Loose Ends - Hangin' On A String (Contemplating) (Extended Dance Mix)

[beatmasta77]

this is one of the most sampled tracks in history!!!

[paullemonidis]

@beatmasta77 I think that honour goes to James Brown's, Funky Drummer.

[paullemonidis]

A great tune from a lost time that I miss greatly. Music was fun and enjoyable, whilst being serious and meaningful. You cannot imagine the vibe this created. It spent 6 weeks at No. 1 on the UK Pop charts if I remember correctly? That was unheard of for soul \ dance record back then. That will tell you how big this was. I can honestly say I thank God for being around when this came out. A great post of a monster classic that deserves more air play than it gets now.

[dapras]

This song is a classic......Portal to the past

[pennypacker93]

80s LONDON VIBE- THIS WAS THE SCENE!

[georgeman2468]

@pennypacker93 Yes, and even though im not from London, I can imagine what it was like.

[pennypacker93]

@georgeman2468 Hi- thanks for comment!! yep I recall actually hearing it for the first time standing learing at a lovely blonde girl (sloane ranger) as they were called back then in Fulham. Where did all those classy girls go?? now we we get is the chav WAG style types with more war piant on their faces then on sale the the clinique counter!

[georgeman2468]

@pennypacker93 You are correct in saying where did the classy girls go. I used to live in cheshire and at weekends the local bars and clubs were full of classy looking girls wearing nice clothes, but thats what the 80s was like. It was a very stylish decade, and I even remember the men all wore a shirt and tie on a night out, even us young ones. Now its all jeans and t shirts and yobbish loud behaviour.

[stev2083]

The Uk at its best...even the Usa loved it!...along with the cool notes

[Apollo11ification]

GTA IV Song The Vibe 98.8.

[TheAbraham300]

adds to playlist

[sytematic101]

This is my jammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm­mmmmm!

[TheDeadJuggaloHomie]

cruisin music takes me back thanks cousins.

[angelica3137]

sunkist calle 1990 ahhhhhhhhhhha what YOU know about that ....... memories ,,!!!

[beatmasta77]

classic!

[87Cakez]

Grand Theft Auto sound track XD I looooooove it

[georgeman2468]

@87Cakez Some of us are old enough to remember songs like this long before computer games. :)

[FlawedGames]

I am in bliss.

[georgeman2468]

God this takes me back to happy days.

[kingdomswhoswho]

Amen but is this Thelma from Amen sitcom show?????

[LadyLyricInkENT]

now this is what i call real music

[kaabbaaq19]

I love this song!!! Took a minute to grow on me, but once it did it was permanently embedded. And the girl in the group is very sexie!

[jasonpfinch]

and they model some brilliant threads in the pictures

[jasonpfinch]

the best ever British R&B track

[schildno5]

This was EVERYTHING when this came out & it still sounds hot. I am so glad I'm an 80's baby.

[dunlea2k8]

The Kid FRANKIE

[simplyred28]

This is why I love youtube! It introduces me to music I've never even heard before.

[prettyyoungthing90]

grand theft auto brought me here :)

[LarsStanleyHughes]

Timeless.....awesome track!

[usbreaks]

Ahead of it's time in R&B.

[gre68]

great music makers

[Bojayproductions]

Takes me back what a tune

[MsKason1]

LOVE LOOSE ENDS, FOR THE LONGEST I DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE NOT AMERICANS!!

[brollya]

d.s.g.b. boyz-- sittin on thangs

[Eugenedf1]

They were the first recording artists I met face to face, it was at Sigma Sound in Center City, Philadelphia, back in the 80's.

[dls99]

My Older cousins had a Pop lockin contest Christmas of 86'.  They bout wore out the vinyl and tape out. This plus D-Train's "your're the one for me" we the two fav'd jamz. Big ups to West Chester, Pa

[MrLundster]

Loved this song when i first heard it with my brother, and still love it now

[Diggy22]

This was one of those classic joints I grew up on that still get a lot of airplay up here in NY. Can never, EVER get tired of this song.

[crawnjc82]

its too bad dickheads like wiz kalifa ruined this joint. his stupid ass wasnt even born when this song came out....figures jus another rapper pretending to be ol skool. thats why music has gone down in the dumps, big ups to the ol skool home of originality.

