Altered Images - I Could Be Happy (Official Video)

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  • Опубліковано 10 гру 2013
  • Music video by Altered Images performing I Could Be Happy. (c) 1982 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

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  • @joaoypsilon
    @joaoypsilon 6 місяців тому +94

    I'm Brazilian and I'm getting to know the band today, at 58 years old, better late than never

    • @markynogueira8223
      @markynogueira8223 4 місяці тому +4

      😎🇧🇷

    • @peterbrown8880
      @peterbrown8880 Місяць тому +1

      A Brilliant Better Late Than Never!!! Also try Orange Juice and The Associates

    • @charlesnwogu171
      @charlesnwogu171 29 днів тому +1

      Brilliant enjoy my friend ❤😅

  • @AggroQM2
    @AggroQM2 2 місяці тому +31

    The 80’s had so many different styles of music that were amazing to listen to and enjoy.

  • @michaelkenyon6173
    @michaelkenyon6173 2 місяці тому +20

    Claire keeps me feeling young inside. Always loved this song.

  • @georgethebear1812
    @georgethebear1812 6 років тому +484

    if you would like to go back to these times, close your eyes, fantasise, get away from where you are now, and you will be there. Back to the life we long for, real freinds, laughing,dancing & happy again. no phones, tablets laptops. no facebook . just good music and a beer or 2.......ahhhhh take me back

  • @retroconsole_
    @retroconsole_ 3 місяці тому +3

    I found this song by accident. Lovely song.

  • @redfrogrodeo
    @redfrogrodeo 2 місяці тому +39

    When my abusive father finally cut me off I listened to this song over and over. I still couldn’t escape him, thinking about it all the time and crying. This song helped me through that rough patch. 💕🙏

  • @soniaalvarez3840
    @soniaalvarez3840 3 місяці тому +36

    Such an amazing decade. I would give anything to go back and not deal either today’s problems.

    • @andynightingale7335
      @andynightingale7335 2 місяці тому +3

      Same here Sonia. Just to go back for a day....

    • @TestUser-cf4wj
      @TestUser-cf4wj 2 місяці тому +4

      I was there, but I was too young for it to be anything but a dream I woke up from too soon.

  • @marianoyuba3736
    @marianoyuba3736 Місяць тому +3

    Damn, now, THIS is 80s

  • @kitschmygrits4836
    @kitschmygrits4836 Рік тому +202

    I just turned 50 an hour and a half ago but I feel 16 at the moment thanks to this. I miss the 80's!

    • @lincbond442
      @lincbond442 Рік тому +3

      53 here and I feel the same.

    • @DPCET
      @DPCET Рік тому +3

      53 and I agree with everyone here, I'm glad I was able to experience a decade of the best innovative music to date.

    • @stephenmcgiff8877
      @stephenmcgiff8877 Рік тому +2

      Love it, fabulous comment. I'll be 50 come march. We were truly blessed to have lived through the 80's X💚

    • @sidDkid87
      @sidDkid87 Рік тому

      if that's a recent photo then you bely your age by about 20 years ... belated *_happy birthday!!_* (another Altered Images tune!)

    • @swapmeetsheriffdonknottexp3046
      @swapmeetsheriffdonknottexp3046 Рік тому +1

      Yup not kids club promoter party party then Social Media killed us. But now we do one offs! 80s night old skool crowd only! In LA.

  • @Wanderingstar967
    @Wanderingstar967 3 місяці тому +34

    This song is so underrated it’s just brilliant

    • @OnlyGoodMusic_
      @OnlyGoodMusic_ Місяць тому +2

      This song was a top ten hit in the UK.

  • @user-bl3yd9rm6y
    @user-bl3yd9rm6y 8 місяців тому +2

    Maybe the greatest Pop song and video ever😊

  • @FernandoVieira-bx9dv
    @FernandoVieira-bx9dv 8 місяців тому +3

    Time machine ...

  • @exxxousia
    @exxxousia 2 роки тому +29

    She is absolutely super adorable!

