gta always had the best music in all genres...this song is on fire , everytime i drive through the streets of vice city and that song is playin i dont leave the car 4 sure...so nostalgic
@@komix1873 Gta 4 no doubt has the music radios of the entire franchise. GTA 5 dropped the ball and 6 will be worse. But that's because of the modern age music...
My Dad, God rest him bought a Datsun sunny and took me to pick it up from the dealership. As we drove home he turned on the radio this was the very first song that we heard. I found it amusing somehow and never forgot. Still love this song today.
my dad had two Nissan Stanzas they were good cars, went up to Thurso so much they knew the way themselves. Much better than the Austin Ambassador he had before, it stank of exhaust fumes.
What a banger. Heard it the first time when I played GTA Vice City while I was probably twelve or something. Now, 23 years later and being a dad, it still rocks.
@@jarlboofhe probably forgot about the date but that's okay this sing gives me nostalgia driving near the beach at night memories I wish I could forget everything about this game and play it again beautiful
This tune is legendary! Absolutely legendary!!! This lady had the good grace to send me a signed photo of herself last year, at the age of 75!! Hats off to Mary Sanderman, aka, Aneka!
What a legendary song! I'm from Poland and I, like the rest of you, first heard that song while playing GTA Vice city, at 14 when I couldn't speak English. Now I'm 30 and speak English decently, I can appreciate this masterpiece even more!
Mary Sandeman was a Scottish folk singer. In 1982 she came to my school in Scotland and did a concert. Love this song it's still good after all these years.
@@amandapenrose49 Likewise, Barbara Dickson was a Scottish folk singer until someone at some or other record label heard her incredible voice and realised they could make a star of her. I remember seeing her in a local folk club in the early 70's. A little overweight and unpolished in appearance, but what a singer ! I imagine Mary Sandeman's story is similar.
In 1984 after i finished uni i travelled around Scotland and ended up dancing with a lovely lass to this great song in a pub in Aberdeen-and now 40 years later here i am living in Aberdeen Wonder if i will ever bump in to her-fab memories thank you
That will never happen, though some should birdy song, shut uppa your, aga do face I am looking at you. Enjoy it but don't let it stop you enjoying modern music either because this was modern music when it was released and was criticised as not being as good as what came before it. Aneka was criticised by some of her fans at the time as she had earned a name as a folk singer and the considered her a sell out for doing this. Is this sounding familiar? I was obsessed with this song when I was 7 I even had a lip sync routine to it, I still like it.
This song reminds me of our family Christmas parties in the 80's. We played this song many many times. So much good memories. The 80's were the BEST years of my life ❤❤❤
Such a great song and so cool how chill the audience is lol. Today, everyone would be dancing in place lol. I knew a lot of 80s songs thanks to my mom, but Vice City did introduce me to this classic. Thanks Rockstar!!! 👍
@@jamesmckean3221 Well colour me surprised that someone reading my comment, completely my fault by the way, and seeing that I thought the song was great.
Mary Sandeman ..1981..I was 28 .she would have been 33 when she sang this I had a real thing for Her ..And today 2025 refreshing to watch this..To watch her singing this .Great memories..🖤
55 AND STILL LIVING 80S STYLE EVERYDAY. DEVO. OINGO BOINGO. INDUSTRY. ALPHAVILLE. WALL OF VOODOO. BERLIN. SHOX LUMANIA. HE SAID. EYLESS IN GAZA. IT WILL NEVER END...
Buenas noches. Soy español, de Barcelona. Para mí esta es una de las canciones más lindas que he escuchado. No sólo por la sintonía y por la letra, sino también por la dulzura que desprende esta mujer al cantar. Según la información del video, es del año 1981 y yo era un niño en aquella época, pero esta mujer me parece de una belleza incomparable. Preciosa, linda, hermosa, bella, dulce, encantadora, maravillosa, única, seductora....¡Madre mía!...En ese momento, me hubiera encantado ser ese "japanese boy" al que cita la cantante; hubiera sido un sueño poder conocer y estar con esta mujer y ser su Don Juan😍.
Those years running over people in vice city buying weapons, taking over all the businesses and doing missions of all kinds were the best years of my life.
i just heard this song for the first time in my life and i love it! this japanese person is loving it！i'm in japan but never heard this song and i wonder why.
