FIRST TIME REACTING TO | Richard Marx "Right Here Waiting"

[@Ancient_Drummer]

One of the most underrated acts of the 80s. His songs were absolute perfection. Brilliant songwriter and artist.

[@1dkappe]

He was awful.

[@Ancient_Drummer]

@@1dkappe lmao, if you don't like him, then why did you watch the video? Makes no sense. Either way, good day to you.

[@1dkappe]

@@Ancient_Drummer I didn’t. I’ve had the misfortune of watching him back in the day. I occasionally watch her reaction videos.

[@donaldpruitt6787]

He's written so many great songs ...a real pro

[@jodale1972]

This song and many others from him were mainstays at all the school dances growing up in the 80's.

[@bevalexander5897]

I loved Richard Marx! I had his albums Richard Marx and Right Here Waiting totally memorized! Right Here Waiting was bittersweet. I married my husband, and we were both active duty army. He was in San Antonio at Ft Sam, and I was in Kansas at Ft Riley. Then he went to the Sinai for a year. Then I went to Bolivia for 6 mos. He was in PA. A week after I returned to the states, I was deployed to the Middle East for Desert Shield/Storm, for another 6 mos. I don’t think any marriage could have withstood those stressors. I think we were together 6 wks in almost 3 yrs. We divorced a few months after I returned from the Middle East.

[@kimking6036]

I absolutely love him. I always will ❤

[@rowanmayfair9249]

He's also a prolific songwriter. He actually did do a boy band song, he wrote This I Promise You. N'Sync. He sang it with one of them. He wrote for Luther Vandross, they were close friends. He did one of Luther's biggest hits, Dance With My Father. Another great, upbeat song by him is Keep Coming Back. Flipping amazing. I've loved this man since his debut album. Not dating myself at all......

[@chadperkins8406]

I think he got famous and was marketed right before Grunge rock took over, and then everyone forgot or treated him like a joke, but he was a really good songwriter with a great voice. He's definitely considered milquetoast by a lot of people, but I like his sincere delivery and skill.

[@1dkappe]

Artists like Marx were one of the reasons grunge became popular: a reaction to the drivel being pumped out by the industry.

[@chrisoakley5830]

Richard was very popular in the late 80s and early 90s, many wonderful hits to check out. He was a favorite of mine during that time.

[@cog4life]

Oh how I love this beautiful song….😊❤

[@christiancoffinet6228]

Hi from France, Britt! 😊 You are 100% right about the boys' band vibe. He write N'sinc's biggest hit "This l promise you". Also, check him out in his 80's heydays: he was a boys' band by himself before they existed!😅

[@ChristopherNorris_CopyGhosting]

I knew you'd love Richard Marx, Britt. I'm delighted you reacted so positively to his song 😊

[@xeverogaming]

I remember so many couples skates to this song at Skateland. Loved this music growing up.

[@Godlygirl38]

He’s the best in the business. So underrated. He wrote so many songs. Great in concert. My favorite ever. He wrote this about his first wife Cynthia Rhodes who was an actress ( best known for her role in Dirty Dancing). I saw him in concert. We were all shy. It was out of awe in how beautiful his voice is after all these years. Just breathtaking!

[@RonaldCanfield-m2r]

The studio version is accompanied via piano... HIGHLY recommend! Where you say you seem to recognize the song, I'm guessing the piano intro on the studio version will seal it.

[@debibailey2968]

I think this song was in the movie Notting Hill! But I'm sure it's been in lots of shows, etc! Richard Marxx has so many fantastic songs!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@williamparrish9954]

you should do the studio version

[@patrickrobinson9552]

This is my guy! He is a great writer and singer!

[@SugengBintang-x8p]

Suara nya amazing...and col...dan tim kreatornya juga sangat manis...🤗♥️

[@quixote6942]

The Studio version has a slightly different feel than this Acoustic version, but just as good! "Angelia"... "Should've known better", "Endless Summer Nights"... He got quite a few Bangers under his belt.

[@candicelitrenta8890]

Don't Mean Nothin'

[@josephwhite4489]

I was a big fan of Marx when he came out,,,still am. Listen to his music all the time, In fact, I still have his first album which I bought on tape cassette in 1987. His 2nd album, Repeat Offender [1989], my sister and I listened to ad nauseum....One of his absolute best tracks was 'Hazard'...hope u check it out sometime!!

