The Human League - Don't You Want Me (Official Music Video)

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  • Опубліковано 26 лют 2009
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    Music video by The Human League performing Don't You Want Me (2003 Digital Remaster).
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 26 тис.

  • @TheArtofGuitar
    @TheArtofGuitar 5 років тому +17413

    The tragedy of growing up in the 80’s is you didn’t realize at the time how awesome it was, and when you finally do it’s already over.

    • @m_christine8777
      @m_christine8777 5 років тому +479

      The 90s were also great

    • @BeukendaalMason
      @BeukendaalMason 5 років тому +339

      Yup, great music, great movies, and big shoulder pads in everyones clothes...

    • @mrducks8194
      @mrducks8194 5 років тому +449

      Thats generslly about life, you are young and before you know it, you are 40. Enjoy the moment

    • @charlies.5777
      @charlies.5777 5 років тому +155

      Seriously. It was like a 10-year-long block party!!

    • @ThomasJr
      @ThomasJr 5 років тому +123

      Most people realized that it was awesome, if you didn't, you had issues.

  • @petrolhead9008
    @petrolhead9008 Місяць тому +212

    I feel so lucky to have grown up in the 80's. What an awesome time.

    • @oromath
      @oromath 29 днів тому +7

      I wanna go back... Teenage...

    • @azure628
      @azure628 27 днів тому +4

      Same...I couldn't agree with you more! 😊

    • @Wildman-zh8lg
      @Wildman-zh8lg 25 днів тому +2

      I'm still in the eighties

    • @christophermorales2445
      @christophermorales2445 19 днів тому +1

      Me too!!😂

    • @GG-vy1oy
      @GG-vy1oy 17 днів тому +2

      So lucky to have free access to this music in the 2020's

  • @degenerategambler4830
    @degenerategambler4830 День тому +4

    The human league were such an underrated and humble 80s group

  • @brian559
    @brian559 День тому +7

    British 80's music....the best

  • @maryc2091
    @maryc2091 Рік тому +3731

    Im 50 years old now. But everytime i hear all these songs from the 80's, i instantly feel like im 15 again. I love it....

    • @MariaVieira-jg1jc
      @MariaVieira-jg1jc Рік тому +69

      Me too. How strange it is. That this songs like take us back to those times in memories.

    • @maryc2091
      @maryc2091 Рік тому +27

      The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen. My kind of music...

    • @maryc2091
      @maryc2091 Рік тому +12

      The Cure, Echo And The Bunnymen. Thats my kind of music.

    • @leek1002
      @leek1002 Рік тому +10

      Yep.. great music.

    • @kmaterne
      @kmaterne Рік тому +21

      I've been waiting to hear someone else say exactly what I feel like when I hear it.

  • @berkokid5331
    @berkokid5331 4 роки тому +4801

    Christmas 1981 and this was No. 1 in the charts. I was home on leave from the Navy. So was my best mate and we had a great Christmas leave. Last time I saw him as he was killed in the Falklands. He's still 22 and I'm nearly 60. Every time I hear this song I think of him.

    • @eyadahmad1625
      @eyadahmad1625 4 роки тому +163

      Berko Boy wow that’s tough

    • @colin-campbell
      @colin-campbell 4 роки тому +80

      Berko Boy
      What kind of antics did you get up to on leave?

    • @berkokid5331
      @berkokid5331 4 роки тому +329

      @@colin-campbell Just the usual! Drinking too much, chasing girls, eating too much! I remember my mate getting very drunk one night and repeatedly running at a brick wall as he wanted to run through it! Even at the time we both felt it was a 'good' Christmas - one of those that stick in your memory forever.

    • @colin-campbell
      @colin-campbell 4 роки тому +141

      Berko Boy
      Sounds like you had some good times; I’m glad 👍🏻

    • @johnmcdonald9304
      @johnmcdonald9304 4 роки тому +139

      Berko Boy. I'm sorry for the loss of your mate. Bless you both for what you did for your service to your county-from a Yank.

  • @user-le7zw6tj6e
    @user-le7zw6tj6e Місяць тому +113

    We were lucky to be raised in this era

  • @yahyaadams2537
    @yahyaadams2537 День тому +3

    Everyone is talking about how good this song is. But no one is talking how hard it hits home. Especially at the start. We made them. Taught them everything they know. Brought them from a nothing to a something. Gave our everything. Only to get a kick up the backside and for them to get someone better

  • @speedtribejp
    @speedtribejp 4 роки тому +4517

    Keyboard company : How many synthesizers do you want?
    The 80’s : Yes.

  • @McFlySwatter
    @McFlySwatter 3 роки тому +775

    I'm going back to the 80's. I've had enough of these crazy times.

  • @linkinparkrulz2275
    @linkinparkrulz2275 7 місяців тому +340

    I'm crying uncontrollably right now. I was born 1971. This music (80's) is life. I watched my wife and mother pass away just a month apart from each other in 2013. Then my oldest brother lost his father, then his oldest son, and finally he himself. And now my own health is failing. I find comfort on coming on youtube to listen to the 80's music I grew up on, although it can make me tear up. I long for the old days when life was so much more simple and happy.

    • @TomRipley7350
      @TomRipley7350 6 місяців тому +31

      God bless you. My dad was was born the same year as you. I have sadly lost him and I listen to his music collection. Please keep the faith. I’m sending healing thoughts from England. Where there’s life, there’s hope. Be strong.

    • @carolthompson2417
      @carolthompson2417 6 місяців тому +12

      Remember there is a God

    • @yoshimitsuvictor2150
      @yoshimitsuvictor2150 5 місяців тому +8

      ​@@TomRipley7350strength brother

    • @nagash303
      @nagash303 5 місяців тому

      interested in a new suit for tomorrow Mr. Eastwood?

    • @MsKDennaetheDiva
      @MsKDennaetheDiva 4 місяці тому +8

      Wow 😢. My Heart goes out to You at such a difficult time in Your Life. 🙏🏾

  • @user-jg7id3xe9l
    @user-jg7id3xe9l 2 місяці тому +192

    It doesn't get anymore 1980's than this. Great memories.

