Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (Official Audio)
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↓ LYRICS ↓
[Intro]
To your soul
To your soul
Cry
Cry
Cry
[Verse 1]
You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
[Verse 2]
Mother will never understand why you had to leave
But the answers you seek will never be found at home
The love that you need will never be found at home
[Chorus]
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
[Verse 3]
Pushed around and kicked around, always a lonely boy
You were the one that they'd talk about around town as they put you down
[Verse 4]
And as hard as they would try they'd hurt to make you cry
But you never cried to them, just to your soul
No, you never cried to them, just to your soul
[Chorus]
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (Crying to your soul)
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (Crying to your soul)
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (Crying to your soul)
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
[Bridge]
Cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
[Verse 5]
You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
[Chorus]
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
#BronskiBeat #SmalltownBoy #TheAgeOfConsent - Hudba
Who’s here in 2024 listening this musical gem? 😊
🙋♂️
I'm here on a reccomendation from Lyzette G.
Gee, an original comment
Me it's really a nice vibe song ❤
Which year had the best songs from back then
80's music was fucking good, I'll admit that.
Got that right!! Love it all like I did then. Metal rock synth new wave early punk. Its all good
Yes,I'll admit that,too,but that was the only thing good about that decade, the music
🦜 🦜 🦜
👍👍
Nothing else?@@moongypsyguerrero1925
2024 & I am still here .. bring back the good times .. music is not what it used to be
We need more synths in todays music😇😂
Facts 👌
RIP Steve Bronski
Your songs have meant a lot to so many.
You sure made a difference!
Jimmy Somerville is now sole living member... Steve died, Larry Steinbachek as well...
So sad. His legacy lives on though, RIP
how did the other members die?
@@leesaunders1930 Larry Steinbachek died in 2017 due a cancer. Steve Bronski perished in 2021. The apartment where he lived caught fire.
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I think everyone needs to remember that this song isn't about GTA V or GLOW. It is about a boy from Glasgow who had to leave his city because he wasn't accepted for being gay. Thats why the song is severely relevant throughout 120bpm.
THANKS! Someone who actually knows something.
What the hells glow
Mete Tural Netflix show set in the 80s about female wrestling
Lotus Abagander alright so porn for weird people
Não gostei do video
Im here for the synths
vibing hard ngl
so you don't care about things such as melody and lyrics?
@@FlickanIDetKroktaRummet All i hear is "cry, boy, cryyyyyyyy" so much cry only the synths keeps me up
@@FlickanIDetKroktaRummet melody is the same as synths noob
THE SYNTHS
Stop asking who's still listening in 2024,we never left.
Good one ☝️
This song transforms me to another dimension.
Me too
Same here
Same
Been on a 80's binge for the past year, i gotta say this era of music is hella enjoyable
Me too hahaha
No wonder why the 80s are the best, music pop was futurist and so electronic. Proud to be born in the 80s.
I was born in the 80s but wish I was born in 50s/60s/70s so I could have experienced it properly
@@Just_another_Euro_dude 90s was great as well! 80s/90s my favourite decades for music
@Robert don't forget 60's & 70's with great groups like KRAFTWERK
Same Malek
@@Just_another_Euro_dude lkkoknk((9ihl(kk9k9((kk
I use to listen to this with my dad while we drove endlessly on the highway...such a good memory to be born on the 80's...
dega723 it’s a gay anthem. Have words with ur dad
Ben Dodd lol!!
@@bendodd8325 ahahah very funny....arsehole ; )
@@angelalane8660 WTF ? Don't know what the fuck Jesus has to do with anything ?
@@vinzelrato It's a saying, dumbass. A "come to Jesus meeting" is like a serious discussion. Stupid.
Regardless of sexual orientation or to what generation you're from, just about everyone should be able to appericate this gem. Just hits ya in the feels.
Who was here from the 1980s
I was driving in GTA 5 and started listening to this song, and that's why I love Non_Stop Pop (radio station in GTA 5
It's reminds me of Capital FM
i only listen to nsp and the 80’s rock one
X2
The best gta radio 😂👍✨
The only one I Play 👍👍👍👍👌
Euphoria got me here
same !
а я русский
Same!
