Patti Labelle- If You Asked Me To|REACTION!!  

Patti is the best! Between that amazing voice and her hilarious mannerisms. I was doing my arms like she does while watching this and, when she kicked her shoes off, I lost it!

female GOAT right here child.

She had just lost her sister, Jackie hours before filming this video, so the pain you see in her face is real. 😞

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She did that video right after she buried her sister the day before, that is why she was crying in the video.

A very emotional touching reaction 🙌🏾! Patti LaBelle was around 45 years old. I see 👁👁you have reacted to Patti LaBelle before: Lady Marmalade, On My Own, Somebody Loves You Baby, New Attitude, Love Takes Time Mariah Carey Tribute and All The Man I Need. If You Asked Me To was released as the lead single from Patti LaBelle's 1989 album: Be Yourself. The song was also featured on the movie soundtrack for the 1989 James Bond film: Licence To Kill. It was written by Diane Warren. It was produced by Stewart Levine and Aaron Zigman. The song reached #10 on the R&B chart, #11 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #79 on the Hot 100. The music video was directed by David Kellogg. The music video was filmed the day after the funeral of Patti LaBelle's sister Jacqueline "Jackie" Padgett who passed away from lung cancer at age 43. She was the third of Patti LaBelle's sisters to prematurely pass away a all three of her sisters passed away before the age of 44. As such, the context of the song changed dramatically, as a mourning Patti LaBelle, dressed in black, sings the song in a church with candles and mourning lilies, intercut with shots of her in real tears. In her 1996 autobiography: Don't Block The Blessings, Patti LaBelle explained she was also struggling with another emotion: guilt. Jacqueline "Jackie" Padgett had been struggling to eat throughout her chemotherapy treatments, but the idea of one of Patti LaBelle's egg sandwiches appealed to her. She called Patti LaBelle and begged her to make her one, but the singer refused, saying she was too tired and would do it another time. She never got the opportunity as Jacqueline "Jackie" Padgett passed away just a few days later. Patti LaBelle's guilt nagged at her during the shoot. "I couldn't hold back the tears. The more I sang, the more I thought - about what I had done, what I hadn't done, what I would never be able to do again", she recalled. "The more I thought, the harder I cried. Those tears you see on that video? There's nothing phony about them. They're real. The pain you couldn't possibly see was very real - almost unbearable. It got so bad that, before the video could be released, most of the tears ended up on the cutting room floor. That whole shoot was agonizing, but I made it through". Despite the song being a Top 10 hit on the R&B chart the song did not crossover onto the top of the Pop charts until Celine Dion covered it three years later. Regarding the subject, Patti LaBelle once explained during an interview used for the liner notes of her 1999 Greatest Hits album what she believed to be the reason for this fact: "I knew the song was a hit when I recorded it, and I was happy that Celine did it and did so well with it. But the arrangements are so close and we both have pretty powerful voices...so who knows why my version didn't take off. Maybe it was timing..". The song has been covered by other artists including 📻: Johnny Mathis, M.Y.M.P., Angeline Quinto and Erik Santos and more. Song Credits 📝: Patti LaBelle - lead vocals Bunny Hull - backing vocals Paulette Brown - backing vocals Valerie Pinkston-Mayo - backing vocals Michael Landau - guitars John Robinson - drums Lenny Castro - percussion Aaron Zigman - synthesizer programming, synth bass Lyrics 🗒: Used to be that I believed in something Used to be that I believed in love It's been a long time Since I had that feeling I could love someone I could trust someone I said I never let nobody Near my heart again, darlin' I said I never let nobody in But if you asked me to I just might change my mind And let you in my life forever If you asked me to I just might give my heart And stay here in your arms forever If you asked me to If you asked me to Somehow ever since I been around you Can't go back to being On my own Can't help feeling, darling Since I found you That I found my home That I'm finally home I said I never let nobody Get to close to me, darling I said I needed Needed to be free But if you asked me to I just might change my mind And let you in my life forever If you asked me to I just might give my heart And stay here in your arms forever If you asked me to If you asked me to Ask me to and I will give my world To you baby I need you now Ask me to and I'll do anything For you baby For you baby I'll let you in my life forever All you gotta do is ask me to And I'll give you my world I'll give you my heart I'll give you anything Just ask me, baby Oh, I'll do anything you want me to Just ask me, yes All you gotta do is ask me to If you asked me to I'll change my mind Patti LaBelle Info 📰: Patricia Louise Holt (Patti LaBelle) was born on May 24, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is a singer, songwriter, producer, actress and activist. She is referred to as "The Godmother Of Soul". Patti LaBelle is a