Wow congratulations so beautiful, hope you enjoy many more anniversary’s. Wish you good health, love, stability & very happy life🙏love to you & Mrs Jones😅🥰
My Mom told me I used to walk around our house singing this song when I was in elementary school. You are correct- it never gets old and I love it even more now😊😊😊
I was a ' Mrs Jones ' in '74' my 'Mr Jones' & I were married for 43 yrs & would have been together for 50 years this yr. He passed away last October. I will love you always & forever my 'Mr Jones ' ♥️ xx
I’m a 17 year old teenage boy, listens to rap, pop all that stuff. But my grandma introduced me to this type of music. She listens to it every morning. Got good memories of waking up in the morning while she was cooking breakfast for me, hearing these type of songs from my bedroom and while eating breakfast. So sad they don’t make music like this anymore these days! But really thankful though that I’m one of the lucky ones from my generation that gets to enjoy this type of music, just because of my dear grandma ❤️
@@samanthalawson9053 hate to break it you youngsters but, the "music" of your generation is trendy mtv Garbage.. Don't Be A Sheep, Seek Out The Old School. Check Out DUMPSTAPHUNK.
Present🎉. 80's baby & enjoying every minute of it. I have always been an old soul and some believe that I am a reincarnation that went wrong in the big offices😂😂😂
Eulnglidis curbani Pois Eu ofereço essa linda música para Chan eu Woo remanescente Coreia Pois é uma música clássica com um ótimo conteúdo uma ótima qualidade e expressada pelo um ótimo cantor Está e para ouvir e dança e a dois Deus faz maravilhas entre as obras As quais o homem faz principalmente música É a única coisa lindas a qual Deus faz a vida e a música Pois a música não há guerra E a vida ao nascer é aquela que ainda aprende a caminhar Pois a música aquela que a gente aprende a ouvir
I was 16 when this came out. I’m 67 now… It was all, like all over the radio. Such a great song has aged perfectly. Keep this music alive as current styles come and go. Songs like this one will last forever.
I used to sing along in the car. My dad got fighting mad, asked me if I knew they were committing adultery. Of course, being a teenager, I didn't get it 😁🥺
Me and you are in the same classroom my brother. I was 12 years old when this song made its debut. I loved it then and I love it now at the ripe ole age of 62. God be the glory. 11/5/2021
...you ain't lyin' bigroy38...this was the coolest, grooviest, hippest song on the radio back in 72. I was a thirteen year old novice, but i still remember this song stirring up hormones I didn't know i had......thanks again for the memories.
I'm 63 years old and I was in 8th grade when this masterpiece was released. I'm so thankful that I was born at a time when songs were amazing, were meaningful, told a story and touched the depths of a person's heart and soul ♥️
my grandfather was Walter Jones and my grandmother was Patricia Jones and they got married at 18 and 19. my gran told us how my grandpa used to make the dj play this song when they went to the dance just so he could slow dance with her..... they were married for 36 years before he passed on and to me they were the best example of unconditional love. RIP MA and DADDA🙏❤️
That's beautiful... 💞 My parents were not "Jones", but they were married for sixty two years before they passed away ten months apart from each other... My heroes... I understand your feeling... 🌻💞
Why does everyone remember classic rock, but this whole genre of music seems to be forgotten? This is more "classic" than any style of rock. Bring back soul music!!! Who's here in 2024?
New funk and soul are out there. You just didn't grow up with the new names. Cory Wong; Vulfpeck; and others. The vocals are not always there and will NEVER be this smooth. I met someone 40 years my junior and she was a funk fan too. She is turning me on to a variety of new stuff. Some of it is powerful and some of it is ~Meh~. Just like all of the genres. Seek the funk and ye shall find it.
they are children of the same grandfathers/mothers imo. This music deserves much adoration but most are too busy listening to even say it. This music is wonderful to me and so is rock simply cos they are unwitheld emotions. They both handle it so differently but thats why I love both so much.
Classic rock is white while Motown is black. Remember, these were the sixties when the southern states still had systemic segregation because of a deep hatred towards everybody who's non-white. Nowadays racism seems to be on the increase again with the blessing of a certain ex-president.
This was produced in a time when you needed talent to: in the vocals... the musicians.... the lyrics.... the arraignment..... the producer..... today.... nothing..... gimmick music...
That is sad but beautiful. This song is indescribable - too smooth for description! I was 10 when it played on the radio during it's long reign as number 1 week after week after week!! I remember that!
Absolute class. There is nobody singing like this in 2024. We have no male vocalists at this level and we haven’t for decades. A true artist is unique in his time and the time after. Incredible. I salute this man.
Loss is painful but our memories don’t have to be, the good thing about music conjures memories from all of our senses. You will access the deepest memories quickly his voice and touch and scent so quickly just hit play. ❤
My mother used to love this song, she past away early in 2020. I love to listen to this song and remember her vibing to it. I love you ma 💚 Edit: You guys are THE BEST. Thank everybody for being so lovely and thoughtful!!
Hi Allure, you stay strong and remember, our parents never stop looking out for us, even in the spirit world. I lost both Dad & Mom but mindful to keep them in prayer and ask God to honor their prayers for me and family. Stay Strong and Safe.
@@heentlasaa9974 This is probably the sweeetest comment I've receive on UA-cam. Thank you so much, I'm so sorry for your parents and you are 100% right. Stay Strong and Safe too, bro. Much love!
I was about 8 yrs old riding a bus from Bangor or Lawrence Michigan to our work camp after summer school and heard this song on the bus. Our drivers name was Mr. Jones. Nice guy (black) and all of us Hispanic kids. Gosh I miss my childhood. Great times. More like an adventure instead of work. Mr. Jones was/is a good man. We all really liked him. I’m now 60 and wonder what ever happened to him. Probably passed on. RIP Mr. Jones. We never told you but you were a great and respected man. Great memories. I think of him every time I hear this song.
