Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer (Full Video Clip)

[MOFFS123]

Absolute classic... i miss this this era of music ,oh those discos and classy ladies those where the good times

[UBTUNE]

I w e n t W O W..

[jtmichaelson]

Funny how 33 years later the song still holds up as nearly perfect - vocals, backing vocals, this video and - of course - Nile, Bernard and Tony on one of the most perfect instrumental mixes still sounds great. And to think that sound got lost on Madonna but then kicked back into perfection with The Power Station in 1985 and then Robert Palmer in 1986. Awesome clip - and great memories.

[Landotter1]

ready on your mark let's go you know I go psycho when my new joint hit gotta git jiggy wit it that's it.... just kidding.... Yeah, she DOES have a sexy smile and that bassline ROCKS!!!

[TheMoneystacks123]

That smile won me over I love it. Replay.

[shydevil4u]

Evergreen Song.... I listen this song when I feel low and it really changes my mood....



[codestud3]

today's rappers call it sampling. it's really called plagiarism without compensation.

[SuperSimonuk]

@codestud3 or the death or originality, and theft

[codestud3]

oh yeah, i've met that guy...

[sauquoit13456]

On this date in 1979 {Feb. 10th} "He's The Greatest Dancer " entered Billboard's Hot Top 100; eventually it peaked at No. 9 and spent 19 weeks in the Top 100...

Will Smith sampled it in his 1998 No. 1 record "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It"...

Reached #6 on the U.K chart, #18 in the Netherlands, & #22 in Australia...

The next Sister Sledge release to follow it went to No. 2, "We Are Family"...

[edithegodfather]

i just gotta learn that guy's dance moves

[benchaffleck]

These women were so beautiful. Their mixed ancestry blended well.

[staffsmole]

Brilliant song from the CHIC stable...

Ironic how it's called "The Greatest Dancer" when you watch the sisters choreography...!!!

[benthebigperm]

gettin jiggy with mr biggie

[SarahMeyers1000]

i love this song:)

[geechi71]

GTA IV TBOGT! Nuff said...

[DudeTC811]

One of the best disco songs EVER... believe that!

[Neoknight2009]

holy shit that guy can dance

[dalzone]

see this sexy and alluring without being slutty...oh how times have changed.....

[Bloodforevenge]

I WISH THEY WERE MY AUNTIES,WOMANS LIKE THEM ARE WOMAN THAT I WISH TO BE FROM MY FAMILY

[ceddie618]

This song was originally a chic song, but was exchanged for i want your love

[ranus42]

I *hate* today's music, I really do since 'auto tune' is today's music best friend.

[jrag1000]

2:40 damn he came out and killed it. Props! Held it down with the women.

[Raflinger1]

Einfach geil !

[cancerboy85]

Kathy's Voice was so Sexy OMG Im mesmerized by it

[vampierlee1]

@cancerboy85 YES SO YOUNG AND INNOCENT

[overner2001]

such a gripping opening.... kind of ironic that the lyrics are a wee bit shallow when the opening bars are oh sssso mesmerising

[RobParliament]

"Halston,Gucci, Fiorucci!"

Still irresistible, still potent. One of the Chic Organization's best.

[RobParliament]

This song is from the classic We Are Family album, which, of course, was written and produced by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist, the late Bernard Edwards.

[MrManhattan48]

ain't best but lord the is still twirling

[MultiScorpio70]

A great video and wonderful song by Sister Sledge, no doubt about that.

[schenkelbart88]

DISCO NEVER DIES, NEVER.........

[141Lav]

70's me and my sisters there were 5 of us but the baby didnt dance so there were really four and we always did these dance routines for my mum and gran and all fam, how fantastic, we could have been sister sledge lol, if only lol, lovely to watch though...

[babah77088]

GREATEST DANCER

[koolkeith1985]

@babah77088 Ha ha, love this song. I got it my Ipod :D

[babah77088]

GREATEST DANCER

[hovelarde]

When music was music and you could actually undertand what they were saying.

[sandro6087]

simplesmente mmmmmmaravulhosoooooooo

[LisaK7100]

Who IS that guy?

