Oh man, that summer of 1981. Wasn't born yet. It was the best time of my life...

@dream.machine

2 ай бұрын

With 81 likes 👍😏

@Bilgi-Guctur

2 ай бұрын

Like me

Summer of 1981, I was 16, just got my driver's license and jamming to this in a 73 Ford pinto station wagon, lol

@tysonw2417

4 жыл бұрын

I had a banana Yellow Pinto Wagon as my first car! :) Good times!

@joskocivadelic8015

4 жыл бұрын

It was Heaven on the Earth ... 😌

@romanbenin8944

4 жыл бұрын

Fuckin pinto. Thats classic. 👌

@loganhayes

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good time to me

@Marco-mw9ky

4 жыл бұрын

What city did you live in?

Best year of my life. I married my 2nd husband in May of 81.. who died in 2000 of cancer. 😓😔❤❤ RIP John

If you're reading this, you have a damn good taste in music.

@jahjoeka

2 ай бұрын

This was a recommendation...

@RubenGonzalez-le2uq

Ай бұрын

Grew up in the 70s and boy this was the jamm

@LedufInfraLeDufiNFrA

23 күн бұрын

You too🎉❤

@LedufInfraLeDufiNFrA

23 күн бұрын

You too ❤

@rosemiller6388

Күн бұрын

I’m 25 and I love this kind of music

They practiced that choreography for all of 3 minutes.

@jatablue

2 ай бұрын

Hah! Was thinking the same thing

@marioserna3564

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@PointlessMuffin

2 ай бұрын

With a break for a nap

@dabberwocky3666

18 күн бұрын

Because who cares, the music is all that matters not the packaging.

I love how positive and upbeat this song is. I can't speak for anyone else, but I sure miss the Commodores.

@AutumnIsBrenda

9 ай бұрын

Me Too ❤

@larrywiesner893

6 ай бұрын

Commodores were great. I think all of us from back in the day miss them.

@woodie62

3 ай бұрын

I second that emotion! I hate they even broke up, but that's show biz!! Wish them the best anyway. RIP Milan Willisms♦♂

My mom took me to see the Commodores and Lionel solo. I am thankful she taught us to be kind. She had soul in her spirit. ❤

@JAMESMOM1989

3 жыл бұрын

Your mom sounds like a sweet , caring and loving person.

@warrickterry4742

2 жыл бұрын

In the nicest way possible, I'm so jealous!

@lauracline8865

Жыл бұрын

That is really hard to do really it is the way a lot of humans are myself I hate more humans then I like them but my daddy blowed his wife's head off so that was my daddy so take it from there

@lauracline8865

Жыл бұрын

Some people you can't be good to so I don't try really I dontt

@veronicatorrejon2465

8 ай бұрын

Genia tu mamá 🎉

Still better than most music out now days 👌👌

@WhiteNoise-oe5bw

10 ай бұрын

It’s stands the test of time bc here we are appreciating it 40+ years later.

@manuwilson4695

10 ай бұрын

...The 70s was the time! 👍

@mattlupo6795

9 ай бұрын

Correction: better than all the music out today.

@armandocardona4478

9 ай бұрын

@@manuwilson4695 Actually that song came out in 1981 so it was the 80s (BEST MUSIC DECADE EVER).

@jacqulinnepoulard9843

7 ай бұрын

Better than all the rubbish called music nowadays for sure

I wish life was still like n the 70s & 80s

@dannycosta5540

5 жыл бұрын

We lived it

@lastdays3148

5 жыл бұрын

@@dannycosta5540,true. I was a little girl in the 1970s and a Teenager Lady in the 1980s. Thank goodness that I was in those two Decades of great meaningful music. If,only we had a Time Machine🌹

@dannycosta5540

5 жыл бұрын

@@lastdays3148 we lived the last of the greatest years I miss the 70s and 80s

@Martin-Young

5 жыл бұрын

I would go back to the 80's in a heartbeat and never come back!

