Henry Lee Summer - I Wish I Had A Girl

[1964baseballgirl]

I just saw HLS last weekend in Indy ..... HE's still got it...!!!!!

Love Gina & Graham ( mate )

[weneedhelp123]

Pleae have MERCY on his mullet...

[PoserExposer]

Like Mellencamp on meth

[lobstertexas]

Hah, I loved this song when I was a kid -- though this video is so horrible, what with the ugly 80s chicks, out-of-synch choir and stereotype asian girl's karate kick .. but I will admit I did laugh when the girl grabbed his ass and he let out the yell. Squee.

[goUnitas19]

(Continuation) He could Profile and Style without busting a sweat! I moved to his town (Brazil, IN) from Terre Haute, IN. Henry was representative of the Majority of the Citizens of that Community-Loving, Friendly, and very Respectful of all Peoples. They're treatment of me and my Family is what has kept a Militant like me from developing a biased attitude towards people like them. Love ya Hank!

[goUnitas19]

Me and Henry went to High School together! We had a Rock, Pop, R&B, Soul, Country and Oldie Band called the "Main Thing" which Henry later joined. He was great along with the Band Leader Rick Jeffries. Keith Strong (R.I.P.) was the Original Lead Singer (he was something like a Sidney Poitier look alike). Henry (we called him Hank) was a comedian but, we called him the "White Earl the Pearl" because his Basketball Skills and Talent was 2nd to none!!!

[AwlrightProductions]

My goodness, look at THAT MULLET

Nonetheless, an extremely underrated song

[danning1]

Someone please inform John Mellencamp that his playbook has been stolen.

[35heygirl]

wow i love to listen to this music I was 15 and driving my boyfrends truc he had ths amzng system my friend and i would sit at red lights and turn this song way up when hed do his scream people looked at us like we were crazy life was so simple then ! how ever i did get to meet the 1 of the most amazng people n the world the very famous King of Pop he loved this song and hey baby me and mj would sing and dance to this now im 36 wishing i could go back 2 the 80s Amazing Atist Henry Lee

[sczesny46056]

from one hoosier to another, henry you are the best!

[meangreen69Nova]

Henry Lee Summer wishes he had a girl...but his mullet is holding him back.

[MoJoRod30]

An underrated one-hit-wonder of 1988.

[altell12]

why do I have to look at Lady Gaga when I watch this? YUUUUUUUUUUCKKK

[kellruss]

@altell12 - I thought the same thing! Was wondering how to get it off there... stupid crap music today.

[thebrothersinstep]

does anyone wish it was 1988 again??

[rammer0018]

@thebrothersinstep yes, i do.

[kellruss]

@thebrothersinstep - You know it. That was a great time for those of us who experienced it fully. And this song was one of many great tunes out at the time; all very indicative of what the mid-to-late 80s were about. It was fun, upbeat, good music (with real bands playing real instruments!)... and good times to go with it. C'est la vie...

[iwork4pepsi2]

You rock HLS! , a fellow Hoosier!!

[DaveWollenberg]

Henry Lee hit #20 in Billboard, 4-30-88. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx! Have a great week!

[angelontherun]

Brings me back to the fun carefree days of youth!!

[Kalishfreak]

Attention men everywhere: Henry Lee just gave us the secret to picking up the hoochie of your dreams! Get a gang of robed, gospel choir singers to wing for you on a streetcorner! WTF were we thinking with our bullshit lines and well placed compliments? You da man Henry Lee!

[Kalishfreak]

Attention men everywhere: Henry Lee just gave us the secret to picking up the hoochie of your dreams! Get a gang of robed, gospel choir singers to wing for you on a streetcorner! WTF were we thinking? You da man Henry Lee!

[webofdoom416]

@Kalishfreak I belive it was the mullet!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ty360co]

he played at my moms boyfriends family reunion and sang to my dog

[sbcdan]

I miss fun music like this. It just doesn't seem to happen too often any more. It's a shame.

[jessiehayes54]

Wonderful ,happy,song !!! Thank God He blessed us w/ Henry Lee !!! Actually I liked the mullet. I thought that he looked pretty hot w/ it .

[thebrothersinstep]

this is just a super happy late 80's song. happy the second i hear this tune.....

[benzuckerman]

I give the song a 6, but the mullet is an 11....

[stewew]

I got a great idea for the video Henry... Let's just have you be a total dick... Have you accost all these different chicks as they're just minding their own business trying to walk down the street. You can paw at them and totally get in their space, put your hands all over them, and just generally be a total fucking rapist creep. Furthermore, you'll be sporting the most ridiculous mullet on planet Earth- obscene EVEN by the standards of the day. Billy Squier's Rock Me Tonight is better.

[JunkyardKid]

@stewew however, girls can get away with that, but we accept it because we're at a club.

[stewew]

@JunkyardKid Dude, I don't know what clubs you go to, but even in strip clubs, there's a modicum of protocol and decorum. Are you telling me that you to a strip club (if this is even what you're talking about), innocently try to mind your own business, and then become offended if some chick comes up to you and starts flirting? And if you're NOT talking about strip clubs, PLEASE post the name and addresses of these places where the chicks just randomly try to grab and bone you as you walk by.

[JunkyardKid]

@stewew yes, if they are fat and/or unattractive.

[misplacedkansan]

@stewew As Sgt. Hulka said in 'Stripes', "Lighten up, Francis".

If think you think this video is obscene, obviously you've had your head in the sand since the '90s with all the trash (rap, hip-hop, etc...) that horribly degrade women. Compared to them, this video looks like he's a kindergarten boy making eyes at the girl sitting next to him.