That party scene with this song was amazing.
Back in 2024, where I wanna be from Financial Problems and drive a Convertible Porsche in Autobahn around 4pm
The first 56 seconds of this song is just epic
When I heard this song in Euphoria, that was poetic.
What do you mean. Explain yourself in detail
Sameeeee
@@cristianroy21 the song was in the Euphoria series episode 6.
Kind of bit slow
@@Saiintone si, por ese motivo lo busque
His voice is just magical
My dads favourite song and also playing this at his funeral next week ❤
Im sorry for your lost from belguim
Im sorry for your lost from france
🙏
Im sorry
I'm so sorry for your loss. Gotta say: your day had excellent musical tastes! This is a perfect funeral song, too.😘
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry
You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
Mother will never understand why you had to leave
But the answers you seek will never be found at home
The love that you need will never be found at home
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Pushed around and kicked around, always a lonely boy
You were the one that they'd talk about around town as they put you down
And as hard as they would try they'd hurt to make you cry
But you never cried to them, just to your soul
No, you never cried to them, just to your soul
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (Crying to your soul)
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (Crying to your soul)
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (Crying to your soul)
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
I didn't get this from GTA. I didn't know this was like a gay anthem.
I just heard it n fukn loved it. Stirs some serious emotions
Same here
Saaaammmmeeeee
Same
Same
Same here... shocked I've never heard it since I played the crap out of GTA. Must be listening to the wrong radio station lo.
Humanity peaked in the 80's and 90's, after that it all went downhill.
Does it? Sometimes I do wonder, is it possible that we see it like this because we are already too old..
@@LouCifer usually you need a crisis to redirect it to the correct path, until people forget again
lol you wish
There was overall 4x more crime - not including unreported crime. There were far more violent crimes and crimes that went unsolved. Strong organized unaccountable crime syndicates ran rampant everywhere. Life expectancy was lower. More wars and proxy wars. This silly take is from a privileged person in a bubble looking back at life through rose tinted glasses.
@@ent1311 you assume so much about me without even knowing who I am, today's world is a lot less stable and it gets exponentially worse, just look around, you can't buy a house, cant have kids, prices are soaring through the clouds, half of the world is at war and the other half is at the brink of war, elites are trying to take over your life and enslave you and the only way to live happily is to live off the grid or to have very rich parents, mental illness rates are as high as they have ever been and societies everywhere are more divided than ever, if we won't get our act together, it might just be our last.
10 seconds into this and I am magically transported back to 1984, listening to this gem on the radio.
If a time machine existed, I would go back to the 80s in a heartbeat.
Who's with me ?
I'll go!
I wasn’t born yet but id still go
Take me with you!!
I was born in 96. I would love to have experienced the 80s.
I’m there brother…
80S RULE !!!!
BRING BACK 80S MUSIC
This song is perfect when you live in a small town that’s depressing and you are depressed. You leave home from your parents and take a drive in your Toyota Corolla to find a better place.
At least you had a car.
@@PianoGesang underrated comment 👍
I live in a small town and I know what you mean. It can be very depressing. I live in Manchester by the Sea, Massachusetts. There's actually a movie with the same name that was filmed here. It's a nice little summer beach town but at the same time it's kinda depressing if you live here and aren't a tourist. It's just the same narrow minded people doing the same things every day. Same routine. Nothing ever changes here. Sometimes I dream about running away to LA or somewhere.
Only gays are depressed so you must be one
And 10 mins after you drive your old toyota car suddenly stops and can't be moved again so you go back to the small town and live there forever
RIP, Steve Bronski. Smalltown Boy is one of the best (and underrated) songs of the 1980’s.
So true.
Made the 80s what it was without it wouldn’t be the 1980s :)
im only 14 nearly 15 and i completely agree
...all a time.
Can’t be described as underrated - over 280 million Spotify streams!
Gay/straight, what does it matter, music that can can take you to a time, place, person irrespective of all else, is something to be cherished.
