Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff

Music video by Vanessa Williams performing The Right Stuff. (C) 1988 The Island Def Jam Music Group

[@missnene9157]

Took her Miss America crown and she still turned out to be a Queen. Loved her music growing up.

[@Maatization]

BABY VANESSA TURNED IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!

[@Deerych]

I was 10 years old when this came out. My older sister used to play this song so HARD card. She would sing it so LOUD. I appreciate these memories now. Life was so much more simple then.

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

I was 8 years old when this came out I remember seeing this on B.E.T on video soul back in 88

[@jesuswilljudge7296]

I was 13

[@marcustrice3246]

Vanessa Williams needs a unsung Hollywood episode. Who agree?

[@ClearYourMindTravel]

Well she's not Unsung. She has a very impressive resume.

[@kipperjones-rm1vw]

@@ClearYourMindTravel That part.

[@john-ny7cc]

For what??? She is a VERY ACCOMPLISHED super star!!

[@yelnats21]

@@kipperjones-rm1vwLadies and Gents, Kipper Jones!….one of her closest friends and extraordinary artist in his own right

[@Erron-c2x]

She dont have one wow they gotta get on that

[@melissabrunson1838]

Vanessa worked her azz off to rebuild her career and I loved & still have her 1st album in rotation! It's so great seeing this video after such a long time.

[@eduardomerino8098]

Vanessa Williams should have her own Las Vegas Residency called "The Comfort Zone" I would pay to go see this Queen of Pop/R&B/Ballads perform amazing dancing and with amazing vocals.

[@MariaLopez-up5xb]

Agreed! Comfort Zone was a GREAT album!

[@keeganthorpe]

She’s a great example of picking yourself up, dusting yourself off and moving on after getting knocked down. She could’ve disappeared and led a private quiet life. But she kept pushing to achieve her goals.

[@TASconfidential]

Regardless of race, creed, socioeconomic background or any other demographic description, when one thinks of Miss America, only one name comes to mind: Vanessa Williams... True talent.... Can act, sing, and is stunningly beautiful. They don't makes like this anymore

[@AlexTheeGr8t]

TASconfidential So true and all credit to her that she proved you can't keep a good woman down no matter how hard they tried. True talent prevailed in the end.

[@RodrickColbert]

+TASconfidential don't forget that she's a dancer too, if you saw her movie, DANCE WITH ME!

[@brucekentnyc]

+TASconfidential No they do not but to me her former life Father in law she is a BISH!!! mother of King TUT!!! WOW look at hades/Egypt today!! what great things are happening first OIL then a Bridge where the sea was parted...Things are looking up.. When I seen her in 1991 sitting behind her she snaps at me. Bish!!! Well look at what your son made with his grandpas...;-)

[@brucekentnyc]

+TASconfidential As hades back then I always saw her as this Showgirl!!! She made me a Grandpa with Tut & Persephone. The daughter of Cupid & Herra...

[@brucekentnyc]

+TASconfidential I stole hers and medusa sons.. all I have heard from this woman and Madonna most of their 80's careers is where is/are my son(s)/.. L O L...

[@lawannalw]

I forgot just how incredibly talented Vanessa Williams is!

[@mizking5033]

I can’t believe how much I grew up on her. She’s a doll. She was like the lite skin Janet Jackson🥰😍

[@Lukesmommy]

I remember being a teen watching this video on TV. The 90s were a good time.

[@billthomas7601]

Vanessa Willians has always had the right stuff!!!

[@sybex200]

No plastic surgery,she was stunning.

[@SooperTight1]

Still IS!

[@StevenFinlay-qw5uo]

Most beautiful woman in the world...on the outside.

[@sybex200]

Many years after this video clip.

[@ClearYourMindTravel]

They tried to break her down by taking away her crown and she came back fighting and she ain't looked back ever since.

[@kmason685]

Ebony B. Yes. She wrote in her memoir that she was determined to show the world what she was made of after what had happened to her. And she did.......👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@angelahaigler]

She has completely maintained her figure in 2024. Of course she has the resources, but many celebs do and still do not. That's dedication! Go ahead La Williams! Loved you then and love you even more now. BTW, I had that album in the '80s.

