I was a 13 years old boy, from a little village in Italy, in 86, and my favourite group was The Housemartins from Hull, GB! :)

@Jessieheels77

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you're all doing well in Italy now. Solidarity from Ireland 🇮🇪🇮🇹🇮🇪🇮🇹

@meichong8278

4 жыл бұрын

@@misterr3083 neutral moresnet ?

wish i could go back to these times, gutted i'm stuck in these times.

@cazm8019

4 жыл бұрын

Me too x

@fayesmith5772

4 жыл бұрын

At least we have these videos to keep us in these times xx

@chalkfarmcarsquadso1664

4 жыл бұрын

Your not alone

@johnpenfold5678

4 жыл бұрын

I was 21 when this was in the charts 55 now it was a great time and now have great memories 👍

@gerrycolgin6666

4 жыл бұрын

Yes happier times in Croydon

My brother in law loved this song. He would put it on the jukebox all the time. Sadly he was killed in a car crash and this was played at his funeral. Made me smile. He even used to do the dance. Bless him. It made us all smile when his 4 year old son started dancing to it in the crematorium.

@Rascaduanok

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss. But it really IS a terrific dance! Especially the kicky legs bit.

@cherinacoll6640

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that

@Ruben_Cantabria

5 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry

@jax17.43

5 жыл бұрын

Yikers 8960..remember the happy times i guess.

@stanleymorgan2448

5 жыл бұрын

I'm just letting you know but Stan cullymore is my grandad I will show this to him

There are some songs that just stay with you for life and always make sense this is one of them. Brilliant.

I am spanish and I still remember when this song was released, I would be probably about 13 years old and it was my favourite group. Thanks for the music Housemartins!

I remember this superb song way back in 1986 whilst bricklaying in Dartmouth Park, Morley, Leeds, England with Stuart, John, Billy and Tony on the so called "Community Programme." These lads were some of the best people to ever walk on God's earth. Those days are long since gone and I'm a Grandad now. Great memories, and those years have gone so fast. Peace and love to all.

@MarkSmith-er7fe

6 жыл бұрын

i wanna go back so badly mate

@posypoodle6034

6 жыл бұрын

Community programme? I think that’s what I got on, getting you back into work. Happy days indeed

@tomg5187

5 жыл бұрын

Jobsnotwar Peaceforall Lovely story thanks John. Doesn’t time fly!

@mainstay.

5 жыл бұрын

The old folks in 1986 said time goes by so fast, I never believed them. I understand now.

@pearlharbour3300

5 жыл бұрын

could bring a tear to an ex hod carriers eye that,,,all the best.

Everyone needs a song that just makes them smile, this has to be one of those songs.

@keepingitreal.544

4 жыл бұрын

True..I listen to this song for a pick me up :)

God I loved the 80s. This song brings me so much joy

Their hits album, Now That's what I Call Quite Good, is one of my favourite albums. One great song after another.

That dance they do is awesome

@michaelcummings5038

7 жыл бұрын

Franky goes to Hollywood

Timeless classic 👌

This ,GENTLEMAN Paul was so underrated ,,with the housemartines and BEAUTIFUL South. BRILLIANT 💯 👏 💯 songs 🎵 and his lyrics FANTASTIC. Thanks Paul 👏. 😢 😮 😢.

Fun and charming tune, never loses its appeal.

sorry im writing here from germany but must say when im in birmingham to watch a match from aston my friends brought me to a pub and we danced to the housemartins i feel like im in heaven with beer and a winning game against arsenal......so long ago.... makes me smile

@brentontarrant995

5 жыл бұрын

Just a shame your the enemy...villa...ZULUS

@NicholasShanks

4 жыл бұрын

Beating Arsenal always brings a smile.

@bananaben366

4 жыл бұрын

Up the villa

This reminds me of being a 15 year old and skiving school!! Happy days, happy tune!!

Never underestimate the power (and entertainment value) of a group of geeks.

the worlds end brought me hear and wery glad to have heard such a great classic

@turntableable

10 жыл бұрын

Same here - Watching the end of that, and I'm like "I know that song!" Good to find an old song that you haven't heard in forever.

@indiagates774

10 жыл бұрын

yeh I was watching that film and at the end I heard that song, and I just shouted out "I love this song!"

@emilybond2603

9 жыл бұрын

So glad I'm not the only one brought here by such an amazingly hilarious and beautiful film, loved the whole trilogy and honestly all the films Pegg, Frost and Wright have made together, just the best trio for film making :)

One of the best records ever Such fun

One of my favourite songs of all time. I was about 16 when it was released. It made me smile then. It makes me smile now. To this day, I can't watch those opening bars as they arrive at the pub without laughing hysterically. Brilliant.

