The Isley Brothers - Footsteps in the Dark, Pts. 1 & 2 (Official Audio)
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- "Footsteps in the Dark, Pts. 1 & 2" by The Isley Brothers
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Chorus:
I, keep hearing footsteps, baby
In the dark, oh, in the dark
Why? I keep hearing footsteps, baby
In the dark
Oh, in the dark, woo
#TheIsleyBrothers #FootstepsInTheDark #GoForYourGuns
The holy grail of hiphop sampling
Rightt , so many rap songs have sampled the Isley Brothers . .
haden esmond Absolutely , with "Today Was a Good Day" being my favorite . Biggie's "Big Poppa" was pretty popular as well.
Kanye west bound
Mariah Angela Carey LOOLL
Jamik Wapala Haha , I thought of that too . The remix right ? But that was "Between the Sheets" by The Isley Brothers that they sampled.
These Isley Bros certainly gave Ice Cube a reason to say "It was a Good Day"
They gave us all a reason to say "today was a good day"
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Haha yessir
Nah you weren’t educated
Classic and stylish
I’ve loved Ice Cube’s version for years.
But listening to this for the first time today… this version blows it out of the water.
dude saame 😩
Same dude
I know exactly how you feel, man! Growing up as a ‘90s hip-hip kid, I absolutely loved Ice Cube’s “It Was A Good Day.” I actually just saw him live in concert a few weeks ago. This song was suggested in my feed, I checked it out, and now I can’t stop listening to it.
Vanilla Ice got persecuted for a tiny slice. 🤣
check out stuff like P-Funk, Stevie Wonder, Kool & the gang, Earth, Wind & Fire, Sly Stone, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, etc. ... . It's a shame some younger people probably never will bother to discover the real artists behind hip hop hits.
70's: Footsteps in the dark
90's: Footsteps in da hood
70s= Isley Bros
90s=Ice Cube
@@johnharris4899 2020 = SiR
@@ross735 Thundercat too
@AspenFalls Vermont how about you take the f*cking joke and shut the hell up
70s version: gta iv
90s version: gta sa
Just waking up in the morning, gotta thank GOD
I dont know, but today feels kinda odd.
@@_ermwhattheflipNo barkin’ from the dog. No smog.
@@The_Top_Gun. And momma cooked a breakfast with no hog
I got my grub on, but didn't pig out
@@grillfindor Finally, got a call from a girl I wanna dig out
This song is genius. The walking baseline that literally sounds like footsteps. Ron's falsetto sounds like light in the darkness. The complex harmonies in the chorus layered over dynamics. Genius.
I love it when baselines are also sounds thats relate to the song
Ernie Isley doesn't get enough credit for what he does on a guitar either. Very creative
Completely genius 🤩 Listening to the Isley Brothers, i recall a time when American music truly had unparalleled talent! The Isley Brothers represent the best that American popular music ever gave to this world 💓
I swear, driving through Liberty City while this song played hits so different, just one of the best things ever
I think you mean los santos unless you were joking 😂
@@ericgolden4349 This song is also in GTA IV
@@ericgolden4349 I think you're confusing this with Today Was A Good Day which was played in GTA San Andreas. While this song (Footsteps in the dark) was played in GTA 4 which was set in Liberty City
@@TK_197 oh ya I remember
@@TK_197 I was confused lmaoo
Without this song, It Was A Good Day would not be the same
Without this song It Was A Good Day would not be!
No shit it wouldn’t even exist 😭😭
Most obvious statement ever
@@bigsmokeysmoke 77777777777777777777777777777e7771
9ioo99
I'll never forget being 16 years old, with an old soul, introducing a girl I liked, Celina, to this. Just sitting on the couch vibing. We replayed this at least 10 times. I started singing the lyrics quietly and saw her staring at me. I ended up with a kiss and a fine, fine girlfriend at the end
What a lovely memory 🥰
29 years old and swaying my newborn daughter to sleep to this...thankful for my father raising me on this and many other black musicians. RIP Dad 😔
Rip 🙏🏽
RIP
Sorry for your loss ❤️
Your dad sounds classy. I bet he liked George Benson, maybe Taj Mahal or Wynton Marsalis also. I'm just a 30 year old white guy from the suburbs but I'd have loved to have asked him for some musicians to listen to
GOOD MAN👍👍
Bass line so tough in this song. Classic.
