Cameo - She's Strange

Cameo - She's Strange
Lyrics:
Straaaannnnggeee....
Ow, fine lady
Ow
I like the way she walks
I like the way she talks
She turns me on with a special concern
Now I'm a different guy
And I don't compare to many
But next to her I'm plain ordinary
Not many can see the light blue aura
That surrounds the girl wherever in the world
She's a 9, a 10 a 25th
She's bittersweet and .....
She's strange
And I like it
She's strange
Just the way she is
Strange
Walking down the avenue
She's strange
Always doing something new
She's the kind of person everybody knows
She reeks distinction from head to toe
She's my twilight zone, my Al Capone
She's my rolling stones and my Ava Perone
And I like it
Yes I like it
I like it
The way she wears her hair
And I like it
Oh oh
I like it
In room 123, she elusive you see, like the invisible man in drag,
And when you come to meet her, you'll never greet her, she'll be waving her skirt as a flag,
Like the cold in October she'll take you right over,
It's not mean to be facetious
And that look in her eye says your the guy she plans to spend this evening with
She's strange
And I like it
She's strange
Just the way she is
Strange
Walking down the avenue
She's strange
Always doing something new
No, No, No, No, No
Knock me off my feet,
Strange
--
© 1984 Mercury Records
#Cameo #Funk

[@ayindewoods35]

Classics like this never die!!! I wished music stayed this way.

[@d3x704]

Agreed

[@sheilawhile4153]

Classic Cameo.

[@alphaserrano1446]

​@@sheilawhile4153qqq

[@carlbowles1808]

This song still gets the job done, my favorite Cameo tune, they were at their best. 1984 still lives 👍👏😂🤗🎼🌞.

[@dan32113]

Keep the Funk. & never lose it❤

[@tamarabrown1220]

high School Class of ‘84 here for it!!

[@Reeko75ent]

But don't sleep on that CANDY tho!!

[@patrickguga5178]

One of the greatest songs ever made!!

[@stanleysimmons3959]

Get it Cameo!!! This is one of my all-time favorite jams to listen & dance to!!

[@oscarmadison6635]

YES SIR!!!!!

[@Bleek17Six]

That Bassline !!! Legendary I tell ya ... Ever since I was a child it made me do a funky face & groove to it ...

[@toddmaek5436]

Word

[@amberhi874]

If you ain't got that funky face, the music ain't real!!!!

[@Bleek17Six]

@@amberhi874 Facts !!!

[@backyardanimals777]

the best music is heard by the most spiritual and insightful souls...dig on.

[@theresavaldez8234]

Takes me back way back great memories saw these guys in concert. Thank you Cameo for sharing such great talent. They don't make music like this anymore. 🎵🎶🎷🎸🎹🎤🥁🎺

[@Arvesikdt]

One of the best drum arrangements ever.

[@matthewglover4371]

gmail user ;!:#5/!\,%4:\#&#6/.

[@oh10brwngrl]

Absolutely!!!

[@lawrencebarr3820]

gmail user EVER !

[@Mr-Keyes]

And Larry played it Live on the Simmons sds 5.

[@terrancegoods2908]

Indeed. To those who don't know. Find I it out, believe me.

[@LoudSoul78]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️ONE OF THE GREATEST R&B FUNK SONGS OF ALL TIME. TIMELESS CLASSIC. THEY NEED A CAMEO UNSUNG. THANK YOU CAMEO

[@simongarrettmusic]

Cameo have a MASSIVE back catalog - i grew up only really knowing this and Word Up and some dude turned me on to Flirt and then i got hold of all their albums and was amazed - solid albums.. brilliant

[@Master_Timothy]

Absolutely. These guys had like 12 studio albums prior to Word Up with classics like I Just Wanna Be, Sparkle, etc. Not to mention the numerous lineup changes before they streamlined it to 3 members.

[@raulvasquez234]

​@@Master_Timothy paaapa

[@carlbowles1808]

Incredible tune cameo at it's peak of greatness.

