Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love

[OliveMonkeys]

Fuck you. Not avaliable in my country......

[freshboyjones]

im a black guy and i love this song

[IoEstasCedonta]

...there's a verse missing?

[7tafkap]

Cult !!!

[JaneSmithCEO]

Love this! I was x-c skiing in the New Hampshire wilderness and some old dude came up. We chatted and he asked if we'd ever heard of the crazy bands his kids were in: "Tom Tom Club" and "Talking Heads"! Almost fell over. Their ski shack was down the road. Too bad THEY weren't!

[sanmix35]

vERY GOODDD = MUITO BOM JAMES BROWN JAMES BROWN I LIKE

[jrors93]

Loving it....and no... no new music in the past decade is touching this. :) Thumbs up if you agree.:)

[TomG6000]

I've lived off this song and the album it came from...Beyond greatness!

[fishman017]

This kicks some f-ing ass.

[homovill]

Like This But Love Mariah Carey "Fantasy"

[smtp4me]

@homovill - This song came first, back in the 80's. Mariah borrowed and sampled from it.

[betebiscuit2013]

show!!! dançei muito melodo popeye.

[izzygoneyett]

J. Rizzi was a relative of a childhood friend of mine; I remember him when I was a child and with great fondness. He was innovative, creative and his artwork was just plain fun, as you see in this video! RIP Jimmy, we will forever remember you and your work .

[northspecter]

memories...i'm in heaven listening to this song\!!!

[CofCGuy]

RIP James Rizzi, 61, designer of the Tom Tom Club album cover and this video.

[MB7rock]

High on my list of best videos ever.

[kamilean]

You put this on in a club or somewhere, and that's it! I've got to move to this track! Funky!!!!

[RustyNex]

this video is awesome! it my not be perfectly drawn but its got a real style about it, really suits the sound

[bohemia1355]

I love this song...We go back like babies with pacifiers......

[Mandinha715]

brizo essa muewre

[ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA]

i remember when i was in high school me and my friends would get all amped up on adderall and epi pens before getting into fights at the local y and we would always listen to this song on the way :)

[junglesmacks]

@ABUDHABICOMBATCLUBOA adderall and epi-pens FTW

[Lancebowski]

Badass Old School. When Freaks knew how to fly the flag.

[FuckVEVOHD]

@Lancebowski You referencing Hendrix you referencing Hendrix

[dsoftl]

OMG! Poplar Creek? Is that place still there? I went to many shows there, I lived real close

[rmevans0309]

Robert Graves rest in peace....

[pchelloo]

Yesss.........another bad ass Old School Jam! Take Me Back!!

[octofish]

This was from 1983. Recorded around the time of the Talking Heads "Speaking In Tounges". This song was written by Adrian Belew whom is performing on guitar on this song as well as on "Remain In Light". During the "Speaking In Tounges" tour, David Byrne typically left the stage for the Tom Tom club, which was the Heads without David Byrne, to perform this and a couple of more songs. I saw the Chicago show at Poplar Creek.

[Supersweetguy]

@octofish Originally established as a side project from Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club comprised a loose aggregation of musicians, sound engineers and artists of the Compass Point All Stars family, including Tina Weymouth's sisters and guitarist Adrian Belew, the latter of whom toured with Weymouth and Frantz in the expanded version of Talking Heads in 1980 and 1981.

[mimi60q]

when did this song come out im young

[Supersweetguy]

@mimi60q This was released in late of 1981.

[yescarycan]

@mimi60q 1981

[hairycub69]

Respect to Kurtis Blow, James Brown, The Rhythm section of the TALKING HEADS. Like this tune? check out "Remain in light" and "My life in the bush of ghosts" - enjoy! Peace. Bearhug Tx

[joey23125]

@brat4thawln, who made the money from this song? Was it the cheery wanna help massa black man from the Bahamas or the WASPs in Tom Tom Club trying to be hip? You don't even know what racism means. It means prejudice and the power to impose it. Black people can't be racist because they don't have the power to impose their beliefs. I hope you're not black because even white folks can see the stupidity of your statements!

[floyjoy]

The animation is so fresh. It is so densely edited.

