Bill Withers - Use Me (Official Audio)
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2015
- "Use Me" by Bill Withers
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Lyrics:
'My friends feel it's their appointed duty
They keep trying to tell me
All you want to do is use me
But my answer, yeah to all that use me stuff
I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
You just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
My brother sit me right down and he talked to me
He told me that I ought not to let you just walk on me
And I'm sure he meant well
Yeah, but when our talk was through
I said, brother, if you only knew
You'd wish that you were in my shoes
You just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
Sometimes, it's true
You really do abuse me
You get me in a crowd of high-class people
And then you act real rude to me
But, oh baby, baby, baby, baby
When you love me, I can't get enough
I want to spread the news
That if it feels this good getting used
Girl, you just keep on using me
Until you use me up
Until you use me up
Talkin' 'bout you usin' people
It all depends on what you do
It ain't too bad the way you're usin' me
Cause I sure am usin' you to do the things you do'
To do the things you do
#BillWithers #UseMe #Blues #Soul
One of the best lines in popular/R&B music: "You get me in a crowd of high-class people and then you act real rude to me. . . ."
Alvin Hutchinson Very deep🤔
@caprice.t have you never had that happen to you people treat you differently based on who you are around
@Elaine Sewell stay blessed and have a good day.
i remember a girl in 6th grade who was fairly popular who lived about a3 blocks away from me newer student and she would call me to come over and i was not popular but wanted to be her friend and would always say when another more popular girl would show up too that i just called her and it was a lie she called me and i never said anything was not tough or confrontive but it hurt and really bothered me people are so funny but im sure we've all done that at one point but i actually would feel guilty they didn't!
THANKS YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN AND BY THE WAY THE OTHER GIRL THAT SHOWED UP THAT WAS POPULAR WAS UGLY AND MEAN! WHY UGLY WAS POPULAR I ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT THEY DID TO BE POPULAR LOL GET MY DRIFT???
As well known as Bill Withers is, this song is definitely underrated. The funky instrumentals, evocative lyrics & vocals, everything together makes this a special track.
My BW favorite. Peace.
Can I get an "Amen" brother!
How is it underrated? I'm sure it was a decent sized hot when released.
@@andrewbonthius787 Amen
That groove is just plain nasty, in the best possible way.
That drum is just amazing
GADSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Absolutely to go along with that funky groove
Well im a drummer and im playing this song now! Im nailing it 💥
James Gadson arguably one of the best drummers of all time!!!!
@@RogueMonkeySeattle so did you just comment that to try n demean his drumming skills or wut?
This song just stays in your head for hours, days, weeks.
Allways!! Dont trust NOBODY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@!!@!!
❤AND IM DONE !!!! LOL LOL LOL L9L HAAAAA
Always will!
Yes it does lol. 😂😂
R.I.P to another legend of soul music
Just came by to listen and celebrate him. RIP
Another legend gone 😢
This legends music got me through so many dark days. May he rest in peace.
I told my husband about it the other day. Lovely day in 1976 or 1977. #RuideCastroOpirata
When did he pass ?
The angels in heaven have another beautiful voice to add to the celestial choir. RIP Bill.
Heaven would be a stRange place if when you went their as a great Earth preformer the Angels grab you and "Use you up" in heaven .. they gonna use him till they use him up. He deserves a break.
This comment made me feel so good and I don't exactly know why!
Poor Bill, stuck in heaven when the woman he simps for so hard has gone straight to hell. Maybe he can get reassigned.
@@mattlove1 😂😂😂 💀
Bill to Jimi: what's up my brother ❤️
When the lights shut off and it's my turn to settle down... promise that you will sing about me
2024 Anybody
Kendrick Lamar
Sting once said Bill Withers made the simple, profound. That's hard to do!!
One brilliant songwriter to another.
Sting was Heavy, man.
Lord knows at a time like this we lose a true SOUL Legend... BUT he has left us with so many beautiful songs and never has a song 'Lean on me' been so important. RIP TRUE LEGEND.
Well said 💔
He was one of the greatest of all time the brother could make my toes curl with his lyrics
@@Stormygirl7777 nuff said
The presence of all instruments as well as Bill’s voice, hit record , no affects, clean sound very raw,
The groove is still so funky!
