Michael Jackson - Off The Wall ( Uncut Studio ) 5 mn 34

Michael Jackson - Off The Wall ( Uncut Studio ) 5 mn 34 - written by Rod Temperton

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7 жыл бұрын

Rhythm and Vocal Arrangements by Rod Temperton -
Drums : John Robinson , Bass : Louis Johnson , Guitars : David Williams & Marlo Henderson , Synthesizers : Greg Phillinganes , Michael Boddicker & George Duke , Percussion : Paulinho Da Costa , Horns Arrangements by Jerry Hey -
Produced by Quincy Jones -
Off The Wall - Epic 1979

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@ramblerchic8180 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Temperton should have a Star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

@alexandrenascimento7322 6 жыл бұрын

Temperton....is a genius

@PonzWasTaken 4 жыл бұрын

Temperton made some of the best smashes... Rock With You, Off The Wall, Thriller... the list just goes on

@davidbaner2010 4 жыл бұрын

Quincy Jones And Maestro Temperton, the perfect combination of contemporary music.

@TheDownbeatruler 6 жыл бұрын

Leave your 9 to 5 on the shelf and just enjoy yourself, brilliant lyrics.

@rgrndu 5 ай бұрын

Enjoy Yourself was a top 10 hit for the Jacksons in ‘76.

@simonh1349 7 жыл бұрын

that bassline!

@RICKYSAMUELSRBLACKRODTEMPERTON 6 жыл бұрын

Simon Hölldorfer tooooo funky I love it

@MrJsfingers 5 жыл бұрын

Heatwave all over it!

@msoileau83 4 жыл бұрын

Louis Johnson on bass guitar layered with Greg Phillinganes on moog bass.

@K_PAC 2 жыл бұрын

💯 ✔️

@DL-1 2 жыл бұрын

This version sounds fuller to me.a much more live sound. The music is so funky. It's unbelievable.

@plawson8577 2 жыл бұрын

MJ himself insisted this version be released, Rod Wanted it too, but Quincy said “Too Overpolished. I’m gonna edit this shit”.

@UberSynth 4 жыл бұрын

Rod was a master songwriter that wrote song only some best song writers can only dream about writing. I love his vocal harmonies and grooving. Having a vocalist like Michael Jackson singing your tune must of been great. Quincy asked Rod to write "some" songs for Michael Jackson. Then when he finished them, he presented them to Micheal and he asked Michael which ones do you want? And Michael said.. "all of them!" George Benson was also a lucky artist to receive a rod temper tin master piece.

@christophermiller7532 2 жыл бұрын

Manhattan Transfer got one of his classics with "Mystery."

@veeglover 2 жыл бұрын

And Anita Baker got to record 'Mystery' in her version. One of my faves by her. So seductive and sexy. 😏

@zxxczczczcz 2 жыл бұрын

yes

@romulus_ 2 жыл бұрын

@@christophermiller7532 some very cool stuff in "mystery." but I think the unsung rod temperton classic is heatwave's "star of the story"

@christophermiller7532 2 жыл бұрын

@@romulus_ Fantastic song.

@philaman1972 3 жыл бұрын

Rod Temperton's passing is humanity's loss. There is no one else on the planet who can write songs like this!!

@conradford7493 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody!

@everythingque4635 3 жыл бұрын

Smokey Robinson was a good one too

@everythingque4635 3 жыл бұрын

@@conradford7493 Smokey robinsons

@lorenharris2965 2 жыл бұрын

Leon Sylvers, Nile Rogers, Brian Wilson, and Rod are all in a class by themselves.

@topflightstyle4141 2 жыл бұрын

Yo,Rod was ridiculously gifted by God.

@michellecrusoe9648 7 жыл бұрын

Rod the God!!! TEAM LIBRA.....

@ruff1draft Жыл бұрын

This Version is better than the version on the album. It sounds vocally rawer

@holidayrap 5 жыл бұрын

That looks like a smartphone in MJ's hand. Makes sense....he was ahead of his time.

@mats6022 2 жыл бұрын

Harmonica

@holidayrap 2 жыл бұрын

@@mats6022 i knew it wasn't literally a smart phone. And thanks.