[@derricklewis3486]

I grew up on this song. And it Still Bumps. That guitar is Sick

[@MetoMarch71]

Was für eine Basslinie,dazu der förmlich hypnotisierender Synthesizer und ein Text und Stimmlage vom feinsten...Einfach ein Gesamtkunstwerk!!!!PS.ein Kumpel von mir hatte mir 1986 einen Mixtape damals geschenkt und da waren u.a. drei Songs hintereinander die ich Klasse fand.Als erstes kam Alexander O Neal feat. Cherelle-Saturday Love dann Loose Ends-Hanging'On A String und zum Schluss eben Cameo-Strange

[@johnsons2003]

You were jamming!

[@sheltondixon9264]

This is real music right here Shout to CAMEO! It will never die

[@victormonteiro1717]

This song never gets old. Old school forever!😎

[@berthadelone729]

Not Ever!

[@esmooth919]

This song will always be in my personal rotation

[@anthonyleighton4754]

another classic from cameo - one of the few bands to go from the raw funk - to the digital age seamlessly

[@anthonyleighton4754]

id rank single life along side this as well - some nice keyboard touches on she s strange

[@kcameo1]

Oh I remember the days when this track hit the charge and blew my mind. Sitting by the radio to record it with a tape disc. It was my first encounter with these Funkmasters deluxe and I've had cameosis ever since! 1984 baby. This remains one of the tracks to be forever on my playlist. Going to see them again in 2018 in Amsterdam. The knights of the soundtable will be remembered!

[@backyardanimals777]

amen. OM.

[@grizzlyaarbear7597]

I told myself that I would never be like my uncle's....stuck in their era of music....now I'm stuck in the late 70s-early 80s!

[@selormselorm]

Always reminds me of my dad…. Damn the good old days 🙌🏾

[@lamont28sg]

Massive synths and crazy drums , these dudes were futuristic way back then , and they rap better than many emcees today!! wtf

[@jackiegreen6314]

Cameo® remains the epitome of the original funk bands. Long after the primal heyday of the 70's, when other bands like The Bar-Kays, Lakeside and Confunkshun we're putting up their band equipment, Larry Blackmon and company kept funk train rolling along on the tracks with hits like "Word Up", "Back and Forth", "Candy" and "Skin I'm In". Cameo® will forever be the band that anyone with a grain of salt will bring up in conversation as one of the greatest R&B bands of all time and "She's Strange" defines their position in history! Enough said.

[@TheTayedrums]

what cameo did ..is they put ROCK & heavy funk.. in their songs...rock in songs gives it more longevity...thats why this song can still survive over time...they rocked songs...rocked them..once they changed their style to this...they were in for the longer haul....

[@jackiegreen6314]

I totally agree on this!

[@lawrencebarr6049]

J.G. STRAIGHT AND I LIKE IT TOO.BASS KICK ASS.

[@angelqgonzalez3944]

that's. right. she's. strange. nice?!back. in. the. day. totally. awesome

[@Meech-sr9nf]

Spot on bro, nailed it!

[@dreamerwakes]

Every instrument, every sound, every vocal and every beat is a testiment to how precious and special a woman is.

[@monicawism]

I was in the mood for some good old 80's funk...Cameo instantly came to mind!! Turn it up!

[@apprentessjgooden2263]

I was 8 years old in 1984, Olympics in Los Angeles, the Raiders winning the Super Bowl, i remember everything, all the older acts from the 70s resurfaced one more time and gave us the best music ever, Marvin Gaye ☝🏾

[@melvinbaldwin9505]

Pure definition of classy Funk!

[@DirrtyJerzy91]

True!!

[@ceejay7953]

I all so well remember these days!❤ The summer of 1984. Thank you so much.

[@pharoahtc2216]

This may be Cameos finest funk jam out of huge library of genius hits!!!!

[@thelasthourgetready]

Back and forth

[@Judy-um6yn]

This song brings back such cool memories....She's STRANGE....And I like it!

[@TheWinterShadow]

R&B was such a cool genre during this time. They put out some damn good music...catchy, headnodic and well constructed.

