im a big heatwave fan,ive followed them since 1976.Rod Temperton did an outstanding job with the lyrics.He also rocked the house with Michael Jackson's OFF THE WALL ALBUM!! JOHNNIE WILDER'S lead singing made me a permanent fan with the song 'Leavin 4 dream....
classy brilliant song its a shame johnny wilder was in that car crash +was dead from the neck down he died not long after rip johnny 70s+80s music +bands 2 decades of music that will never ever see the like again i was lucky to have been born in 1963 so i treasure all 2 decades rod temperton wrote for a lot of music for heatwave+others but off the wall+thiller +1mformed is spot on hes british
I love how happy he looks at the very beginning...I wish more people would smile instead of all the mean looks ...find something 2 be thankful 2 GOD about and SMILE :)
The Car Accident that messed up Johnnie up! left him totally Handicapp! that was pretty much the end of Heatwave as we know them. it's kind of funny! we never know what life has for us just around the corner ~WOW!~ great song!~and love this performance!~
I'm wondering what happen to black bands.I really think there is some conspiracy to stop the forming of black bands.There's only two that I can think of and thats Mint Condition and Roots.And they don't the play that they deserve.I watch Conan and see a white band for every day of the year and most really suck!
We honor and RESPECT YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING PICTURES AND SOUND to such a TIMELESS Classic ! We will Play this on Our Channel In your HONOR ALWAYS Thank You .
OH MY GOD! WHITE PEOPLE ARE SO SOULLESS AND RHYTHMLESS!! LISTEN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AN THEY DONT FEEL NOT ONE BEAT!! THIS IS FUCCIN RIDICULOUS, THIS IS A WASTE OF A PERFORMANCE, BUT AT LEAST DEM NIGGAS GOT PAID!! HAHA! YES I WILL BE WAITING TO HEAR ALL THE COMMENTS FROM YOU DISGRUNTLED MUFUCCAS WHO GONE SAY IM RACIST, FUCC YOU BITCH THE TRUTH HURTS DOESNT! AMERICA IS RACIST, WHT SHOULD I BE ANY DIFFERENT!
I had this shit on 8 track. One of the baddest groups ever to do the damn thang. This song is sick, and it's better live than on the album. I hate 'em. I'm so jealous of the talent. Get it y'awl!
THEY HAVE NO IDEA ,, WHAT MUSIC IMPARTS , NEW SKOOL NEED SERIOUS LESSONS .LOL THE HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT WHY THEY KEEP RAPIN 2 OLD SKOOL BKRNDS WITHOUT US THER WOULD B NO THEM .. GIVE EM THEIR PROPS PEOPLE....
The drummer here is actually Czechoslovakian according to certain sources. (I believe that Keith Wilder has kept the name going and hauls his own version of the band around the States). This has to have been the best song Johnnie Wilder wrote for the band.
One of the baddest groups of the 80's and Johnnie Wilder, Jr. one of the baddest Falsetto's .......they don't know !! You thank long, you thank wrong, so don't thank too looooong! R.I.P. Johnnie Wilder, Jr.
@vanedajackson1 I'm the same way! Been listening to it on this Old School Jams CD that I bought for $5 at the barber shop. Just decided to find it on Youtube today. Had never seen the group up close like this. I staring at the album cover with all the melted stuff back in the day when we lived in Denver when I was 7 and 8 yrs old. Yeah, that Rod Pemberton is a pretty cold with some lyrics. Wonder what happened to the lead singer. This looks like an episode of UNSUNG!! Can't wait for one on them.
im 18 and been listening to this since i was six singing the whole song while im chillin in the 87' black caddy on them thangs with the windows tented. TRUE SONG IF I WAS LISTENING TO IT THEN
Oh, memories...and the song is even better than I remember - groove, lyric, voices...'think long, you thin wrong, so don't think too long', dropped in perfectly. Songwriters of today, hate to get old lady on your **s, but listen and learn.
The white boy in the band is he world famous Rod Temperton. Wrote most of the Heatwave jams on top of songs for Off the Wall and he title track for some obscure album called Thriller. The boy is bad! and British!
@1mformed nah, that's mario mantese. Rod stopped performing with the group to concentrate more on songwriting, even though he was officially still a member of heatwave. .
