Im about ready to break down in tears.For many years i was singing this tune in my head from vague childhood memories of it. Never even knew that Luther vandross made it, and finally here it is in 2020,iam a middle aged person and this is helping me get over a very bad day. thank you ,You tube. wow.
Why isn't Luther Vandross in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Not that he needs that honor to validate his talent, but with his contributions to music and his status as an R&B icon (I place him among the Motown and Stax greats) he more than deserves it. Plus, calling it as it is, he was the last great TRUE R&B singer to come along.
Luther is my number ONE all time favorite pure male singer! But I don't think Luther is Rock & Roll if that is what the distinction you mentioned refers to. He was a mostly a crooner / R&B / Soul.
@@MadMax-pk8ss Regardless tha man could "Sang".....he could have sung the yellow pages backwards & it would have sounded good. Crooner or not.....most singers can't carry a tune in a handbasket !!
@@darrylthomas2664 Yes, I absolutely agree. As I said above, he is my favorite male singer and no-one comes close. I listen to him EVERY single night and have done so for years. You know how children have lullabies or bedtime songs/stories that their internal clock expects when it's time for bed? Luther is that equivalent for me. I feel uncomfortable and strange if I don't go to sleep to his voice.
You can sense Mr Van Dross sang this from his heart with a smile…. It shines through…. What a Legend!!! Truelly angelic voice… not with Us any more…. Bless, hes now singing with the Angels… RIP Mr Van Dross ❤
Nothing reminds me more of watching my mother and friends dancing feverishly to this song in the living room under the red light. Everybody danced. Good memories from my childhood!
As a young sailor in 1982, at the Ingalls shipyards in Pascagoula, Ms., some of my shipmates and I caught the Luther Vandross concert in Mobile, Al. It was a classic performance, absolutely fantastic... RIP Mr. Vandross, thanks for singing to our hearts!!!
Don't know why but right at the start of this song, my eyes start stinging. When the bass kicks in (followed by the guitar licks), they swell up with tears And then as soon as Luther joins, I start crying. RIP Luther
It's amazing as "Black Folks" we can say this and instantly understand each other.Also we can look at each other and know what's what.Something like an "Unspoken Heard!"
UA-cam friends, Luther couldn’t even legally claim this as his own song. But without a doubt in my mind, this was his best throughout his great career! By the way, “Change” was a great group as well!
The word ELEGANTISIMO was invented for this slick group.!!! The vocals are top notch. They (producers/arrangers/singers) knew exactly what they were doing back then.!!!!
No way was this his best, not even close. But it was a very good song and one that I'm quite fond of. Go watch one of the many famous live tours he did and you will see without a doubt which song is considered his Masterpiece.
Luther added Searching & The Glow of Love on his 1989 compilation album entitled “The Best of Luther Vandross: The Best of Love.” Tracks 1&2 are 1: Searching & 2: The Glow of Love, both by Change. Look for it on Amazon or eBay. You won’t find it on iTunes. Luther took ownership. Rightfully so.
In 1980 Change released "The Glow of Love", their first record and a real top album. Every track is a gem and Luther Vandross' voice made this piece of vinyl for a real rocket. At every corner in New York you heard in the summer of 1980 the sounds of Change or S.O.. Band. This summer was a really hot one and these sounds were the soundtrack!
Exactly!!!!! The 2 songs specifically were the songs of the summer of 1980. This jam & S.O.S. Band Take your Time. You heard them all over. We jammed to these while at the Basketball Tournaments at Kenwood. The best times.
I love UA-cam, NEVER knew this version even existed. The bells, blocks, Timbales and haunting bass line will heal a dying man. Put Luther's voice and the b.v.'s on top of it and you have a piece of Heaven on Earth.
When I play this music at work they will tell me things like I'm showing my age...I simply tell them I take that as a compliment because my era did great friggin dancing music with memories galore!!!!
All of the “vocal gymnastics” Luther does on “Searching” & “The Glow of Love” are his very best work. Every song afterwards was Luther’s attempt to replicate that authenticity & raw spontaneity he put on those tracks. It’s why he went solo & became successful because of the genius he put on those two songs.
This is America, sometimes we all forget that we are the envy of the world! Take a moment and really listen to this music, every generation has had it's own unique {tailored} crisis's . Americans always find a way to do the right thing.. This "is your home" if you want it. Classic tune.