@andakuz

4 жыл бұрын

70s and 80s are doodoo

This is such an upbeat, happy song. One of my all time favorites.

@patriciavalentine2251

2 жыл бұрын

I agree just turned 70 last week I still love this song jamming to it now!!!❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥Good memories!!!😊

@lindiwesimelane7083

Жыл бұрын

True. ❣️❣️❣️✨✨✨

@Interval144

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

Super fun disco music!

Being a 90s baby and a son of a single mom born in the 70s I am very grateful for getting to hear these awesome songs. She passed in 2018 due to liver cancer but I will always remember her for sharing this with me 😌 thank you mom ❤

@karinberonius8799

8 ай бұрын

It's great when you get to share your favourite songs with another generation, younger and older. The best part is that the music we've shared always brings back fond memories.

@toosassy

3 ай бұрын

May she rest in Heavenly peace.🕊

@CADsAnonymous

2 ай бұрын

I hope you pass the music on as well ❤️

@siatelecomsltdLondon

2 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear about your mums passing..🎉

Lionel's final jam with his homeboys before he inevitably went solo. Bittersweet.

@timotot123

5 жыл бұрын

Wow

@alexchristianmusic

5 жыл бұрын

best jam with his homeboys

@ClassicTVMan1981X

4 жыл бұрын

@JaySinger And "Oh No" was the higher charting of the two singles from the album!

@koolkitties8552

3 жыл бұрын

@@ClassicTVMan1981X I love that song

@Jgeneraledger23

3 жыл бұрын

Are you sure, its seems like 'Sail On' was, incredibly sad track. This one's fun.

BACK WHEN IT STILL ALL MADE SENSE.

@taichi29

6 жыл бұрын

Marcus Reeves : You are not lying.

@eng3d

6 жыл бұрын

But right now, everything it's alllllright with ladies that aren't ladies and men that are ladies.

@Achoti7

6 жыл бұрын

You got that right!👍🏾👍🏾

@dlynn101

6 жыл бұрын

best comment ever.

@bgardiner24

6 жыл бұрын

I 100% agree with you!

I can listen to this song over and over again.

One of Lionel Ritchie’s last lead vocals w/The Commodores before he left the group for a solo career…great upbeat song.

@Jgeneraledger23

Жыл бұрын

The somber 'Sail On' might have been his last them. Truly fitting song. How great if these guys went back on the road. IIRC, The Commodores have never reunited.

Great tune. I am 60 years old and this tune sounds as good as it did when I was 19.....

@JelqtronZero

Жыл бұрын

im 31 and this is slappin making me feel 19

@ulmestrat

8 ай бұрын

Me2 !

The last record Lionel played on 1981 what a time to be alive !!If I had a Time Machine I’d go back to 80-81 best music ever made!!

The song that every girl wants to hear!!

Ahhhhh....the 80’s musically there is nothing like those times

Back when women where cherished for the beauty they held and songs were made for them, not being referred to as "bitches" and "hoes". I miss those days. Every time I hear a song from the 70's and 80's like this it makes me think of my wife and how much I love and appreciate what she does for me.

@oliverhernandez1735

7 жыл бұрын

Carl Jr yea kinda true but some women are called bitches and hoes for what they do

@kristinewhalen799

7 жыл бұрын

shit at my age...i know all the shit.. we all throw stones..but love prevails . " Botch please"...ha ha. ..funny. 😍

@adamsamuel8593

5 жыл бұрын

+Oliver Hernandez In the 90's those hip hop artistes made music go down. They disrespected women and would have violent gun lyrics. The Music today was largely because of the 90's. Now if you can freestyle you get a contract and the singer with the Aretha Franklin voice misses out unless they win America Got Talent or the Voice.

@shadowwolf1762

5 жыл бұрын

@@adamsamuel8593 Well not necessarily unless they have a pretty face and body. That's also a factor for most popular votes. Just need a pretty face and body who cares if they can't sing, right? I care...

