FIRST TIME HEARING The Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat REACTION

[@minkgraver]

The song that gave the world the phrase “rock on with your bad self”! 70s pop gold right there

[@chab1rd155]

Yessss!!! 😊👍

[@petercourtien4581]

So funny! Disco was born! 🤣🎶

[@CardiacCat]

Absolutely. I smiled when he sang that part cause I remembered people saying that after this song came out.

[@juliewhite7469]

This line and "I'll tell ya one thang.." from You Can't Change That by Raydio (Ray Parker Junior) defines the Era for me. Great feel-good music 🎶 💃 Edit: have to add Disco Inferno to the list

[@sourisvoleur4854]

Is that what he says? I always heard "Rock on with your bad breath." Which I knew wasn't right, but we didn't have the internet to look stuff up then!

[@nathans3241]

I know Wendell Anderson, one of the singers of The Hues Corporation. I told him that whenever I hear the song Rock The Boat, I drop whatever I'm doing and listen to the song.

[@3rdand105]

Fun fact: my mom had the 45, and she was born in 1933. She was raised on Big Band (Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, etc), so if she liked it enough to buy the record, they were good.

[@rayeckert242]

My mom commandeered my 45, and she was born in 1936. It’s okay though, ‘cause I wore out her Glenn Miller record.

[@elizabethfranco1284]

Rock on with your bad selves! Yeah

[@walterpanovs]

One of the first songs that was considered "disco." A big #1 hit in 1974. It exploded in popularity in the clubs after a slow start on the radio.

[@petercourtien4581]

So true! One of the first disco songs.

[@NeptuneLady1957]

Where did you get that this was one of the first disco songs??

[@petercourtien4581]

@@NeptuneLady1957 I was there. In NYC anyway. The experience may have been different in other parts of the country. Disco was born in 1974. 😊

[@bloppysloppy4057]

"Rock Your Baby" (backed by KC & the Sunshine Band) by George MacRae was an early one too.

[@petercourtien4581]

@@bloppysloppy4057 I was thinking of that one too! Funny. Always loved music.😊🎶

[@TheFranticfraulein]

Definitely!!! Soul Train!!!! ❤️

[@mysteriousmysticalmoments2023]

"Don't rock the boat baby." I think at least 50% of us sang this song when in a unsteady situation. I know I have. "A love is like a ship on the ocean." You can shake this up but don't tip it over.

[@dawntextor8170]

I still do lol

[@JoTracy]

I do!!

[@bernardcrowley1816]

They are a one hit wonder...no more from them

[@mysteriousmysticalmoments2023]

@Patricia Barnes Me too.

[@mysteriousmysticalmoments2023]

@@dawntextor8170 Me too

[@almakesling251]

OMG, took me twenty years to get this outta my head. Now it'll take me another twenty years!

[@tinahairston6383]

One of the best songs of the 70s!

[@Shrykespeare]

One of the best selling singles of the 70s (2 million copies). Sadly, The Hues Corporation only managed one other minor hit ("Rockin' Soul") before fading away. The name of the band is a play on words, after the (Howard) Hughes Corporation, using "hue" as a way to make it more "colorful".

[@censorshipsucks9493]

Fact check true.

[@zackjames274]

Yeah The Aviator is another great movie about the early years of Howard Hughes before he became a reclusive billionaire.

[@angelfontanez9148]

Actually, they had another top 40 hit in '76 or '77 which was called '"I Caught Your Act". kzbin.info/www/bejne/fH3Efp6CrrOrnNk

[@willzresurreccion6745]

Off my cloud , I got caught dancing again and How I wish we could do it all again.

[@timstewart9026]

I would count "Freedom for the Stallion" as another hit by the Hues Corporation

[@amb2745]

This song was the start of the disco movement. Released in May, 1974, Rock The Boat was the precursor to other disco songs like Van McCoy's The Hustle, KC and The Sunshine Band's Get Down Tonight, and many others.

[@bethmiller1840]

"Get Down Tonight" by KC and the Sunshine Band is a song J and A need to hear!!

[@tracie.langston678]

I love The Hustle.

[@nkcbrazil]

The Hustle was really the start.

[@kirkhassett8726]

Don’t forget another pioneering Disco track, it was #1 on Billboard’s first ever Dance/Disco chart: “Never Can Say Goodbye” by Gloria Gaynor. Released in October 1974.

[@bonnielemenager4030]

Loved dancing to this one at dances in Junior and Senior High, so many years ago.