@1mformed You are correct rod wrote most the songs and was part of the group, but he is not on the stage. That is Ernest (Bilbo) Berger drummer. He did play keyboards on the album but, he was not on the stage. After the Central Heating album which this song is off of, he only wrote songs for the group but was not actively part of the group.
there's three actually. the drummer, he's from sweden. He didn't even know english when he started the band. And the other one is the bassist- he was stabbed after a party by his girlfriend and lost his ability to play AND sing (blood clot in the heart, he was in the hospital for a looong time)! Rod's awesome, awesome lyricist! And of course we can't forget the lead singer Johnnie. He was paralyzed in a car accident (quad). So sad! But I still love jamming to them!!!!
back then the brothas thought hard about the consequences of shacking or marriage..they even thought is was "mind blowing"...nowadays..well you get my drift????
this was one beautiful song back in the day and it's still sounding great. johnny really had a beautiful voice. this band was pretty big back in '77-'78,my high school years.
Does anyone know the name of the song they sang on UNSUNG..(THE LAST SONG WERE JOHNNIE IS RUNNING AND RIFFING AT THE END)! Someone should notice it...lol
What a great cut! The gift of music is immeasurable. Heatwave and other extraordinary groups of that particular era seemed to possess talent that had no boundaries.
@steelerdave2000 Rod Temperton played keyboards/piano but had stopped performing with the group by the time this song was released. He had become strictly a song writer for the group (and many other artists), though Johnnie Wilder (on lead vocals) actually wrote this song. This was the only of Heatwave's hit songs that was not written by Temperton.
I'm watching the Unsung program about Heatwave and couldn't get enough of their music. My goodness, this was a talented band. Johnny Wilder was awesome! Unfortunately, they had so much tragedy.
I'm watching the Unsung program about Heatwave and couldn't get enough of their music. My goodness, this was a talented band. Unfortunately, they had so much tragedy!
@endorphinz Yea, I'm gonna have to agree with you on that one. Although Philip Bailey, from EWF, was close behind, ha, ha,. But yeah he was the best, Always & Forever, & Star of a story, Happiness Togetherness. Are my 3 favorites.
this is one of the best clips of johnnie (IN THE ZONE)....if not for the car crash he would have ben one of the best soul singers of our time.....RIP!
The best voice of that era in Johnnie Wilder. The best well rounded group. Heatwave had the awesome fast jams as well as the timeless love ballads. Their music will simply last Always and Forever!
Wow!! Watching the Unsung episode on Heatwave I had no idea the bass player and the drummer were from Europe. That guy can really play the bass and can move too. I really miss those days when groups really performed instead of having a bunch of half naked girls shaking on stage to keep you from knowing how bad the act really is and calling it a concert.
2DAYS SOUND CANT STAND N THE SAME ROOM...listen up youngsters this is what YA CALL TALENT...... musical artist with multi talent...... JUST BRILLIANT! Takes me back 2 a time n music/life..people partied 4 the love & fun quality tunes like this gave us.We will never witness such greatness again. Happy i didnt miss that bus.
Just got through watchin these talentent group of guys on T.V. One Unsung very interestin. R.I.P Johnnie Wilder, didn't Know that Rod Temperton was in the group. Classic Music for your Soul.
i havent looked at the comments but im sure this was a double a side on(45 disc} uk always and forever. still a top tune. ol Lionel looks so young bless.where is my 1st love.
One of my favorite songs of all times ... such a beautiful song!!! Johnny Wilder who did most/all lead vocals on the hits by Heatwave was truly another gifted singer who'll forever be missed yet always remembered.
Makes me sad (at times) when I think of all the great entertainers in my lifetime whose music I've enjoyed that are no longer here (Marvin, Barry, MJ, Teddy, Luther, Rick James, just to name a few). THANK GOD FOR YOUTUBE ... TAKES ME DOWN MEMORY LANE AND BACK.
@yellyyow while visiting Dayton, his hometown, in June 1979, Wilder suffered a car accident that forced him to spend the remainder of his life confined to a wheelchair. Wilder died May 13, 2006.
@lkdmpr OMG!.. Really!!! .. if you have time send me more info on it... I didnt know.. ! Heatwave was an awesome group!.. I was a teenager during that time!!
@ZionLadyof Sorry i didn't know i had an inbox, here is a wikipedia link does'nt tell much, maybe look him or heatwave up on allmusic.com . I'm from Dayton, I remember when he had the accident, I lived near there. That intersection was bad, it had a tree that blocked the stop sign (people who lived there sent the city letters and there were other accidents as well).
