Alphaville - Big In Japan (Official Music Video)

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  • You're watching the official music video for Alphaville - Big In Japan from the 1984 album Forever Young.
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    Lyrics:
    Winter's cityside, crystal bits of snowflakes
    All around my head and in the wind
    I had no illusions that I'd ever find a glimpse of
    Summer's heatwave in your eyes
    You did what you did to me, now, it's history I see
    Here's my comeback on the road again
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Neon on my naked skin
    Passing silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins
    Shall I stay here at the zoo? Or should I go
    And change my point of view for other ugly scenes?
    You did what you did to me, now, it's history I see
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
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  • @rhino
    @rhino  Před 4 lety +1761

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    • @hoi4noob765
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      @andyou292 Před 4 lety +13

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    • @talischaefer1131
      @talischaefer1131 Před 4 lety +3

      Qq

  • @LoneShot95
    @LoneShot95 Před 5 lety +6436

    fun fact: when this came out, the singer Marian Gold was still working as cooks mate in his hometown in Germany. it got a lot of radio airplay and so one of the cooks said: "son, they are playing your song all day long" and fired him. so the singer was fired because his boss didn't want him to waste his career peeling potatoes

    • @sacraynpirozhkov
      @sacraynpirozhkov Před 4 lety +58

      Herford

    • @norbort1692
      @norbort1692 Před 3 lety +606

      The boss said " Du bisch zu gut du arroganter Arsch. Geh naus und zeig dene wer dr Chef isch. Aber du musch mir trotzdem noch die 5 Euro vom Dorffescht letschtes Jahr geben"

    • @aydankhaliq2967
      @aydankhaliq2967 Před 3 lety +69

      Sauce or fake

    • @RioMuc
      @RioMuc Před 3 lety +79

      @@norbort1692 Stimmt das wirklich? Hat er so auf Schwäbisch geschwätzt?

    • @Mrstachu9972
      @Mrstachu9972 Před rokem +4

      Rly ?

  • @eleananianiou6285
    @eleananianiou6285 Před 3 měsíci +2371

    2024 anyone ?

  • @brucelee6967
    @brucelee6967 Před měsícem +239

    From 1984 to 2024. 40 years 👏👏👏

    • @robertalf454
      @robertalf454 Před měsícem +4

      I was just 7 Years old when that Song came out!

    • @leestavola6183
      @leestavola6183 Před měsícem +1

      Too bad it went by in a flash 😢

    • @danielkiruri4882
      @danielkiruri4882 Před měsícem +1

      Yup 1984 Nairobi dancing on a Saturday morning

    • @markrasmussen1784
      @markrasmussen1784 Před měsícem +2

      As one day 😢🎉❤

    • @memphisiv
      @memphisiv Před měsícem +1

      One of the greatest masterpieces in pop music history.

  • @peternicklin2693
    @peternicklin2693 Před 2 měsíci +197

    This masterpiece sums up the 80s, brilliant decade.

  • @AnimeGamer7_
    @AnimeGamer7_ Před 2 lety +4615

    40 Years passed by and this song is still a masterpiece

    • @lisaharkins8447
      @lisaharkins8447 Před 2 lety +61

      This whole album is absolutely incredible. I cannot believe more artists haven’t sampled their stuff today!

    • @tomashejda
      @tomashejda Před 2 lety +23

      Yeah I was enjoying my prenatal time back then. Incredible times.

    • @bailybaily3618
      @bailybaily3618 Před 2 lety +42

      i was so young then now 53

    • @whatdothlife4660
      @whatdothlife4660 Před 2 lety +19

      How would it stop being a masterpiece?

    • @florianlebreton1056
      @florianlebreton1056 Před rokem +5

      38 ans

  • @aqswde110
    @aqswde110 Před rokem +2260

    How did the 80s manage to both be so ridiculously random and so amazingly awesome at the same time?

