@@MelodicRockAnthem and they had an album out in 1982 without Holly knight and it got no radio exposure while total trash like Jay geils and Hall and Oates were all over the radio in 1982
She went on to Device who helped Tina Turner in One Of The Living nice song rare wrote numerous songs for her and others.Also Animotion with Obsession i think.Not to be confused with another Band called Spider from the UK around the same fine era
The debut Spider album was the first album I ever purchased as a young teenager and this song, obviously, was one of my favorites! Amanda's voice is the best!
I accidently recorded this song on my boombox back in the 80's and it took me over two decades to track down the band and the song....but it was worth it!
A mystery it got to 39 brilliant Video just before MTV was coming into it's own vibes.Their second minor hit It Didn't Take Long has no Video a nice song by the way.Amanda a charming voice she has.Holly Super Duper Artist machine like she when on to equally impressive Device of my era mid 80s helped many others and songwriters galore along the way deserves huge recognition for what she's done on these rare awesome acts To be blessed and part of the greatest decade of all time never to forget miss it so much oh hail the 80s atmosphere could harp on and explain vibes and feelings like no other time or place in history
I am a huge fan of '80s music. However, I had no knowledge of this song. I found it listed in a book of top 40 hits when I was looking for something else. As for my book, it said that this song was their only top 40 hit, rising to position 39 for two weeks on the top 40 in early June of 1980. I found this song on UA-cam and found that I like it!
We got cable TV in 1980, this was the first music video of ever saw on a show called Video Juke Box, it was on at 3:00am on a Saturday night. My god I'm getting old. Anyway, great song, best this band ever did. Songwriter Holly Knight came out of this band.
I remember! I have had it pop in my head again and again after seeing/hearing it at my aunt's in 1980. We didn't have cable available where we lived and they did. It just popped in my head, I sang the chorus to my wife, and Googled it. I remembered the band's name, somehow. Thanks for posting it!!!!
Things felt a lot different at the dawn of the ‘80s, and this song exemplifies the musical shift that was taking place - an aggressive but very melodic sound that was impossible to ignore. I expected this band to be huge. They will always be huge with me.
I had the first 30 seconds of this song and knew the first verse and rhythm since 1981. I heard it only once and was stuck in my head. It took me 34 years to figure out what the hell it was. I finally found it after researching and here it is. 1980 written all over it. They don't do these like this anymore where you can really understand the words. A diamond in the rough
It DEFINITELY could've gotten a new lease on life by that time. Hey! If Slade could've gotten recognition after "Cum On Feel The Noise" became a hit for Quite Riot, then this band could've done similar!
I remember this song when it came out. I kept telling people about it at the time. It was a very well crafted pop tune with a great delivery. It's one of those "shoulda been bigger" songs. Unfortunately it predated MTV by only a narrow margin and it would have benefited from larger exposure. The local radio station did pick it up which is how I first heard it. The record company was DreamLand I believe and their logo was of a young woman looking up at the night sky. Things you remember.
So many of the bands I liked during this era never quite made it. I was recording stuff off the radio and I would eventually collect so much of it on vinyl. It was agreat way to learn about bands few others were listening to.
I have the album bought it when it was brand new, this was old school or considered classic altenative back then!! Thanks for uploading this video, its a classic!!
Absolutely love the guitar the first 10 seconds. Reminds me a little of the 1960s guitar you I heard in Japanese monster movies or 1960s surf beach rock. This is the sentimental youthful love song of my life. 1:13 Amanda sing "mystery" with a accent like the wealthy daughter of a banker.
just lovely to hear this again. I bought the vinyl single at the time but never saw the film clip before. Very clever and the band all having fun. And Amanda ... oh wow!
This song never charted here in Australia however it did receive radio airplay in 1980 on Sydney radio station 1107am 2UW. Sadly it never got an promotion from the record company or A&R rep here in OZ
I am sure radio stations were sent the album it was up to them to play it. The band cannot visit every radio station to kiss up to people to get their record played. The band did their part.. their first album is stellar but it needed repeated and continued exposure.
