I was one of a group, under the guidance of the late Michael Howells, who painted the backdrop. We got the job and had 3 days to produce and psint the whole thing. We did it but didn't sleep for 3 days. I delivered all the painted flats to the location and fell asleep in the van going around Shepherds Bush roundabout @ 6am. When we woz young!!@
I remember when I was suicidal(I was 19) in the late 80's one night I heard this song and it gave me hope. I thought I may be down but "I can shout to the top". I never looked back. Sometimes it just takes a song.
It’s the only song that motivates me. I’ve lost all my family including my two sons.. however I still have a daughter. When you’re down at the bottom, shout to the top xxx I guess that’s God x
The 80's😢 Miss those day's. Makes me sad I don't know why. I almost cry when I think about how wonderful life was back then. We'll never get it back. But I lived it. I'm 59 years young 👍🤠 What a great time I had. A Toast to all of you that lived it. Cheers 🥂
This song is a masterpiece. I´m a guy from Vienna, was 20 and at the military then. Unbelievable, how the British bands delivered during the 80ies. So independent, talented, creative and cool. Real musicians, real bands, real enthusiasm. No computers, no fucking effects, no people as part of the show - and nobody knows, what´s their role and why they are here. If I think of 80ies music, more than 50% of the songs I remember, are from bands like Style Council.Paul Weller is a genius and was a great influencer of British music during these times.
Mass unemployment in Britain in the early 1980s lead to people forming bands to make money. Hence the Second British Invasion was born. All part of Thatcher's plan. Great music, though!
British musicians were definitely using computers and effects for music production, even in the 1980s. Don't blame the technology for the blandness of modern music when the issue is a lack of creativity and an industry that chooses to churn out derivative, overproduced garbage rather than take risks.
Also 20 in 84 & in the military in Australia, this song and so many others like it were transformative an optimistic time to be alive, I feel for the young kids of today indoctrinated to be fearful, pessimistic, & so angry, where are the songs that give hope.... nothing...
It’s a shame that here in America Paul Weller’s isn’t recognized as the musical genius that he is…his music gets very little radio air play. Only true music fans know his brilliance.
I spent a few weeks in London on vacation in about 2005. I met a young man who had never heard of Paul Weller. I was shocked. I figured he was a national treasure! He is such a big deal in my mind.
@@gardenlover9663 He is, don't worry. One of the best known & most respected musicians these islands have ever produced. He's rarely in the media spotlight nowadays though so that may explain that young guy's ignorance.
This song has a different meaning for me. My brother was diagnosed with cancer in 1999. He lived for way longer than he was "supposed to". A few years ago, he was feeling really low. This song was my theme song for him. We both love The Style Council. I sent it to him. He appreciated it. He passed on September 6th.
@Garden Lover* So sorry for your loss 🕊 I lost my mum & big brother to cancer & we sang all our favourite songs mum was carpenters & my brother E.L.O hall & oates & his fav was Christopher Cross Sailing we played it at his funeral..Sending blessings your brother had good taste in music .🙏🏼🧡
Uh, did they have other songs? THis was a huge hit and still people remember it, but I dont really remember any other songs they had. From a bands perspective there is almost nothing else that needs to be said. Some bands say the same thing over and over again for decades.
2023, & I am an old guy, in Canada, and suddenly a new fan of this song. Thanks to RUclips, am able to view several old tapes of Style Council & Weller performing this song over the years. This version is by far the CLEAREST where we can hear the genius of the lyrics matched to rhythms . Like so many here overseas, I don't understand why the group did not get more play at the time. Of course we knew of the song and their other UK hits, but it was mainly played in dance clubs. And now, thanks to archives & RUclips, it's fascinating to learn details of what led up to Style Council, details of the band members lives, and where they are at today.
I'm an oldish Canadian from Vancouver. I remember this song and video from Nightlines with Dave and Buzz, who introduced Slow, Red Herring, Bob's Your Uncle, No Fun, and Go 4 Three to the world. Does anyone remember that el cheapo video show from Vancouver in the Eighties?
This has to be one of the best Style Council songs. Paul Weller's ability to change the genre of music from the Jam to the Style Council and still keep up the standard is a tribute to his genius. They certainly don't write tunes like this anymore.
i spent a couple of hours talking to Paul Weller in the early 90's when i lived in Denver.....he's one of the few superstars globally that could walk around virtually anywhere in America and be recognized by very few people......glad i got to spend some time with him.
And that would be their loss. I was surprised to hear Above the Clouds in a grocery store one day and almost started dancing in the aisle. That's great you got to talk with him.
Another incredible gem of a song from one of the most underrated bands of all time! Love the unique arrangement, the layers of vocals, the swanky vibe and big energy this number delivers!
