Everything brilliantly stupid and stupidly brilliant about the 80s condensed into just 4 minutes. Thank you Todd in the Shadows. Sembello is actually a seriously underrated musician.
@@mare1203 That song showed off what he COULD do, but unfortunately it seems to be the only really good song he got to sing. He has a lot of this schlock, which is a pity, because he’s got some mad pipes.
I sought this video out after you mentioned it. I was not disappointed, this kind of terrible could only have happened in the 80s. Literally the only thing that could have made it more 80s would have been a unicorn or something
Michael Sembello was more than just his hit song, "Maniac". The guy was just flat out talented musically, and it's a shame more people still haven't realized that.
@@placeholder4819 What do you mean by that? I think its aged perfectly fine. It's not a song that's meant to age in a way that makes it sound new in modern times, I think it's a great time period piece about how crazy the 80s where music wise, where people did new stuff all the time. The way it's so undoubtedly 80s is my favourite part of this song.
It's actually disgusting how talented he is and he never got the recognition he deserves as a musician. His chord progressions, key changes, guitar lines, melodies - even vocal tone/timbre - are all so awesome. We hear you, Michael.
Not gonna lie... I actually genuinely like this song. The robotic, industrial beat and guitar work sounds awesome, the vocals are nice, and I'm all for having a bit of characterization and plot in music. It's cheesy as hell but I can dig it.
As next level as the entire video is, nothing else in it quite reaches the lofty heights of Automatic Man nonchalantly grooving in the background at 2:55 as Sembello is having a serious heart-to-heart with the lady bot about the nefarious intent behind his programming.
Uh, is the Missus even listening? Doesn't look like it. As for AutoMan, he appears to be more taking a dump than grooving. Or maybe both, which would indeed be a superhuman achievement. 🤣
@@NuGanjaTron She's incredibly torn, can't you see? Her acting conveys it flawlessly, look at all that acting going on. Same with his totally-not-at-all toilet dance, those are some...skills. I did see your comment linking us to Sex As A Weapon and you weren't kidding, but I still think this one being ambitious enough to tell a righteous tale is unrivaled. But Pat's video with all its Freudian imagery and James Bond homages....crazier, indeed.
I love weird, cheesy, sci-fi based new wave music (The Buggles, A Flock of Seagulls, etc), so this is quite possibly the greatest thing I've ever seen.
go ahead and love it... but it ruined Sembello's career. Which is a big shame because he was a fantastic vocalist and songwriter. Come by my channel and check out my acoustic piano & vocal cover of MANIAC if you care to. Peace.
First things first... Michael Sembello is a Grandmaster of an artist. ALL of his musical arrangements are engenius masterpieces. "Bosa Nova Hotel" is just another such example of what musical greatness sounds like. Secondly.......... Michael Sembello is an absolutely "WOOF" of a Bear!!!!! 🐻 I'd cuddle that teddy ANYTIME!!!!!😋
I Literally never heard of this song until I saw it on Todd in the shadows, (i know, BIG shock right?) And if it weren't for him, i never would have heard of this, and I'm pretty sure this applies to many others. To me, that's not fair. What about the people who aren't fans of Todd but would love this? This masterpiece deserves to be shared with the world. It deserves to be seen, and loved. Thank you Todd, for uncovering such a treasure.
This guy is nuts. His voice is incredible too. Part of Stevie Wonder's band for a killer period. What gets me his guitar skill too; He's a shredder. It's insane the level of talent here.
Yep - just discovered him and I'm blown away by the dude. I'm covering "Maniac" as a one man band (recording myself playing each instrument and singing). As someone who is very meticulous when recording and covering songs, this means I have to deconstruct whatever song I'm covering so that I can rebuild it back - from scratch. No samples or anything like that - just live instruments and MIDI (actual playing and programming). I'm very very big on catching every instrument in the originals. I'm big on keeping it as true to the original as possible while having it still sound different and original on my end. Breaking this song down was a very interesting experience for me. A lot of jazz chords. Plus the whole song arrangement is just bananas. Those jazz chords he plays on the piano flavor the song just that much. For months, my cover had all of he instruments and I caught all of the notes the original had - except for the jazz piano chords. Last night, I finally decided to "decode" and convert those chords in MIDI in my recording software (DAW) - going one note/chord at a time. I did need a lot of help, so I just Googled the correct chords from there. I couldn't believe how something seemingly so innocuous could make my cover sound just that much more... like the original! But holy shit those chords are weird as hell. 7ths and shit, ugh. Way beyond my pay grade, considering I'm a grunge/hard rocker. Like I said, it was a very interesting experience hearing just how much something like that makes the song, and they're so low and far back in the mix. That's the genius of Sembello right there for you. Right before I began working on this cover, I looked up "Maniac" live on CZcams and came across his performance on one of Dick Clark's old shows. I was already impressed with how effortless he sang the song, but when I saw that was HIM shredding the solo I fucking lost it hahaha. Sembello became an instant hero and musical genius because, well, that's exactly what he is. And how disappointing it is that he was never able to make that much headway on the charts from there. But I just think that means he's way beyond pop music. Always was. Michael Sembello is a fucking awesome musical genius. I'll bet he's a cool dude to hang out with too.