Davin Damper It wasn't the Radio Stations fault it was their record label here in Australia that let them down. They were all sent a promo 45 of this song. but the band never got promotion from the label
This song knocked me out Spring 1980 I was in love with all the good things in life and this song represented that youthful moment that only comes once in a lifetime. A very gifted band that should have been just as well known as Pat Benetar but did not get enough radio play.
Unfortunately in the Spring 1980 most people were more into soft rock artists like Air Supply, Christopher Cross and Kenny Rogers, I feel this song would've done better if it was released in 1982-83 instead of 1980.
Anton Fig(Drummer) went on to fame and Fortune as the drummer in Paul Schaffer's 'World Most Dangerous Band'...the House band for The David Letterman Show.
One of the 80s most sadly overlooked bands. I'm glad you shared this with us all who can appreciate great talent like this. "New Romance" did hit the Top 40, peaking at #39. The following 2 singles should have done better chart wise, especially the bluesy "It Didn't Take Long" from their 2nd album release. Amanda Blue, Keith Lentin, Jimmy Lowell, Holly Knight, & Anton Fig.
I'm reading Holly Knights biography in 2023. I am the warrior is just a great insight to the hard slog of rock n roll but meeting hot stars on the way like Kiss, Aerosmith etc not to mention the copious amounts of drugs,alcohol and sex 😜
Unfortunately in the Spring 1980 most people were more into soft rock artists like Air Supply, Christopher Cross and Kenny Rogers, I feel this song would've done better if it was released in 1982-83 instead of 1980.
@@Doobie1975 radio is rigged even in 1980 my Impressions from the people around me at the time were they didn't like this band because it had an s&m look on the album cover but this was awesome music that didn't get the radio play it deserved
I was a collage radio Dee-Jay in 1980 when this was released. I bought my own copy of the album and played this song repeatedly so many times that ultimately someone had to scrape my drooling form off the floor with a spatula.
Methinks the reason this record didn't do better is because it was a bit ahead of its time. If it and maybe a few other singles from these albums got a new lease on life around, say, 1982 maybe shortly thereafter, things MIGHT'VE been different.
It needed lots of airplay. The first album is outstanding. There were too many uptight people working in radio even back then who would not give a band like this the airplay it deserved while claiming they were so cutting edge and cool. Pat Benetar, Blondie and Bette Midler got so much, (too much) exposure back then but Spider and even Grace Slick's 1981 solo album got no exposure. The radio programmers hated authentic rocker women and artistic women back then and would not slip in anything that was not dull. Even by the early 1990s radio and tv stations could have given new life to this with radio and video exposure but they did not. Radio and music is a good old boy network and the bottom crawlers with no talent ended up at the top with some exceptions. We see it everywhere now but did not know it was a rigged game back then because good music was still getting through. This band did what they were supposed to, it was up to radio to give the music fair airplay.
Thanx for posting. Once again its the summer of '80. Im watching Spider on Video Concert Hall (preMTV) on the old Satellite Programming Network. Only saw this video a few times back then, but this kidna song stays with a person. Ahh the memories.
Davin Damper Yes i know, it came out in 1980, i had the 45rpm record. But i tried looking for this song everywhere, on any website i could, even Discogs, but i spelled the name wrong, Spyder. Never thought they called themselves Spider.
Holly Knight went on after this band to co-write the likes of Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Invincible," Tina Turner's "Better Be Good to Me" and "The Best," Heart's "Never," Animotion's "Obsession," Rod Stewart's "Love Touch," Aerosmith's "Rag Doll," and Foreigner lead Lou Gramm's solo hit "Just Between You and Me."
