Machine . . . There But for the Grace of God, There Go I

Machine was an American funk disco group, formed by August Darnell in 1977. The group is most remembered today for their 1979 disco hit, "There But for the Grace of God Go I". The group disbanded in the early 1980s, and Darnell went on to form Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
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Lyrics
Carlos and Carmen Vidal just had a child
A lovely girl with a crooked smile
Now they gotta split 'cause the Bronx ain't fit
For a kid to grow up in
Let's find a place they say, somewhere far away
With no blacks, no Jews and no gays
Chorus:
There but for the grace of God go I
Poppy and the family left the dirty streets
To find a quiet place overseas
And year after year the kid has to hear
The do's the don'ts and the dears
And when she's ten years old she digs that rock 'n' roll
But Poppy bans it from home
Chorus
Baby, she turns out to be a natural freak
Popping pills and smoking weed
And when she's sweet sixteen she packs her things and leaves
With a man she met on the street
Carmen starts to bawl, bangs her head to the wall
Too much love is worse than none at all
Chorus
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Albums
Machine (1979)
Moving On (1980)
Singles
"There But For the Grace of God Go I" (RCA Victor, 1979) (Billboard Hot 100 #77, Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs #91, Billboard Hot Dance Club Play #8)
"Is It Love" / "I Finally Found" (RCA Victor, 1980) (Billboard Hot Dance Club Play #27)
"Power and Reason" / "Thunder, Lightning, and Rain" (RCA, 1980)
Links to Amii Stewart Knock on Wood video and Wikipedia page.
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[@patriciaalston1082]

I am listening in 2024 who is with me. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@cvgthedaydreamfairygirl8092]

I know this song from the Nile Rodgers disco inferno cd we love it it's a fun song

[@patriciaalston1082]

@@cvgthedaydreamfairygirl8092 enjoy 😁😊🙂

[@shirleybutler2623]

OMG Patricia Please don't leave me out 🫠💞This awesome classic just moves one's soul in the right direction 4SURE ‼️❤️💞👯‍♂️The lyrics and that smooth catchy beat just janked ur heartstrings for decades ♾️ Do U Agree?? Still listening how about June 08 2024❤❤

[@patriciaalston1082]

@@shirleybutler2623 enjoy the good music 😁😊👍

[@patriciaalston1082]

@@shirleybutler2623 be well. 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@juniperrose66]

This belongs in the disco hall of fame, its in a league of its own.

[@Laura-nl8df]

AMEN!

[@12Jye]

AGREED!!!

[@mitchy524]

Absolutely!!❤

[@eddiebooker5767]

At 63 years I still get up and dance to this song

[@happyswim1836]

Me too. Fifty-eight years old!🎶🕺💃

[@markjyoung6683]

This is one of the Best Disco Songs ever made!!!

[@wadeaugustine726]

Yeah boy, Trax in Cleveland on Sun night! Timeless.

[@djm51x]

true

[@S.H.A.D.O.999]

Yeah!

[@jhiggins6138]

Lots of good memories

[@VictorHLopez33]

EVER!!!

[@Enjoy_miladyPriscilla]

Fuck Me Dead!!!! I remember dancing to this Mega massive track at Paradise Garage and Studio 54 back in 79!! Yes bitches I was there!!!

[@youtubewatcher8244]

This isn't racist?

[@Faja-ke6tq]

Viva la studio 54. Party never died. Can't stop stomping my feet!

[@Eire_Go_Deo]

I’m 25 years old but I’m such an old soul. All of the music I listen to, the books I read, the movies I watch are from the past. I was born at the wrong time!

[@luismartinez3020]

Me to old old soul 89”

[@atato8880]

So was i😊

[@armandocardona4478]

You're lucky to have been born at a time when all these gems are readily available and you have EXCELLENT TASTE.

[@gayham]

One of the unheard classics from the disco period if you've found this tune and love it you're a true disco fan!

[@ignazs.5816]

They played this in the 90s in Los Angeles radio. Haven't heard it since in mainstream stations.

[@howardcampbell6796]

Unheard?? It was national #1 for about two weeks . Friends of mine who grew up in Queens NYC 😊. Knew that they made it when they song got played leading in commercials on the NFL games

[@gayham]

@@howardcampbell6796 honey it was 77 on the billboard chart hot 100...it was never a number 1

[@djm51x]

true

[@WinstonNewYork]

Unheard? A classic!!!

[@joelg1701]

As someone that loves house music, I have an endearing appreciation for this disco tune.