I had the Heatwave album with this song on it. I use to play it all the time. I really miss Johnnie singing with Heatwave. Thanks for sharing this song.
they sound equally, if not better live than on record. one skill that most artists today lack, and this is coming from a 20year old who grew up on soul!
saw heatwave yesterday, 4th july 2010. they still sounded good but it was all background music with just 3 singers. it really could've been any 3 black guys for all i know. not sure who if any are from the original set up? they were a red hot band back in the day. proper music not like todays c-rap.
This is how you know they made good music. I was born in 1985,and wasnt up on heatwave until sometime in the 90s,and from the 90s on I been listenin to them and still havnt heard 1 bad song. definately a classic group and their music is better than alot that's out right now. heatwave forever
I just turned 29 earlier this week and even though I wasn't born when this song was originally made, its a timeless piece of work. I hate my generation and today's music,and would give anything to go back to this simpler time
anyone know the chords of this?
gomezianprince 2 weeks ago
CORRRRRRRR FUKIN TOOOOOOOOOOON !!!!!!!!
SuperWally7777 2 weeks ago
turned 50 and i feel like it was just yesterday in high school! one of my all-time fav groups
thesocialgurl 3 weeks ago
mind blowing music from the 70s
SuperRaylay 3 weeks ago
I luv this cut!!!!A Fan For Life From East St. Louis!!!!!:)
heluvsme11 3 weeks ago
@DudesaLibra
Johnnie Wilder wrote this song also Happiness and Togetherness
racourdav 1 month ago
Rod temperton is a fool with a pen.
DudesaLibra 1 month ago
I love heatwave. Dude has a nice voice and a killer falsetto. I would put his up there with Bobby Debarge's.
phatboytrex1976 1 month ago
@phatboytrex1976 Yes, you are so right.
4123098 1 month ago
WHAT A UNDERRATED GROUP. THEY SOUND SO GOOD!!!
vandamme514 2 months ago
Think long, ya think wrong.
MrDragnodd 2 months ago
Billy jones got it GOING ON, LOL
SongCreator71 2 months ago
Keith Wilder is fine omg,, oh and I love the song too lol <3
Topacio1978 2 months ago
love this shit
mariabbb1964 2 months ago
I still love this, what a song, thankyou X
irenegibbonsable 2 months ago
This is about the catchiest heatwave songs ever! I love it, and could listen to and sing it all day!
heckto35 2 months ago
Music to appreciate, enjoyed & loved FOREVER!!
R.I.P. Johnnie Wilder
mssquirrely 3 months ago
im a big heatwave fan,ive followed them since 1976.Rod Temperton did an outstanding job with the lyrics.He also rocked the house with Michael Jackson's OFF THE WALL ALBUM!! JOHNNIE WILDER'S lead singing made me a permanent fan with the song 'Leavin 4 dream....
TheFocus78 3 months ago
takes me back to highschool sweetheats 'ricky lee' I remember you.
heaven176 3 months ago
just pure class!!!
jackiemaree1 3 months ago
How can this be HDTV quality? That didn't have HDTV in the TV's and you cannot upconvert....just say high quality!
jnnx 3 months ago
Beautiful Song!! They also made Always & Forever..
26kharris 3 months ago
GREAT SONG..LOVE MY OLD SCHOOL..
kim41255 4 months ago
i wish everyone would stop talkin about rod temperton on this video...he's a great writer but he DIDNT write this song..johnny did.
housebanks22 5 months ago
classy brilliant song its a shame johnny wilder was in that car crash +was dead from the neck down he died not long after rip johnny 70s+80s music +bands 2 decades of music that will never ever see the like again i was lucky to have been born in 1963 so i treasure all 2 decades rod temperton wrote for a lot of music for heatwave+others but off the wall+thiller +1mformed is spot on hes british
qwerty115006 5 months ago
Great song that Johnnie Wider wrote.
Tootallqaf 5 months ago
I LOVE THIS !!! BRINGS BACK SO MANY MEMORIES OF ME GROWING UP!!!!