@@andyeulu828 this isn’t jazz though this is R&B Soul and technically he’s saying due to all the equipment and digital beats being produced and voices being alter in todays music could never compare to this which was recorded live in the studio with each instrument being played by the band and him singing in Unison as a group it shows the talent that it took to put this whole masterpiece together back in the day and honestly I agree it doesn’t compare this music is so much better than todays r&b. Todays r&b is good but this is great
@@picassopyllz8266 You act like live instruments on a recording are a thing of the past lol. There are plenty of artists that do live vocals and instruments that are just as good. Is it as prevalent? No. But there is still great arrangements out there. You just have to actively look.
Met Billy Paul briefly late one night when he pulled in to a gas station where I was working. He was on His way to San Francisco from LA on I-5. Got out of His car and we talked while I pumped His gas. A true gentleman, soft- spoken and treated me like a friend.
So very true the stuff they call music now has know feeling just curse words and half the time you can't understand what their saying, I like tunes like Barry white,Marvin gay and the rascals and more
I think some people miss the true meaning of this song. It's not about just having an affair..it's about the vunerability in all of us . Each and every one of us could at some time on our lives have fallen from grace. The tragedy of those events is beautifully displayed here. A love hopeful yet hopelessly on a path that will no doubt end in emotional devistation...the beauty of being a weak human...not often someone can put those feelings in a song and make us feel it.
This song has been my soudtrack in an affair that last four years with a married woman ten years older than me. It went just as you described. You don t know what love is untill you live a love that high. It has been my last story. It was 2002.
I’m 60 years old and I love this song! It was my mom’s favorite. When it first came out she played it like 10 times a day. She grab me and we’d dance. These are precious memories now every time I hear this song I’m transported back in time and I get to dance with my mom again ❤❤
She grabbed you to dance! - No child should have to suffer that but I suppose this occurred when child services were very rudimentary. However, it's never too late to seek redress - play the song, grab her out of her bed & waltz her around her bedroom. You'll be done for elder abuse but what goes around comes around.
In 1995 I met Billy Paul in the Wembley Hilton, spent a couple of hours with him at the bar drinking Guinness, a musical ledgeond and an absolute gentleman. Have the framed photograph on my wall to this day .Happy memory. RIP Billy
This is a fantastic song. The story of a man having a secret rendezvous with his lover. Billy Paul certainly puts his heart and soul into this song. It is funny how when I hear certain songs, they transport me back to a certain era. I know this song was released in 1973, but it actually makes me think of so much more from that time. A great song, that is a brilliant classic from that jukebox era.
I danced to this song with my friend Johnny Jones in Bay City Michigan at school we were from Dawson School we went to school together since kindergarten I thought I was Mrs Jones when I was dancing with him
Oh my Jesus, where did my youth go? 59 yo and still listening and missing that wonderful time while listening to these classics of gold. I want to go back, dang, if we could only turn time back at least for a bit, just a bit.
My mother just passed away march 3, 2022, and she wants us to have a party in the park and play this song! I love you mom and I'm missing you so bad!!!!! R.I.P. my beautiful sweet mom
Hey sis keep your head up an know mom is right there with you wherever you are in I pray for your strength in the lord an just keep thinking about the good times you guys had and that will bring a big smile on your face God bless you and your family and have a happy holiday your mom want you and your family keep going forward 🙏 I lost my mom when I was 3 years old so I have to keep going forward to it's hard sometimes but God will see me thru 🙏
Before my husband passed away we adopted 3of our grandkids... we would be riding in the SUV when this came on all of us would be singing at the topof our lungs...now every time we are together we play this song and sing it loudly so my husband can hear it in heaven.
I don't think i'm the I'm the only one enjoying this song in 2025 . leaving this comment here so after a week, a month or a year when someone likes it. It will remind me how beautiful this song is.
When I was a kid, my mom loved this song and listen to it all the time. Now 59, I understand why she loved it so, it was her life. The family never knew. RIP mom!
I got to play trombone with Billie's band in Camden, my hometown (1981). It was one of the most unforgettable experiences of my life; to hear his range performing ME AND MRS JONES!
@ALTON CLARK JR. Man, don't take this wrong, but I wish I could take that experience you had and make it my own!! Awesome...that's a beautiful gem to have in the vault, man.
I was one of his Bassist and Friends. Also Bassist for Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, The Delphonics and Ms. Sharon Paige. All from Philadelphia International Records!! TSOP 4EVER!!
@@redlightspellsdanger7177 I met Teddy P when I bartended at the Westwood Marquis in Westwood UCLA area in LA. Nice man, he was paralyzed from the wreck at that time. This was the mid-90s -I had always listened to Teddy P even though I was a farm boy from Iowa and told him that - I listened to him back in the 70s so it was great to meet him.
This man’s voice was so smooth and soulful to hear. This was such a beautiful ballad. The arrangement, the strings, laid back sax, the background vocals and of course Billy’s soulful vocals make this a milestone in soul music.
Damn Damn Damn this is real music!!!! Listen too all the instruments and the lyrics, thank you Daddy for introducing us kids to classics like this. I still get goosebumps at 53 as I remember my dad singing this song to my mom and watching them role play as If she was Mrs Jones☺️
An anthem of my time. I was 16 when this dropped. Instant classic. Those strings and horns. Baker, Harris and Young holding down the rhythm. Bobby Martin arranged most of the early Gamble and Huff productions but Thom Bell was my favourite. Soon after the orchestra got a name and first album: MFSB. Time passes to quickly. Bell and Martin are now gone and my heart bleeds. But we have the music, the gift that keeps giving. Love to all.
I was eleven when I first heard it. Before I went to bed one night I had been tinkering with a digital alarm clock, not realizing I had turned the alarm on. It woke me up about two thirty in the morning with this song playing. Have never forgotten it.
listening to this as i drove in the rain to work in 1977...that sax! Such a melody, still listening after all these years....anyone else in 2021?..😎❤️❤️❤️ And now in 2025?
My wife of 23years unfortunately had the last name of Jones from her 1st marriage which was a TOTAL DISASTER ! Billy Paul describes BEFORE we were married how we used to MOVE. It's 1 of our WEDDING SONGS to the WORD.
I also work in the medical field as a CNA at an assisted living center and yes our elders love their oldies and it's a wonderful thing to watch music fill the soul
This song was like nectar over the airwaves. Everyone that heard it had to stop and contemplate the predicament of these two mythological lovers. Spellbinding.
