i am not ashamed of saying this, but this song is such a guilty pleasure for me, the chorus get stuck in my head all the time and it's actually quite catchy
Daz Sampson have himself admitted in a documentary call "how to win Eurovision" that dressing up like a drug dealer from Suffolk was probably not the best idea in order to win that year. ;)
He's referring to the ill feeling towards this country due to the invasion of Iraq only 3 years earlier..that effected the voting at Eurovision during that period. The song's really good..it would've won if it hadn't been for Blair.
Mark Bosley Umm plz say you are joking, although this is nice, it didn’t deserve higher than 19th. If it was another country it still wouldn’t have won
@@MustiiForTheWin I loooved Scooch and "Flying the Flag (for You)". Sex innuendos from beginning to end. Continuous orgasms if you ask me. Very clever. And in full British colours as it should be LOL
I remember listening to this song on repeat in my room when I was 8 years old in one of my very first cds. 17 years later I finally found again this song that was stuck in my head forever but I couldn’t remember the title and I can’t even begin to describe this feeling. Thank you for being there in my childhood memories.
+RAF_UK97 NOONE hates UK! Noone! But you don't win for showing up! You will win when you send the best song and make the effort! You used to win alot, when you send great songs! Then others upped their game, whilst UK*S became medioca. And people vote for the best song... SO you didn't do well. Not course europe hated UK, but course the songs weak. And then you stopped trying and taking it seriously, by sending songs created to avoid points!! It's NOT Europe that hates you! At all. DOn't think you're hated. You're not. It's UK's fault, for not making an attempt! UK is not hated. AT ALL In Europe. And I for one will vote for UK, the very time they send the best song in the contest. Till then I will vote for whomever sends the best!
+carina back I think we do try. We sent top musical singers like Michael Ball and top musicians like Andrew Lloyd Webber but still don't get many scores as East Europe all vote for each other etc.
I am British, I was 11 when this happened, I had a crush on all 4, ah man memories XD Now I am 20 and at university. Time goes quickly, readers, if you can: enjoy your and the remainder of your "teenage life" XD
Reading the comments here, goodness you Brits can be annoying with all your complaining! This is a terrific song; not only enjoyable with a good beat, but innovative, and exploring British culture and the unique sounds of the British voice in a way few other U.K. entries have. I think the only reason you're all hating on it is that it didn't happen to be the winning song that year which, if you follow ESC history at all, you know doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the song. If this song had won, I'll bet you'd all be complaining about the last few years and saying "why can't we send good acts to ESC like we did back in the days of Daz Sampson?"
Emanistan I'm British and love this song. I was 12 when it came out and bought the CD and everything haha. I still love it now and I'm 21. People are too critical about things nowadays and it saddens me. Can't people just enjoy things for what they are instead of tearing them apart all the time? It's so boring. British people are known for complaining though lol. I try to sway away from doing it. It's annoying lol.
and how exactly did he look like a pedo? he said in an interview the youngest girl was 18 and the majority of the rest were in their 20's when this was made
I just watched the UK performance at Eurovision and, wringing my hands as I watched Europe hit rock bottom, I decided to come back to this song - it was once upon a time...
My thoughts exactly. The old song contest was much more family entertainment. As a kid in the 60's/70's we all used to pick our favourite and loved the tension of the votes coming in. Not the same nowadays with the technology taking over.
From Spain...I heard this song for the first time in 2006 at Eurovision contest.....and inmediately loved it.. i still hear it from time to time and still me gives me some kind of happiness. UK should have won the contest that year¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Hi! Greetings from Romania In 2006 I was living in Manchester and I was proud of it. Now, back home in Romania, I listened often this song bringing me back so many memories, the nicest in my life. Being a mum now, with a young child in school, I give another sense to the words of the song like the first time I listened.
@@jmalloy2202 i feel i need to educate you here, as the writer of the song i feel im more than qualified to tell you the meaning of it, its not NEGITIVE its about doing well at school and not being a tit who thought he was gunna be a footballer and sacked off his education. the line "did ya listen to ya teacher no i dont think so" is me saying FFS dont do what i did. LISTEN. now can i go back to counting my money thanks.