@@Exodianecross1978 sorry for the late reply. i just read the response now. i dont know if it's a japanese sound but it sounds oriental which is good enough for me！ but most importantly, is the LYRICS which i love & dont understand why it wasnt a hit here. she sings about a japanese boy, my japanese boy was gone, and i miss my japanese boy which really moves my HEART！i wonder what made her say that, was she dating a japanese boy and then got separated？ this song really moved my heart and i've become a fan of this song as well as Aneka. i'll probably be returning to this youtube site and listen to this song often！
@@NadeshikoJapan7 "Japanese Boy" was written by Mary Sandeman's regular songwriter. Until then she was a folk singer, who often sang in Gaelic. At the time she was married to a GP in Stirling. Her son used to claim to be half Japanese on the basis that his mother was Aneka.
Mein absolutes Lieblings Lied bei der Disco 1981 - 1983!!! Ich war richtig verrückt danach und habe jedesmal die Tanzfläche gestürmt, wenn es gespielt wurde! Als ich mit 19 meinen Siggi kennen lernte, habe ich das Lied ständig bei ihm auf dem Tonband gehört. 1983 kam unsere Tochter zur Welt - und erhielt den Namen Anika ❣️
My boyfriend recommended this recording after hearing it in a movie just now. Such a cute, upbeat tune! I surely miss that decade and happy it was the decade that opened my young adult years.
Beautiful childhood memories started brightening up my mind with tears in my eyes when I heard this song after a very long time. Thank you so much for uploading it.
@Oxygene 80 A charming number I am hearing for the first time today (And Aneka's pretty face is * major * retina candy!). Thanks for the upload! --- Rich
I was 14 year old (1980) when I was at the first time in disco and this song was the first one I heard when I stepped foot in the place, I will remember this song and the experience forever, when I close my eyes and listen to this song it's like it happened a few days ago the images come to mind as if I were there again
I stumbled into a pile of 45 RPMs of daddy's that were in the dungeon (I was born when that singer's career was long over). I found this curious song that he listened to when he was 16 back in 1981. This Aneka, I learnt, born Mary Sandeman, is a Scottish folk singer briefly turned into pop vocalist. She dropped music in the midst 90s to become a tourist guide in Stirling, Scotland.
He said that he loved me, never would go Ahaaaa ahaaaa Now I find I'm sitting here on my own Ahaaaa ahaaaa Was it something I've said or done That made him pack his bags up and run? Could it be another he's found? It's breaking up the happy home. Mister can you tell me where my love has gone? He's a Japanese boy. I woke up one morning and my love was gone Oh, my Japanese boy, ooh I miss my Japanese boy. Aha aha aha aha aha aha aha aha aaaaaaa People ask about him every day Oh oh, oh oh. Don't know what to tell them what can I say? Oh oh, oh oh. If only he would write me or call A word of explanation, that's all. It would stop me climbing the wall. It's breaking up the happy home. Mister can you tell me where my love has gone? He's a Japanese boy. I woke up one morning and my love was gone Oh, my Japanese boy, ooh I miss my Japanese boy. Uhu uhu uhu uhu uhu uhuuuuuuuu Uhu uhu uhu huuuu Was it something I've said or done That made him pack his bags up and run? Could it be another he's found? It's breaking up the happy home. Mister can you tell me where my love has gone? He's a Japanese boy. I woke up one mornig in my love was gone, oh my japanes boy Uhu uhu uhu uhu uhu uhuuuuuuuu Uhu uhu uhu huuuuu
In many countries back then you were supposed to sit quietly during musical performances the same as you would at the cinema or theatre. It wasn't until the late 1980s here in Ukraine that you start to see the crowds go crazy. It's not that they don't like the music, it was just a different social standard the same way you wouldn't clap or make noise in the middle of a movie you like today.
Mary Sandeman (born 20 November 1948), better known by her former stage name Aneka, is a retired Scottish traditional singer. In 1981, she reached number one in the UK Singles Chart with her song "Japanese Boy". She was well known for the Oriental image she took on for the song. Singer of Scottish Gaelic songs
Radio Luxembourg 1981. I just loved this song. Just loved it. I was 16, but so much fun. The year that Soft Cell and the Human League owned the airwaves.
1981: People singing along, tapping their feet, and enjoying the video 2023: People petitioning to cancel Aneka for racism and cultural appropriation. I'm so glad I grew up in the 80s!
People that lived their young adult lives in the 80s and children that experienced the 80s through a video game unite in this comment section. Two different generations connected to this song and this era in very different ways. That’s pretty incredible.
Hearing this song in Vice City as a kid and now hearing it again after almost 15 years man I want to cry with the nostalgia. Beautiful song to one of the best games ever made. Grand Theft Auto Vice City❤
Great song. Part of the legendary GTA: Vice City soundtrack. As far as this video is concerned, wouldn't it make more sense to have her on an elevated stage with the audience dancing instead of just sitting around looking like "would someone invent a smartphone already?"
