as someone who lived it as a Disco DJ back than...this was the one song that would always pack the floor...how could you not move to this....disco was the best..
The best music came out of the clubs between 1975 and early 1978. By the late 70s the genie was out of the bottle. This stuff is infectious and amazing. What a time to be alive.
I fell absolutely head over heals in love with this song the first time I heard it. It was the summer of 1998, I was 14 years old, and I was just discovering that I had a true passion and love for disco music. The movie 54 had just came out in theaters, so I begged my mom to take me to see it - which she did. That's where I heard Lovin' Is Really My Game for the first time. It's 24 years later now, and it is still my absolute favorite disco song of all time, and it always will be! 😁
This usta fuck all the dance floors up in Chicago!! Tambourines slappin'....huggin' the speakers....wigs flyin' off...drinks fallin' on the floor....yesssir we beat the floor down on this one!!!
Ok, so I've played this about 30 times in a row now. Once it starts playing I can't stop. Belita Woods sang the sh*t out of this jam, and that bass line and those strings KILL ME me. When I was a teenager I used to perform this with my family (we were a singing group), and 40 years later, it still rocks me to my soul.
Tracy Whitney well said. This song is an under rated masterpiece. All the musical nuances, the clapping, the horns, the castanets spoons, the strings. The harmony of the backup singers and of course Belita Woods soulful pipes. Genius!
The city was broke, the subways were filthy (and usually late), much of The Bronx was a burned-out wasteland, crime was rampant, Times Square was as seedy as could be, Son of Sam had just had all all in terror - and yet, just HEARING the awesome opening riff of this incomparable classic and I am LONGING to be right back in that Time and Place. The club scene then, well, you had to have been there to believe it. I'm sure the kids today are as devoted to their music and their clubs, but for all of us lucky enough to have LIVED 70s NY, we know the truth. Our fun was on a scale quite incomprehensible to the kids of today. 84 King Forever...
That's how it was in San Francisco, too, and I'm sure it was this way in many places across the country and around the world. That time and this music (any disco, really) made us all get up and dance the night away. We were younger, at least I was, and lived every day as if it were my last. I'm grateful to be alive today, so many of my generation are gone. But when I hear music like this, they're alive again, and for a moment, we can dance the night away, one more time!
Braighdan Silas Did you miss the Larry Levan/Paradise Garage Block Party last May 2014? It was the closest I've felt to that feeling in over a decade. It was magic.
***** I feel you njpir!!!! I arrived in NYC in 1982 at 18 yr.'s old. I remember the dirty, sexy, dangerous ,exciting city NYC was before gentrafacation and all the yuppies took over!! There was an raw energy and electric charge that made the city vibrate with creativity & life. This song takes me back to the Paradise Garage and Larry Lavan who killed us with this classic masterpiece until the club closed in 1986. I'm so grateful I experienced NYC at this time in it's history, it will never be repeated again……...
+njplr AMEN I moved to New York in 1982 it was so much fun, I'll never forget!!! The Most Grimmy, sexiest heaven on earth to be had!!! I lived for the energy and ever present danger around every corner! I was so F-----g young and dumb! I remember wearing out the Paradise Garage and Better Days dancing to this classic, feeling the waves of vocal and instrumental brilliance crashing over my youthful and energetic body. It was a magical experience. Christ, I'd give anything to be transported to to that transformative era!!!
My mom tells me all the fun she had in the discos when she was my age (mid 20’s) in the 1970’s. An era gone by that a select few were able to experience. So glad beautiful songs like this were preserved so us younger folk can appreciate the the timeless and transcendental classics that our parents grooved to.... Absolutely incredible and brings me to tears almost everytime!!!!
There were the disco sucks people then … but these songs were only in the clubs where you could lose yourself in the music all night…..club people were a real thing and it wasn’t for everyone!
Belita Woods died on May 14, 2012 and Donna Summer died on May 17, 2012. Both were 63. Two incredible disco vocalists and beautiful women gone too soon... Your music lives on.
Belita Woods was the lead singer on one of the baddest jams of all time, “Loving Is Really My Game” by the late 70's group, Brainstorm. She passed away yesterday, 5/14/12. Here is that jam, in her memory. Hearing this song I STILL gotta get up and dance, arthritis and all! Rest in Peace, Belita!
I’m 66yo. I heard this so many years ago at Dugans Bistro in Chicago. The best disco ever. I’ve listened to great tracks from UA-cam algorithm, and they are fabulous, but this is the best. Find a disco ball and fly!
My god - this is a special find for me... kinda hunting back to look up old vinyl albums I had as a kid. I was a little 10 year old white boy in a tiny town of Nova Scotia, Canada. I bought the Stormin' album at our record store at the mall. I was only a kid, and literally bought albums based on how the album cover art spoke to me. I will NEVER forget that chrome brain !!! Which is why I remembered today, in 2022, to look this up again. *I am kinda shaking and a bit tearful listening to this track right now* As I'm heading into my senior years, I think of how I was blessed with such a huge variety of music when I was a kid. I had no idea what Detroit Funk was... nor any knowledge or influence about race or "black music" in North America. A ton of my albums were from black disco & funk artists at the time - and I naturally loved it as much as everything else. Maybe even more. Hearing this as an adult, decades later - OH THE MAGIC. It was ALWAYS good - it's like a universal given. Now I have the ability and maturity to look up all the information about the band... My GOD - *BELITA WOODS* (RIP) What a freakin' QUEEN ... and *Lamont Johnson* on bass WOW - a master class! Even as a kid, that bass playing stood out to me. Didn't know why it was special - but now I can totally understand. I didn't even know this was a hit song !!! I just loved it, hands down. I'd say it's in the top 25 standout/remembered songs of my childhood. All because that chrome brain led me to pick it up and buy it. Was it fate? I cannot imagine never knowing or discovering this song.
