CHERI - Murphy's Law [12'' Version]

Cheri - Murphy's Law [12'' Version]
Label: Venture Records (VD-5019)
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM
Released: 1982 [US]
Producer: Freddie James, Geraldine Hunt
Written by Daniel Joseph, Geraldine Hunt
Remix by Michael Arato
Mastered by Herb Powers Jr.
For promotional purpose only!

[@davidmarquez4291]

For those who grew up in this era, this is one of those songs that was big when it came out and nobody plays it today and hearing it makes you realize just how many good songs you DON'T hear anymore..

[@ZeroSmokes]

That's cause you spend all your time listening to the old good songs.

[@mannypintado8349]

I play it. Check my Garage page in Facebook.

[@StevenLemmens261061]

Because you're getting old man...

[@brianbeveney339]

I hear that! A sterling jam of yester year and then some. I was eleven years old when it came out. Was it not featured in a film of the same name?

[@adriandavis5076]

Speak about that 4sho

[@shikhalemuel6802]

I was 19 and clubbing at this time. Had fun listening to this song at work...KTU92 Paco and Rosco!

[@JBlingBling03]

Yes, me too!!

[@edwinmercado4802]

40 years ago can't believe it. Where did the time has gone to. I was 18 now going on 58 .😪.

[@JBlingBling03]

I'm with you. I don't know where the years went....sad.

[@TheMhirtz]

Got chills when the little cartoony voice came on

[@prettynikki3667]

2023 and I'm here to be reminded of that era when we were normal and loved life just because ❤️✌🏾

[@miguelquinones9063]

Man .I used to roller skate,smoke weed to this jam...good times...lol

[@TheDjtaffy]

You can't beat that!!! Cheers!!!

[@bernardseymour2640]

The 80’s! A decade filled with great music.

[@JBlingBling03]

This song brings back such great memories. I just didn't know how good I had it back then. Classic!!!

[@stellarocquie7957]

Indeed.😢

[@willardlockejr2965]

Still groovin' on this old school 80's gem in 2023.

[@satin754]

March 6 2024❤

[@spiritualmakaveli4142]

@@satin754same🔥

[@kirkindog]

I can’t help but remember this song. It came out the same year I graduated high school. Man, I miss the 80s…😢

[@dinaaprea3779]

This one particular song reminds me of my best friend in this world.... This was his Favorite songof all time back in 1981... He was murdered in early 1982 at the age of 17.... I find myself coming here more often as time passes just for a few laughs about the good times in Brooklyn , NY.... I miss him so much........

[@denisegreen6878]

I'm so sorry for your loss

[@philipferrara2294]

I'm from Brooklyn to do this is what I first heard the song I'm the one that played it Good times

[@rickbaker8340]

Life is so precious. I’m sorry that you lost your friend.🙏🏻♥️

[@WillieSherman-cq9uo]

This song was a remake from Tracy Weber"Sure shot" in 1981 .She was also murdered in an apartment in Harlem in 1981.

[@stellarocquie7957]

But the song came out in 1982. Condolences on the loss of your friend. ❤

[@sunnydaysatl]

I was five years old when this came out. I would make my dad play it over n over again.

[@CRITIC458]

The vibes can’t be compared 2023 still fire 🔥

[@louishamilton9648]

Fire all right😱

[@bmalitz]

Dumpster fire @@louishamilton9648

[@MikeStone3000]

When THIS cam out, every boom box was blasting this Jammm out in the streets from New York to Chicago to L.A.!!! It was really going on!!

[@shirleybutler2623]

OMG Mike u just hit a homerun with those comments 4SURE!!❤ A trip down memory lane good ode days 4REAL 👌 💯 Real music with meaningful lyrics u can understand 4SURE!!! NEW YORK IN DA HOUSE 4SURE ❤❤ Still listening how about December 04 2021 A blast from the past AMEN 🙏 🙌 ❤

[@lawandathomas7747]

Yassss 💯💯👤👏👏👏🥰

[@ericwilliams3768]

I was 12 years old I remember riding around and listen to this plan on a 8track n the car.

