Im 35 and I had just discovered this song! Now Im addicted to it! "Good thing" and "She drive me crazy" were fantastic tunes too. Such a great band😎👍🏻👍🏻
oh same! heard this song today (24/2/24) for the first time EVER (consciously) on my cars radio, shazamed it and just found out it's actually OLDER THAN ME! well, could've guessed it, since it's actually GOOD it can't be a recently released song😄but i was still surprised i lived my whole life without knowing this great tune existed😅
Not one single artist in their whole fucking career in decades can match a fraction of the raw beautiful honesty on display here. This is real fucking music, straight from the heart.
Modern music will never touch this, this is raw honesty... men bearing their hearts and feelings without a filter. No one is conforming to an orthodoxy. This is pain and rhythm in one beautiful package.
I never appreciated the movements and behaviour of the "two men" before. Fantastic stuff, the band had an attitude and look that has proved timeless, you couldn't really say it's "80's" music.
Amen, and I get tired of people telling me that every generation says that. The 80s had some great unique music. Today there is barely a blip on the radar.
Graeme would sit in our 6th form common room, just practicing trumpets riffs, lads would take the piss, to no response. I am pleased to report he lives a happy retirement, by far the biggest talent musically there, you can't do it without a band though.
Roland Gift looks so much like I imagine the helpless kid in the song. Very underrated. Someone should make a film set in the 80s with this song in it to revive it.
This was in the soundtrack of "The handmaids tale". Not the show but the 80s movie.... so i guess somebody already did what you asked for ~40 years ago :)
Three musicians straight out of ska's second wave. Cox and Steele came out of The Beat, and Gift was the saxophonist for the Akrylykz. Unike Madness, who went one step beyond, FYC went far further. So much from the early 2000's, like Fitz and the Tantrums and Gnarles Barkley, remind me of FYC's unique sound.
Going back to the 80's I was going out with this amazingly pretty girl I was 17 she was 18 and I bent over backwards to keep her happy. This had just been released , FYC was her fav group. Anyway we walked around Peterborough and into HMV, on the wall a member of staff had put up two promo posters for this group. She said, they would look good in my bedroom..... Two seconds I ran forward pulled the pair down and legged out of the shop with them!!! We split up some time later and I often wondered what happened to her, so in Sep 2023 I had a tracing agent look for her. Found her, she agreed I could come up and she her. Entered the front door, husband and daughter watching (like a hawk). Then in the hall those posters, framed and hung proudly for all to see. When I saw this we looked at each other and just hugged and cried. God it was like being back in 80's again with very happy times ahead, thanks FYC
@@RufusdosReread 'she agreed I could come up and she her' look up definition of stalker, UK based. Thief, well the posters had no value, indiscretions of youth
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"What is wrong in my life that I must get drunk every night?" That lyric is so perfect and provocative.
Hits home. Brings back memories of the bad old days
Jedes Mal ganz einfach die taxi Nummer wegschmeißen
@@peterpeikert5021 DAS taxi?
Was just gonna type that!
Cannibals...what a quality band - best part of forty years on!!!
Underated frontman with a great rythym section
Be playing this in 50 yrs+
Sorry, did you say the greatest song ever?
Fine Young Canibals were so takented, Some of the best sounds of the 80s
Absolutely brilliant.
They were talented, too! :-)
@@v1e1r1g1e1 and takented
@@v1e1r1g1e1Britain’s Got Takent
One of the best records of 1985.
i know I'm kinda randomly asking but does anybody know of a good website to watch new tv shows online?
@Vincent Arjun Flixportal :D
@Amos Royal Thank you, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :D I appreciate it!!
@Vincent Arjun Glad I could help :D
Excellent song of all time. Fine Young cannibals.
Im 35 and I had just discovered this song! Now Im addicted to it! "Good thing" and "She drive me crazy" were fantastic tunes too. Such a great band😎👍🏻👍🏻
I love their cover of Elvis' "Suspicious Minds." Very underrated.
I am french and its the same for me. Im 39 and I like this group. She drives me crazy is just amazing! 😄
oh same! heard this song today (24/2/24) for the first time EVER (consciously) on my cars radio, shazamed it and just found out it's actually OLDER THAN ME! well, could've guessed it, since it's actually GOOD it can't be a recently released song😄but i was still surprised i lived my whole life without knowing this great tune existed😅
@@rubycelicaJoin the club!👍
I discovered it a long time ago but didn't appreciate it at all. Now I find it catchy for some reason.
