FIRE!| FIRST TIME HEARING Shannon - Let The Music Play REACTION

FIRE!| FIRST TIME HEARING Shannon - Let The Music Play REACTION
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[@elmoomle4565]

This was a MONSTER hit when released and got a lot of 'disco' club play. This song, played LOUD, on speakers, in the club, with the sound bouncing off your body....GREAT times !!

[@jacqueline4514]

Definitely! The bass would pump through your chest; best times of my life ❤️

[@rbodee]

It was loud in my car stereo which was more expensive than the actual car.

[@elmoomle4565]

@@rbodee haha...I could relate to that!! The car may have been 'crappy' but the stereo was always killer!!

[@jacqueline4514]

@@rbodee Hahaha! When we were dating, my husband had no room in the trunk because of Amps and speaker boxes 😂❤️

[@jvdpdx]

We RAANNNN to the dance floor when this beat dropped!!!

[@dudeusmaximus6793]

Shannon was a part of a more underground dance music scene in the 80's, though some like her broke thru such as Stacey Q, Pebbles, Taylor Dayne, Jody Watley, Klymaxx, Nenah Cherry, Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam, etc.

[@PatiAnn]

Klymaxx .... Smoking in the GrLs room ... Yes!!!! .... I miss you - banger!!!! ❤️

[@jedimastercaeli]

Yep, part of the Freestyle movement. Triniere, Debbie Deb, George Lamond, Lisette Melendez, The Cover Girls, Exposé, Johnny O, Stevie B! Sigh, memories.

[@dv3507]

Yes! They were all fabulous!

[@amyconnors8918]

I work a customer service job and as a member of gen x, imagine my surprise last year when a call came through on my phone from Taylor Dayne! I was trying so hard to keep my cool. She was super nice. 🥰

[@mattgarfinkle978]

@@amyconnors8918 did you ask her to tell it to your heart?

[@JJKSeattle]

This song was HUGE back in the early 80s! It packed the dancefloors!

[@valkyrie7025]

This was an anthem of breakdance back in the 80 's....you have no idea how fun was those days..😁😁

[@harlempixie338]

Yup. That’s how you dance to this. Pure B-boy moves.

[@BrookieMonster1313]

I was a kid and later fell in love with 90”s breakbeat.. so many good sounds!

[@Hallas3]

She had another hit in the club back in my day called "Give Me Tonight." It could be a good one for female Friday.

[@alexandervasel6845]

Give me tonight is FIRE (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)

[@peggysmyth6110]

Great song .

[@jerrycote659]

But it’s gotta be the 12” version though

[@chrisinfiesto835]

💯💣

[@markwalker2627]

I prefer give me tonight

[@MiguelLopez-is9te]

Shannon had a vocal style all her own. I loved watching my older siblings dance to this jam. Y'all might also like Exposé.

[@thomasrichards6245]

Dana says- Yes! Expose' with their Miami Dance sound had such bangers.

[@oschvelez1]

Absolutely!! Exposé pronounced Ek spow zay was a huge miami trio with a sound of their own. I suggest Exposé - Point of no return, let me be the one, and beautiful ballad seasons change. Their music was considered Pop/Dance music but many people/fans still consider this part of the freestyle genre.

[@jeffcobb2734]

Expose is a great late 80s/early 90s group. Awesome tunes!

[@chetedwards5801]

That was the song back in the day, everyone was on the dance floor when this was playing.

[@kevincarpenter2525]

Shannon was considered to be the beginning of the Freestyle Movement.

[@glennlissner350]

Others have mentioned "Give Me Tonight." It's another strong hit of hers from the 80s. Give it a shot.

[@MrSwitzerland1234]

Jays reaction and Amber getting lost in that beat was exactly what I needed tonight. Jay’s smile is awesome

[@lcorcoran5]

A huge hit! I also recommend that you listen to Sheila E. The Glamorous Life. She's not only the singer but plays a mean drum. Island vibes for sure

[@kbusby4824]

Great song and video.

