Funny thing about this song. Richard tells the story at his concerts. He wrote it because he wanted to write a story song. Then he put it away thinking it was awful. Finally, one night at home he recorded it so that he wouldn't forget it if he wanted it later. His wife came in and told him he should record it because it was a HIT! He says, "you know just once, us guys want to be right! So, I recorded it to show her it wasn't any good, and it became one of my number 1 hits!"
@rockero13134 ай бұрын
so glad someone beat me so I didn't have to write so much 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I saw that in the VH1 Storytellers concert. this is my favorite RM song, and video.
@ellefitzpatrick63394 ай бұрын
This is my absolute favourite Richard Marx song. ❤
@NaturalMystic694 ай бұрын
Same here. Just added it back to my play list last summer after years of not hearing it.
@joannecunliffe80674 ай бұрын
One of my favourite songs too. The storytelling is just breathtaking and edge-of-your-seat for a song! Richard has such a wonderful (*swoon*) voice as well 🙄🤣
@jimmydaves4 ай бұрын
Beautiful and haunting song. Love Richard Marx.
@karenpower16434 ай бұрын
The Sherrif killed her and tried to frame Richard. Love this song and video!
@PercyLeon14 ай бұрын
The sheriff Is there to throw you off. The sheriff had a obsession with her. But he had a history of killing people over abandonment And jealousy
@093gazza4 ай бұрын
Damn how did you work that out I've been trying to figure for years lol.
@ellessandraramsay18414 ай бұрын
@@093gazza It's always the sheriff.
@tommacari41034 ай бұрын
There are 3 Hazard videos, Hazard chapter 3 reveals the killer
@johnalferio31464 ай бұрын
My favorite Richard Marx song. He still sounds EXACTLY like this live. He’s the only person who could win a Grammy singing the phone book.
@johnleanard27974 ай бұрын
Mine too and it haunts the shit outa me.
@johnleanard27974 ай бұрын
Sherrif did do it
@colty77644 ай бұрын
"Now and Forever" was a song to his wife and young son (lyrics/video).. is a really nice one.
@rafaelchavarria96474 ай бұрын
Same here, favorite RM song 🤘🏼
@sparkyth674 ай бұрын
Valid
@thebronzetoo4 ай бұрын
A GREAT Richard Marx song, with the awesome Robert Conrad (RIP).
@jbjacobs95144 ай бұрын
I thought that was him. I had forgotten and then I kept looking at him thinking it was RC. I always think of him from the battery commercial (knock this battery off my shoulder) from the 70s. I cannot remember if it was Duracell?
@stevencamilli95284 ай бұрын
When I saw Richard Marx live, he said people always ask him if it’s a true story. He stares back at them blankly.
@lgempet28694 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jennujor15514 ай бұрын
Lol I can totally picture that dead pan stare...I love Richard's sarcastic humor 😅
@brianh93584 ай бұрын
That specific story may not be true, but similar stories play out in small towns all the time. It may not be a murder that happens, but almost always those who are poor (or in this case those who are considered trailer trash) are targeted by law enforcement in those towns. If something goes wrong the first place they go to is where these people live.
@Shellgrit4 ай бұрын
"Should've Known Better", "Satisfied", "Don't Mean Nothing", "Now and Forever" and "Silent Scream" are all great Richard Marx songs to do next time. You will love "Silent Scream" as it is about how people disrespect the elder generation and the video is amazing. It was directed by Kiefer Sutherland ❤
@fitzgivesfits14 ай бұрын
You forgot "Keep coming back".
@BillGraper4 ай бұрын
@@fitzgivesfits1 Also, "Angelia."
@Othraerir4 ай бұрын
playin with fire
@Shellgrit4 ай бұрын
@@OthraerirDefinitely!
@georgewallerlll4964 ай бұрын
The Sheriff in this video is played by a real actor, Robert Conrad, he played the lead role in the series, The Wild, Wild West, James West!
@georgewallerlll4964 ай бұрын
The show was in the 60's.