[@billyidol2115]

I remember getting CD 'Sweetest Days'. Which was really good. 😅And then she came out a few years later with Next 😮❤ I literally dug every track on that album Next. ' lost without you' is one of the best tracks and saddest songs ever😢

[@clarisewilliamsvlogs8190]

Ms America for life. She will always be in my heart.

[@trevorkennings]

Anetra, Jax, and Luxx Noir London gave an epic performance to this song on Rupaul's Drag Race!!

[@CoffinDoll]

And don’t forget Venus D-Lite and Shangela crazy lip sync

[@trevorkennings]

Shangela needs prayer 😞@@CoffinDoll

[@CoffinDoll]

@@trevorkennings why

[@antone1976]

@@CoffinDoll Where can you find that?

[@d.elamdelp6055]

Vanessa still has the right stuff !

[@MoniLove100]

She was everything right about the 80s. And that's a huge compliment.

[@ccth22]

So true...

[@synthesizerisking2886]

Anyone see her in “Bad Hair” horror movie?

[@curtistisdale8150]

It's Amazing how her jazz, theatre, R&B, and even Hip Hop influence works and she literally is the OG of her own Genre...She is in a Class of Her Very Own...#TrulyObsessed!!!,#TrulyBlessed!!!

[@aydicee]

Right under the wire for EGOT status

[@imalwaysright]

not really. The video is very Michael and Janet Jackson and sounds like other songs at the time

[@curtistisdale8150]

@@imalwaysright Not Really!!! The dancers in the video might have been in both Michael (RIP) and Janet's videos but this song was crafted with Vanessa in mind. Most R&B and Pop acts got lumped in a box, until they weren't. Especially when it came down to videos because there was finally other places to watch videos, other than MTV. Record executives wanted their artists to be on some heavily listened, or heavily watched programming. I do remember this Video was big on Video Soul and VH1. Vanessa was One of The Most Popular Miss. Americas Ever, and For So Many Reasons (Some Great, and Some not-so) but You couldn't Deny The Beauty, and The Talent.

[@richl6182]

I was 21 and living in one of the best music decades ever. She put'em in their place 👑

[@keensterd3654]

Great song and vocals by Vanessa. She was too fly in this video. Always loved her music.

[@narrativesdialogues1701]

This is when Music told real stories... "We love you Vanessa Williams" from San Francisco, CA -Kwaufi Nino

[@CassieJazz96]

I forgot how much I LOVED this song! This was the TUNE!

[@bolomd]

OMG! Vanessa Williams back in the day!

[@LuvLifeLuvGod]

Gorgeous!!! I remember watching her on Soul Train. My sisters and cousins were so mesmerized by her style and beauty. I haven't seen this in 20 years. Love it. Gotta love KZbin.

[@hollypietrzak5214]

this is what music used to sound like in the late 80s!!!!

[@keensterd3654]

Great stuff. Miss it.

[@luzcaicedo9879]

She's beautiful

[@user-me5hb2xl1j]

And it's been downhill since

[@joyhervey5666]

The greatest decade ever!!! 💃🏽

[@alicias312]

They did her dirty. Not only did she survive the humiliation, but paid everyone back with success. Her courage is admirable.

[@samuelmuiruri4704]

courage, class, intelligence. frankly that crap probably made her decide to work hard and prove herself.

[@jknumber5138]

Key word...Her courage💯✊🏾

[@johnnydodgecountry9508]

She def had all the right stuff.

[@igotyourback9175]

She's very talented and still stunning to this very day!

[@dc1741]

Vanessa started her comeback hard with this song

[@zekefister8294]

Always loved the choreography and the house music break where they just dance! ❤

[@Albertcan2]

I remember when I was 17, I was sitting watching Video Soul and Donnie Simpson said; "We have a premiere video from Miss America. So I watched the first few seconds and then when I saw Vanessa I was HOOKED!!! I watched this video over and over on VHS. hahaha!! This was the sh[t back then, at least for me. I never get tired of seeing her. BEAUTIFUL!!! What's happening to todays music? sad.

[@kevincarter9843]

The voice, the face, the body, the attitude and talent. Another level and lane

[@fthcm101]

She was and is the most successful Miss America ever, and that includes the most beautiful too.