As an Australian who lives in the Sunshine all the time, my theory is that in the gloomy England of the 80's, both weather and Thatcher, it created ideal conditions for the incredible creative output by the musicians of that era, I won't name the million bands that the UK produced in that time. It inspired worldwide music!!!
@@V8AmericanMuscleCar We sure did.....just dozens of them They all lead the time trodden path of doing gigs in pubs 8 nights a week. Getting it right. We're a small market compared to the USA. You know, back then about 15million. You can't be crap down here or you go nowhere. In the USA there's a massive niche market for talentless nobodys. 300 million
My elder brother worked down a mine in the late.80s. The pit collapsed. Shout to the top! Bless Paul Weller...and that pianist.....And everyone that song has helped in so many ways. X
@@Paul_John_Weller well. Hello, I hope ur well. I'm good thank u. I've been glossing and singing along with down @ the tube station @ midnight. Probs yelling would b a better word 4 it.
I'm not surprised @ all 2 see "official messages" 2 other fans with the exact words. Does the minions on this site think fans r numpties? The language used is defo not Paul Weller.
This song is so important to how our industries broke down under Thatcher the milk snatcher. Witch from hell, so proud of Paul and Style Coucil for lighting up that dark and dire situation. Nothing changes but actually everything has changed. This song says it all. More should speak out we are far too complacent 😢
Such a great song about being down and uncertain. So true, during Pandemic, economic crisis, and racial tension here in the U.S. This songs brings me to tears with a smile on my face. Thank you Style Council.
I was half in mind, I was half in need And as the rain came down I dropped to my knees and I prayed I said, "Oh heavenly thing, please cleanse my soul I've seen all on offer and I'm not impressed at all" I was halfway home, I was half insane And every shop window I looked in just looked the same I said, "Now send me a sign to save my life 'Cause at this moment in time there is nothing certain in These days of mine" You see it's a frightening thing when it dawns upon you That I know as much as the day I was born And though I wasn't asked, I might as well stay And promise myself each and every day That when you're knocked on your back and your life's a flop And when you're down on the bottom there's nothing else But to shout to the top Well we're gonna shout to the top We're gonna shout to the top We're gonna shout to the top Hey, we're gonna shout to the top You see it's a frightening thing when it dawns upon you That I know as much as the day I was born And though I wasn't asked, I might as well stay And promise myself each and every day We're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) So when you're knocked on your back and your life's a flop And when you're down on the bottom there's nothing else But to shout to the top (shout) Well, we're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) And when you're knocked on your back and your life's a flop And when you're down on the bottom there's nothing else But to shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) Hey, yeah, shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) Shout to the top (shout) Shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) Shout to the top (shout) Shout to the top (shout) We're gonna shout to the top (shout) Shout to the top (shout) Shout to the top (shout) Shout to the top (shout) Shout to the top (shout)
I just left Japan, for Nebraska (in the Air Force)...I worked in a secured facility, they would allow cassette tapes in, to play music...but never let them out again. So, for a period of 2 years...this was usually playing very loudly while I did mundane midnight shift work.
@@ngc-fo5te MJ is one artist. Britain had about a million great bands/ artists in the 80s. Also in the 60s, 70s and 90s for that matter. I remember reading something about how America produced the biggest selling/ best solo acts, but the UK produced the biggest selling/ best bands. There is the odd exception here and there in both cases of course. But generally speaking it's true if you look at all time album sales.
i thought Weller's career would probably teeter out after the Jam, how wrong was i. The style Council was, has been and always will be one of my favourite bands.
For me they'll never be another decade like the '80's. It was exciting as I was young and life wasn't so serious. For those of us who were there we were lucky. Those who weren't born then missed a hell of a time to be alive.
The 80s were pretty great. Aside from the, y'know, ever present fear of nuclear annihilation. I always thought the decadent 80s mentality was more nihilistic than carefree. We were really just having as much fun as we could while riding the bomb down.
Love the fact that he had the balls to write and put out music that genuinely challenged the establishment. Love the Miners poster in the background. Respect to the working men and women.
Yes, this song is giving me a drive to keep going in life, I was scammed in October last year and lost all my life savings, but I’m just over halfway towards earning it back through hard work. So when I was down on the bottom all I could do from then on was ‘SHOUT TO THE TOP!!!’
isto mesmo meu amigo vamos lutando e reconquistando tudo o que infelizmente perdemos,mais esta música é algo que nos renova e mostra que a vida é maravilhosa. Deus seja louvado - Amém
+Nathalie Achtergaele yeah we never do know that eh. but we'll still try to tell our kids that......and when THEY realise the same thing they will try to tell their kids the same :)
Paul Weller is just such an incredible artist he is up there with the likes of well ...the best of the best. Big part of not only the UK but the world! The Mod Father rock and soul.
