How did a white guy ever write these great songs. Rod Temperton originated from North Lincolnshire in England about 10 miles from me. Brilliant songwriter and lyricist. Enjoy!!
@Chalenger303 Dang you are right! Anyway this is a nice cut. There dance steps are lacking here. Maybe it had something to do with not having J up there.
Alot of people don't know it, but one of the lead singers of this group, JD Nicholas went on to become one of the lead singers of the Commodores. Anybody ever heard of a song called Nightshift. In fact JD is in this video if you look closely.
Saw these guys around 12 months ago @ a Butlins "big weekend" in Minehead - the 2009 version of Heatwave were F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C & were the stand out band from a very good weekend & they constantly had to remind the masses they were NOT a tribute band !!! Great back catalouge which has more than stood the test of time !!
EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS NOT A BIG HIT IT WAS A GREAT SONG.IF NOT FOR ALL THE TRAGEDIES WITHIN THE CORE GUYS FROM HEATWAVE THEY WOULD BE AN ALL-TIME GREAT,THOUGH FOR ME THEY ARE AN ALL-TIME GREAT.AFTER EARTH,WIND&FIRE&CAMEO,HEATWAVE WOULD BE NEXT ON MY TOP 10 LIST OF ALL-TIME BANDS.ALWAYS HAD A STRONG GROOVE.
heatwave was one the hottest groups that went without notice. i love this songs and it has a smooth groove. let's hear for the U.K. where they are from.
rod tempton had stop touring with the group a while before that song was mad. and johnny wilder had a bad car accident around that time. the music still sounds so great.
Great song this, loved it back then and what a surprise to see a video had been made too. Brilliant, has made my day. 'Big-up' the Wilder' brothers for their great grooves, and 'props' to Rod Temperton' the keyboard player in the group who was actually English.
They put both feet and one elbow, in this one! Heatwave had a very distinctive sound, and the harmony, especially in this slice, goes down better than your favorite cold beverage on a 100 degree day! So smooth but so danceable!
Wow, great song, I've never heard this before... smooth , but kickin at the same time. I even heard a little tiny bit of Disco Duck in there at the beginning... QUAK-QUAK... reminds me of a Pablo Francisco joke ...
Yesterday, I found myself on a major intersection in downtown Phoenix, hopping from one metro bus to another, because my car quit on me last week. So I'm waiting at the bus stop, listening to some grooves from this era on my iPod, it was 100 degrees, but... I didn't care. I got into the groove.
Now I understand how the urban groove came to be. When you realize you're movin', and peoples enjoying watching you from their cars, yeah, the groove baby...
@DancingSpiderman Your welcomed sir young ppl of today have no idea what good music is.I'am glad to have been born in another era I would have missed out on groups like Heatwave
i bout this 45 single on a whim at Turtles record store in atlanta Ga and its one of my favorite jams by them i didnt know they had a video for this and its a shame Rod Temperton dont get the credit he dserves especially for micheal jackson(they gave the credit to quincy jones) he was a genious what a shame- says uzipolo-king of decatur
omg funkuradio i had a mk3 cortina with a sun strip saying jazz-funk and i was 18 at the time and every saturday listened to robbie vincent great days....england.
This definitely brings back the memories ! My best mate had an Old Avenger car with a sunstrip on it which said "Ganster of the Groove" on it :-) Brilliant Tune !
Listen to more music like this at Funk-U-Radio - best in 70's 80's Jazz, Funk, Soul, Disco :-)
just an observation, not a racist comment, but in this video, which looks like it was shot in NY, the main artists are all black. Is this because it was aimed at the American market. Just wonder why Rod Templeton is not on the video.
you can hear rod temperton style in all of his songs. just listen you will hear it, the harmonizing especially. i loved rod music He was great in the 70's with heat wave my fav heatwave. okay i have two always and forever and boogie heat. he was a bad bad composer
Sachmcfw. guess u must be a yank who thinks all things come from black guysin the States
Rod Templeton comes from NE Lincolnshire. He was in Heatwave and wrote a lot of their music.I rememer seeing Heatwave in W Germany when serving in the army there in the 70's. Enjoy a brit who wrote and produced good music
Theres no need to bring this down to a colour or uk v's usa thing. I've been a fan of MJ, Heatwave, George Benson& Chaka Khan since school & I'm now 42. I'm black, from uk & always been aware of Rod's ethnicity and his major influence on these great artists and loved his tunes regardless. Anyone that knows about music will already know Rod pened tunes /produced for these artists. It's all about the music. The peeps involved are secondary. One love, One music. Peace out.
