THE CROWN - GARY BYRD AND THE GB EXPERIENCE

[@mrpeteroy365]

One of the best songs of all time

[@MissLondon.born.1965]

Love this Tune,58 yr old woman from Britain, Still know the Words 👍👌🙋🏼‍♀️🇬🇧

[@tanyabagpuss2342]

Me too! We could do a duet 😂🎤🎶 Still one of my absolute favourites 💯❤️

[@djbrandonjames]

@@tanyabagpuss2342 Proper tune.Gospel music at its best, even if you ain't religious. I used to have it on vinyl

[@auroragaming1234]

57 yr old English dude still feeling this! Bought it on vinyl yesterday for £2 at a vinyl fair. Result. 🙂👍❤️

[@Level42Man]

I'm a 1966 SE London Boy 🥳

[@malarki5]

#MeeToo

[@TIMMOFUNK]

I posted this song for people to appreciate the music. The music is for everybody to enjoy regardless of colour or race. This is not a forum for abuse, if you actually listen to the song all the way through, you will realise the message is for everybody. Thank you

[@ELIJA40]

Nice one Timmo.

[@tracyyy99]

I have the original 12" vinyl which i bought when it came out 1983 i believe. Thank you for the upload...I love this song.

[@robingodou9617]

merci

[@xhy20x]

The music is for everybody, but the message is to our own black people....

[@ELIJA40]

Well said my friend. Peace. Love. God bless.

[@JennyAmponsah]

Still listening in 2024!!😊😊😊😊

[@nbleau6600]

Me to

[@nbleau6600]

Fantastic song

[@martiaheunis6716]

IM STILL JAMMIN TO THIS SONG😎😎

[@kevinclark1992]

What days they were. Takes me right back, "we wear the crown, get down".

[@JennyAmponsah]

@@kevinclark1992 yes!!! Loved it!!

[@phaelon56]

I'm a 67 year old white dude, who got married for the first time at age 60. I tracked down the 12" extended single of this and had the DJ at our wedding reception play it. Yes - it's an incredibly life-affirming and positive message that EVERYONE should hear. Our friends and guests were a mix of white, Caribbean, Hispanic, Asian, and African-American folks. EVERYONE loved it.

[@Si_digs]

Awesome 👊🏽😎 🇬🇧

[@c.ggoldie6696]

Love this song, love your story more..(nearly 😉❤) X

[@raqimdeveroux2339]

Really if u telling the truth respect 👊👊💯❤️❤️❤️

[@andrewthorpe9389]

I loved this the first time I ever heard it. Never been a time since that it didn’t excite me!

[@nickquartey2306]

I love all you people who love this song - this song is REAL THINGS! 🙌🏽

[@tygotcha7]

Almost in tears........this song used to make me so happy as a kid! That chorus just brings back childhood memories!!

[@tobylots]

Me to mate

[@InnerCityGirl1]

Hands up if you're still listening in 2019? joy....

[@adspreadcollective]

Hands WAYYYY up!

[@1921ewpeter]

Yessss...today 17-11-2019 !!! Still cool !!!

[@mortisxx5712]

What a great song, in every aspect. Still listening, in Norway :)

[@elaineneilhutchinson8240]

Still listening France. Love this song

[@danstrainspotting4579]

Absolutely 🙂

[@kimbennett8532]

I am 59 years old and this just reminds me of how much better our lives were. we did not have much all we wanted was the music and getting pissed on a fiver. it makes you wanna cry.Kimmy B

[@jeremywinter8202]

+Kim Bennett :-) :-) you know it swet x

[@jeremywinter8202]

+Kim Bennett lol sweet

[@danyapeacock3454]

+Kim Bennett agreed

[@georgewalsh5300]

spot on kim. im 50 & i was boppin 2 this yrs ago. fiver got u out, pissed & a chippy meal👌

[@andrewwatts9385]

+Kim Bennett yep 54 now and still have the vinyl,,,some soul moving music,,memories,,,think of the cars we were driving,lol

[@Jester7dog]

Human skin colour should never have any bearing. Every human is equal. Been lucky to know many peoples from Asia Africa Middle East Europe. Everyone has great value. Great respect and regard.

