I don't care if people love this song because they lived it back then or because they heard it from someone else these days... This is just art. The lyrics, the heart, let alone the voice... Not a single dance song today has this quality.
@henry-bo3np Жыл бұрын
Well, it's not the Sistine Chapel, but it's a good record. "Let the Music Play" is better. You might want to take a course in art, BTW.
@ddave7026 Жыл бұрын
Art is subjective . Point not taken.
@henry-bo3np Жыл бұрын
@@ddave7026 Merry Christmas to you too. "Give Me Tonight" is a good record. I liked it when it came out
@marylynnearnold4236 Жыл бұрын
@@henry-bo3np sorry buddy got to get you in the game this song is better
@marylynnearnold4236 Жыл бұрын
@@ddave7026 better than any thing payed in 35 yeas
@JohnDoe-fc5xg8 жыл бұрын
Whoever wrote her music and produced/engineered them is an absolute genius.
@kenyadavis898 жыл бұрын
indeed!
@speedtribejp8 жыл бұрын
Chris Barbosa
@michaelberta31536 жыл бұрын
Best disco tune ever!
@sz427816 жыл бұрын
+Michael Berta very possibly
@williamtruitt33464 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@shannon67714 жыл бұрын
Keep the 80s aliiiive!
@DanielHernandez-zu5vv9 ай бұрын
This video is insane. And has forever changed me. I adore it.
@williamfreeman821011 ай бұрын
Classic Freestyle! Takes me back to high school.
@erickgonzalez738310 ай бұрын
I'm so old I miss break dancing to all these songs
@ShadowShaman18 күн бұрын
i am 53 still make fc,king break dancing
@ShadowShaman18 күн бұрын
🤣
@julietosakwe5282 Жыл бұрын
The 80s was the pinnacle of creativity in music. Good music. PERIOD
@pauljacinto55808 жыл бұрын
The DJ played this last weekend at a club here in Lisbon and the place went wild. This jam still rocks!
@cintoman5 жыл бұрын
This was and is still an awesome song !! Hey @Paul Jacinto, I'm from the USA (Rhode Island), and growing up in grade school, I had a Paul Jacinto in my class. He was Portuguese and when we were about 7-8 years old, he moved from the USA to Portugal. Could this be you?
@Omar00L5 жыл бұрын
do you know other songs like this?? this song is still legendary
@pauljacinto55804 жыл бұрын
@@cintoman I went the other way. Moved to N.Y. when I was 9 and came back to Portugal a few years ago.
@benjaminreiss76093 жыл бұрын
@@Omar00L Let the Music Play
@Omar00L3 жыл бұрын
@@benjaminreiss7609 good one i know it tho but thanks a lot...
@freedom4mealways7 ай бұрын
Shannon kept the Eighties alive when she gave pop fans tonight in 1984. In 2024 this song and video still have "Pop"!
@MasterHoo36 Жыл бұрын
Born in 84 but my mom made sure I was up to the times on 80s classics. Now my daughter singing the in 2023. 😂 #timeless
@irishrover93322 ай бұрын
Go you Millenials and Zoomers!
@taralo1611 жыл бұрын
THIS IS THE JAM!! I used to play this song so loud in my '81 Regal the windows would rattle....awwwww-such great memories...If I could only go back in time for just a month. Until they invent a time machine, I'll have to keep my memories in my heart and this music in my soul.
@RoxineCrew Жыл бұрын
#THEJAM 🎤
@RoxineCrew Жыл бұрын
#WE #NEED #HOTTUBTIMEMACHINES 😂
@Anyone55311 ай бұрын
I had a nice stereo in my room and I had this song loud and dancing
@DeputyDawgSS13 жыл бұрын
80's were ahead of its time. Sounded hot then and sounds just as hot now. Freestyle music will never be beaten.
@ajtowin8 ай бұрын
This is one of those early 80s tracks that hits the central part of my nervous system no matter what year it is like now in 2024
@ymax99152 ай бұрын
80’s has the best music.
@ElderBoobАй бұрын
Fr
@bryanlopez181 Жыл бұрын
I was born at the wrong time I just discovered this banger and I’ve had it on repeat for a good whole! I’m only 30 but man do I love these throwbacks 🔥🔥🔥
@richardlahan7068 Жыл бұрын
Keep listening to the classics!
