Except for the US embassy hostages in Iran. Millionaires had to pay a lot more in taxes. Unions were stronger. Industries were regulated. Too much clean air to breathe. We've made a lot of progress since then...
"...Nervously I turn away from you" A simple and brilliant pop song from simpler days. I just wish I could click my fingers and be transported back. I would give up all of the technological advances in the blink of an eye!
@@qawwal78 80's for sure. 60's was beach boys, beatles, 1970's was Ozzy Osbourne & deo, 80's was so good that even today all the new gen is listing to remix's of all the 1980's new wave songs and euro songs., including heavy metal band songs cheers 🦘🦘👍👍
What I love about the videos of that time is the production. Girls & women dressed to suit the song and nobody looked at their individual parts, it was all in the song and the performance, real classy and it made you enjoy it!
I had forgotten all about this song until I clicked on this video a few days ago. Now it's stuck in my head, and I find myself humming this tune at work.😉
There will never be another group of entertainers as dynamic as Racey. Gifted performers, talented musicians, international sex symbols, and tireless humanitarians. Thank you.
Yes if there was ever,a band that was underrated, it has to be this one. There are simply not enough superlatives to describe their groundbreaking creative genius and technical skill, and that’s before we even consider the depth of meaning within the lyrics and the profound message behind their songs.
I'm an American. Never heard of these guys. They're fun. I can tell they are very rooted in British rock. I hear a little Mott the Hoople in the piano intro, David Bowie in the lead vocals, Sweet in their chorus vocals and the Kinks in their general, all around, fun energy. Nice find.
You may have heard of a US number one in the early Eighties called 'MIckey' by an American singer Toni Basil. This group Racey did the original version called 'Kitty'. It was re worked for Toni Basil.
Awesome song from Racey. I love you guys. ❤️.. you have happy friendly uplifting songs. There is no competition with you wonderful guys .Racey wins the race.. 👍
Another Mike Chapman masterpiece the man was unstoppable in the 70's and carried on into the 80's producing Blondie and writing massive hits for others
Bloody FANTASTIC AWESOME it gets you right from the drum intro NO poxy Bloody Autotune back then Thank God, 110% Raw Natural Talent and Hard Work made this music Great!!!
The worlds greatest pop song ever recorded. It took years in the making and now with the magic of the internet, we are endowed with this fantastic hidden gem ! Best song ever!
They’re miming, yeah. But wireless guitars have been around since the mid 70s. They’re basically just like wireless radio mics but designed with a bigger jack and amp for guitars. Angus Young of AC/DC has been using them since about 1980!
Ah! Great song, brings back memories of my youth and those pretty girls! No bleeding tattoos and so beautifully dressed and they wouldn`t have it any other way! I really miss those times! Nowadays, you`d almost appreciate to turn blind instantly when seeing what you are seeing!
It saddens me that a primary school kid in the 1970s (like me) is no longer with us, they were taken far too soon. May your friend rest in eternal peace...…. Keep the good memories going my friend !
During the 70's (and for some time after), I was a DJ, and we were pleased to have records such as this to play. I was paid to play music for people to dance to, not to be a jukebox. Crowds used to go out to enjoy themselves. Absolutely no point in playing so called 'serious music' (whatever that means). Prog Rock at a wedding, for example, certainly wouldn't have been popular. I must have been doing something right, as I never needed to advertise for work.
Peter Saunders YES Can I Come With You, If You've Got A Time Machine, !!!!!!!!!! Do You Hate The 21, Century,!!!!???????? And ALL The Complete CRAP, !!!!!!!, A Single Record From Wollie For£.025,p,.
It's like a mash up of Showaddywaddy and the Bay City Rollers with a touch of Mud and pinch of whatever else you can recall thrown in for good measure...once heard never forgotten...sadly!