[@corsicanlulu]

they need to hear the long version of glamorous life

[@TRob_1964]

When this jam came on in the clubs the dance floor packed out!! Man how I miss the 80's

[@surlechapeau]

Jay & Amber, she had two more huge Dance/R&B hits "Give Me Tonight" and "My Heart's Divided"!

[@sheilameyers152]

Good song to dance to….disco! Dance all night… boogie woogie Feet hurt…. don’t care! Dance until you can’t dance anymore!

[@sharoncromer1910]

I agree! It reminds me of skating at the roller rink in my hometown!

[@jadakid6942]

I put Give Me Tonight just above this one, but both are fantastic.

[@GandlafTheWhite]

@@jadakid6942 I agree

[@willowb1527]

Yes yes. Give me tonohht is awesome

[@caretaker158]

Oh, could you imagine an 80s themed club? All of us old fossils would be showing off those old school dance moves... and paying dearly for it the next day! Amber and Jay, you guys would have a special invite to opening night... and any other time you wanted to groove! BUT... there would have to be a 70s night at least once a month... or better yet, once a week! Also going to take this chance to once again recommend "FLY AWAY" BY JOHN DENVER WITH OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN!!!!!!!!!!! RIP Dame Olivia!!!

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

A couple years ago, I was invited to an "80's prom" themed party at a venue. The band that played all night is called "High in the mid 80's". We all went dressed up like it was the 80's. The 80's band was AWESOME!! All they played was 80's music all night. They voted prom King and Queen. I won Prom Queen!!! 😂 There was all this confetti falling on us, up on stage. They put a tiera on my head. It was hysterical. We all had a BLAST! ❤️❤️❤️ (I'm a Gen X'er).

[@nancysmith8626]

@@user-or1ye3iz6d love it!

[@lifewuzonceezr]

Pot store one one side..massage therapist on the other

[@Fit4FunAna]

We’d throw out our backs and knees and it would be WORTH IT!!!

[@melissagibson7440]

In Toronto, pre-Covid, there was a monthly “Retro Road Show” which was an 80s/90s video dance party at a dance hall. Miss those days!

[@enriquetheprofessor]

She is regarded as the QUEEN OF FREESTYLE. This tune helped usher in the "Freestyle" subgenre. Therefore, Shannon is a legend in her own right.

[@LA80sMike]

East Los Angeles, early 80’s, I’m a Metalhead, my disco friends invite me to a backyard party to meet girls, cool songs playing then the DJ plays this LOUD and I’m mesmerized by the sound and how many people started to dance and pop-lock…right after this, DJ played Nucleus “Jam on it”… nearly 40 yrs later still remember that night, good times…

[@soakedbearrd]

That’s a dope story, good visualization!

[@MahaliaMD73]

Great story!

[@Shrykespeare]

I remember hearing a story about Shannon back on the old Casey Kasem show. I think Shannon made a pledge to herself that if she didn't hit #1 on the Dance Charts with her first single, she'd give up music forever. Well, she did hit #1 with her first single (this one). She also hit #1 with her SECOND single, "Give Me Tonight", and later a third time with "Do You Wanna Get Away". This is one of those songs that never leaves your brain, ever. This was right in the same wheel house as artists like Teena Marie. There are a few others that you haven't checked out, though. "Meeting in the Ladies Room" by Klymaxx, "Mercedes Boy" by Pebbles, "The Way You Love Me" by Karyn White; "A Love Bizarre" by Sheila E. (feat. Prince), and "Everybody Everybody" by Black Box.

[@jackie_jrml]

A Love Bizarre! What a bop!!!

[@Guildofarcanelore]

Casey Kasem! There’s a blast from the past!

