El said he wrote this song, "Time Will Reveal" (by himself), when he was 16 years old and was not going to record it. However, his brother Chico encouraged him to release it. Needless to say, it was a 'hit' that remains a classic! "All This Love" was the other song that El said he also wrote by himself. Others were co-written with his siblings. Plus, even though they play instruments,they've never taken lessons. They play by ear! That's real true God given talent!
All true statements. Motown stole their rights to the music El Debarge wrote. El said that back in those days he was not a business oriented person and very young. They should and could have all remained millionaires.
ElDebarge 97.1Steve Harvey radio show played time Will reveal after lunch I was so Happy about time your music and your family's was played on radio thank you Steve
Debarge/Switch was all that !! Their music will be sampled and played forever...GOD GIVEN TALENT!! God Bless the Debarge family. Their music was and still is TIMELESS!!
This song makes me cry when El sings it. I love the lyrics and his voice is so sweet and angelic. I am like crying right now. "More precious than silver, more precious than diamond rings or anything that I could give you. It wouldn't mean a thing".. pure poetry. I love El!!
My fav debarge song..and i love the way bunny leads the family in with......"iiiiiiiiii noooo jusst how u feeeeel"...oyea and i cant stop looking ar bunny..omg!
@@JPMoron EL and Debarge were excellent. It's just Bobby was out of this world. What a talented family they all were. "I Like It" is my alltime fave Debarge cut.
El has a very beautiful falsetto but I have to disagree with best ever. His late brother Bobby was the best in my opinion. They both had / have beautiful lower range as well. Bobby had a voice that bring tears .El sounds so much like Bobby in this song but still not as good as Bobby. BTW , El is a man so he can't have a real falsetto because a falsetto is a male voice imitation of a female voice. So El being the handsome gentleman that he is will never be a real falsetto. You get an A for your creative effort though.
Bobby never had a solo career, El did (a very long career of many decades), and El composed many great songs, the best songs of the R&B genre, Bobby only had like 3 hit songs with Switch and that's it. El is the music genius in the DeBarge family. El is a better singer. El is DeBarge. Switch sucks compared to DeBarge.
The brother who died was Bobby, who is not shown here. He didn't join Debarge until Bunny and El left, he was also the lead singer of the band Switch in the 70's. He died from complications of aids in '95.
It's cute to me how El grooves on stage. To the ending, he portrayed being frustrated like how the song takes you. "But this time loves foreal! Heeey! This special love in us will all reveal in time!"
I am so feeling the curls, the family two-step, the characteristically extra ST dancing and even the screen glitches ~ because they all serve as personal reminders of the ultimate, guiding LOVE our Creator has for us through the p/ages of Life. Soulful tunes like this and "Stay with Me" convinced me on da way back that El was a mouthpiece for the Divine call to all hearts. Time will reveal... Let it be in p(e)ace y'all!
I saw El De Barge in Philly LIVE! Truly so gifted on the keyboards. His voice is like GOLD in natural or falsetto when he does LOVE ME IN A SPECIAL WAY. OMG!!! I hope he gets family members back together and does a tour. I would SO be there. Thank God he is in recovery & back on track. Getting busted was the best thing to happen to him. Too bad Michael Jackson did not hit bottom so that he could face reality & clean himself up:(
I'm still reeling from the BET performance. WHERE HAS HE BEEN?? He is so talented. so few people make music that you can actually FEEL these days. Artists are too disconnected. I had to dig out my old DeBarge - sucks for my housemate. :-)
The Love that is revealed is the love of music and it is always right on time. Thank You DeBarge for your poetry thru song. There is always love for you. Always Love
I was only a little kid when this song came out but I remember LOVING this song! It gave me a good feeling inside. I guess that's what good music does. I am so grateful for Debarge and all their wonderful songs. Their music is like the song track to my childhood!
I was on the same show with El Debarge. Raising money for the homeless. He is really very tall. 6 feet or more. He told me Marvin Gaye was his favorite artist.
OMG!!!! I remember high school dances and dancing with my girlfriend to this song and getting "wood" and not being able to stand up straight afterwards! hahahahahhahahahah! I loved the 80's! Thanks youtube for the memories!
kids today have less soul and feeling music...nothing out there is original, inspirational, magical, special...it's so sad...I'm so happy to be a child of the 80s...
