Remarks:
I used to play this song to death. In 1989 and 1990 it went to #1 in Britain and Ireland and made the top ten in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and Spain. It only made it to #19 in their native Italy and #39 on the US dance charts.
It is a reworking of the American song “Love Sensation” (1980) by Loleatta Holloway. Where Holloway sang “right on time”, the Italian band, not used to American English, thought she said “ride on time”. The name stuck.
The video shows Katrin Quinol, a Parisian model from Guadeloupe, lip-synching Black British singer Heather Small. Quinol had become the face of the band.
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Lyrics:
Gonna get up, gonna get up
Gonna get up, whoa
Gonna get up, gonna get up
Gonna get up, ooho
And time won’t take
My love away
Ooho, ooho, ooho, ooho
You’re such a, you’re such a
You’re such a, you’re such a
Hot temptation
You just walk right in
Walk, walk, walk right in and
Ooho, ooho, ooho, ooho
Ooho, ooho, ooho, ooho
Gonna get up, gonna get up
Gonna get up
Thank, thank, thank you, baby
Gonna get up, gonna get up
Gonna get up
Just don’t move
Gonna get up, gonna get up
Gonna get up
Thank, thank, thank you, baby
Gonna get up, gonna get up
Gonna get up
Walk right in and
‘Cause you ride on time
‘Cause you ride on time, ride on time
‘Cause you ride on time
‘Cause you ride on time, ride on time
Let me tell you, let me tell you
What you do
What you do, what you do to me
You’re such a hot temptation
You just walk right in
Walk, walk, walk right in and
Ooho, ooho, ooho, ooho
Ooho, ooho, ooho, ooho
Gonna get up, gonna get up
Gonna get up
Thank, thank, thank you, baby
Gonna get up, gonna get up
Gonna get up
Just don’t move
Gonna get up, gonna get up
Gonna get up
Thank, thank, thank you, baby
Gonna get up, gonna get up
Gonna get up
Walk right in and
‘Cause you ride on time
‘Cause you ride on time, ride on time
‘Cause you ride on time
‘Cause you ride on time, ride on time
‘Cause you ride on time, ride on time
‘Cause you ride on time, ride on time
‘Cause you ride on time, ride on time
‘Cause you ride on time, ride on time
Away
And time won’t take
My love away
Man, you’re the King of Links. No ‘Martha Wash’ link at the bottom of this post?
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(Never mind. I just noticed your ‘related’ posts.)
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Abagond – 2funny! You never fail to amaze me with your varied posts! You are like a 100 cool people rolled into 1 and your blog is one in a million! LoveYA Seasons Greetings and all the best for 2016
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I’m from Chicago. HOUSE MUSIC CAPITAL. This song did not fly with us. We could not and would not give up Love Sensation by loleatta Holloway. Love Sensation was a MONSTER in the Clubs all over America. Still is here in Chicago. Loleatta Holloway died of AIDS as did so many of those early funk-disco-house recording artists. Loleatta’s RunAway was my favorite!
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@ BGB – Chicago House is OG, I didn’t get into House until Detroit’s Inner City came out with ‘Big Fun’ and ‘Good Life’. Miami’s Freestyle was just as popular.
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NO, SHE’S NOT LIPSYNCHING HEATHER SMALL! She’s lypsinching Loleatta Holloway..
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Sorry, it seems you were right. She did lipsync Heather Small…
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