[emerybayblues]

Definitly due for a bio-documentary on tv-one's "Unsung".

[TheRealDonald]

Wiz killed this beat in The Kid Frankie

[Ameran1]

As a kid I loved this song. And it still sounds good.

[74840999]

I would love to see TVOne do an UNSUNG on Loose Ends.

[mslenay38]

@74840999 i totally agree

[biglew7D5]

I cry myself to sleep at night when I think of the 80's and 90's. It's a shame what has happened to music today. I can't understand it. Who made a left, instead of a right? Who went up, instead of down? Who said, yes we're gonna put this bullshit out, instead of, NO I'M NOT PUTTING THIS SHIT OUT... WHAT THE FUCK?... SECURITY!!!.......... sorry for cursing.

[1axalove]

@biglew7D5 You're not alone-- there are more people out there who agree w/ you than you'll ever know ; )

[Dollymiss75]

Hearing songs like this just makes me wish that I had a time machine so that I could go back in time, go to the dance clubs and re-live the good old days and forget about the shit that's happening in the here and now!

[infamouszo]

i was born when this song came out gud music rite there

[007cowgirlup]

this the shiznit

[massagebydick]

goin back like this is like really returning to Nolan!-Dr Dick-MI

[davisismail1comcast]

THE DEFINITION OF COLLECTIVE, CLASSY, COOL. THIS COMING FROM A U.S CAT.

[jaredsjared]

Only one idiot disliked this song.... They must not have an ear for real music apparently

[elroy3x1]

looseends isthe shit

[rhaspyman]

One of my favorite joints of all time!!!!!! So So hot!!!!

[buddyayame]

this song was so many times samples i hope they are rich

[TicklishTarzan]

All these years later, and I still go nuts over this song!

[1axalove]

@TicklishTarzan You took the words right out of my post! Have loved this since I first heard it in 85. True classic!

[KillaShon22]

my mom put me on loose ends.... i fell in love with them they good!

[scjrutube5]

gta 4



[MrJustified1]

This song is incredible!

[pennypacker93]

Just such a smooooth track..real grove to it...I can even recall the exact spot I was standing back in 1985 when I first heard it! (I am the so called lost generation of the 80s - brixton riots- 3 million unemplyed) thanks Maggie for sorting out the labour shit up.

[tag2388]

The Kid Frankie!!!

[454SD]

I always thought this song represented another step in the evolution of funk; the beat hits so hard but there is that jazzy interlude at 2:48-brilliant!

[78Sista]

I miss the 80s. :)

[bigdaddy45able]

1985 was a great year,this song is one reason why.

[ashleigh1968]

played this to death, drove my dad mad, bahaha, was only 17 when this came out, and still fresh today, still wanna get my grooove on

[2Steppa2]

Even from 1985 this still in a strange way sounds upfront today. A measure of the production values and quality of this kind of music is its longevity, freshness and instant appeal.

[loobycliff]

Woo... London, Gulliver's in Covent Garden. Chrome rails and men dancing in jackets and ties - including me! Fab!

[125or200px]

@loobycliff

Sleeves rolled up,like Miami Vice? Thin leather tie?

Those were the days my friend.

TOP TUNEEEEEEEE.

[easyriderfi]

Grown Folk Music

[mobius1aic]

@easyriderfi OK Michael Baisden :P

Does 24 years old count as grown folk? XD

[AnselmGaynor]

Without the TR-808, this record would not exist....

[SUPERSILVERH8ORADE]

@AnselmGaynor is that an mpc by any chance?

[xlmidi]

@SUPERSILVERH8ORADE No chance at all. Roger Linn (and the folks at Akai) released the very first Akai mpc60 in 1988. This song was recorded about 3 years earlier.

[KilmerVarient]

This is one of the best records ever!

[GAMEBREAKER700]

Where's my album.Was it really 1985 I bought this LP? they were so new and fresh. Still sounds great though

[Arsenalman1004]

Also my fav song of all time :-)

[CHERILYNable]

BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[mixingbowl3]

Brilliant music and brilliant logo.  That logo is so brilliant that Bank Of America stole it!

[sonnysugacane]

This song is THE shiit!!