Why sadly is it because it takes you to a time when life was simpler and you cannot go back to it if so cheer up buddy you are NOT alone in that regard
@@stevenguegens9516 Thanks for that but I am fortunate to be very cheered and love this manufactured pop that had more innuendo than a Carry on Film lol
Signature Chinn Chapman song with that familiar sound. This could have easily been a Mud song from the prolife 70's hit writers. Incredible songwriters
This music, met my girl in 1978 me 16, her 17, married 43 years now❤. Our 2 sons and my beautiful daughter have given us the joy of 5 grandchildren (so far)😅
@@julieandres8246 well although I’m a londerner I was in Weston a lot as my grandparents lived there on the bornville estate ,so might have bumped into each other 👍
You know what I love about those days. People didn’t take themselves so bloody seriously! They just wanted to have fun.
We did, and we all hated Racey I'm 60 now..still serious about music, and still hate Racey 😎
barnyification I don’t hate them. They are not earth shattering but the songs are catchy and well made
@@captainjamescook2978 covid 19 is catchy 🙂
@@barnyification Who knew that while hating Racey in the 70's it would somehow sound like Prog Rock compared to the average output in 2021 :)
@@fiveowaf454 😅
They were the days music you understand and had a class dance too if we could just go back 😢😢⭐️👏🍀🙏🏻
This was my pop music at 11 years old. I was so so lucky. What a music education. Great key change.
What a pathetic bunch 😂
Absolutely brilliant.. proper pop music.. guaranteed to get everyone smiling and jiving about ..
Love it great days 👊💥🍺
That's Mike Chapman for you.
Except for the US embassy hostages in Iran. Millionaires had to pay a lot more in taxes. Unions were stronger. Industries were regulated. Too much clean air to breathe. We've made a lot of progress since then...
"...Nervously I turn away from you" A simple and brilliant pop song from simpler days. I just wish I could click my fingers and be transported back. I would give up all of the technological advances in the blink of an eye!
Totally agree.
Really? Crap TV? The Cold War? The clothes!
@@tonylove4800 How old are you tonylove?
@@kenbar4761 Too fucking old. Well, old enough to like this 40+ years ago.
Knowing what I know now
I'm 68 and still listening to these songs but feel so sad that it's so long ago now and friends and dance partners all passed away now 😢
I'm 60, few days ago, older we get, more we seem to loose. We shall dance together .
I just turned 65 and I feel great listening this music!
Am 67 and love listening to this music it just takes you back and wish you do it again😢
Great memories 👌 ❤
I am 65 and same here
Das waren Zeiten, Klasse 😄
O my - teenage memories coming back........thanks!
I love this song even now, one of my all time faves.
Mine too what a great song timeless classic brilliant
Listining in 2024, who still has their original vinyl with bonus single. Smash 'N' grab.
One of the first singles I bought with my pocket money. I was a about 8 years old. Loved Racey.
Wow I'm dancing! I was about to turn 14 years old when this song became a hit. AWESOME!
Wow, you're same age as my nan
Same age as myself LOL School discos, brilliant
@@richardduplessis1090 I bet millions of others are too and there will be even more millions the same age as you!
The 70s were the best years in music 😃👍
Sorry to comment but 60's and 70's were the two best decades of music.
@@paulnash7630 Absolutely spot on
nope the 80's for sure 🦘🦘👍👍✌✌
Lets be friends, 60,70,80
@@qawwal78 80's for sure. 60's was beach boys, beatles, 1970's was Ozzy Osbourne & deo, 80's was so good that even today all the new gen is listing to remix's of all the 1980's new wave songs and euro songs., including heavy metal band songs cheers 🦘🦘👍👍
Awesome! This song came into my head the other day and I'm old enough to know the lyrics almost by heart. The good old days 🖒
Sound similar to Smoky in this.
Leaving year from secondary school. I remember this song as one of the smash hits of our year. 😅😊❤😂
The backing harmony is just fantastic!
nope
@@DrRichardScott 😄
das waren noch zeiten, als das im radio lief
What I love about the videos of that time is the production. Girls & women dressed to suit the song and nobody looked at their individual parts, it was all in the song and the performance, real classy and it made you enjoy it!
When you knew the difference, man woman, I'm in a shithole country, I to worry about western values.