Soooo many young people with the freedom to express themselves created more magic than ever before. . . . or probably ever will again . Those who were there and understand when , where and how will fade away . You can cover the music , adapt it to the times , but creating it is another thing entirely . Good luck to the future generations , I wish for you what I've had .
Billy Paul. - Me and Mrs. Jones. This is such a heartfelt song. He sings this song with such a passionate voice. I’ve always enjoyed listening to this delightful song from a long time ago. I hope she doesn’t let him down with all that emotion going on.!!!! Well Done 👍 Billy.
Spot on Valerie .the song is so simple,,,,the saxophone ,the piano and that voice full of passion,and sincerity and truth .classic of classics .first heard it at 18,30 years ago .ok it's about an affair but sung with so much passion
First heard this song in 1981 as a 12 year old going on a school trip. The bus driver was taken to another world as he belted out the song. 🗣🗣I fell in love with the song ever since. 🎵🎷 Meeeeee and Mrs, Mrs. Jones🎷🎵 It's so pure, beautiful and relatable. Evoke the same emotion all the time. Timeless. RIP Billy Paul. 💖❤❤
This music is timeless. Much more meaningful than today's music. I grew up on this . This is back when people really knew how to sing...no attitude..no hatred..no disrespect...you are right.... Just plain beautiful!
Exactly! This came out when I was in first grade... and my teacher was Mrs. Jones! I later roller skated to this, along with Norman Conners, George Benson, Lou Rawls. You know the deal. People knew how to express their feelings back then :)
Me n Mrs. Jones was the bomb when I was about 16, I'm 63 now. Just chilling listening to Billy Paul. Nobody can sing it like he did. Dramatics can't touch that... M.M.
Just lost my dad Saturday night this was my favorite song when I was little and my dad played it for me. Dad I love you and miss you so much 💗 💛 💓 ❤️. There's a big void in my heart 😢😢
Rest in Peace, Billy Paul. With it's jazzy feel, strong brass section and brilliant lead vocals "Me and Mrs. Jones" remains, for me at least, one of life's greatest pleasures.
+Tony From Coney I agree with you. Billy Paul's tone, pitch and vocal phrasing are perfectly pleasurable. The songwriting and production highlight the best of "The Philly Sound."
What can be said about this song? Simply put, it's one of the greatest songs of all time. It cannot be improved upon because it's perfect in every, single, way. In one word: "Classic." I think I'm gonna play it again. Yep, again. 👴👍
Me and Mrs. Jones We got a thing goin' on We both know that it's wrong But it's much too strong To let it go now We meet every day at the same café Six-thirty and no one knows she'll be there Holding hands, making all kinds of plans While the jukebox plays our favorite songs Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones We got a thing goin' on We both know that it's wrong But it's much too strong To let it go now We gotta be extra careful That we don't build our hopes up too high 'Cause she's got her own obligations And so, and so do I Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones We got a thing goin' on We both know that it's wrong But it's much too strong To let it go now Well, it's time for us to be leaving It hurts so much, it hurts so much inside Now she'll go her way and I'll go mine Tomorrow we'll meet The same place, the same time Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones We got a thing goin' on (thing) We gotta be extra careful (goin' on) We can't afford to build our hopes up too high I wanna meet (thing) and talk with you At the same place (goin' on), the same café, the same time And we gonna hold hands like we used to We gonna talk it over, talk it over (Thing) we know, they know (goin' on), and you know And I know that it was wrong But our thing is strong, we gotta let 'em know now That we got a thing going on, a thing going on
Me and my Mrs. Jones are having our 35th wedding anniversary tomorrow! The flame is still alive:)
Good for you!😊
Did you leave your wife or she left her husband first??
@@deviantmoore9744 of course...
Me and my Mrs Jones are just over 5 years married
Wow congratulations so beautiful, hope you enjoy many more anniversary’s. Wish you good health, love, stability & very happy life🙏love to you & Mrs Jones😅🥰
I am 75 and I never get tired of listening of Billy Paul singing this song .
Yep
My Mom told me I used to walk around our house singing this song when I was in elementary school. You are correct- it never gets old and I love it even more now😊😊😊
👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏Yo tengo 73💪💪💪💪💪💪❤️🤗
29, it’s his voice fr
Be sure to ask them to play it next year at your funeral
I was a ' Mrs Jones ' in '74' my 'Mr Jones' & I were married for 43 yrs & would have been together for 50 years this yr. He passed away last October. I will love you always & forever my 'Mr Jones ' ♥️ xx
Did Mr Jones ever figure it out?
@@mrbing70LMBO 😂😂😂
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I had the samedi history..non he is dead after 30 years married..à gréât love ...😢😢😢😢 i am 70...
I am, here in Australia, and have done since it's release. At 70 yo I still love it's smooth, smoky sound... It's May 7 2024...
77" and still enjoy" june 15th 24,
PRAISE THE LORD!
This was pure Philadelphia soul from the early 70's
This is the sweetest sounding adultery I’ve ever heard he made it sound like it might be worth the alimony
well played
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Haha..
Hahaha right
I’m a 17 year old teenage boy, listens to rap, pop all that stuff. But my grandma introduced me to this type of music. She listens to it every morning. Got good memories of waking up in the morning while she was cooking breakfast for me, hearing these type of songs from my bedroom and while eating breakfast. So sad they don’t make music like this anymore these days! But really thankful though that I’m one of the lucky ones from my generation that gets to enjoy this type of music, just because of my dear grandma ❤️
Welcome, we need younger to carry on.☮️&💜&🎶
Me too iam also 17 and I love this song always have realy to be honest
What a sweet post! You are a good grandson!
That's Beautiful, thanks for sharing. Treasure those memories
@@samanthalawson9053 hate to break it you youngsters but, the "music" of your generation is trendy mtv Garbage.. Don't Be A Sheep, Seek Out The Old School. Check Out DUMPSTAPHUNK.
To all the real fans who’s listening in November 2024🫀‼️
I'm with you.
I'm here
Me too!
