Midnight Star "Freak-a-zoid"

[@KarlNemetski]

When this used to come on over the DJ speaker system at the Roller Rink when we were like 9 years old, circe 1984, people went straight bananas. This will forever and always be the jam of all skate jams. 5 STARS * * * * *

[@frankabe8155]

You were 9 years old .. I was 19 years old and DJing at a Club in Kampala in Uganda called Chez Jozef and this was a banger dance floor filler .. 🎉

[@bigguys45s29]

Peaked at No. 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983. GREAT frickin’ R&B/ electro funk dance song. Still sounds so great and catchy.

[@johnmccaulley7322]

We need the old school music back.

[@journey6703]

John McCaulley We never lost it 👍🏾

[@bradyanderson6311]

@@journey6703 did Steven Spielberg learn about this?

[@doctorworm3735]

Some of us still use the 808 LIKE IT IS A RELIGION

[@jessfedup]

I love this song! Takes me back to when I used to dance around my parents' living room when I was around 7 or 8. We had this on vinyl!!! (Still do ;)

[@JorgeHurtado-w9f]

We need more old school music with new rythim beats like freak zoid by midnight star with new fresh beats pleas aim a fanatic of the 80s ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉

[@WIkidHunter]

One of my favorite jam skating songs.

[@acollins35]

This song is the still the BITNESS! I still love it.. 80's music is the best music...

[@loudnewyork]

wow, after 20 yrs this still looks futuristic. :D

[@ladypodtron]

You cannot deny that this is a true jam.

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1983 {July 31st} "Freak-A-Zoid" by Midnight Star peaked at #2 {for 4 weeks} on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles* chart, for the first two weeks it was at #2, the #1 record was "She Works Hard For The Money" by Donna Summer, and for it's 3rd & 4th week at #2, "Get It Right" by Aretha Franklin was in the top spot... "Freak-A-Zoid" reached #66 on Billboard's Top 100 chart... Between 1980 and 1990 the Frankfort, Kentucky group had eighteen records on the Hot Black Singles chart, six made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "Operator", for 5 weeks in December of 1984... Plus they had two records peak at #3, "Headlines" in 1983 and "Don't Rock The Boat" in 1988... * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles' Top 10 on July 31st, 1983: At #3. "Get It Right" by Aretha Franklin #4. "Crazy" by The Manhattans #5. "Juicy Fruit" by Mtume #6. "Just Be Good To Me" by The S.O.S. Band #7. "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" by Michael Jackson #8. "Choosey Lover" by The Isley Brothers #9. "How Do You Keep The Music Playing" by James Ingram And Patti Austin #10. "Don't You Get So Mad" by Jeffrey Osborne

[@shonjevon]

One of my FAVE skate songs... back in the day. Thanks for Sharing!!!

[@liamcullen895]

this song is fresh as hell. i like the popping noises and how vintage it sounds! :)

[@riceracerh8r376]

I'm old because I skated to this song way back in the early 80's. =(

[@Acoustic-Rabbit-Hole]

Definitly has the Krafwerk touch!

[@kingsandqweens]

hellos from Edinburg Texas Rio Grande Valley .This brings Good memories Me and My aunt where 12 yrs old and we went to the final competition for break dancing and we got first in traverse city Michigan.Its been like 23yrs ago. thanks noly.

[@Morenita73]

Great song my brothers were break dancing to this song. The 80's rock!!!!!!!!!!

[@CraigWuzHere]

I Love This Song! let Us Boogie!

[@2112deadsky]

was like 10 when this came out and was poping doing the robot and break dancing man i miss those day's

[@kenoshakid1]

For children born after the 1980's this video shows why this era was fun. BMV (before Milli Vanilli)

[@D.Salazar]

Sheesh me too, I remember being at the skating rink getting my groove on LOL

[@Tranquility32]

One of my ALL-TIME favorite rollerskating tunes! Thanks!

[@mochadust9]

Mine too 😁

[@sallybyler3538]

I danced to this song back in college in the 1980's and even now!!

[@rayva1]

This freakin' song set off a mega chain reaction of popdance rave at my school when I was in 5th grade. I remember, it was the start of breakdancing weaving its way into pop music culture...How RAD! lol.

[@DanRafter365]

Damn...this was one of them one glove, Jheri Curl SHAG, with the Beat it Jacket songs. I use to break dance to this. 3:28 was my favorite part in the song. Appeciate the send Sis. Collinswifey.