@stevetournay61034 ай бұрын
Conrad had a great career. I probably remember him best for the mid-70s TV series Baa Baa Black Sheep, about USMC ace Greg Boyington and the squadron of Corsairs he commanded. The real Boyington was a technical advisor on the series.
@chrisoakley58304 ай бұрын
Great actor. I still watch The Wild Wild West show.
@georgewallerlll4964 ай бұрын
@@stevetournay6103 I do remember that show, but I was more of a fan of the Wild, Wild West.
@rockero13134 ай бұрын
seeing someone remembering the show makes me feel not so old 😁😁😁😁 I grew up watching and loving it. one of my favorite shows from that era
@JeffPhillips-dn2fg4 ай бұрын
Should’ve Known Better - Richard Marx. J/A another huge up tempo song from him from 87’. Love to see you react to it!!
@redchick52784 ай бұрын
I love Richard Marx!! His voice is so haunting and beautiful! Such a talented man! Other songs to check out are Don’t Mean Nothing, Should’ve Known Better, Satisfied , Children Of The Night, & Hold On To The Nights!
@stephentaylor66174 ай бұрын
“Don’t Mean Nothing “ is a behind the scenes look at the record business. Richard also married MTV VJ Daisy Fuentes. I believe they are still married in 2024.
@jasonsabbath69964 ай бұрын
I was 13 or 14 when this song came out and was OBSESSED with it. 2 months ago I saw Richard Marx at Epcot for a concert and the first performance he didn't do Hazard, so I hung around for the 2nd concert and it was the 2nd or 3rd song he did and I left so happy! It's my favorite Richard Marx song and he still performs it so very well!!!
@Bernie4294 ай бұрын
Richard Marx has another great song called ‘Hold On To The Nights’. It was also one of his most popular and beautiful songs! ❤
@chrisoakley58304 ай бұрын
Obsessed with that song in the late 80s, great tune.
@genabourassa79624 ай бұрын
Just a Touch of Heaven sultry
@chiklitz4 ай бұрын
I remember when this came out everyone was trying to solve the mystery!
@andrewcole37364 ай бұрын
Richard Mark started off as a jingles singer and background vocalist. He sang background vocals for Luther Vandross and many other artist.. I met him in 1986 and opened for him on several occasions. After this song came out, he left the industry for many years to raise his family in Chicago. 🕊❤️🎼
@chrisoakley58304 ай бұрын
He sang backing vocals on All Night Long by Mr. Richie.
@gregstilwell77604 ай бұрын
He also wrote the hit song for Mr. Vandross 'Dance With My Father Again'
@chrisoakley58304 ай бұрын
And the song, This I Promise You for N'SYNC.
@feminist56414 ай бұрын
I was a teen in the 90s at the height of his popularity... I never considered myself a fan until I was older. I never realized how many good songs he has!
@nancysmith86264 ай бұрын
Right??
@brendarobinson16564 ай бұрын
Can NEVER go wrong with Richard Marx. Love everything he has ever done!
@foreveralone11w4 ай бұрын
Even as a kid, this song just hit different ❤
@nirmalsuki4 ай бұрын
Richard Marx was the absolute king of Ballads.
@lumariadp4 ай бұрын
YESSSS! I'm so happy you finally heard this.
@jeannieschmidt22174 ай бұрын
I'm SO excited to see another Richard Marx song! I've been waiting forever for another one. You guys have only touched on his slow ones though - which are amazing - BUT he does have an edgier, rockier side as well. Please, please, please check out Should've Known Better, Don't Mean Nothing, and Too Late to Say Goodbye. Lonely Heart is also another one that didn't make it to radio - but it's a personal favourite. BTW - Richard was married to Cynthia Rhodes who played Penny (the blonde in Dirty Dancing - Johnny's first dance partner).
@donna258714 ай бұрын
I saw Richard live in concert last year. A great singer who still sounds as great now as he did in the 80’s.
@melaniewirick62134 ай бұрын
This is my favorite Richard Marx song, thank you! 😊😊
@mrmitchell784 ай бұрын
Richard has such an incredible voice. I love this mini movie song.