As a young music maker This song should be a learning curve!!!!!!! Can you hear how they do it with the vocals and everything! The tempo the skill the knowledge these guys had; So much to learn so little time!
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
This was one of my favorite songs when it came out, just because it was so infectious but listening now as an adult with more knowledge on UK music history, it’s so evident how much of a Northern Soul tribute this was. Even down to Weller’s dance moves. Pure Wigan.
This is the best song to test your stereo system to. Full range of instruments, frequencies and vocals. I used to carry the vinyl with me when buying systems worth thousands of dollars.
2021 Covid late night RUclips binge...love this track..this band really was kool..Paul Weller one of the all time greatest songwriters...under-rated for sure...Great Man
It's thanks to all the shite weather they have in the UK - they've got no choice but to stay indoors most of the time learning to play their musical instruments. Mind you, New Zealand has an inordinate amount of brillo music too, & we're only 4.5 million people, at last count (though heaps of us are UK descendants too, so that supports your theory)! :-)
artbyvince I agree. Who helps me complete a list? The beatles, david bowie, depeche mode, UB 40, U2, Phil collins, culture club, duran duran, wham (george michael), paul young, queen (freddy mercury), elton john, bronsky beat, rod stewart, police, travis, coldplay. I think they all did amazing music. Please tell me who I forgot.
@@sonia1082 Led Zeplin, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Pet Shop Boys, Oasis, The Stone Roses, Dire Straits, Eurythmics, Genesis, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Billy Idol, The Sex Pistols, The Jam, The Clash, AC/DC (Australian origin, but most of the band were British when they were at their best), The Stranglers, Radiohead, Joe Cocker, Mötorhead, The Moody Blues, Gary Numan, Foreigner, Tears for Fears, The Prodigy, Cat Stevens, Massive Attack, Billy Ocean, Steve Whinewood, The Verve. To be honest, the list is pretty endless. I'll be here all night 🤣
I am sitting with Scarlett Johansson right now after our 12 hour lovemaking session at the Beverly Wilshire and she said, "Please baby, play your hero....play Paul Weller for me....pleeeeeease!." and then I woke up.....
My Italian man and I fight the night before I am going back to Sweden. We are silent in the car on the highway to Pisa Airport, as Mario drives there. Suddenly this song is heard on the radio. "I was half way home I was half insane" is all I hear. I turn to Mario and say: Great song.. Mario turns up the volume. We smile a little. By the time we are at the airport we are lovers again. Mario holds me oh so tight outside the entrance and whispers: Come back soon... This song always reminds me of that trip, five years ago..
This song brings tears to my eyes each time I hear it. I must confess I have no idea what it's actually about (I pay little attention to lyrics), but the music just has an incredible positivity, happiness and friendliness to it. Just an incredibly warm song.
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I was one of a group, under the guidance of the late Michael Howells, who painted the backdrop. We got the job and had 3 days to produce and psint the whole thing. We did it but didn't sleep for 3 days. I delivered all the painted flats to the location and fell asleep in the van going around Shepherds Bush roundabout @ 6am. When we woz young!!@
That's just awesome. Do you know if the painting still excist?
You Brits are cooler than anything! Swellegant.
But what have you done lately?
Was always fascinated by the piece. Could you elaborate more on the instruction and the vision?
Happy days tho 😂😂❤
I remember when I was suicidal(I was 19) in the late 80's one night I heard this song and it gave me hope. I thought I may be down but "I can shout to the top". I never looked back. Sometimes it just takes a song.
Wow that's so amazing that they turned your life around.
Keep on keeping on brother
well said wanger..i felt similar at that time ...the POWER of a great song can never be understated
i hop e your okay know! terrible story. so
good that you hear this song!
thewanger Or sometimes you just need to not be a puff.
It’s the only song that motivates me.
I’ve lost all my family including my two sons..
however I still have a daughter. When you’re down at the bottom, shout to the top xxx I guess that’s God x
I'm so sorry to hear this.
💙💔❤
Big respect
That's so sad god bless you stay strong
When you are at the bottom the only way is up all the best cliche but true
The 80's😢 Miss those day's. Makes me sad I don't know why. I almost cry when I think about how wonderful life was back then. We'll never get it back. But I lived it. I'm 59 years young 👍🤠 What a great time I had. A Toast to all of you that lived it. Cheers 🥂
We all miss the 80s for different reasons, but don't be sad, we lived it 🙂
Agreed!!! That was definitely a fun time.
I'm from '65 too. Sure it was great! And....the best times are now!
I absolutely adore how aggressively he is playing that piano.
Me too!
YAAAA!!! Bust those keys!!!
Angry key banging!
😂
He’s has tan ⛷ skin
Paul Weller, the timeless magician of song writing.
And the King of Cool back then.
The second John Lennon
Sure, timeless being from 1978 to 1984.
