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  • even though im not from this generation i can quite easily appreciate that this music is better than the shit floating around now

  • Evelyn had the moves!!

  • It IS missing from music now... This was one of the sexiest dance songs at the time... The Garage, The Underground, Ice Palace, wow we just were all together back then groovin and having a good time... and things didn't COST so much back then either!

  • Is that Ki Ki Sheppard from Apollo behind her to the right?

  • ...omggggggggggg, this just makes me feel some kind of way,

  • What I truly like in this version, is that the sound is not overcompressed, sice it's just the beginning of 80s and the "loudness war" hadn't started yet.

  • Wow! This takes me back to my clubbing days back in the early 80's! What a huge talent she was...

  • This song is dedicated to my husband Danny Valenzuela

  • Lfmao The video is olld

    But Respect dat

    CLASSIC SONG !!

  • Oldies sound great when you're riding down the street on a Harley

  • So glad my element was in the 80s! Oh yea, we had the funk!

  • Boy oh boy videos have cum a looooong way..lol. Dis song is one of my favs.."Aint no doubt about it im in luv"

  • The songs your parents bump in the car and at parties when your little really stick in your head. Glad my parents had good taste.

  • Far back left lady keeps messing up! 1:06 oh snap...

  • This is a great jam love this song

  • Great song but the dancers were way off.

  • WHEN I HEARD THIS SONG FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE IN 2011, MAN, THIS SONG DID IT FOR ME....JUST LISTEN TO THE BEAT, LISTEN TO HER VOICE.....HOW CAN THIS SONG NOT BE POPULAR TIL THIS DAY....BETTER BELIEVE I BUMP THIS IN MY CAR EVERYDAY, FULL BLAST!!!

  • Just saw her live in my hometown of visalia tonight and she got down! Her husband used my fender deluxe guitar amp and ran it through the house. Got done with an after party with her and her peps and she was one cool woman!!! Im glad i finally got to meet her, now to meet Carl Carlton in 2 weeks!

  • Janet Jackson sampled this for her song R&B Junkie. Genius. The beat and production is timeless.

  • @JadenJewel18 That was one of my absolute favs from "Damita Jo!!!"

  • Could live forever with this groove in my head

    

  • SUPREME

  • @ o2thaj619 and blissmermaid. SUGA FREE also sampled this track on his song FU** WIT YOU off his SUNDAY SCHOOL album, it's probably my fav version, so fonky!

  • This is def. #winning.

  • right in the groove

  • is that keke shephard???

    

  • DESPUES DE CUANTAS LUNAS LO ESCUCHO

  • lol

  • tune man.

  • QUE LINDO TEMA ME ENCANTA ME TRAE A PRINCIPIO DE LOS 80s

  • SUPER FUNK CLASSIQUE

  • is there a re edit out? I heard someone blasting this in NYC the other day but it had a more break beat sound to it with much fatter bass drums. A class song!

  • @kemicon Check out "R&B Junkie" by Mark E. If you let it play and you'll hear the loop. The vocal is Janet Jackson, though.

  • @scatalogics Definitely 100% bro. Peace.

  • @kemicon janet jackson R&B Junkie

  • @Protaj, good eyes that's definately her.

  • yo what wtf is up wit the dancers!!!

  • Ohhh shit!! Look at Kiki Shepard in the back on the right hand side!!

  • @ProtaJ Is that really her?

  • @DetroitLives313 Yes! She was probably the choreographer for the vid...

  • @ProtaJ I had a big crush on her when she use to do "Showtime at the Apollo". Check her out in one of my videos introducing "Mary Wilson - You Keep Me Hangin On"

  • @DetroitLives313 So did I!! lol...I use to love the way she'd walk out before they announced the winners...and Ray Chew's music was perfect!

  • wow this came out the same year i was born

  • HACIA MUCHO TIEMPO QUE NO ESCUCHABA UN TEMA ASI DE HERMOSO QUE TAMBIEN ME HACE RECORDAR LOS INICIS DE LOS 80S

  • I spotted two celebrities in this video some people may know. Suzzanne Douglas she played the mother in the PARENT HOOD, THE INKWELL and JASON'S LYRIC and the other celebrity is Keke Sheppard from THE APOLLO. I know both of them are dancers.

