Martha Wash needs to get full credit for these stellar vocals!

@tirpitzvsiowa

Жыл бұрын

INDEED... GREETINGS FRIOM VENEZUELA

@williamjamesayers7719

Жыл бұрын

Eventually, almost certainly buoyed by the lip syncing scandal involving the pop group, Milli Vanilli, Wash sued the record label (Columbia) to get credit (and royalties from the song’s success) and she succeeded. Not only did she succeed, but her actions at least partially inspired Congress to pass legislation making proper crediting mandatory on song releases.

@danrumble74

Жыл бұрын

She gets full credit in our hearts, when we watch the video, listen for her voice, and it's not there. We give her credit by missing it. They substituted it w/a great value version.

@StoptheInsanityofRegressivism

11 ай бұрын

Exactly! Her voice is just incredible!

@Tray45489

11 ай бұрын

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The lady in the video is Zelma but she is lip syncing. The vocals are Martha Wash from the group Weather Girls/ Two Tons Of Fun. They didn't use Martha in the video because Martha is a large lady and they liked Zelma look. Martha sued them. Martha can blow!

@Deborahtunes

Жыл бұрын

Not only did they not use Martha in the video. But they never gave the credit to her on the CD for the vocals. That's why she sued them...

@iandavis8755

Жыл бұрын

Martha Wash also did the vocals for Blackbox too...and again, was initially un-credited...she had to sue multiple record companies...

@batman1169

Жыл бұрын

How do people of this age never heard this song? Wow. It was a banger in the 90s

@stevenlamb2186

Жыл бұрын

I heard Martha Wash live at my church back in the day. She sounds AMAZING. It's a shame she never got the recognition she deserves for her music.

@Gitiffan

Жыл бұрын

@@batman1169 a serious banger. Man talk about filling the dance floor. As soon as you heard Martha’s intro of, “Everybody dance now!” Everyone rushed to the floor!

It's unfortunate that the ACTUAL female vocal was NOT Zelma as the video showed. It was Martha Wash. What's even sadder is that people are convinced it was Zelma singing it.

@MinJTaylor

2 жыл бұрын

Marsha Walsh was done horribly in the industry.

@josephtoney360

2 жыл бұрын

Martha Wash Sue and won, C&C Music Factory and a group called Black Box they had the song Strike It Up

@1002chrisc

2 жыл бұрын

Same amazing voice in black box Everybody everybody. Or in the weather girls where she was featured rather than ripped off...

@VadulTharys

2 жыл бұрын

she may have been a big woman but she was BEAUTIFUL AND SEXY. Her voice, her energy, her ability to cover 30 years of fantastic music.

@Lfg117

2 жыл бұрын

Martha Walsh, as a vocalist, was a bad b*. Already: Walsh was part of a gr8 R&B group.

This song was EVERYTHING back in the day. It was almost dangerous to drive when this came on 😄

@uofm4life735

Жыл бұрын

It was all over the radio along with M.C Hammer " can't touch this" and Vanilla ice "ice ice baby".

@Calmontheoutside

Жыл бұрын

Dancing in the car being dangerous hadn’t been invented yet. 😂

This came out in 1990, right when my sister and I became old enough to go "clubbing" as we called it. Such great times, and EVERYBODY was on the dancefloor when this came on. Love this reaction.

@powerbad696

2 жыл бұрын

So true.This rune is still a BANGER !!! LOL.

@alohawg

Жыл бұрын

I was 27, primetime!

Martha Wash who also sang in duo called The Weather Girls is the real singer ,the girl you see in the video was just a model they used.

@1dkappe

2 жыл бұрын

You’re confusing it with Black Box. Zelma Davis is actually a pretty good singer and sang on all the other tracks, just not that one. But no one has pipes like Martha Wash.

@lowdown1222

2 жыл бұрын

The girl you see in the video? Do you mean the woman in the video? Sorry but that's one of my pet peeves. Females over 17 are called women.

@Fcukthedems

2 жыл бұрын

@@lowdown1222 get over that shit… this woman didnt sing shit but lip sync… sit yo ass down

@DW-vd9mp

2 жыл бұрын

@@1dkappe nope.Martha also sang this one. She ended up suing over it.

@1dkappe

2 жыл бұрын

@@DW-vd9mp you didn’t pay attention. Yes, she sang the hooks on this song, but not on the rest of the album. Zelma was not a model, but a quite decent singer.