I am an American who was born and grew up in San Jose, CA. Housemartins were never big in the US but I did see this video on an old show called "Video One".... I never knew who the group was who did "Happy Hour" but i found it here! Thank God for KZread. I now have listened to other Housemartins songs and feel like I missed out. I wish I could get the CD here! Why they never made it big in the U.S. I will never know!

@casandrabullock9497

3 ай бұрын

I saw them on video one too! You actually can get the album That's What I call quite good the housemartins and I highly recommended as a girl from Huntington Beach!

Oh yeah!! I bought an EP of this track back in the mid-80s at my favorite after-school hangout, the Tower Records on El Camino Ave in Sacramento--the 2nd-ever Tower store--what a drag when that chain went under! The Imports section was a continuous goldmine of progressive/alternative music back then and informed my music tastes from punk to new wave to 2Tone/mod to college rock/alternative. I'd head over to Tower Books first and buy copies of The Face and iD Magazine, then scour the imports for whatever was burning up the charts in the UK at the time. The Housemartins were one of those discoveries. I'd put this album on at my friend's house in his cavernous garage conversion of a room that was The Hangout, and we'd all dance like silly maniacs and climb the furniture to this song. I'd not seen the video until now, but it is exactly as I pictured a video to the song should be. Great video--it matches the carefree, upbeat nature of this song perfectly--so cute and they're all dancing around just like WE did back in the day!

@charliemeggitt4387

6 жыл бұрын

Pump up the jam

a very underated group

@charliemeggitt4387

6 жыл бұрын

Pump up the jam

@alberttatlock5237

6 жыл бұрын

Underated? They had plenty of hits and have never been called underated

@DandyLion662a

5 жыл бұрын

@@alberttatlock5237 Maybe not in the UK but pretty much unknown in the USA. Their loss.

@ChubbyChecker182

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. They deserve to be the 3rd Best Band in Hull.

Just love this band and this is a flippin wonderful track and video! CLASSIC!!!!!

Damn, I loved this song on release. It was different. Remember the 80's? Full of posing, looking good, Sellafield, cold war, corruption, starvation. And this wonderful gem just made me feel that everything was going to be okay. For at least a hour. Happy hour. Caravan of love being another classic. Thank you Stan, Paul, Norman and Hugh, just for making everyone's life a little better in dark times.

this song always makes me feel happy - just so brilliant!

@chantellelitmanen7896

4 жыл бұрын

spot on mate

@chantellelitmanen7896

4 жыл бұрын

@piratRazor1911 what the hell r u on

Is it ok that I'm crying with joy?

I can't believe how long ago this was. I loved it as a young kid at school and the video always makes me smile!

Ever since I heard this on the radio, it’s been stuck in my head :)

I always thought Paul Heaton's voice had a sort of "happy Morrissey" vibe to it.

@michelle88960

8 жыл бұрын

+Iggy M I never thought I would ever see a sentence with "happy" and "Morrissey" in it, but there you go, if you live long enough strange things happen lol.

@garwoc216

6 жыл бұрын

michelle88960 HAPPY (in the haze of a drunken) HOUR

@graemepae100

6 жыл бұрын

is there such thing...as happy Morrissey

@anerley123

5 жыл бұрын

@@graemepae100 “I can smile; I have mastered the art.” Morrissey

@graemepae100

5 жыл бұрын

:-D@@anerley123

i love this group, and also Beautiful south !

Proud to say these guys lived and grew up very close to where I now live, Ella Street is the heart and soul of Hull

Played very long ago in my younger days 95.5 wbru Providence RI.., Thanks for the post

From a special time and place !!

The day ted key came into my school, great day, he performed some songs cause he used to come to the school and I got a signed album, he's a great guy!

They were one of my favourite bands great music thank you boys Derek from Dublin 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪💚💛

💚 HOW COULD ANYONE NOT LIKE THIS SONG?!

If The Smiths could have wrote a happy song this would be it.

@dannydorko7075

4 жыл бұрын

they certainly wrote a fair few happy songs musically....not sure about lyrically

Hull for the win! :). Thanks for sharing! Great song :)

Fantastic... Everybody dance 👯👯👯👯👯👯👯💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

Always able to raise a smile.

ah, great memories.. perfecting these dance routines for friday night teen disco

@TimHunold

8 жыл бұрын

+Gavin Paisley i was so terrified to do any of these moves out of the house

@speakertreatz

8 жыл бұрын

haha Tim, it took a while for me and mates to get the courage to do them in front of the ladies but once we broke the seal, we showed them off every friday (y)

Sat round the dinner table and my dad throws out he knew Stan Cullimore and the band stayed at his flat, Norman Cook (Fat Boy Slim) had a huge toast appetite apparently! Safe to say it was one of the best nights of his life...

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. It doesn't get better than this. So funny, so catchy, so HAPPY. P.D. Heaton you're the best.

