Edwin Starr - 25 Miles

[Taki2007]

This was on the Old Spice man's Spotify playlist. Obviously, great men recognize great men.

[Deeype]

His dance is very crazy!

[MissBambiGirl]

Bloke was a total legend. Saw him a number of times on various scooter rallies...

[MissBambiGirl]

Legend.



[ronette1981]

My 3 year old loves this song !!!

[Ryzzia76437]

I love driving to this song. Edwin Starr RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Reinpret]

I walk to this music, i partially owe my 120lbs weight loss to this amazing man.

[NetteFraulein]

this plays on the best part of "adventures in babysitting" lol

[WannaJoinMyWolfpack]

@NetteFraulein YES!!

[MrUncleglenn]

I remember playing this song over and over on our trip to Fort Lauderdale in the spring of 1969. Those were the good ole days when things were normal.

[Alikah1]

@MrUncleglenn Yes, when Joplin and Hendrix were overdosing, war protesters were getting stoned and yelling "Kill the pig", the Manson Family was running free, and for three days in August up in Bethel, NY, a concert was going on in the mud. How much more normal could it have been?

[Reinpret]

i really love to have fun, but i don't think i've ever had as much fun doing anything as he looks likes he's having singing this song.

[TUBESTEAKNIG]

From LA to Vegas

[gotch09]

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay under=rated singer.

[WNYGaming]

Love this song!

[KingCrimson776]

Did anyone else catch that; "7 miles, 6. 6. 6. 5 miles" Pretty badass

[SuperEvilCake]

@KingCrimson776 yeah pretty sure everyone did

[KingCrimson776]

@SuperEvilCake no one else commented on it yo

[kingalow1]

how could anyone dislike this?



[poormate]

I was lucky to see Edwin sing live twice ,He always sang with a smile ,he chatted with the audiance .I rate him as the best singer ever because he was so down to earth, and boy could he blast out a song . One of the best and such a nice guy .The angels got more soul and voice now ,R.I.P Edwin

[COOLJC09]

Motown Sound none like it but Phila International Records comes close

[AntiGravDisclosure]

god i love those shoes at 0:31

[spookluke]

He looks SHARP!

[zombiedude25]

he did the original recording in one take , what a legend



[girtar]

Wooh, this guys not black, hes BLAAACK!!!

[MissTrixie1]

Fvaorite song from "Adventures in Babysitting."

[TheKingOfWalls]

this song is so fun :)

[nealadams70]

if a girl EVER has me walking 25 miles, she'd better be my daughter...or TRIPLETS

[michelesaintthomas]

Pure Motor-City T.N.T.! 

[Justpooinabush]

THE TEN PEOPLE WHO DISLIKED THIS... shame on you

[leecubed]

This is a ripoff of Wilson Pickett's 'Mojo Mama,' recorded two or three years prior.

[KidRockEatsSmegma]

@leecubed Wilson Pickett phucked your mama in da butt back in 1967.

[2441883]

The other day I was singing this song at the begining of the work shift, saying lets just try to get to the end of the day. No one heard of it before! I felt old for a second, but I still like the sonjg.

[kmp3000]

Huh. Good gawd.

[TJCATLOVER]

I first heard this great song on 'Adventures In Babysitting.'

[missuma2]

Do it, Edwin - This song was "the jam" back in the day & still is !

[Sash5034]

Great jam. RIP Edwin, thanks for all the great, energetic music.

[Harlemhoney02]

Brings back a lot of good memories~~~Throggs Neck, NY!

[yahood66]

@Caveman1006, he isn't you know, we can't hear him no more !

[Caveman1006]

R.I.P, looks like he was enjoyin himself in this video he in a better place though

[mondofzz]

I love this song. Great drums. I have trouble singing along because his voice is so high.

He does say "666" at one point. The first Satanic reference in rock?

[hag96706]

Keeping me inspired....I <3 this jam!!!

[adamtocock]

choooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[markathickory]

Wow! Saw him sing this live in Ashland Ohio in 1969. He was opening for Iron Butterfly.

[elvisvalentine]

So freakin' effortlessly cool!

What a video!

first heard this on the adventures in babysitting soundtrack when i was a kid.

Feet dont faill me now!

[Johnny1206]

OMG this is spectacular!

[underted]

I remember hearing this for the first time in a sample (was it salt n pepa or the cookie crew or something?) and for years and years and years trying to find out what it was. I sang the horns to a new mate and he said "Yes, I know that song" and I could have kissed him when he played it to me. BRILLIANT TUNE!!!