Its a good Bass Melody Line
as is the case with all songs from this era
@@thegr8malachite370 True that!
Thundercat would agree!
It's dead simple but kills
One of the coolest most haunting and ethereal guitar riffs ever.
"My mind drifts now and then, looking down dark corridors wondering what might have been, somethings up a ahead, should I keep the same direction or go back instead?" Deepest shit I ever heard...
Beautiful....
Coldest lines ever
Real poetry!
I was a young woman when this came out...still loving it at 68 years
that isn’t beautiful, it’s unnerving.
CRYING AND MISSING MY HUSBAND UP IN HEAVEN THE LOVE OF MY LIFE DIED OF CANCER ON 2-8-2016 WATCHING MY HUSBAND LEE LOOKING IN MY EYES WHILE TAKING HIS LAST BREATH IN OUR BEDROOM THAT APART ME DIED TOO REST PEACEFULLY BABE UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU WILL ALWAYS FOREVER BE IN MY HEART FOOTSTEP IN THE DARK ...... #IHATECANCER #CANCERSUCKS
señor sin nombre :u thank you
#RIP him
James Flash Thank u
Are you gay you look like a guy in your proflie picture
Brigit Giles No i'm not, That's my husband Sweetie who pass away of cancer.....He gonna always be on my profile picture 30 yrs i'm represent we have 2 adult kids & grand-daughter ijs!!!!
As an adult now all my parents music hits so differently makes me cry I miss all my family and friends that have passed over the years
R.I.P man I hope the best for u, but don't worry we are all together at the end ♥
My 10 yr old daughter loves this song.She always asks me to play it when cruising on a sunday.happy I was able to show her what real music is.
your daughter is gonna be a really cool person😎
Means you're raising her right
Saying that something is “real music” is subjective. Just because new music is released and you don’t like it, does not mean you get to discredit it entirely. I agree that some tracks aren’t the best sounding or my cup of tea. But you can’t discredit new music by saying it isn’t real
@@Warriorz1979 wrong bro it’s actually real music because music from this time were more about loving one another compared to today and even the 90s it’s about killing , drugs etc
@@dxfhrt6557 not all. You’re just not searching hard enough
Y'all quoting cube want to listen to today was a good day take y'all ass over there, you come here you respect the isleys young mfs.
im saying, uncultured muthafuccas
justin scott 👏👏👏👏👏☝☝☝ Youngster right here and I agree 100000000%
Well, i'm here because of him. I love this song tho
You bout to use your AK?
justin scott lol....
it's funny tho to the youngsters cube turned them on to this..
My Dad told me all about how cool the 70s and 80s were. 23 now. Gonna raise my kids with these great classics someday.
AMEN 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏.
@@willjenkins3529 Bro what are the odds.. are you the same Will Jenkins I know? From Houston Tx
yes.. that's how you "pay it forward " !!
Right On 👍
@@willjenkins3529were still wondering if you're the same will jenkins we know
Should have won a "Grammy" for this album.
@Cameron Mead Ya don't want to win someone's grandmother for a great album do ya!?
Yes Indeed
@@chrisjacob1446 😄
Ice cube should have won a Grammy too classic songs
no need to
Thundercat used the beginning of the drums here for his song 'them changes'
Özgür Arpaci J Dilla used it on "Won't Do" as well
awesome, thanks both of you
Oh yeah I can definitely hear it
@Shock thanks definitely given to him
I knew I recongized it, haha!
I’m just here in 2024 just to say the soul of music never dies
music is forever
True!
