Anyone else listening in 2024?

@jrmetmoi

3 ай бұрын

Me

@specialse

3 ай бұрын

me and surprisingly can remember most of the words....always a favorite at school discos 😀

@nautilusshell4969

Ай бұрын

Yes!

@johnraby4214

Ай бұрын

Yeah me, great song!

@davidspencer439

25 күн бұрын

Yep, I'm an old git..........the best kind

At the time we didn’t realise how good those days were - now it is clear

@SundaeRoast

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, each to his own, I guess.

Just seen her in concert supporting level 42, still has a great voice.

...Ah, the 80s. For me the pinnacle of musical creativity and diversity. Genuine feel good pop music! Little wonder the country is in the state it is when you look at today's musical creativity!

Brilliant song, this song and singer did not get the recognition it deserved, I still like this song all these years on and I still play it at any disco's I do, brilliant Mari 👍👍👍

@charles5596

3 жыл бұрын

Total bull , they were huge in the 80s and marie is still doing 5he rounds

@rw8733

2 жыл бұрын

I still think this is fantastic 👏

@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Tim well said! 😊

@SundaeRoast

2 жыл бұрын

@@charles5596 *the

@ajs41

Жыл бұрын

One of the things that makes this song so great is the irony of the lyrics.

Oh to be back in those days again..

I don't think those of a younger disposition quite realise how big TOTP was back in the day ..... I mean, the world stopped at 7.30pm on Thursday nights when I was a lad because everyone flocked to the TV to watch the show and to hell with whatever else was going on. It was an institution and yeah, I miss it.

@charles5596

6 жыл бұрын

Smarty 5 ,...Ditto we lived for thursday nights

@JudgeMarmianWiZard

6 жыл бұрын

Thats true I remeber dropping whatever i was doing and running back home to catch it, it was THE most important t.v show. I used to get really annoyed if someone was talking in the living room when it was on too. Tomorrow's world was always on before TOTP.

@ajs41

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it regularly had 20 million viewers when the population of the country was 54 million.

@ianeastbourne66

5 жыл бұрын

Loved Thursday nights. Top the best. You got to see fav groups and songs. Ah the days.

@picdriver

5 жыл бұрын

The younger generation today would be in horror at the realisation we only had three tv channels..(before c4)...and no dedicated music channel. totp's WAS our music channel. Aahhh...Pans people..legs & co.. ;)...We also had our radio's tuned to pirate stations such as Rhonda...Jackie...Caroline...memories eh?

This WAS a great song and still sounds great 41 years later, that's for sure ☺️

@ajs41

Жыл бұрын

I've just realised why it sounds so good: it was produced by genius Tony Mansfield, previously the lead singer of New Musik. He was almost as good a producer as Trevor Horn in my opinion.

loved her hairstyle and of course she was gorgeous too

Pure, undiluted, feelgood fun pop song! Brilliant.

21 when this came out, remember it like it was yesterday.

Another poptastic tune from 1982........What a year.....

@miked4377

4 жыл бұрын

i second that!

@danw1374

4 жыл бұрын

Agree. 1982 was a great year for music!

@charles5596

3 жыл бұрын

The fantastic 80s

@sidvicious05

3 жыл бұрын

Along with the jam madness dexys all had great songs in 82

@FrankJCarver

3 жыл бұрын

Not 'alf!

I don't know why this song makes me so happy, it just does.

@ajs41

Жыл бұрын

Partly because it was produced by Tony Mansfield, who was a total genius at producing, (along with people like Trevor Horn).

Saw Mari the other weekend as she was supporting Level 42, she still sounds as good as she does here

Brilliant song by Mari Wilson, she was so underrated….Thank you Mari!!

Its a shame this is never played on the radio anymore.

@jehannemarie9289

3 жыл бұрын

It is a pity, wonderful song

@Maynardcomau

3 жыл бұрын

It was released as a single with no support in Australia. Showpeople album never made it here. This clip was only seen here in the mid 90s on TOTPops retro shows. It made the discerning few sit up.

@simonfootie6255

2 жыл бұрын

Was today

@chrissmart21

2 жыл бұрын

And today

@tnate6004

2 жыл бұрын

I don't even know how I managed to hear it in the US but so glad I did.

Fantastic voice Fantastic song Fantastic performance

@SundaeRoast

2 жыл бұрын

Where? Do you have a link?

Camper than a tent shop! Love it. Cheers me up whenever I watch it. Thank you Mary❤.

More electronic than I remember. Adored this tune back int he summer of 1982.

@mike969696

3 жыл бұрын

The producer is a master of electronic music.

@areafiftyoneok

Жыл бұрын

yes, Tony Mansfield from New Musik produced it

met mari at a paul young concert at hammersmith odeon nearly got knocked out by the beehive. great 80s

Simply great brings back happy memories of great days long gone good on you Marie

The Queen of the beehive

I was 17 when this song came out. Trendy kid that I was, it was always the British music that I thought was the coolest. I sought out every import and combed news stands for issues of NME and Melody Maker. A friend of mine bought the import of Mari Wilson’s album and we loved the 60’s nostalgia, echoes of our childhood. Me and my friends went to see her at the once legendary, now defunct nightclub, The I-Beam on Haight Street in San Francisco. It was a night I still remember. We were young, dressed in thrift store vintage clothes, running with the in-crowd, our fingers on the pulse of the moment. What times those were...