[@rayeckert242]

Bought the 45 the day after I first heard it on the radio, and I wore that sucker OUT! It will NEVER get old.

[@Laniefj]

This reminds me of going to the skating rink every Friday night.

[@furryfriendsfairydust5595]

I really like the way you both notice the whole song.... all the instruments, the singer and backup singers, and you always comment on the meaning of the lyrics. Your reactions are so well done.

[@danielbenincasa770]

I love my 70's. All through it I lived my teen years. The best decade ever!!!

[@gayleeidson6724]

This brings back such groovy memories!!! Can't help but sing along and Dance ! So much fun and great music/singers !

[@bigsteve9279]

@Gayle Ya remember ‘The Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose’? ‘Too Late Turn Back Now’ …or ‘Treat Her Like A Lady’ Big Hits and Big fro’s!

[@juliewhite7469]

Love it 💕💕💕

[@gayleeidson6724]

@@bigsteve9279 Yes, absolutely ! You hear songs like that come on the radio and it just makes you smile and sing along ! Such joy !

[@kv99990]

This song was everywhere in early 1974. Pretty much encapsulates what we loved in the 70's.

[@platterjockey]

Though there have been several singles before from Barry White and arguably the O'Jays or Donnie Ebert, this song is considered the first major disco record.

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

Back in the 70s, we had to learn the dance to this song and ‘The Hustle’! Fun stuff!✌🏻

[@nancy9891]

“The Hustle” was very similar and so popular it kept us up at night!

[@peterfreund2223]

Yeah we had a gym class when they spent a marking period trying to teach uncoordinated, shy 13 year Olds all different types of dance moves

[@suzannesmith2452]

Oh my goodness, I absolutely love this song! I remember singing it as a youngster, like I knew all about love. 😂

[@bethmiller1840]

LOL

[@ilahildasissac1943]

I was kiddie too. Memories!

[@kellyreiterman]

My nine year-old self thanks you for this one. Oh man, I LOVED this song as a kid! Still do.

[@jacqueline4514]

Another GREAT from the 70’s; I have a vivid memory of singing this song in the backseat of my parent’s VW Beetle when it came on the radio; pure happiness ❤️

[@MHume63]

I just heard this song a couple of days ago and thought “Amber and Jay would love this!” And you found it! 😊

[@tracie.langston678]

I do that now when I hear songs.

[@MHume63]

@@tracie.langston678 - I need to start writing them down 😂😂

[@williamroeben]

Oh I LOVED this song as a kid growing up! SO cool!

[@rwschumm]

I haven't heard it for a long time, but always liked it! I THINK kind of a 1-hit wonder, since I don't recall any others from this group making 'top 40'. Great 1-Hit Selection Guys! :)

[@briansredd]

"I caught your act" is really good as well

[@TranquiloTrev]

"Freedom for the Stallion" was also a big hit and another Classic.

[@mimaroparesearchdivision8074]

Got Caught Dancing Again was a sentimental hit here in the Philippines

[@davewhitlow2984]

The BEST summertime & swimming pool tune!

[@bigsteve9279]

The Grassroots are sooooo overdue! Late 60’s thru mid 70’s!

[@bigsteve9279]

The same era… The Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose!!!

[@bigsteve9279]

‘Too Late To Turn Back Now’ Jordan will dig his big fro!

[@bigsteve9279]

@Brutally You already played it, didn’t ya? 😆 Good stuff!

[@bigsteve9279]

…and ‘Treat Her Like a Lady’!!! 2 Huge Hits!

[@meggiles6848]

You brought me back to 1974 when I was 10 years old going on the rides at Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY. I was dancing on bed in NC. I think that they were a 1 hit wonder. This is the first time that I have seen the video. Amber, you are wearing the wrong NY team. Lmao. NY Mets. Lol. Thank you so much! You brought me home. It's been 6 years.

[@melmingin8445]

"Rock The Boat" is considered to be the first Disco Song to hit , what a classic!!!

[@melmingin8445]

@@cottonplant100 I heard multiple times that "Rock The Boat" was the first "Disco" ! I don't know if that is correct?

[@nkcbrazil]

Incorrect regardless of what your hearing and Keep on Trucking by Eddie Kendrick’s wasn’t disco either just because they were in the beginning stages of Disco

[@yoclark2723]

My kids used to sing "Oh I'd like to know where you got the lotion" Great disco song.

