D Train - You're the One for Me

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The project was a collaborative effort between the band's namesake, James "D-Train" Williams, who was featured as the lead vocalist and songwriter, and Hubert Eaves III, a keyboardist and producer, who performed the instrumentation on the recordings. Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Williams himself was a R&B-dance producer as well. He and Eaves met during high school and began performing together. Eaves would spend most of the 1970s as a member of the R&B band Mtume. However, by the 1980s, he and Williams had teamed up again. The group named itself D-Train after a nickname Williams had acquired as a football player in high school.
D-Train released its first single "You're the One for Me" in late 1981. The track became an instant success, hitting #1 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart that year; it was remixed and re-released successfully several times since and was contemporaneously covered by Paul Hardcastle with vocalist Kevin Henry in the United Kingdom. The duo's self-titled debut album (which prominently featured the "You're the One for Me" title on the front cover, and the album became known by this name) followed in early 1982, and several additional singles from this effort were successful on both the R&B and Dance charts, although they were not as popular as the debut hit. Among these tracks were "Keep On", which reached #2 on the Dance chart, and a cover version of the Burt Bacharach- and Hal David-penned "Walk on By," which owed more to the Isaac Hayes version than to Dionne Warwick's original recording.
In 1983, the band released its follow-up album, Music. The title track became another dance-floor anthem and is the most gospel-infused of D-Train's floor fillers. This track nearly equalled the success of the group's debut single. Several other singles from the album were moderately successful.
In 1984, D-Train had its only Billboard Hot 100 entry with "Something's on Your Mind," which climbed to #79 and was later covered by Miles Davis on his album You're Under Arrest. The single also cracked the top five on the R&B chart, becoming the group's biggest hit in that market as well. The accompanying album, also titled Something's on Your Mind, found the band branching out into new musical territory, incorporating elements of reggae and more adult contemporary-oriented R&B into their music. Williams himself played acoustic guitar on a cover of Carole King's "So Far Away."
A greatest hits album titled You're the One for Me-The Very Best of D-Train was issued in several European countries in 1985. Featured on this compilation was a remixed version of "You're the One for Me" and the tune charted a second time that year. This version was remixed by Paul Hardcastle, who had previously issued a cover version of the song and, by 1985, had become well known for his own hit "19." Despite this success, the group would disband that same year.

[@sylviacooper4321]

I was so fortunate to have met him in a record store in Manhattan..i was in the aisles singing my heart to this song and he was standing there watching ..when i turned around he was like wow you know all the words ..he gave me an autographed picture which still hangs in my moms apartment...great guy and song 👏👏👏👏

[@ICyrusQI]

That's super cool!

[@amircammok2268]

Wow this is an awesome story

[@goodmusiclaws1144]

00000

[@StJames1938]

DTrain music spoiled me can’t stand the music out today

[@cheveresalvi]

Hell yeah!

[@SDSOverfiend]

That intro... WOW!!!!! He done took me to church.... AMEN!!!!

[@tishtish4442]

Fuckin fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💜

[@rosalynstroud-mathis2158]

😀 Right I'm at work jamming 05/05/202

[@kingdomthinker9794]

Me too! 😂​@@rosalynstroud-mathis2158

[@jazzsoulbrothers]

That's why it's always the LP version for me. That intro 🔥

[@dtrain8145]

Thank you!

[@IlkkaPaananen-kr1dw]

Thank You Lord and KZbin I found D Train today❤ Pure gold⚘️💯

[@ubaidakhtar8047]

"YOU ALL JUST DON’T KNOW” CLASSIC!!!!!

[@maxnauci6089]

Going into 2024 with funk D-Train Timeless!!!!! 2024 ain’t ready for us y’all ❤️🙏🏿💪🏾

[@Knonnynonny]

Me too!!!!! -- from Korea with sis-Love

[@tishtish4442]

Listening in 03/2024 💜🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nellieskeen5123]

Love it. These children don't know. . .LOL

[@jeandonlow7271]

YES! YES!YES!!

[@tirayk1]

Just listen to the lyrics at the end....Heaven!! WHO'S LISTENING IN 2024?🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

I am.