No, no you didn't. I am pretty sure that back in 1980 in Oklahoma I was the only one that knew about "Pop Clips", with new venue called music videos. You are the only other person who I have heard of that watched it. I saw this on there, bought the album, biggest memory was watching Chryssie sing Brass in Pockets. Long long time ago, but very good memories.
Played this album constantly when I was in college. Great part of working at the college's radio station was playing new releases - and hearing music that the big stations didn't play. The entire album is great! Bought the album back in 1980, and still have it today.
The only time I heard this song was when it was #40 for a couple weeks on American Top 40. Yet it made such an impression on me that I'm still thinking of it now. I defenetley agree this would have been a much bigger hit in 1982 or 1983. In 1980 (and 1981) Top 40 radio was going through what the industry now calls a "doldrums" era where they were playing a lot of soft adult contemporary type music. This was too edgy but would have fit in perfectly a couple years later.
I love this track from Spider. Holly Knight is a great song writer. I never even knew who wrote this song till recently but I've listened to it for years as it was covered by Holly Woods & Toronto on Holly's 1984 LP Assault & Flattery. Holly Woods and Toronto kinda rocked it out a bit more as the original is a little more pop sounding, although a fantastic song.
I may even still have this 45 somewhere........the guy announced the song on the radio and he bitterly said something about how you better check out this band fast because they got screwed on a recording contract and will not be making another album. Fuck. I want my life back. I want to go back to 1976 and do it all over, knowing what I know now. It's not fucking fair.
Spring 1980 this was out. This was a lost gem from 1980 until year 2000 when I finally got it on cd. I would now like to know what inspired this song and why the band was named Spider? I never heard this on radio or any mass media after 1980. Never saw this video until the UA-cam age. Lead singer Amanda Blue is still active in music in 2015 and has a Facebook profile. This song did not get enough airplay in the early 1980s that is only reason it is not well remembered.
Instant LOVE this song from the first notes when I heard it. It gives me goosebumps! This song SHOULD have been #1 in the Billboard Charts for AT LEAST a week, I mean C'MON!! This song is BRILL!!! I STILL have my 45rpm on 'Dreamland" records label.
I remember listening to this song on the radio in the car on my way to high school. I recently rediscovered it and coincidentally just started a new romance with a lady from the same high school.
Great forgotten classic of 1980. FYI, it was being played on a new AM station that had flipped to top 40, not the established Top 40 FM.......that's where I first heard it!
I heard this in Germany I bought the record never heard of him again I'm into heavy metal but I like this band they broke up they were cool they were from New York.
If this has been on Classic VH1's rotation a lot of renewed life would have been given to this great song. 3:00 to the end nice and loud unlike my cd. Awesome song.
Great song that came out a couple years too early, I always felt this song would've done better if it came out in 1982-83 instead of 1980 because it has that early MTV sound to it and most of the high charting hits of the Spring of 1980 were either leftover disco tunes, love ballads & soft rock, this song was definitely cutting edge for the Spring of 1980
it was a weird experience for me when i heard this song spring 1980 it was like a song i heard in a night time dream as a child years earlier but here it was on the radio in 1980.l a weird experience for very memorable puppy love song
A lot of people were sick of disco by the spring of 1980 and Pat Benatar and Bette Midler were given so much radio exposure and 1980s radio was rigged.. this was a phenomenal band that was not given the proper exposure
1:11 Amanda singing "mystery" has an accent like a rich girl. Was she from a wealthy South African family? Never heard her speak before would love to see some old video of her speaking about anything.
Great song, I always felt this song would've been a bigger hit if it came out sometime around 1982-83 instead of 1980 since most songs that were big hits that year were either leftover disco tunes, love ballads and soft adult contemporary music.
It simply needed a lot of airplay that it did not get. If it was aired as a new release around April 1982 instead of spring 1980 and got lots of airplay it would have been a massive hit as it was so much better than songs like "hey mickey" by toni basil . This song had a very unique sound when it was out. Radio was rigged 36 years ago just as the music and political world is rigged now.