Thanks for your story and I’m one of those ppl.. that loves things no matter who does and don’t care. I just look at everyone else as missing out of they don’t know music like this or care for. Your story also made me realize how deep and profound music is to me and always have . 🎶❤️
I honestly think we were so lucky to grow up with this music. Too many young folks with mental health problems now and today's music doesnt help. Dancing to music like this made you happy
Very true about many now having mental problems and never connected with lack of great music All I know is that I was depressed for many years and when I started listen to the music of my past, I lit up like a Xmas tree. Lol! So now I know that music is my cure and medicine.
If disco needed to be defined with just one song, this would be it.. The best disco track ever!! I challenge you to try not to groove when you hear this.
Everyone get ready for DISCO It's coming back for a replay. once the bars and dance clubs rebuild With the DISCO mirror ball and all the flashing lights. Then people can enjoy the fun lots of us experienced back in the 70,s and 80's .DISCO is returning very soon. People are tired of the way that the music is today. We all want the real dance music. If if they reply the wonderful DISCO MUSIC of the 70's and 80 's I can hardly wait. all DISCO lovers let put you clubs and bars back to DISCO the people that really like to dance will be happy and the people in the clubs and bars will enjoy making lots of money again. DISCO MUSIC IS THE BEST!!!
I've heard it said that a great disco 12" single builds and builds the energy like a pressure cooker until it releases it and the dancers go wild as it is a sort of musical orgasm. If that is the case then this record has the hottest musical climax of any, and all of of us dancers needed a cigarette afterwards. (just kidding; no cigs but the beer and cocktails were flowing); it was a blast!. This was Brainstorm's best track in my opinion although I remember another one called "Hot for You". Sylvester did a re-make of this song; it is pretty good but not a volcano like this baby. I made the mistake of letting someone borrow my 12" copy of this and he never returned it so I bought it all over again. I consider this one of the best disco 12" singles ever made.
Listening to this in 2020. This was 43 yrs ago. All those wonderful times - dancing, happy music, such huge aspirations for the future ! And what T F has the World come to now ?
Lord have mercy, " LOVIN IS REALLY MY GAME " hands down is the BEST DAM DISCO RECORD ON THE PLANET EARTH!!!!!!!!!! The arrangement is expert, Belita Woods ....grand! The violin/ strings section.....AWESOMELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bought this 12" when it came out....I wore it out! I still have it! This is not your average disco record.... this is SUPREME ROYALTY! It starts off slow ..then it goes into this WONDERLAND OF MAGIC!!!!!!!!!! There's nothing like it. It's extremely hard to find on CD. Thank you so much for posting this treasure:) !!!!!!!!!!
So right!!!! I remember being beaten to death by this classic on the dance floor of the Paradise Garage in NYC. The holy sprit fell on me like a ton of brick lifting me into a frenzy of ecstasy !!!!! My body crackled with energy, So Amazing, Belita vocals are touched by the hand God!!! the phrase " TRY ME BABY " is everything!!
EMPHAPHATIC......EMPHASIZED LYRICAL TIMING, THE EPITOME OF SONGTRESS CAPTURE......RENDERINGS, UNBELIEVABLE, EPIC, LEGENDARY TO A GENRE', BELLA WOODS, VOCAL SIGNATURE WILL FOREVERMORE, EVERLASTINGY BE WHOLEHEARTEDLY LOVED🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯❤❤❤❤❤
Always a stampede to the dance floor. I was a DJ then and can remember the hair on the back of my neck standing up at 4:59 and praying to all the disco gods that my mix out of this was spot on. At that time this was one of the fastest BPM songs we played so it was a challenge to come up with something fresh. Also the smell of amyl nitrate wafting up to the DJ booth was fucking intense. Wonderful days.
Wasn't it though.... EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN THE CLUB MADE IT TO THE FLOOR WHEN THIS WAS PLAYED. I MISS IT SO MUCH. AND THE PEOPLE DIDN'T MIND GETTING BUMPED, CAUSE WE WERE ALL JUST HAVING FUN.
This song as few others will forever bring back joy! Flamingo NYC late70’s I will always remember a sea of beautiful men pulsing dancing and releasing incredible energy to this classic!
I can't catch no man Hangin' out at a discotheque But I believe in the boogie Oh, but the boogie don't believe in me Well, I got my way of groovin' Sittin' down right in my seat I get soul satisfaction Yeah, without jumpin' up and down on my feet Whoa...ho...disco guy You'll be sorry if you pass me by I've got what you need Boy, I wouldn't tell you no lie Why not give me a chance I swear I could prove it That don't mean I can't move it And it's close to perfection I just use it in another direction, yeah Ooh...ooh...yeah I can't catch no thrill Though the music they're playin' makes me feel When all is said and done Well, now, I know what it's all about Well, hey, come along with me If you do I will guarantee I'm gonna give you my love And the way it's gonna make you shout, shout, shout, boy Disco guy You'll be sorry if you pass me by I've got what you need And boy, I wouldn't tell you no lie Why not give me a chance I swear I could prove it That don't mean I can't move it And it's close to perfection I just use it in another direction I can't catch no man Hangin' out at a discotheque But I believe in the boogie Oh, but lovin' is really my game Well, lovin' is really my game Well, lovin' is really my game Well, lovin' is really my game Try me, baby, yeah And I will make you see, yeah I-I got lovin', yeah I-I got lovin', yeah I'm gonna love you right, yes, I will Every day and every night, yeah Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh... Try me, baby, yeah Try me, baby, yeah ¡®Cause I got it, yeah I've got love, yeah And I got good kissin', yeah And I got good squeezin', yeah Try me, baby, alright Love me, baby, alright Try me, baby, yeah I got love Come on and give it to me And I will love you right, yes, I will Every day and every night, yeah And then you'll see that lovin' is really my game, whoa Lovin' is really my game, whoa Lovin' is really my game, yeah Lovin' is really my game I wanna make you feel good all over Oh...oh...and-and then you will see Lovin' is really my game, yeah It's my game, it's my game, it's my game Lovin' is my game, it's a game, yeah
@@DRLEWIS I disagree with you. As far as disco songs go, this was the best. You can the bass and strings were played by live musicians. Lamont Johnson on bass and Regina Carter on 🎻, can't go too wrong with that.
