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[@rod4023]

32 years later and this song still touches my soul. Great music never gets old.

[@JonEVodunakaBroXVII]

33

[@KennyKashBeatz]

Never gets old..

[@Marcianamusic_]

Hello! Do you know what year W. C. Handy wrote this? And who wrote the lyrics?

[@tyeprettygirl5591]

T I totally ❤

[@johnmutuku6878]

One of the most underrated songs ever. Remembered this almost 25 years later

[@neuralbliss]

This is one of the most underrated comments! ;)

[@jodirichardson2820]

One of the most underrated MOVIES ever

[@TreTurner]

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[@sheldonjohnson1336]

I agree.

[@sarahhanlon8653]

Same here. I have been singing this song for decades. The tenderness and sorrow conveyed in her voice is unforgettable.

[@desertraintwodogs8571]

Sista did that. If she never became a Big Star it doesn't matter. She gave you everything in that one song. Everything. Much Respect

[@atlsongbyrd6084]

Yes!

[@Love80sMusic02]

Yes indeed ♡

[@DJFRANKNICE34]

Yes Yes Yes!!! I love her um mmmmmmm ❤❤❤

[@dsilkasilkiieharris356]

@@DJFRANKNICE34 i love her tenderness .....

[@bigemont]

Cynda Williams is her name

[@wdcpartnershipltd5425]

Mo Better Blues is still one of the best movies of all time. The whole cast and Spike's leadership was so underrated

[@richardsamad6646]

tell me something new

[@tinkyman100]

PREACH!!

[@peachflorals]

I agree. This was my favorite movie out of ALL of Spike Lee's movies. He is so talented.

[@FirstImpressionCareerServices]

You don't have to be from Harlem for these lyrics to move you. One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. We need more music and films like this.

[@ladyluvslife]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@cedricliggins7528]

Those films and music are forever gone. Sad to say

[@bigmeatyclawzz]

The look on his face watching her sing was priceless......

[@kasanova3056]

😆

[@monilaninetynine3811]

He looks shocked.

[@samanthabrewer5449]

Black lives

[@jonmacie7581]

She tried to tell him...More than once. She finally got to show him, but with another man

[@remi17164]

Some men don’t appreciate a pretty girl

[@Archangel0263]

I missed the days when movies have good soundtracks to go with it.

[@atlsongbyrd6084]

Me too

[@infpseduction5710]

So do I

[@lesliemarshall5980]

Me too

[@garyaugustus1009]

Spike is a brilliant filmmaker... I always dug that sharp cut from Bleek struggling with scales as a kid at home, to the scene of him playing that subliminal jazz tune as an adult at the club. Powerful and informative in one quick cut...

[@roseeze166]

So much has changed and for the worse.

[@video2fonetv]

Who want's to go back to the 90's... Leaving in 5mins.

[@diegogibson3391]

Lmao!

[@sbergberg7635]

Me me me ....

[@TheIsh1988]

Great scene.... love Bleek's stare. He never gave her this opportunity, symbolic of their relationship.

[@melodygordon9080]

And that was what Snipes was telling her.....he really cared for her, Bleek did not

[@dopemango4653]

Melody Gordon no because she was a concubine, she was only using bleek to get a chance and bleek understood that, bleeks first love was music

[@Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL]

@@dopemango4653 Ah, a SINGLE man CAN'T have a concubine, you are intelligent, but you don't REALLY know the true meaning of that word!

[@dopemango4653]

@@Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL elaborate please

[@Mimi2Y2BYAZPHIL]

@@dopemango4653 A Concubine is a married man's recognized mistress, in the bible Solomon had several. Evidently back then it was acceptable🤷🏽‍♀️

[@rikers263]

One of the most underrated NY songs of all time

[@trebortsew]

this takes me back like vhs tapes and beepers

[@joel8583]

Me too

[@angiefromChi]

Yesssssss!!!! LOL

[@manweller1]

Robert West me too/ cassettes tapes for me 😊

[@loveinspired7]

...waiting on some kid to ask, "What's VHS and beepers?" so I can school them...AND roast them!😂😂😂😂

[@signatureoflove8792]

Lmao

[@davidl.mitchell1490]

This song touches my Soul

[@TreTurner]

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[@frankdonaldsoncanadianking9651]

wooooooooo!!!!!

