Ohio Players - I Want To Be Free (1975) • TopPop

[@essiejames9492]

Have been listening 🎶 and loving The Ohio Players for over 40 years it's 2024 who's still listening 🎶 ❤

[@jackey4269]

STILL listening!

[@russellrudolph4051]

Whole album was 🔥

[@heavenlyd611]

This song is a. Masterpiece

[@williambeckham3014]

Amen

[@kingd1887]

Straight bodied the track...drummer was exceptional

[@robertporte8762]

So underrated. For my money the Ohio Players were better than Earth, Wind & Fire and many other Funk/RnB Bands of that era. "Skin Tight" is incredible! We miss you Sugarfoot.

[@icemanb4539]

I will take their best 10 over anyone else's if i was stranded on an island. EWF, Kool & The Gang, Parliament, etc. But I think I will take EWF's best 20 over Ohio Players best 20.

[@robertporte8762]

@@icemanb4539 good take on that.

[@Reverend-Race-Horsey]

Loose Ends and Maze were the best bands.

[@waynefletcher9884]

I am not sure if they were better than EWF? But they were definitely influential

[@carltonbanks5470]

@@Reverend-Race-Horsey Loose Ends? 🤣🤣🤣

[@jayskywalker5049]

There's no way in the world you can tell me those beautiful heavenly falsettos of Billy and Diamond didn't influence PRINCE

[@icemanb4539]

AND CAMEO!

[@jayskywalker5049]

EXACTLY

[@Reverend-Race-Horsey]

Prince wasn't funky. MJs pop dance r&b and funk inspired Prince! 🤴 MJ was the King and Prince was the prince!

[@waynemanoffaith34]

Exactly

[@carltonbanks5470]

There were other heavenly and more well-known falsettos from this era. Philip Bailey and Russel Thompkins Jr especially.

[@CityHQ-nk7qc]

Can’t believe they all have passed away. The ultimate best music they left us with

[@vfree4579]

Are they all gone?

[@jaywalters5255]

​@vfree4579 Billy Beck (keys), Diamond Williams (drums), and a couple more are still here. "TRUTH IN RHYTHM" on youtube has live interviews with two other living members. Check it out. Great interviews by DJ Goldfine. Enjoy

[@williambeckham3014]

Not all of them...sorry.... billybeck Jim Williams and chat Willis ...

[@rockndisco3874]

One of my favorite R&B song

[@lisasavage6527]

I love this song

[@notmebutyou8350]

They are all jamming!!! However, the bass and drums are 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@that70sgirl90]

1975 TopPop... Let's All Sing It.. "I Want To Be Free!" 🕊🦋 Happy Saturday... thank you for sharing! 💖

[@shyman99]

One of two singles the Ohio Players released in between their #1 singles ""Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster". Both "I Want To Be Free" and "Sweet Sticky Thing" were slower jams and didn't garner the same interest as their uptempo classics. But it was nice to hear a variety of music from this massively talented group.

[@dougjones7609]

Sweet sticky thing went no.1 on the r&b charts33 on the pop charts

[@lindamorris7196]

Good old days!!

[@hollyhaines8654]

Love this song!!!!!

[@odeskoo]

1 of the greatest songs ever written

[@susansusan138]

Pure Genius

[@tomrawley6549]

the kings of heavy funk.

[@hollyhaines8654]

The best!!

[@jachritaylor5888]

WHERE IS THE FULL, 6 MINUTE 51 SECOND VERSION OF THIS SUBLIME WORK OF ART ? ? ?

[@shemcg7830]

💫✨ “Isn’t it, 🎨🖌 though!?!” 💫✨

[@livenright247]

Legendary

[@reneefairley3765]

Get it boys!!!❤❤❤❤❤! Bravo

[@GodisAgapelove4172]

Whose still jammin to this in 2023? 🔥🔥❤

[@annewoodcock8526]

Me. My favourite group. I was 17 when this was released ❤

[@twin719]

I’m jamming in2024!!!

[@GodisAgapelove4172]

@@twin719 😄❤️

[@MrCancer1965]

Here in 2024 jamming that old school flavor.

[@vfree4579]

2024 still Jaming

[@angelinafowler525]

The best that ever did it ❤

[@gentlebunny1492]

Sugar Footz - You are an inspiration to all the players, riders, and young funk guitarists like myself.

