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  • Watching her Unsung episode introduced me to Vesta. And it made me appreciate her and her music.

  • great song and powerful voice...MORE FANTASTIC ´80´s music at my channel!!! Take a look....

  • Descanse em Paz Vesta Williams. Você fez sucesso no Brasil com Once Bitten Twice Shy e deixou saudades e sua música toca até hoje 26 anos depois de você ter gravado em primeiro albúm.

    Saudações desde o Brasil.

  • was shocked 2 hear that Miss Vesta was no longer with us...REST IN PEACE...~Sister....and sleep well~~

  • DAMN....just found out Vesta died thru tv one's "UNSung".....damn 52 is young REST IN PEACE...

  • ReSt In PaRaDiSe VESTA WILLIAMS...

  • This singer wanted to be Chaka so bad thats why she didnt blow up the way she should of, we already have a Chaka Khan the music industry is so shady, you wouldnt believe what Chaka and Vesta been through

  • @raybarks100 what makes u think she wants to be chaka, vesta is her own person she dont need to be anybody else

  • Why is it that there has been a spate of 'initially unexplained' deaths of black singers in the past few months? Rapper Heavy D was another one after returning from a Michael Jackson tribute concert. They were not exactly old either.

  • She should have been larger!! She had a great voice!!!

  • i love this song it makes me think way back in the days rest in peace

  • She was one of the 1980,s and 1990,s artist gifted ,black, powerful, The Pop Media tried to look past her and Phyllis Hyman, Phyllis Nelson, Gwen Gutherie, and Cheryl Lynn. She will be miss love you all.

  • @MAXDAY1000 I KNOW I LIKE UNSUNG BECAUSE YOU GET TO HEAR ABT ALL THE BEHIND THE SCENE DRAMA

  • ~~~~WOW WE LOST YET AGAIN ANOTHER TALENTED COMPOSER JUST SEEN HER STORY ON UNSUNG SHE WAS MAKING A COME BACK THE MUSIC TODAY CAN'T COMPARE TO THE RAW TALENT OF YESTER YEAR SHE WAS YOUNG~~~RIP MS VESTA WILLIAMS

  • @mschocolatedelites71 its sad on how she was being treated hum............ and its seems like every unsung also speak about how folks been getting played and crap over everything

  • Listening to her, she was Phenomenally Awesome! RIP Sistah..

  • hmmmm.... I dont remember this video by vesta, I like it, funny video....I grew up watching her videos...rest in peace vesta.....

  • THE LORD NEEDED ANOTHER SONG ANGEL,HE MADE THE FINAL CALL TO VESTA...

  • NO!!!,

    I cant (& dont want to) believe it,Vesta Williams has passed away,all to soon at the age of 53.

    We have lost so many good singers these past few years with the passing of Phillis Hyman,Teena Marie,& now Vesta Williams.

    Damn!!!!!!,

    It just fills me with utter sadness to have lost them.

    Heaven has them now,but least we still have their music to remember them by.

    RIP Vesta. Thanks for uploading onecharmingbastard.

  • HAPPY 54 BIRTHDAY VESTA

  • R.I.P ..

  • Nice stuff

  • Is this from that movie starring Jim Carrey, "Once Bitten". I had forgotten this song and I find out this woman died and it turns out to be she sings this song.

  • This has always benn my favorite Vesta video. She looks so sexy with that short hair. Id stalk her anytime. Rest in peace ohio girl.

  • I miss Her already .......RIP

  • This song was co-written by Vesta and my husband, Dean (Sir) Gant...good friends and great collaborators back in the day. Such funny stories he's told me about this delightful song-bird.  Gone too soon...RIP Vesta.

  • The Goddess sleeps for now RIP

  • I know you're in heaven watching down on us. You brought us 2 classics in this song and "Congratulations" and they will always be among my all time favorites. RIP you music will always have a place in our hearts.

  • She reminds me of Janet Jackson and Chaka Khan. She should have completed a bachelor's degree in music education. She certainly did not exactly belong in the music industry, but in a good music education program helping young talented kinds to be as good as she was.

  • my baby,Vesta came on the scene and knocked the socks off of the industry! unfortunately,she came out on the heel of the rap era and wasnt adequately produced.She is remembered here though.

  • May your soul rest in eternal peace Ms. Vesta, thank you sharing your gift with me!

  • RIP Vesta the very first time i heard this track i loved it and twenty odd years later i still do you will be missed another great artist gone from the world of RnB

  • This was and will always be such a good tune.

    R.I.P Vesta Williams

  • RIP VESTA

  • I hate fake nails, and it's amazing to me how women can't feel like a woman without fake nails and fake tits. Song is interesting.. RIP

  • Love & Blessings to UR Family! Out of Body, In Presence of God!

