Such a happy song. I remember listening to it as a kid. I loved it.

Love the song and I loved the short lived TV series "Makin It "

Can't believe he is 65 now, I used to roller skate to this song in 1979/80 at 12

@Mtbker456

Ай бұрын

73 now, damn time flys by

I wish he had sung this while turning into a werewolf

@gatheringleaves

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Toma I highly doubt he would be thinking of singing at such an excrutiating moment.

@3912James

7 жыл бұрын

Daniel Toma Staying human during a full moon? Sorry dude....he ain't "makin' it." :-)

@bschonec

7 жыл бұрын

Or drinking a Dr. Pepper.

@talchyc

6 жыл бұрын

great comment. Made me laugh. thanks

@bschonec

6 жыл бұрын

I think you're the only one that gets the joke.

Chatting with David last month, brilliant funny bloke..Spent time to chat & answer all my questions about his career...👍

That's my buddy, David! And I can attest to the fact that he is STILL pretty awesome : )

That dance. This was one brave boy, even for the late 70's.

@marlorice6881

2 жыл бұрын

Got john travolta vibe!

I used to dance to this song when I was a teenager, I loved it then and still do. I cant believe the audience is just sitting there and not moving, if I was there I would have been dancing. What an awesome beat!

Say what you will about this video or David Naughton, but it's probably not easy to sing and dance in front of a live audience. I think he deserves some credit for that. When I was a teen, this song was very popular, and I always thought it was a cool song. I taped this song on a cassette back then, and on that cassette is my Mom's voice for a few moments right in the middle of the song as I was taping it. She went to be with Jesus in January, but that's the only voice recording I have of her.

@itadaku23

10 ай бұрын

How nice. You got to keep a little piece of her, how she was and not just how she's remembered.

@duke613

8 ай бұрын

He was obviously lip syncing. Not hard to dance doing that.

@ED-hp2lh

4 ай бұрын

The audience should've been paper cut out people- he may have got some kind of reaction from them over the "live audience ". God love him- that entire performance must've been so uncomfortable. A bunch of bodies just staring at you. Bravo David! You were excellent!

@pattimiranda8679

2 ай бұрын

He is really trying to wake up the audience. They are robots.

My teen idol !! I had posters of David all over my bedroom walls and ceiling even !! I was 8 9 10 11 12 13 years old in total Love with David !! Then in August 1981 ? I started high school 8th grade and I met a 13 year old boy ; my age in my 8th grade class. And he became my idol and hero !! Its 2020 !! And HE still is my hero and idol ! At 52 years old !! I found the real deal the first day of high school. Took down all my Beloved David posters !! And had a photo of the boy I was in love with on my night stand. Just 1 photo ; because I didn’t want him to know how much I loved him !! I will never forget David !! My Doctor Pepper Boy in 1978 and 79 !! He has big brown eyes !! But the real deal he has big Royal Blue Eyes .

@duchesslustmoontype11a37

4 жыл бұрын

I had my first Orgasm watching him !! my very first BIG O !! First time in my life ; when I was 11 years old ! And I didn’t know what was happening to my body ? all I knew was that I was in complete ecstasy !! and everything ; I mean everything that I was taught by my mother was wrong !! absolutely wrong !! and it’s was nothing from what she told me 😂 about how to use my fingers to poke my muffin. She said use your entire hand ?? She must have forgot you cannot use your entire hand that would have split me wide open !

He was too damn hype for this crowd!

@tinajeppesen5948

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@anthonyd8997

5 жыл бұрын

Too lit for them 🔥🔥

@scottsimpson3098

4 жыл бұрын

LOL LOL I feel your pain buddy. lo lol

@chriscastillo4275

3 жыл бұрын

He didn’t have to go this hard. But he did, for us.

@brianfisher3487

3 жыл бұрын

The crowd is still sitting there in 2020. Someone should wake them up.

Great song 🎵. Those were the good old 70s. The best Disco Music. Love it 💃🎶🎼❤️🎵👍🎶

Such a Great tune,I love it

i can't get over the high energetic crowd!

