Can you believe Martyn Ware is a computer programmer by trade. He has a very musical brain though even though he's not trained at all, I think his production is great too. He's massively underrated.
I miss these years in music and I thought it was a revolution of its own kind, even bigger than the punk era. Like this song idea changes two or three times and it still works. For me, this was the future...
Filmed in the streets around u.k. version of the federal reserve. The song is about wanting a change of heart and direction from Thatcherism and the induced mass layoffs.
I still can't believe that this didn't do better in the charts. It's an anthem and gives me goosebumps even now. And as a line in the song says, "...these were the best years of our lives." And believe me they were! Oh the memories. Thanks Martyn, Ian and Glenn.
@@krisstopher8259 Some of us have good taste. But it's kinda hard to listen to these songs without having the knowledge of them. I mean, I just know these songs because of my dad. It's not something that plays on radios and such (yeah, there is specific radios that plays but u guys understood. It's not the type of music that people make nowadays. And sadly.)
Radio suxs i could do a better job than this so call Djs have no brains technology right there they don't use it.The same one or two Songs and Artists everyday on a couple of Stations does my head in i guess we all getting old really suxs yikes omg scary gosh nobody left and the heavenly choir building
Come rimpiango la mia infanzia .....ma non per gli anni passati, ma per quel meravigliosi tempi che ti divertivi con soldi zero. Si ballava la musica dence nei garace in comitiva ....😭😭😭 non rimpiango i miei anni , marimpiango quei tempi viva gli anni 80 e 90
This is their masterpiece isn't it? I used to stand in front of the mirror in 1982 miming to it and wishing I was Glenn Gregory. Stalled at 41 in the charts and i thought it was gonna be number one for weeks. 30 years on and nothing's changed, great songs still don't get to number one and I still mime to it in front o . the mirror. ..
I teach English in Spain. I was a teenager in Valencia when all this Brit Pop was on our radios all the time. This influenced me so much I studied English at university and... there you go, I've taught it for about 30 years. I bought this "single" when I was about 17 and I kept on listening to it enraptured. Long live the British Pop from the 80s!
Something similar happened to me, but in my case it was not only British Pop, but also all the British TV series that were broadcast in Spain in the 80s, that inspired me, along with my English teacher at secondary school, to study English and English literature at university. I taught English literature for 23 years until… well, that's a different story! :)
My wife is French and teaches it in the UK, having done so since 1997. She grew up in the eighties listening to a lot of music in English by British and American bands, writing the lyrics out as a way of helping to learn English. She still has some of the books she used to use for this, which is nice. I am proud of how hard she worked and the bravery of moving to the UK and being so successful in her chosen field.
Heaven 17 seems quite fresh and amazing for the time. I did not appreciated them enough in the 80s as I was a kid, but i think they are super underrated
One of the earliest records to use the iconic Roland TB-303 Bassline synthesizer. And it's brilliant. The production on Heaven 17 records was absolutely superb - it still stands up today.
@@uv77mc85 - Bloody auto correct! - I had a 303, but swapped it for an SH-101, which did the same job, but which was also a proper monophonic synthesiser.
Heaven 17 were such a big part of the 80s as far as I was concerned. One of the guys used to carry round this single and played it at every party we went to - sublime
This is the song that got me into Heaven 17 when I was just 18. They hadn't reached the masses at that time, until Temptation was released some months later. I was fixing my motorbike in my Dad's old shed and this came on the radio. I thought it was fabulous, went out and bought the 12" and subsequently bought loads of their records. They've done some really cool stuff both with H17 and the British Electric Foundation. This song really spoke to me.
in 1983 my 15 year-old crush and 17 year-old me were at a party, she sang to me along with this song "...they were the best years of our lives", and kissed me. I still remember her.
