Heatwave - Boogie Nights (1977)

Heatwave was an international funk/disco band formed in 1975. Its most popular line-up featured Americans Johnnie Wilder Jr. and Keith Wilder (vocals) of Dayton, Ohio; Englishman Rod Temperton (keyboards); Swiss Mario Mantese (bass); Czechoslovak Ernest "Bilbo" Berger (drums); Jamaican Eric Johns (guitar); and Briton Roy Carter (guitar).
They were known for their singles "Boogie Nights", "The Groove Line", and "Always and Forever".

[@MrJeswest1972]

Does anyone else feel sad that this era is gone?

[@rockabillylaker]

Yup. And I was born in 83

[@smarie7808]

I was just thinking the same. I miss the 60s and 70s 😪

[@MrHoefnix]

Yes. Aaaah The seventies 😀.

[@fredadezwart5398]

Zeker weten,top tijd

[@lynnallen1549]

The best era...made me feel light hearted.

[@adrianmitchell8586]

That white guy on the keyboard was a genius, he did all the music for Heatwave and also tunes for Michael Jackson- Off The Wall and Thriller... Rest In Heaven Mr. Rodney Rod Temperton, you did great....

[@jeffblack5024]

Rod looks like he should be playing midfield for the 1970s Ipswich Town. But he wrote a large part of the two biggest-selling albums ever. He must have had a few bob.

[@em7dim9]

Shame the man died young. All those millions went to the wife.

[@AlejandraPineda-zs6kk]

Me encanta esta canción, me recuerda mi secundaria

[@rickyb5062]

Rod Temperton was the man! Check out the story of how and when he wrote the rap for Vincent Price for Thriller! It’s on the 25 anniversary release of Thriller. It might be on KZbin.

[@cavaleer]

I still think his arrangement with Heatwave were his best work. It was the perfect vehicle for his brilliance.

[@ronaldhill7180]

Wow! My childhood. No school shootings, no mall shootings, and no social media. Just people meeting in person and having a good house party with no shootings.

[@Stormy5168]

Those were the days…

[@lynnschnekenburger7270]

Yesssssssss!!!✌❤

[@Lisa-hn3hz]

Yep the 70s were the best, miss this era big time, I graduated in 1974

[@ameliastelmach148]

It feels like another life I lived. Looking back at all the good honest fun we had growing up. Staying out all day with no cell phone! Being home before the street light came on of course. Wow

[@janetharrington5467]

The best of times

[@Michelmulkens]

I was 22 yo and I went to the belgian coast by motorcycle with friends - entering in a disco and hearing it for the first time - a real dicovery - I will never forget it - in my mind, belgian coast = heatwave

[@31kiloradioraven63]

That intro is one for the ages.

[@CliffDavies-fn3fc]

Who didn't dance to this back in the day? I know i could never resist

[@triciabuckling3385]

Great music,Great group,so glad I got to go to Discos in the 70’s and early 80’s

[@63maury63]

The gr8 genius of Rod Temperton❤

[@handsomeX]

Heatwave didnt want this used in the movie Boogie Nights due to its subject matter. Principle over payday. I respect that.

[@TheLinuxYes]

there is more to the Boogie Nights film than a first glance will know.

[@monicagillaspie6798]

I love HEATWAVE, still listening to their music in January 2024🤎🎶❤️

[@KC-gy5xw]

My man Rod Temperton on keyboards! Legend!

[@jameswilliams8568]

Dam, I need a time machine to take me back. Who, wants to join me.

[@erichill4926]

Too late brother I already invented the time machine and I went there. Those were the days and definitely the 80s.

[@spkanava]

76

[@johnsandbo1]

Sign me up!

[@moemcgovern7345]

The line is forming. I met my husband in a Disco.

[@moemcgovern7345]

@@spkanava. 77

[@johannebernier3089]

Im 72. Im a Canadian. I was going to the disco at the time and danced until the lights went off. Today im glad i lived my youth fully.

[@magdasanchez89]

Incredible that this era has gone

[@spkanava]

76

[@margolangley4472]

Amen!! 😊❤

[@moemcgovern7345]

I'm also 72. I went to the Discos 7 nights a week. ❤

[@last1in442]

63 from the southern part of the United States. You can imagine how well this went over being a white boy in Georgia listening to this music

[@alxxxargento]

Rod Temperton wrote "Rock with you". Enough for me. And this tune is excellent.