Feb 27,2024 still here, my favorite group🎼🎼🎼🎤🎤🎤🏆🏆😎
@@TheRealAdachi Adachi Persona 4 Golden released on Nintendo Switch PS Vita PS4 PS3 PS5 Microsoft Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X and S and Steam
facts
Didn't even have to use my AK
Today was a good day
I gotta say it was a good day
This gives me such good vibes
Applemask beacause today was good day
Because today was a good day
Oh Liberty City, I Miss You.
All i miss is gta san andreas
Grove 4 life
Between the Sheets was on Bounce FM. That radio station was the shit 🔥🔥🔥
Vault Dweller The VIBE*
@@wanilimbe The Vibe was my favourite station
GTA IV
The 70s was the Best Decade for Black Americans everything was Masterfully performed from the music to the movies and Television shows.
The isley brothers are pure genius. their music puts you in the mood of making love. I have been a fan of their music for a long time.
I'm sure that we can thank the Isley Brothers for the influx of babies in the past few decades.
Terrell Walters goose bumps no matter the decades done gone by
I can almost swear my parents made my sister and I to this song so I have a love hate relationship with it. Hate it because they made me lmaoooo
Terrell Walters decades
Yk this song is about somebody getting cheated on right?
Song is almost 45 years old and still slaps to this day
It's timeless
absolutely 💯
I still cry every time I hear this
best song ever❤😂
2023
Many hip hop songs would not have been made if not for this song lol. They don't make music as good as this anymore.
Everything about this song is just phenomenal! The bass, Ron’s voice, the drums, the guitar, the keyboards, just a masterpiece
Miss Veda 👍🙏🙏
@JollyJunkieTop of the day 🌅 or night 🌃 To you Right back at ya 🆗👏🤛 I feel what you felt about this song 🎵🎶🎧🎶🎵 I agree with you A Trillion Percent 👏🤛👌 WORD UP 👍 I was just wondering if you were aware of Ron Isley or Ralph Isley brothers passing away 🤔😮💨 I just heard the news 📰🗞️ today 🤔 we are very Heart 💜❤️ broken 💔 again hearing about another one of our most famous artists passing 😮💨🤗 Well ❤️🩹 dying is part of life 🤗 Your insight about The Isley brothers was just amazing gracious incredible heart felt ❤️🤗 Thanks for letting me share my thoughts 💬💭 with you 👏I really appreciate people like you who listens and watch these oldies but goodies classic ICONIC Masters piece 🧩 Video 📷📸 especially like this one 🕐 Have a bless day 🌅 or night 🌃 JAH LIVES ONE 🕐 LOVE 💕 Stay safe everyone else who's watching this phenomenal master piece 🧩📸💯🙏🙋
RIP Ralph Or Ron Isley 🤔😮💨📀🎤🎵🎶🎧💔❤️🩹📀💿💯💯💯💯🌟🌟🌟🌟✨✨✨😨😳🤯🤗🙏
I use to listen to this song every getting ready for school. My granddaddy use to pass by my room and asked me what did I know about that before singing along with this song and 2-stepping..lol. He's been gone for 12 years now. Listening to this jam thinking about him. 😢😢
Wow! Thx4sharing that beautiful memory. May he rest in peace. Be blessed and be safe.
Condolences friend.... hope you get through this
Awww so sorry. Revelation 21:4
He is not suffering anymore, it is still sad that everyone has to die one day but i cant stand living for ever
Love this story!! What a beautiful memory to hold!! Sending you a big hug!!
"Just waking up in the morn- Holy crap ma' bad.
Are we really sure, that a love that lasted for so long".
That harmony at the hook though. Then the snare being played like actual footsteps at the same time.
Lyrics for anyone that wants them.
Are we really sure
That a love that lasted for so long
Still endures?
Do I, really care?
Hey hey
Let's talk about the distractions going on elsewhere
I, keep hearing footsteps baby
In the dark, oh in the dark
Why? I keep hearing footsteps baby
In the dark
Oh in the dark, hoo
My mind
Just now and then
Looking down dark corridors and wonders what might have been
Something's up ahead
Hey, should I keep this same direction
Or go back instead?
