Was (Not Was) - Shake Your Head

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  • Опубликовано: 27 окт 2024

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  • @Rodrigorosadossantos2676
    @Rodrigorosadossantos2676 7 месяцев назад +99

    Anyone listening to this classic in 2024?

  • @TheManorBeast
    @TheManorBeast 2 года назад +97

    This has been sporadically in my head for getting on for 25 years
    Finally the search is over. What an Incredible feeling of relief, nostalgia and sadness

    • @stephenduncan3605
      @stephenduncan3605 2 года назад +8

      This song will be 30 years old next July!

    • @luisjamett7030
      @luisjamett7030 Год назад +5

      What the hell, same happened to me today!!! Well congrats to all hehe

    • @cdmChase1
      @cdmChase1 Год назад +1

      awwww bless ya!! same i just knew the woman out of batman was in the song!

    • @mspacification
      @mspacification Год назад +1

      Na minha mente também! Eu tinha uma fita k7 que tinha 2 músicas, uma era essa e a outra, "come alive - orchestra JB" demorei muitos anos para encontrar essas músicas novamente.

    • @lucyryder1
      @lucyryder1 8 месяцев назад

      It's been in my head for 30 years too 😅

  • @djtweeter
    @djtweeter 3 года назад +44

    Was (Not Was) + Steve "Silk" Hurley beats, and Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne on lead vocals with Kim Basinger, what a mixture. I love it !!!

    • @colinmorton9165
      @colinmorton9165 Год назад +3

      I beleave It's actually Madonna that did female vocals

    • @jackjude
      @jackjude 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​​@@colinmorton9165a _juuuust-about_ pre-fame Madonna recorded a version with the group - ten years prior - in 1983. I believe the "Lets go to bed " line here is Madge from those earlier recordings.

    • @antifugazi
      @antifugazi 4 месяца назад +3

      "A pre-fame Madonna had auditioned for the vocal but was not used on the final release"

  • @Kblog777
    @Kblog777 5 лет назад +199

    Takes me back to the summer of 92 when this was all over UK radio. 😊

    • @interstat2222
      @interstat2222 4 года назад +29

      Usually segued into Jimmy Nail - Ain't No Doubt!

    • @jhonsmith148
      @jhonsmith148 4 года назад +5

      Absolutely! :)

    • @dawnspage5091
      @dawnspage5091 3 года назад +6

      Good times

    • @dawnspage5091
      @dawnspage5091 3 года назад +14

      92-94 was peak of good music

    • @A-small-amount-of-peas
      @A-small-amount-of-peas 3 года назад +4

      Anything that wasn't Bryan Adams everything I do I do for you that summer had my vote. God I despised that song

  • @pellykhan7450
    @pellykhan7450 3 года назад +60

    I was a teenager when I first listened to this song...then suddenly almost 30 years later I find this song again...it is just so incredible how a song can immediately take you back to your teenage years and makes you feel the feelings you had as a teenager...I just love this song so so much...I am full of joy when I listen to it...and also have tears in my eyes...

    • @paulgordon6949
      @paulgordon6949 11 месяцев назад +1

      This song is so bad its good. I honestly believe that it's a c.i.a sponsored weapon used primarily to kill younger people brain cells so they can be used in the zombie army when they're cannon fodder at the beginning of the 3 world war
      I feel sorry for your mother.... and yes obviously Kim is a good looking lass.... the song is garbage

  • @ronbertjohn3678
    @ronbertjohn3678 5 лет назад +124

    What a classic takes me back to the early 90s when things made more sense and summers seemed longer

    • @ivannovoselac3518
      @ivannovoselac3518 5 лет назад +4

      Yup, the summers seems longer! I was think that is just me opinion but no. I wish to go back in 90's.

    • @totalabundance2160
      @totalabundance2160 4 года назад +3

      Totally agree. I was just thinking back to when it came out and I was a carefree teenager, loving life's endless summers.

  • @bradthurkle7217
    @bradthurkle7217 8 месяцев назад +9

    Thank to google hum i was able to find this song that ive been looking for for 32 years. Cant tell ya how happy i am. So cool.

  • @syniekos
    @syniekos 2 года назад +29

    This has got to be one of the most 'random' selection of guest vocalists for a song, before 'random' became a thing. Top song.

    • @scottyunitedboy2925
      @scottyunitedboy2925 Год назад +4

      Kim and Ozzy singing about suing Buddha for libel. Yeah!