[@salemg5726]

This is considered funk

[@Splizzniff]

I’m the son of one of the keyboard players of Cameo named Jeff Nelson aka White Boy Jeff. I’m so happy to see everyone still bopping to this song so many years after it’s release!

[@coor3992]

Thx your dad ! 👍🏼🙏🏻

[@DLCOrganization]

What year did he join up with Cameo?

[@Fordriasdance]

Still jammin in 2022 !!!!!! 80s baby here. My family played the heck outta this when I was a kid. Great memories.

[@miaporche2256]

One of my favorite songs!!! I love cameo....♥️♥️♥️

[@carlbowles1808]

1984 was the highest year of the 1980's and just perfect. She's strange is the ice cream on that 🍎 apple pie. I feel blessed to have lived it as a 23 year old, it is still amazing and fantastic.

[@eharrisist]

Amazed at how many people, who didn't know that was Vanity on the cover...when this came out in the 80's....I instantly knew it was Vanity...had her wild animal album, and was a fan...and I believe it's in the vinyl album credits. Love this song and the lyrics. Cameosian for life!

[@laquithasmith6678]

This my jam !! That bass and drums is hitting!! And it just jams out at the end !!

[@patrickguga5178]

Cameo® remains the epitome of the original funk bands. Cameo® will forever be the band that anyone with a grain of salt will bring up in conversation as one of the greatest R&B bands of all time and "She's Strange" defines their position in history! Enough said .....

[@tiaramarie6293]

THIS BEAT IS SO COLD!!! N I LOVE THIS SONG

[@MuckCityLilIce6]

Tiara Marie hope somebody make a Lil instrumental

[@artilliobernstine3424]

A beat so cold tupac had to use it. Tupac ft Nate dog song called scandles

[@michaelcampbell4535]

Tiara Marie me to baby you are beautiful and sexy

[@85degreessouthband19]

Yup Yup!

[@skl8413]

.

[@gigisgucci]

I may be young, but I grew up on this music. Cameo, Prince, Jimmy, Rick, Gap, Earth Wind & Fire, Maze, etc😂

[@jsuchaldy9690]

Still funking in 2020. Larry Blackmon older, weary, in the body but music is all he's got. Get in shape, your fans are still here and the band is better than ever. Cameo for life.

[@yomiorimolade]

Is Anybody in the House in 2019 listening to this Amazing song released wayback in 1984 by one and only legendary Singer Cameo. I remember this song as a 10yrs old boy in my neighborhood town in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria being showed on Lagos Weekend Television LTV8 amongst many other American hit songs of the early and mid 80s. It's so, so painful that Americas don't sing no more like they do in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.

[@blessedodele]

Cameo is a band not a singer

[@Jean-ArmandJeArSp]

@@Da_SRB_Detroit Du irrst dich, dieser Song von Cameo " She's Strange " kam D O C H 1984 raus ! ! !

[@Jean-ArmandJeArSp]

@@Da_SRB_Detroit OK ! ... Du bist aus Detroit Michigan, USA ? ... Ich komme aus Germany, ... in Frankfurt (am Main) gab es eine Club Discotheque "Funkadelic" in den 80er-Jahren, das mein zweites Wohnzimmer war ! Hast Du schon mal was gehört von der Discotheque ?

[@joshie333333]

That horn...So hypnotizing...I remember playing this song when i was a little 10 year old little girl (now 16) Never gets old...

[@ccalccol]

single version entered Billboard April 7, 1984 ..reached #47 reached #1 on R&B chart

[@joemasters2270]

Man I loved this song as a child. Summer of ‘84... damn I m old 😆

[@trumpprez7252]

You and I are the same age :)

[@felicialewis1096]

LoVe this Song, first love with my 1979 T-Top Camaro....I'm Strange and they liked it. Cameo and Music as such is priceless can't compare to it nothing like it!!!!

[@ceewil2993]

This 80's music was and still will be the best on the planet!

[@ALTAIR1284]

👍🏾

[@rc9149]

Old school back at bell school.were the days..chavez.rob..who remembers

[@carlbowles1808]

Hell yeah 😎🎼💪.