[@nancysmith8626]

@Patrick Hodges Now that you mention it, I think I like "Do You Wanna Get Away" the best out of her hits. That song rocks! I bet Amber and Jay would love it. Also - thank you for all of the 80s music anecdotes you post. I think we had parallel childhoods or something, ha. You'd definitely beat me in an 80's music trivia contest, and that's saying a lot. My brain is stuffed full of (mostly) useless 80s music trivia! :)

[@scottarooni]

I didn't know that she hit #1 with those other two songs. I love them both!! 🙂

[@missosmommy]

Patrick is keeping it real! Listen to this man's suggestions. I am gonna second all he said because he brought up some choice stuff!

[@ChrisW-17]

This and Madonna's Holiday, released around the same time, both post-disco, yet I still visualize the disco ball spinning all night to these songs. 🎇

[@djunc676]

That and Get Into The Groove by Madonna, produced by Nile Rodgers from Chic was a jam too.

[@CliveO1515]

When Holiday first came out, I thought it was a Shannon song. 😀

[@Deborahtunes]

"Let The Music Play" started what was known as the "Freestyle" genre. It was basically disco meets the electronic, new wave age. I bought this 45 in 1983. Try her song "Give Me Tonight" {long version}. It's great...

[@jeffreekoch9298]

With a Latin style music twist and early hip hop/breakdance beat as well. Freestyle was fun, great in the '80s and early '90s. 🎶

[@Deborahtunes]

@@jeffreekoch9298 ~ I loved "Freestyle". You're right, it was a lot of fun. We danced to these songs all the time. Unlike disco though, there was no special look, or 'move' needed. We were simply "free" to dance as we liked...

[@MJC_2112]

It was 1984 and I was out one very hot Saturday night on the west side of Chicago at a very popular dance club. Like always, the dance floor was packed shoulder to shoulder by all these amazingly talented, beautiful couples just tearing up the dance floor. For reasons I can't recall, probably heat exhaustion, around 1:30 am the dance floor was empty for a brief period and Shannon's "Let the Music Play" fired up and right away a couple ran out there that were very different from all the folks you'd normally see out there dancing for they were both very large and considerably older than everyone else. I remember better than half the people in the club were either giving them a ""Are you two serious?" type looks and many pointing and laughing with their friends. I thought it was absolutely awesome that these two folks, who appeared to be in love, having a beautiful night out and didn't have a single f*ck to give what anybody else in that club thought and just blew me away with how much fun they were having. You should have seen them out there just gliding around the dance floor as if they were were skating on ice. She was mouthing the words and the two of them were acting out the lyrics to the song. By the time the song had ended I don't think there was a person in the club that wasn't part of this amazing roar of approval at the conclusion their moment out there alone on the dance floor. For some reason this sticks with me and it's probably because it was one of the most beautiful, awesome feeling and kick-ass displays that I've ever witnessed.

[@jaygq1543]

This song sparked a new whole genre of Music called Freestyle which was huge in all of the major urban areas back in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

[@myrapeoples9888]

Yep freestyle concert pretty much every year! STEVIE B spring love

[@soakedbearrd]

Yeah afrikka bambata started the sound, but she took that sound and added singing melodies and lyrics and a new genre was born. She was a pioneer.

[@RogerWyatt365]

This was the ultimate Disco hit! Whenever it came on, everyone got onto the dance floor. You MUST do "Give Me The Night" next.

[@jermalcromartiepresents5728]

It isn't disco it was called Freestyle music then later Latin Freestyle music. Disco was pretty much dead by 1981 but its sound birthed other genres like Freestyle, House and Eurodance.

[@kevcall]

*tonight

[@RogerWyatt365]

@@kevcall I stand corrected!

[@stephintheatre6335]

​@@jermalcromartiepresents5728They still had some disco hits in the early 80s, hits like Michael Jacksons Billie Jean.

[@dougrulz6381]

This is what we call FREESTYLE. Freestyle music is the best genre of EDM (electronic dance music). Freestyle was huge in the 80's and 90's. Freestyle is still popular today. I just went to a huge Freesyle concert in Orlando at the Amway Center, 20k people attended. You have to react to more Freestyle artist, like Expose',The Cover Girls, Sweet Sensation, Debbie Deb, Lil' Suzy, TKA, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Stevie B.