[@menkabyrd289]

And Detroit

[@andrehopes7643]

My little brother would wake up out of his sleep whenever this song came on he was so young he probably won't remember brings a smile to my face . Love you little brother

[@anguelotemunoz1444]

OTRO FANTÁSTICO 45 T.! OTRO ENTRE TANTOS OTROS! MARAVILLOSA EPOCA QUE, YO, CONOCÍ Y VIVÍ! CUANTO HECHO DE MENOS ESOS AÑOS 70/80!!!!!!!

[@carlosmunoz7934]

Great song ! My God ,we were lucky to be able to experience that era !

[@curriestrickland5077]

You can never beat a classic. It lives forever.

[@oldskoolmusicforever0724]

AT AGE 57 NOW,THESE WERE THE GOOD OLE DAYS WHEN THIS SONG DROPPED IN 1982.BY THE WAY,1982 WAS THE YEAR I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.

[@ambienbrain8261]

1981 for me. This song takes me back.

[@oldskoolmusicforever0724]

@@ambienbrain8261 I KNOW RIGHT

[@lawrenceparker5438]

Class of 82 as well

[@stellarocquie7957]

College class of '82, here. Hearing this now, after almost 40 years REALLY upset me. Love the JAM, hate the passage of time. Peace.

[@oldskoolmusicforever0724]

@@stellarocquie7957 WE STILL IN THE GAME THO STELLA,SO AT LEAST TO ME,THAT'S A GREAT THING.

[@carygarnett1804]

Aaahhhh '82!!! Had a crush on Khia Hill when this came out...back in 3rd grade

[@2slick35]

Head rocking,hip shaking,leg moving music!!! Nothing is better than old school music!!! Nothing!!!

[@MenkaByrd-nd2nm]

I big time agree 😊

[@antonhouston9567]

I totally remember this 1982 song.The song nor the artist received recognition that was well deserved. The base line is dope!

[@DiscoMatty79]

It was number 1 on the Disco charts

[@MenkaByrd]

I think in spring 1981

[@MenkaByrd]

Mojo play this all the time

[@123slasher.16]

​@@MenkaByrd-DETROIT, WGPR, 107.5 FM!

[@jestine9012]

I need my Bluetooth speaker for this one. One of the soundtracks of my youth. Still brings back memories to this day. The message is in the music.

[@notgivinup]

CLASSIC! Shame I can’t find it on iTunes. 😡😡😡😡 Hook up my phone to my car player and BLAST this song from here! Memories ….. 🎶 🎵 🎵

[@gunslingah2]

OMGEEEEEEE I forgot Murphy’s Law completely, damn shame…. That was my song in college lol ♥️💕💯🎶

[@stevie5443]

40 years ago, Murphy's Law by Cheri hit #5 R&B, #39 HOT 100, #1 Dance/Disco, 1982 📻💙🖤💜💛

[@funklabmusic6835]

Yea I remember this song was in the 9th grade when it came out 👍 job on the upload thank you for that great track 🙂,was searching for it & forgot the artist name.😂🙂

[@sevinatenine4444]

I JUST WISH WE COULD ABOUT A 5 YEAR RUN OF R&B/SOUL/DISCO/FUNK MUSIC AGAIN LIKE IT WAS BACK IN 1982 WHEN THIS JAM WAS BURNING UP THE CHARTS.NAW MAKE IT A 10 YEAR RUN COME TO THINK OF IT.

[@the9-2-5outlawgamer]

I remember being four years old and this song was on the radio. Didn’t know who sang it. I knew when I heard it, It took me back to 1981.

[@jaymanix39]

1982 was the turning point of 80's funk,a great year for music.This song was released Spring of that year.

