bigdinlaca (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

Thios was a cool song. I remember when she came to a radio station in L.A. and they went through all the songs she wrote and she discussed what she was doing and/or the story behind it.When they played this she said she was freestlying this song while doing the dishes alone and she said 15 minutes later she wrote it. Everyone was amazed that she was doing a household chore when she created this.

mairanya1 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

It's a lovely song and I enjoyed hearing her interpret it.

zyxsuzano (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

Não gostei deste video ela era muito melhor nos anos 80

HenryFussy (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

the people who are writing that Russell doesn't sing well must be judging her by this video, and there I'd agree, she doesn't sound good here at all. But it's a different story on her records. Listen to the recorded versions of "Kiss Me With the Wind", "Dinner with Gershwin", "So Good So Right" and others and you'll hear why Luther Vandross, Chaka Khan, Earth Wind and Fire, Donna Summer and so many others have recorded her songs.

DeeDee725 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

AMEN to Skillet54 & Freeek04!

freeek04 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

agreed, PLUS, most songwriters love hearing their songs interpreted different ways. They also make an amazing living off royalties off a big hit like Oleta had with Get Here. Best thing to do is to enjoy the sound of Brenda's interpretation and Oleta's.

chochief (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

my fav songwriter in the world. thanks for the post.

skillet54 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

please don't do the 'someone else can sing better than her argument'..she is a songwriter first...most songwriters write songs with someone in mind they'd like to perform it...they get great pleasure hearing someone else sing the living daylights out of a song they've written! for instance dolly parton wrote that tune whitney houston nailed...'i will always love you' dolly was like...yeahhhhhhhhhhh! so don't compare songwriter/singer to singers in most cases its pointless.

peter97624 (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

WOw ! takes me back to the Great Songs of the 80's ! What happened to music since then ?

ohd00bley (December 31, 1969 at 4:59 pm)

I think Brenda & Brian Russell actually recorded Please Pardon Me first. But I agree Chaka's version is better. Of course she recorded Get Here and If Only for One Night first and they were also made popular by IMO better singers, Oleta Adams and Luther Vandross. Brenda's got some songwriting talent!