This definitely should have become a top hit besides his biggest top hit Maniac...sadly it never got much airplay except on Casey Kasems American Top 40 but Maniac wound up becoming more played and therefore it was billed as a One Hot wonderer and today it still remains as it as it gets all the airplay
Well, an internet show called Todd in the Shadows just gave the song a glowing recommendation... expect it to get a little more popular among a certain crowd.
I rarely heard this on the radio back in the 1980s, but liked it so much that over 30 years later I still remembered enough of the song that I was able to find it again.
And technically he was a four-hit wonder. In addition to this, he had "Summer Lovers" and "Gravity" from "Cocoon." Admittedly none of them got as high as "Maniac"; I don't even think "Gravity" got as high as this did.
Shortly before it was assimilated by a black hole to the radical rad extreme 90s, the combined essence of the 1980s took on its purest form as a quantum molecular entity. This music video is the true crime reenactment of said phenomenon
Yep, Todd sent me too. Though a brain cell fired off when I heard this song again...I first heard it as a kid when Disney would do little clips of cartoons set to music, and they used this song for one of em. So...nostalgia as well
People made fun of and jokes about this song as well as Mr. Roboto, but from our present era of history they were very grim songs of prophecy about the growing power and potential danger of digital and computer technology. And now look at what's become of humanity as a collective.
@@klausmuller9729 I know this is an old comment but music like this and SO many other amazing and often obscure 80's artists are on First Wave (Sirius XM). Yeah its satellite radio but I drive a lot and its the one station I have on constantly.
And in the end, ladies & gentlemen, Michael Sembello gets the girl! Great follow-up to "Maniac". Even though it did make the Top 40, it should have been a bigger hit.
Sembello was a real triple threat... a great singer, a great guitarist, and a great writer. He should have had more hits, but on the other hand he's still probably living comfortably off the royalties from the one monster hit that he did have, so it's all good...
Its amazing after Nirvana and grunge came along anything from the 1980's that represented color and general imagination suddenly became "camp". And culture is not exactly the better for it. Wonderful video! Beats out blue filters and half naked pole dancer types.
Michael Sembello will always be AWESOME & way underrated! This guy is truly talented & gave us some of the BEST songs of the 80s! I still have Bossa Nova Hotel in my CD rotation. A forever fan here 💪
I cannot stop smiling!! A true throwback to when music and videos were just joyous creations! My brother mentioned he came across the song and I couldn´t remember any other Michael Sembello song aside from Maniac and then BAM! Here I am bopping non stop!
I wish I could have been a fly on the wall during a taping of this. I can see the director talking to the dancers: "ok Nancy I want you to come in on beat 5, on 8, Charles, you come and do the dead robot thing twitching your head...Michael, you just, um...just, stand behind this wire mesh thing, and try not to move around too much...."
I was just a kid then but the summer of 1983 was completely dominated by the "Flashdance" soundtrack (along with MJ's "Thriller" and The Police's "Synchronicity") and that included Michael Sembello. I actually remember this song when it was out briefly as Sembello's follow-up release after the smash that was "Maniac". I remember when he performed it on American bandstand and this video got next to no rotation on MTV. I always thought it deserved far more than it got.
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Everything brilliantly stupid and stupidly brilliant about the 80s condensed into just 4 minutes.
Thank you Todd in the Shadows. Sembello is actually a seriously underrated musician.
The late 70s had stuff like this look at Space - Magic Fly and Cars by Gary Numan.
He has wrote some classics, one being eye to eye Chaka Khan
Sembello was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his 1983 song "Maniac", so I wouldn't say he was underrated
I agree with everything you just said. He’s a great singer trapped in a not so good song and a really horrible dated video.
