🎵 DeBarge - Rhythm Of The Night REACTION

[@samson9535]

To be 20 yo in 1980 was perfect timing. Thanks Mom and Dad! The best decade of my life! Fun, Fun, Fun!!

[@wutang6020]

10 yo in 81 to 90 was epic lol

[@davehess1019]

Brad, you are 100% right, in the 80's everyone was going out dancing, night clubs were hopping every night of the week, I was one of the people out dancing and partying my ass off

[@2Quietus]

Yessss!! Going out dancing, to (affordable) concerts of your fav bands/groups, and just having a blast. Was a great decade!!

[@MacIain82]

@@2Quietus Affordable is THE word, it was our decade.

[@csw0551]

Me too!

[@wvman2374]

Organized Choreographed Dance. They're doing organized Choreographed dance to solve their problems.

[@rebeccalipps23]

I was right there dancing, too!

[@bryanknutson1666]

I was 7 years old when this song came out. It was awesome. Then it was in my favorite movie back then called The Last Dragon. Now I’m 46 and now it carries so many different memories all these years later. Amazing.

[@rongabrieljr.8784]

SHO NUFF!!!😁

[@bryanknutson1666]

@@rongabrieljr.8784 kiss my converse 😂

[@bradwilliams6550]

Still love The Last Dragon

[@bryanknutson1666]

@@bradwilliams6550 what’s not to love 😂 it had everything! And Vanity 😍

[@ZebraDazzle66]

My husband and I watched The Last Dragon like 2 weeks ago. 😆 Oh the memories! DeBarge were so incredibly talented. Their story is so sad though. Family abuse, drugs and the music industry just tore them apart.

[@michaelastorga3187]

Being a kid of the 80's was nostalgic. The music the movies just everything about the decade.

[@HeavyTopspin]

Just gotta love the hair. LET YOUR SOUL GLO!!!! I was never a pop fan, but this is one of those songs that even metalheads can't resist tapping feet to.

[@SUZABELLA34]

Yep.. The '80s were a VIBE! I lived in a huge apartment complex with many 8 family units and each building had at least one apartment JAMMING big time and folks outside BBQing and dancing. It was a HAPPY time!

[@jennyjenny4501]

I really like this song! I just love the 80’s vibe!

[@allendixon7700]

Dinner was a song by cat this time real popular around my area code Rochelle I wish you a sure I should. I see I owe sheetrock admitted IV to the morning comes singing out of she'll

[@STEELCITYBERMA]

Folk didn’t have cell phones in their hands 24/7…. You actually interacted with one another and the 80’s were a blast!

[@STEELCITYBERMA]

@micksilva6028 I was talking about the 80’s not today…. try and keep up with the rest of us

[@johnsmith2046]

I was 12 when this came out, and everyone loved it. The DeBarge family made a lot of fun music in the 1980's! We were so spoiled with great music back then!

[@WitchessJae]

This song was in the movie The Last Dragon. Which is a classic! I used to dance my ass off to this song when they played it in dance class when I was young. Great song and great reaction!

[@Letmegetthatforyou]

Sho nuff!

[@cathybrookeburt2616]

Janet Jackson was married to Debarge for a year, back in the 80's. This song was fun & has that Latin flavor.

[@cherisparkes4447]

I was just looking through the comments to see if anyone thought to mention his and Janet jackson having been a couple when they were both so very young .. would have been surprised if there hadn’t been at least .. one mention of their connection!😉👍I agree that his music had that Latin sound/ feel a kinship with Gloria Estefans.. whereas Janet’s always imo had a bit more ‘oomph/ edge’ as she was beginning to claiming her power/ individual place in music (to not ‘always’ have to be automatically associated with that of her brothers! 👊 😉😆👍

[@warre1]

Janet was married to James Debarge. I think lead vocalist here is his brother El Debarge.

[@stevemawdsley6352]

the 80s were the best, everyone was happy, happy music

[@HiFi5i]

"I like it, I like it a lot"... Interesting choice of phrase given the group in question. On a completely unrelated note, you should check out their song "I Like It", it's absolutely amazing.

[@you2449]

for Real !!

[@estills4768]

Yes! My favorite Debarge song

[@stevenblock9712]

If you want to hear them again, I recommend "All This Love". DeBarge had a sad history after their first rush of success.

[@phohead]

You are so right Lex, about music and dancing being everywhere in the 80's. Everybody was club hopping and dancing. Cars use to bump music with after market 15, 20 inch woofers. People would just bust out and Break Dance on the streets. Boom Boxes were everywhere, it was like a none stop party. Dancing was so big in the 80's that they opened the 1984 Olympics with Breaking and street dancing. I can remember Breakers preforming for the Pope.