Dios.gracias por hacerme vivir esos años marabillosos hoy con mas de medio.siglo de vida.sigo cantando y baylando estas.canciones como si.fuera ayer . Pues hoy en este.año 2024 quienes esta escuchando ? Bendiciones para los k estan.leyendo esto
Hermosa cancion hermano la escuche juegando Grand theft auto vice City. Ese juego es mi infancia. En el carro escuchando esta cancion son unos de mis favoritos momentos❤ dios te bendiga
It definitely was not before it's time. This sounds like something from the late 1970s. IDK how anyone could confuse this with a mid 80s song at all lmao.
1982 European tour on a bus was my introduction to this song! Our bus driver Lour introduced us! LOVED it, got the 45 to take home, and my Mom and I would play it incessantly on the stereo once I returned, volume up of course 😀
She’d been a successful singer and session musician in her own right before this - once it dropped they were forced to come up with a suitable image, cringe as it is! She did try and break out from its shadow and release a few songs under her own name, but they didn’t sell well. Mary herself wasn’t the biggest fan of her biggest hit and doesn’t sing it anymore. She’s apparently retired
First heard this song in GTA Vice City along with the other 80s beats. I was 9 years old the first time I heard this song. And I'm 29 years old now, still vibing with GTA Vice City Tracks.
00:40 Discovered that song because of Fallout NV's mod "Courier's Radio". Really liked the Japanese-like "rhythm" while she sings. Thanks to video game radio, I'm discovering good old music. GTA also helped
I grew up with this song as a kid and I still think it is great. TBH, though, and as a now adult seeing the video again, her love probably decided that her wearing a bad kimono and chopsticks in a wig was a little embarrassing at social events so he called it all off and he's in a far happier place.
Never knew this is the original. There's a german version sung by Andrea Jürgens, who was a popular teenage singer back then. Why am I telling you this? Cause they changed the story of the song completely. In Andrea's version she sings about a young man who came to Germany to live and work there but he feels lonely because besides Japanese he only knows English which in turn only few people spoke in Germany at that time. The singer then befriends the ominous "japanese boy" and assures him, that everything will be allright over time. Very interesting piece of Zeitgeist, regarding the topic of the "Gastarbeiter" (guest/migrant workers), which was a big deal in split up Germany after WWII and had a lot of societal impact in the generations to follow. Thanks for uploading this, it now gave me another perspective on it👍🏻
Vice City is the only reason why I know this song... Thank you
gta always had the best music in all genres...this song is on fire , everytime i drive through the streets of vice city and that song is playin i dont leave the car 4 sure...so nostalgic
me too
@@komix1873 Gta 4 no doubt has the music radios of the entire franchise. GTA 5 dropped the ball and 6 will be worse. But that's because of the modern age music...
@@xzxxx-km4vyGTA 6 might have a whole radio station just full of 80s music to pay tribute to Vice City. I hope 😪
I'm actually just looking at what was removed from the "definitive" edition.
My Dad, God rest him bought a Datsun sunny and took me to pick it up from the dealership. As we drove home he turned on the radio this was the very first song that we heard. I found it amusing somehow and never forgot. Still love this song today.
japanese banger in a japanese banger :) still love the sunny. They are rocketing up in price now. I have an 83 nissan silvia so same era really
I bought a 1986 Nissan Cherry for my first car, that was just a few years ago. 😁 Still got it!
I salute you!
my dad had two Nissan Stanzas they were good cars, went up to Thurso so much they knew the way themselves. Much better than the Austin Ambassador he had before, it stank of exhaust fumes.
@@VepantteriI had a datsun cherry turbo in the eighties, I loved the eighties ,,and that car.
What a banger. Heard it the first time when I played GTA Vice City while I was probably twelve or something. Now, 23 years later and being a dad, it still rocks.
Me too brother, me too :')
Gta vc wasnt out 23 years ago.
@@jarlboofhe probably forgot about the date but that's okay this sing gives me nostalgia driving near the beach at night memories I wish I could forget everything about this game and play it again beautiful
I bought this on vinyl. 😅
@@jarlboofyeah, been 21 years.
Blasting this mobbin in Vice City 🚬
Never thought I'd see you here Hero Hei
What are the odds of both of us remembering this song and coming here within a week of each other? Crazy.
I NEED THIS *hops in and this is on* FUCKIN YESSSSSS
a suprise,but a plesant one
Epic
This tune is legendary! Absolutely legendary!!! This lady had the good grace to send me a signed photo of herself last year, at the age of 75!! Hats off to Mary Sanderman, aka, Aneka!
Hell yeah!
