And this morning I learned of her passing. Another incredible light has gone out. Yes, no one has ever sung this song with the passion that she has shared. RIP Irene Cara. You will be missed.
While much of my musical tastes go toward new wave and punk, I absolutely love this song and have since the first of the 50 or so times I have watched Fame. Thank you, Irene, for putting so much emotion and heart into this song. It's simply beautiful.
Irene Cara is a National Treasure. I don't think people today realize the depth of talent she possessed. Or how important she was to American pop culture. There is absolutely no mistaking that voice or its ability to move a listener.
IS IT TOO LATE TO APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS THAT IRENE CARA BE AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION AND TO THE ENTIRE WORLD ?
I listen to this song every day, and to hear that Irene Cara has passed away weighs so heavily on my heart !! A beautiful actress and singer gone too soon.. REST IN LOVE
Irene Cara is a National Treasure !!! IS IT TOO LATE TO APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS THAT IRENE CARA BE AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION AND TO THE ENTIRE WORLD ?
At 72 years of age, I will NEVER forget Irene Cara. FAME, the film and the TV series was a huge part of my life. R.I.P. beautiful soul. So so so sad. I am pretty sure I had the album on 8 track and always played it in my car. NOBODY will forget her. 💙🙏❤️
This is heartbreaking. She was one of my faves growing up. I don't know how many times I sang along to, "Out Here On My Own" on my 45. That song was on repeat as a kid. I loved Fame, first the movie, then the TV series. If you haven't seen the movie DC Cab, you should look it up. It was hilarious. A lot of great actors was in it including Ms. Irene Cara. She was a very gifted and talented woman and was wrongfully taken advantage of in the industry. Rest in Peace Ms. Cara! Your work will forever live on. 🙏🥺❤️
This song made me cry when I first heard it. It touched me that much and it still does. The music and words are beautiful written by Lesley Gore and her brother. But for me it’s Irene Cara’s voice and interpretation that makes it so moving. No one like her. ❤
Same with me. I grew up listening to this. We sang selections from FAME when I was in the 4th grade in the early 80's. I learned how to play fame because of my Music teacher in grade school Mr Kephler. RIP to Irine Cara. Your Voice will always be a part of my music history. Such soul , such passion, . This song brings me to tears no matter what. So much passion is lost today(exceptions true) but some just shine so brightly like Irine. I love you dearly. God Bless you Irine and all involved with the production of FAME. I almost went to the NY school of the arts (They closed the school before I was able to apply but Years later I graduated from Manhattan School of Music) Everything is full circle. God Bless you all.
Woke up to really sad news. R.I.P. Irene. 🙏😢💔 She was a part of my childhood and millions of others. She had amazing talent, the voice of an angel. Fly high beautiful angel, you’re going to ✨live forever✨ in so many hearts.
Nobody could have sung this song better than Irene Cara .It takes me back to the golden eighties , this beautiful show . I m now crying the passing of this incredibly talented woman . R I P . I ll never forget you .
Such a beautiful song and takes me back to being a teenager watching Fame and dreaming of being a dancer! Seems like yesterday x RIP Irene thanks for sharing your beautiful voice with us ❤️
Irene’s death hit me harder than I thought it would. Hearing this song, which I’ve loved since I was a kid, reminds me of what’s missing in todays music & that’s real raw talent. People who can really sing without gimmicks and tools. This is easily one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard and as sad as i am that Irene has passed, I’m glad that work like this will last for generations to come. Rest In Heavenly Peace & thank you for the work that you’ve done Irene. 🙏🏽❤️
Agreed. Raw talent has been replaced by branding, image, & overproduction. Conformity is celebrated & promoted, with rare exceptions (Billie Eilish, Jack White, & Lizzo, for example). The industry became more powerful than the artistry somewhere along the line. Musicians and singers aren't required to know their instruments or trust their voices. The control room is now the "corrections room" to create the most profitable sound. Profit comes easier by investing in the formulaic manipulation of a willing stooge than it does by investing in an artist with raw talent, inexhaustible work ethic, and commitment to the creative process.
I just did. Not even close. Lacks a lot of Irene's raw power and emotion due basically to her young age, I hope she sings it again somewhere in the future.
@@annehajdu8654 I mean, I love Hot Lunch Jam even more than Fame... this is the 3rd best imo... great, but the other 2 amazing... a little too sentimental and not as original. Well done though. Crazy that she did all 3.
I have always loved this song since I was a little girl watching fame with my mom. Thank God for being an 80s baby! This is a true classic, I love her voice!
pocas canciones con tan sólo un piano y una voz llegan a este nivel de perfección, descansa en Paz Irene, has dejado una huella en millones de almas ❤❤
So sad to hear we lost Irene Cara today. 11-25-22. She was such a beautiful talent and woman with such a beautiful voice. Thank you, Irene, for your light that shined in so many lives!!!❤️ R.I.P.
