomb yes yes yes😊
@stevesimms57754 жыл бұрын
Great song. Funny, but I just discovered it a week ago. Been listening to it since then every day.
@deejaydiabolic Жыл бұрын
Damn, I remember roller skating to this back in the day when I was 11-12. Childhood memories unlocked
@valentinoestrada53226 ай бұрын
I love Donna Allen she is the bomb I don't care about these guys and these video they didn't know how to dance
@sallyjoan4 ай бұрын
and you do? I bet you can't dance to save your life.
@thewaywelive27758 жыл бұрын
If I make an all 80's club will you come visit? Free entrance with 80's outfit
@onemanarmyoma01556 жыл бұрын
Putthatinur Pipe If I were you I'd charge 80 bucks for a ticket
@onemanarmyoma01556 жыл бұрын
Putthatinur Pipe Then again, if I were you I'd have missed the Hardcore 90's in The Netherlands..
@jonblazeinc5 жыл бұрын
Make it happen I'd love to relive the 80s I'll go get my retro gear real soon
@janelincoln76355 жыл бұрын
Instant groove Baby, yeah!!!
@TruthofDilly Жыл бұрын
Talk about blast from the past , love it 🥰
@claudioperalta6813 Жыл бұрын
Está rola me encantó cuando estuve en Chicago en los años 80's y al fin la encontré y la escucho todo el tiempo, con nostalgia acá en México....👍...en serio 👈
@ashfaq19993 жыл бұрын
Classic 80’s
@MissTia7779 жыл бұрын
This was the 4th grade JAM!
@richg94483 жыл бұрын
This video always had me bustin up laughing when she did that “Round and Round” move 😂 😂 😂
@loulou79632 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@djt77 Жыл бұрын
I noticed the same thing, surprised that didn't get edited out
@bp6329 Жыл бұрын
@@djt77 there you go then.
@bigray59292 жыл бұрын
Sunday Night Football brought me here . Forgot about this banger 👍🎶
@nakitapalmer6565 жыл бұрын
This was my SHIT!! I was in the 7th grade and would ask for it every night on the radio!
@mitchgrube24806 жыл бұрын
Boom Boom Base--Love this throwback from the 80's !!!
@The12Believe9 жыл бұрын
Love this song! Good O'l 80's
@rdcruiser4396 Жыл бұрын
Estuve buscando esta canción mucho tiempo;no sabia quien la cantaba.Gracias por subirla.Saludos desde Chile
@HannibalHector71415 күн бұрын
R.I.P. OZ ROCK from RSC 80s BBOY4LIFE ✌🏾😎
@stephendgoughsr45802 жыл бұрын
I’ve been looking for this song/ video for years. Came across it on accident 😄. Thanks for the upload