In Jamaica we call this a Big Big tune!! One of the greatest songs ever recorded......was only 10 when I first heard it....3×10 and I'm still holding on...
I went to the Blackpool Opera House with my Mum when I was a teenager. Nobody would go with her to see Simply Red, so I volunteered. That was twenty five years ago and now that my Mum has been gone a year Simply Red is really our music.
I work listening to music from the 70s and 80s, and this one stops me in my tracks, EVERY time! Incredible. Brings back so many memories when life didn't seem so complicated. Miss those days . . . .
Song makes me cry. I been through so much as a kid. Now i hate that ive made so many bad decisions as a adult. I gotta work hard and get my life together
It’s amazing that a song so soulful and beautiful was inspired by an experience so heartbreaking. However, it’s good to know that the singer keeps holding on, despite the heartbreaking event.
This song is like a knife cutting through my heart. everytime i hear it. It is so hard when you here songs like this and youre struggling through life.
This song makes me cry like a baby but makes me wanna keep holding on for my son I’m a single mom who’s struggling with mental illness and dark thoughts and my life is all out of shape and everyday it seems nothing goes right or gets better and I think like why can’t I just go to a better place but then I think about my son but I was on RUclips just up couldn’t sleep doing applications and praying and this song came on I’m sorry to write my long story
Karyn please hold on and try to be strong. Pray that God gives you the strength to overcome these trying times that you are going through. I will pray for you and your son. Things will get better. Don't give up🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Dear Karyn ... Life is deeper than any challenge. Do not ever give up, never. The challenge is just a test of your persistence, will, faith. I do Yoga therapy with people who have various mental challenges and the results are great. If I can help you in any way, leave a message ... an e-mail address and I'll send you a program I'm doing with people here in England. Of course, everything is free. I don't sell anything....
Just keep on going and give that son everything you have...your soul will grow. Fear is your greatest enemy and your greatest teacher. You will not be unhappy forever.
If you could only save one Simply Red song (and they've made loads of greats) this is the one that it would be cruel to discard. It's Grammy level, absolutely.
:-P "Who gives a fuck about a goddamn Grammy?" - Public Enemy. They have a point (music industry is corrupt and conformist, not revolutionary). Yet YOU have a point, too, as does the song. :-) I wish for a world where the popular culture ups its game again, to reflect GOOD ART (meaningful, spiritual-level art). Not this worthless, destructive materialism and fear. Mid-late 1990s was a peak in some senses. The 1980s had some great artists, too. In ALL genres (I like a lot of metal, for example and Metallica in the 1980s were a popular force, of the people, for the people, telling it how it was and not corrupt - then came MTV in 1989). Things have gotten bad since 2000s. 9/11 has a lot to answer for in making people conformist due to fear and surveillance (which is why the powers that be did it - to force negative change, the despicable fuckers). Good art is revolutionary in the face of that negativity.
It really tugs on the heart two ways - sadness, but heartwarming. I like that. Every so often I turn to this song because it sends me back to the time I heard it. Music is truly magical - it takes you where you want to be.
I remember me and my wife got into a argument, I took a drive to cool off and I hread this song on the radio. I had too apologize to her, this song is deep, it touched the soul
That's the stuff that makes a marriage work it's a give and take encounter, My wife and I are going on 37 years together and it only gets better when you can agree to disagree
My dad used to play simply red, wet wet wet and billy idol non stop in the car when I was a boy everywhere we went.Now 20 years later I still remember all the words to all their bloody music
I hear ya. Its funny how I am now reflecting on all the music of my youth (late 70s & 80s) and discovering how great the artists and songs really were.