You can't be no wallflower in the clubs when this song came on.

Martha wash....We Love You... All Respect to the Queen

Martha Wash's voice is a weapon.

This was played everywhere in the early 90’s. Totally classic!!!

This song is simply the best the late 80 / early 90 had to offer in dance music. And the video is still so fresh it can match every production 30 years later.

One of my all time favorite. I'm much older than you guys I think. 1988 this was #1 in all the dance bars. Thank you!

Definitely CC Music factory and Snap! were at the top of the pile in the 90's with awesome hits.

This was a time in music when other vocals were used on the recordings and they were not given credit.But thanks to Tena Marie who fought for these artist to be compensated for their work and to be included in the credits on the album liner notes .

I was in the army when this was released. I loved the song, but I never saw the video. This video just floored me. I have never seen a video that good.

@dougdouglas3664

2 жыл бұрын

HA...this came out during my first yr in the Air Force !! Wasn't that long ago, right ? We're still young, handsome & cool, right ? Ouch..lol..dangit...I just hurt my back dancing !!

This song will always remind me of my eighth grade dance lol. I still jam out to this song❣️🎼💃🏻💃🏻

The great Martha Wash- most underrated and screwed by the industry.

This one of the Weather Girls singing. Remember, Raining Men. Martha Wash did fit the visual, so somebody else is in the video. They didn't give her credit, til she sued.

Clivillés and Cole composing, Zelma Davis and Martha Wash singing, and Freedom Williams rapping, they were the f***ing masters of 90s dance music. There have never been more spectacular and dynamic dances than the ones people danced in the disco with their songs. . You should also react to "Here we go" (very similar to "Gonna make you sweat", but in my opinion better) and to "Keep it comin"

@1dkappe

2 жыл бұрын

That’s just Martha Wash. no one else has pipes like that.

@sgunder26

2 жыл бұрын

Zelma Davis didn't sing anything. It was all Martha Wash. They used Zelma Davis for eye candy. They didn't want Martha Wash in the video bc of her appearance. Which in my opinion Martha Wash is way prettier and more appealing than her. Black Box did the same thing to Mrs. Wash and again Martha Wash is prettier and more appealing than the woman they used to lip sync.

@1dkappe

2 жыл бұрын

@@sgunder26 while I’m a huge fan of Martha Wash, it’s important to get the facts straight. Zelma Davis is a singer and a good one. She sang on most of the other C&C tracks. She did lip sync on this particular song. Black Box was a totally different deal.

C&C are legendary

Even knowing how dirty they did Martha Walsh .. I'm still a huge CNC music Factory fan love this album

This is a club banger they still play that song today especially here in. New Jersey Clubs up here that’s still a big hit today you guys need to react to Shannon “Let The Music Play””

To know the great Martha Washington she and her co-member of 2 tons of fun singing duo are front and center in the video "it's raining men." They are the master singers.

She is not the real singer. Just lip syncing. The vocals are from Martha Wash from the Weather girls

@caronstout354

11 ай бұрын

"It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls..a must see video!

When this came out in clubs....you sweated hard ....dj s would extend this for 15 minutes....

They were at my grad night at Disneyland back in 91. Zelma was every bit as beautiful as you see her on the screen. Freedom Williams was all that cut and more. Talk about energy! Man that man could dance with intensity.

This was the first CD I bought moving up from cassette tapes. Another banger is KLF "3 A.M. Eternal".

Martha Wash deserves the credit for this smash hit crazy vocals I believe she sued and won.

It was released in late 1990 & a few months later, this would top the Billboard Hot 100 Chart for 2 weeks in February 1991 (I was on my way to boot camp in the Navy at the time, a baby at 19 years old) and I can tell you, later in 1991 when I was stationed at Naval Submarine Base, Bangor (Silverdale, Washington - across the Puget Sound from Seattle) and at the club on the base, when the DJ would play this song, the dance floor was PACKED

This was also a big hit in gyms for dancercise workouts. Great song.

@-belue-6697

Жыл бұрын

HAHA! Don't you mean JAZZERCISE classes? 🤣... Remember the part of the 80'S in America where "GYM FASHION" became a thing?