[@angiefromChi]

This song still gives me chills. Wow. What a JAM!!! ⚘

[@rovelt3802]

Beautiful sister, beautiful song and beautiful movie. Cmon black folks look at how beautiful we are and you will see why the world envy us. We are truly created in "OUR" gods image

[@sew04ss]

That's why the pink people started the agenda to destroy our image and narrative

[@koolpopjones6499]

RIP Bill Nunn

[@sbergberg7635]

Bille Nunn : "Radio Rahim"

[@jeffreycooper5187]

I’m so glad I’m old enough to have lived in those times when this movie came out. I feel so for this young generation

[@Shinteria]

Just realized this is the ONLY movie with Denzel Washington AND Wesley Snipes!

[@TreTurner]

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[@TheVIPDiva]

This song is legendary.

[@robertdavis3036]

Yes ma'am.

[@robertgrays3876]

TheVIPDiva Ur so beautiful ! Tx me [e-mail]

[@trusstruss9816]

I listen to this everyday!

[@dramahawkpromotions9621]

yesssssssss

[@lewis20002000]

The movie is legendary....how can we get Denzel, Wesley, and Samuel in the same movie again?....and Charlie Murphy.

[@moanman1776]

Damn, I LOVE this song! It's so very fitting to the era & mood depicted in this film. Mad props to its writers, musicians & its singer (Cynda Williams)! Together, Spike captured something deeply special with this one.

[@daddyslittleboi]

I never get tired of hearing this beautiful song. reminds me of my childhood days visiting my grandmother in Harlem

[@tamaraallen5562]

One of my favorite movie soundtracks! ❤️2023

[@peachflorals]

Cynda Williams super-talented. What an AMAZING voice she has - pure GOLD 💫

[@stewartrowe2451]

Earlier in the movie, Shadow tells Bleek, "You know you should hear Clarke sing, or maybe it's that you can only hear your own music." She never got the opportunity to sing till Shadow took over the group. Powerful!

[@niche4142]

Great movie

[@phawkins3290]

I'm so thankful my parents introduced me to culture, and beautiful music like this... I love this song, and this movie..

[@aash756]

We need these movies back!!!!

[@Akathy13]

Yes

[@diegogibson3391]

You Ain't lying👍

[@koolpopjones6499]

Word 🆙

[@terrancehobbs3838]

One of the most underrated soundtracks ever!

[@abstuct1015]

When NYC was ALIVE..........

[@doloresbrown2499]

This song touched me the moment I heard it years ago!!

[@DJMELLOWBWAX]

Dolores Brown Yes

[@doloresbrown2499]

One of my many favorites

[@NewYorkCityBoxing]

I've imagined what it would be like to go back in time, when entertainers like Calloway, Basie and Horne were performing.

[@BlackWomen917]

I love this song especially the way she sung it!!!

[@jacqulinepauley8844]

yesss

[@michaelvogt-gitarre9096]

What a great song.... pure goose bumps...

[@DJMELLOWBWAX]

Michael Vogt, Duisburg - Gitarre Yes

[@Mr.Majestic77]

Note to Spike Lee: A Mo' Better Blues sequel needs to happen!!! Denzel Washington (as Bleek Gilliam), Wesley Snipes (as Shadow Henderson), Spike Lee (as Giant), Cynda Williams (as Clarke Bentancourt), Joie Lee (as Indigo Downes), Giancarlo Esposito (as Left Hand Laceyand) along with John & Nicholas Turturro (as the Flatbush brothers). I would add Eddie Murphy, Idris Elba, Larenz Tate, Chris Tucker, and Omar Epps. I know they were not in the original but they both would add lot to the Mo' Better Blues sequel. R.I.P to the cast of Mo' Better Blues that's no longer with us: Robin Harris, Bill Nunn, Charlie Murphy, Dick Anthony Williams, and Anna Marie Wooldridge.