[@billybop65]

My colour is incidental. Bought this on my 18th birthday in 83 and it spoke to me and still does. Be proud of who you are whoever you are. Respect and love each other. No time for hate life is short.

[@jeremywinter8202]

+Billy McKirdy spot on bud well said :-)

[@danielfrancis1302]

+Billy McKirdy REAL TALK!!!

[@scottorummalleus9364]

respect man

[@ryanrichardson7423]

#muchrespectbro!!!!!!!!!!!

[@anthonyelton9688]

Billy McKirdy good man GEEZER........X

[@thfcberba]

i last posted about this song around 6 years ago.. I went to an 80s night last weekend and the dj played the intro to this song and i was the only one who got it !! And i still know every single word.. Well impressed and so was he !!

[@tobylots]

Should have a 1 billion likes ! It’s that’s good

[@djbrandonjames]

you are not wrong!

[@sallyjoan]

@@djbrandonjames yes they are wrong

[@StefanoPORCODDIO]

​@@sallyjoan Womp womp retigga

[@nathanmaddock1103]

In 2022. This song is a timeless classic, my dad introduced me to this song! I still feel people don't appreciate the history that this song covers. One of the best ever

[@mikeshaw5685]

Still love this and I am almost 70!!!

[@robertshaw9168]

Mike Shaw good stuff Mike age isn’t a barrier for a great tune im 51 and still love this

[@stefanhartema139]

age must not play a role in music

[@siliconesal]

Mike Shaw good ol' boy ...

[@adc2327]

Me too.

[@evonartz3697]

Now your 75 congrats hope your still there🙏🏽❤️

[@Yvohoho]

Just transported back to 1983 Lloret de Mar 18-30s holiday, 22 years old and really living my best life. 61 now fat, recently widowed. Bless you and thanks for the memories of happier times 🖤🤍🤎

[@LagernLime]

Just brilliant. I bought this 12" single as a young boy 40 years ago in Glasgow, Scotland. Still have it somewhere. The rhythm, the beat... captivated me. I learned every word on the back of the sleeve... and now have just reeled it all off again! Magic.

[@paulhirst1182]

I did too, but lost the 12" somehow

[@williamforsyth-ye4rc]

I did the same thing, around the same time, but in Edinburgh 😉

[@paulw3765]

Still listening to this 2023, still a top tune..

[@geoffwalsh7371]

It is bang out of order to disrupt any songs with adverts, does any one else agree?.

[@malarki5]

I am from Britain and my dad played this when l was a toddler. My books told this very story and reinforced what Gary Bird rapped about! I am forever grateful to both my father & DJ Gary Bird!

[@joanie3452]

What books, from where?

[@megaphoenix2001]

songs like this are still being played and listened to 32 yrs later dont think many songs that are getting released now will still b played in 2047 really glad i grew up in the 80s

[@SasquatchAtTheSpaceDisco]

megaphoenix2001 The saddest thing is that they WILL be played, and they'll be remembered as classics.

[@obrownojay106]

megaphoenix2001 Fully agreed with what u said. Music of the 80s the best ever !!! Never getting tired of listening to them..... Alot do bring tears to my eyes...... they go deep down my soul......

[@lesleylove2554]

Obrown Ojay

[@lesleylove2554]

lesley love I agree - I have moved to Cambodia and had to download all my old 80s songs and still can dance around to them - still feel 25 years old!

[@anthonyelton9688]

megaphoenix2001 xxx true say my friend

[@samanthacroker3933]

This tune is Awake up to all .. listen to the words... Stay United and not divided... I'm 53... This is my tune 😊.... Love it always .. what a message to humanity if only people listen. Xx

[@Striker1973666]

One of the best tunes ever made. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@maxxxx398]

Not wrong there brother… will never get old

[@tobylots]

No question Phill

[@pauldent9227]

@@tobylots great stuff

[@tobylots]

It’s not in question Phil

[@bertloon885]

17 years old ,48 now still remember the words

[@chrisbarrett1254]

Ffffffantasic !!!@. Turn 40 years back

[@thfcberba]

i was 14 when i bought this,54 now and i still love it !

