http://www.youtube.com/wa...96xCEW6hzI

Even though I blast this alot in the summer, I've been diggin' on the track alot lately. Its so upbeat.

".....eyes gave her away"

Shame the self titled album the song came off, was not as much fun as this song

Love his voice but this song is dreadful.

TommyRoss said:

Understandable. I guess El wanted to crossover like Debarge's last album "rhythm of the night" did. Hiring Peter "starship" wolf as producer/writer etc.... gave El the desired hit.

Its at least reasonably clever how they got the "who's johnny" line into the chorus (and verses).

El sorta reverted back to more rnb on his next album, 1989's "gemini", but damn, his 1986 album really could be the most dated album of all time. Waaaaay too many ballads aswell.

i LOVE this song!!

It`s a fun song...

Song is horrible....

It's actually in my top 10 worse songs of all time....

I love El's voice better than the song

Moonwalkbjrain said:

Wow. Iam glad a few of you dig it. When it comes to pure pop music, most people on the org go with critics only. I don't know what critics have to say about the song, but anyway.

I'll repeat what I said about another much-maligned song: I liked it then and I like it now. It's fun!

Besides, everybody needs to be reminded of "Short Circuit" every once in a while.

AlexdeParis said:

Why is it much maligned? I guess because El debarge is capable of more rnb laced songs like his earlier work. Its not an amazing peice of work, but its interesting.

thesexofit said:

I love the video better than the song itself.

If you want to hear a real El DeBarge dance cut, try You Wear It Well. THAT song is a 80's jam!

TonyVanDam said:

Yeah, thats a good cut. "Real love" was funk'd up aswell.

I've always liked this song - it's very catchy. My fave El cut is "It's Got to be Real". LUV that song

awesome song. it's horrible. but i love it.

Great song! I like the movie Short Circuit too...

thesexofit said:

Yeah, I don't get it. Seems like the more catchy a song is, the more it is hated.

Horrible song thank God that he followed it up with the excellent "Love Always".

One of the worst songs of the 1980s. Everytime I heard "Who's Johnny", I thought to myself, "Who Cares".

vainandy said:

it's a sucky song.

SoulAlive said:

Yeah, that song is OK. Its produced by Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. its not the best ballad on the album though, but it is the most soulful.

Personally, "Secrets of the night" would of been a good single. Was this song a single?

thesexofit said:

Not sure,but I really like "Someone",another nice ballad from the album I think he's better at ballads and slow jams than he is at uptempo stuff.

SoulAlive said:

Yeah, i would of guessed you'd like that. Check the songwriting credits

Jay Graydon (airplay, planet 3)
Robbie Nevil
Mark Mueller.

I know little about the last name, but the first 2 can be found on quite a few 80's songs. I got what must be a song meant for el debarge. A demo called "Push it in". You'd hate it. Iam guessing as its writing by jay graydon and his team, and the singer (clif magness) sounds like he is imitating El, that it was intended for him.

I don't mind grocery shopping to this one (last time I heard it over loudspeakers).