[TheSavamur]

Uma musica que nunca sai da cabeça...Desde criança me lembro dela...Adoro !!!!

Vlw pelo vídeo !!!

[brat4thawln]

@joey23125 the beat was helped and created by a man from the bahamas where this video was recorded you ignorant bitch. Skins had nothing to do with this music. It was made for everyone who had loved it. Take your racist trash else where. You dont have to be white to be racist. Its a song of old school and hip hop. Enuff said.

[clutterbells]

Me too.

[dewatif]

Love this tune , I be dancin. Thanks

[ivc760]

the music video is a trip if ur high :D

[LisahartjeDanny]

It's fun for me to hear the original song. I only knew Mariahs version (which I love!!), But it's fun to know where she got the sample of :)

[TheXman2110]

They're white?



[wildsmiley]

Respect to any song that gives a shout out to Smokey Robinson.

[trinity567891]

THIS VID IS SO OFF!!! THE BLACK GUY DANCING IS THE JAMES BROWN PART

[trinity567891]

why is she purple

[4099aj]

'✬'✬'✬'✬'✬Love it , hahaha

[SOUTHERNMEXICANBROLE]

btakve snoop got down to this jam thats whats up where is the vid

[ice4u2]

X-CLAN!!



[PompousPreacher]

We went insane when we took cocaine.

[japan50001]

@PompousPreacher WHERE DID YOU TAKE IT PUNK

[brgggggggggg]

nice video, song average

[vladmirgc]

What you gonna do when you get out of jail?

I'm gonna rape someone.

[Multimanreview]

mariah carey got her ideas for Fantasy from this

[UnusualTastes]

What a great animation.

[imajoshosaurus]

james browwnnn james brownnn

[tita5614]

eee

[tita5614]

nossa dani e ayl nossa assim vc me mata dani ai ser eu ter pego delicia é o ayl que tah falando dani ♥♥♥♥ beijo dani pra vc dani beijo ayl pra vc ayl seu casamento ayl é amanhã nossa ayl vai casar amanhã

[BOTANYBAY37]

OMG ! I use to rollerskate to this ! Awesome song and video !

[pespinoza61]

wooowwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[2011birch]

@mustwinder (lols) now you do! this is old stuff, but excellent.

[gudvil]

Love it, was at concert years ago and was fun to dance great musicians.

[frankjurga]

OMG 23 dislikes - that's bad news - something nasty will happen to the 24th

[FnRockstar69]

classic. !

[Nanadsyl]

This song was so crazy I loved it the lyrics were funny as hell!!

[TSB42697]

this video is funny af! LMFAO!!! :))

[BTAKVE]

I'm here because of Snoop dogg killing the c-walk to this

[C4lichick]

BoMb!!

[Filconmop]

sometimes getting older is sooo great :)

[richiebear1969]

22 people never got out of jail.

[cscdigitalgraphics]

Back to the 1980's.

[mtlchronix]

mariah carey stole the beat 2 , "fantasy" look for this beat , Redman - Brick city mashing

[nicolehasniceneos]

@mtlchronix There's a difference between 'stealing' and 'sampling'. Mariah most likely paid to use the beat. Happens allll the time in music. Ice Cube - Today was a good day samples The Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the Dark. T.l. - Why You Wanna samples Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman

[46nette]

Big smile. This is the song i mean. I hearded 30 years ago. Thank fof hearing.

[iYEMTheGreatest]

Very psychedellic and sensual. I've love this song since I was 5.

[joey23125]

The central beat is a common Caribbean steel drum theme. I can't believe they ripped it off without anyone noticing, but then again this is what white people are good at!

[banditgrl]

@joey23125 hahaha! I think the white people who take it know where they were influenced... it's the rest of Americans who think they "invented" and it's not until they hear it from them does it become "popular". Either way love this song

[DeeDeeTV]

@joey23125 they played with Sly and Robbie there is no ripping off to be done! Chris and Tina credit their inspirations and collaborators, unlike other artists.

[TheHuapala808]

Oh yeah!!! My last day of being SINGLE !!!

[Ladycabdriver7277]

Love this song!!!

[OptmiusPrime114]

This was heard recently in a movie called Tower Heist.

