Many people give Mary J. Bilge credit for this song. I am truly an early Mary fan. However, NOBODY MENTIONED THE TRUE PIONEER OF THE ENERGY BEHIND CHARLIE WILSON'S VOICE. S. T. E. V. I. E. W.O.N.D.E.R. Influence is all over this track.
Charlie Wilson always told it though; he Luther Vandross; George Benson; Donnie Hathaway; and all became superstars - you are so right; in this song all "Stevie"
Melody and vocal goals. My uncle, Mr. Charlie Wilson's voice is everything. *AND* he sounds like the records he recorded 40+ years ago in 2020. That's a rare gift. We need *love* content in mainstream music.
I moreso appreciate Charlie Wilson singing Gospel Hymns 😇❤️🙌🏽✝️ like "His Eye Is On The Sparrow"; "Jesus! Something About That Name"; "He Touched Me"; "Shine On Me" and more
I see that I'm not alone, thinking Mary did this first. Took me 20 years after Mary did it to realize The Gap Band did it 20 years before Mary even got to Jr. High School. Lol. Uncle Charlie still blazing charts and selling out shows in 2021. GOD truly blessed him. 💯
"I'm in love...SWEET BABY!!" This is my favorite from them. Mary definitely did it justice, but GOODT GAWDT this is a classic! That breakdown at the end is EPIC!
you can hear gap band version in elevators! I think uncle charlie re-did this again. I heard it again and it sounds very updated and it is Charlie singing it.
I say to agreement also that's a comfortable tone of music and vocals from the elements of men and women (HUSBAND) and the (WIFE) follows with beats as saying these are your seeds U hear mines
You see what makes the old school R&B so good is that they used real instruments! They where real live bands that had there own style. I miss these days!
Do you hearing those horns. Trumpets, trombones, baritones, French horns, also sax. Maybe a tenor and baritone sax in their too. Absolutely beautiful! Just listen to it with good headphones.
The Gap Band was the first concert I ever went to. They 'dropped the bomb' on us that night, and after the gig I got to hang out with them at their hotel. They were the nicest guys you could ever meet, and Charlie Wilson - what an amazing voice. I sung 'Lonely Like Me' for my first audition ever, which got me on a world tour. The Gap Band are an integral part of the soundtrack of my life. I love them. Jussayin...
Love this song. Uncle Charlie sounds better now than he did back then. It's amazing how strong his voice has grown. I love love love me some Charlie Wilson.
I have fallen in love with song! I was listening to Charlie Wilson Radio and went it came on, it just touched me. Brings back so many beautiful memories.
WOW I'M SHOCKED I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS ONE B4, WE'LL THIS IS A GREAT SONG & I HAVE TO DO MY RESEARCH & FIND THE COPY OR JUST PLAY IT AGAIN UNTIL THEN I'M ABLE TO BUY ME A COPY. LOVE THIS ONE TOO.
I use to sing this song back in High School and it was epic: made me cry...lol and even now it sounds so authentic and powerful; just too much not to move the heart...wow; my big brother Charlie Wilson whoosh
I feel for any so-called C. Wilson lover if they've never listened to the self-titled GAP Band album. This is Uncle Charlie at his best. This song along with every track on this EP is bad. Sure, the other albums sold more and had more hits, but pound for pound, this album put 'The Wilson Bro's' talent on full display. The orchestrations and horn and vocal arrangements are fantastic. C. Wilson's voice has inspired artists like those of the New Jack, hip hop wave, and R. Kelly. Like Frankie Beverly of Maze, his man should go into the hall of fame twice as a solo artist and with the GAP Band. Thanks for posting!
Leon verses Noel I believe Charlie is from the Stevie Wonder tree.. I could definitely hear Stevie .. Charlie does remind of Stevie at some times especially on computer love
I was today years when I learned Mary was not originator of this song. 🤯 She definitely put her touch on this! Two great renditions tho. This song is just🔥🔥
Many people give Mary J. Bilge credit for this song. I am truly an early Mary fan. However, NOBODY MENTIONED THE TRUE PIONEER OF THE ENERGY BEHIND CHARLIE WILSON'S VOICE. S. T. E. V. I. E. W.O.N.D.E.R. Influence is all over this track.
