Soul II Soul - Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) (Official Music Video) 

32 years later, if you're watching this, you're a legend.

Who’s here in 2024? 😱

I'm using this song as a theme as I'm recovering from an illness. Back to life, back to reality. No more being sick and depressed, lost in a nightmare of wanting to curl up and die. God help us all.

here in 2024 still a hit😃

*Will dancing while stapling his Malcolm X poster in the Fresh Prince of bel air.* 👌👍

This was my moms recovery song. My mother clean from heroin in the late 80's and she would have this on repeat. R.I.P. mom

If you you remember this from your childhood, you made it ❤❤❤

Who ever is listening in 2024 you know what time it is🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

0% nude 0% swearing 0% drugs 100000% talent

RU-vid is the closest we have to a Time Machine. The emotions and memories flood when you hear certain songs. You can almost remember what the air smelled like when you hear a nostalgic song. Shout out to 90’s kids

The dancer's name is Wunmi! She was in my creative arts class at City & East London college, as an arts & fashion design student. I remember her quite well. Slim, stunning and extremely talented. The whole Soul 2 Soul movement came out of another movement called the Madhatters in North London, pioneered by Trevor Nelson, who became one of the UK's most notable DJ's. He was my school mate at Kingsway Princeton and we kick started house parties from my apartment & house in North London, all while in college. We loved what we called Rare Soul in the 80's. Before we all knew it, our movement spread across all of London and underground parties. Jazzy B used to DJ a lot and is also from my neck of the woods of Finsbury Park. I remember the last house party where Jazzy B was the DJ. Before we all know it, Soul II Soul was born and BOOM! That's the skinny from an incognito fellow. They used to call me Prince haha, because I dressed like him. I can tell you all, it was the greatest time to be alive for all of us in the 80's ❤

Still rocks 2024💪

Who's here because they just love the song?

This song was ahead of it’s time, a true masterpiece.

Damn..it is 4:30 am and I can't turn this off. I miss this music. What have we become that quality soul/funk is missing from the air waves.

2024, I am here for this very sentiment

This song came out 34 years ago and it is still a musical masterpiece

Who listening to this in August 2020! I know I am right now.

If you have soul at all, you know what she's talking about.

Not me pretending i'm in the music video 💃🏿

We had no idea of what good times we were living in back then 🤗 stay strong

Who’s here simply because they have good taste in music and loved this track for ages now? P.s or from fresh prince 🎹🎼

2024 still a head banger

What's crazy is this is lowkey a Gospel song and regardless I'm here for it ❤

57 years old, I've just had a dance round the living room. I've still GOT IT!! Such a brilliant era, I miss it every day.

I personally think this is one of the best tracks of ALL time.

Sisters were so natural and beautiful.

Who will be listening in 2025? Me.

I'd give ANYTHING to go back to these days! GREAT times, GREAT memories, GREAT music!

Still loving it in 2019.

This is the kind of song that wherever you were driving you cranked up the volume and everyone agreed that was the right move.

Soul II Soul was the blueprint of my parenting years. I love this jam and it brings back those trying and true years of being a mother for the first time, Such a wonderful time, My daughter Milaya is now 37 years old. where did the time go. Thankful for all of it!! praise God!!!

It’s crazy how a song can immediately take you back to a life that is long gone.

They just don’t make music like this anymore. Seriously the best

May 10, 2024 to be exact. Lol. Yes!

53 yrs old and feel like crying.

why dont people make music like this anymore??? this is so amazing

My youth! I will listen forever!

Still love it , May 2024

Still listening in 2021 and forever, timeless brilliance.

STEADY...ARE YOU READY???

LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH!!!

Hip hop with classical violin great lead singer background music is just slammin

This song will never get old.

Black British excellence 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Why did this song randomly pop up in my head

Maybe a handful of songs today will still be poppin 35 years later from now! 80’s & 90’s best music era periodttt!!!!

The violinist is on another level

Back in the 80s and 90s people used to dance so freely and carefree, what a superb song ❣️

Braiding My Hair listening to this 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾🔥🔥🔥

Never gets old!