  • i liked this song from back in the day. she was the greatest singer that ever lived. Vesta will be sadly missed. R.I.P. Vesta

  • I do have this on my Ipod . I will miss her.

  • I was indeed saddened by the death of this talented woman with such great and powerful voice. I have her CD titled relationships and it is just so fab!!! Miss Williams may your soul rest in perfect peace!!! May God grant you enternal rest now!!

  • Thank you for the music

  • I dont know whos Vespa is and I used to watch sister sister, I was a huge fan the show back in the day. any way I wish her family peace at their time of sorrow!! RIP VESPA. You are missed by all your fans also!!

  • @missmolly114 It's VESTA not VESPA. Vespa is an Italian mini-motorcycle.

  • it never made it to the UK top 10 it's peak position was 14 unfortunately. it got in the US RnB top ten peaking at number 9.. Just my two cents.

  • I mentioned her death to my pod mates at work yesterday.... none of them remembered her... How sad. Beautiful voice.

  • @emerybayblues How old were they? They must be younger. I remember Vesta as a teenager. But I'm 40 now LOL! They were probably little kids when she was popular.

  • @sexymd07 They're my contemporaries I'm 43 they are around my age maybe a little younger.

  • @sexymd07 They're my contemporaries I'm 43 they are around my age maybe a little younger.

  • love you vesta

  • RIP Vesta, this is one of my fave songs ever. Thanks for the music girl! xx

  • My GOD..what a BEAUTIFUL SOUL..

  • I was suprised to hear that Vesta would often sing backstage for Chaka Khan back in the day when she was so out of it, they would turn the mike off for Chaka and Vesta would do the show. Once Chaka fell down while on stage and Vesta did not know it and kept on singiing. Her voice was so strong, reminds me of Phyllis Hyam - both talented ladies gone too soon.

  • @vidann1 Well written. Couldn't agree more with you. Sounds so like Chaka Khan and reminds one so much of Phyllis Hyman. Both Fiesty and with powerful vocal range.

  • She was one of the greatest...albums like" 4U", "Special ", everything -n-more", and this one from `86, are truly blessed! gonna miss u, Vesta! R.I.P

  • Loved her and her music Ill miss her

  • She had that "Chaka" vocal quality. Very strange that she died so young. Show business takes a heavy toll on ones psyche, i think. R.I.P. Vesta. Bra-vo!

  • R.I.P. Vesta. You are very much missed. You will live on forever through your music.

  • vesta, truly uder-rated. big voice and even bigger spirit. it's so sad that the world never got the chance to really appreciate the gift that was her voice. she will be missed. R.I.P angel

  • She had ALOT of Flava

    xo

  • She will be missed. God is with her now.

  • we love u vesta!

    u will live 4ever in my mix!!!

  • R.I.P. VESTA!!!! Another great talent gone too soon.

  • RIP

  • She sang the hell outta this !!

  • R.i.p

  • R.I.P Vesta Williams. One of the Greatest Voices from the 80's

  • Just heard about her passing. This is one of fave songs of hers. Now she's singing in God's Heavenly chorus. R.I.P.

  • I remember this!!!!

  • such an attractive woman but I wondered if she had some complications from that gastric bypass?

  • I LIKE THIS SONG! I LOVE HER MUSIC AND HER VOICE! R.I.P VESTA!!!

  • She will be missed greatly.

  • RIP......I JUST FOUND OUT.....This songs reminds me of my babysitter....she use to listen to this all the time....i miss the 80s and icky vicky

  • @tns007 me2 thru the show "unsung" on tvone....

  • @tns007 awww!.. :)

  • RIP Vesta.Loved this song since I heard back in 86 as a teenager. Never forgotten it. great talent. gone too soon.

  • 70`s, Pop, R&B, Child Star Singer-Songwriter stopped by.

  • RIP Vesta Williams...

  • R.I.P. Miss Vesta, sing with the Angels. Thanks for this recording. I have the actual 45 from,I bought it when this song first came out. in late 1986. This record also got played on the original Hot 103 WQHT - NYC.

  • Ms Williams had a great voice she was one hell of singer all the great ones die too soon. Love You Vesta!!!

  • Her look in this video reminds me of Jill Scott's new look. Amazing how much reach, influence and how much of an impact this woman made on R&B. Truly and unsung diva of R&B and Contemporary Jazz.

  • RIP

  • rip vesta!

  • Gone too soon. RIP

  • this shit reminds of when I was a little kid and went shoppin with my mom to buy clothes they would play this kind of music hehe

  • I hope this gets cleared up. I wonder if it was her diabetes?

