“I Wanna Be Closer” (extended remix) - Switch on, “. . . Rock Concert”

Switch on, “Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert” performing my favorite from them, “I Wanna Be Closer” in an edited video dubbed with an extended remix of the track from their first album, “Switch” (1978).

[@TheLovely990]

Now, this was real music and talent. I'm still listening in 2024.❤❤

[@everetteramey5723]

Special Generation covered this song in 1992.

[@gregfrazier9656]

Switch was the shit in 70,s

[@RandomthoughtswithKay]

Just jamming with my newborn. This ole' school music puts his fat self right to sleep. 💃🏾💃🏾Someone is going to read this because they stumbled across this page, due to feeling lonely. I'm supposed to tell you, "All is not lost and you have always been loved and guided by your spirit guides and angels. Allow them in so the suffering can end. " Not sure who that message is for. I just obey the instructions. I love you all!🫂❤

[@jacquelinesimmons4266]

❤May Mother God bless and protect you and your family ❤

[@yolandawilkerson4195]

BABBYYYYY THAT OPENING SAXOPHONE 🎷 ON THIS SONG WARMS MY HEART. Still listening in 2024!!

[@chandrabaham]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@adrienneflowersscott9290]

Yeeees! 🙌🏾❤️❤️🎶

[@thebrazilshow]

I was signed to the same Record label as Switch. I used to watch them in rehearsals and onstage in concert. They were excellent musicians and very professional. Greg Williams - the trumpet player, was the main force behind the band and ran things. Many people don't know their name is Switch because the band members would switch instruments during their shows.

[@sethiemethy]

Greg was my homie!! Cool cat

[@thebrazilshow]

@@sethiemethy That’s cool! Yeah he was a cool brother. We were on Total Experience records with the GAP band Back in the day. I learned a lot from him and Charlie Wilson

[@user-vf5bv6vo4b]

@@thebrazilshowYea, I’m a musician and my drummer used to tell me all the stories. Hey do you have any of your music here on KZbin that I can listen to? And what happened to your career??

[@sherrdi6778]

Greg said he worked hard to locate & put together the best bc he did not want to fail again as the Barry White thing did

[@thebrazilshow]

@@user-vf5bv6vo4b I started working in the business at 18. Young and naive. Signed a real bad deal. Rick James gabe me a shot but since I was signed as a writer to Total Experience records. I went on to work with Rick James as a Ghost writer and Producer and get paid under the table. I co wrote and played keyboards on “Party All the Time” with Rick for Eddie Murphy, played keyboards Rick James’ “17” and I Co Produced and co wrote Val Young’s “Seduction” Album which you can find here on KZbin

[@serenagiddens8043]

Absolutely priceless!! RIP Bobby and Tommy Debarge...

[@user-zq4yl3sg3l]

And still in 2024 I'm still in love with this group ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@user-jg5pq4yn5r]

Me too! Always will be!

[@darrylchristian653]

Me too!

[@lanorex4754]

Some songs will never get old❤😊

[@tnthnic]

Jermaine Jackson wrote this at 24 years old. Bobby Debarge is 22 years old & Phillip Ingram is 20 years old singing this classic.

[@moneyhungry9165]

They was young

[@blackgold63]

The fact they were so talented it's miles better to the stuff put out today

[@MsCulinaryPro]

This is one of my All- time favorite ❤️ groups!!! Bobby was Absolutely Mesmerizing, Philip was amazing! and Jermaine Jackson was a Genius writing ✍🏽 this Mega Hit!!!! Rest in peace Bobby 💐

[@ThePasterio]

The truth is the song was wrote by Jermaine Jackson, And Gregory Williams. 😊

[@janjishakes85]

❤❤❤

[@bgvan37]

El Debarge said he is a perfectionist but, his brother Bobby was just PERFECT 😮

[@mariacanales7183]

❤Back in da dey when a man wasn't scared to tell a woman how he felt about her😎🇵🇷💙

[@cancer_moonchild]

No lies.