That's why he's the No1 modfather ❤️
This song is a masterpiece. I´m a guy from Vienna, was 20 and at the military then. Unbelievable, how the British bands delivered during the 80ies. So independent, talented, creative and cool. Real musicians, real bands, real enthusiasm. No computers, no fucking effects, no people as part of the show - and nobody knows, what´s their role and why they are here. If I think of 80ies music, more than 50% of the songs I remember, are from bands like Style Council.Paul Weller is a genius and was a great influencer of British music during these times.
Mass unemployment in Britain in the early 1980s lead to people forming bands to make money. Hence the Second British Invasion was born. All part of Thatcher's plan. Great music, though!
I'm always proud of the creativity of this mediocre island
British musicians were definitely using computers and effects for music production, even in the 1980s. Don't blame the technology for the blandness of modern music when the issue is a lack of creativity and an industry that chooses to churn out derivative, overproduced garbage rather than take risks.
Also 20 in 84 & in the military in Australia, this song and so many others like it were transformative an optimistic time to be alive, I feel for the young kids of today indoctrinated to be fearful, pessimistic, & so angry, where are the songs that give hope.... nothing...
@@davidcarrol110 Wasn't a second invasion at all.
It’s a shame that here in America Paul Weller’s isn’t recognized as the musical genius that he is…his music gets very little radio air play. Only true music fans know his brilliance.
Hi I recommend a song called 'Looking Into The Mirror' By Robert Nix
I agree
I spent a few weeks in London on vacation in about 2005. I met a young man who had never heard of Paul Weller. I was shocked. I figured he was a national treasure! He is such a big deal in my mind.
@@gardenlover9663 He is, don't worry. One of the best known & most respected musicians these islands have ever produced. He's rarely in the media spotlight nowadays though so that may explain that young guy's ignorance.
PAUL WELLER FAN HERE IN 🇨🇦 HELLO NEIGHBOUR🇺🇸👋
This song has a different meaning for me. My brother was diagnosed with cancer in 1999. He lived for way longer than he was "supposed to". A few years ago, he was feeling really low. This song was my theme song for him. We both love The Style Council. I sent it to him. He appreciated it. He passed on September 6th.
🙌🏻❣️
That is beautiful, sad but beautiful Garden Lover xxx
Sorry for your loss
@@andykippen2387 Thank you. How kind you are. I am okay. I just remember how much I love him.
@Garden Lover* So sorry for your loss 🕊 I lost my mum & big brother to cancer & we sang all our favourite songs mum was carpenters & my brother E.L.O hall & oates & his fav was Christopher Cross Sailing we played it at his funeral..Sending blessings your brother had good taste in music .🙏🏼🧡
Decades later...This song still holds up!
Yep
It doesnt just hold up, it holds everything else up....Talent like this spawns its own universe.
@@davidhockley1082 I haven't heard this for ages, the only improvement I had was when I hear I think "we're going to climb to the top"
@@mikearchibald744 alr
Totally agree! Has been one of my favourite songs since it was first released.
The most underrated band in modern times.
Uh, did they have other songs? THis was a huge hit and still people remember it, but I dont really remember any other songs they had. From a bands perspective there is almost nothing else that needs to be said. Some bands say the same thing over and over again for decades.
the tired "underrated" comment makes its inevitable appearance by some Millennial dullard
@@mikearchibald744"My Ever Changing Moods", "You're The Best Thing", "Long Hot Summer", "Paris Match", "The Lodgers", and more
@@mikearchibald744 Try 'Walls Come Tumbling Down' - oh and Dee C Lee is gorgeous, just luurvelee!
@@mikearchibald744 Try this one , ruclips.net/video/fJYHXN8bjwg/видео.html
2023, & I am an old guy, in Canada, and suddenly a new fan of this song. Thanks to RUclips, am able to view several old tapes of Style Council & Weller performing this song over the years.
This version is by far the CLEAREST where we can hear the genius of the lyrics matched to rhythms . Like so many here overseas, I don't understand why the group did not get more play at the time. Of course we knew of the song and their other UK hits, but it was mainly played in dance clubs.
And now, thanks to archives & RUclips, it's fascinating to learn details of what led up to Style Council, details of the band members lives, and where they are at today.
I'm an oldish Canadian from Vancouver. I remember this song and video from Nightlines with Dave and Buzz, who introduced Slow, Red Herring, Bob's Your Uncle, No Fun, and Go 4 Three to the world. Does anyone remember that el cheapo video show from Vancouver in the Eighties?
Do you know mate what he’s singing about , watch a movie called brassed off , you won’t regret it, 👍
@@stephenbramley9405The 2nd Civil War Stephen....and Thatcher won 😢
My late brother never let me forget this masterfully upbeat song due to his joy, thanks bro' 🤗
This has to be one of the best Style Council songs. Paul Weller's ability to change the genre of music from the Jam to the Style Council and still keep up the standard is a tribute to his genius. They certainly don't write tunes like this anymore.
