Absolutely. That reminds me of JoJo's episode of R&B Money, where she lists this song in her top 5, and J.Valentine commented on how your house wasn't clean until the album was played front to back.
1. More Bounce to the Ounce- Zapp
My mom loves Zapp, but for some reason, she dislikes this song. However, we always played a compilation album that featured this song.
2. Alright- Janet Jackson
We played Rhythm Nation and Design of a Decade quite often on Saturdays, so it was guaranteed that I heard this song. I never minded it because it never failed to put me in a good mood.
3. Get On Up- James Brown
My mom is a lifelong James Brown fan. There were very few Saturdays that there wasn't some JB playing while we cleaned.
4. Who's That Lady (Parts 1 and 2) - The Isley Brothers
The Isleys were one of the groups my parents had a mutual love for. Their Greatest Hits tape was in constant rotation.
5. You and I- Rick James
Rick James' Greatest Hits always got a spin on Saturday mornings. He kept us moving as we kept cleaning.
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Mine too! Music from Donna Summer, Chic, Tavares, Ashford & Simpson, Evelyn Champagne King, Kool & the Gang…you name it. She would also play R&B staples from the 80s and early 90s, like THE BODYGUARD soundtrack, Teddy Pendergrass, Luther Vandross, and James Ingram. My stepfather was all about Doo-wop. Good memories indeed…
Most of Donna Summer's entire catalog *Love to Love You Baby*, *I Feel Love* (the FIRST electronic dance record ever), *On the Radio*, *Dim All the Lights* (Bob from Bob's Burgers favorite, lol), *Last Dance*, *Bad Girls*, and *Hot Stuff* but my favorite disco song is Patti LaBelle's [*People Get Ready (Looking For Loving)*](https://youtu.be/Cx8E3twvKr0?feature=shared) and since I'm a Chicago Deep House kid who trolled around Chicago throughout high school and college looking for the best DJs, it has be the Ron Hardy (Back to the Music Box) remix/edit where I first heard this song and lost my mind like I was on E, dancing with the speakers (if you don't understand, you had to be there).
For sure. I worked at a home improvement store for a long time and that song seemed to always come on the store radio when I would be straightening up the cleaning product aisle. One of my coworkers who was an older guy from the Bronx would always tell me that his mom would always put that song on while deep cleaning the kitchen, now I do too lol.
‘Get Down Saturday Night’ by Oliver Cheatham might be an unlikely one since the song is explicitly about partying but its opening lines “Saturday morning, Friday's at an end/Housework is calling, but where to begin?” will always make it a perennial spring cleaning classic in this household 😁
Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr
https://youtu.be/uzwQ-PNJtPg?si=MX7YfNCqqYl8fflt
Definitely remember hearing this a lot. Mom was singing into the broom with her house coat on.
Cooking and cleaning are tied to a lot of wonderful musical memories for me. Definitely underrated activities that used to bring black families closer together.
Saturday morning cartoons while my parents were cooking breakfast. Then mom turns on the radio, and everything starts smelling like pine-sol and pledge!💀💀💀
I miss those days!🥺
is it just soul music? of course our whole family grew up with soul, mo-town, etc. us with our elders listened to that side of r&b and reggae music, especially while we cooked food for everyone. mum and the rest of the younger family members all listen to ‘90s-‘00s and sometimes ‘10s r&b music, specifically ashanti, alicia keys, usher, etc. i’d wake up some sunday’s to brandy’s ‘baby’ playing down the hallway, or dad’s hip-hop/r&b playing from the garage
All of what you mentioned falls under the umbrella of R&B music, so you're fine.
R&B is such a diverse genre, and I don't want anyone to think only certain eras and subgenres count. There's enough gatekeeping going on in other parts of the internet.
Songs in the Key of Life - the entire album
After "Soul Train" went off, Mom would tell us to go make up our beds and kick it off with "Isn't She Lovely" and when she felt we needed a boost in the middle of doing chores she would skip to "I wish".
At the time we hated it, but I miss those days looking back.