    • @andymoore9977
      @andymoore9977 2 роки тому

      All these years later she still owns 'super adorable'. Despite filters etc etc, no one has got even close. George Harrison and his son Dhani come a good second/third (I am not gay!).

    • @spankynater4242
      @spankynater4242 Місяць тому

      I can't even stand how adorable she is.

  • @njaneardude
    @njaneardude 3 місяці тому +4

    Dancing was so much easier and fun back then 😄😄😄

  • @ONLYFOOLSNVIDEOS
    @ONLYFOOLSNVIDEOS 8 років тому +135

    This song is so simultaneously upbeat and sad. It's unique.

    • @Noodles37UK
      @Noodles37UK 8 років тому +10

      +Dan Harvey It's like the darker alternative to Happy Birthday.

    • @histatimaniples
      @histatimaniples 7 років тому +12

      has a joy division touch in a way

    • @alanoneill3065
      @alanoneill3065 7 років тому +1

      happysad...fey

    • @swaggs
      @swaggs 7 років тому +5

      Not really. Joy Division was darker.

    • @lupcokotevski2907
      @lupcokotevski2907 7 років тому +1

      An upbeat song about dying is Laura Nyro's iconic 'And When I Die' (1967). Then listen to her Gibsom Street (1969), about abortion.

  • @stenwald
    @stenwald 5 років тому +18

    Classic Scottish sound. Hugely underrated band.

  • @davidmacgregor5193
    @davidmacgregor5193 3 роки тому +37

    I remember back in the day, Altered Images were a favourite band of John Peel, he played their records frequently on his late night radio 1 show. R.I.P. John Peel.

  • @miriamk6950
    @miriamk6950 3 роки тому +306

    Her vocals are so unique! Great band! Everytime I hear them their songs take me to that special 80's place...where music was fun...

  • @jairusabimuheal4185
    @jairusabimuheal4185 8 місяців тому +28

    Always one of my best. Great Scottish band. Love Claire's voice. It's like bubble gum. So proud to be of this music genre.

  • @robbie007
    @robbie007 6 років тому +521

    Born in the 60s. Shaped in the 70s. Partied in the 80s. Grew up in the 90s. Skint 00s...

  • @damiangriffiths7801
    @damiangriffiths7801 Рік тому +6

    Such gorgeous innocence. I kind of feel envious of Claire Grogan getting to goof around with those Scottish boys

    • @julliard
      @julliard Рік тому

      @Damian Griffiths They are a nice looking bunch of people. I think the bass player went on to form Hipsway

  • @johndarling485
    @johndarling485 Рік тому +23

    Amazing how many great scottish bands there are🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @janeough45
    @janeough45 7 років тому +2

    sweet little gal ..she was part of the scene ,,,,,, x

  • @jackjordano2152
    @jackjordano2152 8 місяців тому +4

    Her youthful innocence and sense of irony is infectious!

  • @marklilley589
    @marklilley589 4 місяці тому +4

    My long dead best friend used to play this record in his car, so I'm transported back to 1982 when he disappeared whilst wading off Sri Lanka.

  • @SoCalScott10
    @SoCalScott10 6 років тому +533

    For my 50th birthday, my wife threw me a surprise party complete with the best DJ I've ever known -- Richard Blade -- playing the best 80s dance music all night long. One of the best nights of my life.....and on top of it all, Richard Blade was one of the nicest people we've ever met. Epic......

    • @DeborahPorter
      @DeborahPorter 4 роки тому +22

      I hope he payed "Happy Birthday" by Altered Images

    • @Jay-ko7fk
      @Jay-ko7fk 4 роки тому +8

      Lucky guy

    • @X900BattleGrape
      @X900BattleGrape 4 роки тому +11

      You absolutely should read or hear his autobiography. The audible is read by him. A genuine person, so nice, and like Mr. Rogers just who he is without a doubt.

    • @dksilentbob
      @dksilentbob 4 роки тому +16

      Richard Blade is great. I love listening to First Wave on Sirius.