I danced to this and wore it out every Saturday at the clubs back in the day. I would no sooner here the first chord and I was on the floor and DARED any one to stop me!
Had to come back and listen again.. Oh man when Belita says "I've got love c'mon and give it to me" and the way the beat goes in tune with her is EPIC!!! This is truly disco royalty at its' best!!
Had to come back and listen again.. Oh man when Belita says "I've got love c'mon and give it to me" and the way the beat goes in tune with her is EPIC!!! This is truly disco royalty at its' best!!
HA! This is when disco was kicking a** and this song was one of my favorites. I haven't heard this in years and man it sounds so good. Reminds me of the time when I would get on the dance floor and dance like I was losing my mind. Thanks for posting. This woman is working this song. At one time I thought it was the group FIRST CHOICE but now I know its not them. This woman sang with George Clinton Funkadelics band. She's awesome.
Dallas Texas. Bayou Landing. Downtown Dallas Texas. You had to park blocks away. You could hear this echoing between skyscrapers. Wed run as fast as we could. Dance floor elbow to elbow and shoulder to shoulder. Still play it and dance in my house. The BEST times of my life. Made LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS!! Belita Woods!!!!!
This song just epitomizes a true disco jam. This is the 33 1/3 aka Disco version just represents the best in brass, woodwind, percussion and those beautiful strings of the violins. I was 15 years old when this song was release. The Motown sound was in full effect. During that era, we had so many local groups coming up in Detroit. That mid to late 70s still and away will have a special in heart and mind. At the cabarets in Detroit would also play Brainstorm. This high energy disco version song just gets me so excited when I listen to it.
EMPHAPHATIC......EMPHASIZED LYRICAL TIMING, THE EPITOME OF SONGTRESS CAPTURE......RENDERINGS, UNBELIEVABLE, EPIC, LEGENDARY TO A GENRE', BELLA WOODS, VOCAL SIGNATURE WILL FOREVERMORE, EVERLASTINGY BE WHOLEHEARTEDLY LOVED🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯❤❤❤❤
flew down to the Warehouse 5 times to catch Frankie Knuckles from the Bronx trained by Nicky Siano of the Gallery he rocked this had and tough felt home House heads in Chicage treated me like 24 carat gold yeo
When i went to the Casino, Russ Winstanley used to play this back to back with Eddie Holman's 'This Could Be A Night To Remember', by the time they'd finished you knew you were at an allnighter!
This song. Along with the first two albums really were a mark of genius. This song was a perfect storm. Since this group I've been blessed to play in concert with or side by side a few of the Divas that could do justice to this song. Nobody can be what Belita was to this song. Nobody🎺
Jesus, the entire heavenly host falls down on you like nothing you've ever experienced!!! I've experienced this masterpiece at the Paradise Garage,with Larry , in European clubs in the 90's and lastly at theMonster in Nyc pre Corona Virus. Damm I'd give anything to have my body beaten into submission by this masterpeice, again in Feb 2020!!!!!
Oh my! Somehow, this song popped back into my head for no reason some 40 years later and suddenly, there I was, seeing myself racing to the dance floor, poppers in hand, dancing like a crazy man in the gay clubs back then. It was exhilarating then and has not lost an ounce since.. what an incredible arrangement and holy crap, her voice!!! I will never ever forget the wonderful times back then.. the gay clubs, the sense of freedom and all despite the dark cloud of AIDS and bigotry, we never stopped dancing.. so glad progress has been made (though we still journey on). Songs like this leave an indelible mark and that rush of memories bring me right back as I crank this up dancing again at 65, thinking I’m 20 as I’m flooded with a euphoria that only the 70’s club scene made possible! Nothing defines that era more than this!!! I’m so grateful to have lived during that time!
Love your story and reading it while this song blasting in my ears, you took me back to those magical time dancing at the gay clubs and bars back then. Keep cranking up the music of our past and dancing whenever possible and open up the memories.
God, I remember being on Riis Park Beach one hot summer day (an afternoon, post-Garage session, I'm sure!) and this song was coming out of every boom box on the beach, and let me tell you, in 79 EVERYONE went to the beach with a boom box. No headphones then, either, we all shared our music, it was WONDERFUL. I can still see that beach, everyone boppin', swayin', groovin' to this song....Truly, it was a magical time to live in NY. When 92, KTU ruled the world...:)
I remember this joint from way back when child in the 70s as Dad played this on Saturday night in the Bronx.I was so glad to find the title as heard this on Sirius Channel 54 and now my day is complete. This is a song that gets one UP the dance floor.💯😄🎼
I saw Patti Austin perform this song at the 2010 Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. I hadn't heard the song since HS in the Bronx in the 70's. Classic!! Still holds up. Not sure why it's not on iTunes though. I'm guessing legal issues.
I just heard this song for the first time about a year ago and I absolutely love it... I can just imagine people dancing their hearts out (back in the 70s) to this awesome disco hit like they did on Soul Train (which is all before my time)... The part that's really killing it is when the horns and what sounds like violins comes in during the musical interlude... Beautiful Belitia Woods had the perfect voice for this song... :)
I’m 60 years of age and still get up to dance to the classic song in turkey of all places 🕺🕺
Well I guess that Istanbul rocks too! 😎😎
it never gets old
Lobe
Love
Send us a video of your dancing moves 😅😅😅
Maybe the greatest Disco song of all time ❤️❤️❤️
I agree with you 100% on that Florian. It definitely deserves to be ranked that high! 😁
Yes it was. When it came on I was on the floor 🤣
@@pamelaosley1608my me too. And i just turned 63. I remember those days or nights on the dance floor. Lots of fun🎉 hope you are still enjoying life
No exaggeration there.
Most definitely !!