@24368010 I knew this black guy who had a white thumb. It stuck out from the rest of the fingers on his black hand, and that white thumb was always sore.
thats right rod tempton PRODUCED for the group, he is NOT the lead singer(he is responsible for micheal jackson making millions of records when micheal left rod temperton thats when his career went from sugar to shit) this was a great song i didnt know they had a video for this song eithier.... says uzi polo-king of decatur
The lead singer your talking about is JD Nichols he join Heatwave in 80's then he join the Commodores when Lionel left...JD Nichols did a good job with Heatwave not as good as Johnnie Wilder though...The R&B Best ask any Questions...
Great tune. Upbeat and all-around funky! Yeah, you can tell that at this point, Heatwave and Rod Temperton's smooth sound and style had its influence felt with artists like MJ, Kool and the Gang, Linx, Imagination, etc.
(cont') He had gained weight from not being able to move around but still seemed upbeat and encouraged in the picture and from the letters he dictated to his wife Rosalyn to me. Yes, I got letters being in the Heatwave fan club LOL! Ahh, good memories... RIP Johnnie - you are finally free to dance all you want to again in heaven.
I still remember my Candles LP. I was in the Heatwave fan club and was so excited to go buy it, I was only 12 at the time and it was the first album I ever purchased, lol! Even though Johnnie wasn't in the video (he is singing with Keith though) I was so happy to see his picture on the album.
Sure does. THere is another song that has the bassline to Get On The Floor off MJ's Off The Wall. Heatwave version came first of course. I think Rod just took songs he already wrote and did them again on Off the Wall.
Rod Temperton was the originator of heatwave , he also added a school friend of mine to heat wave aged 17 at the time Derrick Bramble how c.o. wrote this song and played base ever since .he went on to become a huge song writer along side Rod temperton Jackie Graham , david grant , david bowie , whitney Houston and most recent the American pop idol single x many more .
Remember (Derrick Bramble) i use to watch him play key boards when i was age 14 in the music lessons simply amazing .
What is amazing, you can totally tell Rod Temperton's sound....(The keyboard player from England). He also wrote ROck with you, Thriller and others for Micheal Jackson...He has such a distinct sound...Check out Groove Line by Heatwave as well..You can totally hear this sound in Micheal's Off the Wall and Thriller.
You can hear "Rock With You" in "Love X Love" that Ron wrote for George Benson..what they and the similar Rufus records all have in common is Quincy Jones' production style ( as well as Ron's chords and melodies).
If u get the 25th Anniversary CD of Thriller, you can listen to Ron's interview on his creative process w/Quincy/Michael.
I think this track was recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1980 on "Candles" on Epic Records! I have the LP! Keep in mind(be mindful)that Rod Temperton wrote and composed this track!
hey Miger 1. Can you tell me who played these video s in 77 and 78. I didnt know that there were vid at this time . I was too young at the time to notice
Too bad Johnny Wilder isn't in this video. Must be after his accident that left him paralyzed. If you want to see him do his thing. Lookup Johnny Wilder and go to "Heatwave- Always & Forever." You will see the late great Johnny show singers of today how to sing live, especially with the greatest love song ever.
So... I try to compare who is who in there past music videos, and I cant figure it out... Unless they just got fat and grew lots of hair on there face and head... They look a lot like those drug dealers of the early 80's like youd see on a Beverly Hills Cop movie.
Rock on White chick LOL (says the black guy) :) What happened to black music? We have no BANDS anymore, that's what I miss. Most of these clowns nowadays probably don't even know how to read sheet music much less play a damn instrument. I miss REAL R&B, Funk, Soul music. We need to bring that back.
outfits are classy, funk is on!. I love the year of 1980 presents a passage from 70's to 80's. I wish I could witness those years=( R.I.P. Johnnie Wilder Jr..
Heatwave by far one of the best. Memories back to 1978 Panama when I was stationed in Marine Barracks there. Johnny was in car accident in 79-80 I think this song came out later.