I remember as a freshman in high school my music teacher had us practice this song before he passed away...he was a great teacher and was one of my favorite teachers in high school...I'm 46 now,and I still think about not only how great of a teacher he was, but how great of an overall person that he was...R.I.P Mr. Kennedy🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I also had memorable music teachers (band+ chorus). Both have since passed. Didn't practice this song but we indulged in many other classics. Those were the days! Lightyears removed from the chaos that kids these days dabble in. FAME is forever. Rest in power, Irene Cara.
It's 2024 and I am still listening to this song...One of my favorites. Loved Irene and most of the cast of FAME. This song brings me back to the time in my life when I was figuring out who I was, stepping onto my first college campus, living free and soaking in the wonders of living life on my own terms...I thank God for all the experiences, the joy and the pain.
Hard to believe she did this over 30 years ago. This song applies to each succeeding generation, so it never goes out of style. Irene Cara really did a great job.
I am saddened by the passing of Irene Cara. This was one of the first songs that I replayed over and over again. Sing for the angels now Irene. Rest in peace.
Will ALWAYS be my growing up song. I left home at 17 listen to this song every night in my empty apartment Never looking back. R.I.P I Rene Cara Thank you
Growing up in the 80s as a little theater kid - this was (and is) the gold standard. I cannot even count how many auditions I did using this song and trying my best to sound as beautiful and heart-wrenching as Irene. She is a masterpiece and we will never forget your name, baby! 💕✨💕✨
I came here to the comments section to post this very thing. Well, very similar! Your comment very much honors how integral this song was to young performing arts students in that time period. Thank you for sharing your experience. I suppose Fame kids are a tribe of sorts. ❤️
@@bernadetteelizabeth5394 We really are a tribe. Such a special place in time. 😔 And now, off to the piano to honor Irene. I hope your day goes well and you feel love and peace only. :)
"Out Here Own My Own..." has been my favourite & go to song since it was first released. I was a 10 year old boy who had just started training to be a classical ballet dancer. It is & will always be the song I turn to. It has & will always be there to get me out of any bad place, however rough times may get so the biggest, most sincere gratitude to you. God bless you forever, Eden xXx
How many from this iconic film - including its director, three of Ms. Cara's co-stars, and the composer of this song, Lesley Gore - are no longer with us. But they left us this film, this music, and this song. Everyone feeling lost will find comfort in it and it will inspire everyone who wanted success in entertainment and was willing to work for it.
Rest in eternal peace 🕊 🕊🕊🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 I sung this song at my grade school talent show. You were a truly a talented entertainer. I loved you especially in "Sparkle"
Fond memories of this song….. We lost Leslie Gore today who had a string of hits in the mid 60's but penned this beautiful song with her brother…In 1979 I was sitting in the auditorium of the old Haren High School on 10th Ave in NYC where we filmed part of FAME…Lunch time so I stopped to eat my lunch in this beautiful Beaux Arts Auditorium that was built in the early 1900's..75 years later, this beautiful building had been abandoned for new digs and became available for filming purposes & became the much of the school, standing in for the School of Performing Arts & sciences. The auditorium was pretty exquisite with skylights that let in natural light but during WW2 had been painted over in preparation for a possible homeland attack and now 35 years later in 1979, the paint was falling away and letting streams of light in…As I sat there alone in the auditorium that had a piano on stage for the film who walks in to rehearse ON HER OWN? Irene Cara.. So I got a little performance…not bad for a 24 year old guy , working as a set dresser having his boxed lunch having a half hour to kill…. As the light streamed in and Irene played on the piano and sang..I just sat and listened to what eventually became part of that famous soundtrack released the next year for FAME….RIP Leslie Gore..This was your party. Thanks for some great music..It WILL live forever….
George DeTitta Great story!...it's those moments that make life worth living...and that song and her performance give me chills...especially when I've been out there on my own.
Clearly written from Lesley Gore's heart. She meant every word of it, and Irene Cara delivers every nuance - real and powerful, feel it deeply. Incredible vocal ! Amazing song!
This is one of those songs that no matter how old, no matter how many times you have heard it, no matter where you are. It just makes you feel something wonderful & some what emotional because it has that magic that a beautiful song is suppose to do and make you feel. It puts you through so many feelings just enjoy the time and take it all in because it's only going to last maybe 3 minutes but it is a wonderful 3 minutes experience that only a great classic song can make you feel. Where would we be without music!
I've suffered a lot of hardship and loss in my life and have constantly revisited this song as a comfort. It takes me back to high school when I laughingly thought everything was the end of the world, to a kinder, innocent time. I will miss her not being in the world any longer. RIP and thank you for one of my favorite, go to, sad songs.
Dear friend, life can be tough often. And it's because of this that real artists like Irene are so important. She is still with us. Her voice, her beauty, her generosity, her truth. Sending good thoughts. Many blessings. 🙏
What else did Michael and Leslie Gore write? This was a masterpiece. Right up there with anything Bacharach and David ever composed. And Irene Cara's beautiful voice did their composition justice.
