The psychiatrist in that video was played by Magnus Pyke. He was a nutritional scientist, and made a lot of appearances on British television, especially in the 1970s and early 1980s. He was known for his excited gesticulation. edit Pyke not Pike.
It’s actually a brilliant funk song done with synths. The album version is longer and has a great extended drum breakdown at the end! Dolby is brilliant.
Yes. He also helped Paddy McAloon with a couple Prefab Sprouts albums. They were big in the UK. All of his (TD's) albums were fantastic. His Aliens ate my Buick album was especially funky. A humble genius.
Before this song in 1984, Dolby was a much sought after synth player for major rock acts who didn't have a need for a full time synth player. He plays the synths on Foreigner's 1981 hits "Urgent" and "Waiting for a Girl Like You", both from the album "4".
David Bowie actually got Thomas Dolby to play keyboards for his epic set at Live Aid, which was the biggest concert event the world had ever seen at that point.
This song is why everybody yells out "Science!" every time there's a science category question on trivia nights! I've always enjoyed Thomas Dolby's music. It's quintessential '80s pop, and the videos were always interesting. This came out at the height of MTV, when all they played was music videos.
Thomas Dolby is a fascinating character, involved so much in the devopment of electronic music. He also did movie scores, video game music, and put together an online game "Map of the Floating City". He wrote, cowrote and played on many hits of others. He had a software company. He put together a studio in an isolated old beached boat in Wales. On and on...... While I love the bouncy hits that got most of the play, he also had some beautiful atmospheric songs. I can recommend The Flat Earth, I Scare Myself, One of Our Submarines, Windpower, Europa and the Pirate Twins, Flying North, Radio Silence. For a funky sound check out the album "Aliens Ate My Buick".
His entire first album was so good that the first time I heard it I thought it was a best of collection. The album title is "The Golden Age of Wireless" but there were multiple issues of it in the UK and the US with different songs on it so look for the collectors edition from 2009 for a copy that includes all the songs.
@@hackerx7329 Yes! I had an early LP and when I finally bought the CD, there were some weird mixes on there?!! Same with Duran Duran’s Rio. I thought it was a Capitol Records CD issue , but I’ve since heard different things.
I'm with Hacker X -- Dolby's first album is absolutely fantastic, and the slower, moodier songs are the highlights for me. He's recorded much music since then, and much of it is excellent, but that first record, he really hit the ground running . . .
This cat may have been actually crazy. However, all the most creative people are called deranged or off in someway. Scientist are held to artificial standard that musicians and visual artists and writers are not. The public accepts their work but without a requirement to be "normal". Academics are quick to label a colleague that might distort their agenda.
@@Swonder1972 I've looked to find a video clip to share of the television program that Magnus Pyke hosted back in the 1970s titled, "Don't Ask Me" - but I couldn't find anything... too obscure, even for RUclips (see Wikipedia: Don't Ask Me (TV programme) [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Ask_Me_(TV_programme) ])
The old man, Magnus Pyke, was an actual scientist and a popular presenter on British TV science type shows. Another Dolby tune you might enjoy is "One of Our Submarines"
@@ameyer1970 IIRC Thomas Dolby actually had to come to a legal agreement with Dolby Labs wherin they would allow him to record under the name Dolby as long as he agreed not to produce any sound equipment or otherwise infringe on their trademark.
@@ameyer1970 The stage name Thomas Dolby originated from a nickname that he picked up in the early 1970s, when he was "always messing around with keyboards and tapes."[7] His friends nicknamed him "Dolby", from the name of the audio noise-reduction process of Dolby Laboratories used for audio recording and playback. He adopted the stage name "Thomas Dolby" to avoid confusion with British singer Tom Robinson, who was popular when he began his career. Early publicity implied that "Dolby" was a middle name, and that the artist's full name was Thomas Morgan Dolby Robertson;[8] this is legally incorrect, but he does sometimes informally go by the initials TMDR.[5] After the release of "She Blinded Me with Science," Dolby Laboratories expressed concern regarding the musician's stage name. Dolby's record label refused to make him change his name, and Dolby Labs did not raise the issue again until later. After a lengthy legal battle, the court decided that Dolby Labs had no right to restrict the musician from using the name. It was agreed that the musician would not release any electronic equipment using the name.[9] Dolby Laboratories founder Ray Dolby had a son named Thomas, now a novelist and filmmaker professionally known as Tom Dolby
My friend Matthew played with Thomas Dolby back in the 80s. He was not one of my favourites, but there is no doubting the humour in his lyrics, and I do like this one very much.