Wow!!!! 👏🙌
God bless her! 👍
Youre a lucky man
@@TommyVercetti1 I certainly am! I couldn’t believe it when I opened the post! The photo is in a frame, in pride of place!
Still a lovely tune indeed, right now in 2024.
Fun song, GTA memories. Hoping this generation doesn't get uppity about it.
She's a beauty mate
It sure is too.
I was 18 year old in high school when I was at the first time in disco and I dance with a beautiful lady this song. Back to 80's!
Hehe the Edinburgh sound ! X
how are you now?
8th position in Perú on 1981
40 odd years after it was in the charts, I still love it, it’s got a great beat.
You have taste dear sir! sadly lacking in today's world ;)
@HamamGossip The World has lost it's senses completely... sadly.
@@chesterhackenbush satire?
P@@chesterhackenbush
40 years of not getting a call or text from her Japanese ex-boyfriend must be rough, though.
What a legendary song!
I'm from Poland and I, like the rest of you, first heard that song while playing GTA Vice city, at 14 when I couldn't speak English. Now I'm 30 and speak English decently, I can appreciate this masterpiece even more!
I think it were recorded at Edinburgh -maitlamd street / west end ?x
Mam 50 na karku i ustawiony ten kawałek na ulubione.Pozdrawiam
uruchamianie PolskaGurom.exe
Like the rest of us?? Some of us know it from when it was first in the UK charts back in 1981!
"Decently?" Your English is great!?
Mary Sandeman was a Scottish folk singer. In 1982 she came to my school in Scotland and did a concert. Love this song it's still good after all these years.
Awesome ...
She will now be reported to the pigs for wearing that cozzy
but this doesnt sound like folk.
@@diegos.loayza3706 No but she got the chance to make a pop hit. But she was a Scottish folk singer really.
@@amandapenrose49 Likewise, Barbara Dickson was a Scottish folk singer until someone at some or other record label heard her incredible voice and realised they could make a star of her.
I remember seeing her in a local folk club in the early 70's. A little overweight and unpolished in appearance, but what a singer !
I imagine Mary Sandeman's story is similar.
In 1984 after i finished uni i travelled around Scotland and ended up dancing with a lovely lass to this great song in a pub in Aberdeen-and now 40 years later here i am living in Aberdeen Wonder if i will ever bump in to her-fab memories thank you
Cracking story ❤
1984 - Vice City Stories
1986 - Vice City
So many recent comments from up to 3 months to this day, awesome to see this song lives strong. Don't let old music die.
That will never happen, though some should birdy song, shut uppa your, aga do face I am looking at you. Enjoy it but don't let it stop you enjoying modern music either because this was modern music when it was released and was criticised as not being as good as what came before it.
Aneka was criticised by some of her fans at the time as she had earned a name as a folk singer and the considered her a sell out for doing this. Is this sounding familiar?
I was obsessed with this song when I was 7 I even had a lip sync routine to it, I still like it.
It’s incredible how a song can make someone so happy, at least for a couple seconds ❤
This song reminds me of our family Christmas parties in the 80's. We played this song many many times. So much good memories. The 80's were the BEST years of my life ❤❤❤
I agree❤
Such a great song and so cool how chill the audience is lol. Today, everyone would be dancing in place lol. I knew a lot of 80s songs thanks to my mom, but Vice City did introduce me to this classic. Thanks Rockstar!!! 👍
Thuds showing how little you know about the 80s. Don't confuse the few songs you hear as if that was how it was.
i only heard it for the first time yesterday, and I agree it's a great song.
@@jamesmckean3221 Well colour me surprised that someone reading my comment, completely my fault by the way, and seeing that I thought the song was great.
@@DermacrosisYou drunk? He wasn’t even talking to you.
thats because the music isnt actually playing in too loud in the studio. She is also lipsyncing. Its a pre recording for TV haha
Flash FM!!!
Jajaja que buenos recuerdos
Best GTA Radio Station 🙌🏻👍🏻😎
XxAdrix95xX idiot
that´s right
Gta Vice City!
You can’t get any more 80’s than this song…
*Tell it to my Heart has entered the chat*
But yeah, it's close!
I see your Aneka and I raise you a Gloria Estefan
@@ReservoirPunk I see that Gloria Estefan but raise you a Wham!
This shit can't get any more 70s, this by the 80s is super dated. I don't hear the 80s at all aside the japanese fetish.
I Wear my Sunglasses at Night takes offense at this comment
Mary Sandeman ..1981..I was 28 .she would have been 33 when she sang this I had a real thing for Her ..And today 2025 refreshing to watch this..To watch her singing this .Great memories..🖤
So she was 33 in 1988. Then she would be 76 this year. Imagine she will be in her 80s in this decade. It's hard to believe that.