  • RIP Vesta Baby You were the Bomb baby!!! This is the video I remember the most from 1986

  • We'll miss you Vesta. Wish more people knew about your talent. For the rest of us, we get to smile every time we hear your music! xoxo

  • Just heard this song on the radio driving home today.

    RIP...Gone too soon...

  • wow tragic

  • R. I P. Vesta

  • What a great music era!....And what a tremendous loss for those of us who love real singing.

  • R.I.P Vesta....such a beautiful voice

  • Freedom from the turmoils of life, may your spirit and soul add another shining star to the skies above. And may we, each night, when we gaze upon the heavenly beauties, be shown the path to enlightenment. Bless you Vesta, for all the love, music and songs that you shared with us.

  • Rest in Peace Angel...you are Free now. ~XO~

  • Wow RIP Vesta...

  • R.I.P. Vesta Williams

    

  • this song takes me RIGHT BACK to '86. my sister & I used to sing along (instead singing "once bitten, twist eye!") & dance & laugh, we LOVED this song! My sister has since passed away, but Im sure she'll welcome Vesta in, along with all the other Angels. May u rest in paradise Miss Williams! Xoxo

  • WoW She sounds really good ..I just listened to all her songs here but I never heard any of them before, nor heard of her ..but then again I was on an island in 85, 86 ..RIP Ms Williams ~Heavens Newst Angel

  • RIP VESTA!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

  • rip

  • Music at its best, what happened. R.i.P. Ms. vesta

  • RIP Vesta Williams you were amazing...

  • R.I.P. Vesta Williams - Loved this song!!

  • OH NO !!!!! SAY IT ISN"T SOOOO!!! heard it on the Tom Joyner morning show. WOW A Beautiful Singer will be missed by so many.RIP VESTA! and condolenses to her family and friends.

  • So sad...wait for the Unsung episode featuring Vesta.... greatness gone too soon!!! RIP Vesta...Heaven has got some choir up there...you're in good company lady.

  • RIP.

  • ANGELIC VOCALS NOW WHERE THEY BELONG!!!!! RIP VESTA!!!!!

  • R.I.P Vesta, I am so thankful to God that you shared your gifted with the world you were truly gift and my your soul rest in peace, your music will continue to live on.

  • RIP to Vesta her voice was powerful and she was so underrated...definitely will be missed...

  • R.I.P to Vesta Williams. Another underrated singer that should have gotten more recognition from the masses. You truly will be missed!!

  • RIP 

  • RIP Vesta

  • Rest in Peace!!!!

  • RIP Vesta one of the best to ever bless the microphone !!!!!!!

  • RIP Vesta

  • Teary...RIP

  • RIP Boo!!!!

  • Just heard the news. R.I.P.

  • Rest in peace Vesta.Iam so sad, yet another singer has left us. Wow! Please God help her family especialy her daughter.

  • May Your Soul Rest In Eternal Peace!!!

  • i would put her voice & that song up against anything that is out today.

  • great,this song im singing all day,oh my god,its in my mind

  • I actually bought this album because I liked her voice on this song so much.

  • she's fit..mmmmm

  • AAaah love it. Nice summersong:)

  • Ahh the 80's - great songs (slightly naff videos) .This is a Gem and was played when I was in Kos - Greece in 1988. What memories.

  • T.V. one should do an Unsung on her asap!!!!!

  • Love it, love it, love it...

  • tunageeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee xxxxx fab voice Vesta hun  x

  • Love her!

    

  • I was in the car last week and heard this on Pete Waterman's show on Smooth FM, I had forgotten about this song and how much of a tune it was.

    I did not realise that there was a video. I want those nails and that hair, they are wicked!!

  • Why cant you get this on itunes?

  • @philip28097234 I got this from Limewire hardly 2 years ago. It took awhile tho. Best is to download from Google or get a Real Player Downloaded so you can get this from You Tube.

  • 0:25 hold shit is that richard pryor?

  • Vesta Williams is the one who should play Etta James, should they make a movie about Etta. That poor excuse that Beyoncé did in "Cadillac Records" is just so laughable. And I even had that idea back in 1988 when Etta came back at the age of 50 with her album, "The Seven Year Itch." But, noooooo... Beyoncé! I'm shrrrrrr!

  • How come people don't sing like this anymore? Oh i forgot. Because they can't. 

  • simply a favorite by miss vesta williams. I love this song so much.

  • true classic of neo soul music

  • Hey Check out "Time Brings Change". If you've got the good taste to enjoy this rare gem you might like this song I wrote for our time/stuggles/history and hope. Leave a comment and tell me what you think.