Been SEARCHING for this song since the last time I heard it, twenty-something years because although Luther's voice is undeniable, as a kid I didn't know any of the words, plus I'd search for Luther songs and this a totally different ensemble. #PraiseGod
Yes, so true. Real road trip music. Take me back almost 40 years during those summer trips back home to Georgia, especially at night 2:00 in the morning where the roads were quiet and wide open. Miss those days and the old school music that was like a soundtrack to those days back then. You are definitely right on that. Thank you.
First time I heard this I remember exactly where I was. I watched people dancing from the balcony of the nightclub and it was amazing watching the sway and movement of the dancers. Just magical 🎶✨❤️
Hit the town in the cold of the night….looking around for the warmth of the light… there was fog on the road so I guess no one saw me arriving… real singing, real band, real good music 🎶 🎵
Age 16.. working at Burger King Piccaddilly Circus London, some kid with a 10kg ghetto blaster was banging this out in the lower lobby..none of the staff told him to turn it off or down 😂😂
This era for music was the very very best they can’t match it nowadays all they talk about us shooting and killing give me this music anyday it’s awesome
OMG Brenda You just hit a homerun with those comments 🎯🎯 I'm soooooo happy I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of style 💥 The lyrics and that beat just janked ur heartstrings for decades ❤️❤️ Do U Agree?? This is what true talented sounds like 💯💯 A trip down memory lane good ode days I was in my twenties carefree INDEED ‼️Brenda I will always have ode skool music in my blood 4EVER ‼️ Can't have it no other way AMEN ‼️ Still listening how about October 26 2022
I Never Saw Change In Concert , But I Really Enjoy The 🎵 Music Of This Group & This Was My Favorite Jam By Change & RIP " Bad Boy Having A Party " Mr Luther Vandross 🙏🙏
A fantastic floor filler - this is what London danced to in 1980. This sound coming over from the states influenced everyone from Adam and the Ants to Massive Attack and even Queen. Happy days!
Change I remember this group with Luther Vandross singing searchin. I love this song to this very day. The music had a swinging beat and can dance to it as well.
Man does this take me back. A lot of my childhood and growing up sucked but the music...man it was amazing. I'd go from this to Zeppelin to Steely Dan. Fucking great time for music. And the bass in this...damn.
This is what you call a throwback 🔥 This record bring back memories to all of us,, we all know where we were, and what we were doing,, I was 17 playing paddle ball in the Bronx🙏❤️🔥
This is what real music sounds like no overdubbing just the singer and the band. RIP Mr Vandross I had the honor to meet him several times at different Awards shows from LA to NYC to London where I saw him play at his concert.
2021 During the Delta wave of the Covid 19 Worldwide Pandemic and this song is STILL mesmerizing!!! The GROOVE of it is OUTSTANDING!!! The beat RIDES!! NEVER GETS OLD!!!!!
Back in the dayo!!! Beautiful...most ppl know exactly where they were at and what they were doing during this time...Luther and Nile Rogers took off after this period!
Great songs like this will never die. Have two 12" versions of this beautiful song. I just wish we could back the great days of this real !!!! music. Never get tired of these songs.
Reminds me of driving to DTLA to go to FANTASIA DISCO on top of the Bonaventure Hotel! I was memorized by the skyscrapers, city lights and at 20 I felt so glamorous going to the disco! Were any of you there? Did we dance? Those were the days!!
Ain't nothing like a LP version Old School Gold
Im about ready to break down in tears.For many years i was singing this tune in my head from vague childhood memories of it. Never even knew that Luther vandross made it, and finally here it is in 2020,iam a middle aged person and this is helping me get over a very bad day. thank you ,You tube. wow.
Lovely
You were………….Searching ❤️😉
I play this daily on my reel to reel ...

Luther is gone too soon, but he left a beautiful legacy that is timeless ❤️❤️
If you are a singer LISTEN to the sheer onslaught of talent and technique that Luther puts into this vocal. It's astonishing.
RIP you beautiful genius
Luther is the best, so talented
Best singer of my lifetime
Nope we're not singers
It's 2023 and this sound as great as I first heard it in 1980. The Jam back then. Had no idea that the lead singer would become Luther.