Actually this style was popping up on ast two jam albums!🤔
Jman
Exactement...la plus belle vie d'une chanson ❤
I'm listening in 2024
So am I !
Timeless song 👍
Great track.
Magic
Me too 👍
We just hit 2023, I'm mid-life, total child of the 70s/80s, and totally forgot about this obscure gem. Still holds up to this day!!!
Same here. Same génération and I had forgotten about this song
Like an old friend you have not seen for a long time brilliant
Una descrizione bellissima! Complimenti!
Nope! I hate Paul Weller, the Style Council, and The Jam. I accidentally hit this video again....for the 3425th time😳
or a song you hear on the radio every day
Awesome comment
This song reminds me of someone I dated years ago.😉
i spent a couple of hours talking to Paul Weller in the early 90's when i lived in Denver.....he's one of the few superstars globally that could walk around virtually anywhere in America and be recognized by very few people......glad i got to spend some time with him.
And that would be their loss. I was surprised to hear Above the Clouds in a grocery store one day and almost started dancing in the aisle. That's great you got to talk with him.
Released in 1984 and still fresh as ever 40 years later.
Yes 😉👌👍👋
Actually in 1982, the best year of pop, new wave and also new york disco. Bought it then. Was 17.
one of the best album of the 80s
YES, this is the song I was looking for, Shout to the Top by The Style Council and it is a super magnificent pure 1980's song with pure energy!!
More style than anything out here in 2023😂
True./.
Another incredible gem of a song from one of the most underrated bands of all time! Love the unique arrangement, the layers of vocals, the swanky vibe and big energy this number delivers!
I feel Weller has been underrated all his career
Those 80's bass lines, what a treasure trove.
Really need to release a Style Council box set or remastered albums for 2021 ... Thumbs up if you agree ..... Come on let's have it!!
I’ve put many comments up about Paul weller but I’m going to say it again. Mans a genius and he makes joyous music xxx
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
As an Australian who lives in the Sunshine all the time, my theory is that in the gloomy England of the 80's, both weather and Thatcher, it created ideal conditions for the incredible creative output by the musicians of that era, I won't name the million bands that the UK produced in that time. It inspired worldwide music!!!
Yeah im an Aussie. Fuck The Beatles. It's the billion bands after that changed the face of music. Personally I think it peaked with Radiohead
You guys had amazing bands and tunes in the 80s too.
@@V8AmericanMuscleCar We sure did.....just dozens of them
They all lead the time trodden path of doing gigs in pubs 8 nights a week. Getting it right. We're a small market compared to the USA. You know, back then about 15million. You can't be crap down here or you go nowhere. In the USA there's a massive niche market for talentless nobodys. 300 million
our weather and leaders are pretty grim now mate, hopefully we get some more good music soon
Nothing wrong with thatcher, you want to see our leaders now, a joke.
One of the finest bands of the 80's
母が80年代のアーティストが好きで車の中でずっとかかってた。小さい頃から洗脳済み。
すっごく好き。
My elder brother worked down a mine in the late.80s. The pit collapsed. Shout to the top! Bless Paul Weller...and that pianist.....And everyone that song has helped in so many ways. X
@@Paul_John_Weller well. Hello, I hope ur well. I'm good thank u. I've been glossing and singing along with down @ the tube station @ midnight. Probs yelling would b a better word 4 it.
@@Paul_John_Weller Not really. All bands have massive P. R. operatives .. hundreds of people sat on keyboards all day long answering the fans.
I'm not surprised @ all 2 see "official messages" 2 other fans with the exact words. Does the minions on this site think fans r numpties? The language used is defo not Paul Weller.
These guys are totally underrated. Weller is a musical genius he truly is. He is an amazing artist..
This song is so important to how our industries broke down under Thatcher the milk snatcher. Witch from hell, so proud of Paul and Style Coucil for lighting up that dark and dire situation. Nothing changes but actually everything has changed. This song says it all. More should speak out we are far too complacent 😢
Such a great song about being down and uncertain. So true, during Pandemic, economic crisis, and racial tension here in the U.S. This songs brings me to tears with a smile on my face. Thank you Style Council.
hope your doing well
Hang in there Nicole !!!
PCR can not detect infections.
Everything is fake.
❤
Come to New Zealand for a break
Mr Weller is a legend!
Absolutely he is x
@@sharonguyver88 ..the guy oozes soul..and class!😊
Agreed!
Couldn't agree more 😀😀
My cousin met him on holiday in Italy last September.. Great littke video of them both I. was jealous as hell lol.