I've thought the downside of Top 40 radio in 1980 was it focused too much on the leftover disco sound, love songs and soft rock, I always felt this song would've fit more at home if it was released 2-3 years due to the gaining popularity of MTV.
Think how much Fleetwood Mac's good song Sara got played in 1980 or billy joel to the point of being revolting or pink floyd or bette midler or pat benatar or blondie. something was not right that this song got so little radio play. I contend if this song got significant airplay this band would have made a big impact in 1980.
@@thespeez this was a phenomenal sound for 1980 the best song in the year 1980. rigged radio did not play it and their picture on the album had a s&m look that might have turned uptight people off.
Great *! Thank you...how did you get this quality.? My video version was terrible...thought there was no cure *)))
I was hoping YOU had a cleaner copy! Who has the master?
Amanda was this the only album y'all put out?
@@brooksskol1352 They did a second album called Between the Lines in '81. Tina Turner did a cover of one of its tracks, Better Be Good to Me.
@@MelodicRockAnthem Tina Turner owes her whole 80s comeback to the band soider
@@MelodicRockAnthem and they had an album out in 1982 without Holly knight and it got no radio exposure while total trash like Jay geils and Hall and Oates were all over the radio in 1982
Holly Knight has a new autobiography/audiobook out telling the complete story of this band and her career. I’m halfway thru it. Highly recommend!
Thanx! I'll look for it!
I'm reading it now which is how I got this video!
She went on to Device who helped Tina Turner in One Of The Living nice song rare wrote numerous songs for her and others.Also Animotion with Obsession i think.Not to be confused with another Band called Spider from the UK around the same fine era
The debut Spider album was the first album I ever purchased as a young teenager and this song, obviously, was one of my favorites! Amanda's voice is the best!
I accidently recorded this song on my boombox back in the 80's and it took me over two decades to track down the band and the song....but it was worth it!
I finally find album today
A mystery it got to 39 brilliant Video just before MTV was coming into it's own vibes.Their second minor hit It Didn't Take Long has no Video a nice song by the way.Amanda a charming voice she has.Holly Super Duper Artist machine like she when on to equally impressive Device of my era mid 80s helped many others and songwriters galore along the way deserves huge recognition for what she's done on these rare awesome acts To be blessed and part of the greatest decade of all time never to forget miss it so much oh hail the 80s atmosphere could harp on and explain vibes and feelings like no other time or place in history
I am a huge fan of '80s music. However, I had no knowledge of this song. I found it listed in a book of top 40 hits when I was looking for something else. As for my book, it said that this song was their only top 40 hit, rising to position 39 for two weeks on the top 40 in early June of 1980. I found this song on UA-cam and found that I like it!
We got cable TV in 1980, this was the first music video of ever saw on a show called Video Juke Box, it was on at 3:00am on a Saturday night. My god I'm getting old. Anyway, great song, best this band ever did. Songwriter Holly Knight came out of this band.
I remember!
I have had it pop in my head again and again after seeing/hearing it at my aunt's in 1980. We didn't have cable available where we lived and they did.
It just popped in my head, I sang the chorus to my wife, and Googled it. I remembered the band's name, somehow.
Thanks for posting it!!!!
yes !!!
Things felt a lot different at the dawn of the ‘80s, and this song exemplifies the musical shift that was taking place - an aggressive but very melodic sound that was impossible to ignore. I expected this band to be huge. They will always be huge with me.
I had the first 30 seconds of this song and knew the first verse and rhythm since 1981. I heard it only once and was stuck in my head. It took me 34 years to figure out what the hell it was. I finally found it after researching and here it is. 1980 written all over it. They don't do these like this anymore where you can really understand the words. A diamond in the rough
great song and a very cutting edge tune for 1980, always felt this song would've been more popular if it came out sometime around 1982-83.
It DEFINITELY could've gotten a new lease on life by that time. Hey! If Slade could've gotten recognition after "Cum On Feel The Noise" became a hit for Quite Riot, then this band could've done similar!