Once there was a day We were together all the way An endless path unbroken But now there is a time A torture less sublime Our souls are locked and frozen Once we were years ahead, but now those thoughts are dead Let me go (Let me go) All hopeless fantasies are making fools of me Let me go I walk alone, and yet never say goodbye Let me go (Let me go) Change of heart, a change of mind, and heaven fell that night Let me go I tried but could not bring The best of everything Too breathless then to wonder I died a thousand times Found guilty of no crime Now everything is thunder Daytime, all I want is Nighttime, I don't need the Daytime, all I want is Nighttime, I don't need the Daytime, all I want is Nighttime, I don't need the Daytime, all I want is Nighttime, I don't…
Nighttime, I don't need the Got to, got to, got to, got to let me go Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da Ooh Once we were years ahead, but now those thoughts are dead Let me go (Let me go) All hopeless fantasies are making fools of me Let me go I walk alone, and yet never say goodbye Let me go (Let me go) Change of heart, a change of mind, and heaven fell that night Let me go The best years of our lives The hope of it survives The facts of life unspoken The only game in town I'll turn the last card down And now the bank is Broken Broken Found guilty of no crime They were the Best years of our lives Broken Broken I'll turn the last card DOWN.
One of the Great U.K bands for Song and Video. I love to Harmonise with this one🎵.Thank You H17 and Human League for helping me through my Youth. Be Proud❤❤
takes me right back to 1983 when I was sixteen and life was so much more simple, not to mention my loved ones were still with me. oh how I wish I could go back : - (
I grew up listening to Heaven 17... You'll never find awsome music like this any more..That's a time when music and fashion was at it's peak.. After the 80's It all went down hill..
It was great being a teenager in the eighties! We had class, we had style, the music was... Well it was still music.... It was the base of many later music streams....
1983...mein erster Abend in einen Club. Und dazu noch ein Indie-Club...zarte 17 ...und in dieser Nacht öffnete sich mir ne neue Welt. Den Song verbinde ich ganz krass damit...
Despite the world crisis in the 80's because of the Cold War ,conflicts in Latin America, Africa and other countries the music in the 80's was such a glorious escape from that gloomy reality. My dad was lucky enough to live his younger days in the 80's, but he knew that I had to part of that good times, so I was lucky enough too to have a dad who showed and introduced me to the gold music from the 80's when I was just 5 years old. Gracias, papá. You did it well! PD: I was born in 1992. 80's music will transcend forever.
❤️80'es❤️ 'It was an almost perfect era for music. Every continent contributed incredible tracks, creating a global musical masterpiece that may never be replicated. Even Australia produced gems like Icehouse and Men at Work. Brit-Pop was at its peak, and Italo Pop delivered stunning musical pearls. While I could certainly do without German acts like Modern Talking, Madonna's influence on the era cannot be denied. Yes, I miss those days dearly... ❤️80'es❤️
I bumped into Glenn the other day in north London putting out his rubbish . Had a chat about heaven 17 and the 80’s we both agreed it was a fcuking good time
Thank you very, very much for uploading this beautiful, sweet original song and bringing back tender memories of warm Spring days, innocent high school crushes, and the limitless optimism of my youth. Thank you again.
LOVE this song!! My favorite 80's dance song. Still so fun to dance to! I love that you can drop this in clubs now and kids who were babies then get down to it. Timeless.
Can't begin to tell you how much I still love Heaven 17. As soon as I heat that 1st note of every track my heart skips a beat and the butterflies start. I'm right back to my 17 year old self. With all of my hopes and dreams ahead of me ❤ Glenn - I still would 😮
all i had in my mind was the haunting melody, unforgettable. i had to take fragments - "unbroken" "the best years of our lives" that's it.... had to search lyrics, 80s bands "circle is unbroken" melody still haunting... knew it was a British band...somehow it finally came up in some disjointed search... had to hear it... so glad I found it... its been over 2 decades, and this melody was in my soul for no reason I can think of. The mark of great music, much more profound than the words.
The synthesisers on this track is unbelievable - even in 2023 - goosebumps - a great 80's song !!!