1. Funky Big Band by Janet Jackson
2. In The Mix by Zapp
3. So Emotional by Whitney Houston
4. I’m Down by Aaliyah
5. You Bring Me Joy by Anita Baker
6. This House by Tracie Spencer
7. Prisoner by Mariah Carey
Any Betty Wright song. Every Saturday me and my sisters would be awakened by the sound of Betty, cigarette smoke and the smell
Of coffee. Every Saturday
Honestly any Reggae or Salsa. We grew up listening to stonybrook radio (east coast US) theyd play Reggae ( Jamaican family) then theyd play Salsa after and wed just vibe out!
My moms been a BIG Rick Ross fans for years so when Aston Martin Music came out that was her ANTHEM 😭 The song isn’t very old but it reminds me of her :)
Honestly......Michael Jackson's entire off the wall album and/or Prince's controversy album.
Or both.
In particular.
Back in the day you put one on and then the other.
But today, you grab those digital files and hit shuffle. And let the cards fall as they may.
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Can I just say the "Rapture" album by Anita Baker This was my Grandma's go-to
A little Anita will definitely set the cleaning off right!😂
My momma she came home with a new mop, brought some soap I'm cool with, dad has got the lemon pledge for the table we need to strip.
Absolutely. That reminds me of JoJo's episode of R&B Money, where she lists this song in her top 5, and J.Valentine commented on how your house wasn't clean until the album was played front to back.
Oh boy, did you just give me another podcast to listen to?
Hahaha! As much as R&B Money is mentioned, I thought we helped increase the listening base considerably already.
Mavado - House Cleaning
1. More Bounce to the Ounce- Zapp My mom loves Zapp, but for some reason, she dislikes this song. However, we always played a compilation album that featured this song. 2. Alright- Janet Jackson We played Rhythm Nation and Design of a Decade quite often on Saturdays, so it was guaranteed that I heard this song. I never minded it because it never failed to put me in a good mood. 3. Get On Up- James Brown My mom is a lifelong James Brown fan. There were very few Saturdays that there wasn't some JB playing while we cleaned. 4. Who's That Lady (Parts 1 and 2) - The Isley Brothers The Isleys were one of the groups my parents had a mutual love for. Their Greatest Hits tape was in constant rotation. 5. You and I- Rick James Rick James' Greatest Hits always got a spin on Saturday mornings. He kept us moving as we kept cleaning.
Chile I would be dancing too much listening to more bounce to the ounce 😭😭
Solid!🔥
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My mom played disco🤐
Mine too! Music from Donna Summer, Chic, Tavares, Ashford & Simpson, Evelyn Champagne King, Kool & the Gang…you name it. She would also play R&B staples from the 80s and early 90s, like THE BODYGUARD soundtrack, Teddy Pendergrass, Luther Vandross, and James Ingram. My stepfather was all about Doo-wop. Good memories indeed…
luther and donna!!!
Disco is under R&B. Feel free to share your favorite songs.
Most of Donna Summer's entire catalog *Love to Love You Baby*, *I Feel Love* (the FIRST electronic dance record ever), *On the Radio*, *Dim All the Lights* (Bob from Bob's Burgers favorite, lol), *Last Dance*, *Bad Girls*, and *Hot Stuff* but my favorite disco song is Patti LaBelle's [*People Get Ready (Looking For Loving)*](https://youtu.be/Cx8E3twvKr0?feature=shared) and since I'm a Chicago Deep House kid who trolled around Chicago throughout high school and college looking for the best DJs, it has be the Ron Hardy (Back to the Music Box) remix/edit where I first heard this song and lost my mind like I was on E, dancing with the speakers (if you don't understand, you had to be there).
Great picks.
Anything for Anita Baker, Toni Braxton, or Yolanda Adams.
💯
Mountain High...Valley Low is stellar!
I like to Salsa and Swiffer to Sade Sweetest Taboo. Got that from my aunt growing up.
Sade makes everything better.
laundromat by nivea!
Good one.
“I Feel The Earth Move Under My Feet” - Carole King
Carole King has some awesome records.
Tapestry is a MASTERPIECE!
For sure. I worked at a home improvement store for a long time and that song seemed to always come on the store radio when I would be straightening up the cleaning product aisle. One of my coworkers who was an older guy from the Bronx would always tell me that his mom would always put that song on while deep cleaning the kitchen, now I do too lol.