The first guy to use digital sampling. Before that, everyone had to use turntables or cut up sections of reel-to-reel tape. Computers didn't have enough memory to hold more than a few seconds of sound back then, but he hooked them up to a keyboard and made it work.
The original title of the song was 'Poetry in Motion' and it was released as such. The record label changed the name to 'She Blinded Me With Science' to sell more records, since that's what kids were asking for in the stores.
Windpower and Europa And The Pirate Twins are my two favourite Thomas Dolby tracks. And his cover of Dan Hicks' I Scare Myself is just perfection. Dissidents is another great track.
The old guy who keeps saying science, was an actual celebrity scientist, called Magnus Pyke who waved his arms like a windmill when he spoke, the 80's eh.....
Dolby was one of the original artists to use sampling in the early 80s as a New Wave phenom. He collaborated with and Played with David Bowie, who was his mentor. I have seen many vid's of him performing this song by himself. He has many other choice (or as you guys would say FIRE) songs such as One of our Submarines is missing and Europa. Love your channel. So fun to see young folks react to songs that were part of my college and my 20's. Peace
The B-side of this ("One of Our Submarines") is even better. "Europa and the Pirate Twins" is my favorite TD song but Lena Lovitch's "New Toy" is my favorite song written by Thomas Dolby.
It's poetry in Motion! I can smell the chemicals! SCIENCE!! lol I'm so glad that yall watched the video! New wave videos were usually very quirky and funny. lol. I remember this group and their videos as a kid during the '80s. GenX! They were a good new wave, synthpop, post-punk, group. They were '80s and early '90s. See their other weird, humorous videos like "Hyperactive!", "Europa and the Pirate Twins", "Airhead", "I Love You Goodbye", "Windpower", " Pop Culture". . Yall are right, new wave was typically light hearted, fun odd, goofy, funny, cool, funky beats (bass guitars), dance music, . Think of it as punk rock mixed with reggae/ska, disco, techno. lol They were similar to other new wave groups like Madness, Talking Heads, XTC, M (lex will love them, especially "Pop Muzik") , Oingo Boingo, B-52s, etc Thomas Dolby wife (actress Kathleen Beller) is gorgeous BTW, they had kids together.
The scientist in the video was actually a TV scientist like Bill Nye for the BBC. He said in an interview once that after making the video, random people he would pass on the street would yell SCIENCE! and that would startle the heck out of him!
Here in Baltimore, Thomas Dolby has been a music professor at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University since 2014 and a program head since 2018.
I remember somebody coming up to Thomas Dolby and saying, "You're just a one-hit wonder." Dolby responded, "And that's one more hit than you'll ever have!" So true.
This was a huge eighties hit for Thomas Dolby! In the video he rejected the doctors theories and pushes the doctor in the water at the end! The doctor got his comeuppance! I love this video and song, so fun!❤️❤️
@@JoeBlow_4 While it is true that songs are often used in movies and I believe this one was, this song isn't "from a movie." That distinction I reserve for songs such as "Power of Love" and "Back in Time" which were specifically commissioned for _Back to the Future_ or songs like "Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer which was the theme for the movie _Beverly Hills Cop._ Also, unlike the music video for songs like "Old Time Rock and Roll" from the movie _Risky Business_ this music video does not contain clips from any movie. The music video attempts to be it's own movie which was a trend during the early 80's and even into the 90's. Many now famous movie directors like Michael Bay directed such music videos. Bay directed Meatloaf's "I Would Do Anything for Love" which also attempts to be a mini-movie. And it has the now famous Bay use of explosions. :)
@@JoeBlow_4 NP, that's the risk we all take when we post our thoughts in public. I thought this song may have been used in _Weird Science_ as well. If not, I'm sure it has appeared in some movie sometime.
As wonderfully quirky as you can get, a true classic - both the song and vid! The old man exclaiming " Science!" is the cherry on top. Such a fun song!
Good early morning from New England..Oh man I remember being 10-11 yrs old and dancing around my room blasting the 45 on the turn table...Yes I'm an old man lol... Peace from the Northeast..
