Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones (Official Soul Train Video)

PhillySound on Soul Train presents: "Me and Mrs. Jones" by Billy Paul (November 4, 1972)
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Lyrics:
Me and Mrs. Jones
We got a thing, goin' on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
We meet every day at the same cafe
Six-thirty and no one knows she'll be there
Holding hands, making all kinds of plans
While the juke box plays our favorite songs
Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones (Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones)
We got a thing, goin' on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
We gotta be extra careful
That do we don't build our hopes up too high
Because she's got her own obligations
And so, and so, do I
Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones (Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones)
We got a thing, goin' on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
Well, it's time for us to be leaving
It hurts so much, it hurts so much inside
Now she'll go her way and I'll go mine
Tomorrow we'll meet
The same place, the same time
Me and Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin' on
We gotta be extra careful
We can't afford to build our hopes up too high
I wanna meet and talk with you
At the same place, the same cafe, the same time
And we gonna hold hands like we used to
We gonna talk it over, talk it over
We know, they know, and you know what I know that it was wrong
But our thing is strong, we gotta let 'em know now
That we gotta thing going on, a thing going on
#BillyPaul #MeAndMrsJones #PhiladelphiaInternationalRecords #PIR #SoulTrain #BET #SoulTrainAwards

[@normanwint]

As stated before....The only bad thing about this song is that it has to end.

[@AndrewMann-u7c]

Agreed!

[@CarlosSantiago-rm3bg]

Live together ❤️ and go marry

[@TheRicco1021]

The smoothest song about adultery ever made. Lol. I love it.

[@lazybeth8442]

Isn’t it just? I fucking hate the thought of cheating but I fucking love this song.

[@kennethopare-obuobi9257]

I hate the song but can't stop laughing to it.

[@jaygubula8883]

🤣🤣 That's the truth

[@patsiebentley111]

What a laugh !

[@shaquandrataylor2770]

Makes it seem so right😩❤🎶🎵

[@hauntedtown]

50 year old white man from Chicago..grew up with soul train on the tv…songs like this are heaven baby

[@paulaward2075]

Generation X kid here, born June 18, 1967. I loved the 1970's! Hello from Tyler Texas U.S.A.

[@lawofthedingle]

33 from Chicago! What side?

[@kimperry7001]

54 white female from Iowa, loved watching Soul Train.

[@AndrewVOdom]

55 from New York. This was all over 77 WABC when I was a kid. Loved it then & now.

[@hauntedtown]

@@lawofthedingle I was a northwest sider my Italian mom is from Elwood park my Slovak dad is from the south side. Finally met him in my 30s and one of the first things he asked me was if I was a Sox fan

[@carfania2172]

Don’t worry! It Doesn’t matter the year you’re listening to this song, you are not alone in the word.

[@dcavalli9]

His voice is as smooth as his jacket.

[@ImageByMalcolm]

My mother played this song every single day when she came home from work back in the 70's. Not once, but back to back several times. I was about 6 years old at the time. She played this song so much, I know every word to the song, I sing it perfectly, and when I hear this song playing today, it immediately take me back to those moments as a child sitting under my mother as she play this song. WOW! I miss her so much. Rest In Peace my dear mother. **Tears**

[@sleeksalmon]

Yep, lol, my mom also...... Its a beautiful song.

[@M90-v2j]

God bless her.

[@dilnecarvalho6675]

I,m from Rio de janeiro, iwas listem every times

[@davidwalters4906]

@@dilnecarvalho6675 me lreland kid great times back in the day x

[@Lilifleurs842]

❤❤❤😘

[@dorothydulabh2361]

Who's listening, people like us who appreciate good music. ☺

[@brigitta6656]

😊❤❤❤

[@kevinhoughton9134]

Oh Yeah!!

[@fatimakay9488]

Those with good ears and love of good dongs

[@theearthauger]

Got that right. Love this song takes me back to the good days. 🇺🇸

[@luisandreu8144]

35 year old, greetings from El Salvador! Let the good music keep going on!

[@alexmustango3684]

Came back hear March 2024 😊

[@phillyguy2142]

This is one of those songs that you don’t want to end

[@budabobnu]

Exactly.

