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  • This is a rare, underrated but beautiful piece. Aint it funny how the sampled stuff is more recognized than the original? I luv Tupac & BlackStreet (Biggie, Mariah & Ashanti -sampled Stay With Me) but daaaang man the originals were da bomb!

  • smdh i been lookin all over for this song. thought someone like Tammy Terrell or somebody like that sung it

  • Ooh Wee, Bunny you have always been the most beautiful voice of the DeBarge family, El's voice is so lovely and I am mesmerized by Bobby's voice, but girl you are the first and very beginning of the anointed DeBarge voices. Bless all of the DeBarge family always. 01-29-12.

  • my mom used to play this song over and over again love this song

  • check out the debarges on unsung.its' a tragic story but a good one.i love unsung.the new ones are on tv one mondays check you local list for times..

  • I have been looking for this song since I was 18 (Im 48 now)!! Thanks so much for posting it!!!!!!!!!!

  • I NEVER knew they originally did this before watching this tonight!

  • Dag Man , Sometimes I Wish I Could Rewind Time Back To The Good Old Days Famms.

  • THIS SONG IS AMAZING , AND TUPACS I AINT MAD AT CHA IS JUST AS AMAZING... THIS INSTRUMENTAL WAS WELL USED..

  • the music honchos let THIS slip through the cracks..OMG

  • i always thouht bunny had a voice for background vocals,since she rarely lead a song. her singing is incredible. she sounds like she's either 5 or 6 octaves.

  • It would be nice to see Debarge perform again

  • BEAUTIFUL

  • This song makes me think of all my family and friends who are not here anymore. It just makes me want to cry my eyes out!!

  • Her voice is hypnotizing 

  • Wouldn't it be so wonderful if they have an reunion and play this song today...The Switch/DeBarge Tour...They deserve one..The Last of Good Music,correction,Platinum Music..

  • @sexualturbulence2010 I wish. I've been saying that for the last 2 years.

  • TUPAC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • This instrumental is AWESOME! It goes well with Don't Leave Me Girl, and I ain't mad at cha

  • Man! DeBarge had the BEST beats ever to a song and I love them all! The best group from the 80s and my top fave. <3 I love this song and Bunny has such a beautiful voice :) Even though I'm 18, I must be honest and say that I really enjoy and appreciate good, soulful music like this more than rubbish today. :)

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  • even through i'm 15 this brings back memories

  • I have no idea who is producing music today. Once real music went away I stopped listening. Real instruments and real voices with no auto tune. Debarge, EWF, the Temps, Luther, Teddy, After 7, give me real music.

    Listen to her voice, pretty pretty pretty.

  • Will always love this song. Thank god I grew up with a mother who had some good taste in music!

  • nice song . thank you for sharing!

  • Children Of the Corn - American Dream

  • @mawgaboy Everyone keeps mentioning Tupac- I Ain't Mad At Cha. Thank you for mentioning COTC- American Dream, cause that's an awsome song.

  • @Radev4 u welcome

  • @maverickphd......According to El, ye$, they did get paid. El $aid that they were able to live on 'royalty' check$ on all of their $ampled mu$ic.

  • I like this song too, all the songs that have this in it. Even I ain't mad at cha

  • Tupac, B.I.G, Blackstreet, Mary J Blige (ESP Mary, she remade the track)...I hope El Debarge got checks from all of 'em lol...nice song though.

  • This song reminds me of the story of the "Thorn bird" it sings the sweetest when it's in pain.

  • D best song ever

  • DeBarge gave birth to the illest era in hip-hop when their flyest songs were sampled for hip-hip's greatest artists! Pac n BIG

  • 90,666

  • Tupac and blackstreet have the same beat

  • @SilentJerks They both borrowed it from this song-- but all three songs are soooo different! Love them all

  • @SilentJerks They both sampled this original

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  • I love this song!!! I used to play this over and over and over that I wore out the cassette tape.....lol You girl lady!!!!! The DeBarge will forever rock!

  • In a perfect world, our love would be enough to launch this gifted family back into performing and gifting us with their talent and genius. One day at a time, it could happen.