Who cares about sexuality this song is good
You straight boys are such losers lmao 😂
This is always a great song in any club period :) play it people will dance till they can’t dance anymore one of the best
Na we do tf u mean cuz
I really like the fact that people discovered many songs like this due to GTA. Videogames can be a wonderful source of music, just as my case - GTA SA showed me tons of amazing songs maybe 12 or 13 years ago, and now you can see me, practically obsessed with lots and lots of genres.
Haha, same here! Born in 1997, but I know a lot of old songs - thanks to my parents and GTA games :)
GTA 4 The Journey introduced me to so much.
Agreed. I credit my love of country music primarily to the hours I spent with KROSE in SA
Actually true. I played GTA Vice City Stories on psp and i fell for 80s music
almost every song i've learned on piano is from a video game ost
I'm straight, but I enjoy the song, especially while playing GTA V
I don’t think your sexuality has anything to do this song. But okay straighty.
@brandie the song is literally about a gay boy leaving town because he isn’t accepted lmao
80’s my best era🤘🏽
80s music was epic. Young people these days don't even know how transcendent the music was. It gave you goosebumps. It took you to other planes of existence. It made you survive this muck we call life.
Okay boomer
@@evancomer5389dude.. I'm from the 90s and even I can respect what this song stands for. Just because a person was born in a certain era doesnt mean one cant accept music from other eras... I love all walks of music even though some arnt what I'm Into.. but I'd prefer the option of becoming educated than being ignorant. I have a friend who feels he isnt safe it he came out to his parents. I havnt been there and I'm lucky for all of it but I cant understand how ones parents fail time and time again to take onwer ship of their creation. Its mading that anyone let alone your god dang parents could do something so inhumane.
I am from the genZ and I find 80s songs really great.... Can you recommend some 80s songs which you like?
Survivorship bias.
I 1000% agree!
Heard this on euphoria it instantly Brought back childhood memories happy days loved the 80s 😊
I just heard this song in the movie “Parting Glances” from 86 and took me right to my youth in the 80’s.
it is not only a hymn for gay people, but for misfits and outcast toys around the world. for girls and boys, who eager for more than what they got. metal, rock community, other guys who needs to leave their burnt out towns and villages with only hopes in their hearts. I am a metalhead, I will always be. yet, this song is limitless for me to listen to. and what more, I just really dig the simple as hell, but charming drum play. have a nice day, all of you
The Paradise Lost version is perfection imo
I am gay and was absolutely stunned when this song was first released in 1984. I was 16 then.
Why do thegays pick their noses a lot?
Grand Theft Auto V has some of the greatest songs of all time.
my mum is a genius for introducing me to her 80s record collection🙌🙌
The 80s was the pinnacle decade for pop music. Sure glad I got to experience all of it and remember it to.
80's forever ! i remember !
Ironic how a beautifully sad piece of music, no matter one's orientation, can bring back memories of halcyon days during 80's-90's club life. RIP Steve Bronski.
I used to jam this when I was 16 and still jam it at age 55!
Gta always recognise master piece ❤
This was a number 1 hit in the Netherlands and I played it a lot as a DJ and also danced to it.
I don't understand why many people comment whether they are straight or gay, what difference does that make?
You're human and you enjoy this song and that's what it's all about. 😉
What a tune!! Am not gay but this song is so empowering!
And you don't have to be gay to like and appreciate such a great , memorable tune /song .
' always a lonely boy ' - I can really identify with that line , ' girl ' in this case !
It's an absolutely brilliant song. Hauntingly beautiful with that stunning falsetto voice.
👍👍👍
I’m not gay but I like this song.
But I’m not gay.
😂😂😂
😅
Ahh, the good old days . What a tune . Bronski Beat . Small town boy.
best antidepressant ever existed!
This music has a hauntingly nostalgic sound to me being a kid in the 80s. My memory and the fantasies I had in my head get blended together when I hear this music and think back to that time.
I was a kid in the 2000s in a homophobic country. I have never been able to fully live my life the way I would've wanted to, without facing the consequences of being different. I cry today at 28 because even now I am that smalltown boy. I wish things were different.
@virtualbeing, same here and remembering back to my youth and recalling what was important to me back then and the things like music, that made it so much more special.
Just heard this while watching the movie “Parting Glances” from 86 and it took me right back to those years. Glad o loved those magical times in San Francisco and the world was so much different.