    • @EliseCollins-yj2ck
      @EliseCollins-yj2ck Місяць тому +1

      I most definitely agree with you! This was a great time for music fans!:😊😊

    • @candideggplant1575
      @candideggplant1575 29 днів тому +2

      Wasn't there, but the music is unparalleled

    • @GG-vy1oy
      @GG-vy1oy 17 днів тому

      Gen X confirmed.

    • @jczev5699
      @jczev5699 16 днів тому

      Right on, we like the samec music,are wevold?

    • @vap0rland
      @vap0rland 14 днів тому

      I ❤ 80s hair!

  • @TheRealForrestGeorge
    @TheRealForrestGeorge 7 років тому +309

    You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
    When I met you
    I picked you out, I shook you up
    And turned you around
    Turned you into someone new
    Now five years later on you've got the world at your feet
    Success has been so easy for you
    But don't forget it's me who put you where you are now
    And I can put you back down too.
    Don't. Don't you want me?
    You know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me
    Don't. Don't you want me?
    You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me
    It's much too late to find
    When you think you've changed your mind
    You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry
    Don't you want me, baby?
    Don't you want me? Oh!
    Don't you want me, baby?
    Don't you want me? Oh!
    I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
    That much is true
    But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
    Either with or without you
    The five years we have had have been such good at times
    I still love you
    But now I think it's time I lived my life on my own
    I guess it's just what I must do
    Don't. Don't you want me?
    You know I can't believe it when I hear that you won't see me
    Don't. Don't you want me?
    You know I don't believe you when you say that you don't need me
    It's much too late find
    When you think you've changed your mind
    You'd better change it back or we will both be sorry
    Don't you want me, baby?
    Don't you want me? Oh!
    Don't you want me, baby?
    Don't you want me? Oh!
    [REPEAT x3]
    Don't you want me, baby?
    Don't you want me? Oh!
    Don't you want me, baby?
    Don't you want me? Oh!

    • @LM2023.
      @LM2023. 6 років тому +12

      Forrest George thanksss ! up up up

    • @adamdizzy6052
      @adamdizzy6052 Рік тому +3

      Singing it here all these years later thanks George.

  • @miguelmendoza5403
    @miguelmendoza5403 2 роки тому +2846

    There are certain 80's songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.

    • @apg1528
      @apg1528 2 роки тому +31

      What are your other 80's songs?? Put the playlist 🖤

    • @karanarora28
      @karanarora28 2 роки тому +14

      what other songs??

    • @scottbunn1222
      @scottbunn1222 2 роки тому +8

      Facts!

    • @Puxi
      @Puxi 2 роки тому +14

      @MLWATKK One of the best songs in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. I'm not born in the 80's so this was the only way I found this song. :)

    • @bjw3079
      @bjw3079 2 роки тому

      @@karanarora28 ua-cam.com/video/ry9AsSO7hTo/v-deo.html

  • @livetorek4723
    @livetorek4723 18 днів тому +21

    this might be the most 80's thing I've ever seen, and I love it!

  • @alanMSF
    @alanMSF 14 днів тому +13

    This was such an unbelievably massive hit when it came out. And it still sounds great in 2024.

  • @nickcathelyn222
    @nickcathelyn222 7 років тому +765

    80's music is the best!

    • @trajan9101
      @trajan9101 7 років тому +13

      Yes sir

    • @abbyinman9501
      @abbyinman9501 7 років тому +7

      Nick Cathelyn heck yeah

    • @Lardianyt
      @Lardianyt 7 років тому +4

      Nick Cathelyn I prefer late 90's and early 00's

    • @sellyow
      @sellyow 7 років тому +2

      Of course, I'm agree

    • @aidslol
      @aidslol 7 років тому

      marionette gamer you look fucking 11 kid, most of the kids here just want to be called special i guess becouse they like 80's music

  • @Markkaiseriii
    @Markkaiseriii Рік тому +1391

    Is anyone talking about how well-written this song is? How many songs are there where you get both perspectives like this? It’s really a masterpiece.

    • @CraftAero
      @CraftAero Рік тому +58

      Came here to say the same thing... a masterpiece of lyrical story telling.
      They waste NO time in setting up the story and bringing you into it, then (seamlessly) comes the other side and both are relatable.
      "Paradise by the dashboard light" also comes to mind as a terrific "back and forth" relating both sides of a story. Also an EPIC song.

    • @electronicheartbreak.
      @electronicheartbreak. Рік тому +67

      Gotye Somebody that I used to know?

    • @Bronzinium
      @Bronzinium Рік тому +3

      @@CraftAero Liberty X: Thinking it Over. Ha. 😁

    • @lewisner
      @lewisner Рік тому +1

      Private Number by William Bell and Judy Clay.

    • @johnnymundo1006
      @johnnymundo1006 Рік тому +16

      I also think the storytelling Is really cool. Sadly i think that girl's part could have been better. Feels uninspired

  • @deanwatson689
    @deanwatson689 5 місяців тому +88

    One of the best songs of the 80s without question.

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 2 місяці тому

      I'd be honored if some 80s fans would take a listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances of SISTER CHRISTIAN by Night Ranger, IS THIS LOVE by Whitesnake, and RADIO GA-GA by Queen in tribute to the age of legendary power ballads. Live acoustic with no autotune or digital editing. Stay safe and keep on rocking in the '020s.

  • @bertie_magoo
    @bertie_magoo 3 місяці тому +238

    2024.....who's still listening to this absloute classic.

  • @ashleycooper4100
    @ashleycooper4100 3 роки тому +869

    The 1980s was a mystery wrapped up inside of an enigma decorated with style, glamour, uniqueness like no other time ever felt , enjoyed or lived.

    • @greekb.9321
      @greekb.9321 3 роки тому +13

      Perfectly said

    • @trickster_zxz2701
      @trickster_zxz2701 3 роки тому +6

      @@greekb.9321 how so true

    • @mikeking6263
      @mikeking6263 2 роки тому +3

      Sounds like a line from JFK

    • @cynthiacollins2832
      @cynthiacollins2832 2 роки тому +5

      Never will be repeated either:)

    • @maddymadd6500
      @maddymadd6500 2 роки тому +4

      Lets not forget soul Train. (70s 80s and all through the 90s )im wondering did they ever had human league on.🤔 i think they did.