Can you believe Martyn Ware is a computer programmer by trade. He has a very musical brain though even though he's not trained at all, I think his production is great too. He's massively underrated.
you recognize at first sight the sound of TB 303 " silver box" it was in 1982 i was 9 years old somewhere in France
I miss these years in music and I thought it was a revolution of its own kind, even bigger than the punk era. Like this song idea changes two or three times and it still works. For me, this was the future...
It switches between fat and dry in its effects sections!
@mohamedbenferha3665
it was in 1982 i was 9 years old somewhere in France! We need professional child care for this neglected child in France.
Once there was a time when music videos were pieces of art, and music were original pieces of brilliance. Those were the best times of our life.
I agree, I've set up some playlists on my channel for 1982 and 1983 especially although there are other years as well.
What an intense part-time it was. Nowadays smartphone zombies where ever you look.
Filmed in the streets around u.k. version of the federal reserve. The song is about wanting a change of heart and direction from Thatcherism and the induced mass layoffs.
Heaven 17 are one of those bands that the 80s would be unthinkable without.
Well obviously. Soundtrack to a lot of lives.
I still can't believe that this didn't do better in the charts. It's an anthem and gives me goosebumps even now. And as a line in the song says, "...these were the best years of our lives." And believe me they were! Oh the memories. Thanks Martyn, Ian and Glenn.
there were so many epic songs back then that it was hard to be on the top. nowadays it would be on the top if millennials had a good taste
@@krisstopher8259 Some of us have good taste. But it's kinda hard to listen to these songs without having the knowledge of them. I mean, I just know these songs because of my dad. It's not something that plays on radios and such (yeah, there is specific radios that plays but u guys understood. It's not the type of music that people make nowadays. And sadly.)
They never were really famous, not like the Human League.
Radio suxs i could do a better job than this so call Djs have no brains technology right there they don't use it.The same one or two Songs and Artists everyday on a couple of Stations does my head in i guess we all getting old really suxs yikes omg scary gosh nobody left and the heavenly choir building
Masterpiece
Come rimpiango la mia infanzia .....ma non per gli anni passati, ma per quel meravigliosi tempi che ti divertivi con soldi zero. Si ballava la musica dence nei garace in comitiva ....😭😭😭 non rimpiango i miei anni , marimpiango quei tempi viva gli anni 80 e 90
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Stesse sensazioni mie 👋
This is their masterpiece isn't it? I used to stand in front of the mirror in 1982 miming to it and wishing I was Glenn Gregory. Stalled at 41 in the charts and i thought it was gonna be number one for weeks. 30 years on and nothing's changed, great songs still don't get to number one and I still mime to it in front o . the mirror. ..
I teach English in Spain. I was a teenager in Valencia when all this Brit Pop was on our radios all the time. This influenced me so much I studied English at university and... there you go, I've taught it for about 30 years. I bought this "single" when I was about 17 and I kept on listening to it enraptured. Long live the British Pop from the 80s!
Something similar happened to me, but in my case it was not only British Pop, but also all the British TV series that were broadcast in Spain in the 80s, that inspired me, along with my English teacher at secondary school, to study English and English literature at university. I taught English literature for 23 years until… well, that's a different story! :)
Nobody cares
@@emmanvelelele7180 Yeah, they do.
@@emmanvelelele7180 it's only you we don't care about
My wife is French and teaches it in the UK, having done so since 1997. She grew up in the eighties listening to a lot of music in English by British and American bands, writing the lyrics out as a way of helping to learn English. She still has some of the books she used to use for this, which is nice. I am proud of how hard she worked and the bravery of moving to the UK and being so successful in her chosen field.
A jewel. One of the best songs ever created. Will listen to it forever.
The best years of our lives
I started working for Virgin Records in Glasgow in November 82. This was played on a loop ... Great times ❤️
This is 40 years, and still sounds fresh AF
❤
This is easily fresher than 99% of new music.
Heaven 17 seems quite fresh and amazing for the time. I did not appreciated them enough in the 80s as I was a kid, but i think they are super underrated
This must have sounded very fresh in 1982. A few years ahead of nearly everyone else.
is incredible how this song is so rich in every detaid: the text, the sounds, the musical changing ideas...