[@sting125]

This tune must have lifted you up when you were 17

[@MM-di4iz]

I’m here on 20 June 2021 listening to this masterpiece.. 38 years later I’m still loving it .. 80’s a decade to remember and how lucky I was to live to every moment ❤️

[@michaelpowell614]

I totally agree

[@happisakshappiplace.6588]

I remember this from the UK in the 80's my gawd this was so good.

[@andymann7762]

Stevie Wonder has been such an important figure in the soundtrack of my life. A true gift. Thankyou for everything Stevie !

[@nickquartey2306]

King-man ❤🙌🏽

[@dpchaldon]

This is funk. I learned very word when I was 16 by listening to it endlessly - the Stevie Wonder break is incredible.

[@tobylots]

Oh mate Stevie interlude is classic bro 😊

[@tobylots]

Sublime

[@rafaelramirez1507]

Love this song so much especially when Stevie Wonder kicks in ... what a gem 💎 ✨

[@tobylots]

Stevie the Godfarther

[@bkrider19]

Didn't realize Teena Marie did backup for this - I love it even more for that. Her voice just gives me strength.

[@DaveMcleanJr]

I never knew that

[@davecoalwood9487]

​@@DaveMcleanJrNor Me❤

[@philp4021]

Teena is amazing

[@funkysexy69]

LOVE TEENA!! 😍 ABSOLUTE CLASS! 💯

[@smokienumber1]

I loved this way back. Have it on 12" vinyl. The message is so powerful and still as relevant today. Like the man says, " We all have a crown in place" wear yours with pride. ❤️✌🏽️🌏

[@davejones4799]

prob worth a few quid now I'm sure...:-)

[@gregc7699]

Dave Jones it's not worth anything

[@davejones4799]

*****​ damn I thought it would of been cos I think they stopped pressing copies of that decades ago...

[@gregc7699]

Sorry mate I picked up a copy for 25p just yesterday

[@davejones4799]

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@blueridgehotel]

November 2024 Stevie gets me everytime at 5.29 secs. Goose bumps and feel like crying. Unbelievable. Love him and this song. Much much much love ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@scottorummalleus6917]

There is a generation of people born in the mid 60s who when hearing this just know. Youre in the presence of others of the same generation. No words are needed just a simple nod. You know dont you? We were there and will never forget. Gee what a time

[@ElbertJohnson-rd1dk]

I'm

[@MaidanRustle]

True. Boomers lived through the golden age of the entire human existence and right away they tore it down from their children.

[@adc2327]

I was staying in London when I first heard this. If you were in the clubs this was banging! Then when I came back to the USA, few had heard of this song. I was so disappointed. Had to bring it back with me from England.

[@noifurze6397]

Very true it was banging in the clubs in England then,totally unique and original record

[@jenniferfields1084]

USA Chicago IL we jam this song

[@irefaanarnold]

I love stories like these...the unkown hits. It is strange how this song never became no 1. In the US. Strange indeed

[@aceguymiller]

I to bought this in 83. now i am 53 and still loves it i tells ya!!!!

[@fabricevaast-kf3ez]

Énorme souvenir funky waouh gigantesque indétrônable inoubliable planétaire formidable fantastique incontournable fantastique magnifique

[@axe7064]

Just an incredible tune. Educational, socially conscious, positive. We need to get back to this

[@jeshun7071]

Co written by Stevie Wonder & Gary Byrd who sing & rap on this mega hit of a track, retelling the story of the coming of modern civilisation, paying homage to the Alkebus, the Romans, the ancient Greeks, Neffertiti, king Tut, the Sphinx, Cleopatra, Alex Haley, Roots, Muhammad Ali, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Louis, Malcolm x, a history class but in a rap format

[@streetcat1510]

Glad you mentioned this .

[@thegreatiam6849]

I used to jam to this chune nuff times but had no idea of the lyrical content.. wow! Thanks for pointing this out 👏🏽👏🏽

[@glennhall8665]

@@streetcat1510 Me too! I’m normally a lyrics person, but somehow these passed me by..