[@rommix0]

It really was, and Michael Jackson's Thriller was the catalyst

[@rosavellemiller6244]

I was a freshman in high school in 1982 . I remember jamming this in the morning on my walkman on a cassette tape !!!! 😂😂😂😂😂 Those Was the days !!! Skating Rink And Good Clean Fun !!!

[@PatentRob]

Indeed . . . Class on 1982

[@saj8]

1982 was the year that funk went completely electronic.

[@michaeltnewyorknights8413]

@@saj8 maybe 83

[@Labergemusic]

Whos listening to this in 2020? It's not 2020 yet but this will be next years #1 hit.

[@shirleybutler2623]

OMG I will always cherished this awesome classic as long as I live AMEN!!! This awesome classic is in its own class of its own 4SURE!!! Do you agree Laberge? A blast from the past 4SURE!!!! Still listenin how about December 08 2019 MEMORIES WOW!!! GOT ALL TOGETHER DON'T CHA BABY !!!!

[@joycesmith4825]

I am!!!😍😍😍😍😍😀😀😀😀😀😀💋💋💋💋💋💋

[@zzzohmy]

Well, shit. You weren’t wrong.😥

[@franklopez436]

yo la escucho!!! 04 11 20

[@tomthumb2650]

Benford's Law. Joe Biden will be in jail is they use it

[@klarn99]

I was beginning to think I made this song up in my head! Finally found it!

[@stellarocquie7957]

IKR 😊 It always reminded me of Alvin and the Chipmunks, lol!

[@frankwalker6862]

😁OMG...me too

[@sherylgriffiths715]

Lol me too lol

[@SheriFromDetroit]

So glad I lived in the 80s ❤❤

[@stevie5443]

As a 13 yr old in 1982, I recall disco roller skating to this ⭐💟!

[@atlbackin82fool]

Yes, I was 14....I remember skating and crossing dem skates as we went around me the turn

[@electronictrip]

Loved skating to this one!!

[@jacqueline4514]

I was 15 skating to this; best times of my life! I'm 53 now and still love to skate 😉

[@kimwalkermitchell6199]

I was 12!

[@PRINCE-ve7hb]

The same !

[@breezykey229]

My favorite song!! Reminds me as a kid that my daddy playing this! So many memories! Love this song!! ❤

[@tadream4561]

I remember this! I also heard on the radio Float on. Bunch of classics!

[@steffyMJ]

I was born in ‘93, but man, do I LOOOOOOVE this song ❤️

[@user-rt5nv5kf4o]

Trop heureux de re-découvrir ce morceau sur lequel on a tellement dansé 😊 82, mes 18 ans et le Bac au lycée technique Amédé Gasquet de Clermont-Ferrand. Et en ce mois de Juin splendide où j'ai pu aborder enfin la fille du censeur, aussi belle que la fille du proviseur du regretté Cabu mais tout aussi inaccessible !! Le courant passait bien pourtant avant qu elle m annonce ... qu elle quittait la region a la rentrée de Septembre SNIF 😢 Bouteille a la mer si des fois tu lis ce message belle princesse 😊

[@davidbowman6239]

I was 11 years old in 1982 and I remember this song

[@sirharry13]

Can't believe this song is 40 years old this month!

[@terrencewortham8144]

I used to play this in the dorm in college... Great song

[@otisw.thomasiii8690]

This song was waaaaaaayyy before my time! I’m 28,I’ll be 29 on Valentine’s Day and I LOVE THIS SONG! Idk what it is! My grandma used to laugh at me and tell me I had an old soul just like my name😂 She put me on a lot of music! I guess I feel like I’m dancing with her!! Rest up Grandma Shirley aka Wonder Woman and thank you!❤️🥺

[@dawnielee8767]

Grand props to the GMoms and they throwback grandbabies...blessed with TWO old soul granddaughters and am having a blast passing these things down!!! GMOM LOVE...NOTHING LIKE IT!!!❤️

[@anthonycoleman9593]

"Ain't nobody comin' to see you Otis! I know you've heard that a 1000 times, lol. ☺

[@otisw.thomasiii8690]

@@anthonycoleman9593 1 MILLION 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lovethisone2673]

Seems like this song needs to be played repeatedly as a lesson for those in social services. When you say and do wrong to another human being, it will come back to you in ways you never dreamed of. Just because you have a title behind your name, doesn't make you immune to having your dirty laundry exposed. No exceptions.

