Everyone loves the funky synths but the lyrical narrative seem to imply a dangerous, delusional, and obsessive woman.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 19, 2021 12:39 PM |
One of my favs from the 80s
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 19, 2021 3:13 AM |
Love this 💜
Remember living for this track in clubs in the 80s. I was underage, out with my older brother and loving it
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 19, 2021 3:18 AM |
This was a really good song.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 19, 2021 3:21 AM |
I love this song. I remember them playing it on Solid Gold, and Darcel, the lead dancer, did an awesome dance routine to it in a gold lamé bodysuit.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 19, 2021 3:22 AM |
All these years and for some reason I thought she was a White lady. Is it wrong that I like the song even more now?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 19, 2021 4:22 AM |
It's one of the best songs ever. It sounded like nothing else on the radio back in 1983. It sort of invented the Miami Freestyle sound.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 19, 2021 4:30 AM |
I luv me some freestyle. Great sound. Reminds me of summer. Still great beach music. Such a cool fusion of early 80s synth with latin influences and NYC/Philly club beats. They still do a Freestyle festival that tours every summer or at least until 2020
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 19, 2021 4:58 AM |
Her follow-up, Give Me Tonight, was also really good, and I believe it doesn't have the delusional and obsessive lyrics that OP is concerned about (though I haven't listened lately).
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 19, 2021 5:01 AM |
A classic, but it takes me back to my inept/successful cruising days in smoky gay nightclubs.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 19, 2021 5:18 AM |
Shameless self promotion here, but I actually produce a weekly mixshow on SiriusXM Studio 54 radio called Get Into the Groove which is all 80's club music. Spans the gamut from disco to freestyle to house and everything in between. Lots of exclusive versions of classics that I produce (including Shannon's big hits). Very carefully curated and produced. It airs first run Fridays 11p E and replays Sun 11p and Tues 9p. After they air, I put them up on mixcloud, so you can listen there as well...thought you guys might enjoy!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 19, 2021 5:25 AM |
It's a pretty typical pop theme: "I saw you dancing, I felt the chemistry and I know you felt it too".
It's only a stalker if they're ugly.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 19, 2021 5:27 AM |
I love this remix of Give Me Tonight
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 19, 2021 5:35 AM |
Sierrah Foxx (RIP) was a freestyle DJ and Florida drag legend known for her bonkers Shannon megamix lipsync. Her "petit mal seizure" performing style was a big influence on Detox from Drag Race.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 19, 2021 5:38 AM |
Another fan checking in. Do any crate diggers here know of any other tracks like this that pre-date the Miami scene?
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 19, 2021 5:52 AM |
I almost detect cowbell. Alas, I don't think so.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 19, 2021 6:47 AM |
R15, maybe "No Parking on the Dance Floor" by Midnight Star.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 19, 2021 6:49 AM |
Joystick by the Dazz Band.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 19, 2021 6:51 AM |
Last one: Glamorous Life, Sheila E.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 19 | March 19, 2021 6:53 AM |
R11 thanks for the shameless self promotion. I've been listening to your mixes all day. Thanks for taking me back.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 19, 2021 7:22 AM |
R11 GREAT SHOWS! They will be my new workout or wakeup music. Also you're hot.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 19, 2021 7:45 AM |
I always understood the song to be about a woman who kept dancing after her partner moved on, knowing he'd be back.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 19, 2021 8:03 AM |
I see it as a song about a woman trying to hold on to a guy that's unfaithful. More of an allegory than about actually dancing
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 19, 2021 10:14 AM |
Lyrics, schmyrics. It's a titanic fucking groove that slams as hard now as it did in '83. Timeless.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 19, 2021 10:21 AM |
I loved her at the time but one of my black friends at the time HATED her and always called her "Tomato Face". Never understood the hate.
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 19, 2021 10:22 AM |
You don't get the full song, but you can tell her voice held up! A trip down memory lane.
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 26 | March 19, 2021 10:47 AM |
That video looks like it was choreographed by someone with Cerebral Palsy.
| by Anonymous | reply 27 | March 19, 2021 11:27 AM |
r11 I love that channel - great production job. Did Studio 54 merge w/Utopia?
| by Anonymous | reply 28 | March 19, 2021 12:32 PM |
This song basically invented a genre, she’s a legend!
Offsite Link| by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 19, 2021 12:39 PM |