[@coodermo5263]

Really interesting that in the early 80's I was mostly a rocker and also into new wave, but I heard this song and INSTANTLY LOVED it!! This was when disco was transitioning to club music. I had the DJ make me a mix-tape with this on it.

[@chriztianrox]

Absolute banger and one of the best 80's/90's club songs. When this came on, everyone went to the dance floor!

[@dranet47]

I worked in a record store when this came out. Everyone liked this song. I remember talking to "metal heads" and even they thought it was a great song. 1

[@talon5538]

I am a Metal Head and I always liked this song. Fun to play on a keyboard too.

[@GinaGeeILuvu]

This was a huge hit for Shannon in 1983. Check out Jody Watley's hits, Real Love, Looking for a New Love, Everything, Friends, and Don't You Want Me. Also, check out Pebbles and her hits Girlfriend and Mercedes Boy! And check out Karyn White and her mega-hit, Superwoman! These were some of the top hit makers of the eighties. 💖💖

[@jvdpdx]

Ooooh yeah Jody Watley Don't you want me!! And ALL those!

[@casey4602]

Yes, Shalimar Night To Remember or Paula Abdul's Vibeology or Opposites Attrack

[@Phoenix85006]

1983!? I feel older now 😑

[@terrellinc22]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DC05570]

Freestyle from the 80s, yo!!! Other artists in this genre were mentioned below-pls check out Exposé’s “Come Go With Me” and “Point of No Return”👍🏼

[@jacqueline4514]

YES!!! You’re getting to the dance music!!!! I’m a teenager back in Brooklyn, cruising while blasting this song again on the way to the club; yep, we got in every time 😀. Please react to Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam’s “I WONDER IF I TAKE YOU HOME”; it was a huge hit and is a toe dip into 80’s “Freestyle” music ❤️❤️❤️

[@jackie_jrml]

Yessssss I keep saying the same when they do 80’s bangers!!

[@jacqueline4514]

@@jackie_jrml Right? I hope more are coming! 😊

[@oschvelez1]

YESSS MORE FREESTYLE MUSIC!! We wanna see Jay jamming in his seat! Please check out Stevie B - Spring Love, Party your body, Dreamin’ of love, & In my eyes..

[@fhat6924]

Great song, i cant wait till you guys do Midnight Star, No Parking on the Dancefloor.

[@alexandervasel6845]

Midas Touch is awesome too

[@nancysmith8626]

Oh, hell yes!

[@juliewhite7469]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@michelleblack4844]

Freek A Zoid will put J an Amber on this group

[@fhat6924]

@@alexandervasel6845 Actually The Midas Touch is my favorite song by them.

[@paulweiss3818]

Shannon - Give Me Tonight. A must listen. Shannon had a literal wall of sound behind her.

[@bazookajoe6133]

This was a dance floor mob song back in the day. Even the poindexter got in and grooved, lol.

[@gino88]

I suggested this almost a year ago, glad you got around to it. The song is basically dance club culture, dancing with a stranger before even knowing their name, unspoken vibes, but no one is committed to dance with the same person. So she was getting her groove on with a guy, then another song came on and he moved on to dance with someone else and she is just trusting the music and the groove to bring him back to her. This was a very common occurence in the clubs back then. The other band of this genre I think of is PLANET PATROL with tracks like Cheap Thrills, Play it at your own risk, and I didn't know I loved you til I saw you rock and roll.

[@Lemons66]

I made a fool of myself on the dance floor many times to this music. Back in the day, you got out on the floor whether you could dance or not. Great memories.

[@JakeStainbackMusic]

Shannon was one of the first to introduce Latin Freestyle into the clubs. Latin freestyle was a popular genre in the 80s, characterized by sporadic, dark, syncopated rhythms (similar to Latin American rhythms) and synths out the wazoo. It became a fast, cheap way to make hits. Thanks for this video! That said, you guys should react to some of Alisha's stuff. All Night Passion, Do You Dream About Me? (from the movie Mannequin featuring a young Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall) , and Too Turned On are some of her popular ones.