TEMPERMAN IS A GREAT WRITER
latonyac1 5 months ago
i'm 15 and i like this song XD
justingf15 5 months ago
@justingf15 You have good taste in music!!
lawrence9333 5 months ago
I love how happy he looks at the very beginning...I wish more people would smile instead of all the mean looks ...find something 2 be thankful 2 GOD about and SMILE :)
aristotletheskull 6 months ago 11
man i could pop this in my cd player and just ride out with windows down and my wife beside me looking like a star.
bigdog533 6 months ago
MAN! Did THAT bring me back or WHAT!!
ddrums001 6 months ago
this is TIMELESS
jbk6789 6 months ago
Mind blowing decisions by Heat Wave another jam!!! Just play the hole Lp every song is bad!!! and can top music today!!!!
heavyrescue2 6 months ago
Try Tyrone Disco mix - it is a fabulous version too
stixmix2375 6 months ago
The Car Accident that messed up Johnnie up! left him totally Handicapp! that was pretty much the end of Heatwave as we know them. it's kind of funny! we never know what life has for us just around the corner ~WOW!~ great song!~and love this performance!~
tedkay 6 months ago
Rod Temperton the quiet man of music a pure Genius,1mformed u know him? followed allmy life
wonkeywombat 6 months ago
I'm wondering what happen to black bands.I really think there is some conspiracy to stop the forming of black bands.There's only two that I can think of and thats Mint Condition and Roots.And they don't the play that they deserve.I watch Conan and see a white band for every day of the year and most really suck!
Saxyworld 7 months ago
@Saxyworld The Roots are Jimmy Fallon's house band!!
clarkdoug12 6 months ago
@Bluevelvet glove
We honor and RESPECT YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING PICTURES AND SOUND to such a TIMELESS Classic ! We will Play this on Our Channel In your HONOR ALWAYS Thank You .
Multi7079 7 months ago
OH MY GOD! WHITE PEOPLE ARE SO SOULLESS AND RHYTHMLESS!! LISTEN TO THIS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AN THEY DONT FEEL NOT ONE BEAT!! THIS IS FUCCIN RIDICULOUS, THIS IS A WASTE OF A PERFORMANCE, BUT AT LEAST DEM NIGGAS GOT PAID!! HAHA! YES I WILL BE WAITING TO HEAR ALL THE COMMENTS FROM YOU DISGRUNTLED MUFUCCAS WHO GONE SAY IM RACIST, FUCC YOU BITCH THE TRUTH HURTS DOESNT! AMERICA IS RACIST, WHT SHOULD I BE ANY DIFFERENT!
DAGUTTA100 7 months ago
Man, this just takes you back in the day. Good times!
TheJorjor10 8 months ago
I had this shit on 8 track. One of the baddest groups ever to do the damn thang. This song is sick, and it's better live than on the album. I hate 'em. I'm so jealous of the talent. Get it y'awl!
guitarsoulman 8 months ago
THEY HAVE NO IDEA ,, WHAT MUSIC IMPARTS , NEW SKOOL NEED SERIOUS LESSONS .LOL THE HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT WHY THEY KEEP RAPIN 2 OLD SKOOL BKRNDS WITHOUT US THER WOULD B NO THEM .. GIVE EM THEIR PROPS PEOPLE....
MONIQUEPARIS1 8 months ago
Raise a Blaze,Sho'Nuff Must Be Luv,fast,slow,this Group Had it all.Rod Temperton,Genius!
fraz511 8 months ago
The drummer here is actually Czechoslovakian according to certain sources. (I believe that Keith Wilder has kept the name going and hauls his own version of the band around the States). This has to have been the best song Johnnie Wilder wrote for the band.
MalcNedd62 8 months ago
best of the song is the end and they cut it easily..
visornet24 8 months ago
love all heatwave songs. they are really the best of the best.
aqwarian 8 months ago
Love it!
NaturalBeautyPA 8 months ago
Isn't that the truth? (shrug)
TheSweeterJuice 9 months ago
JONNY WILDER WAS SO SEXY
jesussavedme7777 9 months ago 2
"taking my time out to wrk the problem out"..
i just rememberd this song and decided to search for it --i was still a toddler when it came out--thank God for good memories
thanx for sharing
Thedolcejuliet 9 months ago
Thank you for classic soul...
BlaqKoffee 9 months ago
I've heard this song like 7times already and I still want to hear it like 7 times so cool and soothing not like the crap you hear now a dayz
phuckju13 9 months ago
flippin great, thanks for posting this..male 46 birmingham uk..