ポールウェラーカッコいい、そしてスタカンは定期的にめちゃくちゃ聴きたくなる
私が神経質そうで面倒くさそうな人が好きなのはポール・ウェラーから来ていると思っている。見た目の勝手なイメージで本人がそーだとは思っていないので念のため。
Listening to this song in 2024!
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This tune still kicks ass after more than three decades, just like Weller
Alex O'Dowd right
Alex O'dowd,Paul Weller died in 1982
Alex O'dowd,Your an idiot Weller died the day he split The Jam up!
I agree. really hates being called the MOD father. the style council and The jam were two of the best bands of the 1970s/1980s
Just listening before my Competition heats The best ever Mahalo !!!
I was half in mind, I was half in need
And as the rain came down
I dropped to my knees and I prayed
I said, "Oh heavenly thing, please cleanse my soul
I've seen all on offer and I'm not impressed at all"
I was halfway home, I was half insane
And every shop window I looked in just looked the same
I said, "Now send me a sign to save my life
'Cause at this moment in time there is nothing certain in
These days of mine"
You see it's a frightening thing when it dawns upon you
That I know as much as the day I was born
And though I wasn't asked, I might as well stay
And promise myself each and every day
That when you're knocked on your back and your life's a flop
And when you're down on the bottom there's nothing else
But to shout to the top
Well we're gonna shout to the top
We're gonna shout to the top
We're gonna shout to the top
Hey, we're gonna shout to the top
You see it's a frightening thing when it dawns upon you
That I know as much as the day I was born
And though I wasn't asked, I might as well stay
And promise myself each and every day
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
So when you're knocked on your back and your life's a flop
And when you're down on the bottom there's nothing else
But to shout to the top (shout)
Well, we're gonna shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
And when you're knocked on your back and your life's a flop
And when you're down on the bottom there's nothing else
But to shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
Hey, yeah, shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
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We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
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Shout to the top (shout)
Shout to the top (shout)
We're gonna shout to the top (shout)
Shout to the top (shout)
Shout to the top (shout)
Shout to the top (shout)
Shout to the top (shout)
Thanks!
From Canada, summer 2023: thanks for the lyrics in writing. I'm a new fan of this classic.
Thank you!!!!❤
It is impossible to read the words, I end up singing them in my head.
Who’s listening in 2024? Stunning 😊
Me in 2024
me !
Me,too.
Me from 40 years..and i'm french...!!!!
@@gordon8463 Moi aussi.
what a musical decade❤
In Japan, it is the theme song of the morning TV show and is a famous song that many people know. and One of my favorite songs.
Iligato
I hate Tokudane but this song is beautiful.
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No one doesn't know about this
I just left Japan, for Nebraska (in the Air Force)...I worked in a secured facility, they would allow cassette tapes in, to play music...but never let them out again. So, for a period of 2 years...this was usually playing very loudly while I did mundane midnight shift work.
Also famous as commercial of SUBARU.
Legacy? or Impreza??
England owned the 80's no question about it
Not his biggest fan but I think Michael Jackson might have a say in that.
70s & 80s where the best music & times to enjoy ... How lucky we were !?!? 👍
@@ngc-fo5te MJ is one artist. Britain had about a million great bands/ artists in the 80s. Also in the 60s, 70s and 90s for that matter.
I remember reading something about how America produced the biggest selling/ best solo acts, but the UK produced the biggest selling/ best bands. There is the odd exception here and there in both cases of course. But generally speaking it's true if you look at all time album sales.
ngc 5139 Beside having a unique voice he was good in dancing and performing while the britains in my opinion have really good taste in the sound.
By „he“ I mean Michael Jackson.
今聴いても最高！！
色褪せない、グルーヴ感最高！！
I'm absolutely agree with you
Arigatoooooo!!!!
This is a F A N T A S T I C song. I love it🥰
i thought Weller's career would probably teeter out after the Jam, how wrong was i. The style Council was, has been and always will be one of my favourite bands.
If you’re a guitarist with songwriting skills the likes of weller has you’ll never go hungry lol.
Mine too!
Fade out, oh man!
I just don't think that talented brilliance won't, can't, will never, ever, simply go out "like rhat"...
😎🙏😀
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Paul Weller: so much talent crammed into one bloke! Unbelievable!
God, how could anyone not want to just groove to this song forever.....
The Long Hot Summerx - The Story of The Style Council 😍
If you ever need a positive energy track before leaving your home in the morning this is the song to go out to the world with.
A timeless song, whose energy captures the human spirit; it is a gutsy soul singing and we can all relate to that courageous energetic spark.
Interesante lo que narras, siempre he pensado en esa unión entre el músico y su oyente, hay mucha conexión espiritual o lo que sea.
For me they'll never be another decade like the '80's.
It was exciting as I was young and life wasn't so serious.
For those of us who were there we were lucky.
Those who weren't born then missed a hell of a time to be alive.