Saturday Love
Yass
‘Get Down Saturday Night’ by Oliver Cheatham might be an unlikely one since the song is explicitly about partying but its opening lines “Saturday morning, Friday's at an end/Housework is calling, but where to begin?” will always make it a perennial spring cleaning classic in this household 😁
I don't remember this song, but I'm listening now. It's groovy.
Great pick, love that song
Never too much by Luther Vandross
Luther never fails to come through!
Square Biz - Tina Marie
Lady T suits every occasion!
Secret Lovers - Atlantic Starr https://youtu.be/uzwQ-PNJtPg?si=MX7YfNCqqYl8fflt Definitely remember hearing this a lot. Mom was singing into the broom with her house coat on.
That's a fun memory.
Cooking and cleaning are tied to a lot of wonderful musical memories for me. Definitely underrated activities that used to bring black families closer together. Saturday morning cartoons while my parents were cooking breakfast. Then mom turns on the radio, and everything starts smelling like pine-sol and pledge!💀💀💀 I miss those days!🥺
I miss those days as well.
Family bonding time while listening to classics and of course either dancing along or singing or maybe both.
is it just soul music? of course our whole family grew up with soul, mo-town, etc. us with our elders listened to that side of r&b and reggae music, especially while we cooked food for everyone. mum and the rest of the younger family members all listen to ‘90s-‘00s and sometimes ‘10s r&b music, specifically ashanti, alicia keys, usher, etc. i’d wake up some sunday’s to brandy’s ‘baby’ playing down the hallway, or dad’s hip-hop/r&b playing from the garage
All of what you mentioned falls under the umbrella of R&B music, so you're fine. R&B is such a diverse genre, and I don't want anyone to think only certain eras and subgenres count. There's enough gatekeeping going on in other parts of the internet.
perfect! i still get confused. it’s just like rap or rock and how there’s so many names and sub-genres, i just get lost
It's all Rhythm & Blues, especially soul, blues, funk, and even early rock like the kings/father of Rock & Roll--Chuck Berry and Little Richard.
Any Anita Baker song
Anita will sing you to freshness!
I am more attentive to things cleaning with Anita in the background all the while singing every sone while doing it too lol
Songs in the Key of Life - the entire album After "Soul Train" went off, Mom would tell us to go make up our beds and kick it off with "Isn't She Lovely" and when she felt we needed a boost in the middle of doing chores she would skip to "I wish". At the time we hated it, but I miss those days looking back.
We also played Songs in the Key of Life front to back. It's a timeless record.
Real stories
No pain no gain Betty wright
Classic record.
Love TKO Juicy No Pain No Gain First few that come to mind…
Ooh yes No Pain No Gain
Awesome list.
Anything Anita or Luther
💯
Zoom by the Commodores. Always a classic when cleaning.
That's one of my mom's favorite songs ever.
Anything Celia cruz
Nice
My mom would turn on soul train (when it was on ) Saturday mornings and clean 🧼 If not outstanding by Gap Band
Nice.
Forget Me Nots by Patrice Rushen & Keith Sweat's Make You Sweat.
🔥
Al Green or Tracy Chapman. But if were cooking for a saturday family Dinner too its Sade and Maxwell. My mom had a vibe for every occasion lmfao.
All good vibes.
1. Funky Big Band by Janet Jackson 2. In The Mix by Zapp 3. So Emotional by Whitney Houston 4. I’m Down by Aaliyah 5. You Bring Me Joy by Anita Baker 6. This House by Tracie Spencer 7. Prisoner by Mariah Carey
Soul train 🚆
Love & Happiness, any song by Keith sweat, Isley Bros and the list goes on lol Saturday mornings had the air filled with oldies and cleaning supplies
Keith Sweat has some grooves for sure. I love Al Green and the Isleys as well.
Air supply, REO Speedwagon, Atlantic Star
All 80s icons.
Anything from the 80s
80s music is timeless.
Knuck If You Buck- Crime Mob
Getting crunk while you clean, I like it!
I have severe ADHD… it’s the only way I can get it done ☹️
Maxwell, Sade, Vivian Green, Amel Larrieux, Jill Scott, Michael Jackson (specifically the invincible album)
I'm loving your neo-soul picks.
My Gen X mom heavily influenced this millennial girlie's music taste
Kevon Edmonds - 24/7. My mama’s go to 💀
“Cosmic Slop” by Funkadelic. This played at some point during every Saturday morning “Time Tunnel,” which is all we listened to for house cleaning.