This song makes you tap your toes even in 2023, music like this never gets old....
as someone who lived it as a Disco DJ back than...this was the one song that would always pack the floor...how could you not move to this....disco was the best..
"BRAINSTROM" ....🏆🏆...."LOVIN' IS REALLY MY GAME"🎼🎵🎶
******BELLA WOODS***** " 🎤 " 💯💯💯💯💯💯
EPIC".......JUMPING..."
"EVERY DAY🌟🪐 AND EVERY 🌘🌛 NIGHT'
is
one of the best disco tracks of all time. underrradet unfortantely .
for real ❤
The best music came out of the clubs between 1975 and early 1978. By the late 70s the genie was out of the bottle. This stuff is infectious and amazing. What a time to be alive.
Oh yeah 👍🏽👍 WOW and the house era that followed 💋💯💯♥️♥️😊💪🏽✌🏽👍🤯
Yes...... how well i remember. Absolutely nothing today can touch it.
79 was blockbuster
Agree 10000%
I fell absolutely head over heals in love with this song the first time I heard it. It was the summer of 1998, I was 14 years old, and I was just discovering that I had a true passion and love for disco music. The movie 54 had just came out in theaters, so I begged my mom to take me to see it - which she did. That's where I heard Lovin' Is Really My Game for the first time. It's 24 years later now, and it is still my absolute favorite disco song of all time, and it always will be! 😁
"BRAINSTROM" ....🏆🏆...."LOVIN' IS REALLY MY GAME"🎼🎵🎶
******BELLA WOODS***** " 🎤 " 💯💯💯💯💯💯
EPIC".......JUMPING..."
"EVERY DAY🌟🪐 AND EVERY 🌘🌛 NIGHT'
@@LizDaWiz YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CLASSIC
The beat, the strings, the drums, the horns and that voice yessssss😄
"BRAINSTROM" ....🏆🏆...."LOVIN' IS REALLY MY GAME"🎼🎵🎶
******BELLA WOODS***** " 🎤 " 💯💯💯💯💯💯
EPIC".......JUMPING..."
"EVERY DAY🌟🪐 AND EVERY 🌘🌛 NIGHT'
Heck yeah!!!
Whew!!!!
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This usta fuck all the dance floors up in Chicago!! Tambourines slappin'....huggin' the speakers....wigs flyin' off...drinks fallin' on the floor....yesssir we beat the floor down on this one!!!
wigs flyin' off...LOL!!
TheKanejack drinks falling Lol❗️
violins tho
maceo28 WOW, COOL!
+maceo28 "This usta fuck all the dance floors up...." Lovely!
Your entire comment deserves 5 stars. Thanks for the visual!
The sax player lawd have mercy
I get soul satisfaction without jumping up and down on my feet
Ok, so I've played this about 30 times in a row now. Once it starts playing I can't stop. Belita Woods sang the sh*t out of this jam, and that bass line and those strings KILL ME me. When I was a teenager I used to perform this with my family (we were a singing group), and 40 years later, it still rocks me to my soul.
Tracy Whitney well said. This song is an under rated masterpiece. All the musical nuances, the clapping, the horns, the castanets spoons, the strings. The harmony of the backup singers and of course Belita Woods soulful pipes. Genius!
Anyone who expierenced it in the right club at the exact moment would be changed forever!♥️
I love DISCO MUSIC, I am Mexican, my mother tongue is Spanish, but I danced this tunes in my younger days.
Absolutely
@@simoneduardocastroLa Musica es Universal mi hermano. Viva La Musica Siempre !
The city was broke, the subways were filthy (and usually late), much of The Bronx was a burned-out wasteland, crime was rampant, Times Square was as seedy as could be, Son of Sam had just had all all in terror - and yet, just HEARING the awesome opening riff of this incomparable classic and I am LONGING to be right back in that Time and Place. The club scene then, well, you had to have been there to believe it. I'm sure the kids today are as devoted to their music and their clubs, but for all of us lucky enough to have LIVED 70s NY, we know the truth. Our fun was on a scale quite incomprehensible to the kids of today. 84 King Forever...
That's how it was in San Francisco, too, and I'm sure it was this way in many places across the country and around the world. That time and this music (any disco, really) made us all get up and dance the night away. We were younger, at least I was, and lived every day as if it were my last. I'm grateful to be alive today, so many of my generation are gone. But when I hear music like this, they're alive again, and for a moment, we can dance the night away, one more time!
Braighdan Silas Did you miss the Larry Levan/Paradise Garage Block Party last May 2014? It was the closest I've felt to that feeling in over a decade. It was magic.
***** Way to go!!
***** I feel you njpir!!!! I arrived in NYC in 1982 at 18 yr.'s old. I remember the dirty, sexy, dangerous ,exciting city NYC was before gentrafacation and all the yuppies took over!! There was an raw energy and electric charge that made the city vibrate with creativity & life. This song takes me back to the Paradise Garage and Larry Lavan who killed us with this classic masterpiece until the club closed in 1986. I'm so grateful I experienced NYC at this time in it's history, it will never be repeated again……...
+njplr AMEN I moved to New York in 1982 it was so much fun, I'll never forget!!! The Most Grimmy, sexiest heaven on earth to be had!!! I lived for the energy and ever present danger around every corner! I was so F-----g young and dumb! I remember wearing out the Paradise Garage and Better Days dancing to this classic, feeling the waves of vocal and instrumental brilliance crashing over my youthful and energetic body. It was a magical experience. Christ,
I'd give anything to be transported to to that transformative era!!!
My mom tells me all the fun she had in the discos when she was my age (mid 20’s) in the 1970’s. An era gone by that a select few were able to experience. So glad beautiful songs like this were preserved so us younger folk can appreciate the the timeless and transcendental classics that our parents grooved to.... Absolutely incredible and brings me to tears almost everytime!!!!
My sentiments exactly. The 70s, particularly disco, is a major experience to the body and spirit.