Recien me entero del fallecimiento de Irene y vine corriendo a escuchar esta cancion bellisima que me acompaño en mi vida , indescriptible el sentimiento que me provoca. Buen viaje hermosa y talentosa Irene y gracias por estas joyas que nos dejaste.
I'm so ripped In two. What a voice what a character... This world is so very hard when we lost our symbols and icons who froze time for us... RIP ms. Cara
I agree that she should've been a megastar , she could sing and she was gorgeous but when you get hooked on cocaine , it just sidetracked and shortened her career . Shes doing fine now but that was her time .
She didn't have a much bigger career because she didn't sell her soul. She was too smart and knew she was being cheated by the record company hence the lawsuit. Of course the drugs didn't help but they all did drugs. Unfortunately the industry is full of those like that creep in the film who told Coco to undress herself and stick her thumb in her mouth. She ended up being blacklisted. While she did have 3 top then hits, her albums didn't sell very well which didn't help matters either. It's a damn shame because of her talent. She could have been huge
I woke up this morning to the announcement of her passing. Since then, I have gone down the rabbit hole that is Twitter. Watched her music videos, performances, & acting credits. Remembering myself as a kid singing Fame at the top of my lungs even though I was much too young to see the movie when it came out. When the 80's had very few minority representation in the movies, she was mine. RIP Irene Cara. Rest In Peace.
Who's here after already knowing for decades that IRENE CARA is talented and beautiful......and just felt like hearing HER sing the hell outta this song......nobody ELSE?? 🙋🏾♀️
Intellectual Introvert yep! As soon as Mariah started singing I was like, wait! I need to hear Irene Cara sing this. Now I have to go see Fame for the upteenth time lol!
So sad to hear Irene Cara passing, she was my childhood "TV" Big sister, when she was in Fame ! Her voice was close to my heart and her songs to, in happy and Bad Times. Thanks 🙏 Irène you "will live forever"
Beautiful lyrics by Lesley Gore and her brother ,,but Irene's voice of that pretty song is simply one word,, Sensational ,, after all these years and i am 57 years old,,it still chills me everytime i hear it Well Done Irene Dougie W.Australia
I remember playing this song for my late cousin in the 198's. I feel like I lived every word of this. And so many years later I am still out here ALL ALONE.
Irene Cara is arguably the best female singer of all time. Maybe there are better singers in a technical sense, but to me no one comes even close to her vocal clarity and the raw emotion she puts into a song. Irene Cara, you thrill me, you lift me up, and you make me cry (I admit it!). God bless you: you are a blessing and a great gift! Thanks for the memories!
How my heart breaks for this beautiful talented, God blessed woman! These songs I will never forget. I was just a teenager and when you made your self known for your huge talent. All these years later, your songs are on my phone. God bless you and RIP beautiful lady!
I fell in Love with Irene in 1980 at age of 10 .. What a voice, what a beautiful woman. We were all blessed to grow up in the 1970's and 80's and were given a great gift Irene's Cara's Talent & voice on the radio, the big screen & MTV :) I will always be a loyal fan..
Beautiful voice, beautiful song, beautiful soul. This song was etched into my teenage heart opening night at the movie theatre & is just as relevant today as it was then. Gone too soon. Rest in peace Irene Cara.
As a 20 yr old, I saw this in Australia in 1980 with a young Sydneysider I'd just met. We spent 3 fabulous weeks together before I had to return to the UK. If, by fluke, you're reading this Leanne Holland, I've never forgotten you.
Rest in peace Irene. What a Flawless voice you had...and this was one of my absolute favorite songs, wondering if I fit in growing up - like most of us do
Absolutely! I feel the same way. There's something about the wistful, longing look on her face, along with the lyrics, that just cuts right to the deepest part of my heart. Every time I listen to this song and watch the video, I fall in love with her.
@@luiscastaneda-videla4877 So do i.I always get tears in my eyes when i listen to this song.It is beautiful but sad..i lost so many people i loved and they never came back and i was on my own and feeling blue when they died.I still am sometimes and wish they could be there by my side.."sometimes i wonder who i am, i live on my own"..
And this morning I learned of her passing. Another incredible light has gone out. Yes, no one has ever sung this song with the passion that she has shared. RIP Irene Cara. You will be missed.
Yes, I've shared it to my FB page. "What a SINGER!"
THANK you Irene for the music you gave us in the 70s and 80s. There will never be another Irene Cara.
Sad news this morning. 😢
@@cathyfromohio5862 ,me too
beautiful person beautiful voice
Thx for your compliments and love , especially on my birthday week! Thx for the sweet memories!
Your voice is a treasure. I grew up in the 70s. To this day, Out Here on My Own and What a Feeling are two of my all time favorites.
