The ’80s produced among the most epic moments in music historical past, and one which many people received’t quickly neglect is the video for The Temptations frontman Dennis Edwards and singer-songwriter Siedah Garrett’s traditional 1984 duet, “Don’t Look Any Additional.”
From the second it begins, Edwards may be seen grinding his jaw virtually uncontrollably for your complete period of the four-minute video. Whereas many have spent a long time making assumptions about what precisely had him chewing with such noticeable vigor, Garrett is now revealing the age-old reality behind her late collaborator’s viral clip.
Let’s simply say loads of us have been proper all alongside!
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“Within the basement of Motown, and I believe it value $11.57,” she recalled jokingly of the low-budget video, which doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see was filmed in entrance of a inexperienced display and greater than seemingly accomplished in a single or two takes. Talking additional with comic Dean Cole on his Humorous Understanding You podcast, Garrett went on to kinda-sorta affirm the plain when blatantly requested whether or not or not she thought Edwards was on cocaine throughout filming. “He was on one thing,” she says, even occurring to explain when the director requested him to place his gum on a bit of paper, to which he nervously and repeatedly replied, “I ain’t received no gum!”
The tune in fact is iconic to our tradition effectively past the implications, practically topping the US Billboard Black Singles chart throughout its peak at No. 2 and garnering 88 million views and relying on YouTube because it was first posted on the platform in December 2009. We predict that quantity growing exponentially primarily based on new feedback for the reason that interview went viral just a few days in the past, with one consumer writing, “‘I ain’t received no gum’ is CRAZY😂😂😂😂” and one other including, “Rattling you Deon Cole for making us come again in spite of everything these years to look at Dennis Edwards carry out whereas on that booger sugar! 🤣😂🤣.”
Though we sadly misplaced Dennis Edwards again in 2018 on the age of 74, we’re pleased to see his legacy remains to be bringing individuals collectively to snort and luxuriate in a traditional soul jam.
Preserve scrolling to see how others have been reacting to the hilarious revelation behind “Don’t Look Any Additional” by the late Dennis Edwards and Siedah Garrett:
1. Lawd I knew Dennis Edwards was on “one thing.”
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