I've been a huge fan of his since he released "Ain't No Sunshine" when I was about 13 yrs old. I'm now closing in on 64 and. this version "Use Me" still remains one of my all time faves💖
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@jadedmonk7001 grandma's hands is the track that always gets me. Greetings from Dublin Ireland.
I’m 66 and it’s still as good as the first time I heard it!!
My Mom is Rosalie Trombley and she was the Music Director at CKLW through the mid-60’s to the late 80’s. When Bill was first starting out and trying to get AirPlay, she started to play his songs. CKLW had a lot of influence then and even though it was a Canadian Radio station, other stations across the mid-west would watch what she added every week and her ability to pick hit songs became legendary. She loved Bill’s voice and the airplay Bill got on CKLW lead to other stations adding his records and they all became big hits. My Mom is now 80 years old and in failing health. I know she would be deeply saddened to know that Bill died today. He is a legend and an icon. His voice and his gentlemanly disposition will be missed. Condolences from the Trombley family today to to Bill’s family members. RIP Bill, you will be missed my so many around the world. May your music always live on. 🙏🏻🌹🙏🏻
I listened to CkLW growing up. Thank you to your mother. Bill voice and songs are better than 99.9% than what's been put out in the last 20 years.
CKLW!! Blast from my past, wow. Thank you, and your mom deserves the best of everything! Please thank her. The jingle was "CKLW, the Motor City🎵 " Out of Detroit obviously. Incredible memory
RIP Bill Withers who passed away on Monday.
Listening to this song brings out the old soul in me! Shout out to my dad for playing nothing but oldies when I was a kid!! Thank you, Mr. Withers!! RIP 🙏🏻
Why you guys praise your parents is beyond me, without the LORD nobody or nothing exist. People kill themselves everyday following God, in this God forsaken world.
I'm a dirty white boy and I love Mr. Withers stuff too.
Released in the Summer of '72. It sounded good 50 years ago & it sounds even better now. We miss you & your music Bill. Thank you for all of the great music & memories. R.I.P. Mr Bill Withers.
I was 6 in 72 I remember this and other songs
We raise a glass to the house of Withers tonight. We've used him up and sent him up. We'll continue to call on you when we need someone to lean on.
R.I.P Bill.
This generation needs a man of your stature to show them compassion.
Right on, Man.
those that are "thumbs down"...you have no soul
Da Nile is not just a river in Africa which runs from South to North.
yEAH i CAN ID BUT I THUMBS UP.
TRUTH
I guess negative comments can come from positive people.
They don’t dance at parties and when they do it’s a shitty version of the robot.
This song has a thick slab of CHONKY FONK!
This song transcends genre. Funk, soul with a hint of folk. And that guitar...
Soulful music
Good stuff. Sure transcends for me... it could be about anything.. gonna assume it's about a woman but heck. It could be about a damn beat up truck, family, God, people... a country or industry or movement maybe even moths hell bound for flames? A candles lament? But ya there's some dubious joy with the loathing attraction to insidiousness and dysfunction. The codependency anthem
It's the clavinet.
It's a genre unto itself. I'll call it "Simp Rock"
I'm not hearing ANY folk in this song lol
I just love his voice, the organ and the DRUMS!!! this song is timeless, a classic!!!! RIP BILL
How about that oboe horn. It's the joint.
It's perfection - deep and full of soul 🗿✌
Awesome voice!!
It's not an organ. It's a Clavinet.
This is a bad MF song. You better believe it !!! From one player to another. Everybody use some body, a fair exchange ain't no robbery.
@ 2:40 is the best part of the song: "...but oh baby, baby, baby, baby when ya love me I can't get enough."
Yes, yes and yes!
Yessss man!🤝😎
This song is too good and it heals me - for those who totally relate to this song...Its just amazing how he can take this downer type of life experiences and express it out in this smoothe kick ass way that makes u wanna groove while you be giving this user a piece of your mind...
Well said.
Too bad he didn't have enough of a mind to recognize what she was doing to her was bad.
@@mattlove1 I feel like his message is basically...she uses him so damn well, that it's fine if she uses him. Use me. Please. Use me up.
A song about her amazing heat.
