Shalamar - "Dead Giveaway" (Official Video)

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[@robertreynolds1606]

40 years later still sounds great!

[@bytheway1031]

Classic 🔥!!

[@dream.machine]

It sounds A-mazing! 🎧🤖

[@robertomartin3235]

80 s will never be repeated . I am so happy I lived it and it's great music and movies !!!!!!

[@paulasusan63]

Hate that it's gone though!

[@essiefinch1356]

Never .

[@lionelkennedy1394]

I was there!!!

[@samprimera5545]

So right 1980 was year I graduated 70's n 80's music was the best

[@BarbaraBurghart]

Yesss

[@mysticmerman]

An underrated song. This is their best and one of the best 80s songs ever!

[@WVandellHarris]

There best ? definitely a great song.

[@mysticmerman]

@@WVandellHarris yep, their best song. Totally underrated!

[@WVandellHarris]

@@mysticmerman better than “for the lover in you” “second time around” “take that to the bank” ?? Better than “A night to remember”. ?!

[@robertreynolds1606]

great club song back then & now

[@mysticmerman]

@@WVandellHarris, yes, like I said, this is their best song ever! Nothing can touch it.

[@joegonzalez7828]

I could listen to shalamar, day and night for weeks on end!!! Their music never gets old!!!

[@rodmac8358]

Me too!

[@rodneythomas8813]

So could I, as long as the songs & tracks include Jody & Jeffrey.

[@RoLPeace]

I remember Howard Hewett saying that they were hanging around a lot of new wave acts at the time of this album. It definitely influenced their sound. The 80s, I'm glad I was there to experience it.

[@SunnyIlha]

VERY *New* *Wave* !!

[@bqkmg2037]

My all time favorite shalamar song...dead giveaway (1983).hands down..

[@v.dargain1678]

In 2022 it's still a jam .

[@mysticmerman]

I completely agree. Totally underrated! A solid masterpiece!

[@avgolden1974]

Ashley said so brought me here! God bless Jody Whatley!

[@donsdivasimagestudio5177]

One of the most "commercially successful" songs during the "New Wave/Punk" music era. They transitioned without a hitch ....and by the time it hit the charts they'd split.....as a kid I was "heart-broken."....takes me back! Loved this song!

[@jim2lane]

As with most group splits it was about money and egos. Since Hewett contributed to the band's songwriting and Watley and Daniels did not, he figured he was owed a larger cut of the band's income. Oh well, Jody Watley had the last laugh didn't she 😉

[@SmartRobot-wc2fb]

Yeah! They could've continued because they were in the right direction musically! But yes, Jody had the last laugh years later after the turmoil...

[@alandenson6649]

Dick and Howard dissed Jody.

[@rashawnda-professor2999]

@@jim2lane Good Afternoon Jody did co-write songs during their tenure in the group. She co-wrote Full of Fire which is on their Three For Love album and another song on their Friends album. Howard did co-write their ballad For The Lover In You as well as most of the songs on the group's Heartbreak album. Jody did well on her own and she's still singing and taking fashion walks to the bank.

[@sarlndr]

Remember when songs had guitar solos? What happened? This is my jam.

[@hanslesolo]

Yep, and sax solos

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

@@hanslesolo Interchangeable

[@mysticmerman]

R&B songs, no less. I love the guitar solos on Billy Ocean's "Loverboy" and Jeffrey Osbourne's "Stay with Me Tonight."

[@harvjr8662]

The bassline is badass also

[@TChoice_91]

@@harvjr8662 yeah the bass line alone made me a fan! From a 90’s baby lol

[@willtheview]

Shalamar's last hit with Jody Watley and Jeffrey Daniels.

[@thomasjbrunn2734]

yea she remind me of yoko ono all showing off all the time look at her in the video hits a key then look and again @John6yt

[@ajs41]

Disappearing Act was the last song with them.

[@willtheview]

@John6yt Jody had enough of Shalamar and particularly Howard Hewett at this point... it shows a little bit.

[@ajs41]

Also Over and Over.

[@sannamaenpaa820]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@andrewbrendle7900]

this should have been number one in 1983 .