[@rubedogg6969]

What a great band. Still one of my favorites. RIP Rod Temperton, Johnny and Keith Wilder and Ernest "Bilbo" Berger.

[@ibramblebush]

Those are all the core members, except for the bass and guitar players.

[@janicesmalling5264]

So much history with these guys💜

[@nakiashelby6413]

I'm not sure about the lead guitarist, but I do believe the bass player is gone too. If you can watch their Unsung please do. This group had endured some tragic events.

[@peterfichter6843]

@@ibramblebush they look like the original members. They are on the album cover of Central Heating.

[@nakiashelby6413]

@@peterfichter6843 if I'm not mistaken, the original guitarist was killed in his hometown of Chicago, replacing him with the guy on the video according to the episode of Unsung.

[@jimdep6542]

I played in a disco /rock / funk / jazz band back in the late 70's into the 80's and this was one of my favorite songs from our set lists. This was back 5 and 6 night a weeks gigs were common and you'd get a lot of people commin' in the clubs. Life was great before all this distractions of today's world keeping people at home. No face book back then.......no video games.....instead, people were going on and getting together. Yeah, I miss it.

[@delite8003]

Yes and kids today missed so much by sitting & playing video games and not getting out to play a real game of kickball, ride your bikes in the summer to get ice cream or a snowball and really socializing. We played hard outside, running around, we made up ģames to play with the neighborhood kids and we used our imagination. Just sitting inside for hours, no exercise and not doing fun stuff with other kids in your neighborhood. We used to go to the swimming pool all afternoon. So sad today!

[@jimdep6542]

@@delite8003 That's so true. You sound like you could have been one of the kids from my neighborhood. Along with all you mentioned, we built forts in the woods, played Army , baseball in the spring and summer, football in the fall and ice hockey in the winter. Man those were great days. Once I became a teenager, we had to move to California, I got thoroughly depressed from missing my friends and then started playing bass to get my mind off of being homesick and then went into full time music from there.

[@spkanava]

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[@davidolien2828]

It was a wonderful time to live. Dancing in the discos to talented artists. They are all dying and our world is as well. I have few regrets.

[@dave-d-grunt]

1977 I was 21, Honorably Discharged from 4 years in the Marines, starting my civilian life. A great time in the world

[@Speysider1962]

Disco at its purist. A great band from a never to return to era.

[@ELPCOTILLION-SD1970]

But Can Be Immortalized Cause Music Of That Era Is Still Available...

[@AlexeBriand2002]

we’ve returned to disco many times since the 70s.

[@LoydKline-uw4no]

& r& b music 1970s style

[@scottmcneely1927]

To call this music merely disco does it a great disservice. It rises above.

[@renabalmes1472]

This was really R & B

[@jeffreydillingham7630]

I feel much better now having listened to this. Been a long time.

[@woodshed_moments]

One of the beautiful things about the 70 is that it didn't matter what color are you were... You had white funk bands you had black rock bands you had integrated funk bands and integrated rock bands and they all put out just remarkably awesome music... until the 80s hit, then the eugenic machine spun up. This was funky then, it's still funky today... Back then, you actually had to play.

[@iamleresa]

Facts!

[@jeffalbillar7625]

That's a trip. I didn't really think about when it ended, but it was in the 80s.

[@spkanava]

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[@faidravolonasi3603]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rumpestillskin4671]

Rod Temperton was a genius !!

[@stefanotuttobene]

I lived that era! Nothing was more struggling, more exciting!

[@tedium37]

This song was HUGE! I was a little kid but disco was everywhere and Heatwave was named well. This was the bomb 45 years ago.

[@adonaiyah2196]

I can tell

[@Undercoverbrotherfromanother]

Hell yes. Great songs and true musicians. Skill and talent.

[@lauracline8865]

I was 12 years old

[@ichigoandrettiofficialjetm4444]

@@lauracline8865 i was 3 i use to sing it because the rents played it just became my jam

[@lauracline8865]

@@ichigoandrettiofficialjetm4444 you must be 49 today are you?

[@donhosmer8159]

66 year old white Hippie Loved this

[@KittyGrizGriz]

Got to keep on DancingGot to keep on Dancing 💃💃💃

[@peterfichter6843]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@donbrashsux]

Heatwave rolled through in 1977 amazing period of music

[@Alanoffer]

Wow rod temperton wrote songs that absolutely nailed the seventies,

[@terryharrison5185]

One of the great intros... Masterpiece of disco 😎👍

[@edulaudrup9860]

La Base de Jazz es Hermosa

[@nickypipes3004]

🙌

[@paulsawtell3991]

The intro is swing jazz not disco. It was a refreshing change.