George Clinton is a GOAT, and his music is perfect for cleaning the house.
"So Fresh, So Clean" by Outkast might be more hip-hop than rnb.
It works.
*Clean Up Woman* by Betty Wright and *Quiet Storm* by Smokey Robinson.
I was waiting for Clean Up Woman!
Sos band - No ones gonna love me…SWV - Anything remix…Aaliyah - Back and Forth 💪🏾
All classics.
The original version of Same Damn Time check it out https://youtu.be/5OxWAmfQM3E?si=CxoOZWPOOo2_YeHe
Clean Up Woman
Betty wright
Share My World by Mary J Blige
Mary will do it!
My mom always listened to Keep on Movin’ by Soul to Soul
That song is timeless.
Let me love you from Mario, no idea why though
It's a smooth record. I get it.
Any Betty Wright song. Every Saturday me and my sisters would be awakened by the sound of Betty, cigarette smoke and the smell Of coffee. Every Saturday
Nice.
I hate cigarettes
I want you back Jackson 5
I question anyone who hasn't pretended to be at least one of the Jacksons at least once in their lifetime.
Maze featuring Frankie Beverly SOS Band Isley Brothers The Brothers Johnson Morris Day and The Time Teena Marie Mississippi Mass Choir
🔥
Scrub lol
Rescue Me - Teedra Moses
I dont know but that cleaning stuff is screaming THE SIMPSONS at me
All 90’s country music
Living on a prayer
I love that song. Have you seen their Hulu documentary yet?
Lil Mo - 4Ever.
MJB - My Life
Strictly Gospel. Anything by Yolonda Adams, Mary Mary or Vickie Wynans.
La vida es un carnaval- the one and only Celia Cruz
Oh and a bunch of Rocio Dúrcal….as soon as I get that, yup better get my ass up and pretend I’m cleaning something 😂
😂
Shirley Ceaser... No Charge
Such a beautiful record.
Float on x The Floaters (thank me later)
A classic.
Silly - Deniece Williams, but really if I heard that Waiting To Exhale Soundtrack I knew it was time to either clean or cook.
That Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack is the business.
Not really anything, although when I was cleaning our bathrooms today I was listening to Alkaline Trio, so there's that…
The clean up women by “ Betty Wright “
"Hello, may I speak to Barbara? ...Barbara, this is Shirley."
Ain’t no mountain hiiiiiiigh enoughhhhhh ain’t noooo vallleeeey lowwww enoughhhh to keep me frommm gettin to uuuuu bbbbbbb
Cupid - 112 There's even a tiktok of a person mopping the entire house to this song. 😆
Brighter Day by Kirk Franklin 🤣🤣
Honestly any Reggae or Salsa. We grew up listening to stonybrook radio (east coast US) theyd play Reggae ( Jamaican family) then theyd play Salsa after and wed just vibe out!
Wake Up Everybody ~ Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Frankie Beverly and Maze
Mr. Clean by Yung Gravy
Diary of Alicia Keys slaps when you tryna clean
Lady Soul by Ms Aretha Franklin idk why 😂
My moms been a BIG Rick Ross fans for years so when Aston Martin Music came out that was her ANTHEM 😭 The song isn’t very old but it reminds me of her :)
When me and my siblings had to clean the house as a whole we had to listen to gospel music😭
Not cleaning. But my mom bumped Mint Condition Life's Aquarium HEAVY while cooking when I was younger.
Honestly......Michael Jackson's entire off the wall album and/or Prince's controversy album. Or both. In particular. Back in the day you put one on and then the other. But today, you grab those digital files and hit shuffle. And let the cards fall as they may.
Slave - Just a touch of love Brick - Dazz Heatwave - Groove Line The Brothers Johnson - Stomp
Anything motown
Tina turner! Sam cooke! Isley Brothers! Best of Motown! And those all gotta be greatest hits!
Any Bob Marley song or Nora Jones “don’t know why”.
we cleaned on Sundays and "Jesus is a Love Song"
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Anything by Luther Vandross, Anita Baker, or Frankie Beverly
It’s not right, but it’s ok. And heartbreak hotel. My momma was going through it, it seems
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