Coleshill1 9 months ago
One of the baddest groups of the 80's and Johnnie Wilder, Jr. one of the baddest Falsetto's .......they don't know !! You thank long, you thank wrong, so don't thank too looooong! R.I.P. Johnnie Wilder, Jr.
mssquirrely 10 months ago 2
music at it finest!!!!!!!
mssue2011 10 months ago
Wow. Pitch perfect. I miss those days!!!!!
destination130 10 months ago 2
I can listen to this song 50 times in a row back to back, just like it dropped yesterday! Love you Heatwave (Kiss)
vanedajackson1 10 months ago 25
@vanedajackson1 I'm the same way! Been listening to it on this Old School Jams CD that I bought for $5 at the barber shop. Just decided to find it on Youtube today. Had never seen the group up close like this. I staring at the album cover with all the melted stuff back in the day when we lived in Denver when I was 7 and 8 yrs old. Yeah, that Rod Pemberton is a pretty cold with some lyrics. Wonder what happened to the lead singer. This looks like an episode of UNSUNG!! Can't wait for one on them.
MamaNuveau 3 months ago
@vanedajackson1 lol me too,takes me back to the 70's when I was a child.
koffeebrwn 3 months ago
@vanedajackson1 flippin lovely music , i agree..
Coleshill1 1 month ago in playlist mind blowing decisions
im 18 and been listening to this since i was six singing the whole song while im chillin in the 87' black caddy on them thangs with the windows tented. TRUE SONG IF I WAS LISTENING TO IT THEN
JeffTheDon 10 months ago
ya'll need to type in heatwave unsung and watch it through. it is so infomative. i learned alot about this group
mjjcng8958 10 months ago
man, I wish I could sing like Johnnie lol. thanks for the post
juiceeddieshow222 11 months ago
Oh, memories...and the song is even better than I remember - groove, lyric, voices...'think long, you thin wrong, so don't think too long', dropped in perfectly. Songwriters of today, hate to get old lady on your **s, but listen and learn.
This is sublime. Just sublime.
Ninevah77 11 months ago 2
love this song.
sdottery70 11 months ago
1 of Favorites cuz Love the words always have...
nelliegirl13 11 months ago
Great singer,Great song...R.I.P. Johnny Wilder
motownfan5 1 year ago
What song is the crowd dancing to? They look off beat like crazy! LOL
rabbit716 1 year ago
@rabbit716 The sound and video are not in sync.
goodymfla 11 months ago
Rest In Peace Johnny Wilder.
poetgrande08 1 year ago
The white boy in the band is he world famous Rod Temperton. Wrote most of the Heatwave jams on top of songs for Off the Wall and he title track for some obscure album called Thriller. The boy is bad! and British!
1mformed 1 year ago 32
@1mformed rod was also a big part of michel jackson's thriller album
MrOld1964 1 year ago
@1mformed nah, that's mario mantese. Rod stopped performing with the group to concentrate more on songwriting, even though he was officially still a member of heatwave. .
juiceeddieshow222 11 months ago
@1mformed You are correct rod wrote most the songs and was part of the group, but he is not on the stage. That is Ernest (Bilbo) Berger drummer. He did play keyboards on the album but, he was not on the stage. After the Central Heating album which this song is off of, he only wrote songs for the group but was not actively part of the group.
msouthern99 9 months ago
there's three actually. the drummer, he's from sweden. He didn't even know english when he started the band. And the other one is the bassist- he was stabbed after a party by his girlfriend and lost his ability to play AND sing (blood clot in the heart, he was in the hospital for a looong time)! Rod's awesome, awesome lyricist! And of course we can't forget the lead singer Johnnie. He was paralyzed in a car accident (quad). So sad! But I still love jamming to them!!!!
tbags4123 9 months ago
@tbags4123 also jihnnie was in the military the army. he created the group will he was stationed in germany chicago heatwave
mjjcng8958 8 months ago
@1mformed nope neither of the white boys in this vid are rod temperton..he is bad though
meita01 8 months ago
@1mformed No Rod Temperton was a keyboardest ! That isn't him trust me !
mjwdmc 6 months ago
@1mformed yes that's the MAN
DatsDCpW 6 months ago
Respond to this video... i should not have 2 stop look and listen Dam they r GOOD!
DatsDCpW 6 months ago
@1mformed can you imagine if Heatwave actually did Rock With You and where they would be if they had accepted it before he gave it to MJ?
bunkerking73 5 months ago
Way Before My Time But I love The Hell Out Of This Song....
