ajcgn4, May 14, 2008
Could be a Barack Obama theme song.
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Aly-Us
Strictly Tiefschwarz (DJ Edition - Unmixed)
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Unfortunately, the quality for the visuals for this video is very poor.
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post presents information about New Jersey House music with a focus on the 1992 hit song "Follow Me" by Aly-Us.
This post also showcases a 2008 YouTube video of Aly-Us performing their song "Follow Me" at a live event.
The summary of that song from a 2012 YouTube video is also included in this pancocojans post.
In addition, this post presents some comments from that 2008 video's discussion thread.
The content of this post is presented for historical, socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Aly-Us (musical group) and thanks to the producers of the record "Follow Me". Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/08/follow-me-by-aly-us-1992-house-music.html for the pancocojams post entitled ""Follow Me" by Aly-Us (1992 House Music Anthem: Sound File, Summary & Lyrics)"
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2026/08/follow-me-by-aly-us-african-american.html for Part I of the pancocojams post series on circle line dances to "Follow Me" by Aly-Us.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW JERSEY SOUND (JERSEY DEEP HOUSE MUSIC)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_sound
"The New Jersey sound or Jersey sound is a genre of house
music originating in Newark, New Jersey, during the early 1980s. It is a type
of deep and garage house with an emphasis on soulful vocals influenced by
Newark's gospel legacy.
The New Jersey sound originated in the 1980s. Places like
Club Zanzibar in Newark, New Jersey, where DJ Tony Humphries began his
residency in 1982, helped "spawn the sometimes raw but always soulful,
gospel-infused subgenre" of deep house music known as the Jersey
sound.[1][2] Besides the term "New Jersey house", there are
alternative names for the genre: "In the UK, for fairly unfathomable
reasons, it became known as garage music (named after the Paradise Garage in
New York), while in NJ itself they simply called it club (or perhaps more
pertinently, the Jersey sound," Mix Mag reported in July 2020.[3] Newark
female singers remixed by house music DJ Larry Levan included Gwen Guthrie
("Ain't Nothin' Goin On But The Rent") and Taana Gardner ("Heartbeat").
In 1992, Union County's Aly-Us released its deep-house hit "Follow Me."[4]"...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG '"FOLLOW ME" BY ALY-US
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEXpE0rEezY
" “Follow Me” is a deep house track produced and mixed by Kyle Smith, and executive produced by DJ Pierre and George Morel, was released in 1992 on the Strictly Rhythm record label and sung by Eddie "Supa" Lewis". The record became an underground club hit and is considered one of the classics of the house genre for its uplifting spirit and "its unapologetically optimistic lyrics".
In 2002, a remix by Full Intention of “Follow Me” peaked at #8 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart.
In 2012, the English electronic band Hot Chip named the song one of its essential summer cookout songs.
In 2016, the track was included on NPR’s playlist commemorating the Pulse nightclub terrorist attack in Orlando, Florida. Moby included the track on an accompanying double-CD from his recent memoir.
Parisian-born DJ and producer Erik Hagleton remixed the song in 2017.
Aly-Us is a house music group from New Jersey that was active mostly in the early 1990s. Their most famous record was “Follow Me” from 1992.
Aly-Us originally started as trio composed of vocalist “Supa” aka Eddie L. Lewis, DJ Kyle “Small” Smith, and vocalist William Brian Jennings, and was active until 1996. Lewis revived the name Aly-Us on its own in the early 2010s. Eddie L. Lewis passed away June 8, 2025.
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD
This pancocojams compilation only includes a very small number of that video's discussion thread comments.
Numbers are given to these comments for referencing purposes only.
2014
1. @johnniemoore8280
"Im from Jersey and there once was a thing called
jersey house an This record will Always and forever be a classic to me I was
around 13 or 14 I remember at the basement parties and cookouts this record was
always spinning its now 2014 and it still sounds fresh when I hear it can't
find music like this anymore."
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2. @illmagnetic
"Chicago did it big. UK did it big, NYC and Detroit but once
upon a time there was a little something called Jersey House"
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3. @hillariousturner, 2018
"Amen to that! Jerzy House is on the map!!! Clasic! :)"
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4. @rugerred8659, 2019
"Now they got jersey club which is fire"
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5. @alecsanderhamilton9224, 2019
"illmagnetic but Chicago is the house"
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6. @pohunta, 2021
"I'm a Chicago Cat just finding out Jersey was Big on House.
I have a friend in Philly told me a lil about Festivals and stuff but I paid it
no mind. I always thought these Cats had to be from Chicago but today I am
shocked to hear that they are from Jersey."
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7. @clubhead433, 2022
"@pohunta Jersey (esp Essex County) has always had a
HUGE nightclub scene going back to the 1930s & 1940s. Newark was once called "Little
Harlem" for the number of jazz venues it had. There were so many discotheques on Broad St.
in the 70s & 80s the most notable one, Club Zanzibar became THE premier
disco/club up into the 90s. In the
Black community in Essex County, EVERYBODY knows House music and the old school
"disco/club" classics. It is
so entrenched in the culture."
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Newark, New Jersey is in Essex County.
"Newark is 30 minutes (13.2 miles) from New York City via US-1 S/US-9 S... This route includes a highway" [Google search]
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8. Chosen2Eyes, 2022
"Foreal bro ... I just now realizing how big house music was
outside of Chicago .. like damn .. I thought House music was only a Chicago or
Midwest thing .. I guess not"
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"New York City is 12 hours 11 minutes (790 miles) from Chicago, Illinois via I-90 E and I-80 E.. This route includes a highway. +1 more" [Google search]
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9. @clubhead433, 2022
"@Chosen2Eyes It's no longer a Chicago thing, however, we
thank Chicago immensely. New York,
Jersey, B-More, Atlanta, some parts of
the Carolinas, of course, Detroit (from back in the day), San Francisco,
Philly, and Miami. Oh yeah, it has
traveled a lot!!"