It's a funny video and one of the best rock songs from the late '80s. Mullet or no mullet, Henry Lee Summer rocks!!! Rock Me Tonight is good, too. OK?

[211kidrock]

well the way i see it HE GETS TO WAKE UP EVERYDAY AND SAY "HEY IM HENRY LEE SUMMER..AND YOU AINT..AHAH

[KrJtAngel]

My grandpa Larry financed his first album. I really hate seeing what he's done to himself.

[DonImuswillriseagain]

Eydie57. EXACTLY! 

[ziggysue]

Love thi ssong, I remember watching it with my sister over 20 years ago !!! When the girl walks off with him at the end my sister said who would want a girl who walks as if shes wet herself!!!! Look again at the way the girl walks, its really weird. I was 23, my sister was 21.

[jakevanfan]

His talent by far better than his looks.

[lanagregory1]

pray for him!

[dymaxia23]

IT'S A WRAP this dude just got busted for meth

[mrjonrickly]

henry is a great talent..and this song is great! 'nuff said!

[blueyedmama1]

Such a fun song

[TheGglader]

what a frickin dork

[youraverageuser]

always liked this song

[msjava1459]

love it!!!!

[pcm61774]

That chick's been stalking him the whole day when you think about it.

[SuperBrew44]

I always love all of these guys that like to go to these peoples video's, watch 'em, enjoy them, and then slice 'em up- such as calling him a "washed up meth head". Really? at least he had something to be washed up FROM....what's ur claim to fame? talkin' a buncha shit and making fun of people that actually had careers? Give me a break..

[rfd73]

The part in the end is so funny LOL

[cubnuts23]

It's Joe Dirt!

[tconst1]

i miss mullets

[gyselboy]

Lol now he is a washed up meth head

[beaversi69]

Indianapolis - Indiana rocker Henry Lee Summer is back in jail after violating his probation.

According to his manager, Summer failed to complete his community service and wasn't calling his probation officer on a regular basis.

Police had to use pepper spray on the musician last May after his arrest for allegedly throwing meth out of a car window during a chase.

He's best known for his 1980s hits "I Wish I Had a Girl," "Hands on the Radio" and "Hey, Baby."

[hittingnote75]

@beaversi69 That's sad. 

[jukejohn]

Henry is from Brazil, IN. I met him in 1980. He had the heart and drive then. I wish I had that girl now. I asked Henry her name then and he didn't know. I hope she is well. Rock on kids.

[Iwaaaantyouu]

@jukejohn dude my mom knew him. i saw him a 206 mishawaka summerfest stil sounds the same

[JunkyardKid]

someone PLEASE synch up this song to footage of Joan from the show 'Mad Men'.

[egwrickryder]

So he ends up with the girl wearing "mom" jeans!!! LMFAO!!!

[gdoak25]

Henry Lee's got summer teeth...some'r here...some'r there

[fejster63]

saw henry at a casino last week in indiana, ghostly white, pail, hair like straw, looks kinda rough but the vocals were still there. he hardly ever spoke but was very polite. a very good show and the band was tight. fun to watch someone from my generation, oh yeah, no mullet!!

[moonbubba1999]

Henry Lee Summer from Dayton,Ohio...isnt that the girl from the Oh Sherrie video by Steve Perry?

[nightowl8936]

I haven't heard this song in years, and this is the first time I seen the video, and Henry Lee Summer reminds me of Canadian Rocker Kim Mitchell, combined with the folksey sound of John Mellencamp.

Also neat how he hits on so many different kinds of beautiful girls, but the down home blonde country girl is the one that likes him.

[Jefgg]

Henry Lee Summer was a total hick with his three names, mullet and redneck tuxedo. And being from Indiana doesn't hurt his title as Captain Redneck. 

[seagrams83gt]

@Jefgg Was wondering how many videos you made??? That's what I thought!!!

[Jefgg]

@seagrams83gt I made a lot of videos with your mom.

[seagrams83gt]

Was wondering how may videos you made?? That's what I thought!!!

[DaveWollenberg]

Hit #1 rock, #20 pop in Billboard. God bless!

[77msmade]

I love this song !!!

[arhuxtable]

This is a clone of Bruce Springsteen's I'M GOIN' DOWN.

[mjfbush]

It look like he is harrassing the girls.

[BigOrangePred]

"Check it out Leroy"!

[kauia2010]

I have not heard this song in years until a local band from Greensburg, KS played it one night. They play it so well it's like your listening to Henry Lee himself.

[Iwaaaantyouu]

hes awesome

[spidez8407]

LOL 3:23 thats a way to hit the high note

[roccodots]

Such a fun and catchy song. I find myself singing it every time I watch a pretty girl walk by when on the streets of NYC...miss this kind of music, miss the early 1990s

[robertogan]

King -o- Mullet

[hippychick525]

Sadly. like so many others, he is lost to drugs....

[DaveWollenberg]

hit #20 in Billboard. God bless!

[burnmaker01]

lol nigguh got fuckeeed

[CrazilyLuvinMusic]

★★★★★

[muthafugger]

Lord Have Mercy Lord Have Mercy...

[eydie57]

love the song, he must be the lord high priest of the mullet.

[LX50COUPE]

No kidding with the hair!!! Good tune needs to make up for the hair.

[JunkyardKid]

@eydie57 steel cage match with Michael Bolton!

[mrogers71]

That honor my friend belongs to Michael Bolton im afraid...

[drumking1967]

@eydie57 i think that would be billy ray cyrus, lol!!!

[altell12]

@eydie57 of course he's from Indiana

[tyler6469]

Wow great memories. Use to go to City Lights in Louisville back in the day to see him. :)