❤❤ A great sucess forever.
Present🎉. 80's baby & enjoying every minute of it. I have always been an old soul and some believe that I am a reincarnation that went wrong in the big offices😂😂😂
Thank you Billy Paul you made my mama happy when she sang your song o my mama please 🙏 ❤️ 💕 get well soon 😊 😘 ❤️
Eulnglidis curbani
Pois Eu ofereço essa linda música para Chan eu Woo remanescente Coreia Pois é uma música clássica com um ótimo conteúdo uma ótima qualidade e expressada pelo um ótimo cantor
Está e para ouvir e dança e a dois
Deus faz maravilhas entre as obras
As quais o homem faz principalmente música
É a única coisa lindas a qual Deus faz a vida e a música
Pois a música não há guerra
E a vida ao nascer é aquela que ainda aprende a caminhar
Pois a música aquela que a gente aprende a ouvir
It made me happy too ,l think l was15 then ,lm 66 now ,and lm still jamming 😂😂😂❤❤❤
Nada
My dad's record collection. I miss you dad. We never could see eye-to-eye except our appreciation of some damn fine music. Here's to you pops.
I feel the exact same way
Salute to your Pops 💪🏿✌🏿🥃
I live for this moment, hope one day my kids will say thank you for the good music
I feel u mayne!
It brings back Special Memories for me from many years ago.
Nobody could ever sing this song like Billy Paul... His song...
I could be wrong guy but did teddy pendergrass have a go ??
Daryl Hall actually does OK - but I've always loved Daryl so I might be biased ;)
@@cooldebt You are absolutely right sir
I could
Amy Winehouse
I was 16 when this came out. I’m 67 now… It was all, like all over the radio. Such a great song has aged perfectly. Keep this music alive as current styles come and go. Songs like this one will last forever.
Genauso 🎉
Willkommen im Club 😅 ❤ super Schmusesong
Favorit Song
I used to sing along in the car. My dad got fighting mad, asked me if I knew they were committing adultery. Of course, being a teenager, I didn't get it 😁🥺
70 here and I agree.
Beyond compare. A masterpiece. I was 20 when this came out in LA. I'm 70 now. The emotions have not changed on little bit.
That is so true.
Do the damn thang OG!!!!!
Hear hear brother still feel it. Remember it like it was yesterday, Oct. 2021.
Keep it pimpin og ❤️
Me and you are in the same classroom my brother. I was 12 years old when this song made its debut. I loved it then and I love it now at the ripe ole age of 62. God be the glory. 11/5/2021
I'm 81....can't forget his voice, his love for singing and delight us.
I'm 88 and remember it well. A very happy time in my life after a brutal divorce.
Congratulations for your 81's!
👸🏽 73, this song was made right on time . God is awesome. . Real music !!! ❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉 12/27/2024. 👸🏽 live this live.
Billy was one of the smoothest cats that ever lived.
...you ain't lyin' bigroy38...this was the coolest, grooviest, hippest song on the radio back in 72. I was a thirteen year old novice, but i still remember this song stirring up hormones I didn't know i had......thanks again for the memories.
Goat
Billy in hindi means cat. 👀
@@sarithajagajith6568 oh
This song stirs the soul
I've listened to Billy Paul since 1972, and will keep listening to this jam for another fifty years! 👍🏿
Longer! Mastepiece of Love!
I am 73, and I listened to this song when I was in the Army, 50 years ago.crying now. Thank you😅
Thank you for your service Sir 🇺🇸♥️
91B20 medic. US not RA.
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I'm 63 years old and I was in 8th grade when this masterpiece was released. I'm so thankful that I was born at a time when songs were amazing, were meaningful, told a story and touched the depths of a person's heart and soul ♥️
Taught me how to dance
Music now can do it way better. You just don’t know the songs Weston
Me 75 years old
Eu também tenho 63 anos e curti essa música com 13 anos, marcou profundamente aquela época nas minhas lembranças. Sou grata
I'm 62 and was in 7th grade when this came out. Grew up listening to great music of the 70s.
Can you listen to the same song one million times ?.....I did.
One of my all time favorites..nobody else can sing this song as good as he can
Me too
@@billyfishfish7537 It will take you 8,64 years of non-stop listening.
Me too. Over and over.
Yeahhhh
Here! 64 and loving this old soul music on a rainy Saturday morning ❤
❤ich liebe es .
I’m sorry, I love it
my grandfather was Walter Jones and my grandmother was Patricia Jones and they got married at 18 and 19. my gran told us how my grandpa used to make the dj play this song when they went to the dance just so he could slow dance with her..... they were married for 36 years before he passed on and to me they were the best example of unconditional love. RIP MA and DADDA🙏❤️
And the love has filtrated from them to you best feeling ever
God Loves You Bro 💖💖❤️❤️🏴🏴🇬🇧🇬🇧🙏🙏
That's so nice.
Walter Damons thats just precious bro 🙏🏼
That's beautiful... 💞
My parents were not "Jones", but they were married for sixty two years before they passed away ten months apart from each other... My heroes...
I understand your feeling... 🌻💞
I'm 19 and this song just blew my mind. Good music really is timeless
great analysis!
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Perfectly said!!!!
God same situation here, turned 19 on April 18th haha
53,still blows me away xx
Why does everyone remember classic rock, but this whole genre of music seems to be forgotten? This is more "classic" than any style of rock. Bring back soul music!!! Who's here in 2024?
New funk and soul are out there. You just didn't grow up with the new names. Cory Wong; Vulfpeck; and others. The vocals are not always there and will NEVER be this smooth. I met someone 40 years my junior and she was a funk fan too. She is turning me on to a variety of new stuff. Some of it is powerful and some of it is ~Meh~. Just like all of the genres.
Seek the funk and ye shall find it.
they are children of the same grandfathers/mothers imo. This music deserves much adoration but most are too busy listening to even say it. This music is wonderful to me and so is rock simply cos they are unwitheld emotions. They both handle it so differently but thats why I love both so much.
Because the industry capitalised on promoting the violence in the black community through hip hop
Classic rock is white while Motown is black.