[@giancarlolunervi747]

Io sto aqua mannil~boss

[@aronzabrown]

I still have not made it to the end.. constantly rewinding it back.. 💯

[@jmslmonteiro]

Yes!

[@martymiranda2507]

this is Weel Put !!!

[@haroldgillette7157]

I'm a 69 year old white man,but as a teen, every Satuday, I'd sit in front of the TV,to watch SoulTrain. I remember this episode well.

[@heikeillg3682]

I love. this music

[@tracytrunn5625]

I’m a 57 year old white woman. THIS MUSIC KEPT ME ALIVE & CONTINUES TO DO SO. t Thank you for sharing ✨🙏💞🙏✨

[@pamelajordan2890]

I'm a 69 year old white woman ..did we rock ? Those good days ❤️❤️❤️

[@cynthiapiazza3168]

Me too. I’m 54 & while friends were watching American Bandstand, I was watching Don Cornelious & wishing I was a Soul Train dancer!

[@shardyshaw]

I love this comment. Would love to know more about you and how you grew up.

[@CarlosSantiago-rm3bg]

I am 79 years old and my wife and loved this song. This was our song 🎵

[@joyceconn8859]

I’m 81, and it’s one of my favs.

[@theearthauger]

That's Awesome 🇺🇸

[@taskforcefrettchen2324]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@soniapoliszczuk7188]

I'm listening now in November 2024 .What a CLASSIC. ❤.

[@derekoreilly5895]

this song is a legend not so much the singer, but it made him a household name

[@RonnieSimpson-u1t]

❤

[@RonnieSimpson-u1t]

Great with a glass of good Merlot ❤

[@miguelangelpenaguarda9786]

Ahora sí. Listening now in January 2025

[@johnclark4131]

RIP Billy Paul, Lou Rawls and all the other Soul greats. Australia loves you.

[@awillis244]

America does

[@andreas1963ap]

I am a 60 years old German and I love this song since I've heard it the first time in the 70's on my cassette Player. Today I saw Mr. Paul the first time ( on video of course...🙄..). What a beautiful voice.Thanks for sharing this masterpiece.

[@riyadinho6795]

how did you see him when he died 7 years ago

[@Shorty293]

@@riyadinho6795on the video duh😂😂

[@shirleymattingly5137]

Heute ist fuer mich auch das erste mal. Er hat vielleicht Zaehne.. finden Sie nicht? 😅😂

[@MeronDesta-eo4cu]

😂

[@umbertotucci1970]

I'm 64 this year...Impossible to forget...for years everybody used to rush to the dance floor and dance this hit cheektocheek. What an atmosphere...and what a time it was, easy, light, fantastic years.

[@alaskaslem]

Do you remember the name of the host that introduced the song?

[@oldiesguy7552]

@@alaskaslem Don Corneleus.

[@edsantos6627]

... not with a Mrs. Jones I hope 🤣🤣🤣

[@franciscomendes3640]

Wiutm

[@russscotchmer7455]

Turning 66, such beautiful music.

[@holtridge7337]

The only bad thing about this song is that it has to end.

[@OliverlifestyleJa]

😂😂😂

[@saradealbapadilla4013]

Hermosa canción.. siempre me la dedico mi gran amor para el yo era su mrs jones😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@pedromelladojimenez6240]

En mi juventud era y es aún mi canción favorita jamás podré olvidar es la canción que me hace recordar a mi primer amor😢❤

[@DavidGoldman-um3xn]

I'll be singing ALL DAY.. for the next week... I LOVE IT!!! ✌️

[@EMD_HOKIO]

All things do . Appreciate it

[@aubreynorton4470]

This man's voice is like silk. This song gets under your skin, Soothing and soulful. Hmm, would've love to meet Mrs. Jones. Still love it in 2022.

[@Drunkwithsuccess]

Right on the money my friend…smooth as silk.

[@michelelaraia7358]

Hearing it the first time from Southern Italy.

[@bigsarge8795]

This just flows so easily

[@judycripps2606]

I would love to be Mrs Jones and he can have a thing going on with me any time

[@michelelaraia7358]

@@judycripps2606 very funny

[@evelynepulicepeele4883]

I am 60 years old. I never missed Soul Train. Chicago born and raised like Soul Train. I still play this song today.