@@TheMinzwa yeah she runs him down in front of other people, and everyone in his life is warning him about her. That's not hot, that's disgusting. Have you ever been in a relationship like that? Would you ever say you wish you were still in it? I'd advise the guy to seek professional help, but he's dead.
He sang, “Keep on using me because I sure am using you to do the things you do.”
That was the kicker at the end.
I feel this song down to my bones
Totally in the pocket groove and vocal. Exceptional artist/vocalist.
The Wire, 1st Season. Great show and a great song
All in the game, yo.
The Wire brought me here
@@FutureExitsMedia nice haha
The Wire is a show amongst few others. The first three seasons were an amazing portrayal of the city.
Lmfao I was thinking more of Ron burgundy
I'm a younger person who just found this guy. He's amazing. Why haven't we been told. Society failed us
The song reminds me of when i put a duck in a microwave................ the BILL WITHERS
My sons know this music.
Cause they can't use you up if your hip to the game think about it
You're more right than you likely know
your own generation is failing you catastrophically bad. if you don't like it that's a good sign. maybe you're a "throwback" (a good, but lonesome thing). I'm one. it's lonely unless you hang with older people. God bless.
The song has so much Tegrity.
Lmao
It's a reql holiday special
Top 5 favorite tunes ever! Timeless
Rest in power Mr. Bill Withers. You have God in u. I love u man🎼🎵🎶🎹🎻🎺🎤. Your music will continue to heal the earth🙏
WHAT GOOD MEMORIES I HAVE of THIS LEGENDS MUSIC. Danced to an LOVED EVERY ONE of them. I AM a 1939 SENIOR and BORN in the neighboring. STATE of West VA. My music genius. I am saddened and I want to tell the FAMILY my deepest sympathy. CLARA WHITAKER.HOUSTON.Texas
"Yeah, well, you see ManBearPig, eventually, he gonna kill everybody."
Nah OD comment 😂😂😂😂😂
So true. Climate Change will kill everyone eventually even to those who will profit 📈 from it.
He just gonna kill you first 😂
@@kentstoneIX it’s a South Park reference
@@ChadHandler i’m well aware? lol
Mr Withers was the gold standard for soulfully smooth lyrics. The man crafted a sound all his own, and it was beautiful. Plenty of imitators, but there'll only ever be one Bill. RIP
White people say,Absolutely,
Absolutely. Black People Say
"SHO NUF"."SHO NUF" IS
STRONGER!!! THAN
Absolutely.
Withers always sang from a place of real. You were more likely to pull off his vocal stylings in the shower or when trying to impress your significant. His songs and his voice held a greater immediacy, something that resonated with you more on an everyday level. He wasn't the vocal supreme of an Al Green, Barry White or Teddy P of the day. But songs like Use Me (my fave of his) evoke that 'ok I'm being used but not like I'm using you' sentiment. Brilliant message. No need to even the score because that's happening and then some. Let's tip a hat or say a toast to an everyday cat with a streak of extraordinaire, like you or me.
RIP Bill Withers. Your music will live forever . You will always be one of my favourite artists
He sings this song so seductively that it makes me wanna get used dammmm
Michelle Rogers ayy hmu
someone needs a cold shower, lol
C'mon, now!
True
Damn babe!
0:58 when the lights shut off
And it’s my turn to settle down, my main concern
promise that you will sing about me
promise that you will sing about me
Was thrilled when they put it in Any Given Sunday. More folks getting to appreciate the greatness (and soul) of Bill Withers.
A brilliant musician, and story teller, will always enjoy playing his music.. RIP
wished i had a full cd of all of his hits should go check out another library sale they have brand new or perfect condition albums for like 50 cents to a dollar i got a few of other artists once once popular and was so happy would have had to pay alot back in the day!
Stopped music style. Great.
This song will forever remind me of The Wire.
Ep 1 S1
Orlandos club.
Facts
The Wire, and Any Given Sunday for me, pretty sure that may have been the first time I ever heard this song was in that movie.
Still jamming to this in 2021. Such a classic. 🎤
It's really great classic Soul.
Here in 2022
Had this 45 in my sophomore yr.in 72
Sept of 2022
July 2023
This is one of those songs I forgot about for years for some reason, and then I came back to it and immediately felt that connection. This is one of the most excellent songs of the genre, it has that groove that you just can't let go of even if you wanted to.
