Space Invaders by Player One (in USA released under the artist name Playback) was written & produced by Russell Dunlop and Bruce Brown in Sydney Australia in 1979/1980 and was a big pop / dance chart hit in Australia and also was a radio airplay hit in New Zealand and South Africa.
But who is that huge female vocal!? She nailed the brief! Sing it with feeling and sing it BIG! I can’t find anything about who she is. Surely she’s a known singer/recording artist with a voice like that!? The contrast between the male singers and her, make the song what it is. 🤷♂️
@@footy2rock An American sampled the best part, the baseline for Mach “on & on” back in 1979. Which that record was one of many which helped create house music.
this is not nearly as obsolete or irrelevant song as you might think. For a small generation of kids growing u pi in the early 80;s, *THIS* song was the defining moment that separated the non-video game past from the brand new age of video games, that lasts to this day in 2021!
Unnecessarily complete lyrics. Through dark sunken eyes I see another pale sunrise Surrounded by soldiers Glued to the screens Hold back the invaders Their infernal machines [Pre-Chorus] We fight to survive Running to stay alive Our bodies aching and tired There's no where to hide Our covers' been blown away [Chorus] Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders ooooooooooh They're closing in on me Dark forces cold and unseen Oh my hip pocket nerve is aching again I must go back in and fight it out to the end [Chorus] Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders ooooooooooh They're closing in on me Dark forces cold and unseen Oh my hip pocket nerve is aching again I must go back in and fight it out the end [Pre-Chorus] We fight to survive Running to stay alive Our bodies aching and tired There's no where to hide Our covers been blown away [Chorus] Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders We fight to survive Space Invaders Running just to stay alive Space Invaders [Chorus] Oooh oooh ooohh hooo Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Oooh hoo hoo hoo Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Oooh hoo hoo hooo Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders Space Invaders (fade)
Just found out about this song! I was only 6 when it came out. Definitely playing Space Invaders while listening to this tune from now on!!! Space Invaders! Space Invaders!
I had an promotional album given to me in a showbag back in 1980 which had this song and a number of other computer game related songs. From memory there was a song called mousetrap and another about Frogger. It was never sold to the general public.
Dad has this on a 7" single in his collection. It would have come out around the time he was doing mobile discos, I can only imagine how often he played it
Can't believe some Aussies played a videogame and thought "Hey, how about we make a song out of it!", and proceeds to drop a banger like this. Hell yeah.
I should dust off my old Australian market SNES console and thrash the invaders back to whence they came. And this is catchy as despite i was not around in the 1980's.
be sure to compare this song with Jesse Saunders - on and on....both are fab tracks..but you can see where the bassline came from in 'on and on' ; arguably one of the first Chicago House tracks if not ''the'' first record referred to as 'House'.
In an alternate universe they played this song in the space invaders scene in that one Futurama episode: "It's Saturday Night, i have no date, a 2 lt bottle of Shasta, and my all Player 1 Mixtape, Let's Rock!"
I could honestly listen to this song on repeat for an hour. I prefer this version to the polished version on iTunes. I am not very good at the game but I love the aesthetic of it and I own some Space Invaders earrings. One day I wouldn't mind owning one of those arcade tables so I can play the game again.
It would be awesome if there was a movie from 1980 about Space Invaders with this as the theme song and the scenes in this video as scenes from the actual movie
@Dubside Productions Very true! They didn't dare sample other similar baselines from around that time, because they would get sued 😉 It's easier to borrow from a novelty band from australia, that also borrowed from a famous game 😅
The bassline was used on a mashup/re-edit with bits from Donna Summer and Lipps Inc as well. When someone stole Jesse's copy he set out to re-create it with his synth and 808, adding some expletives inspired by the Danes in Laid Back as well. When it came out, many budding producers thought they could do better and from that a musical revolution begun
Great one, one of the first synth pop hits (albeit regional), along with "Computer game" by Mi-sex. Also recommend a great, but underappreciated "Space invaders" song by Alpha Beta - a corker too, only a bit more moody.