@malkhuth22 2 жыл бұрын

It really looks like

@markellsamuels5991 2 жыл бұрын

It,s a chalk holder.

@Trilhasdenovelas 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome sucess

@troyhinton1888 5 жыл бұрын

Wooooow!!! Everybody that loves this song should hear this version!!! Def way better musically. I understand what they did and why the album version made the cut tho. They wanted to make Mike's vocals the focal point. I'm not mad at them for that. But this version in the clubs or live.... OMG!!!

@SweetSoulBrother0 4 жыл бұрын

I completely disagree... this mix is a mess. The disco strings are so cheesy too. I see the appeal for some, including the bass but blegh

@a.m.m.4592 4 жыл бұрын

@@SweetSoulBrother0 I agree. The album mix really gives you the emotion of the song. The commitment to living Off The Wall is in the album mix. This mix has too many pop theatrics.

@SweetSoulBrother0 2 жыл бұрын

@Freline these strings would have made it sound way too disco, and none on the album I can think of are this bad or unnecessary

@ABC1MCE2 2 жыл бұрын

As much as I like it, I feel this version is to disco for the time. Remember the backlash against disco and during this period producers, musicians and artists were trying to distance themselves from the disco sound. With that being said I've only listened to it about 20 times in 3 days cause I for one like the era of disco.

@SweetSoulBrother0 2 жыл бұрын

@FrelineRock With You also has strings. It's just a matter of how tastefully it's done. I think the strings on this version of Off the Wall is way too much, knowing how it sounds without them

@PearsonJd2 7 жыл бұрын

Incredible! My favorite Michael album hands down and one of my favorite tracks on it.

@conradford7493 3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed.

@williamcristiansouza5344ww 2 жыл бұрын

Sdkeekellelmsnsksjsksos0w0s0

@williamcristiansouza5344ww 2 жыл бұрын

Errr

@hotsauce7629 2 жыл бұрын

Pure joy!

@kevingamble8861 Жыл бұрын

I agree .Better than Thriller in my opinion.

@mauriziomeneghin5382 5 жыл бұрын

The best album of Michael Jackson...

@livmarlin4259 2 жыл бұрын

Best album of a pedophile.

@Cubbie410 Жыл бұрын

Debatable

@KingFalsetto 8 ай бұрын

agreed

@bvg83 4 жыл бұрын

the kind of songs that you dont want to finish

@steverdms 2 жыл бұрын

I was about 10 years old when this song came out. I still remember listening to it on a 45 watching it spin on the turntable. I still love it as much as ever. It never gets old.

@sojournertruth9332 2 жыл бұрын

10 years old and you look like that!

@teeart356 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! My mother bought me the LP and still have it. Nothing like that wax sound. It's a collectors item and I won't part with it.

@charlita25 2 жыл бұрын

#classic

@khemneteru814 8 ай бұрын

I was 10 too. Off the wall is the first album I ever owned.

@henrinevermind1695 2 жыл бұрын

I can hear so much HEATWAVE in this particular song...I actually seen Michael Jackson OFF THE WALL LIVE in concert in my city with special guest LTD *(Jeffrey Osborne). During this particular time I really didn't know that ROB TEMPERTON of *(HEATWAVE) producer songs for this particular album. I'm a fan of both Michael Jackson and Heatwave. I was 13yrs old when I witnessed Michael Jackson "OFF THE WALL" tour LIVE.

@dcoopthemann 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I was right there when OFF THE WALL came out, and I was already a Heatwave fan (my second all time favorite group after Earth, Wind & Fire) and the first thing I said to myself - as an 11 yr. old ‐ was that sounds like BOOGIE NIGHTS! So I immediately knew it was Rod Temperton (R.I.P), who as an 11 yr. old, I was already well aware of since he was already one of my ALL time favorite songwriters!

@PMB827 7 ай бұрын

The groove line!

