Looking back now, I suddenly realize how Gap Band influenced me and are such a big reason why I love soulful electronic music so much. one of the greatest electronic funk bands of all time!
@Borat911 Oh contraire, this song had nothing to do with black rhythm or soul. This song was originally sung by a duo from Siberia. Of course, a lot of the lyrics have changed throughout the years, but, the song itself was part of a ballad dedicated to the sun flower and the close connection it has with the bumble bee.
I saw these guys in Cleveland back in the day what a power packed show they put on, they were playing with the Barkays and another group wish I could go back in time.
Used to start the Funk session with this song back at my DJ stint at High School graduation pa\rty back in the early 80's in GT. The screeching of tyres at the begginning of the song was normally cranked up by me
@1147gt1 hEY, HEY, HEY,!!! DOES THE NAME-CALLING REALLY MAKE SENSE??? GROW UP, PLEASE! PLUS, UR LANGUAGE LEAVES MUCH TO BE DESIRED! yOU-TUBE NEEDS TO CENSOR THESE COMMENTS BY SUCH PEOPLE- JEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY DONTCHA JUST TAKE A CHILL PILL AND ENJOY THE MUSIC LIKE OTHERS DO?
What I don't understand is back in the 70's and 80's you could search all day for a white girl with an ass and now bam bam bam they are all over the place. what the hell changed.
@yappcd my mom was at home having babies..not go go dancing..that is why....nothings changed but the promoters......white girls with butts get publicity jobs now that its in demand....but they are their mothers daughters
Damn...the times I had at the local club...where..funny, no blacks were allowed(unless in band)..though we danced and loved these fine artists. That was a LONG time ago...but I often wondered, because I never got a chance to go to a black club back then...was the same, dancing to white artists? Funny, how times have changed..and much to the better IMHO!
Wow Five People dont like this MASSIVE MASSIVE TRACK!!! Hey you guys are dead... dont you realize!!!! Never knew we had Zombies amongst us LMAO!!! Great Ol Skool tune thanks for sharing!!! ;) Infinite Thumbs up!
@erikchandy when burn rubber came out you must have been about 12 years old. thank god i didnt live in your neighbourhood.Why do you people in the states always throw words in the air just to impress. you were as dangerous as i was. Maybe on Saturday we had a party with coca cola, chips. If not we had our pocketmoney for a good record. wasnt that fun. i do miss these times, dont you?
pimptastic mate! ...nowadays apparently the ladies are shakin their booties for some, lets see, horse, crack cocaine , weezul dust, some 'away with the fairies' m'lud... .."what are 'away with the fairies' Mr Justice Farquar Cameron Whatever when they're at home.......
white girls are fine with no bra but not those that have boobs! Anyway, that comment has nothing to do with this song! This is another Dayton, OH band... I am in Columbus, OH (all my life!) and have known them and Dazz and Barkays, etc. since I was like 6!!
This is what you call good black music this sos band,Sade,Renee@Angela not like that shit stanky leg,soilder boy,walk it out that shit is retarded and yes im white.
No No you got it all wrong . The story Charles told was that this friend of his confided in him about his girl friend leaving him . So he came to Charlie telling him all about it and that she sent him to the store to get her a soda, and before he came backk she had left by burning rubber in her car to get away from him LOL. and so Charles took it and made a song out of it (true story) so to that being as it was ,he was not saying Charlene he was saying Charlie. listen to the record closely.
The melody, the beat, wow !! nothing like it now. my God what happens now. i remember the days of soul train, when gap band performed on the show, it was stunning and forever imprinted on my mind. what was the song ? oh yeah !! oops . the presenter i forgot his name , was asking where did they get the idea of the song. my my my !!! some great artistes can never have equals today. Those days no abusive words in the songs. pure love, dance and party songs, by God we miss a lot. we can never be ok
you;ll never see another band like this ever, these brothers not only knew how to make music they could outperform the best of them, this is when music was music and you felt ever word they sang, it was almost as if you wrote it for yourself! they;re beats are the real bomb
SKIP DIRECTLY TO 2:53 !!!!
