MEMORY LANE - MINNIE RIPERTON Music Video

Music Video by Minnie Riperton performing Memory Lane. This song was the 1st hit single from her 1979 album "MINNIE".

[@therico5377]

This video is deep. The song, on the surface, is about looking back at past memories from ones life, buts its much more than that. She is looking back at memories of her life, knowing she wouldn't be here for much longer. At the same time, it's almost like she's seeing into the future, looking through our eyes. She knew that one day, her loved ones/descendents and the world (us) would look back at her life, her works and her legacy with fondness, sadness, happiness, and gratitude. Her pleading for more life at the end is heartbreaking and reminds us that our lives here are fleeting. Thank you Minnie, for sharing your voice and your light with us. Wherever you are, I hope you are at peace.

[@lataunyawagoner7414]

U SAID THAT PERFECTLY....

[@vanessajackson7285]

So sad

[@skipads5141]

No, it's just a standard love song. Stop the drugs.

[@marcusjennings1209]

Amen perfectly said

[@edobrien6383]

Gets me everytime 😢

[@robertkelsoe9568]

The video was filmed about a month before her passing, the cancer had got so bad that she couldn’t stand in the video! The tears in her eyes had to be 100% real, I’ll forever love this song and Minnie❤️💔❤️‍🩹😢😞

[@dianewitherspoon9217]

Jesus. I didn't know that. May her soul rip. 🙏🏾

[@balston113]

I don't think she could use her right arm either. So, so sad to lose such a incredible talent and a family lose a wonderful wife and mother.

[@rickwhite1252]

@@balston113 Memory Lane was the first release off Minnie Riperton’s fifth and final album simply titled Minnie. The single peaked at number 16 on the Billboard R&B charts after a 22-week run. The song is a bittersweet memory for Riperton fans (and her family), as it was written, recorded, and released during Riperton’s three-year battle with breast cancer. She lost her battle just two months after Memory Lane’s release - in July of 1979. She was only 31 years old. FUN FACTS: Riperton revealed on The Tonight Show on August 24, 1976, that she had undergone a mastectomy due to breast cancer. At the time of her diagnosis, Riperton found out her cancer had already spread to the lymphatic system, and was given about six months to live. She continued touring in 1977 and 1978. Riperton was married to songwriter and music producer Richard Rudolph from August 1970 until her death in July 1979. Together, Riperton and Rudolph had two children; music engineer Marc Rudolph (b. 1968) and actress/comedian Maya Rudolph (b. 1972). Riperton’s daughter, Saturday Night Live actress Maya Rudolph, was a child when Lovin’ You was recorded. According to the liner notes from Riperton’s Petals compilation CD, the melody to Lovin’ You was created as a distraction for Maya when she was a baby, so Riperton and Richard Rudolph could spend time together. Extreme lymphedema immobilized her right arm in early 1979 and in the Memory Lane video her right arm remains in a fixed position.

[@rickwhite1252]

Memory Lane was the first release off Minnie Riperton’s fifth and final album simply titled Minnie. The single peaked at number 16 on the Billboard R&B charts after a 22-week run. The song is a bittersweet memory for Riperton fans (and her family), as it was written, recorded, and released during Riperton’s three-year battle with breast cancer. She lost her battle just two months after Memory Lane’s release - in July of 1979. She was only 31 years old. FUN FACTS: Riperton revealed on The Tonight Show on August 24, 1976, that she had undergone a mastectomy due to breast cancer. At the time of her diagnosis, Riperton found out her cancer had already spread to the lymphatic system, and was given about six months to live. She continued touring in 1977 and 1978. Riperton was married to songwriter and music producer Richard Rudolph from August 1970 until her death in July 1979. Together, Riperton and Rudolph had two children; music engineer Marc Rudolph (b. 1968) and actress/comedian Maya Rudolph (b. 1972). Riperton’s daughter, Saturday Night Live actress Maya Rudolph, was a child when Lovin’ You was recorded. According to the liner notes from Riperton’s Petals compilation CD, the melody to Lovin’ You was created as a distraction for Maya when she was a baby, so Riperton and Richard Rudolph could spend time together. Extreme lymphedema immobilized her right arm in early 1979 and in the Memory Lane video her right arm remains in a fixed position.