  • yea i knew that about janet....i love janet...but beyonce' and janet SAMPLE LIKE CRAZY!...and keke shephard...i knew about and suzanne...i thought she looked familiar....suzanne was just on the monique show!

  • Janet Jackson sampled this song on her song R&B Junkie from her Damita Jo album, did not know that.

  • SHOW!

  • lol haha nothing like a good early 80's music video, and Evelyn was getting it with them dance steps... I love this song

  • Who would of thought that was Keke Shepherd and Suzzanne Douglas dancing background.....

  • I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG ALL OVER AGAIN. WHAT A GROOVE! GO EVELYN!!! Girlfriend was gettin' it in this video and she can still blow today!

  • I saw her on unsung too!! And I'm really surprised that homegirl still has it!! most of the people on unsung can barely perform and carry a note today. I wish Evelyn could get a contract and come out with more music. She's such and inspiration to me and my music career.

    Check out my song - No Rides on my page. I'm keeping the funk alive!! Yep yep

  • oh hell yeah! This is the jam. I remember cruising Highland to this jam. Brings back good memories. I still bump this and other old school songs. Old School NEVER gets old unlike stupid songs nowadays. lol.

  • Ha! I saw her on UnSung earlier and this made me come to her song. I really like this song, but this video. . .wow! lol I agree with @MrSexxxy20 :P Good times though!

  • @sexycatd lmao vids sure have come a long way huh?

  • @MrSexxxy20

    Yeah videos are better, sleeker but the music is suffering...give me the super soul video LOL with the better singers.....

  • @sexycatd Haha! Yes, big time!

  • different gravy!

    Big Ol' tHuMbS Up!

  • Hey did anyone realize that "Ms. KE KE SHEPARD" from the "APOLLO" is dancing in the back! I noticed it on unsung!........I STILL LUV EVELYN! VOICE IS THE DEAL!

  • @loval08 yep! and theres another actress dancing with her, the mother from the show the parenthood with robert townsend, i forget her name tho

  • This songs makes me realize that I love someone. Thanks Evelyn!

  • Evelyn is one of the most underrated vocalists in R&B history! This track is _still_ THE JAM thirty years later!!!!!

  • @martymartymarty i no thats right

  • i like when she sings there aint no doubt about it iam in love

  • Classic! 

  • My all time fave by Evelyn. This my shit rite here! I swear, they don't make music like this no more

  • Unsung kept mentioning what an excellent live performer she is. This is an understatement, I've seen very few artists that can take over a stage the way she can. Must see will not be disappointed.

  • @WELambert01

    This is true talent...sadly it's what's missing in music now....She is really a great performer. Fantastic presence and such a soulful powerful voice...

  • I simply LUV this song!! Hell, I simply LUV Evelyn King!!! So many great memories come rushing back to me whenever I hear any of her music. When she teamed up with Kashif to produce her.....it was a match made in heaven!

  • Watching recorded Unsung story of Evelyn (love that show) made me what to watch this and post it on FB. She's always been, and still is, an amazing singing start, pure talent. I have much respect for her.

  • Until I watched "Unsung" last night, I had no idea she was so young when her career took off.

  • @LAWoman323213 i thought she was in her 20's only 16 with a voice like that sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @kolense Thats why I love UNSUNG!!!!

  • I wish love could be defined!

    Is it like an itch that you cant scratch?

    What of companionship?

    Or is it when food seems secondary... and mugs of tea over things that are impossible to consider take precedence?

    ....

    This could go on for quite a while, so I think I'll quit before I get started...

  • I've been corrected through e-mail folks. LOL! This track hit no. 1 on the R&B charts in 1981 not Billboards POP charts. She only rose to 40 on Billboard. Shocking, this should have been much higher on the Pops. Oh well..............still a classic!! :)

  • Is it me or does the lady in the background on Evelyn's right looked just like Suzzanne Douglas from The Parent'hood tv series?

  • @The1baddman Yeah, that's her.

  • The industry knew they made some cheap videos back then, simple dance moves, lousy backgrounds, & a lot of lip sync, no more than a thousand dollars that they spend!!

  • And it stops @ 1:08!!!!

  • just finished watching her story on tvone....

  • @pbb228 Funny you mentioned that I caught the last 2 minutes I might watch a replay @ 1. i was only a baby when her music came out but i wish artist today would make hits like this.