  • I love this group. What a touching story about their troubled past. God Bless them!

  • my lord gives u chills man they sang this

  • Debarge Family - Come back PLEASE ! A beautiful family with lots of talent. Your fans need to hear you.

  • Sorry. Mary Owns this song. Just like Whitney bitch slapped Dolly.

  • @holdmydrinkbitch nothing is like the original and Mary J is overrated

  • @holdmydrinkbitch never that son, This version is shitting all over Marys.

  • @InternationalBoy marys version was not as good as this one so glad you agree

  • you know the new music that samples old skool sound good but dang we gotta tighten fellow yunguns we can se these songs as inspiration but lets be creative and start maiking some real non garbage classic for our kids and the ones after us

  • It's funny to be listening to this sentimental, gorgeous song while staring at the goofy pictures you included in the video. At the same time, though, it's a little dark, if you know anything about DeBarge's troubling history. Seems like the band was cursed--each member suffered some weird, terrible fate (except for Bunny and El). Check out their Wikipedia page. Once you know all that crap, this seems almost like a memorial video. : (

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  • i had this album back in the day i can listen 2 this forever

  • original is best

  • yes, 2pac did sample this on " I ain't mad at cha"

  • yes......

  • @Mindy2707 love this song bring back memories those were the good old days

  • Didn't 2pac sample this song for his song i ain't mad at cha b4 he died!

  • This song is sooo beautiful... I can just listen to it on rewind. The Debarge family was absolutely fantastic. I have been listening to Switch, and El in addition to Bunny since they have announced Ms. Teena's death. My God where has all the real, beautiful music gone? What are we left with. This is crazy.

  • @payneinthehouse Me too.

  • @payneinthehouse lol i know it really makes me sad that hardly no more real good music is around anymore

  • @payneinthehouse IKR All people sing about is drugs and sex these days!

  • This song is sooo beautiful... I can just listen to it on rewind. The Debarge family was absolutely fantastic. I have been listening to Switch, and El in addition to Bunny since they have announced Ms. Teena's death. My God where has all the real, beautiful music gone? What are we left with. This is crazy.

  • What a superb track!

  • I wished Bunny would have sang on more tracks, because this one is beautiful

  • Look @ El's lips ! Dam he's fine as Hell !

  • Alwayz listen 2 this song ! Did'nt know DeBarge made this Dam ! Luv this song ! Sing it !

  • @SyrenniaLestrange: this group, minus the drug problems, coulda been one the best groups of all time

  • TUPAC WE AIN'T MAD ATCHA!

  • @DarkestCharizard

    you got that right!

  • @DarkestCharizard learn how to write

  • @dllor Yes they are...they had ALOT of cuts, and the genius of them ALL together...Bunny is a gifted songwriter, El is bad on the keys...so sad what drugs can do, and how it can destroy...

  • They are the SHIT - it is a shame how drugs much drugs can DESTROY!!! Praying for all of them, but I think that their time has passed, except for El of course...

  • @LadyDrama1000 BUT God delivers they will be just fine:-)

  • I WOULD LOVE A COME BACK

  • l love them...all of them super sexy men!

  • amazing song.. 2pac would later make it.. unbeatable.

  • Cuz I Aint Mad At Cha!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nubianhorizons I Beg to differ..lol..

  • @nubianhorizons I have to agree with @TheMuzikall...

  • @nubianhorizons

    Wow.

    Your review makes no sense to me. lol.

    WTH?

  • DAYYYYUUUMMM...

  • this song is the best!!! her voice is just nice!!!

  • she did that!

  • @Quaisheezy Yes she sang the heck out of it, this was music when it was still music!!!

  • @cephas39 Debarge sang this song.