[@wowdad3055]

DISCO DOES NOT GET OLD .

[@MsBlackAsh]

This is totally a New York jam played at studio 54 and the lime light. I love those house disco classics .

[@rdg5233]

Don't forget xenon's

[@dennisgenovese227]

Tia Atwell 👍

[@houseofhouse9840]

Ms.Newell?

[@beekind6267]

And the Garage 👍🏽

[@markrankin4296]

i wish my parents would have took me to studio 54 and left me a a 9 year old gay

[@nedlucero4538]

What a song. Pure magic back in the day. Lyrics still relevant today. Bass pounds right down to your soul.

[@josephhertzberg2734]

First heard this on a NYC dancefloor in the late 90's...transported to underground disco heaven

[@TheRetroWoman80]

So glad you had that experience. Disco is timeless.

[@BruceWayneOfOz]

DISCO FOREVER!! I want the 70s Back...I Wasn't Through with them!!

[@happyswim1836]

LOL! I agree.🎵🕺💃

[@norawalker9180]

I heard this song for the first time at the original Warehouse on Jefferson St. Frankie Knuckles was jamming, it was 1982 and I was 15 yrs old. The place was lit and I thought I'd found a piece of heaven.

[@chaytsteve4762]

I was there with ya @14......lol

[@tommtommkin]

Its a sad but very true song I heard it when I was 15 too in 79 been loving it since.

[@robk9685]

I'm telling your Mom.

[@hulkwitachopper1395]

Frankie is the best DJ all time !

[@calmingtouch50]

It was heaven Sis. Warehouse, Power Plant, Sauer's. Cant remember 1 fight at any of them. And we got to see, hear, experience, and live it. 😎

[@knockshinnoch1950]

Still sounds fresh today. The same old handful of corny disco "classics" get played to death on radio while those of us who were there back in the day know about all these truly awesome timeless classics- the real disco cream

[@shirleybutler2623]

YOU JUST HIT THAT ONE OUT THE BALLPARK TRUTH TO BE TOLD AMEN! !!!!

[@60sStyling]

Moutton Noir, you hit it right on the head. While mainstream America THOUGHT John Travolta walked on water, we in the club scene laughed our asses off cause it was a joke. Thanks for your comment.

[@jimmyleguizamo8002]

Yes indeed

[@ericmatterson9905]

Thank God for KZbin

[@norakat]

That’s ok .. let the corny people have the Bee Gees

[@reesepulido4485]

I was born in 1998 and I grew up listening to this song and this type of music . I thank my dad for showing me music like this. This song will always be one of my favorites.

[@irmablack74643]

keep it going Love, do not stop, sahre with future GENS, PLEASE!!!!!!

[@debbycsrenko1312]

Another good song from that era

[@maddywendall2980]

This song is as relevant today as back in the day!🤔😉

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

In the day ???? Think you mean 1978...

[@irishcladdagh3]

Absolutely!

[@sidviciousness7469]

​@@irishcladdagh3 To some they only hear notes, not themes. You are wise, may it be so forever.

[@jywist]

My God I’d be in a trance on the dance floor absolutely drenched & lost in the bass of this bad ass track!!

[@crazyteklg]

Oh my God I love this song! I remember being a kid dancing to this cleaning the house every Saturday morning. I still rock this song in my car at full volume! Why....because it was put here but for the grace of God!

[@youtubewatcher8244]

Yo isn't this racist?

[@Kevin-yh9yt]

New York City 1977! Everyone I danced with to this died. RIP and thanks for watching over me while Im still somehow here. Love these years and miss you all!!

[@patricky9]

If this doesn't get your motor running, nothing will!!!!!

[@salsasoul4112]

Disco for life! Big chune!

[@raymondabella2289]

I FINALLY FOUND THIS F* * *EN SONG!!! I remember this song back when I was a kid. Totally forgoten but was the jam back then!!! Thanks to who ever posted it.

[@richardcortez6538]

I'm so happy

[@borgullet3376]

@@richardcortez6538 i'm happy for Raymond too ! This is THE SHIT !

[@dannamusic1]

The same thing happened to me. It’s not from my time but this tune is hot AF 🔥but I couldn’t remember the name. I prayed & God gave it 2 me!💯❤️

[@ATRUEAMERICAN10000]

Great song....brings back memories as a 15 year old dancing in Manhattan at so many great clubs with 30 year old women who thought i had a "baby face"..... (no photo IDs back then!!!)....great times.

