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  • I love both but I guess because I only knew Jagged Edge version for do long I like that one better.

  • Love Jagged Edge but ain't nobody sweeter than Charlie Wilson that voice make the panties hit the floor everytime. No contest there.

  • JE shoulda just sang a JE song instead...Lol! (leave the classics alone, ya'll, leave 'em alone)

  • NEVER HEARD GAP BAND VERSION BEFORE, FUCKING LOVE IT

  • and that 1 person who disliked this song is a hater, they don't know good r&b music

  • both versions are good to me

  • Jagged Edge got the Gap Band on this one.

  • @icecoldbruh These two versions brings back memories for me. I was born in 1990 & I remember throughout the 90s I would sit in the car with my mom listening to her mixtapes on cassette, She had Aaliyah -Never Givin Up, Keith Sweat - Just A Touch, Gap Band - Wednesday Lover & Jagged Egde Version of Wednesday Lover. She swears by all means she doesnt remember & never heard Charie Wilsons version of this. It's been so long ago.

  • GAP Band hands downl. Hometown Talent.

  • No doubt about it. The Gap Band. And let's be honest, JE are some pretty humble guys and i'm sure they would agree with me! "Everybody... Everybody help me sing..." Man it gets no better.

  • They both are very exquisite songs.

  • Even though Charlie Wilson is one of my all time favorite singers, Jagged Edge was on point when they did this remake. This is a jam you can kick back and smoke that good shiznit while you're chillin' with ya lady.

  • Im 38yrs old and this was my jam in highschool i listen to this song and picture drivin in my camaro bumpin this song wind blowin through my hair and feelin so free this music now just cant make me fall in love like this old school can charlie where are you now?

  • I like JE but their version does not top the original.

  • The Gap Band it is no contest they paved the way for all ofthe music artist in R&B today hands down!!!!!

  • "She makes my life complete" and "More than I ever would need" tell me these are some of the realest lyrics I have ever heard.Charlie and the GAP band put it down...

  • Gap Band all the way

  • i do believe the lead singe from jagged edge was influenced by charlie wilson

  • Uh oh, my heart

  • look.. charlie wilson is a one of a kind singer... the last of a dying breed.. no artist today sings real songs.. the music is complete trash.... music is supposed to be about singing songs and playing instruments.. wtf happened to music..

  • Shit I forgot about this! Thanks for your post.

  • Charlie Wilson is one of the best. Jagged Edge just could'nt do like The Gap Band, and thats were some other artist get their style from. We just don't have music like this anymore. So I treasure all of my collections.

  • The Gap Band wins hands down. Good attempt by Jagged Edge, but none of them is touching Charlie Wilson. Plus the original has a better feel to it than the remake and to ol' dude that said "Jagged Edge would put The Gap Band out of business", You straight FOOLIN'!

  • Charlie all the way- JE's version is DRY! I'm thirsty and it drags. Sorry, and I am JE fan.

  • GAP BAND FTW!

  • Huge gap band fan..but have to go w/ JE

  • you know . chris9273 has a valid point , most remakes i hear today i feel are just imitations and lacks that emotion of the song , songs like Beyonce's at last , im wishing on a star , just to name a few. Jagged edge did a good job though. You know Charlies got that voice you can't really duplicate.

  • RIP Robert, you will be miss. God needed you more than we did, continue to play that Bass Guitar, with the other artist.

  • RIP Robert, You will be miss. God need u with him to play your Bass Guitar.

  • omg. I am ashamed to admit as a JE fan that I never knew the og was from GB, which is what I prefer instead.

  • Wow, I never knew JE remade this, but I think their mix is clearer and better than GAP'S. Yet the original song has to be better version, because it was GAP's idea. It's easier to take something written a long time ago and spend hours trying to make it more technically perfect on modern equipment, including drum machines! I do like JE's harmony mix, it's more full, but you can't imitate Charlie [or Stevie Wonder] without souding like Charlie [or Stevie Wonder]! Over all, I got to give it to GAP!

  • I dont have to hear both versions to know nobody can sing like Charlie Wilson & his brothers. And nobody can still out sing Charlie Wilson. He's getting better with age. I got my ass beat but i told my cousin Donald "Devante" from a 90's group called Jodeci Charlie sing better. He thinks Cedric "K Ci & Jojo are the best. Nah, Charlie for life homie lol

  • yeah buddy i sure do miss my friday lover ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh o yeah i would listen to this jam and get it in thanx gap band for the memories

  • Gap Band! Uncle Charlie Wilson all day. This is in my top 5 favorite Gap Band songs.

  • JAGGED EDGE

  • The legends like Charlie Wilson and Gap Band created the style that is used.

    JE paid homage in my mind. They know they the king of that smooth shit.

    There were others before Gap but they put it down as good as any.

    Shout out to Stevie Wonder and MJ tho.

    Respect 2 all

  • kut kut and kut

  • wow didn't know that je wasn't the original.....i like this..

  • No one can touch the Gap Band's Wednesday Lover!