@@jacknjill3000 Yeah, I don't know if it was the decade, per se, or just that it was the time of my childhood, but I can remember imagining an ideal world and being more curious, having more innocence, and love for people. I do think in the 1980s there was more inspiration of creativity and more hope for the world. I still remember my fantasies of that but those comforting thoughts have lost their illusion.
I saw a lot of movies in the 80's but I never heard of "Parting Glances." I see Steve Buscemi, the good actor, is in it. What a heavy movie. I remember when AIDs first became known and people I knew and knew of began dying from it.
That was an interesting time when so many people were coming out confidently but still were insulted and even disowned by their family sometimes. I guess it was a happy and sad time that way but also a time you could have more fun being yourself and creating your own style.
2:40 - 3:00 is my favorite part of the song.
Tik Tok likes this.
Smoking weed while listening to this hits different… 🖤
Absolutely timeless, classic, beautiful record.
80' ❤ The best!!
Among the most beautiful music ever written, of any genre.
I am a heterosexual 56 year old female and I have been listening to this song since 1984, I have the cassette let me tell you this is just a great song. I gives you feels, it is a great dance song and it rocks. Just love it no matter who you are. :)
Donna Dawson Agreed I just heard it again in my grocery shop and had to bust out a few 80s dance moves down the aisle. Such a great song😉
I find it funny, but why is sexuality relevant to liking a song? :p
@@julievrhackzor respect from a 28 year old heterosexual
Im hetro too, my male friend ended up telling me he was gay and thought id never speak to him again, and here we are after lots of time apart, 35 yrs later and the best of friends
@@PedroSousa-np9wp the song is about a gay dude.
GTA5 then Baby Reindeer- Brought Me Back Pure Nostalgia 80s
Who is here listening to this gem because of TikTok 😮💨
This came on as I was driving down the highway past Sandy Shores and it was just idyllic with the moon above and the stars dazzling while I cruised past traffic. The song picked up with the "run away" chorus as I closed in on the Los Santos skyline.
Were you trevor phillips? 😄 great song though gotta love it!
I heard this when it was raining and dawn as Micheal, such a crazy experience
I was doing the exact thing on the route to palito bay and I had the in game sunset going it was pretty dope
I love listening to this song when I'm drifting (in real life too)
To your soul
To your soul
Cry
Cry
Cry
You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
Mother will never understand why you had to leave
But the answers you seek will never be found at home
The love that you need will never be found at home
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Pushed around and kicked around, always a lonely boy
You were the one that they'd talk about around town as they put you down
And as hard as they would try they'd hurt to make you cry
But you never cried to them, just to your soul
No, you never cried to them, just to your soul
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (crying to your soul)
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (crying to your soul)
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away (crying to your soul)
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
Cry, boy, cry, boy, cry
You leave in the morning with everything you own in a little black case
Alone on a platform, the wind and the rain on a sad and lonely face
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Run away, turn away, run away, turn away, run away
Saito 9
'80
Jimmy Somerville.
:)
Thanks for the effort.
Ahh the 80s. When the ❄️ was pure and the vibes were 👌🏽
This song really makes me miss being young and in love 💔
Seemed a lot more significant at that time didnt it.
An absolute masterpiece
Gta 5✊🏻
This one on "Elite 6".. Just amazing🇧🇷🔥🇵🇹
Euphoria>>>>>>>
This song hit my ears tonight in the grocery store and took me back to the days of alt rock in the 80's. Back when the artists wrote their own music and sang about what they cared about. They put their emotions, hearts and souls into their music and I loved it. Lucky for me, there was an independent alt rock radio station just north of Cincinnati where I live. Called 97X The Future of Rock and Roll - WOXY in Oxford Ohio. Found all this greatness and never looked back!
Did you dance down the isle and run off any gen zers 😂😂😂😂 cuz I definitely would!! And do 😅
Great music doesn't get lost
Wait, this song is in GTA V? I first found this song when I was doing my homework in a Starbucks.
100.7 FM, Non-Stop Pop Radio.
Same kid. I have played gta for freaking YEARS. I have never heard this song on there.
Whoa I did not know that! I always had the music on a particular station but that's cool!