[smokestack29]

I am waiting for a marching band to do this song! It sounds like a great marching band song.

[buddythecat2]

this was one of the great motown songs.the hard horns,and the tight sound was the motown sound it was a great loss to lose mr starr

[totee86]

i just can't figure out how could i live 23 years without knowing this song. Now i have to listen this masterpiece all day long.

[soccerloverwd]

he totaly knows what hes doing.

[MrDJKaram]

war is better

just saying

[motown1diva]

msGeorgiaGirl, it's a JOKE, i could not care less, calm down.

[motown1diva]

why does he say 666 at the end of that one part...??? HMMMM

[MsGeorgiaGirl1]

@motown1diva O WOW R U REALLY MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT THAT...HE WAS COUNTING DOWN...HE SAID 5 THE SAME WAY...O WOW...U TRYNA MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING

[belladeballe]

@motown1diva that's a strange misheard lyric for sure...

[FunkyChez]

Yep this man was top f*ckin dollar. What a legend...I was privileged enough to be on stage with this man! lol Me and mate...yeah we were "happy clappers"!!!! Oh...they were the days :) Edwin baby, you live on in my soul. xxxxxx

[PCpete101]

I wish i could have been 22 at the time :)

[jominx55]

they dont come much better than this thx mum for playing this for me x

[Pottertjeflikker]

maguette m'bow

[A65Lover]

yes remember this track...sampled by cookie crew....thanks

[mikelimon805]

Saw him in 1969 at Magic Moutain Valencia. From the first few powerful notes from

the horn section, and then Edwin's voice and dancing, he had the crowd mesmorized. They played this 2 min song for 15 mins. It was wonderful.

[vespajedi]

Top Tune.

[schema81]

smart and clean

[DipSet85]

spent years looking for this song...ahh finally !!...greaat

[jorvelort]

What a joyous performance! This is a great song to have on when you're driving and in a hurry to get somewhere, like in Adventures in Babysitting.

[HDangerism]

Bad ASSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!

[McFro95]

awsome song

[gonzales73]

Superb!!!!!

[memph33777]

in 1979 i accidentaly got his greatest hits and i didnt know he was as good as he was. man he was cold!

[roknsoul1]

KICK ASS

[gerbelle90]

Such a groovy voice!

[electricsheep0191]

I was lucky enough to see him live. He turned everything off and sang with not even a mike- nothing. And it was perfect and he could be heard clearly at the back of the hall

[coffeegirl5912]

@electricsheep0191 That what you call showmen ship.. Real artist of yesteryear. not these fake ones out now who can not barely hold a note. Very few artist can sing live these days.

[jjjones77]

Wow is all I can say. God Bless Mr Edwin Starr. RIP an thanks for the music.

[123456lakia123456]

me nd my brother have different fathers and that's my brothers grandfather on his daddy's side

[Kiyoone]

WoW!!! nice song

[ryanfrombrum]

So underrated.

Met him once at a "Party in the Park" gig and he signed my plastercast - I saw him again about three months later at Asda Supermarket in Tamworth (near where he lived) and he said "i see your arms got better then mate" What a legend - R.I.P Edwin ! You are missed !!!

[underted]

@ryanfrombrum Wow! that's a really cool story!

[1AStaRZ]

@ryanfrombrum he was from the uk?? tamworth isnt that in birmingham??

[ryanfrombrum]

@1AStaRZ

Thats right - a town 10/15 miles north of Birmingham. He moved to the UK in the 1970's and lived at Pooley Hall at Polesworth. He did move to Nottingham towards the end of his life though (about 40 miles further north) and I do believe he is buried there. Such a lovely down to earth, friendly bloke and everyone else who met him says the same. Bless him :-( x

[1AStaRZ]

@ryanfrombrum haha thats cool , i go to tamworth alot

[ekocentric]

@ryanfrombrum He was very underestimated as an artist. I wonder if it's because sometimes music labels give more attention to others and that some are more appreciated as to their popularity and not neccesarily talent?

[CaptainBastard99]

@ryanfrombrum Edwin Starr at Asda in Tamworth...where do you even start with that? :op

[puentekidd]

I jammed with his son Robert (who is truly another great talent) He plays in a band in the L.A. area.Although he works hard not to "sound" like his Father the pipes are just as strong with the same timber.