[@soakedbearrd]

What’s interesting is that freestyle music was mostly created by blacks and latins, like hip hop in the beginning especially in the Bronx. Blacks artists developed hip hop and Latin artists developed Latin freestyle which was a hybrid of club, some disco elements, minor keys heavy, hip hop elements and synth pop elements. As the genre grew more Latin influenced beats came in as well.

[@kimcutts6153]

It doesn't get more 80s sounding than this! This was my era, and let me tell you, it was fabulous. The music 🎶, the clothes, the dancing 🕺 💃. Hey, has anyone invented a time machine yet? Oohhh, I wish. 🤞❣🔥🎼🎙

[@cherry363]

If you like this, you should try Catch Me I’m Falling, by Pretty Poison, and Pump Up the Volume by M.A.R.R.S

[@karicastanza5216]

YES!

[@juliewhite7469]

Great suggestions 🥰

[@michelleblack4844]

Yes. I totally agree. Great picks

[@twoscoops2]

One of my most favorite songs of all time, thanks for reacting to it. :) It might be the first song I ever heard with a Roland TB-303. "Give Me Tonight" was another popular song of hers.

[@pompanomark2024]

This song was EVERYWHERE back in the day!

[@alexandervasel6845]

Her song "give me tonight" is absolute F I R E

[@pfcampos7041]

OMG I hadn't heard this song in ages!! Great teenage- memories thanks for playing this one! :)

[@charlesh946]

When you were in the club and this song came on. BOOM! Hit the dance floor!

[@SamuelTorres-zm3un]

You got to dance, the rhythm and percussion is simply Awesome.

[@greghaendel6667]

This track was/is sampled a lot in hip-hop! It's referred to as the "Shannon sound".

[@cheerymother]

YES...one of my favorite songs of all time!

[@Bulshitero]

You just now tapped into the Freestyle genre with Shannon other groups to check out are Debbie Deb, Expose', Trinere, Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam and many more...

[@kimsolari2248]

This was one of my favorites in the early 80s !!! You two chair dancing is the way we danced on the floor moving and bouncing around…lol the clubs loved this song!!😘

[@pheonixrising6644]

I remember Shannon from the Streetsounds albums in the UK with 'Give Me Tonight'. I requested this song at the school disco in '83 and the crowd clearing so some of the lads could show off their breakdance moves! (I believe she was a classically trained vocalist too!) Awesome tune 😃

[@GenXDaddyO]

80s club music is a mood. I need y’all to hear some Ready For The World. “Digital Display” or “Oh Sheila” puhleeeez!

[@tommarks3726]

One of my favorite dance grooves.

[@user-lk3pb9pe9z]

Back in the day in college in Boston..when this hit the clubs..EVERYONE hit the floor..Incredible.

[@k9m42]

This song is credited with the birth of Freestyle dance music from mid 1980’s - mid 1990’s.

[@franklavergne3194]

FINALLY a Freestyle genre reaction!!

[@georgesmith3011]

Shannon had a few more hits including 'my hearts devided' another huge hit 'give me tonight's' , 'do you wanna get away' a cover of Fornieger 'Urgent'. Love her. And another one was 'sweet somebody '

[@jeffreekoch9298]

Freestyle music. 🎶 Big in the '80s and '90s.

[@Xman156]

Shannon was part of the Freestyle Dance movement (not to be confused with Freestyle Rap). This is a kind of electronic dance music that was popular in the mid to late 80s, which I don't think you've reacted to until now. It was mostly an underground dance club scene, but some songs like this one did hit the charts. It competed with New Wave Synth dance clubs. You can read about this music style in the Freestyle Music article in Wikipedia. If you do any more freestyle songs, I highly recommend the following: The Cover Girls - Because Of You - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooTadYJ7g9yBiJo Expose - Exposed to Love - kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGSweHVuhtl_nas Cynthia - Thief of Hearts - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5WXY4mAbaaapLc There are tons of others! Rob will especially love these songs!