  • @matt_gerhardt
    @matt_gerhardt 3 роки тому +2179

    If you really pay attention to the lyrics, the song is actually sad as fuck. I love it.

    • @saint6304
      @saint6304 3 роки тому +23

      right

    • @modelcitizen72
      @modelcitizen72 3 роки тому +144

      And he is not being very graceful.

    • @williamkunte5361
      @williamkunte5361 3 роки тому +17

      F O! And don't bring any of your mental ablution here.
      This is a happy song!

    • @zakazany1945
      @zakazany1945 3 роки тому +303

      I would get out of a relationship too if my partner got me out of a waitress job only to steal all my makeup

    • @JeffNeelzebub
      @JeffNeelzebub 3 роки тому +125

      It's quite creepy and scary. The video isn't much better, LOL

  • @namelesseditz5193
    @namelesseditz5193 3 місяці тому +55

    As someone born in 2011
    I honestly want to go back in time and experience times back then
    They just look really cool

    • @philgallagher1
      @philgallagher1 2 місяці тому +3

      Trust me, you would hate it (particularly in the UK). No jobs, constant strikes. No internet, no computers, no smartphones, no smart watches, no smart ANYTHING & a choice from just THREE channels on TV.
      If your only concept of the 1980's is from music vids & Hollywood movies from the time, I can see how it might look glamorous, but for those of us outside of London who lived through it, it was anything but!

    • @dickieblench5001
      @dickieblench5001 2 місяці тому +4

      No it was better

    • @severianconciliator1862
      @severianconciliator1862 2 місяці тому

      And in 1981, everyone was wishing it was the 60s. Grass is always greener and all that.

    • @richardhaywood4123
      @richardhaywood4123 2 місяці тому +5

      It was truly a great time to grow up in,the 80s for me turned child in to man in 10 short years but I knew it was special at the time but now realise how great it all was,no mobile phones,you used a payphone in a box,arranged to meet your mates after school on your bmx,ate as much junk as you wanted and didn't gain weight! Lol. The best of times believe me!

    • @namelesseditz5193
      @namelesseditz5193 2 місяці тому

      @@richardhaywood4123 thank you for sharing!

  • @myopiniononly845
    @myopiniononly845 2 місяці тому +23

    Who's still listening in 2024 great music and watching this video ❤❤❤

  • @sharbear1867
    @sharbear1867 3 роки тому +1770

    2021. Here I am. STILL listening to this song. Big part of my youth. Miss the good old days.

    • @elimgarak7090
      @elimgarak7090 3 роки тому +10

      Still here

    • @johnrussell7107
      @johnrussell7107 3 роки тому +6

      2021 & and forgot great tunes from my teens like these, yes i want you

    • @mariadelpilarvarela9400
      @mariadelpilarvarela9400 3 роки тому +5

      January 31/2021 😉🤩

    • @denvernuggets007
      @denvernuggets007 3 роки тому +5

      Add me to it... 2021.

    • @mbrooks526
      @mbrooks526 3 роки тому +7

      Listen to a LOT of Roxette, George Michael, Prince. So much diverse music. I loved going out dancing! Can't to this stuff now!

  • @girlymurder6179
    @girlymurder6179 7 років тому +38

    The 80's is a phase we'll never get to live again...

  • @DrLA-db8kk
    @DrLA-db8kk Місяць тому +7

    The Human League defined how LEGENDARY and IMMORTAL the 80's music is going to be.
    The Human League burst the dam wide open for the Second British Invasion to happen, with the likes of Duran Duran, The Culture Club, Wham (with George Michael), the Eurythmics (with Annie Lenox) and others following the wave of change.

  • @basementstudio7574
    @basementstudio7574 18 днів тому +11

    Lucky enough to have been in my 20's when all these great songs and bands were around and got to hear all this great stuff in the clubs like 9:30 club in DC.

  • @bavarianbanshee
    @bavarianbanshee 8 років тому +150

    A music video within a music video, within a music video... Damn...

  • @johngillespie3994
    @johngillespie3994 3 роки тому +775

    I miss the 1980's ...I graduated from high school and got my first driver's license and my first car and my first real job then and my first apartment then. It was the decade of growing up for me. I can't believe 1980 was forty years ago. Where has the time gone? In another decade I will be ready for Social Security. I get older but the music videos of the 1980's stay young and fresh to me.

    • @josephnash2081
      @josephnash2081 3 роки тому +33

      I hear you brother, I turn 60 this year. When I hear music like this I feel like I am in my 20s again. The one mercy of getting older is that the bad parts of any part of your life are forgotten. The '80s now seem to be a glorious period of freedom, casual sex and a pocket full of money with no mortgage, daughter, aged parent and wife to support.

    • @screamingindigital1980
      @screamingindigital1980 3 роки тому +12

      I was born in Dec 71 and to me music grew old with me as a kid in the 70's a teen in the 80's and like you said got all my first things except in the 90's .During this era music sort of got dark dealing with issues as I did. Now I am going to be 49 in 5 weeks but I wish I was older because life was better back then I just didn't know it was . Take care 💕

    • @hairystyles4212
      @hairystyles4212 3 роки тому +13

      I'm young, but I listen to all these tunes half the time. The same thing is gonna happen to me in 40 years with the other music I like now lol. Nostalgia is insane

    • @LeotheOrangeCat
      @LeotheOrangeCat 3 роки тому +2

      yeah, it's fucking ridiculous

    • @richardgastle987
      @richardgastle987 3 роки тому +2

      I don't know

  • @ichabodcrane2487
    @ichabodcrane2487 4 місяці тому +40

    Songs like these still put tears in your eyes, because those times are gone.

  • @jeraungreen5019
    @jeraungreen5019 21 день тому +7

    The fact that this is still happening should let us know we are not evolving emotionally

  • @treize99999
    @treize99999 3 роки тому +2133

    I wish 80's culture lasted longer.

    • @douglasfalcon2520
      @douglasfalcon2520 3 роки тому +58

      It did, It was the early-mid 90s.

    • @garthdavis3156
      @garthdavis3156 3 роки тому +4

      Me too.