@mouldsie9884 Жыл бұрын
I was born at the right time. Wore the vinyl 45 out. A banger indeed 😁
@richardlahan7068 Жыл бұрын
Check out "I'll Wait" by Van Halen.
@shawnm14724 ай бұрын
Listen to Chaka khan, "This is My Night"
@jhhayes72419 жыл бұрын
"Give Me Tonight" and "Let The Music Play" have a similar beat, but still separately treasured. Shannon was underrated. Both of those songs were great club songs. The songs had a fantastic beat made for freestyle dancing. There's nothing like the songs of the 80's.
@StandUp4YourPower8 жыл бұрын
+J Hayes She's like the female Rick Astley with her two big hits sounding essentially the same but loved by fans nonetheless.
@davidrileynyc57025 жыл бұрын
There's another song that sounds like Give me tonight. Expose's point of no return
@marcoaureliovicente.67554 жыл бұрын
Ao ouvir essa seu austral não levantar,preucure psico logo!
@typetronic24 жыл бұрын
Dont write here is only 4 BLM! ))
@garyhendrie40013 жыл бұрын
Love both and Snap rhythm is a dancer same vein. Brilliant tunes
@RichardDow-djmrswotchnonstop9 жыл бұрын
Shout out to Shannon (She still performs her hits!) Classic material - We used to roller skate to this!
@bensmith41943 ай бұрын
This was my ABSOLUTE favorite back in the day I played it faithfully weekly and still play it often in the 2024.😊😊
@BrookieMonster13138 ай бұрын
These songs are like the 80’s version of 90’s old school breakbeats. My now husband and I were deep into the rave scene back in the day and I just had him hear this and told him this is some underground 80’s gold. I used to get down to this and Stacy Q, Lisa Lisa, etc so hard lol. I was only like 8 or 9 but I got DOWN. haha. I love being an 80’s baby.. loved growing up in that era. I would have had TOO much fun if I were a young adult in the 80’s lol.
@ptrsrfns11 ай бұрын
I don't care what people say, the 80s were the best decade in music!
@vicentevargas63337 ай бұрын
Best ever 👍👍👍
@davesilva756 ай бұрын
Yes and 90s..done in 2000
@yehah5 ай бұрын
Every genre too. Not to say the movies, cartoons, tv shows, toys, etc....and the list goes on.
@dt27455 ай бұрын
best decade in life....
@fabiookonolanguages5 ай бұрын
Definitely!
@aintthatthtruth2 жыл бұрын
Love this song!!! I was 8 when this song came out, omg! Just listening to this gives me chills of happiness!!
@WillieHeath-vm9mm Жыл бұрын
❤
@bassboi200111 ай бұрын
Me too 😂😂😂
@girlvegan112 жыл бұрын
Wow I heard this in a movie last night and got chills up my spine. I hadn't heard this in probably 25 years. Cruising around in my bf's GTO listening to Shannon. Cool memories :)
@MiguelRodriguez-zd6tq8 жыл бұрын
This so-called 80s classic, as well as "Let the music play," are still played at most parties, 30 years later! Go Shannon! Bring freestyle back.
@60mark614 ай бұрын
It just petered out short of reaching the Billboard Top 40 (#46) in the middle of 1984. #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1984. Still an awesome tune!
@clydegoodrich67203 ай бұрын
This is one of those songs that rockets me back to the nights when I'd enter the dance floor and look forward to a fun night. It gives me great joy, happy memories. Shannon was one of the dance Queens. ❤
@fouseklh12 жыл бұрын
This is a timeless classic. Love this song.
@thomasrobertson935710 ай бұрын
That's why you can never ever forget Old school music
@alexispalencia98989 ай бұрын
Me escapaba para guerra de minitecas y está canción mandaba en la pista
@shannon67713 ай бұрын
❤❤❤
@JoseSanchez-p3wАй бұрын
Progressive in every music that influence others at the time. Videos are on fleek by this artist.
@Lashid4u8 жыл бұрын
I object to ANYONE who says that Shannon was a one-hit wonder ..this song was VERY underrated!
@BushiBato8 жыл бұрын
+Lashid4u i know her most from Let the music play so she can't be a 1 hit wonder
@Kolegate8 жыл бұрын
+Lashid4u I agree 110%
@shazam85728 жыл бұрын
Why in the world would anyone ever call her that when she was the queen of freestyle back in the day? This is Shan-fucking-non we're talking about.