They took those same ideas and created Temptation as their next hit, which is a slightly more simple song, but more commercial, and made them famous.
One of the best 'hidden gems' of the 80's. I have always loved this song. Always will!
80s music , superb , brilliant , words can’t really describe how good this song is , heaven 17 were fab
One of the earliest records to use the iconic Roland TB-303 Bassline synthesizer. And it's brilliant.
The production on Heaven 17 records was absolutely superb - it still stands up today.
Oh, and wasn't Glenn Gregory an annoyingly good looking bloke?
what was the baseline?
@@uv77mc85 - Bloody auto correct! - I had a 303, but swapped it for an SH-101, which did the same job, but which was also a proper monophonic synthesiser.
Heaven 17 were such a big part of the 80s as far as I was concerned. One of the guys used to carry round this single and played it at every party we went to - sublime
So proud to be Englsh From the Country with the best music in the World..
This is not a song this a vibrating masterpiece - properties of synthesizers and funky guitar plus a wonderful mix of voices
This is the song that got me into Heaven 17 when I was just 18. They hadn't reached the masses at that time, until Temptation was released some months later. I was fixing my motorbike in my Dad's old shed and this came on the radio. I thought it was fabulous, went out and bought the 12" and subsequently bought loads of their records. They've done some really cool stuff both with H17 and the British Electric Foundation. This song really spoke to me.
Their best song by far I reckon
in 1983 my 15 year-old crush and 17 year-old me were at a party, she sang to me along with this song "...they were the best years of our lives", and kissed me. I still remember her.
do both of you still get along?
Idem
Once there was a day
We were together all the way
An endless path unbroken
But now there is a time
A torture less sublime
Our souls are locked and frozen
Once we were years ahead, but now those thoughts are dead
Let me go (Let me go)
All hopeless fantasies are making fools of me
Let me go
I walk alone, and yet never say goodbye
Let me go (Let me go)
Change of heart, a change of mind, and heaven fell that night
Let me go
I tried but could not bring
The best of everything
Too breathless then to wonder
I died a thousand times
Found guilty of no crime
Now everything is thunder
Daytime, all I want is
Nighttime, I don't need the
Daytime, all I want is
Nighttime, I don't need the
Daytime, all I want is
Nighttime, I don't need the
Daytime, all I want is
Nighttime, I don't…
Nighttime, I don't need the
Got to, got to, got to, got to let me go
Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ba-da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da
Ooh
Once we were years ahead, but now those thoughts are dead
Let me go (Let me go)
All hopeless fantasies are making fools of me
Let me go
I walk alone, and yet never say goodbye
Let me go (Let me go)
Change of heart, a change of mind, and heaven fell that night
Let me go
The best years of our lives
The hope of it survives
The facts of life unspoken
The only game in town
I'll turn the last card down
And now the bank is Broken
Broken
Found guilty of no crime
They were the Best years of our lives
Broken
Broken
I'll turn the last card
DOWN.
@@GhostRider-si6rw I spent 25 years chasing one woman. Moved in with her in 2010 and have regretted it ever since.
The most underrated song of the 1980s
Not by me ! This is their best song!
@@carnivalimusicyep.
The electronic english music of that period was something almost perfect ❤️
RedMoore129 well it was a parody of a corporate songwriting machine
Music from another planet
IT WAS PERFECT!
It was perfect , not almost . :-)
I agree MuJo.
An absolute gem!
This song is about the future on how we would miss the 1980s 🙏🏻
agreed, it hits so hard about it that it's unbelieavable
Definition of 80s sound, one of the true anthems. 80s forever!
This is simply MUSIC.
The soundtrack of entire generations.
Adore it.
Takes me back to 1982 x “The best years of our lives” looking back now, they were !
This song is so beautiful and how elegant the singer is! Talent+beauty!
That smooth guitar
One of the Great U.K bands for Song and Video. I love to Harmonise with this one🎵.Thank You H17 and Human League for helping me through my Youth. Be Proud❤❤
Nach all den Jahren mein absolutes Lieblings Lied!