Loved this song. Back in Junior High. Our Science Teacher Mr. Cowen. Loved this song when we played it for him. He was the Coolest Teacher Ever. His class was relaxed and easy going. But if you got in trouble and then it was Mr Leafty I'm getting highly upset with you. LOL he also would build Habitat for Humanity houses with the shop teacher Mr Combs. He also was a swag dresser. And he would have his coffee spiked
Dr Magnus Pyke was not only a presenter of sciene programmes on British tv, he had worked as part of the Ministry of Food during World War 2. His job was to find new sources of nutrition while food was rationed. He did like to tell everyone how nutritious earth worms are :)
The next hit he had was Hyperactive which he wrote for Michael Jackson but it was rejected so he did it himself! 'Airhead' was a later one I liked, "They think she's just a dumb blonde but they don't know she dyes her hair..." I think that was on his 'Aliens Ate my Buick' album. He always reminds me of Mad Murdoch.
Mutt Lange sang backup on this track. Famous Producer married to Shania Twain. Dolby was busking in Paris when he was 19 yrs old sent a tape with some of his songs to a London music publisher Lange worked for. They called Dolby in to work on Foreigner's 4 album, he played the synth intro to "Waiting For A Girl Like You." Lange also had Dolby work on Def Leppard's Pyromania album.
this really takes me back. This song and Electric Avenue came out around the same time. O remember singing to both and just having a good time. Do not over think it. It is just science!!!
Dolby has played with a lot of people, Lene Lovich is one that comes to mind. Like thousands of people in 1982, I raced out and bought this crazy and wacky tune. It is very funny and very clever. Another reason the 80's were supreme.
Many '80s ,90s, '00s rappers loved new wave music. They sampled a lot of it back then. jaja. Like Mobb Deep sampled this song in "Got It Twisted" in 2003. Every one of us who were children in the '80s remember this video. So funny. I also like his video "Hyperactive!" They were like Oingo Boingo and Talking Heads.
Mutt Lange was in a roll!: 1979 Highway to Hell and 1980 Back in Black were hit albums for AC/DC. Mutt produced both albums. 1981. Foreigner hired Thomas Dolby for programming keyboards and playing the main keyboards. Further, Foreigner hired Mutt Lange to produce the upcoming album 4. Hit album! This song was released 1 year later (40 year anniversary 🎂) Mutt Lange sang backing vocals here. Same year, Huey Lewis took a Mutt Lange song and changed a few lyrics. The song was renamed as Do You Believe in Love? The next year, Def Leppard hired Dolby and Lange for the same roles. The hit album was Pyromania! Mutt continued his Midas Touch with Billy Ocean, Loverboy, The Cars and Heart. 1991 was another game changer. Eddie Money had a minor hit from Mutt. Huey Lewis had a bigger hit. Bryan Adams had the biggest hit with Everything I Do I Do It for You. Suggested next video: Thomas Dolby sings Hyperactive.
When that song came out, the Georgia Tech band picked it up quickly and played it about as much as the fight songs. They did a great job with it, and even the visiting teams' fans liked it. Especially the women.
"The Golden Age Of Wireless" is a brilliant album, really nuanced, and my favorite synth-pop album from the '80s. This song seemed more like cashing in.
It's a shame that most people in the U.S.A. only know Thomas Dolby for this kitschy song. He is an amazing songwriter and has released albums full of incredible music. Two of my favorite albums are The Flat Earth and Aliens Ate My Buick.
Mobb depp sampled this in the song "Got it twisted " when it came out I thought they sampled from the video game spy hunter. Honestly they sound somewhat similar.
Mobb Deep "Got It Twisted" sampled this song. The part at 1:03 plays through the whole thing. I heard that song before this one. Took me a few years to find out where they got it from lol
Dolby has put out a lot of really good music. His very first album in 1982 was practically groundbreaking. It's too damn bad that he's best known for this goofy novelty song.
The adorable thing about this was always Magnus Pyke, the interviewer that kept saying "She blinded ME with Science!", a real scientist appearing frequently on BBC. This topic was a bit of a meme at the time; compare this song with Oingo Boingo's WEIRD SCIENCE, the theme song for a film of the same name (Universal, 1985). I prefer Tom Dolby's longer version of this song.
Today, this retro song is remembered as pop; but it was actually played on the R&B/Funk stations when it first came out in 1983. I don’t think anyone knew how to categorize it back then.
I remember waiting for the big reveal of this video on MTV. All of the gang went to a friends house in the neighborhood who had cable so we could watch it for the first time together. Good times in high school.
One of the few "80's sound" songs I always liked. It's hilarious and the video is fun, too. "Science!!" "She's tidying up! And I can't find anything!" I just love the voices interjecting!