@@mare1203 That song showed off what he COULD do, but unfortunately it seems to be the only really good song he got to sing. He has a lot of this schlock, which is a pity, because he’s got some mad pipes.
"He knows every dance;
Preprogrammed romance"
Fucking *YES.*
We're nearing the day when some bored college-age kids are going to recreate this video shot-for-shot. Just a general warning.
Thank you for giving me this gift.
I sought this video out after you mentioned it. I was not disappointed, this kind of terrible could only have happened in the 80s. Literally the only thing that could have made it more 80s would have been a unicorn or something
Snessssssssssss drunk :D
My man, SNES Drunk, making his presence known, and felt, all over CZcams!😁 I had to come here and reminisce after your most recent video!
Already working on it chief
Thank you, Todd. Thank you for everything.
***** Who is todd?
mradinoz todd in the shadows, he did a one hit wonder review episode for Maniac
Another TitS fan I see
@@WLxMusic I'm from todd as well I love this song
He who stays obscured showed us the way, the light, and the mania. This is as good as the drugs I'm currently sciencing.
I can say, that without even a micron of hyperbole, that this is the greatest thing ever.
Balloon Sage that's no felgercarb!!!!LOL
Well, I just learned two new words and found out that battlestar galactica is a real TV show, not just someone making fun of Sci fi.
Absolutely - it's amazing what can happen when you discover a shard of plexiglass.
It's the most gay 80's mad max porn. But with great music.
Mr Sembello was 29 when this single released. He looks like he's in his late 40s. I can't help liking the song and video.
Michael Sembello was more than just his hit song, "Maniac". The guy was just flat out talented musically, and it's a shame more people still haven't realized that.
this song aged badly tho
@@placeholder4819 What do you mean by that? I think its aged perfectly fine. It's not a song that's meant to age in a way that makes it sound new in modern times, I think it's a great time period piece about how crazy the 80s where music wise, where people did new stuff all the time. The way it's so undoubtedly 80s is my favourite part of this song.
i think it aged like fine wine
@@m0-m0597Yeah. It definitely did!
🍷👍😁👍🍷
It's actually disgusting how talented he is and he never got the recognition he deserves as a musician. His chord progressions, key changes, guitar lines, melodies - even vocal tone/timbre - are all so awesome. We hear you, Michael.
I want to live in the alternate universe where this became super popular
I had the 45 of this.
I had the full album
I'm coming with you!
It was. Michael Sembello FTW - Again!
@@timepoet77 me too, still do!
Michael Sembello looked like an early-90's Mortal Kombat character. Love this dude.
Not gonna lie... I actually genuinely like this song. The robotic, industrial beat and guitar work sounds awesome, the vocals are nice, and I'm all for having a bit of characterization and plot in music. It's cheesy as hell but I can dig it.
@Gearheahmk2 - I agree with everything in this comment.
@@kayfey9544 same
Honestly, loved the song too, particularly the random chatter in the background. 🙃
Thankfully I never saw the video back then.
His voice is actually one of the best of the 80s in terms of pure quality
I won't rest until the world has been privy to this true piece of art and majesty.
+JulesLovesCZcams Well said.
hehehe you said privy
Great-petition is going around.
Wow there's nothing MORE 80's than this...
***** LOL, hilarious shit right der...
+TheStepmonkey Flash Gordon.
Nicodemus Edwards Good one but even shiny Flash can't win this shit...
and kenny loggins???
Rubbish. Wham. Dummy
As next level as the entire video is, nothing else in it quite reaches the lofty heights of Automatic Man nonchalantly grooving in the background at 2:55 as Sembello is having a serious heart-to-heart with the lady bot about the nefarious intent behind his programming.
I can't deal with how you succinctly explained this segment of the vid.
@@kayfey9544 I aim to please.
Uh, is the Missus even listening? Doesn't look like it. As for AutoMan, he appears to be more taking a dump than grooving. Or maybe both, which would indeed be a superhuman achievement. 🤣
@@NuGanjaTron She's incredibly torn, can't you see? Her acting conveys it flawlessly, look at all that acting going on. Same with his totally-not-at-all toilet dance, those are some...skills.
I did see your comment linking us to Sex As A Weapon and you weren't kidding, but I still think this one being ambitious enough to tell a righteous tale is unrivaled. But Pat's video with all its Freudian imagery and James Bond homages....crazier, indeed.
Dude he knows *every* dance. His brain might melt if he doesn't cool it by boogeying down every second.