[@60sStyling]

L.A. had Gino's. An UNDER 21 club where they jammed this song and we would scream approval and hit the dance floor. I was 18 or 19 at the time and had a monster fro'.

[@shirleybutler2623]

afr malatesta Yes indeed N.Y.C never sleep those were the good old days 4REAL! !

[@jorel6540]

Nicholas - Great shared disco story. You should sale a " Great Moments in Disco Hook-Up History! (alah Chappelle Show. You had the life man!

[@giulianoroma506]

I was 16 when this came out clubbing days in Boston. Danced my ass off with the ladies to this song. Dance floor would be filled

[@mstyles2667]

SO jealous!!!! I wasn't born yet and know in my soul I missed the best of the best of clubbing in NYC!

[@celesteharvey978]

Grown folk music, it never gets old.

[@shirleybutler2623]

celeste harvey TRUTH TO BE TOLD AMEN!

[@lilrican1971]

I like it the next title to my new hotmix ''Grown folk music ''

[@ishkabibbledib2729]

Preach.

[@toreybowen290]

Word!

[@biggalaxy9102]

Hahaha and you know it mamita!

[@rayarocho9079]

I still get the chills hearing this song after 35 years. That's how great it is.

[@coneyislandboo9048]

too real

[@dianeheisler2338]

Me too!! Was and still is one of my all-time favorites!! 🎶💃💖😊

[@angiefromChi]

Ray Arocho FACTS !!!!

[@kensyskye8965]

Ray Arocho me too! After 40 years omg......💥💥💥💥✨✨✨✨

[@angiefromChi]

Ray Arocho yessssss!!!! 🏠🎵💃🏽🕺🏽⭐️🙏🏽❤️

[@24lisabeth]

Great great song still relevant great dance song!

[@db3crashcoursecinema]

There's Good DISCO And Bad DISCO...This is one of the Great Disco Ones!!!!

[@Jonashall1]

This is the jam!!!

[@brownbear5426]

MUzic Box!!!!!!!!!! Chi-Town Get up!!!!!

[@brownbear5426]

I'm LOSING MY MIND!!!!!!! WHEEEWWWWW!!!!!!!!!! DO D0 DO D0 DO D0 DO, D0 DO, D0 DO D0 DO! DO D0 DO D0 DO D0 DO, D0 DO, D0 DO D0 DO! DO D0 DO D0 DO D0 DO, D0 DO, D0 DO D0 DO! DO D0 DO D0 DO D0 DO, D0 DO, D0 DO D0 DO!

[@chitown2935]

Brown Bear The good ol days

[@60sStyling]

L.A. in the House!

[@DaOrigTruthSeeker]

Disco music was so exciting. We used to have so much fun dancing and laughing.

[@veronicaalleyne]

just great music to dance to

[@mcbrion1951]

+DaOrigTruthSeeker It sure was, and we sure did, didn't we?!? People who diss disco seem not to understand it was a dance medium, but it had some serious lyrics in it (like this song)! This guy is part of the New York Latin scene, part of the same contingent that featured Dr. Buzzard's legendary song, "Cherchez La Femme." Anything that sounded even remotely Latin probably had August Darnell, Corey Daye or one or another of the members of the Latin scene. They were FIERCE, but nobody knew their names, because they recorded under names like Machine, Dr. Buzzard's Savannah Band, Gitchie Dan, Kid Creole, and other names. Disco had "breaks" in it like no other medium. The instrumental section would take off like a bat out of hell and not let up until the vocalist(s) came back in. ZERO energy lag in the good songs.

[@60sStyling]

Corey Day - Green Light. Loved that song as well as Cherchez La Femme. mcbrion1951 your described it well. You understood and I'm sure you were in the thick of it. A great period for dance music...especially music when you had a partner...THAT was synchronicity.

[@shirleybutler2623]

DaOrigTruthSeeker OMG I AGREE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY 4SURE! ! GREAT MEMORIES WOW! ! !

[@TextTyper]

You kidding, dancing maybe but our laughter lips were well around it!

[@cilla-themusiclover]

The Winter of 1978....early 1979 were a very good time for dance music. You could hear the change that was coming in the new decade from these classics.

[@kinaroxxz6996]

Even in 2019 this is still jamming lol!