[isa7739]

j adoooooooooooooore!! dommage que le son soit pourri!!!

[abdalladuran]

who si the great dancer?

[MrLorenzoz]

One of the best dance songs of my era. Sister Sledge was nice. Everytime I heard this song it would be followed up with some Chic music. Dance all night!!

[campbell0106]

omg this song reminds me of my 1st love herb jimenez odyssey disco san antonio. texas----thinkin bout u herbie out there in dallas

[RicoCoracao2011]

I LOVE IT....LOVE IT....LOVE IT....!!

[tcgtpl]

I love this song, but to answer the lyrics' question, "I wonder why he's the greatest dancer'? Hmm....super in-shape dude who dresses very fashionably, lives in San Francisco, and can dance? I'm guessing he's a homosexual. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Just no lovin' for the ladies, that's all.

[bjcapital]

He wears the finest clothes ,the best designers, heaven knows

Ooh, from his head down to his toes, Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci

He looks like a still ,That man is dressed to kill.

What a lyrics !

Halston gucci pierre rucci

[pyramid200004]

at work i have it on 70s real music there no doubt

[Arabhacks]

Music was good in the past, be it Motown or mainstream.

Now we have this new cRAP, taking about gangs, good god, even the gangs are trash. remember when gangs had both style and turf?

Now it is just a game of drugs, nothing else matters.

[vampierlee1]

SOMEBODY PLEASE RESPOND, THE PERSON WHO RECORDED SISTER SLEDGE OFF OF VH1 ON AMERICAN BANDSTAND, SINGING HES THE GREATEST DANCER. I USED TO HAVE IT IN MY FAVORITES, BUT THEY TOOK IT AWAY. PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR WEBSITE. THANK YOU

[Nineteen58Fury]

Now this is the good stuff. 4 sweet sisters. WOW!

[BillyBronco73]

I have a guilty secret I'd liked to share with the YouTube community.

I loved Sister Sledge back in the late 70s early 80s. There I've said.That was cathartic. I also really fancied the one on the front right as you look at the screen. She was gorgeous.

[MrLorenzoz]

@BillyBronco73 Kathy Sledge is her name.

[mouse12345ify]

GREAT MEMORIES!!!! what happened to all the people who enjoyed this era??:) we need to have our  own "FAMILY REUNION")) HAPPY 2011 KEEP THE SPIRIT ALIVE!

[RicoCoracao2011]

so classic... oh yes we don`t have so much unique artists today,

some are dead, some are off... some are only boring cash-cows for the industry like beyonce etc...

[8757kathy]

now the music is talentless shows like pop idol and america got talent they are rubish .these are real stars and the music of these yrs will live forever the likes of techno and house so called stars one hit wonders

[philskype101]

yes what has happened to our culture, sad is'nt it.

[vampierlee1]

TO THE PERSON OUT THERE THAT HAS SISTER SLEDGE FROM AMERICAN BANDSTAND FROM MARCH 1979.THAT YOU RECORDED FROM VH1, SEND AN EMAIL TO ME IF YOU WOULD THANK YOU

[Andygb78]

Gettin jiggy with it

[chiconasfritas1]

esse som e fera demais.....I love great song

[chiconasfritas1]

esse som e fera demais.....I love

[morningsnoopy]

ohyeah, the must have fashion item back then, stretch lycra jeans x

[marcusjknight]

TONY THOMPSON, BERNARD EDWARDS WE MISS YOU, please come back !!!

[marcusjknight]

The Bass, guitar and drumming, and strings on this record are out of this world !!!

[MarylinDogon819]

DL the audio from this video at searchripgrab doht cohm.

[camafrik]

Great moment of music : Nile Rogers & Bernard Edwards production !!! So good Shit !!!

[CrazyBoutThe70s]

Disco Diva's!

[TheEhinton]

These ladies exude a sexy yet classy and ladylike manner that is almost non-existent today. Or maybe I should say is competely non-existent.

[lovelysunnysoul]

laugh

[Coldmilk51312]

And the "Greatest Dancer" they were talking about was Michael Jackson! Nah it was clearly the guy from the video, but I've very glad my Mom listened to the "Smooth Jazz and RnB" station when I was a child.