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This song made it to number 3 in Australia in 1980!!! We Aussies have great taste in music
Week Ending 19/5/1980
No.1 I Got You - Split Enz
No.2 Brass In Pocket - The Pretenders
No.3 Space Invaders - Player One
@@ivorb8835 Thanks for the info, that's awesome 👌
Indeed!
Settle down cu**. 😄😄😋
It was big!
Space Invaders by Player One (in USA released under the artist name Playback) was written & produced by Russell Dunlop and Bruce Brown in Sydney Australia in 1979/1980 and was a big pop / dance chart hit in Australia and also was a radio airplay hit in New Zealand and South Africa.
But who is that huge female vocal!? She nailed the brief! Sing it with feeling and sing it BIG! I can’t find anything about who she is. Surely she’s a known singer/recording artist with a voice like that!? The contrast between the male singers and her, make the song what it is. 🤷♂️
@@robertchapman6795it’s a bloke ala “staying alive”.
@@robertchapman6795 what female? 2 guys lol
@@robertchapman6795 bloke with falsetto voice...reminds me of Jimmy Somerville.
This song is so bloody appropriate with the 40th anniversary coming up. So proud to know that this came from Sydney, Australia!
It's a great song and video, Americans haven't even heard of it
I believe it was produced by Vander and Young of Easybeats and Flash in the Pan fame. Much better and earlier than Pac-Man Fever.
VANDA and Young.
@@footy2rock Jesse Saunders from Chicago knew it ;)
@@footy2rock An American sampled the best part, the baseline for Mach “on & on” back in 1979. Which that record was one of many which helped create house music.
How the hell did I miss this one? I am 54 and watched MTV from day one and never heard this until today.😂
are u aussie,? was a slip in time, but an AMAZING song
The most obsolete and intriguing thing I've ever listened to.
I guess someone aswell looked it up. Also still no clue what Space Disco is.
Huggbees reference
I'm not even sure how I got here
this is not nearly as obsolete or irrelevant song as you might think. For a small generation of kids growing u pi in the early 80;s, *THIS* song was the defining moment that separated the non-video game past from the brand new age of video games, that lasts to this day in 2021!
Pepsi universe
Unnecessarily complete lyrics.
Through dark sunken eyes
I see another pale sunrise
Surrounded by soldiers
Glued to the screens
Hold back the invaders
Their infernal machines
[Pre-Chorus]
We fight to survive
Running to stay alive
Our bodies aching and tired
There's no where to hide
Our covers' been blown away
[Chorus]
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders ooooooooooh
They're closing in on me
Dark forces cold and unseen
Oh my hip pocket nerve is aching again
I must go back in and fight it out to the end
[Chorus]
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders ooooooooooh
They're closing in on me
Dark forces cold and unseen
Oh my hip pocket nerve is aching again
I must go back in and fight it out the end
[Pre-Chorus]
We fight to survive
Running to stay alive
Our bodies aching and tired
There's no where to hide
Our covers been blown away
[Chorus]
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
We fight to survive
Space Invaders
Running just to stay alive
Space Invaders
[Chorus]
Oooh oooh ooohh hooo
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Oooh hoo hoo hoo
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Oooh hoo hoo hooo
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders
Space Invaders (fade)
best lyrics ever!
Thank you!
Thanks 😃
Tricky lyrics, especially the last half 😂😂😂
Bob Marley
I remember rollerskating to this !
I was 12 years old when this came and for the last 40 years I thought the song was made in the U.S. I'm so proud to find out it's Australian!
Absolutely blown away by that too! I would have been 11
Wow it’s aussie. Loved this song, spent hours at the arcade watching my brothers play this game over and over.
I remember this when it came out
I remember playing the game in the arcade
Yes, remember when this came out was on Countdown. Yes, introduced as an Aussie band
I’m happy this song influenced the first House track (On and On by Jesse Saunders)
We are playing this song right now whilst we are playing space invaders on our cocktail arcade game machine....long live the 80s 🕹👾
Oooh....I have one of those but it needs a new sound card. Still a lot of fun to play.
Yeah baby 🕹
What did it cost you?