Oh My... I loved this video! This song! almost forgot about it till I found it by accident just now. As I watched it everything came back to me... every little move, every little facial expression they made, how I adored Norman Cook... Housemartins... there is no such innocence or sincerity left in music anymore...

Freddie Starr Ate My Housemartin! Lol. RIP Freddie

@marilyns8497

5 жыл бұрын

What's lol about that? Not funny.

happy hour ,,,,, yes please

Happy Smile Dance what a great feeling listen to this amazing track 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜😁😁😁😁😁

fantastic song and music' group, thaks ti give to the people this woderfull experiencies., great thanks again, the word need to happen more happy hours

When you look so ordinary and clean cut, you can deliver slaps in the face with ease.

"We'll have five waters...."

Brings back great memories from college ,the fall of 84 was unforgettable.

i was in a pub in bridlington with my mate when i last heard this in the 80s ,thats what its all about,being happy,priceless.thanks

Next time the clocks go back mines going back to the 80’s.

Is it nutty? Is it foamy? Is it hoppy? Does it have a surprisingly fruity note which lingers on the tongue?

@abijones8792

5 жыл бұрын

It’s beer!!

@nimurdelemur7515

5 жыл бұрын

Yes.....YEEESSSS

@abbieiscoolx

4 жыл бұрын

@@Estrella3 Mmm! We'll have five of those please

@madmase2831

4 жыл бұрын

Ahhh the prodigal son's have returned

@neilhogg1219

4 жыл бұрын

And you’re drinkin fuckin.... rain

Great great band, one of the best of the 80s!

Funny, I just left a comment on a Smiths song saying the same and how everyone thought I was a freak listening to this FANTASTIC & FUN music. I used to be from the US as well.

This makes me wanna walk The Golden Mile in New Haven...

@Deadlock239

9 жыл бұрын

Do us a favour and don't upset the locals. Just drink your pints, and leave. Last thing we need is a world without internet

@NeilCWCampbell

4 жыл бұрын

All hail gary king of the humans

Una canción perfecta para animarse :)

Cool song! That's some dancing for it's time! Thank you for posting.

Norman Cook - he moved with the times. Funny to see him here. I was part of that 'cricle' back then, and I remember asking about him and someone replied he had bought some Akai Samplers, was taking a few E's, being in Brighton a lot....... and we couldn't believe it when he joined the world again. Total transformation - he absolutely knew what he was doing!

@jonathano4305

5 жыл бұрын

He was actually dj before he was in the housemartins so it wasn’t really a transformation

The Doctor Brought me here!

0:56 Brought to you by the Ministry of Silly Walks.

Mr Heaton and the rest are legends. Thanks a lot for writing this song. 2008 but still top five on my list.

Fantastic. The 80s left us a great music legacy! Thanks YoUTube

Who the hell do you think you are? They call me the king...

@slayedtorest

9 жыл бұрын

Axel Trainwagon Yes! Great movie. That's how I found this song.

@EthanAnania

6 жыл бұрын

Axel Trainwagon The World’s End

@sharonblair4892

5 жыл бұрын

That is not nice

@chantellelitmanen7896

4 жыл бұрын

they call u the prick probably small

@BossmanKebab15

4 жыл бұрын

Gary king of the humans

Not sure I would confuse The Smiths and The Housemartins. Mind you I did pretty much worship both during my teens!

@mmark8394

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Farnsworth z9

@ronniemacdonald2768

10 ай бұрын

Listen to "I want the one I can't have" and come back to me.

Brilliant track, cheering me up through the lockdown along with the rest of my playlist. Thank God for KZread!!

@angelabonnar2374

4 жыл бұрын

Steviebhoy absolutely had no sleep this lockdown is taking too long ....going through all the tunes from my youth

@steviebhoy4414

4 жыл бұрын

@@angelabonnar2374 Same here, over in Spain. total lockdown. You can only watch so much Netflix so a couple of hours listening to tunes from my youth also get me through the day!

The housemartins uma das melhores bandas de todos os tempos !!

For the love of god were did that time go

Perhaps it's just me, but I find Paul Heaton's voice quite similar to Morrisey's

@iliadde

9 жыл бұрын

germanpenn Totally agree

@deadzombie4477

8 жыл бұрын

+germanpenn They did say they would only reform if the smiths did.......lol

@CarSVernon

8 жыл бұрын

+germanpenn I thought this song was by the Beautiful South; but at least the vocalist is the same and im not crazy lol

@joeytwosubs

8 жыл бұрын

+germanpenn Fuck off, the lot of you. Go on!

@KaitainCPS

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they both have a similar catch. Heaton's is higher-pitched, though. But my Heaton and Morrissey impressions are basically interchangeable. The best song to sing for Heaton is "Sail This Ship Alone".