Born in 1992.

[2hvr]

True Magic.

Bought the LP in a charity shop a few weeks ago. Can't wait to get it on Ipod.

Can listen to this for hours, and hours, and hours !!!!!!!

[Coldmilk51312]

@2hvr This was the first song I bought for my Ipod when I got mine. It would had been "I Can't Help it" or "Rock With You" by Michael Jackson, but I had already downloaded them and the rest of his songs from the Albums my parents luckily had!

[imthestig74]

class tune!!

[J77147]

DAMN, 5*****

[j5muscle]

well said these ppl today are scum of the earth

[manueskol]

These sisters are VERY VERY SEXY...what moves, smiles and faces...i'm 43 now and have to admit that artists of the 70's and 80's were in general more gifted, talented, and sexy at that glorious era...

[TheTyaptyap]

theyre just the most beautiful women Ive ever seen....wow I love this video clip. Ive been dancing to it for years!!

[i1killed2god3]

0 Dislikes: DAMN STRAIGHT. This song is freaking amazing.

[amayaiddelf]

To get this mp3 goto dopemp3s doht cohm.

[sda1225]

What a fun song! I swear Nile Rogers is a GENIUS & the sista's are beautiful!

[vampierlee1]

THERE DANCING IS SO SEXY!

[nihowmache]

What has happened to our culture in 30 years? Look at them: slim, well dressed, well spoken...talented..a source of pride. Now, we celebrate thug life and our "artists" can neither sing nor dance. Overweight losers with pants hanging off their asses, cant tuck their shirts in because their guts are too big, big hands with big gold rings moving up and down across the screen, cant sing worth a god damn note: 50 Cent, P Diddy, BIG, The best we have now is Alicia Keys and thats not saying much

[dartmoorboxing]

@nihowmache Well said and all true , Artists if that is what they call themselves today have no dignity or self respect ,especially the women who cant sing, all sound the same and look like cheap tarts from the red light district . Thank god my youth in the 70s had such good positive happy music that made people happy .

[CRMunir1]

@dartmoorboxing Or maybe Black people on a course of self destruction is a lot more marketable to the the entertainment world than if blacks had self respect and pride or showed love for themselves and each other....

[lashellification]

@nihowmache I agree. However, Alicia really is not the best that we have out there. Alicia is the best that is being MARKETED right now. Jill Scott, Melanie Fiona, and a few others make Alicia's skill seem average. No offense.

[Khultan]

@nihowmache Ha ha ha It really is something, isn't it? The changes LOL I grew up in the 1970s, really, the mid 70s, in San Francisco, I was a youngster. Everything you pointed out is true and I witnessed the change, but it goes with each new generation of new peoples....but, yeah, I am somewhat surprised at how the mores seem to go towards degeneracy.

[rhylmark]

@nihowmache are we just getting older or do we know better,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, nah we know better

[darthmal]

@nihowmache Amen to that!

[TheTyaptyap]

@nihowmache alicia keys is not saying much?

[marcusjknight]

@nihowmache

Spot on !!

[hypetrot]

@nihowmache

20 years b4 pitch correction came out for singers, musicians were derailed by technology and were able to create hits just using computers, -early to mid 1980's and ever since, correcting not only pitch, but timing as well, which when relied on...has an undesirable side affect, you really stink live (without the pitch and timing getting fixed on the fly etc) In addition to this problem, most artists today are just acting, not really feeling it because they are playing with computers

[CRMunir1]

@nihowmache Or maybe Black people on a course of self destruction is a lot more marketable to the the entertainment world than if blacks had self respect and pride or showed love for themselves and each other....

[cjs33139]

@CRMunir1 That's why as a person of color, I refuse to listen to rap/hip hop that glorifies violence, gang life, bling and luxurious life of hoe's and promiscuity, treating women as sex objects, using the Fag word left and right to humiliate our gay brothers & sisters. No thanks. Black music USED to be great: Diana, Smokey, Sister Sledge, Chic, Shalamar... today all we have is music that encourages young black men & women to define themselves by bling, sex & having babies with multiple dads.