(no wonder the cameraman insists on showing the left dancer! :ΡΡΡΡ)
SoKoFLiKo11 2 days ago
There are not sufficient words in the English language to describe how awesome The Gap Band is.
beqi13 3 days ago
Nice Blondie Gir Shes Beautiful
djdanyantjcancun 5 days ago
yeahhh buddy
STRONGislandAllDaY 1 week ago
shes one flat butt ass bitch!!
gearboxbreaker 2 weeks ago
love it and years ago I worked with the wife of one of the members of this band. she was crazy fun................
bigsistermay 2 weeks ago
LOVE this song/band, but I'm totally distracted by the (so-called) "dancers."
They gotta' be the most rhythmically challenged ladies ever to grace a stage! HAHAHA!
jillsr1 2 weeks ago
Love those disco pants
danarw81 3 weeks ago
Cameltoe alert at 1:13
descargaelbano 1 month ago
excellent [ moises fron cuba]
moises8390 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
danielle fuck you tattoo dan
ILUHVGIRLZ 1 month ago
Gap Band. THE BAND.
rossmeroe 2 months ago
Huge fucking camel toes
Bobby61557 2 months ago
Excellent ! Toute une histoire... ! Subblime !
MUSIQUEMOI2011 2 months ago
swag
GrandmasterTrash78 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos
This was the baddest jam!!!
cafecreole2003 2 months ago
They had their own sound. Thsi was my favorite
Latz51 2 months ago
0:46-0:47. The best dance move in history.
arsenalarmenia 3 months ago
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@arsenalarmenia There is some great movement at 0:27 too... On the blonde girl...!!
SantaSunday 2 months ago
Great sound, cool
TheRogerblack 3 months ago
Does anyone know who the backup dancers are?
BIGBOY2155 3 months ago
I have danced a many a dances to this. Gap Band - it gets no better. I love you!!!
donnaj1801 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
I dislike the dislikers.
NoNewInterestingNick 3 months ago
This is funk!! Love you Gap Band! I have had a many a parties to this!! Good memories!!
donnaj1801 3 months ago
@MONONASALVAJE .....♣ MONI ♥ querida amiga , me agrada que tengas
una sonrisa , yo también siento lo mismo y todo empezó por esta canción
♦ nunca se me olvidará este detalle sobre la música ♦ ☺
mxijel 3 months ago 2
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
drikadennis 3 months ago
@MONONASALVAJE ........ ♣ MONI ♥ con ganas de haber estado allí , viendo
en vivo a los GAP BAND , hoy me conformo con escucharlos a todo volumen
desde que prenden la motocicleta y queman llanta o caucho ☺
mxijel 3 months ago
Thumbs up if you want to hear this Song on "GTA V" :D
Rubayat25 4 months ago
fing funny...
hueseraph74 4 months ago
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet! Sweeter than sugar! Gimme my cowboy hat and my spurs, and get me out on the dance floor!
thomasmoredamian 4 months ago
Looking back now, I suddenly realize how Gap Band influenced me and are such a big reason why I love soulful electronic music so much. one of the greatest electronic funk bands of all time!
djdbrice 4 months ago
por dios la mejor musica de todos los tiempos
julfilsal1 4 months ago
Einfach nur super geil... meine Zeit... Danke
Petra1131 4 months ago
It´s from a german TV show.
BoxenRobl 4 months ago
Burn rubber on ME!!! love it love it love it !
NoFan77 4 months ago
Those are some bad ass outfits the guys are wearing. Hell Yeah!!!
henryqjr2001 5 months ago
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thomascow1 5 months ago
now that's entertainment !
wdooleyful 5 months ago
You gotta love black people and there good sense of music and rythmn
Borat911 5 months ago
@Borat911 Oh contraire, this song had nothing to do with black rhythm or soul. This song was originally sung by a duo from Siberia. Of course, a lot of the lyrics have changed throughout the years, but, the song itself was part of a ballad dedicated to the sun flower and the close connection it has with the bumble bee.
buffet62 5 months ago
those chicks totally got those outfits from American Apparel
Nexx82 6 months ago
this is music damn it man.
mar495coo 6 months ago
The audience musta been on quaaludes! White people did not know how to dance and have fun back then, lol. They dance better than black people today!