I preferred Galaga myself
I'm from Australia so proud of our music
Australia definitely has better music.. no not Jason D or that guy with the wobble board 😅🤣😂
World class song! I loved it when I was a teenie in the 80s!!! 👍🏻😜🤘🏼
btw... I am from Austria and not from Australia 😍
Austria! put another shrimp on the barby!
Just found out about this song! I was only 6 when it came out. Definitely playing Space Invaders while listening to this tune from now on!!! Space Invaders! Space Invaders!
I may not have been alive when this came out, but damn do I love the music from back then.
I was ten years old when this song came out i would go to school singing it
Francisco Borges Dam you are old
His atoms are the same age as your atoms. Just needs a software tweak, as you will.
Francisco Borges You oldie, I was only 8 and those men in black used to scare me with those red eyes.
ah you young-ins i was 13 and i remember dancing at the school disco to it
same...was a great song and more than appropriate for the time..shoulda been a hit around the world.DD
Space invaders. What a song as wonderful it is thank you sharing it as well
Can't get enough of this epic song
Reminds me of my days long ago as a young and beautiful disco bunny.
I had an promotional album given to me in a showbag back in 1980 which had this song and a number of other computer game related songs. From memory there was a song called mousetrap and another about Frogger. It was never sold to the general public.
Dad has this on a 7" single in his collection. It would have come out around the time he was doing mobile discos, I can only imagine how often he played it
Space invaders player number one always loved this song music very much in the future thank you
Can't believe some Aussies played a videogame and thought "Hey, how about we make a song out of it!", and proceeds to drop a banger like this. Hell yeah.
This is pretty catchy
I agree. Very rare to find it, though.
That's the plan man
Good catchy music.
This song and Space Race were the two that marked the boundary between 70s rock and the 80s sound for me. Loved both of them 🙂
What a great beat!
This song is both groovy and catchy at the same time. :)
Space invaders players one l love the 1980 thank you sharing it
All years around,this song,is still standing on, 1,yep?
This novelty song Australia's answer to Buckner & Garcia's "Pac-Man Fever."
got goosebumps......awesome !!.......did not know they were aussies .......it makes it so special!!
I should dust off my old Australian market SNES console and thrash the invaders back to whence they came.
And this is catchy as despite i was not around in the 1980's.
Tutankhamun1333 Dang, SNES came out over 10 years after Space Invaders, lol!
@@TortureBot It's still possible - www.ebay.com/p/1347
I think there is an Atari game and probably arcade game called Space Invaders.
I know that there is Missile Command.
This was so before it's time.... A classic song.... 😑
I think it’s pretty firmly locked in it’s own time lol
Totally agree
Actually, 2 years after moroder, space, and cerrone 😉
This is space/italo disco. you can easily guess the origin of those 😂
Space invaders players number one how wonderful it is like as well the players numbers one music as well the song thank you sharing it
be sure to compare this song with Jesse Saunders - on and on....both are fab tracks..but you can see where the bassline came from in 'on and on' ; arguably one of the first Chicago House tracks if not ''the'' first record referred to as 'House'.
Don’t forget the Mach on and on, mixed with Bad Girls, and Funky Town.
Don't forget "Burnin' Up" by Imagination from 1981!
British of course 🥳
@@supremeeloheemthat was the template that Jesse and Vince wanted to re-create
(In high pitch voice) SPACE INVADERS!!!!!
What's this song even called?
@@cliffordpike6850 (in high pitch voice) SPACE INVADERS!!!! lol
@@jamiestuart7249 😂😂😂😂
2023 ready player one!
Loved the game, love the song even more
Thanks to the r/OldElectronicMusic subreddit, I’m here! 💚
Was introduced to this song thanks to the honda ad on tele around 7yrs ago, been hooked ever since!
Players number one song space invaders how wonderful the song was as well gambering as well played
Love this song I was 14 years old when i first heard it 1980 👍👻
You must be really old now.. nearly as old as me 😅☺️😂
great beat
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Hello from January 1st, 2024
In an alternate universe they played this song in the space invaders scene in that one Futurama episode: "It's Saturday Night, i have no date, a 2 lt bottle of Shasta, and my all Player 1 Mixtape, Let's Rock!"
So aussi, so good, so real!!!!