[@NealTeresa157]

Blast from the past!!!! I was visiting South Carolina when I first heard this song!!!! I Love it! ❤

[@antonhouston9567]

I totally remember this song from back in the day.Glad to hear it again.

[@leondus6489]

Now this is music from back in the days to dance 🕺 or just chill and talk to a lovely woman

[@torriewright296]

I was 10 years old and my mom would play this while having her cocktail 🍸 love the music I grow up with 🎶🎶🎶

[@blaisehanon]

your mom is (was?) a fantastic person...

[@CC-jy4gr]

@@blaisehanon sunshine and rainbows and aa meetings

[@phillipmartin2636]

Wow u were a baby just a baby I just got home from tech school

[@phillipmartin2636]

I was 23 yrs old when we jam this going down the highway

[@dmandagoat4888]

I’m a 2008 baby just now finding some good classic music. Cool This is what you guys listen to? Groovy.

[@shanagoodloe9801]

My Mother And Aunt's Use To Love This Song They WAS The Good Ole Days😊

[@lisalove272]

Omg, i was 16 when this song came out and me and my friends would play it over and over. The good old day's when music was real and not talking and cursing threatening to rob and kill! Was the day's of the DISCO all the kids just wanted to dance and roller skate... I played this song for my daughter, she looked at me bizarrely and said, " wow teens back then was so strange?...........

[@EastLosAngeles1964classic]

Disco will live forever 🎶 🎵

[@richardkaltenbach3961]

@@EastLosAngeles1964classic That's Right! Disco RULES! So Does The GEO METRO And The CHEVY MONZA!!

[@curiositypiqued6573]

Your daughter sounds typically closed or narrow minded

[@dallasborn8574]

That's cause we had fun and not running around killing each other! Etc.

[@senorxrey6429]

I worked at one of the radio stations in the same building Venture Records had their offices. We played the hell out of this!

[@kimberlytaylor8550]

Got it all together, don’t cha, baby? My 12 year old self singing that hook, losing it all the time!

[@happygolucky7241]

TIMELESS ❤️‍🔥

[@eddielucheano3977]

loved this song, from when i first heard it, a winner ! high quality ratings from me,(Cavi-R).

[@daisymaryjoan]

Soooo glad that i have this one on vinyl

[@JBlingBling03]

Wow!! I wished that I did.

[@garyclifford467]

CLASSIC ❤

[@victoriatibayan7662]

That was awesome. You pulled that one out of a ole hat. Love the beat.. Thanks. It was my wake up song this morning 🌅🌄.

[@lovethisone2673]

I was in high school when this song came out. Still sounds great as always. But the message is still as relevant now as it was then. Many thanks.

[@love.toy-]

When this first came out, I roc’d it with my power amp( Pioneer)!!

[@MissEmmap]

Wow omg This is a tune .. Growing up in 80s My sister xx can’t believe I got here coz of ten city woohooo omg this is memories xxxx love to all x

[@alandajenkins2360]

Memories sweet memories....sitting at Belle Isle in Michigan trying to be grown and violating curfew 😛😛🤣🤣

[@fredyatb]

What a nice musica my brothers 🤗🤗🤗

[@eadwig2000]

Finally found it. It's only taken 35 years.

[@anthonystephenson1992]

same here

[@LuDogg805]

Congratulations... luckily my uncle has so many records so I grew up listening to these types of songs... I can't go through all of them, but luckily I knew this one.