Lee Emberson True, I mean this song is still one of the few songs in 2006 that are still watched to this day. 3 months ago this only had 499,000 views, now it has 510,000
I'm not kidding, but I think this is the best song UK has ever sent to Eurovision. The music is great, I really like the girls voices, and he is really cool. If I watched ESC 2006 I would have voted for it. Fantastic song!
+Jesper Hjellnes I totally agree with every word you say my friend. Something about this song appeals to me so much. I couldn't believe it didn't absolutely run away with the winners award, whatever that might be.
25 points?? Should have finished second behind Lordi if you ask me. I guess Europe wasn't ready for it at the time, would be much better received if it was made today.
@@nordicgaming2572 It’s catchy but barely anyone in the UK likes daz lol. Plus the cockney accent and the school uniform is just cringy. Though I do like this entry because it’s a guilty pleasure
Daz was ace with this and with Bus Stop - HOWEVER - he should have just toned it down a tad during the chorus. He went from the Southern Eminem to and epilepsy victim then back again
Amazing track and performance...I'm a Eurovision nut, and this is one of the best tracks in last 20 years....love Blue in 2011 and Lucie Jones in 2017 with (for the first time in a decade) the best vocal performance in the competition...
everyone's complaining about this song, saying hes too old and how bad it is, yes i agree he is slightly too old to be dancing around with teenage girls.. but no one can say the don't sing along, to the chorus at least!
Bon X Can I also point out that the girls AREN'T Teenagers? They're actually professional dancers dressed in a costume. And yeah I belt out the chorus, who doesn't?
Why is it bad though? It's not like he has bad intentions. He's singing a song for Eurovision and having fun. The people that have these disgusting thoughts are the sickos for even thinking it in the first place.
YoshiPeach Mario No it isn't. It's about him being nostalgic about his teenage years in school. The teachers that "didn't understand him" giving him generic advice on how his life would be but he ignored them and did something with his life and proved the teachers wrong.
Who’s here in 2024?
Right here m8
Came here because a friend said "Spaceman" was bad.
Right here
Still here but listen to the og video
Sup
American: "It's so weird how Brits don't have an accent when they sing"
Back-up girls: you fockin wot moite
You haven't heard Tinie Tempah or Big Shaq rapping... they sound so British
I lold so hard
Hahah hahaha
Lol
The cockney hits the Americans
It's actually a so bad it's so good... I really can't dislike it... There's something so nostalgic in this track, I can't explain...
True, it somehow brings me to the tears
Please, get checked. It seems you miss the torture from middle school
@@whotheffuckisalice pathetic.
Same! Brings me back memories of old eurovision songs...
“And suddenly your teenage life’s gone”.
Geniuses are never appreciated in their own time.
So true 😂
Can we all agree 2006 was the weirdest year for Eurovision ?
One of. My fave editions. Too many memories ❤️
*best year
What about 2008 and is bunch of troll entries
@@escpikayohann4760 That’s the year that Irish legend Dustin the turkey represented us. What a year
2006, 2007, 2008 are weird but I love them very much.
i am not ashamed of saying this, but this song is such a guilty pleasure for me, the chorus get stuck in my head all the time and it's actually quite catchy
Nathalie Lindholm agree 100%
actually its pretty weirdly good haha I don't get it either :D
probably a better presentation could had been better
Agreed
I bought the Eurovision CD just because of this song
@@MsLittleTeddybear You did well.
Daz Sampson have himself admitted in a documentary call "how to win Eurovision" that dressing up like a drug dealer from Suffolk was probably not the best idea in order to win that year. ;)
*salford
Also lordi was much better
County line drug dealer selling to a hen night party dressed as schoolgirls.
He did say that instead of a yellow coat he said he could've use a Generic school teacher uniform.
And should've worked on his image, maybe the world wasnt ready for daz sampson
Europe wasn't ready for this true art 😊
Exact
Embarrassing
Obviously..
Still not ready. Better shut it down.
absolutely piss taking song 🤣🤣
at least we beat France
And we beat you 2 years after :p
ha ha
GALS1_16. good point
And Germany beat you both in 2010 :]
and also spain
And to think this came out the same year as 'We Are the Winners' by LT United. It was a wonderful time to be alive.
Don't forget Iceland. Can't forget Iceland!
Amienee84 YES YES YES
wish it was 2006!!!!
Chris Buchanan Yes,best eurovision ever!