    • @marinoskostouros6896
      @marinoskostouros6896 Před rokem +98

      then the mind used it for right things and not for the nonsense of today 🙂

    • @diggerbrains1967
      @diggerbrains1967 Před rokem +82

      we were so blessed to live in such wonderful freedom

    • @mplparsa1774
      @mplparsa1774 Před rokem +17

      hahahahha you are right

    • @paultwiss199
      @paultwiss199 Před rokem +69

      The 80s were the beginning of the tech age but it went to shit after the 80s.

    • @Moondog-wc4vm
      @Moondog-wc4vm Před rokem +32

      Because actual talent made it big because more people voted to spend actual money for the records based on actually liking them than voted for a puerile TV entertainment show because they were sucked in by the hype and fomo? Just guessing, I could only afford to buy one or maybe two singles per week in the 80's, but voting a few pennies while sitting on my ass using my phone appears easier nowadays. I don't bother doing it, never have, but it still has the appeal of being simple and inexpensive. BTW I still have all the records I bought and a record player so i can listen to any of the music I originally thought was worthwhile. About 5% of it gets ignored, the rest gets a listen at least once a year, much more for some great songs! I feel like I got value for what I spent back in the day. Personally I would rather be able to still listen to the media I bought for as long as i like than have a stream removed because some beancounter exec decides it isn't making enough revenue. I grew up being able to do that and simply don't like companies taking away what I paid for because they already got my money and don't care if I get value or not so long as they get their profit.

  • @abdulhameedmalki8837
    @abdulhameedmalki8837 Před měsícem +49

    52 yr old and still listening to this wonderful song - May 2024

    • @Zeezazz
      @Zeezazz Před měsícem +1

      Me too. I feel like this song should have been sampled more

    • @MaryDoyle-xl2ri
      @MaryDoyle-xl2ri Před měsícem

      ❤❤🎼🎼

  • @jury7228
    @jury7228 Před 5 měsíci +465

    If you're still here after 40 years you're a legend

    • @vessto
      @vessto Před 5 měsíci +11

      Yes. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @Giovanni024
      @Giovanni024 Před 4 měsíci +12

      but bro im only 25

    • @mariaealcalde7511
      @mariaealcalde7511 Před 4 měsíci +4

      😮😅😮😅

    • @user-hu7yn1yq7s
      @user-hu7yn1yq7s Před 4 měsíci +4

      Always here bro

    • @Kerosene92
      @Kerosene92 Před 4 měsíci +6

      I am a legend, thanks to my dad for making me listen to this marvel when I was still a child, I became addicted

  • @boulosius2518
    @boulosius2518 Před rokem +1311

    no matter how old it gets, this song will always be legendary

  • @shinjukuman9850
    @shinjukuman9850 Před 7 měsíci +383

    I am Japanese teenager and this masterpiece caught my heart❤
    Traditional music video is definitely amazing!!🇯🇵🇩🇪

    • @LonelayerStudio
      @LonelayerStudio Před 5 měsíci +9

      Wen du Deutsch bis muß ich dir leider sagen das big in Japan ein anderen Hintergrund hat Hals fihle denken 😂

    • @1963Victory
      @1963Victory Před 5 měsíci +1

      Genau

    • @1963Victory
      @1963Victory Před 5 měsíci +4

      Very sad indeed, the real meaning of this masterpiece

    • @Willburys
      @Willburys Před 4 měsíci +4

      Das gleiche Schicksal fand ich als ich zum ersten Mal von den Stranglers mit Golden Brown hörte!

    • @stephanieroumeguere353
      @stephanieroumeguere353 Před 3 měsíci +2

      ​@@1963VictoryI think I missed something ...🤔

  • @user-eu1bl9qt5m
    @user-eu1bl9qt5m Před 4 měsíci +461

    It’s 2024 and I’m still listening to this banger ️. no matter how old it gets, this song will always be legendary.