[@nauticz1]

Mee too

[@cakegrame7454]

Me, 6/13/2024 forgot the name of the song, until I began to sing it. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@madewithloveduh]

jamming to 2024 and beyond!! 🎊

[@lifeisagambletv]

Lol this was the sound track to all our Christmas parties in the Bronx back in the day lol my pops LOVED D Train 😂😂😂😂

[@1974kaplan]

After 43 years this song is🔥🔥🔥👏👏👏

[@illuminati1458]

I’m 19 songs still fire

[@1974kaplan]

@@illuminati1458you right

[@LuisAltamirano-zs2ju]

Wanderfoul music😊

[@dtrain8145]

Glad you like !

[@joylannetter2451]

We're bringing DTrain with us into 2024 in 30 hours❣️ Heeeey‼️

[@johngubatan5858]

Omg! Can't get enough of this song! Break into FREESTYLE!!!!

[@rosalynstroud-mathis2158]

This was the JAM here. Still listening, jamming at work 05//05/2024

[@TerranceWinbush]

I miss my baby! 😢 Love you forever Carmen! ❤️💯

[@furiousstyles08]

Best opening 38 seconds of a record ever

[@dtrain8145]

Oh yes! 🕺

[@sawano3437]

Is this an another song or exclusive to the song ?

[@janruytenbeek1964]

First soul train, then love train, party train forever D-Train cosmic paradise!

[@ronalston9571]

70 years old baby and this song stands the test of time one of the baddest song ever made period. And it is indeed a great funky love song A Love Song this all can hang with anything you throw on that turntable anyting

[@dtrain8145]

❤️ Thank You !!!

[@robertalvarez3245]

I agree bro

[@DaPhlyymamee]

Yes!!!

[@ClickClickBoomChaka]

You know what time it is, Ronalston!

[@alvinnelson7539]

Intro is soulful

[@dtrain8145]

Glad you enjoy!

[@douglaslee6048]

When I stayed in New York in the 80,s I became a DJ and I played D Train all the time

[@teddavis6093]

Lawdddddddddd, Pontiac, Michigan, 1981, 11 years old! 😍😍😍😍 Took me by storm.

[@runninrebel1520]

Lord bless D-Train. 🙏🏼

[@dtrain8145]

❤️

[@joshuabaptiste179]

This music is heart stomping and exciting. Im moving like a maniac!!!!

[@dtrain8145]

Glad you enjoy!!

[@gregmottola8539]

That's one funky groove.

[@dean3594]

1981…way ahead of its time. Sounds brilliant right now

[@Jasonblade9012]

Brother looks fresh on the cover.

[@TheBobbyusmc]

This is my jjjjjjaaaam!

[@dtrain8145]

You're the One For Me!

[@si0n3]

D Train 🙏

[@sharris3624]

I love this, something's on your mind and countless others!!! 😍😍😍

[@elmanumefitococyt6475]

Good music men sound in the 2020

[@sunmaw108]

The man himself!

[@juksyu]

such a legend

[@andyholland8773]

No-one does this like D Train

[@dtrain8145]

You are very appreciated!

[@sharonlee8552]

His voice is AMAZING!!!!

[@dtrain8145]

Thank you!

[@WilliamLDobbs]

I agree. I love the way D-Train does his vocal harmonies in full voice and sings with such raw conviction, as well as coming up with interesting chords and vocal layering. I am a big fan of vocal harmonies and Mr. D-Train does it best in that department. His lead vocals go without saying. He takes you to church with his delivery with fiery conviction in every note. He has an awesome vocal range as well, from the thick, weighty and soulful baritone to the awesomely strong falsetto/low-end whistle register notes in his songs. Still a force to be reckoned with over 40 years later!

[@Thomas___]

*_We can live through, all eternity, and we'll never, touch the ground_*

[@williejohnsonjr5150]

#bars....

[@rayloza3173]

Orale....this has always been one of classics. If you weren't dancin by then... You would be. Da shit!!!😎✊

[@ripandread4559]

The soundtrack to New York City in the early 80s! I had my Walkman blasting as I walked the streets of the Apple. You can get an awesome cadence to the beat of this! The city's energy then was bursting beyond measure. And go take the "D" train...might like the scenery!