    • @juliocaesaralcaraz9891
      @juliocaesaralcaraz9891 4 роки тому +5

      Awesome 😎 man! How about inviting some of us the next time Richard Blade DJ’s one of your parties 🎊

  • @williamrae9954
    @williamrae9954 8 місяців тому +9

    Clare was my teenage crush...she's never left me! ❤

    • @spankynater4242
      @spankynater4242 Місяць тому

      80's Clair is my old man crush.

    • @johnnyhock
      @johnnyhock Місяць тому

      Clare Grogan was my good girl crush, Wendy James was my bad girl crush, Susanna Hoffs was my all time crush ❤

  • @aledevans2446
    @aledevans2446 Рік тому +1

    The gorgeous Clair Grogan...She was back in the day...Im 53 now and she still is..

  • @dodibenabba525
    @dodibenabba525 Рік тому +5

    Remember when people celebrated happiness, fun and positivity? Great wasn't it? 😊❤️

  • @KitsuyuutsuR
    @KitsuyuutsuR 3 роки тому +20

    Oh how I miss the 80s... Great styles, great music, simple times... sigh 😔

  • @christophermancey3818
    @christophermancey3818 2 місяці тому +2

    So many of you want to go back to the 80’s like the world had no problems back then. What you really want is your care free youth.

    • @jongallardo8006
      @jongallardo8006 День тому

      I’m 28 and I want to go back cause my generation can’t even own a house and barely scraping by to survive.

  • @mylightgraycottage4913
    @mylightgraycottage4913 2 місяці тому +2

    I totally forgot about this song. Thanks for all the memories!! I miss the 80s so much compared to this hellacious dumpster fire called the 2020s 🔥🔥🔥

  • @marathon8954
    @marathon8954 5 років тому +199

    Stone cold classic. Still have an irrepressible crush on her to this day. Songs like this were ten-a-penny at that time. Perfectly crafted pure pop, jangly guitars shoved right up in your face and a bunch of real people simply enjoying themselves and sweeping you along at the same time with the sheer joy of it all. God I love this song so much.

    • @robertterrell3065
      @robertterrell3065 2 роки тому +11

      Not paying attention to the lyrics at all, I guess...

    • @marcstevens8576
      @marcstevens8576 2 роки тому +4

      You're not alone. I both love her voice & still have a crush on her since the '80's. I really do wish they lasted longer. I hear they are going to debut an original album in August. Let's hope so...

    • @TheStax22
      @TheStax22 2 роки тому +6

      I'm in Dublin on the same road where her cousins lived. She came to visit them (40 years ago)and I watched from the gate as she said to her cousin ''doe's your friend want to come up and say hello " to which she replied"no" (I'd pissed her off a few days earlier or she thought (incorrectly) that we only liked her for her looks🙄. I was and still am to this day GUTTED😂

    • @chaoswitch1974
      @chaoswitch1974 2 роки тому +3

      ​@@robertterrell3065 Yeah, she's trying to escape from him lol

    • @davidlamb7524
      @davidlamb7524 2 роки тому +3

      @@chaoswitch1974 Or family or work colleagues or boss etc. Could be anyone.

  • @mikegoddard9376
    @mikegoddard9376 5 років тому +14

    Ahh ... the 80's ... graduated HS in '82 ... Every time I listen to 80's music now, I think of the quote from Andy Bernard on The Office ... "“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.”

  • @lesleyscott938
    @lesleyscott938 3 місяці тому +2

    My teenage years ❤

  • @postiepaul
    @postiepaul 2 місяці тому +2

    Needed something to cheer me up . Perfect.

  • @hammeredscout
    @hammeredscout 3 роки тому +18

    A taste of why the 1980's were the best.

  • @gordongattjnr7123
    @gordongattjnr7123 7 років тому +23

    Seriously 80's as fuck. Clothes, hair and all 👍💥👍💥

  • @michaelvronksy8748
    @michaelvronksy8748 4 роки тому +304

    Hugely under rated band. They turned out some great music.

    • @johnstjohn6658
      @johnstjohn6658 4 роки тому +11

      No they weren't.
      AI were very highly rated.