While much of my musical tastes go toward new wave and punk, I absolutely love this song and have since the first of the 50 or so times I have watched Fame. Thank you, Irene, for putting so much emotion and heart into this song. It's simply beautiful.
This song is awesome, I like listening to it while I drive alone and kickup the volume.
You need to go back in time and have Coco kick his ass
Irene Cara I love you
My favorite song from Fame. I always felt this song didn't get the recognition it deserved. It should have been even bigger.
this and starmaker
Written by Leslie Gore and it was nominated a grammy
This song has been covered by so many, but no one and I mean no one can sing this song like Irene...
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Well were gonna hear mariahs version
Until Mariah adds another cover to her catalouge.
Mariah just released an amazing cover of this song!!
This comment has aged horrible with the Mariah cover
Irene passed away this weekend in the age of 63, what a loss for the world of music. Irene, your songs will always be in my heart! ❤️
No way I just liked her comment here😢😭
Rest in Peace, Coco. Your haunting voice have touched so many teenaged souls in 1980. Thank you.
I agree. Irene is still on my music list. She will never be forgotten.
Irene Cara is a National Treasure. I don't think people today realize the depth of talent she possessed. Or how important she was to American pop culture. There is absolutely no mistaking that voice or its ability to move a listener.
IS IT TOO LATE TO APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS THAT IRENE CARA BE AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION AND TO THE ENTIRE WORLD ?
Great comment Maverick....very well said....she was the corner-stone of the late 70's early 80's talent pool.
NOT ONLY AMERICAN BUT WESTERN CULTURE IN ITALY SHE IS LEGEND
I listen to this song every day, and to hear that Irene Cara has passed away weighs so heavily on my heart !! A beautiful actress and singer gone too soon.. REST IN LOVE
Irene Cara is a National Treasure !!!
IS IT TOO LATE TO APPEAL TO THE PRESIDENT OF THESE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS THAT IRENE CARA BE AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM FOR HER OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION AND TO THE ENTIRE WORLD ?
She was a triple threat!! A good dancer too!
And if she is really playing the piano, too much! Not fair but wonderful!
The NY Time wrote she could play the piano by ear at the age of 5. This woman was a prodigy!!
Make that a quadruple threat. Played the piano too!
At 72 years of age, I will NEVER forget Irene Cara. FAME, the film and the TV series was a huge part of my life. R.I.P. beautiful soul. So so so sad. I am pretty sure I had the album on 8 track and always played it in my car. NOBODY will forget her. 💙🙏❤️
71 years old and Fame, etc made me take jazz and disco dance lessons. It has been a wonderful life.
Yes indeed..
This is heartbreaking. She was one of my faves growing up. I don't know how many times I sang along to, "Out Here On My Own" on my 45. That song was on repeat as a kid. I loved Fame, first the movie, then the TV series. If you haven't seen the movie DC Cab, you should look it up. It was hilarious. A lot of great actors was in it including Ms. Irene Cara. She was a very gifted and talented woman and was wrongfully taken advantage of in the industry. Rest in Peace Ms. Cara! Your work will forever live on. 🙏🥺❤️
I did the exact same when I was in H.S. Used to sit in front of my stereo and play my Fame record over and over and over.
My favorite song from her. Such a talented , beautiful soul. RIP 🙏🏾🙏🏾😢💔🕊
Mine too!
Agreed
This song made me cry when I first heard it. It touched me that much and it still does. The music and words are beautiful written by Lesley Gore and her brother. But for me it’s Irene Cara’s voice and interpretation that makes it so moving. No one like her. ❤
Me too
Same with me. I grew up listening to this. We sang selections from FAME when I was in the 4th grade in the early 80's. I learned how to play fame because of my Music teacher in grade school Mr Kephler.
RIP to Irine Cara. Your Voice will always be a part of my music history. Such soul , such passion, .
This song brings me to tears no matter what.
So much passion is lost today(exceptions true) but some just shine so brightly like Irine.
I love you dearly. God Bless you Irine and all involved with the production of FAME.
I almost went to the NY school of the arts (They closed the school before I was able to apply but Years later I graduated from Manhattan School of Music)
Everything is full circle.
God Bless you all.
Woke up to really sad news. R.I.P. Irene. 🙏😢💔 She was a part of my childhood and millions of others. She had amazing talent, the voice of an angel. Fly high beautiful angel, you’re going to ✨live forever✨ in so many hearts.
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*Remember my name*
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This song will forever be beautiful and iconic. Such an amazing song, and such an amazing singer
RIP amazing Irene
כמה עצוב קוקו 😭 היא הלכה מוקדם מדי וריזה קול יפיפיה היה לה…יהי זכרה ברוך 🙏🏼😞
Nobody could have sung this song better than Irene Cara .It takes me back to the golden eighties , this beautiful show . I m now crying the passing of this incredibly talented woman . R I P . I ll never forget you .