Carla Linton. My Black Hip Hop Soul Sista Mary J Blige songed this song better than The Gap Band. Tony Jenkins.
Nope, The Gap Band always sung it better!
@@carlalinton1005 Mary ain't EVER sang a THANG better than Charlie 'n em! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@carlalinton1005 Mary ain't EVER sang a THANG better than Charlie 'n em! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Charlie Wilson always told it though; he Luther Vandross; George Benson; Donnie Hathaway; and all became superstars - you are so right; in this song all "Stevie"
Been listening Mary J s version for over 20 years . I thought I knew all The Gap Band songs,but just learning today 03/24 this is their song ❤👊🏾
Same here on 04/17!!
My husband sings this song to me. We love the Gap Band.
Im going to sing this to my future wife
Lucky woman!!
Them boys killed it..Mary did a great job too..i can appreciate both equally both are in my playlist
Mary did Gap Band justice for real. "Mary" album was amazing!!
Props to Gap Band and to great music standing the test of time.
Keith Sinclair True
Mary did that i didnt even know it was sampled but i still prefer the original
Amen!
I think this version is more soulful and i give the edge to this on but props to both versions. They both killed it
@@michaelkeahey8980 me too. Mary brought me here, but Uncle Charlie keeps me coming back!
Melody and vocal goals. My uncle, Mr. Charlie Wilson's voice is everything. *AND* he sounds like the records he recorded 40+ years ago in 2020. That's a rare gift. We need *love* content in mainstream music.
I moreso appreciate Charlie Wilson singing Gospel Hymns 😇❤️🙌🏽✝️ like "His Eye Is On The Sparrow"; "Jesus! Something About That Name"; "He Touched Me"; "Shine On Me" and more
You have a talented family! That first big "in my heart" kills me. GORGEOUS
I see that I'm not alone, thinking Mary did this first. Took me 20 years after Mary did it to realize The Gap Band did it 20 years before Mary even got to Jr. High School. Lol. Uncle Charlie still blazing charts and selling out shows in 2021. GOD truly blessed him. 💯
Same here!
@@LittleMissSunshine721 Song is STILL FIRE!!!
Facts..one of my favorite mjb songs just bumped into the original
Same here. Had no idea the GAP Band did it first
"I'm in love...SWEET BABY!!" This is my favorite from them. Mary definitely did it justice, but GOODT GAWDT this is a classic! That breakdown at the end is EPIC!
😍😍Yeees my "Sweet Face" put me on to this classic gem!!🖤💎🎶🙌
Man!!!!!! After all these years I thought this was Mary joint
Me too
This song should be playing on the radio more very good song
Lanell Mobley I agree! 💓
Too real for radio 👏🏽
you can hear gap band version in elevators! I think uncle charlie re-did this again. I heard it again and it sounds very updated and it is Charlie singing it.
Absolutely
Jay worthy, LNDN DRGS did they thang 🔥🔥🔥
joe super they always showing love and doing justice to these oldies
Would love to hear Uncle Charlie & Mary duet this one❤️❤️❤️🎶🎶❤️❤️❤️they both have great vocals.
That would be awesome.
Good god i would love it.
I do it at Partys D.J
I say to agreement also that's a comfortable tone of music and vocals from the elements of men and women (HUSBAND) and the (WIFE) follows with beats as saying these are your seeds U hear mines
I want to show you what happened after the woman agree
2019 I just found out Gap band did it before Mary
Dionne same
Me too 😩But Mary killed her version though! Props.
Dionne me as well. Both versions are nice though.👍🏿
Dionne had no damn idea wow...both are awesome
Check. I'm watching Questlove Supreme interview Brian Alexander Morgan, and this tidbit of info comes up. Be Well!!!
Charlie Wilson a bad boy, still making good music. This is one of my favorite songs ever
Pppppppppppppp
This keep you in bliss no lie
RIP Ronnie Wilson. Truly the backbone of The Gap Band. You will be missed brother
R.I.P.
