The four tops - Bernadette

[delphireactor]

Eleven people need to get their head screwed on straight.

[IH8H8]

get up everybody that's listening to this and "shake a leg"..... DANCE gosh-darn-it!!!!

Nobody cares what you look like in front of your computer..

Let it all hang-out!!!

[666sikkinikki]

my moms fav song... her name is bernadette!!!! go mommy ur awesome

[halopigg]

what asshole would dare to thumbs down this song?



[Bajanista1]

@halopigg the 12 people who disliked this song are straight up idiots...never mind them.

[lungimsam]

Who played Bass? Carol Kaye or James Jamerson? Where's the proof? Confusing about this.

[jburtonca]

@lungimsam

James Jamerson. No question about it. P Bass with fingers. The incomparable Jamerson style.

[bodacious2109]

@jburtonca Motown had the best band ever... shouldn't have moved to LA. Everybody got the big heads after moving amongst the stars. Miss you sooo much sweet true R/B and Soul Music.

[luvsthickwhitechicks]

@jburtonca According to Carol Kaye, she did. You should check her web site, listen to the clip yourself and decide. I couldn't btw. You probably have better ears than I do. What do I know, I'm just a drummer (LOL).

[mdawg1238]

@lungimsam get the DVD "Standing In The Shadows of Motown"..the story of the Funk Brothers...a great film and story...5 stars

[morganrestorations]

Old School- a forever song --- GREAT!!!!!

[headz51230]

"The hook"

[steeplepossum39]

LOVE THIS!

[0917gva]

One of the best from one of the best. This song carries a truckload of wonderul memories for me. Ahh, our sweet youth; it is but a fleeting thing. The memories; however, will never fade. To all the sweet, young boys that passed through my life at this time - I remember every one of you. I hope life has been good to you as it has me - so many blessings I have. Sincerely - Gayle 31 Jan 2012

[meathdetal]

JAMES JAMERSON BASS LINE FTW

[CoDaC35]

@meathdetal FTFW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RoflBeer]

I was watching videos about stupid hippies and I ended up here o.o

[karmanichippie]

@RoflBeer you should be so lucky to be as smart as a " stupid hippie"...bet you just don't have a fucking clue.

[TheUltimatePike]

Ok, so from 1:46 to 2:02 there are 2 same chord progressions, sounds with a flute in it. This chord progression especially with the flute sounds very familiar. I feel like it is in another 60's song. If someone can tell me this song, that would be awesome.

[karmanichippie]

@TheUltimatePike Listen to Tears Of A Clown by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles..I hear the same familiar flute chords..hard to tell with Motown..so many of the groups used the same studio band (the Funk Brothers) and being guided by Berry Gordy..a lot of the music sounded alike . Read more on Wiki/Motown.

[banazz33]

so happy there is a song with my name in it!! and even happier that Howard has it as his ringtone....oh god i love that man!

[AJRiddock]

Justin bieber -- this a real song by a real singer --- f****** take the lesson young man ;)

[TheDrDecibel]

I am here because the 4 tops are the fuckin shit

[imblessed26]

I have always loved this song but I thought it was cute that Wolowitz mentioned it on BBT :-)

[WrestlingLovinDiva]

I was named after THIS song! :D YAY

[banazz33]

@WrestlingLovinDiva woooo we have the same name!! haha lol

[WrestlingLovinDiva]

@banazz33 ... WOOT WOOT :D I love knowing other Bernadettes!

[VioletsBloom]

Just saw the rerun of The Big Bang Theory - how funny that that was the first comment!!! Great Minds think alike!! hahaha My husband only knew country and I had to make him listen to Bernadette - especially the one part near the end, that everyone waits for BERNADETTE!!! Wonder how many little girls were named after this song!!! Too Cool!!

[jamespymm]

the three songwriters each had girlfriends named Bernadette....go figure...

[sudzcityskatez]

bobby de keyzer :)

[TheLourdes2009]

What a classic song! Just wonderful! I've always loved this song! Thanks for posting!

[heavnnnsent]

Beautiful! A masterpiece! (I wonder if this lady is still alive, or what? Anybody know who Bernadette is?)

[jamespymm]

@heavnnnsent the three songwriters each had girlfriends named Bernadette...go figure..like you said, this song is a masterpiece....

[dcb53]

I also have good taste in music

[ferociousgumby]

BANG!!!

[jesusthroughmary]

Sincerely yours, Howard Wolowitz.

[scottybroker]

Greatfully dedicated to Stormie Dawn, a great ER nurse at the OKC VA hospital.

[Shaddow1966]

This song just makes you to move with the beat and the soul of the music.  It's impossible to not dance.

[steeplepossum39]

Their is only one Benadette that brought me here.The SAINT herself....

[tylermuse777]

BOBBY DEKEYZER!!!