[@howardboyd7764]

Every Saturday at 11:00 am in Chicago.....Wasn't it..? And of course as at what 11:46 the "Soul Train Line" would start after commercial break......

[@southloopsoxfan]

I'm 58 Chicago born , Berwyn raised. I looked forward to Soul Train every Saturday as well

[@evelynepulicepeele4883]

@southloopsoxfan My extended family in Berwyn still. I was south side around 95th Street. 32 years. I never did get into American Banstand 😆

[@rolandzoske448]

I was born in 1961 in the GDR (East Germany) and was able to listen to the West Berlin radio station RIAS Berlin in the 70s.. “Mrs. Jones” was also on the hit parade, which I still really like to this day. In addition to the great music of our own country, there were so many pieces of music added - it's overwhelming: in addition to the well-known ones that are constantly in our ears, there are also such gems as Mylène Farmer, Joe Bonamassa, Leonid & Friends, Lexington Lab Band... .

[@luisaugusto3438]

Ouvia nas danceteria, Como foi bom esse tempo. Luís Augusto São Paulo Brazil

[@RobertBrown-wk1oy]

My opinion 70s music is the best music ever made.

[@humbertoflores2545]

60s,70s,80s,(90s probably in), the rest is garbage.

[@sallydorsey1851]

80was pretty good better then now

[@jamescalifornia2964]

-- Mrs. Jones agrees ! 😳👌

[@ronniesocks5520]

I'll take the 80s

[@keepitreal6487]

urs and millions of us too.

[@Lox501_11]

I wish today's black artist could make this kind of music again today. I was 14 yrs old when it hit the air waves.

[@whitneycharles886]

Anyone listening to this master piece 2025?

[@jenniferbelmonte6093]

SUCH A ROMANTIC MASTERPIECE!!!!!!

[@JohnVelez-l7b]

Yes! Johnny Velez, I am 63 yrs from Lehigh Acres, Fl. & beleave me, this song is a true romantic classic to slow dance with your woman in a NY Night Club!

[@THEUNIVERSESALYSSA]

I'm listening to it with Mr. Stephen JONES😂❤😂❤😳❤😂❤😂

[@valdaqueiroz7541]

Yes!

[@briand4763]

It's unreal how good this song is. Philly Soul is the fucking shit.

[@shobud7561]

I am a 69 year old white male, and as a teen, i also tuned in every saturday to watch Soul Train . This song brings back many great memories 😢

[@MaryDurst]

Im 66 and whenthis song came o n the radio we all would sing along to it they dont make them like this anymore😊

[@doeraeme1]

ON A BLACK WHITE TV

[@sherrihinton2885]

I am 66 and did the same. I am in Phoenix😅

[@sherrihinton2885]

I am white also

[@jebsmith323]

Me too. Watched American Bandstand and then Soul Train.

[@pgo301]

Without a doubt if a musician wanted to top the charts in the 1970's you absolutely had to bring talent with you in every genre. We were SOOOO spoiled growing up in that decade.

[@jakeschwartz2514]

Someone has to bring soul back!!

[@Linda-nr5cb]

I loved soul train I'm 65 now❤

[@sherrihinton2885]

I too

[@codzy3532]

the orchestrial arrangement in this song cannot be beaten its awesome

[@jeffjohnson2232]

Done by the late great Bobby Martin

[@codzy3532]

@@jeffjohnson2232 cool thanks for that 😊👍

[@jamesjohnson1905]

I Was Married maybe

[@elainamonique]

Only Sir Billy Paul can turn the details of a secret rendezvous into a sacred love story.

[@shanejay9539]

I feel like you have to allow it just for the beauty in the way he's expressing it 😂

[@WorldDivas_wds]

Four years ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer. Today, I’m alive and cancer free, serving Him. He is truly the God of a million miracles.

[@Ura_Kage]

Amen

[@krystedeleon7112]

Thats awesome❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@barbarasisk-r8x]

That is wonderful. A great testimony!