This is all the proof you need to know the 80s were the best decade for music at its most experimental and daring.
possibly more experimental and daring than 80s pop is modern metal sub genres aha...
It’s a great song. End of. Does not matter which year it was made.
takes me right back to 1983 when I was sixteen and life was so much more simple, not to mention my loved ones were still with me. oh how I wish I could go back : - (
your words...out of my soul :-)
thank you
Well, guess what, there is a time time machine!!
I was 16 too and I hear you!
fitasafiddle
just for 1 day
I can't ever let go of the 80's music. I love it and this song. Thank you.
Gosh..how l missed the 80's😥..my teen years!!! Now 2022 l am here with Heaven 17😊💞🤟..a grandad of two ...age 56☹
I miss the 80's every day .Age 57 .
59 and granddad..
Damn i miss the 80 ties ..
H 17😎
60 now!😂
The best H17 song and one of the best 80's songs , the lyrics and composition are brilliant
I do agree however temptation has to be up there all day long
I agree great song
Saw them in Birmingham in November, since they then both my wife & I are !! Class 80’s sounds!!
An excellent production in each and every way. 👍🌝
I grew up listening to Heaven 17... You'll never find awsome music like this any more..That's a time when music and fashion was at it's peak.. After the 80's It all went down hill..
I could not agree more .I miss the 80's every day .
We were the news, we were the news.....
Je vais avoir 57 ans, ca c'était hier, tellement loin de toutes les m@erdes d'aujourd'hui. Nous avons vecu le meilleur
I love the short reference to the BEF. Classic 80's. These vocals are evergreen.
My favorite Heaven 17 song .............................. a hug inmense from Peru 💋💋💋💋💋💖💖💖💖🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹💥🎉😎✔👍...
One of the best songs of early eighties
I grow up with this magnetic music I love it. From Germany with love.
This song is a jewel!
Let me go is a 80s classic from another great Sheffield band, great tune.
One of the BEST songs from that era.
It was great being a teenager in the eighties! We had class, we had style, the music was... Well it was still music.... It was the base of many later music streams....
This was the best TIME.....
1983...mein erster Abend in einen Club. Und dazu noch ein Indie-Club...zarte 17 ...und in dieser Nacht öffnete sich mir ne neue Welt.
Den Song verbinde ich ganz krass damit...
82 😉
Despite the world crisis in the 80's because of the Cold War
,conflicts in Latin America, Africa and other countries the music in the 80's was such a glorious escape from that gloomy reality. My dad was lucky enough to live his younger days in the 80's, but he knew that I had to part of that good times, so I was lucky enough too to have a dad who showed and introduced me to the gold music from the 80's when I was just 5 years old.
Gracias, papá. You did it well!
PD: I was born in 1992.
80's music will transcend forever.
i am 52 and listen to 80`s every day
Me also, I think the best time in my life ....
Also Me.. Born 1969😉
Yes 😁 😃 😎 😍 🍸
Me too. Born 1967
I am 55 , and i listen to 80's music every day , too .
Nunca me cansaré de escuchar esta joya del pop de los 80, grabada con una espectacular producción. Un auténtico placer. Gracias!
I'm 55 and this music is perfection cold wave...
One of my fav 80's bands...
I still have this, and other H17 tracks on my C90 cassettes 😮😅😅😅❤❤
Damn it! This song is sublime.
❤️80'es❤️ 'It was an almost perfect era for music. Every continent contributed incredible tracks, creating a global musical masterpiece that may never be replicated. Even Australia produced gems like Icehouse and Men at Work. Brit-Pop was at its peak, and Italo Pop delivered stunning musical pearls. While I could certainly do without German acts like Modern Talking, Madonna's influence on the era cannot be denied. Yes, I miss those days dearly... ❤️80'es❤️
Grupazo y temazo 🏆🏆🏆🛠🛠💯🌹🌹🌹🌹💃
Pues si me encantaba este grupo y además eres la 2 persona esta semana que, justo mañana la pongo en mi estado 👍🌹🌹🌹🌹💃
Nothing can conquer this 80s music!!!