Still the best ever housemartins hit,what a song,what a video.Always makes me feel good when i'm on a downer

la ère des Housemartins que j'ai écouté et qui m'a décidée à acheter tous leurs disques. En plus le clip est très drôle. J'adore et malgré les années passées j'écoute toujours

Paul Heaton, one of the coolest men on this planet... am i wrong?

America needs more pubs in my opinion.

Back in the day went into.a bar they played this track none stop for the full happy hour 🍺 . Brilliant

Great song------Great homage by BNL's "Hello City".

@ManlyStump

9 жыл бұрын

Funny

if it sounds like The Smiths its because the riff was borrowed from The Smiths - I Want the One I Cant Have which was released a year earlier

they look like my mates from college back in the 80's.

*rushes to the control panel* Daleks! they're surrounded the TARDIS and have crash landed us into the interior of their mothership!

Discovered this song because of an article in The Guardian. What a fun and quintessentially British song.

@68404

5 жыл бұрын

Please don't read the Guardian. It rots your mind with their Leftish shite

@rebelprincessuk656

5 жыл бұрын

Keep on reading the Guardian and ignore the comments of the right wing assholes

Back in the days when happy hour was at lunchtime!

@stevenburns784

10 жыл бұрын

LOL..true , used to get steamed , then back to work to sleep

@1977Futre

10 жыл бұрын

God yeh. Remember the hazy feeling of trying to work in the summer. On Friday we would carry on after work.

Barenaked Ladies' "Hello City" brought me here.

英語ほとんどわからないが ポール・ヒートンの声と曲調が好きでビューティフルサウスになっても 聴いていました。日本の渋谷クアトロで行われたライブも行きました。51になりましたが今もたまに聴いてます！

Love these legends

Everyone stop comparing The Smiths to the Housemartins! They don't compare and that's the end of it.

@THESM1THS

8 жыл бұрын

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@Maryonpark

8 жыл бұрын

Both guitarists used Rickenbacker's! lol

@frankgoodall6885

7 жыл бұрын

The only difference the boys came from Humberside & morrisey was a Manchester boy..X :)

@marguskiis7711

7 жыл бұрын

Literally identical ones. Hairdos are a bit different tho.

@megharris3088

6 жыл бұрын

The smiths are kings that is all...

2018????!

THANK YOU for putting this on here, so glad i came across it. Huge throwback to my first or second year of college. This made me smile.

Brilliant song and vid.If you go to Hull they still dance to this in pubs great.

The bar keeper in this video, looks just like the one in The worlds end, the one that just goes "eh?" SAME GUY

Is that Phil Jupitus reading a paper at 1:00?

@mutley6161

9 жыл бұрын

yes :)

@nigelsouthall7479

6 жыл бұрын

Yes it is.

@Nick_Jarrett

6 жыл бұрын

"featuring a cameo by television comedian Phill Jupitus, who toured with the band under his stage name of "Porky the Poet"." "Jupitus became press officer and compere for The Housemartins (appearing in the 1986 music video for "Happy Hour"), using the role to continue being in front of an audience, while also filling support slots for other artists. "

@gbjanuary

6 жыл бұрын

estebanrey yes looks like him 😜😜

@NeilCWCampbell

4 жыл бұрын

Porky yes

Absolutely agree!! one ticket would be for me, of course! I spend the 80's singing their songs!

Without Fatboy Slim, I wouldn't know this band! So thank's Norman Cook! :)

I don't believe in Christianity or Marxism but I support these Christian Marxists. Belle & Sebastian owe them some money, too.

I was like, when the heck did this Smiths b-side come out? Wow, the HouseMartins. Cool. Gonna check out their other stuff now.

@china1013

8 жыл бұрын

cockshield I've been religiously listening to The Smiths since the mid 80's that's why I was confused to why I didn't know the song. Oh silly me.

@galetinm

6 жыл бұрын

I've heard that Johnny Marr said that this song is a lazy ripoff of I want the one I can't have.

a wonderful video - great memories of an innocent time...with a slight edge to it..

very cool video and great band

My friend that this song was sung by the Barenaked Ladies. We are friends no longer.

@thewonkyeyedwoman

4 жыл бұрын

nehiyaw10 the Barenaked ladies 😂😂 I went to see these in concert in Toronto

Hull 2-Arsenal 0 after 8 minutes of F.A. Cup Final. shame it didnt last!

@KingALBoy

5 жыл бұрын

I was watching the game in the pub. Geezer in there had a 800 quid bet for Hull to win. I nearly felt bad for him, but I am a gooner

This is fantastic. Had never seen this video. Just made me really happy.

Thanks for the nice reply, Ok back to the song, it reminds me of years ago, me and the lads were out on the town and acting stupid like this entering every pub (all drunk of course) great memories and great times as I get older I would just like to do it again for a laugh, it would of course be embarrasing watching old guys doing that hehe