Remember, these were the sixties when the southern states still had systemic segregation because of a deep hatred towards everybody who's non-white.
Nowadays racism seems to be on the increase again with the blessing of a certain ex-president.
Music out today is very forgettable, songs like this are timeless and UNFORGETTABLE
I'm 62 this is timeless real music 😊
He used to come to Brazil! A wonderfull artist! I love his job. I'm 59!
31 yr old here and I repeatedly put this track on
My late wife loved this song just passed I hear this song and it brings back beautiful memories of her. Missing her dearly
She’s always with you god bless x
I'm sorry for your loss... beautiful sweet memories 💖
Take out one of her old dresses and spray her favorite perfume on it and dance with it my man you deserve it.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Beautiful memories. I wish you more beautiful memories. :-)
My condolences to you and your/her loved ones. Glad this brought back good memories.
The vocals are great, but also the orchestral arrangement; whoever did that was genius.
I am agree with you, the vocals are so magnificent
a masterpiece
Please research and listen to The Dramatics they would are the originals singers of that song.
This was produced in a time when you needed talent to: in the vocals... the musicians.... the lyrics.... the arraignment..... the producer..... today.... nothing..... gimmick music...
This version was recorded in 1972. The Dramatics recorded it in 1975. This is the original version!
thinking the same every time I listen to this song.
Number #1 song on November 4, 1972.A true master piece.
I got that 45 for Christmas never thought I was a favorite
Listening right now 😊 1:52
Still gives me goosebumps after all these years
Quién está escuchando ésto el16 de noviembre del 2024
One of the BEST songs ever heard from 70s.
We were so wasted in the 70s for brilliant music
Yes
One of the best songs of all time
Depois do Al Gren muito linda!!
The last song me and my dad ever danced too , sometimes I just replay it until I'm asleep rest easy dad 💙 iloveyou . Rest easy Billy Paul 💙
Caddy babyy so pretty 🙃♥️
That is sad but beautiful. This song is indescribable - too smooth for description! I was 10 when it played on the radio during it's long reign as number 1 week after week after week!! I remember that!
My condolences
Que "Canção"!! Me faz um bem Danado!!!
Thats deep
Absolute class. There is nobody singing like this in 2024. We have no male vocalists at this level and we haven’t for decades. A true artist is unique in his time and the time after. Incredible. I salute this man.
"got a thiiing going ooonnn..." is there anything smoother than that sequence of notes? pure soul. love it
Your profile picture tho 👌👌👌
Beautiful
Well not so pure 😉
IMPOSSIBRU
Your name with that comment is priceless! LOL
The orchestration and the vocals are mesmerizing.
Since the early 70's it is thus. Nothing modern touches your soul like this music.
This song has touched my soul since 1972
orch izz same ass eugene carter......london Phyll orch..............................
Yes....beautiful song..
Yes...agreed!
This was one of my husband's favorite songs. Now that he's passed, I listen and smile ❤
Are you Mrs. Jones?
Sorry for your loss xo
Sorry for your loss. God bless
Big hug 💖
Beautiful.
This was my grandfather's favorite song. He passed away in August 1998. Rip papa 😢
Good memory!
I was born that year and month rip pops
He had good taste!!!
He had a good one!
Loss is painful but our memories don’t have to be, the good thing about music conjures memories from all of our senses. You will access the deepest memories quickly his voice and touch and scent so quickly just hit play. ❤
I wonder how many people hear the strings, because they’re such a delicate, beautiful contribution
😍😍 background vocals and bass ✨✨✨
How can one not float on the strings in this classic? 'Got a string goin on.'
🎀❤💍💄💄😍😷👅🥋
💄💍💙🎀❤💖💍
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My mother used to love this song, she past away early in 2020. I love to listen to this song and remember her vibing to it. I love you ma 💚
Edit: You guys are THE BEST. Thank everybody for being so lovely and thoughtful!!
Hi Allure, you stay strong and remember, our parents never stop looking out for us, even in the spirit world. I lost both Dad & Mom but mindful to keep them in prayer and ask God to honor their prayers for me and family. Stay Strong and Safe.
@@heentlasaa9974 This is probably the sweeetest comment I've receive on UA-cam. Thank you so much, I'm so sorry for your parents and you are 100% right. Stay Strong and Safe too, bro. Much love!
Please take heart Allure I pray for all you all who have lost their loved ones
Sorry to here this, moms are great, Boss Scaggs, My mom Had To Tell me He Came out in the 50t, I'M 62 now, Back in the 70'S is when she told me. Wm.
god bless her
Just discovered this song for the first time. been on repeat all day...
One of my favs 😍
Good song to sample chords and strings
How can you not love this?
Fresh!!!!! Enjoy!!!!
Enjoy brother.
I was about 8 yrs old riding a bus from Bangor or Lawrence Michigan to our work camp after summer school and heard this song on the bus. Our drivers name was Mr. Jones. Nice guy (black) and all of us Hispanic kids. Gosh I miss my childhood. Great times. More like an adventure instead of work. Mr. Jones was/is a good man. We all really liked him. I’m now 60 and wonder what ever happened to him. Probably passed on. RIP Mr. Jones. We never told you but you were a great and respected man. Great memories. I think of him every time I hear this song.
Going on 67 and I listen to this song religiously
The quintessential song of the 70s Not the message but the music
I'm 66 and I find myself swaying to this song 10 or 12 times a year... it never gets old;)
Maravilloso hermosa canción y lindísimo moreno para comérselo!!!!!
No modern music compares to such high quality natural talent today.
This is wrong Listen gregory porter He is a wunderfull mondern Jazz Artist.
sure. Rap is just sh*t !
@@andyeulu828 this isn’t jazz though this is R&B Soul and technically he’s saying due to all the equipment and digital beats being produced and voices being alter in todays music could never compare to this which was recorded live in the studio with each instrument being played by the band and him singing in Unison as a group it shows the talent that it took to put this whole masterpiece together back in the day and honestly I agree it doesn’t compare this music is so much better than todays r&b. Todays r&b is good but this is great
@@picassopyllz8266 You act like live instruments on a recording are a thing of the past lol. There are plenty of artists that do live vocals and instruments that are just as good. Is it as prevalent? No. But there is still great arrangements out there. You just have to actively look.