[@SmartRobot-wc2fb]

Right...that's because she was a smart girl all along, unlike the vast majority of beauty pageant contestants...

[@michaelmcmillan9655]

+Kenneth Lamb That's only "2ND PLACE" compared to Whitney Houston. Let's be 'HONOST' now,,, who ever had Whitney's special gifted tone? However,,, the ONLY thing I will be honost w/ about Vanessa,,, no one else has ever had the extraordinary hazel eye's like her's. They are just shining crystal's to me.

[@ITS1985]

Whitney more beautiful imo.

[@dlw1221]

Malinda S let;s not! The real tea concerning the one and only Ms. Vanessa Williams is that unlike Whitey Houston, Vanessa is an Acclaimed and Accomplished Broadway Superstar celebrated across all of the Arts hence a (real) triple threat. 14 Grammy noms, 3 Emmy noms, 2 Tony noms, assisted in the snatching of the Oscar for "Colors of the Wind" Beauty unmatched with a Natural sex appeal almost impossible to duplicate. Unlike Whitey Houston, Vanessa is a classically trained singer whom unlike Whitey up until late in her career kept it Urban at black radio. Vanessa admires women like Bette and Barbara Streisand women who really sing not just screamed their vocal cords to pieces and unlike Whitey respect their Gift. Vanessa managed to make History for black women to be admired in mainstream media. No shade of course, just some true tea.

[@fountainmedia4683]

Malinda S the man said "Miss America"! When was Whitney Houston ever Miss America? SMDH

[@donaldflowers6169]

Vanessa worked those moves

[@robterm6508]

Flat out Gorgeous the beautiful Vanessa Williams.

[@njdivad]

still the baddest diva around...Vanessa proved EVERYONE who doubted her wrong!

[@nekajones595]

She is the most FAMOUS Miss USA ever, I don’t know or remember any of the others!! Listen her music and movies are classic. She’s always had star power.

[@Doobie1975]

My gosh I am surprised to find out it was Vanessa Williams who did this song, I would have never guessed it was Vanessa Williams singing this song, I've always pictured her singing nothing but ballads, I really like this song and it's nice to see Vanessa loosen up and do an uptempo song.

[@sarahsimpkins2021]

this CAME out in 1988 this was her first song and video she did

[@ZanaB_50]

+Doobie1975 I guess you didn't listen to her music when she first came out...Vanessa was known for making up tempo music with her first 2 albums "The Right Stuff" was big for her off of her debut and Running Back To You" and "Work To Do" were up tempo hits off of the "The Comfort Zone" album...

[@Aquaticus12]

+Doobie1975 Also her song He's got the look is upbeat :D

[@ZanaB_50]

Aquaticus12 Yes!

[@MrRnbMan]

+Aquaticus12 love that song

[@plainsimple244]

The woman is talented and gets the job done no matter what, like her or not, she has the gold...just enjoy the rest.

[@jfitzgerald6039]

This beauty is a living example of resilience personified.

[@flipitmix]

That first outfit is still 🔥

[@lamb4life327]

This is stunning! How on earth did I miss this?! Vanessa Williams is a triple... No! quadruple threat!

[@Overit66]

She is fire

[@martcichocki5571]

We LOVE YOU, Vanessa Williams!!

[@powerbad696]

WOW.That close-up of Vanessa,she looks GORGEOUS!!!! OH MY.The beat to this song is AWESOME!!!! There are a few Soul Train dancers in this video too.

[@gregcampbell3052]

Vanessa Williams once said the best revenge is success and she definitely had success the best looking woman in the universe

[@mocotone]

Back when regular albums played like a greatest hits. This album was crazy.

[@BerryVamp]

Great song, superb dancing..Vanessa's right! Cool performance!

[@antoniojefferson621]

I can't wait for her lifetime movie! Because we've all been there to witness the fall and the rise and the subsequent success things she's managed to pursue!

[@AldenRDavis]

Anyone still loving and listening to this in 2020?

[@luzcaicedo9879]

She's the right stuff baby..

[@lucky81970]

2021!