❤
dancing and having fun
I’m 67 and one of those lucky people ❤️
There were the disco sucks people then … but these songs were only in the clubs where you could lose yourself in the music all night…..club people were a real thing and it wasn’t for everyone!
Love this high energy song ! Takes me back to when I was 18 years old and loved to dance on Saturday nights in Atlanta.
This song makes me feel sooooooooooooo GOOD. This song and Sylvester's You Make Me Feel would keep me on the dance floor all night.
Memories are made of this ❤️🏴✌️🔥
Belita Woods died on May 14, 2012 and Donna Summer died on May 17, 2012. Both were 63. Two incredible disco vocalists and beautiful women gone too soon... Your music lives on.
I love this song next to danger stranger
I forgot this song at Wigan casino I remember my mates saying Gill it's new soul
REST IN POWER!!
Rip......
Wow. Thanks for the rememberance.
R.I.P. Belita Woods, you could sang, woman
RIP Belita. You sang the hell out this song!!!
DiscoDub74 what a voice she had ! Clear with a beautiful smooth conviction -- god blessed her....
YES INDEED!!
Her version is the best one. I love Betty Wright, and the late Sylvester, but the late Belita Woods nailed it. R.I.P
The living hell out of this song!!!
@@shondaprice5506 AMEN!
I was 3 years old in 1975 and remember this playing at all of the family functions!!! Best song in the world and I'm dancing to it right now!!!!❤
Belita Woods was the lead singer on one of the baddest jams of all time, “Loving Is Really My Game” by the late 70's group, Brainstorm. She passed away yesterday, 5/14/12. Here is that jam, in her memory. Hearing this song I STILL gotta get up and dance, arthritis and all! Rest in Peace, Belita!
RIP Belita Karen Woods your voice is still rocking us!!
Taino...did not know that
Rest up Belita ❤
Didn't know she passed when ? How ?
The Best!!!!
@@fredgillette6583 DEVASTATED...
I’m 66yo. I heard this so many years ago at Dugans Bistro in Chicago. The best disco ever. I’ve listened to great tracks from UA-cam algorithm, and they are fabulous, but this is the best. Find a disco ball and fly!
My god - this is a special find for me... kinda hunting back to look up old vinyl albums I had as a kid. I was a little 10 year old white boy in a tiny town of Nova Scotia, Canada. I bought the Stormin' album at our record store at the mall. I was only a kid, and literally bought albums based on how the album cover art spoke to me. I will NEVER forget that chrome brain !!! Which is why I remembered today, in 2022, to look this up again. *I am kinda shaking and a bit tearful listening to this track right now* As I'm heading into my senior years, I think of how I was blessed with such a huge variety of music when I was a kid. I had no idea what Detroit Funk was... nor any knowledge or influence about race or "black music" in North America. A ton of my albums were from black disco & funk artists at the time - and I naturally loved it as much as everything else. Maybe even more. Hearing this as an adult, decades later - OH THE MAGIC. It was ALWAYS good - it's like a universal given. Now I have the ability and maturity to look up all the information about the band... My GOD - *BELITA WOODS* (RIP) What a freakin' QUEEN ... and *Lamont Johnson* on bass WOW - a master class! Even as a kid, that bass playing stood out to me. Didn't know why it was special - but now I can totally understand. I didn't even know this was a hit song !!! I just loved it, hands down. I'd say it's in the top 25 standout/remembered songs of my childhood. All because that chrome brain led me to pick it up and buy it. Was it fate? I cannot imagine never knowing or discovering this song.
That's such a great story, I can definitely relate. Thanks for sharing!
I loved reading this. Music takes us to great times and places and this song is no exception.
Beautiful story…. But this music was club music and radio music never crossed…. So you were definitely blessed!
Thanks for your story and I’m one of those ppl.. that loves things no matter who does and don’t care. I just look at everyone else as missing out of they don’t know music like this or care for.
Your story also made me realize how deep and profound music is to me and always have . 🎶❤️
One of the greatest high energy dance songs of all time!
SO ABSOLUTELY 🩸🩸✈✈ TIMELESS⌚⌚
Songs like this will have you burning a lot of calories on the dance floor 😅
I honestly think we were so lucky to grow up with this music. Too many young folks with mental health problems now and today's music doesnt help. Dancing to music like this made you happy
Very true about many now having mental problems and never connected with lack of great music All I know is that I was depressed for many years and when I started listen to the music of my past, I lit up like a Xmas tree. Lol! So now I know that music is my cure and medicine.
You got that right!
If disco needed to be defined with just one song, this would be it.. The best disco track ever!! I challenge you to try not to groove when you hear this.
this song will definitely make anybody move, tap they feet or something 😂😂 !!
Indeed.....🎯
ANTHEM
AWESOMENESS
INCREDULOUS
This was one of my jams in my roller skating days. I loved dancing up and down the hills of Central Park to this tune on my Walkman.
This song has it all. Strong vocals, great musicianship, a long bridge, funky bassline, cool strings and a funky beat.
Everyone get ready for DISCO It's coming back for a replay. once
the bars and dance clubs rebuild
With the DISCO mirror ball and all
the flashing lights. Then people can enjoy the fun lots of us experienced back in the 70,s and
80's .DISCO is returning very soon.
People are tired of the way that the music is today. We all want the real dance music. If if they reply the wonderful DISCO MUSIC
of the 70's and 80 's I can hardly wait. all DISCO lovers let put you clubs and bars back to DISCO
the people that really like to dance will be happy and the people in the clubs and bars will enjoy making lots of money again.
DISCO MUSIC IS THE BEST!!!
INCREDIBLE ---THIS WAS AN AMAZING ERA OF MUSIC !!!
Of course, disco era. Salutes!