[@surlechapeau]

Brad & Lex, their "All This Love" was another good top 10 hit! (slower song). Nice stream!!

[@esmeraldapooner751]

Now I was a pre-teen in the late 70's and a teen in the 80's. I could tell you a lot of kids were dancing and roller skating at that time. But in my family, we had a lot of innocent fun. We would dance and play music without drinking and clubs. Those days are over. I could also hear gun shots if I step outside after 10 pm. But DeBarge's music was very likeable to me because he reminded me a little like Michael Jackson.

[@Critical_Thinker858]

The 70's and 80s were full of "feel good" dance party songs like this.There was YMCA by the Village People, Lionel Richey's "All Night Long" and :"Dancing' on the Ceiling". Celebration from Kool and the Gang. "Get Into the Groove" by Madonna, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine with "Conga" and "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You." We had our problems in the 80s, a lot of objectification of women in movies, music, and TV, cocaine and drug abuse was becoming more widespread, and millions died from cigarettes and drunk driving. But there was a lot of good clean fun too. And this, though I wasn't a fan at the time, was a song celebrating good clean fun. Wish America could forget about our worries and leave them all behind about now and dance until the morning light. What a profound concept in 2022!

[@SleepingTiger-vlog]

This really transported me straight back to a much happier time in my life. I haven't heard this in a long time.

[@timothyherring3211]

DeBarge's are from my home town and I met him and Janet Jackson when they was at the 5star hotel in 1984. I worked there when I was young (19) . That was the last year that hotel (Grand plaza ) it was a 5star hotel. The head of operation gave me 2 tickets to see Micheal Jackson that year for the the great job I did cleaning during 3rd shift. Yes I take pride in my work and am always rewarded for it. Anyway those days are long gone but the music always brings me back. ❤️

[@bunnydebargeofficial]

Thank you for your reaction to our music video! Yes this video was curated for the film "The Last Dragon" . I enjoyed this ❤

[@rozequinn1519]

DeBarge was a great family act. Check out another family act with The Jets song Crush On You

[@luciacmartins3989]

Miss so much the 70 ths and the 80 ths 😊😍

[@dannymckechnie7688]

Y'all know de barge rocked

[@williamsmith1399]

Just an outright fabulous pop band. Really well crafted music with the impressive voice of El DeBarge. A perfect match.

[@shellzmoe8966]

Love DeBarge, really takes me back... their songs were on the radio ALL the time! All This Love was my favorite!!

[@sporkfindus4777]

I love this song. It's so well-made and happy.

[@gamerhalim4717]

I’m from Indonesia 🇮🇩, who born around 1985 . I still remember this song went I’m still kid. Love it!!

[@jenniferfoster1692]

Yes, the 80s was as fun as it looked. There was just an energy and positivity going on..people had fun, went out, just more joy than now. Then grunge came in early 90s and the fun was over, lol.

[@DC05570]

Yes!!!👍🏼 And no cell phones nor social media. Children of the 80s enjoyed life watching weekday afternoon and Saturday morning cartoon and having fun outdoors😃

[@MikeyA5693]

@@DC05570 90s kids had all of that too. 00s to a lesser extent. 2010s is where it all changed.

[@joesmith8725]

@@DC05570 Well, except for those giant mobile phones , car phones that yuppies, doctors, lawyers had. lol ('80s, early '90s) Closest to social media back then was maybe the bulletin board systems on PCs ('80s, early '90s) . But things were way more simpler back then, you are right.

[@jessereyna6662]

I was only a kid in the 80s but I remember how great it was for us. People were more relaxed and yes Lex is right, music was always playing. Our parents loved playing all kinds of music and my mother went dancing on date nights.

[@philipocallaghan]

Goat of the early to mid 80s and the theme to one of the 80s best Blaxploitation movies THE LAST DRAGON , legendary..........and this is from a White as White Irish guy living in Ireland.

[@bkinouye]

This song appeared in an episode of Miami Vice, "Bought and Paid For".

[@bastiank44]

I wish we could all come together and dance to this song. This song is definitely a song to unite people

[@EVGriffinJr]

Classic 1980s R&B song! Every time I hear it I think Berry Gordy‘s the last Dragon!

[@ArgonTheAware]

The release of "Rhythm of the Night" coincided with the release of the Motown film The Last Dragon, which featured the song as part of its soundtrack. The free publicity from the song's association with the movie helped boost its popularity.