¿somebody here in youtube have the video of heatwave RAISE A BLAZE?¿or the track in mp3?if somebody have it brothers,i like it verymuch to send my to my email please,i will appreciate verymuch,i hope for an answer brotherhomies,bye and¡live the hip-hop and funk!.
What a shame they didn't release "Party Suite"as a follow up single to Jitterbuggin from the "Candles" album,typical of the record company no doubt..........
¡¿What a fuck happen with the video "RAISE A BLAZE" from HEATWAVE?!!¡¿somebody know ah?!BROTHERS of youtube answerme please!!¡i love that videosong!¿why you took it of youtube?!ANSWER ME.
yes... there are a lot of heatwave songs that are unaccounted for that were super big hits! we all wonder. all the same, heatwave have good music... i think this one was very good!
¡¿What a fuck happen with the video "RAISE A BLAZE" from HEATWAVE?!!¡¿somebody know ah?!BROTHERS of youtube answerme please!!¡i love that videosong!¿why you took it of youtube?!ANSWER ME.
G's of the G!
st4rsndasky 2 weeks ago
Rod Temperton is such a genius.
christopherbrooks100 3 weeks ago
How did a white guy ever write these great songs. Rod Temperton originated from North Lincolnshire in England about 10 miles from me. Brilliant songwriter and lyricist. Enjoy!!
24368010 3 weeks ago
Gangster of the Groove, story of my life.
raychapa01 1 month ago
this is my first time ever hearing this song from heatwave. it has a nice groove to dance to. i wish that they could more music like this.
hasan201156 3 months ago
In fact, the bassline of this song was sampled for Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall." I believe this is the original bassline.
Chalenger303 3 months ago
@Chalenger303 Dang you are right! Anyway this is a nice cut. There dance steps are lacking here. Maybe it had something to do with not having J up there.
phatboytrex1976 3 months ago
i love gangsters of the groove. this is the music i listened to when i was a kid. i would tell anyone to listen to this song.
hasan201156 3 months ago in playlist hasan201156's favorites
I'm 19, and I don't understand the music of my generation...I wish we had more composers like Rod Temperton nowadays.
BillieJean1992 5 months ago 7
rod! master
foketesz 5 months ago
3:53-3:39 minutes, WTC buildings RIP. A Pandora channel for the rising from the ashes of the NWO.
7olusegun 8 months ago
I forgoyt to add: I love gang violence;well,that's whayt I'm all abouyt.
raydog699 9 months ago
@raydog699 Hope that it may not come back to bite you one day.
7olusegun 8 months ago
Trck whutyuyp I wrote Mandy, buyt Heatrocx rockx my all tyme fave I wish I wrotre thjeir hiyts as well
raydog699 9 months ago
The lyrics to the song is so sharp. Rod Temperton knows how to compose
4Ebsus 10 months ago 2
Long time Rod T. fan. When it comes to his work for Heatwave, JUST LISTEN!!!
5712bklyn 1 year ago
Alot of people don't know it, but one of the lead singers of this group, JD Nicholas went on to become one of the lead singers of the Commodores. Anybody ever heard of a song called Nightshift. In fact JD is in this video if you look closely.
noluv2u 1 year ago 2
Saw these guys around 12 months ago @ a Butlins "big weekend" in Minehead - the 2009 version of Heatwave were F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C & were the stand out band from a very good weekend & they constantly had to remind the masses they were NOT a tribute band !!! Great back catalouge which has more than stood the test of time !!
SteveCaftdunt 1 year ago
@SteveCaftdunt nice 1 i would av loved to be there
100russlou 1 year ago
EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS NOT A BIG HIT IT WAS A GREAT SONG.IF NOT FOR ALL THE TRAGEDIES WITHIN THE CORE GUYS FROM HEATWAVE THEY WOULD BE AN ALL-TIME GREAT,THOUGH FOR ME THEY ARE AN ALL-TIME GREAT.AFTER EARTH,WIND&FIRE&CAMEO,HEATWAVE WOULD BE NEXT ON MY TOP 10 LIST OF ALL-TIME BANDS.ALWAYS HAD A STRONG GROOVE.
MrTrackfreek 1 year ago
@MrTrackfreek when ever i hear gangster groove i have to dance, its hard not to. the songs were simple and fun in that era.
bowdred 1 year ago
growin up it was fine when 70s 80s songs like this ruled n kicked major behinds;;all time classics.
