🎵 DEBBY BOONE - You Light Up My Life (1977) REACTION

[@BigToeify]

This song was number one for 10 straight weeks. She was the first one to do that I believe. Massive hit is an understatement. It was everywhere. I personally love the song. Timeless.

[@danielfisher1933]

Everybody knew this song when it was out. It was everywhere. I believe it was number one on the charts for some ridiculous length of time like 10 weeks or something.

[@jerryadkins5418]

Debbie is a wonderful singer. She's singing royalty. Her dad is the legendary Pat Boone and her grandfather was Red Foley. A pioneer of Country Music.

[@joeknowscryptos5339]

She was actually singing about God. I remember when this song came out I was just a kid but it was #1 on the charts for weeks

[@sobmaz]

Good thing I didn’t know that….lol. I had always thought about young love.

[@SilentBob731]

@@sobmaz That's what I thought, too. And what with the way the Christo-Fascist Right is trying to take over America these days, I think I like this one a little less now (especially since the late 70's is when that whole deal really got underway). They'd be funny if they weren't so dangerous.

[@trhansen3244]

Not bout god

[@joeknowscryptos5339]

@@trhansen3244 It was written as a live song but she sang it to God and meant it for God so yeah it was about God

[@trhansen3244]

@@joeknowscryptos5339 It was written for a movie called You Light Up My Life, which had nothing to do with God. I win!

[@spybug3267]

I fell in love with Debbie Boone & Olivia Newton John when this came out... I was 12 years old. they did play the heck out of this when it came out.

[@DannyD714]

i was 16 when this song came out and i hated it! i was into pink floyd, led zeppelin, yes etc.,so this to me was crap. now it's a reminder of just how long ago that was,and how much that kid needed to learn. not only about himself and life,but about music. a beautiful melody and simple,heartfelt words are just as important as screeching guitar solos and spacey sound effects. now as i grow even older i can look back and love it all.

[@psiclone23]

Ten straight weeks at number 1 in 1977, and Grammy for Song of the Year.

[@kassandrariemersma7902]

This song is a love song to GOD....and you're not wrong about her voice I love her

[@Kaddywompous]

If you like pure 70s lady vocals, The Carpenters are a must.

[@kassandrariemersma7902]

Karen Carpenter is my favorite female singer

[@tomharrison6607]

@@kassandrariemersma7902 karen carpenter and judith durham of the seekers are my two favorite female singers

[@kalamahina7157]

This song was EVERYWHERE in my adolescence. Radio overplayed it and it quickly became the cheesy song we all made fun of, complete with dramatic gestures and purposely off-key spoofs. But you know what? We all knew every sappy word. 😂

[@Afontanez1962]

It was the #1 song of 1978, by Billboard Magazine records.

[@rwfrench66GenX]

Good call! This song and Barry Manilow’s “I Write The Songs” hit the 70’s like herpes, it was very noticeable, very annoying and never went away!

[@toolman9573]

Heard this so much I got sick of it and quit listening to radio. Switched to 8-tracks, which let's you know how old I am LOL

[@greg2976]

Wow! I graduated high school in 1977! remember this song like it was yesterday! My, how time flies!!!!!!!

[@ginoaragon3835]

This song was so popular they made a TV Movie around it. The song itself is not about someone in her life, my understanding is it was about her Faith.

[@Francis0316]

This brought a tear to my eye thinking about my Mother I lost over 20 years ago...

[@mikerobertson4041]

Debby Boone, a one-hit wonder? I would say so. As big as this song was, and it was HUGE, I don't remember her ever having another major hit.

[@jrsinsf]

This was the title song for the film You Light Up My Life, 1977. sung for the film's soundtrack by Kvitka "Kasey" Cisyk, and recorded later by Debbie Boone.

[@HeavyTopspin]

So now that you've discovered Debby, you need to meet her father, Pat Boone. He was a huge pop star in the 50s... and then in 1997 at age 63, did an album called "In a Metal Mood" where he covered the likes of Guns 'n Roses, Metallica, Judas Priest, and Ozzy.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Me and my high school sweetheart saw this movie at the drive in wow time flies hope she’s had a good life

[@chrisoakley5830]

Believe it or not, this was the #1 song of the decade in the 70 s.

