Another underrated group from the 70’s. RIP Bobby DeBarge

Bobbie Debarge killed this track. Man this song brings back many great memories for me. RIP Mr. Bobbie Debarge.

The merging of two famous singing families, The Ingram and Debarges. Perfect!!!!!

Bobby DeBarge had one of the greatest voices I’ve ever heard. If only he didn’t turn to drugs. He could’ve been very great for a long time.

Rich Boy's "Throw Some D's" sampled "I Call Your Name" by Switch 👍🏾

When this first hit the radio everyone was cracking up at the "I'm a man now baby" part

i didn't even know there were other versions, i've only ever heard the 12". i love the intro lol, i randomly yell "i'm a man now baby, a grown man!" all the time lmao.

"I do, you do, birds and bees do, too. . ."

When they sang this on Soul Train my mama gave me money and told me to get to the record store ASAP😂😂

I always say the intro when I listen to this.

Switch "THERE'LL NEVER BE".....also SWV version is 🔥🔥🔥🔥

This was my Jam! growin up...I didn't know how much I liked Switch, I always thought it was Cameo...but I heard their album the other day and I knew almost every song by heart and I hadn't listened to them since I was a child...It brought me back! I love this group...I let their songs go by the wayside for so long...I'm so happy I rediscovered them!

So much better. Hearing that edited version actually feels like a crime done to the song 😂. Guess if you never heard the original it would still sound good but growing up on the song, that version is a no for sure.

Bobby Debarge was perfect in his vocals A musical genius! Truly unsung!!

Never heard of a edited version. They played this on the radio.

Now , you MUST react to there’ll never be , and I wanna be closer !!

😊👍 Once you know the song by heart, the shortened, chopped up version just sounds weird.

I Wanna Be Closer by Switch is nice too!

Young brother, the original version is the only way to go. Nice one.

Hear we go! This is a classic!

The one down in the middle with the mustache and the one up top ono the right (Bobby & Tommy) are brothers and the brothers of the Debarge family! Beautiful music!!

Bobbys pipes!the band was Funky!!

I love this song by switch.

The Intro Is The Best 😍!!

Bobby debarge so effortless the greatest singing at the height

Thank you for reading the comments and reacting to this. The one you listened to first was chopped up and very badly edited. I remember when this song dropped. Bobby and Tommy DeBarge left to put out their younger siblings to form the group DeBarge with the younger brother El at lead. Phil Ingram is the younger brother of James Ingram (the second singer in Quincy Jones's" Secret Garden" song) Tommy and El sound so much alike that they are damn near interchangeable vocally. Switch was an offshoot of Barry White's orchestra. P.S. Richboy sampled this for "Throw Some D's On It"

I looked at the time counter for that first reaction....I was like...nope. I already knew...LOL. There are so many jewels in the 12-inch versions of songs from this time period....like this song, Cameo's "Why Have I Lost You", SOS Band "Just Be Good To Me", Prince's "1999", "When Doves Cry", and "Erotic City"....etc ...but this song here? Whoever edited the shorter version botched it within an inch of its life, and took out the heart of the song in the process. Thank you for reviewing the REAL version of this song....we appreciate that.

Thanks for doing the original version on camera!!!

You can tell an old school person,,,,when this song s on we stop and or try to sing every. Word

Beautiful song, beautiful voices. Wow those high notes are killers. 😵🤩

You are the best reactor! You choose the best songs! Thankfully I didn't hear your other review! You should have more subscribers!

This what I'm talking about.

I bet this extended version has more views than the last version you reacted to.

Everyone knows that's Bobby Debarge doing the lead vocals. now, doing the background vocals is a young TEEN at the time. El Debarge. Bobby brought in El to do those background parts. Man, this is a R&B CLASSIC!!!

This is the original album version

Debarge is from Grand Rapids Michigan.....About an Hour from me Growing up.....

Debarge older brother singing....man they like twins

Now you can get the whole feeling of it Maestro!

Always have always will ... She knows who she is 💕🔥

Jermaine Jackson discovered switch.

THANK YOU!!!

YES, this for me is the ONLY version!!!!!💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

This is the Classic version. It's not just the intro missing, from 6:00 - 7:15 it's a totally different song, your reaction to the first version was good, but I think that if U reacted to this version first U would have appreciated the vocals more? Peace!

The edited version was hacked up and was too fast. It didn’t flow at all. Thank you for doing the real version. Lol

Such an amazing group. How about checking out an all-female band? Klymaxx was an all-female band (played their own instruments) that was big in the 80s. I Miss You is a ballad and some of their faster hits are “The Men All Pause” and “Meeting In The Ladies Room.”

I hear DeBarge all through this.

Another beautiful song.

the original version is the long version that was on the album back in the day they had 45's..shortended version or radio versions

Bobby and tommy are the two older brothers of the younger debarge family. One died from aids. All those debarge brothers have that gift of being able to use that high register octave. Incredible 🔥🔥

Glad you got the right version

Motown And Switch!

The flow is so much better!!!! You get the full affect of the music!!!

Never knew that one member, was James Ingram’s brother

YASSSSSSS, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!!!!!!

Got damn you circled the block QUICK!!😂😂Yeah, we laid down discontent for that edited version real heavy🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️😭😭 Not a great quality change but major sequences missing from the edit and it doesn’t flow the same.

Bobby was singing about Latoya Jackson he was dating her when this was recorded

The family was really religious, and this was originally written as a gospel song then changed to a love song when the writer decided to do secular music

You should check out Calling On All Girls from the same album.

Yes...this is the classic...hear the difference

Rich boy sampled this on Throw Some D's. I posted this when I asked u to check this out on the Switch There'll never be a better love reaction u did.

u finally found the original one

MOTHER POPCORN... requested it..... The shorter version was probably the radio version. That was the norm back in the day..... NJ & NY Radio hardly ever played the extended version of any songs....

Bruh JJ, I will let you in on a gemhat nobody has covered yet ....try 'O.bryan' w/ 'lady I love you" , "Stillwater", 'you're always on my mind' and "go on and cry", if you like Switch's music!

Ok young man, you redeemed yourself 😂😂..the other version was chopped up.

the chopped version was sped up too!

This sounds like it is remastered...

L.T.D- lovers everywhere

sample I hear is Kanye "put some D's on it"

Sir the edited version is not the Original. The album version is the definitive played on black radio in the late 70 s

Try OBryant - where doin alright

Sampled by you know who

Yeah it's more the arrangement and absence of parts that makes it not as good. But thanks for doing this version young man ✊🏽

Bobby - el ! Stellar when the Jacksons were mediocre trying to be the Osmonds FFS! ‘nuff said

I always thought it was El in the beginning

I Thought You Was Gonna Catch The Sample From Rich Boy's Throw Some D's In The Beginning Of The Song 🙂🙂🙂

Well that edited version was a version I'd never seen before. I've heard the edited version for radio many many times. I think I may have actually had it at one time. It wasn't cut anything like that version you listened to the first time. I don't know where that came from and who butchered it. 🤦🏿‍♂️

Let us know what you think after you compare the two.

The original version is better, but this also sounds remastered.

the album version was to long for radio play so was edited

Long original version is better . Once you know the words you’ll know the difference