DIVAA1986 1 year ago
wow
awesome song
abbyfortheskew 1 year ago
heatwave was one the hottest groups that went without notice. i love this songs and it has a smooth groove. let's hear for the U.K. where they are from.
bowdred 1 year ago
i know Johnny Wilder came to positive terms with his condition after the accident, but I can't help mourning his absence....
lorimneal 1 year ago
i love the hook, the harmony. great song.
te4888 1 year ago
I always wondered why Johnnie Wilder didn't appear in this video. After watching "Unsung", now I know why.
MyJunior1975 1 year ago 2
This was a talented group and Rod a serious musical genius
medstudent42 1 year ago
Watched unsung last night it was great seeing the story of one of my fav group's
joesidneytetman 1 year ago
rod tempton had stop touring with the group a while before that song was mad. and johnny wilder had a bad car accident around that time. the music still sounds so great.
lee2lee30 1 year ago
Great song this, loved it back then and what a surprise to see a video had been made too. Brilliant, has made my day. 'Big-up' the Wilder' brothers for their great grooves, and 'props' to Rod Temperton' the keyboard player in the group who was actually English.
lollypasam 1 year ago
They put both feet and one elbow, in this one! Heatwave had a very distinctive sound, and the harmony, especially in this slice, goes down better than your favorite cold beverage on a 100 degree day! So smooth but so danceable!
wedge4hire 1 year ago
rod temperton wrote Thriller for michael jackson
dimpsey3 1 year ago
@dimpsey3 Thanks Dimpsey as stated before he was one of the top songwriters on that album hired by Quincy Jones.
dal4018 1 year ago
The intro to this is probably the most gangster thing I have ever heard.
igetbuisy 1 year ago 2
Rod Temperton is one of the best songwriters of our era. Think MJ Off the Wall & Thriller, George Benson, Brothers Johnson, and of course Heatwave.
Grimsby lad I think, or Cleethorpes - somewhere round there.
Spiderwebsider 1 year ago
This gotta be one of the greatest and most underestimated bands of the era.
I mean, there's more sofistication here than in most Kool & The Gang Tunes for example. Awesome.
teleespantoso 1 year ago
Wow, great song, I've never heard this before... smooth , but kickin at the same time. I even heard a little tiny bit of Disco Duck in there at the beginning... QUAK-QUAK... reminds me of a Pablo Francisco joke ...
DancingSpiderman 1 year ago
@DancingSpiderman Sit back and enjoy it beats anything you hear today
dal4018 1 year ago
@dal4018 Yep.
Yesterday, I found myself on a major intersection in downtown Phoenix, hopping from one metro bus to another, because my car quit on me last week. So I'm waiting at the bus stop, listening to some grooves from this era on my iPod, it was 100 degrees, but... I didn't care. I got into the groove.
Now I understand how the urban groove came to be. When you realize you're movin', and peoples enjoying watching you from their cars, yeah, the groove baby...
DancingSpiderman 1 year ago
@DancingSpiderman Your welcomed sir young ppl of today have no idea what good music is.I'am glad to have been born in another era I would have missed out on groups like Heatwave
dal4018 1 year ago
This was a really great find on a Best of Heatwave cassette tape I had over 25 years ago! Cool to actually see a music video for it.
videos795 1 year ago
Come Back Robbie Vincent .. ALL will be forgiven, we need more of this kind of music on the airwaves
Realness97 1 year ago
Sorry, biy Ive had this tune since 1980-and just seen the viedo on you tube, thanks for the posting!!!
stonebridgeboy11 1 year ago
rileyfree u r wise stay positive
gprm1999 1 year ago
This is a great tune :)
tyleross1986 1 year ago
look at me ... i'm groovin' .... nice and smooth vibbin' song .... thanks for sharing !!!!!
gundalaketarketir 2 years ago
smooth vocals + jammin' beat = outtasight!
misterstamper 2 years ago
They need to featured on TV ONE's Unsung with interviews with former members as well as current members
DE712 2 years ago
Heatwave is great never got the credit they deserve this music they have is got to be from a higher power
nunile18 2 years ago
Not only is the song bumping but this post gets 5 stars just for the old school NYC video footage alone..Dam,brings back memories of the Hot Tracks
video show days.