Thomas Dolby is brilliant, one of my all-time favorites. He emerged in the new wave explosion of the 80's with his all electronic music but was one of the most human of the bunch. Check out his collaboration with George Clinton, May the Cube be With You. Also, One of Our Submarines, I Love You Goodbye, The Flat Earth, I Live in a Suitcase, Budapest By Blimp, I can go on and on. One of the greats, with this very quirky video.
Science ! Everybody loved this song back then. It was so funny and catchy and nerdy. But then again, I didn’t know of anyone who had this playing in their vehicle or house except MTV maybe.
Back then, MTV created a venue for musical acts to breakthrough to fans who would not have normally gotten any visibility at all based on the quality of their material alone. This is not a judgement on the quality of Dolby's material and I happen to like this song. But I do have to wonder? Would Dolby have made any headway at all if not for the video. This video certainly got a lot of attention and Dolby's popularity pretty much jettisoned into prominence. He did put out other material but I don't recall ever seeing anything, at least no videos.
The psychiatrist in that video was played by Magnus Pyke. He was a nutritional scientist, and made a lot of appearances on British television, especially in the 1970s and early 1980s. He was known for his excited gesticulation. edit Pyke not Pike.
isn't the voice on the track actually Dolby's dad?
@@MindFeather That's the voice of Magnus Pyke.
Yep definitely Mr Pyke.
Magnus Pyke was a true legend, I love seeing him again
And he HATED that people on the street kept shouting "Science!" whenever they saw him.
It’s actually a brilliant funk song done with synths. The album version is longer and has a great extended drum breakdown at the end! Dolby is brilliant.
yea agree -- the funkiness of this track is really overlooked
agreed, i love all five of his studio albums. the soundtracks not so much, but yea. overall completely brilliant.
I would respectfully add, often lost on reactors, that these songs were Great Dance Songs !!!
Yes. He also helped Paddy McAloon with a couple Prefab Sprouts albums. They were big in the UK. All of his (TD's) albums were fantastic. His Aliens ate my Buick album was especially funky. A humble genius.
Yeah, I like the version where he's talking throughout the intro. Great song!
Before this song in 1984, Dolby was a much sought after synth player for major rock acts who didn't have a need for a full time synth player. He plays the synths on Foreigner's 1981 hits "Urgent" and "Waiting for a Girl Like You", both from the album "4".
Cool fact!!
he was also responsible for Dolby noise reduction
@@monogramadikt5971 This is not true. In fact, Dolby Labs took Thomas Dolby to court over the name.
@@disconsolatemoose6637 yeah my bad, was given misleading info
1983 my friend !!!!! 1983
Ahhh the eighties were fun -- The music -- the clothes -- the hair styles -- the making of nerdy the new cool
LOVED being a teen in the 80’s!! But.. didn’t consider it nerdy at all- Individualism, variety...yes!😁
She's blinded me...with SCIENCE! 🥸🤣 we loved this as kids in the 80s
Brad & Lex, you’ll love his "Hyperactive!!". I met him at a Thompson Twins concert, spring 1984, and got his autograph.
I hated "Hyperactive." And Bill Joel used that for his wedding theme. Remember that?
@@argonwheatbelly637 I still hate hyperactive.
I LOVE Hyperactive.
@@liverush24 "I met Thomas Dolby at a Thompson Twins concert" is the most wonderfully 80s sentence I've heard in a long time :-)
@@dbradx LOL
Underneath all the charming quirkiness is a great groove that really drives the song.
David Bowie actually got Thomas Dolby to play keyboards for his epic set at Live Aid, which was the biggest concert event the world had ever seen at that point.
This song is why everybody yells out "Science!" every time there's a science category question on trivia nights! I've always enjoyed Thomas Dolby's music. It's quintessential '80s pop, and the videos were always interesting. This came out at the height of MTV, when all they played was music videos.
Thomas Dolby is a fascinating character, involved so much in the devopment of electronic music. He also did movie scores, video game music, and put together an online game "Map of the Floating City". He wrote, cowrote and played on many hits of others. He had a software company. He put together a studio in an isolated old beached boat in Wales. On and on......
While I love the bouncy hits that got most of the play, he also had some beautiful atmospheric songs. I can recommend The Flat Earth, I Scare Myself, One of Our Submarines, Windpower, Europa and the Pirate Twins, Flying North, Radio Silence. For a funky sound check out the album "Aliens Ate My Buick".