[@ChocolateSoulCity]

Wow

[@justanadams9430]

Minnie Riperton Definitely Deserves To Be Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Class Of 2025.

[@davidsmith6455]

Most definitely

[@AmericanObserver-kq7ye]

I’m surprised that she’s not a part of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Someone needs to make that happen. Her music was a staple in the Black community when I was a child. RIP Minnie Riperton 👩🏽‍🦱

[@josebrown5961]

The reason is that she is black. Black hits aren’t thought of by white people. Ms Ripperton had only one song that white people ever heard so they probably won’t let her in.

[@zachfinley9889]

Facts

[@devro5814]

ughhh sbe was snubbed for 2024 again.. people need to vote.. she didnt even get her star on the Hollywood walk of fame until 2019..

[@Charles-tt3dr]

Minnie Julia Riperton Rudolph passed 45 years ago today! R.I.P. 💔💔💔

[@stylecollective-qt9um]

Seeing this video as an adult, and understanding what she was going through at this time gives this song an entirely new context for me. God bless your resting soul, Minnie.

[@beyoutyisinthei5552]

She knew she was about to leave. Its so sad when you can see your end but you still living as strong as you can. She was a beautiful spirit.

[@tabbennett4254]

She lives on, as we all do. It's all about the soul and Minnie's is beautiful.

[@Jeromeromesheltonrecords]

This her goodbye song to her husband her children and the world

[@stanbailey3820]

"I don't want to go, traveling down faster than the speed of sound". OMG, bring tears to my eyes! She was such a talented and beautiful woman!

[@cookingwithjustangel6464]

stan bailey RIGHT. I CAN’T LISTEN TO THIS SONG WITHOUT CRYING. 😢♥️🌸

[@dlp3rdlegend]

@@cookingwithjustangel6464 i'm tearing up too ohh weeh 😢

[@nancyfischer4875]

You can see the pain, that she knew she wasn’t going to be here long in this video 💔 this is so heartbreaking

[@athorpe630]

You could hear the pain in her voice. Everytime I hear this song I cry. When she says, save me and I don't want to go. I break down. I lost a close friend of mine a few months ago and this songs brings back memories of him because I knew he didn't want to go yet.

[@nichellecross20]

Im sorry for your loss

[@LexiStarr22]

❤

[@chloemoneyyy9405]

How did she pass

[@TakingTimeOutForMe]

She says it all when she says "save me, I don't want to go."

[@arlenerogerswilhite2236]

Yep I agree send chills through my veins. Powerful song to know you goign to die and still sing like that. Amazing woman. thanks for your insight.

[@kidsanders3913]

With her right arm paralyzed and in pain from Cancer this was her last performance for the Record Label. Her eye's , her pain, and Her plea to GOD to save me....was hard for us who loved Minnie & still do to fathom . RIH Angel .

[@linbonn4749]

Her eyes tell it all..I get teary eyed EVERY TIME I listen to that song💔 When she said...THE WAY YOU HELD ME....😢😭💔

[@derricksargent9980]

That line made me cry when she said that. 😭

[@TheMilfalicious1]

I lost my mom to breast cancer this song makes me cry

[@SonOfSoulEnt]

You hear her cries all throughout this song...She said ”I don’t wanna go, save me, Save Me, SAVE ME‼️” She knew she was leaving&there was NOTHING she could do about it🥺 #RIPMinnie #FuckCancer🎀💕#QueenOfTheOctaves

[@cookingwithjustangel6464]

Andre Mawtese I’M SO CRYING LIKE A LIL BABY RIGHT NOW.

[@kendichococonut640]

Wow, never looked at it from that perspective...I always thought it was about a love lost, not LIFE! 😱

[@chubbychuckle]

@@kendichococonut640 Same. "Now I'm slipping fast" my Gd. Saddest song ever but it doesn't sound that way.

