She still has her voice. She could fill an auditorium. She had a huge fan base. Nobody can perform covers of her songs correctly. She has a style that was totally original. I couldn't get enough of her songs back in the 70s.

"A real friend picks you up at the airport" sounds like a line from a song. So true.

I was a 12 year old girl when this song came out l loved it the first time l seen her sing it on tv. I loved her the way she sang it l loved her red beret hat. I asked my mother to buy me a red beret like the girl who sings chucke in love. She got me a black beret instead but l wanted a red one. As l wanted to look like the girl that sang that song l love. I was very disappointed. My mum said black goes with more. But l just loved this song and the girl who sang it l thought she was beautiful. I use to sing this song on my record player in my room l would do the actions like she did and sing in my mirror with my hair brush as a microphone. Such good memories of this song. Still love the song. Love you Ricki Lee

Always liked her. Hope she's doing well these days.

I saw her perform a few years ago in San Francisco and she blew the room away. The magic she brings on stage… amazing.

Sadly, Chuck E. Weiss who this song was written about has died...he passed 19 July 2021 after a long battle with cancer. I had met him a couple times as he lived in a building I had friends in. He was a crusty but honest & nice guy. He will be missed but we still have his music. Rest in Power Chuck E.

My mom just passed away 4 weeks ago, I remeber my mother showing me this song. She told me she use to love her in the 70s and this song was her favorite. Well I now have this on my moms playlist of her favorite songs. So when I miss her, I blast this song, love it.

I'm a Brit and I was 19 in 1979 and living in London at the time. This defines that summer for me, and remains in my top 10 songs of all time. Thank you, ma'am, for your beautiful voice and soul ❤

Boy! Did I rush out to buy this Vinyl Record when I heard Chuck E's. I was Only 17. Wish I was Seventeen AGAIN. Love your House Ricky Lee. Thats MY kinda House 💙🤍❤️ And I say Thank You to my Dad who Made Jazz Music an Integral part of my Auditory Soundscape in my Childhood as Normal. Thanks Dad. Thanks Rickie Lee

I still have the 45 I got in 79 when I was a little kid. One day I hope she signs it. Its a timeless cool song.

It seems like every sentence that comes out of her is poetry, doesn't it?

She is an original and her first album is a treasure. Especially love "Last Chance Texaco". It's moody, lonely, sad and spectacular.

It's a shame we have to grow old, I still see her fresh faced old soul, that bohemian chick with the beanie hat lighting a hand rolled cigarette and I always will. That first album is still one of my all timers, it sets a mood, it has a flow emotionally that weaves the listener in and out of. Just a brilliant collection of great storytelling, and the musicians that populate the sonic landscape within are the best of the best. The album will never diminish or degrade, it holds up today as well as if you're hearing it for the very first time. To me it's like an old friend come to call when I hear it.

I was introduced to her music in the mid 90's by a depressed camp counselor going through a breakup. He was a really great guy and I was just a sad teenager looking for someone to talk to. It's kind of weird how just one conversation late at night with a person I never saw again still holds some meaning for me. I listened to Rickie Lee Jones for most of that year. But my favorite song is the one she hates. I love hearing her talk because it reminds me of Orb's "Little Fluffy Clouds". I just love her voice and her accent. It's so unique. I listened to that song endlessly in my 20's. I could listen to her talk all day. She has such a soothing way of speaking.

I remember being obsessed with this album when it came out. I love every single song on it and still do.

Love Rickie Lee. Saw her in Portland just after 1st album came out. She did a 90 minute encore, reported because her mom came down from Olympia for the show. One of top 3 concerts I've seen in my longish life.

Europe does in depth stories on our treasures while America sends them to the dustpile - outside of local news interest stories. One of our best singer-songwriters ignored by the average American.

One of my faves summer 1979.....this song never ever dates.....

Rickie Lee, we still Love you out here in the World.

This (me) Rick E's in love with the style of Rickie. A lot of female Indie pop singers today use that style of enunciation, but over-do it. Not Rickie. Her style was natural and not forced. Best of all was her timing and dynamics!

One of America's foremost songwriters. So many great songs. She still has a little girl voice.

This song is one of the most unbelievably amazing songs ever written---they don't write'm like that anymore!

That song was a part of my young adulthood, very special . Thank you Rickie .

Thank you Rickie Lee, one of my favorite songs! Thanks for sharing the background!

What a great era for songwriting and troubadours

The Drummer makes this song a classic.