C'mon you got to admit, a timeless classic...I had the single on repeat as a wee lad
I was 17 Yrs old when song came out in 80,s it take me back 42 Yrs
Not me playing this arcade game on the way home from the pool at a local fish n chip shop when I was a teenager 😎
We fight 2 survive
I can't believe I used to like this song as a kid.
I found the single of this as a promo attached to the space invaders cartridge for my atari 2600 back then.
Awesome Song a classic!!😀😃❤❤👍👍 August 2022, Ah such memories i still have the atari 2600 game.
I am legitimately surprised they never decided to make that into a show
BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN!
All they needed in the video were some Cylon Centurions from Battlestar Galactica.
my new favorite genre, Space Disco
I could honestly listen to this song on repeat for an hour. I prefer this version to the polished version on iTunes. I am not very good at the game but I love the aesthetic of it and I own some Space Invaders earrings. One day I wouldn't mind owning one of those arcade tables so I can play the game again.
I like this song. It brings back my yesteryears.
Haha CLASSIC 🥳 I Just Started YR 6 11 Turning 12 Happy Days Lol So Happy 💜🙏🇦🇨👍☮️💯🥳
this song takes me back to the lineup, for your turn .
I think is where they got the sample for the very first house song: On & On by Jesse Saunders.
This goes out to you ...ya outta this world
It would be awesome if there was a movie from 1980 about Space Invaders with this as the theme song and the scenes in this video as scenes from the actual movie
Players one a very much in the future song 💖💖 space invaders 1980/very forward for the time thank you sharing players one 💖 thank you 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
Oddly fitting for a game that was just white monochrome 8-bit aliens with the only colors being green and red. 👾
I love it 🥰
I loved listening to this song when I was little ❤❤❤❤
Recognized as the beginning of house music. Well done Australia
Not too much, house is from Chicago. The first commercially released house song sampled this song.
@Dubside Productions
Very true! They didn't dare sample other similar baselines from around that time, because they would get sued 😉
It's easier to borrow from a novelty band from australia, that also borrowed from a famous game 😅
The bassline was used on a mashup/re-edit with bits from Donna Summer and Lipps Inc as well. When someone stole Jesse's copy he set out to re-create it with his synth and 808, adding some expletives inspired by the Danes in Laid Back as well. When it came out, many budding producers thought they could do better and from that a musical revolution begun
Hammer song!!!
Important Aussie contribution to the birth of House Music
Great one, one of the first synth pop hits (albeit regional), along with "Computer game" by Mi-sex.
Also recommend a great, but underappreciated "Space invaders" song by Alpha Beta - a corker too, only a bit more moody.
Dance to this at the clubs my friends were the DJs awesome song
This is cyberAzzz he'll. Love
It
It's 2022 still listening this music SPACE INVADERS.
Listening on the very first day of 2024
I love this song I play space invaders but this song rocks
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE IT
Turtles, Sharks, Snakes have survived 70,000,000 years. This video is proof we won’t last much longer and won’t be missed.
Lmao 🤣. I was in 7th grade when this hit the charts! 😆
this has no excuse to go this hard 💀
oh wow no 3! the Firms Star trekking across the universe also only got to number 3 in Australia!
Space invadeeeers!
Hiya folks, here's a reenactment of how this video came about:
oh hey you know what we need? A music video for Space Invaders!
I was 13 when I first heard this song
Ohh Wow I found it ... favorite song I was 13 yrs old
it would be good to have come back updated new version of this song.
a simple game and catchy song
space discoooo
i always race to the shop to play this game
Just the fucken best.... 😛
totally the best song ever.
Where the hell has the time gone
1980. What a year 😀
Are you awake or ur sleeping???
without doubt a classic
Still have this on L.p. record,,,,
Ahh the good old days..
Good old Rage... =)
How many found out about this song after watching the video game years?
Hi there
This is a good song . I think I,ve got this on tape . I think it's on the various artists tape called full boar . Did it come out in 1980 ? .
I believe it was release in 1979. I think it's typical early 80's crap but a lot of people liked it, if memory serves me.
You got asteroids
- nope. My dad has. Cant even sit down some days.
Anthony Michael Hall, come back. All is forgiven