Dont forget that a monster and his squad won the contest XD
The chorus sounds so nostalgic. This was the first ESC ive followed as a true eurovision stan and I always remember this sweet bop :_)
Same
Its like watching your Dad trying to rap when his drunk at a wedding.....
It’s wouldn’t surprise me if dad Sampson was inebriated during this Song Contest
If your dad also was trying to sleep with teenagers...so yeah. Exactly like how he was at my wedding
That, or that uncle nobody talks about. You know the one.
not my dad, bro.
Wait...it wasn't?
"Vote for the music" seems like quite a self-defeating thing to say in this instance
He's referring to the ill feeling towards this country due to the invasion of Iraq only 3 years earlier..that effected the voting at Eurovision during that period.
The song's really good..it would've won if it hadn't been for Blair.
Mark Bosley Umm plz say you are joking, although this is nice, it didn’t deserve higher than 19th. If it was another country it still wouldn’t have won
All countries that got unecessarily high places because of bloc-voting: 😬
He was hoping for the wooden spoon
Spot on comment. 100% agree.
I love this song with my whole heart. It's so charming and catchy.
@YOLO MORGANNWG lmaooo first off i'm swedish and second, hell no i wouldn't
Same!😊
Plus both uplifting and nostalgic!❤
After all these years, Teenage Life remains a Eurovision classic. So memorable.
It is legendary but not as legendary as 2007 😂😂😂
@@MustiiForTheWin I loooved Scooch and "Flying the Flag (for You)". Sex innuendos from beginning to end. Continuous orgasms if you ask me. Very clever. And in full British colours as it should be LOL
@@onewxrldmusic7303 agree
still looks like Ian Huntley
No Katrina and the waves 1997 was good for the UK
He said: "Vote for the music!" And that's what people did.
NO HE SAID THANK YOU FOLKS FOR THE MUSIC
thank you folk for the music it sounds like
And guess what they didnt cause he didn't do well.
He actually did say VOTE FOR THE MUSIC.
still this song did way better than many other performers from the UK
I remember listening to this song on repeat in my room when I was 8 years old in one of my very first cds. 17 years later I finally found again this song that was stuck in my head forever but I couldn’t remember the title and I can’t even begin to describe this feeling. Thank you for being there in my childhood memories.
Those strings sound so good. What a great track, easily one of the best UK eurovisions.
I actually quite liked it
This is the music you hear when the homies aren’t around
This is so epic for the wrong reasons. xD One of my favorite UK entries, of late.
I swear Britain is the only country trying to piss their people off by sending crap every eurovision in 2000s lol
We really don't take it serious anymore 😂 we no everyone hates us in Europe
+RAF_UK97 NOONE hates UK! Noone! But you don't win for showing up! You will win when you send the best song and make the effort! You used to win alot, when you send great songs! Then others upped their game, whilst UK*S became medioca. And people vote for the best song... SO you didn't do well. Not course europe hated UK, but course the songs weak. And then you stopped trying and taking it seriously, by sending songs created to avoid points!! It's NOT Europe that hates you! At all. DOn't think you're hated. You're not. It's UK's fault, for not making an attempt! UK is not hated. AT ALL In Europe. And I for one will vote for UK, the very time they send the best song in the contest. Till then I will vote for whomever sends the best!
+carina back I think we do try. We sent top musical singers like Michael Ball and top musicians like Andrew Lloyd Webber but still don't get many scores as East Europe all vote for each other etc.
+Fara Marie Justin We should just send Iron Maiden
+RAF_UK97 I'm from Australia and totally agree. if only Aus was in Europe we'll back each other :D
Best UK entry of the last 20 years. I was proper proud. Seriously. The girls were great.
LOL
i unironically fucking love it.... so bad its so good
good one haha.. oh you're serious
Absolutely!
They didn't need to write United Kingdom at bottom left, the accents clearly show the country
A strong accent of some girls in group 3 of 5 girls are Irish . Especially kenna O'Sullivan 😥😉
I am British, I was 11 when this happened, I had a crush on all 4, ah man memories XD Now I am 20 and at university. Time goes quickly, readers, if you can: enjoy your and the remainder of your "teenage life" XD
Jakob Tamas This.
Jakob Tamas Same as me, except I'm a girl. I had a CD of this with all the remixes on it too. Oh dear.