superb soulful heartrending song that tells all our amazing ly short stories on this fuckingly amazing and lost blue saphire in the galaxy Thanks for the music SR thanks for father figure MG we will miss you God this year is just overwhelming ...so much loss
To my adored son; Losing you took the roar out of my lion heart, the sun out of my sky...I am not capable of understanding why you were taken away so young, I cannot express to the universe enough how meaningful, amazing and good you were, now everyday is cruel...it’s brutal, your absence is like an elephant on my chest...I miss you, Oh god, I miss you so much! I have accepted life gets no better than the 20 amazing years, I was blessed with you. I promise to honor your life and one day sweet boy, I will hold you again...I know you are with me because I wouldn’t still be here if you weren’t. Lifetimes of Love...Mom💔 •Kyle David StrIckland• 6/17/97~1/21/18 ...you used to beg me to stop singing this song in my high pitch aggravating singing, the memories are bittersweet...every thing has a nostalgia of you...😢
So sorry for your lost. Can't even begin to understand your pain. May God give you comfort, strength and blessing you abundantly. You will be in my prayers.
Just one of those songs where you just completely focus all you have to make it right in life. Through all the bad and good,it always remains the same.Keep holding on,I know I will be.2018 still listening.
I am a music lover, the real deal. My taste rang from Tupac, Taylor Swift everyone in between depending on the song. I can state without reservation this one of the most soulful songs I have ever heard.
I totally agree. The music that we love reminds us of different periods in our lives. Memories of going to achool, college, and raising our children. It reminds us of birth and when we have lost those we have loved through death. My oldest daughter was born when this came out. She remembers me singing to her. I love this song.
This is true! You know a song is great when thugs on the corner know it and sing it. LOL. It has crossed over in areas that aren't even talked about! AND, it has lasting power - 2017 I'm still listening to it.
This song was sad and hopeful all at the same time. He never gave up. When listening to this song it really makes you think how did this really happen. Will always jam this one and the music is so lovely.
This was my all time favorite in the early 80s, spoke to me deeply. Best voice of the decade, for sure. It's a real shame there are no songs like this anymore.
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This song is as smooth as glass. Close your eyes lay back and remember someone special.
This song never gets old.
This guys voice is incredible, piercing.
Songs like this remind me that once upon a time music was real and the world was a beautiful place ♥️
I miss the 80s. Was a way different time then... ❤️
That blue eyed soul is nothing but the truth. I love this jam! 😍
A timeless classic. It's like an old time best friend, you only meet every now and again but nothing ever changes.
One of the greatest ballads of all time.
This is what you call real music it will be on my playlist for ever
In Jamaica we call this a Big Big tune!! One of the greatest songs ever recorded......was only 10 when I first heard it....3×10 and I'm still holding on...
I went to the Blackpool Opera House with my Mum when I was a teenager. Nobody would go with her to see Simply Red, so I volunteered. That was twenty five years ago and now that my Mum has been gone a year Simply Red is really our music.
Some songs never get old. What a classic!
I work listening to music from the 70s and 80s, and this one stops me in my tracks, EVERY time! Incredible. Brings back so many memories when life didn't seem so complicated. Miss those days . . . .
I'm an old man now, all my life I've liked this song. It is so flowing. Everything else is not.
JUST SIMPLY TIMELESS
THESE LYRICS TELL MY LIFES LOVE STORY!!!!!! ALL THOSE WASTED YEARS!!!!!!!!!!
Song makes me cry. I been through so much as a kid. Now i hate that ive made so many bad decisions as a adult. I gotta work hard and get my life together
This is one of THE great vocal performances...period.
A great classic.....
could not agree more, what a voice, what a gem!
Maravilhoso
Bloody right. Talk about pouring your heart into a performance!!! Bless u Mick.
Tyler Burns with out a dout
This song still brings tears to my eyes. One of my favorite songs in the world.
I can feel the emotions in this song on my skin. God, the talent.
one of the most beautifulest songs ever
Vivian Martin Very True.
Wow Vivian, new word and imaginative spelling. Well done!
and one of the most romanticalist too
Yes Vivian.
Where are the boys now guys?