I got the “In A Special Way” record. It credited Bunny and El on lead vocals. I just love this song! I even sing along whenever I play the instrumental cover by saxophonist Kim Waters. Even I hit the falsettos whenever I sing this to the instrumental version!
El's performance on the BET Awards was amazing! His new song is just beautiful! It's about time a true artist comes back to claim his place in music! Today's stuff doesn't compare by any means!!!!! Thanks for the memories El! And the new album!
i remember their songs starting from 1978's -1980's i go way back with their brothers when they was the group call Switch, what a feeling, it's so real, i wanna be closer, and then the Debarge their next generation, Love Yall Always, I be still listening to yall, still seems like yesterday,
You can hear gospel in this song. They must have had gospel roots. Just substitute the word "God" in there for "my" and you have church music. Beautiful song regardless, beautifully done.
+Jon Rice ..+MichaelAngelo Taylor...Yes! I saw them on a tv show 20+ years ago. El Debarge stated that this song is about "God"! ...I was so shocked...I never forgot!
👍They had a great sound. It’s so sad to see how they all ended up. 😭 They have been through soooo much & have suffered sooooo much pain. May they be blessed all of the rest of their days.🙏💝
This is one of my slow jams when I was younger and even now! And the 27 years of my marriage to my husband speaks this song very loud and clear! And I had that song in my heart when I did not know what time it was going to be or when it was going to be and where all of the 27 years went! Only Time revealed it! I'm adding this one back to my Singing Repertoire! Smiles
Yasssss! Who was not trying to slow dance to this in the 7th grade with the finest girl/guy in the school... I know I was!! Holla Back for the mid 70's babies!
I wanna scream but I cant. AHHHH!! omg. I love El...I love Debarge..This is my song...just like all the other ones. Im only 18 but idc. Ha Im blushing! This is wat I like to Call "Real Music"..."Great Music".... "ii know just how ya feeel.but this time loves for real...the special lovve is deeep inside of us.." Sing it El wit yo sexy self! lol..He's older but he still looks gud to me.
wow the only footage i had of this was on american banstand during x mas time this is a great gem to have thanks for posting this ..says uzipolo king of decatur
I remembered this song but I couldnt remember the name!!! One day it played on the radio and I ran to get my phone and fumbled to Shazamm it!!! I Something about it is so comforting. I miss those days so much 🥲
That dude got on a budget Thriller jacket in white and black. These guys were not appreciated back then. They are awesome. Check out their unsung. My sister produced it for TV One
DeBarge, Prince, and Michael ruled the 80's!!
YOU DAYUM RIGHT! 😂
Don't forget..a man named Luther Vandross.
Michael and prince also the 70's
Madonna as well
Cameo, Gap Band, Teena Marie, Rick James, Lionel Richie and Sade also. Such s glorious time!!!!
El said he wrote this song, "Time Will Reveal" (by himself), when he was 16 years old and was not going to record it. However, his brother Chico encouraged him to release it. Needless to say, it was a 'hit' that remains a classic! "All This Love" was the other song that El said he also wrote by himself. Others were co-written with his siblings. Plus, even though they play instruments,they've never taken lessons. They play by ear! That's real true God given talent!
All true statements. Motown stole their rights to the music El Debarge wrote. El said that back in those days he was not a business oriented person and very young. They should and could have all remained millionaires.
@@terry21651 👍💯
@@ABC-MightyJ In all actuality Bunny and Randy co-wrote ‘All This Love’ But they allowed Eldra to interpret it.
@@manuelavila2223 Thanks for your info and stay safe
@@manuelavila2223 El said he wrote All This Love for Marvin Gaye. Produced by El and Iris Gordy. He speaks extensively about it on Questlove podcast.
THE WHOLE DEBARGE FAMILY CAN SING AND THEY’RE GOOD LOOKING. BARS! 😀😀
Amen
What a gem this song is , thank you 80s .