[@richardcortez6538]

Yes it is

[@thomasturneriii1963]

Banging this right now...timless

[@deelish58]

2022

[@mcbrion1951]

A killer song, especially for the line, "lets find a place they say/far away/with no Blacks, no Jews and no Gays." When we heard this in the (gay) club for the first time, everyone laughed and went, 'WHOAAAAA!!" Because we recognized the truth of it, and could dance to it even while understanding the sentiment. This song works. If I were still a dj today, I'd play it: it's got syncopation, rhythm, beat and timing and it just builds to a climax (unlike so much music today).

[@mcbrion1951]

+mcbrion1951 Sorry, it's "SlayD5000" who has as many of the original 12" as I do. I subscribe to his channel strictly for that reason. I'll ask him if he has the original 12" with the extended intro.

[@Khultan]

+mcbrion1951 Why do you continue to misuse the term 'gay' to describe homosexual males?

[@Khultan]

May I touch you, my friend?

[@ELDorado03]

+Khultan because gays shall describe themselves NOT you! Get over it!

[@mcbrion1951]

Let Khultan be. He has the right to his thoughts.

[@blackberrycobbler4me]

My late cousin introduced me to this song ( died to soon 2007 ) R.I.P

[@kennethdavis903]

Classic Disco.Still pumps.

[@shirleybutler2623]

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! !!!!!

[@jorel6540]

Simone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@debnewyork8221]

Brings me back on the dance floor ........ Dancing til 3am in New York ✌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️❤️

[@jtodd62]

The first time I heard this was 1980 at a club in Newark, N.J. Good Times! 😊

[@Italianoboy1gmail]

SOUTHBROOKLYN!!!!! When it was!!! BABY!!!!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🐘🐼🐬🐴🐅🐕

[@John923T]

This song was the national anthem for Disco & the reality & sign of the times regarding interracial relationships during the Disco era. The video is from Sylvester's "You Make me Feel, Mighty Real". This jammy was very popular during the disco scene especially at Studio 54, Palladium, Garage, Red Parrot, Bonds, to name a few. If you could hustle you had the ladies" Brings back memories of Great & Decadent times of Dances & Spicy Romances. Peace 2 ya

[@Chasencharlie13]

Studio 54 John, my New York days....Peace and Love

[@CC-qb3vm]

Not many people remember Bonds!! Great club I saw the Plasmatics there back in the day!! The Red Parrot- Studio 54 - great memories!!

[@TensegrityEnergy]

The first part of the video is Amii Stewart - Knock on wood kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnzYe4iufNOniKs

[@beekind6267]

One of my favorites!!!!! ❤

[@dipsetphatty]

Growing up as a kid in Brooklyn, this was the jam.... Great times..

[@IceElements]

In my top 5 of all time! Timeless classic!

[@charlieshady1]

Just here because I have great taste in music, nothing brought me here but me..

[@wandaespinoza6480]

Best dam Disco song EVER!!!!

[@ricardocasanova1222]

1979, Champaign-Urbana IL, smoking a joint, with group of friends, outside the La Casa Cultural, during a house party when I first heard the lyric "no blacks, no Jews and no gays". I had to listen to the song again just to understand that lyric. Fuckin jam, ahead of its time, without a doubt.

[@SaviorCross]

The.Jam... and the Sylvester insert is the icing on the cake...

[@taliahh25]

I'm black and remember hearing this for the first time. I remember gasping when they said that line. 40 yrs. later, it's still a killer song!

[@DarrylBass]

That's how some Hispanics are, even the ones that look Black themselves.

[@Vaiol0]

the get down will make this famous again

[@jorel6540]

Yeh Baby!

[@ChicagoNewsReport]

The first time I heard this song, it was like an out-of-body experience. It felt like my soul left its shell and floated above the crowd on the dance floor. Those were truly magical days.

[@Johanna-xy9py]

Absolutely!! Killer song!! This is the s#@t!!! 💗

[@audreylynch1065]

+yes they were!!!!!

[@shirleybutler2623]

+Johannababyxo YES INDEED TRUTH TO BE TOLD AMEN! !!!!!

[@cindymontes8712]

Yes they were!! im glad i was clubbing in 80's & 90's..

[@gayham]

ME TOO!

[@ericpelote998]

At the start of this vid , you see Amy Stewart !!! Knock on wood. And Sylvester !!! You make me feel Mighty real !!! Classics

[@Steven_Williams]

I first heard this song at Mendell High School in the Roseland neighborhood in Chicago at their Saturday night dance parties in the early 80's.

[@howardcampbell2972]

these were some friends of mine from Queens Nyc . We couldn't believe it when it hit number one in the country.