    • @risam4190
      @risam4190 3 роки тому +2

      Yes

    • @Chronomancer3791
      @Chronomancer3791 3 роки тому +4

      Most definitely. They should have had more hits! 🙏 Clare Grogan was an absolute sort too! 😉

    • @spiralminus
      @spiralminus 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah these 5 people are so talented... I wonder why they never started a band and made music videos for mtv

    • @6scar911
      @6scar911 3 роки тому +3

      Forreal, they're only known for two of their songs but I've heard all of Bite and that album alone has many great songs

  • @MrPiper77
    @MrPiper77 3 роки тому +13

    I could be happy if the 80s music comes back!

  • @blipblip88
    @blipblip88 4 роки тому +3

    one of my many female 80s band crushes

  • @lynnpehrson8826
    @lynnpehrson8826 6 років тому +205

    Bingeing new wave and post punk videos on UA-cam is the best activity

  • @hernerwerzog1278
    @hernerwerzog1278 2 роки тому +2

    Vibes are real

  • @evildjinn9
    @evildjinn9 7 місяців тому +7

    I haven't heard this in ages.
    Still sounds great, and Clare was always lovely.

  • @peterchambers2553
    @peterchambers2553 Рік тому +10

    I had a massive crush on Clare Grogan as a young lad viewing videos to this track and Happy Birthday. Thanks to you tube I am able to bring back those long ago days. Thanks for uploading.

    • @davidwilliams7220
      @davidwilliams7220 3 місяці тому +3

      Who of a certain age didn't Peter??

    • @peterstayne3765
      @peterstayne3765 3 місяці тому +2

      I’ve got forearms like Popeye because of her and eight wonder patsy Kensit and Wendy James 😍

    • @Dreamcatcher9000
      @Dreamcatcher9000 3 місяці тому

      @@peterstayne3765 I didn't get the Popeye joke... :p

    • @peterstayne3765
      @peterstayne3765 3 місяці тому +1

      🤣🤣 From flogging the dolphin to much 🧴👋🏻

  • @isly1598
    @isly1598 8 місяців тому +3

    This song is so happy but it makes me so sad. I miss the 80s

  • @corruptelites5600
    @corruptelites5600 3 роки тому +4

    oh Claire, you've still got my heart I'm 53 :)

  • @Raymund-Swales
    @Raymund-Swales 10 місяців тому +14

    I was 13 when this wonderful song was released. I suddenly just started singing the song a couple of days ago. So glad it found me again. 😎

  • @nicolelillis2077
    @nicolelillis2077 Рік тому +11

    We were so spoilt with such brilliant, timeless 80s music! Altered Images still sound amazing....Life was so much simpler then and ppl were happier....We're now living in difficult, uncertain times and the music isn't half as good....At least there's still UA-cam and I can step back in time with these classic tunes for a while.....This was an enjoyable trip down memory lane!

    • @KeyofDavid5778
      @KeyofDavid5778 Рік тому +2

      I met a girl named remi wolf on an airplane ride and she's on UA-cam...... play some good new music she's only 26 check her out.

  • @yyz4761
    @yyz4761 8 років тому +11

    Such a wonderful song from a wonderful era. Claire Grogan was so cute as well!

  • @stratobungle
    @stratobungle 3 місяці тому +1

    Her voice was so completely and totally unique!

  • @user-xh5zg5qv6m
    @user-xh5zg5qv6m 3 місяці тому +1

    Happy vibes, wasn't even born, but nostalgic feeling :-)

  • @kyleturner8283
    @kyleturner8283 4 роки тому +3

    An interviewer once asked Clare Grogan, "You always look so fashionable & current in th latest look, how do you do it ?"
    Clare looked @ him absolutely deadpan & said " I just usually put on what's on the end of my bed from the night before "
    I loved her & Altered Images & it's such a wonderful pop production from Martin Rushent, I mean wow ! Altered Images in 1982 AND The Human League in 1981. Bless you Mr Rushent.

    • @peterfreeman6677
      @peterfreeman6677 3 роки тому +1

      Hahahaha!!!! Nice one Clare, that's why we love you

  • @jadecostello3325
    @jadecostello3325 4 роки тому +39

    2020 lockdown. Man remember this back in the '80s!