juxstaman 2 years ago
i bout this 45 single on a whim at Turtles record store in atlanta Ga and its one of my favorite jams by them i didnt know they had a video for this and its a shame Rod Temperton dont get the credit he dserves especially for micheal jackson(they gave the credit to quincy jones) he was a genious what a shame- says uzipolo-king of decatur
uzipolo 2 years ago
omg funkuradio i had a mk3 cortina with a sun strip saying jazz-funk and i was 18 at the time and every saturday listened to robbie vincent great days....england.
lukeydoeslikey 2 years ago 6
@lukeydoeslikey oh yes robbie,now on jazz fm did not have a cortina though,but a talbot alpine.
uksofunky66 1 year ago
Big city music !
gianca60 2 years ago
im just 15 and i still adore this kind of music...i feel like i heard it be4...=)))
Iwkie 2 years ago 2
you did =D
lipoicacid 2 years ago
heheh lol XD
Iwkie 2 years ago
yea im 15 too n I like older music way more than alot of this new bs
RileyFree1 2 years ago
@RileyFree1 Riley if u like older music would u listen to music from the 40's if so check out two old school cats named Louis Jordan,Cab Calloway.
dal4018 1 year ago
I was just a kid when I they rocked...dam I had some fun at the house parties..50 cent to get
hazynupe87 2 years ago
Hi,Rod went off to write others like MJ RIP
raymondv5 2 years ago
Didn't know they had a video. I loved this song growing up!!!
MeanGreenQueen2007 2 years ago
This definitely brings back the memories ! My best mate had an Old Avenger car with a sunstrip on it which said "Ganster of the Groove" on it :-) Brilliant Tune !
Listen to more music like this at Funk-U-Radio - best in 70's 80's Jazz, Funk, Soul, Disco :-)
FunkURadio 2 years ago 2
Oh goodness this is real music my parents were so lucky!! and by the way Rod temperton really rocks!
BillieJean1992 2 years ago
just an observation, not a racist comment, but in this video, which looks like it was shot in NY, the main artists are all black. Is this because it was aimed at the American market. Just wonder why Rod Templeton is not on the video.
24368010 2 years ago
@24368010 "Just wonder why Rod Templeton is not on the video."
Prolly becuz Rod was not black. Bwaahahaha.
2ndly prolly because he couldn't get his passport in time for filming
DancingSpiderman 1 year ago
you can hear rod temperton style in all of his songs. just listen you will hear it, the harmonizing especially. i loved rod music He was great in the 70's with heat wave my fav heatwave. okay i have two always and forever and boogie heat. he was a bad bad composer
colored4red 2 years ago
Rod Temperton is a bad white boy. He's a helluva writer.
ranus69 2 years ago 21
@ranus69 Ranus Temperton wrote most of the hit songs on MJ's Thriller!!!!!!!
dal4018 1 year ago
@ranus69 Yeah man. Rod Temperton is a legend. You can hear Off the Wall and Thriller in these songs. Especially Off the Wall in Boogie Nights.
masterofillusion1 3 months ago 4
@masterofillusion1 Temperton offered Heatwave the 'off the wall' song before MJ recorded it. They turned it down!!!
scunnym 2 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Heatwave 2
Respect to you (again) Rod
PHUNKKUS 2 years ago 2
love it, love it, love it
UrbanTenant 2 years ago
Yeah one of the great song writers
PHUNKKUS 2 years ago
Loved Heatwave! Rod Temperton is amazing!! Unbelievable amount of awesome songs he wrote!
pabc 2 years ago
It does sound a little bit like Michael Jackson's 1979 hit "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
Chicago10281 2 years ago
A cross between "Boogie Nights" and "Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough"....so it is a little bit of both, to be exact.
83survivor 2 years ago
It sounds like "boogie Nights" but it sounds good though. He freakin made a killin just off MJ stuff. MJ Good call for Rod!!
frambrianna 2 years ago
love this track love heatwave nuff said..
farmereddy11 2 years ago
Think Temperton wrote thriller...amazing
groovei 2 years ago
Yes He Did Write Thriller He Also Wrote The Lady In My Life And Baby Be Mine
DLSBRICKCITY 2 years ago
this was the first music video I performed in
rutledgedance 2 years ago
no quincy jones off the wall but ROD TEMPERTON thank you men
momofunksoul 2 years ago
great music
kunsura 2 years ago
defo better!