Love this song play it often makes me happy wonderful person singer Irene cara God bless u
Such a beautiful song and takes me back to being a teenager watching Fame and dreaming of being a dancer! Seems like yesterday x RIP Irene thanks for sharing your beautiful voice with us ❤️
Agreed
No one can sing this song like Irene Cara does!
Irene’s death hit me harder than I thought it would. Hearing this song, which I’ve loved since I was a kid, reminds me of what’s missing in todays music & that’s real raw talent. People who can really sing without gimmicks and tools. This is easily one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard and as sad as i am that Irene has passed, I’m glad that work like this will last for generations to come.
Rest In Heavenly Peace & thank you for the work that you’ve done Irene. 🙏🏽❤️
Agreed. Raw talent has been replaced by branding, image, & overproduction. Conformity is celebrated & promoted, with rare exceptions (Billie Eilish, Jack White, & Lizzo, for example). The industry became more powerful than the artistry somewhere along the line. Musicians and singers aren't required to know their instruments or trust their voices. The control room is now the "corrections room" to create the most profitable sound. Profit comes easier by investing in the formulaic manipulation of a willing stooge than it does by investing in an artist with raw talent, inexhaustible work ethic, and commitment to the creative process.
Although disheartening, nonetheless apropos, n perfectly stated by both y'all. 👏
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No one can sing this song the way Irene does!
AMEN!!
check jasmine clarke cover
Jasmine Clarke cover its awesome but irene cara is stunning. student can´t be better than teacher.
allsportsbandfan I have a school play on fame I play matrtelli yayaya
I just did. Not even close. Lacks a lot of Irene's raw power and emotion due basically to her young age, I hope she sings it again somewhere in the future.
Haven't heard this song in years. Bring tears to eyes just listening to this beautiful song sung by a pure talented singer Irene Cara.. Sung from the heart and soul.--Updated 11/26/2022 RIP. RIH. Irene Cara. The movies that you ⭐ in "Sparkle ' and "Fame' will always remained my all time favorites. My condolences to your family and friends.
Sometimes I wonder where I've been,
Who I am,
Do I fit in.
Make believein' is hard alone,
Out here on my own.
We're always provin' who we are,
Always reachin'
For that risin' star
To guide me far
And shine me home,
Out here on my own.
When I'm down and feelin' blue,
I close my eyes so I can be with you.
Oh, baby be strong for me;
Baby belong to me.
Help me through.
Help me need you.
Until the morning sun appears
Making light
Of all my fears,
I dry the tears
I've never shown,
Out here on my own.
But when I'm down and feelin' blue,
I close my eyes so I can be with you.
Oh, baby be strong for me;
Baby, belong to me.
Help me through.
Help me need you.
Sometimes I wonder where I've been,
Who I am,
Do I fit in.
I may not win,
But I can't be thrown,
Out here on my own,
Out here on my own.
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Lesley Gore / Michael Gore
Out Here on My Own lyrics © DistroKid, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
oh, I'm all verklempt, fuhgeddaboutit
Yep, this got me messed UP !! 10-11 years old, listening to this over and over and over.
Smab, the significance
The beauty !!! 😔🙏💔
Adieu Irene Cara 😭
so well said.. rip Irene Cara - you mesmerized us with your talent.
@@karmiccorvidae2133 I also listened to this song over and over on repeat at that age. Loved her and her voice reminds me of my childhood.
I sang this at my High School graduation. 41 years later and it is still relevant.
Nominated for an Oscar for best original song, lost to "Fame", the title track to the movie. This song is a masterpiece.
This, Fame and Hot Lunch Jam... amazing songs.
This song should have won the Oscar. Clearly.
@@annehajdu8654 I mean, I love Hot Lunch Jam even more than Fame... this is the 3rd best imo... great, but the other 2 amazing... a little too sentimental and not as original. Well done though. Crazy that she did all 3.
I would have picked this over Fame.
Well, it took "fame" (also performed by Irene Cara) to overdo this song. That is a compliment.
I have always loved this song since I was a little girl watching fame with my mom. Thank God for being an 80s baby! This is a true classic, I love her voice!
pocas canciones con tan sólo un piano y una voz llegan a este nivel de perfección, descansa en Paz Irene, has dejado una huella en millones de almas ❤❤
XOXO 😘
🌹🥀💔🙏🏾
This will always be the best version by far
So sad to hear we lost Irene Cara today. 11-25-22. She was such a beautiful talent and woman with such a beautiful voice. Thank you, Irene, for your light that shined in so many lives!!!❤️ R.I.P.
are you serious, she died on my birthday? that hurts even more
RIP Coco and thank you for the music.