  • @anthonymullen6300
    @anthonymullen6300 7 місяців тому +1

    Good god, 41 years ago and I remember watching this on Top of the Pops.

  • @jackmullinger6708
    @jackmullinger6708 3 місяці тому +1

    The 80s were fantastic

  • @deemdoubleu
    @deemdoubleu 6 років тому +92

    The guitars on this are just genius.

    • @davidgrant3115
      @davidgrant3115 3 роки тому +1

      3 years late but yes :)

    • @davidgrant3115
      @davidgrant3115 3 роки тому +1

      PS I'll try and be more prompt

    • @glaswegiansouth-side2350
      @glaswegiansouth-side2350 2 роки тому +1

      John Squire was/is one underated Guitarist.Gary Mountfield is the best bassist of all time....

    • @profphil1472
      @profphil1472 2 роки тому +2

      Sounds exactly like New Order.

    • @profphil1472
      @profphil1472 2 роки тому +1

      @@glaswegiansouth-side2350 That would be another Scotsman, Derek Forbes of Simple Minds.

  • @dab5141
    @dab5141 Рік тому +3

    Such an upbeat song about escaping/leaving someone behind.

  • @kamalaworth9943
    @kamalaworth9943 Рік тому +2

    Wish I could go back to my 80's

  • @mhazaa
    @mhazaa Рік тому +2

    How happy we were

  • @LolaClo
    @LolaClo 3 роки тому +7

    If I wrote a movie that takes place in the eighties, this song would be part of the soundtrack

  • @annebaden2293
    @annebaden2293 Рік тому +3

    Loving the random lion in the dodgy costume that looks like it's been half inched off Zippy from Rainbow and altered - Altered Images indeed!

  • @PrivateEyeYiYi
    @PrivateEyeYiYi Рік тому +2

    My favorite 80s video. Maybe my favorite video period.

  • @johnbalog-wk3wt
    @johnbalog-wk3wt Рік тому +1

    Oh the 80s when the future was bright, and the music was happy.

  • @chrisjerome4183
    @chrisjerome4183 3 роки тому +23

    Laying in bed getting away from all of the crap in 2021. This song helps if only for one night. My hot tub time machine took me here.

  • @JulietSchwartzMartinez
    @JulietSchwartzMartinez 7 років тому +255

    The 80s were the best decade of my life!

  • @matthewreese8064
    @matthewreese8064 5 місяців тому +1

    Decent amount of airplay on the early days of MTV. Miss those days.

  • @stylewars7039
    @stylewars7039 4 роки тому +2

    WOW 💢❤️ FUK THE 80S WERE THE SHIT 🔥🔥🔥✌️😎✌️

  • @e30m31989
    @e30m31989 2 роки тому +47

    Slamming tune! Just turned 50 and remember this 80's gem vividly.
    Best decade ever! ❤

  • @immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918
    @immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918 4 роки тому +7

    I used to love , Love, LOVE English New Wave from the early ‘80s....still do @ 58!! Good times!! ❤️💜❤️

    • @MickeyTheMouth
      @MickeyTheMouth 20 днів тому

      They are not English. They are Scottish from Glasgow. But you a right to love them. Clare is amazing.

    • @immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918
      @immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918 20 днів тому

      @@MickeyTheMouth Im talking about this genre of music. From an American perspective, it was all from the UK.

  • @robertterrell3065
    @robertterrell3065 7 місяців тому +2

    How many people who just love this song are actually paying attention to the lyrics? This is a happy song? She's trying to escape!

    • @gillianmcdaid4745
      @gillianmcdaid4745 6 місяців тому +1

      You are correct. The song is about being stalked but most people don't see that.

  • @newwavepop
    @newwavepop 2 місяці тому

    i just suddenly realized for the first time how much that Peter Bjorn and John song "Young Folks" reminds me of the intro.