[@ExtraordinaireTheGreat]

I was just at Wikipedia reading how she passed a month and a half after this video and the same thing crossed my mind 😢

[@Jay23kwhite]

I hate to cry but I had to cry here

[@anthonyjones9132]

You can see the pain in her eyes damn

[@sexyshelly2011]

Anthony Jones When she said I thought it was over and here it goes again!! Then Save me, Save me, Saveee me!! I can’t stop crying!! Her eyes said it all!! An Angel on loan for a short spell!!!

[@darrylcarter3691]

Anthony Jones that's what real music was.

[@thepromiseman7745]

You can see the pain in her face too it expressed it in so many ways

[@dougbennett8592]

She knew her time was coming to an end. We are dancing on this Earth for a short while.

[@alfonsogreen2722]

Ikr

[@californiagirl8547]

her husband wrote the best song ever! I get emotional when I hear this song her voice is God's beautiful gift

[@JustRobin2009]

They wrote this song together.

[@domdiva9710]

For sure

[@geraldtimberlake6709]

You got that right ❤

[@miamigurltangie0602]

I salute her husband because she clearly left this world knowing what real love felt like 💝💝 her face expression says it all , she knew she had to leave her family behind it’s absolutely heartbreaking 💔continue to SIH Minnie such an angelic voice

[@raymondm.cataline2911]

Coming to age in the late SEVENTIES....love her and this song Rip...

[@tracygatewood7387]

Rip to the late great songbird, Mrs Minnie Julia Riperton-Rudolph. 1947-1979

[@lovelysosweet8386]

❤❤❤

[@aisharay9861]

It’s still hard for him to talk about her without getting choked up

[@EarthWindandFirepower0990]

PLEASE TO THE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO COME,PLEASE KEEP THIS SONG ALIVE FOREVER.

[@RealityCheck4515]

someone needs to re-make it breathe life back into it, soulfully as she did. Kinda' reminds me of Phyllis Hyman...so sad.

[@Bribri356]

I’m here because it was on a TikTok I just watched. I adore music from this era so I’m always pleased when other people in my age group put me on 🙏🏾❤️

[@verafreire7457]

@@Bribri356 Eu tb ouvi no tik tok

[@leatuka8138]

90's babe over here and my youngest daughter is born in 2019, this song and any ol skool song makes her happy

[@engersteven6816]

I’m 22 years old and I’m from little country in Latin America and I just want to keep Minnie in my heart forever I’m in love with her voice and music ❤

[@vincentharalson6416]

First music video to ever make me cry and I'm a 55 year old man. When she said I don't want to go and listen to the camera I got chills. The poor lady. In that moment her face look as though she has seen death itself in front of her. Scared me. Didn't even know she had a music video for this song. Messi rest in peace.

[@Musicaltariq777]

44 here....right with you bro 😢

[@justanadams9430]

@vincentharalson6416 38, and I cried when I saw the music video.

[@angiethompson9549]

2024 and this song moves my heart 😢 We truly miss You Minnie…looking forward to seeing and hearing your voice in Heaven.

[@devro5814]

yall Mrs. Riperton-Rudolph deserves to be in the Rock and Roll hall of fame. no way no talent singers like JLo should be inducted before Mrs. Minnie. yall she was snubbed for 2024, but people get to vote. so do your research and get her voted in.. They didnt even give her the star on the walk of fame until 2019.. make it happen

[@ceasarandrepont1243]

I was a little boy when she passed away from her illness. At least we still can enjoy her music.

[@RodrickEdmundBrown]

I can't believe that there is an actual music video to this song.

[@reginacook6665]

One of the greatest singers ever just plain and simple

[@MrRashad79]

Legend gone to soon. When she starts singing "I don't wanna go" and "Save me" I automatically tear up. She died the year I was born but my mom told me know her story. RIP Minnie 😪🙏🏽😇

[@alicemiriah]

One of the only deceased celebrities that I cry over when I listen to her music. Especially this song. Hearing her sing save me like that makes me feel unbelievably emotional

[@doreeb6314]

Just like it happened yesterday 😢

[@bernadettemckinney9829]

And the La la song 🤦just breaks me down😢

[@DrLuke49]

She was literally singing through the pain and torment in this song.