[@jeffreekoch9298]

Popular here in the states, early '90s as well. Especially bigger cities.

[@reallymysterious4520]

This is the FIRST Freestyle song to become a radio hit back in the days

[@jacqueline4514]

JAY, you are an 80’s soul! 😊 Shannon’s “ Give Me Tonight” has even stronger vocals

[@babylonkid]

I love everything about this song. It used to be on my run list back when I was a runner.

[@NJbakintheday]

This was my jam back in the day! They had some dope remixes of this joint on the NY stations (98.7 Kiss, WBLS, WKTU). And this was a club BANGER! Jay, you would've fit right in!

[@kenpaden]

Danced to this many a night in the clubs in the 80s. Please do I FEEL LOVE by Donna Summer, tons of synths for you Jordan, you will also be totally mesmerized by Donna!!

[@jeremywilkerson7502]

We used to break on laid out refrigerator boxes at the Rogers Station subway station in Baltimore. Our "DJ " made a crude mix of this jam and we killed an 8 minute set. 2 Pop lock boys, 2 flyers, and 2 ground men - we used to battle that sh**.

[@55BROB]

I Had a chance to meet Shannon while I was performing at a club in New York back in the day.. She had on a tight black outfit like cat woman without the mask. She paid me a compliment on my voice. Thanks for highlighting her.

[@dennislopez1272]

RSR FAM Y'all did it. FREESTYLE FREESTYLE. This is the Club music during the freestyle era in Miami, New York and a couple other big cities. Underground sound that was everything in the 80s. It was music that was popularized by its Latin hip-hop sound. This song is one of the ones that started it all. She had the B side of this song "Give me Tonight" was also a jam. Exposé, Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam, The Cover Girls, Lisette Melendez, Cynthia, Stevie B, TKA, George Lamond and Will to Power to name a few.

[@BigMannyP]

Glad you guys discovered the 'FREESTYLE' genre. Basically it's like love/break-up songs, done to a dance beat, during the early to mid-80's up to early 90's (were the height of the genre's popularity, even though songs are still made to this day). NYC was on fire (when i was kid) to this music! Clubs, parties, block parties, you name it! Mostly Latino and Italian-American artists sang the songs, as well as black artists, like Shannon, Joyce Sims, Trinere, Nayobe, Monet, etc... My faves were Stevie B, The Cover Girls, Sweet Sensation, Sa-Fire, TKA, Cynthia, Noel, Coro, Fascination, Expose, Judy Torres, Sandee, Alisha... so many more! Y'all should DEFINITELY do more of this genre!

[@jkbezo1]

This is very true and great comment. I was a kid same time frame as you jaja in LA, CA. Also to add it was /is very popular in big urban areas with large latino, black, Italian population in NYC/NJ, Illinois (Chicago), Michigan (Detroit), LA/San Diego, California, the Bay area in CA, Florida (Orlando, Miami), Philly, Toronto (Canada), Texas (Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus, El Paso), DC, overseas in Italy. I agree though that the heavy presence and start up was on the east coast (NYC/NJ and Miami, FL) Many great Freestyle artists came from there. Also Filipinos and Filipino-Americans love it.

[@jbga.6178]

Shannon has another great, great song called Give Me Tonight. A total banger like this one. This was the start of that whole 'Freestyle' craze in the eighties.

[@flirtydirty24]

Yes, freestyle was huge back in the 80s, talk about old school, whew.

[@stephanim2436]

I read somewhere that Shannon was still in high school when she recorded this.

[@astleygenetaylor7463]

You both had an absolute ‘moment’ 😁 you totally got sucked in! Love watching you both have the best time… the 80’s were incredible to live through ♥️

[@janeyconsidine657]

Klymaxx, Klymaxx, Klymaxx. "The Men All Pause" and "Meeting in the Ladies Room". Must listen:)

[@aks4204]

This is such a killer song! Definitely a favorite. Definitely danced the night away to this.