I, keep hearing footsteps baby
In the dark, oh in the dark
Why? I keep hearing footsteps baby
In the dark
Oh in the dark, hoo
Honey let's stop walking around
When there's love lost to be found
Aah, you Know I still care, I still care
What's the sense in going elsewhere?
Who feels, really sure?
Can I really guarantee your happiness shall endure?
Do we, really care?
Hey hey
Let's look at what's been happening and try to be more aware
I, keep hearing footsteps baby
In the dark, oh in the dark
Why? I keep hearing footsteps baby
In the dark
Oh in the dark, hoo
Let's stop walking around
Well when there's love, lost to be found
Oh baby, you Know, I still care, I still care
What's the sense in going elsewhere?
Let's stop walking around
Well when there's love, lost to be found
Oh baby, you Know, I still care, I still care
What's the sense in going elsewhere?
Thanks king
I thought it was:
My mind drifts now and then
But I could be wrong. Thanks for taking the time to put these lyrics up
That horn tho
Thank you.
Thanks🥰
Real music man. It never dies, just ages like fine wine
I think the isley brothers are the reason I was born salute
lol good one
Lol
You're not alone on that!
🤣
im ashamed of what im going to say. I first heard of these songs in juvenile hall. over 35 years ago. I still treasure them brings back good memories of my childhood love
SMOOTH AS SILK 🎶🎶🎶🎶
Ernie Isley wrote this song. Haunting groove.
Those background harmonies are so ethereal. Makes the song feel kinda dreamy and mystical.
Born in 84, I knew right off where Ice Cube sampled the beat. As a lover of ALL music, Both songs are great in their own way.
It Was a Good Day.
-Ice Cube
well pooh sampled the beat
King Matty B Raps pooh is great
Love you ice cube!
Let's just say Ice Cube samples an amazing song
Don’t forget the fact that dilla and thundercat sampled this as well
Lost my grandpa in November of 2020 to Covid. Last song I was riding around with him was to this song before he dropped me off. Love you PoPo. I know you're trying your best to look out for me, even now.
And even now he still is and always will
Little did the Isley Brothers know that when they made this in 1977, they created one of the best rap beats of all time
Never gets old...such clarity in his voice. Music today can't come close...
BIG FACTS!
I think The True and living God for blessing them with the words
Not true
Niggas like you make listening to old songs corny
It’s more the stuff you hear on the radio today. There are people doing cool sh*t like this. Tbh, most of the time, even in the 80’s, there was some crappy popular music on the radio. That’s just how it works. I know what you mean though.
I'm playing the isley brothers now in memory of my aunt who died of cancer too and my mom just keeping her memory alive she loved her some ronny
Niko driving in the liberty city at night, rainy weather, the vibes radio, this song
💯💯💯💯
Who's Listening in 2020 to the legendary, iconic and funk masters of this song by The Isley Brothers?
Me: Everyday, All day & all the time.
Forever and ever...The Isley in our hearts ...
2021 actually and I've been listening to this since '07 I'm 16 now
2021
2022 still @ it
2023 for me.
GTA brought me to Ice Cube - Today was a good day. Then scrolling through the comments I learnt about this song. Now after listening for the first time, I am loving it.
TUPAC HAD MAD LOVE FOR THE ISLEY BROTHERS IM CHICANO FROM 5 POINTS OF DENVER, COLORADO AND RAISED BY A POOR PRECIOUS MOTHER ESTELLA CARRASCO WHO JAMMED THE ISLEY BROTHERS SO I RELATE TO THIS PRECIOUS REAL MUSIC 🎶 🎵 THANK YOU GOD FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR PRECIOUS SON JESUS CHRIST WHO COMES FIRST AND ALL GOODNESS FOLLOWS GABRIEL CAT 🐈 ARCHULETA
One of the beautiful things about the Isley Brothers is that each album was always miles ahead of its time. What a great legacy!! Those arrangements were so unique, a touch of magic, pure joy, masterful interplay, and great craftsmanship. These brothers are real virtuosos.
