Heard this in September 88 in Ibiza when I was 25. Crowd erupted when this came on. Crazy happy times. Nearly 61 now but still never tire of this tune. Pure Classic.
@@mathiaswiese5412 no it wasn't. House had already become popular a couple of years before Inner City appeared on the scene. I'd say Big Fun was probably the song that brought Detroit techno to the UK though. It didn't sound the same as the house that had been charting in tthe couple of years previously.
Late 80s and early 90s house music is one of the best and most innovative genres. It was completely fresh and original. Nothing like that was ever done before then. Kudos to all all producers who managed to make this sound as it was produced yesterday, while a Katy Perry song from a few years ago sounds like ancient history.
I totally disagree. although i grew up in the 90's and always listening early 90's dance music, i have to say that the best era of HOUSE music was 1999-2009. The 00's decade was THE decade of house music and not 90's even more NOT late 80's.
This mega dance hit has stood the test of time, released 1988 30 years ago it just lifts your mood instantly in to party mode, i bought this when was 18 and it still rocks after all this time, pure dance classic.
Music today is made by wannabees that think they understand production engineering. These guys understood music, consequently their music stands up today.
It is a thing!! I have nostalgia for the 1920s when I’m in a certain vibe .. I do remember it when it came out- The year was 1988 and there was this totally new sound fresh out of Detroit
I accidentally found a record with this track at one of the flea markets in Finland. And only upon arrival home, I fully realized how valuable this find is.
I was 14 and this was why i work all the summer to buy me a 2nd hand synth ... still have it, and .. 40 more .... Thank you Inner City you ruined my bank account for life ;o)
OMG!!! This song is so far ahead of its time it's crazy. If I didn't know the year I could swear it is 1992! A 90's song in 1988. That is what's called a trendsetter!!!
From the creative point of view, not much happened in the 90s (just think that even the Grunge style was born in the 80s with groups like Nirvana) ... especially if compared to the 80s, an incredible decade for creativity and variety of styles (the 90s were musically marked by dance and little else). To give some examples, all these songs were written between 1988 and 1989: Enya - Orinoco Flow (released in 1988) Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (released in 1988) Soul II Soul - Back To Life (released in 1989) Black Box - Ride on Time (released as a single in 1989) Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (released in 1989) Double Trouble feat. Rebel MC - Street Tuff (released in 1989) Snap! - The Power which (recorded in 1989 and released in 1990) Black Box - Everybody Everybody (recorded in 1989, released in 1990) Technotronic - Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) (recorderded in 1989, released on 8 January 1990) Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (performed live in 1989, recorded in 1989, published in 1990) The sound seems to be from the 90s, because in the 90s they continued on this line but the creativity is all from the 80s.
@@MGrimandi Yes but this is not the music one would listen on the radio in 1988. You would probably hear pop rock. And this is not 1989 or 1990, this is 1988, it's really ahead of its time
@@MGrimandi Well explained. But trust me the 90s kids will still make it their songs, 'cause most of those songs were still played in the early 90s. Synths and drum machines were classic 80s. Roland TR909 etc.
It's still a great song. It reminds me of the youth club many moons ago, it was definitely a good place to keep the kids off the streets back in the day... Good times!!
You mention Inner City and so many people think of Good Life. However, IMO this was their best track and such a great start to their musical journey. Me being 17 at the time this was released it was just the right time for me and started me on my rave journey..... and then on into the nineties, nuff said 😁......
I first heard this in Ibiza 88 and instantly knew this was ushering in a new sound for me it was the sound I had been waiting for and I want to thank all who collaborated in producing such joy, I was the first on the dancefloor and didn't care who was watching me ,I didn't need a dove / ecstasy I was gone 😀
Class leading. This tune inspired so many after it. Like Steve silk Hurley it has that Chicago house feel and was seminal. It still sounds so fresh today.
Danced to this on crowded dance floors in New York London Sydney and alone in a one room shack in western New South Wales which is what I’m doing now Works wherever
I was 14 years old when this song first came out. It was the first time I started listening to dance music. It was the beginning of the eurodance movement. It was a very cool song. In my opinion, it has become one of the classics of dance music.❤
I'm 55 but 20 again when I hear this. I think it's aged well.
True 🎉
Wish I had
Yer same 54 and it feels like yesterday. 35 yrs went so fast 😢
Me to 55 and loving life 😂❤😂
We were there
and me im 56 in 2024
Heard this in September 88 in Ibiza when I was 25. Crowd erupted when this came on. Crazy happy times. Nearly 61 now but still never tire of this tune. Pure Classic.