[@Black_Tsunade]

I never heard & saw someone crying out for life in a song before. So deep & so touching. RIP Minnie 😢💔

[@robuk9968]

Something about this beautiful song gives me goosebumps each time I listen to it. RIP Minnie Riperton. 🙏🏾❤️🥲

[@irvinnoil1609]

I am crying now watching this video...knowing my sister will be gone shortly...after a 12 year BATTLE with cancer...she is about to run out of time

[@teneil31]

Praying for your family and you

[@BuddhaBites]

Minnie was so sick at this point that she couldn't stand. She couldn't use her right arm at all. But her voice was as clear and strong as ever. She didn't want to leave. Her passing saddens me to this day.

[@serious7179]

I know it's been said 100 times, but when she says "The way you held me, no one could tell me that love would die" and saying that she doesn't want to go kills me... it's got to be an extremely weird feeling to see yourself slipping away

[@JuJuForREAL]

Strangest fucked up thing

[@joiisler3012]

This is so beautiful and sad. I saw a documentary about her. She would have given Anything not to have to leave her husband and children. You can tell she’s feeling it here. 31 years old. Now That is what I call “Gone Too Soon.”🥺

[@user-hd2xn5yj7v]

You could it hear it in her voice, and see it in her eyes how much she’s going to miss her family and friends, and fans. She sang her goodbye in this one… you can literally feel it.

[@michaelewing4515]

R.I.P. Minnie Riperton, Gone too soon

[@valerieboyntn1697]

❤

[@akosuaagyeiwaakodie777]

Let this be a reminder TO GET YOUR BREASTS CHECKED let’s do it for Minnie y’all 😢😢🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷

[@Michelle-is1gt]

The courageous woman with the magic voice. Minnie Riperton woke up many women to the danger of breast cancer. She saved a lot of lives by going public with her own fight with cancer.

[@teresacalladine7479]

Oh I never knew her Only that famous song . Loving you. Even then I did not know she the one who sang it. Sorry

[@JuJuForREAL]

she was an angel… my whole life i’ve been aware of and careful of breast cancer… loving on my family harder bc of her.

[@rnsrsweet]

I love this song, you feel her joy, you feel her pain. Tears as I watch and listen, seeing her sadness knowing she is leaving the family that she adored so much but leaving them with this memory and her legacy. Thank you Minnie

[@TakingTimeOutForMe]

She was so beautiful and so very talented. It must have been so hard for her to sing this song knowing what was about to happen to her, and that she would be leaving her family.

[@lifewithmarjones2461]

“I Thought it was over, here I go again”🥺😭💔 she was so scared !

[@jamesmarion5281]

If you guys really listen to this song my baby didn't want to die.. and I think in this song she was crying out for help but didn't get it.. You really was a treasure Minnie.. RIP MINNIE RIPPERTON.. really gone to soon..

[@michellejones8764]

She knew her time was coming to an end and made this BEAUTIFUL classic. Rest easy, Mrs. Ripperton

[@rjam1974]

If you look closely her right arm she couldn't use because of the cancer. She lost use of it from what I read. Notice her right arm had not move from that position since the video began. So stunning she died at such a young age

[@CindyWu1665]

I noticed and it's so upsetting.

[@romayneknoodles2461]

I played this song in memory of my Grandma Patsy Gail. She passed away on this day January 31st 1979 from breast cancer. Miss her so much.

[@djthree15]

Well I got my cry out for today..... Rest in peace Maya's mom ❤🎉 😢

[@jayelove1504]

The voice and spirit of an angel....she was only on loan for short period of time to us from God...rest easy gorgeous Minnie, the undisputed Queen of Octaves!!🎵🎶💜💔🙏

[@blackamerican40]

Watching this video, all I can think about is Mya and losing her mother at such a young age. 😢

[@chantayharrison9091]

Who can steal can relate to this song 2024😢?

