"They'll Just Have to Catch Up"

"He made other records that were successful and fantastic: Dance (Disco Heat), Stars, an astonishing live album called Living Proof–recorded at San Francisco's Opera House while the singer was tripping on LSD–and Do Ya Wanna Funk, a final collaboration with Cowley, who in November 1982 became an early victim of the Aids epidemic. But none had quite the same lasting impact as You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real). In 2018 alone, says Wirrick, he has had eight different requests to use it in films, videos and commercials. 'Can you imagine what a star he would be today had he lived?' he says. 'He would be a judge on America's Got Talent or he'd have his own syndicated series … who knows?'"

Alexis Petridis at The Guardian recalls Sylvester.