[@geeskin5750]

@ least top 10

[@karenhensley8955]

Best decade ever! So glad I got to experience those days,wish I could go back,The music,the clothes, movies,it was a magical decade♡

[@ericr.2766]

I miss parachute pants!!! Whew baby!!

[@melvinnance5029]

Your analysis is absolutely spot-on.

[@randybarnett2308]

Best Decade Ever !👍💪😎😀😀

[@Perkyclo]

Neon colors, jelly shoes, parachute pants, penny loafers, & the MUSIC !!! I H8 to sound old, but it WAS the BEST DECADE EVER for growing up. We were the FIRST kids to play "video games" & lived thru their progression all the way up to what they've become NOW 😲😲😲

[@bobcummings8228]

Shalamar ROCKED the early 80's and I LOVED this jam! I still do!

[@marquiswallace9957]

This was to be their international pop crossover. They were looking to expand their audience beyond their R&B roots. I remember when the hype when this video aired. They called it a world premiere.

[@shericejones1034]

This was a Great Song

[@agfagaevart]

In Europe, their big cross-over hit was Night To Remember, a good year to 18 months before this came out.

[@madamhummingbird]

What a groove! I love the guitar solo from The Time's Jesse Johnson on this track. And the usage of the sympathizer just goes. I even love the way the band members danced in sync to the groove. Song is TIGHT!. So horrible they don't make music like this anymore. Really is a crying shame :(

[@squirrelattackspidy]

I love the slap bass in this song. :)

[@madamhummingbird]

Indeed. Everytime I listen to it, makes me miss 80's music (well certain music lol) even more. Sigh.

[@squirrelattackspidy]

+madamhummingbird I watched another video and it looks like the bass sound is actually done with a guitar, which I find hard to believe. wondering if they used a bass player when they hit the recording studio. The 80's were an amazing time! 😃

[@madamhummingbird]

***** Speaking of "Dead Giveaway", Jesse Johnson from "The Time" (another awesome 80's band) plays rhythm guitar on this track & is uncredited. As for the bassist, I don't know who he (or she) is playing the bass parts, but it's TIGHT.

[@REDD_BLITZ]

+madamhummingbird The bass playing is courtesy of Leon Sylvers III.

[@jakeo1209]

Jody Watley. Wow. So beautiful. So elegant. Simply gorgeous. And you know what? I just looked at her Wiki page and 60 years old she still looks incredible. That's actually the only song I know by Shalamar.

[@RodrickColbert]

oh no! Shalamar had many great songs prior to this one. Please check them out!

[@TinaBennettsmith]

You must know Dancing In The Sheets. Love Shalamar and Jody. Great music.

[@marselluswallace6597]

Remember she sang on Do They Know It's Christmas when she was with child. Jody is beautiful

[@kingskid2100]

Yes always my Shero 🤗💗

[@raymondwoodard6779]

@@marselluswallace6597 Her daughter was born before that.

[@wendyhermes]

This was a great club song, back-in-the-day.

[@jwbmw6084]

The Best

[@v.dargain1678]

Agreed . It used to fill the disco dance floor up whenever it was played .

[@anthonychiulli7736]

Howard Hewitt ROCKS. Over and over 🔥⭐️💥

[@mrmaxxx94]

shalamar and Leon Silvers were unstoppable and this cut is still the fire. it still jams

[@DBMe33]

I used to like to watch this back then just for her hand clap. Jody was the Erykah Badu of the eighties but without the craycray. 😉

[@sannamaenpaa820]

Me too 😍😍

[@philwill1]

@@sannamaenpaa820 me too and still do.

[@MERTIE123]

I've never heard this song until today when it came on the radio. I like it

[@Smokzdaizm]

Same here... I love Jody and Erykah Badu

[@3912James]

Jody was pretty. Badu....I couldn't tell whether she was pretty or ugly. Talent aside... she seems weird to me

[@ptoyman]

Love this group!!! Jody was always 3 steps ahead when it comes to fashion and dance. She is truly working it in this video. I can’t keep my eyes off her.