[CRMunir1]

@cjs33139 Yes and we as a people need to keep pressing the issue just incase one black youth listens. Besides some big entertainment / corporate executive yearly intake No good can come from an indelicate and impudent life or even that kind of message. Right or wrong, i do not even call most of the music today Black Music. I call it something that Blacks are doing.

[cjs33139]

@CRMunir1 You know what's sad, is that rap USED to be positive. If anyone remembers back in the early 80s, rap warned of the dangers of drugs both using & selling (White Lines, Melle Mel), about getting out of the ghetto & doing something with one's life, getting an education, etc... all the Sugar Hill Gang & RunDMC songs were mostly enlightening & fun, not about mistreating women, beating up gays, ganglife & glorifying the "bling" materialistic mentality. What the hell happened since then?

[kezadrone]

@cjs33139 What the HELL indeed.

[mikeymike93]

@nihowmache Alicia Keys? Ew.

The artists you've mentioned peaked between 2000-2005. They're nothing compared to today's abused Autotune, over-rated teen singers and of course deathcore songs (the ones with pretty much no melody at all)

What about Daft Punk & Modjo? They sampled a lot of Chic/Sister Sledge and other great 70s disco classics, turned it into gold.

[kezadrone]

@nihowmache Yep it's fucked alright. These losers now can't do class because you can't buy it. These girls were real class. Please and thankyou's and so on. The ones now have more muck coming out of their mouths than goes into the average shitter. And skinny jeans suck balls. LITERALLY.

[BillyBronco73]

@nihowmache i AGREE WITH MOST OF WHAT YOU SAID BUT.... Allicia Keys is a class act.

[fidhealgaelach]

@nihowmache I don't know...Janelle Monáe has a great voice, and what about that lead singer from The Noisettes? There's still good music; you just have to dig for it a little.  (Stupid homogenized society...)

[fleekawadog]

@nihowmache The US. Government changed everything slowly but surely. Single, sometime zero family homes. It's truly a shame, this country used to be untouchable!

[JamesEyeView]

@nihowmache: The quality that is put on tv and on the radio has gone down. But not every thing. "Thug Life" is a term I think you should look into. 2pac's philosophy is actually taught at UC Berkeley just saying. And N.W.A. shed some light on things as well. There are some intellectual and talented artist still out there. Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Janelle Monae, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, Common need i continue? Alicia Keys is a talented artist but surely not the best we have

[cjs33139]

@JamesEyeView Tupac is taught at UC Berkeley? Doesn't surprise me as that is a way leftist liberal college and I am a liberal, but moderate. Tupac? What does he have to celebrate? Thug life? Sheesh. Well, if they teach Hamas-loving at Berkeley, I wouldn't be surprised they celebrate gangsta rap. There is nothing to celebrate in 90s rap, which led to materialism, bling, killing other kids for their high priced sneakers; that has brought down the black community.

[Jamehij86]

@cjs33139 I agree that late 90s rap was the start of those things, but artists like Souls of Mischeif, A Tribe called Quest, Jurassic 5, these Hip Hop MCs put out some fantastic funky hip hop, as a direct result to growing up with music like this. Also, it is incredibly ignorant to say that the hip hop and rap that came later was the cause of the 'fall of the black community', rap was a byproduct of poverty and opressionv not the other way round. Read a book.

[The096757]

@cjs33139

actually it was jews like the beastie boys and new kids on the block who started pop music's fall even before rap became well known. don't blame hamas.

the record company owners wanted to promote their own distand relatives so they marketed freaks they knew who had no skill of instead of traveling to cities and finding bands. it's been a total waste for about 15 years so this is not a recent phenomena.

.

[qqqqqq529]

@The096757 you are ignorant,this shows your antisemitism!beatie boys are genius!this too,btw

[Jamehij86]

@nihowmache I agree that the music today is shocking by comparison to the 70s, born in 1989 I always wonder why I didn't grow up in the 70s instead. But you have to understand that Disco, Funk and Mo-town directly paved the way for Hip Hop and in turn paved the way for Rap. I mainly listen to Greg Wilson and The Brothers Johnson. But you can't ignore the DJs that were playing funk to the kids in the Bronx in the 70s, which eventually lead to MCs like Q-Tip and B.I.G. I have respect for them too.