[@Babyduzzit]

Amen

[@jamesbrooks6891]

Born 80's baby

[@Mr-Keyes]

#1 Single ,and a # 1 Album , Cameo killed it in 84.

[@johnnyodom6915]

Saw them in Ottawa canada a few years back. I'm from Florida and I just happened to be in Canada at the time, stumbled drunk in the bar and look what I found!! Good memories

[@alvinbatiste1147]

The keyboard solo y'all hearing is my big brother Edsel Robinson from ATL dude is phenomenal 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@lizelmathews845]

One of my Mom's favorite songs 🎵 in the 80s. ❤️

[@MichaelGraves-kp7qc]

A truly great song.

[@rdcruiser4396]

Sin ser mi canción y mi álbum favorito de Cameo (Sino las de fines de los 70s hasta el de 1981" Knights of the sound table") este álbum lo compré durante mi último año de secundaria. Soy fan de Cameo desde 1981 y aún conservo casi todos sus vinilos. Saludos desde Chile.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Cameo never ever gets old

[@cthor1creations75]

Hall of fame band! One of a kind with thier rich soulful sound -funk .

[@BabyCee713]

Reminds my of Yvette back in 1984.....thank you love for what u taught a young fella back then ❤️

[@c-5terminator367]

This is a serious jam!!🎹🎤🎼

[@anrhonystanford39]

C-5 Terminator moves horrie

[@mollyfisher3793]

Sho Nuff😎

[@percywood1993]

Used to go down to the Hernando bottom lands to cut firewood, 1983 groovin'to this; still groovin'.

[@MrQmason]

Love that synth sound and tone.......

[@stanleyscott7826]

The thing I like about this jam is Larry Blackmon's jam on Simmons Drums, just pure genius. He kept his drumming. Instinct but got that evolutionary thing going on!!! Stan.

[@woodsoncircle]

LEGENDS. Cameo's sound, presence & funky vibe was well before their time. GREAT music with no expiration date.

[@demetriuslamotte6088]

I'm 51. It's been more than one time at a party that was dead, but then when you put this jam on, everybody is on the dance floor.

[@dylansurajkumar4882]

Dope song like to meet woman who can appreciate this music.....

[@summerbreeze495]

STONE COLD BAD.... AND I LIKE IT!!!! 🔥🔥🔥😍

[@isidorocisneros5002]

Iike to get the best music

[@sylvaniusross9705]

hands down no era is touchin the 80's, style wise or music. i miss those golden years and Cameo did they thing.

[@anthonyhendrickson1929]

Booooy stooooooop 70's

[@boomboom7364]

@@anthonyhendrickson1929 LMFAOOOOO No doubt. Nothing but Mad instrumental talent, Tight vocals and sensational harmonizing Whew. My dad had me HOOKED on 70's jams. 80's got some good jams too.

[@melindasain5705]

The bass line is. Sooo sick 👍👍👍👍

[@stevenasare1004]

My dad had this album on vinyl! Classic!! Vanity was the woman of the 80's!

[@willjuniel-jp8rc]

Thank you. Truly reflective. Holla!

[@j.franknash8989]

One of the nastiest grooves ever, you couldn't sit down

[@lynneallen1652]

And I'm strange and I like it.🙆🏼

[@ycty1424]

YES, I WOULD PLAY THIS IN THE BAR AND I DANCED UP AND DOWN THE ISLE!!!WOW SO MANY GOOD MEMORIES 💖

[@ItsJustJodieLove-ej4il]

On my feet RIGHT now

[@slmeucalesa1]

…...….. AND I LIKE IT !!!!!

[@jameshayden7741]

THE BOMB FOR CHILLING WITH MY SET OF HOMIIES . .

[@WenD1908]

I'm reminded of seeing them in high school. i felt so grown in that arena with my favorite group performing!

[@ramirezsb8056]

One of my favorite jams.. i will never get tired of hearing this jam.. i even have my kids jamming out to this haha!

[@Poorlilrichboy80]

This song came out when I was 4 years old back in 1984. I remember my dad turning it up loud on the radio every time it came on.

[@Juicieburst82]

I was 2!!!!! 🤣

[@sensay4050]

Good music! 💥

[@rastarusso7502]

Fuck yea!