    • @MGrayl-ib5fo
      @MGrayl-ib5fo Год назад +1

      Madonna sang on the demo, but the only thing left of her vocals is the "ehh-eh-eh-ehh-ehh" sample LOL

    • @syniekos
      @syniekos Год назад +1

      @@MGrayl-ib5fo Oh yes I’ve heard the demo

    • @rashid81
      @rashid81 2 месяца назад

      ​@MGrayl-ib5fo there more than those parts on the demo. It's the verses too. Look it up. I prefer it.

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking 2 месяца назад +33

    Who is listening in August 2024?

  • @tanyamccann1747
    @tanyamccann1747 Год назад +3

    Loved this song...

  • @shaundodd1512
    @shaundodd1512 3 месяца назад +5

    Summer 1992 had lots of cracking tunes like this!

  • @olivierfabre6833
    @olivierfabre6833 Год назад +7

    1992 club classic !

  • @ajs41
    @ajs41 3 года назад +39

    I was expecting this to have had at least 5 million views. One of the best songs of 1992.

  • @tarantulagirl
    @tarantulagirl 3 года назад +48

    Summer of 92! I’m building a time machine to go back to the 90’s. Whose coming with me?

    • @bencetasi9943
      @bencetasi9943 3 года назад +2

      Count me in.

    • @alancooper7497
      @alancooper7497 3 года назад +2

      Yup

    • @paulhickie6974
      @paulhickie6974 3 года назад +1

      Yes me to I wish I was 15 all over again.

    • @robocop5935
      @robocop5935 10 месяцев назад

      Sorry I can't. I want to catch the 80s time machine.

    • @tarantulagirl
      @tarantulagirl 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@robocop5935 yeah I get that, I enjoyed the 80’s too but preferred the 90’s

  • @staffofdagda6238
    @staffofdagda6238 Месяц назад +1

    Brings back fond memories of the 90's

  • @jayswan6708
    @jayswan6708 3 года назад +12

    Love this song remember it well 1992 and I'm 43 now lol

  • @totrigo6834
    @totrigo6834 9 месяцев назад +1

    these lyrics hit 💥

  • @glenross9467
    @glenross9467 6 лет назад +40

    One of them old tunes that stay in your head. Oh and Kim bassinger in the vid helps too haha 👍

  • @andybliss5965
    @andybliss5965 3 года назад +12

    What a tune. I remember recording this off the top 40 on a Sunday night on cassette. This was also produced by legendary House dj Steve Hurley so it's got a bit of that oldskool house vibe to it

  • @Turtelin
    @Turtelin 7 лет назад +80

    it was about time someone uploaded the video ! Thanks , 90's classic

  • @cegb551
    @cegb551 4 года назад +99

    No idea why this came into my head in 2020, but it still sounds good.

    • @leg5345
      @leg5345 4 года назад +4

      Same 🥴

    • @cindyboo62
      @cindyboo62 4 года назад +2

      Same 😂😂

    • @michaelrussell3890
      @michaelrussell3890 4 года назад +3

      Popped into my head today

    • @A-small-amount-of-peas
      @A-small-amount-of-peas 3 года назад +1

      First time I did my own cassette tape this was on it. Never even knew Kim Basinger was in the video!

    • @rachelcorson3555
      @rachelcorson3555 3 года назад +1

      I started singing it too! ....weird

  • @AliR369
    @AliR369 6 лет назад +40

    She's bleedin' gorgeous! 💖

  • @m4rt1n0nY0utub3
    @m4rt1n0nY0utub3 3 года назад +6

    Summer of 92, I was 16 and got my first job working in a warehouse. Always remember this tune on the radio as the Warehouse Manager handed me a picking list for FS57 Shoes size 9.

  • @iluvu90s
    @iluvu90s 2 года назад +5

    Thank God some local radio stations here in my country in Philippines 🇵🇭 still plays 90s songs, that's how I discovered this song, very catchy. 90s is still the best, so fun, good times! ❤

  • @salaunphilippe1569
    @salaunphilippe1569 4 месяца назад +1

    qu'elle était craquante, Kim!! Super musique de 1992!

  • @parralox
    @parralox 6 месяцев назад +1

    I remember buying this CD single. Still sounds amazing. Go Ozzy ❤

  • @sarakirk9542
    @sarakirk9542 3 года назад +122

    Is it me or does Kim Bassenger look uncannily like Kim Wilde- never thought of it before but they so look similar in looks. Great song, very catchy

    • @Raybee100
      @Raybee100 2 года назад +15

      Blimey I thought it was Kim Wilde lol 😄

    • @desertrose1226
      @desertrose1226 2 года назад +11

      The two Kim’s and Kylie Minogue look quite alike especially in the 80s! Taylor Swift looks similar now.