London looking fabulous. What a great band and video
The soundtrack of the 80's Heaven 17 are the godfathers of electro and this is classic
A great song and the most bubbling , wobbly bass on a hit ever.
I bumped into Glenn the other day in north London putting out his rubbish . Had a chat about heaven 17 and the 80’s we both agreed it was a fcuking good time
Does he still sing this one?
They still do I think . I saw him jogging in St John’s Wood few weeks back was going to pull up singing this to him but was awkward timing .
Their best song by an absolute mile!!!
This is one of my funeral tunes...saw the band live last year in their city Sheffield and Martin and Glenn said this is their favourite track
Haven't heard this in many years......and its giving me goosebumps.....omg...what a trip.....what an era!
❤
I'm into 80 not so long. But this band one of my favourite
It was and is the best time ever. Best Music and the greatest time to go older.
This is what I have for the rest of my live.
Li adoro, un pezzo sempre bellissimo da ascoltare, mi fa stare bene...
I love this band...my childhood...going to see them in concert this month....cant wait . Let you know how good they still are
Listening to that, the beautiful days in West-Berlin and its clubs return. Where is my mascara?
I am 58! and listen to 80's every day 😅
one of the best 80' songs
Great Track. The 1980's wouldn't have been the same without Heaven 17.
For me this music beats anything around today!
I wish ...go back to the amazing 80 ❤💥❤
Mee too 🇵🇪
Thank you very, very much for uploading this beautiful, sweet original song and bringing back tender memories of warm Spring days, innocent high school crushes, and the limitless optimism of my youth. Thank you again.
Hear that...sending good vibes
LOVE this song!! My favorite 80's dance song. Still so fun to dance to! I love that you can drop this in clubs now and kids who were babies then get down to it. Timeless.
I worked for Nat West in Throgmorton Street and at 1:10 that is how I went after missing the train from Epsom. I took stuff more seriously back then.
80's atmospheric classic.
Top tune. Good times 😊
Can't Rate HEAVEN 17 high enough... faultless and Timeless...MAGIC
80’s will never die. Never
If only we could forget baby sitting duties and go out to a neon lit bar/club and lose ourselves in these great tunes until our knees pack in!
Let me go back to the 80s
Hire a bus
I never left.
Remembering the best days of my life ❤
You were out in my teens, didn’t realise how fantastic you are and you know what? Lead singer more gorgeous now than he ever was! What talent
The 12 inch instrumental version of this is awesome!!!!
Brilliant ❤️love heaven 17, abc, human league etc 80,s heaven 😎😜🤪🤩😍What an era music was just unique 💓💗💓
Uma banda que deveria ter mais reconhecimento
I admire this song for so effortlessly finding its way into popular music with how different it is from the usual.
Classic...well sung Mr Gregory....
Brilliant track, brilliant band, brilliant video. Heaven 17 saw the yuppie writing on the wall all the way back in 1981.
Heaven 17 rocks! I love the sound of his voice!
They're QUIET giants of the 80's. Irvington High
Class of 87!
Can't begin to tell you how much I still love Heaven 17. As soon as I heat that 1st note of every track my heart skips a beat and the butterflies start. I'm right back to my 17 year old self. With all of my hopes and dreams ahead of me ❤ Glenn - I still would 😮
Heaven 17 are my band. Nobody else 😊. I have 197 pieces of there work. Temptation 17 times out of
all i had in my mind was the haunting melody, unforgettable. i had to take fragments - "unbroken" "the best years of our lives" that's it.... had to search lyrics, 80s bands "circle is unbroken" melody still haunting... knew it was a British band...somehow it finally came up in some disjointed search... had to hear it... so glad I found it... its been over 2 decades, and this melody was in my soul for no reason I can think of. The mark of great music, much more profound than the words.
wonderful song, this is my favorite too, it was the great time of real music