[@TextTyper]

How many of them still live to remember it if they weren't caught to HIV but then it wasn't the Hiv that killed them rather than the drug AZT, that was used before hand on cancer patients that promoted cancers and taken off the shelves but used in HIV to solve the problem the virus was originally invented for.

[@alianagutierrez2733]

Wow I remember my time miss those days 🙁

[@angeliquetirre6309]

Memories of high 🏫 dances

[@shirleybutler2623]

OMG You just hit a home run with those comments TRUE DA!! This awesome classic is in its own class of its own .Do you agree Angelique? Those were the good ode days 4SURE!!!Still listenin how about March 10 2020

[@jjque8900]

This pumped out of every caddy in Brooklyn all summer long!

[@mr.salvatorejpluchino8467]

LONG LIVE DISCO 🕺 LOVE ❤️ THIS SONG 🎧, LOL 😂 THIS SONG CANT PLAY LIKE 👍🏻 THIS ANYMORE TODAY , LOL 😂

[@ShaddyRaddy]

Dope Disco song! The lyrics are very NYC😅 This wouldn’t fly today as Twitter police would try to cancel it quickly

[@stephaniemyers2409]

I'm here because of the Peoples Court 😂

[@walterwalinski1598]

This is 2020 and still listen to disco music and I'm in my late sixetys and now this is 2023 still listen to disco music

[@janetdavis9955]

I like you am also in my late 60s and I love this song. These young people today don't have a clue as to what great music is all about.

[@walterwalinski1598]

@@janetdavis9955 Thank you for that comment and I'm glad that we both like the same music and I like you to and your right when you said these kids today don't know what good music is

[@walterwalinski1598]

@@janetdavis9955 I don't know if I respond to you but thank you for that comment

[@bha.2154]

i love this song and disco music even of i'm 18

[@walterwalinski1598]

@@bha.2154 I'm with you on this

[@kentjackson9764]

my spirit leaves my body when I hear this song I love this tune...

[@alexsanchez4553]

I was a 9 yr old kid when this song came out my family in Brooklyn New York used play it all the time awesome classic music

[@kulyon]

That black dude with the fan is Sylvester singing you make me feel.

[@frankhernandez4069]

CLASSIC!

[@shirleybutler2623]

Frank Hernandez Hell to the yeah! This awesome classic is in its own class of its own do you agree Frank?

[@emmanuelphillipsjr7578]

This song brings me back. To my dancing days. I will forever ❤️.

[@antonboludo8886]

A disco song with intelligent lyrics.

[@royarrigon2411]

Great tune from 79 rarely played today but that's there loss ,but thankfully we have youtube

[@12Jye]

Funny how this song holds up in 2024 with the following line "let's find a place they say, somewhere far away, with no blacks, no jews, and no gays". Damn this is still going on now smh. I love this song!

[@laurelalston1389]

Love love love

[@petermiranda7478]

I don’t care where I am, this song comes on, I jump up and start dancing. One of the greatest disco songs ever made!

[@tonylantz2742]

I went In the military then. It helped me come out. Great jam.

[@dtruth5769]

GREAT SONG. CAN U IMAGINE IF THIS CAME OUT TODAY. LMFAO

[@dannamusic1]

This tune is a classic Machine! NYC! It has a funk vibe that never go out style. Superb & delicious!💯❤️

[@e.barber5670]

I used to dance to this in the downtown gay bars back in '79, '80, etc..and when the part came on where they say, "let's find a place that's safe, somewhere far away, with no blacks, no jews, and no gays".. we'd lose our fucking minds

[@mdsoulsounds]

Amazing song , music and lyrics! Such a story line !

[@dannymoulton4829]

August Darnell of the Savannah Band and Kid Creole is a genius. Can you imagine the dance floor of a NY disco full of blacks, Jews and gays when this song came on?

[@johnoliver189]

BRING BACK THIS SOUND TO THE CLUB SCENE! tired of the hip-hop sound!

[@mbrntly11]

I was at a so called club that spins house music, then they put on Hip Hop, I left, Have not been back there since. Glad we can still find, and buy deep house grooves, and classic dance music.

[@jaywuchakra7010]

Are you forgetting that disco evolved into house music!

[@johnoliver189]

+Jaywu Chakra yes!! babe not the same though?

[@JoshP037]

Still relevant in 2016. Ask yourself how many 2016 songs (especially dance/pop) will be relevant 37 years from now?

