Does anyone remember it? It was mid 80's US.
I dropped it and now I can't find it on EBAY.
Any suggestions.

thanks all

It's on eBay, but you're spelling everything wrong (it's "vinyl" for starters! )


Search Freeez I.O.U.

There's a few listed right now and they aren't expensive either!

The label is Streetwise and should look like this:

this song takes me right back to early 1984,at the height of the breakdancing era.

SoulAlive said:

This is the earliest era in life I can recall. Breakdancing was everywhere (except in my neighborhood ), but I remember the phenomenon in the music videos, random scenes in movies (like Flashdance), appearances by b-boy crews on morning shows, talk shows, headlines in the newspapers and magazine covers.

I used to love that song....wow, great memories!

My 12 Inch has 1982 on it but I had never heard the song until the summer of 1983.

vainandy said:

That's right. I think the video was later.

I love this track. It's strange that it is called "I.O.U" when they do sing "AEIOU"...

VinnyM27 said:

I'm sure that's why Rev couldn't find it in a eBay search.

for some reason, this made me think of Animaniacs, the ol' warner bros. cartoon.

Cinnie said:

Yeah, that was it. I still can't go to the basement and look at the record. It was such a clumsy mistake.

Thank so much Cinnie and everyone. I'll got check it out again.

This was a great time in my teenage years and this album had some pretty strong tracks on it.

Thanks again ORGers

2elijah said:

Hi, I think we were in line together at the Vegas shows in March. I was the short PR dude... and then sittin on the cement floor in the club. Ouch.

vainandy said:

Yeah,sometimes the Bay Area is late with these jams I first heard this song in early 1984.At the time,there were a ton of songs like this on the radio,such as
"I Remember What You Like" by Jenny Burton.


electrofunk/breakdance songs,I like to call them

SoulAlive said:

Another gem in my collection. I heard this the same time as "Hey DJ"(World's Famous Supreme Team), "Jam On It"(Newcleus) & "Somebody Else's Guy".

uPtoWnNY said:

Yeah,those songs were all out around the same time.I remember hearing all those jams and seeing the videos too.The early 80s was such a fun time!

For me, the period between 1981-1986 was the best in terms of dance/funk jams, especially during the summer.

Rev said:

Wow..you remember me? But I don't know if I remember you. I was definitely at the March Vegas shows, I believe it was the 30th and 31st. Excellent shows. Now I am extremely curious as to who you are. You have to give me more of a description than telling me you were the short PR dude..did we speak at the show? I met quite a few people at that show that were familiar faces at other Prince shows.
[Edited 7/21/08 8:16am]

EBN-OZN also did AEIOU . . .

SUPRMAN said:

DIFFERENT SONGS

DON'T CONFUSE FOLKS

Cinnie said:

lol
But doesn't discussion of one usually lead to the other?

Cinnie said:

Hot tune! Love that one

Man I remember when I got the Test pressing I rocked that record to death

For me it was 1980-1984. I hated a lot of 1985, 1986, and the rest of the 1980s until house music came above ground in 1989 with folks like Black Box and then the whole "dance music" explosion perked things up for about two or three years. Those late 1980s were polluted with too much stuff like Shitney Houston, Freddie Jackson, Anita Baker, Mikki Howard, and Regina Belle. An actual jam was becoming scarce.

SUPRMAN said:

My brother bought the 7" of "I.O.U." by country artist Lee Greenwood thinking it was the Freeez song. I laughed so hard. My brother was only nine years old at the time.

sextonseven said:

At the same time that's kinda sad!

Cinnie said:

I was mean to my brother when we were kids.

sextonseven said:

I just had another chuckle when I re-read it though... a guilty laugh because.. how embarrassing would that be? And he PAID for it!

Cinnie said:

Maybe 99¢. Definitely not more than $1.99 back then.

sextonseven said:

Did people return records back then?

Cinnie said:

I don't know. We didn't even try to return it. It might still be sitting in my parents' house with their old 45s.