80s classic, what a voice
That trumpet solo is so mesmerizing
One of my absolute favorite 80s songs of all time!
His voice is Soo beautiful.
Even in 2018 one of the greatest songs ever. Can I get a Amen?
Amen!
As long as songs like this exist, I'LL KEEP HOLDIN ON!!!
exactly
Still,,,
Bernice Miller yes
Bernice Miller
Amen baby
My favorite song ever written right here. It has so much meaning cause through all the wasted tears and wasted years I just kept on holding on
This will never get old.
The soul of this song is filled with beauty, hope, nostalgia, reflection, regret and renewal.
This song will never retire
I wish that someone could turn back time as I wish these times could go back. I loved them!
Just think he was only 17 when he wrote such a soulful song.
Holding back the years..... I wasted all my tears, wasted all those years, nothing had the chance to be good...
what a reality to face...
I categorize this song under blues-pop. Simple tune packed with genuine emotion.
I love your response. We can put beautiful music around those words,but there's still a lot of pain behind them.
agnesenid it's definitely not a hole you climb out of quickly...
U can't define art
Chris Krajewski I agree but I have to add this song to the Soul category also, feel me?
This one hits you hard.
I was born in 78 and this makes me think of my early years. When my whole family was around and would gather for Christmas good times 😥
My jam! My daughter was born the year this dropped. I used to sing it to her as a baby. Soulful and senuous. What happened to music like this?
+Deborah Garner-Moore it's called extinction.
The corrupt music industry destroyed this kind of music
One of the best soul tracks to ever come out of the UK. True Classic !!!
It’s amazing that a song so soulful and beautiful was inspired by an experience so heartbreaking. However, it’s good to know that the singer keeps holding on, despite the heartbreaking event.
Brilliant song! Takes me back to my youth.being a teenager in the 80s was awesome
I.m old and alone now I wasn't always this broken down old man reminds me of better times
Oh now here's a classic. Yes Sir!
Quincy Jones rated this song as one of the best for the year.
yes it is
This song is like a knife cutting through my heart. everytime i hear it. It is so hard when you here songs like this and youre struggling through life.
ryan pelaez, I'm sorry for u, but continue to hold on... it'll get better 😘😃.
Qué viva Uber, dejen laburar
hold on buddy
Truth. I hope it gets better for you, dear. Just keep on going.
You got this 💪Keep holding on 🙏💜
This song makes me cry like a baby but makes me wanna keep holding on for my son I’m a single mom who’s struggling with mental illness and dark thoughts and my life is all out of shape and everyday it seems nothing goes right or gets better and I think like why can’t I just go to a better place but then I think about my son but I was on RUclips just up couldn’t sleep doing applications and praying and this song came on I’m sorry to write my long story
Karyn Neal , I hope you find happiness. Enjoy the special time you have with your son
Karyn please hold on and try to be strong. Pray that God gives you the strength to overcome these trying times that you are going through. I will pray for you and your son. Things will get better. Don't give up🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Dear Karyn ... Life is deeper than any challenge. Do not ever give up, never. The challenge is just a test of your persistence, will, faith. I do Yoga therapy with people who have various mental challenges and the results are great. If I can help you in any way, leave a message ... an e-mail address and I'll send you a program I'm doing with people here in England. Of course, everything is free. I don't sell anything....
Bless you Karyn. You and your son are worth everything...
Just keep on going and give that son everything you have...your soul will grow.
Fear is your greatest enemy and your greatest teacher.
You will not be unhappy forever.
Just beautiful! This song deserved the Grammys.
absolutely
If you could only save one Simply Red song (and they've made loads of greats) this is the one that it would be cruel to discard. It's Grammy level, absolutely.