  • @GeorgeDWilson
    @GeorgeDWilson 6 років тому +139

    Saw Clare in Gregory's Girl and fell in love with her. Then she was on TOTP singing and dancing like a loon and never looked so beautiful. A few years later she turns up on Red Dwarf and I think this girl just keeps haunting me.
    I'm 52 and very happily married but still love the music of the 80's and along with Kate Bush, Clare singing brings back so many happy memories.

    • @antmuzic
      @antmuzic 5 років тому +5

      OMG, I had forgot about that movie, I prolly watched it 20 times as a teen, I gotta find it now and rewatch it!!!

    • @LaughingPsycho
      @LaughingPsycho 5 років тому +1

      I see Dee Hepburn now and again, as we both live in East Kilbride. She's barely changed.

    • @brandonbentley8532
      @brandonbentley8532 5 років тому +4

      George Wilson wait, what?!?! Thats Rimmers girl from the hard light episode? You just blew up my entire universe.

    • @sitheref2409
      @sitheref2409 5 років тому +1

      Not seen Comfort and Joy, another Bill Forsyth film?

    • @tonyraymondsmith8171
      @tonyraymondsmith8171 4 роки тому +4

      Don't forget father Ted..

  • @jasoncollins1702
    @jasoncollins1702 4 роки тому +135

    Altered Images really had something; shame they never fully realized their potential. At their best, though, they nailed the era. I Could Be Happy is one of their best.

    • @johnstjohn6658
      @johnstjohn6658 3 роки тому +11

      It was the production from one album to another.
      Fans from Happy Birthday couldn't relate to Pinky Blue and fans of Pinky Blue didn't make the leap to Bite.
      I liked them all though.

    • @capitalb5889
      @capitalb5889 Рік тому

      New album out apparently

    • @seetheanimal5867
      @seetheanimal5867 Рік тому +1

      I mean lack of any and all musical talent might have derailed that train 😂

    • @MrJeepsters
      @MrJeepsters Рік тому

      Lequel a fondé HIPSWAY ?

    • @tadge72
      @tadge72 Рік тому

      @@MrJeepsters i saw them live on 1987 !!!

  • @irenecostigane8348
    @irenecostigane8348 3 роки тому +1

    I'm 62 still dancing to this Tune Timeless XX 😸 Love you clare

  • @bevsartsandcrafts715
    @bevsartsandcrafts715 3 місяці тому +1

    Memories of me, at 7, playing this record on my portable record player on my doorstep ❤

    • @CHRISANDREOU4199
      @CHRISANDREOU4199 2 місяці тому

      Ahh, keeping the street entertained,nice 👍
      These days, they would send the police around for causing a disturbance,
      Unless you have some kind of brown skin,
      In which case they will leave you alone to do whatever you want

  • @SGMiner21
    @SGMiner21 2 роки тому +4

    Of course we all love Clare Grogan but all the members of the band are extra cute here lol. Love this song, still one of my faves from my favourite band!

  • @miguelgomezvillarino8919
    @miguelgomezvillarino8919 5 років тому +5

    One of those strange works of perfection one sometimes finds in Life

  • @KA-rq3gz
    @KA-rq3gz 2 роки тому +2

    Who lived in the OC during the 80's - Richard Blade / KROQ? We were so happy.😁

  • @timmerv9057
    @timmerv9057 4 роки тому +14

    In memory of a very special person in my past whom this song always reminds me of. R.I.P. Lisa Ann Pace

  • @theaquarelians1398
    @theaquarelians1398 3 роки тому +4

    Loved Claire Grogan, loved Altered Images and loved Gregory’s Girl. So glad all three were part of my rites of passage.

  • @StrawberrySoju_1
    @StrawberrySoju_1 3 роки тому +2

    I miss 1981-82.