[@lisaneal1773]

This song sounds similar to ‘This I Promise You’ sung by N’Sync but written by Richard Marx. You’ll hear it if you listen to them side by side. 😊

[@craigarandolph]

One of my favorite songs from back in the day ❤❤❤

[@BLACKHT3]

Richard wrote for all genres. He wrote with Lionel Richie, wrote songs for N’Sync like this I promise you. He wrote for hair metal band Vixen, Edge of a Broken Heart

[@anitawright7169]

This is so very beautiful!! He is singing his heart out to his girl. Love your reaction!♥

[@magnuslofgren2441]

This song is a hundred times better when he sits by his piano and singing it

[@pamagnolia]

Awesome song!!!

[@teresaslocomb362]

His music and voice are amazing very underrated.please listen to more

[@jmac3106]

My husband met Richard’s mother and father at the old Universal Recording Studio in Chicago. Dick Marx, like his son, was a prolific musician with a stellar reputation. And according to everyone was a complete gentleman.

[@BlaineStewart123]

1) Chad Michael Murray-- YES. 2) His song "Endless Summer Nights" is amaaaaaaaazing.

[@joecristman4045]

You should hear the studio version. It made him famous.

[@lgarnes1]

I LOVE his voice and this song is one of my favorites. I used to sing it to my now ex-husband who was in the Navy before he would go overseas before we got married. I still love the song, though. It reminds me of the better times with him. It's bittersweet for me now.

[@markt8086]

I was fortunate enough to be invited by a friend to a concert when he came here. I think he had recently recorded this song. He said he had written it for his wife (at the time) and how he missed her on the road trips. He has so many hits. Endless Summer Nights, Should Have Known Better, Hazard, etc...

[@candicelitrenta8890]

The video for Hazard is so haunting and sad

[@mlbw1966]

He wrote this song to his wife that was working in Africa...a love song written for her

[@user-hp9lo4xn8v]

Also, check out the live version of Waiting for you after Take this Heart

[@gregorylensegrav208]

Good video Britt as always you look amazing ❤️🌹

[@WolvenHeart1]

My Favourite song from him is "Angel's Lullabye"

[@alanaduran9045]

Love Richard Marx! Great song writer underrated vocalist. He was a big influence for JC from Nsync. Maybe where you heard the boyband. John Mayer a fan of his as well

[@theovanosch7109]

Hi Britt, the piano version of this song is a late 80's/early 90's hit song. Interesting other creations where Richard sang/helped out Dance with my father (Luther Vandross), This I promise you (N- Sync), The One That Got Away (Kenny Loggins) and Crazy (Kenny Rogers)

[@alifahabdullah2328]

I remember this from decades ago. There's an edit for the Kate and Anthony story on Bridgerton Season 2 using this song. It's so sweet it makes me cry. 😢

[@conniedean1977]

I had an encounter in an airport waiting area. I recognized him, and I knew that he knew that I did, but I gave him his privacy, as much as it was in my power to do so. ❤️🎶

[@mlbw1966]

Beautiful love song ANOTHER GREAT PIC BRITT Movie Knotting Hill. He actually wrote the song lyrics dedicated love to his wife while she was working, volunteering, in Africa Ya Rock Britt Pick Em Truck 70s ice cream gearl KEEP EM COMING DARLIN 🎶 🎵 🎤 😊😊😅😅

[@BRemnerrase]

Lovely romantic vibes ❤❤❤

[@m.vondrake5534]

Richard Marx was the Ghost Writer for several artists in the 80's and 90's

[@sharonstark1014]

He is such a great singer/songwriter. Check out "Dance with my father ", "Endless Summer Nights" and "Now and Forever." He won a Grammy for Song of the Year in 2004 for a remake of "Dance with my Father."

[@brittreacts]

I’ll check it out!

[@artistic830]

❤ playing this on the piano 😊

[@jasonkenner2840]

I think it has a kind of country flavor to it. Brings back memories from an easier time. 🥲

[@colmmonaghan3976]

One of the best 80s songs ever , timeless

[@jstrickland91971]

Saw him perform this live in 1990...with my highschool sweetheart...which became my wife.