  • @wiser4
    @wiser4 Před 5 měsíci +369

    I'm an Arabic guy, when i was 15 i found an old cassette thrown on the side of the road, and this song was in the playlist, back then i couldn't understand the lyrics but i was caught in the feel of something extraordinary, and now after all these years i found it.
    My eyes are full of tears from the nostalgia

    • @andresmendez6556
      @andresmendez6556 Před 5 měsíci

      How is it relevant that you’re Arabic

    • @jacquelinebhg2325
      @jacquelinebhg2325 Před 5 měsíci +13

      very cool!! ty for sharing that. Now this song is 40 years old today!!

    • @wiser4
      @wiser4 Před 4 měsíci +9

      It does?!, i didn't know that so ty, no wonder it's Amazing since the music peaked in the 80's

    • @Reno_no.8
      @Reno_no.8 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Amazing! Thank you for sharing that story 😊

    • @pouyagorji3022
      @pouyagorji3022 Před 4 měsíci +10

      I love the stories of how we Middle Eastern folk find music in the weirdest ways possible.

  • @drey8
    @drey8 Před 7 lety +807

    1:47 "neon on my naked skin...passing silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins. " Always loved that line.

    • @sonicfoxxmusic4281
      @sonicfoxxmusic4281 Před 5 lety +9

      But what does it mean?

    • @nicholavaughan
      @nicholavaughan Před 5 lety +56

      @@sonicfoxxmusic4281 it means you imagine the image and create your own answer.

    • @espirulografo
      @espirulografo Před 5 lety +27

      I readed over there that the center of this song is the heroine, he is not gay he is waiting for his dealer (man)

    • @LoneShot95
      @LoneShot95 Před 5 lety +28

      @@sonicfoxxmusic4281 He´s describing the atmosphere. he's looking to score heroin in a big city (Berlin) at night so he's passing by neon shop signs and shop windows

    • @jdmlegent
      @jdmlegent Před 5 lety +43

      @@LoneShot95 Then he says '" Shall I stay here at the Zoo or shall I go and change my other point of view".
      It means shall he stay in the Zoo (Zoo train station in Berlin) where drug addicts used to take a stay... and keep my straggle vs drugs or go away and get clean! Very touchy lines and script, but 1st of all the song is Perfect, even in 2020!

  • @ahmetozcan4830
    @ahmetozcan4830 Před 3 měsíci +115

    Anyone 2024?

  • @user-ef5fr8pw6y
    @user-ef5fr8pw6y Před 2 měsíci +35

    This was real music these times back then.

  • @apn_sarkari_nahi_sarkar_banega
    @apn_sarkari_nahi_sarkar_banega Před 2 měsíci +51

    80-90s music had a different vibe ❤

  • @tetedepoulet8651
    @tetedepoulet8651 Před 4 lety +1056

    I'm 5'11", so I'm big in Japan.

    • @carolinekendi5697
      @carolinekendi5697 Před 3 lety +12

      Lool!

    • @mikaelesmith475
      @mikaelesmith475 Před 3 lety +23

      Lol..you are tiny in the states!

    • @carolinekendi5697
      @carolinekendi5697 Před 3 lety +5

      @@mikaelesmith475 😅😅😅

    • @Otterman214
      @Otterman214 Před 3 lety +23

      You may be big in Japan but definitely not in Netherlands
      Because Most Tallest people in the world are in Netherlands

    • @lupepedraza3404
      @lupepedraza3404 Před 3 lety +36

      @@mikaelesmith475 wrong, avereage height in the usa is much shorter than 5'11". So he's big in the states

  • @michelelomartire_634
    @michelelomartire_634 Před 3 lety +356

    one of the best things about 50 years old,is the fact that i lived my teenage years in the 80's that is priceless and Iam grateful !!!