+Jakob Tamas Was just about to say bullshit then i realized that 2006 wasnt actually 4 years ago like i thought hahahahaha
+Ithyas2 What do you mean? :)
Just saying that exactly this went through my head while watching the video. Same thoughts :D
Reading the comments here, goodness you Brits can be annoying with all your complaining! This is a terrific song; not only enjoyable with a good beat, but innovative, and exploring British culture and the unique sounds of the British voice in a way few other U.K. entries have. I think the only reason you're all hating on it is that it didn't happen to be the winning song that year which, if you follow ESC history at all, you know doesn't have anything to do with the quality of the song. If this song had won, I'll bet you'd all be complaining about the last few years and saying "why can't we send good acts to ESC like we did back in the days of Daz Sampson?"
Its a terrible song with asinine lyrics and horrible rapping.
Emanistan I'm British and love this song. I was 12 when it came out and bought the CD and everything haha. I still love it now and I'm 21. People are too critical about things nowadays and it saddens me. Can't people just enjoy things for what they are instead of tearing them apart all the time? It's so boring.
British people are known for complaining though lol. I try to sway away from doing it. It's annoying lol.
If he was dressed like a teacher so he didn't look like a pedo then he may have done a lot better
Joshua Jones maybe he's trying to be the bad boy of the class
Joshua Jones So wearing a tracksuit equals looking like a pedo in your eyes then? Interesting. I guess the majority of guys are pedos then.
+Joshua Jones Dude...that would be even more pedo...
Not a bad observation
and how exactly did he look like a pedo? he said in an interview the youngest girl was 18 and the majority of the rest were in their 20's when this was made
I unironically love this ❤ This song is such a vibe 😅
I just watched the UK performance at Eurovision and, wringing my hands as I watched Europe hit rock bottom, I decided to come back to this song - it was once upon a time...
My thoughts exactly. The old song contest was much more family entertainment. As a kid in the 60's/70's we all used to pick our favourite and loved the tension of the votes coming in. Not the same nowadays with the technology taking over.
Its the rapping guy that spoils it, the chorus is catchy and the girls have great voices
True.
Well rap was a thing back in the 00s, and he said in a interview that he could've work on his image said he had a school teacher uniform.
its a troll song what did you expect
And the siren sounds, they were just unnecessary
@@ggoddf5889 no it wasnt
best white rapper since kanye west.
How was this comment 5 years ago
Fun Fact: Daz Sampson was lead vocals for the group Bus Stop, who in 1998 had a hit with a cover of 'Kung Fu Fighting' by Carl Douglas
I remeber watching this when I was six I asked my dad to buy me the cd he did, I still have it now
From Spain...I heard this song for the first time in 2006 at Eurovision contest.....and inmediately loved it.. i still hear it from time to time and still me gives me some kind of happiness. UK should have won the contest that year¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Hi! Greetings from Romania In 2006 I was living in Manchester and I was proud of it. Now, back home in Romania, I listened often this song bringing me back so many memories, the nicest in my life. Being a mum now, with a young child in school, I give another sense to the words of the song like the first time I listened.
Ironically, this was ridiculed 10 years ago yet here we are in 2016 with Honey G who is 100x worse, yet idolized.
The backing vocals are perfect.
I still love this song. The girls singing on it gave it an extra touch.
The song and girls was sending a negative message, Europe takes education seriously, it highly why the UK scored low points
It's the girls' accent that made this song so awesome. Wouldn't work without it.
Same here :)
she probably commented on MrBooojangles' comment lol
@@jmalloy2202 i feel i need to educate you here, as the writer of the song i feel im more than qualified to tell you the meaning of it, its not NEGITIVE its about doing well at school and not being a tit who thought he was gunna be a footballer and sacked off his education. the line "did ya listen to ya teacher no i dont think so" is me saying FFS dont do what i did. LISTEN. now can i go back to counting my money thanks.
He did well, this was an excellent song for entering Eurovision, catchy, upbeat and memorable
I loved it when I was a kid, and I remember trying to convince my family why it was good, because they hated it. Haha, this brings great memories.
Am I the only person who actually liked this....
Tom Ryder Nope. Not by a long shot.