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2016
10. @MrHustler30
"Jersey stand up..... Newark, Irvington classic...... missing
the 90's... 718 CROWN HEIGHTS. BK, NY, DAYS. BACK WHEN THE VA 757, 7 CITY'S USE
TO BE THE 804,... N.C. HOUSE PARTY'S. REPRESENT...."
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11. @hisroyalhighness8566, 2019
"What about ELIZABETH????"
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Elizabeth, New Jersey is the name of a city in Northern New Jersey which is were Newark, New Jersey is located. Northern New Jersey is geographically very close to New York City.
"illmagnetic This group is from Chicago though 🤦🏽♀️😭"
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13. @clubhead433, 2022
"@Kadasberry11 No, they are from Linden NJ."
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14. @calwalker4808, 2025
"This group and sound is North Jersey ,NYC area Club Music not second city house."
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15. @lia-dc9sx
"@Kadasberry11 but didn't everybody get house music from Chicago?"
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16. @spvcs3615, 2021
"@lia-dc9sx Chicago had Acid House in the late 90s but New Jersey created garage house music in it's prime 80s & late 90s. Then NY & UK blew it up world wide... But we never get our recognition. So no disrespect to other cities but it's fu_k* everyone Jersey started it. I love NY my parents are from the Bronx but I was born in Jersey grew up in Jersey.. Jersey is home of house music."
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*This word is fully spelled out in this comment.
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17. @kahl1l0, 2022
"@spvcs3615 Nah fam. House & Garage are two different genres.
House is from Chicago's Warehouse (beg. 1977) and Garage is from New York's Paradise Garage (beg. 1977).
Def. no denying that Jersey helped develop Garage music (reportedly @ Club Zanzibar beg. 1979),
but don't get it twisted - New York is the home Garage music and Chicago is the home of house music
(even though Frankie Knuckles is from NY)."
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18. @clubhead433, 2022
"@kahl1l0 You are correct. However, the term "Garage" when applied to underground dance music coming out of Essex County (NJ) came into fashion by the Brits. UK dance labels were signing a lot of club music coming out of that area starting around 1987 which became very massive. UK journalists/press probably out of ignorance not knowing the NY/NJ club landscape and because of the "soulfulness" of the music deemed it "Garage" after the Paradise Garage. "'Garage' is one of the most mangled terms in dance music. The term derives from the Paradise Garage itself, but it has meant so many different things to so many different people that unless you're talking about a specific time and place, it is virtually meaningless. Part of the reason for this confusion (aside from various journalistic misunderstandings and industry misappropriations) is that the range of music played at the Garage was so broad. The music we now call 'garage' has evolved from only a small part of the club's wildly eclectic soundtrack." -- Frank Broughton/Bill Brewster in Last Night A DJ Saved My Life. But Larry Levan played all kinds of dance music at the Garage. From ESG, Liquid Liquid, Konk to Donald Byrd, Santana to Motown to Imagination to Pat Benatar, Kraftwerk, Marshall Jefferson, Larry Heard, Liz Torres to Dhar Braxton, Touch, Sinnamon, everything on the big 4 NY labels, SAM, Prelude, Salsoul, West End....pure Garage Music (in my opinion) from what I witnessed there was the Peech Boys/New York Citi Peech Boys, ManFriday, as well as, Larry's productions and remixes."
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19. @clubhead433, 2022
"@spvcs3615 I totally understand your statement. I get it. I was a young adult in the early to mid-80s here in Jersey clubbing at least 4 to 5 times a week. "House" music is a Chicago thing, hands down. In 1984, while dancing at Club Zanzibar is when I heard "Like This" - by K. Joy. We didn't know what it was. It sounded like ESG's "Moody" but very different from any of the "Club Music" ( that is what we called uptempo R&B Dance music or tunes that you ONLY heard in the club) coming out of New York, the UK, and Italy (Italo-Disco). Then came "Jack Your Body" - S. Hurley and "Shadows Of Your Love". These three "Chicago" House cuts were introduced at Zanzibar to Zanzibar heads. We found out that this music was coming from Chicago through word-out-mouth and the underground dance music press and it took off from there. By 1986, I would say 45% of the playlist at Zanzibar were Chicago House records. Jersey's answer to Chicago House music came by way of AceBeat Records of Newark, NJ. Hence, the "Jersey Sound" was born."
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20. @clubhead433, 2022
"@kahl1l0 You do know that Frankie Knuckles and Larry Levan were thick as thieves and best friends since their early teens? Frankie brought that New York club music, and underground flavor to the Warehouse in Chicago. Also, Larry played ALL kinds of dance-orientated music at the Paradise Garage. Pure "Garage" music would be the Peech Boys or Black Mamba or ManFriday. Also, anything that Levan remixed and produced. The UK press, after the Garage closed in 1987 started calling the records coming out of Jersey "Garage" music. By 1987, Chicago House music influenced damn near everything, and all "Club Music" was now using the term "House" for all 4-to-the-floor" dance music. Deep House is a Chicago creation. Larry Heard is a genius. New York is the home of Disco, Boogie, sophisticated Funk, Club Music, and pure Garage music (Peech Boys, ManFriday, etc.) NY-styled House music. Jersey is the more vocal-orientated and soulful/gospel/jazzy side of House music, called the "Jersey Sound". in 1979 @ Zanzibar, it was Disco, R&B Disco, and uptempo R&B, the Jersey Sound started surfacing in 1985, reached a peak between 1987-1990 and crested through the 90s until the sound merged with everything else. By that time, everybody was making quality vocal, soulful records."
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