:)
:-P "Who gives a fuck about a goddamn Grammy?" - Public Enemy. They have a point (music industry is corrupt and conformist, not revolutionary). Yet YOU have a point, too, as does the song. :-) I wish for a world where the popular culture ups its game again, to reflect GOOD ART (meaningful, spiritual-level art). Not this worthless, destructive materialism and fear. Mid-late 1990s was a peak in some senses. The 1980s had some great artists, too. In ALL genres (I like a lot of metal, for example and Metallica in the 1980s were a popular force, of the people, for the people, telling it how it was and not corrupt - then came MTV in 1989). Things have gotten bad since 2000s. 9/11 has a lot to answer for in making people conformist due to fear and surveillance (which is why the powers that be did it - to force negative change, the despicable fuckers). Good art is revolutionary in the face of that negativity.
Nik it was on the 80s billboard
Simply Red has alway's been ground breaking and aheaad of the times. He wrote this song when he was 18.
Phillip Smith Simply Red is the band's name, the singer is Mick Hucknall.
Thanks
Phillip Smith I heard he was 16yrs old when he started writing this!!??
Yes this is grown folks music
But he looks like 35 or 40 singing it. Look at his neck.
The 80s were the time to grow up in. MTV and all these wonderful groups.
I was born in 83.... And through the grace of God.... After all these years I'm holding on.
It really tugs on the heart two ways - sadness, but heartwarming. I like that. Every so often I turn to this song because it sends me back to the time I heard it. Music is truly magical - it takes you where you want to be.
What a gorgeous, gorgeous song and a fantastic voice
I remember me and my wife got into a argument, I took a drive to cool off and I hread this song on the radio. I had too apologize to her, this song is deep, it touched the soul
That's the stuff that makes a marriage work it's a give and take encounter, My wife and I are going on 37 years together and it only gets better when you can agree to disagree
Yes! Tune
Reminds me of growing up in the 80s ,damn i miss those days
Holding back the tears
Time ⌛ The new album from Simply Red. Out Now. Order your copy at simplyred.tmstor.es
A magical voice this song still rocks even today.
I could put this song on repeat for about 2 days.
My dad used to play simply red, wet wet wet and billy idol non stop in the car when I was a boy everywhere we went.Now 20 years later I still remember all the words to all their bloody music
It´s my story too. ahahahahhah :)
Respect to your Dad.
Charly85 that's exactly how I feel
Theres worse to have to listen to.....im still brainwashed with friggin westlife and steps from my childminder....
This song is timeless. Describes my relationship right now. I've been holding on to these tears for so long and it's time to let go!
Who hear has shed a tear from this wonderful masterpiece...i know i have
Beautiful song. Need to come back with the 80s music. Great time.
Not all songs are created equal.
This is the ATOMIC BOMB of songs.
back when we didn't care who sung the music it just hit are souls!!🔥🔥🔥
thanks Mick for all!
Dear Lord I honestly forgot how F'ing BEAUTIFUL this song is/STILL IS!
I'm in awe of this creation more right now than hearing it in 1987 TOO!
John Erkman Luba singing No more words is almost as great. Such a touching song
I hear ya. Its funny how I am now reflecting on all the music of my youth (late 70s & 80s) and discovering how great the artists and songs really were.
superb soulful heartrending song that tells all our amazing ly short stories on this fuckingly amazing and lost blue saphire in the galaxy Thanks for the music SR thanks for father figure MG we will miss you God this year is just overwhelming ...so much loss
Damn, powerful music like this is unthinkable these days.
***** That's kind of what I meant yeah.
MrEnjoyBeats Not true. Check out Michael Kiwanuka. It's there, man. It's just supressed in favor of crappy pop music.
MrEnjoyBeats Sad, isn't it?
+MrEnjoyBeats wish i said that
Steve McKinley Why ?
After thirty years of hearing this beautiful song, I can relate completely. Thanks, Simply Red...
Kick ass vocals. No auto tune needed.
that voice...one of the best songs ever
A mid 80's classic
Thank you for visiting!
This song will always be in heart it has a true meaning!!
simply the best, the way he uses his vocals in this song so smooth and the music too. simply red isa great singer,
Hucknells voice is from another world!!!