No, I loved it from the first time i saw them do it, right up to this day
Bad taste.
no
I loved this track and still do as it's different and has good memory's
He's the best white rapper since Eminem
Next joke please
makdaoda awajdaidw - what did the zero say to the eight? Nice belt.
Matt Jones are you really ?
The white Tupac...😖😖😖😖
Stop shaiting on this song. This was my favourate in 2006, and i'm from Finland
It's easy to mock this but all these years later and its one of only a few songs from that year that I can still watch with enjoyment.
Lee Emberson
True, I mean this song is still one of the few songs in 2006 that are still watched to this day. 3 months ago this only had 499,000 views, now it has 510,000
because all the songs that won are serious but mediocre at best, at least this is purposefully taking the piss lol
"Vote for the music!"
They did.
And it didn't go right got 19th
I'm not sure why this didn't do better. This is probably some of the best hip-hop to come out of the UK.
Because the history of Eurovision shows
Most cant Rap.
hahahahahahaha
You are joking?
@@ScoiataeI Very much so.
Why didn’t this do better? Simple. Vote for the music.
And yet, they still did better then, then they do now. 😂
I hope we do well this year 2022 love our track this year
@@anthonynettleton8346 we did!!
@@brumav9779 I know I am well happy 2nd place first time decent result in my adult life and also since I was a teenager as then we won in 1997
The best UK song. I can't forget it even now. Every year after eurovision I listening this song. So cute song :))
Don't understand how this song is not more popular... The chorus is amazing!
Don’t understand? Simple. Vote for the music.
This was Britain at its peak. Things just haven't been the same since.
True.
Half the pleasure of going to Britain is just hearing this accent 🥰
Head down to Liverpool, see if you feel the same way 😂
Oh, I've been there too 🤗 @@ScoiataeI
Could've been an alright song with just the girls.
56cpfan The rapping is completely forgettable. It's the girls with their English accents that make me come back to this.
@@DeezN1892 I know your comment is 4 years old, but just wondering.. how's your boyfriend?
It's a great hook, but that's where it ends haha
the cd is actually pretty good! 6 versions...! And nice production.
I think that‘s the horrible part
I love this song so much. Watched it so many times.
Me too!
I'm not kidding, but I think this is the best song UK has ever sent to Eurovision. The music is great, I really like the girls voices, and he is really cool. If I watched ESC 2006 I would have voted for it. Fantastic song!
That's nice but come on. It's wasn't that good.
+Jesper Hjellnes its was good but Lordi was better and Lordi won
+Jesper Hjellnes I totally agree with every word you say my friend. Something about this song appeals to me so much. I couldn't believe it didn't absolutely run away with the winners award, whatever that might be.
+john casewell vote for the music, rat a tat tat on the chat
+Ty Marshall Like hell. It was the biggest miscarriage of European justice since the Dreyfus case. This competition belonged to Daz!
Best eurovision song, definitely.
Wait - is it the only one?
almost 10 years later and im still listening to this song
why are you doing this to yourself ?
you're a bad person
@@andrekaravia4216 😂😂😂😂
Seek medication.
This was a major hit at the kids parties when i was a kid haha 😂🙏🏻
Best UK eurovision song that we have produced.
maybe my favourite in 2006...so catchy. love it.
Eurovision 2021 from Belarus!😀
No... just no 🤦🏼♂️
@@Dede-jt2fb why?🤠
still listening 2017.
I love this song and still remember it.. 12 points from Latvia!
in 2017 this guy is now attending the local job center.
🤣 He's not actually. He manages semi pro football teams now
hahah i found this amusing. i wonder if they know about my many top 20 hits over the years. if not i think ill be ok
Loved king fu fighting and bus stop was my favourite group
This is the best uk eurovision entry of the 21st century, and quite frankly the only one that i remember.
Used to be addicted to this
trueharted lol still addicted 12 yrs later 😂😂
That intricate dancing from Daz Sampson when he enters. Fucking hell.
What possessed the UK to send this song to Eurovision
Obviously taking the piss
I googled "UK weird Eurovision classroom song" and I wasn't disappointed
I still remember this song :) I like it.
if schools were like this. Daz would be a great teacher in music lessons
now there is a thought
'My Lovely Horse' by Father Ted and Father Dougal stood more chance of winning than this shite.