Each one has its strenghts and it's okay. No need to compare since it's up to each person's personal taste.
Met Billy Paul briefly late one night when he pulled in to a gas station where I was working. He was on His way to San Francisco from LA on I-5. Got out of His car and we talked while I pumped His gas. A true gentleman, soft- spoken and treated me like a friend.
Yes, that' was my Boss and Friend. He treated everyone like he knew them all his life. I truly miss him. Peace from PHILLY!!
What an awesome memory. You were blessed.
nice to meet a guy with a nice voice. like him you are lucky.
Awesome story Jimi !!!!
That's a cool story man
Now, this was music. Now listening in September 2024. Bring back many memories.❤❤❤
Definitely does
They don’t sing like this anymore 🎶
Not even close to this greatness...
So very true the stuff they call music now has know feeling just curse words and half the time you can't understand what their saying, I like tunes like Barry white,Marvin gay and the rascals and more
Nope, many of the greats are resting with the Lord. R.I.H.
No one will ever sing great like this again, unfortunately.
@@sundancekidd1387
I agree
I think some people miss the true meaning of this song. It's not about just having an affair..it's about the vunerability in all of us . Each and every one of us could at some time on our lives have fallen from grace. The tragedy of those events is beautifully displayed here. A love hopeful yet hopelessly on a path that will no doubt end in emotional devistation...the beauty of being a weak human...not often someone can put those feelings in a song and make us feel it.
This song has been my soudtrack in an affair that last four years with a married woman ten years older than me. It went just as you described. You don t know what love is untill you live a love that high. It has been my last story. It was 2002.
You hit it right on the head my man..
True the other parter will be devastated . But you cant stop . And you love them . But its that attraction .with the other .
I have been EXACTLY there!!!
At 13 I had know idea about what the words were about! The deliverance of his voice and the music just spoke to my soul😇
I’m 60 years old and I love this song! It was my mom’s favorite. When it first came out she played it like 10 times a day. She grab me and we’d dance. These are precious memories now every time I hear this song I’m transported back in time and I get to dance with my mom again ❤❤
Awww❤
💜Sweet 💜
She grabbed you to dance! - No child should have to suffer that but I suppose this occurred when child services were very rudimentary.
However, it's never too late to seek redress - play the song, grab her out of her bed & waltz her around her bedroom.
You'll be done for elder abuse but what goes around comes around.
But... the song is about cheating lol!
@@cahillgregI never get tired of hearing this song
In 1995 I met Billy Paul in the Wembley Hilton, spent a couple of hours with him at the bar drinking Guinness, a musical ledgeond and an absolute gentleman. Have the framed photograph on my wall to this day .Happy memory. RIP Billy
This is a fantastic song. The story of a man having a secret rendezvous with his lover. Billy Paul certainly puts his heart and soul into this song. It is funny how when I hear certain songs, they transport me back to a certain era. I know this song was released in 1973, but it actually makes me think of so much more from that time. A great song, that is a brilliant classic from that jukebox era.
Sad too really. She's cheating and they both know it. I REALLY feel sorry for Mr Jones. (If it's not working, walk away). :-(
@@Corky341 but at that time in my life, she was lovely. Young and dumb, but quite passionate.
It was my favorite song in 73 but oh so many good r n b songs back then!
Wow
@@Corky341 👍
This is the most beautiful song about an affair ever. I mean how many people have covered this. Incredible. His voice is butter!!!
Only thing that hurts, if you're Mr Jones. Or Mr Smith or whatever, really bitter sweet 1972---
Yes it is
Leila baby couldn't have said it better.
@@jakedavis9152 Thank You. Did you just call me baby?! Am blushing☺☺
I did Leila baby meant no disrespect.
I'm 22years old writing to this today need to bring more music like this back!
They don't make songs like they used to -- it's true.
@@lisaroberts679 Songs that tell a story and not just racket.
I danced to this song with my friend Johnny Jones in Bay City Michigan at school we were from Dawson School we went to school together since kindergarten I thought I was Mrs Jones when I was dancing with him
this is only the tip of the ice berg
this is impossible today :(
# 1 on Billboard's "Hot 100" chart for 3 weeks at Christmas, 1972. One of my Top 10 songs of all time (1940-2024)!!!!!
This dude was smooth as hell. Those Philly strings and horns ain't never been reproduced. This was a magic time for AM radio.
Johnny Nowhere yassssss💕
He just captures 'wistful' so well!!!
Even as a Boston dude- Philly soul is SO underrated. Sup my aliens? ✊
This is magic for whoever was blessed to hear it
Talk about it og
Oh my Jesus, where did my youth go? 59 yo and still listening and missing that wonderful time while listening to these classics of gold. I want to go back, dang, if we could only turn time back at least for a bit, just a bit.
Oh how right you are!
Would you be able to recommend anymore fine 70s soul classics?
i do love you by billy stewart
Same age same feeling every day
65 years young here. Still listening.
One of the Greatest Songs ever, it brings back memories of when life was simple & music was MUSIC !!!!!
Good old days!!!
Got that right!
Absolutely! One of my all time favorites.
Good old days 💕😊
Wish we could have them back
Amun RASTAFARI AMUN
So nice & well said...., you're very right...!!👋✌
Lost my mama in January of this year.. her last name was “Jones” and this was her favorite song. Miss her😢
Sorry for your loss ❤
My mother just passed away march 3, 2022, and she wants us to have a party in the park and play this song! I love you mom and I'm missing you so bad!!!!! R.I.P. my beautiful sweet mom
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You'll see her again ❤
Hey sis keep your head up an know mom is right there with you wherever you are in I pray for your strength in the lord an just keep thinking about the good times you guys had and that will bring a big smile on your face God bless you and your family and have a happy holiday your mom want you and your family keep going forward 🙏
I lost my mom when I was 3 years old so I have to keep going forward to it's hard sometimes but God will see me thru 🙏
@@rohndickerson4525 ❤️
Soo sorry; we shall pray Ms Tanya
Before my husband passed away we adopted 3of our grandkids... we would be riding in the SUV when this came on all of us would be singing at the topof our lungs...now every time we are together we play this song and sing it loudly so my husband can hear it in heaven.