[@tuco187.g5]

Your dad has great taste in music

[@honeydip6355]

I was 7

[@kennethcraddock2313]

Reminds me of a beautiful PYT I use to deal with...I definitely "LIKED" it. More trouble than good but very, very exciting cause "She's Strange" maybe bipolar but captivatingly gorgeous simultaneously...WOW!!!

[@mawilliams4106]

cameo was the thing in the 80

[@whitesongs73]

Bipolar eh?

[@45gforce]

WAS HER CHAR

[@BossSiris]

This brings back so many memories when I was a kid!

[@jeshun7071]

She's strange, the big hit which had eluded Cameo, had finally been found on their 10th album, also this track broke Cameo in the UK, the track sees the Larry & the guys rapping about a lady who "reeks distinction from head to toe" this went on to become such a firm club favourite, Cameo had duly arrived with intent

[@missymeaky]

J Eshun Love all your interesting information John x

[@jeshun7071]

+Donna Claira Thankyou Donna, i acknowledge that, its Jonathan lol

[@cehayes74]

J Eshun Don’t 4get this go round they had their own label Atlanta Artists distribution by way of Polygram Records after some successful years on Casablanca’s Chocolate City Label.

[@purpleimpactstrategies7417]

I don’t know bout eluded...

[@kevineaddy1248]

Iconic group, this song is a classic hang out song

[@h2junkey]

Nothing says "funky" like this baseline!

[@saybrittaney]

Mannnnn ...

[@r2droo2]

*bassline

[@dalemcilwain]

" and we like it."

[@selwynpierce4462]

Snoop Dogg & Lil' Duval, "Kill em wit da shoulders

[@albertdavis4920]

Base!!!

[@GoddessBB]

I remember my mom playing this song when I was a little girl when we would spend Saturdays together. I stayed with my pa-pa during the week. She had a brown '83 Pontiac Sunbird. She was about 30 yrs old then, I was 9. She's now almost 69, has dementia but she remembers this song still. As I just finished playing it for her. Cameo is one of my favorite 80s all male bands.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Hope mom's gets better,I had 2 godfathers with it,they are home with the lord now

[@funknowledgy]

A great mix of the edgy and the smooth. The synth work on this song is incredible. Takes you on a journey.

[@sheilapalmer9539]

I love this mix

[@slickonehundred6947]

took me 4ever 2 find this track. I cant stop playing it 💯

[@thelasthourgetready]

Lol

[@shyford8776]

My absolute favorite song 🎵 💓 ❤ 💛 80s yes

[@raulgreen8369]

Put funk, hard rock, r&b you got everything in one from one amazing album.

[@lenardjones1592]

Raul Green don't forget rap

[@SerpentFire]

This has been my favorite song since I was 13 years old. I'm almost 48

[@ozzyjasso1815]

Same here

[@lyricistanonymous8126]

🙋🏾‍♀️👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@Blondie35]

I remember listening to the for the first time when I 13 in New Orleans, LA and now I'm almost 48 too

[@Tranquilvibes959]

dragonpat666 yes! I didn't understand what they was talking about but to beat was "cold"!

[@lynneallen1652]

I knew what they were talking about in the 80s they were talking about all the fine ass girls back in the day and I was one of them cuz why cuz I'm strange, and I like it.

[@marqueseboone1497]

The production is incredible 🙌

[@Jarvizkingjarvo1224]

The beat is next level can’t find no sound like this. Old school jams never die

[@JigglyRuff]

Listen to the bassline to this..... Absolutely Wicked! Today's music can not mess with these tunes.

[@nicoleford4654]

It's the one and only Cameo, the rest are imitators. I'm a Gen-X and I will say that our generation sampled the heck out of songs especially songs we grew up listening to from our parents the Baby Boomers.