    • @TheRolemodel1337
      @TheRolemodel1337 Před 2 lety

      one of the bad things is you're going to die rather soon and miss out on a lot

    • @legende0018
      @legende0018 Před 2 lety +17

      @@Levuiii but you have to admit that the 80‘s were such an beautiful thing.
      If you compare it to nowadays music, it‘s just perfect and it is this way already to be honest.

    • @alfreddiaz5405
      @alfreddiaz5405 Před 2 lety +7

      Agree with you

    • @larsjonkhans3789
      @larsjonkhans3789 Před 2 lety +8

      I am realy jealous i am 20 years old and all i wanted is to be a 80s teen

    • @sbinsdca
      @sbinsdca Před rokem +5

      And the women in the videos aren't all skanked out with tattoos and piercings.

  • @Gildedbutterfly1976
    @Gildedbutterfly1976 Před 6 měsíci +44

    The first three seconds of this song are better than any of the garbage out today.

    • @vessto
      @vessto Před 6 měsíci +3

      Perfectly said.

    • @gordocarbo
      @gordocarbo Před 2 měsíci +2

      Agree it really sets a tone/mood...love music that can provoke this. That is the real mccoy. WHat id give to be a teenager again
      Wait I am!! But theres this long haired old guy looking back in the mirror hanging on lol

  • @esrausluer449
    @esrausluer449 Před 6 měsíci +158

    I'm 46 years old and I still listen to this song. This song will be legendary forever❤❤❤❤❤

    • @kayaman2048
      @kayaman2048 Před 6 měsíci

      How does this song feel so pure and forlorn

    • @1masivac
      @1masivac Před 6 měsíci +2

      Because good taste never gets old❤

    • @noelmurphy406
      @noelmurphy406 Před 6 měsíci +1

      50 and remember it like it was only released yesterday

    • @Caipipoca
      @Caipipoca Před 4 měsíci +2

      Im 45 from Brazil!

    • @hooikaika69
      @hooikaika69 Před 3 měsíci +3

      I’m 59 and still listen to it

  • @mdraseljony1529
    @mdraseljony1529 Před 3 lety +375

    One of the most underrated bands of all time.

  • @JJ-xm5eg
    @JJ-xm5eg Před 8 měsíci +35

    Hell yea! Long live the 80's!!!✊🏽

  • @alexdays54
    @alexdays54 Před 18 dny +11

    I was 15 in 84!! I WANNA GO BACK SO BAD!!!!!

  • @skay9071
    @skay9071 Před měsícem +52

    This music never die!..1984- 2024...hello from Azerbaijan

  • @lianakar8306
    @lianakar8306 Před 11 měsíci +57

    80s music was amazing

    • @fritzsue
      @fritzsue Před 3 měsíci

      Yea and no one was offended either was an amazing time

  • @vangel4201
    @vangel4201 Před 4 lety +433

    April 2020 : Please take me back to 80s

    • @getsomemtb7427
      @getsomemtb7427 Před 4 lety +8

      When the drinking age was 18 and music was original. I want a time machine, but I'll just live with the memories. Epic memories!

    • @maxhelbing4465
      @maxhelbing4465 Před 4 lety +1

      GET SOME! MTB i have no memories because i never lived in the 80s

    • @NATY-vk6jw
      @NATY-vk6jw Před 4 lety +2

      Take me too

    • @movesky6696
      @movesky6696 Před 4 lety +3

      so need a time machine a delorean /bill and ted ex

    • @samedkurt2390
      @samedkurt2390 Před 4 lety

      How old are you wtf

  • @Silly_Goose68
    @Silly_Goose68 Před 12 dny +9

    Alphaville... The music that is forever young

  • @cherryhazard8002
    @cherryhazard8002 Před 2 měsíci +34

    I'm happy for the fact this song exists, I'm not happy by the fact we'll never have masterpieces like this again.