I've heard it said that a great disco 12" single builds and builds the energy like a pressure cooker until it releases it and the dancers go wild as it is a sort of musical orgasm. If that is the case then this record has the hottest musical climax of any, and all of of us dancers needed a cigarette afterwards. (just kidding; no cigs but the beer and cocktails were flowing); it was a blast!. This was Brainstorm's best track in my opinion although I remember another one called "Hot for You". Sylvester did a re-make of this song; it is pretty good but not a volcano like this baby. I made the mistake of letting someone borrow my 12" copy of this and he never returned it so I bought it all over again. I consider this one of the best disco 12" singles ever made.
#1 on the dance charts in August 1977.
I was 11years old
I've got to say this this is proper proper disco classic
This is one of best Disco songs
ever PERIOD 🤟🙈🙉🙊
Belita Woods at her best....another Motor City girl. We love you Belita!
I LOVE HER VOCAL QUALITY. SHE IS MY KIND OF SINGER.
God this record always gets me so Excited and Happy!
Listening to this in 2020.
This was 43 yrs ago. All those wonderful times - dancing, happy music, such huge aspirations for the future ! And what T F has the World come to now ?
Sadly It’s filled with zombies with no soul in their hearts.
The great Ms.Belita Woods sanging, the song R.I.P. sister
This song is A combo of disco funk and Soul with a touch of gospel that what made it Great
Lord have mercy, " LOVIN IS REALLY MY GAME " hands down is the BEST DAM DISCO RECORD ON THE PLANET EARTH!!!!!!!!!! The arrangement is expert, Belita Woods ....grand! The violin/ strings section.....AWESOMELY AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bought this 12" when it came out....I wore it out! I still have it! This is not your average disco record.... this is SUPREME ROYALTY! It starts off slow ..then it goes into this WONDERLAND OF MAGIC!!!!!!!!!! There's nothing like it. It's extremely hard to find on CD. Thank you so much for posting this treasure:) !!!!!!!!!!
LMFAO!!!!! I wore mine out too. I feel the same way about Tom Moulton's 17 min remix of Diana Ross's 'Love Hangover.' It's on youtube too.
So right!!!! I remember being beaten to death by this classic on the dance floor of the Paradise Garage in NYC. The holy sprit fell on me like a ton of brick lifting me into a frenzy of ecstasy !!!!! My body crackled with energy,
So Amazing, Belita vocals are touched by the hand God!!! the phrase " TRY ME BABY " is everything!!
OOOOOOOOOOVVVEERRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! oh YEAH!!!!
Thanks!!
deana diedrich Sylvester. Mighty Real
This my jam!!!!!!!! Belita Woods one of the best voices ever and she sang this song!!!!!!!!
EMPHAPHATIC......EMPHASIZED LYRICAL TIMING, THE EPITOME OF SONGTRESS CAPTURE......RENDERINGS, UNBELIEVABLE, EPIC, LEGENDARY TO A GENRE', BELLA WOODS,
VOCAL SIGNATURE WILL FOREVERMORE, EVERLASTINGY BE WHOLEHEARTEDLY LOVED🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯❤❤❤❤❤
SO ABSOLUTELY 💯💯♥♥ TIMELESS
DISCO RULES AND THIS SONG IS ONE OF THE REASON
Belita Woods vocal is incredible ! Listen for the spoons playin' on the rhythm break.
This is one of best Disco songs
ever PERIOD 🤟🙈🙉🙊
I am still jamming to it after 40 years. As it been that long?
And you will be jamming to this even longer...
"TIMELESS"
"TRY ME"
im 58 still got it long song lol
Tears of joy fall when listening to this song.
💕
I remember this from my freshman year in college in 1977
God YES!
Frankie Crocker. RIP used to play this every afternoon on his show.
Frankie Crocker WBLS
World's Best Looking Sound
🎶❤️🎶
Brings back great memories
Dancing all night long in NYC
❤️🎶❤️
One of the greatest dance 🩰 jams EVER!!!!!!!!! NYC dancing forever♾️😍🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡☮️
"BRAINSTROM" ....🏆🏆...."LOVIN' IS REALLY MY GAME"🎼🎵🎶
******BELLA WOODS***** " 🎤 " 💯💯💯💯💯💯
EPIC".......JUMPING..."
"EVERY DAY🌟🪐 AND EVERY 🌘🌛 NIGHT'
She has brought me joy the minute she opened her mouth to sing. I miss her.
Always a stampede to the dance floor. I was a DJ then and can remember the hair on the back of my neck standing up at 4:59 and praying to all the disco gods that my mix out of this was spot on. At that time this was one of the fastest BPM songs we played so it was a challenge to come up with something fresh. Also the smell of amyl nitrate wafting up to the DJ booth was fucking intense. Wonderful days.
Oh YESSSSS! Everyone would LOOSE THEIR MINDS at 4:59!!! 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Wasn't it though.... EVERYBODY THAT WAS IN THE CLUB MADE IT TO THE FLOOR WHEN THIS WAS PLAYED. I MISS IT SO MUCH. AND THE PEOPLE DIDN'T MIND GETTING BUMPED, CAUSE WE WERE ALL JUST HAVING FUN.
love how you explained it
This song as few others will forever bring back joy! Flamingo NYC late70’s I will always remember a sea of beautiful men pulsing dancing and releasing incredible energy to this classic!
They made one of the best danceable songs
I can't catch no man
Hangin' out at a discotheque
But I believe in the boogie
Oh, but the boogie don't believe in me
Well, I got my way of groovin'
Sittin' down right in my seat
I get soul satisfaction
Yeah, without jumpin' up and down on my feet
Whoa...ho...disco guy
You'll be sorry if you pass me by
I've got what you need
Boy, I wouldn't tell you no lie
Why not give me a chance
I swear I could prove it
That don't mean I can't move it
And it's close to perfection
I just use it in another direction, yeah
Ooh...ooh...yeah
I can't catch no thrill
Though the music they're playin' makes me feel
When all is said and done
Well, now, I know what it's all about
Well, hey, come along with me
If you do I will guarantee
I'm gonna give you my love
And the way it's gonna make you shout, shout, shout, boy
Disco guy
You'll be sorry if you pass me by
I've got what you need
And boy, I wouldn't tell you no lie
Why not give me a chance
I swear I could prove it
That don't mean I can't move it
And it's close to perfection
I just use it in another direction
I can't catch no man
Hangin' out at a discotheque
But I believe in the boogie
Oh, but lovin' is really my game
Well, lovin' is really my game
Well, lovin' is really my game
Well, lovin' is really my game
Try me, baby, yeah
And I will make you see, yeah
I-I got lovin', yeah
I-I got lovin', yeah
I'm gonna love you right, yes, I will
Every day and every night, yeah
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...oh...oh...oh...