[@blacksoul2410]

he wasnt "paying homage" to the romans OR the greeks

[@lauranicholls9421]

This song is a great experience for my ears. And great to hear. Stevie. Wonder They don’t and never will make music like this any more. I’m so honoured to have been a youth when this song was out. I remember. Very hot summers and snowy winters as the seasons should be. I wish I could go back even just for an hour. Didn’t know we had it so good. No need for mobiles. 💛💚❤️💛💚❤️⭐️🌙🌈⭐️🌞🌈🌏⭐️🌈🌏💫🌛⭐️🌈🌙🌍🌟🌈🌞🌍🌟🌈💫☀️🌙🌏🌈💫☀️🌙🌈

[@jadedjonny1040]

This is real music. One of my faves ❤

[@TalluvingAngel]

My mother would play this record over and over and Im so glad that she did! It fed me!!!! This song takes the cake for the music thats out today which I wont even listen too! Thanks mom!!!! :)

[@jerryclack2019]

My elder brother Charlie fed me Barry White so glad he did. What a gift xx

[@MrSamcab21]

20th june 2020 still sounds fresh. this record is under played.

[@auldreekie7768]

2021

[@simonbpalmer6617]

I wonder why...🙄

[@derptube9729]

@@auldreekie7768 omg same

[@kld5617]

Heard this last night in a bar floor filler 🎸🎸🎸🎙🎙🎧🎧🎧🎵

[@versatilejams]

Wish they’d release this digitally, this is probably my favorite old-school hip hop jam of all time. Before late 80s hip hop and gangster rap, this was the business, with a great message for all races.

[@johntodd8379]

Just ace , best played loud , bought it in 1983 , absolutely ace .

[@colink4823]

Completely timeless music. That's the mark of a great song

[@leonafitzgerald1810]

The best rap of all time and the message is so strong and true,thanks for this brilliant song

[@joemonty5922]

One of the best songs of the 80 s

[@AnthonyRantin-sz7ti]

Buffalo NY been in the house give us our respect

[@favormark5222]

Who is here 2023 ❤🎉

[@Rittstuff]

An all time favorite. I just love this.

[@robandwood57]

This is relevant to all people everywhere. A joyous piece of music and much needed, especially nowadays. Enjoy!

[@wilfredobenitez9205]

absolutely brilliant, remember who produced it, the musical genius that is Stevie Wonder!

[@tobylots]

The genius he certainly is

[@brosmania1]

absolute perfection! you wont hear a better tune than this. pure class!!!!

[@tobylots]

Timeless classic untouchable

[@jerryclack2019]

Thanks for posting this song which is an integral part of my musical taste. Love it all those years ago and still do now in 2022. Definitely has stood the test of time. ⌚⌚⌚⌚

[@timgood2778]

I absolutely LOVE this song and have ever since I heard it for the 1st time back in the 80's!

[@richardnevillewalker672]

Me too! As fresh today as the day it was released.

[@tobylots]

A masterpiece Tim

[@saecobee]

I'm a 42yr old South African, defined by Apartheid as coloured...In the eighties I was a teenager caught up in Hip Hop...yep we had tv in Africa, as a kid I came across this song...it brought me to tears...as I played it over and over...learned the lyrics...something inside me changed! Gary Byrd, and Stevie Wonder gave me the courage to declare...I where the crown...the pain of Apartheid could not stand against this beat...I got down...danced my heart out!

[@kendu1327]

WOW!!!! This song is so ahead of its time....the lyrics is Amazing

[@patrickstromann3836]

Lots of Hotep business, but one of my favorite songs from my youth. It's among the songs which send me on my journey to seek knowledge.

[@2005peasah]

Gary Byrd brought us to be inspired, thirty-three years ago with his rap classic.

[@Cameo718.]

Kwame Aboagye absolutely sir

[@trudirosie4186]

I'm a 69 year old white British woman and still love this song and it's lovely positive message

[@andyhogan7392]

This takes me back to the 80s when I was in my 20s. Love it

[@wandawizard5605]

Oh my god, this takes me back to my funky days of the 80’s. I have this on 12”.