[@bassrumble1815]

Congratulations. You beat me to it by 3 months

[@bassrumble1815]

Congratulations. You beat me to it by 3 months

[@blonde7000]

I only heard it for the first time two days ago and i love it

[@sherylgriffiths715]

Took me 40 years to find this song but I never gave up Thank God lol..I used google voice search I hummed it

[@Hoodfellaz100]

I was born the summer of 82, I’m still jamming to this tune. Love it❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DiscoMatty79]

Happy belated 40th. I celebrated mine last January. Too bad we were too young to go to the Disco.

[@kaderdumont9953]

Like me from 82. Happy 41 to you both dears 82ers 😁🌃🌟🌙🚂🍀

[@reginaldfreeman2160]

I graduated from high school in 1983 Jammie to this song back then and now Murphy law

[@cartoonist1975]

same here / aug '82

[@jimmyjones6672]

So funky and so smooth right to the bone i don't love u whaaat burn to dedicate this song to your ex's in the 80's ow wee wee good time the 80"YES

[@jeffreyprather5834]

GREAT CLASSIC SONG GEM

[@danieljames4569]

I remember this song back in the day and I grew up on listening to it and the extended version is way better

[@ashantizulu144]

New York City WBLS, always played this on the radio remember going to school me & my girlfriends singing this song in the halls after the bell rings 💃🏿💃🏿💃🏻💃🏼💃

[@JBlingBling03]

Long live WBLS!! I used to love this song!!

[@melvinwalters3366]

I was a DJ doing this time in the early 80s and after this song I will put on dirty Lowdown by Boz Scaggs the seventies and eighties was definitely golden years. Now please listen to me if you want to change up the negative frequency in the world play a lot of the great music from the 60 70 80s and even some of the 90s, play it Loud the healing is in the frequency of the music. And Watch What Happens

[@garycampbell7281]

A TRUE KARMA RECORD!!! WHAT COMES AROUND GOES AROUND!!! A TRUE CLASSIC!!! ✌😎👍

[@efselpollogranate]

The pure karma 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@enfumeur1080]

rare moment of absolute funky music !!many kisses from france!!

[@anthonyrichie390]

Mix 99.5 Brought Me Here . I Was A Teenager When This Came Out ! The 80s We're Full Of Good Times !!!

[@DiscoMatty79]

I would have been at the Disco dancing to this, but I was only 3 months old. #borntoolate

[@JAdderly]

This song was on my mind for days and my dad found it for me. My gf thinks she is perfect and now I know why this song kept popping in my head.

[@angelawise-rhone4793]

OMG! This was my favorite song in the 7th grade. I just play it for my 14 year old. He is cracking up! LOL! Still love this tune.

[@leondus6489]

I was in New York when this song came out and it hit the charts and great dancing music or chilling

[@blacklacenyc6592]

Me too.

[@mebarkizoubida6966]

j'adore ce track !!!!!!!❤❤❤❤

[@ShaNeedra]

The music reminds me of taking a Sunday drive in a convertible on a beautiful sunny day. Oh, and the bassline is 🔥

[@TonyRomearound]

I was 12 years old when this song came out I couldn't get enough of it. A friend of mine brought it to my attention today God such memories. It's a shame we can't get back to those days

[@essenceofebony0to9]

This song has been in my brain for YEARS but I couldn't remember the words nor the female that sings it, and only remember hearing it as a little girl. I FINALLY FOUND IT!!!! Thank you for uploading this. Thank you thank you thank you...

[@detroittrickster3327]

its been 30 years since i heard this!

[@stellarocquie7957]

Same. And I haven't heard it in ALMOST 40 years. It actually made me cry, reminiscing. . . man, they were some good old days. . .simple, FUN, clubbing, dancing till dawn, PARTYING LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW! WOW. Now we're just getting OLD in this effing effed up world.

[@tonymays2149]

Xdxxxxxxxxxddxxddxxxxxxxxdxxxxddxxffc.

[@L.o.u.i.s..]

Just heard the song in an old Mastermind mix from the local radio station (on yt), i'm glad this is uploaded. Nothing like music to bring back memories.