[@user-ds4qm7ff9z]

We’re not scared! We WRITE & Sing the love songs you love! Unfortunately, Females aren’t Women, today! They have “WAP,” “don’t need a man,” and see us as inferior! Older girls are too hard and damaged to hear us and the young ones are off havin “Hot Girl Summers!” See?

[@JamesLollis-br9qx]

Back in the day a man showed his woman how he felt and I'm still showing her. ❤ 40yrs and counting.

[@essiejames9492]

Still listening to this grown folks music 🎶 🎵 in 2024

[@mercedesvasquez9398]

May 3, 2024 Still a very beautiful song! ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@sherrdi6778]

Bobby's falsetto is breath taking

[@fedupgamer9075]

These dudes were too smooth!

[@user-zq4yl3sg3l]

Still in 2023 this song reign supreme. Ugh I SIMPLY LOVE THIS GROUP.....

[@jamesrobinson8612]

This is a time when just listening to music was enough

[@jayjaybiggs6917]

Back in the day when music was just awesome to listen to.

[@SimpliShelbiTV]

The best group in late 70 and early 80.

[@douglasjohnson1305]

I agree

[@TheGloriousLifeMinistries]

This song is like butter OMG!!!

[@user-jg5pq4yn5r]

Every time I listen to Switch or watch their videos I am time traveled back to some of the best times of my life. ❤️

[@matthewedwards5303]

That's What's Real Music Sounds Like 🎶🎵🎶 ?

[@adrienneflowersscott9290]

Yes indeed

[@gerrigatlin7098]

Bobby & Phillip sound so good together. The way the song starts off with Phillip then Bobby steps in so smooth, 🔥🔥

[@captainkeyboard1007]

Today, I wish that Bobby DeBarge and Tommy DeBarge were alive, as I type this comment.

[@mardigras33]

Sweet

[@sherrdi6778]

Yes. Bobby was no joke. Was blessed with that voice

[@thesoftlifeadventurer]

Makes me so emotional.❤❤❤

[@winstonshadow-tc7jq]

black music the roots of all music...this kinda music can't never be replaced.

[@deborahpatterson7692]

Pass the bread cause this was the JAM!!!! This music needs to come back, real voices, harmonies and REAL MUSICIANS

[@rik4369]

Phil Ingraham should have been feature more in this group. That combo was tough to match!

[@robbiewynn4742]

There's nothing like old school slow jams

[@GabbyNurse]

Wow! RIP Bobby and Tommy Debarge. 💖

[@polly8844]

You cant get any smoother than these guys. They are beyond great!!!

[@jocelynjones8324]

I love this song

[@El72MC]

My favorite from them--still love it. Thank you for commenting and thank you for watching (and sorry for my slow reply).

[@marypryor9124]

Nothing like old school🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@danagreen9263]

Oh God …true statement…

[@AlexQuest99]

The 70s had some really great music👌🏿🎵🎶 Such angelic voices.....

[@tb9006]

60’s baby and this was real singing! I sung this song to my first girlfriend in 6th grade😊

[@reefwill3092]

Old school. When the young ladies of the 70s and early 80s knew what time it was.

[@denakirkland5219]

Guys knew how to court the ladies back then!!

[@aliceinchainz3003]

MAN IF I COULD GO BACK I SWEAR TO GOD I WOULD and i miss my mom everyday yep me and my brothers and sisters are doin just fine in2024 i guess i just miss my childhood and us all being together as a family.. and man was it a good one. not a care in the world an saturday morning cartoons...the best seen these dudes on soul train singing this song. i was 10yrs old back in 1978

[@sexylexie]

I know that’s right, we had the best music. My grandson play all my music and some of their songs. I have my song that I love from my parents dancing I’m looking at them wondering, if this what love is suppose to be. They thought that Betty Wright was filthy and it wasn’t, she didn’t say one curse word or anything bad. She was telling her truth, we had the best of everything growing up in the 70’s I’m the youngest of 8. My momma didn’t play at all, but you were outside until she called for lunch..💜💜💜💜💜

[@themsrenee65]

The whole group was very talented, but Bobby had a voice from heaven . and I have not yet heard a voice like that again in my life and I’m 58 still waiting GOD bless you, your voice is truly missed Lots and lots of love and hugs to the switch group

[@charlesrandle3528]

❤❤

[@MrTtaakk]

Guys at that Age at that time appeared so much mature, compared to guys nowadays at the same age.