[@cricketlee5937]

Oh man...I'm in High School again. Thank You.

[@ashleyclark2888]

Love funky music.♡♥my mom got me onto it back in the 90*s love it still dance to it

[@timfosho]

look at all those polygons. Theres like 10s of them

[@rommix0]

ikr. The A E S T H E T I C S just got real.

[@Gato303co]

And look all that wireframe look

[@sesvvls1]

my utmost favorite song of all time! Love it!

[@FrostyTheBeerMan]

Prob my favourite song from the 80s while growing up in Montreal Canada. Awesome !

[@brian1963110]

This song can kick any todays songs ASS!!!.

[@MerlinsLOVE]

i was born in 1990 but i fell in love with the 70's-80's-90's beat!!

[@Grandhoohah]

Thank you for posting this one!!!! I only saw this video once in 1984 and haven't seen it since! I don't know where you found it, but thanks for posting it! Awesome!

[@eracism09]

I remember hearing this song when I was a kid (in the 80's)....never understood what it was about, just liked the beat:)

[@valeriecardenas2137]

LONG LIVE OLD SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A TIME IN THE PAST WHEN WE ALL HAD A BLAST!!!!!!!!!!!

[@brownrice1]

Better than anything on the radio lately.

[@bqkmg2037]

This is the BEST version of this classic gem I think this came out in 1984 after the original came out in 1983.

[@6irondriver]

Thanks to who posted this one, that's back in the damn day right thuuuurrr.

[@rayva1]

Oh geez ~ after the release of this hit...Popdance became mainstream and spread like wildfire. I could never forget this song, no matter how one hit wonder it was.

[@cynthiaburton2937]

Love This 😍😍😍

[@zacek1970]

I love this song and I used to skate to this song. I loved the 80's. :o)

[@cemwen]

1983, la meilleure époque du smurf! J'adore! 1983, the best smurf period! I love that!

[@sonelew]

I still can jam to this one! OMG Thanks!

[@ashley19smom]

I used to roller skate to this song! During "Ladies Skate" Oh the memories!! I am 41 years old now, but I can still skate!!

[@softerseltzer]

We have a lady who's clearly over 60 in our neighbourhood, I only see her on skates doing loops and looking way more lively than the slumped teenagers at the mall.

[@lisawild4247]

This and no parking on the dance floor !!! Love midnight star♥️

[@thickbrianq]

if he was born in 89 then yes he is from the 80's because 89 is the last yearbefore the 90's, try n follow!

[@LordBicen]

Damn i haven't heard this in years. Do da robot Major Payne! hehehe

[@kiemainc]

What a delight, i danced to this song till day break...

[@brentl1475]

I'll be honest, I found this song when I was younger when I was looking for the cartoon freakazoid.... Well worth the find and still love this song

[@rearea120501]

I love this song!!! Even though it's so old it is still awesome and will always be the bomb!!!

[@chadsmith66]

this brings me waaay back !!

[@ssh99]

i used to listen to this tune a long time ago lol , brings back memory's

[@skywalker113.]

i remember breakin to the song when i lived in europe, it was the eeesh , there was nothing better to practice break dance than this, lol!! so awesome

[@soulja1986]

exactly why i searched for the song lmao... JABBAS KILLED THIS! great song btw

[@Valleystick]

I wasnt born at that time, but i sure wish I could go back there and check it out!

[@freedomseaker1]

I had the 12 inch of this back in the day, And on the flip side was a song called Move me, Cant find it online and would KILL to hear it! lol

[@joezilla911]

This is my ALL TIME FAVORITE song to skate to!!!

[@MCSin2007]

this is classic 80's hahaha love the vid clip and all the surprised looking faces haha

[@Dank951]

This is the song! Hahaha, every family event we throw this song has to be played!

[@KellAdk76]

won money and ribbons skating to this song hahaha.. love it!

[@archimedestheowl]

how can you not pop n lock to this song!!!!!! beat is so sick

[@lenelljeter2]

I have researched these music categories for the past 9 years and I have rediscovered tunes I had forgotten about or I discovered new tunes that totally deserved the time it took to discover them. In Itunes Store or Itunes Ping if you use the search terms "electrofunk" (as a single word) or "80s funk" the search result shall produce several lists that have "electrofunk" or "80s funk" in the playlist name in the "Playlist" category at the low left corner of the search result.