Airwaves was another atmospheric song
His entire first album was so good that the first time I heard it I thought it was a best of collection. The album title is "The Golden Age of Wireless" but there were multiple issues of it in the UK and the US with different songs on it so look for the collectors edition from 2009 for a copy that includes all the songs.
@@hackerx7329 Yes! I had an early LP and when I finally bought the CD, there were some weird mixes on there?!! Same with Duran Duran’s Rio. I thought it was a Capitol Records CD issue , but I’ve since heard different things.
I'm with Hacker X -- Dolby's first album is absolutely fantastic, and the slower, moodier songs are the highlights for me. He's recorded much music since then, and much of it is excellent, but that first record, he really hit the ground running . . .
Thomas Dolby also = ringtones.
Magnus Pyke (R.I.P) was an actual deranged scientist. Often to be seen on telly, waving his arms around.
I think Magnus would turn in his grave if he saw what has happened to science. It’s been prostituted out to the highest bidder.
Science!
This cat may have been actually crazy. However, all the most creative people are called deranged or off in someway. Scientist are held to artificial standard that musicians and visual artists and writers are not. The public accepts their work but without a requirement to be "normal". Academics are quick to label a colleague that might distort their agenda.
@@Swonder1972 I've looked to find a video clip to share of the television program that Magnus Pyke hosted back in the 1970s titled, "Don't Ask Me" - but I couldn't find anything... too obscure, even for RUclips (see Wikipedia: Don't Ask Me (TV programme) [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Ask_Me_(TV_programme) ])
He was completely bonkers, but in a nice way.
The old man, Magnus Pyke, was an actual scientist and a popular presenter on British TV science type shows. Another Dolby tune you might enjoy is "One of Our Submarines"
I think I saw somewhere that after this song came out everyone would yell "Science!" when they saw him IRL, and it drove him crazy. :)
Funfact Dolby really did go on and became a scientist he help invent Polyphonic ringtone technology that we use in our cell phones
Don’t forget Dolby surround sound.
@@ameyer1970 AL Meyer really that's him too wow thanks for the info Bro 👍
@@ameyer1970 not Thomas Dolby. That was Ray Dolby, no relation.
@@ameyer1970 IIRC Thomas Dolby actually had to come to a legal agreement with Dolby Labs wherin they would allow him to record under the name Dolby as long as he agreed not to produce any sound equipment or otherwise infringe on their trademark.
@@ameyer1970 The stage name Thomas Dolby originated from a nickname that he picked up in the early 1970s, when he was "always messing around with keyboards and tapes."[7] His friends nicknamed him "Dolby", from the name of the audio noise-reduction process of Dolby Laboratories used for audio recording and playback. He adopted the stage name "Thomas Dolby" to avoid confusion with British singer Tom Robinson, who was popular when he began his career. Early publicity implied that "Dolby" was a middle name, and that the artist's full name was Thomas Morgan Dolby Robertson;[8] this is legally incorrect, but he does sometimes informally go by the initials TMDR.[5]
After the release of "She Blinded Me with Science," Dolby Laboratories expressed concern regarding the musician's stage name. Dolby's record label refused to make him change his name, and Dolby Labs did not raise the issue again until later. After a lengthy legal battle, the court decided that Dolby Labs had no right to restrict the musician from using the name. It was agreed that the musician would not release any electronic equipment using the name.[9] Dolby Laboratories founder Ray Dolby had a son named Thomas, now a novelist and filmmaker professionally known as Tom Dolby
Still love this song! Ahh the golden age of MTV. I miss those days.
This was a HIT when it came out. Played in all the clubs back then. Classic!
My friend Matthew played with Thomas Dolby back in the 80s. He was not one of my favourites, but there is no doubting the humour in his lyrics, and I do like this one very much.
The first guy to use digital sampling. Before that, everyone had to use turntables or cut up sections of reel-to-reel tape. Computers didn't have enough memory to hold more than a few seconds of sound back then, but he hooked them up to a keyboard and made it work.
Nerd here. 80's was my gig. This was so big. TD golden!
The original title of the song was 'Poetry in Motion' and it was released as such. The record label changed the name to 'She Blinded Me With Science' to sell more records, since that's what kids were asking for in the stores.
I was a metalhead in highschool but I always loved this song. It was cool.
This song was part of the song rotation at the dance hall where I lived in the 80's. It had a good beat and it was fun to dance to.
Windpower and Europa And The Pirate Twins are my two favourite Thomas Dolby tracks. And his cover of Dan Hicks' I Scare Myself is just perfection. Dissidents is another great track.