[chancebillups1]

i live sucka free - W. Khalifa

[sadnav]

Was in my late teens during the mid 80's and it's like everything, you don't really appreciate the music of the era until years later. Wiked tune, brings back loads of good memories. Long live the 80's. Thanks for posting.

[jules5434]

.....this beat goes hard!

[MINIMOTOMADNESS]

i plan to be buried with this song grasped firmly in my hands......this is my no.1 of all time.............

[digiwoo]

Loose Ends will be making a comeback in early 2012, and I can tell you the new sound is off the charts!!!!!!!!!!!

[SLY4153]

One of the best danceclub songs of the 80's who remrmber the shadow or the underground

[funkyjimmy1970]

Modern sound! Wow! So good!

[MsCargento]

ok, 1 dam person does not like this groove???? have you lost your ears????? old skool at its best!!!!

[Jerseybadboy31]

yo this is my shit right here....

[fiverings37]

FLAT OUT AWESOME TUNE!!!

[kennethgeejohnson]

classic song.

[tasha1985]

Posers get of her talking about Wiz ..so what if he remade it.. This is the classic so you won't find that here. Sick of hearing ______ brought me here. No the orginal brought you here get it right.

[geforce5700fx]

You you you you ... you got me hearing this song a thousand times !

[TheAngryManchild]

Never quite got the credit they deserved. Superb track form an excellent era...

[weller71884]

@TheAngryManchild They were before there time?

[casper123]

Amazing amazing amazing. love this era.

[ezabdullah]

This music was busting with soul. The beat, the variety of the sounds within the song added an aire of mystic and truly set it apart from other recordings during that era.

[lowalevo13]

i remember always lovin this jam I just never heard of loose ends I thought Midnite Star or Atlantic star made it . After a couple of years i found out the groups name there other songs are alright but this one really jams.

[libertelibre]

So where are you Jane Eugene ?

[1TICKHAND]

I LOVE THIS SONG

[Skyway71]

All time classic, music that hits the soul.... agree timeless!

[Fasjo10]

REAL MUSIC....TIMELESS!!!

[johnny029]

You wish you born in my years! Right?

[deaneglancy]

Good quality too, my Walkman ate this years ago

[gaz4986]

This came out the year before i was born. I wish I grew up in the 70s/80s. Music today sucks.

[omarpaz25]

bad ass song !

[sexyladybrownsuga]

THIS WAS THE SONG OMG I LOVES IT STILL!

[gre68]

top 

[amcstudio30]

I Miss this good r and b music

[lilcutie4sho]

hangin with this groove

[Larry08Luv]

this was my shit in 85 bring back so many memories in my late teens

[chgoblaqueman]

Now see this what i am talking about this is music. I was a Junior in HS. But i was very mature for my age. So i hung out with the grown folks smoking, playing cards and cocktailing. We use to play this song all the time. When we got ready to hit the clubs. WOW!!! WHAT MEMORIES.....

[blackcoffy83]

I listened to this song for the longest time and never experienced waiting around for a boyfriend... 'til now. Now if some man expects me to wait while he sorts himself out, he's getting the boot. Other than my drama, this is one of my fav songs of all time :)

[panavision09]

you damn right. in the shade. my older brothers would tear the frame outta this song at house parties. still sounds good 25 years later.

[btinsley1]

yeah, yeah, YEAHHHH...We used to bump this back in the day !!!  i was young, energetic, fly, not a care in the world....then reality set in....still fly though

[loosestudios]

Look How Long turned out to be the final studio album released under the Loose Ends name, and featured their final hit single, "Don't Be A Fool" (1990). McIntosh himself went on to work behind the recording desk following the group's peak popularity, but the new trio soon disbanded. He has since produced several artists' work, most notably that of Caron Wheeler and Ruth Joy.

[jackie9847]

awwwwwwwwwwww shit!!!!! they dont make them like this anymore.

[cgord37]

somebody please take me back to '85!

[DervishNL]

Always been my favourite part:

You got you got you got you got you got you you you at 4:06 !

[AV4557]

Wave

[frips1000]

this is culture!!!!

[xDStaticDx1]

Thumbs up if your web browser brought you here

[fff1313]

289 smart people , 1  MORON!!!!!!