[TheRaybass]

saw Edwin in Bromsgrove years ago at a craft fair getting his name cut out on plywood... I knew it was him he had his name in silver studs on the back of his leather jacket...how the mighty have fallen.. hes a hero though.

[elenarendezvous]

oh YESSS

[scooterroy]

Me and Peter Butcher were the first scooterboys to dance on stage with "the man" at the IOW scooter rally 1984 Edwin RIP you made us HAPPY

[LPincay]

Edwin did a free concert @Dorsey High in L.A. in the early 70s. He and his band and singers had the whole football field a rockin. What a voice. He passed away in England right? What was he doing over there? He is still missed.

[perkin2000]

He moved over here for the last 30+ years of his life.

Missed indeed. What a voice!

[beebandloz]

He used to perform at loads of Northern Soul venues here in England during the late 70s and ended up living here. R.I.P Edwin Starr!

[4GooMan]

I saw him do this at Univ. Calif. Riverside about 1972. He was sensational! I never thought I'd hear it again. Thank You, Thank You!

[kevinshirt]

i saw him sing this acappelo and it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end.. what a truly fabulous singer

[apingos]

what a talent!

[123456lakia123456]

i love this man i knew him b4 he died he's ma brothers grandfather i miss him so much tear

[SantoRedentor]

Woah awesome!

[TuskAmerica]

This song get's my white ass a movin!!

Grove babeee.

[Khultan]

LMFAO Ha ha ha ha! Oh, man....: )

[0213kay]

cool !

love it :)

[cheyenne86]

I love this song.. edwin starr was really great

[tomferent]

I come back to this video every couple of months just to see if it really is as great as i think. The verdict: It'sensational!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ricantarzan]

I'm surprised that not one of the singers on American Idol's recent tribute to Motown performed this song!!

[Molosserfreund]

soooooooo funky

[grammydi617]

I always LOV ED this song what a GGOD ONE 2 dance 2.. although I am from Ashtabula, Ohio, I just recently found out he was from Cleveland, O., ( a little more than "25 Miles" , it was more like 60 N.E. of it ) L ~

[pabc]

I love this song!! I did an exercise routine to this song for PE when I was in 7th grade in the late 60s and got an "A".

[leroymusic00]

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[trainfans2]

Edwin Starr and Cookie Crew - classic! R.I.P.  Edwin Starr!

[cbaldwinjr]

I didn't know Edwin Starr sang this..."ah ah, ah ah...I'M SO TIRED! BUT I JUST CAN'T LOSE MY STRIDE!" love it

[hydrocutty]

x2-i was lookin up his name to see what he did besides "war"-great song,i too was unaware he did this funky classic ;)

[barflewk]

I knew the back-up band that toured with Edwin in the early 70's, thay all said he was really stupid.

[MusicDude86]

what do you mean by stupid?

[barflewk]

Like a room temperature IQ. Not retarded, but a real thick-wit.

[MusicDude86]

he was one helluva singer though....

[harashi91]

ha and they said only asians have small eyes...lol JK...no tho nice song...

[MichaelJacksonOne]

Michael Jackson sang this

[EmoLike]

He covered it

It's on YouTube, too :)

[joko9395]

Nice Gators!

[bellabinti]

When this record came out I was 15, having a good time surrounded by all this great music.

[pgl0897]

Great track. Really nice to read everyone's little memories of old classics like this.

R.I.P Edwin.

[coweetie]

wooow hes great :D

[eagleinblack]

Reminds me of a certain Paula who loved this song and always used to get up to dance to it in the old Bush club in London

[Bashcowboy]

Classic.

[productions4life]

i love this song

heard it for the 1st time in adventures in babysitting

[EmoLike]

Chocolate Power :D

[capsularsmapsular]

what a voice! i think its a pity that war was kinda treated like a novelty song by some people who didnt give edwin the respect he deserved-an amazing voice.

apparently it was so strong that unlike alot of these modern 'big voices' he didnt even need any monitors on when he sang! am so gutted that i never got the chance to see him in person-lovely stuff

[netten90]

This song is in the movie "Adventures of Babysitting"!! I looooove that movie! I really love it!!! <3 <3 :) :) This song rocks too!

[groovinwalrus]

December 4, 2008

I saw Edwin Starr do this song live, some many years ago!

He was incredible... he improvised in the song saying c'mon ya'll let's go to church!

Yes, this is where it comes from... the feeling, the soul in any genre, straight from God!

Groovin'

[malcatron]

This is one hell of a track!

On the studio version you can just feel the energy of the performance, I'd love to have been in the studio when he laid this down.