The audience looks thrilled.
They are having the time of their lives!!
They are hyped up.
This is Germany on MDMA
Germans being Germans
@@elfulano5884 what's that suppose to mean???
Thanks You Vice Ciy for Everything!
80s best era music
I'm 32 and this song bring back memories of me playing gta vice city all night long when I was a teen
Me too
The fuck!? Dude, I'm also 32! Wild! 😯
same but i'm younger
You're right. Same with me. GTA Vice City.
Somos promoción 🤣
This song is such a classic, One of the many 80s gems
A bop, haven't heard this song since I was a kid 20 years ago playing GTA Vice City, now I am feeling nostalgic for my childhood
I'm a bit upset that vice City is 20 years old.
"Hey, hey, it's Mr. V..." 😎👍
Tommy Vercetti 😎
gta vc oh yeeee
"hey, hey its Mr. V..." ^_^
Aneka
Oh yeah✨
That was MY MONEY TOMMY!, MY MONEY!!
I love the 80s and FlashFM sounds :) driving in Vice City ...
I grew up with this tune, not heard it for years, brought a tear to my eyes, a big thank you 😍
her scottish accent breaks through every now and then .."..ooo - ah miss ma japanese boy " classic !
"Was it something I said, or ded"
Yea dn when she says home the o on that too sounds Scottish I hadn't noticed it before thanks
The crowd is REALLY sad that he left her.
They're crying on the inside.
This is such a great tune wonderful thank you too.
It was a uk number one in 1981 and I had the words to it in smash hits as well then too.
8th position in Perú on 1981
James May: Our Man in Japan brought me here
Haha, me too :D
i have to admit.....- me too :D
Same :D
James = best
I have to admit I did too lol
Ah, I see you're a man of culture aswell
may the 80s live in our hearts and minds as long as possible
So True!!! ❤️
55 AND STILL LIVING 80S STYLE EVERYDAY. DEVO. OINGO BOINGO. INDUSTRY. ALPHAVILLE. WALL OF VOODOO. BERLIN. SHOX LUMANIA. HE SAID. EYLESS IN GAZA. IT WILL NEVER END...
Buenas noches. Soy español, de Barcelona. Para mí esta es una de las canciones más lindas que he escuchado. No sólo por la sintonía y por la letra, sino también por la dulzura que desprende esta mujer al cantar. Según la información del video, es del año 1981 y yo era un niño en aquella época, pero esta mujer me parece de una belleza incomparable. Preciosa, linda, hermosa, bella, dulce, encantadora, maravillosa, única, seductora....¡Madre mía!...En ese momento, me hubiera encantado ser ese "japanese boy" al que cita la cantante; hubiera sido un sueño poder conocer y estar con esta mujer y ser su Don Juan😍.
ich kann dich verstehen mein freund,das war auch mein lieblingssong in den 80ern.das war einfach die beste zeit meines lebens.-gruss aus der schweiz
You can't beat the 1980's music
60s and 70s beat 80s. 80s good til 1987. Music went down the toilet and hasn't resurfaced 😢
@@Jackie-ji2sj '89 was the top of the top....Than started suck for every year.... '93-'94.. it was all game over.
Of course not! The "80's" were the best decade.
It was a great time to be young.
no it dont beat, 60 and 70s was good but sound was bad without stereo@@Jackie-ji2sj
Playing the GTA VC Definitive edition. This song is a bag of nostalgia hitting as I pass through Starfish Island.
Just bought it lol and the song played and I had to come find out
Starfish Island? I have a house there you should swing by.
I've just started playing it. So good
@@niallreid7664I just bought a house there today too haha 😂 come over guys
Such a beautiful song. Long live the 80s!!!!!!
✊️😎👍
Those years running over people in vice city buying weapons, taking over all the businesses and doing missions of all kinds were the best years of my life.
Vice city music team has a great sense of music 🎶🎶🎶 absolutely gold and diamonds in the radio station. Thanks rockstar
hell yeah. but it seems line all that didnt played vice city hate this song
i just heard this song for the first time in my life and i love it! this japanese person is loving it！i'm in japan but never heard this song and i wonder why.
Would you consider this a "japanese sound"? According to Wikipedia it was considered chinese!