Kicked down the doors for Missing Persons Quarterflash Scandal and many more! Pioneers of what was to come!
I remember this song when it came out. I kept telling people about it at the time. It was a very well crafted pop tune with a great delivery. It's one of those "shoulda been bigger" songs. Unfortunately it predated MTV by only a narrow margin and it would have benefited from larger exposure. The local radio station did pick it up which is how I first heard it. The record company was DreamLand I believe and their logo was of a young woman looking up at the night sky. Things you remember.
no excuse for mtv or classic vh1 not airing this 1980 video between 1981 and 2010 when people watched music videos on pay tv.
Man, I remember when this song came out,,,,,,,,,,this band had potential, I wonder what happened to them;.......
Spider was great. I'm happy to see that they went on to successful careers as soundtrack artists after the band broke up.
So many of the bands I liked during this era never quite made it. I was recording stuff off the radio and I would eventually collect so much of it on vinyl. It was agreat way to learn about bands few others were listening to.
I have the album bought it when it was brand new, this was old school or considered classic altenative back then!! Thanks for uploading this video, its a classic!!
Absolutely love the guitar the first 10 seconds. Reminds me a little of the 1960s guitar you I heard in Japanese monster movies or 1960s surf beach rock. This is the sentimental youthful love song of my life. 1:13 Amanda sing "mystery" with a accent like the wealthy daughter of a banker.
+dampen damp Don't forget, she was raised in South Africa.
1:20 to 1;25 love the backup singing must be Holly Knight. Almost 37 years later I hear things I did not notice through the years or the first time.
It is
thankyou love this group and finally the video with quality sound please post their other ones.
Thanks for posting! Such a great overlooked power pop gem from back then.
I remember seeing them in the early eighties in New York City at the Ritz in Manhattan all the time, they were great.
just lovely to hear this again. I bought the vinyl single at the time but never saw the film clip before. Very clever and the band all having fun. And Amanda ... oh wow!
@deathlok2099 The opening to VCH was 30-45 seconds of Carouselambra, by Led Zeppelin.
This song never charted here in Australia however it did receive radio airplay in 1980 on Sydney radio station 1107am 2UW.
Sadly it never got an promotion from the record company or A&R rep here in OZ
I am sure radio stations were sent the album it was up to them to play it. The band cannot visit every radio station to kiss up to people to get their record played. The band did their part.. their first album is stellar but it needed repeated and continued exposure.
Davin Damper
It wasn't the Radio Stations fault it was their record label here in Australia that let them down. They were all sent a promo 45 of this song. but the band never got promotion from the label
This song knocked me out Spring 1980 I was in love with all the good things in life and this song represented that youthful moment that only comes once in a lifetime.
A very gifted band that should have been just as well known as Pat Benetar but did not get enough radio play.
Unfortunately in the Spring 1980 most people were more into soft rock artists like Air Supply, Christopher Cross and Kenny Rogers, I feel this song would've done better if it was released in 1982-83 instead of 1980.
@@michaelpearson5965 Definitely ahead of their time.
I saw them open up for Alice Cooper in NYC. Spider had great energy.
Don’t cry for the lead singer! She’s Holly Knight one of the best selling song writers of the 1980s!
Super Amanda Holly Knight had some great solo albums as well. The lead singer for Spider was Amanda ‘blue’ Leigh.
Jimmy Lowell of Riff Raff!
Wasn't this song written, at least in part, by Anton Figg, the drummer of David Letterman's band all those years?
AWESOME! Thanks for posting this... Amanda's post does not the quality of this one.
She should be up there with Bennetar and Quarterflash and Heart
I need lots of proof that that is not Tony Banks at :22
@bucky468 So so true,
This song only went to number 39 in 1980. Should've done better than that.