@jesusconcha3768 6 жыл бұрын

3:04 the Best part

@sweetangelz1126 2 жыл бұрын

Love that part too

@troyelam8978 2 жыл бұрын

This song breaks my heart! Do you know how damn badly I wish this level of musical genius never ended?!? I don’t even just mean right temperature in and Michael Jackson, Earth wind and fire, LTD, ELO, it’s just so sad those days never seem to be coming back, not even a modern iteration of them. :(

@sentry8992 2 жыл бұрын

You can here the Boogie Nights influence in the opening instrumentals.

@romulus_ 2 жыл бұрын

this is definitely the sister song to boogie nights. heatwave was incredible.

@cazndave Жыл бұрын

The greatest version of this song I’ve ever heard 😮😮 Superb!

@battlestarclassica 2 жыл бұрын

Greg Phillinganes has said numerous times that Rod Temperton left nothing to the imagination. Every single note was written out on manuscript paper like a true composer. Quincy Jones invited RT to LA for the recording of Michael Jackson's debut album and asked RT to bring a song. Temperton brought 3 songs and Michael Jackson loved all three. There are stories that MJ went missing during one recording session - they found him dancing in the back parking lot singing Off The Wall. I think it speaks volumes that it was Rod Temperton's songs that MJ named his first two albums after. For those of us who grew up with Heatwave, we know the genius that Rod Temperton brought to the table. Kudos to Quincy Jones for recognizing it.

@rgrndu 5 ай бұрын

Off The Wall was Michael’s 5th solo album.

@creativesource3514 3 ай бұрын

I grew up with Heatwave

@amaliamasad 5 жыл бұрын

MAN THIS IS CRAZY. I have always loved the whole Off The Wall album, until I listened to this original one. Everything I have heard is a lie.

@conradford7493 3 жыл бұрын

It's my favorite by far.

@sweetangelz1126 2 жыл бұрын

Yessss my favorite album

@REESCOMUSIC4EVER 2 жыл бұрын

h i s g r e a t e s t m a s t e r p i e c e .

@danielkannan6246 2 жыл бұрын

The Quintet of Genius Songwriting by Rod, The Almost Perfect Production by Quincy Jones, followed by the artistic & scientific engineering mastery of Bruce Swedien & the impeccable musicianship of the musicians … all topped of by the Divine performance of arguably the Greatest Music Artist of our generation, if not ever … MJ

@Musiccafe5890 2 жыл бұрын

This is a much fuller version of the song. I love it. The horns are so crisp. Beautiful work.

@davenight 2 жыл бұрын

Thank god people are, finally recognising the genius that was RT. I’ve followed him since early Heatwave. His arrangements, style, innovation are incredible.

@billyjay86 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. I’m dancing out of my chair at work.😂 Genius!!!!

@RICKYSAMUELSRBLACKRODTEMPERTON 6 жыл бұрын

THIS ALBUM 40 YEARS LATER IS STILL BETTER THAN THE GARBAGE THATS OUT TODAY!!!!! #RIPMJ #RIPRODTEMPERTON TO KEEP YOUR MEMORY ALI VE ROD TEMPERTON I WILL BE KNOWN AS THE BLACK ROD TEMPERTON!!!! I HAVE SO MANY HIT SONGS IM WAITING FOR MY CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT I HAVE!!!!!!

@billyjay86 5 жыл бұрын

Don’t keep us waiting. Share your gift with the world. Imagine if Rod and MJ kept all this stuff to themselves ... we’d all be cheated. Show us what you got!🎸🎼🎹🥁🎻🎤🎧🎺

@LeathanL 5 жыл бұрын

To my ears, "Off the Wall" remains Jackson's best record.

@DLBlckwl 5 жыл бұрын

I'm right there with you on how great our stuff was. And I brag about it to the younger generation all the time. But I don't go as far as to say that all of today's stuff is garbage. There's a certain percentage of it that's pretty outstanding.

@PonzWasTaken 4 жыл бұрын

@@DLBlckwl I think the mainstream music is garbage. All the new Grime and Rap just makes my ears bleed honestly. There are some artists like Lizzo who are now coming to public eye who make amazing songs, she just made a song that is very 80s soul and reminds me very much of Thriller era. I hope one day i can make a dent in the music industry

@laurabruno1366 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah 🎵🎶🎵 Rod’s Magic Shines Through MJ💯👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯

@noniel.robinson9117 6 ай бұрын

Quincy Jones was one of the baddest producers to ever LIVE!!