[@clubhead433]

YES! Forever early 80s NYC!

[@BKAY718]

So true 🤣🤣 I remember listening this from the platform of The 3 train in Brownsville in the 80s from a block party 🥳

[@nia4863]

I totally relate.😄

[@sK3LeTvM1]

One of the best disco-records ever made. Soooo grooovey...the lead synth.

[@dtrain8145]

Glad you think so!

[@hjmendoza71]

Funk🤘

[@louenkleinsmidt]

I been synthesized! Can i get a witness!

[@bodidley3621]

Disco ???.... Mouahhh😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@josebarrera1106]

@@dtrain8145 your music it's Fantastic!

[@ladytezt]

Timeless genius. To this day, still one of my favorite jams!

[@ivalinapasse2469]

Love it ❤❤❤❤❤Intro Is Magnificent ❤❤❤❤

[@dancabug]

i hope that this is what heaven sounds like.....

[@hixlix70]

I got baptised to the church of funk when i heard this as an 11 yr old - this had me and had me good, priceless gold that cannot sold! Monster tune

[@growprogram726]

Lol 😂 Love that King 👑 ✨💫💝

[@johncarth3697]

D Train you're the one for me is an All time classic and my favorite love ballot

[@dtrain8145]

Absolutely!

[@user-vu6wy1so6o]

One of the best tunes of all time.

[@missparsley3202]

One of my all time favorites ! They don't make music like this anymore.

[@80sheaven]

Jesus ,I'm suddenly in 1981 please don't wake me up I don't want to go back...

[@ivalinapasse2469]

Too Funny

[@cakegrame7454]

Me too, I remember dancing at the Bitten Apple so cute, I HAD MY STEPS OFF THIS SONG. 😂😂😂😂I WAS ASKED TO GET OFF THE DANCE FLOOR. I WAS TEARING IT UP. 😂😂😂

[@miwhitty8316]

I want this song played at my wedding. We had a CD with greatest hits and I would always beg my dad to play this in the car during long drives. Best memories 😭💕💕

[@thomaswoods731]

@MIWhitty✨ GOODNIGHT🌌 I'LL AGREE TO ✨D* 🚂✨ ON THE HOUSE OF MOST CUTE 🎵SPECTACULAR CHANNELS🎶 IN THIS 🌎 I'M GONNA KEEP IT ✨JAMMING SIX THAY- ATLANTA EXPRESS ✨🎶 TUL'YA THE FULLIST, THIS CUT 4'U😁 THAT'S RIGHT 21:15.EST CATCHA' AROUND😊

[@helenbestman5338]

Yeah baby! Real singing. 80's all day!😷🍷🍷🍷

[@ladijae1]

This is my friend of 40 years favorite group the D train Bronx bound all aboard for 2020 who still listening????

[@treywainman]

I’m 16 years old and I love it. Good music never goes old

[@josephchampjr.3256]

Me

[@sheneyquamercan1699]

Me

[@arushilovesmusic]

@@treywainman I'm 15, Love this music!!!

[@patriceleghemara6303]

American USA

[@Deemac70]

This song takes me back to being a teenager in the 80s break dancing ❤👍great memories for me ❤

[@oldtobey]

What a tune, man they don't make them like this no more...

[@vincentferrante8238]

They played this a nightclub last year and man was the dancefloor packed. Loved it

[@Carolrose1111]

No they don’t

[@dtrain8145]

❤

[@larrynanoy934]

D train for me was the man in the 80's..highly unrecognized but a beast !!

[@Wally-H]

This was a huge hit here in the UK, as was 'Music' and both are still dance floor anthems at parties. Certainly not unrecognised on this side of the pond.

[@manuelwindecker1655]

Oohyeah! The Sound of James D-Train Williams.🎶🕺💃

[@shaunangell2265]

BOOM!

[@johnmilbourn8876]

That's the one for me

[@purplelove010]

I love the intro! His voice is phenomenal! I love this version!

[@dtrain8145]

Thanks!

[@Sharmoni66]

That was beautiful. Loved it! Haven’t heard this song in years.