Lloret de Mar for me in 88 brother 55 now.💚🏴
😂😂😂😂❤❤@@steviekenny581
When this came on everybody danced. No posing, no attitude, no phones. Amazing bass line from Kevin and vocals to match from Paris. Ahead of its time.
Love this song 🙂
🙏 AMEN 🙏
Love brother. The dance music unites us for real.
And there were dancehalls.
♥️
One of the best club classics ever...sounds even better now compared of today's shite
today's shite my brother..
So many great genres of music in the charts back then. And now the tripe they serve up these days...🙄
Yep!
Exactly!
Couldn’t agree more!
23 and single enjoying my early years...
How come you not listening to Ja rule and B2K 😅😅😅
Singer Paris Grey was still working at a Chicago store when this was a hit!
j'ai 52 ans j'adore ton morceau il a fait partie de ma jeunesse a fond dans la R5 TL
This was the song that brought house music to the U.K. 🖤 Detroit techno and house was always the best
No it wasn't
@@noxiousdow
Doch, war es!
@@mathiaswiese5412 no it wasn't. House had already become popular a couple of years before Inner City appeared on the scene. I'd say Big Fun was probably the song that brought Detroit techno to the UK though. It didn't sound the same as the house that had been charting in tthe couple of years previously.
Late 80s and early 90s house music is one of the best and most innovative genres. It was completely fresh and original. Nothing like that was ever done before then. Kudos to all all producers who managed to make this sound as it was produced yesterday, while a Katy Perry song from a few years ago sounds like ancient history.
Timeless!
I totally disagree. although i grew up in the 90's and always listening early 90's dance music, i have to say that the best era of HOUSE music was 1999-2009. The 00's decade was THE decade of house music and not 90's even more NOT late 80's.
yes, it was a real revolution, there was nothing before and after
Northern soul was as inspirational and influenced many funk hiphop and dance acts
THIS IS TECHNO
This is hands down one of the best dance songs ever recorded! BIG FUN 🎶😍😍😍😍
That and good life ;D
I agree 👍💯
Real talk
♥️♥️💛♥️♥️
@Mark Robinson the one in my head and someday about to become a #1 😅🦏
54 and still gets me up ,what a song , as fresh as the day it came out
First tech-house track in history
Big Fun and Good Life are two of the best dance songs ever. Love Inner City.
80s, PLEASE RETURN 😢🙏⭐💫
@M Z End Times
Truly the best decade
I agree bring back the 80s
Another 60 years and they will,....
Oh YESSSS!!!!!!
let's go back quickly to that time!!!!
My best years !!! I’m 55😊
1988 friends 😂😂😂❤
Great in 88. & 24
in 2020 this sounds NEW & FRESH
Totaly agree
Take me back 😭😭
Me love it tune
Gustav Gans: Simply because it was clearly AHEAD of its time...and the sound on this video sucks...sound should be much HIGHER/properly remastered...
NEW, FRESH AND BIG !
Who is listening to this great song in 2021? Peace on the world and let s have fun!
Still fills the dancefloor! A Real classic.
They played in our city last month, nothing short of superb
Big fun - yeahhhhhhhhhhh ❤💃✔💃✔💃🕺💪🏽
What a tune, a carefree time in my life.
This mega dance hit has stood the test of time, released 1988 30 years ago it just lifts your mood instantly in to party mode, i bought this when was 18 and it still rocks after all this time, pure dance classic.
Dis choose and( marshall jeferson)MOVE YOUR BODY r prob the best choones ever released ! 2 days music sucks
This was a sound completely different at the moment ... I remember when I heard it for the first time... nothing similar until the 90's
Of course father
Music today is made by wannabees that think they understand production engineering. These guys understood music, consequently their music stands up today.
people so innocent then and thats why
this is still insanely good after all these years
That early 90s techno sweet spot. EPIC song.
Ahead of time in the late summer of 1988.
This is 1988.
@@lonalxaia we get stuff in Australia a couple years after everyone else 🤣
@@shaunpattinson1621 come on Australia catch up 🤣🤣🤣🤣nough love to you guys ❤️
Detroit delivers
Suddenly I'm 17 again still love this song sounds as good as it did in 88 😍❤️
Find a person that didn't love this tune from that era. Was and is just a classic!!x
I want 80's NOW!!!!
20 years old and having the time of my life dancing to tunes like this absolutely classic oh take me back 😢
I'm 26, which means I've not experienced the 90s, but this song makes me feel nostalgic for no reason anyway. It's amazing! I envy you guys.