[@Flabiolinsgsantos]

Glória a Deus irmão

[@johndoe-zz1nr]

Good for you

[@kade929]

51 years later and it’s still going strong. I am only 22 but I love music like this and I love all kinda of music… this one just sticks out 🥰

[@tripwires2]

57 and killin this song on youtube

[@RosaAlejandro-vl4me]

💕🥀✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@araiasunshine4482]

Still sounds good in 2023! Bringing back real feel good memories! ❤❤❤

[@misspeplo3387]

DEFINITELY ! ! GOOD OLD HAPPY DAYS GONE BY FOREVER 😢😔

[@JamesRahming]

Right

[@codzy3532]

totally agreed cant beat the old music better than the crap u hear today ugh

[@Smeegle653]

I’m telling you right? Nice and smooth relaxing 😊

[@woodroblue8332]

Major major facts luv this

[@keepitreal6487]

Just listen to that arrangement and of course the vocals......60' and 70's was the golden era.....

[@Mrs.IndiYoung]

Can we take a moment to discuss the lyrics and the passion they imply?

[@sparky2721]

Not just for music but for bodybuilding too (quite literally)

[@laurieherman1215]

They do not make music like.this anymore.

[@gabnix2139]

Most definitely

[@courtpaul9334]

As a 53yrs.old black guy i can definitely say I really appreciate this type of music 🎶 🎵 🙌

[@marthawedge-blake5479]

As a 71 year old white woman, I still enjoy this awesome song..

[@courtpaul9334]

@@marthawedge-blake5479 That's it 💃

[@timmynormand8082]

@@marthawedge-blake5479yeahhh

[@ralletsartois]

I was introduced to this song by the lady that I want as my Mrs Jones. I'm 55 and white, she's not.

[@courtpaul9334]

@@ralletsartois There you go👏

[@TheJiggs666]

This is the most grown, mature and honest song ever written.

[@michaelroberts7374]

Tell dat to Mister Jones!!!

[@TheJiggs666]

@@michaelroberts7374 LMAO 😂

[@cegesl4521]

Life is short to tell him

[@patriciabarrera6092]

5

[@faithandgrace242]

I LOVE this song...play it often

[@unacamper6700]

I was a white boy on the farm and always watched Soul Train.

[@edwardsantos9587]

You was not a white boy that is black derogatory words.

[@shondalesstudio]

❤

[@Emilio743-e1h]

❤❤❤❤ You are a White boy with soul 😅😅😅!!

[@lisapaci2418]

I wasn't happy with my husband, he keep overdosing so I found comfort and in love with this guy Louie, who just was back from Vietnam. This song always brings me back to that time.

[@Nhuhan33]

Music friend 🎉

[@franksanz1044]

Adultery is underrated

[@rmiguelrodriguez2288]

I'm listening this performance of Billy Paul in 2024. R.I.P

[@djelielcroce]

Certain artists when they leave this world leave a void that will never be filled. 😪

[@richardjohnson3504]

Great comment so true. I feel that with Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross, Bob Marley etc.

[@junebermingham9300]

@@richardjohnson3504 I so agree, with you! ☘️👍💚

[@brieze1233]

Amen

[@cornbreadthedog]

This was my baby brother's absolute favorite song. Whenever I hear this song come on, I instantly think of him singing this song at the top of his voice with such joy. He suffered from mental illness for years and was brutally murdered in jail in 2009. He was 27 years old. I love you with all my heart, Michael Lorenzo West, and miss you.

[@suzypayne-clark906]

Sending you so much love I know your words xxxxx

[@vincentrodriguez4557]

Fuck.. this comment made me cry 😪😪. RIP. Your brother❤️❤️❤️

[@janetdavies9612]

A wonderful song, so sorry for your loss …. 😔💕

[@cornbreadthedog]

Thank you, Janet, for your kind words. I take great comfort in knowing that he's not ill anymore and he's resting where the bad things of this world cannot reach him.

[@cornbreadthedog]

You have an amazing weekend, Janet, and all the best.

[@frankcolliton10]

63 years young, irish american, and watched soul train every Saturday. God I miss the show, Cornelius, and the musical talents.👍

[@sootysdisco2688]

63,100% irish would have loved to watched soul train back in the day ,,,

[@colinpartridge6423]

66 year-old Englishman who grew up listening to the sound of Philadelphia, and still loving it to this day.