[@fastluvninja]

My cousins had this on vinyl, I used to demand they play it whenever I visited. I love the message.

[@michaelofarrell9637]

This is just timeless.2024..love the Stevie Wonder bit..😊

[@frederickurzac7014]

moi aussi je suis un fan de stevie wonder

[@frenchieseverine4514]

What a song!! It was powerful and Stewie's voice was honey and awesome .The lyrics are so good. An old goodie of the seventies. I want to give Stewie and Gary Byrd a crown because they deserved it!!

[@bootneyfarnsworth5689]

Chuck D brought me here!! I Vaguely remember this from long ago. Wonder why this 🤔 was never played much

[@oliviaLOVEShenry]

I gave my 12" to the thrift store.....I'm still crying about it now!

[@davidjones1119]

ya gave it to a thrift store...damn id of paid you goood money for it...goood money.... lolz smh

[@steve40092]

oh mate, it's worth a bomb on the vinyl DJ circuit

[@mortisxx5712]

Sorry for you mate, I still have mine 😯

[@mcbikeman5673]

I was never into this genre back then but when this came out i went to the shop and got it...and all these years on i amaze myself by being able to sing along to it without missing a word...thanks for this memory

[@docdrew87]

One of my favorite 12 inches. Then again I don't think there's any song from this era that I don't have. What an animated and fun time to grow up! I wish I was still young, but not if I would lose the knowledge of this musical era.

[@connorduke4619]

Push For Bros was pretty darn ordinary though, I do recall.

[@JoseCorrea327]

Gary Bryd is a highly respected radio broadcaster from NYC since the 60s . Been listen to Gary Bryd since the late 60s since wwrl 1600 am and I'm 65 yo today . Love this tune .

[@wandering_not_lost]

brilliant song, one of the first rap songs ever. its been downhill all the way since!

[@gregoryeze7111]

True

[@kaygalbraith4944]

Listening 2021..well isnt this the. Most profound truth . The. Crown is the trinity you are the crown

[@huiasnathan6129]

I jus love it ol Skool is better than today music, ❤️❤️❤️🤙🏽😎

[@Dexter101x]

another ace song from 1983

[@velveteenhussey]

2021 and I'm still loving this as much as the day I bought the 12 inch ❤

[@TheGraylensman]

Driving through the streets of Accra, caught the tail end on radio 2! I must have lost kilos back in the day dancing to this, wish I could do it again

[@2005peasah]

Brother Gary Byrd is the self-conscious rap mentor ever. This definetely is such a deep self-conscious track, that teaches our true life story about how we built our realities that was totally denied. Brother Gary Byrd is the greatest ever rapper, mentor, DJ and hero of all-time and this hip-hop classic, twenty-nine years, says it all.

[@gregoryeze7111]

Rap that makes sense. Compare this to (c) rap that came afterwards.

[@ChrissyloveUK]

Omg so many memories just been dancing in the Kitchen, love it ❤🇬🇧🙏 October 2021

[@michaelreynard2490]

One hundred years from now it will probably still sound as good. Timeless classic; they don't make 'em like this anymore!

[@heidismith2824]

I was 20 when this was released, absolutely loved it. Am now 59 and recently widowed after 35 years of a happy marriage. Taking comfort in sounds from over the years,suddenly thought of this one today, so glad I did, what an underrated classic 😀

[@matthewstier8394]

So sorry to read this. I was 13, and it was first introduced on radio 1 as 'the finest song I've ever heard' by the dj, can't remember who it was now though! May have been Simon Mayo? Now I know what it actually means and the efforts that Stevie Wonder went to in order to be impartial and yet an activist, I appreciate it all the more. Oh, and my sister is also called Heidi 😎

[@heidismith2824]

@@matthewstier8394 thanks Matthew, not so many of us Heidis around now. Stevie Wonder made this song complete

[@butch907]

me 56 south london still goosebumps

[@thfcberba]

i first heard this when i was 14,and the next day went out to buy the 12 inch.. Played it to death.. Brilliant song

[@aldoarielsanchez1652]

Temaso me canse de buscarlo ..y hoy de manera insolita lo encontre lo tararie en gogle y para mi sorpresa di con el despues de 37 años ,encanta ,con un grande steven wonder la mejor musica ...