@John_Locke_1084 ай бұрын
This song is absolutely fantastic. Great storytelling.
@scottsanders90904 ай бұрын
Thank you for covering a more hidden classic from Richard Marx.
@I.am.Iain-814 ай бұрын
A great singer and a brilliant song writer. Richard Marx can really tell a story and hit your feelings
@utcnc7mm4 ай бұрын
The sheriff was played by the late Robert Conrad (famous for the TV series "Wild Wild West" & "Baa Baa Black Sheep")
@chelseahaley83504 ай бұрын
This is one of my favorite songs by him!!
@sallyphillips91754 ай бұрын
Gosh, I haven't heard this in YEARS! I saw him in concert in the late 90s or early 2000s, and he was AWESOME.
@raiderdanCA4 ай бұрын
The sweet song, the rocky surroundings, and the mystery.... what a haunting combination in this -- easily Richard's greatest work.
@tinkler44 ай бұрын
One of those songs that captures you by surprise? Was never into Richard Marx, but when I heard this song? Wow this is a masterpiece from him. It made me appreciate him more as an artist.
@harrypothead420244 ай бұрын
Great Great song
@garryleblanc40024 ай бұрын
I hope next time you get to Richard Marx ....who is a protege of the late Randy Meisner from the Eagles FYI, check out Richard a little bit more fired up and check out Don't Mean Nothing.... 🙏❤️😎🇨🇦
@MancunianMrG4 ай бұрын
Richard Marx is still touring and is a most excellent human being.
@RobertoSantana614 ай бұрын
3 Different songs with the same name you should check out: 1) Should've Known Better- Richard Marx. 2) I Should've Known Better- Beatles. 3) I Should've Known Better - Jim Diamond. All three were Huge hits.
@genabourassa79624 ай бұрын
They should do Children of the Night, so good
@aleg27164 ай бұрын
I saw Richard live a few years ago and it was amazing, his voice is really one of a kind
@enigma77914 ай бұрын
That voice is liquid gold!
@thomasjones45704 ай бұрын
Something glossed over by so many...as a boy, he sets fire to a home killing two people and that is why he is treated so badly in his life.
@melissagerber72314 ай бұрын
I caught onto that.
@darkknight_88094 ай бұрын
I think it's his mom and some guy she was spending the night with
@PhysicalMediaPreventsWea-bx1zm4 ай бұрын
Not only does Richard write his own songs but also some made famous by other people. Best known would be This I Promise You by 'N Sync, To Where You Are by Josh Groban and Dance With My Father by Luther Vandross
@hoolihanmick58974 ай бұрын
He really through a curve ball with this song and story. I can't recall all these years later if he ever resolved the story, or even if there was a story. But it was a surprising enormous hit. He has never stopped writing or recording and many of his songs have been hits for other major artists. His own stuff remains at a very high level of quality, and he still has the pipes! Saw him a couple of times at The Royal Albert Hall back in the day.
@Circuitcourtwatch22 күн бұрын
This is my favorite Marx song. THIS is how songs should be. Tell a story, capture the listener. Give them something emotional to be invested in throughout.
@nancysmith86264 ай бұрын
This song was an unexpected and incredible departure for Richard Marx from his "usual" sound and song themes. I much preferred his up-tempo songs to his ballads, but this one was something else entirely. The lyrics... the tempo...the instrumentation... just something we hadn't heard from him before. We all loved it back then! I think it's held up well over the decades.
@stevensmith82184 ай бұрын
“Take This Heart” is another great Richard Marx song
@McDowell19234 ай бұрын
that shift in the song - wow
@megster1164 ай бұрын
Yes I am so happy you did this one! This is in my top 3 Richard Marx songs! The whole story of the song, the video, it hooks you in and makes you think, it’s just perfect! You can have endless conversations about who really killed Mary. Fun fact: when Marx wrote this, he had no intention of releasing it. But he played it for his (now ex) wife and she told him he had to! And he had no idea it would become as big as it did! You should do Don’t Mean Nothing next, it’s another song that tells a story and more up tempo!