[guitar16]

HOLY SHIT! I HAVENT SEEN THIS VIDEO SINCE THE EARLY-MID 90S! fuckin flashback man...ITS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT/LISTEN ALL OVER AGAIN!!!! thx for uploading!!!!!!!!!!

[CuervoGoodTime]

can you say brings back memories.....:)

[LongfeiAvesani08]

Lexington Queen, Charleston, Gize, Rope'e,

[iceheadcv123]

didnt 2pac make a song to this beat?

[SidBuford1414]

@iceheadcv123 idk about 2pac, but biz markie did

[johnex3303]

I used to trip on Acid to this song :-)

[1sihingable]

@mailor69, that's some cool trivia!

[mallor69]

4,800 hand drawn sketches were made for this video. NYC cab driver James Rizzi - close friend of Tina and Chris - drew these images during the trip they all took to the Bahamas where this song was recorded.

[kitolosshow]

Gosto

[1985OldSkool]

How could 20 people possibly dislike this great song from the early 1980s?

[LadySwag502]

"James Broooowwn....James Broooowwn". James got his props from so many artists.

RIP, Godfather

[freakinkeyla]

what a fucking trip no joke hahahaha

[JeanMS100]

Fantasy

[nptrock]

Best sample of this gotta be X-Clan..hands down!

[Ausermac]

@nptrock Can you tell which song of theirs? I've looking all over youtube for X-Clan clips. Can't seem to find the one with the sample... thnx

[dewatif]

movin to the beat

[RPexpozed]

Roli, you are the Bomb for bringing this out.....true ol'skool.

[cortez178]

My ex said this song reminds him of me, Idk if thats a good thing or not? :/

[MrMatto1]

The woman who sings this was in the Talking Heads.

[sobriquet67]

@MrMatto1 Tina Weymouth

[aiteefore84]

<3

[piscesgirl98]

Aww Mariah bit off this song, I love them both!

[Karlushis18]

Oh My God ♥♥♥♥

[onewithyall]

stuvo

Hahaha

[TMIProductionsTV]

i totally know wut this song is talking about :D

[GUSTAVTT]

quem tem mais de 20 anos sabe, essa musica fica escondidinha laaa no fundinho, em algum lugar do cerebro, quando vc ouve os primeiros acordes, vc lembra dela por completo, nao importa quanto tempo passe.

[kokinhos]

até que enfim eu achei essa musica \o/

[pokalot1]

You have to listen to the song 'White Horse" after you finish listening to this song. This was truly the beginning of the end for music. We used to dance to this in the clubs before anyone knew what a gangsta was.

[smojakayban]

Mariah has GOOD taste to pick this song!  JAMES BROWN! JAAAMES BROOWN!

[MrMatto1]

I can't believe how fast time goes by. I feel sad listening to this song, brings me back to the good old days growing up in Brooklyn when I was a kid having fun and enjoying life with no worries or responsibilities.

[lilian2703]

Best song EVER

[groovylocks]

someone ripped this off.. can't remember who.. don't know who because i don't listen to that shit. And it started playing in this crappy club i was in and i was like "OMF! It's the tom tom club!! Life might just be worth living after all!" and i got really excited and felt so happy. And then it turned out to be [insert interchangeable artist's name here] and i left the club. Went home. And felt sad. True story.

[sourgrapes354]

@groovylocks Mariah carey sings fantasy which has the same beat as this one. is that the song ur talking about?

[kay77764]

omg i remember this! i love the 80s! ..james brownnnnnuh james brownnnnnuh i never understood the point of that part lol

[Analogtom2]

I love this video!!! Warner music group are corporate bastards! Every time someone uploads this video they take it down..remove the audio..or change the speed to make it unwatchable :( WMG...What do you think you are achieving by keeping people from watching a rare 25 + year old video of a one hit wonder from the 80's??? Seriously...come on now.

[PURPLHEZ1]

Pat from Soulpatchmonkey

well the TOM TOM CLUB AND THE PSYCHEDELIC FURS ROCKED SATURDAY sept 24 in ChiTown AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY COOL AFTER AND DURING THE SHOW ran into Victoria while shopping and Tina and Chris signed some stuff for me too. WAY COOL TIME LAST SAT, AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES!!!! the best time I had in a long while!!! AWESOME EVENING!!!