[@Sm_1996]

So glad my mum showed me this song when I was 7. I'm 16 now and still obsessed with it

[@versions123]

Learnt every word of this on a cassette and a Walkman love it

[@funkyswede62]

this is one of my fondest memory music-wise from 1983. I was in Austria, working and this song was blasting out of the radio and it was such a breath of fresh air. Little did I know that Stevie had a finger in it at the time. Today this track is so relevant and also a great musical contribution as well, love this track!

[@catry707]

It cost me 37 years to know the name of this song! A jewel of '83

[@Youlovemanunited]

Inspirational music!! The opening just sends me to tears, as I know how Special this song is;)

[@eddiek0507]

I can remember buying this in 1983 when it was first released. It still sounds just as good now as it did back then...🤔

[@darrenrobertw]

AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, i bought this 12 inch wahayyyyyy, trouble is, that makes me....................... BLOODY OLD, dammmmn haha, keep rocking all, how can my 2 daughters NOT like this !!! i didn't train em well enough.

[@boogiel01]

+Darren Wallings Way we used to roll :)

[@darrenrobertw]

Boogie yr so right haha, Steve, luckily enough my 2 girls don't like all that Sh*t haha, so i will forgive em for not liking this, guys, keep rocking !

[@mathiasbanan]

+Darren Wallings Don´t sweat it, bought a copy second hand the other day. Good and positive tunes live on :)

[@darrenrobertw]

+boogiel01 we sure did, i hate that word, DID haha

[@darrenrobertw]

+Stephen M haha, luckily its a NO there Steve haha, i think i would knock THEM out if they liked him haha, only joking there haha

[@danielfrancis3660]

Brought a smile to my face

[@rocma9586]

The best style of music, funky music for all the time 👍

[@sodem2810]

Bought this when I came out and listened to it constantly to learn the words

[@stephenrobertshepherd6614]

What a truly an amazing record that was way back in the days, brings back some great memories of my childhood times. Yes dont think there will be many in around 30yrs could say that about the music of today lol we had it you will not.

[@misspaulahodson528]

I heard this on the radio - haven't heard it for years - love it.

[@julieannelukashi7998]

Loved this song I will always remember Whitney Houston taking over radio 1 in 1991 playing this as one of her favourites xxx😊

[@raqimdeveroux2339]

Amazing how my nephew latched on to this if he remembers anything about me this is it "Its not star wars its not super man 😅"

[@jonnyrs1]

My 1st ever 12" single and simply a classic.Amazes me when my kids now say "what the hells this your listening to" Do they not realise it all started here!!!

[@U2QuoZepplin]

hope you told em' off for cursing. lolz And I hope you told them that this whupps anything that modern artists can produce or have produced cause all they can do is imitate. Oh and there's few legends more legendary than Stevie Wonder! yeah baby.....

[@kehindeoyegunle8920]

This is education,soul and Knowledge All on one classic. I have the 7 Inch vynal somewhere. BLESS.

[@stussyhuff]

1983 . cant believe i found this again.. yes i know it sounds like sugar hill gang.. but whilst listening to club tropicana . this was on a tape

[@SallyCarterLondon]

More Young Guns I think....

[@stussyhuff]

Sally Carter​ as in wham ?

[@alanedwards3180]

Sally Carter

[@SallyCarterLondon]

Sorry, I misread your initial post. I thought you meant a Sugar Hill Gang / Club Tropicana mash-up.

[@veggie42]

Belle Stars sound a little Sign of the times twang on guitar ,soul 2 soul chorus

[@sykesmark65]

Funk rap and it works brilliantly, always liked this one 👌

[@MsPrestige2009]

Excellent song, such a groovy history lesson. Love it!!!💞💞💞💖😎

[@MikeNJillPotter]

How i wish i was back there, trouble is you don't know when your here that you will miss be back there , great times !!