    • @treize99999
      @treize99999 3 роки тому +16

      @@awalkingman83 honestly that's not really plausible. For example you can watch or listen to 80s music and movies, but there is nothing new being produced. It's like saying you love the 20s, but that culture is as much gone as the 80s.

    • @armandoreyna9228
      @armandoreyna9228 3 роки тому +10

      What do you mean it has except we are older and not as attractive.

    • @garthdavis3156
      @garthdavis3156 3 роки тому +12

      @@armandoreyna9228 It's not about attraction, it's about fun.

  • @arthousecommons3802
    @arthousecommons3802 8 років тому +243

    Don't EU want me baby - David Cameron

  • @dstsvetkov
    @dstsvetkov 6 місяців тому +124

    42 years from the release day ... and still one of my favorite songs! Magnificient! 🙂

    • @gumshew2007
      @gumshew2007 6 місяців тому +1

      IKR, I was 18 years old when it was released

    • @ninonlefebvre8148
      @ninonlefebvre8148 6 місяців тому +5

      One of the best old song ever

    • @txmetalhead82xk
      @txmetalhead82xk 3 місяці тому

      It has such a dark brooding undertone. That dark synth is brilliant.

    • @AliceCardoso-ki7eo
      @AliceCardoso-ki7eo 3 місяці тому

      Sim ate aqui no brasil t um doido que cirte pra caramba

  • @Yomama1029
    @Yomama1029 3 місяці тому +66

    The eighties were truly amazing! 🎉

  • @carlshadbolt9193
    @carlshadbolt9193 8 років тому +154

    1980's we laugh about it but British Music brought us some of the best groups and solo artists ever !!
    wow !! what a decade !!

    • @captainfunksauce
      @captainfunksauce 8 років тому +12

      who laughs about the 80's? I want names

    • @captainfunksauce
      @captainfunksauce 8 років тому +1

      You know a bunch of morons

    • @FBBFAN1972
      @FBBFAN1972 8 років тому +1

      Definitely!!

    • @captainfunksauce
      @captainfunksauce 8 років тому

      ***** why the fuck are you here if you don't like it? Gtfo

    • @carlshadbolt9193
      @carlshadbolt9193 8 років тому

      sorry to pee on your parade but 80's produced more stars in a decade than any other decade to date !! As for your 60's music theory even though there was good music to a point.It was not at the amount of the 80's !! and many became household names.....

  • @paulm749
    @paulm749 10 місяців тому +174

    Love how this song tells the story from both sides.

    • @mathewhorodner2000
      @mathewhorodner2000 10 місяців тому +15

      You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
      When I met you
      I picked you out, I shook you up
      And turned you around
      Turned you into someone new
      Now five years later on you've got the world at your feet
      Success has been so easy for you
      But don't forget it's me who put you where you are now
      And I can put you back down too.
      I was working as a waitress in a cocktail bar
      That much is true
      But even then I knew I'd find a much better place
      Either with or without you
      The five years we have had have been such good at times
      I still love you
      But now I think it's time I lived my life on my own
      I guess it's just what I must do

    • @cursedpyrogaming5176
      @cursedpyrogaming5176 Місяць тому +2

      @@mathewhorodner2000The song is messed up

    • @user-wv1pj6wh4h
      @user-wv1pj6wh4h Місяць тому +2

      depeche mode - personal jesus

  • @FiFaFan390
    @FiFaFan390 День тому +1

    We were beyond lucky to have such a masterpiece created and though made in the 80s, It will always be one outstanding work of art 🎉

  • @FiFaFan390
    @FiFaFan390 День тому +1

    Who will still be listening to this in 2025. A pure diamond of a song never to be forgotten

  • @ChildfreeMatto
    @ChildfreeMatto 7 років тому +37

    My mom, who is a 59 year old British woman absolutely loves this song!

    • @ChildfreeMatto
      @ChildfreeMatto 2 роки тому

      @@joannebradshaw20 I didn't even realize I left a response to this video? ☺️ I agree. You did have some really good music, if not the best from the time period.

  • @greenwood9709
    @greenwood9709 2 роки тому +1129

    A perfect electronic track that still sounds amazing - 40 years later!!. Brilliant tune.

  • @michaelcook6889
    @michaelcook6889 20 днів тому +4

    It was a really great song.

  • @alanledesma4945
    @alanledesma4945 3 місяці тому +5

    The voice of the girl is astounding

  • @Dooblecaine
    @Dooblecaine Рік тому +815

    This song is so extremely well written, produced, and performed. The chord arrangement, 4/4 thump, bass groove, sound selection, call and response lyrics, storytelling. It's all excellent.

  • @NEWZZCAFE
    @NEWZZCAFE 6 років тому +2129

    This song was literally played on 5 different radio stations in Chicago at the same time every 2 hours in 1981-82. I was 14.

    • @discofan9799
      @discofan9799 5 років тому +13

      NEWZZCAFE that's kind of weird

    • @philipp_edr6774
      @philipp_edr6774 5 років тому +78

      wow 14 years old and livin in the 80s. Thats my dream :(

    • @alanhowitzer
      @alanhowitzer 5 років тому +14

      I remember those times.

    • @julieowens2148
      @julieowens2148 5 років тому +17

      When I was 14 The Kinks Lola was constantly on replay. I know every word..

    • @omgjimmyboy
      @omgjimmyboy 5 років тому +46

      I am jealous bro instead we hear drake every 2 mins on every radio station

  • @emilyleo1435
    @emilyleo1435 20 днів тому +4

    Rock on 80 a hit on the dance floor

  • @roscotexan6614
    @roscotexan6614 Місяць тому +3

    80s.........GREATEST

  • @jdz9952
    @jdz9952 3 роки тому +7574

    UA-cam is the closest thing to a time machine

    • @jeremyhall2727
      @jeremyhall2727 3 роки тому +106

      Yeah last year I watch a Russia cartoon from the 1970's. Because another video said it was scary

    • @notoriousburrito6063
      @notoriousburrito6063 3 роки тому +21

      It is

    • @wildbill5670
      @wildbill5670 3 роки тому +32

      I do. I want to go back to the 60's.