[@nakiyarobinson9572]

I am luv diZ lil dance 🩰 diddy should have been a bigger hit 88 I waZ 12 damn 😗 😯 I'm old ha ha who wit me if u feeling ole 😀📛😄

[@astaciamckinnis3969]

Me 🙋❤💕

[@rebekahsquires2073]

Yes

[@moonraker30]

Remember when this was played on the late night videos and sneaking to watch this as a 11 year-old almost got caught lol #Memories #80sKid

[@matty1965able]

I love her. She was MISS AMERICA and always will be...

[@cretintendencies]

She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. And she can sing too. Wooo. Nobody compares to her. No one.

[@bernicejackson42]

Love her. She is so talented.

[@mystery407]

Hair still bangin' in 2017

[@shemekacash6927]

I had this whole album when I was a kid 😊😊😊

[@Fornax2008]

I love her, she had it all, figure, voice, presence, temperament. Undoubtedly Vanessa Williams was a great pop figure of the last years of the 20th century

[@RoxiesPurposeDesign]

Another old skool album I loved ❤

[@msknockout1]

Never knew this was Vanessa Williams from Soul Food I loved this song

[@LauraMccain-b2o]

I am so in awe and proud she IS Ms. America. She deserves it. She is so beautiful and a talented musician, dancer, and so much more. LOL 🎉❤😊

[@anthonywhite3139]

She moving that cake in the back 🥰😘💕💕💕

[@jessicawilliams1176]

Happy 60th Birthday to the beautiful, gorgeous, and talented, Vanessa Williams! 03/18/2023 ❤🥳🎉🎊

[@tara3870]

And to think, the label put all their money and resources toward her label mate and she was the most successful out of the two. Still has a career that far surpassed her too. Vanessa deserves all her success

[@afrozee85]

Who was the label mate?

[@tara3870]

@@afrozee85 Nia Peeples, who turned out to be a two hit wonder...lol

[@matthewprince9705]

Nia Peeples was an actress from Fame, so she was known more for that so it was seen as her being more marketable to Vanessa at first. Vanessa would have been classed as a model. And race played a factor throughout the industry. Mercury Records wasn't even known as a Black Music label. More Rock and Pop. MCA and Motown were the place to be.

[@tara3870]

@@matthewprince9705 yes, and on top of that, they wouldn't even play Vanessa's music on MTV. They actually made Nia a VJ which was insane. She always managed to sneak her vids on there when she was hosting too. I found her quite clumsy 'cause she was always fumbling her lines. She wasn't a good VJ at all. She got all these opportunities and favorable deals & she still couldn't make fetch happen. Vanessa found a home with VH1 though and they eventually gave her her own show as well. She stood the test of time in all fields of entertainment and is still marketable today.

[@spectrum10]

You are correct, Nia Peebles and Vanessa Williams were both on PolyGram Records.

[@cedricdixon5542]

My Queen of the world you are profoundly the first iconic Superstar. A rare and precious jewel that is one of a kind, and can never be duplicated because you are the number#1 Queen. Dr.Dixon

[@DennisAlexis]

Song of the day: "The Right Stuff" by fabulous actress/singer Vanessa Williams​. #VanessaWilliams #80s

[@kimberlyseaborn4271]

Happy birthday beautiful Vanessa Williams and many more🎂🎉🛍️🎉🍨🍷🥂🎉🎈🍧

[@bigwillie1019]

I allways liked Vanessa Williams and she still looks so good today she has come a long way and made a very good name for her self I have WHOLE LOT OF RESPECT!!! For her and there is life after Penthouse where are they now? and she is still doing her thing so like one person said IN YOUR FACE AMERICA PAGENT!!!!!!!!! she made it on her own and she is still T-W-O F-I-N-E NUFF SAID!!!!!!

[@tshandachristena7645]

2020 still about Vanessa Williams 💗

[@omarbain6927]

She fine as fuck

[@elrekahill4914]

Miss America , Mother, Actress, Singer and I promise you that I can go on. Shaft brought me here again.

[@billthomas7601]

Vanessa Williams in thid video just as good as Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson..

[@MeMe.2001]

Happy Birthday Vanessa Williams 🎂🎁❤️

[@olusheyibanjo]

Happy Birthday Vanessa

[@barbaramozie6285]

Vanessa was such a beauty in this video!❤

[@MM-bw1lo]

This song still slaps

[@lucky81970]

Possibly the finest Redbone to ever walk the earth.