  • Man I miss the old skool music days..even though as a producer and songwriter myself I am somewhat biased. I miss good chord transitions, background vocals, music that supports the theme and feel of the lyrics..hmm..has anyone else noticed that music made in these last 2-3 years is a lot like the disco craze of the 70's. And yes I do happen to love disco. Philly soul made it and hip-hop is still keeping it going. Think about it, all these new songs sound like one big Studio 54 mash up.

  • One of the greatest songs ever!

  • Thank you for this compeletly fogot about this tiimeless piece.

  • This song came out the year I was born.. My mom actually gave me a lot of cassettes and records that she used to listen to when she was pregnant with me. She said she used to play this song and put the headphones on my belly so I could listen to it. LOL... Interesting to finally see this video though.. My mom used to love Vesta Williams

  • Reminds me of the BET Video Soul days. Ahh the 80's

  • I lov this video.. vesta is awesome youtube is awesome and i am awesome i found her... very beautiful lady. like so many others.. wow good is good all ways...

  • tune 80s was the best for music it had everything

  • my youth!! still love and know all the words ha

  • Vesta is HOT, i wish I could meet someone like her!!!! i love this song~~~!!!!

  • OMG she looks like phyllis hyman a little in this video!!! she should play as phyllis hyman in a movie

  • I love this song!!!

  • Ya'll better shut up! This was the jam!

  • Thanks so much for posting such a cool tune that shoots me straight back a few decades.

  • wow!!!!

  • i just wanted to say go vesta your on my baby momma's list. first off. i love you girl u make me happy.u mean alot to me. i like the videos.. you have me hypnotized. and mermerized.

  • Nice love Vesta such a beautiful singer........

  • This is one of my favourite 80 classics,the mistery in the sound captivates you from first listen and her vocals are awesome.THis songs proves you can produce a pop song and actually be good music.But you need to be a musician to recordthis and todays music is recorded by Djs,so called"producers" copy n pasters...everything but real musicians. Timeless classic

  • Wow. I love vesta. she is hot... everytime i think about me and her goin back and forth. we made it though. anyways who is dracula i hope she was talk bout me...

  • This video came out when videos were a new medium,and we just loved this one....still do!

  • I always hear alot of comparisons between Vesta and Chaka ....sometimes when I listen...I have to wait a minute before I really can tell which one it is...

  • Well let me put this together for you. lol Vesta was a backup singer for Chaka before whe got her break as a single artist. That's how she kinda got her start. Great job she does isn't it. lol

  • @Platynumlove lol right.

    u might lol at this one, the background vocals sound a little like Jakie harry from sister 2 sister also Sharyl Lynn

  • @Platynumlove to me even queen latifah lol

  • Vesta,what a voice!Better than the junk and cesspool garbage they play now.

  • I am so addicted to these beautiful black women of the 80's. To me it is so hot... for real though.. I love vesta williams and once bitten twice shy. good song. i love the black women of the 80's like the pointer sisters, cheryl lynn, mary davis rip mary.. I love em all

  • I used to love this song back in the day. i wonder where Vesta is now?

  • She has a facebook page and it's really her! Look her up not a fanpage. She's really small now too!

  • Yeah, someone did mention that she is an active user of FB and that if you write to her (something sensible) she'll write back.

    PS, she lost the weight over 10 years ago, but it is great that she has maintained it.

  • I rushed out and bought this when I first heard it!! Another tune by Vesta which you shoild listen to if you have not is 'You make me wanna love again' which will blow your socks off! A true tummy too tummy ballad!!

  • LOL I love the 80s soul singers and ROOT for them ANYTIME they put music out. 2009 was HORRIBLE, in terms of the ACTS that people go "ga ga" over ...YES, I was referring to (talentLESS) ACTS like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Susan Boyle (she's NOT GOOD AT ALL), etc. BTW, did anybody kno about the old little feud between Vesta and Regina Belle? It started from a comment Vesta made on Video Soul way back in the 80s I think lol. I'd LOVE to see those two duet!

  • I agree, music really sucks nowadays.

  • Kiitty yep music not only sucks but is sadistic and is a cesspool of thugs and sluty little girls.

  • yeah

  • @marcusrob02 : Popmusic has been awful since the advent of Simon Cowell's "talent" shows. They spawn only forgettable industrialized drivel. Luckily the countermovement is strong: lots of good singer-songwriters emerge (not from the USA though!) such as Kate Nash, Duffy, Adele etc who show that creativity is not quite dead yet.

  • @marcusrob02 really lol?

  • @marcusrob02 You are so right about Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift. For the life of me, I can't figure out how or why they've become top-sellin