@MrMerrrrrrr

3 жыл бұрын

Wow 😮

@MrMerrrrrrr

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome memories x

@briantheminer

3 жыл бұрын

A dream to visit such places, I’m the same age

@aversivespider

3 жыл бұрын

Us Brits were always the best. :)

@richardawrhodes6965

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

My favourite female voice of the 80’s (she’s still great).

Fabulous. She had a great voice...and the song was class

@egonspeng

7 жыл бұрын

Whaddaya mean HAD a great voice? She's still going y'know, still belting 'em out.

@rw8733

5 жыл бұрын

Bloody brilliant. ☺

@brizeeuk

4 жыл бұрын

she sure did have a good voice

@sebastianwelcome2080

3 жыл бұрын

l love this tune man reminds me very first at years at primary school good song what happened to Mary Willson

@rhiannonstudios

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but stupid hair

Great song 😀 Mari’s vocals remind me of the much missed singer Cristina

@tottaylor2093

Жыл бұрын

Cristina was great - knew her slightly XMAS WRAPPING

I just heard this song on the radio and I haven't heard it in about 30 years, memories of when I was 12 😁

@charles5596

3 жыл бұрын

Great song ,brings back memories

@handeyecoordinationskills

3 жыл бұрын

@@charles5596 indeed

Brilliant song by a wonderful, caring person.

I was 9 when this came out, and I just listened to it again for the first time in years. It still sounds brilliant, what a voice

@Coxy_Wrecked

Жыл бұрын

Me too. Sursprised the song hasn't ever been covered(to my knowledge)because it's a great pop song.

@rw8733

Жыл бұрын

I was 17. Still brilliant 👏

@amandeepv

Жыл бұрын

I was 10

Mari has always been close to my heart. Loved her style and voice. Her show in Toronto in the early 80s was fabulously campy. We cheered like crazy. What a night and what a singer.

Saw her last night in Llandudno, she was supporting Level 42 and she, and her band were fabulous. Level 42 is like a great Christmas dinner, and their support acts are Fortnum and Mason crackers. I'd go and see her gigging in her own right. Great music.

Such a stunning voice ❤️

Such an awesome vibe of pure 80's

Last night at work a colleague gave me a tray of stuff I really didn't want at 9 on a Friday evening. So, kind of sarcastically, I said to him "Thanks. Just what I always wanted." And within 2 seconds the pair of us were in synch singing the chorus from a certain 1982 'beehive' song. No prizes for guessing the song in question. But doesn't that show how foot-tapping, catchy, singalong music stays with you from decades ago......?

@charles5596

3 ай бұрын

Great story

@Lee71England

3 ай бұрын

@@charles5596 Glad you appreciated it. That was about 6 weeks ago now, and the pair of us still sing "I've got...... just what I always wanted" whenever we walk past each other on the work floor!

One of those great songs from the 80s that people might not remember. Do some women marry for money or love. Money can get you the house and fancy car. The couple still have to be able to get on with each other. I watched Totps on a Thursday night with just 1 telly 📺 the size of a small box in the 80s Limerick Ireland.❤😅😊

Best times at the bbc

Mari wilson and the wilsations , what a class act

What a wonderful voice!

@charles5596

4 жыл бұрын

She still sounds as good today

Love the hair! Camporama !!! Brilliant

Great song and voice

Epic tune from a vintage year. Love the trumpet !

@rw8733

4 жыл бұрын

Such memories. 😊

I still love this tune. It was Number 8 when I was just 5 years and I can still remember her performing this on TOTP and Pebble Mill at One!

Mari was always able to show people how well she could sing.

I was 11 years old in 1982. I always liked the song but never appreciated her *incredible* voice. *WOW!!* Just listen to her vibrato. Just perfect.

Brilliant song and great voice.

She needs to come back n join 80s rewind

I love Mari..still going strong..x

Love it, love it love it. One of my fave pop songs because it always makes me smile!!

What a great catchy song ,love that.

Most people put in a comment regarding a song about memories etc ..I've no memories regarding this song..I just love it..I also adore the video..x

i saw this darling girl in sheffield a few times she was stunning happy memories of days gone by ,, i dressed like her WOW WOW WOW X

@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne

3 жыл бұрын

"I dressed like her"...so did my brother...lol

@brendadrumm9708

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder what I would look like now with a beehive hairstyle and hot pants at 70 lol good old days x I would proberbly get arrested lol

Fantastic voice and great pitch!

*This song makes me smile..., and it always has... :)*

This lady has an amazing voice. Does a great cover of cry me a river. Stay safe everyone.

@charles5596

2 жыл бұрын

You too Robert

Proper BeeHive 🙂a moments silence to remember the many cans of hairspray that laid down their lives for a truly worthy cause

@suesmith8841

2 жыл бұрын

I just posted in FB (I followed the link here) I worked in the Queens Hotel in Brighton and she needed hairspray. The Manager was able to ring the in house hairdresser and get some - no late night supermarkets in those days.