2024 🎉❤
Why isn't Luther Vandross in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
Not that he needs that honor to validate his talent, but with his contributions to music and his status as an R&B icon (I place him among the Motown and Stax greats) he more than deserves it.
Plus, calling it as it is, he was the last great TRUE R&B singer to come along.
Luther is my number ONE all time favorite pure male singer! But I don't think Luther is Rock & Roll if that is what the distinction you mentioned refers to. He was a mostly a crooner / R&B / Soul.
@@MadMax-pk8ss Regardless tha man could "Sang".....he could have sung the yellow pages backwards
& it would have sounded good. Crooner or not.....most singers can't carry a tune in a handbasket !!
@@darrylthomas2664 Yes, I absolutely agree. As I said above, he is my favorite male singer and no-one comes close. I listen to him EVERY single night and have done so for years.
You know how children have lullabies or bedtime songs/stories that their internal clock expects when it's time for bed? Luther is that equivalent for me. I feel uncomfortable and strange if I don't go to sleep to his voice.
👍
I agree, He should have been inducted with all his accomplishments
A Sheer Supreme Timeless Masterpiece From These Amazing Artists.
From An Era Of Amazing Music.
Cheers 🍻 👏 ✌️ 🥂 For This Majestic Memory. ❤❤❤.
... When the music is so good, 13 minutes ain't long enough!
CHANGE feat.
LUTHER VANDROSS
☆REAL MUSIC☆
Ain't that the truth.
@@doyleharris6784 d
I'm 77 so can't physically do it anymore but in my head I own the floor
Luther grew up in the same neighborhood as I did and his sisters sang at the church on Oliver Street (Mariner's Temple). NEVER FORGOTTEN!
Rip Luther you made this a hit. 🤘🏿😇
Actually not true. It was probably the other way around - Change gave Luther Vandross his break. Loved Change and Luther Vandross😊
Malavasi/Romani made this a hit
This was a "kick-ass" song....Luther is on FIRE..WOW !!!!!!!
👍👍 yes suuur!!!!
@@michaelsinclair3321 YUP :)
You can sense Mr Van Dross sang this from his heart with a smile…. It shines through…. What a Legend!!! Truelly angelic voice… not with Us any more…. Bless, hes now singing with the Angels… RIP Mr Van Dross ❤
im 57 and dont care still love this and its time the neibours heard it..
I am 62 and mine get to hear it a fair bit. Always loved this song.
No doubt, lol -- turn up!!
Yep count me in guys
Hell yeah lol. And if your neighbours complain and call the police, they'll get arrested for wasting police time
i’m 61 and this is one hell of chooooooooooon and i have this version on 12” version
Nothing reminds me more of watching my mother and friends dancing feverishly to this song in the living room under the red light. Everybody danced. Good memories from my childhood!
ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS EVER MADE! CHANGE! 4-EVER!
As a young sailor in 1982, at the Ingalls shipyards in Pascagoula, Ms., some of my shipmates and I caught the Luther Vandross concert in Mobile, Al.
It was a classic performance, absolutely fantastic...
RIP Mr. Vandross, thanks for singing to our hearts!!!
💯
Awesome
Everything that group put out i enjoyed, and loved Luther's voice.
RIP Luther Vandross we miss you.
I have a stand up desk and am dancing at work!! Love it!!!
Still sound so good in 2021. Timeless.
Love it!!!
Luther, in my opinion, had (and has) one of finest voices...EVER! I miss you man!
What can I say happy 70th. This song says it all. The beat the melody the vocals. GO Luther you super star!!!!!
and don't forget that hypnotic bass line that plays throughout the entire song.
Don't know why but right at the start of this song, my eyes start stinging.
When the bass kicks in (followed by the guitar licks), they swell up with tears
And then as soon as Luther joins, I start crying.
RIP Luther
Water
This was the jam!
Listen to it all the time I get back to back when it really hits my Spirit
Yes!!!!
Forever on fire 🔥
A classic song with the addition of luther vandross.june2020.
One word: ‘Luther’
It's amazing as "Black Folks" we can say this and instantly understand each other.Also we can look at each other and know what's what.Something like an "Unspoken Heard!"