[@bryanstoudenmire]

Hold on to the nights is also a great one from him

[@amyaeschbach3581]

This song s a must react! My very favorite ❤🥰

[@gregsandifer2398]

Enjoy all that!

[@wayneshapka6622]

If you listen to the studio version, the piano is center stage. That’s probably why you feel that you know the song.

[@toecutter3100]

I had my first look at this guy 1985 or 1986 when he was opener for Tina Turner in the Waldbühne, Berlin. The audience was so cruel, clearly there for Tina not for Richard. I was one of the few listening and i was really sorry for this dude singing beautiful songs with his great voice. Good to hear him again! 😊

[@butterflymama0838]

Oh my! I loved Richard Marx so much in the 80's. When my high school love broke up with me this song cut me like a knife. We were togwther from the very beginning of freahman year until the beginning of our senior year. That man broke my heart so bad back then.i waited for him for 5 months to come back to me, but he had been cheating on me with my very best friend. They both crushed me! I lost my man AND my best friend all at once. This song is so beautiful. EDIT: This song was in the movie "Notting Hill" with Julia Roberts & Hugh Grant. It was never the theme of a tv show

[@michaelford6834]

One Tree Hill is amazing! Listen to the studio with the piano. It’s gorgeous.

[@Michael-tj5bk]

As an 80s kid. This was certainly a popular song. His voice is great.

[@lenstgelais7376]

Richard Marks is a wounderful singer and also an exceptional songwriter he wrote many hits for him and also for others one of them is Céline Dion it’s a wounderful song called dance with my father he wrote this and gave it to Celine after the lost of her father here’s the song in the video Richard is on the piano kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYrFiYaEi792hpIsi=DHwf-8b6ttlEdbVk

[@pamagnolia]

This song was in the movie The Notebook. Maybe you saw that Britt😊

[@CarrierPlumbing]

I didn’t know that Richard Marx actually wrote this song, I’ve always heard it being sung by Vince Gill and thought he wrote it.

[@jasonenglisbe9646]

He actually wrote N Sync's "This I Promise You" so that is the boy band connection in terms of the feel of his writing.

[@heatherbroda7950]

Was played at the end of Tyler Perry movie Good Deeds!!

[@user-hp9lo4xn8v]

Check out online: Richard Marx, Take this Heart, Live

[@kaiserofive4250]

Richard Marx - Hazard is a must

[@flashN3o]

You should look him up. He’s written soooooo many hits for other artists, and himself.

[@dsfddsgh]

Why does she go out of her way to not do the studio versions of the songs she reacts too? Almost always these live versions are inferior and the singers are past their prime. To not hear the song with the piano is just a crime and she's not hearing the correct version that made it such a great song. Take away the piano and you are losing so much that made this song so good and you are left with this mediocre live version. Just maddening. 😕

[@ebieg11]

Trying to avoid copyright strikes.

[@dsfddsgh]

@@ebieg11 But other reactors manage to play those songs i just think she's doing herself a disservice playing such inferior versions.

[@Befree898]

​@@ebieg11she partially cover the video with fake rain drops, but she is listening the most crappy version l ever heard of this song.

[@robertgrimes7401]

Agree

[@1dkappe]

Doesn‘t matter with a trash artist like Richard Marx.

[@dalecaswell4217]

You could be remembering the studio version (that's a LOT different, instrumentally -- w some distinct bass not here) -- probably from your childhood if not from something more recent. Still remember this debuting in the Summer of 1987, I think. I had my first job -- a lot of fun working w a bunch of colorful Viet Nam Vets.

[@5after4am]

Richard says these days he goes to the dentist just so he can hear his songs playing.

[@jessefletcher2736]

It was in end of Tyler perry's good deeds. At the end plane scene

[@Silver-Lining1111]

He has a special acoustic Version of Katy Perry's Song „The One That got Away“ and you should Listen to his Song „Now and Forever“ 🤌🏼✨ Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 ✌🏼

[@robertfindley921]

"The reason why the critics love Elvis Costello's music and hate mine is because they look like Elvis Costello." Richard Marx.

[@5after4am]

That quote was actually by David Lee Roth.