[TheMrDeegs]

If I could bottle up the great nostaligic feeling a get when I listen to these old classics, I'd be a millionaire. Words just don't cut it.

[19ThrashingHead99]

Howard Wolowitz

[4string59]

James Jamerson is a bass god!!!

[hermanlopez1957]

I married a Bernadette and I've been looking for THIS version score

[mrfredricko1979]

Beautiful song, just beautiful. Timeless era in music.

[cappuccinoman1]

Nothing beats Motown!

[StarShine4242]

Oops My bad. That was Klondike Elementary School. Northside did not exist then.

[StarShine4242]

M mom's name is bernadette. She was at Northside high School in Memphis, tn when this song came out.

[imjustmakingthisstup]

BERNADETTE DETEKTIERT

[clyde8her]

12 people don't have a fuckin' clue.....

[stickny]

@clyde8her co-sign

[ForwardMcburn]

A visit from the goon squad.

[mikebithell]

Yeah it is a bit in the back ground , i agree it was a great performance

[YoFrigginFace]

Today's music just lacks the raw emotion and soul that Motown classics possess.

[Tchud]

Damn, that classic Motown sound... no one can match this kind of music today...

[AGoodJudgeofTalent]

Oh yeah! kat

[stargell777]

Awesome!!!!

Berrrnaadetteee!!!!!

[Hellasrulez]

Yeah, i'm sixteen and listen to rap. Doesn't mean I can't like classics like this

[MrAndyrush]

This is a record of total, undiluted quality. And to Ashaman, growing up in Stoke on Trent in the 60's/70's was also good (although possibly not as eventful).

[USGolfChamp]

He was such a great singer that they named blue jeans after him. I have on my favorite pair of Stubbs.

[steveareno2009]

@ novagon- Is CKLW still in existance? I remember listening to that station in the 70's. I grew up in southwestern Ohio and could get it on the radio in my '66 Chevelle. Those were the days :) One helluva frequency skip!

[peterklevine]

I got a hand-release from a girl named Bernadette once

[MrRickydoe]

@peterklevine FUNNY LMAO

[SemillaJoven]

We're sorry, but we prefer Howard Wolowitz's version.

[limolimo2012]

Levi was a tremendous performer and excellent singer and interpretor of tunes

[Zahaduml]

i allways thought that they sang "burn to death"

[KuuSiTo]

Thumbs up, if The Big Bang Theory brought you here! :)

[GuydoRitchie]

@KuuSiTo so I'm supposed to thumb down if I came here by a movie called Zodiac? ;)

[MrDizzle7711]

@KuuSiTo Dude. strangest coincidence. The Big Bang theory did not bring me here, however, the song I listened to before this was "the Big bang theory" by the barenaked ladies. And yours is the top comment.

[ashaman1999]

Damn, this song brings back memories....growing up in Brooklyn in the 60's early 70's.  Life was good. Hard but good.

[runningoil]

my name is bernice.. and i hate it. i adore the four tops.. i really wanna change it to bernadette ha

[mikebithell]

Mmm James Jamerson

[TrackRat]

@mikebithell It's a shame you can't really hear him in this mix. One of his greatest perfomances. And that's saying something!

[2009housemouses]

the best 

[in2food]

I heard Levi Stubbs in an interview saying he was aware he wasn't a great singer. Well, in the classic sense, maybe not but he sure could tell a story through song... 

[novegon]

I heard this song for the first time on CKLW out of Windsor Ontario probably the day it was released. The passion with which it is sung moved me as a 9 year old. It impresses me to this day.

[karin7978]

This song is 1 year older than me, I love it and have done so since listening to it on Sunday morning radio with my mum.

[shieldwolf2012]

RIP George Rountree, Musical Director of the Four Tops, (May 13, 1950-Nov. 1, 2011) After working for more than 30 years as the musical leader for the Four Tops, George Rountree Jr. died Sunday at a Las Vegas hospital. He was 61.

[Lcharliesangel]

steve perry brought me here...lol

[jimjim506]

i heard a spoof version of this on big bang theory so thawt i'd check out this :)

[MegaMusicman09]

MOTOWN-THE GREATEST RECORD LABEL IN THE WORLD XXX

[tglight99]

@Nephthalem So was I!

[zeroshift83]

I am here because of Howard Wolowitz recommended this song. Thanks Howard!

[andresurc]

@zeroshift83  yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh

[blueahmed1984]

!!!!!!!!

It was a good recommendation

[buttz33]

don't know if Buttz likes this, can't find him. I LOVE THIS and have been trying to find it for ages (I'mande-bonehead and didn't think of youtube duh) Four tops AHHHHH. This is the stuff of my formative years. You have to get up and dance to this!!!!!