[@jjcsherman6059]

this was cheezy in 1977. lol

[@SpiderMcGee]

This song was HUGE. Biggest song on Earth in the year of Star Wars, Elvis, and Saturday Night Fever.

[@chrisoakley5830]

And 💋 KISS.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Hated it in '77, hate it now. LOL

[@willfromyadkinville]

my dad was a world war 2 vet and a very hard man! and he absolutely loved this song!

[@andygossard4293]

I was there. This is the one perfect song, what or whomever it's about.

[@davegnarlsson4344]

I've always liked this song. It's a song about God.

[@davidtingley9978]

This is the first song I remember hating. I wasn't even in kindergarten yet.

[@BillGraper]

This was the #1 song of the entire 70's decade, which is super impressive considering how popular disco was.

[@SRHS83]

Debbie is the daughter of singer/composer/actor Pat Boone. I've always loved this song. So pretty!

[@judithrunyon186]

This is a song about her relationship with Jesus Christ. She was super religious.

[@MySherry10]

This song was played so much , I mean it dominated the airwaves , its a good song

[@jonhenke1504]

This song is at the top of the list for having been overplayed when it came out!! I liked it the first 50 times I heard it but by the hundredth time I was starting to get bored and by the thousandth time I couldn't reach the dial fast enough to turn it to something else! A beautiful song that was over played by about 10,000 times! The advantage you guys have is you definitely won't hear it on the radio a lot!

[@anthonyrobertson2011]

Then after that period there were countless instrumental muzak versions we had to hear at malls and doctor's offices for the next several years.

[@chrisoakley5830]

This was the song of the decade in the 70s. It was #1 on the pop, country and gospel charts for many weeks.

[@bookwoman53]

I was a little kid but I remember this was always on the radio.

[@richard_n]

This song is just beautiful

[@pastorpain1969]

A few more songs in this same vein are Melissa Manchester "Don't Cry Out Loud" and "Through The Eyes Of Love". You will love her voice

[@Eudamoniae]

This was my little sister's favorite song when we were kids.

[@deniseadkins2901]

This is sang by Pat Boone's youngest daughter. I assure you, in 1977, she didn't have a lover. It was a different time back then. She didn't get married until the late '80s. She was pure until she got married and she's still married to him today.

[@Herbert04]

Well that is what we believed. There are hidden stories back then. Like the producer trying to get Marie Osmond.

[@deniseadkins2901]

@@Herbert04 Unlike Marie Osmond, Debby sang under her father's label. But you're right. We don't know.

[@VitaminJay12]

I heard this song on the radio about a billion times when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure it was a movie too.

[@frankvizzi4617]

This song was number #1 for the year of 1977-

[@Blaze_1961]

Oh another song to make us want to jump into a log chipper is "Born Free"

[@waynejones5635]

A true 70's classic. It gives me that Grease vibe.

[@andytraiger4079]

I hated this song back when this song was constantly on the radio when I was a kid. I think I was a smart kid.

[@wen-nz3sk]

This was huge. Pretty. ❤👍🏽

[@chrisharris7931]

As a kid in the 70s, this was the first song that I can remember being so sick of hearing but they just kept playing it on the radio.

[@edwardlongshanks827]

While this was the most famous version of the song, it was not the original. That was sung by Kvitka "Kasey" Cisyk for the soundtrack to the 1977 movie "You Light up my Life." It only reached #80 on the Billboard Hot 100

[@th0rn186]

still waiting for that RUSH - XANADU reaction 🤣🤣🤣💤

[@Blaze_1961]

I could have gone the rest of my life not hearing this song again. I lived through the days when this was played on the radio non-stop. Now, 40 years or so later I still want to bang my head on something hard when I hear it. If you both are going down this road kill all of us with "Charlene I've never been to me"

[@yesh3]

or Wilfire, or One Tin Soldier....

[@pastorpain1969]

Lol. I forgot about Charlene!

