THELMA JONES - I'D RATHER LEAVE WHILE I'M IN LOVE

[22pouchie]

Thelma Jones sing this song perfect...best version everrrrrrrr !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrSPLman]

thelma is a good singer but concerning this song rita's version takes the cake hands down

[sandrakitson]

Simply the best!!!

[fglen88]

love is pain....

[dgriffiths12135]

Sing it Thelma!! You are certainly one of the best ..ever

[bradly2007]

Not as fine as Dusty but Thelma has a nice voice...would have been better with arrangement more smooth...Dusty owns this one and got to see her do it live with Peter Allen (wrote this classic) at Los Angeles Greek Theater, a night to remember!

[Denorification]

Best version ever

My#1

[riddimsista]

this song by thelma is #1 for me

[2alleykat]

A little slower sung would have been better.It's too fast and maybe that's

why it didn't make it.Lovely Rita is the best.

[tanyboomchow]

very sexy voice, this version is absolutely my #1 best

[palmrockbermuda]

save the vinyl records

[KartelKween]

This is the best rendition EVER. 

[joni5611]

I havent heard this song in about 30 years and its still the best version

[Denorification]

This is the best version

[Denorification]

This is the best version

[ashtonspann]

Until a few moments ago, the only person I had ever heard sing this touching song was the late great Carmen McRae. She recorded it on a LP (which I still have) entitled "I'm Coming Home Again" in 1978. That was over 30 years ago. None of the versions that I have listened to today touch her haunting version (not Dusty's, Rita's or Thelma's). And that's the truth!

[donareid22]

Nialldcrowley - my mother is from Jamaica not Thelma Jones

[bigboycee1]

dusty is okay but i just looove this thelma rendition.

[tanawj]

Love Dusty and Rita... and was very pleasantly surprised to hear this version... the backing is bloody awful but the vocal is superb... get a different backing Thelma!!!

[tanawj]

Love Dusty and Rita... and was very pleasantly surprised to hear this version... the backing is shite but the vocal is superb... get a different backing Thelma!!!

[Denorification]

Big tune

[1408alan]

It's all a matter of opinion, of course, but I never rated Dusty very highly. Thelma does a good job on what is only an average song.

[donareid22]

This is one of my mother favorite song I know this song because she always play it

every time I hear it I think about my mother.........and yes she is Jamaican

[nialldcrowley]

@donareid22 Your mother has very good taste. And who is Jamaican, Thelma or your mother?

[SWDetboy]

Thelma Jones -"Second Chance" cd Is Excellent.

[mnmcv1]

i keep coming back to this...it's a gutsy, lived-in vocal that I enjoy...

but there's only one Dusty Springfield. And "Soul" doesnt necessarily mean riffs and runs and belting all over the place.

No one tops Dusty for pure emotion...

[sleepytimegalz]

Sorry all, but Regine Velasquez does it best of all.

[YourHomieHenry]

i diggs.

[sorraheem]

Ama str8 yardie but now living in NY, trust me, everytime i hear this song........me want fi peepy - lol. Now this is what i cal muuuuuuzik!!!!

[TeeTeeLuvJBee]

Yesss....Jamaicans love dis tune....came out in 77 or 78 and still popular among Jamaicans to this day....

[dustysmith7]

Please don't slagg Dusty down she don't deserve it MR ..all these Lady's sing it great and make it their own with their unique style ...and yes Miss jones does a great soulful version.

[MoRoo2]

Go to any Jamaican Dance this is a wicked tune

mash up the place

[69bashment]

@MoRoo2 yu know it

[sharenay]

OMG....I haven't heard this song in ages...and I still love it!!!

[motorcitymiguel]

Flawless!! Love Her...

[regpourmoi]

try the regine velasquez version...

[pokslow]

This is fabulous ! First heard it when studying in Australia and although the Rita Coolidge arrangement is great no one else can beat this vocal. Of course Peter Allen wrote and sang this song as well.

[taddyd1]

Great vocal but what is with the thunder clunky arrangement? Dusty's version is so heartbreaking it's hard for any others to compete but this is an excellent sadder but wiser grown -up girl take. Love Thelma's version of I SECOND THAT EMOTION. Very Dinah sounding.

[taddyd1]

Scratch the Dinah, its Irma Thomas that she sounds like on this.

[benedictines]

I think this song is being song by an artist Peter Allen would be very pleased with.

He wrote and preformed the song. This artist does a better job. I am sure he would be the frst to tell her.

[Spassbremse123]

Dusty Springfield watered down? Whatever.

[mnmcv1]

exactly.

[somethingj]

I like her voice and her reading of the song but i do not like the arrangement of the music they lyric is more powerful set to a lower pace IMHO

[farttart00000]

Yes the lyrics are more powerful, set to music at a slower pace. This woman CAN sure sing. I like the version by Dusty.

[raggamuffindads]

This brings "forward" not "back" soooooo many wonderful and powerrful memories ... it occurred at the most innocent time in my life ... Nuff "RAS"peck for posting!

[anniedomino1]

i have been looking to see who does this version!!! thank you for this post masterix6!!! i have heard like hundreds of covers of this song, but this one is the cherry on top of the cake!!!!

[NewcastleWolf]

just ..... so sassy even better than carol bayer sager

[reno1946]

the song is great...she does a great job....but the best version I have heard is from An evening with Julie Andrews a 1977 concert in Japan....She was just breathtaking.

[LuisFava]

I dont no if you know this song: i'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love, for Rita Coolidge, is very, very beautiful...if you got it you can up..?

[jackdav34]

Nowhere as good as Rita C's

[DerrickSanchez]

She's no Dusty Springfield. It's an okay version though.

[bawlout41]

@DerrickSanchez Dusty Springfield version can't touch this,sorry Derrick come again!

[nialldcrowley]

@DerrickSanchez No, Thelma Jones is a soul singer, a class act and while I think DS is a pretty decent singer, I don't really think she was ever anything to write home about.

[addai1000]

What!! are you people crazy, the best #1. Oh!!! and i am Jamaican and still live in Jamaica. This is the only version that is played at Rae Town.

[bunchy28]

powerful

[mroldhits]

i spent weeks trying to know who did this version she she every line for my heart

[alwaysdusty]

AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!

[fingletoad]

Classic!  Thanks for posting!

[radasungod]

I love this version better than the rest.

[cazziekins]

Just fab and tho i agree on Rita C i adore Dusty!!!:00