Wish I could go back

Class act. Sensational track.

I remember the Radio 1 jingle “ Mike Reid,just what I always wanted “😆😆🇬🇧❤️

Great performance of a brilliant song from the best music show ever Top Of The Pops !!!

Love Mari Wilson met her a couple of times .Saw her play Dusty Springfield in Bristol she was great

A great song stands up today.

1980s TOTP were vintage times

Fabulous song fabulous singer.

Wow ....first few seconds and a wave of nostalgia comes flooding in.... born in mid 70s and had the pleasure of growing up in the 80s ... great song 🎵 ❤

love that last assault on the drums, like one of the backing singers got carried away with their gesticulations to the routine and backed into the drum kit, knocking it over lol. Love this, such a happy feelgood tune. Remember Mari recording a jingle for Mike Read based on it - Mike Read...just what I always wanted! Er, no ta.

@GeorgeLyall

5 жыл бұрын

She did the same for David "Kid" Jensen using her hit "Baby It's True"

There were two really catchy songs in the charts in September 1982 which have been pretty much forgotten about: this was one of them, the other was Saddle Up by David Christie.

Haven't heard this in decades

@ajs41

5 жыл бұрын

I've included this on a new playlist I've just set up on KZread featuring what I'm calling less well-known 80s hits, the sort of songs you never hear on the 80s radio stations these days: kzread.info/head/PL6oCQqv2KW6XlQvjxSs0wvsjQrn9WXc9w

Great! Makes me smile. 😊

Still one of my all time favourites. Little classic.

Мари великолепна: спору нет!!

God I loved this song when I was growing up! 😂

The Neasden Queen of Soul! ❤️

OMG I think I haven't heard of this song for almost 40 years!!!!!

Brilliant sing, brilliant singer. And Mari's backing singers are absolutely superb - real entertainers👍

@BeasleyStreet

3 жыл бұрын

You may be interested to know that the actress Michelle Collins was one her Wilsations backing singers...but not here..you can look it up though..still performing,the hair not so high though...

Loved her big smile and beautiful eyes x

@jscanl

5 жыл бұрын

can barely see her eyes. Still, a great song though

Great 😊song

@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne

3 жыл бұрын

2020: We need all the happy mood songs we can get this year...bet you never saw this coming when you posted your comment?

the eighties were so great for pop.

What a great song/singer. What happened to those sleek mics from 70s/80s? Never saw em again. Someone, please take me back to the 80s. I miss the 80s a lot.

Always liked this

The 80's were amazing for music.So much romantic feeling in songs.Now its all like bang me baby.

Simply great!

Tony Mansfield makes a fantastic job of just about everything he touches. Genius.

i love this track simply great

October 1982, Mari Wilson (at that time 28), had a brilliant UK No. 8 Hit, with a great performance, a great trumpet-solo in the middle and excellent drums. The song was written by Teddy Johns (Tot Taylor).

Thought I knew all the 80s hits. This one feels like a different world existed at the time and it seems that it was Britain. Pop Hits in England sometimes strayed far from America's preferences. I really like this. Totally different from anything I've ever heard from the decade!

@rw8733

4 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this 1st time round. I was 17. Happier times.

@ColtraneTaylor

3 жыл бұрын

This music is from America. Probably Motown ... or Buddy Holly.

@masterhendy

3 жыл бұрын

@@ColtraneTaylor It was probably influenced by Motown or Holly for sure...as were the Beatles...but it was a British songwriter. Also, the British went through a retro phase in the 80s . Stray Cats was an example of a group that was doing stuff at that time...but much of that was stuff I've never heard of before. The British retro genre was a very different genre. Tracey Ullman was the same exact thing. Never heard those songs in the US ever, but they were huge hits in the UK.

@ColtraneTaylor

3 жыл бұрын

@@masterhendy I just like both US and UK tunes. I see a lot of close mindedness in both countries, even when the music sounds identical. That's incredible.

@masterhendy

3 жыл бұрын

@@ColtraneTaylor Agreed. I like both. I blame it on the radio stations for not thinking outside the box. We only hear what the US radio stations think we want to hear (usually).

I was soooooo in love with this lady and maybe still am

Loved this ❤

Great, I'm loving it to see Mary Wilson and her Beehive again

Oh to be 20 again. This takes me right back.

Fab song great great vocals and humorous backing...just what i always wanted.

I just had Nostalgiagasm.

How have I never seen/heard this before?!! I love it!

Great voice😁👍

This Is One Of The Best Songs Of Old Time I Grew Up And Listen Too And Mari Wilson Is One Of My Good Friends As Well And She Always Be Number One To Me And That Is True Well Done Mari Wilson

Love it!

I swear, if you didn’t live the 80s, you’ve missed out on something bigger than the 60s.

1980s s0ng with a 1960s vibe to it i have always loved this song i was 8 when it was released in 1982 my mum had it on vinyl

sound still fresh

Brilliant!

Ahh Gotta LOVE TOTPS 80s