Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current guest host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
This week’s theme is “Cool/Freeze/Heat/Melt.”
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Heat of the Moment was one of those songs. When it was released as the lead single from the self-titled debut album of R&B group After 7 in August of 1989, it went all the way to #5 on the Billboard R&B charts but stalled at #74 on the Billboard Hot 100. However, the single re-entered the Hot 100 in late 1990 and went all the way to #19.
The song was co-written by singer/songwriter/record executives Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Antonio “L.A.” Reid, founders of LaFace Records. Babyface is also the younger brother of After 7 members Melvin and Kevon Edmonds.
FUN FACTS:
- Keith Mitchell, the third member of the group, was marketed as the cousin of L.A. Reid. The men were not related. Mitchell was a college buddy of Kevon Edmonds.
- After 7’s debut album was certified platinum by the RIAA in November 1990.
- After suffering a stroke in 2011, elder brother, Melvin, had been in poor health, but seemed to rebound in recent years, rejoining the group in 2016 for its comeback album, Timeless. But he died unexpectedly in May of 2019 at the age of 65.
With the temps in Tucson reaching triple digits everyday for over a week, I know how the women in the Heat of the Moment video feel. The guys are trying to hook up and the looks the ladies give them are hilarious!
Enjoy!
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Heat of the Moment
You’re gonna do wrong
I made a mistake girl..Just let me..
Just let me explain
Although I did it
I’ve never been that kinda man
I must admit it
I wasn’t with it
But you were the best I’ve ever had
I’ve always thought I was
A faithful kind of man
I never thought I would be tempted
Baby you licked my lips
And I said right now…right now
Baby I lost my head. Lost my mind
Didn’t know what to do
In the heat of the moment
Baby I fell in lust with you
Oh how I want it
But I’ve got to be a stronger man
I love my lady
Can’t lose my baby
Cause if she knew
I’d lose everything I have
From now on I promise I will be a better man
But here you are again temptin’
Baby when you lick my lips. I said
Right now, right now
From now on I promise I will be a better man
Now…Now I know that you know
That we can’t carry on like this
Girl stop…just stop
Baby when you kissed my lips, I said
Right now…Right now
From now on I promise I will be a better man
Now…Now I know that you know
That we can’t carry on like this
Girl stop…just stop
Baby when you kissed my lips, I said
Right now…Right now
From now on I promise I will be a better man
Now…Now I know that you know
That we can’t carry on like this
Girl stop…just stop
Baby when you kissed my lips, I said
Right now…Right now
From now on I promise I will be a better man
Now…Now I know that you know
That we can’t carry on like this
Girl stop…just stop
Baby when you kissed my lips, I said
Right now…Right now
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This was a new one to me. Wow! Loved it. Thanks for sharing Felicia!
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Not the “Heat of the Moment” song I was expecting to hear. I’ve not heard this one before.
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Dance party at the Dub’s today. Great pick for the prompt!
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LOL! Same! The beat is on point and their choreography is soooo smooth! 😀
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I love After 7! You know my New Jack Swing heart pretty well. (I am actually a big fan of New Jack Swing) My favorite After 7 song is “Ready or Not”. But, “Heat of the Moment” is perfect too!
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They were a great group! I love “Ready or Not” and “Til You Do Me Right.” 🙂
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Perfect choice for today. It was sad to hear about Melvin. 🙂
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I was sad too. Feels like we lose a little piece of ourselves when we lose the people who made our favorite music.
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It’s always sad. I’m still in denial that Michael Jackson is gone.
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I’m the same way about Phyllis Hyman. 😦
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I’m still in denial that Elvis is dead too! I think I have a problem of letting go. I believed for many years like so many other people that he was still alive.
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I really like this song, although I never heard it before. The video is really funny with the guys trying to pick up the girls who only seem interested in cooling off.
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Their glares and facial expressions crack me up! 😄
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