    That song is a classic...

    Hands down!

  • I just LOVE this song!!! I am partial to the Jagged Edge version, probably because i didn't know for quite a while that it was a remake of the Gap Band. Jagged Edge has a beautiful, soulful sound they don't get the credit they deserve!!

  • soulcoolcool ,this is a classics ilike jg. but charlie wlson is a real legend.. more soul. this is real old skol music.

  • Can't fuck wit the original period

  • the truth

  • We where comparing slow jams at work and I pulled this ditty out of the trick bag, and everyone said "You Win" and we began to sang this classic! It kinda sounded good, but no one does it like Charlie and the Gappers! Peace to all those that know, and all those just finding out, what took you so darn long!LOL!

  • I love me some JE, But I love , Need and Want The Gap Bands Version.

  • Gap Band of course. Love JE, but Gap Band's version really takes it to the hood. JE did a great cover though. :-)

  • I dont know I like the new modern sound JE's version has to it...

  • I like these Cats but no comparison!...Zero!

  • I will always and forever love The Gap Band's version. I love the finger snaps in the beginning, I love Charlie Wilson's voice, and ... hell, I just grew up on it. Hands down one of my top 5 favorite song's of all time (along with Prince's "Adore" and Stevie Wonder's "You Will Know").

  • HAHAHA... C'mon, this is like comparing Apples to TIRES!!! J.E does sound good, but J.E can't touch the GAP BAND on a bad day!!!

  • THE GAP BAND HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!

  • I am a JE fan but the GAP Band gave this song one important ingredient...and thats SOUL. You can tell JE just sing the song the way they heard it (probably) growning up. But, the GAP Band gave this song life and that is WHAT is missing in todays (so called) R&B. Nice try JE but, the GAP makes you believe the story of a man that much in love with his girl. Thank you Charlie, Ronnie and Robert Wilson.

  • @Chris9273 Awesome comment. You took the words right away from me.

  • My dude are you crazy ???? Je is cool and they've gotten better over the years , but none of them can touch Charlie Wilson !!1! They just don't have the calibre and intensity he has or the old guys from the past do . peace out my dude !11 Gary

  • Sorry guys. I heard the JE version first, so I can't dig the Gap band version. That's weird for me to even admit because I always go for the original artist, but JE got me caught up.

  • My ears are in tuned for the old school version...I agree the Gap Band hands down....Charle just got it like that...now if I was at a club and house band was singing like JE then I would say yeah they got down, but this in not the case so...Gap band it is....

  • I love this song. No matter JE or The Gap Band this is just a wonderful song.

  • i usually like JE but I think they came out weak with this remake especially when you're following in the footsteps of Charlie Wilson, one of the best vocalists there is. plus I don't think the remade beat fits the melody.

  • There is no other voice like Charlie Wilson's!! I do enjoy Aaron Hall as well, but Charlie Wilson's voice is just, hmmm, words cannot explain! He gives great concerts too!! The JE version of Wed Lover is ok, but Charlie Wilson is untouchable!!

  • charlie wilson is da best.....and still a good singer....aaron hall too....

  • Oh, no Gap Band hands down; I don't need to hear the whole song.... Charlie and his brother the GAP BAND; Often imitated but can never be duplicated there is only on CW and the GAP BAND.

  • Here it is another Wednesday and I am listening to one of my favorite Gap Band songs Wednesday Lover!!!!

  • I am feeling the Gap Bands version much more...but of course that is because Charlie Wilson is the better singer. But I do like JE's version as well.

  • JE was better

  • gap band completelt i like je but i love the gap band

  • Gap Band is definately better...but this JE album was a classic.

  • I love the original version, but JE's one is good, too.

  • M-U-S-I-C.... nuff said... This nw R&B is just another fomr of rap... not true singing.

  • Do you think that R. Kelly was influenced by TGB's "Wednesday Lover" in "Your Body's Calling" with his lyrics that go "distant lover, I will be right here, so have no fear" ??

  • YES!!

    R. kelly and Aaron Hall are benefactors of Charlie's style

  • Yep, Yep. They are all my favorites :)

  • @icecoldbruh exactly!!!

  • I'm old skool so the Gap Band got it. JE was good, only if they had let loose on the vocals a bit more.

  • GAP BAND ALL THE WAY!!! Really, are you kidding?!?!

  • okay after a couple more spins, Charlie is the truth on this cut! 'ooh wee, ooh wee'

  • both renditions are pretty fly (wish Uncle Charlie would redo it) this is just a sexxxy ass song....Check out Uncle's other slow jams. WOW, my ipod it rocking this joint

  • Wish we could go back to when this type of music was out boy that was a great time growing up.

  • The first time I heard this song, I went looking to download it and ended up with Jagged Edge's version, which is nice, but I wanted to version I heard on the radio (the original GAP band version). When I finally found the original, I rarely ever touched the J.E. version again. They're talented, don't get me wrong. But there is just something about their version that's just "ehhh". Can't quite put my finger on it. Great harmony, but not better than the original by a long shot. Sorry guys.