DAMN!! That performance was cheesey as Hell even in the late 70s!!!
lol, so cheesey it's good....you gotta go over the edge
Who cares, the song was far better than the prancing about but the woman in it, wow, what a beauty.
I love cheese.
I like the way the singer is over the top.
This one song from the late 70's is better than anything released this century. Much better.
They were clearly influenced by Les Gray and Mud.
Listening to this during school lessons! Others rather listened to homo groups. That song was a great comfort to me, thanks to the SSVC!!!
Another classic from the best year ever for music and film, there will never be another year like 1979 for those arts
Ich sage ja immer wieder , die 80er waren die besten Jahre.😊😊😊
Racey were massive in 1979, especially in Australia with Some Girls following Lay Your Love On Me (late 78, early 79). Both were number 1's in Oz.
And in New Zealand love it
fucking good times.
yep, i was 12 back then and i remember this as i had a crush on a girl at school, this song alway's reminds of that
Alex Triandafyllou I was the same age then. Was my first awareness of popular songs / top 10 . That collective buzz
I remember this song from RTR or Ready To Roll as it was called when I was a kid in NZ
I had forgotten all about this song until I clicked on this video a few days ago. Now it's stuck in my head, and I find myself humming this tune at work.😉
There will never be another group of entertainers as dynamic as Racey. Gifted performers, talented musicians, international sex symbols, and tireless humanitarians. Thank you.
Yes if there was ever,a band that was underrated, it has to be this one. There are simply not enough superlatives to describe their groundbreaking creative genius and technical skill, and that’s before we even consider the depth of meaning within the lyrics and the profound message behind their songs.
@@justinneill5003 Wait... did I miss something?
@@donotwantahandle1111 I was just kidding. They had some nice catchy tunes though 😀
Haha u must have been a band member
@@donotwantahandle1111 it appears that , yes , you definitely missed something
30 years old when this was released and still love it now.73
Rock on Barry!🤘😎🤘
Dito😉
@@gerrypowell2748) +Julie og
I was 13. And love it still with 56! ❤❤❤
Great how we remember the words as well…like you I’m 73 and love this 👍🏻😀
I love the years I grew up in.....greatest music !! Xx Yvette
Me too, born in 1972
1968 here...
Simple and beautyfull childhood memorys
I'm an American. Never heard of these guys. They're fun. I can tell they are very rooted in British rock. I hear a little Mott the Hoople in the piano intro, David Bowie in the lead vocals, Sweet in their chorus vocals and the Kinks in their general, all around, fun energy.
Nice find.
You may have heard of a US number one in the early Eighties called 'MIckey' by an American singer Toni Basil. This group Racey did the original version called 'Kitty'. It was re worked for Toni Basil.
Glad you liked it. My country does some good stuff.
Fantastic brings back memories 🦋🌺🌺🌺🎵🎵🎵
It was just a bit of fun😅
Happy sound of 70s.❤
Awesome song from Racey. I love you guys. ❤️.. you have happy friendly uplifting songs. There is no competition with you wonderful guys .Racey wins the race.. 👍
😂😂😂😂👍
Those two guitarists are bustin out some serious moves there!!!!
Unlike the singer!
@@russellwhite1581 lol 😂
Incredible song!!!! Fantastic throwback!! Thanks so much for posting this, otherwise I (and so many others) would NEVER have known about this.
This song came up on Heardle today. I don't recall EVER hearing this song played on the radio and/or TV here on the west coast of Canada.
Always played this at a good party
despite how the world looks nowadays, music is always saving the day !
I agree with you, that's so true 😀
Say's my great mates in the local beer garden on a Sunday afternoon 😘
Let's hope Mr Putin likes it
Absoluut
You just know your gonna sing and dance to this song. Never gets old , back when songs had more than half a dozen lyrics like they do today .
Yes you have to sing and dance, minimum foot tap. My school had a Caroline Betts
Another Mike Chapman masterpiece the man was unstoppable in the 70's and carried on into the 80's producing Blondie and writing massive hits for others
Elements of Elvis's "Rock A Hula Baby" in this song. Have a listen.