Agreed. He wrote many of the early killer ballads. RIP Ronnie
Love this song and love all my fellow Mary J fans💯💯👍👍
jay2luv one here to love me some MJB
You see what makes the old school R&B so good is that they used real instruments! They where real live bands that had there own style. I miss these days!
Do you hearing those horns. Trumpets, trombones, baritones, French horns, also sax. Maybe a tenor and baritone sax in their too. Absolutely beautiful! Just listen to it with good headphones.
Jay Worthy, LNDNDRGS, thanks
The Gap Band was the first concert I ever went to. They 'dropped the bomb' on us that night, and after the gig I got to hang out with them at their hotel. They were the nicest guys you could ever meet, and Charlie Wilson - what an amazing voice.
I sung 'Lonely Like Me' for my first audition ever, which got me on a world tour.
The Gap Band are an integral part of the soundtrack of my life. I love them.
Jussayin...
Love this song. Uncle Charlie sounds better now than he did back then. It's amazing how strong his voice has grown. I love love love me some Charlie Wilson.
I was today years old finding out this is Thw Gap bands original song and not Mary. I love both versions
This album was the beginning of something great!!!
I never knew Mary J remade this my 1st time hearing the original it's good but hearing Mary J just really blows me away a classic for both
Both are classics
I just found out yesterday (12/24/22) that Mary wasn't the original. Wow! I love this version as well. So beautiful. 🥰
The original 🔥
I have fallen in love with song! I was listening to Charlie Wilson Radio and went it came on, it just touched me. Brings back so many beautiful memories.
I’m so glad the gap band made this song! However Mary’s version was absolutely great!!
Even though Mary did a great job at redoing this song it just can't trump how the greatness of the Gap band's version.
Black music...nuff said.
100 percent black music you can ride too
I call it legendary music!!!
PERIODT 🔥 The CULTURE. SOUL!
Facts
Just discovered this song by the Gap Band. Stuck on replay!! Love it!
I absolutely love this song.
love Mary but not even close team gap band for life
Mary did her thang on this one
Im a HUGE Gap Band fan but Mary sounds better
@@chiquitawhatley9916 haaaa nope☠️☠️☠️💀💀💀💀💀😁😁😁🤣
Marcus Boykin I think Mary did a better job to... yeah we know Charlie is a better singer but I think she displayed better emotions on it
Anybody that chooses Mary the thief over Charlie is crazy
One of my favourite soul songs, it's intense with passion and feel.
Culture is the software that the hardware of society runs off of. Black People make the BEST software.
One of the most beautiful songs ever
May God always protect you and keep you
That's a 26yr old Unc Charlie!! Wow!!
I love this song 😍❤
Yes!!!..AWESOME!!,, Just as sweet now as it was then.. Music that transcend time!
OMG...this is one of my favorite songs of all time...😭❤️❤️❤️
both version are heartfelt❤❤
Mary j Blige tore this song too in 1999
wikipedia brought me here...had no idea this was the original version!
Darius Lovsoul Yes, she did!
I love Mary's remake in 1999....the original is okay....thanks Gap Band for originating this classic...always respect regardless!!!
Mary's version is the best hands down
yes she did!!!!!!!
One of the few originals and remakes that can mirror each other w/o forcing a lopsided easy choice. Interchangeable.
Charlie Wilson 🕊️🙏😭
I love this original and Mary j tore this song up. Two great artists😍
WOW I'M SHOCKED I'VE NEVER HEARD THIS ONE B4,
WE'LL THIS IS A GREAT SONG & I
HAVE TO DO MY RESEARCH &
FIND THE COPY OR JUST PLAY
IT AGAIN UNTIL THEN I'M ABLE
TO BUY ME A COPY. LOVE THIS
ONE TOO.
Me either
This is SOOOO well arranged, it's cinematic in how it sounds. Every time I hear it...I see it.
I use to sing this song back in High School and it was epic: made me cry...lol and even now it sounds so authentic and powerful; just too much not to move the heart...wow; my big brother Charlie Wilson whoosh
Favorite by them smh so mellow and beautiful, mary did a great job too covering it
4:50 come on somebody
Just beautiful.