[@bobinjc]

Remember Muskrat Love? Oh dear God, I had no choice but to listen to that for one whole year every morning during wood shop class.

[@ddwchamp]

This was a huge hit back in the late 70s. It was the theme song of many Sweetheart/Valentine's Banquets. She is the daughter of Pat Boone and she married an Episcopalian Priest.

[@deansmith2790]

Wake me up when this is over. Reminds me of John Belushi in the movie Animal House when he grabs the guys guitar and destroys it.

[@SuperForcemajeure]

"You and Me" by Penny and the Quarters You will love it.!

[@sixslinger9951]

I would love you two to react to some Jim Croce. "Operator" is a great one to start with.

[@idahobrian3329]

I’m totally on board with some Jim Croce reactions. I think Brad would Ike the story telling nature of the lyrics. Croce is the real deal!

[@willardwooten9582]

Grew up listening to her Dad PAT BOONE .

[@kdm71291]

The “chops” are the responsibility of the upload, not the original taping…I’m reasonably sure of that. In addition to what others have already said, this song is from 1977 (I thought I remembered it from earlier)….and she is actually singing it to God.

[@stevemchale9775]

It's amazing what I use to play this 45 on compared to today. 45 will confuse some I'm sure.

[@retiredfirelt586]

I love it when your videos end with one of you saying " I don't know" and then the outro song plays.

[@aprildavis-washington5734]

Her father is Pat Boone who was a singer in the 50's and 60's and an actor in the 70's.

[@kierstenridgway4634]

I can't remember the movie that made this song so famous for a time. Her father was big in the 50s. Pat Boone.

[@aspiretoinspire9679]

Debby Boone said ; "Dreams are the seeds of change. Nothing ever grows without a seed, and nothing ever changes without a dream" she's so inspiring 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@sicklyapple4496]

This was her only hit and it was a big hit. I remember it like it was yesterday.

[@chrisoakley5830]

Yes it was very big. It went to #1 on the pop, country and gospel charts in 1977. It was the top song of the decade.

[@bobinjc]

This song reminds me of cotton candy, it's great for the first few bites but you get sick of it really fast. And it was played over and over again on the radio, dear God! Muskrat Love by Captain and Tennille was another song that put me over the edge. There was no way of shutting these songs off, drives me crazy just thinking about it.

[@ArleneAdkinsZell]

Great reaction to a great song! Geez it brings back memories of a bunch of us girls doing our darnedest to convince ourselves that we could sing it too, but we really sounded like a sack of cats.

[@Uninvited72]

My kindergarten graduation song, we sang for our parents. 😏

[@rbodee]

This song was #1 on billboard ranking charts for almost a year.

[@Kaddywompous]

Oops. Calm down lol. It may have been on the charts that long but it was “only” #1 for 2-3 mos. Still massive of course.

[@surlechapeau]

@@Kaddywompous glad you did the “only”. It was #1 for 10 consecutive weeks, which is a pretty rare accomplishment.

[@chrisoakley5830]

It was the biggest song of the decade in the 70s.

[@danielupsdell2697]

This song was huge I was 12 when this game out

[@loristone9242]

The song is timeless. I remember it from when I was a child, and there was a movie with the same name. She is the daughter of Pat Boone.

[@dvsreed]

Didi Conn from Grease starred in the movie.....don't know why I remember that

[@loristone9242]

@@dvsreed Cool, I didn't know that!

[@russelljudkins5828]

@Brad and Lexi love for you to react to the Jackson five looking through the window from the Sonny and Cher show from the 1970's

[@TheMerryPup]

I was so sick of this song as they played it to death back when it first came out. A little nostalgia hearing it again after so many years but now I’m done for life! 😂

[@h.calvert3165]

This young lady married the son of a great Forties singer, Rosemary Clooney. Yes, she's George Clooney's paternal aunt. Check her out, too! 🎶

[@martywaltman2861]

There is no autotune Wayback when Zepplin was playing

[@robotto8858]

Damn. First time i asked a girl on a date, ice skating rink, holding hands, all the memories.

[@ShaunHensley]

Believe it or not, this was a massive hit

[@If6turnsouttobe9]

Yeah.. I'd say shes got grandkids.. I was in elementary school when she did this, and my oldest granddaughter is 14 lol.