[@Nostalgic-Lady]

Johnnie Wilder and Rod Temperton - dreadfully missed but no doubt grooving in a much better place than here - with MJ, Marvin, Luther, Teddy and so many more ... 💔

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Rod was a one off Northerner from Lincolnshire...Northern soul still going strong in Lancashire Nottinghamshire, and here on Merseyside...E

[@spkanava]

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[@mrpositronia]

Rod Temperton was a genius.

[@iammzjuicy5212]

Don’t forget the wilder brothers ❤especially Johnnie wilder jr he’s the one who brought Rod into the group

[@spkanava]

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[@markchawner1586]

Top British band that especially cracked it in America with this one ....

[@jillkeast3076]

Omg I love this record.

[@troylowe814]

All joking aside, there were some legit geniuses in this band. RIP Rod and the Wilder Brothers

[@daniellaubach8412]

Just what happened to the Wilder brother's during the time they were just hitting their stride with these two hits that were on the hot top 40?

[@cehayes74]

@@daniellaubach8412-A number of unforeseen tragedies including the death 💀 of one member, Temperton leaving the group to focus on songwriting, the bass player getting stabbed by his crazy girlfriend, finally Johnnie becoming paralyzed from the neck down brought this band to a close.

[@bestvideoforcats]

@@cehayes74 It's incredible that Mario Mantese and Johnnie Wilder were basically hit with the same fate, and both took the spiritual path as a consequence.

[@alexkx8599]

@@cehayes74 Which one is which?! That's absolutely tragic stuff! I hope a documentary is made of this!

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

Well said! ❤

[@efeomuyeh218]

These pasts came too early. A golden era, whose future lives in our memories.

[@britturk123]

Temperton was a true visionary in pop music and Disco, when you see him on the Piano he almost looks like an accountant who is getting his wish come true, nope he is actually one of the greatest musicians and lyricists of that era.

[@percywood7471]

I still live in this era as far as the music isconcerned

[@smarie7808]

Just think we will never have time like 1977. Loved the music from my high school years.

[@philatelian]

I met the source of Boogie Good luck to you who are sublime !

[@phillipsrandal]

I can hear Some MJ sonic landscapes Rod Tenperton was a legend Off the Wall song RIP 🎉🎉🎉

[@dumfriesspearhead7398]

This still sounds so fresh and energetic; sign of a classic.

[@terryslota2224]

dancing to this at the BBC disco in Chicago, great memories

[@melodysanger103]

REMEMBERING KEITH WILDER HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN PARADISE (December 20, 1951 - October 29, 2017) [1/20/2021]

[@lola9343]

Keyboard player WROTE "Thriller," "Rock with You," "Give Me the Night," and "Baby, Come to Me," and a lot of other hits. Thriller.

[@kenrowls4651]

Check out my response above to "@cornbreadthedog"! I see we both pay attention to credits! Glad to find someone else who does!

[@thedex2001]

Ok, now I’m impressed the the keyboardist!

[@TheIndoGod]

Soooo. We Just Not Saying His Name?

[@caveygaming]

He was basically the band.

[@ratghost25]

@@kenrowls4651 Rod Temperton.

[@jemthomas7915]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Johnnie James Wilder Jr. July 3rd, 2023 would have been your 74th-years young! Missing your beautiful music.

[@DPhasely]

The intro to this song epitomizes the entire disco scene of shiny disco balls spinning over lighted dancefloors. The voices fading in over the harps reminds me as if I've just stepped into a heavenly boogie wonderland.

[@ajtowin]

I'm a NY 70s baby 1970 and this track mostly takes me back to that feeling of being a lil kid again in the 70s, this style music captured me ever since very young, I can still feel that pain towards the ending, boogie nights in NY

[@DavidB-rx3km]

I'm from a little town in the middle of nowhere in the UK and it reminds me of that time in the 70's even though I lived 4000 miles from where it happened. Although Rod Temperton came from about 80 miles from me.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@DavidB-rx3km Lincolnshire's finest...

[@alex.ann_der]

Finally in the deserved quality for this masterpiece. A timeless dance hymn

[@eddietheTruth911]

Oh yes, it was fun to be dancing when Boogie Nights was spinning on the DJ’s turntable.