[@satishrobertson8771]

Add Abbey Lincoln to that list. She played Bleek's mom in the beginning of the movie. She also was an accomplished jazz singer/songwriter poet, & activist who's career spanned from the 1950s up til her passing in 2010.

[@jonmacie7581]

No Bottom Hammer though. That was my man (Housequake). Rest in peace forever Bill Nunn. It won't seem like a real Spike Lee Joint without him. But life goes on

[@wildwaning9427]

@@satishrobertson8771 He did: Abbey Lincoln was Anna Marie Wooldridge's stage name.

[@evelynnathaniel5943]

yes indeed!!!!

[@TheMarapasa]

thank-you darling for the cast tea 7 years later, you are a real negrologist like me

[@lesliemarshall5980]

I remember when this was my favorite movie. 2019 and I still have so much love for it.

[@barbarajones5799]

I wish Spike would make a Mo'Betta Blues 2!!!......luv this soundtrack & movie!!!!!

[@myyalulagraham5691]

Barbara Jones right

[@freddyfree9195]

Barbara Jones not even a sequel but a reboot on Netflix would be cool

[@diegogibson3391]

No! MasterPieces need to stay as SUCH!💝

[@charitycolumbus6849]

Right..

[@abstuct1015]

Nope.. Because that would be quality and loved. Not the the norm.. 4 years later. Right?

[@kevinmetcalf6371]

Man this such a CLASSIC... I miss great movies , they dont make movies with GREAT SOUNDTRACKS anymore

[@bryancee5150]

This movie is a must see! Well acted, beautifully shot and you can hear John Coltrane's, A Love Supreme!!! A piece of music that everyone should listen to at least once in its entirety before you leave this earth. Spike put it down on this one! One of my fav's.

[@DJMELLOWBWAX]

Michael Bryant Yes

[@cjbotts]

Really messed me up at the end tho

[@sharondye4769]

One of the best movies and soundtracks ever!!!!!

[@khajahkool]

This right hurr still hits in 2024 ❤

[@the9-5ranter]

The passion in her voice when she sings "Harlem"

[@Benyi-Shabah]

30 yrs ago....damn I'm gettin' old.

[@shekithaevans7760]

THIS SONG MAKES MY SOUL FEEL AND EXPLODE MORE IN MY FEELINGS. MUSIC IS POWERFUL AND THIS ONE RIGHT HERE CAN MOVE A MOUNTAIN. LOVE YOU PG, FROM THE 1ST TIME I SAW YOU TILL NOW......

[@diegogibson3391]

👊

[@anginedadentis3542]

She really got into it in the last verse. I felt it

[@23jks]

Gives me the chills everytime

[@DJMELLOWBWAX]

Mary Fortnum Yes

[@charlesmanley1304]

This is such a great song but, I feel like it is somehow forgotten about. I don't listen to the radio much but when I do it is mostly old school stations and I never hear it. I have the soundtrack and sometimes I listen to it on youtube at work. Songs like this makes you feel something emotionally and not just a bunch of empty words.

[@Ricky2400]

I first heard this song on the radio. I'm from Harlem and was living in South Carolina at the time - God, I got soooo homesick! Before long, I came back home to Harlem. No regrets.

[@clboogie5280]

Wesley snipes on horns...ladies and gentlemen...applause...

[@geol1936]

Branford was alright, huh? Lol

[@songcreator71]

@@geol1936 🤣🤣🤣

[@--Allen--]

She had the look, the voice, and acting skills..

[@brendacarter5742]

25 yes later, and still strong. I listen to it everyday.

[@PrincessofPower84]

Thank you Mommy for playing your music for us when I was a kid. She has good taste. :)

[@darlenechase5535]

Been to Harlem a few times and This sing touches my heart❤💞 Harlem Blues💙

[@DARVAWATKINSTHOMAS]

CANT STOP LISTENING MAKES ME SAD CRY AND IN LOVE WITH LOVE..

[@wubbsie1]

This song popped in my head Nov 27 2020. Still a beautiful classic.

[@marcus7955]

Facts

[@emsoar3]

My bday

[@kelolo6355]

Simply beautiful. I want to go to Harlem.