  • @pbb228 unsung brought me here

  • @kolense So true I just saw the story of Evelyn Champaign King on UNSUNG. GOD I love that show. After every new UNSUNG episode I come to youtube to revive my memory and start reminiscing about the good days. Love the 80's. And yes that is the actress Suzzane Douglas (right) as one of Evelyn's back up dancers in this video. Never new Suzanne got her start in these early videos as a dancer. I was a senior in highschool when this track hit no. 1 on the R&B and POP charts in 1981. 80's forever!!

  • @80s4ever63 i do the same thing i knew i recognized her

  • lmao @ the two guys in the front

  • @SouthernxPrep ...I'm stil LOl at that EXTRA high kick the one on the far right did at 3:00

  • i love all her songs!!! and im only 21!!! lol

  • Miss 'Cahampagne' hit #40 in Billboard, 9-12-81. Hey, y'all, be sure to catch Evelyn on 'Unsung' on TVone, monday night, 7-11. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!

  • This was Saturday morning cleaning music! Memories...

  • OOOHHH my eyes!!!! I do not want to tarnish my memories of this song by watching this video....MUST NOT WATCH!!!

  • @GrandMasterGuess That's hilarious!

  • This song reminds me of the jams that they would play on Everybody Hates Chris! Miss that show! Peace and what a dance jam! They need to bring back the days!

  • Woman dancer left side @ 1:51...whoooops.......good 'ol '80s

  • @LVEbonys Lol what happened to editing?

  • @bigrom13 Guess the editing dept was off that day...

  • @LVEbonys Yall cracking me up!

  • @LVEbonys aaaah yeah!!!

  • @LVEbonys lol haha she was kinda missing steps throughout the video if you keep an eye on her from the start of the video

  • @lrwsoreal

    Warning!!!...This is what happens when you get your cousin Shay-Shay...(who you owe $35, and still ain't paid it back)... to choreograph/SABOTAGE your music video..

  • @lrwsoreal

    Warning!!!...This is what happens when you get your cousin Shay-Shay...(who you owe $35, and still ain't paid it back)... to choreograph/SABOTAGE your music video.. I think she does Evelyn's hair too...on purpose!!!

  • this song is dedicated to my husband

    

  • THIS IS MUSIC....

  • booooooooooooooooooommm

  • Prefer this to Love Come Down - tune...

  • only 19 or 20 here

  • This track is timeless...

  • takes me back to my youth in stockton, CA

  • That hair on his chair is fuckin hairy man!

  • How the heck did this only chart at #40 on the Billboard charts? It's so much better than anything out there today. Music is definitley in a down period, in my opinion.

  • Thanks for the clean upload bol2funk...That era is still unmatched !

  • Those Men dance more gracefully and softer than the Ladies are they Gay? Thumps up

    Piece man!

  • Esta es una clasica de la 92.5 aqui en Tijuana

  • One of the very first video's to premire on BET!!!!

  • nice video

  • VIVE LES ANNÉES 80 EXCELLENT

  • I know Mac Dre did a remix to this, does anyone know the name of it?

  • @sleakon3 yeah its called im a thug

  • Is that Keke Shepherd from The Apollo dancing wiht them?

  • @shellietify Oh My goodness, yes! i was trying to figure out why that woman looked so familiar! Good eye!

  • @shellietify YES THATS HER

  • good beat

    

  • this song was the shit

  • Damn Evelyn is so damn fine. I would have given her one of my babies!

  • isn't that Suzzanne Douglas of Tap the movie & TV Series Parenthood dancing in the back row??

  • @bigmoses41 yes that is Suzzanne Douglas in the background dancing.

  • omg i love this beat! I wish I was 4rm the 80s!

  • Man videos have come a LONG way lol

  • @MrSexxxy20 yeah but music hasn't!

  • @MrSexxxy20 these ones are betther tho!

  • @MrSexxxy20

    Yes, and somehow they are still cheesy and for the most part suck and I will argue that while videos always stay cheesy the music has gotten worse, sadly. But it's all an opinion.