ElDebarge 97.1Steve Harvey radio show played time Will reveal after lunch I was so Happy about time your music and your family's was played on radio thank you Steve
El debarge is a beautiful and gorgeous man. All his brothers were fine, but El had the charm 🥰😍
Debarge/Switch was all that !! Their music will be sampled and played forever...GOD GIVEN TALENT!! God Bless the Debarge family. Their music was and still is TIMELESS!!
This song makes me cry when El sings it. I love the lyrics and his voice is so sweet and angelic. I am like crying right now. "More precious than silver, more precious than diamond rings or anything that I could give you. It wouldn't mean a thing".. pure poetry. I love El!!
Yess
EL was so smooth and darling and still is.❤
Soul Train was never the same after Don Cornelius left
Agreed
Vincent Williams True! All the other host were corny .
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Absolutely right 😮
What a beautiful song!
Listening to this puts me in another world for the moment.
You thought Prince and Michael were bad, this dude wasn't playing either!
Best Male vocalist. Great songs and muscians
I am from the 80's just listen to this song I feel just going back!!!!.
this song means a lot to me.it brings back my younger years.
It's 2022 and I still listen and love them.
DeBarge were MUCH better than they were given credit for! They made some really nice jams!
Bunny is a perfect 10!!
I love Bunny's dress!! Damn El Debarge and his brothers are fine!!
EVERYTIME WHEN I PLAY OR HEARD THIS SONG IM HAPPY AND SAD COZ ITS TURN BACK THE MEMORIES WHEN MY MAMA IS STILL ALIVE....MISS YOU MAMA...
Bunny was so beautiful back in the day.
Bunny was fine af! Had a major crush back in the day on Bunny!
She sill is!
Yes she was!😘
Agreed
She's still beautiful 🌹🌷🌸
I remember watchin this when it aired in83. Brings back memories.
Bunny had the best legs!!!!
this is timeless! I just cant stop listening..the melodic tune..strong lyrics..harmonies and riffs and hooks.baseline...Debarge...you killed it!!
LOVE this song! Absolutely LOVE it! The DeBarge family has been thru some tough times but will forever prevail!
Damn You know that you are old when you can remember watching this on a Saturday morning live when you were a kid dang near a teenager! LOVE DEBARGE!
My fav debarge song..and i love the way bunny leads the family in with......"iiiiiiiiii noooo jusst how u feeeeel"...oyea and i cant stop looking ar bunny..omg!
Love the song. Love the performance. Love El!
El didn't have no falsetto, he had a REAL-etto LoL...Best ever.
Better than Bobby?! Not quite as smooth imo
@@bryanrussell9906 All these years I though EL was the best, then I heard Bobby. Still love this song to death!
@@JPMoron EL and Debarge were excellent. It's just Bobby was out of this world. What a talented family they all were. "I Like It" is my alltime fave Debarge cut.
El has a very beautiful falsetto but I have to disagree with best ever. His late brother Bobby was the best in my opinion. They both had / have beautiful lower range as well. Bobby had a voice that bring tears .El sounds so much like Bobby in this song but still not as good as Bobby. BTW , El is a man so he can't have a real falsetto because a falsetto is a male voice imitation of a female voice. So El being the handsome gentleman that he is will never be a real falsetto. You get an A for your creative effort though.
Bobby never had a solo career, El did (a very long career of many decades), and El composed many great songs, the best songs of the R&B genre, Bobby only had like 3 hit songs with Switch and that's it. El is the music genius in the DeBarge family. El is a better singer. El is DeBarge. Switch sucks compared to DeBarge.
The brother who died was Bobby, who is not shown here. He didn't join Debarge until Bunny and El left, he was also the lead singer of the band Switch in the 70's. He died from complications of aids in '95.
I love this song and El sang it so beautifully.
I am born on the wrong timeline.. music today sucks.. damn
Sorry.......IT WAS GREAT!
We had a ball back in the day.
I agree
I miss Soul Train!!!
I wish they bring it back i miss watching it 70s 80s music on soul train
Me too
9307 The old soul train with Don Cornelius
Treva R. Castleberry if they bring it back show ALL the old episodes DO NOT remake it bcuz they’ll NEVER be another Don Cornelius our soul train
Me Too
Great and unforgettable songs.