I love weird, cheesy, sci-fi based new wave music (The Buggles, A Flock of Seagulls, etc), so this is quite possibly the greatest thing I've ever seen.
Always liked this song. The video is pure 80's glitz trash and I love it.
go ahead and love it... but it ruined Sembello's career. Which is a big shame because he was a fantastic vocalist and songwriter. Come by my channel and check out my acoustic piano & vocal cover of MANIAC if you care to. Peace.
Todd in the shadows is to be thanked for this new discovery. I've literally listened to this song 15 times in a row! Lol
Lol, same here. That guy dancing is epic!!!!
Me too!😀
This may be the most "eighties" thing I have ever seen.
Aww, there's SO MUCH MORE...
Todd in the Shadows brought me here, and I don't think I left!
First things first...
Michael Sembello is a Grandmaster of an artist. ALL of his musical arrangements are engenius masterpieces.
"Bosa Nova Hotel"
is just another such example of what musical greatness sounds like.
Secondly..........
Michael Sembello is an absolutely "WOOF" of a Bear!!!!! 🐻
I'd cuddle that teddy ANYTIME!!!!!😋
Yeah, that bushy face fur looks really nuzzleable.
Ha ha! Is Mr. Sembello actually gay?
Absolutely correct 👍......WOOF
@@leslieyao3073 Yes, he is.
You are right, he is definitely a sexy bear, god I love his look and his voice so damn much I want to cuddle up with him.
In all seriousness, that bridge is fucking stellar.
One Hit Wonder my ass. This song is as awesome as Maniac.
I know i just saw Todd in the Shadows, and I don't know why this isn't one of those all time great songs from the 80's.
Maniac what? This is MUCH BETTER. Why wasn't THIS the hit?
Christopher Chasse True art is never properly appreciated.
Crazy56U *nods sadly*
Agreed. XD
This is the most 80s thing ever
The most AMAZING 80s thing ever. Subtle diff... 😆
"I believe in God now." -ToddInTheShadows
I Literally never heard of this song until I saw it on Todd in the shadows, (i know, BIG shock right?) And if it weren't for him, i never would have heard of this, and I'm pretty sure this applies to many others. To me, that's not fair. What about the people who aren't fans of Todd but would love this? This masterpiece deserves to be shared with the world. It deserves to be seen, and loved. Thank you Todd, for uncovering such a treasure.
Thank you Todd, my life is complete now.
I just have tears of joy after seeing this masterpiece
I don't care if this is 80s cheese, this is absolutely glorious.
agreed
I care and I love it.
Holy Shit I just died laughing at 2:55 when I saw what was going on in the back
Oh God. Thanks for pointing it out for me to enjoy.
This video is mankind's greatest achievement.
This guy is nuts. His voice is incredible too. Part of Stevie Wonder's band for a killer period. What gets me his guitar skill too; He's a shredder. It's insane the level of talent here.
Yep - just discovered him and I'm blown away by the dude. I'm covering "Maniac" as a one man band (recording myself playing each instrument and singing).
As someone who is very meticulous when recording and covering songs, this means I have to deconstruct whatever song I'm covering so that I can rebuild it back - from scratch. No samples or anything like that - just live instruments and MIDI (actual playing and programming). I'm very very big on catching every instrument in the originals. I'm big on keeping it as true to the original as possible while having it still sound different and original on my end.
Breaking this song down was a very interesting experience for me. A lot of jazz chords. Plus the whole song arrangement is just bananas. Those jazz chords he plays on the piano flavor the song just that much.
For months, my cover had all of he instruments and I caught all of the notes the original had - except for the jazz piano chords. Last night, I finally decided to "decode" and convert those chords in MIDI in my recording software (DAW) - going one note/chord at a time. I did need a lot of help, so I just Googled the correct chords from there.
I couldn't believe how something seemingly so innocuous could make my cover sound just that much more... like the original! But holy shit those chords are weird as hell. 7ths and shit, ugh. Way beyond my pay grade, considering I'm a grunge/hard rocker. Like I said, it was a very interesting experience hearing just how much something like that makes the song, and they're so low and far back in the mix. That's the genius of Sembello right there for you.
Right before I began working on this cover, I looked up "Maniac" live on CZcams and came across his performance on one of Dick Clark's old shows.
I was already impressed with how effortless he sang the song, but when I saw that was HIM shredding the solo I fucking lost it hahaha. Sembello became an instant hero and musical genius because, well, that's exactly what he is.
And how disappointing it is that he was never able to make that much headway on the charts from there. But I just think that means he's way beyond pop music. Always was.