    • @neddyconstant5816
      @neddyconstant5816 3 роки тому +44

      This song RULES
      Merry Christmas Everyone
      Time 4:16AM Fri 12/25/20

    • @TheDarkDutchman
      @TheDarkDutchman 3 роки тому +14

      Yes, it's been said many times before.

  • @MorrisB1971
    @MorrisB1971 9 місяців тому +686

    Unless you were a kid in 1981/82..you will never understand the greatness or influence this song had on the whole decade. Just amazing

    • @escapematrixenterprisejacq7810
      @escapematrixenterprisejacq7810 9 місяців тому +19

      huge influence it sort of took over

    • @jamosh1967
      @jamosh1967 9 місяців тому +16

      I was 14 years old in 1981 when this song was released. Heard this song on the radio back then in 1981.

    • @grantadam7674
      @grantadam7674 9 місяців тому +10

      Wouldn't go that far but a great piece all the same.

    • @sallyyexley9627
      @sallyyexley9627 9 місяців тому +7

      I was born in 1978, probably was 5 when I started getting lookin mags, had a huge collection at about 8

    • @richarddouglas2478
      @richarddouglas2478 9 місяців тому +10

      1 of the greatest songs of the 80 for real... bless up

  • @revillaalejo1474
    @revillaalejo1474 29 днів тому +5

    80's music is timeless and great era for greatness❤

  • @drummondjwall9509
    @drummondjwall9509 5 місяців тому +12

    Born in 1990 and I missed the 80s unfortunately. Love this music

    • @GenericUsername1388
      @GenericUsername1388 4 місяці тому +2

      Born in 2004, same. But atleast we have youtube to look back

  • @michaelyuscavage5179
    @michaelyuscavage5179 3 роки тому +804

    The thing that freaks me out the most is that this song is 40 years old and I remember it vividly as as a 10 year-old kid. Someone telling me about a 40 year-old song when I was 10 would be someone telling me about a song from World War Two.

    • @kross199
      @kross199 3 роки тому +24

      80's baby for life! They had great songs back then-oh the good old days~

    • @nansir
      @nansir 3 роки тому

      :)

    • @lilianaborello4245
      @lilianaborello4245 3 роки тому +3

      Pop new wave wow

    • @emilymalden3310
      @emilymalden3310 3 роки тому +15

      This song makes me feel like a 15 year old again!

    • @StevenVerd
      @StevenVerd 3 роки тому +19

      I had the same thought pattern. Music 30 years ago from TODAY is not TOO far removed from what we have today; Grunge, Hop/Hop, Pop, Rock. More or less on the same keel. But 30 years before from when I graduated high school in 1988, you were talking about a whole different world from '88: Kingston Trio, Chantilly lace, King Kreole, and Bobby Darin. It might as well have been from another planet!

  • @voyager1995
    @voyager1995 2 роки тому +146

    It has always been one of my favorite songs and now I only see Villanele driving with Eve ;( what a horrible ending I'm crying

    • @mmrozu6455
      @mmrozu6455 2 роки тому +4

      I feel You

    • @oliviavasquez7225
      @oliviavasquez7225 2 роки тому +2

      Crying too

    • @dyahSF
      @dyahSF 2 роки тому +4

      And I don’t like the ending too 😔

    • @tylercooper1443
      @tylercooper1443 2 роки тому +3

      @@dyahSF i think the kiss they had half way through that EP kinda numbed me to it I got up started shadow boxing yelling FOUR FUCKING YEARS

    • @maritxm
      @maritxm 2 роки тому +3

      im here for this reason too

  • @AnyPerson-my8pe
    @AnyPerson-my8pe Місяць тому +7

    LORD, THE MEMORIES.

  • @SexyCurvyGirl
    @SexyCurvyGirl 7 років тому +633

    35 years on this is a great song I was 7 then

    • @star_gazer2967
      @star_gazer2967 7 років тому +9

      Sexy Curvy Girl 1974 same! 1974 💕

    • @kaiserrule
      @kaiserrule 7 років тому +3

      72 close! Great music growing up.

    • @DavidSmith-jw9uu
      @DavidSmith-jw9uu 7 років тому +8

      Sexy Curvy Girl 1974 you old asf

    • @melbournemickoz8078
      @melbournemickoz8078 7 років тому +6

      Sexy Curvy Girl 1974 sshh it reminds me of how old I am...

    • @fortworth9246
      @fortworth9246 7 років тому +8

      music in the 80s made our life awesome

  • @AaronBallvideos
    @AaronBallvideos 8 років тому +2886

    I love the 80's so much

    • @ronaldlukman1575
      @ronaldlukman1575 8 років тому +33

      Agree with you

    • @conorcoleman1743
      @conorcoleman1743 7 років тому +5

      i hate the 80s

    • @epicpikachu1219
      @epicpikachu1219 7 років тому +1

      sammmme

    • @lpanzieri
      @lpanzieri 7 років тому

      I suppose you're not alone :D

    • @tarstarkusz
      @tarstarkusz 7 років тому +19

      Though I was a teen in the 80s and generally like 80s music, the 70s was a better era for music. I also like the 50s and 60s which I didn't even live through.

  • @juliebaxter3564
    @juliebaxter3564 8 місяців тому +128

    I am a huge Pet Shop Boys and Queen fan and really like this song. The 80's were amazing in terms of music.

  • @stormyweather9917
    @stormyweather9917 8 місяців тому +20

    this song doesn't make me feel old. just happy.

  • @SWLinPHX
    @SWLinPHX 2 роки тому +448

    "Don't forget it's me who put you where you are now; and I can put you back there too." --- one of my favorite lines in a song, such insecurity and resentment and bitterness!

    • @robjohnson8522
      @robjohnson8522 2 роки тому +55

      THEN she turns around and says "I still love you" but it's time to move on. Gets me in the feels every time.

    • @matthewjohnson2495
      @matthewjohnson2495 2 роки тому +8

      If you are not a psychiatrist you damn sure sound like one

    • @rnbsteenstar
      @rnbsteenstar 2 роки тому +11

      And pain.