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  • They day you left you said you would return

    Just when you wouldn't promise, said you needed time alone

    You said you loved me and some day our love could be

    I couldn't understand it, I thought we were both happy

  • Last night I dreamed that you were here with me And we were in each other's arms, it was all so heavenly You held me close to you then whispered in my ear Let's build a life together, share love beyond compare As we danced to the melody we had so much to share (Then the music stopped) In a flash I was all alone (It was just a dream) Haunting me once again A dream, a simple fantasy that I wished was reality That you come knocking at my door And we'd relive this dream once more
  • Last night I dreamed that you were here with me And we were in each other's arms, it was all so heavenly You held me close to you then whispered in my ear Let's build a life together, share love beyond compare As we danced to the melody we had so much to share (Then the music stopped) In a flash I was all alone (It was just a dream) Haunting me once again A dream, a simple fantasy that I wished was reality That you come knocking at my door And we'd relive this dream once more
  • I HAVE NOTHING BUT LOVE FOR DeBarge, NOTHING BUT IMMENSE LOVE!

  • Bunny Debarge was what Beyonce is today (except she wasn't as showy) but I have to say that both are wonderful, Bunny has talent and modesty but Beyonce is a bit more flashy. I liked the fact that she and the family wrote their own songs. Then drugs came into the picture and they spiraled out of control

  • We don't get music like this any more. Now everything is about material things.

  • OMG!! I didn't know she could sing like this. How beautiful. Why didn't she lead more?

  • @ewalk4959 You know, I really liked this song and wondered why it didn't get released back in 1983, I heard a piece of this song after watching Unsung: Debarge and fell in love with it

  • Bunny's voice is perfect for this song. She wrote it with true feelings and sings it the way it should be sung. You can truly relate to Bunny and her feelings, she misses her man and wants to share a life with him.

  • Awesome song, damn DeBarge was a great group!

  • Bunny is beautiful. I love all the debarges..one talented family.

  • Nice!

  • beautiful song

  • I freaking love this song. It's from a different era... When bands had a lot more skill than our current crop of pretty faces.

  • OMG i,ve been looking for this song...Its sooo beautiful.TY.

  • a dream

  • Omg I LOVE this song!

  • Yes dats bunny. dats song wasn't never released by her. She was always writin 4 dem. She can sang. Look @ da Unsong story

  • I swear I thought this dude was a female when i was a kid.

  • do you mean the singer on this song? that's the sister bunny. and today (march 15) is her birthday.

    or were you talking about el and his falsetto? :)

  • is this the best song on planet earth? yes.

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  • first tupac sampled it then blackstreet all three versions go hard though

  • @hoopballer and keshia chante sampled. Look up a song caled Unpredictable by keshia chante

  • Tupac I aint mad at ya and i thought that was an original how foolish of me

  • didnt tupac sample this ?

  • yep!!

  • No Bunny is still alive..... she is a born again christian..... she actually released the book (The Kept one's) in 2008.... she resides in Grand Rapids ..... (Michigan)

  • i like the mary j blige remake too.

  • beeeeeuuutiiifullll!!!!!!..its been soooo long!! thanx 4 uploading..omg its been like since 84-5??

  • best song of my life an im onlii 13

  • Thank you for uploading this song! I've been looking for this song for TOO long!

  • oh yes definitely a jam remembering the old days debarge they were the best

  • A beautiful, talented family with such a tragic story. Their upbringing TRULY explains alot about their various problems. Read Bunny's book!! It ends with her move to Motown and is excellent.

  • Hey what was the tragic story?

  • @MsMascaraNY Abuse sustained at the hands of their stepfather (& mom passiveness throughout) let to drug abuse and jail time for most of the DeBarge kids. The book is called the Kept Ones.

  • realy??? i knew nothing of this..heck i only just found out Bunny had passed on a couple months back..new zealand is so behind the times...I 4got this song existed till lastnyt when a friend shared it with me..I knew that i'd heard this music before wen i herd that 2pac sample 'I aint mad at ya'..just cldnt put it together..had been sooooo long..was it Bunny who was in the group 'Switch'.??? cheers

  • @tewhere1 ♥

  • @tewhere1

    No Bunny is still alive..... she is a born again christian..... she actually released the book (The Kept one's) in 2008.... she resides in Grand Rapids ..... (Michigan).....

    The group Switch were made up of (brothers) Bobby and Tommy Debarge and Greg Williams............