[@NyNy-ly9js]

The pain evoked in her voice💜💜💜

[@james10011978]

I miss my mother so much man it hurts shes gone😢

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

This wasn't your mama fool

[@anthonygreen6886]

Who still to listening in 2019 one of the greatest singer of all time how she has an angel voice omg 😥😥

[@sexyshelly2011]

Anthony Green Me!! In tears as I write!!!! Absolutely love this lady still to this day!!

[@azariahstonar2787]

Happy Birthday Minnie Ripperton Hyde Park High School Chicago,Illinois

[@NemiBarrett]

2019

[@dianabalmaceda7968]

Anthony Green I do 2019 getting ready to go to work when I heard of her passing i cried still get tears when i hear her saying save me God know best

[@g-music-redhead7390]

Anthony Green l am

[@Lee.DriveClassA]

I was today years old when in this song was her pleading to be saved from dying of cancer. WOW so very deep. I have loved this beautiful voice since I was a little girl and im here at my big age still listening to you Minnie!

[@lashandajones4630]

I have a special connection to this song. In 1979 my six year old brother passed two weeks after Minnie. I lost my second brother two and half months ago. RIP Joshay and Roy Junior.

[@huckbarry579]

She was truly the Perfect Angel! I was living in Los Angeles at the time when she passed and they showed her funeral on tv Stevie Wonder was there, family, and Richard Rudolph was holding their children you could see the pain in his face. He truly lost his soul mate.

[@jasonwhite7452]

So heartbreaking to see her cry out like that! I’m so sorry to anyone who’s ever had to endure this! God have mercy!

[@CShannon1991]

I already could tell the pain in her eyes. So sad.

[@marcchesley3731]

This song is pretty but eerie at the same time because she knew she was going to die from the Cancer but she wanted to enjoy all the memories with her family. And she had a daughter and son. Her daughter plays on SNL cant think of her name but she did a lot of Whitney Houston imitations. But she had quite a few octaves on her!

[@catherineneylan2928]

Maya Rudolph ❤

[@alwaysdusty]

@@catherineneylan2928 Maya as a child recorded "Too Many Colors" with Teena Marie...

[@marionturner5551]

She will always be Remember and She was the Greatest 💯💯💗💗 Women of all time May She Rest in peace 🕊️🕊️🕊️ she will always be Remember 🙏🙏🙏♾️♾️ of all her song 💝😍😍 Congratulations 🎉🎉👏 Minnie 🎉🎉 i love all her Songs the best songs of all time 💞🎉we miss 💘💘 Her ❤️❤️

[@retrolady2469]

I never knew that there was a video for this song. It is so bittersweet knowing what she was facing during this time. I lost my Granny in January of 2024, and this song reminds me of her. RIP Minnie. RIP Granny.

[@harrymiller8538]

Minnie was at the top of her game as a singer as she battled cancer. You could hear & see the pain she was in. Such a great song. Remember how sad it was when she passed. Her songs and registry in her voice has carried on since. RIP. What a legend gone much to soon. Minnie Riperton

[@theresawashington-bragg9455]

It's been 8 month since I loss my beloved husband of cancer my life have change completely without him we miss you so much me & the kids and your granddaughter Boo-Boo she ask about him constantly she was 2 yrs.old and me and my grandbaby was sitting in the bedroom when he took his last breath...REST PEACEFULLY LEE I LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!!

[@MeekeeKobellaDrNP]

Sorry for your loss. I come to this channel often as it reminds of my father, who passed away......never got over it, but I have learned to deal with the pain. It has been 10 years....

[@theresawashington-bragg9455]

Meekee Me Thank you for sharing.....

[@leonjohnson1824]

My condolences. I just happened to read your comment and it touched me. I'm sorry for your loss.