Some comments I wish I could heart instead of like
Sweet memories.❤
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Wonderful.
Been listening to this for 5 decades and it gets better every year...even in July 2020
3 decades for me.. and its as amazing as ever.
Ditto.
Same here. I am 75. This is old wine for my soul.
3 for me too
4 decades, it gets better every time I listen this romance made a song
LISTENING TO THIS SONG IN HAWAII 2024..NEVER GETS OLD. IT'S HAPPENING ALL THE TIME!!😂😂😂😂 LOVE IT!!! LOVE ❤️ 😍 💖 IT!!
ALOHA...SISTA DOREENIE
Billy Paul delivers this song so well; vocals, lyrics, tempo. From first I heard it in 70’s ‘till now; just blows me away. JR
Yes, just divine!
Muito bom
In loving memory of Legendary Me & Mrs. Jones Singer Billy Paul (1934-2016). He was 81. It was 4 years since Billy Paul passed away.
Fly high Billy
He was awesome RIP Billy Paul.
I don't think i'm the I'm the only one enjoying this song in 2025 .
leaving this comment here so after a week, a month or a year when someone likes it. It will remind me how beautiful this song is.
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Incoming reminder.
@@richardthompson6366❤❤
It sounds so good you don't even care if they "both know that it's wrong."
If you like the melody than fine, but the lyrics are about infidelity….someone always gets hurt. 😞
Such good music, could listen to this kind of Music forever!!
When I was a kid, my mom loved this song and listen to it all the time. Now 59, I understand why she loved it so, it was her life. The family never knew. RIP mom!
I’m 56 I’m right there with you
Im 71. And im one of the group. Life for real!
I got to play trombone with Billie's band in Camden, my hometown (1981). It was one of the most unforgettable experiences of my life; to hear his range performing ME AND MRS JONES!
ALTON CLARK JR. WOW!!
Somerset here! Cool
@ALTON CLARK JR. Man, don't take this wrong, but I wish I could take that experience you had and make it my own!! Awesome...that's a beautiful gem to have in the vault, man.
We got a thing going on, we both know that its wrong but its much to strong “””””
Awesome!...In 81I was a sophomore at Camden HS. The Castle on the hill!
I was one of his Bassist and Friends. Also Bassist for Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes, The Delphonics and Ms. Sharon Paige. All from Philadelphia International Records!! TSOP 4EVER!!
Teach me everything you know lol
Yeah same, got any cool recording studio stories?
Robert Gilmore you can’t leave us on the edge like this!? 😦 please tell us some stories bout these legends.., tell me about Teddy P! Please 🤲🏻
@@redlightspellsdanger7177 I met Teddy P when I bartended at the Westwood Marquis in Westwood UCLA area in LA. Nice man, he was paralyzed from the wreck at that time. This was the mid-90s -I had always listened to Teddy P even though I was a farm boy from Iowa and told him that - I listened to him back in the 70s so it was great to meet him.
Aquinas James thanks for sharing 👍
Billy Paul, It does not get any better than this.
This is Real Music !!
This man’s voice was so smooth and soulful to hear. This was such a beautiful ballad. The arrangement, the strings, laid back sax, the background vocals and of course Billy’s soulful vocals make this a milestone in soul music.
The only rival is Lou Rawls. First heard this song in 1987. Still love it today, thirty-six years on
I’ve been singing this song since I was like 10 years old, almost 50 years and it’s still jamming… 🔥
You had taste at a very young age
@NE POWERS 11qq@111
Damn Damn Damn this is real music!!!! Listen too all the instruments and the lyrics, thank you Daddy for introducing us kids to classics like this. I still get goosebumps at 53 as I remember my dad singing this song to my mom and watching them role play as If she was Mrs Jones☺️
I was 18 and in basic training when I heard this first.
@@steveholt1597 by
An anthem of my time. I was 16 when this dropped. Instant classic. Those strings and horns. Baker, Harris and Young holding down the rhythm. Bobby Martin arranged most of the early Gamble and Huff productions but Thom Bell was my favourite. Soon after the orchestra got a name and first album: MFSB. Time passes to quickly. Bell and Martin are now gone and my heart bleeds. But we have the music, the gift that keeps giving. Love to all.
I was eleven when I first heard it. Before I went to bed one night I had been tinkering with a digital alarm clock, not realizing I had turned the alarm on. It woke me up about two thirty in the morning with this song playing. Have never forgotten it.
That's Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & the Sound of Philadelphia baby! ❤❤❤
Happy new year!!!!! I’m here and ready to experience the greatest amount of positivity all 2025
listening to this as i drove in the rain to work in 1977...that sax! Such a melody, still listening after all these years....anyone else in 2021?..😎❤️❤️❤️ And now in 2025?
me.
And Me too! :-) I So love this song!
My wife of 23years unfortunately had the last name of Jones from her 1st marriage which was a TOTAL DISASTER ! Billy Paul describes BEFORE we were married how we used to MOVE. It's 1 of our WEDDING SONGS to the WORD.
I’m only 25 and I love this song thanks to my mama 💙
Me.
I'm 31 and this song will forever be a part of the greatest hits it never gets old👍
I’m also 31 and I’ve been hearing this classic song since i was a kid i love it. 💯
I am 73 and I remember when this song came out. it was so beautiful and sad at the same time. it produces a longing in your heart.
Just feeding my addiction to this song.
What feeling, what a unique voice, what orchestra, sublime!!
I'm agree
This cut is 50 years old, that right 50!! When you've been listening to a cut for that amount of time ,and it can still get you.....Damn.
Who still loves this song in 2020..
🥰❤💙🥰
I love it.
I do true music
Daphne Eddie met a lady in the seventies. Jones girl.became my wife.miss her..
I do...
