A few years earlier, it was called "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)". It was better then.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I hate the synths on this.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:45 (fifteen years ago) link
some kind of record that I heard this on two different stations today
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 February 2013 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
whoa this song rules
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 October 2016 13:39 (seven years ago) link
Baby yeah
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 21 October 2016 13:41 (seven years ago) link
In my head it's all chorus.
this is why I love the dance remixes from the mid noughties - they do nothing but loop the chorus and beef up the drums but that's all it needed to go from good to great.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 22 October 2016 14:02 (seven years ago) link
i've heard this twice in the last year and forget where it was as a kid that I used to hear this all the time, but yeah, this is earwormy as fuck
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 22 October 2016 14:04 (seven years ago) link
I put this on again the other day and can't stop playing it. I am normally never into such sugary pop from that era but I guess it just evokes the right memories for me
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:34 (seven years ago) link
I can't stand thissong
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:37 (seven years ago) link
song. The arrangement is so gross -- it's like pouring pure cane sugar on your teeth after eating ice cream
it is, which is why I'm so baffled as to why I'm so into it. methinks it's cos it reminds me of being 8 years old in a roller skating rink
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:44 (seven years ago) link
there are moments in the music video where I can't tell the two of them apart
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:48 (seven years ago) link
lol wow this is like bad karaoke. no wonder she didn't want to record it legitimately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbIHpzrYTsc
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:51 (seven years ago) link
way less OTT arrangement tho
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:52 (seven years ago) link
then again she never could sing
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:53 (seven years ago) link
Belinda "never could sing?!?!?"
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Saturday, 18 February 2017 04:01 (seven years ago) link
not in the conventional sense, no. pitchy as fuck.
I loved her singles though.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 04:03 (seven years ago) link
I managed to hear this on the radio earlier while having lunch and christ, this really does smash everything that's obnoxious about late '80s music into a glorious ball of sugary wank.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 21:04 (six years ago) link
this cover is phenomenal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YIVQn-bGfM
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Thursday, 6 January 2022 23:44 (two years ago) link
".. in my arms, that's where you belong, in my arms baby yeah.."
I love that he had to clarify "in my arms" twice, just in case ...
― Mark G, Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:04 AM (thirteen years ago)
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 January 2022 00:07 (two years ago) link
They divorced baby yea
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Friday, 7 January 2022 00:22 (two years ago) link
The lyric is "Waiting for a star to fall and carry your heart into my arms, that's where you belong, in my arms, baby, yeah" so the repetition makes sense, the second part is like an afterthought on the first
I can't argue with any criticism mentioned in this thread, and yet I can't help but love the song. Probably heard it at the right age
― Vinnie, Friday, 7 January 2022 02:32 (two years ago) link
.. In my arms baby yeah, not in the star obviously…
― Mark G, Friday, 7 January 2022 11:46 (two years ago) link
In my arms baby yoda
― nashwan, Friday, 7 January 2022 13:10 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c1Y34vgrI8
The 2000s were awful.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 7 January 2022 13:26 (two years ago) link
I dunno if ILXors have heard BMG's only other hit, the #39-charting 1985 single "Oh Girl": a mix of period Dan Hartman and what Scritti Politti was about to record. The beautifully fluttery chorus melody suggests wistfulness -- until you pay attention to the lyrics ("Oh, girl, I don't need you/I never want to see you/Do you understand?").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLYzfW4AkLc
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 17:40 (two years ago) link
might have been a portent of signs to come since they're divorced now.
i didn't know they had another hit. taking a listen now.
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 17:52 (two years ago) link
I remember this follow-up, didn't know it was them. It's a lot more AOR than I remembered, I probably would have guessed it was by Debarge from memory.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 14 April 2022 19:24 (two years ago) link
Oh, not a follow-up, a precursor.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 14 April 2022 19:25 (two years ago) link
PURE 1985.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 19:26 (two years ago) link
Merrill is slightly cuter here.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 19:27 (two years ago) link
lol music video looks like Miami Vice
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:02 (two years ago) link
lol and he's even rocking the gruffer facial hair
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:03 (two years ago) link
not as immediate as their big hit. but fun. and yet the video makes me so sad.
granted, I was a tyke in the 80s but I feel so old now
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:04 (two years ago) link
Curious what Brad may think.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:26 (two years ago) link
Song and video released in May 1985, a few months before Miami Vice's peak.
I didn't see its effect on fashion until spring 1986
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:28 (two years ago) link
wow really loving this jam
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 April 2022 21:27 (two years ago) link
fucking catchy
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 21:32 (two years ago) link
I feel like every lyric from “Waiting For a Star to Fall” could be a song title from Anal Cunt’s Picnic of Love.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Sunday, 17 April 2022 23:09 (two years ago) link
Oh, you held in your hand a diamondAnd left held it tightOh, you held in your hand our loveIt fell from the rightIn closing, I remind youDon't be callous with a heartLove is just one step behind youYou'll wait for it if you're smart
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 17:49 (two years ago) link
can't shake this goddamn song
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 21:03 (nine months ago) link
Love this song 4eva
― Formica Jordan (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 December 2023 00:41 (nine months ago) link
lol sorry I meant "Oh Girl."
But I've a strong memory of listening to Shadoe Stevens counting down the hits this week in December '88 just before Xmas as my parents and I wrapped presents on a Sunday night.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 December 2023 00:57 (nine months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TCO-SBoLko
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 21 December 2023 13:32 (nine months ago) link
He looks like my buddy's Austrian mother-in-law!
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 December 2023 13:42 (nine months ago) link