Now THIS is actual singing!! Would the 21st century please take note?
people....this is what we call music, I declare!!
É impossível não viajar com uma lenda dessa!! Wow!!!!!! Linda demais!!!
People really took a dislike to this guy but man he knocked out some beautiful tracks. This one is stunning.
Speak for yourself I think he's great
No he's right mick had his critics but you can't beat this tallant
So much soul in his voice....beautiful
To my adored son;
Losing you took the roar out of my lion heart, the sun out of my sky...I am not capable of understanding why you were taken away so young, I cannot express to the universe enough how meaningful, amazing and good you were, now everyday is cruel...it’s brutal, your absence is like an elephant on my chest...I miss you, Oh god, I miss you so much!
I have accepted life gets no better than the 20 amazing years, I was blessed with you. I promise to honor your life and one day sweet boy, I will hold you again...I know you are with me because I wouldn’t still be here if you weren’t. Lifetimes of Love...Mom💔
•Kyle David StrIckland•
6/17/97~1/21/18
...you used to beg me to stop singing this song in my high pitch aggravating singing, the memories are bittersweet...every thing has a nostalgia of you...😢
God bless
So sorry for your lost. Can't even begin to understand your pain. May God give you comfort, strength and blessing you abundantly. You will be in my prayers.
I am so very sorry for your loss.
Sorry for your loss
😥
Just one of those songs where you just completely focus all you have to make it right in life. Through all the bad and good,it always remains the same.Keep holding on,I know I will be.2018 still listening.
Just let yourself fall into the music and words, so very sad, but at the same time so uplifting. No music like this today.
I am a music lover, the real deal. My taste rang from Tupac, Taylor Swift everyone in between depending on the song. I can state without reservation this one of the most soulful songs I have ever heard.
Debilane23 I
Same here. Cheers to great taste in music
what do you think about short people??
I've always been a sucker for a good melancholy song, Perfect for reflection.
Melancholy. Great song.
Yessssss my jam !
Tasha Renee
It's amazing when you realize why you subconsciously love a song so much
subconsciously for 30 years....
musiw
Jtapia031 Special song to many of us that can relate 30 years later such great memories and the song still relates BEAUTIFUL
Jtapia031 you live with it regarding music 😆
I totally agree. The music that we love reminds us of different periods in our lives. Memories of going to achool, college, and raising our children. It reminds us of birth and when we have lost those we have loved through death. My oldest daughter was born when this came out. She remembers me singing to her. I love this song.
I love this song....brings back so many memories.
Same here. Summer of 1986..This song touched my soul
This is the best song ever made.
One of the best songs ever made!
This is true! You know a song is great when thugs on the corner know it and sing it. LOL. It has crossed over in areas that aren't even talked about! AND, it has lasting power - 2017 I'm still listening to it.
Ramona I agree
Ramona
Ramona Yasssssss
Appreciated
At My age 50 plus I'll hold the years back and stay 50 plus, classic song
This song was sad and hopeful all at the same time. He never gave up. When listening to this song it really makes you think how did this really happen. Will always jam this one and the music is so lovely.
This song take me back to better days
This was my all time favorite in the early 80s, spoke to me deeply. Best voice of the decade, for sure. It's a real shame there are no songs like this anymore.
my fave song of that century ..I have none this century ..what a dreamy voice
I agree
one of the greatest songs ever made
well said Lenny from a fan from day one
32+ years ago now, and it still holds up.
Keep holding to the memories of the good old days
still tugs the heart strings.....
A timeless classic.
Yes, it does.
Gary Flater don't it just I lost my wife 4yrs ago today his songs remind me off her love and miss her so much 🌹💜😘💋
Yes it does!
Buenísimo.
Timeless classic
Classic and timeless. Cannot and will not get old
I keep coming back to this song,
its beautiful and sad and it has a message at the same time....i love it.