Debarge were a decent 80s pop rnb group and I've always loved them. My vote went to the beautiful ballad "Who's Holding Donna Now?", with "Who's Johnny" coming in a close second.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6SRtj4kX2s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnBACZVsDA (love the part @ 2mins 20)


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e281/bigben1986/debarge_inaspecia_101b.jpg

I have 'All This Love', 'In A Special Way' and 'Rhythm of the Night' on cassette as well as 'The Last Dragon' soundtrack on LP and cassette 8)

My faourite will forever be 'Rhythm of the Night' :)

I would post their hits, but it saddens me how little hits they had in Canada :\'(

I have 'All This Love', 'In A Special Way' and 'Rhythm of the Night' on cassette as well as 'The Last Dragon' soundtrack on LP and cassette 8)


Cool! That's certainly more than I have!  ;D

We had their "Rhythm of the Night" cassette in the 80s. All I have now is their 20th Century Greatest Hits cd - but that's got most of their best stuff.  :)

Let's also not forget their appearance on Punky Brewster in 1987... check out the wild hair and cringeworthy moves.  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EDQpPMb_1c

great poll!

I picked 'All This Love' but my close second is 'Rhythm Of The Night'.

Rhythm of the Night, the only song I really from Debarge

"Rhythm Of The Night"

"Who's Johnny" second

DeBarge was a group, I thought it was a name of the singer

Probablyit's like  Nine Inch Nails, which the group refers to the singer or whatever (I'm confused now)...

The group was comprised of siblings: Bunny, El (lead vocals), Marty, Randy and James DeBarge
When El started to be seen as the most popular one, they became credited as "El DeBarge with DeBarge" until El went solo in 1986

James made headlines when he married Janet Jackson in 1984.  The marriage only lasted 7 months

Chico DeBarge, who was not in DeBarge with his siblings, had a solo career of his own, scoring a 1986 hit with "Talk to Me"

Rhythm of the Night

in the early 90's we were at Disneyland riding the rides in the Tomorrowland section and a live band performed on an outdoor stage. I think they were called Airplay and they did Rhythm of the Night. It was really good and a good place to to perform a feel good song like that. They sounded quite a bit like DeBarge too. I was impressed.

I love Who's Johnny.....but rhythm of the night is great too. 

man- is that 80s hair or what!

I thought 'Rhythm Of The Night' was their best, followed by 'Who's Johnny'... :)

I loved Debarge when I was little.  "Who's Johnny" is my pick.

Rhythm Of The Night

I like Debarge's music in Miami Vice;  don't know much about him.  He is from my home state,  Michigan.  Heard he just got arrested...

I loved DeBarge!!!!

Faves "All This Love" and their other ballads, "Time Will Reveal", "Dream" (which has been sampled in too many rap songs!!), and "Love Me in a Special Way".

I have all the Debarge LP's in original form but out of the bunch of songs listed above, I'm gonna pick "Time Will Reveal" as it's a just a beautifully constructed ballad with a great vocal performance by El Debarge showing off his falsetto skills.
Wear It Well should get a mention too, the 12" mix in particular.
After the original lineup of the group disbanded in 1986, El Debarge has been releasing 4 solo albums, the last being "Heart Mind And Soul" in 1994.
Bunny Debarge had an ill fated attemt at a solo career in 1987 with one LP.
Chico Debarge did release two albums in the 80s before he went to jail. He managed to revitalize his career in 1997 with "long Time No See" and had been recording steadily ever since.
Bobby Debarge died from AIDS in 1995.

Like Hall & Oates many of their songs just didn't make it out of the '80s with me, but they do have some that I still like

I Like It (1982) -- The one I voted for.
All This Love (1983)  -- The acoustic guitar solo is the part I always liked the most. Not much acoustic guitar heard in '80s songs.
After the Dance (1991)  -- This time it's the jazz group Fourplay with El DeBarge doing a great cover of a Marvin Gaye song.

All This Love 
Rhythm of the Night
Who's Holding Donna Now?
Who's Johnny

When El started to be seen as the most popular one, they became credited as "El DeBarge with DeBarge" until El went solo in 1986

Chico DeBarge, who was not in DeBarge with his siblings, had a solo career of his own, scoring a 1986 hit with "Talk to Me"


Bumping an old thread here as I'm slowly getting into solo Debarge territory.

Didn't realise how good Chico's "Talk To Me" was! In fact it sounds eeriely similar to NKOTB's "Call It What You Want" from 1991.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhMKFY0jA8

Also loving lots of tracks from El's solo 1986 album. "Love Always" is great (can't find a vid) and so is "Someone". Shame the album is impossible to find on cd at a decent price.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETRFxTavfWU

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/28/bb/5c0bb2c008a0d3f036618010._AA240_.L.jpg

WAIT A MINUTE...WHO THE F**K IS JOHNNY, ANYWAY?  YEAH, WHO'S JOHNNY?
???

"You Wear It Well"

Debarge were a decent 80s pop rnb group and I've always loved them. My vote went to the beautiful ballad "Who's Holding Donna Now?", with "Who's Johnny" coming in a close second.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6SRtj4kX2s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cnBACZVsDA (love the part @ 2mins 20)


http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e281/bigben1986/debarge_inaspecia_101b.jpg

Good choices, Robby. "Who's Holding Donna Now" is quite a beautiful ballad, so it gets my vote. As for "Who's Johnny?", that would be a close second for me, too; I also loved Weird Al's parody of that song, "Here's Johnny!" ;)

I also loved Weird Al's parody of that song, "Here's Johnny!" ;)


You learn something new everyday!  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrlbSwtVJc

You learn something new everyday!  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzrlbSwtVJc


People are going to laugh at me, but I've never seen the parody of Who's Johnny only the original.  Of all the Weird Al songs, I've never sen or heard that one. 

Rhythm of the Night


As was mentioned back on an earlier page, they are from Grand Rapids, Michigan, which is about an hour south of where I live.

I was mostly into Metal and Hard Rock in the 80's, so the only reason I even know DeBarge is because "The Last Dragon" was and is one of my favorite movies, still got the soundtrack on vinyl

Rythm of the Night is up there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlsl9klbXhM

"Who's Johnny?" 1.) The only song of theirs I know and I didn't even know that was the name of the band who recorded it until just now. 2.) Wierd Al turned it into "Here's Johnny" one of my favorite songs of his.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0rgnGfKcHM