    • @askless
      @askless 2 роки тому +5

      PAIN my ex and I used to sing it on his car 🥺

    • @dorothyd1946
      @dorothyd1946 2 роки тому +16

      @swlinphx don't forget the line, "you think you can change your mind? You better change it back or we will both be sor-ry" #murder-suicide 🤣🤣🤣

  • @dstarks360
    @dstarks360 Рік тому +677

    I can remember literally hearing this for the first time in 1982...the synth sounds were utterly new; there was almost nothing on the radio that sounded like this. One of the best pop hooks ever written. And excellent haircuts that set the trend for years to come!

    • @NICOLAY999
      @NICOLAY999 Рік тому +8

      Amazing

    • @DESOUSAB
      @DESOUSAB Рік тому +2

      Same.

    • @MrDuncl
      @MrDuncl Рік тому +5

      During the 1970s I and a schoolfriend were big fans of Vangelis and Tomita and thought electric guitars were completely old hat. However, in the early 1980s it was amazing to see and hear synths go from a niche instrument few musicians could afford to the mainstream.
      p.s. Do you realise this was from The Human Leagues third album. However, both they, and Heaven 17 who were the "musical" part of the group got fed up with being niche and went for a full on Pop sound. It obviously worked as this was the U.K.s 1981 Christmas Number 1 single back when that actually meant something.

    • @TheBloggista
      @TheBloggista Рік тому +9

      This song officially started the Second British Invasion in the US

    • @aztecklover69
      @aztecklover69 Рік тому

      i first heard this when i was in hs; im varely getting aquainted with every song from my birth era✌🏻

  • @FiFaFan390
    @FiFaFan390 День тому +1

    Know matter how old this song gets
    It will always be
    A jewel 💎
    A work of art, 🖼️
    A masterpiece ❤
    A song never to be forgotten

  • @TheMRMEAN69
    @TheMRMEAN69 2 місяці тому +26

    Listening in March 2024, anyone else?

  • @horodoomwolf
    @horodoomwolf 8 років тому +76

    I'm a wizard who was born in 1365 and i like this song.

    • @DigitalForumUser1
      @DigitalForumUser1 8 років тому

      Are you a Yoda's relative?

    • @nicholsjoshua15
      @nicholsjoshua15 8 років тому +4

      I'm watching this in the year 1910 through a Tear via a Lutece Device.

    • @nicholsjoshua15
      @nicholsjoshua15 8 років тому

      I love BioShock, to me BioShock and BioShock : Infinite - Burial At Sea are the greatest games ever made. "There's always a man, a city, and a lighthouse." Elizabeth Dewitt.

    • @AleisterCrowleyMagus
      @AleisterCrowleyMagus 8 років тому

      + Joshua lmao. I am Mizzilmaak Glaktuu from the Planet Hizzilfelaxxyyyhhharr!! and I enjoy the new wave music of the earth creatures. I was spawned via dynamic orga-pod in 21569 but wish I had "lived," as the earth creatures say, during the 1980s time cube.

    • @nicholsjoshua15
      @nicholsjoshua15 8 років тому

      I wish I lived in the 1920.

  • @robertopereira270
    @robertopereira270 7 років тому +163

    Great dance song from 'Human League', 1981.

  • @JeffTheNebraskaDJ
    @JeffTheNebraskaDJ 23 дні тому +2

    ANOTHER TIMELESS CLASSIC!! 80'S MUSIC RULES!! the dj

  • @BillODriscoll-jo2ve
    @BillODriscoll-jo2ve 5 місяців тому +33

    You know i dont believe you when you say that you don't need me
    100% songwriting perfection 🥰

  • @Paris__
    @Paris__ 2 роки тому +513

    You know, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's..........Priceless and I wouldn't change it for the world!🇬🇧

    • @fuhkutube
      @fuhkutube 2 роки тому +9

      Yeah,
      Thought it would last 4ever.

    • @oni741
      @oni741 2 роки тому +5

      Born in 1985... whenever I listen to a '80s song like this one, it seems I know everything from that decade for certain! Indescribable sensation ;-D

    • @michaelkangas3437
      @michaelkangas3437 2 роки тому +19

      I feel sorry for todays youth. So much they’re missing out on…

    • @Paris__
      @Paris__ 2 роки тому

      @@michaelkangas3437 you're right there brother

    • @katr_i_na
      @katr_i_na 2 роки тому +3

      @@michaelkangas3437 Like what? lol

  • @robertmesk6310
    @robertmesk6310 2 роки тому +510

    The song's distinctive intro
    The song's arrangement
    The very direct "stalkerish" lyrics
    The brilliant vocals
    The beautiful Rover SD1 car
    What does this all add up to?
    The perfect 80s hit!

    • @conorcarroll5155
      @conorcarroll5155 2 роки тому +2

      Just like a beautiful flower be careful not
      To touch the torns they look beautiful and apart oeverything if you look at the two women in the human league And I'm not being sexiest now for a weak man when it comes down to putting up a fight if there looking for something

    • @conorcarroll5155
      @conorcarroll5155 2 роки тому +5

      Those two women In the human league are Soo beautiful to believe And there's two of them talk about driv we you mad

    • @djpemb
      @djpemb 2 роки тому +1

      Don’t forget that black jenson intercepter

    • @SuperTigertank
      @SuperTigertank 2 роки тому +2

      The black car is a SAAB 99 Turbo, not a Jensen Interceptor.

    • @frstwhsprs
      @frstwhsprs 2 роки тому

      That's a Rover? I thought it looked like a Citroen BX or something. It's kinda uncanny.

  • @johngubatan5858
    @johngubatan5858 Місяць тому +3

    Brings back fantastic of the 80's!!!!

  • @J0elAnth0ny90
    @J0elAnth0ny90 9 днів тому +2

    Great music came from across the pond back in the 80s

  • @theguyver4934
    @theguyver4934 4 роки тому +3632

    If you are listening this in 2019 you have awesome taste in music

  • @treytrey637
    @treytrey637 7 років тому +161

    The 80s is so Fucking precious to me now. UA-cam keeps a lot of it a key press away.