[@top40researcher31]

The DeBarge family are the children of Etterlene DeBarge (née Abney), a Black American gospel singer born in Royal Oak, Michigan in 1935 and Robert Louis DeBarge, Sr. (1932-2009), an American soldier of French and English descent born in Cicero, Illinois . They married when Etterlene was 17, a year after the death of her father James Abney, a church choir leader and peanut retailer. They separated in the mid-1970s and divorced in 1974. Etterlene remembers Robert DeBarge, Sr. as physically and emotionally abusive to her and the children, and said he used her youth, the absence of her father, and continuous pregnancy to control her. DeBarge, Sr. has been characterized as "domineering and physically abusive to his wife," and some of the DeBarge children have accused him of having sexually abused them.[1] Bunny Debarge, the eldest, recalls being sexually abused by him between the ages of seven to 13. The group, named for their shared surname, hailed from the East Side of Detroit, where the siblings were born and raised; they later relocated to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Members included sister Etterlene (or "Bunny") and brothers Mark (or "Marty"), William (or "Randy"), Eldra (or "El"), and James (younger siblings Jonathan (or "Chico"), Darell, and Carol "Peaches" DeBarge are also singers though not with the group).

[@jimmymac4559]

I just love the loosely coordinated dance routines of the 80s videos. The perfectly executed dance routines don’t have the charm that these videos had.

[@randytorres8211]

Per Songfacts This was the biggest hit for the family group DeBarge, who on this track were fronted by the falsetto-voiced El DeBarge, who would later have solo success with the hits "Who's Johnny" (#3 US, 1986) and another Diane Warren penned song, "The Heart Is Not So Smart" (#75 US, 1986). On the Rhythm Of The Night album, El was joined by his sister Bunny and brothers James (who was briefly married to Janet Jackson in 1984), Marty and Randy.

[@7788675309]

In the 80s people came alive at night it was exciting just walking on the streets.I think cell phones and being online took that away people are so preoccupied and not present.Phones taught people to no longer be in the moment and to avoid life.We now have an epidemic of loneliness online connection can’t replace face to face connection.Gun violence fear has made people stay in their car order in ,buy from Amazon,watch Netflix just stay home and stay on your own bubble and fear strangers.When people get close to death they realize all that really matters in life is your relationships,the feeling you get with others but phones are teaching us how to avoid connection.

[@rickmitchell9655]

I've loved this song since the first time I heard it in The Last Dragon....it never gets old!

[@carmenrivera7017]

Debarge is their last name and they are sibblings. The lead singer El Debarge had a solo career also. Check out his "Who's Johnny".

[@Northanteus]

One of my childhood favorites. It is so fun! ☺️

[@Danandrea919]

It was The Song in the movie, Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon, in 1985, and it has been my official Happy Song ever since!! 😊

[@dontgiveinfo]

YEs she is totally right. As an 80's kids. There was not a party, street party, school, play ground that didn;t feel this way. Yes, those days are long gone

[@kevintucker1172]

Man I still love this song. Few take me back to the 80s like this. Instant nostalgia

[@robquince3076]

The rhythm is the sound of gun shots 🤣🤣🤣that's cracked me up Brad🤣🤣🤣

[@liveandletdie7187]

I saw Debarge live at a beach party in 86... We ended up going to see the other bands after El Debarge came onstage with 5 tons of makeup on..😄

[@bschuler6216]

I can't lie. When I was a little boy, I loved this song (and Lionel Ritchie's Dancin' On The Ceiling). I was 8 years old. This was before my balls dropped, and i discovered Master of Puppets, 😂🤣.

[@traci4187]

Oh, THIS brings back memories!

[@zerores2005]

It was a good time back then! We got dressed up and went out and met people and danced. It was a very social thing to do!

[@Sweep_The_Leg_Johnny]

my favorite by DeBarge is "Who's Holding Donna Now", classic 80s. This one is definitely their biggest hit, though.

[@aks4204]

Partied with this music many a night! LoL 😂

[@414RobertoSQuiles]

B-Rad made me laugh when he’s like “ Yah but we don’t go out anywhere “ lmaooo

[@petesmart1983]

It's sad about debarge background that why most of them ended up as drug addicts. There father abused them all and it really effected there whole life's lucky the surviving members have all recovered from drugs. But bobby died of AIDS from sharing needles. But they did make great fun music , ignore the homophobic trolls even tho non of the members were gay it just was the fashion in the 80s

[@franckmedina3346]

Maze/happy feeling

[@quixote6942]

Can we talk about the FASHIONS Back Then? Bright Colors, the Whole Style... Despite the "enlightenment" of Culture, NOTHING will ever beat the look and sound of My Generation!

[@EVGriffinJr]

Yeah, you two young people are so correct by the way, the 1980s deathly was more for a party time. It was the till the late eighties/early 90s when everything start turned “hard“ to work the rhythm of music was replaced with the rhythm of gunshots and people won the beef and brawl every time they went out! So sad, you rarely see that anymore where people just get together and just have a good time without drama!

