This was one of my favorite jams back in the fifth grade! Before I watched the video I honestly thought George Michael was singing this song. However, you can hear him doing the background vocals.

Love that song!

This song gets mentioned here frequently. I really like this song.

Gorgeous song!

George Michael composed this song and gave it to Estus, his former bassist.
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daPrettyman said:

Indeed. Good song though.

daPrettyman said:

I had no idea this song gets mentioned frequently on the org. However, this is one of my favorite jams of all time. This came out when pop and R&B music was still good.

I used to think it was George Micheal too. I remember this video, but it's vague for me. I was in the 8th/9th grade during this time.

daPrettyman said:

this one and D-Train's You're The One For Me

Deon Estus was actually Marvin Gaye's bass player before he was George Michael's.....betcha didn't know that one! Did ya???

Anyways I recently bought a used copy of this album....and it's your typical...sorta....big haired eighties type of record.

anc282 said:

Wow...nope didn't know that.

He also played bass for Frank Zappa, Tina Turner and Sir Elton John. School's in session.

I'm gonna have to find his album."Heaven Help Me" is a superb song but I also love the song "Spell",which has an Earth Wind and Fire vibe.I heard this song on the radio a few times in 1989 but I had no idea who the artist was! Thanks to Youtube,I finally discovered that it is Deon Estus...

anc282 said:

I gotta find that album! Need a CD copy.

"Heaven help me" is by far the best song on the album. Been years since I played it to be fair, but its not that good really. Particually to anymore looking for more songs like "heaven help me".

I still remember "blue envelope", which was a nice fluffy pop song.

anc282 said:

I was waiting for someone to say that.

thesexofit said:

what do you think of the title track "Spell"? I love that song!!!

Timmy84 said:

It's mentioned in this documentary I've got on DVD-R.

Taped it off TV a few years ago.

I was gonna say I thought he played on "In Our Lifetime," but....nah he didn't.

I think he just played on his tour in Belgium at that time.

anc282 said:

Yeah, he played on Marvin's 1981 "comeback" tour in Belgium. This was about the time he was finalizing a settlement to leave Motown and go to another label. Oddly enough this little gig was called "The Heavy Love Affair Tour" after one of Marvin's last Tamla-Motown releases from the IN OUR LIFETIME album.

Yeah I heard about that too....in the same documentary.

I finally got this CD!!!!! I bought a used copy from Amazon and it arrived in the mail today.I've already listened to "Spell" a dozen times...lol....

Deon Estus is a badass musician. He started out with a Detroit band called Brainstorm who were signed to Tabu Records, from there he toured with Marvin Gaye and after that came George Michael and WHAM!

This is Deon rehearsing with Marvin Gaye in 81'

I Want You-Marivn Gaye

I remember Brainstorm.They had a disco hit in 1977 called "Lovin Is Really My Game".Didn't know that Deon was a member of this band.

thesexofit said:

Agreed. I remember buying the cassette and was severely let down

menace said:

I haven't even gotten to the other songs I'm hooked on the title track.

SoulAlive said:

I've got that on 12inch vinyl somewhere in my collection.

Belita Woods of P-Funk fame was their lead singer.

The B-Side of that single is funky as hell though.