MsLatoyaDion2011 1 year ago
Reminds me of one of my free spirited friends, back in the day
bam1952 1 year ago
OMGGGGGGG! So much NOSTALGIA! Reminiscing on the 70's
TheAithWONDER 1 year ago
The 3 dislikes are people who have had serious head trauma!
primogun 1 year ago 3
back then the brothas thought hard about the consequences of shacking or marriage..they even thought is was "mind blowing"...nowadays..well you get my drift????
GoldenLarkVoice 1 year ago
back then the brothas though about the consequences of shacking or marriage..nowadays..well you get my drift????
GoldenLarkVoice 1 year ago
I love this song!!!!
nume55 1 year ago
Fuck the three dislikers. This is good music.
spitnificent 1 year ago 2
My teenage years lived again!!!!!!!!!! love it xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
DoowopJohnnyBoy 1 year ago
thankyou you tube!!!! this is the best memory lane ever!!!!
jackiemaree1 1 year ago
this was one beautiful song back in the day and it's still sounding great. johnny really had a beautiful voice. this band was pretty big back in '77-'78,my high school years.
MrNathan791 1 year ago
I'M JUST GOING TO RIDE THE HEATWAVE ALL THE WAY TO HEAVEN.
MrTrackfreek 1 year ago
i seen t v one unsung that guy that is singin is dead man and heatwavev was tha sh..t back in tha day
MsDebarge 1 year ago
Yeah...his voice reminds me of the lead singer in Switch...Bobby Debarge...that's a said endiing too...but man what a voice....back in the day...
kww 1 year ago
Johnny was one bad mother shut your mouth what a talent
mrstanbmw 1 year ago
One of the GREATEST Falsetto's of all time!
RIP J. W.
mssquirrely 1 year ago
@mssquirrely THE greatest falsetto of all time!
dienglee 10 months ago 2
This is the cut! I love this song. r.i.p johnnie.
asoftvoice 1 year ago
hey...this is the jamm...he sound outstanding live ...I miss him so much..they don't make music like this no more...
trinablossomgame 1 year ago
johnnie wilder was a sangin man!!
mjjcng8958 1 year ago
i love heatwave and johnnie is the man, but rod temperton is a genius!
Even Q thought so.
aknowneemus 1 year ago
YESSSSS!!!
kinstube 1 year ago
They're outfits looks like something Kanye would wear to perform Nowadays.
Chery869 1 year ago
IF THIS SONG CAME OUT TODAY IT WOULD STILL BE A HIT!!!!!!! (REAL MUSIC)
MRLONGINCLEVELAND 1 year ago 3
@MRLONGINCLEVELAND yesssir! it sure would be,this is definitely a classic that WON'T die.
mschardyc 1 year ago
I've been sitting here working, listening to this ONE song for an hour. I think I'm driving my coworkers crazy.........but I don't care
mzrelly 1 year ago 2
@mzrelly
I WATCH THIS CLIP ATLEAST ONCE A DAY....THIS A CLASIC CLIP!!!!!!!
TELL YO CO WORKERS THIS IS REAL MUSIC!!!!!!
MRLONGINCLEVELAND 1 year ago
Johnnie Wilder wrote this song, check out the song credit!
Nessie0077 1 year ago 3
THE GREAT MAN AGAIN WROTE THIS TRACK ROD TEMPERTON LEGEND CHECK THE KING OUT
wonkeywombat 1 year ago
I really miss romance in music and artist who can actually sing and not just scream sex and looks...Feel the Heat--wave!
rperry1908 1 year ago
its true... mindblowing decisions causes head on collisions.. no decade was better than the 70's! lol!
MsDarleneTheQueen 1 year ago
Does anyone know the name of the song they sang on UNSUNG..(THE LAST SONG WERE JOHNNIE IS RUNNING AND RIFFING AT THE END)! Someone should notice it...lol
DeishaGuy 1 year ago
@DeishaGuy I believe its Always and Forever ending...lol I'm slow!!!
DeishaGuy 1 year ago
@DeishaGuy It was...very beautiful touch to the show!
RememberTheTime09 1 year ago
@RememberTheTime09 Oh yea it is Always and Forever...I was like sing Johnnie!!!...lol OMG he can sing...
DeishaGuy 1 year ago
@RememberTheTime09 Oh yea it is Always and Forever...I was like sing Johnnie!!!...lol OMG he can sing...Especially live!!!