[@anndavis2920]

just got this poped into my head also. the bassline is fire!

[@malikcolbert7049]

One of my favorites back in the day. So glad I found it again!!!!

[@lisaclark616]

I was helping my 14 year old daughter with a science experiment. Then Murphy's Law came to my mind. Then.... I said to myself, "There was a song in the 80s about Murphy's Law!!!" I came straight to You Tube! The animated character is EVERYTHING!

[@shawnj2313]

87 baby here I bump this is my Cadillac Escalade skating in 2021😂😂

[@Cottaseed]

this was my jam . you heard it in the streets of New York on the boom boxes

[@shirleybutler2623]

OMG Claudia You just hit a homerun with those comments 4SURE ❤ What I would give to go back in time for a little while I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of style ❤ 💜 Do U Agree??? This awesome classic just moves one's soul in the right direction ❤ 👌 Real music with meaningful lyrics u can understand 4REAL ❤ A blast from the past good ode days 4US 💜💚💃💃💃👌 Claudia I will always have ode skool music in my blood 4EVER!!!❤❤❤ How about U??? Still listening how about December 4 2021

[@shirleybutler2623]

Oh Yeah, NEW YORK IN DA HOUSE 4SURE!!!💚💜💖💃💃👌

[@georgemachado2827]

The 80s along with the 70s great years

[@purplegurl79]

Took me for so long to find this song!!

[@blacklacenyc6592]

❤ This song popped into my head this morning.

[@bengrimari8511]

Excellent !!!!! Depuis toujours….que de bons souvenirs

[@charlesnye1736]

This is one of the coolest songs ever!

[@Honeysuckle82]

Charles Nye Sounds like the minions in the background laughing...🤣

[@carloszerbinatti3515]

this reminds me summer time in brazil,got away from winter, it was played every corner, every radio station,,,magic time.

[@timothymorrison7302]

Aman I was about five years old and today it's still sounds good

[@inmyopinion9305]

Me too 😊

[@The69tomppa]

i'm forget that disco classics, thanks you! That's great now and then!

[@davidj5910]

My 2 daughters (who are now in their 20s) when they were like 3 and 4 i used to play this for them. They thought it was the funniest thing they ever heard. I would dance with them and after it was over they would beg me to play it again and again..

[@ericacole8411]

Great song. One of my top favorites.

[@thomasdwyer6427]

80,s had good music

[@ericfelder1591]

Yes when creativity in music was the Norm

[@pierre-josesaffray2537]

" MURPHY'S LAW " s'est vendu à deux millions d'exemplaire à travers le monde et n' a coûté que 900 dollars à produire. Opération réussie : n°1 des CHARTS CLUB, n°5 des CHARTS R'N'B, pas mal pour une production familiale et indépendante réalisée au fin fond du Canada !!!

[@sirpaul2775]

The good Ole days 😊

[@SheriFromDetroit]

Perfection

[@aaronsanford740]

Great music, nothing like the 70's & 80's music.

[@LuDogg805]

Yes, generally love the music from 1977 - 1983. I loved that era the most or any music today that reflects that era!

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

I like music from 1964 to 1986. Nothing to take away from the early years of rock from 1955 to 1963, but after 1986 it started it's down fall when hip hop/dance, rap and hair bands like Poison became mainstream.

[@dalicoco4487]

I love

[@dalicoco4487]

Love it

[@odysseyvirtualrealityoasis7496]

Yeah I feel you I'm grooving

[@tommyjackson7679]

Yes I've finally found this song after 30yrs

[@TheQ-Continuum]

Pinky and Perky with their helium-filled backing vocals on chorus. This catchy little disco number never gets played anywhere on the so-called UK "oldies" radio stations !

[@jamespadilioni7766]

This song reminds me of growing up in The Bronx back in the day. Great memories 😊

[@blacklacenyc6592]

Probably played this at the SKATE KEY in The Bronx.