laindon24 2 years ago
Sachmcfw. guess u must be a yank who thinks all things come from black guysin the States
Rod Templeton comes from NE Lincolnshire. He was in Heatwave and wrote a lot of their music.I rememer seeing Heatwave in W Germany when serving in the army there in the 70's. Enjoy a brit who wrote and produced good music
24368010 2 years ago
Theres no need to bring this down to a colour or uk v's usa thing. I've been a fan of MJ, Heatwave, George Benson& Chaka Khan since school & I'm now 42. I'm black, from uk & always been aware of Rod's ethnicity and his major influence on these great artists and loved his tunes regardless. Anyone that knows about music will already know Rod pened tunes /produced for these artists. It's all about the music. The peeps involved are secondary. One love, One music. Peace out.
dee40dee 2 years ago
@24368010 I knew this black guy who had a white thumb. It stuck out from the rest of the fingers on his black hand, and that white thumb was always sore.
The End.
BWAAhahahaha.
DancingSpiderman 1 year ago
You know Rod Temperton (English Guy) wrote this, and was then snatched to write a bunch of Michael Jacksons tunes. Recognise M Jackson in this???!
Sachmcfw 3 years ago 4
off the wall eh?
Rod Temperton = genius...
laindon24 2 years ago 9
Makes me think of Jamiroquai.
SonAvitch 3 years ago
they have a sound that ever grows old. timeless groove
sunlion55 3 years ago 3
LOL! gREAT song...so so soo 70's!!!
cioupty 3 years ago
Classic song, I remember this one very well!
SARaider33 3 years ago
thats right rod tempton PRODUCED for the group, he is NOT the lead singer(he is responsible for micheal jackson making millions of records when micheal left rod temperton thats when his career went from sugar to shit) this was a great song i didnt know they had a video for this song eithier.... says uzi polo-king of decatur
uzipolo 3 years ago 2
@uzipolo Yeah i noticed that MJ's music sounded like every body else's crap music after Temperton
DancingSpiderman 1 year ago
I didn't know there was a video for this song. That's cute!
sunshined121 3 years ago
Check out the stiff that sits in the corner...
Menstrual2Bubbles 3 years ago
outstanding song. Great one to groove to when you wanted to slow down from the more frenetic stuff back in the day.
walkingreader 3 years ago
I never tire of hearing this!
StephenWrexham1973 3 years ago
Rod temerton lead singer of Heatwave also wrote
Thriller for Mjackson..this whole group had a very tragic end..how sad foe such a good talented group like this,,but there music lives
on..and on
dimpsey3 3 years ago
Rod Temperton is the keyboard player (he is a white guy) not the lead singer.
indyenna 3 years ago
The Lead singers of heatwave were The Wilder Brothers(Keith and Johnnie RIP) and JD Nicholas who later Joined the commodores
DE712 2 years ago
The lead singer took Lionel Richie's place in the Commodores.
blmiddleton 3 years ago
The lead singer your talking about is JD Nichols he join Heatwave in 80's then he join the Commodores when Lionel left...JD Nichols did a good job with Heatwave not as good as Johnnie Wilder though...The R&B Best ask any Questions...
rrrickster3137 2 years ago 2
Great song!
mulry101 3 years ago
Groovy grind... YES!
MenstrualBubbles 3 years ago
that would be a good movie
RigHood 3 years ago
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bvm699y 3 years ago
u can have SO much fun ... with me v
elmogunpower 3 years ago
begining of the 80's
Nederweed 3 years ago
Yes, great song and hook. Rod Temperton wrote some marvellous tunes for that time and sounds fresh still.
trashedtube 3 years ago 14
I didn't know they made this song...I haven't heard this in a long time
kytyria 3 years ago
THEY WERE RUNNIN FOR A HELLA LONG TIME
DREKDYALLDAY 3 years ago
Great tune. Upbeat and all-around funky! Yeah, you can tell that at this point, Heatwave and Rod Temperton's smooth sound and style had its influence felt with artists like MJ, Kool and the Gang, Linx, Imagination, etc.
therealsoulproduct 3 years ago 10
@therealsoulproduct NO DOUBT ROD TEMPERTON WROTE MOST OF MJ'S HITS ON THRILLER QUINCY JONES HIRED HIM.