[@mbsmith2197]

Ha! Love it! Lotion..

[@bigb6046]

Great song, brings back memories. A perfect companion piece to this is "Walking in Rythm" by The Blackbirds if you haven't done that one yet.

[@christineremmer5514]

God, forgot about that one,thanks!

[@lreed1040]

@@christineremmer5514 Here's another one most forget and Walking In Rhythm made me think of it. The Tymes and "You Little Trustmaker". "Shooby Dooby, Dooby, Dooby, Dooby".

[@bradsullivan2495]

A bit of trivia about the song: "A dance to "Rock the Boat" is commonly performed at weddings and birthday parties, involving many people sitting down in a row and "rowing" a boat to the tune of the song."

[@squintygirl]

I had never heard of that before until I watched Derry Girls!

[@jmshuk]

Me either - in my day I that was the "dance" to Oops Upside Your Head"!

[@donalddixon6541]

Mega, Mega hit....EVERYBODY would sing along with this whenever it came on.

[@mikebrock7606]

Such a classic One-hit-Wonder... Great harmony and definitely upbeat!

[@MightMouse2174]

they're not a one hit wonder

[@salmuscles]

there were a lot of one hit wonders during the disco era ..... van McCoy “the hustle” is another great disco one hit wonder and invented a dance ...

[@jamerican413]

Van McCoy actually was considered more of a writer/producer of the time than a performer (though I think I do have 6 of his albums). Check out Faith, Hope, and Charity, Melba Moore's early disco work, he wrote for Barbara Lewis, Gladys Knight, and a bunch of other people that I can't remember right now.

[@walterrutherford8321]

And Carl Douglas’, Kung Fu Fighting, which was surprisingly catchy.

[@tommarks3726]

Another 70's groove. I was 8 years old diggin this in '74. God i miss the 70's

[@Modes9]

I was 7 for this one, so I feel you.

[@CuttinEJ]

This ain’t disco. It’s Motown at its finest! I loved this song when I was a kid.

[@CuttinEJ]

@Brutally Goofy Buddha can’t imagine who that would be. Disco wasn’t a thing until a long time after this.

[@ballyastrocade5672]

@@CuttinEJ "Long after?" Only if you think Disco began with "Saturday Night Fever" at the end of 1977 -- which, it didn't, not by a long shot. Disco was already well-established by the time Hollywood decided to cash in on the trend. :-). This particular song came out in 1974, which is right about the time Disco as a genre was starting to get airplay on US radio stations. A number of the early Disco tracks and performers came out of Motown, though, so the early stuff (1974-1975) did lean more into R&B than into the more orchestrated and synth-heavy sound it would become.

[@CuttinEJ]

@@ballyastrocade5672 all I know is I was there and lived through it.

[@jmshuk]

The disco "4 on the floor" groove was created by Earl Young, then of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, and "The Love I Lost" (1973) is arguably the first song with a disco groove (and the wonderful and ultimately tragic Teddy Pendergrass on lead vocal). Earl Young went on to found The Trammps, who had one of the greatest disco songs of all time, "Disco Inferno" (1976).

[@donnasharpe3451]

Motown’s James Jamerson, best bassist of all was on the bass.

[@jodymontez693]

Growing up in Oakland in the 70's brings back so many memories! Life passes so fast!

[@ChristyDPrice]

My brother and I used to sing this like we knew what it was about! LOL

[@ceebee9711]

Jordan new artist alert for Sheriff "When I'm With You"

[@Ranadkins]

Clearly need to do some Stylistics and Chi-Lites.

[@cog4life]

NOW we’re talkin!!! Love love love it!!! Such a great group!!!

[@4tuneagent]

Kind of pre- disco.. but was certainly responsible for kick starting the movement... preceded "The Hustle" by Van McCoy by a few months. Please check out "Doctor's Orders " by Carol Douglas.. thanks.

[@TracyfromNC]

That's a great song!

[@thomastimlin1724]

IMO it was Barry White's Love Orchestra and Love's theme that gave birth to the new sound in early 1974, not called Disco yet, but certainly the embryo. I hated Disco music because it became this crazy mentality, dance craze and clothing style, invading the pop, rock and folk type music of the James Taylors, Dan Fogelbergs, and others in the dust. A fad. Still, with less radio stations, and corporations keeping their sticky fingers off of the playlists unlike today, there was plenty of variety allowed from John Denver to Alice Cooper to Gladys Knight, etc

[@l-bird]

Great selection. This song was Huge Huge Huge back in the day, but I forgot all about it. Love hearing it again!!