TOTP, Saturday morning TV, half pence sweets, great times.
The 80s were pretty great. Aside from the, y'know, ever present fear of nuclear annihilation. I always thought the decadent 80s mentality was more nihilistic than carefree. We were really just having as much fun as we could while riding the bomb down.
Dead right, the time to be a live was the 60s/70s/80s. We've gone hi-tech now but it seems to have killed the soul.
I miss very much my '80s.. and this music at all.I love It more now than in '80s! Good voices never die!
Love the fact that he had the balls to write and put out music that genuinely challenged the establishment. Love the Miners poster in the background. Respect to the working men and women.
up the working class. All economic growth is created and grown through the working class !!
Straight up chignon Paul Weller
Sold out though in later life me thinks 🤔
Don't think he sold out mate, just too old for the fight. Kids, ex wives and all that. That crap takes the fight out of the best of us!
@@yviy1 I don't see he sold out. Get back to me if he accepts a knighthood, but I think he is still true to his basic values.
Yes, this song is giving me a drive to keep going in life, I was scammed in October last year and lost all my life savings, but I’m just over halfway towards earning it back through hard work. So when I was down on the bottom all I could do from then on was ‘SHOUT TO THE TOP!!!’
isto mesmo meu amigo vamos lutando e reconquistando tudo o que infelizmente perdemos,mais esta música é algo que nos renova e mostra que a vida é maravilhosa.
Deus seja louvado - Amém
@@reinaldooliveira8680 sorry, can’t understand what you just said
これぞ！The British Music。お洒落でクールで本当に好きだったあの頃。今こんな音楽を生み出すグループってある!?
無い
イギリスっていうか、英国って感じだろうか。
Best days of my life (but i didn't know back then)
+Nathalie Achtergaele . Too right. What happened to our 80s, youth, health and life.
+Dennis Rhodes Lcc What happen to the music in general????? Where's MTV (MUSIC television...!) ;) d'ya remember?
+Nathalie Achtergaele Your shoulders start to sway, then you just want to dance.
+Darren Blake Indeeeeeeeed
+Nathalie Achtergaele yeah we never do know that eh. but we'll still try to tell our kids that......and when THEY realise the same thing they will try to tell their kids the same :)
Paul Weller is just such an incredible artist he is up there with the likes of well ...the best of the best. Big part of not only the UK but the world! The Mod Father rock and soul.
As a young music maker
This song should be a learning curve!!!!!!!
Can you hear how they do it with the vocals and everything!
The tempo the skill the knowledge these guys had;
So much to learn so little time!
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams
32 yrs old this tune.Was 14.today's shite isn't a patch on the 80's/early 90's..👍
YNT Hibs Manchester ....👍 GGTTH 💚
JohnnyAppleseed 👍
Manchester Hibs y
The 'Shite' just keeps on coming.. it's now November 2020!
This was one of my favorite songs when it came out, just because it was so infectious but listening now as an adult with more knowledge on UK music history, it’s so evident how much of a Northern Soul tribute this was. Even down to Weller’s dance moves. Pure Wigan.
This is the best song to test your stereo system to. Full range of instruments, frequencies and vocals. I used to carry the vinyl with me when buying systems worth thousands of dollars.
Was that trading your food stamps?🤔😂
just another reason the 80s slapped! i wore this album out!
Is Paul Weller capable of writing a bad song? The Jam, Style Council, solo stuff, you just can't ever go wrong with any of it.
Lyrical genius up there with Bowie, Lennon/McCartney
@Chris Jonhson Oh, so much lough. Aaaaa
I am 17 years old.but i love 80, s from the bottom of my heart
I was lucky enough to see Mr Weller perform this live this summer at The Lytham Festival- absolutely brilliant and something I’ll cherish forever
This song just shows how good the eighties was
"One can live for years sometimes without living at all, and then all life comes crowding into one single hour."
Oscar Wilde.
Otra pieza musical de los años 80 que nos lleva a épocas en donde se realizaba verdadera música 🧡🧡🧡🧡✌️✌️✌️✌️👌👌👌👌
My youth right there ..... and still love it today😍👍 ❤️
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
This song always cleanses my soul!!!
That jacket, Weller's oh-so-cool slide/80s dancing...a fantastic track from a fantastic band!
It’s 3am last night , Im walking into a casino , this is the song that starts playing as soon as I walk in . Love it !