@kenyonsgirl4154 ай бұрын
This is such an eerie song that I adore!! And one I can actually sing because of the low register 😅 #alto
@PetyrinaJaye4 ай бұрын
I love this singer so much. He’s my summertime smooth crooner I save for strictly between June-August every year. I recently saw a clip of him singing live from this year and he genuinely still can sing exactly like this. I hope I get to see him live, he just released a new album so fingers crossed! ❤❤❤
@scsu50854 ай бұрын
------------- Wow, Robert Conrad as sherif. Major talent.
@donnakubiski55724 ай бұрын
Like many other posters, this is my favorite Richard Marx song also. Thanks for the reaction.
@skerr8084 ай бұрын
It's really interesting how a song like this can actually be somewhat dark as it progresses. I like that though. This was a really deep, emotional song. Very good. I'd also like to recommend: Alias - More Than Words Can Say Oasis - Don't Go Away Winger - Headed for a Heartbreak Saigon Kick - Love Is On The Way
@stephenholberton83814 ай бұрын
My favourite Richard mark's song
@joetoth25644 ай бұрын
"Don't. Mean Nothing" and "Satisfied" are both good rockers
@777colin19 күн бұрын
Richard Marx, what a talent! and what an amazing song this is. Love it, Love it
@eddiecherv4 ай бұрын
"Should Have Known Better another great song
@kimwatchesstuff4 ай бұрын
Grew up listening to Richard Marx. This song should have been played more on the radio!
@joannetyndall36254 ай бұрын
Oh we all loved this!xx
@Kettlecadd4 ай бұрын
I've never been much into Richard Marx but this song I have always loved ever since the first time I heard it, probably mostly because it's such a dark song and story. Even when I was I kid I was always more drawn to darker material
@mikemartin80884 ай бұрын
Years before his successful run as a solo artist, Marx was already an established session musician, backing vocalist, and songwriter, working and collaborating with Kenny Rogers and longtime co-writer and co-producer David Foster, and continuing to write and produce music for Madonna, NSYNC, Vince Gill, Josh Groban, Luther Vandross, Kenny Loggins, Barbra Streisand, Keith Urban, and more throughout his 40-plus year career.
@TheGelasiaBlythe4 ай бұрын
He was married to the woman who played Penny in Dirty Dancing. This ties with Children of the Night as my favorite Richard Marx song.
@mindislife2.0842 ай бұрын
Richard Marx has one of the best male voice in the 80s, along with George Michael
@baron77554 ай бұрын
Richard is the man
@db-gb5xi4 ай бұрын
Another Richard Marx song is Don't Mean Nothing. It's a bit more uptempo than this one. Also, check out some blue-eyed soul from the 80s by Grayson Hugh and his song, Talk It Over.
@paulguthrie48574 ай бұрын
Talk It Over is F A N - F R E A K I N G - T A S T I C ! ! !
@genabourassa79624 ай бұрын
I think every song he sings is great, he just has it all
@michaelparsons52994 ай бұрын
I saw Richard Max in a theatre way back in 1989 (Sydney Australia) and he performed a rendition of Beatles songs in acapella. This man can bloody sing, sing and sing some more. I've never forgotten the experience to this day!
@davidbowen62844 ай бұрын
'This i promise you' is Richard Marx best song for me.
@samanthalloyd854 ай бұрын
I remember hearing this on the local radio station in the uk
@MrKimJoJo4 ай бұрын
Saw him live once in Denmark.. His voice was just as amazing like this live..!
@jennyjenny45014 ай бұрын
I love this song!
@tylerhackner97314 ай бұрын
Love his voice
@alanlucas554 ай бұрын
Richard Max marcou um tempo maravilhoso aqui no BRASIL 🇧🇷 com sua música . Sou o Alan e curto D+ o canal de vocês ❤
@mjmmjm53704 ай бұрын
One of my favorite Richard Marx songs. Please also react to Keep Coming Back to You.