OldskolFan 6 months ago 3
@OldskolFan Heck yeah, sporting those clothes more balls out than today!
RandiSierra 6 months ago
@OldskolFan
When did that happen?
bronzestar87 3 months ago
@OldskolFan Your comment looks a little bit racistic.
jtarthurtm 1 month ago
@OldskolFan ..........
travelingjohn69 2 weeks ago
WHEN MUSIC WAS MUSIC......
ywing77 6 months ago 2
Oh man, get out the skates, lets go to the rink...
ncninerbuzz49 6 months ago 2
my ass is moving now....
UltimateFilm 6 months ago 2
how can you listen to this and not move your ass?
pipesofpeace1 6 months ago
I saw these guys in Cleveland back in the day what a power packed show they put on, they were playing with the Barkays and another group wish I could go back in time.
saddlerj 6 months ago
black wall street, greenwood , archer , and pine.g.a.p. .tulsa oklahoma!
redmachine97 6 months ago
Man that audience sucked I would have been dancing myself. Guess they weren't ready for this kind of jam.
mony19831 7 months ago
@mony19831
LOL I thought the same thing. I am even moving in my seat during this song. That audience might as well have been dead.
MrUnc82alum 6 months ago
THE GAP BAND ... LO MEJOR DE LOS 70 80 90 2000 Y MAS... SALUDOS DESDE CHILE...
neptubu 7 months ago
@neptubu wena compadre.... somos de los mismos. La mejor música fue la onda disco. Muerte al regetonto.
estelokillo 6 months ago
Where i can get the whole show, whit all the groups and singers?
0Zcrow 7 months ago
GAP Band es lo maximo
gomezsinpolanco 7 months ago
DiRT 3, do I need to say more?
quickaswink 7 months ago
Aaah, back when musicians actually played instruments..Love me some Gap band!
reese0311 7 months ago
RIP Robert Wilson...StonieDogStl.
jdpatterson100 7 months ago
i wish i coulda seen them in concert one time
SuperStealth23 7 months ago
THIS IS SO F U C K I N G GOOD WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!
AlexxSR 8 months ago
so funky and groovy..love it still today so much!!grew up woth this awesome groove..GOD BLESS these music genuises!!!!
estela in MIAMI
estelita2173 8 months ago
My favorite dance song back in the day. Damn, that Charlie was pretty!
edejan 8 months ago
Damn it this is so groovy.
pinglauwa 8 months ago
un clasico increible ,,buenisimos musicos ,saludos desde mexicali,mexico a todos que les gusta el funk
caspitademexicali 8 months ago
★ª"˜¨¨★ª"˜¨¨¯¯¨¨˜ª¤.¸`*•.¸*•¸★ ☆☆FUNK☆☆★¸•*¸.•*´¸.¤ª˜¨¨¯ ¯¨¨˜"ª★¨¨˜"ª★
swankrecords 8 months ago
Used to start the Funk session with this song back at my DJ stint at High School graduation pa\rty back in the early 80's in GT. The screeching of tyres at the begginning of the song was normally cranked up by me
bee52mitch 8 months ago
dancei muito essa música kkkkkk
marcosmolina66 8 months ago
The funky cowboys from Tulsa Ok. are what party music is all about. Thay were some bad ass brothers.
computasaur 8 months ago 16
Never ever had a lover who put the peddle to the metal and burn rubber on ME CHARLIE OH no no no love that lmao. Only Charlie
genius313 8 months ago
The Gap Band, The Village People and Charo, all rolled into one!!
wendyglowworm 8 months ago
the 5 that dislike u dont know music
johnscrutch 8 months ago
lol who told those gurls they could dance...
puppys2013 9 months ago
@puppys2013 the gap band did
wizenhiemr 9 months ago in playlist Old School Jams
They all snuck up on osama and murdered that bitch.....don't make it right!