    • @larrydockery7201
      @larrydockery7201 7 років тому +11

      YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT I WISH I COULD GO BACK WE PARTYED OUR ASSS OFF TIME WAS FUN BACK THEN HAVE A GGGGGOOD ONE

  • @BillODriscoll-jo2ve
    @BillODriscoll-jo2ve 5 місяців тому +34

    I remember hearing this song when it was released back in late '81 early '82
    The lyrics of the song are incredible
    The human league were a great band throughout the 80s decade 👌 👏
    You know i can't believe it when you say that you don't need me
    You know i dont believe you when you say that you wont see me
    These are incredible lyrics
    Phil oakey is an absolute songwriting genius 👏 🙌

    • @Mayhzon
      @Mayhzon 5 місяців тому +1

      Modern degeneracy already baked in that.
      80's music is catchy, but as a kid I did not understand the lyrics.
      Now that I'm adult, I gotta say - Pop music with singers and rappers was a giant mistake. To hell with them all.

    • @PoppyMissy15
      @PoppyMissy15 5 місяців тому +1

      I love The Human League, the lyrics of their songs are incredible 💜

  • @Luckyferdie
    @Luckyferdie Місяць тому +7

    Still jammin in 2024 .

  • @bardo0007
    @bardo0007 8 років тому +103

    Why only 44 mill views, why not 1 billion ? This is the best of the 80's.

    • @elizabethalvarado8698
      @elizabethalvarado8698 8 років тому +12

      Give it time, my friend; surely, it will get tons more views.

    • @lupevelez5723
      @lupevelez5723 7 років тому +11

      More equals better?

    • @georgecurtis1050
      @georgecurtis1050 7 років тому

      +Lupe Vélez very good but not as good as the sound of the crowd

    • @5tuartmair
      @5tuartmair 7 років тому +12

      This is the best of all time...

    • @laconeccionvideo
      @laconeccionvideo 7 років тому +6

      I prefer to listening at home with no ads and Original CD Quality.

  • @Raiden324
    @Raiden324 Рік тому +461

    One of the greatest songs of all time. You can't think of 80's without this song.

    • @__MjG__
      @__MjG__ Рік тому +1

      Maybe you can't, but I can.

    • @NordicAdvRider
      @NordicAdvRider Рік тому +7

      Timeless, just like Blue Monday with New Order

    • @johndean4765
      @johndean4765 Рік тому +5

      Raiden324 absolutely you can't think of the 80s without thinking of this great record,and so many others.

    • @AnatolLudwigStiller
      @AnatolLudwigStiller 11 місяців тому

      @@__MjG__😢

    • @robny
      @robny 10 місяців тому +1

      I feel like I was born in the wrong decade

  • @dracopticon7788
    @dracopticon7788 2 дні тому +1

    I am now sixty years of age. When I was 18 or 19 I owned the 12" maxi-single version of this song which I loaned to the DJ when I had the so-called Folk School exam feast here in Sweden. It was so powerful when I danced on the floor and knew the single was mine.

  • @sTimeCapsule
    @sTimeCapsule 8 місяців тому +9

    God I miss the 80s‼️

  • @KimDeJesus-oh7zn
    @KimDeJesus-oh7zn 7 днів тому +1

    Don't You Want Me Baby will always be a great song to listen to.

  • @denboe2894
    @denboe2894 3 роки тому +355

    THe 80's everyone talks about.........These are the tunes right here.

  • @JoCaTen
    @JoCaTen Рік тому +587

    That synth drop at the start always gives me chills

  • @elonmuskrat4934
    @elonmuskrat4934 4 місяці тому +39

    Im a 2010's kid but 80's music and 90's music is just better than the music nowadays.

    • @benboxingsense
      @benboxingsense 4 місяці тому +3

      If you like this sound....Checkout New Order.....The cure....Depeche Mode

  • @neuni232
    @neuni232 Місяць тому +6

    Sometimes I’m just so sad, that I was born in 2005 :(
    I‘d give everything for a time travel to the 80s… Even if I never experienced that era it feels so nostalgic, harmless and warm to me. I also think, that regarding music, the 80s are unmatchable. It seems like the perfect mixture of normal people being able to become musicians, but without the overload of nonsense of today’s streaming platforms. The music of the 80s just seems so pure and natural, as if most songs wrote themselves, but they can hit emotions way more compared to stuff I hear today. I just wish I could’ve been there…

    • @mediumgirl535
      @mediumgirl535 Місяць тому

      It was awesome! Wish I could go back and live it again.

  • @jaccoberbie9092
    @jaccoberbie9092 8 років тому +143

    let's all live in the 80's permanently!!

    • @linariachi7242
      @linariachi7242 8 років тому +7

      +Jorge Moran i grew up in the 80 s the best times ever

    • @TCENTARUS
      @TCENTARUS 8 років тому +2

      MY vision of Heaven.

    • @brandonmumek1282
      @brandonmumek1282 8 років тому +4

      +Jorge Moran From what I've seen and heard from my mom, living in the 80's would be fun.
      But living in the 50's, now THAT would be interesting...

    • @pcocker100
      @pcocker100 8 років тому

      +Jorge Moran no.

    • @brandonmumek1282
      @brandonmumek1282 8 років тому

      pcocker100 Eh, we all got an opinion.

  • @LeeLooface
    @LeeLooface 7 років тому +162

    This song reminds me of my dad. We used to jam to it in his car. Miss him.

  • @oliviacasebury3072
    @oliviacasebury3072 8 місяців тому +36

    80s and the 90s are the best time periods to be alive, even though i wasn’t born then i still find everything about them magical!

    • @Texaslawhorn
      @Texaslawhorn 7 місяців тому +1

      I was born in 1982, the year this song hit #1 on the charts. Growing up in the '80s and '90s really was a great time. So many fun pop culture moments. Music, TV, movies. Toys such as the Care Bears, Smurfs, Ninja Turtles, Teddy Ruxpin... Fun times 🙂

    • @brendaquick6598
      @brendaquick6598 5 місяців тому +3

      Any decade between 1950 and 2000 was great.

    • @Texaslawhorn
      @Texaslawhorn 5 місяців тому

      @@brendaquick6598 The big band music of the '40s was great, too!