[@theresawashington-bragg9455]

Lee Jackson Thank you,,,, #sad

[@tamarabagwell7850]

Theresa Washington-Bragg god bless you sorry for your loss

[@tonifatron]

only 3000 watched with only 57 likes? smdh this is ridiculous arguably one of the best voices to ever walked the earth

[@russbro]

Its not ridiculous most dummies like Lil wanyne, Brittney spers. Therefore they dont know great singing.

[@ernestclark2091]

I agree . she is truly unsung,buy she did get recognition not as much as she should have.a Tru soldier

[@simonejoan]

ronald w I agree 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ percent!!!!

[@kidsanders3913]

nyb R you are so right, so they don't even figure into the conversation of Grown Folks !

[@jeneefinaoofficial7624]

Never even knew there was a video to this song

[@keepingupwithtristan]

Its 6:14 am on New years eve. Im laying in bed crying my eyes out. This song has ALWAYS made me shed a tear since I was a kid. But as an adult knowing the story behind this song. Now seeing the video first time ever.... It hits different as a mother scared to leave her baby and husband in this world. But knowing you gotta go soon. Broke my heart.

[@simonejoan]

Whoever posted this video.... thank you thank you!!!! Never knew a video existed for this song. Wow!!

[@beautifulsoultress3078]

simonejoan right!!

[@thepromiseman7745]

Same here i was like omg where have i been hiding at

[@lawandajohnson9050]

Beautiful

[@michellefaulkner9100]

I agree! I didn't know a video existed. I love this song!!

[@michelleroberts3143]

Omg. Me neither. Thank you a million times over.

[@deirdreyearwood3383]

This song came out when I was a child and it takes me right back to 1979. It is the most hauntingly beautiful goodbye song. I am so glad that Minnie and her husband met and feel I love and had their children when they did. She was loved and cared for and that is an amazing gift. Thank you Minnie for the purity of your voice, 44 years later and you are still sublime ❤️💔

[@seanlewis1148]

I was 7 when this was released, going to Tibby Elementary school in Compton. I lost my mother to cancer in 2016......😢 RIP moms.....AND my twin sister 😢😭😭

[@deirdreyearwood3383]

@@seanlewis1148 So sorry for your loss.

[@angiegriffin6856]

I love this song everytime I listen to the song that makes me think about my grandmother she passed in 2016 she raised me my sister and my brother I can see the pain in grandma eyes that she was so concerned about her sick daughter her son my mother and her grandkids

[@deborahgonzales8386]

I cried when she left this world.

[@crystalharris-thomas1939]

This song was not just a reflection of a beautiful memory, it was a cry to God for healing. Your spirit lives forever in our hearts❤❤❤

[@12thFan23]

Grown man here but this song and now this video has ya boy's eyes watery. The enormous pain this brave woman must have held inside singing this song and recording this video I can't begin to imagine. RIP Minnie one of a kind.

[@liammize3765]

I can see her in her daughter Maya Rudolphs face. My heart breaks to think of Minnie having to leave her family behind. This my favorite song of hers as it is so heartfelt like Loving You was.

[@311chelle]

When she says, “I thought it was over, here I go again”; is symbolic and heart wrenching at the save time. She beat cancer once, only for it to return again.

[@wailingworshipingwomen3471]

Still listening Paying homage to my G-Ma that Raised me Since 3 months old She passed away sep 22nd 2023 😢😢😢”Save Me Back Down memory lane “

[@RosalindThreets-od4up]

Don’t care what anyone says aha is still one of the greatest song bird RIP minnie

[@Charles-tt3dr]

I can't believe it's been 40 years since Minnie Riperton transitioned. 😢😢😢

[@RE42670]

Now I see why her daughter is so beautiful

[@arlenerogerswilhite2236]

Rest in Peace Mrs. Lady. this is the only song I know I actually heard someone singing about their own death. touches my heart to see this video and hear her singing this song. remarkable woman.

[@lheojohnson6142]

I broke down when she said' 'save me'... 😓😢😭

[@sexyshelly2011]

When she said “Save me!”!! Lord have mercy!! I’m breaking down right now!! Can’t even imagine what her husband and family must’ve gone through with the loss of this Angelic Goddess!!