[@donaldedmondson4240]

When my wife gets on my nerves she’s strange but I love her

[@brandontaylor738]

Same for mine! 😂😂😂😂

[@jeanglenn5243]

Now now fellas where would you be if they weren't in your lives strange 😂 and you know this

[@xactleeryt]

Nice! 😂

[@mylesanderson2861]

@@jeanglenn5243 I am strange then been single forever 😁

[@johnmilbourn8876]

@@jeanglenn5243 I like it

[@Pricelessdiamond28]

I like it the way she wears her hair.... ❤️ Classic

[@BRAINSBEAUTY206]

*Cameo is the shiiiiit!* This is my new theme song..I LIKE IT!!

[@reklawauhsoj183]

Replicated Cypher now it's 2018 now what

[@hamedaahm2458]

@@reklawauhsoj183 still is a year later

[@jeromehart1369]

i like you are you strange????

[@mauricebrown3099]

Hell. Yea

[@onslaughtgaming-742h]

Gee

[@marcusbiggs621]

I Love this song, It's a good song&I Love all types of music. :) :) ♡♡ 😃😃❤❤

[@TheTayedrums]

YEP FELLAS THIS SONG WAS JUST ''ON POINT' PERIOD! FUNK-ROCK-R&B-SOULFUL BUT ROCKING OUT JUST THE SAME...EVEN A SLIGHT JAZZY FEEL...THE BACKGROUND KEYS SETS A TONE/MOOD FOR THIS SONG AS WELL...THE VOCAL WERE ALWAYS ON POINT...AND BLACKMAN BEING A DRUMMER SET A SWEET TONE FOR THE BAND...POWERFUL/FUNKY WITH A ROCK EDGE...

[@dreamerwakes]

a lot of people slept on the b-ground keys.

[@TheTayedrums]

plus...the long groove at the end...classic long playing music...dont cut it short ride this song out....great job on the producing and non-editing end....

[@SoulSister901]

Cameo is finally coming to Memphis! Thank God!

[@misterjackson7928]

+Kenni Wells dang!..glad they still touring..and they got fans like you...Highly underrated by the music historians..shows what they don't know.

[@miketatum562]

+Kenni Wells They still put on a great performance.

[@trr7128]

A powerful funky feel topped with deep and mellow poetic lyrics!

[@brianjames2192]

A TRULY AMAZING GROOVE CAMEO OUT DID THEMSELVES WITH THIS EVER GREEN 🍏 MONSTER 👹 JAM

[@bridgetteking9618]

This and talking out the side of ya neck, two of their best instrumental arrangements

[@SunnyIlha]

'0:43'

[@catherinemccurry3940]

I LOVE DA ALBUM COVER 😍😍😍😍

[@timtim-hf3ut]

cameo gets no credit for creating this sound...cameo is so og

[@timtim-hf3ut]

pretty much created the g funk sound of Cali

[@BornToBeFamed]

timtim 1 cuz its some legal issues behind it. My pops did the drums on this track at the time he was working with benard wright fresh outta highschool, benard took the beats for this album and single life , promising he was gonna show them to blackmen , but benard was coke head, and history was made , my pops never got credit, studio got burned down that held the reel to reels . Alot of cameos music will go unsung cuz of the legal issues. I grew up to this music and never knew it was actually my dad on drum tracks . And the drum machine u hear is the sr-16 . Outta Dallas Texas . its all good though, God works in mysterious ways, cuz benard smoke all his money up 🤷🏽‍♂️.

[@bryandavis5823]

timtim 1 t

[@bryandavis5823]

BornToBeFamed k

[@lucypollard6012]

They are OGs

[@adaboy4z]

I was 10 when this song hit man thank pops for playing all this good music on Saturday mornings!

[@eevinstelly4131]

This reminds me of every black family function in America....bbq and beer talking ish n lots of fun nothing like family😍

[@Armrpl8ed]

100% the good times Bruh. Black People had love for each other

[@wrighted6858]

Shol ain't

[@sluggishprincess3325]

Soul food days and shit lol y’all know what I’m talkin’ bout suga !!

[@ceciliajcasarez1166]

And me as their guest I LOVE MY ANTHEM SONG

[@richarddelatorre6707]

shit not only blacks all races, bumped this shit when I was growing up. soul runs deep

[@harmoniedanner4005]

You know your family is soul when your 12 and know this song