The old guy who keeps saying science, was an actual celebrity scientist, called Magnus Pyke who waved his arms like a windmill when he spoke, the 80's eh.....
Dolby was one of the original artists to use sampling in the early 80s as a New Wave phenom. He collaborated with and Played with David Bowie, who was his mentor. I have seen many vid's of him performing this song by himself. He has many other choice (or as you guys would say FIRE) songs such as One of our Submarines is missing and Europa. Love your channel. So fun to see young folks react to songs that were part of my college and my 20's. Peace
The B-side of this ("One of Our Submarines") is even better.
"Europa and the Pirate Twins" is my favorite TD song but Lena Lovitch's "New Toy" is my favorite song written by Thomas Dolby.
It's poetry in Motion! I can smell the chemicals! SCIENCE!! lol I'm so glad that yall watched the video! New wave videos were usually very quirky and funny. lol. I remember this group and their videos as a kid during the '80s. GenX! They were a good new wave, synthpop, post-punk, group. They were '80s and early '90s. See their other weird, humorous videos like "Hyperactive!", "Europa and the Pirate Twins", "Airhead", "I Love You Goodbye", "Windpower", " Pop Culture". . Yall are right, new wave was typically light hearted, fun odd, goofy, funny, cool, funky beats (bass guitars), dance music, . Think of it as punk rock mixed with reggae/ska, disco, techno. lol
They were similar to other new wave groups like Madness, Talking Heads, XTC, M (lex will love them, especially "Pop Muzik") , Oingo Boingo, B-52s, etc
Thomas Dolby wife (actress Kathleen Beller) is gorgeous BTW, they had kids together.
His track "I love you goodbye" is the polar opposite and spectacular as well.
The scientist in the video was actually a TV scientist like Bill Nye for the BBC. He said in an interview once that after making the video, random people he would pass on the street would yell SCIENCE! and that would startle the heck out of him!
Here in Baltimore, Thomas Dolby has been a music professor at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University since 2014 and a program head since 2018.
'"Good Heavens, Miss Yakimoto, you're beautiful!!!!!" best part lol
Dolby also worked as session keyboard player on Def Leppard's 1983 Pyromania album. Dolby appeared on Pyromania using the alias Booker T. Boffin.
That's cool info
Thomas Dolby has so much really good music. His entire flat earth album is fire.
I remember somebody coming up to Thomas Dolby and saying, "You're just a one-hit wonder." Dolby responded, "And that's one more hit than you'll ever have!"
So true.
Science! Thanks for the memories. This song is pure fun.
The background saying that science thing cracks me up every time bc it's random af. 🤣
I can still hear this song blasting from boom boxes on the beach in the 80's. Good times.
This was a huge eighties hit for Thomas Dolby! In the video he rejected the doctors theories and pushes the doctor in the water at the end! The doctor got his comeuppance! I love this video and song, so fun!❤️❤️
This Video was a HUGE MTV Hit.
Ah the early, 80's when MTV actually showed music videos and every music video attempted to be a 4 minute long movie.
@@JoeBlow_4 While it is true that songs are often used in movies and I believe this one was, this song isn't "from a movie." That distinction I reserve for songs such as "Power of Love" and "Back in Time" which were specifically commissioned for _Back to the Future_ or songs like "Axel F" by Harold Faltermeyer which was the theme for the movie _Beverly Hills Cop._ Also, unlike the music video for songs like "Old Time Rock and Roll" from the movie _Risky Business_ this music video does not contain clips from any movie. The music video attempts to be it's own movie which was a trend during the early 80's and even into the 90's. Many now famous movie directors like Michael Bay directed such music videos. Bay directed Meatloaf's "I Would Do Anything for Love" which also attempts to be a mini-movie. And it has the now famous Bay use of explosions. :)
@@JoeBlow_4 NP, that's the risk we all take when we post our thoughts in public. I thought this song may have been used in _Weird Science_ as well. If not, I'm sure it has appeared in some movie sometime.
As wonderfully quirky as you can get, a true classic - both the song and vid! The old man exclaiming " Science!" is the cherry on top. Such a fun song!
YES! a blast from the past
This song was used as the theme tune for the original pilot of 'The Big Bang Theory' sitcom. That pilot wasn't picked up and was never aired.
Loved this song in the 80's! Thomas Dolby now teaches music at NYU.
Good early morning from New England..Oh man I remember being 10-11 yrs old and dancing around my room blasting the 45 on the turn table...Yes I'm an old man lol... Peace from the Northeast..
