Fifth Dimension - Up Up And Away (Great color clip)

[UNDERGROUND2000]

Love this group...and the fat guy was still under 220... He got big later on

[UNDERGROUND2000]

Love5)

[Timberextra]

Beautiful song and harmonies!!! My favorite song of theirs.

[ncheropoulos]

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[Peaceby2027]

Youth is wasted on the young but with the right power and exercise we can get it back for one more curtain call

[casey3234]

This group was so versatile with Billy Davis Jr's soul and R&B style to Marilyn and Florence's pop and jazz to Ron's Classical and Lamonte's distinctive Bass voice. They were one of a kind.

[cafemartini]

45 years later and this song is as beautiful and fresh as ever. I wonder if in 2057 anyone will be saying that about today's music???

[wbfnyc]

Love this! Anyone else remember this song when Eastern Airlines was a sponsor of that little ole theme park in Florida called Disney or something like that?

[hbailen]

This is great. They were great.

[marion71355]

Yes I had just started 1st grade...I remember running to the television when I heard them coming on, and yes The Wonderful World of Disney was at the top also!

[Sharoney]

A great song, written by the great Jimmy Webb, who also wrote "MacArthur Park" and "Galveston." I'd heard that this song was the proposed theme music for a television series that never was.

[carlobari60]

I miss Marilyn Macoo. She had a voice that could solo away from the group. It would be great to see her do some stuff on TV. Where is she??

[Putaspellonyou]

"sadly, thousands of black people are born each year without soul...it is a growing crisis. won't you give to help? support blacks without soul today" -B.B. King

[casey3234]

@Putaspellonyou Blacks without soul.....?????? You have got to be kidding and evidently have not listened to the Fifth Dimension's albums. To say Billy Davis Jr has no soul is the most ludicrous thing I have ever heard.

[Multi80schick]

@casey3234 Yes! Hello, has that person ever heard him sing "Let it Be Me?"

[MeloCloud]

Cudi's the man !

[MrLawman10]

these guys are so cool, brilliant version, but for me the johnny mann singers version just pips it.

[soulgriot]

they are groovy

[tokyojoe2009]

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[cmulwee001]

The 5th Dimension were not the first to do this song. It was first recorded by The Sunshine Company as an album track on their debut album. It was also recorded

subsequently by The Hooterville Honeys(yes the "Petticoat Junction" girls!) which used the same backing track as The Sunshine Company original. It remained unreleased until now. It's on a brand new CD called "The Girls From

Petticoat Junction: Sixties Sounds. The 5th Dimension were probably the third to record it. 3rd times the charm!

[e081194eng]

This song came out when i was 6 years old.  Reminds me of Walt Disney World.

[tedcantu1]

WOW... .. this stuff is so inspiring and awesome, its still powerful !!

[TheCathycl]

What a gorgeous production .. the harmonies and beauty and simplicity..they don't make'em like they used to.

.beautifuful Mailyn and Florence..and your guys..God Bless you all...

[1blkwoman]

groovy baby!!

[gspinc1]

Great song!....

[kevseb66]

Why am I smiling???? It's so weird. I was only about 4 or 5 when this music was in rotation but it puts me in such a nostalgic space. I want to laugh & cry as well.

[kptrojans]

Honestly, is there another song that is more soothing that what this song is? You just can't listen this and not get the feeling that you are literally being carried away to a beautiful sunset. May this song just live on forever.

[casey3234]

Marilyn and Florence are Breathtaking.

[bluemeanie81]

I loved this song as a kid, still do!

[4959jtl]

Don't they sound and look so beautiful at 1:20.

[jarbon5]

I would so love go flying in their beautiful balloon. Just sounds like that would be an amazing flight, as we travel through the air and beyond! I'm shocked that more don't wanna go up and away with them as they go sailing in their beautiful balloon:(

[konedog55]

Thanksfor posting this video. It is so clear and the audio is crisp and clear. So fun to relive their wonderful music. kone

[hippiefreak66]

aw, wonderful song!

[ocarrington]

Fantastic!



[casey3234]

Marilyn's beautiful soprano voice singing "balloon" at the end of the song is the perfect ending.

[CuteCatFaith]

The ladies are so pretty, but the men carried it all with their gorgeous vocals. A lot of people don't want to remember what a dark time that was, and what a joy this kind of buoyant pop music was in the States.  Greetings from France, where I live now. I assure you, French music is better than what you'd think, and Turkish? The best. But my love to the States!!

[carypappass]

I like the big guy he's cool !

[MsNayners24]

Thanks for the clip and the walk down memory lane. I'd forgotten about The Fifth Dimension but when I heard this, it all came back! Anybody remember an airline (TWA?) used this song in their advertisements?

[scorpiowatertiger]

@MsNayners24, Yes! I remember in about 1967 that a 45 rpm of this song was pressed onto a rectangular red sheet of flexible plastic (suitable for insertion between the pages of a magazine) which you could then pop the spindle hole in the centre and place the sheet on the turntable. It was coloured red for TWA, whose logo was on the plastic. (I was envious at the time, because my family worked for Pan Am and Air France!)