[@shemcg7830]

💫✨ The orchestration 🪄 of this song 🎧 is OFF. THE. ⛓ CHAIN., it’s so good!!! 💫✨

[@luciusscaevolus8616]

Greath greath teme ! 👏👏👏👏

[@rhondacouch9786]

It's one of my favorite groups. The shows we're awesome

[@luizhonorio9917]

FANTÁSTICO DISCO FUNK 🌐 🇧🇷🇧🇷🔛🔝

[@sugaball1]

I’m just glad I was “20 in the 70s” rather than 70 in the 20s… oh and, these cats are from my hometown baby 👌🏿

[@retromusicvideos4k10]

Very Good!💯👌🌺💐🌹✌☮💞🙏

[@sharonkaskowski9338]

AWESOME 😍🙏🇺🇸

[@tribeofjuda]

These guys were in a league all by themselves. They lived, ate, and breathed music. Only recently found out that Billy Beck, who wrote this very song "Free" (and many other hits too long to list, including "The Greatest Love of All"-Whitney Houston) was also a child prodigy & classically trained pianist from Youngstown, Ohio. They were always reimagining music, breaking barriers and exploring new horizons for music. Back in the 70's they were only the second all-Black R&B group (behind EW&F) to crossover to hit the Top 100 of the Popular music charts. (Love Rollercoaster '76 & Fire '75).

[@chrisalugbuo467]

Genius song!❤

[@Rafael-vh3yw]

Miss those days

[@CynthiaHale-g6o]

I love you Benny Atondo ❤️ always..

[@yadyad1966]

Satch use to live behind me in Dayton View, right across the alley. I use to watch them practices in his garage, one day he gave me a pair of glass drum sticks, I had them for years.

[@tribeofjuda]

awesome story. WOW

[@melodysanger103]

HAPPY 72ND BIRTHDAY DRUMMER JAMES "DIAMOND" WILLIAMS (MARCH 27, 2022) [03/27/2022]

[@jayskywalker5049]

ARIES♈ 🐏

[@forjaalobrutoaguilarrosale1023]

Solo queda verlos en videos a estos grandes artistas porque ya no nacieron mas como ellos?

[@neideaparecida3781]

Top 🎼🎵🎶👏👏🇧🇷

[@birdmansclambake]

Diamond 💎 on the drums 🥁 for the win 🏆

[@yadyad1966]

Dayton is definitely in the house

[@davidrobinson919]

Sugarfoot killed this track! RIP big homie.

[@jayskywalker5049]

AT THIS POINT IN THERE CAREER THESE CATS WERE RUNNING ON ALL CYLINDERS

[@waynefletcher9884]

1971-77

[@dougjones7609]

Yes they were at the top of their game

[@marciagasparvieira9593]

UAUUIUUU SHOWWW TOPPPPP

[@michaellieberman5231]

OhioPlayers had the baddest funkiest bass playing...that funk that is best between 11pm-3am

[@Rhonda-cx8qo]

🔥🔥🔥

[@deneenjeffries2768]

Live band playing instruments and singing no electronics

[@dianeharris8020]

💔❣❤wanna be free🕊🕊🕊🕊🖤

[@tanyabrinkley9268]

OH THIS SONG KEEP ME LAUGHING 😂😂😂, HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA WHAT NERVES OF HIM TO SING SUCH AS SONG, FUNNY GONE GONE GONE I DON'T NEED YOU NO MORE HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA 😂

[@notmebutyou8350]

😂😂😂😂 He is done!!! He said even her money can't make him stay!!!!

[@marchalslow9708]

💥✨✨

[@peterbechthold5890]

In dieser schönen Zeit (1975) waren die USA und Deutschland noch ein Herz und eine Seele. 😢

[@chaachocino]

🔥🙌🏿🔥

[@aleshascott2673]

I’m seeing where Prince got his style from

[@andreacheney3593]

0:36 This is the original recording. It’s not live. 😢

[@theshield8744]

Great Performance but HORRIBLE VIDEO & CAMERA WORK.

[@livenright247]

O H I O

[@Littlfrek]

🖤🇧🇷

[@birdmansclambake]

Jones (bass) without the turban 👳‍♂️

[@jakelee1357]

Sugar is begging to be released from her love!,… his moaning is classic!

[@AndreiaLuizaS]

Chantagista

[@cortezjenkins7788]

I left my first wife on this song!

[@graysgray2660]

2024

[@Iknowyoumadnow]

Your teeth want to be free too 😬