Couldn't have said it any better
@@richiec.7637 thank you Richie right on brother
Wish I had discovered them as a younger man,been around all these years and i discover them now old and grey.
Thanks Isley brothers, i love this song ❤
My mom loved the Isley Brothers. Especially Ron. R.I.P. mom
0:04 ThunderCat - Them Changes
0:06 Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
This is easily one of my favorite songs of all time
R.i.p. grandmama thanks for showing me real music.
Still faithful, always and forever, Missing you deeply
God always knows what he's doing amen.
Thinking of my sweet southern gentleman and my soulmate up in heaven whom l lost on 7-3-2015.
@@beverlymahaley8554 He's resting in peace right now, not in heaven yet.
@@faithfulinjesushe will get his as long as he was a good person mostly
The Vibe 98.8 :)
shooting spree to this ;)
"I know all about footsteps in the dark, it's how I get out of you apartment baby"
Vaughn Harper, the vibe host
+I stole CBS! R.I.P.
gta San Andreas
SENNYWAVEKID The UA-camr GTA 4
My daughters mother left almost a few months ago. I used to think of her every time I heard this and that hasn’t changed. I sang it to her. I stumbled across this once again after thinking it didn’t hurt for all these months, and I finally just broke and cried. What’s the sense of going elsewhere? Why did she go elsewhere? I don’t know which hurts more, that there was someone else or that she just could care less about our little baby girl.
Rest in Paradise to the co founder of this iconic band 1939- 2023
Crazy how soul and funk had a rebirth through the best hip hop ever, that was made in the 90's . So many of us who were adopted into the culture, not born into it, have had to find these gems. It is so cool to find these connections and homages to the giants that paved the way for continuations of great music. Generation to generation, what a gift from the Isley brothers.
90's: Ice Cube - Today Was A Good Day
2010's: Thundercat - Them Changes
Now this is some real music for you youngsters out there
Tell ‘em, Pops!
41 year old white southern male and this is real music
Old school in the house. Me and my husband of 45 years dance to this when we were teenagers. I was 15 when i met him and knew he was the one. We have 2 grown sons ages 26 and 45 years old. Have a lot of grands and great grands. My husband took me to prom. These songs bring back memories. The love of my life is very ill both now is 65 years old. Retired nurse taking care of him.
Thank you for sharing a piece of your love story w us ❤ I hope to have what y'all have one day
I love the whole song, but this has one of, if not, the best choruses ever (lyrics, vocals, and instrumental).
It’s a badass song, kinda sad too.
Those vocal harmonies!
Who ever never mixed this song should get a pay rise leaving it sounding raw makes it even more special.
This song Plays in the end of my game, when niko and Kate was driving to the wedding. Niko was promissing Kate that he will protect her, 5 minutes later Kate dies in his arms... GTA 4 is a masterpiece.
I don’t ever remember this song in GTA4, they maybe removed it for the German version
@@venangoproductions This song isn't listed in the soundtrack nor is it in any of the in-game radios. The song is played briefly in the background of a mission cutscene (forgot which one tho, but I remember it from there)
@@bigsmoke4568 It's on The Vibe radio station. Not sure if it got removed from later versions though.
Fun fact Ice cube sampled this in "It was a good day" and that song was in GTA SA too lol.
@@That_Darned_S yeah, i love that song
When i hear this i automatically start rapping just waking up in tha morning gotta thank God
0:06 was used for the drums in Thundercat’s ‘Changes’
0:07 was used in Ice Cube’s ‘today was a good day’
and j dilla wont do
I can't help but sing-
Just wakin' up in the morning gotta thank God ❤
My great grandmother fav song
Now I'm feeling it
My buddy asked girl to dance to this song in 1978 she shyly accepted now have been married for almost 32 years and they still dance to it
That’s beautiful 💖🥺
This and Kool and the Gang's "Summer Madness": two of the greatest songs ever just to unwind to.