[@sammjackson70]

Bobby DeBarge probably didn't get this kind of love like he is now, Thats why we gatta show love like this before they're gone!

[@JesseLlorente]

So true. Many times we don't appreciate people until they are gone.

[@labrennawalker2219]

Rip Bobby 🙏🏾

[@rissarelli8068]

I miss this era of music when it was pure raw talent from the vocals down to the instruments

[@williamhorsey419]

This was one of the greatest groups of that Era when young black people were deep into expressing their talents and we were supporting them every where they went performing and it was just a great day and time to display ur skills and I loved it jamming at all the parties and going to the concerts and applauding for those groups and we sure loved them and that Era will definitely be missed

[@Siegefya]

And don't forget all positive uplifting music, stuff now...I just can't get with most of what our people are making, and I'm not that old I'm 34...but I grew up in the 90's with stuff like this, this is what my family listened to at BBQ's, birthdays, or whatever kind of celebrations..my grandfather and his brothers had a band, they could play instruments and sing etc..they never got popular but I think they were pretty good, my late uncle played woodwind instruments, my grandfather is good at base, their older brother could play piano and their younger brother my other uncle was good on the drums. I love music from the 60's, 70's 80's and 90's...early 2000's it started to go downhill imo, and now it's too point where anything modern si filled with a bunch of trashy bs that honestly makes me kind of depressed when I lsiten to it...I only really only listen to jazz, blues, and electronic dance music that's modern....music made by our people now is filthy, can only listen to so much...filth, I can't groove with the music of today...but hey, that's for them, its a reason why these young black artists are getting money like they are...because that's what is popular now, but it's not better pure music..with great vocals, real instruments etc. There is a few artists out there trying to keep positive black music alive..but they are few and far between and not many of them are popular artists. Thanks for sharing those thoughts.

[@jamesrobinson8612]

Great point and beautifully put.

[@LanceBear]

I was 12 when this came out...my fiends and I would drool over the album covers and pick who we would marry! Those were the fun times!

[@adrienneflowersscott9290]

Love me some Bobby DeBarge and Philip Ingram. Their voices are everything!! ❤

[@breshel4822]

Timeless classic. Smooth Groove even in 2023. They just don't make songs as good as this anymore. RIP Bobby DeBarge. Your brother El DeBarge always pays you homage in ALL his concerts.🤗💜

[@cutlass403]

Man Switch was that group!!! Love this song!

[@glennisthompson2518]

After all these years … still a smooth jam… just ❤it !!!

[@jttubbs5143]

Still love it!!

[@luvmifro]

Slow dancing house parties 🥰🎺🎸 💐

[@ericpascua3288]

Wow 1978 memories RnB Soul. Really Nice !!

[@waynefoote3781]

Amazing how so many people have recently tuned into this. Incredible song Jermaine Jackson is a writer on this song. totally beautiful and never gets old.

[@adrienneflowersscott9290]

That saxophone playing. Love this song so much. Love Bobby and Philip. 🙌🏾 😫❤️❤️❤️

[@vivianwade3185]

REAL MUSIC 🎵🎵🎵

[@karenjennings3239]

That is a classic piece of quality music!

[@beautifulone1081]

One of the Dopest performance I have ever seen

[@cookieprimrose2105]

People slept on Switch. I spent the summer wearing out the grooves of their albums.