  • @A9zz
    @A9zz 2 місяці тому +1

    I remember listing to this song in my childhood and becoming obsessed with it, but i lost the song years ago. I never knew the name of it but it’s been stuck in my head for years, but I finally found it after searching “i could be happy i could be happy” since those were the only lyrics i understood

  • @normanrobson8654
    @normanrobson8654 Рік тому +7

    One of my favourite early 80s songs. It never ages, always sounds great. And they look SO YOUNG and so happy. The happiness is infectious 👍

  • @BlitzkriegBopBaby
    @BlitzkriegBopBaby 2 роки тому +12

    So many people are commenting what a happy uplifting song this is, and it is....on the surface.
    However, take a look of the lyrics. After singing through the different things she could do to be happy, the final line of the chorus is "All of these things I do / To get away from you" and the song ends with the repeated refrain: "Get away, runaway, Far away / How do I escape from you?". It's actually about an abusive relationship and THAT'S the thing I find so genius about this song - the various emotions it conveys and the dichotomy of the upbeat poppy music in relation to the dark context behind the lyrics. It mirrors real life in a way because so many women are trapped in unhappy abusive relationships, but due to embarrassment or shame they wear the mask of a happy, upbeat public persona. You often never know what someone is dealing with behind closed doors. Brilliant song!

    • @michaelmccann4560
      @michaelmccann4560 2 роки тому +2

      As far a I recollect it was about a facial scar she had as the result of a pub fight in which she was innocently involved , she was hit by flying glass.

    • @robertterrell3065
      @robertterrell3065 7 місяців тому

      The actual meaning is lost on most people who hear, or in reality, don't hear what the song is about 🤷‍♂️

    • @Banterbear
      @Banterbear 6 місяців тому

      Doesn't necessarily mean an abusive relationship. She could be trying to escape the memories of someone, after a breakup of a good relationship.

    • @spankynater4242
      @spankynater4242 Місяць тому

      From the comments I've read, most who say this are saying it sounds happy but the subject isn't.

  • @pauldc1066
    @pauldc1066 5 місяців тому +1

    Superb...we ALL remember!

  • @mattprice7296
    @mattprice7296 8 місяців тому +1

    Clare Grogan One Of My 80s Crushes.
    Gr8 Band.

  • @timy.4818
    @timy.4818 5 років тому +7

    I don't know how I found this, but I am 55 and from the U.S. and although I don't remember this song playing on MTV or the radio back then, it is one of my favorites and brings me back to that time ! It is so wonderful, (the song and video), I can't even describe it. It actually makes me Happy.

  • @pacoreguenga
    @pacoreguenga 10 місяців тому +12

    I'm 55 and this song always makes me feel 15 again. Besides, I fell in love with her voice forever since those days!

    • @peteford2434
      @peteford2434 7 місяців тому +2

      56 here in Toronto, Canada and I agree. So fun.

    • @user-hb1rg5jp9n
      @user-hb1rg5jp9n 7 місяців тому +2

      62 in Jersey. Happy Birthday

    • @BruceDanton-br9bw
      @BruceDanton-br9bw 5 місяців тому +2

      I am 55 too at the moment and I know what you mean too?! So wonderful as well-why not too?!

    • @BruceDanton-br9bw
      @BruceDanton-br9bw 4 місяці тому +2

      Thank you for the highlight of course too!

  • @Iceis_Phoenix
    @Iceis_Phoenix 3 місяці тому +1

    my gosh i remember watching this on mtv in the 80s the best decade🎉🎉🎉

  • @jarrodfurminger5352
    @jarrodfurminger5352 4 роки тому +18

    One of the most fun uplifting early 80s pop songs ever 😁

  • @uman965
    @uman965 8 років тому +568

    I WANT TO GO BACK IN TIME AND STAY THERE - 80's

    • @mattstephane7390
      @mattstephane7390 8 років тому +11

      +uman965 same for me !!!! life was so good that time

    • @uman965
      @uman965 8 років тому +3

      +Chris Mozer SO TRUE!!!

    • @BillyJango
      @BillyJango 8 років тому +10

      +Chris Mozer Lucky you ! I turned 18 in 1991. I always said I was born 10 years too late because I loved all the early 80s music when I was a kid. Looking back though I am glad I was a teenager when Stone Roses , Happy Mondays etc. were around. Loved it.. I feel sorry for teenagers today. They are too glued to X box and Play station to even be into music!