[@nicklengyel356]

Back when music was music

[@sauquoit13456]

On this day in 1988 {September 24th} Vanessa Williams performed "The Right Stuff" on the nationally syndicated television program, 'Soul Train'... Six weeks earlier "The Right Stuff" peaked at #1 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart... It reached #4 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart... Between 1988 and 1997 the Bronx, NY native had sixteen records on the Hot R&B Singles chart, eight made the Top with three* reaching #1, "Dreamin'" for 2 weeks in February of 1989, "Running Back To You" for 2 weeks in October of 1991, and "Save The Best For Last" for 3 weeks in March of 1992... Vanessa Lynn Williams will celebrate her 57th birthday come next March 18th, 2020... May Don Cornelius {1936 - 2012} R.I.P. * She just missed having a fourth #1 record when her "The Comfort Zone" peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} in late 1991, the 2 weeks it was at #2, the #1 record for both those weeks was "I Love Your Smile" by Shanice...

[@pitchneon413]

AMAZING! got the janet Jackson stuff going on

[@SnAtk2003]

I was thinking the same thing... Who copied whom? I love it!

[@AGPerez]

I, too, was thinking the same thing: this is very Janet Jackson-ish or Paula Abdul-ish yet uniquely Vanessa Williams. Her best video hands down.

[@cwvos]

Vanessa started before Janet! Janet had that Vanessa stuff going on...

[@jasengriffin485]

I have been so happy for her success when people thought the scandal would destroy her career. Instead she became the most successful Ms America ever!!’ She was so damn fine 😋😘

[@kyramack7329]

Vanessa Williams looks great in this video, my second role model, my mom is my first role model :) she got that janet jackson style doe

[@cwvos]

Miss Mack she started before Janet.

[@jknumber5138]

Janet didn't write her own stuff. The whole Mid to late 80s sounds like this🎼🎵🎶🎙🎙🎙🎙Pleasure Principle & The Right Stuff💯

[@Sarnold1814]

Started what before Janet? Janet’s first album was in 82 and first acting was Good Times. The Right Stuff came after Control and she sampled Janet.

[@Sarnold1814]

Janet has writing /producing credits on Control and everything after that. You really think a Jackson is going to sit back and not have any credits on their album? The whole family writes.

[@ocker2000]

This one and saving the best for last. She brings back sweet memories.

[@MakaiGenovese]

She is so pretty and very talented.

[@ladydeanna3775]

I remember when this came out. She is one of the most beautiful women on earth.

[@mscupcakedreamson36]

This brings back so many memories, from my 5th grade school year.

[@elomarr6691]

This video was filmed in my hometown PASADENA CA! 😎 Woop woop!

[@michaelslittleangel7818]

I love this beat

[@philaman1972]

When I first saw this video in 1988, I was 16 years old and was drooling over this beautiful woman.

[@carolmelfilmproductions]

I need the RIGHT STUFF💯

[@bklynlady75]

Love Vanessa Williams. @ 4:03 to 4:06 is the best breakdown for me & 2 That dance move is the WAP at that time it was a dance step .

[@demetriusburley3686]

Most beautiful woman alive ❤

[@algiethomas6905]

Vanessa Went In On This Song!!!!!! This Still Jams Today!!!!

[@KnowledgeSeeker78491]

Who else used to think that Vanessa Williams was the finest woman in the world?

[@wrinthiak3431]

Melanie has her Mama's whole face! All these years later and Vanessa is still serving face❤

[@rosejimenez9166]

I would try these dance moves on the dance floor..........👯👯👯👯👯

[@youtuber3328]

I'm really glad I found this video

[@nellyluscious]

Loved this song as a kid!!

[@sonjadavis2574]

Success is the best revenge! 👌💯🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@matty1965able]

The best thing that happened to her is when she had to give up MISS AMERICA. GO GIRL

[@iamkhixaan]

Fukn Fantastic!! Welcome back. Love everything about this and can't wait to dance at the club. BRAVA! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@jonathanlewis3199]

former number one r and b record and her first