@Euclides287

3 жыл бұрын

@@adamsamuel8593 That's why I never feel nostalgic about the 90's despite being a 90's kid. In retrospect, i feel like the 1980's was a much better decade. Back when we saw Michael Jackson, Eddie Murphie, Stallone, Van Damme and many others of the *music* and *film* industry at their peak.

When this record came out I and my now late husband had just married. This album was on constant play on our record player. Fond memories.

@waltersimmons946

Жыл бұрын

Josephine , the classic radio station in my area, has been playing this song a lot in the last few months. I heard it twice this week, and ironically, before they started playing it. I was always hearing this song in my head. Sorry for your loss.

Love this song Summer of 81 i just Graduated from High School

I'M LEAVING THIS COMMENT SO THAT EVERYTIME LIKES IT WITH A THUMBS UP,I CAN LISTEN TO THIS THIS SONG OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

@RubenGonzalez-le2uq

23 күн бұрын

I bump it every day from when I first heard it in 1983

@se6619

22 күн бұрын

STOP YELLING AT ME

Oldies but goodies, never get old! Love you Mr. Lionel Richie and the Commodores. FAN 4 LIFE 🙏💖

1981 One of THE BEST years for R&B music! My middle school days.......the time when I listened to the radio and knew the most songs word for word! Whenever I hear a song from the early 80's, gives me that sentimental nostalgic feeling. I absolutely LOVE & Cherish this era of R&B and Blue Eyed Soul music!

@MasterDJ44

Жыл бұрын

Makes the two of us.

@lenniejoe4037

Жыл бұрын

totally agree

@lisapopken9229

Жыл бұрын

True that!! Always will remember waiting 4 my favorite songs to play on the radio!!🎵 💕 🎶

@reston81

Жыл бұрын

I agree my senior year if high school. Magic

@JudgeHill

7 ай бұрын

same here!

Defintely a feel good song!!!

Summer of 81. I was 8. Loved this tune.

Who remembers when their dad wore shorts and socks in the 80s like this. Haha I love it. Saw the commodores last night they were great in concert. Also got see Lionel Ritchie over the summer.

@murphycormac3089

Жыл бұрын

Hello Kelly 👋

@ISVVVc628

Жыл бұрын

I was 14 in '81 and this is exactly how we all looked then.😂

@peterdarker1

3 ай бұрын

@@ISVVVc628 lol I was 9 and you are correct

Life back then was sweet in the early 80s . Music , movies , sports and the Commodores were on top

Miss California and music back then

❤️❤️👍back when music still had soul

Those shorts! Make America great again!

@23chiffy

7 жыл бұрын

Ernest Leal lmao

@ldylkr

7 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing!

@terrydillon1427

7 жыл бұрын

We used to wear them SHORT. In those days we thought long shorts were for nerds. LOL

@cesarecheli576

7 жыл бұрын

ritmo!!!

@terrydillon1427

7 жыл бұрын

yes jazzy

I love this song! It is such a loving, hopeful, feel-good song!!! :) "You smiled at me and now I see my life's begun" is one of the sweetest, biggest complients a man could give the lady he loves!!!

@barryg4927

4 жыл бұрын

this song is definitely an "opiate" for the ear canals...much needed today!

@brunoottina293

3 жыл бұрын

It was like that at this era. Only peace and love in lyrics. All the Motown, Solar, RCA, funky and disco songs !! It was really better before.

@edpoe4591

2 жыл бұрын

" such a cute smile " u bring me up when i'm down "

@Jgeneraledger23

2 жыл бұрын

@@brunoottina293 Wow, SOLAR, that's going back, deep-reach, good call

@brunoottina293

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jgeneraledger23 Yeah John! SOLAR! Shalamar, Whispers, Dynasty, Midnight Star, Collage, The Sylvers, Klymaxx It was really BETTER before.

Roller skated to this song every weekend nack in the 80s while spinning vinyl records 💯. Another great classic

I was a senior in High School, heard this song and it has been my favorite song since!! Love It!!

Positive People have the influence of uplifting humanity by co-creating, just like this music and video, expression!