Great song, and voice. Brilliant band very underrated. ♥️
For me they´re not underrated, nor overhyped. If u like their music, well isn´t that all that matters? Who needs rating then?
All of a sudden I’m 18 again and a freshman at IU. Such amazing times with amazing people. Thx
The muted trumpet solo elevates this to the next level!
Raw creativity. These guys looked like they were just doing there thing and not giving a flying F about anything. Love it!
The guitar and bass of the English Beat. Then they found Roland. Some of the greatest music of all time.
Definitely a classic from Roland and the boys, man I'll always remember getting their 1st cd way back when. Good jams
Their first CD? 😂 Try their first vinyl. That really was way back when.
A true gift, this song.
A Roland Gift even
I'm really craving the 80s these days....no internet, just real people
Without the internet you wouldn't have been able to type your comment.
@@facthunt2facthunt245 touche! So true!
@@jkaur4736I get what you mean though, they seem happier simpler times back then and the music was great.
+1 on that
You wrote some cracking songs lads! This one’s one of my faves.
Wow, what a classic !!!!!
those three high notes on the lead guitar are so good, they are like a cry
the funkiest guitar players of any band ever awesome
Once in The Beat
Those moves ❤ I miss the 80’s and I was old enough to really appreciate those years
Late Summer 85, my mate was called Johnny, we used to sing this to him, this track & moneys too tight to mention we’re great songs of that summer.
The track is fantastic for sure, but I love the video. The guitar dance, the expressions of the singer. I love it. Thank you
I agree ... this is really one of the kind.
@@marianyegre1911 it really is!
Yeh, me too. Same. 🙂
Just pure! Love the song, love the video
YT pushes inane Top of the Pops
They don't know squat
Captures the zeitgeist
Boa musica perfeita saudades dos anos 80 e 90 FINE YONG CANNIBALS para sempre
this is my fav fine young cannibals tune they rocked
The man, the band, the king!
So natural, fantastic!
Not one single artist in their whole fucking career in decades can match a fraction of the raw beautiful honesty on display here.
This is real fucking music, straight from the heart.
La musique de l'époque c été quelques choses.incroyable🔥🔥
Modern music will never touch this, this is raw honesty... men bearing their hearts and feelings without a filter. No one is conforming to an orthodoxy. This is pain and rhythm in one beautiful package.
Rumor has it they’re still looking for Johnny in 2023!
Saw Roland Gift at Himley Hall last Sunday, full of star quality.
I was so in love with him, this song, his wide mouth 🤣, his sweater...😍🥰🥰🥰
Great memories nostalgic, friends an I at school 🚸 🤔 🤔 🤔 🤔 used to wind our friend Johnny up with this song 😂 😂
Everybody has a Johnny in the family 2024
Freaking awesome love the Fine Young Cannibals!
My glory days..1984..new wave..era..91.x..san Diego..california
Me too! 🤎
Nailed it 🤠 great track .. excellent vocals
You can never know the amount of good your song did me. Thank you. It's a banger.
I never appreciated the movements and behaviour of the "two men" before. Fantastic stuff, the band had an attitude and look that has proved timeless, you couldn't really say it's "80's" music.
So much rhythm
this track is so jazz funk amazing
good music,we need much more of this today
Amen, and I get tired of people telling me that every generation says that. The 80s had some great unique music. Today there is barely a blip on the radar.
Beautiful!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
A real Classic to dance
Graeme would sit in our 6th form common room, just practicing trumpets riffs, lads would take the piss, to no response. I am pleased to report he lives a happy retirement, by far the biggest talent musically there, you can't do it without a band though.
I would dispute that, dude. Was he in ( English) Beat?
I f'n love this song. My freshman year of college, wow it brings back so many great memories.
Roland Gift looks so much like I imagine the helpless kid in the song. Very underrated. Someone should make a film set in the 80s with this song in it to revive it.
This was in the soundtrack of "The handmaids tale". Not the show but the 80s movie.... so i guess somebody already did what you asked for ~40 years ago :)
It was inspired by a film / documentary called Johnny come home about runaway kids in London it’s on RUclips watch it it’s very harrowing
GREAT IDEA
RIP bro ill never forget you & this song .