    • @massimoferraro8969
      @massimoferraro8969 2 года назад +9

      I love and Like Kim Wilde and Kim Basinger..
      They were and are the Best 80s Girls❤️❤️

    • @BurmaShane
      @BurmaShane 2 года назад +4

      I thought it was Kim Wilde at first too.

    • @EJDD1233
      @EJDD1233 Год назад +5

      Both stunningly beautiful

  • @andrestorolondono9532
    @andrestorolondono9532 Год назад +5

    I was 12 years old when this song came out, since then, it's part of my childhood memories.

  • @Superking.Menthol
    @Superking.Menthol 2 года назад +5

    Sounds very much like Dee-Lite. Groovy!

  • @GregOrCreg
    @GregOrCreg 2 года назад +4

    I forgot about this song for years, and only just recently heard it on TOTP repeats, and now I remember it being everywhere during the middle of 92.

    • @peternewman3487
      @peternewman3487 2 года назад +1

      Yes, The same happened to me.

    • @GregOrCreg
      @GregOrCreg 2 года назад +1

      @@peternewman3487 And now it's stuck in my head, like every song that was a big hit at the time, that I'd forgotten about until I watched the TOTP repeats. LOL!

  • @rote66
    @rote66 2 месяца назад +1

    It's incredible how much more beautiful actresses from the past are than today's. Beautiful Kim Basinger.

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking 5 лет назад +5

    Brings back so many memories from 1992.

  • @MrCupcake946
    @MrCupcake946 2 года назад +5

    Heard it on a funfair ride like 15 years ago, and it stayed in my head since I just heard it again on a 90's radio
    Now I'm here and I'm not disappointed, good music and fun video 🤩

  • @billybabu
    @billybabu 5 лет назад +11

    Great tune!
    So many years since I've Heard this

  • @JamesChristopher-su6fh
    @JamesChristopher-su6fh 3 месяца назад

    Absolute pure nostalgia ❤ take me back

  • @antonigeli294
    @antonigeli294 2 года назад +4

    I love HOUSE crazy things like this gem right in the climax of the genre.

  • @crozwayne
    @crozwayne 2 года назад +1

    OMG KIM!!!!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

  • @garyjames627
    @garyjames627 2 года назад +1

    This is a great feel good song and video.

  • @sunnydays5742
    @sunnydays5742 6 лет назад +18

    God what a jam....used to love this track....the golden days xx

  • @secretsquirrel8903
    @secretsquirrel8903 4 года назад +29

    K I M B A S I N G E R ❤

  • @Jas-Mine
    @Jas-Mine 6 лет назад +7

    The first days of Mtv in Israel, 1992, thank u for upload...☺

  • @TheSpeedfreak665
    @TheSpeedfreak665 5 лет назад +10

    I couldn't get this song out of my head when I was kid. Such a catchy tune it was on repeat on music television in Spain when I was on vacation.

  • @westerleighwerek1493
    @westerleighwerek1493 14 дней назад

    I got this on Greatest Hits Radio talking about Golden Year 1992!

  • @sharoncarter4086
    @sharoncarter4086 6 лет назад +15

    Yes, love this song. Play it loud and love life!!!! X

  • @danielleite9819
    @danielleite9819 7 лет назад +41

    Too bad Ozzy isn't in the video...
    That'd JUST AMAZING!!!

    • @deanj6969
      @deanj6969 5 лет назад +4

      Daniel Leite and Madonna singing 2

  • @tombowler6458
    @tombowler6458 2 года назад +8

    I heard this song on the radio this morning, it sent me down a nostalgic path and invoked many happy childhood memories growing up in the 90s. I have to say though Ozzy Osbourne being connected to this tune who'd have thought it, a far cry from heavy metal that's for sure lol

  • @robertaraujo6981
    @robertaraujo6981 Год назад +1

    Ouvindo em 18/05/2023

  • @lavender04
    @lavender04 3 года назад +2

    What a tune man 😁

  • @kathymcgill1
    @kathymcgill1 10 месяцев назад

    This was always played on LW radio Atlantic252. They were good days ❤

  • @deansyrett8544
    @deansyrett8544 5 лет назад +3

    Brilliant song.