  • omgosh apologies!!..who passed away?? im confused now.. thanx 4 correcting me!!

  • Bunny (the female lead on this song) is still alive.

    The oldest brother, Bobby, died of AIDS in 1995. He and Tommy were founding members of Switch, and Bobby replaced El as the lead singer of DeBarge in the late 80's.

  • i aint mad ach ya

  • I love Bunny's voice! Beautiful song!! I was very young when DeBarge's were popular, but I still enjoyed their music!!

  • @renise99 I couldn't agree with you more!!! I've been looking for this song for years! I forgot who sang it!

  • Lovely song! Bunny is beautiful and has a beautiful voice. Loved the pics of El and Chico, too!

  • i lovee them!! they r such a goood looking family with beautiful voices

  • this tune is noiiice anyone wanna suggest some more nice old skool r'n'b tunes to me? i need to fill up my phone lol

  • @kimsmells1

    davetteb100 is a good channel on YouTube with lot's of classic ol skool. I may be a bit biased though.

  • @davetteb100 hey thanks ill check that out now!! thankyou

  • @davetteb100 lol its your i only just realised but still thanks lol

  • I was "coming of age" when most of the music on my channel was popular. I truly hope you'll give it a try , offer up a few of your favorites or maybe suscribe. Enjoy!

  • FORGEt ALL THE REMiXES THAT WERE SAMPLED By tHiS tRACk. iN My OPiNiON tHiS SONG iS tOO SERiOUS i lOVE it! it iS DEFiNAtEly iN My tOP FAVS!

  • @mOma1012  You are so right, all the rappers and some singers have completed "raided the debarge library.'

  • They were under rated.

  • this is a beautiful song. I definatly can appreciate it.....its wonderful

  • i wish they would have included pictures of james debarge too, cause he is fine! now all of them are gorgeous but he and el are my favorite, then of course bobby and chico! lol

  • what with bold guys with that lolly pop shape of heads, it's like only their they can pull it off

  • i mean guys with heads big at the top but skinner in the bottom.

  • This song was sampled in I Ain't Mad At Cha by 2Pac. Great beat.

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  • I love this song - it brings back so many beautiful memories - when the world was Happy, a Happy place to live and be..

  • Should be some MORE PIX of Bunny!!

  • Bunny is hot.

  • I LOVE THIS SONG

  • You did that Bunny!!!

  • The best!

  • Thank you guy's, I remember when I used to hear this song on the queit storm when I was young.......you know you remember this shit!!!

  • I remember hearing this song for the very first time, when I, resided in Washington DC, I still love this song even more today. It's a classic for all times. Such a beautiful voice & song.

  • i never herd this song but im hereing it right now and i think i like it

  • they are actually half-black half-white

  • I think its you that need to do RESEARCH!!! Their mother is black and their father is white!!!!! OMG.,.,think b4 you comment!!!

  • they r not latino.

  • I finally found this song .........and I am so happy.

  • For many, many years, I've searched for this song! The problem was, not remembering the Artist! I've searched here as well...to no avail! I've decided to try once more, and here we are.! This is like a dream!

  • at first i was think el debarge girl

    sound like it

  • darkkonyx... i listened to that part at 1:21 three times in a row and got shivers every time. this song is perfect.

  • Who was the genious that came up with this beat???!!! MY GOODNESS!!! And when it gets to 1:21 and they did the first A dream a simple fantasy...that I.... Whew!! It chills and warms my soul at the same time, sends my emotions into a tail spin everytime. This family was and is amzing!!! Boy if black aint special i dont know what is. I believe we are the healers of the world. Just dont know it yet. This is amazing!!!!

  • beat is amazing I must say

  • Bunny and one of her brothers wrote the song

  • yeah this beat is sick!! i see why tupac and blackstreet sampled it. and biggie and ashanti sampled their song called stay with me. man, they deserve more recongnition. after the jackson 5, this is my favorite group. and not to mention they are all gorgeous (had to throw that one in there) lol.

  • this song really takes me back, @ the same time it make you feel said!

  • i love this song...

    and the 2pac makes it even better..!!