[TCdaMAN88]

wiz

[nprx88]

the kid frankie :P

[PowerHouseDream]

I love this, bringing back mad memories . This was music back then.

[blackamerican40]

This song reminds me of sitting by the pool, late at night, with that speciail cutie just kissing and feeling frisky!! Summertime nastiness follows!!

[Irishmura]

@blackamerican40 ;)

[blackamerican40]

I was 17 when this song came out!!

[oparepa]

dam im 17 and dam i wish that ived born on those days dam nice song wihtout preverse words or mind just chill  and the instrumental dam..... to good

[blackbolt75]

This brings back memories. Great music!

[stanleyluke]

I remember this in Covent Garden in the Punch & Judy..those were the

days.....

[Can2ThaName]

what song did big daddy kane sample this from??

[26sexychocolate]

GTA4! LOL

[yahshuatwo]

Baddest Soul R&B beat ever! Puts me in a spiritual high!! I'm 40 and I remember this from my Freshman year in high school. Will Smith (Fresh Price) love this groove too!

[pierrerichard7777]

this is one fine upload right here! thanx a lot for this....

[MrRubenG]

The 1 person that hit the "dislike" button is probably a yo-yo that doesn't want to hear any more about hanging on a string.

[blackstar514]

One Word CLASSIC CLASSIC CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!

[phk40]

Het hele album is subliem.

Het mooie van deze opname, je hoort de naald over het vinyl zijn spoor zoeken.

[czechivan]

wow super

[loveapple09]

I first heard this song while spending the summer in new york from downsouth on kiss fm and never forgot it real classic r&b!!!!!

[dclive2000]

Timeless 

[HerbertBurton]

This is pure 80's right here! The sound.....I love it. Takes me back to a great childhood and memories of my mother with her big hair style!

[Babb26]

Who is the 1 asshole who disliked this song? He must have accidentally hit the button.

[DaddyGrand414]

@Babb26 With his asshole LOL

[LondonGeezer01]

good times, happy days!

[quelover09]

this is tooooo bumpin!!!!...what ever happened to real music!

[TheGunitLover]

ty wiz to bring me here :)

[angiepantsful]

ohh yeerrrrrr

[lpc0615]

I love 80's music. I grew up listening to this song my Aunts and Uncles used to jam to this back in the day and still do. I hear this on the old school station also.

[atulkpatel100]

tuuuuuunnnnnnnneeeeeeeeee! nuf said!

[JesperKyd47]

This song is beyond good, it's unreal talent

[ThatNiqquhWhyTee]

I rep the gang gang gang gang gaaaaang

[TheWarpedVinyl]

a funk, soul, R&B explosion...love it 

[TheHalo74]

they deserves achievement awards

[Hanzi63]

Yehhh ....... sweet memories !!

[DJdefcon4]

still FRESH....

[FAWNMAIDEN]

4 anna....u still look like fergie!! remember, contemporary dance? steve? classical?... you wnted shza lol the day we met...20 years on...one of my best m8s...told u i'd graduate! don't worry i have that effect n can entice the best of them lol. time..babe...wow ..link in summa...i aint a winter chile...remember..hey! kisses on the wind!!!...remember.."diggin ure f*****n grave" ha ha....bkr chk 4eva......

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[Dedokai32]

Somebody could do this on acoustic, and post it that would be bad ass. This tunes niiiice 

[silentsteve63]

wow



[rbrown01974]

This is one of my favorite 80's songs!!! Yea!!!!

[danyrx8]

OMG..! I think i'm gonna pass out, like the 1st time i have entered on The Triangle strip club on GTA IV! This were the days where music has soul, not of the almost of the crap we hear today! And that's why i love this era and too R* for let us get to know music from that time! ;)

[Tampa0123456789]

Actually everyone there still is good music out there. Its just they don't seem to be breaking though the top 20 but there is still stuff like this out there. Look around a bit especially across the boder in places like the UK>

[salishaw]

HOT Jam

[1980Grafik]

PURE CLASS.

[royaleplace]

cool le son

[sekhmetbastet]

This and Slow Down stay on my mp3 Playlist! Listen to them all the time.

[k16denzelpimpin]

i live life sucka free