...and Smokie🙂
@@slaff632 Mike Chapman & Niki Chinn wrote Smokie songs aswell, SAW done the same in the 80’s & early 90’s.
@@stevecardwell6911 ...and many other top pop bands 70's
Mike offered this song to Blondie, but they turned it down... Mike gave it to Racey instead. Wonder how Blondie would have made it sound.
Bloody FANTASTIC AWESOME it gets you right from the drum intro NO poxy Bloody Autotune back then Thank God, 110% Raw Natural Talent and Hard Work made this music Great!!!
searched this as for a few days I've been singing this while cooking. Why am I singing this cheesy diabolical song? Because I love it!!!!!
maybe it layed all it's love on you haha
And I thought I was the only one ...X:D
music is to serious these days . this was fun x
Sing it in pete griffins voice haha
The worlds greatest pop song ever recorded. It took years in the making and now with the magic of the internet, we are endowed with this fantastic hidden gem ! Best song ever!
Takes me back to my childhood
Pure class … ladies were classy back then.
They were lovely songs out that was so lovely to listening to them 🎉
Brilliant fairground track! Always played it when we were on the Speedway or Waltzer! ❤
Ich war 7 als ich dieses Lied zum ersten mal hörte und es gefiel mir sofort tja heute bin ich 51 und es ist immer noch mein Ohrwurm
Schöner alter Hit . Danke aus Deutschland GERMANY. 17.02.2023 4.53h
I left school in 1979 , 61 this year , memories eh😊
I was born in 1976. I can remember when I was a child, my parents played this video on video tape back then. Memories...
Gorgeous song.
Me too was born 1976
Super, hab das Lied bestimmt 40 Jahre nicht gehört. 😊
Loved Racey then.......Still love them now!!!!
What. The. Hell...is THIS?!?
How I could have gone my whole life unaware of this masterpiece is just...
Hang on. Masterpiece may be a strong word.
Same!
I grew up watching totp and shite like this was the norm, watching my dear departed older sis dance to this brings fond memories
"Masterpiece" stands!
@@donaldfraser1555 ok....but I can't see a microphone 🕺🕺😂👍
Yeah I think ‘masterpiece’ is slightly overstating it 😂
This is a masterpiece.
OK
a masterpiece? you need to get out more
Ha ha you took the bait😂😂
What I like was that sound of those cordless guitars.... Sweet!!!!😂😂😂
...einfach Spitze dieser Song......😗👍💖🖐
One of the best
Happiest times to be alive , fab music fab people , fab fashion also 80s 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼
Love this song!👍❤Bravooo.😎
Havin Fun - on Radio Sutch 1964- Great Stuff
Trop bonne cette musique 😊
Geniale Zeit
I love this song I woke up singing it this morning lol 🤣🎤🎶
Love this song from childhood
I loved this!
My first favourite band when I was a teenie. Love it.
Good old party tune ,, play it at a wedding today, and all generations will hit the dance floor
❤So klasse Musik wirds nie mehr geben😢
Looks like this is from an edition of Rage. Quality song. It's got Jazz hands, dad dancing and a fit bird.
Awesome.
Fantastic to see these guys sporting their Bluetooth wireless Guitars, even though it wasn't introduced until 1999.
Great song though.
Mam pocztówkę z tego okresu . pozdrawiam.🚴👍🚴
They’re miming, yeah. But wireless guitars have been around since the mid 70s. They’re basically just like wireless radio mics but designed with a bigger jack and amp for guitars. Angus Young of AC/DC has been using them since about 1980!
Great fun happy times.
Hi Julia
**A great song from my youth,,,, it was a beautiful time 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟**
what a tune, racey had the catchy magic
What a nice song. I like it. :)
Super record, quite danceable. And very philosophical too!🤣
Ah! Great song, brings back memories of my youth and those pretty girls!
No bleeding tattoos and so beautifully dressed and they wouldn`t have it any other way!
I really miss those times!
Nowadays, you`d almost appreciate to turn blind instantly when seeing what you are seeing!