WoW! She's BEAUTIFUL! =D Of course, MTV won't play it because HAHA
Mannequin challenge anyone? Lol
Anton Fig(Drummer) went on to fame and Fortune as the drummer in Paul Schaffer's 'World Most Dangerous Band'...the House band for The David Letterman Show.
And played on Ace Frehley's solo album!
One of the 80s most sadly overlooked bands. I'm glad you shared this with us all who can appreciate great talent like this. "New Romance" did hit the Top 40, peaking at #39. The following 2 singles should have done better chart wise, especially the bluesy "It Didn't Take Long" from their 2nd album release. Amanda Blue, Keith Lentin, Jimmy Lowell, Holly Knight, & Anton Fig.
I'm reading Holly Knights biography in 2023. I am the warrior is just a great insight to the hard slog of rock n roll but meeting hot stars on the way like Kiss, Aerosmith etc not to mention the copious amounts of drugs,alcohol and sex 😜
The GREAT ANTON FIG on drums!!!!
I know! Anton is a monster drummer!
Well remember this great song from 1980. Thanks for posting. Will never understand why it did not chart much higher...it's a mystery!
Unfortunately in the Spring 1980 most people were more into soft rock artists like Air Supply, Christopher Cross and Kenny Rogers, I feel this song would've done better if it was released in 1982-83 instead of 1980.
@@Doobie1975 radio is rigged even in 1980 my Impressions from the people around me at the time were they didn't like this band because it had an s&m look on the album cover but this was awesome music that didn't get the radio play it deserved
I was a collage radio Dee-Jay in 1980 when this was released. I bought my own copy of the album and played this song repeatedly so many times that ultimately someone had to scrape my drooling form off the floor with a spatula.
Methinks the reason this record didn't do better is because it was a bit ahead of its time. If it and maybe a few other singles from these albums got a new lease on life around, say, 1982 maybe shortly thereafter, things MIGHT'VE been different.
It needed lots of airplay. The first album is outstanding. There were too many uptight people working in radio even back then who would not give a band like this the airplay it deserved while claiming they were so cutting edge and cool. Pat Benetar, Blondie and Bette Midler got so much, (too much) exposure back then but Spider and even Grace Slick's 1981 solo album got no exposure. The radio programmers hated authentic rocker women and artistic women back then and would not slip in anything that was not dull.
Even by the early 1990s radio and tv stations could have given new life to this with radio and video exposure but they did not. Radio and music is a good old boy network and the bottom crawlers with no talent ended up at the top with some exceptions. We see it everywhere now but did not know it was a rigged game back then because good music was still getting through. This band did what they were supposed to, it was up to radio to give the music fair airplay.
Lisa Hartman did this song..and Holly Woods ( "TORONTO") did this song also.
Awesome stuff go Anton fig
Thanx for posting. Once again its the summer of '80. Im watching Spider on Video Concert Hall (preMTV) on the old Satellite Programming Network. Only saw this video a few times back then, but this kidna song stays with a person.
Ahh the memories.
Remember this from Pop Clips on Nickelodeon. One of the first music video shows well before MTV.
This was one of the very first music videos to appear on TV ever. In the summer of 1980.
I have been looking for this song for 30 years.
Thanks for posting.
Jacinta xX.
Thirty year anniversary
*****
This is 35 years old in 2015. It was out Spring 1980.
Davin Damper
Yes i know, it came out in 1980, i had the 45rpm record. But i tried looking for this song everywhere, on any website i could, even Discogs, but i spelled the name wrong, Spyder. Never thought they called themselves Spider.
Spider hit #39 in Billboard, 6-7-80. Group member Holly Knight, went on to become a prolific songwriter. God bless ya, forpostin' it. Thanx!
Holly Knight went on after this band to co-write the likes of Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Invincible," Tina Turner's "Better Be Good to Me" and "The Best," Heart's "Never," Animotion's "Obsession," Rod Stewart's "Love Touch," Aerosmith's "Rag Doll," and Foreigner lead Lou Gramm's solo hit "Just Between You and Me."
for over 30 years I though this song was called It's A Mystery
the full title is "New Romance (It's a Mystery)".