[MsNayners24]

@scorpiowatertiger Wow, you have a great memory!! So, the song would play from/off of the plastic sheet? I vaguely remember something like this. It's funny how each of us remember different things. Although I was young I do remember and love the 60's.

[scorpiowatertiger]

@MsNayners24, yes directly off the plastic, which would spin around the turntable, but with square corners. National Geographic Magazine used to insert sheets like that all the time. BTW, I believe that everybody is born with a great memory, but with lousy recall - that's why hypnotists all so often called on to "unlock" people's memories. Growing up in the Bay Area and flying around (on Pan Am) in the 1960s, I have some awesome memories. There's a new show on ABC about Pan Am back then.

[Canaboy12]

check out my harder edged emotion-filled music at iacmusic.ca: "ruminate" and "politics of exclusion"..

[oneroof1433]

always a get up and go tune. totally dig it

[dannydutchboy2011]

not sure really why u favoreted them? but yeah i loved everyone of them thank u.. u have a good day now .. ba bye

[bailey217769]

Im glad you liked them.  ;)

[dannydutchboy2011]

youre welcome hope i feel better to loved all the spook flix u favored we used to watch together. i miss that so much.. ba bye tina

[bailey217769]

ThaNk you danny hope you feel better :(

[dannydutchboy2011]

for you  balloon lovers...

[ChefWil191]

Teriffic clip! Probably the best of the group - Nice stage! Do they EVER perform it Live? Where and who are those playing instruments???

[classiclistener01]

These people are MAGICAL! And...Marilyn and Florence are two of the most talented, classy and beautiful women of 1960s music!! :)

[keithcop]

Marilyn and Florence always were the most beautiful women in rock and roll!

[CommanderFalcon23]

I just love this song and as I small boy must have inspired me to be lucky enough to have flown the mighty F-4 Phantom for the RAF.

[tonybklyn]

@CommanderFalcon23 Oddly enough it inspired me to try my first joint. Not quite the experience of flying an F-4 Phantom I admit, but I was definitely up, up, and away! :-)

[robnraa1]

One of those unforgettable songs from my youth-thanks for posting.

[wave60]

I love this song. It was very popular back in 1967. The world seemed so innocent and carefree back then. Then again, I was only seven.

[SkateTronic]

The sixties and early seventies were so amazing, aside from all the wars and assassinations. Damn maybe not so amazing............. But musically amazing

[paddywackswanson]

Fabulous voices singing a great song.

[QueenCeleste2]

As a child/young teen, I thought music would always be as brilliant as this, and the other wonderful songs we heard on the radio. On a drive to the beach we might hear soul, British Invasion, surf music, rhythm & blues, rock, country, or psychedelic rock--all on the same station. It was ironic that while some parts of the South remained segregated, music on the radio was not. What a golden era for music.

[michaelaffatato]

Brilliant



[norc24601]

Thanks for the post. This is one of those songs that always lift my spirit up and make me smile. Btw those girls are hawtz!

[BrassPie]

The only bad thing about the song is that is is over all too soon.

[lukepaul72]

should be 34million views not in the thousands

[tigeroll]

They sure were way better off, back in those days!

[zionschurch]

Rapture Gold!!!

[bigfolkie5418]

Its the official theme song of the rapture

[elyeye66]

Marylin y la Rue parecen pigmeas al lado del colega..

[1dolphingrl]

I was like two or three at the time...but I remember commercials on TV with this great group...was it Jello pudding? I wish someone knew....this music I would hear asI took naps...

[shmuli9]

@1dolphingrl Yes, it was for Jello Pudding - the 5th were dancing on top of a huge pudding box, and it's available on YouTube.

[billpage]

coolits kodack magic moments memrory lane ps my mom and my dad dralene page and marcel franklinge paage had this cool record group the fith diemonsons and played iyt on cool record player bui;lt in radio woth long cord head phone set

[shmuli9]

Apart from the guys' white piping on their suits, this REALLY is a more or less timeless performance...

[robotwookie]

@shmuli9 I respectfully disagree. The white piping is absolutely perfect. : )

[shmuli9]

@robotwookie Oh, I like the piping, but it's VERY dated ( - certainly not seen for over 40 years).

[robotwookie]

@shmuli9 Well, I would sport it. That's all I can say. : )

[UhuraSong]

Love Flo's ponytail!

[70bluestar]

beautiful

[tvwhitevanman]

much better version than the johhny mann singers

[MrLawman10]

@tvwhitevanman , love the 5th dimension but the johnny mann singers version pips this, just.

[Humbertusmarius]

Wonderful song, too bad they never made the movie it was actually written for. Happier times.

[maxthedope]

so many memories of an easier time

[katrastrophy]

Ah ,lol for my Sister.She used to sing this to me,and so many other songs. Love you sis.

[casey3234]

The Winner of Five Grammies at The 1968 Grammy Awards!

[acla9000]

What a magic song!! I used to listen to it at my childhood. Thanks!!