  • @mikekrasolt5810
    @mikekrasolt5810 Год назад

    I never will be tired of listening to those brillant Songs of the nineties. Thank you so much for Posting this amazing Song.

  • @happisakshappiplace.6588
    @happisakshappiplace.6588 2 года назад +8

    Huge hit in the UK back in 92.

  • @MegaDeansy
    @MegaDeansy Год назад

    Oh wow - I've had this in my head for years but only just now got it - Yippeee !!

  • @roshanmanilal5315
    @roshanmanilal5315 5 лет назад +5

    Love this track the good ol' 90s just can't beat it.

  • @HarryFlowerrs
    @HarryFlowerrs 4 года назад +2

    Takes me right back,great times!

  • @jacksongroove4263
    @jacksongroove4263 6 лет назад +5

    This song I've downloaded it and it's original and when combined with the hurley mixes version, I feel the nostalgic and my memories are rejuvenated way back in 90s, when we used to groove at club boomerang in Nairobi.Those were the days when music was soul, and now the collection is meant for the old grown folks.

  • @crazychap5329
    @crazychap5329 2 года назад +1

    Fabulous

  • @hustlinhitch
    @hustlinhitch 2 года назад +2

    Still listening 30 years later. This song reminds me of going to Summerslam 1992.

  • @markdonaldson911
    @markdonaldson911 3 года назад +5

    I listen to long wave Atlantic 252 now give me my money 💰

  • @MinxLaura123
    @MinxLaura123 7 лет назад +5

    Loveeeed this song

  • @autistictechgirl
    @autistictechgirl 3 года назад +1

    Love this song. The bit around the 12 second mark makes me see the colour orange with my synaesthesia

  • @amandeepstevens4876
    @amandeepstevens4876 3 года назад

    Why did I remember this today? Great memories, was such fun back then

  • @Armario64
    @Armario64 4 года назад +2

    Great song!

  • @mallorca629
    @mallorca629 3 года назад +1

    Takes me back to the summer of 92, 16 years old and lost in love, chilling out in a disco called “Alexandras” in Paguera, Mallorca (SPAIN)..... moped parked outside, great times ! Peace ☮️

  • @pgrafite
    @pgrafite 2 года назад +2

    Takes me back to 1992 at São José dos Campos City, in Brazil. I was 9 when heard this sound for the first time. Claaaaassic

  • @brendonsullivan3354
    @brendonsullivan3354 4 года назад +3

    A time when music was worth listening to....

    • @Vislav
      @Vislav 3 года назад

      Well said

  • @mrmeerkat1096
    @mrmeerkat1096 2 года назад +5

    Sometimes it's only years later when you begin to appreciate a song, and this is alot better then I remember. To me this is the time when mainstream music began to take a nose dive, but this track and video are excellent.

    • @leighdappa
      @leighdappa 2 года назад +1

      Same with that 'Slave To The Vibe' by Aftershock.
      Didn't like it then but listening to it now takes me back.

    • @mrmeerkat1096
      @mrmeerkat1096 2 года назад +1

      @@leighdappa i will Google that and watch it. Some tracks get better with age, and it can be nostalgic also. This one reminds me of just starting high school.

  • @slavomirkovac6236
    @slavomirkovac6236 Год назад

    I have been waiting for this video for long time.

  • @ViktorTorvik
    @ViktorTorvik 2 года назад

    Radio Miraflores, Invierno del año 92 en Lima Perú, que buenos tiempos!

  • @andrewhallgate9736
    @andrewhallgate9736 3 года назад +1

    Great track.. gorgeous Kim... Naturally beautiful no fake lips or eyebrows..

  • @emily-4935
    @emily-4935 Год назад +3

    This song is perfection ❤

  • @johngrinham3375
    @johngrinham3375 9 месяцев назад +1

    48 and I love it still

  • @SoulCurioso8271
    @SoulCurioso8271 7 лет назад +8

    Oh the memories...

  • @r_ck_mann5616
    @r_ck_mann5616 6 лет назад +6

    the song you will not forget

  • @fabiogomeshotbrasilcollect7895
    @fabiogomeshotbrasilcollect7895 2 года назад +1

    very good , sucess in brazil from 92 and 94

  • @sandrawetterich
    @sandrawetterich 6 лет назад +3

    I waited for ages for this upload.

  • @debbiebrett6689
    @debbiebrett6689 4 года назад +1

    This has just been played on my local radio (The Golden Hour: 1992). I love it because it is just SO strange!!