DeishaGuy 1 year ago
@DeishaGuy it was Always & Forever
llucido 1 year ago
What a great cut! The gift of music is immeasurable. Heatwave and other extraordinary groups of that particular era seemed to possess talent that had no boundaries.
ezabdullah 1 year ago
johnnie was such an attractive man.. even after his accident he still had that beautiful smile
sweetrose19 1 year ago
Asian beauties meet hot *lushfmlk.info*
cward347sdf 1 year ago
ahh, the days when artists could really sing and really play live. this is beautiful.
te4888 1 year ago
Isn't that Rod Temperton on one of the guitars??
steelerdave2000 1 year ago
@steelerdave2000 Rod Temperton played keyboards/piano but had stopped performing with the group by the time this song was released. He had become strictly a song writer for the group (and many other artists), though Johnnie Wilder (on lead vocals) actually wrote this song. This was the only of Heatwave's hit songs that was not written by Temperton.
dienglee 1 year ago
@dienglee
WOW...I DIDNT KNOW JOHNNIE WROTE THIS SONG(I THOUGHT ROD WROTE THIS) NOW I HAVE( EVEN MORE) RESPECT 4 JOHNNIE! THANKS 4 THAT INFO!!!
MRLONGINCLEVELAND 1 year ago
I'm watching the Unsung program about Heatwave and couldn't get enough of their music. My goodness, this was a talented band. Johnny Wilder was awesome! Unfortunately, they had so much tragedy.
michelleakamimi 1 year ago
I'm watching the Unsung program about Heatwave and couldn't get enough of their music. My goodness, this was a talented band. Unfortunately, they had so much tragedy!
michelleakamimi 1 year ago
Johnny Wilder had one of THE best falsettos in R&B history. Just perfection.
endorphinz 1 year ago
@endorphinz Yea, I'm gonna have to agree with you on that one. Although Philip Bailey, from EWF, was close behind, ha, ha,. But yeah he was the best, Always & Forever, & Star of a story, Happiness Togetherness. Are my 3 favorites.
bebop830 1 year ago
Strange as we were all dressing very 50's in style & of course the Granny & plastic sandals. American's were still in their Flares.
MsUkdance 1 year ago
this is one of the best clips of johnnie (IN THE ZONE)....if not for the car crash he would have ben one of the best soul singers of our time.....RIP!
MRLONGINCLEVELAND 1 year ago
this song is the shit i looked at unsung and heard this one i luv it
Donnabushrod41 1 year ago
geiser with the hat wtf??? turn around dick !!! ha ha Good tune though!!
jwking261983 1 year ago
The best voice of that era in Johnnie Wilder. The best well rounded group. Heatwave had the awesome fast jams as well as the timeless love ballads. Their music will simply last Always and Forever!
pumkincherie 1 year ago
Hey Dude with the hat. Stop dancing like a White Boy!
Ozman34 1 year ago
smoothe and sweet, emphasis on the "sweet".
speedoflite1 1 year ago
See more on Ernest "Bilbo" Berger, the drummer on SoulDrummers . com
fnkdrmmr 1 year ago
Wow!! Watching the Unsung episode on Heatwave I had no idea the bass player and the drummer were from Europe. That guy can really play the bass and can move too. I really miss those days when groups really performed instead of having a bunch of half naked girls shaking on stage to keep you from knowing how bad the act really is and calling it a concert.
chiliwilly39 1 year ago 2
@chiliwilly39 well said & im a woman!!!
alidon1970 1 year ago
2DAYS SOUND CANT STAND N THE SAME ROOM...listen up youngsters this is what YA CALL TALENT...... musical artist with multi talent...... JUST BRILLIANT! Takes me back 2 a time n music/life..people partied 4 the love & fun quality tunes like this gave us.We will never witness such greatness again. Happy i didnt miss that bus.
port2344chester 1 year ago
i watch this clip at least once a day......this is my smoking song!!!!!
MRLONGINCLEVELAND 1 year ago
just saw unsung on them! man.........what could of ben!
MRLONGINCLEVELAND 1 year ago
The lead singer was sort of cute.
outofthisworldgurl 1 year ago
Just Watched Heatwave/Unsung..
This group was so talented.
It's a shame they don't make music like this anymore!!
kswright1 1 year ago 2
I saw the Unsung episode of Heatwave. I really enjoyed it. I admire their legacy
amstyle912 1 year ago
Just got through watchin these talentent group of guys on T.V. One Unsung very interestin. R.I.P Johnnie Wilder, didn't Know that Rod Temperton was in the group. Classic Music for your Soul.