U mean Lutha!!! Lol
@@gracielasantana hey I can like Joan Sebastian and Lutha!! It’s good!! Lol
@Internet Viewer I would say those who are in tune to one another.
@@cameronhill9267 3
UA-cam friends, Luther couldn’t even legally claim this as his own song. But without a doubt in my mind, this was his best throughout his great career! By the way, “Change” was a great group as well!
This particular Change album had two other hits on it. The Glow Of Love and A Lover's Holiday. Three great songs on the same Lp.
THE GROUP WAS CALLED CHANGE BECAUSE THEY KEPT CHANGING MEMBERS
The word ELEGANTISIMO
was invented for this slick group.!!! The vocals are top notch. They (producers/arrangers/singers) knew exactly what they were doing back then.!!!!
No way was this his best, not even close. But it was a very good song and one that I'm quite fond of. Go watch one of the many famous live tours he did and you will see without a doubt which song is considered his Masterpiece.
Luther added Searching & The Glow of Love on his 1989 compilation album entitled “The Best of Luther Vandross: The Best of Love.” Tracks 1&2 are 1: Searching & 2: The Glow of Love, both by Change. Look for it on Amazon or eBay. You won’t find it on iTunes. Luther took ownership. Rightfully so.
Grow up on 70's and 80s music. They don't want that kinda soulful music being made today.
OMG the sheer joy of the sound, life-changing, healthy-mind-altering vibrations........
Yes it's like a drug
In 1980 Change released "The Glow of Love", their first record and a real top album. Every track is a gem and Luther Vandross' voice made this piece of vinyl for a real rocket. At every corner in New York you heard in the summer of 1980 the sounds of Change or S.O.. Band. This summer was a really hot one and these sounds were the soundtrack!
What a great story, what a great image. I was born too late.
Then Came "Never Too Much"
Exactly!!!!! The 2 songs specifically were the songs of the summer of 1980. This jam & S.O.S. Band Take your Time. You heard them all over. We jammed to these while at the Basketball Tournaments at Kenwood. The best times.
@@jmhsound The three songs were ALL actually released in the same year-1979. I had the Change Album, and practically wore it out in Chicago!!
@@sofumba these have a 1980 release date
Luther and the percussion on this cut. Outstanding!!!
@DP is just pure genius...
The percussion is my favorite
I'm 58 n it still ROCKS!!!
I love UA-cam, NEVER knew this version even existed. The bells, blocks, Timbales and haunting bass line will heal a dying man. Put Luther's voice and the b.v.'s on top of it and you have a piece of Heaven on Earth.
When I play this music at work they will tell me things like I'm showing my age...I simply tell them I take that as a compliment because my era did great friggin dancing music with memories galore!!!!
👊✊👍
Indeed !!!! ❤❤❤🙌🙌🙌
Great response this is great music it will never get old. Stay Safe 👮🏻♂️🚔🚨
HELLLL YESSSSS!!😆
Y2es
People dont get his jazz vibe. The “scatting”.
He’s brilliant on this song. There is none like him and there will never be another Luther.
All of the “vocal gymnastics” Luther does on “Searching” & “The Glow of Love” are his very best work. Every song afterwards was Luther’s attempt to replicate that authenticity & raw spontaneity he put on those tracks. It’s why he went solo & became successful because of the genius he put on those two songs.
still as magical as the day it came out.....got the 12inch for over 40 years already..
Dedicate this song to my oldest brother who loved this kind of music. R. I. P and
thanks for showing me what good music sound like 🥲
This is America, sometimes we all forget that we are the envy of the world! Take a moment and really listen to this music, every generation has had it's own unique {tailored} crisis's . Americans always find a way to do the right thing.. This "is your home" if you want it. Classic tune.
Change was THE SHIT back in the day!! Continue RIHP Mr. Luther Vandross!! You definitely put this group on the international map! 💘
Always my groove that lives on.Since it's beginning.
Arguably the best Disco song that was ever produced 😊
When I revisited the song and realized that Luther was singing I was blown away the beat is intoxicating and as always a classic!
A masterpiece.
I'm in my 60s and I still jam to music Luther the MAN !!!! MISS U RIP ....
44 years old and never heard this song before :( Amazing, thanks for sharing
Too moved for words! Luther ... Change, thanks for the amazing memories! God bless!