@thomasrokos54338 жыл бұрын
Saw her at Morgan State University in Baltimore and she "Rocked it" xxxooo best years of my life
@joedotson76788 жыл бұрын
Lashid4u ok two hits but at least they were good ones
@saberovsky8 жыл бұрын
Shannon was one of a kind,voice and instruments perfectly used.Once again,the 80's still rule.
@Joegoog23213 ай бұрын
Definitely top 5 freestyle tracks. She was ahead of the curve!!!!
@shannon67713 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@rachfatcat8 жыл бұрын
Always preferred this to Let the Music Play. It has a dark edginess that I love.
@mzzvaughan8 жыл бұрын
YES! ME TOO!👍
@kathleenwidener41708 жыл бұрын
👍🏻
@garyhendrie40013 жыл бұрын
Love both
@ddrebrne33363 жыл бұрын
Same!
@edwardk64643 жыл бұрын
I couldn't possibly choose between the two I love them both equally! But yes I definitely love how dark this one sounds in comparison, plus I love the way the vocals are edited on the longer version of this song, absolutely phenomenal
@EvanderSmart9 жыл бұрын
How this did not become a Top 10 or 20 hit nationally in the US is a joke Didn't even chart Top 40! Crushed it in New York City. I was raised on this jam! The rest of the country missed out.
@ejessup19 жыл бұрын
+Evander Smart This song was representative of the thriving underground dance scene of the 80s. It was too cool to be top 40. ;)
@EvanderSmart9 жыл бұрын
+Ed Jessup It was simply ahead of its time, but this was the follow-up her only real hit, the very similar Let The Music Play. No good reason for one to hit and one to miss.
@EvanderSmart9 жыл бұрын
***** Stopped at #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the Spring of 84. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_Me_Tonight
@shirleythomas869 жыл бұрын
in our community, DJs played it like it was a top ten... and do did the discotheques! We didn't miss out We jammed all day long to this
@akaiylyn9 жыл бұрын
+What is Bitcoin? I was raised on this too. New London, CT.
@jamescameron19688 жыл бұрын
80s freestyle was the best !!!!!!
@Dobemandan7 жыл бұрын
James Cameron Damm straight!!! Killer beat!!!
@jennafox79905 жыл бұрын
still ease
@applepie584 жыл бұрын
100%
@SG-wy3tb4 жыл бұрын
Was this really 1980s, or 1990s?
@jumponey4 жыл бұрын
Check this video of these Young African boys still dancing in 2019 on Shannon and other 80's classics! Its incredible! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pZWXf2aFeL15iqs
@PennyEvaMauzerolle3 ай бұрын
Miss the 80's🎉When we would go to Clubs, This was the jam so many would PACK the dance floor with! Still to this day Shannon's music is loved!! OMAA-LUV IT!!😅AWESOME Music,Awesome TIMES!!
@monicka_s_toor_dance8063 Жыл бұрын
Love the energetic beats and the overall vibes of this song! It's beyond amazing!!! ...like from another dimension!!🤩😍🥰😘😘😘
@victormanuelmorenogarcia698610 ай бұрын
Jajajajajaja quise expresar lo que sentia cuando escucho esta cancion.pero hay personas como usted que lo entienden y lo pueden escribir .es como que usted tiene la capacidad de leer los pensamientos .gracias 😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@WinterSteele2 жыл бұрын
This is honestly one of my all-time favorite songs. I can't understand why Shannon wasn't a huge success. She should've been as big as Madonna, imo.
@frederickhaaken456 Жыл бұрын
Stop
@bassboi200111 ай бұрын
Bringing me back to my childhood 😂❤. I miss the 80s! They used to play this song on Power 96, Miami Florida.
@killerqueen39959 ай бұрын
yes! miami kid here 😅
@chrisdooley64688 жыл бұрын
I can remember it perfectly still - I'm 18 driving up and down the "show off" route in my mustang convertible top down blasting this over my new Kenwood radio lol. Songs like this bring back memories
@ericdavis29282 жыл бұрын
Many memories
@jessd9569 жыл бұрын
Dope! Miss the 80's so much. Everything was better.