[@shonuf5152]

Heatwave had a mixture of a rock, funk, r & b and disco sound.

[@community1949]

At around 2:36 the arrangement just does something to my brain - it's dreamy and I don't ever get tired of hearing the part of the song.

[@risniva895]

Just love the '70s ! Great fabulous era 😍🥰💜🌷🙏

[@Donseycat]

1977 I was 14 = this turned me on to disco/funk - a lifelong love

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Me too, I was just starting my career in our creaking but still functioning NHS here in the UK ...

[@crkmt]

I was 12.

[@renabalmes1472]

Me too❤

[@newwavepop]

this and Groove Line are two of my absolute favorites of the era and genre.

[@daniellaubach8412]

Yes that's true! These song's came out about the time I graduated from HS. True genius's with a groove that couldn't stop.

[@patrickdaly5068]

“OOWAH!!! OOWAH!!!”

[@LannieLord]

Funny that you say that : Grove Line never got played AFTER the disco craze ended. But OTHER disco hits did . I love Groove Line.

[@spkanava]

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[@bacchuslax7967]

This song and video couldn’t be more 70’s if it tried.

[@trudimcpherson55]

This song is and was guaranteed to get everyone up and doing their thing on the dancefloor! 🎉❤

[@tiffanypalmer9918]

My brother had this album. I used to get in trouble for listening to it when he wasn’t home. 😂😂

[@Gerardnolan191]

Smiles, how are you doing Tiffany?

[@spkanava]

76

[@williamgallucci9913]

Heatwave will always be my band such classic these ultra talented dudes performed

[@FatherofFFD]

Always & Forever!

[@spkanava]

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[@unperson5713]

This is the most 1977 thing I have ever heard or seen, and I actually remember 1977.

[@candiceshields9748]

Boogie Nights is awesome song😊. I danced to it every chance I got I still do 💕 love Heatwave.❤

[@robertwallenmeyer2375]

They were a awesome group! They definitely brought back some cool memories! 👍😀

[@huascar66]

I first heard this in an after-hours club in the meat-packing district of NYC. It floored me then. It floors me now. One of the absolute best of that era of music. It still sounds fresh and wonderful today. I'm up and dancing!

[@lulumoon6942]

Keep dancing! 👍❤️

[@johnsain]

Hell's Kitchen after-hours club in 1978 for me!

[@eamonnclabby7067]

They used to tour the northern clubs here in the UK, alongside the Drifters, Billy Ocean, sadly most of those clubs are gone...best wishes from the music metropolis of Merseyside...E

[@thomasludwig9117]

Well said. Such an awesome sound and band. I remember loving it the most when driving down the highways or interstates.

[@vaughnmiller185]

@@eamonnclabby7067 Are you referring to all-nighter clubs?

[@Matt-mo8sl]

1991, I successfully landed a back flip on roller skates skating to this song. I got thrown our for it but it was worth it. This was such a hit in the skating rinks back in the day!

[@steelcurtainsteeler2249]

Man we use to dance to this jam at the clubs in LA.. those were some really good times when everyone was waiting to get off work on Friday and party at the clubs on Saturday nights, Boogie Nights was always a club favorite.. then the DJ would play a slow jam for all the lovers in the club, "Always and Forever".. I miss those good old times in LA.

[@enriquepina9829]

Hell Yeah!!!! I partyed to this music 🎵🎶🎶🎼 takes me back!!!! I'm 70 still Rock n Roll!!! But not as fast,Ha!! Great Era!!!!

[@user-Dr.]

Loved this song the very first time I heard it, still love it today.

[@brianunderwood7437]

August 2023. I remember this song when I was a young boy. This is 1 of my favorite songs from the disco era. I love the keyboards. AWESOME. This song is living proof that blacks and whites can live together in peace and harmony. Let this song be a shining beacon for the whole world to see.

[@anthonyyeras6784]

Winter 1977. Me and my crew cruising Queens Village on a Saturday night in my 68 GP. Vinny Santaniello, Joe Peretti, Anthony Del Rio! Joe Peretti! YO! Boogie Nights! Turn it up! Anthony! RIP guys! We'll be cruising up there some day! Makes ya feel funky!

[@nickypipes3004]

🙌🙌🙌

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Love NYC....peace and love from the wirral peninsula,bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea...geography and rhyme....E

[@MIKECNW]

Winter? It sure sounds summery.