  • @noellecox3952
    @noellecox3952 3 года назад +1

    Great song by was not was also Kim basinger has a lovely sinning voice

  • @carlmarshall40
    @carlmarshall40 2 года назад +1

    This is still a awesome track, reminds me of the club's in Cape Town.

  • @craigd8624
    @craigd8624 6 лет назад +2

    Memories. What a song

  • @fernandofantasy
    @fernandofantasy 5 лет назад +2

    Man how i love this song!

  • @vordman
    @vordman 6 лет назад +8

    Haven't seen this vid for over twenty years, thanks for uploading. Just as good as I remembered. As for Kim Basinger...phwoar!!!

  • @CarlosTeves-h8w
    @CarlosTeves-h8w Месяц назад

    Excelente tema del verano de 1992

  • @seagreentangerine2065
    @seagreentangerine2065 4 года назад +3

    I've got the extended version, a classic stand out track which NEVER gets played on the UK radio!

    • @dannyhayden1588
      @dannyhayden1588 2 года назад

      Heart 90s plays it all the time now on Dab get on it!

  • @davidkelly2
    @davidkelly2 3 года назад +10

    This is my longest song rediscovery on record. I was a kid when this was released. Couldn't remember any lyrics but whistled the chorus for about 17 years before finally hearing it on the radio and using Google to identify it. So so FUCKING happy 😃

  • @midoriyas_simp5396
    @midoriyas_simp5396 6 лет назад +2

    After all these years I still love this song

  • @thiagorodrigo9805
    @thiagorodrigo9805 5 лет назад +1

    GREAT !!!!!

  • @Baron_von_Fargone
    @Baron_von_Fargone 3 года назад

    Wow ..was not was .I left school in 92 .
    Was not was I wish it was 92 .
    Didn't know till now that Ozzy Osbourne is one of the vocals .heard it on Chris moyles radioX the other day .

  • @r.o.g.79
    @r.o.g.79 Год назад

    Not heard this song in years, when i was at high school I was 12, now im glad I found Was Not Was..

  • @sergiomarques7253
    @sergiomarques7253 2 года назад

    I heard thid song today on the radio, I hadn't heard this in 20 years!!

  • @jaysonlee9306
    @jaysonlee9306 2 года назад

    My favorite of the club bangers

  • @betocosta7126
    @betocosta7126 2 года назад +1

    Excelente.

  • @MudSluggerBP
    @MudSluggerBP Год назад

    Christie totally forgotten this track, recommend videos from a Jason Stathem search bought me here 👍🏻

  • @arsenjaho8069
    @arsenjaho8069 Год назад +1

    Kim was soooooo gorgeous there!!! ❤

  • @MrJonnyboyification
    @MrJonnyboyification 2 года назад

    Been searching for this for years , haven't heard it since I was a kid, finally got a phone smart enough to recognize me humming it :)

  • @unlokia
    @unlokia Год назад

    Gosh I’d always liked this. Thirty years later it’s VERY DULL AND BLAND.

  • @karinalubyte1988
    @karinalubyte1988 7 лет назад +2

    INCREDIBLE SONG!

  • @kevinotoole885
    @kevinotoole885 4 года назад +9

    I’m a plasterer and I was plastering a window wall yesterday (bear with) the radio was on the window sill and I caught the skip station button with my trowel and this was on ! I’ve probably not heard this in 25 years if I’m honest. I was 10 when it was out but remember Kim Bassinger looking amazing!!!
    Also, under the impression that Kim never met these guys looking at the video. Even the bit at the beginning looks a bit dodgy, like she’s not actually there with the others 🤣

    • @ajs41
      @ajs41 3 года назад

      I know what you mean. I've been setting up playlists on my channel of music from each year, including a lot of songs like this that people might have forgotten about. This is 1991 for example: ruclips.net/p/PL6oCQqv2KW6WNSAjTtZqcv6hPrCJivYFE

    • @leighdappa
      @leighdappa 2 года назад

      I agree.
      She agreed to do the Video but wasn't there with them as there's no clips with them together.

  • @kyrkosekaterinaris1328
    @kyrkosekaterinaris1328 2 года назад

    Not many crazy collaborations back then as there are today, so this was definitely ahead of its time.

  • @Wvk5zc
    @Wvk5zc 7 лет назад +1

    About time! I never knew there was a video clip to one of my favourite songs!