@PeacefulBrother33

10 ай бұрын

LOL! I can appreciate the sarcasm here. The crowd is comatose.

He kicks ass!! Forget the remixes!! This is one of the best songs ever written and sang!! Love you David Naughton!

I remember when I was in Jr. Highschool..they played this at our school dance!

it blew my mind to see him on an episode of Seinfeld where he plays Elaine's coworker who's trying to maintain sobriety and he accidentally becomes a drunk again when he mistakes Jerry's drink for his and Jerry had cranberry and vodka.....😂

He's just wonderful so handsome the reason why people should never get old he's just perfect

@cricketlee4278

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed! Pretty nice to look at.

When i was in my kindergarten days we have a musical program in our school then we dance that song im 49 already n i was surprise to know just now that david naughton is the artist of that song. He's not only good actor hes also a good singer👍

A HUGELY UNDERRATED SONG AND PERFORMANCE! This Guy Was A One Of A Kind & Completely Worked Whatever He Had! SO GREAT 👍!

@johnsegreti8367

3 жыл бұрын

I agree.The best of the one hit wonders! He made it to the top of the ladder with this song. His dancing was kinda cool too!

This is perfect for Disco!🎶🎶🎶🎶😊

God man.. I remember Merv... Get me up there and I would be dancing my ass off even if from a power chair....

Even pop garbage back then was so much better then today. I was either 6 or 7 years old when this came out and I still love it.

Had and still do have the biggest crush on him and LOVE this song. My favorite was American Warewolf

It's the music of my childhood, I remember that my older brother came home with his friends to dance it before going to the disco.Beautiful memories : -)

Hard to believe that's the American werewolf in London guy lol, now I see him different now.

Proof that you can make up the choreography as you go!

I feel so bad for him...he's so fucking energetic and trying to sell this to a crowd at the Ramada in Long Beach.

Well, he definetly had stage presence.

@billsgwn

7 жыл бұрын

Thats what that was?

@chriscastillo4275

3 жыл бұрын

No one is gonna say he didn’t try.

@jasonbertalotto2355

3 жыл бұрын

He was awesome. Love that song

@3912James

2 жыл бұрын

If Greg Brady had THIS much charisma. 😎

@robertmcmahon1580

2 жыл бұрын

Give the guy a break. He was makin it.

U know what I love? Is that his name is David Naughton.... but in An American Werewolf in London... his name was David Kessler 😍

must be a full moon

oh my god hes gorgeous

@scottsimpson3098

4 жыл бұрын

Oh common lady, give me a break. Have you seen what he looks like these days? Are we blind?

@scottsimpson3098

4 жыл бұрын

He'd be better off looking like a werewolf these days

I'm a pepper, your a pepper, wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?

@annettesjoy

4 жыл бұрын

😊

I had the biggest crush on this guy back in the day he was so cute but this song really blows.

Excelente canción.

I agree 100% with the "enofanone´s" coment.People who listened this tune by first time-(like me )- when it came out,was inmediatly trapped by the magic of this masterpiece.And some people who makes negatives comments about Mr.Naughton or this hit,is just becouse they feel envy about how hot David was,and how requested this melody became in every disco-club ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.

And those spins of his are just dynamite! You can tell he really practiced them lol

Damn!...for some reason, I am so thirsty for a DR. Pepper!

@tinajeppesen5948

5 жыл бұрын

Lmao...haha who remembers that...

@igorschmidlapp6987

4 жыл бұрын

There is NO PERIOD in "Dr Pepper"... And this upload sucks... with the audio out of sync... nobody lip syncs there own hit song that badly...

@helenbestman5338

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe

@sierra6588

3 жыл бұрын

Yepper to Dr. Pepper! Yum!

@rockhero2274

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like turning into a werewolf

I typed in “club can’t handle me” and this came up

🎉🎉🎉⚡✨💫⛸️⛸️🎉Makin me want to dust off my 1970s skates at 58. ⛸️⛸️💛💚💛💚💛Love this song my Disney employment days✨

I talked to him recently at a horror festival, pretty fun. Love this song!!