dal4018 1 year ago
(cont') He had gained weight from not being able to move around but still seemed upbeat and encouraged in the picture and from the letters he dictated to his wife Rosalyn to me. Yes, I got letters being in the Heatwave fan club LOL! Ahh, good memories... RIP Johnnie - you are finally free to dance all you want to again in heaven.
trebo12 3 years ago 4
I still remember my Candles LP. I was in the Heatwave fan club and was so excited to go buy it, I was only 12 at the time and it was the first album I ever purchased, lol! Even though Johnnie wasn't in the video (he is singing with Keith though) I was so happy to see his picture on the album.
trebo12 3 years ago 3
This has a "off the wall" groove and bass line in the beginning and chorus
ExeQUEtiveProducer 3 years ago 2
Sure does. THere is another song that has the bassline to Get On The Floor off MJ's Off The Wall. Heatwave version came first of course. I think Rod just took songs he already wrote and did them again on Off the Wall.
subby33 3 years ago
Rod Temperton was the originator of heatwave , he also added a school friend of mine to heat wave aged 17 at the time Derrick Bramble how c.o. wrote this song and played base ever since .he went on to become a huge song writer along side Rod temperton Jackie Graham , david grant , david bowie , whitney Houston and most recent the American pop idol single x many more .
Remember (Derrick Bramble) i use to watch him play key boards when i was age 14 in the music lessons simply amazing .
logic98 3 years ago
@logic98 so you must be a slough boy mate
level42cam 1 year ago
great post
shonuffLA 3 years ago 2
what a good song.i read that this was not much rated higher in those days charts.dont know why.
calmguy1 3 years ago
I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!! No lie, I listen to this song everyday. Love the sound and the video. Thanks for posting!!!!
kids57 3 years ago
One of the best Concerts I have ever seen Heatwave, Sun and Micheal Henderson Live at the Santa Monica Civic In Cali.
teacee 3 years ago
OMG, that must have been amazing!!!
kids57 3 years ago
What is amazing, you can totally tell Rod Temperton's sound....(The keyboard player from England). He also wrote ROck with you, Thriller and others for Micheal Jackson...He has such a distinct sound...Check out Groove Line by Heatwave as well..You can totally hear this sound in Micheal's Off the Wall and Thriller.
jbonapar 3 years ago 2
I completely agree. Temperton has to be one of the best arrangers ever..... the particular way he puts all the elements together is masterful.
isaacjohannsson 3 years ago
You can hear "Rock With You" in "Love X Love" that Ron wrote for George Benson..what they and the similar Rufus records all have in common is Quincy Jones' production style ( as well as Ron's chords and melodies).
If u get the 25th Anniversary CD of Thriller, you can listen to Ron's interview on his creative process w/Quincy/Michael.
AvlDao 3 years ago
I think this track was recorded in Los Angeles, California in 1980 on "Candles" on Epic Records! I have the LP! Keep in mind(be mindful)that Rod Temperton wrote and composed this track!
Chicago10281 3 years ago
I just wanna say every song should have this sound. Some video's just don't have it.
palmshb 4 years ago
what a jam . . wish i could hear stuff like this in the clubs !
ClasHiCaL 4 years ago
Yeah dude.. I think the same sometimes.. Unfortunelly good songs like this, no more !
Fredericoap 3 years ago
This song reminds me of the time my family spent Christmas in Louisiana. I was in 6th grade then.
rtp1968 4 years ago 2
I was just starting middle school when this came out. great memories! Thanks for posting this video!!
shannonD68 4 years ago 2
Will someone please tell me who played these videos in the 70s!
shariefwat 4 years ago
Keith Wilder is singing here (with J.D Nicholas), Johnnie was only performing on the studio work at this time after his accident.
miger1 4 years ago
Where are the Wilders brothers in this video?
harley10001 4 years ago
hanging out in my neighborhood greenwich village KOOL !
Copifunk 4 years ago
This track has an impossibly funky groove to it. You just couldn't stop yourself from getting on the floor if this came on.
Class - from start to finish
JJcee10 4 years ago
hey Miger 1. Can you tell me who played these video s in 77 and 78. I didnt know that there were vid at this time . I was too young at the time to notice
shariefwat 4 years ago
The band would make a promo video to be shown on a T.V show if they were touring or in another country! Hence Queen's Bohemian rhapsody! :)
johnnyleith 4 years ago
Thank for the response
shariefwat 4 years ago
Your welcome I knew my old age would come in handy eventually! lol :)
johnnyleith 4 years ago
That's JD Nicolas from the Commodores (Before Nightshift) RIP Johnnie Wilder Jr. No. 2 of the 5 Greatest Funk Bands of all time.