Damn it! Who recommended this Rickie Lee Jones video to me?! Hell, now I’ve wasted my entire day listening to every song a million times over on her album of the same name. I first heard in it 1983 as an unsettled young boy from New Orleans that damn 1979 album, holy shit, it was like valium. I’ve been moved by the pain of Joplin, felt Chaka Khan’s unrelenting and unforgiving fire (talking to her album I did tell her that I loved her) and as the wall flower of every house party as a teen I turned into “The Party Animal” by Tina Marie’s square biz. But Rickie, thank you for you, your album Rickie Lee Jones you channeled that performance from some other-worldly spiritual realm. I still shade through every emotion listening to it. By the way I still haven’t found a Jukebox that goes “Doy’t, Doy’t” and I still think of Last Chance Texaco when my female friends complain of not being able to find a good man. But Rickie’s song “Company” always leaves me fighting with all my manly strength to hold back the tears remembering my sister and best friend, damn you Rickie! I recognize the area of New Orleans you live, my grandparents lived near there. I can pass on now when he calls me home cause Missy Rickie Lee Jones you completed me long ago baby girl, big kiss.

Had the good fortune to see her live a few months ago, for the first time. Brilliantly cool and intimate evening, with the smoothest storyteller/musicians of our time. Looking forward to the next concert, Rickie❤️🎼

Still the quintessential hippy free spirit she always was......

"Troubadour, Left over club in a leftover town" brilliant observation!

i remember back in the day listening to hundreds if not thousands of album and every so often one just blew my mind on first listen. "Rickie Lee Jones" was just such an album for me

I was in HS when Chuck E. came out. Didnt have the album, didnt know anyone with the album, but the song was on the radio and in my head, and I was a prog head.

Rickie have a unique voice. it's an instrument in itself !

I loved this song, when it came out. A perfect voice for this tune.

Have some great memories from that period. Hearing this song when I was 20 was like a breath of warm air over me. Great Album.

"A REAL FRIEND PICKS YOU UP AT AN AIRPORT"!

I worked at a radio station where the boss came in and said he’d fire me if I played it once more. Just following the format.

Such a cool story from such a cool lady! Love ya Rikki😎

I've finally made my peace with this song after suffering from relatives and friends smiling at me whenever it played.

I always loved this song, and feel blessed to have watched the background of it - also I love Rickie Lee Jones' vibe, she comes across as a beautiful, free soul.

A great lady and a real poet

Fantastic song and equally fantastic story, I love the way she talks about " when we were three ", life isn't always abc and 1,2,3 , but it's real, genuine and special.

Great wee interview there, RLJ is an absolutely magnificent poet/artist, it's been magic being alive at the same time x

As near perfect as any song can get

Chuck E was my friend for many years. He was the coolest. Rickie back in the day wasn’t very friendly but then again, everyone wanted to know her. I think a big reason Chuck & her weren’t “in contact” as she said, was because he was alway very down to earth. He was always kind. I hope Rickie is still doing well. Chuck has passed and it broke my heart but his music lives on. If you’re reading this right now, go check out his music. 🫰🏼

Wow! something like nearly 50 years ago, this song was HOT and stayed that way for a long time. It's still a great song.

The Magazine is my favorite album of hers. Great horns. Great production. Great songwriting. What else you want?

I absolutely know every word to every song she sang including this one!!!!

The first time I heard this song, I was driving to Madison to see my future wife at her work. As the song started, I thought, "Hmm, catchy tune and nice lyrics." When Rickie Lee got to the chorus, I knew that I was in for a ton of feedback from my friends, because at that time I, Charles Edward, was (and still am) in love with her. 42 years of marriage. I still have the lp and I still love the song. Coincidentally, Van Halen had a minor hit around the same time, so my friends loved saying, "Chuckie's in love and Jamie's crying."

Saw her in the Newark airport as I was coming back from Europe back in 2019 (I think). 1000’s of people in the terminal but I recognized her instantly. Spoke briefly and left her to finish her lunch/dinner. I was sooo thrilled to meet her!! She was very sweet to put up with me.

Great song. I remember it well. I was a sophomore in college when it came out. Fell in love instantly. This was one of the coolest tunes of its time. Still is.

The unmistakable New Orleans..

She's always been one of my favorites, and especially this album. I still have it. Unique styling, lilting voice.

That was my song, loved the ending

Beautiful little film. She is very cool !

Look out, the Sun Caught Me Crying when I saw this. I Love You Rickie! Thank you for sharing your wonderful voice with the world.

My introduction to the brilliance of Steve Gadd.....

The first thing that grabbed me on this song was the that drum beat!!!!! Sick and funky! Reading the comments here, I found out it was Steve Gadd!! Makes sense now!!! LOL

Saw her in her hey day at Poplar Creek Illinois. Put on a fantastic show.....