[@Lavender.greysky]

The Sounds of Philadelphia during that era are unsurpassed! I grew up there at that time and I still am so proud of having that living connection 💜😊💜

[@annoconnor4125]

Veg 😂❤😅😅 1:23 😅

[@annoconnor4125]

Veryg9d 🎉😮🎉😢w😮🎉

[@colinpartridge6423]

@@Lavender.greysky Agreed. Great melodies, beautiful harmonies and meaningful lyrics. A wonderful time for music.

[@Papi.Pharaoh]

This man’s voice was so smooth and soulful to hear. This was such a beautiful ballad. The arrangement, the strings, laid back sax, the background vocals and of course Billy’s soulful vocals make this a milestone in soul music.

[@Mike-yg8ig]

The man had a great and very unique voice. Velvety at times, powerful and assertive at others. Loaded with soul. Great vocalist.

[@Supreme-sx6tu]

Billy Paul had a singing voice that was his alone. No other artist can duplicate his vocal range.

[@Mike-yg8ig]

@@Supreme-sx6tu He was unique no question. I need to hear more of his stuff. This song is so iconic that I have neglected the rest of his works.

[@portianikau6132]

OOOH YEAH I TOTALLY SOULFULLY AGREE WITH BROTHER SWEET SWEET PURE LOVE DEVOTION RIGHT DOWN TO THE DEPTS OF SOUL SONGS AND MUSIC JESUS LOVES AND LIVES BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.HALEILUA HOSANNA GREETINGS FROM NUI TIIRIINI AOTEAROA TE IKA A MAUI KIRIKIRIROA WAIKATO TAINUI AMINE PAIMARIRE😇😇😇😇😝😟☹😼🙉💔💞💖✌👋👍👨‍👩‍👧👨‍👩‍👦🦳👨‍👦‍👦👨‍👧‍👧

[@elisecliftonklitz]

The dynamics are great in this song🥁🎺🎷

[@ryanknight2059]

I’m a Jewish kid from NYC and watched Soul Train all the time

[@honxsolo]

Good job

[@stephenjones5304]

Great. Have you seen the Back Stabbers video? A big hit but not as big as some others. The camerawork on the lead singers is great. Thanks.

[@bantuqueen1406]

Revelation 2:9 and 3:9

[@immortaltech1632]

They just don’t make them like this anymore music from the soul and the heart luv it

[@williammarshaun7791]

This got to be the smoothest song about cheating that i ever heard in my life..wow😂

[@beckymanalili7850]

Funny a discreet forbidden affair !!!!!!😅

[@escobickham7693]

Manhatyans too

[@legran25]

Have too listened to Facts of Life= Sometimes?

[@itsmovinfast]

What a voice. What a song. Made the world a better place, in my opinion.

[@SM-zl4zd]

Yeah, it "made the world a better place" for everybody, except Mr. Jones.

[@shanejay9539]

Absolutely and for all his illegitimate children, my man Billy was slingin and singing about it.

[@thefivebells]

Billy Paul is a legend. There is no one who can cover this song and do it justice.

[@zoyajones2539]

listen too sun city girls cover it

[@berylmendes5560]

HSCC covers it well too

[@GwapongKamote]

Daryl hall killed it in his cover also Michael Buble with his own rendition

[@joeschallert7346]

I was 14 years old when the song came out I still love hearing it I am 66 now

[@lucaskeidong9156]

Me too

[@sarahtereapii5184]

65 years old and reminiscing profusely. Mum and Dad adored - with me. I was young.

[@deloresmoses1528]

My daughter downloaded all the music she remembered I used to like. She told me she liked all those songs too. We went on a road trip and she played them all. I was so surprised and I loved her even more when she took the time to do this for me.

[@03waltercoverinkingsconsul46]

Hello Delores, how are you doing today?

[@jmk319]

I have been downloading all of these songs that my mother loved when I was young. I loved them also. Ironically, her name was Dolores also

[@davemunoz8161]

Billy used to pull into my buddy's fathers Shell gas station on Alvarado Niles Road in Union City, CA back in the early 70's and was always friendly and so damn cool.

[@bernadettehynes-cafferkey3917]

Lovely story, thanks for sharing

[@janetashforth7368]

Bring back Soul Train!!

[@steelersgirl3063]

They don’t make music like this anymore!!!