@allangabali4980 5 жыл бұрын

As always the bass line KILL (Louis Johnson)

@JJDPROMEDIAPRODUCTION 5 жыл бұрын

Typical Rod Temperton's Bass Line (Boogie Nights, Groove Line).

@rubenzamorano5194 2 жыл бұрын

FOREVER NUMBER ONE. MASTER MICHAEL JACKSON R.I.P. FOREVER EN MI HEART.

@Chdazariveramelo 7 жыл бұрын

So 38 years later i listen the "original" & complete version

@v.b4096 5 жыл бұрын

Christian Daza 40 лет

@RobParksJr 2 жыл бұрын

42 years ago

@oobillionsunsoo7176 Жыл бұрын

Hokey Smokes! This song brought me back to my childhood days. I nearly started crying, I never heard this version of the song before. It is so much more than the standard released version. Off the Wall and his Thriller albums were the apex of his career as far as I am concerned

@ReyHugoTelevision614 Жыл бұрын

This sound like a version that would have been huge in Studio 54

@markellsamuels5991 2 жыл бұрын

Rod Temperton has alway,s been a great song writer, i,m from London and was a Studio musician at the time when Heatwave were big and i,m friendly with the guys. Rod was great but not really that recognised, but i think it was Quincy,s geniius to put these to special talents together that should be praised, he bypassed all those hot writers in L.A & New York and opted for a not so well known white boy from Grimsby in England to spearhead Michael Jackson to super stardom and boy did it work.

@arzuagadavid1 2 жыл бұрын

Michaels Voice no one could’ve sang it better

@mindyourbizz555 Ай бұрын

#MichaelJacksonaTrueMusicalGenius!❤#OffTheWall my favorite album ❤

@ziggysmalls9329 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds better than the released version

@moliehimoiloa9081 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly speaking

@RobParksJr 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not so sure. It's awesome though!

@Demswa 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed🔥

@alexm7627 2 жыл бұрын

@@RobParksJr to each his own, but to me this one sounds better, has more music

@RobParksJr 2 жыл бұрын

@@alexm7627 it's definitely 🔥

@TheSSMusicChannel Ай бұрын

What a great sound this is.... Wow! Temperton magic living and grooving.

@MarkHenry-co1wt 8 ай бұрын

Pure genius both of them 👏 rest in peace and thank you for what you 🙏 left behind beautiful memories

@carlosnouel2764 7 жыл бұрын

This was amazing!!

@amirahthomas4950 2 жыл бұрын

I'm telling you this is my favorite cut of this song besides the final version of course. Damn what couldn't Michael do this is incredible the only flaw I found in this song was that it ended

@Chris80510 2 жыл бұрын

It’s one of my favorite songs of Michael Jackson off the wall is an awesome song and album

@HUBERTHERBAUT 5 жыл бұрын

Quel joyau! La quintessence des musiciens,des arrangements,de la musique de Monsieur Rod Temperton et une pensée à toi Michael pour ton immense talent.thanks for the post!

@KevinCordova 2 жыл бұрын

4:43 I just heard his deep voice in that part and I realize that maybe, probably he sang "2000 watts" from the “Invincible" album without voice editing. This is amazing, thank you for upload, even sounds like some of those live sessions recorded yesterday friday hahah, I'm just trying to say it's great to see how some good songs are timeless, as if those were inspired by God. 🤍

@debbiestepbens9597 2 жыл бұрын

That what he say to one interviewer that it all comes from above amazing

@markellsamuels5991 2 жыл бұрын

The greatest Jazz funk album of all time.

@lucianamurillo208 3 жыл бұрын

Beautifull Michael 😍😍😍😍✌👏👏👏❤👈

@TheMAXreturn 2 жыл бұрын

5'34 is not enough... I gotta replay it again and again... pure joy

@im_that_guy 2 жыл бұрын

Mike looks so suave in that pic!

@africanviolet777 5 жыл бұрын

Perfection!!!!!!

@funklover24 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic groove by drummer John Robinson. 👏

@markcoycoyescueta6922 5 жыл бұрын

Omg..the full works!!