[@anthonyyeras6784]

Yup! Fall, winter! November! Around that time. Memories like that are hard to forget. Like my poor departed friends! RIP! Queens Village forever!

[@godwingordonaglassnkopinya6522]

Fine music of the days gone bye. RIP to Rod Temperton and other members of the group who have passed on.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

True....

[@kenrowls4651]

AMEN!

[@jamesatwood4433]

um this song is fucking sick as hell, I love it.

[@jcsolomon6470]

I never Feel Sad cuz You Got Boogie Nights,nah,aint no doubt!Dont Ovuh Think ,nah!Just the Best of Times!

[@Ravenelvenlady]

I am grateful I was a kid in that era because our dance parties were phenomenal. RIP to the great one.

[@loribiscamp874]

Yes I'm sad it's gone. It was the best n still is. Bring it back !!👍

[@rachaelbonito4957]

Such a good era short lived

[@funshine817]

What intense memories this song brings. OMG!

[@sovereignbrother]

Oh what a gift to have been in the misted of this era! My first year of high school. Basement parties. Teenage discos with no alcohol served. All dressed up in gaberdine slacks and jazz shoes. We were gentlemen even when we were being rascals..lol. Those were the days...

[@leodarden4650]

This song is true classic I love this song..im 27 I'm still listening to it

[@SolidAsianGold]

Phenomenal and infinitely "ICONIC!"

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Hard to disagree, best wishes from the music metropolis of Merseyside...

[@spkanava]

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[@user-hb2ku5oq5r]

This is a real Vibe¡¡¡Rod Temperton and friends¡¡¡

[@rajivbagri5203]

Those Were Magical Days.

[@bvg83]

great music will always be around

[@keowathalewis6108]

Old, school jam back in the day still 🔥 still banging this song 100% !!!

[@philatelian]

" Boogie Nights " by Heatwave is one of the songs that I remembered the tune and lyrics well for a long time, but I didn't know the song title and performer. I also learned that Rod Temperton has provided music for many artists, so I hope that more people around the world will know about this song and the existence of Heatwave!

[@user-in6qf4uz1q]

I NEVER STOP DANCING. BARS! 😀😀

[@kimberlyrogers2544]

Of course I myself miss the seventies too. Disco, glam flamboyant beautiful people, bisexuality, the music really got into your soul. Yes I miss this era so much! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@jasonhuff4948]

Love to meet you in person Jason Huff thank you girl?mm?

[@helbitkelbit1790]

The summer of 1977... Riverside CA ... Could anyone transport me back to this time ?......I will behave , I promise

[@theearthssoul7035]

Good old days , I was 18 years old then, I remember my teen years , the feeling was amazing, the music , it was a fantastic time back then.

[@donniegrip2119]

Had this on vinyl!!! I was 11 yes old and it was a hit!!!

[@devin_m0729]

70s = best music

[@loribetti5613]

Yes!

[@wadestevens8742]

Still what i consider music

[@monicagillaspie6798]

This era is gone but I listen to this type of music everyday Chic,EWF,Gal band,Herb Alpert and so many others I lot this music 🎶❤️

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Great taste, Monica....

[@spkanava]

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[@vonlugersbitter4327]

I keep coming back to this boogie to recharge my soul

[@gilbertorosales5317]

I was 23...and at the time...thinking good stuff was forever...now I know...it isn't so...and regreting it...

[@gilbertorosales5317]

Thanks...cheers

[@maurachavez7996]

Ah recuerdos aquellos me recuerda my adolecencia cuando iva a la escuela

[@smae61]

I also feel sad..this was the best Era in music..We had such a good time..Going out and dancing..just having fun..😢😢❤❤

[@fernandocarrillo1413]

Every year in San Diego around February they have a concert where they invite a bunch of old school oldies groups. Got to see them this year honestly one of the best concerts.

[@Slapjabber]

Favorite disco song.

[@user-nl1gz3gt6k]

It's right up to date Rockwell ❤ love from coop Pete ❤

[@user-el6ds6il8m]

I love the eerie 70's vibe of this song.....

[@kenrowls4651]

I know their first cousin, Ronald Wilder! His falsetto is far more stronger than Johnny's! In fact, they ought to put him in Johnny's place, as they now got a group called "Heatwave" with no original members because all of the original guys have passed away!