This is '89 😊
@@debra1232 I didn't realize that, my bad, but point still stands haha
@4Tlccas Yeah I might be wrong but the song is cool regardless lol.
It is a thing!! I have nostalgia for the 1920s when I’m in a certain vibe ..
I do remember it when it came out- The year was 1988 and there was this totally new sound fresh out of Detroit
You missed out on a lot. Gen-Z, very late millennials don’t know anything.
greatest opening 20 second intro ever
try the 12" bro
You win.
The first 12 seconds should,ve to be 30 seconds , each section should,ve to be repeated twice instead,
We may be talking about the same mix, but let me raise you the intro on the Magic Juan mix
That 8 second intro/hook is masterful.
This song brings back good memories of friend going out to party and no one sits down for this song. This was the "stuff".
Who’s listening to dis classic outa da head on covid 19 🙈😎
The goog old days🤗
OmegaAlphaEren I don’t know sure I was born in bledn 1991 🇮🇪🙈
This sound a Lot of street of rage ost
@@Ggggggggfddxv 1977 I am a old lady
For those who don't know, this tune is included in the compilation "Ministry of Sound Anthems House", exactly in the CD 1
This one is fo you Lucas we had soo much fun dancing to this best time of our lives . RIP I love you and miss you so much ❤😢 xxxx
Was only 15 when this came out. It's still every bit as good as it was then. Great memories
I was 4! One of my all time favourite tracks!
Hold the memories x
The first 12 seconds of this video is where it’s at. sums up perfectly one of the fondest memories most of us 90’s kids have of the rave scene
kids ? lol
@@djibooty878 I was 10 when this tune came out…think that makes me a kid lol
@@stevecoulter26651988 that's when it came out.
1988 not 90s.
This song was made to be danced to and boy did we. You can't beat all the dance music around late 80s,early 90s😍
I accidentally found a record with this track at one of the flea markets in Finland. And only upon arrival home, I fully realized how valuable this find is.
Espectacular musica, la mejor del mundo! Saludos desde Argentina!!
Hands down one of the greatest house Trax of all time. The Godfather himself... Kevin Sanderson
TECHNO
yeah but the Chicago house influence is big, Paris Grey worked in that style when she joined to this proyect. Sanderson wasnt a purist of techno
@@Peter1999Videos no he didn't.
It’s “Saunderson” 🤦🏻♂️
Detroit Techno
Tranquilamente este videomusical pareciera ser actual, viva por siempre la musica house
Dancing all Night long.. it was brilllllant yes we had big fun .. mighty big fun 👍🏼
Excellent song I remember this came out on 1988
The 80s.....a great time 💗my heart laughs 🤗
I was 14 and this was why i work all the summer to buy me a 2nd hand synth ... still have it, and .. 40 more .... Thank you Inner City you ruined my bank account for life ;o)
Who's Listen 2024
Love love this tune
January 2021 in the midst of a pandemic escaping in music of my youth!
OMG!!! This song is so far ahead of its time it's crazy. If I didn't know the year I could swear it is 1992! A 90's song in 1988. That is what's called a trendsetter!!!
From the creative point of view, not much happened in the 90s (just think that even the Grunge style was born in the 80s with groups like Nirvana) ... especially if compared to the 80s, an incredible decade for creativity and variety of styles (the 90s were musically marked by dance and little else).
To give some examples, all these songs were written between 1988 and 1989:
Enya - Orinoco Flow (released in 1988)
Neneh Cherry - Buffalo Stance (released in 1988)
Soul II Soul - Back To Life (released in 1989)
Black Box - Ride on Time (released as a single in 1989)
Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam (released in 1989)
Double Trouble feat. Rebel MC - Street Tuff (released in 1989)
Snap! - The Power which (recorded in 1989 and released in 1990)
Black Box - Everybody Everybody (recorded in 1989, released in 1990)
Technotronic - Get Up (Before The Night Is Over) (recorderded in 1989, released on 8 January 1990)
Deee-Lite - Groove Is In The Heart (performed live in 1989, recorded in 1989, published in 1990)
The sound seems to be from the 90s, because in the 90s they continued on this line but the creativity is all from the 80s.
@@MGrimandi Yes but this is not the music one would listen on the radio in 1988. You would probably hear pop rock. And this is not 1989 or 1990, this is 1988, it's really ahead of its time
@@MGrimandi Well explained. But trust me the 90s kids will still make it their songs, 'cause most of those songs were still played in the early 90s. Synths and drum machines were classic 80s. Roland TR909 etc.