[@vwalker58]

It makes me cry when I think about those whom are no longer here.😭😭 In 2019-2022 I lost 10 relatives and reminisce about the past memories. 😔😪 R.I.P. to All.🙏🏾⚘💞

[@ghostwritter1075]

I lost my mother to breast cancer in 1987 and this was her favorite song. Every time I think of her I play this song. I was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2001, and again I thought of my mother.... In 2005 I said "See you later to one of my sister's who was diagnosed with guess what.... Breast Cancer that had spread to her brain... Then in 2019 I found out that my baby niece had Leukemia and after a year she was doing good.. Well hello 2021 and a Stage 3 borderline stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis for ME... So now I'm going through my 2nd Rodeo with Cancer.... And here we are 2023 and I just had to tell my niece to give her mom, grandma, great grandma and everyone else up there in heaven a big hug for me!!!! She was just a baby who was a finger snap away from womanhood and now she won't get to see. The moral of the story is..... Cherish each and every one of your friends and family members.... Because you NEVER know when you'll be sitting in a chair going "BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE" thinking about them. So enjoy them now while you can and not when they become a memory!!!!!!!

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

Wow cancer doesn't like y'all 😬

[@ghostwritter1075]

@@Iknowyoumadnow not at all and I ACTUALLY forgot to mention my 4 uncles, great-grandfather and my SPERM DONOR.

[@keipalm1317]

God Is Still Good

[@josiahbutler2254]

She was so brave 😩😩

[@cemaragriffith9803]

The way she leaned into her pain is so honorable. My grandmother had the experience with breast cancer as well, strong black women. We think we know their pain but we have no idea

[@jamescarter5042]

This song brings back memories of 1790's

[@AmericanObserver-kq7ye]

That’s the song! I remember it from the 70s. I never saw these videos as a kid though. Priceless. 👩🏽‍🦱

[@Kentelligent24]

Legend has it this song is about George Daniels-R.I.P Minnie 🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@arilennox]

sang baby

[@avatarnicholas]

Ari Lennox I knew I would see you in a comment section under one of her videos, I didn't even know there was a video this song though

[@LaPetite510]

'Sanging' is something you do well Miss Ari Lennox. Thank You

[@elijahdavis7443]

ARIIIIII😍😍😍😍😍

[@beetru2u83]

1-17-2022 Ari you 🔥

[@squarebear619]

I never heard this one before today even though I grew up with Boomer parents as a Millennial. I've only heard Loving You/Inside My Love and know her story. This song and video are so touching. Her laments and cries to be saved brings tears, the fear on her face is palpable. A young mother, deeply in love with her husband, having her life snuffed out so early. So unfair but I hope she is happy, with health, wherever she is. Her daughter looks like her and I bet it is so nice, though bittersweet, to have this piece of their mother❤❤❤

[@ThatgirlFriday]

Listen to le fluer( the flower) omg!!!! Sooooo very beautiful

[@lizamimi]

this one of my favorites….the entire album was amazing ❤

[@nelltaylor9119]

This is the song that triggers me when I miss my late sisters and mother...I feel so alone but this song helps me in a nostalgic way... we loved this song

[@malikahm4053]

As a survivorI only know that God is the only reason I am still here 13 yrs latee

[@Tiffb43]

She didn't want to leave her babies. This breaks my heart. 💔

[@MrDluvu]

Miss her so much! She lives on in her daughter Maya Rudolph, & son...

[@janeporter818]

Facts

[@taviar9768]

RIP beautiful. Every time I hear this song, its make me tear up. You can see the sadness in her eyes in this video. Your voice was truly amazing!!! You passed away on my birthday July 12. Most definitely gone too soon!!!!

[@preacherman7126]

Definitely an angel with an amazing voice. She died on my birthday 7/12.

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

Such an eerie video, she was literally begging for her life.