[999carpet]

THX FOR POSTING ... great tune , happy feel good tune .. ahhh those were happy days. xxx

[DavidJeffersonTull]

P.S. Marilyn McCoo was sooooooooooooo beautiful. Just beyond beautiful. Yum!

[DavidJeffersonTull]

This song! OMG. It has to be the epitome of lame 60's MOR shlock, but...I cannot help myself, I love it for its corniness. Up! Up! Away!

[casey3234]

@DavidJeffersonTull Well it's funny you should feel that way but back in the 60's when this came out it was actually a pretty hip song because people thought the Fifth was singing about being high!

[DavidJeffersonTull]

@casey3234 Get out! I have never heard that before, but that is pretty hilarious. I always just thought it was about balloons. But then I thought "Puff the Magic Dragon" was actually about a dragon. Naive I guess ;)

[casey3234]

@casey3234 and not only did the song have a hip vibe from people thinking it had a connection to grass but cocaine was sold in balloons! No kidding....

[rx4bogeypro]

Man I love this song, this and Aquarius make me want smile.

I too remember as a kid watching them and thinking how cool and hip it would be to

be them...

[maxthedope]

love it

[webbj11]

Great song, Great video, well done and thank you for post.

[Jbuonocore]

sounds good, l like songs like this.

[smd41271]

beyond smooth....

[floppybollox3]

Quality or what!

[royefarol]

this is really great! thanks thanks for sharing!

[FlavioGirl]

this brings back memories for my dad...........he was working in the psych ward while getting his degree in psychology. he had a patient who would sing this song nonstop.

[eddihaskell]

@FlavioGirl He's lucky he wasn't committed to they psychward himself after hearing this nonstop!

[FlavioGirl]

@eddihaskell LOL!!!!!!!! your absolutely right. :D

[tleatherland]

How can anyone not smile while watching this?

[archie977]

this song makes me thing theres hope

[cobolsaurus]

You made me cry with this...

[celticdollface]

Oh I loved all the feel good songs from 5th Dimension, thank you., this one is the best quality I've found of them on YT.

[reesenva]

Not to sound racist but, I thought that this was a white group singing this. WOW!!!

[floppybollox3]

@reesenva Nothing racist about that! Fair comment.

[tonybklyn]

I remember as a small child in the 60's watching the Fifth Dimension, thinking they made adulthood look so cool...I couldn't wait. LOL, if only I knew.

[LordRadio]

@tonybklyn Hahahaha

[slartibartfast68]

@tonybklyn OMFG Dude.... you nailed it LOL!

[LUVJONZ99]

@tonybklyn I had those same thoughts as a child in the 60's. And when I grew up I was going to live in a split level in the suburbs with a wonderful husband and kids like Samantha on Bewitched and give fantastic dinner parties with music by the 5th Dimension.

LOL, what I had to learn.

[59catmando]

@LUVJONZ99 God bless,it was great being a kid.Wasn't it?

[9ballguy]

Ron we miss you.  RIP.

[9ballguy]

Marilyn and Florence are breathtaking. 

[keithcop]

@9ballguy Always thought they were the most beautiful women in rock and roll :>

[msdiediedie]

@9ballguy Well, people were better looking back then...

[hormelinc]

Perry Como show? Or Dean Martin?

[SixtiesPopGold]

@hormelinc No, it's in fact from the Grammy awards.

[MsTexas73]

@SixtiesPopGold But the 5th said the Grammy's werent televised yet. ???

[RayNDeere]

@MsTexas73 The actual ceremony was not aired until 1971 (Andy Williams was the first host), but NBC used to have a special program that featured some of the winners receiving their award or performing.

[MsTexas73]

@RayNDeere Ahh, ok...thanks!

[jake29lv]

@SixtiesPopGold Def NOT Grammy Awards

[SixtiesPopGold]

@jake29lv It's from a DVD with Grammy Awards clips, starting from the mid 60s.

[jake29lv]

@SixtiesPopGold interesting. the grammys were not taped or televised until 1971. this is 1967. is it perhaps a dvd of grammy winning songs, culled from other variety shows?

[SixtiesPopGold]

@jake29lv Well, I can tell you that there are introductions to Grammy Winners (starting by Gale Garnett) by different host. I didn't include them, though.

[MsTexas73]

@SixtiesPopGold Just because the Grammy's weren't televised, does not mean that the performances weren't taped. Those are the exact outfits the 5D wore to the Grammys in 67 when they won 5 for this song.

[trmjr]

@jake29lv "Prior to the first live Grammys telecast in 1971 on American Broadcasting Company (ABC), a series of taped annual specials in the 1960s called The Best on Record were broadcast on National Broadcasting Company (NBC)." That's from Wikipedia, but Wikipedia is indeed correct, so chances are it was from one of the Best on Record shows.

[vulcan1429]

I got a lump in my throat! Thank you so much for this!

[hbailen]

Beyond Awesome!

[floppybollox3]

@hbailen Beyond Beyoncé!

[Branner]

That's a rare clip--thanks!

[maineboy1979]

Awesome!