[@tonybu32]

i dont think u do .............not like that anymore............it's crack land

[@kelolo6355]

Antonio Burnett Really. Wow

[@WordWoman111]

It's not crack land. In fact it's got plenty of beautiful restaurants and clubs as well as historic places to go. The crack era was in the 80s-90s You haven't really lived until you've experienced Harlem, Brooklyn, where the movie was filmed, or NYC. Fact.

[@nowdid]

Antonio Burnett Harlem is a very large neighborhood in an even more large city.There are parts of Harlem that are gentrified and there are parts that are very impoverished.If you got money Harlem is a great playground but if you don't you are really suffering.

[@angiefromChi]

zake 100% Correct!!!!

[@aliciayoung4348]

She's Wearing That Dress!!! That Song Has The Spirit of Classy Old World Harlem in it☺

[@freddyfree9195]

See Bleek I told you Clarke could sing

[@NOLAGirl4Life]

Beautiful song still after all these years I come back to listen annually. Shoutout to Terence Blanchard & Bradford two of NewOrleans finest.

[@primeexampletv3926]

I'm simply in love with this song, it never gets old...❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😍

[@MioshiB6]

Harlem Forever ! Strivers Row ...and Awll of The Harlem Legendary Iconic Memories!!!

[@sirthames]

Denzel looks eight years old

[@barbaralewis2241]

This was me and my Husband song we would sing it together Dale i love you so much and i miss you R.I.P

[@kimknight-is3yt]

2023 STILL GOLD MY SWEETIE LEFT ME HARLEM YESSS THIS SONG BRING BACK SO MANY MEMORIES

[@NateInDC]

One of my favorite Spike Lee movies, love the camera zoom spin at the 1:08 mark, he was good at doing that in his movies

[@jeffreycarroll-dt7ee]

Put some music to my Troubles 🧐…and call them Harlem Blues…2024👍🏾❤️

[@nicoleoneal685]

A TRUE CLASSIC BLUES SONG.....

[@ladyt3971]

Baby girl SANG!!! love it

[@kamerinevonne5934]

You can never tell what’s in a man’s mind And if he’s from Harlem, there’s no use of even tryin’ Just like the tide, his mind comes and goes Like March weather, when he’ll change Nobody knows, nobody knows The man I love, well, he just turned me down, he’s a Harlem brown Off times I wish that I were in this ground, six feet underground He idolized me, as no other could, no, no Then he surprised me, leavin’ me a note sayin’ he’s gone for good Gone for good And since my sweetie left me, Harlem, well, it ain’t the same old place Though a thousand dandies smile right in my face I think I’ll mooch some homemade hooch and go out for a lark Just to drive off these mean ole Harlem Blues You can have your Broadway, give me Lenox Avenue Angels from the skies stroll 7th and for that thanks are due From Madam Walker’s beauty shops to the Pro-Ro System 2 That made those girls angels without any doubt There are some spots up in Harlem where I’m told it’s sudden death To let somebody see you even stop to catch your breath If you’ve never been to Harlem, then I guess you’ll never know The power of these mean ole Harlem blues Ah, there’s one sweet spot in Harlem known as Striver’s Row ‘Ditty folks come call them, one thing you should know Is that I have a friend who lives there I know he won’t refuse To put some music to my troubles and call ‘em Harlem blues And since my sweetie left me, Harlem, well, it ain’t the same old place Though a thousand dandies smile right in my face I think I’ll mooch some homemade hooch and go out for a lark Just to drive off these mean ole Harlem Blues Ah, there’s one sweet spot in Harlem known as Striver’s Row ‘Ditty folks come call them, one thing you should know Is that I have a friend who lives there I know he won’t refuse To put some music to my troubles and call ‘em Harlem blues To put some music to my troubles and call them the Harlem blues Harlem, the Harlem blues, Harlem, the Harlem blues.