Michael Sembello is a fucking awesome musical genius. I'll bet he's a cool dude to hang out with too.
This looks like something from tim and eric awesome show
People in the 80s were like "This is what it'll be like in 2000!"
We certainly thought so!😋
Ppl in the 2000s are now saying, "Fuck this, let's go back!"
I'm upset I can only thumbs up this once.
This is actually beautiful
the way he looks at the camera when he sings is so weird
Apemopo Yea, makes u think about many things in life...
Bossa Nova Hotel , one of the most under rated albums of the 80's & Sembello one of the most under rated multi instrumentalists of all time!
There's nothing like 1980s art and music, the industry is "STILL" trying to catch the 1980s, STILL!!!
Count me among those that are only here because of the latest Todd in the Shadows posting.
I am too
Same. The pilgrimage is made by many.
Yup.. I discovered this song through Todd
This definitely should have become a top hit besides his biggest top hit Maniac...sadly it never got much airplay except on Casey Kasems American Top 40 but Maniac wound up becoming more played and therefore it was billed as a One Hot wonderer and today it still remains as it as it gets all the airplay
Well, an internet show called Todd in the Shadows just gave the song a glowing recommendation... expect it to get a little more popular among a certain crowd.
I rarely heard this on the radio back in the 1980s, but liked it so much that over 30 years later I still remembered enough of the song that I was able to find it again.
And technically he was a four-hit wonder. In addition to this, he had "Summer Lovers" and "Gravity" from "Cocoon." Admittedly none of them got as high as "Maniac"; I don't even think "Gravity" got as high as this did.
Soul Train played this a few times, but it never seemed to catch on.
I'm looking for the 2 weeks of American Top 40 where this was on.
Eric Wareheim is that you? Thank you Todd for this lovely piece of history.
Probably the greatest music video of all time
CYBORG 80S MUSIC FTW!!!
great song
Nice
Great song!!! God bless the 80’s!!
This video is like poetry.
Can't. Stop. Pushing. Replay. Button!!
agreeeed
Why wasn't this song a major hit. Like, how. This is beyond amazing.
I think because his song "Maniac" was so HUGE, this track got overshadowed.
Record label politics. He wrote music for other artists. Label maybe never had no long term investment in him as an artist.
It is the distant future...it is the year
TWO THOUSAND!
Shortly before it was assimilated by a black hole to the radical rad extreme 90s, the combined essence of the 1980s took on its purest form as a quantum molecular entity. This music video is the true crime reenactment of said phenomenon
So what you're saying is that this is not the greatest video in the world. This is just a tribute.
@@averagebritishguy7082 He asked us: "Be ye angels?"
And we said, "Nay! We're automatic men!"
The amount of enjoyment I'm getting from this is pretty intense.
i'm a sucker for good 80s production and melodies, and this surely delivers
The greatest music video ever made.
This is literally my favorite thing atm!!!! 😁😁
Came for the most '80s thing ever put to video...
Stayed for the pretty good sci-fi synth track...
Thanks Todd.
Yep, Todd sent me too. Though a brain cell fired off when I heard this song again...I first heard it as a kid when Disney would do little clips of cartoons set to music, and they used this song for one of em. So...nostalgia as well
That video personifies the 80s in all the right ways. That is amazing
This song and video has made me feel both better and inspired. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8!
I like the sad quality to the song. Good song by Stevie Wonder's protege.
People made fun of and jokes about this song as well as Mr. Roboto, but from our present era of history they were very grim songs of prophecy about the growing power and potential danger of digital and computer technology. And now look at what's become of humanity as a collective.
I heard this on the radio a month ago and it wont leave my mind. I love the looping synth hooks.
@@klausmuller9729 I know this is an old comment but music like this and SO many other amazing and often obscure 80's artists are on First Wave (Sirius XM). Yeah its satellite radio but I drive a lot and its the one station I have on constantly.
And in the end, ladies & gentlemen, Michael Sembello gets the girl! Great follow-up to "Maniac". Even though it did make the Top 40, it should have been a bigger hit.
This is amazing. Thank you Todd. Thank you so goddamn much.
Thanks for introducing me to this gem, Todd in the Shadows!
Todd kicks ass! He reviewed this?
pvtjhon Todd did a One Hit Wonderland review of "Maniac", and this little beauty was the "Failed Follow Up".
Haha okay. Thanks for letting me know.
TioS : "I believe in god now".
*God
*Tits
When humans are extinct I hope this is the only evidence of our culture the aliens find.
