Klymaxx - Meeting In The Ladies Room

What this video is

Released in 1985 on MCA Records, 'Meeting in the Ladies Room' was the title track of Klymaxx's album and became a landmark moment for all-female R&B instrumentation in the MTV era. The song reached No. 4 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 59 on the Hot 100, and its success helped the album reach Platinum status. Billboard later ranked the song at No. 85 on its list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. The…

Why it matters

Klymaxx occupied a singular niche in mid-80s R&B: an all-female band performing their own instruments at a time when girl groups were predominantly vocal-only. Produced by Reggie Calloway with the Simmons-tom funk signature of his Midnight Star work, the track bridged funk, synth-pop, and…

The director

Gerald Vincent Casale (born July 28, 1948, Ravenna, Ohio) is co-founder, co-lead vocalist, and bass player of the new wave band Devo, which scored a top-20 hit with 'Whip It' in 1980. He is the primary director of Devo's music videos and went on to direct…