[@TheeOGBobby]

Watching MO BETTER BLUES yesterday brought me here♥️🎶

[@Rubyhollor]

such a beautiful song ❤

[@PinkWorldReviews2]

One of my favorites always!!! When she catches that earring....whew, felt every moment of this song. 🌺💯 His fixation on her at the end. LAWD LAWD LAWD

[@lacroix6323]

Loved this movie,the fashion,music and the story....well done Spike👏

[@sheenacarol265]

Heartfelt singing, smooth, jazz, about her Sweetie who left us hollow.

[@MyBadestchick]

I love this movie and this song❤❤❤❤2024

[@thepursefreak78]

I remember being a little girl belting this out all over the house. Good stuff... from OSCAR AWARD WINNING Spike Lee🙌🏾

[@HenryV0322]

This is real music art , Save the Blues 😢

[@roxanneuglem]

Beautiful song, voice of an Angel...brings back an era...

[@sirthames]

This reminds me of my Air Force days at Seymour Johnson in Goldsboro NC. Met this awesome young lady from New Orleans La who captured my heart from day one. She actually favored ol girl a little. Sometimes people come into your life and make that impact on the positive you never ever forget. If I could do it all over again.............

[@1pitchblack]

Thomas Thames Yes sir! I was stationed at Camp Lejuene at the time! Man what great times I had!

[@kensharproducts]

Love the song, reminds me of a love affair I had as a young woman and the love wasn't returned!

[@rodneybrown5196]

This Song will be remembered forever!! It's Everthing ⚘

[@brownbeauty39]

Timeless song ❤

[@buicklincoln]

For me this song was as emotional and important to this movie as Purple Rain was to that movie...and both songs were put at the climax of those films.

[@JesseHartford]

I love that movie. The story, the acting, the music. It put a spell on me, even though I was like teenager when I saw it.

[@loveinspired7]

I miss Wesley Snipes...I mean, REALLY miss him. I need to see him kick a$$ again on the big screen...and not as some damned vampire! (No DISRESPECT intended...I absolutely LOVED the "Blade" trilogy)

[@emsoar3]

This song makes me feel something, a real strong something. Damn, from Detroit, I JUST FEEL IT

[@shemene647]

Sing it Cynda...A beautiful and underrated song and artist 🎨

[@jessicarodriguez8595]

This song takes my heart right back to my heart back to Harlem 💗

[@stevenzunich]

Cynda Williams vocal performance here is amazing...beautiful...

[@brookelynn4149]

Crazy! Fell in love with her, this song, this movie, Harlem and love all at the same time watching this.

[@Gemberland2004]

Jim Jones Harlem Music

[@DariusBrady-nf7lg]

This is my favorite song of that era

[@shirleyzimmerman6527]

I listen and gasp each time. Now that's SOUL!

[@lesliemarshall5980]

One of my favorite movies. Still like this song very much! You can never tell what's in a mans mind... so true

[@toshalovely6441]

Her hair was the bomb! 😍 I’m bout to bring this hairstyle bck!!!!

[@ericjohnson7028]

Today Cynda Williams would be a superstar. Heck, I would like to see/hear her today. Harlem Blues is in there with Stormy Weather and Good Morning Heartache.

[@corlissthompson478]

love the movie and the music!

[@madisonfarris4879]

This song is beautiful it makes me cry

[@brandonce9521]

Born in the first black neighhood this song says it all

[@user-lj4tr6ku6w]

❤❤, loves this song it takes you to place in your heart, it just sounds so right

[@troytroy4191]

Powerful. Powerful. Fabulous song

[@dubbymac1971]

This SONG always take me when being IN LOVE was Kool

[@jivonleejackson1673]

Probably on my list of songs from childhood that are unforgettable . Cynda idid that absolutely!

[@GrasshopperRDG]

Look at Bill Nunn and Wesley Snipes backing this Blessed* Songbird! Just hauntingly beautiful... "This Song" forever.

[@SooperStar100]

I get chills, tear up, smile, get turned on all at the same time hearing this....I was obsessed with this song as a 12 year old.....I'm not sure why or how it could have touched me at that age, but it did and does even more now

[@joannehines7806]

Wishing this Great Taurean Empress a beautiful & Happy Birthday!!! Cynda! 💘 ♉ 🎷 👗 👡 🎹 😍🎸 🎶