I can’t help dancing to this it’s good! 🕺

Those synth piano chords at the start are so good

@SPAZZOID100

2 жыл бұрын

No synth there. That’s a rhodes & a clavinet.

@BigboiiTone

2 жыл бұрын

@@SPAZZOID100 thanks guy i appreciate it

WOW ! I REMEMBER WHEN THIS SONG WAS BRAND NEW AND SAW THIS DANCED TO ON AMERICAN BANDSTAND AND SOUL TRAIN !!

That Asian dancer from soul train... Yup

@randymey9653

8 жыл бұрын

Nope.

@xxkasperxx

8 жыл бұрын

+Randy Mey it is her... Googled it

@randymey9653

8 жыл бұрын

Oh.

@playsbass1969

8 жыл бұрын

+Carlos Gregory SHE'S WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA

@xxkasperxx

8 жыл бұрын

still asian ...

This song is so freaking great

One of my favorites. Just loved the rhythm.

Classic track, music that pick’s you up and makes you feel good 🎶

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GREAT SONGWRITING. THE COMM'S, TOTALLY AWESOME. MUSIC LIKE THIS DOES'NT EXIST ANYMORE. SUPER 70'S AND AWESOME 80'S FOREVER!!!

My most favorite song, EVER!!!!!

@davemoretto7080

7 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Herrington mine too

@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY

5 жыл бұрын

Jen Herrington Also Mario Biondi’s cover version too. Mario Biondi’s Beyond Special Edition vs The Commodores CD album available on Amazon and check it out. Songs from Mario Biondi that he covered from The Commodores from his album “Beyond” are available on Spotify and iTunes except Italy.

@arethawhite3712

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with you my friend this song is the shit!!!! Lionel looks so cute in those shorts, nice legs dude 😎 LOL 😆!!!!! I miss him also in the group!!! 😢 Peace out from Bunn North Carolina ✌️😀 Be blessed and safe 🙏 during the holidays 🎄.

I was 7 when this song came out

This was when disco met 80's synth pop. The two merged together and created this incredible mix.

@187reese9

Жыл бұрын

a soon fading disco merged with the new coming synth electronic Funk nothing is pop till it goes pop

@frusciantepepper91

Жыл бұрын

The last of it's kind before Phil Collins dropped his music and changed the course of 80's music.

Summer of '81. I heard this everyday at camp from my counselor Renardo. This song and Rick James's Super Freak. I still love them both & never get sick of them.😃

@joemacfilms

7 жыл бұрын

Nothin better than that old school music

@parnellmorrell9225

4 жыл бұрын

@@joemacfilms I'm

@brunoottina293

3 жыл бұрын

ISAAC I was at camp too in France at Sarlat in the Perigord. Nice memories ! I was eleven.

@brunoottina293

3 жыл бұрын

@@joemacfilms Well said ! Nothing in this universe.

@Jgeneraledger23

2 жыл бұрын

I thought this was from '79! Wow, learn something new every day.

The Commodores at their best! Fantastic song!

Commodores are funk personified ❤️

ever since i was a kid i knew the 80’s was where i belonged smh. what a time

05/21; still love The Commodores at 62 years of age!

Grew up in the 70's and 80's. To me it's still the greatest generation of music. So much variety. So many styles of music. Great lyrics, singers who could actually sing. And it was the era of MTV so you could see them perform the songs you loved.

This Song Went To Number 8 On The Billboard Hot-100 Chart In 1981.

I am 21 and wish I was in this era 🥰

Jesus you bring me up when I'm down.

@BigDaddy-xx1gk

3 жыл бұрын

Unless I'm an atheist. Then, nah.

@brianpratts

3 жыл бұрын

Amen to that

@anasoler7330

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!!

@goat3x333

3 жыл бұрын

Yes 🙌

@amandaoutlaw1349

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!

Still freshness 12-9-22🥰🥰🥰 love from India,, i love 70s 80s 🤗

One of favorites luv my Lionel &the Commadores

this song will forever a vibe

Some songs just "don't get tired."