Glad you enjoyed it
Been SEARCHING for this song since the last time I heard it, twenty-something years because although Luther's voice is undeniable, as a kid I didn't know any of the words, plus I'd search for Luther songs and this a totally different ensemble. #PraiseGod
As the lyric says..."Searching, searching - for so long....."
Thank you so much for this
I just want to say that I love my wife Theresa Ann Marie CF...my bride since 1986...our love is strong and eternal.
I love you,babe!!
I absolutely LOVE this song!!! Makes you move!!!!
Thanks for sharing.this is a wonderfull song.times of this kind of music are gone unfortunatly.
Road Trip Music..RIP Luther
Yes, so true. Real road trip music. Take me back almost 40 years during those summer trips back home to Georgia, especially at night 2:00 in the morning where the roads were quiet and wide open. Miss those days and the old school music that was like a soundtrack to those days back then. You are definitely right on that. Thank you.
Jakko No. Thanks. Goodness
Back in the day I had the privilege of seeing Change live, they tore it up! Great show!
This is truly amazing. Luther at his best and I loved everything he did. He just shines and owns this song.
Searching and If You're Looking For a Way Out by Odyssey together made 1980 such a musically beautiful unforgettable year.
OMG...THIS,... IS HEAVEN ....THIS..TAKES ME..THERE... IT'S AWESOME... LUTHER..IS ANGEL
Oldie & goody 1978 good old disco music. If we all can go back to the beginning of good old disco music 🛳🛳🛳
First time I heard this I remember exactly where I was. I watched people dancing from the balcony of the nightclub and it was amazing watching the sway and movement of the dancers. Just magical 🎶✨❤️
MAKE YOU GET UP AND DANCE
I love this ....makes me cry because they dont make music like this anymore. I dance like I'm the only one in the room. This makes you move
@Aaron Gilliam Change The Glow Of Love actually did go gold.
AMEN I AM DANCING NOW. 1-29-2020
Charlie Bush Love. Hi. Hi. Thanks So
With you Charlie, keep dancing, we are all dancing with you and love it.
Real music Charlie!!!
Hit the town in the cold of the night….looking around for the warmth of the light… there was fog on the road so I guess no one saw me arriving… real singing, real band, real good music 🎶 🎵
Searching with the great singer Mister Luther Vandross forever in my spirit 💃🕺💕 rip Mr Vandross 😌🙏💕
I first heard this song in 1989 i was 14 years of age and it stock to me ever since . Thank you always Luther Vandross "Rest in Peace ".
Age 16.. working at Burger King Piccaddilly Circus London, some kid with a 10kg ghetto blaster was banging this out in the lower lobby..none of the staff told him to turn it off or down 😂😂
The late "Luther Vandross" voice was definitely the highlight of this song, & group! [May he R.I.P.] Great driving beat!
Reminds me of a girl named Beatrica Crow
This era for music was the very very best they can’t match it nowadays all they talk about us shooting and killing give me this music anyday it’s awesome
OMG Brenda You just hit a homerun with those comments 🎯🎯 I'm soooooo happy I grew up on this magical sound so grateful to have lived through this era of beautiful music this kind of music will never go out of style 💥 The lyrics and that beat just janked ur heartstrings for decades ❤️❤️ Do U Agree?? This is what true talented sounds like 💯💯 A trip down memory lane good ode days I was in my twenties carefree INDEED ‼️Brenda I will always have ode skool music in my blood 4EVER ‼️ Can't have it no other way AMEN ‼️ Still listening how about October 26 2022
From beggining to the end, this is more than amazing!
Ahh Luther !!! one of the best voices of all time,love you Luther Vandross.
I remember Vaughn Harper play this on WBLS NYC 107.5 every single time I was going home.. like clockwork... Miss those awesome days....
WBLS was always on the radio, I rarely changed the station. Great times, great music.
Those days were priceless, Henry C!
Truly!
My favorite Luther Vandross vocal,love it!
I remember hearing this at a pool party when i was a kid in the early 80's. Dam it still sounds so good.
The extended version is amazing. Reminds me of the good times in Chicago.
Yesssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the music I grew up with in the 70s and 80s
Yes a great decade from music with this top song 😉💕🕺💃
It might as well be from a different planet in a different universe, it's so far removed from the music people grow up with nowadays.