Believe it or not, back in the 80s-90s, Walt Disney World in Orlando had a "Grad Night" for all high school seniors in Central Florida. They closed the park at night to everyone but us, and we had to dress nicely (not "prom" nice, but a skirt, button down shirt - not the usual "Disney" attire). They also invited major musical acts to play. In 1991, it was C+C Music Factory (and some others). Cool to get into rides quickly, hang out with friends AT DISNEY, and see several concerts! I hear they don't offer it anymore, which is a shame, because it was a highlight of my high school graduation memories.

Great song, my favorite dance piece.

What a time it was to be alive! The clubs, the fashion, the music, the house parties! Epic! This song is epic & will never die

I just found your channel and of course I subscribed. I watched the c.c. music factory reaction, I met the lady in the video. Her name is Martha wash. Reason I know is I'm a drummer and back up drummer for some bands sometimes. I Sat in for zz top because the drummer Frank Beard got sick.i enjoy your vid reactions

@thepsychophonic

2 жыл бұрын

You are wrong, dude. The lady in the video was Zelma Davis. Martha Wash was the other singer in C+C music factory.

@NoelMcGinnis

2 жыл бұрын

@@thepsychophonic The lady in the VIDEO was not the one who was actually singing the vocals. The real vocalist really Was Martha Wash. the girl in the video was simply a much more attractive lady. Martha was dissed (in many people’s opinions) simply because she was a big girl and not super pretty. But she could SING. Her voice was similar to the great Aretha Franklin. C & C Music Factory had great music but ultimately suffered a similar fate to Milli Vanilli. They got caught out.

@thepsychophonic

2 жыл бұрын

@@NoelMcGinnis "simply a much more attractive lady"?? Zelma Davis, dude (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelma_Davis). And I'll tell you another thing, I saw them perform live in 1993, in Madrid, with both singers, Martha and Zelma, and, although Martha sang better, of course, they both had very good, and very different voices. Do not pay attention to all the urban legends that circulate out there. Not all bands were like Milli Vanilli 🤣🤣🤣

90's disco/funk. #1! 🪐

Surprised no one recommended 'Things that make you go hmmmm' by the same group. Brilliant, try it out guys😀

This song used to give my 2 12" subs a workout and a half in my car back in the day cruising to this song.

Worked in a dance club in the early 80's. This song played at least once a night, and got everyone up and moving. Even the staff was jamming to this one. 80's had by far the best music ever.

@jessieball6195

Жыл бұрын

This came out in the late '80's.

If this their first time hearing this song they must have been born yesterday under a rock!

Yes we danced. As we were told to so by C&C Music Factory.

A voz de Marta é simplesmente imponente ,marcante, inesquecível, divina, não quem está dublando e sim a voz maravilhosa que nós ouvimos!

It is Martha Wash of the Weather Girls on lead vocals ❤❤

Also it was one of my favorite roller skating songs

I was in elementary school when this came out! I had fun dancing to great music in those days!

Check out C+C Music Factory's 2nd. album. They gave credit to Martha Wash and allowed her to be on the album as herself! Plus she is in their video to promote their song, "Do You Wanna Get Funky?" in 1994.

Nice job on the vocal Mel, I perked up you hit that note damn well.

Loved this entire album! Freedom Williams was so hot!!

@poguemom3

Жыл бұрын

Yes! He definitely was!

That song produce sweat without moving an eyelash, it must be something magical, but there are songs that do it

When this song came on, people had to dance. Their bodies gave them no other choice.

Allot of club speakers were sacrificed back in the day with this jam.. 1990-91..😊👍🏼

@powerbad696

2 жыл бұрын

!990-91-I was in the navy stationed at Nas Oceana Naval Air Station,Va Bch,Va. Had a blast there,GO NAVY !!! LOL.

@dopiaza2006

Жыл бұрын

In those days we had INCHES!

I have so many great memories dancing to that song!!! You couldn’t tie me down!

Okay, these people look old enough to recognize songs from the 90s, even if they were in their early teens. You wouldn’t forget that song.

This is not the first time you heard this!! How could you have missed this iconic song!? Best song ever!

fantastic plastic machine - take me to the disco super sick song

Club, gym and rollerblading banger.

Saw them in Seaside Nj FREESTYLE CONCERT with ROB BASE & JUDY TORRES & TKA.. awesome SHOW WITH ALL

Another Classical 90's Disco SONG!!!