@ricya1982

8 жыл бұрын

+myflesh10 What you guys discuss? Maybe the song. :P

@myflesh10

8 жыл бұрын

+abc123 Yeah it's a great song and as well he stars in some horror films and a comedy show back in the day.

@ricya1982

8 жыл бұрын

myflesh10 AWESOME! Thanks for sharing the experience. :)

@earldavis6791

6 жыл бұрын

myflesh10 yeah I love this song too

@Edelweiss-hh6tk

6 жыл бұрын

I talked to him about a week ago. He's very nice.

OH YEAH! We're Dancing Moving and MAKIN' IT THROUGH THIS SONG! 🎶🎵👍🙂

Ah the good old days when men were adorable and sweet 3 talented Farhana Rahman

The greatest werewolf ever!!!!

This dude didn't give a shit he did everything.

being, a dance music artist, myself.. it is so painful to watch these 70's-90's perf. videos, while, energetic rec. artists try their best to give it all that they've got. & the lackluster audience just sits their.. as if, they're waiting for a bus. if/ when you might be on the receiving end of a show? please, know that artists 'do' look to you for a smile, a pot. thumbs up, any sign of life. lol, true.

@DominicThorne123

8 жыл бұрын

Back then audiences would control their aplauses so who they're watching could actually perform and hear themselves perform

@SaucyWench7

7 жыл бұрын

Oh how I agree! I almost got kicked out of a concert when I was young for dancing in front of my seat. Some young jock kid nazi security on a power trip, lol. But I totally agree with you! Bands love people who dance and show enthusiasm.

@gisse7629

6 жыл бұрын

hahhaha i think the same!! what a terrible audience!

@talchyc

6 жыл бұрын

IT made me cringe, I felt embarrassed for him.

@Msflamingo-wl4qo

6 жыл бұрын

I agree! Show some love! X💖

Love you David! Does not get better than this!!! I wish at 45 I was this handsome and on top of the world. Will keep that confidence in 2011!!

makes me smile every time I watch this

Always loved David Naughton, he's such a trip. Really just seems to love life and gives it his all and what the heck.

Great performance !! Should have had a part as john travolta’s younger brother in saturday night fever.

David was a great actor and I won't lie I dig this with my whole head ol David was sadly underrated as a singer...this makes me profoundly sad almost morose makes me want something I can never have back...not ever longfull wistful and bittersweet

He's makin' it.

@tinajeppesen5948

5 жыл бұрын

I’m looking thru you lmao best comment I seen all day 😆

@Beautifulmusiclistnr Nice message....thanks for sharing.

He is so natura! And, yes - high energy! That is something we all should have! God bless your Mom and you Beautifulmusiclistnr! Also, I agree, with you urmaniac! I told my classmates to vote it as a class theme song for 1980! I loved it that much and still do. Even as a go through this divorce, today it still lifts me up and tells me, I am OK!

felicitaciones te quedo bonito el video se be original makin it me encanta esa rola saludos desde el salvador exitos para bos

Doing His Dr Pepper Commercials, Top 5 hit, movies @ performances the man was balling.

I have always secretly loved this song!

This song is classic,fresh,fun and still is worthy of listening to wh.en you need a lift

He was An American Werewolf in London but also starred in a show with the song as it's title MAKING IT. It was a sort of SNF ripoff with him in a John Travolta white suit. I loved it and him!

I finally after many years, realized he's not saying "Goodbye Poppa T" but actually "Goodbye Poverty"

Hahahah, sing and dance at the same time? I think he is lip-syncing. I didn't know they had cordless mics in '79. This song just popped in my head and I found this. It is a catchy tune! Thanks for posting!

Did he just do a jazz square?!?! I LOVE IT!!! An American Werewolf in London is the greatest movie ever! After watching this bit of awesome, I love him even more!!

Yeah.It's about making it in all aspects of life: Business, love, marriage, school, family, friends, work and so much more. Thanks for the video!