@gillesbrassard3556 жыл бұрын
agreed
@crumdog6 ай бұрын
Embarrassed to say I’ve only just discovered/been introduced to this absolute beauty of a track!!! (By my missus) Every days a school day. Been on repeat while I dance my way through the day 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@Moshe.19729 жыл бұрын
this is by far the greatest song from the eighties
@scottbellagio2 ай бұрын
Yesssssssssss!!!!!!! Oh this song was HOT IN 1983/84. This is still playing. Love you Shannon! Let’s dance sweet lady. ❤❤
@MoMoMyPup1010 жыл бұрын
This was her best song! Let the music play was a bigger hit but this is the song that rocked the clubs.
@dannyeskalante4301 Жыл бұрын
One of the best poplocking songs in the world!!!
@memenewww53858 жыл бұрын
long live the 80's for sho!!
@DA-ib1ii Жыл бұрын
This was everybody’s jam in my hood back in the day. I remember it blasting from cars, neighbors apartments, block parties (sigh) I miss them days 😭💔
@charlielopezm2 жыл бұрын
This tune was way ahead of its time - certified banger.
@shannon67712 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@JoslynShakur-e3p10 ай бұрын
What's the words to this jam?It's something about it,I guess this could have been one of those hidden jams!
@oswingrant10 жыл бұрын
Still the best musical era, 80s
@mexicansoutherngirl4 жыл бұрын
You better believe it :)
@kenbray56824 жыл бұрын
35 years later and I'm still listening too Freestyle music and I'll be listening in 35 years from now if I'm alive lol....
@kenbray56823 жыл бұрын
I went back in time it's 1985 now! Im rollin hard extacy baby what a ride..........
@coreyregina7 жыл бұрын
Love her songs...80's were my decade...best music
@blowduke Жыл бұрын
One of the best club songs ever , still fresh 2023 .
@shannon67713 ай бұрын
❤❤
@ClemR.34 жыл бұрын
The second hit, brilliant production, big heart and soul in vocals, it was my favorite of the Shannon album, still sounds fantastic and fresh.
@ibukundaniels90222 жыл бұрын
Shannon.. just a once in a life time phenomenon.... fantastic singer. But not sure she received as much accolades as her voice and music
@CoolCool-ql9vm4 жыл бұрын
I was driving tonight, my iPod played this song, I blasted my stereo a woman smiled and looked, she was flabbergasted as she heard the song. I play Shannon’s songs so loud, every one around must hear them. It’s a must.
@colleenstetson43192 жыл бұрын
Such a QUEEN! Beautiful woman and voice. I wonder if she still has the crown from this video.. 👑
@San_Powerrr4 ай бұрын
Damn,I must say 80s songs just hit hard especially when played in modern clubs
@u.smarines1649 Жыл бұрын
Little village Chicago in the 80's, what a Time to be a teenager!,best times of my life. .
@alissaburge63755 жыл бұрын
I loved the old school freestyle music back in the 1980’s and still going strong.
@kimtruthseeker50005 жыл бұрын
Give it up...to the Queen Shannon! I'm 57 yrs young...and still can not sit still listening to this classic song! Shannon is Queen that deserves her crown! 👑🎤👑
@Kolegate8 жыл бұрын
'Let the Music Play' is a classic, but this right here is a classic also!
@thepowerstation27024 жыл бұрын
Beautiful mind body soul and voice. Long live Shannon. Let the music 🎶 play! 👍 💖
@SalvadorGomez-n2w7 ай бұрын
Straight from California bumping every day
@funkmasterfishdatdamnfish74424 жыл бұрын
Who else is going through their favorite jams thinking about life back in the days? Please tell me I'm not the only one✌🏼️
@shannon67714 жыл бұрын
No you're not!
@MsHolmi3 жыл бұрын
I promise you are NOT the only one! I’m from Denmark and I still love this song, and all the other great 80’s songs! The quality was just better and every one didn’t need to have plastic surgery. Shannon and all of the other stars of that time were real talents and they kept their clothes on! Miss those days!
@jacobmartinez54619 ай бұрын
I'm in a nostalgic universe wishing I could turn back time
@MrSjm196412 жыл бұрын
Great song!!! I remember dancing to this song at the clubs in the 80's and jamming to all of Shannon's songs in my Sunbird. Thanks for posting!!!
@sassymissm5 жыл бұрын
2019 and going...one of the best freestyle/dance songs ever made! If this doesn't get your ass on that dance floor I swear 😂😉
@Yaknshell10 жыл бұрын
The production on this song was so ahead of its time! Great classic!