@@Exodianecross1978 sorry for the late reply. i just read the response now. i dont know if it's a japanese sound but it sounds oriental which is good enough for me！ but most importantly, is the LYRICS which i love & dont understand why it wasnt a hit here. she sings about a japanese boy, my japanese boy was gone, and i miss my japanese boy which really moves my HEART！i wonder what made her say that, was she dating a japanese boy and then got separated？ this song really moved my heart and i've become a fan of this song as well as Aneka. i'll probably be returning to this youtube site and listen to this song often！
@@NadeshikoJapan7
日本人としてこの曲は好きだがリズムは完全に中国や
@@NadeshikoJapan7 "Japanese Boy" was written by Mary Sandeman's regular songwriter. Until then she was a folk singer, who often sang in Gaelic. At the time she was married to a GP in Stirling. Her son used to claim to be half Japanese on the basis that his mother was Aneka.
@@NadeshikoJapan7 荒らしでしょ。😅
Mein absolutes Lieblings Lied bei der Disco 1981 - 1983!!! Ich war richtig verrückt danach und habe jedesmal die Tanzfläche gestürmt, wenn es gespielt wurde! Als ich mit 19 meinen Siggi kennen lernte, habe ich das Lied ständig bei ihm auf dem Tonband gehört. 1983 kam unsere Tochter zur Welt - und erhielt den Namen Anika ❣️
Sehr nette und gefällige Story. Alles Gute für euch alle.
👏👏👏👏
Gorgeous. Beautiful.
What he said lol 👍
Beautiful words... 😚👌💯
Great! The performance is from the German music show "Disco", aired on 19 October 1981.
I'll never forget discovering this song in Vice City. It's so happy 😊! Easily my favorite song in the game.
My boyfriend recommended this recording after hearing it in a movie just now. Such a cute, upbeat tune! I surely miss that decade and happy it was the decade that opened my young adult years.
I just play GTA Vice City for this song ^^ (99 Luftballons as well)
Is he Japanese?
Beautiful childhood memories started brightening up my mind with tears in my eyes when I heard this song after a very long time. Thank you so much for uploading it.
Yes I agree with you Muhammad it brings a lump to my throat I was 15 it takes me back to happy times👏👏
@Oxygene 80
A charming number I am hearing for the first time today (And Aneka's pretty face is * major * retina candy!).
Thanks for the upload!
--- Rich
REST IN PEACE Bob HEATLIE the composer!
Also wrote Shakin' Stevens hit Merry Christmas Everyone. And the theme for the kids TV program Trapdoor!
Thank you for your song about a certain Japanese Boy.
Will we EVER get creativity like this in music ever again??! I think not!! 80s was just fab!!
We're not allowed to. This would be called "racist" by lizard people today.
We would but everyone is too cowardly to be offensive and insulting
YOU are so wrong... This song is the most terrible song from the 80s. Millennials!
@@t-bonejay8050 it's catchy and funny as shit though
@@t-bonejay8050 and, you got absolutely no fucking taste. ıdıot...
I was 14 year old (1980) when I was at the first time in disco and this song was the first one I heard when I stepped foot in the place, I will remember this song and the experience forever, when I close my eyes and listen to this song it's like it happened a few days ago the images come to mind as if I were there again
I stumbled into a pile of 45 RPMs of daddy's that were in the dungeon (I was born when that singer's career was long over).
I found this curious song that he listened to when he was 16 back in 1981.
This Aneka, I learnt, born Mary Sandeman, is a Scottish folk singer briefly turned into pop vocalist. She dropped music in the midst 90s to become a tourist guide in Stirling, Scotland.
I suppose as a tourist guide she became specialized in japanese comitives!(Andrea Lanzoni with Grazia Villani's permission)
He said that he loved me, never would go
Ahaaaa ahaaaa
Now I find I'm sitting here on my own
Ahaaaa ahaaaa
Was it something I've said or done
That made him pack his bags up and run?
Could it be another he's found?
It's breaking up the happy home.
Mister can you tell me where my love has gone?
He's a Japanese boy.
I woke up one morning and my love was gone
Oh, my Japanese boy, ooh
I miss my Japanese boy.
Aha aha aha aha aha aha aha aha aaaaaaa
People ask about him every day
Oh oh, oh oh.
Don't know what to tell them what can I say?
Oh oh, oh oh.
If only he would write me or call
A word of explanation, that's all.
It would stop me climbing the wall.
It's breaking up the happy home.
Mister can you tell me where my love has gone?
He's a Japanese boy.
I woke up one morning and my love was gone
Oh, my Japanese boy, ooh
I miss my Japanese boy.
Uhu uhu uhu uhu uhu uhuuuuuuuu
Uhu uhu uhu huuuu
Was it something I've said or done
That made him pack his bags up and run?
Could it be another he's found?
It's breaking up the happy home.
Mister can you tell me where my love has gone?
He's a Japanese boy.