[taypar11]

I saw the orginal Four Tops and The Temptations with Johnny Rivers in Austin, Texas in 1985 on Auditoriman Shores. Man, does it get any better than that? Oh yeah, they added John Jay and Steppenwolf. What a show!!!

[fab4fan4ever64]

@taypar11 Lucky Dog !!

[barnabus5335]

I love Sherie!

[melomanedame]

louder the better

[BernyTravers]

I am here because my name is Bernadette.

[FLEAbassROCK]

JAMES JAMERSON! all caps

[holdmeback47]

this is my all-time favorite from the Tops. What passion! 

[stebecool]

Both of the top 2 comments suck

[angrydonny]

This song is timeless. 100 years from now, it will still be good.

[RenGib123]

This guy's voice is sexy.

[donnyv78]

Jamerson's a legend. Absolutely brilliant!

[kouxei]

@donnyv78 Even his name is brilliant. James Jamerson? Awesomeness.

[SixFeetUndr101]

I am here because I have good taste in music.

[MrRickydoe]

@SixFeetUndr101 cracking

[BernieBARR101]

Thumbs up if being named Bernadette brought you here n_n

[Bernie0girl]

@BernieBARR101 WOOT! Bernadette Pride lolol :)

[mytime2shine13]

@BernieBARR101 Ur an old fuck. Lucky, but for how long?

[BernieBARR101]

@mytime2shine13 huh?

[katkief1255]

Even though I came here through The Big Bang Theory... I grew up with this song! What a great ride in my memory....

[TheSuggie]

Levis voice had such passion and raw emotion, a gift very few have been blessed with anyone brought up with these songs like me very lucky.

[benswhisky]

ZODIAC!!!!! 

[omen110]

I don't think there is any song that I can remember that starts and grabs you by the throat and forces you to recognize its brilliance!

[twinkling1174]

i agree, first note takes me hostage. So many excellent memories. Definately one of the top tunes for me

[Fizzy5pringwater]

thumbs up if the f-ing baseline brought you here.

[cherilyn999]

One of my fave 4 tops song..

[sharonkennedy1]

Never fails to bring a big smile to my face and goosepimples....brilliant song

[sapper2949]

Just listenin' to Levi's sheer passion in this sends a shiver down my spine, couple that to James Jamerson's stonkin' bassline - a winner every time . If your name is Benadette you are one lucky lady . Keep the faith brothers & sisters.

[aerosmithlisa]

TWO GREATS IN ONE ,THE FOUR TOPS AND THE FUNK BROTHERS ,, LOVE JAMES JAMERSON'S BASS

[sendanor]

The first notes of this song always gives me chills ALL long my spine..this is TOP soul and a composition worthy to rival with my Bach tunes...the comparison may seem odd, people, but I MEAN it!!

[bluesman32783]

great song james jamerson was cooking in the bass , note a slighht arabic influence

[KimiRot]

I came here because this song is stuck in my head after watching the movie "Madhouse" at age 7.

[JaJr07]

The best.

[2ovwaterdogs]

I have always found this song haunting, power, soul, and passion all combined. Everytime it comes up on my I-Pod, it brings back great memories.. Thank you Motown for bringing it perfectly..

[jjpn83]

I wish I had a Friend named Bernadette so I could sing this to her. haha

[MultiHoopdreams]

I have to do the air guitar everytime I hear ths song

[kashmir7687]

The first concert I ever went to...we saw The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Foundations, and The Supremes. Thanks Mom :)

[LateMarch]

I grew up with this music. IN THE 90S. 'Cause my parents were dedicated to good music!

[MegaMusicman09]

BIG AND MIGHTY..THE FOUR TOPS..LOVE ALWAYS XXX

[cozener1]

Grooves along!

[LouisHaynes2]

This bassline is like an huge orgasm

[ipoundz]

@LouisHaynes2 i've always felt that way

[taypar11]

When I was going to college at the University of Arkansas in 1973, I put this song o whenever I saw a girl I knew named Bernadette. She was about 5 foot tall and had these huge country girl tits. She went on to marry a guy named Bernie!! He was about 5'2" They made a cute couple. Bernie and Bernadette. I wonder if they are still together?

[mookiesmommy1]

I love lip singing and acting like I'm on stage in the '70s getting down. I guess that's what a classic song does to you.

[mytime2shine13]

Black Eternal Realm Nobody's Aware Don't Eliminate The True Elements.

[Mikoki101]

This is what it's about! don't mater what type of music you like or love,Good music alway's going be good music!

[burtonrules123]

im 24 and really like alot of oldies music! its better then any of todays garbage. you know what i notice, in the mid to late 60's there was such a wide variety of great music, from this kind of jazz style stuff to jimi hedrix heavy riffs to the beatles pshycdelic weirdness to the pop bands like the kinks and such. there was defiently a variety of greeat popular music wheras today its nothing but rap rap rap, stupid sounding rock "screamo" (more like noise pollution), girls who cant sing etc

[Brambleiah]

@burtonrules123 Enter: The Discovery of LSD. And human consciousness recognizing war and power is not what we as humans really want or need.