@celinettegotay56936 ай бұрын
This was and will remain music for an eternity for the ones that lived the 80’s. I miss these days si much!! 😞❤️
@moonflick9 жыл бұрын
So ahead of its time.... 1984?! Crazy.
@ervins.kalnins56132 жыл бұрын
PERFECT !!! Masterpiece !👍👍👍
@shannon67712 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@ervins.kalnins56132 жыл бұрын
@@shannon6771 👍👍👍✌️🥰
@lynda57503 жыл бұрын
Amazing song! All these years later, I still can't sit still when I hear it.
@shannon67713 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!!
@kashjay4489 Жыл бұрын
I don't know how this song came to be, but the underlying operatic verses against the electro backdrop is the best stroke of musical genius since ABBA. We need a musical for this!!
@rayvaldez537910 ай бұрын
My friend Shannon Rocks this classic song
@jerryj1443 жыл бұрын
I Watched This Impeccable Music Video, And After That...I Just Want To Say...I Love You Shannon Because You Are Stupendously Special To Me. You Are An Inspiration: Thank You So Much Shannon.
@larrycj43824 жыл бұрын
This is my fave Shannon song! Love the fantasy theme here. Still ROCKS today!!!
@teresadickerson28809 ай бұрын
I loved it was the best in music. Everyone wants to claim but it is only those who lived it
@Jezza_C_WT2 жыл бұрын
Damn.. This slaps hard!
@shannon67712 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@aqueenwaits10 жыл бұрын
This used to be my old workout song. I love me some SHANNON! I never knew that there was a video to this song.
@93Vet13 жыл бұрын
Name another decade with as much great music as the 80s...you can't. Enough said. xx
@refereerobjackson11 ай бұрын
For me, skating rinks were filled with music from the 60's to early 2000's when I was a kid (born in 94) and I will always love ye freestyle songs, especially this one! Takes me back 23 years
@victorgaleas680 Жыл бұрын
Blessed are the ones who are still here enjoying such classic beats. 80’s 4 ever live on!!!
@Right_Direction_6 ай бұрын
I didn't know this had 2 videos. This one is pretty out there.
@jonjor19879 жыл бұрын
this is one of her best songs that I've heard so far.
@GeraldineClawson2 ай бұрын
She flipped her hair wow, Cool video ❤😂
@natashabishun6737 жыл бұрын
when life was simple and uncomplicated!
@STEVENOLIVEIRAportovintage5 жыл бұрын
Natasha Bishun i Was so in love with that era
@Astijuj4 жыл бұрын
@Walter White but You had no phone, no internet, no own money, no independence, couldn't do want You want, You had to listen to other people and learn what You didnt like...
@gnsernest4 жыл бұрын
Thats right!!
@gman71594 жыл бұрын
Agreed fully first heard this on holiday in Spain 84 have it on vinyl👍👍👍
@sikkemeister1014 жыл бұрын
hehe I guess :)
@customtheatres4 жыл бұрын
Shannon always pushing the mix engineer beyond his limits MORE COMPRESSION
@juansimmons62142 жыл бұрын
300 Legendary bboys and bgirls where ya at! Freestyle at its finest 🔥🔥
@alanmundi44108 жыл бұрын
This is the REAL people, can't touch this Old School dance music!!!
@marshalltravis32175 ай бұрын
What a great tune. I started 1984 in high school. By the end of the year I was in the Army. Great memories and experiences. Purple rain movie and soundtrack, The Time, Run DMC….. 40 years ago and 40 pounds lighter with a full head of hair….❤️
@TheRoxie69 Жыл бұрын
Takes me right back to the 11th grade! I love this song! ♥️
@jamesa.litteralmarks.taylo28618 жыл бұрын
Good 'ole dance bar music....miss the 80's so much! I wanna go back!!!!!
@justiceleague72 Жыл бұрын
Great song great performance, we miss this kind of music nowadays
@riversong656 Жыл бұрын
Everyone got up to shake a leg when Shannon came on in the 80s. What a gal❤
@themansayz11 жыл бұрын
OMG This was the jam. I remember when this would play in a club .
@kazemikatabani27537 жыл бұрын
All hail Shannon. Give me Tonight and Let the Music Play. 1980's garage parties anthems. Thank God there were no cell phones to record us dancing back then.