NowMyPoundsHaveRunOu 9 months ago
i don't like niggers but this song is the shit!
1147gt1 9 months ago
@1147gt1 - Well, we don't like you either. But we can agree on this.
smoothpants 9 months ago
@1147gt1 hEY, HEY, HEY,!!! DOES THE NAME-CALLING REALLY MAKE SENSE??? GROW UP, PLEASE! PLUS, UR LANGUAGE LEAVES MUCH TO BE DESIRED! yOU-TUBE NEEDS TO CENSOR THESE COMMENTS BY SUCH PEOPLE- JEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY DONTCHA JUST TAKE A CHILL PILL AND ENJOY THE MUSIC LIKE OTHERS DO?
ars1114 8 months ago 2
@ars1114 sorry Gramps lol
1147gt1 5 hours ago
@1147gt1 go fuck your MAMA....that's what I want you to do...for me please!
hiphoplegend1 8 months ago
@hiphoplegend1 you just proved my point!
1147gt1 5 hours ago
What I don't understand is back in the 70's and 80's you could search all day for a white girl with an ass and now bam bam bam they are all over the place. what the hell changed.
yappcd 9 months ago
@yappcd my mom was at home having babies..not go go dancing..that is why....nothings changed but the promoters......white girls with butts get publicity jobs now that its in demand....but they are their mothers daughters
cymbeli 9 months ago
@yappcd thats the 100% truth my friend. I don't get it either. All those tight yoga pants help though.
PhilM662 9 months ago
Played this to death when i was a Club DJ ! Awesome
crazydavedisco 9 months ago
damn, that girl on the left has some hawt titties
wizenhiemr 9 months ago in playlist Old School Jams
white girls with no asses dancing like white girls with no asses.
But....
I love it.
Yet
I love thick asses.
Go figure. I think it is the music and the form fitting pants, and it is the 80s.
bronco3250 9 months ago
0:46 robot twitch
DJEZDick420 9 months ago
Damn...the times I had at the local club...where..funny, no blacks were allowed(unless in band)..though we danced and loved these fine artists. That was a LONG time ago...but I often wondered, because I never got a chance to go to a black club back then...was the same, dancing to white artists? Funny, how times have changed..and much to the better IMHO!
KingMopar7 9 months ago
can anyone tell its lip sync...-too close to record...
stanlee504 9 months ago
Wow Five People dont like this MASSIVE MASSIVE TRACK!!! Hey you guys are dead... dont you realize!!!! Never knew we had Zombies amongst us LMAO!!! Great Ol Skool tune thanks for sharing!!! ;) Infinite Thumbs up!
rube1063 9 months ago
Who wouldn't want to dance to this?
debeagan2722 9 months ago
Days when people just wanted to party get high and fuck. Not gang vilonice bullshit
erikchandy 9 months ago 51
@erikchandy when burn rubber came out you must have been about 12 years old. thank god i didnt live in your neighbourhood.Why do you people in the states always throw words in the air just to impress. you were as dangerous as i was. Maybe on Saturday we had a party with coca cola, chips. If not we had our pocketmoney for a good record. wasnt that fun. i do miss these times, dont you?
Greektome1 7 months ago 2
@erikchandy Still makes me want to party, get high, and fuck lol.
madampolarpop 6 months ago
@erikchandy
lmao...you tell em'..
raykim52 5 months ago
i cant imagine anything better
COACHbash 9 months ago
yo seriously who the fuck doesnt like this shit? this has greatness strewn all over it
brendanritchie 10 months ago
Cowboy hats and teal spandex? hell yes!!! Love you Charlie!!!
smahrdt 10 months ago
5 people couldn't stop falling on roller skates.