[@shirleybutler2623]

YOU JUST HIT THAT ONE OUT THE BALLPARK TRUTH TO BE TOLD AMEN! !!!!!!!!

[@VAHZGEN]

EXACTLY, man

[@shirleybutler2623]

JOSH YOU JUST HIT A HOME RUN WITH THAT COMMENT TRUE THAT! ! ! !

[@thespanish21god86]

GREAT call!!!

[@wallenbux6923]

ma' man

[@getreal3336]

My father got the original uncensored version of this song from a DJ. The original lyrics are..."Baby she turns out to be a natural freak.l, popping pills and smoking weed". It was censored and changed to, "Gaining weight and losing sleep".

[@ClubDiva]

Omg this song is so good. This one and Donna Summer's I feel love. 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓 BANGERS

[@bnowb]

I just went to church.... Amen! so good!!!

[@weenahernandez8059]

Love this song! My brother Chris & I won a Disco dance contest back in the 80's, dancing to this song. So long ago, boy do I feel old.

[@DOGGUYISH]

+Betty Campos Hernandez uploading to youtube is todays disco dance contest

[@dianek3351]

Loved this song back in my disco days! 💕

[@johnh7593]

Shout out to GTA IV for having this on their radio. Sounds like NYC in the 70's/80's that's for sure.

[@stevenquinn4641]

This was huge in its day The story in the music involving a Latino family s oddysey leaving The Bronx It was timely and accurate Thanks for this music It's everything and transcends everything Just perfect for the PEOPLE who love good music Thanks again

[@dannylioi8717]

OMG did I dance to this ...my favorite...I went wild on that dance floor....nice memories 👌

[@yvesklein5414]

Anyone who was shaking their groove things back in the day at The Warehouse in Hartford, Connecticut, to this awesome track, I'd love to talk to you. In Houston Texas now but still grooving on those Hartford days, c. 1976-1984.

[@jamesdavis6036]

I was 16. Brooklyn N.Y. Bay Ridge 3rd Ave. Club, "The Mustard Seed" packed house drinking 7&7's True Freedom!

[@normanobery5858]

Excuse the language but, DAM!!...this should still be rockin on the radio now!!

[@ivorwm2291]

I remember being dressed in gym shorts and t shirt sweating on the dance floor dancing to this song. It was ecstasy! My red high top tennis shoes would be full of sweat as I left the disco. I still get tingles listening to this.

[@pamsachs8054]

God gave us sooo many choices of human beings to love. 1977

[@JUSTREADMYBOOK1]

I have searched for this song for YEARS !

[@jeremysmith6660]

This was from the time where the world was not mad Jews blacks and gays danced to this and love this song without offence or feeling rascism towards them ..A great time and great song

[@iwasanangryyoungman]

Netflix's The Get Down is a rare show where the music of the era drives the narrative..good job Baz Luhrmann, Nas and the other souls that have brought the vibe of late-Seventies Nueva York to life!!!

[@audreyanderson8094]

Whole facts

[@michelesantiago7008]

My heart was broken when they didn't renew that series.

[@angiefromChi]

Michele Santiago WHATTTTTTT

[@Robbover]

underground club scene was incredible late 70's and early 80's.... NJ and NYC... the best time ever

[@oliviatorres3232]

Listened to these awesome songs since 79 wktu...

[@Sandradeanda80]

Use to dance to this great music back in the 80s at the clubs...best times

[@shirleybutler2623]

Sandra De Anda OMG THOSE WERE THE GOOD ODE DAYS 4REAL MEMORIES WOW! !

[@Sandradeanda80]

definitely!

[@sugarray3644]

It's nice to hear from some of the younger people that didn't grow up in the 80's but appreciate real music when they hear it.

[@shirleybutler2623]

SugarRay TRUTH TO BE TOLD AMEN!

[@TextTyper]

Just a shame they didn't do a history degree on it whilst dancing to it, then ask if they still enjoyed it!

[@Chicksinthehood1]

I'm 39 born in 1980 and this is all I heard growing up and my son is 5 and loves it passing on very talented music to generations to come

[@djm51x]

ty young 0nes

[@infg0753]

You know, I say anyone with an ear for music will move to this infectious beat... Look the way it happens: My wife and it didn't know the song prior to '86... You, just a year ago. Again, if you have an ear for great music, you'll move to it. Btw, I think I just listened for about the 15th time already :)

[@24lisabeth]

Beautiful beautiful song!!