@@cristianroy21 Maybe it was added recently, or in the new gen
I heard that song in gta V since 2015
Captured the 80's in a few minutes
This song will always be a banger 🔥
Idk why this song gives me ted bundy in the morning in a nice Seattle neighborhood vibes
Another 80s keyboard gold gem !! missing this sound today,,,,,,
damn, i never realised before how deep those lyrics are
2024 n im stilll here ❤
I tear up nearly every time I hear this song. We've come a long way but there are still young people who have been shunned or even kicked out by their families and communities, myself included, I can only hope we keep improving. If you're reading this and feeling the same way just know you are not alone.
I know how you feel, this song is very relatable to me as well. It's really sad that we still face these issues. And, my home country continues to go backwards rather than make progress. I hope someday there will be freedom 🙏
Imagine trading your entire life for your own sins and delusions lol
No wonder they kicked you out, you deserved it.
@@vadimmorozov I'm also from Russia. The laws they continue to pass here break my heart, I'm so tired.
Solidarity 🙏💗
@@MitsurugiR Youre just a sad little bigot living in your own bubble of hatred. Its almost pitiful.
It's not about you
One of the best songs of the 80s or any decade. Even more powerful with the video. Love it
Love Lies Bleeding trailer brought me here! So happy to have discovered this song and looking forward to the film.
Thank you, I was .ondering in which trailer I heard this song.
Just saw it in the theater. Loved it! Fantastic soundtrack!
I was that boy ...to this day the past haunts me ...
You're still here. And that is something to definitely celebrate for. Celebrate how strong you were and are to keep going no matter how the past treated you. You should be most proud of yourself 🗿
Love sent your way from a total stranger ❤
Gayyyyyyy
live in today, nothing that happened prior to matters its done, gone etc.
haaaank
🦇
✌🏻GTV
What color is your speedsuit
God I'm slow.
Took me a few seconds to get it. 🤣
as a gay person I am legally required to listen to this once a day
Comrade Charlotte same here haha! This and Pet Shop Boys :)
Same here hahaha
how is this related to homosexuality?
@@arvid7562 So you haven't seen the music video to this? And really just the songtext....
As a straight white male, I feel the need to listen to this every now and again to be reminded how much of a legend Jimmy Somerville is 👍
Masterpiece.
This song had has a power ⚡
Everyone,at a certain age,has this feeling to run away to the unknown
This song hits so different thank you god for everything you given me provided for me and all the protection you given me in this world I know it’s full of wickedness but i appreciate you not ever letting me slip up and my health for I appreciate it you know I try my best to stay in my own lane
LOVE LIES BLEEDING
This song has been my soul since I first heard it when I was 15.
Like Michael smoking on the cigar
Elite vibes🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
This should be 😊in GTA 7
Pure og old school
Masterpiece! The melody is amazing!
Loved this song as a child. As a 20 something and hearing it again on the QAF soundtrack made me smile and nostalgic. Now I hear it and understand just how ahead of their time they were for being out and proud while it was dangerous to be so.
Absolute my fave 80s tune!!
I can recall this playing in “Gotcha!”(1985) although I first originally heard it on Music choice in 2005 for the very first time! and was in awe of the sincerity and thought process. and around 7 or so years ago i saw a video filmed in Berlin..a street musician was performing this iconic track, and “Jimmy Somerville” steps rite into view and sings his heart out!!!!!! Talk about extremely memorable 🎸🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎹
Despite being born in 1999 I absolutely love 80s music like this
A song you can dance to while crying on the inside.
I grew up listening to this and slowly over time I learned why it meant so much to me. I eventually went through an 80's moment in the early-00's when I was in my teens, and it's always just kinda kept coming back into my life. What a tragically beautiful song. I think on some level everyone can relate.
Love Lies Bleeding Trailer 2
I’m 26 and it gets me feel fake nostalgia
i feel this
I love💘the 80's! Song is GOLDEN
This is a BEAUTIFUL song, coming from the BRONX NYC STREETS, no matter what it’s about the song is AMAZING!!
& im a Hip Hop junkie.
Volume no máximo, e só felicidade.
Merci GTA !!! Des musiques légendaire