I was also 18 in 1981 but for some reason I've never heard this song! Granted, I was still a year or two away from being able to hit the clubs. Perhaps it wasn't as big in the U.S. as it was in Europe. It definitely has a futuristic sound that should have made it a staple in the 1980s. I hear sounds in it that remind me of hits by The Gap Band and Shalamar from around the same time. Maybe they were influenced by it. Cool to hear though!
It was a big club record, Dan. It even hit n°1 on the Billboard Dance chart, yet somehow it never crossed over to the pop charts in either Europe or the US. Only in the UK did it break into the Top 40. What’s even more surprising is that it didn’t make a major impact on the R&B charts either.
D Train were really the first to nail this sound. Acts like Gap Band and Shalamar, among others, clearly took inspiration from them.
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts, Dan. Have a great weekend!
Thank you for another great article. Love this song. It brings tears to my eyes because it touches my soul deeply. For many, true love is very hard to get over, my friend.
Even though You're The One For Me reached the Top 30 here in the UK as you mention, the Prelude 12" that really floated my boat at the time was the Kervorkian mix of Sharon Redd's Never Give You Up/ Beat The Street which itself got into the UK Top 20. My background was in rock and then new wave rather than disco, but it was records like this that opened up a world of musical possibilities. Another was You Are In My System which you also mention; I know purists would opt for the original version by The System, but if you're talking about "masculine energy" then it has to be the Robert Palmer cover version; the remix by Dominique Blanc-Francard shook me to the core!
Aw! You make my Friday night get off to an early start. "Walk on By" was a close second hit on that first record. Saw them "open" for Chic as they were the big dogs on the block that summer.
Then Stuart Price made a meal of it with Les Rythmes Digitaslis in 2000. I still have my "All Access" laminate pass for being "The Runner" at WMC Miami and dealing with all these super star DJs at their peak of indulgence. Couldn't stop the mayhem and some got nabbed and tossed out the club. Anyway, the rest is history but keep this up Pe and the Good Times will be back.
KTU92 used it as their TV commercial theme, wherever it went, it's now buried in our DNA.
Shout out to K-Rob and Rammellzee Beat Bop! I waxed poetic at "the store" today! Remember when Hip Hop and club music were included in the same mix? Those were the salad days!
OK going to try to record a drum track on my used Roland Lit electronic kit I got for my B-day!
I was also 18 in 1981 but for some reason I've never heard this song! Granted, I was still a year or two away from being able to hit the clubs. Perhaps it wasn't as big in the U.S. as it was in Europe. It definitely has a futuristic sound that should have made it a staple in the 1980s. I hear sounds in it that remind me of hits by The Gap Band and Shalamar from around the same time. Maybe they were influenced by it. Cool to hear though!
It was a big club record, Dan. It even hit n°1 on the Billboard Dance chart, yet somehow it never crossed over to the pop charts in either Europe or the US. Only in the UK did it break into the Top 40. What’s even more surprising is that it didn’t make a major impact on the R&B charts either.
D Train were really the first to nail this sound. Acts like Gap Band and Shalamar, among others, clearly took inspiration from them.
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts, Dan. Have a great weekend!
Thank you for another great article. Love this song. It brings tears to my eyes because it touches my soul deeply. For many, true love is very hard to get over, my friend.
That’s very true, Marta. Your reaction once again shows just how powerful music is as a repository of memories.
Thanks for reading and for sharing your thoughts. Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
Even though You're The One For Me reached the Top 30 here in the UK as you mention, the Prelude 12" that really floated my boat at the time was the Kervorkian mix of Sharon Redd's Never Give You Up/ Beat The Street which itself got into the UK Top 20. My background was in rock and then new wave rather than disco, but it was records like this that opened up a world of musical possibilities. Another was You Are In My System which you also mention; I know purists would opt for the original version by The System, but if you're talking about "masculine energy" then it has to be the Robert Palmer cover version; the remix by Dominique Blanc-Francard shook me to the core!
Aw! You make my Friday night get off to an early start. "Walk on By" was a close second hit on that first record. Saw them "open" for Chic as they were the big dogs on the block that summer.
Then Stuart Price made a meal of it with Les Rythmes Digitaslis in 2000. I still have my "All Access" laminate pass for being "The Runner" at WMC Miami and dealing with all these super star DJs at their peak of indulgence. Couldn't stop the mayhem and some got nabbed and tossed out the club. Anyway, the rest is history but keep this up Pe and the Good Times will be back.
KTU92 used it as their TV commercial theme, wherever it went, it's now buried in our DNA.
Shout out to K-Rob and Rammellzee Beat Bop! I waxed poetic at "the store" today! Remember when Hip Hop and club music were included in the same mix? Those were the salad days!
OK going to try to record a drum track on my used Roland Lit electronic kit I got for my B-day!