@farrelfoster-lynam66834 ай бұрын
Oh man, I forgot this song exists! Great pick
@emmittzone99x4 ай бұрын
I have a house in Hazard Nebraska , there is a river but there isn’t a city limit sign it says Hazard , unincorporated
@FrankRayMrLin4 ай бұрын
STUNNING AND BEAUTIFUL SONG... I REMEMBER BUYING IT POSSIBLY AS A "CASSETTE" FOR MY MUM... BACK IN THE DAY!!! 👌🏿❤️😊
@rustysmittyful4 ай бұрын
I think amongst all the male singer-songwriters of the 80s that Marx gets slept on
@sarahpagett91914 ай бұрын
Nit really I'm a 70s child and from the uk and loved Richard marx
@ericpolese49574 ай бұрын
Great song..Marx is a talent,plenty of good tunes
@jaysonnovelero29334 ай бұрын
As i have presumed, Amber was really hooked with the story of the song. Well, it was a brilliant song, the tune, the instrumentals were really giving off spooky vibes, and the black&white video adds mystery to the song.. I love this song by Mr. Marx.. Hope you react to his song "Hold on to the Nights" next.
@mrlookin4mr4 ай бұрын
Thank you for doing this song. Richard Marx is from my state (a fellow Illinoian) and Hazard is my favorite song of his.
@markv11134 ай бұрын
Richard Marx. Great artist. Great Voice. Great Person. 🌊
@joethomas17754 ай бұрын
I saw an interview with him and he said that he didn't know who killed her. It was left up to the listener's interpretation.
@ringo3654 ай бұрын
It's a wild one
@jeffandres26734 ай бұрын
Richard Marx wasn’t sure about the song, but his wife say you need to put out and single
@user-fu4xm4hs3j4 ай бұрын
This is a great song from the early 90's. Another good one by him is 'Right here waiting'-Colin Ward
@whitespider994 ай бұрын
Amber & Jay, here are some other good Richard Marx songs to react to: "Should've Known Better", "Don't Mean Nothing", "Hold on to the Nights", and "Take This Heart".
@onknight4 ай бұрын
one of his best
@christinemcloughlin702519 күн бұрын
I love this song too, and always have.Glad to hear it again.
@mitziesanders98404 ай бұрын
Oh my gosh! I was so hoping you would react to this.
@reneeturner91874 ай бұрын
This is my favorite Richard Marx song 🙂
@laurieadams72364 ай бұрын
I love this song! I think the sheriff did it.
@rwschumm4 ай бұрын
Always Loved Richard Marx.... I have one of his CDs! Really Nice Song... not one I've heard over-the-air before, but on my CD. Great Choice, You Guys! :) PS- Have a Great Week!
@waltw45374 ай бұрын
Wow.
@istari04 ай бұрын
Very likely his finest song! Check out "Children of the Night," "The Way She Loves Me," and "Satisfied."
@erichschaefer45394 ай бұрын
Richard Marx is a Great Musician. His whole catalog is worth the a listen
@johncampbell7564 ай бұрын
He also writes songs for other people.
@puneetmendiratta90145 күн бұрын
U both r awesome...today was listening to this song and was planning to recommend it to u...but surprise...it was already done...great job guys
@jackieburchell21874 ай бұрын
Amazing voice Richard Marks has still sounds so good a great choice guys. A little reminder it's Ms Barbra's birthday on the 24th please please please she done a duet with Brian Adam, Finally Found Someone, a lovely song.😊❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@sparkyth674 ай бұрын
Hold on to the nights is another fantastic song as well as Should've Known Better
@user-hb7to4jq5s4 ай бұрын
Fantastic !
@JasonMistretta-wf5ip4 ай бұрын
I remember this video being MASSIVE on MTV in 1991!! Music Videos were so good in the 1980s & the 1990s. This was like a small mystery movie with music!
@vxxt....14 күн бұрын
Nice song .....time is running eternity is waiting ...........
@jimneedham50314 ай бұрын
I listened to this for years thinking it's a really catchy song. Then I got told about the lyrics. It's a beautiful yet strange song. Love it