[@user-nh2mx3sc7w]

Great memories!❤

[@AnnoyedPug-gl6im]

Play this at 2x 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@martinjameskeys]

Sounds better slowed down

[@evansabella9251]

My awesome Spanish teacher plays this on every Friday

[@shaunangell2265]

Sabella.....A Sheffield United legend 👍

[@GuyGuysonHimself]

Best version of this song

[@alejandroherrera7965]

the version that i always wanted listen to with that intro

[@PeaceLoveRainbows]

I was a little girl in the 80’s and my teenage siblings would have this playing in the background. RIP to my brother. This is the stuff great memories are made of ❤

[@marz_mitzi]

siblings? whats that-

[@myadomingo6165]

it's a banger! you and your siblings have great taste! 😇🎶💃

[@paulliddle7483]

Absolutely brilliant song 🎶 great memories for me too

[@patricktumulty7156]

KEEP ON

[@spicyspinach9899]

Yessss!!!

[@maryannestewart2384]

I think the way this track starts is so harmonically different and then bang disco comes in with more vocals to get you going and will make people sing "you just don't know" at the top of their voices for years and years to come..BOOM THANKS!! 💥💃😘

[@MarcAnthem]

That serene and melodic intro that rips into a funk groove… so damn cool.

[@joshuatall396]

D train is so legendary this song is so we'll produce, well vocalised! One of the many treasures of that era of music !!

[@cocogp5309]

Immense D train !!!😍😍Quelle voix !!!La voix mythique des années 80 !!!Le Barry white du funk !!!De la bombe !!!!!J’adoooore !!!

[@dtrain8145]

Merci beaucoup!❤️

[@berjaoui92]

D train is a real singer 🤗

[@toddmartin1064]

The audio mixing and mastering the musical instrument synthesizer in this song was so incredible and way ahead of its time. Oh James 'D-Train' Williams vocals also.

[@jefferycarroll3693]

This Is Music

[@ericbernard2810]

This songs intro is so deep. D Train forever.

[@demarcusgriffin1494]

I keep rewinding the begining!

[@rtf1212]

I just heard this song on the radio....I was dancing in my car. So many great memories.

[@billyfreeman3151]

big ol' car ..

[@williamlopez45]

love how this song starts and then kicks into a whole new gear with a rhythm and beat that just gets you going

[@septemberquest6393]

Its sounds more fresh and powerful today...the era of the 80s and 90s were a gift to the musical world...pay attention young folks...this is something you won't be able to grasp again!!!!

[@IStevenSeagal]

90's music is not as good compared to 80's, 70's and 2000's music.

[@shermancoleman5941]

Yes it was so many memories in the 80's and 90's from Philadelphia

[@timbuk1126]

One of my favorite songs ever! 💙

[@abdulamankwah2114]

One of the best openings for any track ever. I feel D train is so underrated what amazing music puts me in such a amazing mood 🎶 🎵

[@sheneyquamercan1699]

I agree

[@Virgolove]

Impossible to not be happy...smiling, dancing ...play it L O U D 🎉❤

[@ronaldelston6039]

CLASSIC FOREVER🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@dtrain8145]

indeed!

[@ronjones2868]

This song has been burned forever into my mind body and soul as it will always remind me of my wonderful carefree childhood. Thank you D Train for this masterpiece

[@geraldwarren6438]

One of the greatest songs EVER! I was 7 when this came out but still a favorite today MAY 2020!

[@MrMakemusicmike]

Same, NYC Queens kid!

[@maxenedorsey6841]

The harmonies and music are fire. I still love this song! Nice!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@dtrain8145]

Glad you like it !! 😎

[@paulliddle7483]

A top top tune . The great DTrain

[@stephaniewilliams3526]

This song makes me want to go to New York city to a roof top party 💃🏾🕺🏾🥳

[@rfeggett69]

Me too!!!

[@michelelaraia7358]

Same

[@Teenasboy50]

Boston radio and night clubs played the he’ll out if this!!! You can’t beat the 80’s old school songs!! Such an awesome decade!!!

[@helenniles3139]

It’s 2022 still on the D Train, I just LOVE this song❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

[@dtrain8145]

Thank you!