Man i busted many speakers for this song.

That was even a get your but up and dance at the smalltown bar in Indiana for the young ones there that wanted to dance like me.

A thousand years from now that song will be as new as the day it came out. It is a timeless masterpiece

If you liked this, you'll like "Here We Go (:Let's Rock and Roll)" And, this group came out in the early 90s. Freedom Williams was the lead singer/rapper.

Ah, C&C have always given me the jam. I'm happy to have this in my youth..

God DAM .....love this!!!

This takes me back to my childhood. You will love the drummer doing this song solo (his name to hard to spell)

Petrus in Atlanta, one of Peter Gatien's clubs! Early 90's. Italian black techno group! Martha Wash lead vocals! Did we DANCE? it was the prime of my life! C+C, Black Box, and Madonna's Vogue along with M.C. Hammer ruled!

Hey Shawn & Mel. How are you. That is the voice of Martha Wash. Background Singer for Sylvester. And also part of the group 2 Tons of Fun. Later known as The Weather Girls who sang Its Raining Men. The woman in the video is Lip Syncing. The group C & C Music Factory, wanted to sell records and thought that a BBW wouldn't sell.

We all danced....32 years ago. my oldest daughter in Jr. High. I went to the Waterfront with my friends frequently. Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, IN has a club at the entrance. I have heard this song being played frequently. Memories are just that memories of the good times.

Thanks for the video! Took me back to 1990 and a 28 year old me sweating in a club 🙂👍 You young kids....you missed all this music when it first came out - good to see you catching up! 😊

Dam right we jammed in the clubs on that jam

Jammin' out at the roller rink!

That's an oldie, I was 28 when I was dancing to that at the nightclub. I'm now 60. Seems like yesterday.

I was at the club and we danced. We dance with Martha.

I miss this era of music

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

MARTHA WASH... THE VOICE!!! GREETINGS FROM VENEZUELA

I am so surprised you guys haven't heard this one I used to love being the club as a teenager dancing to this

The woman singer is Martha Walsh. She ended up suing the group for not getting credit for the vocals, they wanted Ms. slim thing for their image.

Brings back memories. Used to blast this in my truck on my Alpine with the Kickers behind the seat!!

@ginox1x792

Ай бұрын

Nice!! I had Pyramid with JVC plates frontsand 2 Pioneer 8" in an isobarik setupin the back

I got to see them in concert in the 90s and Freedom Williams was 🔥🔥🔥

The very beginning of my clubbing days 👍

The best of the best music died in the 90s

I can't believe you 2 never heard this.. they use to be on Arsenio hall show alot ..omg I'm getting old

My workout song( one fave groups in the 90s!)🥰🤗🎶

Love this!!! Haven't heard it in white thanks for watching!! A Workout? Have you seen Ciara "Ride"? That's a workout too! Or "Whatta Man" Salt & Peppa? ❤️❤️❤️💕✌🏻

From Toronto to last call in Hull.....we did it in 3 hrs listening to this😎

martha is the voice!

The studio singer was a weather girls it's raining men

I drove my family crazy back in the day I used to sing this song at the top of my lungs and I can’t hold a tune sooo

David Cole produced this and also worked with Mariah Carey on Emotions and make It Happen .And also did Aretha's A Deeper Love and Donna Summer Melody Of Love .

NYC in the eatley 90's clubbin

"Love Sensation" by Lolita Holloway is also a victim of the scandal. Blackbox came and grabbed her song and didn't pay her royalties from usage. "Right On Time" by Blackbox is the name of track that sampled "Love Sensation".

This is Martha wash singing this song the lady I singing it's raining men they used her voice it was revealed later

Freedom Williams is the Rapper. This came out around 1991 and] I just got back from the Gulf war.]

Great workout song

MARTA WASH!💖 HER VOICE IS AMAZING!💖

Oh no! You guys don't recognize it's the Aunties "Martha Wash" from it;s raining men. That woman is lip singing to martha wash they did not want to use her because Martha was big. Please react to the real singer Martha Wash version of this song. I am glad Martha sued them and won she is so underated and a true icon.

If this song came out today, the recording label would have been shamed for not letting the real singers be seen because of her appearance.

The dancers truly understood their assignment

i was dancing to this in the late 80s and im 59 years young

That's a workout!