Deniece Williams, Let’s Hear It For the Boy | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 30^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2023), we recollect and reflect on “Let’s Hear It For the Boy” by Deniece Williams. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 30^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2023), we recollect and reflect on 🎵 “Let’s Hear It For the Boy”, performed by 🎙 Deniece Williams. 

“My baby, he don’t talk sweet / He ain’t got much to say,” 🎙 Deniece Williams sings in the opening verse from her 1984 hit, 🎵 “Let’s Hear It For the Boy”. By hit, let’s clarify that “Let’s Hear It For The Boy” was a no. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks.  Furthermore, the 🏆 Grammy-winning singer was nominated for a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Furthermore her 1984 album, also titled 💿 Let’s Hear It For the Boy, was nominated for the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.  Also, adding to how big of a deal this song is, “Let’s Hear It For The Boy” appeared in an iconic film and soundtrack: 🎦 Footloose! Yup, this Deniece Williams record is DEFINITELY a big deal!

Despite the fact he doesn’t have much to say, Williams is impressed that “He loves me, loves me, loves me.” She’s so taken with him that “Every time he pulls me near / I just wanna cheer,” hence why, she encourages in the chorus, “Let’s hear it for the boy / Let’s give the boy a hand / Let’s hear it for my baby.” Woo! Her passion, coupled with the energetic production – quintessential 1980s – is lit 🔥! “Let’s Hear It For The Boy” was penned by 🎼 ✍ Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford and produced by the late, great 🎛 George Duke. It is safe to say that it’s not just the boy we should cheer for! Williams is in excellent voice.  The songwriting is fun, down to earth, and innocent! Honestly, it’s just a surefire vibe, four decades after it first arrived!

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Deniece Williams, “Let’s Hear It For the Boy”: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 30 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Columbia; John Alan Sperry, PIRO via Pixabay]