No, no you didn't. I am pretty sure that back in 1980 in Oklahoma I was the only one that knew about "Pop Clips", with new venue called music videos. You are the only other person who I have heard of that watched it. I saw this on there, bought the album, biggest memory was watching Chryssie sing Brass in Pockets. Long long time ago, but very good memories.
Played this album constantly when I was in college. Great part of working at the college's radio station was playing new releases - and hearing music that the big stations didn't play. The entire album is great! Bought the album back in 1980, and still have it today.
why didnt they use this song in 80s movies its a classic
I heard Lisa Hartman's version of this song but my opinion Spider is much more better and more inspiring and more natural.
The only time I heard this song was when it was #40 for a couple weeks on American Top 40. Yet it made such an impression on me that I'm still thinking of it now.
I defenetley agree this would have been a much bigger hit in 1982 or 1983. In 1980 (and 1981) Top 40 radio was going through what the industry now calls a "doldrums" era where they were playing a lot of soft adult contemporary type music. This was too edgy but would have fit in perfectly a couple years later.
I love this track from Spider. Holly Knight is a great song writer. I never even knew who wrote this song till recently but I've listened to it for years as it was covered by Holly Woods & Toronto on Holly's 1984 LP Assault & Flattery. Holly Woods and Toronto kinda rocked it out a bit more as the original is a little more pop sounding, although a fantastic song.
I may even still have this 45 somewhere........the guy announced the song on the radio and he bitterly said something about how you better check out this band fast because they got screwed on a recording contract and will not be making another album.
Fuck. I want my life back. I want to go back to 1976 and do it all over, knowing what I know now.
It's not fucking fair.
spider had albums out in 1980 and 1981, rigged radio did not play them but played shit like journey and rush and bette midler non stop.
Spring 1980 this was out. This was a lost gem from 1980 until year 2000 when I finally got it on cd. I would now like to know what inspired this song and why the band was named Spider?
I never heard this on radio or any mass media after 1980. Never saw this video until the UA-cam age.
Lead singer Amanda Blue is still active in music in 2015 and has a Facebook profile.
This song did not get enough airplay in the early 1980s that is only reason it is not well remembered.
+dampen damp I just remember it being all over the radio for about three weeks in the spring of 1980, then it disappeared. Thank God for UA-cam.
“Anton Zip on the drums, ladies and gentlemen...”
They played my Grad Night in 1980 at Disney World. They were great. I bought the album the next day.
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I bought this cassette when I was 17 or 18.. still have it... how they never made it boggles my mind.. Amanda had one of the greatest voices ever.
Dont know why, but this song just popped into my head the other day. Thanks YT :)
for the longest time i could only remember ooh its a mystery i thought it was some obscure rush song but here it is
Instant LOVE this song from the first notes when I heard it. It gives me goosebumps! This song SHOULD have been #1 in the Billboard Charts for AT LEAST a week, I mean C'MON!! This song is BRILL!!! I STILL have my 45rpm on 'Dreamland" records label.
exactly the first seconds of this song knocked me out april 1980 when i first heard this. the whole song is good but radio barely played it
@@dampergoldenrod4156 i was today years old when i found out Spider has more songs and albums and Holly Knight wrote a ton of great 80's songs!
This video was one of the first music videos ever seen on TV and it's still as good now as it was then
I remember watching this on "Pop Clips" before there was an Mtv.
I remember listening to this song on the radio in the car on my way to high school. I recently rediscovered it and coincidentally just started a new romance with a lady from the same high school.
I never knew that this song is Spider's original.
I thought it was Adrian Zmed's.
Married the most jealous woman in the world! Wouldn’t let me watch the video and hid my 45! Finally got it back on our 20th anniversary.