[@terrywalker8589]

One of the greatest one hit wonders...ever!

[@kathytoy5055]

Ah, my favourite disco song. Thanks.

[@TheFranticfraulein]

Next listen to Rock Your Baby by George McCrae....came out around the same time! Both songs remind me of 6th grade!

[@Modes9]

Pairs well with "Queen of Clubs" by KC and the Sunshine Band. George McCrae does a great guest appearance.

[@kabirahnazeem9403]

Thanks for playing and taking me to memory lane 10th grade.

[@douglasmiller2689]

Released in 1974 (I was 14) to this day I still say “Rock on with your bad self” when needed. 😎

[@VicMikesvideodiary]

The name The Hues Corporation is a purposeful play on words of the Howard Hughes Corporation. Love this song. Soul combined with disco. Three different dance style moves reflecting the 3 main primary colors, or hues.

[@drewg5637]

I graduated high school in 1975 and the senior classes back then had a grad night trip to Disneyland. Back in 75 these guys were the band that played and this was their hit.

[@randyhinkson7950]

Ahh my teen years....Great tune, great memories

[@SerialChiller12101]

Anytime I am out in public and I hear this song I always have to stop and dance along to it. I just turned 30 although I grew up listening to this song thanks to my mom and her excellent taste in music. The song just makes you feel so good. Love how joyful the video captures the good vibes this song brings.

[@colecrew5]

Been waiting for this one! You would love Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose- they had a couple of great radio hits in the 70s

[@nkcbrazil]

Yes Treat her like a Lady and the classic, Too Late to Turn Back Now, all time great song!

[@Pushindazees]

Love your channel for reminding me of songs I haven't heard in years! A late 60s song I think Amber would really love "The Rain, The Park & Other Things" by The Cowsills.

[@BarredCoast0]

The Cowsills is an excellent choice for a reaction. I like their song "Indian Lake".

[@dindrane1]

This has always been my favorite song! Love The Cowsills!❤

[@keymack2477]

Second that! Awesome song!!!

[@CB-gr1uk]

Geez, decades since I heard it! Loved the horns! Thanks for reacting to it!

[@AZambri1]

Wow, I haven't heard this song in a minute. My grandmother introduced me to this song when I was around 6 or 7. Been dancing to it ever since.

[@brockbeckstedt6483]

I love playing along with the drums such a happy song!

[@2715bunky]

This song pretty much ushered in the disco era! Reminds me of Expo 74 in Spokane Washington.

[@graywade9225]

Awesome! Man, you two have grown so much with your reactions. Congrats on 300K!

[@robertmatechuk2660]

I would love to see you folks at a family reunion and in charge of the music.. Omg the guests would have such a great time

[@brentcox7772]

This song was on the radio once an hour when I was on wheat harvest in the summer of ‘73!!🤘🔥

[@timme2844]

God I remember this song so well! Brings back good memories of when everything in this country was swirling around my memories of our nations Bicentennial!! LOVE IT❤️ Don't tip the boat over...... don't remember anything else from them but I'll never forget this! What a fun young innocent summer that was! New you guys would love it! Great reaction! Thx for this one!!

[@juliewhite7469]

Great memories, great time. I had a Bicentennial lunch box and my mom had a Bicentennial Edition Chevy Nova: solid red interior, red/white/blue pinstripe 😍😎💃 Rock on with your bad self !

[@angelahall332]

I was a child in the 70's but I remember so much of the music. I always liked this song. Catchy. I have never seen them before. That I remember anyways.

[@michaellombard894]

Soooooo catchy. This gem hit the radio in summer 1974. I've been addicted ever since!! Haha.

[@bigb6046]

They actually had a song which was big in the discos in the late 70's called "I Caught Your Act" , they used to play it a little on the late 70's show "Disco Fever" LOL

[@dawnpatrol700]

Same drum pattern as this, but a few years later, try " if I can't have you" by Yvonne Eliman

[@susancampbell1884]

This song comes up whenever I play my 70's music station on Pandora. It's always a fun, pick-me-up song to listen to.

[@ceciliarueda4871]

What memories !! Hues Corporation ,they were in My country Chile for Viña del Mar Festival in 1974, great performance , The Chilean people danced with them in their show. THks Friends for The reaction.

[@sjddds]

Our love is like a shit in the ocean!