[@RBS_]

....To this DAY, every time I play this song, I make the crashing sound of the mask breaking, at the end of the video; ....I remember seeing that, & thinking, "...I think this may be the end of the group...." ...and, this was the FIRST SINGLE from the NEW Album! (CONT.) ..OK,, we ALL know what happened afterwards... but, MAN, were they on the CUSP of superstardom! ...this was new-wave Punk Funk, *NO ONE* (aside from MJ) was doing this, for the young folk; Shalamar was blending Club, New Wave, Valley-Girl Pop, Soul / R&B, and, then......CRASH (4:24)!! ...ha-HAAA!! ...Oh well, I still have the memories.... Thanks, Howard, Jody & Jefferey, you three will ALWAYS be The REAL "Shalamar" !! : )

[@SLN1981]

Go Go Go Jody Watley !!!!!

[@pekkasa]

This track is sooooo much better than those that make the charts these days, meaning dance tracks. This is so very well produced and HAS A MELODY!!! No messing about with vocals or anything, just great dance music!!!!!!!!!!!

[@islandbee]

Anybody remember WTBS Night Tracks when they ran a promotion with this song? It was a Dead Giveaway. 😱

[@raymondmalcuit8361]

I remember night tracks on TBS.

[@Thunderbuck]

My favorite '80s song (for me that's saying something), and DEEPLY underrated. I don't know if it's the amazing synth, the bass, or that great guitar solo, but I just ADORE this song.

[@mysticmerman]

I can't put my finger on it either,but it's always among my top 15 songs of the decade. And I'm an 80s fanatic! It's just completely satisfying every time!

[@Thrillkisser]

Soulwave at its finest! Hasn't lost an ounce of its appeal! 🔥

[@michaelaldredge-greenwell1692]

Still one of the greatest songs of all time

[@terryg995]

I JUST NEED A FLUX CAPACITOR TO PERFECT MY WAY BACK MACHINE

[@lionelkennedy1394]

I'm with you.

[@damienchance2622]

Me 3

[@user-zl1xx5pz9b]

I loved Shalamar! Will always enjoy their music! Still listening to this day!

[@ancientkillers2734]

HOT JODY !!!!!!

[@stephenbayer3909]

I was mesmerized by this song and video. Perfect blend of funk and synth-pop.

[@neter27]

One of the greatest songs of the 80"s. Nice guitar solo from Jesse Johnson .

[@stephanieclanton1212]

Jeffery Daniel

[@AndyPan25]

Jesse Johnson didn't do the solo in this song

[@marcusrob02]

​@AndyPan25 Check the response to one of the above comments. Jesse Johnson DID do that solo!

[@elainebartholomew3374]

Oh! I LOVE this song! Loved Shalamar back then, still love them! ♥️

[@jamesgarrity9376]

Yes sah! LeonSylvers👌🏾

[@spiritBladersonicfan]

This song was so awesome love the 80's forever!!!

[@natespain6342]

I’m having a great time! Traveling to the 80’s in 2020

[@eugenejohnsonii6208]

I agree with you.👍🏽

[@ericr.2766]

Yeah in parachute pants!!!

[@laurasalmieri6810]

Uptown Festival from 77, brought me here. It's cool to see how they went from Disco in the late 70s, to The Second Time Around in early 80, to a lively music video hit in 83. Dancin in the sheets a year later was good too.

[@fredlinne]

Love this era/music...thank you Prince

[@v.dargain1678]

+fred linne Yes ! Thanks a bunch Prince. And in 2016 it's still a dead giveaway 2016 . So the song still rocks .

[@saffirechanning7286]

What did Prince have to do with that song?

[@richardyancey9620]

@@saffirechanning7286 look the song up

[@Ell.06]

@@richardyancey9620 I looked the song but I still don't get it either

[@sidemachine]

Totally forgot Jody Watley was in Shalamar! Have been a fan of her song "Friends" with Rakim for YEARS!

[@bugpal]

I have this on a 12" extended play. This is the kind of music my old self aerobics to.

[@ZenTheMusician]

30 plus years and I still love this song.

[@3912James]

40 years and a few months.

[@3912James]

@@ZenTheMusician I was 15 when this jam was released. Now I'm 56. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ZenTheMusician]

@@3912James got you by a few years brother. I guess then that I was 19. 60 now. Still love it;

[@saffirechanning7286]

Yeah, "Dead Giveaway" is my FAVORITE Shalamar song! According to Jody Watley, she and lead singer, Howard Hewitt were at ODDS during the filming of the song's music video and she QUIT the group right after the video wrapped. So, it UNLIKELY that she was really the MASKED girl who was supposed to have a CRUSH on him.