@larrybutler8965 2 жыл бұрын

You got the right ingredients just genius at work Rod Temperton.. long after you’re gone we trailing your dust… amazing.. all throughout you can hear several genius come together.. you got MJ singing giving his interpretation.. Quincy engineering.. you done got yourself.. big hit.. LB November 2021

@HaharuRecords Жыл бұрын

Damn, what a composition , what a voice...

@keepgoingfwd 2 жыл бұрын

Layers galore!! OMG it sounds so full without it being over the top. I miss hearing session sounds like this where they shine, but still support the singer. And that ending!!

@viajeconchuck7345 6 жыл бұрын

Fkin Masterpiece! All of it. Each instrument, each band member. Rod, Quincy, Michael. Just masterful.!

@madiy.jpg16 3 жыл бұрын

Duke plus jackson best of the best of the best of the of the best of the world!

@johnanthony2333 2 жыл бұрын

Even if you try to resist it, this song forces your body to move to its beat.

@southendonseaarts 2 жыл бұрын

Of course Rod Temperton was the centre of Heatwave. This still sounds so current.

@tiyaht2158 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t give a hoot about which one, Off the Wall is one of baddest songs everrrrrrrr!!!! ❤️👏🏽❤️👏🏽❤️👏🏽

@toddmitchell7701 2 жыл бұрын

I like this version with the strings and additional bkg vocals

@onealwashington684 2 жыл бұрын

This song is pure fire 🔥. Real music. Big Michael Jackson fan.

@HUBERTHERBAUT 5 жыл бұрын

Ou la claque!Magistral quelle version quel arrangement Mister "ROD" ,un joyaux j'écoute cet album depuis sa sortie et me fait toujours vibrer!Thanks for the post!

@markkoh1093 2 жыл бұрын

Now that is disco man, am on my feet!🤩😎

@gusjacksonofficial 5 жыл бұрын

B R A V O from Spain!

@aldanaviera6171 4 жыл бұрын

Jackson somos amigo

@djcoolcliff 5 ай бұрын

Shout to my David Williams killing the rhythm guitar! Also shout out to my uncle Melvin Ragin aka Wah Wah Watson for playing several cuts on the Off The Wall album! RIP to both!!

@trentonbates3114 6 күн бұрын

What did he play on outside of this one?

@djcoolcliff 6 күн бұрын

@@trentonbates3114 Girlfriend, Get On The Floor which is one only favorites to this day. Can’t remember the rest but even he didn’t play on it he was the rhythm guitar supervisor for that project! I heard JR say that my uncle would often be laying on the couch calling out parts for Ray Parker Jr, David Williams, Paul Jackson Jr and others!RIP to MJ and Wah Wah!

@trentonbates3114 6 күн бұрын

@djcoolcliff thats insane, imagine the jam sessions he must have been apart! And the demos he heard that we didnt oh so lucky! 😩😫

@djcoolcliff 6 күн бұрын

@@trentonbates3114 That’s a fact!! Plus he played with the Jackson 5, Marvin Let’s Get It On(that’s him on the intro), CarWash and Papa Was A Rolling Stone! Countless other hit records!!! Unc got it in and that’s all he ever did coming out of High School!! Legendary!!!

@sweetblaqcoffey962 2 жыл бұрын

This was recommended to me by YT. Yes, they know me very well 💜💜

@sp-cf2lo 5 жыл бұрын

This version is extraneous, I believe if left as is, I would not have dug this gem as I do.... Alot of what we would hear on the radio had starts such as this, till it was tweaked by someone who knew better...

@crw3736 5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Interesting, for sure, but the released version is better.

@sp-cf2lo 5 жыл бұрын

@@crw3736 CRW, Thank you for the comment.....

@RockWithYu 5 жыл бұрын

This is effin' gorgeous. Can this be downloaded? I could listen to this everyday all day!

@matthewregister6082 5 жыл бұрын

RockWithYu that's what I'm saying

@tanyabrown6969 2 жыл бұрын

You can download it ftom this video. It's downloadable

@themambaking8399 2 жыл бұрын

This version is the song that you would hear while going downtown on a Friday night after work to party

@jeanayrtonmichael9742 3 жыл бұрын

I like it so mush...New sound !!!!!! And orchestration.....