    • @matty6598
      @matty6598 Před 2 měsíci +5

      every single new song sounds like literal shit and most people can't even sing anymore so they need autotune. 80s music sounds like the future and modern music sounds like the stereotypical future if you know what I mean

    • @raufguner4720
      @raufguner4720 Před 2 měsíci

      sanırım dünya da müzik kalitesi düştü.@@matty6598

  • @TheSpookyDuke
    @TheSpookyDuke Před rokem +493

    80s music was rich, opulent, diverse, deep, stunningly creative, melodic, full of rhythm and.... fun!

    • @Bubbles-od2tv
      @Bubbles-od2tv Před rokem +30

      And mysterious. And magical. And romantic. And dark.

    • @lzclaudio1
      @lzclaudio1 Před rokem +11

      This lyrics are incredibly PERFECT, still today.

    • @vessto
      @vessto Před rokem +10

      The 80s are the biggest treasure of the electronic music. The fundamentals of the genre.

    • @vessto
      @vessto Před rokem +4

      @Luiz Claudio Lemos Yes, IMHO every person has more or less delusions of being famous and successful somewhere out of the real life. The lyrics, the synths, everything of this song is beyond time. It will ever be actual. Adding the stunning voice and brutal beauty of Marian makes it one of a kind.

    • @user-xp4qc3wz5n
      @user-xp4qc3wz5n Před rokem +3

      Так и есть) Привет из России)

  • @lambrosm770
    @lambrosm770 Před 4 lety +833

    German artists brought out some killer hits that era.

    • @leejeanwilliams9376
      @leejeanwilliams9376 Před 4 lety +18

      oh yeah, brilliant tunes

    • @richardbradley2335
      @richardbradley2335 Před 3 lety +78

      German efficiency........didnt even know they were German !!!!

    • @roylennie8117
      @roylennie8117 Před 3 lety +32

      Yea, UFO/MSG, Scorpions, Falco, Goombay Dance Band (maybe not the last one).

    • @sushigirl1069
      @sushigirl1069 Před 3 lety +20

      @@roylennie8117 😂😂haha Goombay dance band
      Don't forget Nena also Die toten hosen 😁

    • @roylennie8117
      @roylennie8117 Před 3 lety

      @@sushigirl1069 Can't remember the last band, don't think they had a hit here did they? How about The Rattles?

  • @user-nd5bo5db1o
    @user-nd5bo5db1o Před měsícem +41

    Москва 24.04.2024.мне 53 года...слушаю..дискотека..молодость...восьмидесятые.....❤

  • @elasson
    @elasson Před 3 měsíci +25

    Songs like this are classic. They will never fade.

    • @ru9204
      @ru9204 Před 2 měsíci

      True 💯

  • @mgparis
    @mgparis Před 10 měsíci +259

    I can't even describe how lucky I feel to have been a teenager in the 80s

    • @jimmyj5557
      @jimmyj5557 Před 10 měsíci +8

      Same here

    • @meangothlesbian
      @meangothlesbian Před 10 měsíci +25

      as a current teenager, i am embarrassingly jealous!

    • @mgparis
      @mgparis Před 10 měsíci +15

      @@meangothlesbian At least you have excellent taste! :)

    • @meangothlesbian
      @meangothlesbian Před 10 měsíci +12

      @@mgparis aww thank you! so nice to get a reply !!

    • @davehacker7427
      @davehacker7427 Před 10 měsíci +8

      I say the same thing all the time. So glad that I grew up in the 70's and 80's. Those were the best decades ever!!!!!!!!! The last truly great decade for music. So diverse and original.

  • @cookeecutkk
    @cookeecutkk Před 10 měsíci +207

    80s. The last decade where music wasn’t afraid of pure melody and emotion.

    • @nelus7276
      @nelus7276 Před 8 měsíci +5

      You mean the last decade where YOU could legally smile at a somebody under 20 😂

    • @nuntana2
      @nuntana2 Před 7 měsíci +5

      @@nelus7276 Still can bro, you'll just get locked up for it! lol
      But had to grow up in the 80s to really 'get' it.
      I appreciate all eras and genres, but the 80s is so varied. Bands were not afraid to mess with keys and chords as cookee says. ;-)
      Thompson Twins, DrDr!