[@brockbandy8488]

He reminds me of Country artist Colin Ray.

[@brittreacts]

Never heard of him until now!

[@KeltySinclair]

Monica also covered this song 🥰

[@thesolitaryadventurer]

I think Britt would love Take That. She'd adore Gary Barlow's voice

[@lancelathrop2255]

You should check out a song he wrote for an all girl hard rock group called “Edge of a Broken Heart” by Vixen.

[@matthewdooley7855]

Prom song!

[@anthonyrenda7725]

This song was very popular, you probably heard it on the radio. Its funny you mention boy band because he did write songs for N'SYNC.

[@bobapjok4241]

Not the best version, but i love this song and it's also very nostalgic since i was in high school. one of top favorites.

[@larryparrish6460]

The piano version is the best

[@candicelitrenta8890]

His ex-wife is a dancer and she was in the Toto video of Roseanna and she was also the blonde dancer who got pregnant in the movie Dirty Dancing. They were married for many years

[@5after4am]

Cynthia Rhodes , and she was in Staying Alive with Travolta too.

[@artmanjohn2]

You mentioned "Boy Bands" a couple of times, it just so happens Richard Marx wrote "This I Promise You" for "N' Sync", that ended up being one of their biggest hits! N' Sync was one of the largest Boy Bands ever, it had Justin Timberlake in it!

[@brittreacts]

I’ll check them out!

[@user-it1cc3pp4x]

Hey miss Britt! Try some opera rock, Jay and the Americans- Cara Mia!

[@MrSlackPack]

I watched One Tree Hill solely for Sophia Bush. Massive crush for those eyes and that raspy voice

[@rahulreddy3558]

There some great songs by Richard Marx,try checking out these songs if you are interested like hazard,lord have mercy,and endless summer nights

[@donaldjeffreys4771]

This song was covered by Monica and 112

[@Caffyann]

Check out the original just for yourself. He plays the piano/guitar. Younger version of him and song is slightly faster. Both versions beautiful. Many other songs to check out.

[@DanKirkwoodJr]

You might like a song by his named, Hazard.

[@geoff2504]

Have to say, I prefer the studio version of this song!

[@laksoysoy]

I've watched many black folks on yt react to this and they cant seem to understand what next to never means

[@dougcampbell9786]

The shirt is chartreuse!

[@jimmcget98]

This was me and my ex-wife's favorite song while we were engaged!

[@MrPreacherman75]

FIRST... This is a PIANO SONG... the guitar doesn't even do it justice. His biggest album came out in 1989 which had multiple number 1s including this one and "Hold on to the Nights"... He was an "Adult Contemporary" artist... kind of like Michael Bolton... but you need to react to the studio version... It's much better...IMO

[@VeteranforTrump]

The studio version of this is sooooo much better

[@gwilli9511]

Check out his song Hazard, IMO it's his best.

[@brittreacts]

I’ll look into it!

[@flashN3o]

…also, if you react to this video instead of the guitar he plays the piano and it’s phenomenal

[@graceito973]

I remember this song, but it was sing a little faster than this

[@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13]

Do any of you remember the fairly recent McDonald’s commercial where the two young women are sitting and talking in a car in a McDonald’s parking lot. As they’re talking, this AWESOME Richard Marx song is playing on the radio, and one of the girls says, “WHAT are we listening to (OMG)??!!” It’s kind of like, “Like, UGH…..like seriously UGH, what is this?!” Well, that commercial did not sit well with a ton of people in the viewing audience because obviously this is a GREAT song, and it was a very stupid idea to try to make fun of this incredibly popular 80s hit. However, a lot of people were surprised that Richard Marx would be okay with having his classic love song be trampled upon by these two seemingly clueless young women (obviously they were just saying their line).

[@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13]

Btw, generally speaking, I prefer the polished studio versions of songs better than live versions, unless you’re at the concert, of course.

[@williamparrish9954]

the video version is done with Piano so beautiful even better than this version

[@shannonpatrick3534]

What are you fidgeting with in your hands lol. The offbeat pops are driving me crazy😂😂

[@metoo7557]

I like his version with a piano better.

[@jmeslo]

You need to go back and watch the original video: you will love his hair! Big hair!!!!