    • @lakefire9985
      @lakefire9985 8 років тому +13

      +uman965 you will have to leave your cell phone , internet, cheap air fares ,i pod etc ..its nice to look back with nostalgia but ..im still happy in 2015 ..sure i wish i could go back and do things different but we grow and learn and constantly change mentally we are all on a spiritual journey for a purpose

    • @mememeandme
      @mememeandme 8 років тому +1

      +uman965 Me too

  • @SonicBoss1991
    @SonicBoss1991 3 роки тому +50

    I'm a 15 year old getting into 80's music.

    • @Rebius
      @Rebius 3 роки тому +8

      best music ever ;)

    • @joylindadichamounix
      @joylindadichamounix 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you for carrying on the love!

    • @SonicBoss1991
      @SonicBoss1991 3 роки тому

      @@joylindadichamounix You're welcome!

    • @SonicBoss1991
      @SonicBoss1991 3 роки тому

      @@Rebius Yes! ;D

    • @srirachaegg2518
      @srirachaegg2518 3 роки тому +4

      If you like the 80s you'll probably dig the early 90s also. Soundtracks can be a useful place to start. Click around, follow the rabbit holes, dig deep, have fun. You're so damb lucky to have the modern internet. Mind-blowing to think about what a game changer it is for discovering new shit. (When I was 15, MTV/VH1 were mailing it in, record labels were gouging, and Napster was a lawless grab bag.)

  • @shiftyshamsk
    @shiftyshamsk Рік тому +1

    I was happy in the 80's..
    Now I'm wishing I could be happy.

  • @crystalanderson8091
    @crystalanderson8091 Рік тому +2

    I was teen in the 80’s. Never heard this song!

    • @joesmith8725
      @joesmith8725 Рік тому +2

      They were a good post-punk/new wave band.

    • @julliard
      @julliard Рік тому +1

      @Crystal Anderson Were you a nun in a convent? How could you not of heard this classic?

  • @philipknaggs2168
    @philipknaggs2168 4 роки тому +3

    One of the 5 songs that I would choose to exemplify the music of the early 80's. Breezy, fun, and irreverent.

  • @Gerrypotterpoet
    @Gerrypotterpoet 6 років тому +118

    My love for this song is boundless. I was living in a Wolverhampton bedsit at the time, I would listen to it on an old white transistor radio. I'd already come out on the Liverpool gay scene and was feeling a bit under confident about it all. Somehow it was this song completely lifting my spirits getting me involved not just in the gay scenes of both cities, but all the clubbing scenes. I don't really know why, it just did, the magic of pop music on a young adventuring soul. Timeless, touching, uplifting, escaping and what a stunningly story telling vocal, what else did a young gay need? Gx

    • @footballspecialmineral6139
      @footballspecialmineral6139 2 роки тому +6

      Good on you Gary like your style,

    • @professor-greek3367
      @professor-greek3367 2 роки тому +6

      God bless you .. what a beautiful story 🤗

    • @andrewlevy7103
      @andrewlevy7103 2 роки тому +5

      Good times right? As a total hetero, I feel ya. It's just so catchy and well, happy! I fell in love with Clare as an actress in Gregory's Girl. I had no idea she even had a band going until '86 years after they broke up!. So much undiscovered joy ever since.

    • @NeilCWCampbell
      @NeilCWCampbell 2 роки тому +2

      Invictus Mortis

    • @DJDanceClassic
      @DJDanceClassic Рік тому +4

      I came out of the closet when I heard small town boy

  • @scottleipski1015
    @scottleipski1015 5 років тому +1

    Clair is a Goddes! Long live the 80s!

  • @cheekymonky61
    @cheekymonky61 5 років тому +1

    AM 58 ..AND STILL IN LOVE WITH THIS GIRL ..all these years later ..good times and a great era of music ..Brit music just rocks ….end of.

  • @richardguarascia5920
    @richardguarascia5920 Рік тому +11

    One of my favourites songs and band form the 80’s. It makes happy but a bit sad at the same time especially in the summer. A bit of seasonal depression. Living with people can be a bit hard at times. I find my self escaping all the time. Just getting out it’s better then sitting around doing nothing.

    • @booooo666
      @booooo666 Рік тому

      You and me both.. 🙏