Irene's voice is a treasure. 💝
+Shell A. Indeed. :)
I remember as a freshman in high school my music teacher had us practice this song before he passed away...he was a great teacher and was one of my favorite teachers in high school...I'm 46 now,and I still think about not only how great of a teacher he was, but how great of an overall person that he was...R.I.P Mr. Kennedy🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I also had memorable music teachers (band+ chorus). Both have since passed. Didn't practice this song but we indulged in many other classics.
Those were the days! Lightyears removed from the chaos that kids these days dabble in. FAME is forever. Rest in power, Irene Cara.
We sang Fame
It's 2024 and I am still listening to this song...One of my favorites. Loved Irene and most of the cast of FAME. This song brings me back to the time in my life when I was figuring out who I was, stepping onto my first college campus, living free and soaking in the wonders of living life on my own terms...I thank God for all the experiences, the joy and the pain.
i'm a guy in his 50's and i'm crying like a baby.. the memories are overwhelming and beautiful at the same time, the good and the not so...
Was 8 years old in 1980.remember listening to it on my aunt's radio after school
Female and crying too. 😢
Mid 50s and crying too bro.
Same!
Fame came out when I started high school. I wish I had listened more closely to this song. It tears me up, too.
"I may not win, but I can't be thrown out here on my own..."
Such a powerful line.
Schmidt Pearson my favorite line of the song❤️
My favorite line too. The unexpected word choice, "thrown," and the power of the delivery.
My favorite line too, it must resonate with many people. Exquisite.
When I first listened this masterpiece I misheard 'but I can be STRONG'.
And that mistake, nevertheless, inspired me so much.
Beautiful, timeless lyrics. Non can sing this like Irene! Music simplicity @ it’s extreme best! 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎💗💓💖💖
R.I.P Irene. This song meant a lot to me starting out.
What a pure voice. Beautiful.
Shame they don't write songs like this one anymore....Love Irene.
I know. I am moved to tears every time I hear Irene sing this song.
RIP Irene. Your voice and artistry were amazing. This song still keeps me going and gives me hope in a sometimes dreary world.
Yes.....just a piano and a voice. This is music! Perfect!
Agreed completely. And what a song
Agreed!! The piano & Irene's voice -- epic & perfect. No cover has yet to touch this amazing original.
Hard to believe she did this over 30 years ago. This song applies to each succeeding generation, so it never goes out of style. Irene Cara really did a great job.
I am saddened by the passing of Irene Cara. This was one of the first songs that I replayed over and over again. Sing for the angels now Irene. Rest in peace.
Will ALWAYS be my growing up song. I left home at 17 listen to this song every night in my empty apartment Never looking back. R.I.P I Rene Cara Thank you
I was a kid when “Fame” was released and I fell in love with the movie-especially Irene Cara’s voice. Brilliant.
Growing up in the 80s as a little theater kid - this was (and is) the gold standard. I cannot even count how many auditions I did using this song and trying my best to sound as beautiful and heart-wrenching as Irene. She is a masterpiece and we will never forget your name, baby! 💕✨💕✨
I came here to the comments section to post this very thing. Well, very similar! Your comment very much honors how integral this song was to young performing arts students in that time period. Thank you for sharing your experience. I suppose Fame kids are a tribe of sorts. ❤️
@@bernadetteelizabeth5394 We really are a tribe. Such a special place in time. 😔
And now, off to the piano to honor Irene. I hope your day goes well and you feel love and peace only. :)
"Out Here Own My Own..." has been my favourite & go to song since it was first released. I was a 10 year old boy who had just started training to be a classical ballet dancer. It is & will always be the song I turn to. It has & will always be there to get me out of any bad place, however rough times may get so the biggest, most sincere gratitude to you. God bless you forever, Eden xXx
How many from this iconic film - including its director, three of Ms. Cara's co-stars, and the composer of this song, Lesley Gore - are no longer with us. But they left us this film, this music, and this song. Everyone feeling lost will find comfort in it and it will inspire everyone who wanted success in entertainment and was willing to work for it.
Rest in eternal peace 🕊 🕊🕊🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I sung this song at my grade school talent show. You were a truly a talented entertainer. I loved you especially in "Sparkle"
After so many years this song is still beautiful and true being on your own.
Perfect vocals. Great melody and lyrics. Great piano. Great memories of better times.
This song touched me , guided me when I was in my own darkness, gave me hope , thank you RIP
Rest in Peace Irene. Your voice was amazing. Thank you for sharing your gift while here on earth.
Fond memories of this song….. We lost Leslie Gore today who had a string of hits in the mid 60's but penned this beautiful song with her brother…In 1979 I was sitting in the auditorium of the old Haren High School on 10th Ave in NYC where we filmed part of FAME…Lunch time so I stopped to eat my lunch in this beautiful Beaux Arts Auditorium that was built in the early 1900's..75 years later, this beautiful building had been abandoned for new digs and became available for filming purposes & became the much of the school, standing in for the School of Performing Arts & sciences. The auditorium was pretty exquisite with skylights that let in natural light but during WW2 had been painted over in preparation for a possible homeland attack and now 35 years later in 1979, the paint was falling away and letting streams of light in…As I sat there alone in the auditorium that had a piano on stage for the film who walks in to rehearse ON HER OWN? Irene Cara.. So I got a little performance…not bad for a 24 year old guy , working as a set dresser having his boxed lunch having a half hour to kill…. As the light streamed in and Irene played on the piano and sang..I just sat and listened to what eventually became part of that famous soundtrack released the next year for FAME….RIP Leslie Gore..This was your party. Thanks for some great music..It WILL live forever….