[@fubukifangirl]

I'm nostalgic for the 80s even though I was still a little kid then.

[@soakedbearrd]

Great childhood song for me, and I loved the last dragon.

[@414RobertoSQuiles]

Holy shit , clicked on this video and once the music started I got sooooo many chills . This reminds me of my grade school days . Oh thanks guys , love how you check out all music . Love it !! Oh and I could be mistaken but I could’ve sworn this song was used in the movie short circuit

[@414RobertoSQuiles]

They did “ who’s Johnny “ theme to the movie Short Circuit. Y’all should watch it 👍🏽

[@gjalie]

Such a vibe 😍

[@Irockthere4]

I believe this was Diane Warren’s first hit. Check out ALL of the hits she wrote!!!

[@andregodfrey3022]

This video was featured in the classic film "THE LAST DRAGON" debuted either '84 or '85

[@lindaaumiller7592]

I still love his songs.

[@doreybain]

It's been said people generally stop listening to new music when they hit 34. That worked out well for me. The '60s had the best and varied songs. The '80s were the most fun.

[@taiwanwhite5762]

Y'all gotta do DeBarge's I Like It. El went crazy with the falsetto

[@garysibley4741]

The Last Dragon.

[@woodymeadows9363]

Janet Jackson's ex husband. This had that whole Jackson vibe about it in the 80's.

[@robertcherman]

This song was in a movie, if you reacted to movies I would say watch it. It is a Motown movie called The Last Dragon.

[@ShogunOfHarlem]

Definitely give DeBarge some play ("I Like It", "All This Love", "Love Me In A Special Way"). You can't miss.

[@ZillaMesh]

A lot of Disney was influenced by 80s music.

[@oscarrios6048]

Did you know he was married to Janet Jackson for 2yrs, there’s even rumor they had a daughter but that’s like Bruno…we don’t talk about it.

[@savetommyrobinsonfreespeec7660]

I had this one 7” single in about 1985 🇬🇧❤️🇺🇸

[@silafuyang8675]

So good!

[@ws3764]

This guy was once married for a short time to Janet Jackson

[@petesmart1983]

Yep and another one dated LaToya

[@warre1]

Not the lead vocalist. That is El Debarge, Janet was married to James Debarge.

[@willfromyadkinville]

The Last Dragon movie it is so "different" sneaky fun moments if you just do not expect top notch funny! like the song.

[@lauriebarrett6789]

Song suggestion - "Reggae nights" by Jimmy Cliff.

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

Fun and very 80s.

[@testtubeaccident7805]

Clicked on just cos I knew Lex would be grinning ear to ear

[@wim2445]

I didn't know Kurtis Conner had a music career decades ago

[@tonkatoy3636]

Maestro Fresh Wes - Let Your Backbone Slide

[@camvillar8177]

What a great song!

[@jayconant3816]

Lol 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 we don't go out anywhere!!

[@isaackovitz4791]

A great song written by the great Diane Warren.

[@richard_n]

DeBarge was one of the artists you would throw on if you wanted to "get some".

[@bababagus1097]

80's rules

[@sjw5797]

Try "Hot Hot Hot" by Buster Poindexter, another latin-infused hut from the eighties. It also has a cool video.

[@sierra6936]

😄👏ooooo yeah feel the rythm of the night 🌉 a night for romance 💒💜💜💜 bed conga 🔥😄👏✨✨✨

[@yaze3316]

Bed conga?! 🤣

[@sierra6936]

😄😁😁😁 👏 bed conga 🔥😆👍

[@JonathanFulton]

The 80's were about what we could be, do, or accomplish - without worrying about the forces that might stop us. The 90's were about saying that hey - idealism is good - but there are real issues that must be addressed if we are going to accomplish the ideals of the 80's. At least - musically ....

[@debonaireslots]

another Detroit legend

[@mizarkh8745]

It's from " The Last Dragon " soundtrack, a kungfu movie from the 80's with Bruce Leroy

[@yaze3316]

Sho'nuff!

[@annie-yt7vq]

El DeBarge (with a jazz group, 4play) did a cover of Marvin Gayes Sexual Healing. It's worth a listen!

[@dannymckechnie7688]

you say hot and dry I say you rock

[@jojo-xu4iz]

Makes me think of that Miami Vice episode.

[@JemJam2976]

I had the biggest crush on El Debarge when I was a little girl

[@nathan.brazil780]

He was married to Janet Jackson for like a week before her family freaked out and had it annulled

[@sallykouba2352]

Every time I hear this song I want to dance, so funny song :)

[@11Kslingshot]

Gregory Hines and Billy Crystal, Running Scared

[@jayconant3816]

Theme song to the awesome action movie The last dragon ,check out the movie Brad and lex!!!!!