@jamieschiele6141

3 жыл бұрын

No they don't

Great memories of summer of ‘81, working at the neighborhood outdoor pool and having a blast, this song played constantly!

Brings back memories. I remember those times and short shorts on men, lmao. I'm sure Lionel has laughed at this video many times. Those days were special in more than one way.

Still a great song in 2022! So many memories with this song!

This would be the perfect song to end a great movie to...

Great music!

One of my All Time favorite songs

When music was AMAZING!

What a great song. I used to hear this classic jam on the radio a lot. Thank you so much for posting this song. I love The Commodores !

@murphycormac3089

Жыл бұрын

Hello Jennifer 👋 how are you ??

2018, and this song is still THE JAM

@johanponin1360

4 жыл бұрын

world didn't go in the right direction

@brookstruitt6293

3 жыл бұрын

2021... all else might have turned upside down but this...still THE JAM

@jamesmcardle3977

2 жыл бұрын

And 2021

@patriciavalentine2251

2 жыл бұрын

And 2022!!! A feel good song that makes me happy and want to dance!!!❤️🔥

@spacenerd9499

Жыл бұрын

Lionel is pretty groovy

As a goalkeeper, Lionel is a great singer...

When male artists were.gentlemen, respected, loved & revered women!!

This song always puts me in a good mood. summer good friends, having an awesome time.

RIP good music

I got this and Endless Love 45s for my birthday. I also loved George Benson. Prince. I dug me some Motown and jazz at 11.

Songs that make ya feel so good! ❤💯

That kind of music makes me recover my hope in mankind.

My mother used to wear this song OUT!!!

1.6k comments and NONE are even mentioning the music video smh. This video is very fun and lighthearted! Surely filming this was a blast!

Back in my teens, loved this song 😁😁

This is the most pimped out soccer game...ever!

@patbroadway5097

6 жыл бұрын

Ray Jones l

@mauvechalk

6 жыл бұрын

Love that comment lol

@joshuageorge5389

6 жыл бұрын

I would totally hang out at this park!!

@happylife7096

5 жыл бұрын

And they didn’t even know it! 🙌🏼

@timotot123

5 жыл бұрын

Lol. Had the potential of being dodgy. Love this song ❤

Love, love, love this song!! 😍❤️💝💖💥💯✨

WOW!!! What a Beautiful Song!

Going to see Commodores this weekend ❤

OMG! Those Commodores made some amazing song Mr. Lionel Richie you still got it til this day may God bless you! 💙💜

So glad I came up during this era.

They don't make music like no more. Talent and real verses. Amen to the oldies

Variety is the spice of life

1978, when men's shorts were tighter and shorter than women's.

@EphemeralProductions

9 жыл бұрын

Thought it was 81.... LOL

@slavojkaivankovich6382

9 жыл бұрын

tall32guy You're right...it is 1981.

@slavojkaivankovich6382

9 жыл бұрын

elton john This is 1981 actually.

@tonysustarsic5212

8 жыл бұрын

like a cheap hotel... no ball room!!!

@EphemeralProductions

8 жыл бұрын

Tony Sustarsic haha ! Funny! Yep that was the style back then in the late 70's early 80s. :)

I love old school grooves

コモドアーズ最高ですね🎤🎸🤩ソウル魂で聴いていて生きるパワーになります🎵

My mom had this album. The Commodores and Chicago were using Roman numerals for albums titles.

@se6619

22 күн бұрын

cool story

Its so good, a pleasure I can listen them❤😊

A classic!!

This was such a great time to be Alive. I wish I could back

This is such a nice song. I remember when I first heard it. I was still in high school. I was in the 9th grade. They sound so nice.

Commodores made some awesome music. I didn't know they sang this. Love it!

I was 21 yrs. Old! Damn how time flys!!Flys!!! Now I'm 63!!!! Yikes!!!

21 yrs old then 61 now good times right before lionel left the group

Lionel has an AMAZING Voice! 😍