To my big bro R.I.P. I remember you taking me to a party where they played this, it was a hot summer's night and a bbq in a huge garden. This had just been realised. The DJ kept playing the intro for at least ten minutes then saying, "hold on, rewind" playing it over and over again (we played musical statues every time the dj stopped the intro to rewind it again and again). We danced to this tune so hard (after all the dj made it last for almost 20 mins and it was pure record decks at the time). I played in the garden and house until early hours and then you gave me a piggy back home where mom was so vex with you because you kept me out so late- I would give anything to go back there now and this song will always remind me of you

JUST learned that this song is LITERALLY about Karen Wheeler 'dying' on the table, having an 'afterlife' experience and being brought 'Back 2 Life'! Knowing that gives this great song an even GREATER meaning! The lyrics hit different knowing she's petitioning The Most High to "do whatever He Wants" with her life!

I am here in 2024!😊

Does anyone else remember Will Smith dancing to this in Fresh prince of bel air

"Back to Life, back to Reality". Needed now in 2021 more than ever!

The movie Belly brought me here. R.I.P. to DMX

Caron Wheeler Of Soul ll Soul Is 61 Today Golden Oldies is wishing English singer, songwriter, record producer and musician Caron Melina Wheeler a happy birthday today (born 19 January 1963). She officially rose to fame in the late 1980s as lead singer of R&B group Soul II Soul. Managed by her bandmate, Jazzie B, the group became one of the London's best-selling groups in the 1990s. Their debut album, Club Classics Vol. One (1989), which established them as a global success worldwide, earned two Grammy Awards and featured the UK and Billboard number-one singles "Keep on Movin'" and "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)". Happy birthday Caron Wheeler.❤

Her voice and the violins are just awesome.

RIP Melissa Bell (lead singer). She passed August 28, 2017 😔. Thank you for your wonderful music, your legacy lives on!!!

BELLY anyone? Best movie intro ever! First time hearing the original, in 2024... Love it...

Who's listening to this in 2019?

I’m 24 and this was one of my moms favorite songs. I was out today and just heard it when I was with her brother. She died last year, this song will always be close to me.

The song comes back to life every time I listen to it!

I miss these times she not half naked or twerking just showing her pure talent and she is beautiful these new age female artists can learn a lot from her and this song is a classic let's get back to these times

I’m not Ashamed to say I’m a 14 year old who enjoys this song so much!!!!

Who was here from 1989 when it was first released?

GOD'S WARRIORS 😊

I’m sorry but LONDON, stand up!!!This is us. I know the world loves and feels this song. But this is A LONDON SOUND. And I’m so proud. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

I was 18 when this song came out. What a brilliant era. I blinked and now I’m 50. Such nostalgia this song brings me.

This song never get old, bros.

Today years old when I found out this is a gospel song

I remember shaking it up at Panama Joe's on Danforth in Toronto to this song, timeless is correct.

March 2019...who else?

when we had soul in our soul

Man music like this that still sounds amazing in 2024.shows how this era of music is one of the greatest of all-times I was so blessed to be born to this era frfr.I feel sad for my sons generation that will never have music like this to enjoy 😁😁😁

One of The Best Songs of All Time PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!

This is an appropriate song for today. Lets get back to life and out of this alternate reality.

52 years old and just realized this song is about a 2nd chance after near death…feeling wanted by God but being snatched back to reality for a 2nd chance at life 😮🤯

Back when music was still great!

Still jamming to this legendary classic in 2024..

2018.. who's else still feeling it?

Those violin licks are so nice.

Forever a hit.

Freshman year, Morehouse College, this song and Keep On Movin' were everything.

anyone here after hearing little mix sample this in bounce back???

Maybe after this Coronavirus is over, I'll be singing this song!

Who don't get into the groove with this classic , I have played every night I roller-skate , it totally rocks the skate floor with all the the kids jamming as they skate to it , It is sad there is no music created like this these days ,

The music of today can never follow up on this. Always a good song, jam until eternity.

Let's go back to this age of music, when soul had meaning!

2020 who's still listing

They don't make music like this nomore!!! Timeless! Still listening to this in 2024

RIP AlPO. Harlem

The lead singer is BEAUTIFUL! And so is her voice! ❤

Damn. Whatever happened to Soul II Soul? They were amazing and had a very unique and distinctive sound.

From 2:01 that’s MARIAH CAREY! Little hidden gem. She’s all throughout the song. Not many people know this 💎

This the blackest shit we've ever been blessed with... 💯 💪🏿 😂

A thousand years from now, starships will blast across the cosmos with the crew bopping along to this song piped through the speakers. This music will never ever die.

Why can’t we go back to the way people were in the 90s ♥️

👍 nobody makes it out of life alone. Thank you for your wise contribution. One of my favorites and I'm WELL over 60. Thank you 💕 for the dance, when I was Young.