    • @mumofthreekids3428
      @mumofthreekids3428 3 місяці тому +1

      I was born 1988 and love 80s and 90s music. Much better than the modern music they play nowadays with mumble rap lol

    • @oliviacasebury3072
      @oliviacasebury3072 2 місяці тому

      @@mumofthreekids3428 Yes! that’s what i’m saying but all my family and friends say my music taste is horrible since i just “live in the past”, well what’s wrong with that i say! wise everyone around me is listening to “todays” music i’m listening to music 30+ years older than when i was born haha!

  • @michaelcook6889
    @michaelcook6889 20 днів тому +6

    Oakes was a stylish dude.

  • @alj644
    @alj644 7 років тому +48

    80s........happy years .......

  • @NookTommy
    @NookTommy 8 років тому +502

    I wanna go back to the 80s and never return

    • @arpisz4983
      @arpisz4983 7 років тому +14

      The 70's rock wasn't bad either. I'd choose to go back to the 70's.

    • @superdavico
      @superdavico 7 років тому +4

      are you kidding me?

    • @Baritone45
      @Baritone45 7 років тому

      I'm sure Stinger is not kidding.

    • @dante.6992
      @dante.6992 7 років тому +17

      Me too man, my all time favorite fantasy is to live as a teenager in the 80s

    • @kostimyllymaa9527
      @kostimyllymaa9527 7 років тому +16

      I don't really want to go back to the 80s, since it's impossible. Instead, I want the 80s to return!

  • @2000laura
    @2000laura 20 днів тому +3

    Songs have a way of bringing us back-to good memories and perhaps happier times. Music therapy. ❤

  • @rebeccawagner4167
    @rebeccawagner4167 8 днів тому +2

    This song ❤️ 🎵 takes me back to my youth when I was young and free and just simply doing whatever I wanted 🎉🎉

  • @JThePlante
    @JThePlante 5 років тому +2714

    How do I feel nostalgic for a time I wasn’t even alive for?

    • @vurpu
      @vurpu 5 років тому +79

      It's called vaporwave

    • @trinitylivingston1286
      @trinitylivingston1286 5 років тому +5

      @@vurpu that's what I have than.

    • @vurpu
      @vurpu 5 років тому +11

      @@trinitylivingston1286 it's also a genre of music lol look it up on UA-cam or soundcloud

    • @benjaminnewlon7865
      @benjaminnewlon7865 5 років тому +1

      Total vaporwave

    • @mikepeterson4746
      @mikepeterson4746 5 років тому +9

      You also missed the 60's and the best time ever the 70's. I will give you the upcoming 30's and 40's you can have them and good luck to you.

  • @davidcarlos7524
    @davidcarlos7524 8 років тому +138

    God, I love 80s music

    • @TeamDestiney
      @TeamDestiney 8 років тому +5

      Not starting a comment war, but i really prefer 70s, 80s and some 90s stuff better that today's stuff

    • @hackedboi5239
      @hackedboi5239 8 років тому +8

      80s=best music

    • @Omar-zo6ro
      @Omar-zo6ro 8 років тому +1

      give carly rae jepsen's new album (emotion) or haim's album if you want some 80s ish pop songs.

    • @jakemoose2015
      @jakemoose2015 8 років тому +10

      Whilst the 80s is actually derided a lot, a lot of todays music wouldn't exist without this new wave of synth foundation.
      As with any decade there are some really bad songs and really great songs. Regardless, beauty is in the ears of the listener.
      I like FRACTURED LOVE by INDTIKO which has an 80s vibe today. Listen to somethin else if you dont like 80s music!! :P

    • @riawriaw5068
      @riawriaw5068 8 років тому +1

      No war I totally agree don't get me wrong there is still great stuff out there now but You can't get this good

  • @DameGrande
    @DameGrande Місяць тому +3

    60 and 70s music and part of the 80s were the greatest!

  • @Clam73
    @Clam73 5 місяців тому +14

    Amazing how this song has passed the test of time

  • @nellyluscious
    @nellyluscious 8 років тому +113

    I swear the 80s was the fuckin Best!!!!!!!

    • @Afrocanuk
      @Afrocanuk 8 років тому +2

      +NellyBelle The 1980's were mostly termoiltious for many of us.

    • @nellyluscious
      @nellyluscious 8 років тому

      Afrocanuk really??

    • @Afrocanuk
      @Afrocanuk 8 років тому

      +NellyBelle For me the 1980's didn't get bright until the end of March of 1988.

    • @nellyluscious
      @nellyluscious 8 років тому +1

      Afrocanuk wow! Thankfully it did!

    • @georgeharris5958
      @georgeharris5958 8 років тому +2

      no argument here they were the best the 80s

  • @wouhoulifeisamazing
    @wouhoulifeisamazing 8 років тому +489

    Started with Safety Dance and went on a dive in the 80's. Damn, I don't know if I'm in a special kind of mood, but I'm enjoying it way too much :D

    • @sundowner8326
      @sundowner8326 8 років тому +20

      80s music was easily the best.

    • @dancinginfernal
      @dancinginfernal 8 років тому

      +Sam Davis Music is the best.

    • @sundowner8326
      @sundowner8326 8 років тому +2

      ***** hmmm, dunno about that, you ever heard of Nicki Minaj?

    • @dancinginfernal
      @dancinginfernal 8 років тому +3

      Sam Davis Yeah, her bit in Monster was pretty damn good. Never listened to much of her stuff, but based on her part there she's probably a pretty good rapper generally. I prefer Kanye tbh. His new single that just leaked out sounds a lot like his old works and it's exciting to see him go back to his roots.
      How about you, what have you been listening to? What kind of music do you like? If you like 80s synth-pop stuff similar to this I'd recommend The Protomen. They have a really sweet almost rock-opera-esque sound with heavy synth mixed in. It's cool!

    • @sundowner8326
      @sundowner8326 8 років тому

      I don't think you see what I mean, when you said 'music is the best' I was saying Nicki Minaj's awful music broke this statement...

  • @katzicael
    @katzicael 3 місяці тому +8

    This song was #1 on the charts the day I was born -Wooo

  • @ziziessal7ie103
    @ziziessal7ie103 3 місяці тому +6

    This great song takes me back to 1986, when I was a happy 7 year old child in a much better world! 😊