😆😆😂😂🤣🤣
And he uses Frankenstein correctly! Can I get an amen?
AMEN!
Amen I love this song
Frankenstein is the doctor AND the monster
@@otaking3582 Knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein is the doctor; wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein is the monster.
this is so 80s it hurts
PATRICK WILL CONSUME I wonder what drugs he was on when he came up with this song.
Michael Vercetti lol
@@mangmerciless9606 could be crack lol
@@John-el1ki lol, at the very least.
Sembello was a real triple threat... a great singer, a great guitarist, and a great writer. He should have had more hits, but on the other hand he's still probably living comfortably off the royalties from the one monster hit that he did have, so it's all good...
The ending makes me inordinately sad.
Surprisingly same, t
This is great! I love this sons without irony, and the video with nothing but. Thanks, Todd.
Thanks todd in the shadows for showing some of the weirdness that is this music video....
greatest thing i have ever seen
still the campiest and yet most amazing thing to come out of the 80s
Its amazing after Nirvana and grunge came along anything from the 1980's that represented color and general imagination suddenly became "camp". And culture is not exactly the better for it. Wonderful video! Beats out blue filters and half naked pole dancer types.
Grunge didn't happen till the 90's, but even then this was still FUCKING camp as hell!
@@Lazysupermutant Luckily grunge didn't last much long. All it took was some guy washing his mouth with a shotgun.
@@vhsmidget4883 what a fucking awful thing to say
@@credenzamostro But is it, really? Kurt Cobain was a messed up guy that deserves far less sympathy than his cult of personality allows
@@FIXTREME lmao sure that excuses saying "thank god he killed himself", don't be fucking daft
Michael Sembello will always be AWESOME & way underrated! This guy is truly talented & gave us some of the BEST songs of the 80s! I still have Bossa Nova Hotel in my CD rotation. A forever fan here 💪
I cannot stop smiling!! A true throwback to when music and videos were just joyous creations! My brother mentioned he came across the song and I couldn´t remember any other Michael Sembello song aside from Maniac and then BAM! Here I am bopping non stop!
I've always unironically loved that song.
Yeah, it's cheesy (with music video to match), but it's got a nice hook and a distinctive sound.
It does, and it's got a brilliant bridge.
Kenny Loggins wishes he was this cool.
I don’t think Kenny Loggins is a science fiction fan like Michael Sembello is.
He was and still is.
Michael Sembello is an amazing singer and songwriter.
I can't stop listening to this and I DON'T KNOW WHY
I have no words to describe this masterpiece. Bold, daring, neon. A strong start to the promising Sembello Cinematic Universe to be sure.
You can't blame them for cashing in on the Mad Max craze. It was everywhere. Duran Duran were no exception.
This is SO damn catchy
I wish I could have been a fly on the wall during a taping of this. I can see the director talking to the dancers: "ok Nancy I want you to come in on beat 5, on 8, Charles, you come and do the dead robot thing twitching your head...Michael, you just, um...just, stand behind this wire mesh thing, and try not to move around too much...."
Seriously though: that solo was genuinely awesome.
This song is the reason why I love the 80s❤❤
Happy 40 years strong to this wild song
I was just a kid then but the summer of 1983 was completely dominated by the "Flashdance" soundtrack (along with MJ's "Thriller" and The Police's "Synchronicity") and that included Michael Sembello. I actually remember this song when it was out briefly as Sembello's follow-up release after the smash that was "Maniac". I remember when he performed it on American bandstand and this video got next to no rotation on MTV. I always thought it deserved far more than it got.
This needs to be a meme.
I know, right? This video is amazing!
can this replace Rick Roll?
Pure camp, a delightful video, and a great song.
The visual effects are great for the early 80s, this was a good song to start a dance night.
The video is so 80s....beautiful women, technology, future environment, dance. I just loveit!
this music video had every stereotype from the 80s in it.
Perhaps the best singer of the 80s...along with MJ and George Michael.
This song is criminally underrated.
Whoa, and in HD to boot, love this song. Thanks for sharing!
Meme's aside, this bops.
I liked this so much I bought the vinyl because it wasn't on spotify
watching this genius in 2020 keeping me sane in quarantine
I never understood why this song didn't do better. It came out right after "Maniac" and I loved it.
Songs like this is why the 80s is my favorite decade for music!!!
THANK YOU TODD
I can't stop replaying this. Such an awesome video!
I don't care what anyone thinks, this is one of the best songs ever!