@@maccagrabme let them be. We had our moments
I Never Saw Change In Concert , But I Really Enjoy The 🎵 Music Of This Group & This Was My Favorite Jam By Change & RIP " Bad Boy Having A Party " Mr Luther Vandross 🙏🙏
I saw them in a small club no band.
stop to love, any love, bad boy, searchin', and never too much are my favorites.
@@karlhelm875 💯👍👍✌️
This song used to pack the dance floor at romeo,s and juliets in Sheffield during the eighties!Such happy times.
A fantastic floor filler - this is what London danced to in 1980. This sound coming over from the states influenced everyone from Adam and the Ants to Massive Attack and even Queen. Happy days!
I love this and Queen's Body Language! Rest in paradise, Luther! 😔🙏🏾❤️
This sound came from ITALY!!! Change are Italians
Change I remember this group with Luther Vandross singing searchin. I love this song to this very day. The music had a swinging beat and can dance to it as well.
Timeless song, timeless group, timeless talent. This group was one of my favorites of all time, and Luther? Nobody will ever be like him.
This song filled dance floors nation wide!!
Man does this take me back. A lot of my childhood and growing up sucked but the music...man it was amazing. I'd go from this to Zeppelin to Steely Dan. Fucking great time for music.
And the bass in this...damn.
We'll take it! You're welcome!!
I 💘 HEY 19...STEELY DAN
This is what you call a throwback 🔥 This record bring back memories to all of us,, we all know where we were, and what we were doing,, I was 17 playing paddle ball in the Bronx🙏❤️🔥
Did you guys know Luther was your homie back then?
Luther Vandross made this classic a hit
MALAVASI/ROMANI MADE THIS A HIT
Love the disco vibe of early Luther/Change. Luthers voice is simply Sublime 👌🏼💯❤️
There were Giants in Those Days! One of The Greatest Jams Ever Recorded! With A Great Voice-Luther Vandross!
Yess i loved change. This n glow of love my 2 favs. Classic old school. I love it.
This tune is nearly 40 years old folks, jeez
When I joined Service.. .40 years ago...n this memorable song got me thru training
This is the first time I heard Luther Vandross and he did the damn thing....listen to that music.....you have to move to this...
This is what real music sounds like no overdubbing just the singer and the band. RIP Mr Vandross I had the honor to meet him several times at different Awards shows from LA to NYC to London where I saw him play at his concert.
played this to death omg still good as new where did the time go ?? music to stand the test of time
god this song is just so beautifully sentimental. creates such an immaculate atmosphere, can’t think of any other song truly like it.
2021 During the Delta wave of the Covid 19 Worldwide Pandemic and this song is STILL mesmerizing!!! The GROOVE of it is OUTSTANDING!!! The beat RIDES!! NEVER GETS OLD!!!!!
The record that really brought Luther out of the shadows, a massive chart & club hit in the UK
Back in the dayo!!! Beautiful...most ppl know exactly where they were at and what they were doing during this time...Luther and Nile Rogers took off after this period!
Great post bro. Good old days when this country was a great place to live in, live, dance in...NYC in the 80's and 90's was the shiznit...
Great songs like this will never die. Have two 12" versions of this beautiful song. I just wish we could back the great days of this real !!!! music. Never get tired of these songs.
#Timeless
Grooving to this like it was the 80s in 2019
yup.I have 3 of Changes Albums.Timeless.
This is classic disco biscuits music with soul. Just discovered it from my year of birth.
Best song of 1980!
Luther Vandross is so cool. Sad loss. Great song, great band.
One word describes this song....AWESOME !!
Great Dance Music!! Luther was in rare form!
GET UP AND DANCE
Absolutely Love this Version!!!!!
Bumpin this in November 2019 - how real is that.
Thats because old guys like me still play this stuff at weddings!
My Hi School days. My Mom's Chevy Chevette stereo turned up full blast. Skating to this at the original "Skate City" in Jacksonville, Fl.
Timeless...
Pure ear candy 🍭!!!!! Good ole days.
Reminds me of driving to DTLA to go to FANTASIA DISCO on top of the Bonaventure Hotel! I was memorized by the skyscrapers, city lights and at 20 I felt so glamorous going to the disco! Were any of you there? Did we dance? Those were the days!!