Yes, this is my jam.
Thank you Mr. Withers for this earthy song. Music like this does not exist anymore. The Sixties and the seventies were the best music years in my opinion. Thank you again Bill Withers. Pete in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1970s and 1980s music goes together.
It’s so refreshing to listen to real music and you can understand the lyrics and they make sense.
lewrong generation
shut up Ferb
Le wrong generation + L + ratio + clown behavior
@@thischannelexistsforsomere9584 😀 -> 😐
here here. 👈🏻 ☝🏻 👂🏻
RIP Bill. You were an integral part of my teenage years. What a voice!
Soul food we all need right now, rest easy Sir Withers
In the 90's I heard a band perform their own version of this, and I immediately remember it. One of my favorites when it came out, but my musical tastes went to hard rock, and forgot about it. I had to buy it so I could have it for forever, because there's just something about this groove, and the lyrics that just speak the truth. RIP Mr Withers, I sincerely wish you and your family & friends peace.
Baby, baby
@@suzannestory7875 "If it feels this good gettin' used, oh you just keep on using me...., until you used me up." What great lyrics, what a great groove! 😁
You know it when you've heard one of those rare songs that knows no time limits, well, this is one of the few that is.
“You just keep on usin’ me. . .
Til you use me up. . .’
Perfect instrumental/vocal balance
Forgot about this song
Rest Well Still Bill! Your music and legacy will live on! 💜🖤💜 4/3/2020
God, use me! 🙌 The only one with unconditional love!
FUCK ME JESUS!
A lot of people are getting used out here. The thing is Bill understood and accepted it. Others they don't even know it's happening to them. It's a crying shame
Still.... unbelievably friggin brilliant....lyrically and musically.....music saves your soul people....let it in
This song never gets mentioned but it was my favorite of his. RIP Bill.
I saw him in 1986 or 87 at the Arena Theater in Houston (in the round) with an ensemble filled out by some of the best session players in the biz, including Kenny G, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Mann, Harvey Mason and Victor Bailey. The "Electric Nights Jazz Tour" sponsored, or course, by Kool. I forget who was the keyboardist.
It was an incredible show from 10' off the front of the stage. I wanna go back.
This song packs a strong jazzy punch. Amazing arrangement.
Happy 82nd Birthday Bill Withers! I wish you were still here! You were one of the best song writers/singers who ever walked this planet. Thank you for this song and all the others you left behind.
I love the line " If feels this good getting used" Use me till you use me up.
😎
OMG - not now. His voice and music always lifted us higher. R.I.P. Bill!
Rock n roller to the bone, but just something about this dude's music. RIP Bill
There's NEVER been a better groove than this.
My Father use to play this Friday and Saturday Nights when we had company over, back in the 1980s. #IAMGenX
Just such a good groove... drummer has pocket and Bill on fine form. R.I.P. brother!
GADSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the kick drum and good use of the cymbals.
I heard this song on South Park. Really liked it.
I just can't get enough of Bill... Just discovered the Live at Carnegie Hall. WOW. True artist and high quality human being.
He's an angel now, that's for sure.
I'm amazed at the quality of this recording. I don't know who produced it but the sound is AMAZING. It sounds like Bill Withers is sitting and playing right next to you, along with the guitars, it's a very 3D recording. I think there was some really good technical expertise that went into this along with Bill Withers fantastic singing.
Remastered
Back when musicians all sat in same room...you can hear the open room around them.
That was lost when recordings went electronic. It is not that there is not good music since then, but the listener lost that feeling of intimacy that came from musicians and singers standing or sitting right besides each other.
their names are Graham Nash and Steven Stills and Booker T Jones who did all the arrangements before Crosby Stills Nash and Young. they were musicians for hire at the time !
RIP Bill Withers 😪
It can’t be that I’m the only one that feels today’s music no longer has this feel right?! No more soul, no more RnB, no more rock, no more jazz. Yes it’s on Spotify but I’m talking mainstream. What the hell happened? 😭
So true!