My friend Roxanne and I watched David Naughton's series and had the biggest crush on him!!!!

Great song and performance. The best one hit wonder of all time😀👍

what once passed for talent.

david is a fucking legend...pardon my lanuage...but fuck it..hes a bloody legend in my book

great music love it.

I bet it is hard to dance and sing that much at once. Wish I felt that good.

I couldn't have stayed seated. That song's a banger.

one of discos greats

Whoa….Nice Dancing! 😂

So Handsome and talented.

Crowds completly still..lol..Luv this song Meatballs Soundtrack..

This video is life, havn't laughed this hard for a while.

Thank you for posting this!! Love it:)

If young people today actually were inspired by this instead of the crap they listen to today there might be hope for the future. God Bless David for dancing his way through a painfully long introduction and God Bless you too!

I just randomly typed in "makin it" not expecting anything good, then this awesome classic popped up. I never did know exactly what they were saying.

Un lobito a todo dar ❤😊

Que saudade desse tempo muito dancei essa música

If you are about to be robbed, start singing and dancing like this to create confusion.

Lookin at this now I'm like, crackin up lol!but when I was a kid I had *THE* biggest crush on Dave Naughton!

@wenduka7

8 жыл бұрын

+lorettalynn Davis Me too!

@lorettalynndavis9695

8 жыл бұрын

Wendy Ramsay LOL!

@deborahrowland4264

7 жыл бұрын

lorettalynn Davis me too!!! I would have love to make it with him.

@barrywilliams4997

6 жыл бұрын

Well the guy is pretty good looking. I can see why you had a crush on him...

@lucianakueker6027

5 жыл бұрын

Me 3

bacan causa es lo maximo de mis tiempos

This song always reminds me of Meatballs. 🙌

Love to dance to this song

Great song and performance!

Wadda hunk! Oooo, did I crush in him back then! Damn!

the audience was on shock ....seeing this white boy dancing...i like that song i lot.

When American Werewolf in London came out, I was often told many times how much I resembled him.

That intro with him dancing looks like a really drunk guy at a party...hahaha.

Holy shit ... I can only hope he is STILL living somewhere far away in shame for this silliness!

@DisneyGrrrl

8 жыл бұрын

+anthony w It's not silly and he has nothing to be ashamed of. You're just jealous that he's 1000 times better looking than you.

@N145PM

8 жыл бұрын

DisneyGrrrl ... Girl you blind !

@DisneyGrrrl

8 жыл бұрын

Says the man who looks like one of the stone heads they found on Easter Island.

@N145PM

8 жыл бұрын

DisneyGrrrl ... omg that's kinda hot ... thank you !!

@cappiehours1436

7 жыл бұрын

+anthony w Man I don't think you could be in a cult classic movie like him.

tough crowd.... how does he keep up his energy?!

@agentsarahjane

10 жыл бұрын

Cocaine.

@godcharon

9 жыл бұрын

Dr.Pepper

@billsgwn

7 жыл бұрын

Dam that's funny

@darthdennis6681

4 жыл бұрын

@@godcharon you just slew me!!!

@helenbestman5338

4 жыл бұрын

It's called talent and enjoying himself.

How I first recall hearing this in Meatballs and even before I knew of the TV Show too. To my local Lost 45s radio show I Requested it in 1987 saying please play Makin' it because this time in Life I'm making it.Then it turned out to be twice as suitable a request by me for the Lost 45s not yet played and for the verse of Listen everyone here this coming year's gonna be my year and suitable because of how that year on the Chinese Calandar it was my year being the year of the rabbit. As The DJ Barry scott also put it "Going out to Steve in Framingham."

Was watching Detroit Rock City and wanted to see if this was a real song!! Too funny!! What a much simpler time life was 40 years ago!! KEEP SMILING-

Here from Subway commercial. Love this! ❤

Love this song. Been trying to find it on cd with no luck. One of my favorites in Meatballs.

Eu amo éssa música!

David has the moves!

I was 18 in 1979 and was a great dancer this guy dances like he has jock itch!

The audience is star struck 🤩