No. House music started circa 1985🙄
@@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos maybe not in your country. Acid house was the thing in 1988 here
I'm a 70years old, ohh, please don't take away my music.
It's still a great song. It reminds me of the youth club many moons ago, it was definitely a good place to keep the kids off the streets back in the day... Good times!!
Never heard this, but I love it!
You mention Inner City and so many people think of Good Life. However, IMO this was their best track and such a great start to their musical journey. Me being 17 at the time this was released it was just the right time for me and started me on my rave journey..... and then on into the nineties, nuff said 😁......
Ofcourse ✌
Agree!
Tune of the late 80's the best.
Bought it on Vinyl in 88 and Paris Grey......nothing more to say..Totally Sublime!
Brings back carefree memories
Siempre firme con inner city desde 1988, ARGENTINA presente!🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Inner city and soul 2 soul where the best groups at the time.
First time I heard this was in my Dad's Rover Vitesse, sounded amazing then & still sounds amazing now! Soo 80's yet still so fresh.
I first heard this in Ibiza 88 and instantly knew this was ushering in a new sound for me it was the sound I had been waiting for and I want to thank all who collaborated in producing such joy, I was the first on the dancefloor and didn't care who was watching me ,I didn't need a dove / ecstasy I was gone 😀
What sort of music were people listening to in Ibiza in 1987? Just curious.
@@ajs41 mainly chart stuff , CZcams house electronic, and the sounds of Detroit coming along , k Sanderson etc, like most decades eclectic mix thx
What a brilliant 👏 👌 tune. Such a positive band, it was at least 6 years ahead of it's time. Sounds like an early to mid 90's tune
@4Tlccas This tune would not be out of place in 1992. Most agree with this. It was ahead of it's time.
Classic of Acid House💥🕺💃
TECHNO! THIS IS TECHNO
Where is that time capsule to take me back..!
Now that I discovered it, i'm going to put this music at EVERY party
Big fun will come back and will never leave us. Earlier than everybody think. 😇😇❤❤
Still love the piano bit towards the end excellent 😊
Quality remember when it came out still class now 👌
Clássico! Clássico! Clássico! Clássico demais dos superclássicos dos classificados como Clássicos! Simplesmente Clássico! Saudades.
Class leading. This tune inspired so many after it. Like Steve silk Hurley it has that Chicago house feel and was seminal. It still sounds so fresh today.
BIG FUN - DETROIT HOUSE
Wow music is powerful & transports you back! 53 years old & dancing!!
This Song.....rocks!👍🏻🖤❤ inner city...good memories!
Now that's what you call music ❤️
Timeless track..... absolute quality.
so glad i got to see this live in 1988
Ich liebe diesen Song einfach!!!!erinerrt mich an meine schöne Jugend
You can’t beat the tunes from this era 👍👍
Dance all night long 😊
I'm 45 and these peeps helped kick off the warehouse parts lol remember sneaking into a fair few at 12 13 years old
Not even just a tune. Just sums up a whole time.
we were so happy..
32 anos de uma música hipnotizante.... linda demais pra época.
mas abajo 1988... saludos💖😎🤘
LoveParade Compilation 2002
Danced to this on crowded dance floors in New York London Sydney and alone in a one room shack in western New South Wales which is what I’m doing now
Works wherever
Best house tune ever
2019 and its still the greatest song ive ever heard
Its so good
fatboygregory 2020 and still...
2021
2022 and beyond this track is still a timeless banger 🔥🔥
Still love this ..35 years on x
You know it's a great song, as 30 years later....I'm still here, albeit on my own ha ha
This was way ahead of its time. It still sounds fresh even to nowadays standards. Definitely Big fun 😊😊
BIG BIG FUN CARLOS!!!!
BIG BIG FUN CARLOS!!!!
😍"We're having BIG FUN...!"🤩
Classic of all classics
CLASSIC TECHNO
all time classic. takes me back to wen i was like 15...
I always hear "We're having meatballs" all through this
That's literally what I typed in to find this song lol
I was 14 years old when this song first came out. It was the first time I started listening to dance music. It was the beginning of the eurodance movement. It was a very cool song. In my opinion, it has become one of the classics of dance music.❤
I was 9, but remember it like it was yesterday.
Oh boy the 80ties was a good time for Music 👍🎶🎵🎼🎧
Was 18 when it came. Dance floor was grooving with this Big Fun. Saunders is a genius.
Masterpiece
NHK のBS５時からのMusicBoxきっかけで聴いてた。当時レコードも買った。
Greetings Turkiye me too
What a classic.
Cheers.
The lovely Paris Grey.
Her voice has soul 💫