[@littleaeros4063]

My son's second grade class performed this for the parents at an assembly. There wasn't a dry eye in the house.

[@BN-hx3ev]

Tout est magnifique

[@oldmanghost219]

Daughter of Pat Boone. This is the only crossover hit that I remember.

[@joedonlewis9820]

She's aight. Many people including myself think Linda Ronstadt is the best female vocalist ever recorded. In the 70s she was the highest paid woman in the music business. She made The Eagles. She put them together. They were her back up band.

[@chrisclanton4430]

Yeah I'd say Linda Ronstadt, and Karen Carpenter. But after seeing a couple of old videos of her singing Mexican songs I thought it was the best singing I've ever heard.

[@joemachine4714]

her cover of "Ohhh Baby Baby" was smokin' hot 🔥

[@SimCapital]

Debbie Boone was only 21 years old when she sang this song

[@BuccWylde]

Daughter of the famous pop/gospel singer Pat Boone. Debby was super sexy in a wholesome kinda way...but there were a lot of female soft pop singers like that in the 70s. Olivia Newton-John, Crystal Gayle, Helen Reddy, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Cher, Marie Osmond... etcetera... etcetera.

[@truthguide1742]

Brad & Lex I give you props for listening and reacting to this song. You approach each song without too much preconceived biased ideas. You give a fair chance. Thank you. Unlike some of the commenters condemning this song who are intolerant, disrespectful, whining haters. You don't appreciate good music. Go back to your sandbox until you're ready to grow up.

[@jamesy1979]

This was my parent’s wedding song

[@jhamler1]

Pop pabulum, I'm afraid. Send in the clowns, if you will. You should try MAGIC by Olivia Newton John. And, for chrissakes, y'all NEED to react to AND WHEN I DIE by Blood Sweat and Tears. I cannot stress this enough.

[@mvellis3863]

It was the song that everybody (in my 1978 high school circles anyway) made fun of. Cheese to the max

[@darkmagus64]

That was the number one song of 1977. It was everywhere. You should checkout Joni Mitchell, Blue, Woodstock, Coyote, Little Green.

[@ITPalGame]

This was also in a movie of the same name.

[@mr.knowitall6440]

Yeah, I'm sure that's been played at LOTS of weddings...

[@orus68]

I agree. Listen to the Carpenters with Karen Carpenter. Best female vocalist of the era and one of the best ever plus she played drums to.

[@bruceabram3235]

Check out her dad Pat Boone. A great singer in his own right.

[@judyseeley5284]

If you like Debbie Boone, you will like Marie Osmond's paper roses song, when she was young and starting out with her brother Donny Osmond

[@brianvernon249]

Pat Boone put out a metal album in the 90s.

[@henrystanley511]

She's a Christan she was singing about her relationship with the Lord Jesus.🤗

[@neillenet291]

Please do Pink Floyd SHINE ON YOU CRAZY DIAMOND.

[@ChicagoDB]

This was one of the top selling songs of the entire decades if memory serves me. Yes, a clean version would have been great. Debby is the daughter of singing legend Pat Boone.

[@dvsreed]

The top song of the decade

[@jimbovan2766]

She's 21 here, now she's 65

[@Grey_Beard72]

You guys need to check out Martina McBride - How Far.

[@diablo4166]

Do Empire Of The Sun "Way To Go" "We Are The People" "High and Low" (the videos)

[@jeanniea3437]

The song was popular because it was from a movie ,can't remember what it's called though.

[@douglasbeutler3915]

You guys are lighting a lot of lives up.....please do a reaction to Billy Paul / Mrs Jones

[@trentriver]

Hey Brad and Lex - try "The Power of Love" - Jennifer Rush version ... very powerful song.

[@jasonlewis3478]

Help!

[@kennethcamilleri4678]

She was brought up by her clean living famous dad…Pat Boone….

[@joemachine4714]

if u reacted to this you may as well react to Charlene, 'I've Never Been To Me". Would love to see Brsd's take on the lyrics 🤣