richiebear1969 10 months ago
Oh my gosh! this is jam! I am a white girl and I can't count the times I have jammed this cruisin around til the wee hours of the morning!
dorrisdenise 10 months ago
those pppl in the audience are not dancing wtf !!!
bchavez1able 10 months ago
amazing!
pv2lima 10 months ago
u droped a bom on me
Phrozenxflame69 10 months ago
These guys were true entertainers.
buffet62 10 months ago
5 dumbasses have never put the peddle to the metal and burned rubber.
rougejedi 11 months ago
Make em bounce baby....bounce
errndog 11 months ago
wanna bet them pants them chicks are wearing will come back
leonnostradamus 11 months ago
IT was 1980, not the 1970's with the platform shoes with the goldfish in the shoes. LOL
dunivant66 11 months ago
it made a girl proud to be a go go dancer back in those days when you were dancing to top notch music like the Gap Band
SunamiJane 11 months ago
I love The Gap Band! They are the shit!!!!! I don't care what anybody says!
dorrisdenise 11 months ago 2
Godess on The Left.
holzg01 11 months ago
This is from german Musikladen the follow up from Beat Club.Great Times!
eloypath 11 months ago
The girl in that blue glitter pants shake the hell of it man... Yeeer. :D
patwaveman 11 months ago
Well, there you go. Does that not look like fun? Obviously, a great one for dancing! Thanks for the post.
gva0917 1 year ago
pimptastic mate! ...nowadays apparently the ladies are shakin their booties for some, lets see, horse, crack cocaine , weezul dust, some 'away with the fairies' m'lud... .."what are 'away with the fairies' Mr Justice Farquar Cameron Whatever when they're at home.......
justhavingmydinner 1 year ago
GOD DAMN!!! Talk about 1980
Emowolf87 1 year ago
white girls are fine with no bra but not those that have boobs! Anyway, that comment has nothing to do with this song! This is another Dayton, OH band... I am in Columbus, OH (all my life!) and have known them and Dazz and Barkays, etc. since I was like 6!!
funkolicious1967 1 year ago
@funkolicious1967 They are from Tulsa, OK.
weinerdvm 10 months ago
yea shortie on the left stole the show lol
nicoayala86 1 year ago
:P
lisavenanzi4 1 year ago
I DANCED SO MUCH TO THIS SONG...soooooo hot!!! Pure funky disco....!!!
marigiannadounis 1 year ago
shouuuu de bola muleque
e nois la no quarentão o tempo passa mais as lembrança
e musica tambem eeeeeeeeee shooooooooooooouuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!
ivamgospel1 1 year ago
best musik
forestter35 1 year ago
good beat my favorite .. gap band
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stereo929 1 year ago
i subed ya cos of this vid/song...p....thnx.
mrtwelveof13 1 year ago
vrhenstajn:)))
Tince96 1 year ago
This Is the (((hit hhahahaha Love it
michaellovesthecat 1 year ago
This is what you call good black music this sos band,Sade,Renee@Angela not like that shit stanky leg,soilder boy,walk it out that shit is retarded and yes im white.
TheShinobi32 1 year ago
the best
Spontanya 1 year ago
4 people burnt rubber on Charlie
konfidential1911 1 year ago
Love this song!!!
EliasKickbush 1 year ago
Que inquietas las tetas de la bailarina de la izquierda!!!! :) :P :F
ezequiel777 1 year ago
Anyone knows which synth bass was used? It sounds too good...