Beautiful story, George... thank you for sharing with us!!
George DeTitta Great story!...it's those moments that make life worth living...and that song and her performance give me chills...especially when I've been out there on my own.
Nice stuff George...
with this story you are bringing to the surface strong emotions just like how i felt when i watched fame
Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful memories!!
This is my favorite Irene Cara song. RIP
Clearly written from Lesley Gore's heart. She meant every word of it, and Irene Cara delivers every nuance - real and powerful, feel it deeply. Incredible vocal ! Amazing song!
Can I copy this and quote it?
This is one of those songs that no matter how old, no matter how many times you have heard it, no matter where you are. It just makes you feel something wonderful & some what emotional because it has that magic that a beautiful song is suppose to do and make you feel. It puts you through so many feelings just enjoy the time and take it all in because it's only going to last maybe 3 minutes but it is a wonderful 3 minutes experience that only a great classic song can make you feel.
Where would we be without music!
Rest in Paradise Irene. This one was my favourite…. Such a powerful, heartfelt performance. Beautiful voice. Fly high! 💗
Exceptional. The talents in that movie really did GIVE IT THEIR ALL! Breathtakingly Gifted.
Woke up with this in my head. Had to listen. We did this play in high school and the memories remain so vivid
Irene Cara passed away today. :(
I've suffered a lot of hardship and loss in my life and have constantly revisited this song as a comfort. It takes me back to high school when I laughingly thought everything was the end of the world, to a kinder, innocent time. I will miss her not being in the world any longer. RIP and thank you for one of my favorite, go to, sad songs.
Noreen, I hope that you are doing much better. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Dear friend, life can be tough often. And it's because of this that real artists like Irene are so important.
She is still with us. Her voice, her beauty, her generosity, her truth.
Sending good thoughts.
Many blessings.
🙏
What else did Michael and Leslie Gore write? This was a masterpiece. Right up there with anything Bacharach and David ever composed.
And Irene Cara's beautiful voice did their composition justice.
What a TALENTED all-around artist. May she rest in peace.
Recien me entero del fallecimiento de Irene y vine corriendo a escuchar esta cancion bellisima que me acompaño en mi vida , indescriptible el sentimiento que me provoca. Buen viaje hermosa y talentosa Irene y gracias por estas joyas que nos dejaste.
Rest easy Irene, this will always be my favorite song that you blessed us with
RIP Irene Cara...my god what a talent, this song will always be one of the most beautiful ever written.
Rest in peace Irene Cara, thankyou for this song
Love Irene Cara's voice and her song!😍😍😍
I'm here because of mariah but my god this song is such a classic!!! We both love Mariah and Irene!!!
I'm so ripped In two. What a voice what a character... This world is so very hard when we lost our symbols and icons who froze time for us... RIP ms. Cara
She should have had a MUCH bigger career ! Lovely song,still holds up 34 years later.
I agree that she should've been a megastar , she could sing and she was gorgeous but when you get hooked on cocaine , it just sidetracked and shortened her career . Shes doing fine now but that was her time .
johncb1963 cul
37 yes later as well
Arthur Seymore Jr., is that what really stopped her? Do you feel her lawsuit against the record company was justified?
She didn't have a much bigger career because she didn't sell her soul. She was too smart and knew she was being cheated by the record company hence the lawsuit. Of course the drugs didn't help but they all did drugs. Unfortunately the industry is full of those like that creep in the film who told Coco to undress herself and stick her thumb in her mouth. She ended up being blacklisted. While she did have 3 top then hits, her albums didn't sell very well which didn't help matters either. It's a damn shame because of her talent. She could have been huge
I woke up this morning to the announcement of her passing. Since then, I have gone down the rabbit hole that is Twitter. Watched her music videos, performances, & acting credits. Remembering myself as a kid singing Fame at the top of my lungs even though I was much too young to see the movie when it came out. When the 80's had very few minority representation in the movies, she was mine. RIP Irene Cara. Rest In Peace.
Who's here after already knowing for decades that IRENE CARA is talented and beautiful......and just felt like hearing HER sing the hell outta this song......nobody ELSE?? 🙋🏾♀️
Intellectual Introvert yep! As soon as Mariah started singing I was like, wait! I need to hear Irene Cara sing this. Now I have to go see Fame for the upteenth time lol!
Intellectual Introvert
Of course, I'm here and I know for sure!