[@jamesrobinson8612]

Which people are you referring about

[@RepentOrPerishL133]

No we didn't

[@elainep1772]

Philip Ingram’s skin tone👀❤️

[@Diane-od1tz]

It's 3:45 a.m. I can't sleep but I came across this beautiful video and I'm feeling good❤❤❤😂

[@karencruz6389]

Music that has stood the test of time♥️

[@captainkeyboard1007]

This music should have passed the ultimate test.

[@vw1649]

You said it...

[@themajicman745]

Smooth as a fried bologna sammich and a glass of cherry koolaid!!!

[@lisaford9063]

Love this song. Miss you Bobby and James you and were good together ❤️ awful the way Bobby left here.all that talent. 😢

[@markchonajr8938]

The 70s had some incredible songs. ♥️🔥

[@miss30427]

❤❤❤🎩🦱🎸🎺📯🤘🍾🥂Back in the day...we had smooth cultural icons and groups entertaining us.

[@irmarocha7809]

I love Switch! Brings back some bitter sweet memories! ❤

[@cancer_moonchild]

Man, these melodies, harmonies, and lyrics make you forget the heartbreak of falling in love and want to do it all over again. Bobby's falsetto piercing your heart with Phillip's vocals touching your soul. This song is so beautiful 😍

[@honeylove7678]

Back in the day with the blue ight parties, Damn miss those days!!!

[@frederickbrooksjr.9939]

A MASTERPIECE IN SONGWRITING🎵❤️🎵❣️❣️❣️ JERMAINE JACKSON WROTE THIS🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@walthamp8978]

This song had ever teen age boy trying to hit them notes back in the late 70s standing in front of the mirror, getting that Fro together 😊😊😊😊

[@cindydillingham4650]

Remember this like yesterday ❤

[@jeffreysuggs2799]

Jermaine J. & Switch were the hope & promise of young black America, what a highly gifted group of guys, what a heartbreaking tragic end

[@norabained8837]

Idk why this popped up on my feed, but that's some hell of a good music. Thinking back to my skating days...there was this older guy who tore the floor up to this and Magic Man ❤

[@myah1820]

This is literally a PERFECT song to me. The instruments, the vocals, the lyrics, the harmonies, the way everything just blends together so perfectly 🥹 I’m a 90’s baby but Switch gone do it for me everytime… the way Bobby glides on these tracks will never be duplicated!

[@danagreen9263]

100%

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY 66TH BIRTHDAY PHILLIP INGRAM (JULY 11, 2024)

[@mstee613]

That's my brother's birthrate also

[@CatherinethompkinsBeautifulOne]

Happy Birthday, Mr. Phillip Ingram, U were/are My Fav, “SWITCH”

[@user-zi7id3ow1c]

Grown folk music right ppl!

[@AnthonyComer-rn2bs]

One of my top ten slow jams ALL TIME! They don’t make songs like this anymore 😢

[@jonathanjohnson7616]

Music to listen to when cleaning the house on Saturday mornings.

[@patrickwashington3868]

They pulled a SWITCH didn't they America? We were plugged in! ✊👊💯👊✊💯❤🖤💚

[@lisamiller6087]

I still listen to this song and all my old skool....REAL MUSIC NEVER DIES

[@jamesrobinson8612]

Preach

[@jonathanharris8566]

Alot people think El is actually Bobby because people aren't that familiar with the Debarges story, but Bobby was that guy most of the songs we thought was El was really Bobby God Bless them both RIP Bobby💯💪

[@user-vf5bv6vo4b]

Yea, lots of people did. But Bobby was the most talented out of them all! Then El was next.. El was close but no cigar.. And even El himself admitted that Bobby blew EVERY BODIES SOCKS OFF THAT came to either work, learn or compete. These two were the real deal and they had naturally high voices and so didn’t have to strain with falsetto as much. Yes they still used falsetto, but it was easier for them because they were already up there in that range naturally!