I love and always love the 80s, 90s, and so on.
One of the most romantic! I will alway be madly in love with El because of that voice and his beautiful songs!❤️💕
I still love this song
I love this song. I love DeBarge‼️Look at my James I love him💖‼️ STILL listening forever and EVER ‼️💖💚♥️💙💖💛
Good evening Keisha Nicole
I miss SoulTrain. DeBarge is great
I was quite smitten with El when I was in Junior high back then. This song is timeless!!
It's cute to me how El grooves on stage. To the ending, he portrayed being frustrated like how the song takes you. "But this time loves foreal! Heeey! This special love in us will all reveal in time!"
Good evening Aariyan096
I am so feeling the curls, the family two-step, the characteristically extra ST dancing and even the screen glitches ~ because they all serve as personal reminders of the ultimate, guiding LOVE our Creator has for us through the p/ages of Life. Soulful tunes like this and "Stay with Me" convinced me on da way back that El was a mouthpiece for the Divine call to all hearts. Time will reveal... Let it be in p(e)ace y'all!
You know a smooth groove moves the soul when an entire dance floor feels it the same way, at the same time...:)
@2:45...
I'm only 24 but this is one of my ALL time favorite songs. It doesn't get better than (El) Debarge
2022 still love this song❤️
if only we had music like this today
I grew up in the 80s. That was the best music ever
How is he today? And is he playing anywhere soon?
James and all the DEBARGE men are fine💞👌🏾
2 out of 3 Jackson girls thought so too/Janet, and Latoya.
In case you miss it bunny, mark, and el are wearing the clothes from the album in a special way
I think someone asked th and they shot the album cover or something about the album this is y they had the outfits on..
I saw El De Barge in Philly LIVE! Truly so gifted on the keyboards. His voice is like GOLD in natural or falsetto when he does LOVE ME IN A SPECIAL WAY. OMG!!! I hope he gets family members back together and does a tour. I would SO be there. Thank God he is in recovery & back on track. Getting busted was the best thing to happen to him. Too bad Michael Jackson did not hit bottom so that he could face reality & clean himself up:(
very beutifull romantics song from el debarge 80s thank you very much
The most beautiful family in music!
El showed out on the BET Awards,he was awesome.such a beautiful performance
Good evening kim81
I'm still reeling from the BET performance. WHERE HAS HE BEEN?? He is so talented. so few people make music that you can actually FEEL these days. Artists are too disconnected.
I had to dig out my old DeBarge - sucks for my housemate. :-)
Got their greatest hits....man I wore that CD out...thank God for mp3's!
The theme of my senior prom in 1984 .
The Love that is revealed is the love of music and it is always right on time. Thank You DeBarge for your poetry thru song. There is always love for you.
Always Love
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. One of the best jams from the 80's. I miss those days.
Loving this July 1, 2019♥️♥️♥️💯💯
Love this family....So much talent
timeless..this song never fail to connect to my emotion. i want to fall in love all over again....
Still Jamming in 2023
I was only a little kid when this song came out but I remember LOVING this song! It gave me a good feeling inside. I guess that's what good music does. I am so grateful for Debarge and all their wonderful songs. Their music is like the song track to my childhood!
I was on the same show with El Debarge. Raising money for the homeless. He is really very tall. 6 feet or more. He told me Marvin Gaye was his favorite artist.
Very special group!! Miss these days...
my favorite r&b song of all time
If I could hear angels sings i'd imagine they'd sound like this. the chord chnage on this song is GENIUS. Thank you for the music DeBARGE
2021 still my jam!! go Debarges 🙂❤
El is still my favorite Artist😯✌
I second that queen. Prince Michael Jackson and debarge
OMG!!!! I remember high school dances and dancing with my girlfriend to this song and getting "wood" and not being able to stand up straight afterwards! hahahahahhahahahah! I loved the 80's!
Thanks youtube for the memories!
kids today have less soul and feeling music...nothing out there is original, inspirational, magical, special...it's so sad...I'm so happy to be a child of the 80s...