It’s impossible not to tap your foot to this song 🎶
a mate at primary school (in 1979) mentioned this song while it was on the radio, sadly not with us anymore but this song brings back a good memory! 🙂
It saddens me that a primary school kid in the 1970s (like me) is no longer with us, they were taken far too soon. May your friend rest in eternal peace...…. Keep the good memories going my friend !
Bloody Lunatics! Absolutely LOVE IT. Thanks Guys.
What brilliant song haven't heard for many years group looks smart and can here every word he's singing
Do you mean you can't hear the werrrs urn lorics erf today mersic ? And I know what you mean .
You don't like iron maiden or motorhead then 😂
@@johnross2924 not if compere them to Led Zep .
@@raychambers3646 wouldn't have thought a racey fan would like led zeplin either.
@@johnross2924 eclectic tastes , music for all occasions, difficult to dance to zep , or bang your head to Racey ! Lol.
During the 70's (and for some time after), I was a DJ, and we were pleased to have records such as this to play. I was paid to play music for people to dance to, not to be a jukebox. Crowds used to go out to enjoy themselves. Absolutely no point in playing so called 'serious music' (whatever that means). Prog Rock at a wedding, for example, certainly wouldn't have been popular.
I must have been doing something right, as I never needed to advertise for work.
Ahh the memories 😊😊
I was 17, senior in HS, never heard this song, ever! I like it, kind of 1979 Everly Brothers. I guess I was to Zepplin-ed.
Gawd I miss the 70's.
Peter Saunders
YES Can I Come With You, If You've Got A Time Machine, !!!!!!!!!! Do You Hate The 21, Century,!!!!???????? And ALL The Complete CRAP, !!!!!!!, A Single Record From Wollie For£.025,p,.
We all have our time. The 80s for me, while my niece would give a lib to go back to the naughties.
It's like a mash up of Showaddywaddy and the Bay City Rollers with a touch of Mud and pinch of whatever else you can recall thrown in for good measure...once heard never forgotten...sadly!
Why sadly is it because it takes you to a time when life was simpler and you cannot go back to it if so cheer up buddy you are NOT alone in that regard
@@stevenguegens9516 Thanks for that but I am fortunate to be very cheered and love this manufactured pop that had more innuendo than a Carry on Film lol
@@yvoheaton6402 Carry On film ehh WELL I'm just like that in AWAY and Im lot on the buses with olive and her family I relate to that All over
And Darts!
Instantly makes you feel good!🎉😊
Buenos recuerdos. Gracias por compartir. Saludos desde Venezuela
Signature Chinn Chapman song with that familiar sound. This could have easily been a Mud song from the prolife 70's hit writers. Incredible songwriters
Childhood memories for me. Innocence and no pc or health and safety lol. Great day's
A good band
This music, met my girl in 1978 me 16, her 17, married 43 years now❤. Our 2 sons and my beautiful daughter have given us the joy of 5 grandchildren (so far)😅
Feelgood song cheezy is difficult its great!!!!!Love it!
still listening to this in 2019
Mandi Skills how about 2020?
Grew up in 60s and 70s, looking back wasn't as bad as I probably thought it was, best decades for music
Wow, takes me back to first discos I ever went to, wonderful memories.
They were called alive and kicking when I saw them in a pub in Weston super mare Somerset .
The 3 queens
@@julieandres8246 that’s right ,, I worked at sand bay pontins in 1976 1977 and went in there most weekends when alive and kicking played , 👍
@@raymondbonington9355 we probably bumped into each other without knowing it
@@julieandres8246 well although I’m a londerner I was in Weston a lot as my grandparents lived there on the bornville estate ,so might have bumped into each other 👍
Класс.
Какие были времена.
Таланты .
👏👏👏
Не забуду ГДР. Как я смотрел ТВ программы ФРГ, где частыми гостями были RACEY, SMOKIE, Suzi Quatro и др.
2023 and as good as the day in came out
Good memories 😅
Banging drum track on this one
That chick looks like she will, but nervously he turned away from her.