We lost her today 😔......may she RIP 🙏🏾
Such a beautiful song. Irene was so talented and will be truly missed. RiP ❤️🙏🏼
Thank you Irene Cara for this beautiful song. This song got me thru some hard times as a teenager and a young adult. RIP beautiful song bird🙏🏾🕊️
The whole movie sound track is incredible. This is one of the best movie that came out from the 80s.
Oh , those big, fat, delicious piano chords meshed with that magnificent and powerful voice! Heaven!
We love, miss, and will never forget you, Coco. You are indeed Gonna Live Forever.
So sad to hear Irene Cara passing, she was my childhood "TV" Big sister, when she was in Fame ! Her voice was close to my heart and her songs to, in happy and Bad Times. Thanks 🙏 Irène you "will live forever"
Beautiful lyrics by Lesley Gore and her brother ,,but Irene's voice of that pretty song is simply one word,,
Sensational ,, after all these years and i am 57 years old,,it still chills me everytime i hear it
Well Done Irene
Dougie W.Australia
RIP Irene Cara - you had great talent - songstress of my 20s :) Incredible time and decade of music.
I remember playing this song for my late cousin in the 198's. I feel like I lived every word of this. And so many years later I am still out here ALL ALONE.
Irene Cara is arguably the best female singer of all time. Maybe there are better singers in a technical sense, but to me no one comes even close to her vocal clarity and the raw emotion she puts into a song. Irene Cara, you thrill me, you lift me up, and you make me cry (I admit it!). God bless you: you are a blessing and a great gift! Thanks for the memories!
Celine, Whitney, Amy, Adele
I can keep going
Cara supersedes all those female vocalists to the dustbin.
@Henz Carl Tupas Henztupas@gmail.com she is 20 years old here. She was and is a lovely woman of color. 😍😍😍
@@mannail888 yes she does, reason being, she was not manufactured
@@aravanand10 Amy? Not.
Her passion for her craft was magical. She inspired many of us to pursue a creative path.
Christie McVie of Fleetwood Mac Passed away just over an hour ago 😣
Never heard an angel sing but her voice is angelic.
No matter how many remakes there is Nothing like Irene Caras version ❤❤❤❤
How my heart breaks for this beautiful talented, God blessed woman! These songs I will never forget. I was just a teenager and when you made your self known for your huge talent. All these years later, your songs are on my phone. God bless you and RIP beautiful lady!
I fell in Love with Irene in 1980 at age of 10 .. What a voice, what a beautiful woman. We were all blessed to grow up in the 1970's and 80's and were given a great gift Irene's Cara's Talent & voice on the radio, the big screen & MTV :) I will always be a loyal fan..
I have been listening to this song since I was a kid. It’s a go to whenever I need inspiration.
Beautiful
Beautiful voice, beautiful song, beautiful soul. This song was etched into my teenage heart opening night at the movie theatre & is just as relevant today as it was then. Gone too soon. Rest in peace Irene Cara.
This was my mantra in 1980. Thank you Irene. RIP
OMG , i didn't know she sang it , i new the words en think , was that her song ! R.I.P Irene Cara , you bring me back in my youth💔😪
RIP Irene. I've always loved this song. Just reminds me of a simpler timeline long gone. Thank you for your talent and you'll always be remembered....
As a 20 yr old, I saw this in Australia in 1980 with a young Sydneysider I'd just met. We spent 3 fabulous weeks together before I had to return to the UK.
If, by fluke, you're reading this Leanne Holland, I've never forgotten you.
Amazing song and person love her voice.love from the uk
It's impossible to listen to this song and not shed a tear! It just does something to your soul.
Rest in peace Irene. What a Flawless voice you had...and this was one of my absolute favorite songs, wondering if I fit in growing up - like most of us do
R.I.P irene cara.....that song is pure in its meaning, whether on stage or in life. Thank you.
A timeless Classic.
Was just going to post that.
Classic means absolute classy, a star ia a star, a star ia a star, ... is a star: simply Irene Cara!!!!
this song always gets me in tears
Me too ... I can't imagine anyone but Irene Cara singing it while at piano.
Absolutely! I feel the same way. There's something about the wistful, longing look on her face, along with the lyrics, that just cuts right to the deepest part of my heart. Every time I listen to this song and watch the video, I fall in love with her.
@@luiscastaneda-videla4877 So do i.I always get tears in my eyes when i listen to this song.It is beautiful but sad..i lost so many people i loved and they never came back and i was on my own and feeling blue when they died.I still am sometimes and wish they could be there by my side.."sometimes i wonder who i am, i live on my own"..
Cleaning and this song pop into my head. Still a classic❤❤❤
This is one of the all time underrated songs.
While others scream during their crescendo, she still sings. The world is truly ending when talents like her perish. R.I.P. beautiful angel 💔
And no vocal embellishments. Just sings the songs straight.