MrMonroe222 1 year ago 2
@pjanae29 The show unsung comes on Monday 10pm on channel 240
19832006 1 year ago
I cant wait to see them on tv one unsung!
19832006 1 year ago 9
@19832006 When does that come on?
pjanae29 1 year ago
This nearly makes me want to cry ... I love this.
GQBlue3 1 year ago 2
omg dont u just love it
ginaluvoldies 1 year ago
Another great singer gone before his time!!! R.I.P. Johnny!!
mistaeric 1 year ago
Johnnie was hot!
RememberTheTime09 1 year ago
Great post, thanx!!!!!!
MacWellNYC 1 year ago
I LOVE HEATWAVE! Great song and great memories!!
Destinyatk 1 year ago
This i a real Band nothing like to day sing at it's best! To days teen do not have a clue!!!
MagicMDBnike 1 year ago 2
i havent looked at the comments but im sure this was a double a side on(45 disc} uk always and forever. still a top tune. ol Lionel looks so young bless.where is my 1st love.
88dave89 1 year ago
This is music I grew up on... ! NEVER again... So many memories!!
ZionLadyof 1 year ago
MUISIC ...! this is MUSIC!! .. my era!!
ZionLadyof 1 year ago
Classic classic stuff! Reminds of a moms and them partying back in the late 70's.
jojoledet 1 year ago
look how high he is goood smoke then WOW
dogginheat 1 year ago
There were alot of black talented groups like this back then. Sounds really great.
kskate91 1 year ago
serio
celticlarry 1 year ago
One of my favorite songs of all times ... such a beautiful song!!! Johnny Wilder who did most/all lead vocals on the hits by Heatwave was truly another gifted singer who'll forever be missed yet always remembered.
Makes me sad (at times) when I think of all the great entertainers in my lifetime whose music I've enjoyed that are no longer here (Marvin, Barry, MJ, Teddy, Luther, Rick James, just to name a few). THANK GOD FOR YOUTUBE ... TAKES ME DOWN MEMORY LANE AND BACK.
BLKFOX2000 1 year ago 36
THIS WAS MY GROUP BACK INTHE DAY.
TheCounslor 1 year ago
@TheCounslor MINE TOO MATE!
delbert567 1 year ago
how high is that guy?
AlbertTransom 1 year ago
@AlbertTransom
HE NEVER SMOKED OR DRANK....HE WAS JUST IN THE ZONE!!!!!!
MRLONGINCLEVELAND 1 year ago 2
what happened to the original lead singer?
yellyyow 1 year ago
@yellyyow while visiting Dayton, his hometown, in June 1979, Wilder suffered a car accident that forced him to spend the remainder of his life confined to a wheelchair. Wilder died May 13, 2006.
lkdmpr 1 year ago
@lkdmpr OMG!.. Really!!! .. if you have time send me more info on it... I didnt know.. ! Heatwave was an awesome group!.. I was a teenager during that time!!
ZionLadyof 1 year ago
@ZionLadyof Sorry i didn't know i had an inbox, here is a wikipedia link does'nt tell much, maybe look him or heatwave up on allmusic.com . I'm from Dayton, I remember when he had the accident, I lived near there. That intersection was bad, it had a tree that blocked the stop sign (people who lived there sent the city letters and there were other accidents as well).
lkdmpr 1 year ago
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lkdmpr 1 year ago
I had the Heatwave album with this song on it. I use to play it all the time. I really miss Johnnie singing with Heatwave. Thanks for sharing this song.
sancho3124 1 year ago
they sound equally, if not better live than on record. one skill that most artists today lack, and this is coming from a 20year old who grew up on soul!
jrroq 1 year ago
saw heatwave yesterday, 4th july 2010. they still sounded good but it was all background music with just 3 singers. it really could've been any 3 black guys for all i know. not sure who if any are from the original set up? they were a red hot band back in the day. proper music not like todays c-rap.
fredorulz1 1 year ago
This is how you know they made good music. I was born in 1985,and wasnt up on heatwave until sometime in the 90s,and from the 90s on I been listenin to them and still havnt heard 1 bad song. definately a classic group and their music is better than alot that's out right now. heatwave forever
2m0rrownevapromised 1 year ago
Just learned that Johnnie Wilder, Jr. was a member of The Church.
OohMitch 1 year ago
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I just turned 29 earlier this week and even though I wasn't born when this song was originally made, its a timeless piece of work. I hate my generation and today's music,and would give anything to go back to this simpler time
drukia 1 year ago