    • @Vsoundproductions
      @Vsoundproductions Před 4 měsíci +5

      I agree 100%. I grew up in the 80's and the music had great melodies. I try to incorporate those 80s style melodies into my music, Dream Factory.

    • @Tracker5111
      @Tracker5111 Před 4 měsíci +1

      And have some sort of story!!!

    • @cookeecutkk
      @cookeecutkk Před 3 měsíci

      @@braydonwen3852 No I don’t. The same thing applies in many other genres. I’m old enough to have lived through it.

  • @tracylane8098
    @tracylane8098 Před 2 měsíci +28

    the best music came from the 80s, loved it then (i was in my teens) had my 55th birthday on the 3rd of march 2024 still love the 80s , in the words of sinead , nothing compares x

    • @dabeezkneez8716
      @dabeezkneez8716 Před 2 měsíci +1

      The words of Prince also sung by Sinead.

    • @tracylane8098
      @tracylane8098 Před 6 dny

      @@dabeezkneez8716 yes he told her not to swear but she did lol, amazing plp legends

  • @luisellalonati
    @luisellalonati Před 25 dny +18

    Maggio 2024, sempre meravigliosa 👍👍.....

  • @erinwalker711
    @erinwalker711 Před 3 lety +523

    This has to be one of the most underrated songs of the 1980s. I love this and I just think it's perfect.

    • @GameBoyyearsago
      @GameBoyyearsago Před 2 lety +25

      It Was Big Hit In UK. 🙂

    • @roylennie8117
      @roylennie8117 Před 2 lety +18

      @@GameBoyyearsago . . . .but not in Japan.

    • @GameBoyyearsago
      @GameBoyyearsago Před 2 lety +20

      @@roylennie8117 But Big In Germany Then Later Japan.

    • @newbarker523
      @newbarker523 Před 2 lety +12

      @@GameBoyyearsago My mum used to know all the band and said they were big down under.

    • @oni741
      @oni741 Před 2 lety +5

      @@GameBoyyearsago "It's easy when you're big in *Germany* too"
      😂🇩🇪😂 😎

  • @TheHiddenKun
    @TheHiddenKun Před 2 lety +1239

    This song and this group are not well-known in Japan for some reason, but I'm a big fan. No matter when you listen to it, it's fresh no matter how many times you listen!
    80s synth music is immortal forever.
    Greetings from Big in Japan.🇯🇵

    • @GilesMcRiker
      @GilesMcRiker Před 2 lety +73

      They lied to us!

    • @GameBoyyearsago
      @GameBoyyearsago Před 2 lety +21

      Moshi Moshi : )

    • @RamadhanAli
      @RamadhanAli Před 2 lety +7

      @@GilesMcRiker how 🤔 🤔❓

    • @itsisk2043
      @itsisk2043 Před 2 lety +61

      Oh! We all thought that they were 'Big in Japan'! 😂

    • @Lacaframalama
      @Lacaframalama Před 2 lety +27

      They’re honestly not that well known in America either. I’m a child of the 80’s and first heard this a few years ago

  • @edvaniasilva6510
    @edvaniasilva6510 Před 12 dny +3

    This song is still one of the best songs of all good times

  • @patriciafootejohnson2817
    @patriciafootejohnson2817 Před 11 dny +4

    This black Detroit 60's chick loved this video and song. Thanks internet 😊

  • @masterofpuppets4771
    @masterofpuppets4771 Před 4 lety +56

    80s' are truly the age of amazing, breathtaking vocalists/frontmans

  • @will2045
    @will2045 Před 2 lety +159

    This is a truly masterpiece.

  • @BraveJoxer
    @BraveJoxer Před 5 měsíci +14

    80's music is something special!