Both of these songs also helped make the legendary songs of It Was A Good Day and Summertime among endless songs that sample these 2 original masterpieces
@@Amir-qz4bn 100% facts. Some great songs came from the smapling of those two tracks.
God tier music
Ron Isley is the KING. Sorry, Elvis.
+Therese Masi I honestly don't think Elvis would take offense !!!
💛👑💛 Right
Gerald Dutcher took the words right outta my mouth
Then what about Ernie ? It is hard to put him above Jimi - but they must both hold mutual respect and admiration from us.
@Willem DaFuckedUp ummmm no
If you like this try 'Voyage to Atlantis' Ernie's guitar work is fierce.
That's where I'm going next, lol! After "A Good Day", meet me at the "Crossroads" 😉
My favorite
My favoritest song by the Isley’s.
BEAT WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME
Today was a good day
Every aspect and instrument of this tune is phenomenal. As a 70's baby, I love the fact that I used to hear this on 8-track tapes in my Dad's Torino and Cadillac. Never thought I'd appreciate it as much as I do and still blast this religiously when I yearn for good music. Love this group.
Isley brothers the most smoothest brothers ever in music
The Isley Brothers… ☮🔥
This song touches my heart and soul. Year 2020 and still listening
The harmonies in the chorus are incredible!!
Old school baby
A Masterpiece....Case Closed....The Bass, The Drums, The Guitars and the beautiful vocal arrangement....Black Music
Its sad that so many people only know it for the sampling.
They are younger.
if they arrive at the music one way or another, who cares how they found it? sampling is a beautiful thing because it turns new generations onto beautiful music
fax
@@vinnylobalsamo669 lemme add on streaming helping me find it. that shit take you deep down the rabbit hole.... Spotify got a whole list dedicated to Pete Rock
One of the greatest slow jams of all-time
this goes hard as fuck
I’m back here after Power Rasing:Kanon to jam to this classic!
Facts dog. That scene was fuckin classic. Daamn R.I.P. Lou if he died at the end
Same here my man
Just watched it Lmao
@@kylemarsh3886 That’s what brought me here also.
Same! Man Lou better be okay! But yeah that's what brought me here today too
Good Day and Them Changes!
In the 70s they were playing músic of the future!!!!it seems they are from other planet!
It's beautiful to see the hip-hop's artists taking these samples to make their beats and music, but there's nothing like the original recordings wit'a lotta of feeling and originality. We need to respect the forefathers and legends of music, and I think it's a shame when somebody make a dumb ass tune sampling a classic.
Much props to Ice Cube who made a lotta of youngstas pay attention and recognize the value of artists like The Isley Brothers.
Respect the architect, fr
If not for Cube I probably would never know about this wonderful track
Greatest black band ever!!!!
That drum pattern is heavenly
I'm 52 and this, right here right now, is my first time listening to this original version. And I happen to be a huge fan of R&B and hip hop. How this escaped me is beyond me lol. I was in my early 20's listening of course to Ice Cube's rendition back in the day, and more recently the cover by Cannons. All three versions are amazing imo, but much appreciation for the Isley Brothers for creating this incredible song! That bass, percussion, lyrics and vocals, need I say more.
Im 45 so i grew up in the 80s and 90s we will never have R&B like this again my kids 23 17 and 14 and i raised them on good music
The lyrics to this, priceless. These were meaningful love songs. You felt it!
Not really a love song if you are hearing footsteps in the dark and asking if our love can still endure. Footsteps a constant reminder in the corridors of your mind that she has had another man creeping in and out her room
Oh the memories of cruising along Lake Shore Drive late nights and early mornings. Just me, him, and the Isleys
im 18 and its still a wonderful tging to do especially when the sears tower lit up real pretty and the moon hits the lake
Sensacional!!!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