[@jonathanharris8566]

@@user-vf5bv6vo4b no lies told there brother, you absolutely spot on

[@keiththebeefer]

Wow... awesome insight... I'm learning more about their musical roots..Mama DeBarge was a prolific singer...they most likely inherited her musical traits 😊

[@user-vf5bv6vo4b]

@@jonathanharris8566 Thanks my friend. I’m a singe musician myself. But definitely nothing like Bobby or El, they were truly blessed by the right hand of God!

[@PoppyGrace37]

Slow jam....slow drag...sweet memories ❤❤❤❤

[@TracyAllenVideos]

I clicked on this and it brought a smile to my face and a calm over me after a long day🥰 And then I thought about the fact that both Bobby and Tommy are both gone 😢 And the things that they went through in this life… Yet made all of this beautiful music. I don’t know what life is all about but I’m grateful to experience the good things while I’m here 💞🙏🏽💝💐

[@brendagarrett4816]

Smooth grooving all the way!!! ❤️

[@dwaynetaylor2463]

Switch just won you over back in the day you had to like them.

[@gerardshorts4906]

What a love song wow that harmony is flawless too good.

[@themsrenee65]

They just don’t make Music like this anymore . Oh my goodness I just love this kind of music they voices the voices is so mesmerizing absolutely love it thank you switch❤❤❤

[@waynefoote3781]

Jermaine Jacksons best song in my opinion!

[@valeriegoodman791]

This is a beautiful song, excellent harmony and vocals.

[@empressdawnsomerville1101]

Damn…So talented. All of them. What a beautiful song. Everything about it.❤

[@svpacius]

Love, love that song. Beautiful lyrics, and excellent harmonies.❤

[@chazbchaz5036]

That sax sound damn good

[@alexmyhres9686]

My thoughts exactly. Sounds even better with my Bose headphones. Goodness.

[@jamarcollins572]

That’s One of the Greatest Romantic Song Ever Especially the way they sing it 💯👏🏽✊🏽👍🏽🙏🏾

[@upclose22]

Getting chills watching this🥰👏Switch was one of my favorite groups growing up… Was amazing seeing them perform live in concert 🎶 Bobby Debarge’s voice was just -wow!! This song and There’ll Never Be”were my favorites. Also props to Philip Ingram and the other amazingly talented musicians and singers. Miss the days of multi-talented groups like this💕👏 Thanks for sharing this..

[@johnreyes1749]

Wow being a teenager in the 70’s and seeing these groups on Tv or hearing them on the radio, was a cherished part of growing up💖💖

[@blackbutterfly289]

Real music real voices ! Man the times are so different ! Thank you guys for this song and sharing your talents!

[@Donnys-y7g]

Bobby Debarge! Wish you were still alive man!

[@powerinprayer917]

Alive and well

[@adrienneflowersscott9290]

@@powerinprayer917Amen

[@oddmodd1]

Those Debarges.., the Detroit area pumped out so much talent even after the Motown era ended. Anita Baker, Cherrelle, Dwele, Kem, Keith Washington, The Jones Girls, Alicia Myers, Madonna, Aaliyah (raised there since 5), etc

[@garrison8215]

Anita Baker can't sing.

[@josevasquez4080]

@@garrison8215Madonna can’t either.

[@cle-chi]

Debarge from Ohio

[@dwaynetaylor2463]

Detroit needs to emphasize on that... Add more than just the Motown museum turn the Grand Blvd into a music tourist attraction like no other

[@dwaynetaylor2463]

Grand Rapids Michigan ​@@cle-chi

[@staciasmith5162]

Great song, written and produced by Jermaine Jackson.

[@mariebray5941]

Wow I didn’t know that

[@HoneyKone]

@@mariebray5941. Yep! Jermaine Jackson discovered Switch and brought them to Motown.

[@user-ey9xl4rr9u]

Real Talent

[@perrydolly]

Sweet memories, Rest in peace my love💜🕊️💜

[@charlesbullock4366]

Lord... Priceless!!!!! I'm a grown ass Man reduced to my Childhood listening to this 💎💎💎 - Single ready to mingle!! LOL!!!

[@immanuealdavis7534]

Damn this is my Song 💯