[@247karmaj]

They used a stand in for the lady in the mask until the end when Jody drops it...Dick Griffey used Howard Hewitt to destroy the group...Sad because this is me Favorite group!

[@robvoyles]

@@247karmaj i was going to say, i was there when they shot the video and Jody was in the mask, and when she dropped it, i picked up a piece of it, kept it and when i moved back to the States a year later, i had lost it.

[@fredlinne]

Love this time/songs

[@rightknowledgeman]

this is my next door neighbors favorite song ( weather they like it or not dammit!!😆)

[@DisgruntledPigumon]

whether.

[@frankjimenez4593]

I get it. Lmao

[@flummoxladida6524]

4:15 is where I hit rewind on my cassette so many times I permanently messed up the tape. :)

[@tommythelonelyboy]

+Flummox Ladida i hit rewind on this video at 4:15 kept replaying it from 4:12, i thought that was a wicker chair behind the girl but it was a metal grate i guess, oh sorry i kept rewinding the video for the guitar riff, i would wear a cassette tape out listening to that too, thank you and your welcome

[@givemetheoutdoors1590]

Me too!!

[@user-hu1kc3pt7t]

70s 80s the golden years you are blessed if you grew up then.😊❤.

[@naomipinder2921]

This used to be my junk 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾💯

[@gbj11]

Best song by this group. Really catchy.

[@tubucoco]

Nah, they had a lot of great songs!

[@wakejake433]

gbj11 agreed

[@davidandromeda9752]

How can modern music keep up with this..if I was a new artist I would give up now

[@hanslesolo]

Modern artists don't get the development like the old days. Shalamar were around for years before this came out.

[@krispykr33m2]

If you want to know anything about the 80's start right here! This is it! :)

[@madamhummingbird]

THIS!

[@soundsgreatentertainment4203]

Great comment as this song features great vocals, it's funky, clever lyrics and a great guitar solo.

[@hansd.lassiter8822]

The end of Shalamar right here....

[@spectrum10]

This was when Howard Hewett was young. He's 68 now.

[@charlesfili5832]

Love how they incorporate rock with soul

[@aintthatsomeshit2920]

Ah - the 80's. That is all.

[@Stevewadey]

Fantastic 80s tune - def a favourite

[@MultiMrMiles]

80s decade BEST ever- best styles best girls all good art and good stuff...new times are 100% piss, really

[@Inkaa1tarot]

MultiMrMiles YASS I totally agree I'm 16 and my parents have me hooked on the 80s I love the feel and the music is way better than today's the 70s and 80s were the 2 best decades especially the 80s music.

[@MultiMrMiles]

good looking out

[@Inkaa1tarot]

MultiMrMiles lol

[@timepoet77]

You’re so right, friend.

[@brapmanbrap5188]

Damm right bro

[@scotttaylor6184]

During this period one could see the growth coming from Jody Watley. She was really coming to herself. She was right to go solo. She look’s so iconic here

[@lionelkennedy1394]

This is a banger!! 80's at its BEST. I love Shalamar!!

[@lfroglfrog4962]

TOWARDS VOICE IS AMAZING!! GREAT VIBE THIS GROUP!! JEFFREY TAUGHT MJ MOVES & JODY GOT THE FUCK DOWN ON HER OWN!!

[@hxycdsa576]

I miss the 80's so much things were better .

[@motorbikeray]

Another great song from the classic Shalamar line-up, the last one before it disbanded.

[@frankzito8653]

When you love a song so much, you wished it had 3 more verses!!

[@billdoty6438]

I forgot about this classic. I was reminded when it came on Sirius Xm today in my car. So glad I caught it. Great jam🔥

[@larryray5719]

Just love these guys! Lol! Had everything on vinal and played them faithfully! Rock on

[@soundsgreatentertainment4203]

Great guitar solo in this song. Jody Watley's last album with Shalamar.

[@rodneythomas8813]

Few performaner could work a long skirt as dramatically as Jody Watley. She gave us fashion cutting edge during every appearance.