Oh, what memories of that album. I was in my mid twenties and on a road trip to Florida when it was popular. We listened to the tape over and over in the car. I just love Rickie Lee.

I bought your album in 1979 and I still love every song 👍

Growing old leaves of us with sweet/bittersweet (?) memories. These memories need to stay in the past and left to memory. ☺️

No matter how much she changes the version (slowed down), what we heard on the radio in 1979, can’t be topped! 7/3/19 @ 3:09P.

Chuck E's in Love was my first introduction to her. Then I fell in love with all her work. Immensely talented.

One of the last LPs I remember buying was the Magazine. I treasured it so. RLJ was one of the great shining lights from the 70's. At a time when some people were going toward disco, big hair, or glitz, here comes this astonishingly adorable and talented bohemian chick who writes her own songs and has a style all her own. Such good times. Her live version of "My Funny Valentine" is the best.

A clear childhood memory of mine was seeing RLJ perform Chuck E's in Love on SNL in 1979. Thought she was so cool and loved the song. I wasn't even 10yo yet though my parents had become huge SNL fans by that point and they allowed my sister and I to watch stay up late to watch it.

Oh my, that first albumn is an absolute classic, I still play it all these years later, along with Toms albumns ..........priceless talents..

I caught Rickie Lee on a concert on TV a few years back, and she was fantastic. She sounded just like she did on that first album! I began a deep-dive into her music, because I hadn't thought of her for years. As good as a writer that she is, she's recorded some wonderful covers, too!

The way she sang that song made me wish I was Charles E

loved Rickie in that rasberry beret

I think, Ricky is my favorite. And over these years, she has just grown sweeter. ♡

Chuck E Weiss still is in music . Look for his Two Tone Car, solid piece of rocking blues'

Love love love this !!!💗

You do such a wonderful dove coo!!! A real treat to come across this. I was playing & singing your 1st Album in kitchen this am cooking breakfast ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Loved this album, first one I ever bought. 🎶🎸💚☮

God, i remember this song! Loved it...still do! What a talent!

Had the great honor of meeting her after a show

She has written some beautiful songs - Chuck E is a great entry point to a wonderful catalog of music, remarkable moments

One of a kind song! Special magic :)

Great Song - Thank You Rickie Lee.

I have this on Vinyl . Just love it,One of those happy songs. Always gave me a grin.

I love Rickie Lee Jone's music. Saw her at the then, Universal Amphitheater. In the 80's I met Chuck and we had a brief flirtation he invited me to watch him & his band Chuck E. Weiss and the Goddamn Liars at the Central, which is now the Viper Room (rip) I saw Tom Waits in while in college. It all came full circle when several years ago my son was selling lemonade with his friend in a rural neighborhood in the Santa Monica mountains off of Kanan. Rickie brought lemonade from them. She was a neighbor.

Yay Rickie...still one of my faves...

On Saturday Afternoons in 1963, still my go to Rickie song.

This lady never forgot her childhood innocence.

Immensely awesome beautiful song

Love to see my hometown! Had no idea she now lives in New Orleans!

Ah the summer of 79 at The Lake of The Ozarks!

Man, I miss the 70s 😍👌

Wow, this was in 1979 and I'm just hearing about Rickie Lee Jones .. what an amazing talent and what a character I would love to have known then, or how for that matter .. 4th song of hers tonignt, and also the 4th song I've lever heard .. all amazing!!

What a great guy by all accounts is Chuck Weiss. Ricky Lee Jones has such a repertoire of brilliant tunes my favourite being the album Pirates where she worked with Becker & Fagen with superb results. Like to see her discuss working with them. Great video and thanks for posting.

This song is so good anyone would love it to be their song and welcome being a one hit wonder. What an amazing song to be known for making. Job well done, Rickie Lee Jones!

Am now a fan here 💙 Had to explain that while I dug this talented artist b4 this took me 2 another level of appreciation. My eldest daughter is a huge fan and now I get it. We actually attended a multi stage event in Portland Oregon in the 90z where we got to see the likes of Lenny K Dave M and yeah RLD too‼️ Needless to say it was awesome but I was in shrooms so missed out on a few moments here n there overall~lol Was still a very good trip indeed~*

This was very tastefully crafted video. Congrats!

My Saturday Night Live favorite. Thankful I've had Rockies music in my life. It been hard to find anything better!

What a beautiful artist, grounded.

Cool, I learned something today. I was a big fan of Ricki Lee Jones back in the day. And have discovered Tom Waits in the recent past. However, I didn't know that they were an item back then.

I love Rickie Lee Jones way too much

Such an adorable woman n voice. I remember the song well.

Fascinating thanks