[burtonrules123]

@Brambleiah so, thats why music sucks nowadays? i dont get your comment.

[Brambleiah]

@burtonrules123 Oh I just mean, it was a blast of consciousness.. A time for revolution when young people wanted the status quo changed. And they were going to do it. LSD/other drugs/& FREEDOM helped them expand their minds and ideas when it came to music and other creative endeavors. Most humans / Americans nowadays seem to be nothing but lazy slug slaves.

[MultiHoopdreams]

i looooooove this song

[klockWorkz92]

Just sampled the intro and played it backwards

[frogeyeful]

@Sasukelovergirl99 Love you ernadette lol. I wanted to name my daughter Bernadette the boss lady said NO!.

[TheCounslor]

great song. lots of power.

[yrulookin4me]

Love 4TOPS every time I heard one of their songs it takes me back to childhood with none of the current worries....

[chirpsoul]

Unforgettable song!

[TheCamBoyd]

Thumbs up if you're here because of Howard Wolowitz!!!

[The2ndinfdiv]

One of the GREATEST groups EVER

[bhossast]

That song charges out of the gate like a bunch of wild horses!!! And it's GREAT!!!

[TheWorfster]

But while I live only to hold you...

Other men they long to control you...

But how can they control you Bernadette?

When they cannot control themselves Bernadette...

THAT is as good as anything Dylan, Van or Lennon and McCartney ever penned. Read and learn.

Worf

[hollidayevery]

@TheWorfster Thanks for noticing the poetry and subconscious forward thinking in these lyrics...I think people got so caught up in the groove the the Holland/Dozier/Holland songs that they forgot to notice how forward they were lyrically. They are thought provoking, even in the context of romantic, pseudo-love songs!!!

Thanks again for pointing that lyric line out!!!!

[rrrickster3137]

This song sticks in your Mind long after it's played Levi's Stubbs vocals off the chain the Bass drive is unbelievable a pure Classic ya dig......Tha R&Beast........

[4everspotty]

17 yrs old and love this song my parents grew up with.

[msvernadean]

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!

[debbydoo2008]

what's not to like?

[loosestudios]

James Lee Jamerson (January 29, 1936 – August 2, 1983) He was the uncredited bassist "Shotgun" by Jr. Walker "For Once in My Life", "I Was Made To Love Her" by Stevie Wonder, "Going to a Go-Go" by The Miracles, "My Girl" by The Temptations, "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Gladys Knight and the Pips, and later by Marvin Gaye, and most of the album What's Going On by , "Reach Out I'll Be There" and "Bernadette" by the Four Tops,

[soulbrother61]

The only thing that has went backward in life....MUSIC...don't make them like this anymore

[chu1111111]

intro verse chorus outro in under 3 minutes, perfect chord progression it all flows why cant they learn from this, an im 26, if its good enough for the beatles its good enough for me, this should have 425,000,000 views

james jamerson ftw

[beatifullady100]

THIS IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE MOTOWN SONG!!!! I LOVE THIS SONG.. I GUESS I NEED TO GET ON A&E'S SHOW INTERVENTION, BECAUSE I AM A NOSTALGIA JUNKY!!!!! I LOVE IT... I AM 34 YEARS OLD, BUT FOR SOME REASON THIS SONG DOES SOMETHING TO ME.. ALMOST AS IF I LIVED IN ANOTHER LIFETIME, AND WHO EVER I WAS IN LOVE WITH PLAYED THIS SONG ENDLESSLY FOR ME..

[arondaera]

timeless priceless makes u proud to be alive to hear music like this

[the44118]

i'm 29 and i just like the song

[ogbabygirl43]

ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAVORITE OLDIES I USE TO LISTEN TOO



[GrandeAcure]

Thumbs up if The Big Bang Theory brought you here.

[landyachtfan79]

@GrandeAcure Thumbs up if the fact that your parents/relatives exposed/are exposing you to the classics growing up brought you here!!!

[crysjumar1]

@GrandeAcure JUST NOW!!!!

[Swanagesunrise]

@GrandeAcure ..Yep the Big Bang Theory did bring us here, cos my Son didn't think it was a real song, so was surprised when he heard it on the radio this morning :D

[Valdrag]

@GrandeAcure Guilty lol, I had necer hered of this song beforehand

[Nephthalem]

@GrandeAcure I was just watching the episode where Howard was serenading Bernadette and I wanted to hear The Four Tops sing it again. It brought back fond memories of the 60's.

[TalisAden]

This song makes me wish my name was Bernadette.

[mmmbernadette]

@TalisAden my name is Bernadette.