Try me, baby, yeah
Try me, baby, yeah
¡®Cause I got it, yeah
I've got love, yeah
And I got good kissin', yeah
And I got good squeezin', yeah
Try me, baby, alright
Love me, baby, alright
Try me, baby, yeah
I got love
Come on and give it to me
And I will love you right, yes, I will
Every day and every night, yeah
And then you'll see that lovin' is really my game, whoa
Lovin' is really my game, whoa
Lovin' is really my game, yeah
Lovin' is really my game
I wanna make you feel good all over
Oh...oh...and-and then you will see
Lovin' is really my game, yeah
It's my game, it's my game, it's my game
Lovin' is my game, it's a game, yeah
❤️🙏
Heard this on the radio Sunday, been in my head since it’s Wednesday now. 😭🥰
That bass line tho 🔥🔥🔥
That BASS LINE! You cannot beat those strings if you wanted to Castanets? Nobody was ready! My kids love this song and the youngest is 15years old
That Baseline and that string section they are truly just doing too much!
@@DRLEWIS I disagree with you. As far as disco songs go, this was the best. You can the bass and strings were played by live musicians. Lamont Johnson on bass and Regina Carter on 🎻, can't go too wrong with that.
Belita, them castenets and them strings blew all our minds bk then, I was just 12 when this was released. Still blowing minbs😍
Some serious vocals some serious ass disco realness. I love this
Memories........moving on......Disco Never died ! At least it lives on by ME!
+Anthony Barlow Can I get another Amen!
Yasss!!!
Amen!
lee king indeed ❗️
yes indeed Anthony.........yes in deed🎶🎶🎶
I danced to this and wore it out every Saturday at the clubs back in the day. I would no sooner here the first chord and I was on the floor and DARED any one to stop me!
oh my god I can't believe I FOUND T HIS. I have not heard this song in 30 years!!!! I grew up in Detroit. Getting teary eyed..
weren't they out of Detroit??
@@WilliamHodgson-xx5sw Yep.
30 yrs later and still my theme song. love it
Back in the 80’s this filled the floors of brum and the Black Country. Brilliant tune, brings back memories good and bad
SO ABSOLUTELY....I WAS THERE......"EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT" .....***TIMELESS
It still does lol
Disco soul at its best!! Lead vocalist Belita Woods(( Rest In Peace))) also the co writer.
Really! Thanks for that info. I love this song, her voice and the arrangements.
One of disco Greatest dancing song of it's time
Best Disco record ever ahead of its time! 🕺🏾💃🏽
Yeah, It was.
🎯
It really was. It had a lot of features that would not show up broadly until later. It also lacks the ubiquitous clap track.
Brilliant tune. Not sure about ahead of its time. It was out when Disco was having it. Just wished I was there
@@kulturekritik9665 Good point!
I can’t get no man
Hanging out at the Disco-Tech
Now I believe in the boogie
Ohh but the Boogie don’t believe in me....
Classic line!!
RIP Ms Belita Woods this is my favorite song by this amazing group with her on lead vocals..Awesome...
Had to come back and listen again.. Oh man when Belita says "I've got love c'mon and give it to me" and the way the beat goes in tune with her is EPIC!!! This is truly disco royalty at its' best!!
Had to come back and listen again.. Oh man when Belita says "I've got love c'mon and give it to me" and the way the beat goes in tune with her is EPIC!!! This is truly disco royalty at its' best!!
This and Sylvesters You make me feel mighty real; the best pieces of music will make You crazy
@@melvinrobinson3048 Laaawd don't get me started on Sylvester! You make me feel mighty real is my all time fave by him may he also continue to RIP.
Disco at it’s finest! A classic!🎶
HA! This is when disco was kicking a** and this song was one of my favorites. I haven't heard this in years and man it sounds so good. Reminds me of the time when I would get on the dance floor and dance like I was losing my mind. Thanks for posting. This woman is working this song. At one time I thought it was the group FIRST CHOICE but now I know its not them. This woman sang with George Clinton Funkadelics band. She's awesome.
Used to dance to this at the Sombrero in High St Kensington in 1977.....Just the Ultimate Funk! In Tears remembering when I was Young......
Tears reading the comments too.
Wtf. I can't stop listening to this.
I listened 3x and then put on loop for the entire morning LOL! I haven't jumped around like this in months!
Same here
this is one of my all-time favorite songs. great memories of good times. talking someone to church
I wasn't old enough to get into clubs when this song was out, but I remember hearing it all the time then. My radio stayed on WBMX.(Chicago).
WBMX LOVE IT
Wvon
Bass legend... Lamont Johnson! One of the Greats!
Awesome song
Lamont Johnson was hot on this jam
Dallas Texas. Bayou Landing. Downtown Dallas Texas. You had to park blocks away. You could hear this echoing between skyscrapers. Wed run as fast as we could. Dance floor elbow to elbow and shoulder to shoulder. Still play it and dance in my house. The BEST times of my life. Made LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS!! Belita Woods!!!!!
This song just epitomizes a true disco jam. This is the 33 1/3 aka Disco version just represents the best in brass, woodwind, percussion and those beautiful strings of the violins. I was 15 years old when this song was release. The Motown sound was in full effect. During that era, we had so many local groups coming up in Detroit. That mid to late 70s still and away will have a special in heart and mind. At the cabarets in Detroit would also play Brainstorm. This high energy disco version song just gets me so excited when I listen to it.