This was one of the most creative and funniest videos back in the day.
Loved this song. Back in Junior High. Our Science Teacher Mr. Cowen. Loved this song when we played it for him. He was the Coolest Teacher Ever. His class was relaxed and easy going. But if you got in trouble and then it was Mr Leafty I'm getting highly upset with you. LOL he also would build Habitat for Humanity houses with the shop teacher Mr Combs. He also was a swag dresser. And he would have his coffee spiked
The 80's rocked!
Lex is 100% - you get to the point where you are in the car and you yell out "Good HEAVENS, Miss Sakamoto! You're BEAUTIFUL!"
One of my favorite new wave songs.
The song, "I Love You, Goodbye" has been on my playlist forever....The sounds he creates and background vocals are so mezmerizing....😌
Yes! Love that song.
Dr Magnus Pyke was not only a presenter of sciene programmes on British tv, he had worked as part of the Ministry of Food during World War 2. His job was to find new sources of nutrition while food was rationed. He did like to tell everyone how nutritious earth worms are :)
This! Yesssss, welcome . Loved this one so much. Didn't do more Tomas Dolby because it went too crazy. But this one was for me.
I still scream SCIENCE! every now & then when situation fits lol Everyone always knows😂🙈
Videos were everything in the 80s man you had MTV Friday night videos ,late night videos everything videos I lived it 😂
Another 80’s classic
When Mtv started in 1981 a massive part of their music video's came from the U.K because they had done music videos pre-MTV.
The next hit he had was Hyperactive which he wrote for Michael Jackson but it was rejected so he did it himself! 'Airhead' was a later one I liked, "They think she's just a dumb blonde but they don't know she dyes her hair..." I think that was on his 'Aliens Ate my Buick' album. He always reminds me of Mad Murdoch.
Mutt Lange sang backup on this track. Famous Producer married to Shania Twain. Dolby was busking in Paris when he was 19 yrs old sent a tape with some of his songs to a London music publisher Lange worked for. They called Dolby in to work on Foreigner's 4 album, he played the synth intro to "Waiting For A Girl Like You." Lange also had Dolby work on Def Leppard's Pyromania album.
He had a lot of great songs, Europa, Hyperactive, One of Our Submarines is Missing, personal favorite The Keys to her Ferrari.
this really takes me back. This song and Electric Avenue came out around the same time. O remember singing to both and just having a good time. Do not over think it. It is just science!!!
I bought this as a single when I was in junior high misty mountain hopping memories
Dolby's OHW, and he's been able to eat on it ever since 1982. ~Jenn-X ♊
Thomas Dolby is a Big Synth Nerd WE ALL Danced to and DaClub! :-D
Dolby has played with a lot of people, Lene Lovich is one that comes to mind.
Like thousands of people in 1982, I raced out and bought this crazy and wacky tune.
It is very funny and very clever.
Another reason the 80's were supreme.
Classic MTV stuff. I remember in the Summer of 82, it was MTV 24x7.
Many '80s ,90s, '00s rappers loved new wave music. They sampled a lot of it back then. jaja. Like Mobb Deep sampled this song in "Got It Twisted" in 2003. Every one of us who were children in the '80s remember this video. So funny. I also like his video "Hyperactive!" They were like Oingo Boingo and Talking Heads.
Mutt Lange was in a roll!: 1979 Highway to Hell and 1980 Back in Black were hit albums for AC/DC. Mutt produced both albums.
1981. Foreigner hired Thomas Dolby for programming keyboards and playing the main keyboards. Further, Foreigner hired Mutt Lange to produce the upcoming album 4. Hit album!
This song was released 1 year later (40 year anniversary 🎂) Mutt Lange sang backing vocals here. Same year, Huey Lewis took a Mutt Lange song and changed a few lyrics. The song was renamed as Do You Believe in Love?
The next year, Def Leppard hired Dolby and Lange for the same roles. The hit album was Pyromania! Mutt continued his Midas Touch with Billy Ocean, Loverboy, The Cars and Heart. 1991 was another game changer. Eddie Money had a minor hit from Mutt. Huey Lewis had a bigger hit. Bryan Adams had the biggest hit with Everything I Do I Do It for You.
Suggested next video: Thomas Dolby sings Hyperactive.
Total 80's classic!
When that song came out, the Georgia Tech band picked it up quickly and played it about as much as the fight songs. They did a great job with it, and even the visiting teams' fans liked it. Especially the women.