[cjs33139]

@nihowmache Right on, sister... or brother! :) I agree. I miss the 70s.

[009firefox]

@nihowmache What about Sade, Aaliyah (okay, she is not alive anymore but still), MC Solaar, Erykah Badu?

[sn00per8]

@nihowmache are you comparing the ladies, against male rappers? silly comparison, i think it should be more about the female performers, if you're going to compare, it should be more about the hoochie look that's going on now, that's in all music, you name the music category, and its all messed up, not just rap! all music categories are looking bad! you tell me what the hell Lady Gaga is or is wearing, Even Miley Cyrus has went hoochie, and she's not even associated with so called black music!

[nihowmache]

@sn00per8 Your attempt to be fair across the board seems to make sense but it is naive. Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Paris Hilton or any other white celebrity can do drugs, go to jail, be trashy, act stupid or be lewd...and it is never a problem for whites as a whole because whites are always judged as individuals with free choice when they fail. But people of color are held to a higher standard. The failure of a few is "proof" that we are all lewd/ criminal/ stupid. Thats why image counts.

[flexcamp]

@nihowmache Conscious words my friend, so so true. Not enough people see the bigger picture!

[TheNewsoul2]

@nihowmache

THANK YOU

[mekikya]

@nihowmache people of color? wow time to get into the 2000s buddy, last I checked things were equal...and if you say otherwise you are just playing the I'm black/gay/minority card over and over....time to just enjoy the music, instead of trying to play the race card every chance you get...

[MrExodus]

@nihowmache lmao over weight losers, and big hands

[snowsbeau]

@nihowmache You ain't said nothin' but a word!! Even though it was disco and I know it could be and was often tacky, it was an age when singers sang, danced and if needed played there own instruments!! Now everyone is over produced and enhanced to death. If most had to sing live, they would be laughed off of the stage.

[TheKevin0726]

great group

[lovelysunnysoul]

I know at 0:25 it was Michael Jackson, he told it self in an interview..cool!

[crepinchristine]

@lovelysunnysoul

what are you talking about?

[lovelysunnysoul]

@crepinchristine..about the dancer at 0:25 in the backround, look!

[Khultan]

@lovelysunnysoul ?!?

[jaimej2k2]

I don't know who the lead singer is, but I am smitten!

[vampierlee1]

@jaimej2k2 thats kathy she is a gorgeous little thing isnt she

[jaimej2k2]

@vampierlee1 Thanks for the info, and she certainly is gorgeous beyond words.

[davethebrush1968]

yep he must like the old school too

[davethebrush1968]

this makes me want to travel back 30 years in time and date the lead singer shes nice :D

[nischon]

so this is where will smith is getting all his awesome samples from lol

[EngelNr666]

i just love the expressions on the singers face, gorgeous!!!!!!!! and those legs :sigh:

[leebops10]

are they all sisters

[FunkyDzieciak]

I Luv this song !!!! <3

[jazzsoulfan]

Edwards & Rodgers gives L-I-V-E to Sister Sledge. Both of them were nothing with the other one. Such combinations gave us the 80's dance sound, which was the best. Still can't get enough of it today.

[adamtocock]

jesus christ, what a crackin' song man! choooooon!

[BLKnUSA1]

Benard Edwards & Nile Rodgers &Sister Sledge or Maurice White & the Emotions Who do I love the most?

[AMARS11663]

this sound is incrdible

[shilptwo]

The greatest girl in this is the lass who can't dance! I love her. she is better than the bible! Check how rubbish she is....and then hidden by the camra!!! Ooo

She is the bestest!

I love her so much

+ she is human

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[dadevi]

@shilptwo I know! They did her so wrong!

[shilptwo]

@dadevi I know it is so so wrong!!!!

[eihwazone]

@shilptwo what is wrong is for you to leave me.....that is wronger than anything else.

is wronger a word?

[eihwazone]

@shilptwo i am human too....i make mistakes...if you love me come back to me...X

[leebops10]

@shilptwo well spotted ha ha so funny she brill