  • Hands down it goes to the Gap Band. Jagged Edge is ok, but Charlie and his brothers are on point... plus I am old and this takes me back to my clubbing days... THIS WAS THE JAM..... I just purchased a used CD so I could get this song.

  • I dont know if it is generational but i would have to say JE got it if i have to choose. Their harmony is on point. However, the audio may be the cause of that, it was back in the day.

  • If I could keep the JE groove with Gap's smooth voices, it would be perfect to me.

  • NEVER AGAINST OLDSCHOOL BUT I LOVE JE

  • DA GAP BAND! ! !

  • GAP BAND !!! NOT CLOSE

  • no contest j.e. got the better beat on that alone i give it to them the original verrsion to me sux by comparison vocally its a tie j.e. got j.d. behind theirs to me tht says enuff side note 1 of my fav j.e. songs so im biaist an i never new this was a remake an i like the gap band just dont like their version as much.

  • No doubt, the original is the best

  • Vocally I have to go with the Gap Band!!

  • Dont get me wrong i love love love this version infact a lotta time a have this version play right after the JE version... i think they are both kool but if i had to choose one... i would go with JE....

  • oooh that charlie! last name, wilson. get it!

  • When Quincy Jones put out an album in '96 called Q's Juke's Joint, he had a song with Aaron Hall, R. Kelly, and Charlie Wilson called Heaven's Girl, you really couldn't tell who sang what verse, but you know Charlie Wilson's influence is heard on defintely R. Kelly and Aaron Hall. Charlie Wilson has one of the most talented/influential voices in RnB.

  • And the winner is...The Gap Band, hands down!!! Dame good try J.E.

  • Im not so sure man... J.E. did this song justice.... Im very very torn here... LOL

  • Are you kiddin!! I don't why Charlie don't get no real love in the industry. Aaron Hall and R.Kelly are just a couple who patterned some of their vocal styles after CHARLES The GREAT.

  • I totally agree

  • @michaiarki  johnny gill really took it tothe level

  • @michaiarki johnny gill really took it to the next level

  • i like both version of wednesday lover,even though the gap band version came out first, i think jagged edge version is good also.

  • I got to go with the Gap Band, even though I love the Jagged Edge version. There's just something about the Gap's version, especially with Charlie Wilson on vocals.

  • Gap Band wins it hands down. JE's front man can't touch Charlies Wilson on vocal. I do give JE credit for doing the song.

  • I respect my Elders, but I think it's J.E all the way  G.A you know!

  • J.E. is cool but, The Gap Band's is a classic!

  • there's not a cat out there that can touch charlie wilson's vocals.....aaron hall comes in second,,,,

  • Nah the original is the best, but of course it's a matter of preference

  • Oh Helllllllllllllll No!!!

    Charlie's voice smokes these cats. Over done, too much "ahhhhahhhhahh" and too mechanical. Think about it people???

    PEACE

  • i could see new edition redoing this song... but they were at their peak in 88 a year before this came out

  • They both sound good to me. Both are classics and I think J.E did a great job with their version. This was the first time for me hearing the original. The Gap Band is legendary.

  • this one better than gap

  • before this comment, i will say that my biggest hate in music is when new artists destroy old classics.

    this track is an exception. jagged edge remastered the sound to a crisper quality and the vocals of je are much better with more of a flowing tone and given it more flava.

    im a huge je fan anyway but those who really follow soulful music listen again and tell me that gps is better. respect for both tracks but je wins hands down. didnt know its a cover. jes is my one of my favourite tracks.

  • I should say I prefer the original because the Gap Band are great but I'm going to do the typical newbie thing and say I like the one to which Im used which is JE's version. Not to say its better but we tend to go for the familiar isn't it? I only learned this was a cover version a couple of months ago anyway!

  • yeah I love the JE version too.. but i thought id defer to the original. I knew most wouldnt know that the Gap Band recorded it first..

  • I hear ya. I remember hearing this song during my formative years and I never knew who performed it. I did know that JE was doing a cover though.

  • I heard The J.E version first but when I heard the original it made me like the song better. Charlie is truly a beast especially at the end when he does those runs

  • Both versions are great!....I give it to the Gap Band only because they originated the song but props has to go to Jagged Edge for doing a fantastic job of covering a old classic with some class of their own!

  • I concur

  • j.e. just marvelous there will never be another r&b group like yall you guys are truely talented no one else could have remade this this one i love you all brandon,kyle,wingo and especially my baby brian

  • No No No, hearing them back to back made me realize that JE did an "good" remake, but Gap Band ALL THE WAY, His name is "Charlie, Last Name Wilson" and he TORE that track up.

  • I didn't even know the JE version was a remake!...hmmm...I love both groups, but I just don't care for the song in general, LOL. I can't even pick which version is better, but thanks for enlightening me :-)

  • lol.. no problem

  • The OG will always remain the BEST!!! I love JE but they can't hang with Charlie.

  • both versions are cool.....I like the original one better....

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