[@braendebbarma4249]

Even then this song was quite unique

[@paulbramwell3362]

Steelers girl you are very very nice

[@steelersgirl3063]

@@paulbramwell3362 thank you

[@michaelspinelli5348]

They certainly do not! The trash they call music today is sickening. BTW I'll be 67 next month.

[@vangeezohalo3243]

That's because we don't make love no more. But in 30 years from now, we will look a todays music as classics and reminice

[@mickeylynch8982]

The epitome of the Philly sound that was all over late 60's/70's soul. Listen to that musical arrangement, just beautiful. More genius from Huff and Gamble.

[@myflyonthewall48]

It sure is that arrangement and his timing!

[@alanswright8662]

That Philly sound was amazing back in the 60s 70s and 80s Huff and Gamble could write a love song and it would be a hit

[@ledlight6630]

This song is really a masterpiece , Billy has a very beautiful voice ❤

[@nanounanou7041]

Mon premier amour trop trop cool

[@Mike-Ward59]

This was real music and im here in 2024 still listening

[@vincentj.9057]

Love this song. My dad used to kill this song at karaoke. When I say that I mean everyone would literally be cheering, and no one wanted to sing after him because it was perfection. When he says “it’s time for us to be leaving” and “it hurts so much” it just brings me to tears everytime. He passed away last year but I’ll always think of him when this song plays.

[@dakadak599]

Your dad sounds like a great man.

[@brightlight7217]

Peace

[@jillroyson4589]

What an incredible memory, sending peaceful vibes to you ❤️

[@miniMoogy79]

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[@jerrycoward4163]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@antman5474]

This is the standard by which Soul Music is measured.

[@marilyndurant9661]

this and lou rawls and hot chocolates emmalene

[@antman5474]

Can't disagree with that. Thanks for the reminder.

[@sharondillon8913]

I'm 81 I still love this song memories!!

[@Densmith43]

Love this song so Much ..

[@renniehanback6021]

This song gives me chills. His voice is incredible. He could make angels cry with his voice. INCREDIBLE ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@denisesaunders5473]

The best song of 1972.

[@earnestinecole4030]

"Beautiful,sweet comment. Indeed music like this is timeless, can never get enough. Outside of Gospel, best music ever. Love love love,obsessed with this music. "

[@shaheedturner3652]

This is one of greatest love songs that became one of the best songs of all time!!!! Me and Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul!!! Gamble & Huff are the best songwriters in the music business making one of the best songs and hits for more than 50 years at Philadelphia International Records I want to say thank you for making the best hit recordings that made them legends!!!! Thanks so much for posting this video!!!! I love it!!!! I love the 70s!!! Can you dig it!!!!😃😃😃😃😃😃😍😍😍😍😍✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈 R.I.P. Billy Paul you are now in musical heaven!!!!👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼👼🎁🎁

[@mjh5437]

Quite aside from Billy`s silky voice the brass and strings and backing vocals on this are just sublime,heavenly.

[@Mike-yg8ig]

Yes the instrumentation is beautiful, none better.

[@jimwillis9932]

Speaks so well to any of us who were ever in a clandestine relationship for whatever reason. Always loved this song and Billy Paul's delivery.

[@allieadams9311]

I’m 22 and Throughout the whole entire song just goosebumps what a beautiful song !!!

[@tk-9751]

Glad to know i'm not the only who feels they were born in the wrong generation

[@cynthiapiazza3168]

My son is 20 and has eclectic taste in music. I’ve introduced him to many genres including this. He loves everything! Glad to hear this will live on I the younger generation!

[@claudehenriet1053]

you are lucky

[@craigellsworth3952]

Allie You get it.

[@Y.W_2024]

@@tk-9751 I know I definitely was! Lol my mother is a music fanatic and thanking her introducing me to real music 🎶

[@marcgutierrez2719]

When music was in fact... music!

[@kjeldlarsen912]

Yep ...now it's all about WAP WAP WAP azz soup on tha floor........really sad how "music" has evolved

[@travislindsey7256]

People still make great music. You just have to dig to find it

[@marcgutierrez2719]

@@travislindsey7256 Great music is few and far between these days.

[@deebeetalks8037]

I was 17 years-old in Weisbaden, Germany when I first heard this song. Beautiful always.

[@faustoperez3749]

@@kjeldlarsen912 que ya

[@zenden6966]

I absolutely love this song! I feel transported to a better time.