[@mossranchoutdoors7249]

That gal got some pipes. If this song doesn't get your blood pumping,you're dead. Wish still had groups like this.

[@fabian4ever69]

This song was on an album collection my mother ordered from the tv. The song was one of my faves off that collection.

[@hermangouw]

This song is one of the best songs during the 70's disco era .... very popular during that time ... when I was a teen. One my all time favourite disco songs.

[@200beluga]

Brings back memories. The summer between grades 11 and 12. I drove cab and this was always on the radio.

[@vickybrackin7483]

One of my favorites from my youth!! A favorite Karaoke song too!!

[@kevinvernon5851]

Thanks for playing that song, I never saw what they looked like but had the 45 and put that song on my cassette to have in my car. I believe this song came out in 1974, I had just turned 15 and was pursuing my lifelong dream of learning to fly an airplane. I had a learner's permit to drive but drove around as a student driver anyway and remember listening to this the summer that I soloed an airplane on my 16th birthday (the earliest you can solo) and still didn't have my driver's license. There was another similar song called Rock your Baby that same year.

[@corinecabrera9435]

You should listen to Cornelia brothers and sister Rose, a song called it's to late to turn back now. Such an a beautiful song. Also The Spinners Could it be Iam falling in love, another beautiful song from the 70's!

[@LuvTadnDixie]

Oh so glad you reacted to this one! I knew you would love it. 1974 I believe it came out.

[@johnwatson9507]

Where have these kinds of feel good songs gone? Great great song.

[@markray3273]

it was number 1 in 1974

[@DaddyTre65]

1974 was the start of the Disco era! In addition to the great "Rock The Boat", other dance hits that year were "Love's Theme" by Love Unlimited Orchestra, "Dancing Machine" by the Jackson 5, "TSOP" by MFSB, "For The Love Of Money" by The O'Jays, and "Then Came You" by Dionne Warwick & The Spinners. All these disco jams are worth checking out!

[@jackiekendall7845]

Love this song, lots of great memories ❤

[@you2449]

So Good ! Remember loving this as a toddler. Was about a boat, and love - - that's all we needed to know.

[@lawannalw]

One other song by them that I can think of off of the top of my head is from the movie Blacula, "There He Is Again."

[@bluelionvintage8134]

This was HUGE in junior high school!!! Constantly on the radio, played at sock hops, etc. Great blast from the past! Thanks for choosing this one!!!

[@Shane-Flanagan]

This fab disco tune and accompanying dance routune was a feature at every Irish wedding once upon a time. None were complete without it. You got on that dancefloor and took part at your own risk. It was taken very seriously! Classic!

[@Perfect_Blend]

"Rock the Boat" is considered one of the earliest disco songs(1974) and played on the radio enough to drive my parent crazy. LOL.

[@laurafranich4807]

Oh I love that song. You bring back so many memories.

[@TheGizmo47]

this song is so full of energy i'm 76 now but it still gets my feet tapping one of my favourite of all time

[@stevethomas5495]

Check out Maxing Nightingale- Right Back Where We Started From

[@almakesling251]

Number one prom song in 1975!

[@rickwatson5113]

Hi guys! There’s a song called “ Tubthumping” by Chumbawamba. That’s right! It’s “Tubthumping”! I honestly think you guys will crack up! It’s an awesome song!

[@Tricky2002]

One of the first Disco songs. One of the last was "Stomp" by The Brothers Johnson. I would love to see your reaction to that one!

[@daviddunlop8832]

Yessss. I'm from South Jersey, The Sound of Philly - Gamble &Huff Brother's Johnson -Stomp!

[@beths999]

I remember this song from my childhood! Brings back great memories of a better time. Everyone loved this song when it came on the radio.

[@ralphschmitt5859]

Back in 1973 when I was 11 years old record stores used to sell singles.(which we're actually doubles because there was a B side) Oldtimers know what I'm talking about. This was one of, if not the first records I ever bought. Love This Song to this day! Thanks for reacting to it.

[@TS-ct8it]

Yep, I still have this 45.

[@deanreedy4991]

Big in roller skating rinks in 70's

[@leemcclements8889]

Great memories! We ( my friends and I....can't speak for everyone)loved this song. Great vibes!

[@shawnfynn7889]

This song and "Rock Your Baby" were the 2 back-to-back #1 hit songs from the sunny summer of '74.

[@martinl8574]

Recognized as the first Disco song. This song created a whole industry.