Therealanimale 1 year ago
No No you got it all wrong . The story Charles told was that this friend of his confided in him about his girl friend leaving him . So he came to Charlie telling him all about it and that she sent him to the store to get her a soda, and before he came backk she had left by burning rubber in her car to get away from him LOL. and so Charles took it and made a song out of it (true story) so to that being as it was ,he was not saying Charlene he was saying Charlie. listen to the record closely.
wreepeet 1 year ago
The first drum hits sound a lot like "You dropped a bomb on me''
Peanutblood 1 year ago
Charley Wilson always does this in his songs...he likes to refer to himself in third person....
so there never was a Charlene...we never get to know the bitch...lol..she's gone..
twogenius 1 year ago
pecka muzika funk the best
forestter35 1 year ago
cool
MJlaida 1 year ago
I can dance better then those WOMEN!!!
bailarinalatina 1 year ago
Who was Charlene?
ukendcx2000 1 year ago
@ukendcx2000 Charley....as in "you burn rubber on ME...Charley Wilson"
twogenius 1 year ago
@twogenius i get it now, lol ...
ukendcx2000 1 year ago
@ukendcx2000 when i was yung i thought the same thing though...lol
twogenius 1 year ago
@ukendcx2000 Charlene is the woman who burned rubber on Chrile wilson..in other words burn ruuber means when a woman leaves you without notice
dimpsey3 1 year ago
@dimpsey3 oh so there really was a Charlene then?
ukendcx2000 1 year ago
Them bitches cant dance for shit Lmao
clemsontigz 1 year ago
@clemsontigz no they can't but they have heart, lol ...
ukendcx2000 1 year ago
Wearing my blue lycra , BRING IT ON!
kissybaby001 1 year ago
Pedazo de grupo la banda de los hermanos Wilson(Robert,Charlie,Ronnie)que sonido mas bonito.Un saludo desde spain.
joseunno 1 year ago
Burn Rubber
TheBornHoodChannel 1 year ago
I have ALWAYS been 18 inches shorter than those satin pants! LOVE the Gap Band!
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AprilJBraswell 1 year ago
The melody, the beat, wow !! nothing like it now. my God what happens now. i remember the days of soul train, when gap band performed on the show, it was stunning and forever imprinted on my mind. what was the song ? oh yeah !! oops . the presenter i forgot his name , was asking where did they get the idea of the song. my my my !!! some great artistes can never have equals today. Those days no abusive words in the songs. pure love, dance and party songs, by God we miss a lot. we can never be ok
yusif991 1 year ago
The melody, the beat, wow !! nothing like it now.
yusif991 1 year ago
MUSICA DO TEMPO DO MATRACATRICA COHAB- SÃO PAULO BRASIL!!!
very goody!!!!
edersonrm 1 year ago
musica do tempo do MATARACATRICA COHAB- SÃO PAULO BRASIL!!!!
VERY GOOD!!!!
edersonrm 1 year ago
skintight lycra and no bra required!
tetramoo 1 year ago
make them white bitches dance oh yeahh dig tha funk ya digg!. 214 tx all day.
MrMexicanthug 1 year ago
el mejor tema de la musica disco!!!!!!!!!!
mmirenzi 1 year ago
I love the white girls with no bra on!!!
flintowndancer 1 year ago 36
@flintowndancer
yeah and i bet she blows all of those black guys in the band lol
VIL388 1 year ago
you;ll never see another band like this ever, these brothers not only knew how to make music they could outperform the best of them, this is when music was music and you felt ever word they sang, it was almost as if you wrote it for yourself! they;re beats are the real bomb
craig6067 1 year ago
Charlie's move are soooo cool and understated!! Top man!!!!!
debowiec3 1 year ago
Is the lead singer gay?
ccbs82 1 year ago
@ccbs82 Maybe he was but his dancing was not an indicator. You'd have ask the same of rick james.
l80sman104 1 year ago
Some of the best music around. Charlie Wilson sounds the same on his solo CD.
MissTania33 1 year ago
I just loved this time for music..Funk was awesome..soooo many good bands...Today's music has no soul!
mustangpatty51 1 year ago
@mustangpatty51 I agree - the best period for music.
twoptcon 1 year ago
Wasn't there a rap song that sampled this in the 90's? I recall it being somewhat big
WorldsGreatestPerson 1 year ago
Were in the hell did they get these skinny ass flat ironing board ass white girls and the people in the audience have no rhythm, I mean no rhythm.
ShabazzAllah1 1 year ago
YOU CAN BURN RUBBER ON ME ANY DAY.....
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