I wish that had been entered. & I disagree with Ted's opinion that they had to lose that sax solo
Cultaholic and Daz Sampson would be the Colab of the century
This used to be my favorite song XD
Love this song!
It deserves much more points. Hello from Belgium.
Here because he might represent Belarus in 2021!
Are you serious!!!?? 😂
@@meowcat319 Yep!
Well casue since he carried was killed in uk eurovion he live at belerus now.
@@meowcat319 Just type in: „Daz Sampson Belarus“
In the end he didn't (and he won't in the near future)
OUR BEST ENTRY EVER EVER EVER.
25 points?? Should have finished second behind Lordi if you ask me. I guess Europe wasn't ready for it at the time, would be much better received if it was made today.
Definitely not. If it came out today, people would find it cringy.
@@kharma101 Granted the lyrics could use a little work but the tune is catchy asf
@@nordicgaming2572
It’s catchy but barely anyone in the UK likes daz lol. Plus the cockney accent and the school uniform is just cringy. Though I do like this entry because it’s a guilty pleasure
Daz was ace with this and with Bus Stop - HOWEVER - he should have just toned it down a tad during the chorus. He went from the Southern Eminem to and epilepsy victim then back again
Amazing track and performance...I'm a Eurovision nut, and this is one of the best tracks in last 20 years....love Blue in 2011 and Lucie Jones in 2017 with (for the first time in a decade) the best vocal performance in the competition...
everyone's complaining about this song, saying hes too old and how bad it is, yes i agree he is slightly too old to be dancing around with teenage girls.. but no one can say the don't sing along, to the chorus at least!
Bon X Can I also point out that the girls AREN'T Teenagers? They're actually professional dancers dressed in a costume. And yeah I belt out the chorus, who doesn't?
MrPeterpiper1969 Actually they are teenagers. 16/17. It says in the documentary about it.
Why is it bad though? It's not like he has bad intentions. He's singing a song for Eurovision and having fun. The people that have these disgusting thoughts are the sickos for even thinking it in the first place.
YoshiPeach Mario
No it isn't. It's about him being nostalgic about his teenage years in school. The teachers that "didn't understand him" giving him generic advice on how his life would be but he ignored them and did something with his life and proved the teachers wrong.
This was years ahead of its time. If this was the entry in 2013-2023 it would have won. It sounds like a load of pop songs from that era
Agreed 👍👍
Hahahaha, what are you talking about? This sounds incredibly dated and absolutely nobody would take it seriously in the 2020s 😂
@@homer_sexual it was perfect for the mid-2010s pop era. Even now, it wouldn't be out of place on Capital FM
Am i the only one WHO really love this Song❤️❤️❤️❤️
You're not alone. I love it as well
Many love it. Mostly Anglophiles, cuz this song is wonderfully Anglo.
My winner not alone
Imagine if Iceland made the final too. What a year for Eurovision.
Loved this song. The girl's singing sticks in my head for days after watching.
Europe hates the UK. We will never win.
marcel-nine-one-one thats not true, the hole Europe wants to come to Uk 😂
@@musicloverguy5417 Yeah well, we don't want Europe's hole.
marcel-nine-one-one I meant whole not hole lol Sorry 😐
@@musicloverguy5417 You were right the first time :)
It's too catchy. Someone needs to delete my internet access.
A killer tune! Seriously. So groovy, so catchy, this is dope!
I think this song is still one of my guilty pleasure songs. Greetings from The Netherlands
It's a great song and one of the few from the UK that you actually remember.
He was lucky Twitter wasn’t around yet.
Twitter started that year
@@Chiledyz Later that year, so wasn’t around when this aired.
The UK needs to send more hip hop to Eurovision. *Stormzy, Dizzie Rascal, Big Shaq, take notes from Daz.*
UK THANK YOU FOR THIS
I am still loving this ❤️
He was robbed this is real music
Reminds me of Where is the love by Black eyed peas.
And this is the best rap song ever of all ESCs 😃😃😃😃😃
This is what Eurovision is about cheesy pop music this is what we need
15 years I’ve been trying to find this! All I could remember was a load of desks and girls with a guy singing. I never knew the song or artist
love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! kiss from spain
i love this song . memories :')
I still think this is a banger!
I remember watching this when I was 6 and thinking this was the best song ever
and you was right