[SENNENHAKUSHAKU1]

uma das trilhas sonoras do seriado todo mundo odeia o chris

[TheAsha18]

18 people must have the retard of love xD

[JustAFocus]

I've always liked the cool animation in this video.

Too bad the video is poor quality and lags behind the song here on this YouTube video. Thanks for the effort anyway.

[timorton]

I'm in heaven, with the maven of funkmotation.....

[Velvet2Rose]

LOL I forgot about this one.....

[overner2001]

Good helping of creativity from Tina of Walking Heads: they were and are one of thee most original listenable bands.

[Mimzy79]

I was a little kid when this song was out. It. was. my. SHIT!

[quidseeker]

LOL at the AIDS virus at 3:00.

[lolaroseee]

THis video reminds me of 90's nick

[jannyrcobs]

Animation and all, this picks up where classic Sesame Street left off.

[ImaniHekima]

30 years on, both the song and video are current, fresh and very cool. :-)

[sagat4]

memories

[scfan43]

Classic... :)

[lostinstgo2]

1:59 who needs to think when your feet just go?!

[fep70]

Anyone who rips this off must be an ol dirty bastard.

[bentron3030]

Seems too fast.

[RandomFuryMusick]

how did you post this ??? they dis- abled mine : (

[sajumox]

2:15-2:24 the best!!!

[LATINOJKE]

this shits banging TINY LOCOS GANG PZUP

[PoppySandals]

Sweet Cake & Bublé

[himynameisryy]

JAMES BROWN!

[MorbidBliss22]

I just saw them last night!!!! It was fantastic.

[tetsujin5000]

out of synch slightly

[obdiane]

I thought this was a black group ,however I found out later that it was not...Just goes to show you that FUNK has not color ...

[craigethethizzking]

ahaha fuggin red, i hella forgot bout this song fool

[redbarron1354]

we goin to get fuuucked up

[cscdigitalgraphics]

One of the very best animated music videos.

[KingPurcival]

Mariah Carey should sample this and make a song.

[LargeInCharge77]

@KingPurcival no she shouldnt

[KingPurcival]

@LargeInCharge77 You are aware that this has already happened right?

[zblamm2121]

@KingPurcival ....she already did

[KingPurcival]

@zblamm2121 "Yes... that my friend is that art of sarcasm."

[zblamm2121]

@KingPurcival ...........fantasy is better than this shit

[Filconmop]

@zblamm2121 Genius E dub - Erick Sermon!!

[zblamm2121]

@Filconmop yeah i totally agree

[FestiveChannel]

mariah carey-fantasy n_n

[M3RKONER]

SICK BEAT

[lutuiloa2]

Thee Jamsz (x

[SupernalOne]

James Brooooown, James Brooooown!

[frankkeats789]

if you like the tom tom club then you may like KOZMIC DREAMERS available on itunes and youtube.

[BlackkFoxx100]

everybody hates chris

[MrMusicBox1000]

I miss great music!!!!!!

[stuvo1977]

I need to drop some acid and listen to this. :D

[pacstero]

@stuvo1977 Oh I remember doing that lol

[bongloaded]

@stuvo1977 For real... It would be so dope

[stuvo1977]

I love when people are creative like this. It makes my day.

[TSB42697]

this is the best video but its the stupidest......... i'm so lucky i was born in 1997, and not when this came out. lol the dog was dancing with James Brown. bol

[10000POUNDBABYRAPE]

@TSB42697 1995+ kids are all garbage

[jenstricklandd]

@10000POUNDBABYRAPE excues you. i was born in 1996.

[10000POUNDBABYRAPE]

@jenstricklandd im sorry for you. :(

[jenstricklandd]

@10000POUNDBABYRAPE haha, you shouldn't be, im fucking amazing :)

[CyclopsThugLovin]

This song is the shit when you're rolling off ecstasy

[thaisteixeiraa1]

credo qe musica feia só pra ser do tempo do meu pai msmoo aff acaba com o youtube