Takes me back, makes me dance, and always totally lifts my vibration!!!! Respect to the Old School 😍🙏
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
2021 Covid late night RUclips binge...love this track..this band really was kool..Paul Weller one of the all time greatest songwriters...under-rated for sure...Great Man
Yes your right there kid great times with that song paddy lreland
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
It's just mental the English produce the best music ever
josh jackson Your not wrong there Pal! 👍
yep mostly
Not English but the Britains produce the best Music ;)
josh jackson o
It's thanks to all the shite weather they have in the UK - they've got no choice but to stay indoors most of the time learning to play their musical instruments. Mind you, New Zealand has an inordinate amount of brillo music too, & we're only 4.5 million people, at last count (though heaps of us are UK descendants too, so that supports your theory)! :-)
Never stopped listening
Mick Talbot is one of my favorite keyboardists, and The Style Council's one of my favorite groups.
Dee C. Lee is one of the most beautiful woman that ever walked this Earth.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this song! Those strings are especially amazing
I'm still listening at 71 years old
Hai buoni gusti musicali
I hear u brother I'm 10 years your junior. It a song that keeps on and on giving.
What a great song! Lifts me up every time!!
Damn he's really getting into that piano
Kathleen Leydig Nevermind what all others are posting. I’m happy he’s into his groove..
i would be too if i wrote this absolute monster of a tune
Indeed I find it very sexy
He's awesome :)
Tatts Kink I love watching him!
We need this spirit back. Badly.
It's here mate !! 😎😎
this song is so 90's britt pop that i still cant believe its from 1984. Much love from Norway!
永遠に大好きな曲。
元気がでます。
pure class, Weller and DeeCee looking fabulous, proper tune
From the states I shout out... England produces, by far the best music around! They are tops!
artbyvince I agree. Who helps me complete a list? The beatles, david bowie, depeche mode, UB 40, U2, Phil collins, culture club, duran duran, wham (george michael), paul young, queen (freddy mercury), elton john, bronsky beat, rod stewart, police, travis, coldplay. I think they all did amazing music. Please tell me who I forgot.
@@sonia1082 The Cure, New Order, The Smiths, Yaz and on and on and on. The amount of great music that came out of the UK is truly amazing.
skiggy007 Thank you very much! Oh yes, I loved The cure and New order so much as a teenager. I will check out the other ones you mentioned.
simply red
@@sonia1082 Led Zeplin, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Pet Shop Boys, Oasis, The Stone Roses, Dire Straits, Eurythmics, Genesis, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Billy Idol, The Sex Pistols, The Jam, The Clash, AC/DC (Australian origin, but most of the band were British when they were at their best), The Stranglers, Radiohead, Joe Cocker, Mötorhead, The Moody Blues, Gary Numan, Foreigner, Tears for Fears, The Prodigy, Cat Stevens, Massive Attack, Billy Ocean, Steve Whinewood, The Verve.
To be honest, the list is pretty endless. I'll be here all night 🤣
今聞いても色褪せない名曲です
2023 🔥 Shouting Out from Brooklyn NY USA
Shouting out from Huddersfield Yorkshire 🎉
Who listening in 2020??
Michael Warren
Happy new year from japan!
Michael Warren me mate chilling out this New Year’s Day. All the best mate.
Me
Me. Yep talent.
I am sitting with Scarlett Johansson right now after our 12 hour lovemaking session at the Beverly Wilshire and she said, "Please baby, play your hero....play Paul Weller for me....pleeeeeease!." and then I woke up.....
My Italian man and I fight the night before I am going back to Sweden. We are silent in the car on the highway to Pisa Airport, as Mario drives there. Suddenly this song is heard on the radio. "I was half way home I was half insane" is all I hear. I turn to Mario and say: Great song.. Mario turns up the volume. We smile a little. By the time we are at the airport we are lovers again. Mario holds me oh so tight outside the entrance and whispers: Come back soon... This song always reminds me of that trip, five years ago..
and did you came back ?
Souvent une chanson marque un amour
@@Old-Skull. Oh yes
Wow that story sounds like a Hollywood Movie💯😘
@@Old-Skull. Yes
The vibes on this record are off the charts
Pure gold
My childhood. Born in 88 but my mother brought me up on 80 music. The best!
@4Tlccas omg who cares? Just enjoy the music!
I love it how Mick seems like he is agonizing while playing.
even today, there is not a keyboard that can allow that man to express himself to his fullest capability.
Why is this song so underated? Can't people see it's a classic.
This magnificent song should have a lot more views.
印象的なイントロ大好きです。何故か、血が騒ぎます！
This is one of the best songs ever
This song brings tears to my eyes each time I hear it. I must confess I have no idea what it's actually about (I pay little attention to lyrics), but the music just has an incredible positivity, happiness and friendliness to it. Just an incredibly warm song.
It’s a protest song. It’s a serious message that can also make you dance. It’s an incredible song.
"Shout to the Top" he has also said is a metaphor for calling out to God. Listen to the the lyrics and it makes sense.
Always aim high with hope it keeps you going its uplifting
You summed that up beautifully.
@@kirbywaite1586 thank you. I try my best, but it's rare I am so emotionally moved by music :)