I woke up one mornig in my love was gone, oh my japanes boy
Uhu uhu uhu uhu uhu uhuuuuuuuu
Uhu uhu uhu huuuuu
Thanks dude I was following the song with the lyrics
LMAO!
Can’t believe that Mary Sandeman is now aged 75! Time flies.
Brilliant song…instantly recognisable all these years later.
Yeah... it would help if she knew his name :D that's no way to find a guy. There have to be thousands of them in Japan.
Gta vice city
All I can remember is playing Vice City when I was like 6 years old on my PC and listening to this lmao This is so nostalgic.
I was listening to a classic rock playlist on Spotify and this absolute steamroller of an anthem came on and I couldnt be happier
I'm crying 😭😭
Must have been a strange classic ROCK playlist. It‘s not a rocksong.
That crowd really radiates the joy!!!
Tenía 16 años cuando la escuché hoy tengo 58, jajajaja
Oh yes, their really getting in to it, Not!!😂😂
In many countries back then you were supposed to sit quietly during musical performances the same as you would at the cinema or theatre. It wasn't until the late 1980s here in Ukraine that you start to see the crowds go crazy. It's not that they don't like the music, it was just a different social standard the same way you wouldn't clap or make noise in the middle of a movie you like today.
@@Euromantique You shouldn't be clapping and making noise in a cinema...
Yes, that's exactly what I said. @@anonanon7497
Oh Lord, this was playing when I was in the RC Helicopter during the Demolition Man mission. This took me back days..
👀👀
Sound quality is gooooooood
Quel plaisir de pouvoir l'écouter 😍Merci ❤💯❤
Entièrement d'accord avec toi 👍
@@dominique578 de rien 🙂
Mary Sandeman (born 20 November 1948), better known by her former stage name Aneka, is a retired Scottish traditional singer.
In 1981, she reached number one in the UK Singles Chart with her song "Japanese Boy". She was well known for the Oriental image she took on for the song.
Singer of Scottish Gaelic songs
One of the very great songs from the 80s, why I did not hear this song for such a long time anywhere!
40 years ago and still fresh and lovely 😊♥️ song ! It remind me the beautiful summer holiday spent on our shore sea …
Radio Luxembourg 1981. I just loved this song. Just loved it. I was 16, but so much fun. The year that Soft Cell and the Human League owned the airwaves.
FLA-FLA-FLAAASHHH FM!!! VICE CITY BRING ME HERE!!!
Like is for the echoooo😂😂
WE LIKE THEM FLASHY!
HEARD IT BACK IN THE LATE 80s WHEN I WAS JUST A SMALL KID.. NOW 2024 (45 YEARS OLD) AND STILL LOVING IT...
Aneka's eyes enchanted me right away! Unfortunately only 89 born...
Where is Aneka now. In 1980s those songs were our love. And we studied too. I am 61 and retired. I love you Aneka for this song
This video is particularly good because of the decent resolution. It really let's you see just how stunningly beautiful this lady was.
This was a hit at the beginning of the 80s in my hometown Arequipa, i danced it so may times, what good memories!
I'm in love with 80s music
I am too ...
And that's why I dare say this is disco style of the late 70s.
Just released in the 80s
@@PhilStrohhamster Yes, it's a shameless disco cash-in in the last days of old school disco.
I just re connected with my son after 15 years .. and we discussed his childhood .. Remember this Mum ?? its our Tune x x
Never heard it before today and I love it!
1981: People singing along, tapping their feet, and enjoying the video
2023: People petitioning to cancel Aneka for racism and cultural appropriation.
I'm so glad I grew up in the 80s!
Cancel culture been around forever
Great memories from the 80's - time flies ! Miserable lot in the audience get up and dance !
They are very early woke brigade who think the song is racist
😂
@@johnhuggins1394 Nah, probably just German.
Brilliant!! What ever happened to 'novelty songs', you don't hear them anymore!
People that lived their young adult lives in the 80s and children that experienced the 80s through a video game unite in this comment section. Two different generations connected to this song and this era in very different ways. That’s pretty incredible.
Who's here after seeing that beautiful 2nd goal by kyogo in the league cup final today? 😍💚🍀🇯🇵
Hearing this song in Vice City as a kid and now hearing it again after almost 15 years man I want to cry with the nostalgia. Beautiful song to one of the best games ever made. Grand Theft Auto Vice City❤
Great song. Part of the legendary GTA: Vice City soundtrack. As far as this video is concerned, wouldn't it make more sense to have her on an elevated stage with the audience dancing instead of just sitting around looking like "would someone invent a smartphone already?"