[@user-mb1sy9uz6z]

Lawd, have mercy!!❤ Gorgeous Howard Hewett!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@adamharris7775]

The Oberheim DMX snare drums mixed with the Oberheim DMX claps and LinnDrum tambourines are heard.

[@aaronjones975]

Okay, having an 80's dance party

[@ebsnodgrass]

This song is going to be played at my funeral! EPIC! Relive 80s GLORY!

[@jillcanham2963]

Omg I loved Shalamar ...defo a lass who enjoyed the club scene of 80's n 90's...!! 😃👏🎉

[@junosynth]

What a great 80s song.

[@secondchapter]

She was so beautiful in this video. LOVE this jam.

[@jwbmw6084]

beautiful with a sassy attitude. This song is great and her in the video only makes it that much better.

[@sYnerGyZniGmA]

this sounds a lot better on vinyl

[@mattbelinski7760]

Yup

[@larrywilliams6648]

Jody Whatley 😍😍😍😍

[@Shane542]

Miss Watley! Yesssss!!!!

[@MyPrivateMusic]

This and "Digital Display" gotta love the espionage themed videos

[@siruseamsupa6031]

I love this song, 2018 still listening. :)

[@arethawhite3712]

Add me to your list for favorite song by Shalamar!!! 👍👋😀. Take care of yourself and your family during this coronovirus pandemic 😷 ok. Much love from Bunn NC 💖😊👋. Peace out for now my friend!!!

[@Dead-Ball-Situation]

I feel so happy listening to this.

[@reginalewis9680]

This song kicks ass That voice!

[@bruce5799]

KZbin is the best website on the internet for letting me see and hear great songs like this one from my school days

[@wallacesmallwood1465]

This was another great Dance Hit !! Spent many an Hour on the Dance Floor !! What Wonderful Memories ❤️❤️❤️

[@Tez73]

Just brilliant You will never hear music made like this ! EVER

[@lesleycarpenter9066]

Even tho they mad at each other this sounds awesome!!! 2023

[@gmcneoplan84]

This is one of my favorite songs on The Look (1983) album, but the song also serves as a bittersweet exercise for me, especially the video for this song.

[@siruseamsupa6031]

2018 still listening, love this song and the way they moved. :)

[@soundfyr]

Absolutely groovy. They defined great grooves of our time.

[@superstubes]

Love these guyz.

[@hailholyqueen]

A nice addition just as bass slapping and popping was moving mainstream!

[@raymondmalcuit8361]

THIS SONG WENT TO NUMBER 22 ON THE BILLBOARD HOT-100 CHART IN 1983.

[@leiutley4083]

What a great group classic hits

[@arethawhite3712]

Jody is awesome as hell on keyboards and the handclaps!!!!! You go girl 💪!!!!!! Such a talented group back in the day 👍👍👍👍😀😉!!!!!! I sure do miss those days!!!! That bass line is off the chain, and it's tight as hell damn so great sounding!!!! Take care of yourself and your family during this coronovirus pandemic 😷 ok. Much love from Bunn NC.👋✌😎😀!!!!!!!

[@Dsky40]

Loved this

[@camotrooper5607]

Such a catchy hook.

[@bvg83]

Love this tune

[@rwashi]

Brings back memories, great ones..

[@michelle0903]

My girl Jody Watley ! Love this song ❤

[@tonyoliver5537]

that's messed up how the owner of solar records didn't wont jody wately to sing on almost all of shalamar's albums he just wanted her to dance, clap and do background vocals,smh.

[@lilmama291]

@Tony Oliver That was some BS! But she was more successful worldwide going solo. In life, setbacks are put up for a greater COMEBACK BABY!

[@REDD_BLITZ]

As much as I admire Griffey for all his contributions to Black music, not to mention his launching of Solar Records, he too to a great degree treated many of his artists like trash.

[@jgg59]

Griffey actually went out of his way to try and destroy her chances of a solo career. WTF was that about. I don’t know how women get with it back in the day let alone black women. When you realize Donna Summer was able to wrangle away her publishing rights from Casablanca records that was truly amazing and then Jody went on to an amazing career. Black girl magic but it was tough for those ladies all of them black white and Latina

[@mannyleela4473]

Like the detailed sound of this song from the video. It's very rich.