EMPHAPHATIC......EMPHASIZED LYRICAL TIMING, THE EPITOME OF SONGTRESS CAPTURE......RENDERINGS, UNBELIEVABLE, EPIC, LEGENDARY TO A GENRE', BELLA WOODS,
VOCAL SIGNATURE WILL FOREVERMORE, EVERLASTINGY BE WHOLEHEARTEDLY LOVED🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯❤❤❤❤
I get goosebumps listening to this! So awesome!!!
Best disco classic of all time love it 😍
SOMEBODY.......TRY ME'♥♥♥♥🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶 EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT
This song is in my Top 10 all time favorite disco songs & yes I'm a proud 70s baby 😁
Oldie but goodies, PARADISE GARAGE, CLUB ZANZIBAR THE GOOD OLE DAYS
Those were my clubs...the loft...mellons...
Club 747
the Limelight
2021 and still my favorite song!
this became a true Chicago house classic for the deep heads. Ron hardy used to tear this shit up at the music box. though not this fast
+ChicagoDeepHouseHead
YES,,,,,,,,,,,,, HE,,,,,,,,,,,, DID! ALRIGHT RONNAYYYYY!!!!! LOL
JACK ME RONNIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!!
If I had a time machine that is the time I would live in all the trouble I got into sneaking out was worth it.
flew down to the Warehouse 5 times to catch Frankie Knuckles from the Bronx trained by Nicky Siano of the Gallery
he rocked this had and tough
felt home House heads in Chicage treated me like 24 carat gold
yeo
Up and down 103rd st near Cottage Grove-I was younger then-can’t forget than voice-didn’t know she was with P-Funk
One of the few songs that can turn my mood around, make me wish I was at least 21 in the early 70's and get me dancing no matter where I am!!!!
+QT4Bklyn Me Too!!
QT4Bklyn o
When i went to the Casino, Russ Winstanley used to play this back to back with Eddie Holman's 'This Could Be A Night To Remember', by the time they'd finished you knew you were at an allnighter!
This song. Along with the first two albums really were a mark of genius. This song was a perfect storm. Since this group I've been blessed to play in concert with or side by side a few of the Divas that could do justice to this song. Nobody can be what Belita was to this song. Nobody🎺
I remember when it was a hit...love it then, still love it...
Yes yes yes! I can totally relate. The absolute best time of my life, Disco Forever!!!
Bloody hell,this has a frantic pace...!
Jesus, the entire heavenly host falls down on you like nothing you've ever experienced!!!
I've experienced this masterpiece at the Paradise Garage,with Larry , in European clubs in the 90's and lastly at theMonster in Nyc pre Corona Virus. Damm I'd give anything to have my body beaten into submission by this masterpeice, again in Feb 2020!!!!!
My favorite dance song EVER!
Oh my! Somehow, this song popped back into my head for no reason some 40 years later and suddenly, there I was, seeing myself racing to the dance floor, poppers in hand, dancing like a crazy man in the gay clubs back then. It was exhilarating then and has not lost an ounce since.. what an incredible arrangement and holy crap, her voice!!! I will never ever forget the wonderful times back then.. the gay clubs, the sense of freedom and all despite the dark cloud of AIDS and bigotry, we never stopped dancing.. so glad progress has been made (though we still journey on). Songs like this leave an indelible mark and that rush of memories bring me right back as I crank this up dancing again at 65, thinking I’m 20 as I’m flooded with a euphoria that only the 70’s club scene made possible! Nothing defines that era more than this!!! I’m so grateful to have lived during that time!
67 here.....and yes.....We certainly did dance did we not!
@@nigelprance2540 65 and still jamming to this!
Love your story and reading it while this song blasting in my ears, you took me back to those magical time dancing at the gay clubs and bars back then. Keep cranking up the music of our past and dancing whenever possible and open up the memories.
Oh and turning 60 at the end of August 2023.
Takes me back to 1977. Ahhhh, what happiness R&B brought to my life during that era. And the quality was simply superb!!!
wow disco will live for ever and ever like this song never ends God bless everyone who listed to this tune. forever bless you all !!!!
Absolutely 🙏
Edwin...absolutely
God, I remember being on Riis Park Beach one hot summer day (an afternoon, post-Garage session, I'm sure!) and this song was coming out of every boom box on the beach, and let me tell you, in 79 EVERYONE went to the beach with a boom box. No headphones then, either, we all shared our music, it was WONDERFUL. I can still see that beach, everyone boppin', swayin', groovin' to this song....Truly, it was a magical time to live in NY. When 92, KTU ruled the world...:)
This generation couldn't handle such fabulousness.
Woooo Paco, G Keith Alexander and others from the sound of Disco in NYC 92 WKTU!
YES! Riis Park was the beach to be at! And the music was in surround sound!
Boy I remember riis beach..especially the nude section. Fabulous music we had with the disco era.
Those were the days...💖💃
I remember this joint from way back when child in the 70s as Dad played this on Saturday night in the Bronx.I was so glad to find the title as heard this on Sirius Channel 54 and now my day is complete. This is a song that gets one UP the dance floor.💯😄🎼
Another great band from Detroit,MI
clarence terrell my best friend’s father played bass for the group
That's what I thought.
Detroit has always been an epicenter of music innovation
I saw Patti Austin perform this song at the 2010 Playboy Jazz Festival at the Hollywood Bowl. I hadn't heard the song since HS in the Bronx in the 70's. Classic!! Still holds up. Not sure why it's not on iTunes though. I'm guessing legal issues.
I was gonna buy it on I tunes but only 4 minutes long where’s the long version
I just heard this song for the first time about a year ago and I absolutely love it... I can just imagine people dancing their hearts out (back in the 70s) to this awesome disco hit like they did on Soul Train (which is all before my time)... The part that's really killing it is when the horns and what sounds like violins comes in during the musical interlude... Beautiful Belitia Woods had the perfect voice for this song... :)
the BEST version of this song