[@helenniles3139]

@@dtrain8145 THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ME ❣️❣️❣️ WISHED I I COULD HAVE SEEN YOU IN CONCERT, THIS SOND JUST LIFTS MY SPIRITS 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@sheneyquamercan1699]

My jam!

[@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521]

Hell yea it’s the cut. I get hype with this jam. People look at me funny at work. But they love it!

[@TrickstoThrive]

A legend that can still be heard today, this old school jam is one of the best jams of all time. This classic song is the perfect mix of funk, soul, and beats. It has been sampled by many artists, and has become a timeless classic. It's sure to get you up and dancing.

[@ericlove5179]

Thank you GTA V😊

[@mortisxx5712]

It's a groundbreaking piece of music, defining House 35 years ago and Dance Music today. I still have a 12-minute (or longer) vinyl version sitting in my basement somewhere.

[@shermancoleman5941]

Amazing 👏 from Philadelphia

[@darrenyoung8037]

never gets old

[@pigrinse]

this song is so good it's been stuck in my head for weeks. it's just perfect

[@dtrain8145]

Glad you like it!

[@juanjosegarcia8340]

Desde México diciembre 2020 Escuchando a D train . Por siempre la mejor música .

[@joannewootton8328]

This music is pure class & this never dies out all these years later & it doesn't age aswell & it's way better than the crap music of today that's for sure.

[@helenniles3139]

James D-Train Williams needs to show today’s artist this is MUSIC 🌹♥️

[@peterbalac1915]

This song elevates me back to a very happy time, still have to get up and dance to this banger 💣🔥

[@TheGroove]

D-Train, the one and the only !

[@jackiemreekie4637]

Tune.. Timeless... ✨ 🥂✨🎶🌟💐

[@marciusnery4065]

CLASSIC!!

[@pauljones9202]

This song is timeless...love it

[@ginacarrasco3749]

I had forgotten about this song, this is the best song ever created.

[@god8348]

Idk how this song doesn’t have more views, I fucking love the retro wave synth base 80s beat and the vocals are perfect. Retro 70-80 vibes are the best and I wasn’t even alive lol

[@pauliebumbum]

AT LAST!! Somebody's posted the original intro version of his most famous song. Was at The Venue Friday night when he appeared with Light Of The World. D Train is a legend and so are Light Of The world. Fantastic show. Thanks to Undiscmusic for sharing....Thumbs Up!!

[@davidmcinnisjr]

Music like this doesn't exist anymore. Thank God I got the chance to experience D Train and so on in the 80s and beyond!!

[@robertmartinez7559]

Keeping this music alive! 714 Orange ⭐️County!

[@vicentealvarez6723]

D TRAIN es uno de los iconos de la música funky y este tema es un gran recuerdo de sus inicios y un revienta pistas 🧡🧡🧡🧡✌️✌️✌️✌️👌👌👌👌

[@lexj.7626]

I was today years old when I found out this jam started off like that. 🤯. Timeless Masterpiece.

[@Mannafestedglory]

45 years and just now hearing this song. It does groove til this day

[@marcio1563]

Me too haha

[@joegrinefine]

😮😳

[@anitakos1375]

Amazing jam!! Loooove it!! Takes my heart back to the happiness in the AMAZING 80s!! Thanks D Train!! 💋❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥂❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥❤️

[@velmalua9995]

Yup, the good old days!!!

[@dtrain8145]

❤

[@gk7618]

Un des morceau de musique que j'ai le plus passé sur mes platines en soirées quand j'avais 16 ans ! 😇

[@douglaslee6048]

This man made Beautiful music.

[@dtrain8145]

Thank you!

[@starrcompany3275]

@@dtrain8145 Is this the REAL D-train?God bless you man good to see your still with us! Prince redid your brilliant song man! (In concert) it's on here! Thank you for this song!

[@johngubatan5858]

A classic 80's!!!!!

[@QUEENLOLATV]

D train, never gets his flowers 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@alexgastile8146]

I remember as teenager, going with my father to the record store to purchase this Album. My father Fav Artist.. I STILL throughly enjoy all his songs. Thanks, D.

[@markpomerhn76]

Brings me back to 1983 at MULLIGAN'S NITE CLUB on Hertel. Ave in Buffalo, N.Y.