[@AL-pt5rh]

We would hit the dance floor without even putting out purses down. 😎

[@mookieschannel1130]

I was a club DJ when this came out. Yes, LOUD. Used to play the 7" EP, outstanding. People loved this, always full dance floor.

[@back2black717]

This song was all over the radio. I can remember the boom box playing this song and also "That's All" by Genesis ( Phil Collins)in the girls locker room after PE! I don't know why those two songs stick out except they were both monster hits around the same time. Good night I can still smell the White Rain aerosol hairspray and "Sure" spray deodorant permeating that locker room!! Lol!

[@petercourtien4581]

This song is a 1983 JAM!

[@dawnpatrol700]

This was a couple years before Kid N Play, 1984, but I love that you know the references and its spot on. Kid N Play was the look of 88, but this song would fit in with that. This song didn't sound old even in the 90s

[@jkbezo1]

Why not? They were around together the same time. '80s and '90s. Freestyle music was huge in the '80s and '90s.

[@boguebanks1]

This song was EVERYWHERE when I was in 5th grade.

[@abarton1978]

🤣 Out there pop-locking!

[@jntdhome]

This was a skating rink staple back in the day! This song takes me back!

[@Mandurath]

So many extended mix versions of this song back then as well. There was even a version playing on the airline radio station you had a choice from with those little movie headsets you got for long overseas flights. I remember expecting elevator music but there was actual relatively modern music which was a bit of a surprise. Especially as I had neglected to pack extra batteries for my walkman...

[@zigman63]

you have to remember this was a club turn,meaning it was one that you have to experience through amazing speakers and feel the floor shaking etc. Amazing.

[@ambersachs]

This was a huge skating ⛸️ song in the 80's

[@pcal6654]

Congratulations, you two! Y'all just slipped down the "freestyle" rabbit hole. Mid to late 80s club music, especially big in the northeast.

[@k_salter]

Y'all dance to this song just like you were doing. This one would empty seats and pack the floor, along with a couple others. Great memories!! Thanks.

[@christineharris5697]

Literally!!! The second I hear this, I am back at my club, Circle Electric, THE place my friends and I would go dancing.

[@kendrap-LvnHppnss6371]

I used to play this song along with Twilight 22's "Electric Kingdom".....you might like her other song "Give Me Tonight".

[@fhat6924]

Electric Kingdom, I have that record.

[@jkbezo1]

'80s and '90s freestyle music! Do more of it!

[@anthonywilson7681]

this was the song in the early 80's. brought the clubs out of the disco era and into something new. I have a 12' vinyl extended version and it goes on forever!

[@Sandyg1961]

This song was created with a synthesizer and drum machine only. One man mixed them both together in the studio to bring out all the little nuances of what was the finished project. I was not a fan of so called “disco” music back then but during my stint as a radio DJ in the late seventies and early eighties, I played this song often because of the tremendous drum line in it. And I really liked the way Shannon sang it. It even has a synthesized cowbell in it.

[@jeffreekoch9298]

Freestyle music! It's big in large urban communities, especially in high latino/hispanic (Mexicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, etc) population cities, also Italians, Asians (Filipinos), and African Americans. Texas, Florida, California, NYC, Chicago, Illinois, Philly, Toronto, Italy, etc. Huge during the '80s and '90s. Its still around, but a little different now, more poppy. Best way to describe freestyle is that its upbeat latin style hip hop, breakdance/electronic, dance music, R&B singing style (not really rapping). Normally about lovey dovey stuff 😆, romantic, songs about dancing, the city, etc. Groups like Lil Suzy, Cynthia, Johnny O, TKA, Expose, Cover Girls, George Lamond, Stevie B, Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam, Corina, Lisette Melendez, Rockell, Collage, Trinere, Shannon, Sa-Fire, Nayobe, Linear, and a whole bunch more! Used to get on my nerves, because it was always played at nite clubs, house parties, school dances, on the radio, videos on BET/MTV back then. Lol. I grew up in Texas, so for sure I grew up on it, exposed to it. Its pretty good music, my sister loved it and still does. The chicks really dig it. 😆

[@soakedbearrd]

You missed Italians as well. At least here in nyc we saw a lot of Italians and Jews liking this music too.