Great forgotten classic of 1980. FYI, it was being played on a new AM station that had flipped to top 40, not the established Top 40 FM.......that's where I first heard it!
I heard this in Germany I bought the record never heard of him again I'm into heavy metal but I like this band they broke up they were cool they were from New York.
Hey thanks for uploading this video, it brings back the good old school alternative of the early 80's and actualy i have the album with this song.
HOLLY KNIGHT interview in UK mag Rock Candy oct/nov 2020
Holly’s audiobook brought me here.
If this has been on Classic VH1's rotation a lot of renewed life would have been given to this great song. 3:00 to the end nice and loud unlike my cd. Awesome song.
Bought this album in1980 still play it ! My sophomore year at the University of South Dakota .
entered Billboard April 19, 1980 .reached #39.
Try playing this song
at 0.78x playback speed
it’s really awesome. UA-cam
has these speeds at the top
corner of this screen.
Why?
OMG finally ! I loved this song. Crossfire is great too
Great song that came out a couple years too early, I always felt this song would've done better if it came out in 1982-83 instead of 1980 because it has that early MTV sound to it and most of the high charting hits of the Spring of 1980 were either leftover disco tunes, love ballads & soft rock, this song was definitely cutting edge for the Spring of 1980
it was a weird experience for me when i heard this song spring 1980 it was like a song i heard in a night time dream as a child years earlier but here it was on the radio in 1980.l a weird experience for very memorable puppy love song
A lot of people were sick of disco by the spring of 1980 and Pat Benatar and Bette Midler were given so much radio exposure and 1980s radio was rigged.. this was a phenomenal band that was not given the proper exposure
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A PLUS. A+
Anton!
Love this song
Still have the album ... still like this song ... didn't think I'd ever see the video clip again ... thanks for posting ! Wayne
As pretty as the girls in the band are, the blonde in the audience @ 1:39, 2:21, & 3:02 stole the show.
Spider hit #39 in Billboard, 6-7-80. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!
Still looking for Jimmy Lowell. So many friends who love him and still wonder what became of him. 💔
Such a great song! One of my favorite Holly knight songs, along with Obsession and I Engineer.
@MrCzechers damn i rember video concert hall ahhhhhhh the good old days
1:11 Amanda singing "mystery" has an accent like a rich girl. Was she from a wealthy South African family? Never heard her speak before would love to see some old video of her speaking about anything.
Great song, I always felt this song would've been a bigger hit if it came out sometime around 1982-83 instead of 1980 since most songs that were big hits that year were either leftover disco tunes, love ballads and soft adult contemporary music.
It simply needed a lot of airplay that it did not get. If it was aired as a new release around April 1982 instead of spring 1980 and got lots of airplay it would have been a massive hit as it was so much better than songs like "hey mickey" by toni basil . This song had a very unique sound when it was out. Radio was rigged 36 years ago just as the music and political world is rigged now.
I've thought the downside of Top 40 radio in 1980 was it focused too much on the leftover disco sound, love songs and soft rock, I always felt this song would've fit more at home if it was released 2-3 years due to the gaining popularity of MTV.
Think how much Fleetwood Mac's good song Sara got played in 1980 or billy joel to the point of being revolting or pink floyd or bette midler or pat benatar or blondie. something was not right that this song got so little radio play. I contend if this song got significant airplay this band would have made a big impact in 1980.
lisa hartman version is much better!!
Liked this song in the day, my headbanging buds, what the hll
great song that should have been a much bigger hit
Reminds me when I was DJ'ing on college radio in the 80's, baby ! The best of times !
Long live Video Concert Hall!!!!
I forgot all about this song until hearing it again just now.
Why this classic didn't go Top Ten is beyond me.
This song and band's style were out of sync for the time!
@@thespeez this was a phenomenal sound for 1980 the best song in the year 1980. rigged radio did not play it and their picture on the album had a s&m look that might have turned uptight people off.
I've still got their 2 albums on Vinyl