And they removed from new games :(
It's not in the definitive edition mate it's not in the definitive edition 😭
Roadhouse
@@GRH_Roadhouse Yes it is
@@Rresenden - Nah bro it's there. It comes on right after Video Kills the Radio Star.
the fact this was uploaded during the great depression and has 3+ mil views says something 🎉 vice city rocks
It's four decades and it seems like yesterday.... Can't get the melody out of my head
👍 tyhle staré pecky jsou nadčasová super hudba ..... songy zpívají sportovci i dj hrají i na Ibize, za mně super ,že jsou❣️✌️🍻
What an interesting song.! A big 80's fan, I'm frustrated this never charted in the USA and never knew of it's existence until recently!
The song was a big thing in Vice City.
@@iche9373 I never played it :(
@@mandabrewster you can play it on Smartphone for an obolus
It peaked at #15 on the Billboard Dance Chart February 13, 1982
Dios.gracias por hacerme vivir esos años marabillosos hoy con mas de medio.siglo de vida.sigo cantando y baylando estas.canciones como si.fuera ayer . Pues hoy en este.año 2024 quienes esta escuchando ? Bendiciones para los k estan.leyendo esto
Hermosa cancion hermano la escuche juegando Grand theft auto vice City. Ese juego es mi infancia. En el carro escuchando esta cancion son unos de mis favoritos momentos❤ dios te bendiga
Siempre bailamos esta canción en las fiestas de mi papá, un clásico ❤
Cool. I always thought this song was from middle 80s. I was surprised to learn that this amazing hit was made in 1981. It was before its time.
The beat is pretty early 80s tbh, the synthesizers were my really that developed in the early 80s
The syndrum gives it away as late 70s or very early 80s. Syndrums got replaced by Linn drum machines and the Roland TR series from 1981 on
It definitely was not before it's time. This sounds like something from the late 1970s. IDK how anyone could confuse this with a mid 80s song at all lmao.
1979 or 1980
1982 European tour on a bus was my introduction to this song! Our bus driver Lour introduced us! LOVED it, got the 45 to take home, and my Mom and I would play it incessantly on the stereo once I returned, volume up of course 😀
1:18 people in the crowd have no clue what is going on
Remember when we could be confused in crowds?
Mary has a lovely voice - she’s a Scots folk singer. This is a one-off.
She’d been a successful singer and session musician in her own right before this - once it dropped they were forced to come up with a suitable image, cringe as it is!
She did try and break out from its shadow and release a few songs under her own name, but they didn’t sell well.
Mary herself wasn’t the biggest fan of her biggest hit and doesn’t sing it anymore. She’s apparently retired
It's not a one off. She did a couple of other singles as Aneka.
I love the synthesizers in this one!
Lovely lady with a beautiful voice.
Great song! I love it. Brings tears to my eyes.
First heard this song in GTA Vice City along with the other 80s beats.
I was 9 years old the first time I heard this song. And I'm 29 years old now, still vibing with GTA Vice City Tracks.
1981 i was a six year old boy, what a great pop tune i still remember it, be nice if we cpuld ever go back to this : )
What a cheerful crowd
Mary, loved her back in 82 and still do today
00:40 Discovered that song because of Fallout NV's mod "Courier's Radio". Really liked the Japanese-like "rhythm" while she sings. Thanks to video game radio, I'm discovering good old music. GTA also helped
KLASSE MUSIK -😎- DER HAMMER /🎼-💯/ EINFACH SPITZE -70- & -80- JAHRE -🙏- PERFEKT SUPER !!👍
Wunderbar!
I grew up with this song as a kid and I still think it is great. TBH, though, and as a now adult seeing the video again, her love probably decided that her wearing a bad kimono and chopsticks in a wig was a little embarrassing at social events so he called it all off and he's in a far happier place.
I play this song loud and the neighbours love it
This is a very catchy tune.
Never knew this is the original. There's a german version sung by Andrea Jürgens, who was a popular teenage singer back then. Why am I telling you this? Cause they changed the story of the song completely. In Andrea's version she sings about a young man who came to Germany to live and work there but he feels lonely because besides Japanese he only knows English which in turn only few people spoke in Germany at that time. The singer then befriends the ominous "japanese boy" and assures him, that everything will be allright over time. Very interesting piece of Zeitgeist, regarding the topic of the "Gastarbeiter" (guest/migrant workers), which was a big deal in split up Germany after WWII and had a lot of societal impact in the generations to follow.
Thanks for uploading this, it now gave me another perspective on it👍🏻
Everyone's music while travelling to Japan: Anime and Jpop
Me:
Me too jaja or even big in japan by alphabille or turning japanese by the vapors
mr roboto for me