[@telam1744]

🤣

[@bradleys4783]

One of the greatest R&B songs ever produced !

[@delroynewtongrant7620]

IF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG YOU'LL AND NEVER FORGET WHEN YOU GROWS OLD ! NO ONE CAN ! THIS IS THE MUSIC OF SOUL ! PERFECTLY SONG ! LYRICKS WELL PUT TOGATHER AND PLAYED AND UNIQUE ARRANGE . MR. BILLY PAUL AND MRS. JONES THEY DOMINATED CHARTS AND HIT PARADE FOUR MONTHS IN AMERICA AND ELSE WHERE IN THE WORLD

[@samp7003]

You are so right Delroy. I just commented about it and those are the same feelings I have.

[@sindisopeters1052]

That's right

[@claudehenriet1053]

never

[@jayrodaceo416]

💯

[@kellydimon15]

My mommy passed in 2020. This was one of our favorites!! Makes me cry.. 😢❤

[@cristianreyes1319]

Anyone else listening to this gem in October 2024?

[@paolalizethherreravalencia9065]

Me,rigth now ....love this kind of music

[@patriciadavis1393]

Happy Thanksgiving from Toronto

[@patriciadavis1393]

Can I just give a shout out to dawn for that amazing afro😊😊😊 I would love to see afros like that make a comeback😊😊😊😊

[@anneswann2106]

Yes😊

[@gennadiyboyko9328]

Очень шикарно!

[@dasboot6935]

WOW Billy really puts some soul into that song,,,, l remember when it first came out,,,, l'm 65y/old now and still love hearing it to this day

[@charlenedean4086]

You and me(65) and these were the best days ever!

[@FFab-DD68]

Truly a classic that will NEVER grow old to listen to. It moves your emotions and soul.

[@softeuph3974]

Im 17 and you don’t know how much emotion I have while listening to this song. Like I feel like I have time traveled back to ‘72. I love this song. The instrumentals, the vocals. I love it.

[@MeronDesta-eo4cu]

Same for me 😢... I think we are souls.. Cheers to us🥂

[@terryhowie3099]

61 year old white man who grew up in the hood and would go over to my black friend's house to watch Soul Train every Saturday. Good Times!!!

[@pjmolapo]

Those days when music had a purpose;passed a message

[@rodneybrazier3325]

I believe this is the first song I ever heard about two people in unhappy situations stepping out. With that said, what a smooth voice and song!

[@netactor]

What a smooth and and unforgettable voice. This song is is flawless!

[@pearsedunne9938]

I remember buying this vinyl recording as a young kid in the early 70’s. Oh, man….What a soulful singer, and to think of today’s music? It’s not the same. Rest in peace, Paul Williams (Billy Paul). I’m sure you and Sam Cooke are singing to God and his orchestra…..❤️from Ireland…..

[@EliteEasyE]

Perfection.

[@DianaKazimiera-]

Yes ! Perfection.

[@PabloPerez-ed9gp]

Agree😇

[@EliteEasyE]

@@PabloPerez-ed9gp 🙃

[@eliaspereira2859]

Maravilha total, eu amo essa música

[@thetamoramay7331]

One of the most beautiful melodies I’ve ever heard in my entire life!

[@jaye156]

This is what we like to call the golden era of music, the Age of the Soul Train.

[@zeuschowie7473]

What A great song And a great man!! I was lucky to call him my friend

[@anthonygasparini1734]

What a singer R.I.P. and thank you for all your beautiful music!

[@MeYouandBooAdventures]

Pure! The vocals. The instruments. Top ten songs of all time!

[@ronaldorodriguez7792]

My mom bought me my first tape recorder in 1972 and this is the first song I recorded. Rest In Peace Mami..tears..

[@Cardell-b8t]

Almost 2025 and we still here

[@MihaelaHatch]

Amen

[@sweetcaroline7389]

My mom said at 17 yrs old she was giving birth to my brother while this was playing in the background while she was giving birth. She is now 65 and he is 48 and whenever I hear this song I will always think of them..

[@jitoguzman2239]

Love that story. All

[@pugsymalone6539]

Awesome level of honesty. A keepsake memory.

[@tonygrooove]

Was mom a "Mrs Jones"?