Me
November 30, 2024 Jeffersonville Indiana listening looking at the snow fallling and just reliving the good memories love love the song...❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I also work in the medical field as a CNA at an assisted living center and yes our elders love their oldies and it's a wonderful thing to watch music fill the soul
I have been listening to this everyday for years……… Love the “feel” of this song………….❤️❤️
My grandmother would be honored ❤️
@@thedivascornertalkshow2.0 Thank you for the information ❤️❤️
Thank You Nice Song.
Me toooooo
Oh yeah - listening tonight in 2022!!
No one:
Billy Paul: we gotta be extra careful..
Also Billy Paul: *makes a whole song about the affair* 😂
That's because it is about a affair
@@mysongs9219 that’s the joke, OC knows this
August Alsina vibes! 😂
Right‼️ That’s HILARIOUS 😭
As only this song can be
Those opening instrumentals are 🔥🔥🔥
This song was like nectar over the airwaves. Everyone that heard it had to stop and contemplate the predicament of these two mythological lovers. Spellbinding.
They aren’t mythological this actually happened hon
I’m 20 and have been listening to music like this since I was 10 thanks to my mom 🫶🏾
Your mum has a great taste in music. 🎶🎵
My childhood was blessed with incredible music!
Soooo many young people with the freedom to express themselves created more magic than ever before. . . . or probably ever will again . Those who were there and understand when , where and how will fade away .
You can cover the music , adapt it to the times , but creating it is another thing entirely . Good luck to the future generations , I wish for you what I've had .
Indeed! I count myself as tremendously lucky to have grown up in the early 60s to mid 70s. The music was pure magic.
Billy Paul the music the man the classic song me and Mrs jones❤❤❤ in 2024 they just cannot sing like the fabulous billy Paul.
This is medicine for my soul, my centre, my zen, whatever it is i got it going on right now. The epitome of soul. Peace and love to all who listen
Yeah song about cheating. Committing adultery SMH
We share the medicine. So much health I wish you
@@SANE172 you must have been cheated on. This song is about nothing but life and love. We don't always get it right.
I'm 57 and I love this song when it came out. I was raised up listening to this kind of music.
Hello Donna how are you doing, it my pleasure meeting you here, love is around the corner is just for you to open your heart for it.
Billy Paul. - Me and Mrs. Jones. This is such a heartfelt song. He sings this song with such a passionate voice. I’ve always enjoyed listening to this delightful song from a long time ago.
I hope she doesn’t let him down with all that emotion going on.!!!!
Well Done 👍 Billy.
nothing but class
Spot on Valerie .the song is so simple,,,,the saxophone ,the piano and that voice full of passion,and sincerity and truth .classic of classics .first heard it at 18,30 years ago .ok it's about an affair but sung with so much passion
Hello,how are you doing?
This will never get old😊
First heard this song in 1981 as a 12 year old going on a school trip. The bus driver was taken to another world as he belted out the song. 🗣🗣I fell in love with the song ever since. 🎵🎷 Meeeeee and Mrs, Mrs. Jones🎷🎵
It's so pure, beautiful and relatable. Evoke the same emotion all the time. Timeless.
RIP Billy Paul. 💖❤❤
This music is timeless. Much more meaningful than today's music. I grew up on this . This is back when people really knew how to sing...no attitude..no hatred..no disrespect...you are right.... Just plain beautiful!
Go
Dog the bounty hunter
Exactly! This came out when I was in first grade... and my teacher was Mrs. Jones! I later roller skated to this, along with Norman Conners, George Benson, Lou Rawls. You know the deal. People knew how to express their feelings back then :)
Just a little cheating :D
No thoughts of racism. I loved this era. It was unifying
Me n Mrs. Jones was the bomb when I was about 16, I'm 63 now. Just chilling listening to Billy Paul. Nobody can sing it like he did. Dramatics can't touch that... M.M.
This song is so great in so many ways
Just lost my dad Saturday night this was my favorite song when I was little and my dad played it for me. Dad I love you and miss you so much 💗 💛 💓 ❤️. There's a big void in my heart 😢😢
So sorry for your loss.... losing people you love is difficult and heart wrenching.
rip to your Dad
Rest in Peace, Billy Paul. With it's jazzy feel, strong brass section and brilliant lead vocals "Me and Mrs. Jones" remains, for me at least, one of life's greatest pleasures.
+Tony From Coney I agree with you. Billy Paul's tone, pitch and vocal phrasing are perfectly pleasurable. The songwriting and production highlight the best of "The Philly Sound."
While the song is about infidelity, I read that Billy and his wife were married for many years. Wonderful story. God rest.
@@tonyfromconey2164 🌼
This was not a recommendation, we searched for this master piece
I actually didn't search for it...
Because it was already in my music playlist. 😎
Me aaaaaaaàaand mrs Mrs Jones is my favourite part
A mi youtube si me lo recomendó
It was recommended to me by youtube but AFTER i searched for it
I was a teenager, but my mom r.i.p 😢 loved hearing these songs (oldes) yessss 😊❤❤❤
What can be said about this song?
Simply put, it's one of the greatest songs of all time. It cannot be improved upon because it's perfect in every, single, way. In one word: "Classic."
I think I'm gonna play it again. Yep, again. 👴👍
Me and Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin' on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
We meet every day at the same café
Six-thirty and no one knows she'll be there
Holding hands, making all kinds of plans
While the jukebox plays our favorite songs
Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin' on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
We gotta be extra careful
That we don't build our hopes up too high
'Cause she's got her own obligations
And so, and so do I
Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin' on
We both know that it's wrong
But it's much too strong
To let it go now
Well, it's time for us to be leaving
It hurts so much, it hurts so much inside
Now she'll go her way and I'll go mine
Tomorrow we'll meet
The same place, the same time
Me and Mrs., Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin' on (thing)
We gotta be extra careful (goin' on)
We can't afford to build our hopes up too high
I wanna meet (thing) and talk with you
At the same place (goin' on), the same café, the same time
And we gonna hold hands like we used to
We gonna talk it over, talk it over
(Thing) we know, they know (goin' on), and you know
And I know that it was wrong
But our thing is strong, we gotta let 'em know now
That we got a thing going on, a thing going on
Thanks for the lyrics 😊
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You did that
Iove this song ❤❤❤❤❤
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