The older guy was a real well known scientist that was on the TV at the time, eccentric as hell 🤔 typical early eighties pop fun.
Magnus Pike
"The Golden Age Of Wireless" is a brilliant album, really nuanced, and my favorite synth-pop album from the '80s. This song seemed more like cashing in.
One of the early popular videos on good ol' MTV. In Dolby Stereo.
Wife here..Great new wave..synth rock tune!!!
It's a shame that most people in the U.S.A. only know Thomas Dolby for this kitschy song. He is an amazing songwriter and has released albums full of incredible music. Two of my favorite albums are The Flat Earth and Aliens Ate My Buick.
Mobb depp sampled this in the song "Got it twisted " when it came out I thought they sampled from the video game spy hunter. Honestly they sound somewhat similar.
THE FLAT EARTH!! Wonderful Lp.
Mobb Deep "Got It Twisted" sampled this song. The part at 1:03 plays through the whole thing. I heard that song before this one. Took me a few years to find out where they got it from lol
She blinded me with science 🔭🧪 🔥
Poetry in motion as deep as any ocean sweet as any harmony.. 🔬🧫🧬🧑🔬 chemicals 🥴👏😎😆🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️
You go Brad! Breaking out the pipes! "She makes me see very clearly"...sing it Brad!!!
Dolby has put out a lot of really good music. His very first album in 1982 was practically groundbreaking. It's too damn bad that he's best known for this goofy novelty song.
Back when they made interesting, arty, or just plain goofy fun videos, "Fish Heads" by Barnes and Barnes was another off the wall video.
Just FYI, but the guy who keeps saying "Science" is Magnus Pyke, a scientist (nutritionals scientist) and former TV presenter. :)
It was VERY popular... we all danced to it in the clubs....great dance song!
I could recite this damn song from how many times a day it would play when working in retail for 5 years
The adorable thing about this was always Magnus Pyke, the interviewer that kept saying "She blinded ME with Science!", a real scientist appearing frequently on BBC. This topic was a bit of a meme at the time; compare this song with Oingo Boingo's WEIRD SCIENCE, the theme song for a film of the same name (Universal, 1985). I prefer Tom Dolby's longer version of this song.
Everybody used that when a science subject came up. Also, My Future's So Bright I've Gotta Wear Shades.
got to love those 80's MTV video's.
This was a big hit in the 80s
Today, this retro song is remembered as pop; but it was actually played on the R&B/Funk stations when it first came out in 1983. I don’t think anyone knew how to categorize it back then.
Also played on college radio back then. Crossover hit. New wave and funky. Talking Heads was the same way too
I remember waiting for the big reveal of this video on MTV. All of the gang went to a friends house in the neighborhood who had cable so we could watch it for the first time together. Good times in high school.
One of the few "80's sound" songs I always liked. It's hilarious and the video is fun, too. "Science!!" "She's tidying up! And I can't find anything!" I just love the voices interjecting!
Oh, this is one of my fave new wave songs. I love Dolby's voice, and the video is just brilliantly weird.
Thomas Dolby is brilliant, one of my all-time favorites. He emerged in the new wave explosion of the 80's with his all electronic music but was one of the most human of the bunch. Check out his collaboration with George Clinton, May the Cube be With You. Also, One of Our Submarines, I Love You Goodbye, The Flat Earth, I Live in a Suitcase, Budapest By Blimp, I can go on and on. One of the greats, with this very quirky video.
Science ! Everybody loved this song back then. It was so funny and catchy and nerdy. But then again, I didn’t know of anyone who had this playing in their vehicle or house except MTV maybe.
Classic early mid 80s MTV. When my mom was in high school
Back then, MTV created a venue for musical acts to breakthrough to fans who would not have normally gotten any visibility at all based on the quality of their material alone. This is not a judgement on the quality of Dolby's material and I happen to like this song. But I do have to wonder? Would Dolby have made any headway at all if not for the video. This video certainly got a lot of attention and Dolby's popularity pretty much jettisoned into prominence. He did put out other material but I don't recall ever seeing anything, at least no videos.
pioneer ,inventor genius....he was ahead of his time ..saw the computer generation before it came...
The first Thomas Dolby song I heard was actually One of Our Submarines. You might check that one out. It got a modicum of air play.
One of his best songs!
@@BuffaloGoodman It's a beautiful haunting Song with the Synths setting the mood & tone for it.
What a wild, wonderful crazy song that was back in the day.
This song did really well here in Montreal in the 80s!!