[@Terence7414]

my favorite breakin song I LOVE THE 80'S!!!!

[@popnfresh2888]

this song was made for popping, and apparently locking also. lol.. this is too awesome!

[@DJRU2]

state of the art cheese will b stuk in my head allday gotta luv it and the cheesey surprised look on thay guyz face lol

[@Owlite]

I LOVE skating to this song. It's the perfect jam.

[@dhiemart32]

it brings me memories from 80 s

[@Starfals]

I remember seeing this on TJ hooker, the police tv show lol. I didn't know its a real song till today

[@rnv322]

Hmm...at 37, she's just perfect...lived enough to know what is important in life, wise enough not to lose her cool, and still able to look back and smile! One day, you will understand, if you ever get "old" that is...Peace kid! :)

[@oldbrokenhands]

This is the best inspiration the drugs of the 80's could give you.

[@sparklesthecat6507]

I remember this song it brings back memories.

[@utterbullspit]

This is uber 80's. Love it!!!!

[@1965mrhyperion]

coooooooooooooooooooooooool music from those years!

[@richardwacha6768]

I'm Richard wacha and I love this hear old school I breakdancing to this I'm 40 years old

[@p6mkq]

Cool I love it ! You can dance like a robot to it !

[@aimeedus]

when we lived tha projects My older sister used to get her cardboard and break dance in the front of the house LOL .I didnt break dance I was too young I wasnt born until 1982But I remember my sister break dancing her ass off

[@hakeem01]

It's 2am and I gotta go to work in the morning and I haven't stopped poppin' yet!

[@rbkfan200]

That song rocks mate! I always listen to it on GTA Vice City Stories LOL

[@clintxoxox]

Sweet song and video !!

[@lenelljeter2]

Midnight Star earned success on both the R&B charts and the pop charts. On the UK pop chart, "The Midas Touch" got all the way up to # 8. In the early/mid 80s a lot of funk-ish music crossed from the R&B chart to the US / UK pop charts & vice-versa. David Bowie's "Let's Dance" got to # 14 on the US R&B chart in 1983. U.S. Funk diva Melba Moore's "Love's Comin At Ya" reached #15 on the UK pop chart. A few more examples, the US R&B Chart: "Shock the Monkey", "Miss Me Blind" "Out of Touch."

[@juliet24440]

im not an 80s baby but i do have love for the 80s........

[@Hersheys11]

my classmates imitated the jabbawockeez and danced to this. They were friggin AWESOME! haha. =)

[@truexgunnerxchronica]

I remember when this was on the radio and my mom would turn it up :)

[@KingFireball7]

Reminds me of the cartoon in the 90's xD

[@bradyanderson6311]

This is an 80's song.

[@eddiemuise4791]

love this tune.

[@lenelljeter2]

These lists have songs that (1) you may have heard before and enjoyed but forgotten or (2) songs that you may enjoy now but you have not heard before. These lists also include album cuts that were not released as singles and songs from lesser known yet solid groups/soloists such as Fatback, Kashif, Laid Back, D Train, Boys Don't Cry, and Dynasty.

[@Calculon1712]

I remember this in The Simpsons when Apu dances to it at a BBQ in the 22 short stories episode

[@inaj27]

this is still tight! damn i love this song! thanks for posting

[@dabruzg]

SUPER!!!Still playing this track...!

[@albertjarenas8633]

I grow up to all of this !!!%%%

[@1wharfboy]

A Leon Sylvers signature sound that prospered throughout all the SOLAR records extremely TALENTED groups back then.

[@zipwerner]

@HollyKMS007 Ditto one the flash backs! LOVE this song! I never do get tired of it!

[@TheLTbandgeek]

this song is soooo cool its a great song for rollerskating!!1

[@DjDabblin]

The party keepz going!!! Report to the dance floor!!!

[@doctorkoon]

The graphics for this video actually took the entire computing computing power of the entire world to generate in 1983.

[@key8422]

Takes me back to my senior year in high school. Smurfing it to death....LOL.

[@Certifine]

I love the 80's!

[@LauraSommer]

How charminginly quaint❤

[@TQPhool]

My alltime favorite !!!

[@p6mkq]

Zoid ? Freakazoid :D great tune,and a classic one =) Let's do the robot dance :D

[@TaLwAr1301]

i love jabba's routine to this songgg!