Stone cold classic!!

[julka72]

viva la motown!

[THEMOJOMANsince1959]

I LOVED THIS RECORD "SO" MUCH WHEN I WAS "ON THE AIR" at WOHO in Toledo,,I almost got fired for OVERPLAYING IT "OUT OF ROTATION". I had the RATINGS is what SAVED MY BUTT.  THEMOJOMAN(.)COM

[splugrosh]

I adore this song. He's like a human dynamo; amazing energy & movement!

The arrangement/accompaniment is tighter than Warren Buffet too.

[estosiesmusica]

el mayor defecto de su musica es que los musicos que le acompañaban en motown tocaban una musica muy repetitiva y mediocre...

[VazTe14]

timeless...motown music

[flandersfails]

this is a northern soul essential as well...

[peasah2005]

Brotha Edwin Starr one of the greats in the history of Tamla Motown.

Brotha Edwin had class and hits where just fast and unbeatenable.

RIP, Brotha Edwin Starr.

[g0ldbuG]

how and when did he die?

[benasaykwee]

legendary...

[misslolamay]

If this song doesn't make you want to get up and dance, nothing will. I absolutely love it.

[COLETTEDAVE]

Love this, my fave Edwin Starr hit.

[spiritladysoul]

legend indeed

[blookup]

He' is my absolute favorite Motown vocalist. I own this original LP.

Dig it, when he's counting down the miles from ten, "...I got 9,8,7,666" he repeats the number six three times & the backing vocals is saying "several, several", but it starts sounding like "devil, devil".

I just think it's funny & ironic at the same time, being that Edwin quit the music biz after being born again. He never had a clue.

[tomagoes1]

edwin moved to the uk in the early 70's where he had a huge following on the northern soul scene!! he played all europe tv ect can be seen here on jools holland show singin war !!!he was and indeed still is worshiped over here???

[sparzy12]

I would love to here that seen him live many times cool cool cool!!! KTF

[dgc1808]

Nice song. He seems like a very impressive performer.

[Redcar43]

I love it haven't heard it in years. Thanks

[colirow]

He was one of the hottest acts to play at the Le Coq D'Or club in Toronto back in the early 70's. When he came to town, the Canada US border was a busy place

[ghines44]

Can someone post my favorite Edwin Starr tune I Just Want To Do My Thing. It was a hip hop staple and was one of the 1st records I and many other rappers rhymed to.

[nur0701]

Carlton Banks's move all start to make sense now xD

[lydztheshiz]

He's a true legend

xxx

[Treaty4]

The man was a true performer and always sharp.

[Ninjat0m]

this song is good but i prefer war

[allrequiredfields]

wrong answer!

[Kay346]

RIP Edwin you were a truly great soul singer.

Thanks for posting

[slothiegachoo]

this fucker made me a RAK STAR!

I drove kids crazy playing this as a kid.

taxiboysdrummer

I luv all his music! The disco shit blows donkey cock however,,,sorry

[levnerbrown]

this is country .

[GILLYRUTH]

i also danced on stage with him .But he did nt want to marry me .But he was fantastic .And he stopped to talk to everybody after he must have been there an hour or more.Another great beacon gets snuffed out on the ever dimming musical horizon.

[Brandy777219]

Great energy. Gives 150 percent. He will be missed along with James Brown.

[adammacster]

RIP.

We need more people like you Edwin.

UNIQUE.

[MyCatStellaBella]

This song just made me get up off my chair & dance. Feet don't fail me now :)

[kmcampisi]

what a jammin tune...Starr is a legend!

[tomferent]

Few videos can ever really display the greatness of a tune and performer. But this one sure does! Could Edwin Starr have ever been better than on the day he did this video. Pure Joy!!!

[happyjohnboy]

just a couple of facts to you edwin fans out there if you did not already no before he past away he lived in polesworth local to me for many years helping some young students from polesworth high school into the music buisness so he did some small manageing groups he also did have a near fatal crash on the b500 where his 4x4 throttle came stuck on and could not stop the car so he drove into the dicth avioding to hit other people he was a well respected local and sadly missed hope this interest

[clumsyclara99]

I Once danced on stage with Edwin Starr and he asked me to marry him. God love him. Great taste. LOL

[MotownMaster]

He was called The second hardest working man in show businiess

[leechdom]

you don't need energy drinks when you have this song on hand..

[leechdom]

born in 78 this is one of the best songs ive ever herd.