[@Yochana4ever]

Was a little girl in the 70’s and saw Mrs Minnie on the photo cover of Jet 1st time I learned of breast cancer 😢that took this beautiful woman .. her music still lives on ❤

[@gr3181]

Same here..i remember that Jet Magazine Cover..i was about 8...i still remember being so sad as my mom explained what cancer was to me. Unfortunately my mom passed of Breast Cancer years later in 2004.😢🙏🏽💐

[@tanyaflemon1870]

So many don't remember this beautiful voice, so sad this was just before her passing. Heaven got its angelic voice back

[@wickershampark9941]

Tanya Flemon amen sister

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Some don't some do. Why worry about whether or not the whole world knows her songs/voice. The entire world does not know you either.

[@lexichanel2843]

She reminds me of my Mom who also died from cancer! I cry everytime I see Minnie Riperton’s music videos or her Unsung

[@TheMilfalicious1]

Same here l lost my mom to breast cancer

[@timicacollins9530]

Same here

[@anniewilkes6011]

Ovarian cancer🥺 I'm so sorry fam😭

[@lexichanel2843]

@@anniewilkes6011 That is what my Mom died from

[@MdMedina35]

My mother passed from breast cancer last year. Thankful I had her in my life way into adulthood. Although, it doesn’t negate the pain. Wishing all those who’ve lost ones ones peace. Hearing Minnie Riperton sing this song, hits differently.

[@robertnycguyraisedonrecord7587]

She looks so sad. You can see the pain. She was a beautiful person, gone too soon. I remember when she passed on in 1979. It was on the evening news. ''Loving You'' holds fond childhood memories from 1975. I have my dads original copy.

[@12thFan23]

Yeah I agree you can see the pain clearly in her eyes. I also notice she never moved her right arm and they used the book to distract. The cancer must have too away the use of her right arm. Pretty damn sad.

[@robertnycguyraisedonrecord7587]

@@12thFan23 When I typed my comment I had no clue I’d see Cancer hit my immediate family. My mom passed away November 5 2021 from cancer. It was a short battle and she didn’t suffer . I miss her and only a few weeks ago I filmed and posted a tribute video for mom showing Minnie Riperton’s “Perfect Angel”LP , it’s my moms original copy. The song Lovin’ You is from the album.

[@12thFan23]

@@robertnycguyraisedonrecord7587 Sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and your fam. Cancer sucks!

[@robertnycguyraisedonrecord7587]

@@12thFan23 The C word truly does suck. Blessings.

[@ItsTifahTifah]

Sounds like she was saying goodbye rest peacefully sweet angel

[@devarnburks8132]

THIS SONG IS BEAUTIFUL GONE TOO SOON LOVE YA MINNIE RIPERTON ❤️❤️

[@blancheknight1127]

Songbird Ms Minnie Riperton, Gone so soon at the age of 31. May her beautiful music lives on forever.. Rest well👼

[@blancheknight1127]

You can see the sadness in her eyes... Love this beautiful song.😔🌹🎵

[@sekhemasaru5718]

She’s singing about every single one of us. Countless ones just like us listening to her have finished this earth lane of making memories just like Minnie. They have moved on…..So there you have it…….we are One! Y’all make some good memories now…..ya hear!

[@pamelabassmarsh5262]

Omg what a lost I had her albums..she was truly talented there's no one that was talented like her....❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ministermadden]

I Dedicate this Beautiful Song to my Beloved mother who I lost to breast cancer in 2013.Rip Mom I know your in Heaven with Jesus

[@veroniquer1077]

Gamer Madden07 so sorry for the loss of your mother. I also lost my mother to breast cancer in 1995. I remember her telling me she wasn’t ready to leave. I still miss her so much.

[@kimmoore6445]

This song reminds me of my true love I lost❤

[@2mara]

My mother Fav song, before she passed we’d ride around at night with the windows down blasting this song singing out loud.... Rip 🤍

[@plus1everyday63]

rip to my paps a strong black man and rip to minnie a strong black queen gone at 31 years of age another soul taken far far too soon . im 32 right now and couldnt imagine dying at my age . rip to my paps and minnie may your soul forver live on .. god bless . take care of your health people please