  • @MrSexxxy20 haha in the beginning I thought my comp was buffering but it was the video lol, 80's videos... all I can say

  • @lrwsoreal ...lol.. that was high-tech back then... dancers - check.....blue screen - check.... wavy lines and computer graphics - check...........voila! Her first video! I love it though... I can't imagine the video any other way now...lol

  • @daretosayit lol haha i kno, its still a great song and video considering the technology of the times lol

  • @MrSexxxy20 Too bad the music hasn't!

  • A very important disco singer according to Rolling Stone and a style icon to boot rockin the white pants.

  • Replay Button: & there aint no doubt about it, I'm in L O V E

  • @Gtwo13 the truth!

  • you will love all old school music .

  • i grew up to this music and i wish it would come back i love it !!!! this is a song to exspress your love to your girl.

  • this song is dope.

    i wish i lived through the 80's....i was born in 1990 lol 

  • I love this song! Awesome and addicting beat!

  • See? This is what I'm talking about. No booty shaking or too much skin, and the video is great! I'm only 18 and I love classics like this. She's explaining how she feels without being dirty. I wish I had been born in the 70's.

  • That does look like keke shepherd on the right. And on the left it looks like Suzzanne Douglass from The Parent "Hood, the wife. She's also known for her dancing in the movie Tap, but she clearly did not know this routine. lol

  • the background dancers are hilarious

  • Beautiful classic song

  • And to think...she was only 21 when this was released!!!

  • ...as sampled by Mark E for 'RnB Drunkie'

  • someone make an instrument only version!!!!!!!!!

  • @mattisaplayer37 o wow so this is where Janet got this sample from lol. but i did not know she made this.

  • @mattisaplayer37 if u really hear it.........reminds me of latifah lol.

  • @mattisaplayer37 Why, so some dumb rapper can phuck it up???

  • @GrownFolksMusic naww man i just love that beat i could listen to it for days

  • tuuuuunnnnneeeee.

  • another old favorite of mine.tuuuuuuunnnneeee.

  • No computer but sequencing. Great job! Marvelous sonority. Pure original disco soul. Basic chroma effect.

  • They jammed back then. brings back good ole' memories. Saturday morning clean up

  • Fredericks Brown made me really fall in love with this song! Deva has the vocals to make this song a soulful bliss....

  • was just watching Everybody Hates Chris and AS SOON AS I heard this song playing in the background, I knew I needed it in my life.

  • @terrible1fi - ahh bless, bet you're under 30 and can't remember life before computers, but MIDI wasn't invented until 1983, 2 years after this was recorded! The bassline may have been looped, but that was also pretty hard to do back then because it was all still tape based, so much more likely it was just played live all the way through straight to an 8 track, that's what musicians used to have to do, play music.

  • Love her...wow.....just soooo classic. Roller skating days. I use to play this 2 times a night at spinning wheels in Edmonton....circa 1982.

  • Janet sampled this song for R&B Junkie :D

    BOTH still awesome <3

  • Janet Jackson sampled this :)

  • This diva can move!!! Enjoyed seeing her live....damn, can she groove!!! Love you EVELYN!

  • Happy days! Makes me smile every time...still do the dance to it..XXX

  • Dope song! But whats even more amusing is the back up dancer ( girl ) messing up at 1:51 LMAO!!!!!

  • Does anyone else do this? I often compare...no not compare but liken or associate old school artist voices to the new generation. I can't help but match up Evelyn Champagne King to Keisha Coles.  And is that Kiki Shepard dancing in the background on the right? You know, she used to host Showtime at the Apollo.

  • @Mssassysabrina HAHAHA! I THINK IT IS HER! WELL IT LOOKS LIKE HER!

  • OOOOOH such a fab song :D

  • Love it!!

  • LOL this video is so funny

    her voice is amazing tho

  • ECK is the QUEEN!!!

  • Que buen tema excelente calidad de video y sonido!!!

  • who cares whats involved...u either like the song or you dont...

    great track from a great artist

  • Just to make things clear: I’m afraid you are wrong. This track was recorded on a Fairlight Computer sequencer…

  • @mandemafresh true but it was done with soul … ;-)

  • Oh day um, this song is fasho. Love the symphony and tempos x)

  • Sounds better played at the right speed instead of too fast as heard here.

  • I never appreciated this song until recently. Oftentimes heavy production tends to weaken a strong singer's voice, but wow - strong production and equally strong voice. I love it!

    But, eh, the dancers on the video are amusing...lol.