[@paulamartinez8388]

What a Beautiful memory!! ❤️

[@applejackpho3771]

That’s really odd, though…. Did the obstetrician have a radio playing in the delivery room?

[@ProducerGio]

How he just performed it, is exactly how he sing it on the record. What a legend.

[@jeremycrandall2899]

Uh....yeah....that’s because he was lip-synching, like a lot of televised musical performances in the 70s, including “Soul Train”. 99.99999999% of the time if you’re watching a video of someone singing on a TV show in the 70s and the song sounds just like it did on the record, it’s because it IS the record! Lol Still a legend, though.😊

[@ProducerGio]

@@jeremycrandall2899 daaaaamn

[@jeremycrandall2899]

I used to think that the reason why so many musicians lip-synched on TV shows in that era was because they didn’t want to risk potentially sounding bad on national TV, but I recently read that what really happened was that shows like “Soul Train”, “American Bandstand”, etc, started forcing musicians to lip-synch cuz bands like War were going on shows and playing extra long versions of their hit songs, and it was messing with the shows’ commercials.

[@mj-gr8uy]

lip sync Awesome song forever ♡

[@ayonnazglam9050]

Check out Marvin Gaye singing acapella. Amazing!!

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams

[@suzannemostafavifar1686]

Love the way he sings this song - he is the best no doubt. When my future husband first started dating this was our song. Funny because we were both single & over 21. But he was from a different culture, we had not met each others family yet - just few close friends knew & this song just hit us the right way. In Sept. we will be happily married for 50 years & we still love this song - but only by this singer.

[@nicolechemla4627]

...and I am 74 years old and still meet at the same place.. the same cafe.. the same time... holding the same thoughts I used to have when I was 16, 20... going on towards the 2nd millenium... never ever forgetting the same old blues.. the rythm.. the sounds I used to listen to.. dream of.. live... love and be loved by till the end of times..

[@martaparsons5633]

I am 74 and understand.

[@MauroMaxwell-wm2dd]

Hello dear how are you doing ❤❤❤❤🌹🌹

[@darrenturner8035]

Smooth as silk, a timeless classic.

[@henrygrey8158]

Hello 👋 Darren how are you?

[@DinkyDoughnut]

Man this Tune irons out all my creases after a hard days work.!❤ RiP Billy PauL passed 2016 age 81. Xxx

[@KathyrnCarrillo]

What happened to the 70s they flew by i wish i could go back i want to go home i grew up in the 70s best times 15 when they made this song

[@jamesduffy6518]

If we had more music like this today we would have fewer problems

[@katconlin2855]

Amen. The world needs love ..love sweet love.. Dionne Warwick... The r and b world was filled with love songs.. miss those days..Bill Withers..Smokey..Grover Washington..Gladys Knight..Aretha..the Shilights..

[@OnlyBands501]

A song about cheating and being sneaky and conniving?

[@HanyH]

@@OnlyBands501 , I chuckled when I saw the original comment!

[@scottmacdonell8153]

So true....

[@davionc2709]

All facts bro gets go

[@piustwelfth]

This was the "slow dance" to end all slow dances in the early 1970's.

[@fishmojo865]

Color My World by Chicago was also a classic slow dance.

[@LeeMan9992002]

Yep could get into some real frontal grinding.

[@poolsnookered3446]

And early 80s!

[@jessculp7943]

Slow dance...oh no the horizontal mombo

[@arpc0027]

This song, The Floaters “Float On” and Heatwave’s “Always and Forever” were the last dance songs back then 👍

[@ozeskiman]

I played it all the time when it came out. I still do every so often... what a fabulous song. Loved Billy Paul.

[@chiptreacy5334]

Mrs Jones is Heroin .

[@rjo3737]

70 years old English whitey, and this will always be the iconic version of this song, but may I recommend a superb cover by Freddie Jackson.

[@josefinasanchez6528]

Precious voice…. I hear this song when I was a teen … I am old woman and I still feeling the beautiful vibration of this amazing voice … Paul put all his feelings and súper varonil tone in this song.

[@davidmoore2325]

Hello dear,how are you?

[@curtiscains8533]

Damn, Having your side Woman is just as good in 2023 as it was 1973!!! Love everyone please…