@dmguk9931 5 жыл бұрын

right on the money...when i started drummer..these tunes gave me a massive advantage playing in the pocket

@paugraceem 3 жыл бұрын

Woah this is reallly goooooood. The back up is also awesome

@brexxebender1204 Жыл бұрын

I love this version !!!!

@jacobstrouble6631 5 жыл бұрын

I'm just curious...if there are other videos of song written by Rod Temperton where fans flock to give him all the credit for a song being a hit. Or do we just do that for Michael Jackson songs that Rod wrote. Hmmm? Michael's biggest hits were written by MJ. When I go to I Can't Help It I just see so many comments about Stevie Wonder. I don't see any of their songs being celebrated like the ones that happen to have Michael Jackson's vocals.

@markprater1 5 жыл бұрын

Jacob's Trouble: Check out 'You put a move on my Heart's by Tamia. Might be one of the most exquisitly written ballads ever. Tamia's performance as well as Q's production put it over the top.

@faithbassed49 2 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful!

@mabroukbelghitifouad9126 2 жыл бұрын

Special moroccan worldwide dedication for my cousin younes and his sister Badiaa belghiti mabrouk souktani originally from casablanca mers sultan 1961-2022

@dianasirbu2225 2 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous Michael!

@DL-1 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man... that instrumentation at the end was lush and gorgeous. Amazing.

@chrystal0411 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE this mix! Thank you. 😀👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

@UBZUKki Жыл бұрын

So good

@anthonygilmore5969 2 жыл бұрын

Wow....really love this rendition!

@user-ed7hf9cb7j Жыл бұрын

バッドツアーマイケル来日公演で蝶ネクタイを作りラメ付きジャケットを着てコンサートに行きました。ビデオクルーが撮影に来てくれて、後でマイケルが観ると仰いました。ほんのちょっとだけ歌ってくれたドントストップは私の中ではマイケル最強SONGです！🌠❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@feliciamoreland2367 2 жыл бұрын

That was FANTASTIC. 👏👏👏👏👏Bravo ❣

@wellingtoncarlosvarela4144 2 жыл бұрын

Just awesome perfect beautiful thanks MJ

@michaelknight7782 2 жыл бұрын

Forever Michael Jackson & his Legacy..... ✨💛 ⛲🇺🇸

@sojournertruth9332 2 жыл бұрын

Iconic pic of the Greatest Man Ever in Show Biz. Rod Temperton amazing, just amazing body of work. This cut rocks fr fr

@darrellbarnes2096 2 жыл бұрын

I love this version

@MarineCy 2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me summer times when I first bought the cd and was keep playing it...

@novadeaf 2 жыл бұрын

This is gold

@frankgonzales2930 2 жыл бұрын

pure genius

@andresantos-kh7mu Жыл бұрын

Verson fantastic of wall,one músic of is beautiful Michael Jackson,performance excelent! gradulions!

@KU-Ni-uh2fs 2 жыл бұрын

え？？？？凄い‼️‼️ こんな幸せなの聴けるなんて！最後のリフレインで涙出た２人に乾杯🥂❣️ これからまた何度も聴かせてもらいます‼️

@Derek-ws2xu 2 жыл бұрын

I still like this entire album ( BAD ) a Gem 💎 RIP M.J.🎵

@wellingtonvarela7626 Жыл бұрын

Just awesome in everything part of it masterpiece 👌 his voice was so sweet nice man just beautiful arregenment horns sounds so good I mean everything

@isabellyvictoriabonfimdeme8853 2 ай бұрын

Adorei

@GavenJr Жыл бұрын

This version is incredible!! They cut off so many things, kinda sad, but at least we can enjoy now

@andresantos-kh7mu 2 жыл бұрын

Music wonderfull sensacion!

@tizianafragassi5427 2 жыл бұрын

Amo tutte le tue canzoni.... Michael ti adoro 💋 Mi manchi da morire.. I love you Michael ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@AndweleHarris 2 жыл бұрын

I love the strings at the beginning that aren't heard in the popular version