Nice original version.... Mary j did a good job though...
+UBZUKKI which album is hers?
+DJ PC Baby nevermind I see thanks!
+DJ PC Baby its on the 4th album "mary" (1999) track #5
Yea but The Gap Band is way better hands down 👌🏿
This song is so good by Charlie that even mentioning her name as an insult
Wow I knew I heard this song way before Mary j Blige who did an awesome job on it as well but I love The Gap thank you 😊👏
2021 just found this jewel. Had no idea they did it first
In love wit u loving u omg loving u..Uncle Charlie
I WANT MY LOVE BAC😭😭😭😭😭
Aww it'll be okay ❤️
I'm revisiting this classic thanks to LNDN DRGS...
An absolute SMASH still
I didn't know this was the original song ! Omg
mary j did a great job but so love the original ❤🎵
I've been looking for this song for over 30 years. I decided to try UA-cam. Thank you so much for posting!
I'm in love with this song......
2021 & I had NO IDEA this was a Gap Band original!!!!! WOW......
Good musical upbringing got me here, Lndn Drgs brought me back.
Only knew of Mary's version and I LOVE IT and Always will! Now THIS ❤
GREAT LOVE SONG !!!
This song flames my heart
I feel for any so-called C. Wilson lover if they've never listened to the self-titled GAP Band album. This is Uncle Charlie at his best. This song along with every track on this EP is bad. Sure, the other albums sold more and had more hits, but pound for pound, this album put 'The Wilson Bro's' talent on full display. The orchestrations and horn and vocal arrangements are fantastic. C. Wilson's voice has inspired artists like those of the New Jack, hip hop wave, and R. Kelly. Like Frankie Beverly of Maze, his man should go into the hall of fame twice as a solo artist and with the GAP Band. Thanks for posting!
ALL BETS OFF !! On this one STRAIGHT STEPPERS NO PREPAID!!
This was a house jam. My mom loved the Gap Band.
LNDN DRGS led me here
All these I thought Mary had an original. Lol... She did an amazing job!!
TOWN BIDNESS
Nice steppin/ballroom cut.
Did not realize until recently that this is the original after hearing MJBs cover. Great song and I love both versions.😎🔥💜
This would be a nice song to step to
If you ever wondered what a daydream put to music sounds like, here you go! Peace!
Never knew they made this first
You favor and remind me of my niece she's my sweet pea
Would love to hear a stevie wonder version or an angie stone version or a Luke James version mmmh all 3 vocal gymnastics
Leon verses Noel I believe Charlie is from the Stevie Wonder tree.. I could definitely hear Stevie .. Charlie does remind of Stevie at some times especially on computer love
@@flatbush46 All I hear is Stevie lol
I hear stevie
Yes, Stevie does come to mind.❤
@@flatbush46 thought it was just me 😭
from right here in Tulsa Oklahoma
Wow...I didn't know this was the Gap Band!!! Only heard MJB version!!! 🔥🔥🔥
love with you... love with you
Stone cold jam
Just found out Mary J remade this gem.. august 2020 baybee 🔥🔥🔥💕💕💕👑👑👑
I'm reading the comments. Mary J. killed this joint on the Mary album. Stop It!!! Be Well!!!
all this time, I thought Mary did it first.
OMG ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!
i love both
Jeremy Lewis the truth has never sounded this good has it?!
Jeremy Lewis...she did the song very well tho!
Jeremy Lewis .....Yes she did!!!
Jeremy Lewis same. Never knew it was a remake. I LOVE Mary's version
I was today years when I learned Mary was not originator of this song. 🤯 She definitely put her touch on this! Two great renditions tho. This song is just🔥🔥
Classic God bless
I'll take both versions.
I love you
Love this song
still in 2020 and beyond....8/10/20
Fantastich
They were some cool mother truckers!
Beautiful
I'm in love. With this song.
Never knew!!!! Wow!!!!
They had some good slo jams and they still sound good
everything I feel
yess