If you found this in 2021, Love is looking for you.❤❤❤❤❤
I got the “In A Special Way” record. It credited Bunny and El on lead vocals. I just love this song! I even sing along whenever I play the instrumental cover by saxophonist Kim Waters. Even I hit the falsettos whenever I sing this to the instrumental version!
El's performance on the BET Awards was amazing! His new song is just beautiful! It's about time a true artist comes back to claim his place in music! Today's stuff doesn't compare by any means!!!!! Thanks for the memories El! And the new album!
Damn fresh!
Classic song, be with me till I die!
i remember their songs starting from 1978's -1980's i go way back with their brothers when they was the group call Switch, what a feeling, it's so real, i wanna be closer, and then the Debarge their next generation, Love Yall Always, I be still listening to yall, still seems like yesterday,
Best LOVE SONG OF THE 80S!!!!!!!!
You can hear gospel in this song. They must have had gospel roots. Just substitute the word "God" in there for "my" and you have church music. Beautiful song regardless, beautifully done.
You're right!...they actually grew up singing in church. Pentecostal to be exact!
+Jon Rice ..+MichaelAngelo Taylor...Yes! I saw them on a tv show 20+ years ago. El Debarge stated that this song is about "God"! ...I was so shocked...I never forgot!
Some of the DeBarge family members recorded a gospel album back in the early 90's.
I believe all of DeBarge songs including Bobby's songs with Switch have a gospel undertone, except Chico. I am not familiar with his music.
@@getprettyfit1997 yeeeeahhhhh, I'm very familiar----Chico's songs mostly have another kind of undertone....lol
👍They had a great sound. It’s so sad to see how they all ended up. 😭 They have been through soooo much & have suffered sooooo much pain. May they be blessed all of the rest of their days.🙏💝
This is one of my slow jams when I was younger and even now! And the 27 years of my marriage to my husband speaks this song very loud and clear! And I had that song in my heart when I did not know what time it was going to be or when it was going to be and where all of the 27 years went! Only Time revealed it! I'm adding this one back to my Singing Repertoire! Smiles
Thanks for the videos ! Better times back then !
I love them so much 💖 May God bless and keep them all 🙏🥺
DAmn I havent heard it in a while and Im Crying!
Beautiful! Just Beautiful!
OMG! I love this song! I sing it all the on my MP3 player. :) Simply can't get enough of El DeBarge. I love this man to death!
Yasssss! Who was not trying to slow dance to this in the 7th grade with the finest girl/guy in the school... I know I was!! Holla Back for the mid 70's babies!
Great song, great voice... oh I I miss the 70's and 80's :(
I wanna scream but I cant. AHHHH!! omg. I love El...I love Debarge..This is my song...just like all the other ones. Im only 18 but idc. Ha Im blushing! This is wat I like to Call "Real Music"..."Great Music".... "ii know just how ya feeel.but this time loves for real...the special lovve is deeep inside of us.." Sing it El wit yo sexy self! lol..He's older but he still looks gud to me.
wow the only footage i had of this was on american banstand during x mas time this is a great gem to have thanks for posting this ..says uzipolo king of decatur
Thanks for the post...they are beautiful!!!!
I love 80's music. This song is lovely.
my favorite song!!!! best song they ever had
Man!! I wanted Bunny's hair!!!! 😂 And look at the sweetness of their faces!!! ❤
super fan debarge
pretty people. beautiful song.
I know this is lip synced but El is the best falsetto out there!
YhwhKhaiMostHigh Bobby was better than he was
He couldn't go as high as Bobby.
@@Selena-T629 It wasn't about the highs. I just love his voice!
@@YhwhKhaiMostHigh Bobby smoother and higher
I remembered this song but I couldnt remember the name!!! One day it played on the radio and I ran to get my phone and fumbled to Shazamm it!!! I Something about it is so comforting. I miss those days so much 🥲
Just got done watching their documentary from and on TV One. I have a newfound respect for their talent.
nice dance steps.
this is my most fave song of them
I play this since i know it exist.. a million times i doubt but i dont care.. just too beautiful!!!
That dude got on a budget Thriller jacket in white and black. These guys were not appreciated back then. They are awesome. Check out their unsung. My sister produced it for TV One