You just not doing your homework and looking into artists like Liv.e , Hiatus Kaiyote, Knxwledge, Anderson Paak, thundercat, Masego. So many more. Start there :)
Quantization happened. lmao
@@comradebrucewayne2607 thanks for the tip and will definitely look into them. Are they mainstream which was really the issue I was getting at?
Love Life no problem and definitely not Mainstream like as in Pop, but most of them have major labels behind them so it’s not to say that they are ‘small’.
Music is just so abundant these days that there’s a lot to sift thru! Takes more effort to find good music than in the great Bill Withers’ day but I totally know what u meant!
Glad I was alive when music was music!
I think it says a lot to how great Bill Withers is that a deaf man discovered his music all on my own. I love it.
R.I.P. Bill, one of my favorites with that funky drum beat!!
People need to revisit his music 🎶 heaven couldn’t be so cool. He’s awesome
I'm 24 years old and I love his music i grew up with my grandparents and I fell in love with music from an Era that I wish I grew up in I became a Elvis Presley fan at 15 and after that I Started looking up music from the 50s 60s 70s
That drummer is kicking my ass!
So is the Guitarist, dammit!!
James Gadson
@@carrollbobb2059 thank you
What an amazing feel this song gives me!
Mixing the great Withers voice and style with funky lyrics.
I can relate to this song so much 😞 Thank you for blessing us with your talents Mr. Withers. RIP 🕊️
who do you relate to the most, the simp or the bitch?
South Park Streaming Wars, June 1 2022, brought me here! Smooth voice and smooth song.
Has nothing to do with this music
@@charronrose68it played in South Park
One of my favorites, rip bill, your heart and soul is still heard today brotha.
This was the cut! RIP Bill 🕊️
I was raised on his music...he got me through some tough days but this one is always my FAVORITE. Nobody can replace his soulful voice🙏🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾
I declare victory in the name of Jesus christ
Truly a great man, to be able to make someone you’ve never met feel sorrow and happiness with just your voice is beyond gifted. Rest in piece Bill thank you for the music and inspiration x
R.I.P Bill Withers. You were the greatest! Take me right back to the 70s.
still play this at least twice a day. will forever be one of my favorites. i separate and break down every instrument with his vocals and it’s so.. legendary. perfection.
This song may have had a negative energy towards it, but it actually brings a wholesome energy towards my family, this instrumental is sooo above it's time and these lyrics hit harder than bullet's 💯💗
This is a real cool Soul classic. It gives me good memories of being young, and in New York.
His smooth and soulful voice brought positive message of upliftment .Rest in peace maestro Bill Withers
Rest easy bill..... he may be gone but he left us with so many absolute classics! He was a musical genius and what real soul is all about...... thank you mr. Withers
What music, What a voice, what rythem. R.I.P Mr Bill Withers.
once again South Park gives us a banger!
Thank you for posting God Bless you and your family and your friends and your viewers. RIP MR. Withers. My condolences to your living kin folk.
I was just reminded of his music. I was a young child when he was popular. I’d forgotten about him and how good his music was.
My friend ManBearPig loves this song!!
I did not know Bill Withers went to the great divide in the sky. Love you Bill for the joy you brought us with your music. Keep on making that music wherever you are.
One of the greatest "funk" songs ever written.
Only Bill can sing a song about being used that makes you feel really good, this is a road most could not ever do and feel so complete about it.
Who's here from South Park? Great use of a great artist to make a point
i was born in 1975, so, this is what i know as a part of childhood...to me this is normal music, back in Tunica, MS in the summers type music...real
I'm from Jackson, MS
My dad is from Tunica, my sister and some of my other family is still there! I love it there!
Same! '75
I know!!!
Clinton,Ms is my hometown now residing in Jacktown!!!
Nothing better then cranking up the radio listening to Bill Withers sing driving down the road.
Every single song this guy wrote from lean on me to use me to just the two of us is simple pure raw poetic genius .True honest god given talent. Not bad for a guy who launched his first album at 33 years old took a picture of himself during his break with lunch pale in hand while his co-workers laughed at him .Look who's laughing now Bill .Him and Ottis reading made it look effortless .
One of many great songs . This was my favorite back in 74....You will be missed but not forgotten. RIP thank you for your songs.
Rest In Peace Bill. Your songs have given me so much joy♥️