[@melissa2688]

Ya know, I thought of your mom Amber when I saw you two were reviewing this jawn!! We're around the same age and yes, we can/still dance to this. Big song in Philadelphia in my day. Love this from the 80s, great time to have been a teenager. Nice job guys 😀

[@zipadoodlebug7124]

This song...omg!!! It makes you want to dance..move, anything to that catchy beat. I watched both of you rock out to the beat of this song. In the 80's, in a disco when this song was played, it took control of the body, you had to get up and dance. Love love this song!!!

[@butterflyjessica1]

How can you NOT move with this beat right?! 🤣

[@alamc200]

Shannon also had "Give Me Tonight" which was my favorite of hers. I'm sure you would love too. Please react to that one. Please also react to Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam's very first hit "Take Me Home". They had similar sounds. As someone else mentioned here, Shannon was more of an underground dance music scene in the early to mid 1980s.

[@ericawatts796]

Hey guys, just wanted to tell you that Shanon does have another banger.Its called Give me the nught. Im an 80's baby and the music was off the chain. The next artist you can react to is Odyssey and the song is Native New Yorker.

[@joesmith8725]

Hey kids..... this is '80s, '90s freestyle music! lol Great music.

[@myproject13ttt]

Once a B-Boy, Always B-Boy, with that being said... In the eighties we had a Breaking Show that was being performed in a mall and the news crews were there, to put it in a segment. This was the song that we did our Breaking Routine to 🔥👊✌️

[@fjvbfjvb]

This song is often cited as the first latin freestyle crossover hit! It was often played along with madonnas Holiday out at the same time on the radio ushering in a new era of post-disco dance music

[@jerrycote659]

Unfortunately this is a very shortened single edit and you guys missed so much of what makes this song epic, the extended dance version especially the version which starts off with an instrumental portion that leads into a fierce whipping sound and the song then kicks in. There is a great break in the middle of the dance version which is full of sounds which you would really get into Jay. I recommend you guys check out another of her hits which Amber I think you would get into the story, it’s called “Give Me Tonight”, but, if you do choose to react to it please make sure it’s the 12” extended version to fully appreciate the production and the epic 80s sounds you’ll hear. Shannon also had another hit called “Do You Wanna Get Away” which was another banger, but, personally, I think “Give Me Tonight” is a better choice.

[@soakedbearrd]

Yeah I agree, the extended version especially the beginning, rocks

[@selenieg9532]

I agree this version sounded off.

[@knm7889]

Yes, I use to dj and always played the 12" versions to dance to. "Give me tonight" is another one. A good slow mix also from Shanon was "It's You"

[@sunnybearbuds]

Word!

[@Roberto_79]

I went to a aerobics class one and will it finish I haven't even broken into a sweat I realise it was because at the time I was dancing to 12 inch extended remixes of tracked like this. You can't beat the 80s

[@Fit4FunAna]

YAAAAAASSSS!!! This is known as Freestyle. There is soooooo much in this genre! And she ALWAYS had everyone dancing! Thank you! This is what I grew up with! Give me tonight is the next one to listen to! And as for Freestyle, Lisa Lisa was one of the biggest breakthroughs into mainstream from freestyle, but Marc Anthony (you reacted to Vivir Mi Vida) and India ( you neeeeeeeeed to react to Dancing on the Fire) became a new set of Legends in their own right. And both of them started in Freestyle

[@kassee9225]

One of my favorites from the 80's. I graduated in '83 and LOVED and still love to dance to this. High school dances where everyone would just stand around, waiting for someone else to start....well, meet "someone else" because there was no time to stand around!!! It was time to dance!!!! And if I do say so myself, I have rhythm lol. I don't know how or why, but my body just moves perfectly with the beat! Maybe not as fast as I use to tho ;) ANOTHER great song that makes you move is by CeCe Peniston, "Finally"