dramatic soprano recognized for her vocal power, range and emotive delivery. Pattie LaBelle dropped out of Philadelphia's John Bartram High School just a semester before graduating in 1962. She returned to the school in her mid-thirties and later earned her high school diploma. Patti LaBelle is an honorary member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. Patti LaBelle has released eighteen studio albums, three live albums, fourteen compilation albums, and forty-seven singles. According to RIAA, she has attained six Gold and one Platinum album in the United States. Patti LaBelle has also charted forty-two hits on Billboard's Hot/R&B Hip-Hop Songs, 13 of which reached the Top 10. She has charted twenty albums on Billboard 200, two of which reached the Top 10 and one reaching the top. Her 1986 album: Winner In You, is her most successful album to date with eight million copies sold worldwide. In a career that has spanned seven decades, Patti LaBelle has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Patti LaBelle has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, and the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame. Patti LaBelle was included in Rolling Stone on their list of 100 Greatest Singers at #95. In 2015, Billboard ranked her song: “Lady Marmalade”, with the all-female group LaBelle as the 30th Biggest Girl Group song of all time on Billboard Hot 100. Patti LaBelle, after growing up singing the the church choir, began her professional singing career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle And The Bluebelles. Following the group's name change to Labelle in the 1970s, they released the popular number-one hit song: "Lady Marmalade". After the group split up in 1976, Patti LaBelle began a successful solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed self titled debut album, which included the career-defining song: "You Are My Friend". Patti LaBelle became a mainstream solo star in 1984 following the success of the singles: "If Only You Knew", "Love, Need And Want You", "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up". Less than two years later, in 1986, Patti LaBelle scored a number-one album: Winner In You, and its number-one duet single: "On My Own", with Michael McDonald. In 1989, her album: Be Yourself spawned the standard: "If You Asked Me To", which was also included on the 1989 James Bond film Licence To Kill movie soundtrack. Patti LaBelle won a 1992 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her 1991 album: Burnin', an album that featured the single: "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)", "Feels Like Another One" and "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)". Patti LaBelle earned a second Grammy win for her live album: Live! One Night Only (1998). Her 1990s albums: Burnin' (1991), Gems (1994) and Flame (1997) continued her popularity with young R&B audiences throughout the decade. She reunited with her Labelle bandmates for the album: Back To Now (2008), followed by a well-received promotional tour. Patti LaBelle has also experienced success as an actress with a role in the Oscar-nominated 1984 film: A Soldier's Story, as well as appearing in the films: Mama I Want To Sing, Semi-Pro, Cover, Idlewild, Preaching To The Choir and Sing. In 1992, Patti LaBelle starred in her own television sitcom Out All Night. Patti LaBelle has appeared in many other television shows-movies-specials including: Out All Night, A Different World, The Neighborhood, A New Orleans Noel, American Playhouse (Working), The Wonder Years, Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock, Star, Fire And Rain, All Of Us, Christmas Everlasting, Greenleaf, Empire, A Family Christmas Gift, Santa Baby, The Nanny, Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo And His Music, The Patti LaBelle Show, Cosby, Parker Kane, Why I Wore Lipstick To My Mastectomy, Unnatural Causes and American Horror Story: Freak Show. In 2004, Patti LaBelle hosted her own lifestyle TV show: Living It Up With Patti LaBelle, on TV One. In 2015, Patti LaBelle took part in the dance competition Dancing With The Stars at the age of 70. Patti Labelle has also seen success launching her own brand of bedding, cookbooks, and food for various companies. In 2015, her specialty pie: Patti's Sweet Potato Pie, sold millions when a RU-vid video praising the product went viral. As a result, over a 72-hour period, Walmart sold one pie every second. She returned to the VH1 Divas stage in 2016, headlining a holiday-themed concert alongside Chaka Khan, Vanessa Williams and her goddaughter Mariah Carey. On July 2, 2019, Patti LaBelle was honored in Philadelphia with her very own street name Patti LaBelle Way between Locust and Spruce Street. Patti LaBelle still performs her music live on stage in 2024. ****CONTINUE BELOW****

I feel the sense of anointing every time I watch that video

Patti was 45 when she did this video. Nice review.

Some reactions to consider 🤔: George Michael - Father Figure (Official Video), Tone Loc - Wild Thing Music Video (Delicious Vinyl YT channel) or The Cars - Drive (Official Music Video).

So this isn’t a first time reaction if it was blocked?😊

Have you ever reacted to gospel songs before? I have a request for Erica Campbell song called Positive.

now go listen to celine dions version.