MrKrime 4 years ago
Man never knew there was a video for this one! Thanks for posting it and sharing! This was one of the jams back in da day! Memories!
donniedeporte 4 years ago
That's the shii!! Love it
taospec 4 years ago
yay!
AnihalationNation 4 years ago
This is the hot jam! Right on...
Fenstersghost 4 years ago
Too bad Johnny Wilder isn't in this video. Must be after his accident that left him paralyzed. If you want to see him do his thing. Lookup Johnny Wilder and go to "Heatwave- Always & Forever." You will see the late great Johnny show singers of today how to sing live, especially with the greatest love song ever.
ainakco 4 years ago
So... I try to compare who is who in there past music videos, and I cant figure it out... Unless they just got fat and grew lots of hair on there face and head... They look a lot like those drug dealers of the early 80's like youd see on a Beverly Hills Cop movie.
MenstrualBubbles 4 years ago
omg this is great (says a white chick who loooves funk and disco :-) )
discomadame 4 years ago
Rock on White chick LOL (says the black guy) :) What happened to black music? We have no BANDS anymore, that's what I miss. Most of these clowns nowadays probably don't even know how to read sheet music much less play a damn instrument. I miss REAL R&B, Funk, Soul music. We need to bring that back.
victornewman06 4 years ago
Yea, Hip hop is the route now it seems. I wonder if Soulja Boy knows what an instrument is.
But you know, its like a pendulum, things come and go, so funk groups will make a comeback in the future. Its too good of a style to just die.
danzig2288 4 years ago
outfits are classy, funk is on!. I love the year of 1980 presents a passage from 70's to 80's. I wish I could witness those years=( R.I.P. Johnnie Wilder Jr..
waxwarrior03 4 years ago
That's acutally a keyboard.
86pimp3 4 years ago
Heatwave's bass playing is the best out there. real thick and juicy especially in the song "The grooveline"
ozzygibb 4 years ago
That's J.D. Nichols from the Commodores in this video with the other Wilder brother.
86pimp3 4 years ago
Heatwave by far one of the best. Memories back to 1978 Panama when I was stationed in Marine Barracks there. Johnny was in car accident in 79-80 I think this song came out later.
oldpanama 4 years ago
Cany you PLEASE post my favorite? I searched for it and could'nt fine it,"MIND BLOWIN DECISION". Thank you
msvernice 4 years ago
¿somebody here in youtube have the video of heatwave RAISE A BLAZE?¿or the track in mp3?if somebody have it brothers,i like it verymuch to send my to my email please,i will appreciate verymuch,i hope for an answer brotherhomies,bye and¡live the hip-hop and funk!.
casiusvanhelsing 4 years ago
I don't know why they took it off
FeBNucJad 4 years ago
thank´s anyway brother
casiusvanhelsing 4 years ago
I could be a sister
FeBNucJad 4 years ago
What a shame they didn't release "Party Suite"as a follow up single to Jitterbuggin from the "Candles" album,typical of the record company no doubt..........
heatwave61 4 years ago
I liked "Posing Til Closin", johnny wilder is not in this video
Gemini199981 4 years ago
¡¿What a fuck happen with the video "RAISE A BLAZE" from HEATWAVE?!!¡¿somebody know ah?!BROTHERS of youtube answerme please!!¡i love that videosong!¿why you took it of youtube?!ANSWER ME.
casiusvanhelsing 4 years ago
They do this to fuck around with us, brother
FeBNucJad 4 years ago
yes... there are a lot of heatwave songs that are unaccounted for that were super big hits! we all wonder. all the same, heatwave have good music... i think this one was very good!
n2cora 4 years ago
Amen, Brother!(or sister)
FeBNucJad 4 years ago
¡¿What a fuck happen with the video "RAISE A BLAZE" from HEATWAVE?!!¡¿somebody know ah?!BROTHERS of youtube answerme please!!¡i love that videosong!¿why you took it of youtube?!ANSWER ME.
casiusvanhelsing 4 years ago