Great Song. Great Look.
Such a COOL song and video !! Roland Gift has a unique voice ~
MAGIC❤
easily on of their best songs
I'm over the moon 🌕 for this kind of music
I used to watch this video in the mid 90's on MTV here in Brazil, such a classic ❤️🇧🇷
Eu também! Bons tempos de MTV Brasil!🤩🤩🤩
We are the lucky one's to have this growing up
@@rosangelasmartins🙌🏻🙏🏻
Love this song
Love this. My granddaughter used to sing to it when she was 5 😊
Awesome song
Still loving this song in 2022❤️
I love this video! The song, production and raw feel is unfiltered. a real gem!
Happy 60th birthday Roland Gift!!!
Lot of Great songs from an Awesome and talented band 👍
Excellent song 👍 very sad that a lot people suffer from substance abuse especially anchol abuse. You can't stop them unfortunately.
Un buen amigo me dió el pitazo que era de 1985, desconocido para mí pero extraordinariamente sensacional.
3:04 Who'd have thought Arnold J Rimmer would be such a smeggingly great drummer!!😄
Cats on trumpet
Timeless ❤
oo jaki skarb, prawie zapomniałem - drive tego kawałka - mistrzostwo świata
Three musicians straight out of ska's second wave. Cox and Steele came out of The Beat, and Gift was the saxophonist for the Akrylykz. Unike Madness, who went one step beyond, FYC went far further. So much from the early 2000's, like Fitz and the Tantrums and Gnarles Barkley, remind me of FYC's unique sound.
Jeez …really “ one moment in time “….brilliant
Iconic classic ...so real.
Ils avaient quelque chose de très rare que les musiciens recherche ainsi que toutes les autres filière artistique le talent la classe ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Absolute class!
A Phoenix from the ashes of English Beat.
La adoro ❤
Me gusta este grupo..tiene muy buenas canciones.
Tune....
Love it. Reliving the fun times with my first sweet heart. This is a top song, and the whole album is great. Thanks chaps.
Amazing ❤
Grandiii!!!!👏👏😍😍
One of the best bands ever ❤️, what a fantastic tune....check out, cashmere, guitar 🎸...fookin quality dancing.....F.Y.C....
🎉 Johnny just got home 😊
Great song.
CLASS.
Loved u guys
The Best
hidden gem
Top Top fantastico 👍👍👍👍
Tremendous record great vid ✌️
They should make a come back, I'm pretty sure that they'll sell out in Venue's.
A great song then, a great song today
Those horns are A1
Love from Australia ❤️❤️❤️ DrEva
Still such an epic song!
I was 11 when this came out😂😂😂😂 I seen Johnny the other day he said he never went home😂😂😂😂
I love how this song's lyrics picks up on the storyline laid down by Bronski Beat's "Smalltown Boy." Here, a view from the mother's side.
My jam 80s
Very very good
Don't let FYC be forgotten. Why does Madonna get so much attention? These were among my musical heroes of the 80s and 90s!!
Going back to the 80's I was going out with this amazingly pretty girl I was 17 she was 18 and I bent over backwards to keep her happy. This had just been released , FYC was her fav group. Anyway we walked around Peterborough and into HMV, on the wall a member of staff had put up two promo posters for this group. She said, they would look good in my bedroom..... Two seconds I ran forward pulled the pair down and legged out of the shop with them!!! We split up some time later and I often wondered what happened to her, so in Sep 2023 I had a tracing agent look for her. Found her, she agreed I could come up and she her. Entered the front door, husband and daughter watching (like a hawk). Then in the hall those posters, framed and hung proudly for all to see. When I saw this we looked at each other and just hugged and cried. God it was like being back in 80's again with very happy times ahead, thanks FYC
You’ve just admitted being a thief and a stalker.
@@RufusdosReread 'she agreed I could come up and she her' look up definition of stalker, UK based. Thief, well the posters had no value, indiscretions of youth
@@creightonjason Damn, you actually got defensive 😂
@@Rufusdos Well I wonder why......
Dang that 80's beat , a most Defo decade for us wranglers 🗣🥁🎸
Super Song
Very good, bardzo dobre:)
Best song
Nobody has said a bad comment....pure❤