  • @JordanSanchez-rp2el
    @JordanSanchez-rp2el Před 2 měsíci +19

    IM OUT IN TOKYO BECAUSE IM IN BIG IN JAPAN

  • @Olimpia50
    @Olimpia50 Před 11 měsíci +50

    0% Understand
    100% Joy

    • @vessto
      @vessto Před 11 měsíci +1

      The song is sad indeed. It is about a doubt of a boy if to leave the drug life without his girlfriend or to stay addicted with her. Big in Japan is an idiom and it is the delusion of losers who pretend to be big and popular somewhere far away.

  • @aydnvatansever7145
    @aydnvatansever7145 Před 4 lety +63

    I love you 80's 90's music...

  • @RoganBoss
    @RoganBoss Před 3 měsíci +6

    Incredible tune. Still going strong. Born in the 90's but the 80's was where it was at.

  • @hesterrudd8530
    @hesterrudd8530 Před 2 měsíci +12

    Yes, fantastic song. Still beautiful after all these years

  • @marinalima9997
    @marinalima9997 Před 8 lety +27

    forever Alphaville!

  • @nana-lw1yx
    @nana-lw1yx Před 3 lety +421

    Winter's cityside
    Crystal bits of snowflakes
    All around my head and in the wind
    I had no illusions
    That I'd ever find a glimpse
    Of summer's heatwaves in your eyes
    You did what you did to me
    Now it's history, I see
    Here's my comeback on the road again
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Neon on my naked skin, passing silhouettes
    Of strange illuminated mannequins
    Shall I stay here at the zoo
    Or should I go and change my point of view
    For other ugly scenes
    You did what you did to me
    Now it's history, I see
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan...

  • @amgaku
    @amgaku Před 26 dny +8

    You know you're a big artist if you're Big In Japan... 😁

  • @StoicaVasilica-bj3xw
    @StoicaVasilica-bj3xw Před 2 měsíci +5

    cea mai bună muzică 80 90s 🎼🎼👍😀

  • @djm2459
    @djm2459 Před rokem +35

    16 years old, here listening to this classic oldie because today‘s music is just not the same as it was back then.

    • @samuelgirven3488
      @samuelgirven3488 Před rokem +2

      ayyy! 16 year old here as well. This is my favorite song.

    • @Alpacher
      @Alpacher Před rokem +1

      @@samuelgirven3488 21 yo, heard this song on my ride home with a taxi, instantly saved it lol

    • @dmyt21
      @dmyt21 Před rokem +3

      23 yrs old. 90 percent of tracks from my playlist are 80s hits. 80's earth is Heaven.

  • @tangerine825
    @tangerine825 Před rokem +42

    Alphaville,Erasure,Pet Shop Boys,Depeche Mode,OMD,Eurythmics...Great Synthpop Groups 80's ! Greets From Poland ;-)

  • @davidkepesi2412
    @davidkepesi2412 Před měsícem +12

    40 years!

  • @MaestroDaVila
    @MaestroDaVila Před 5 měsíci +15

    Don't let this classic die!

  • @DeadBlonde_80
    @DeadBlonde_80 Před rokem +276

    Masterpiece!
    Winter's cityside, crystal bits of snowflakes
    All around my head and in the wind
    I had no illusions that I'd ever find
    A glimpse of summer's heatwaves in your eyes
    You did what you did to me
    Now it's history, I see
    Here's my comeback on the road again
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, where the Eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Neon on my naked skin, passing silhouettes
    Of strange illuminated mannequins
    Shall I stay here at the zoo
    Or shall I go and change my point of view
    For other ugly scenes
    You did what you did to me
    Now it's history, I see
    Things will happen while they can
    I will wait here for my man tonight
    It's easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the Eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the Eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight
    Big in Japan, be tight
    Big in Japan, ooh, the Eastern sea's so blue
    Big in Japan, alright
    Pay, then I'll sleep by your side
    Things are easy when you're big in Japan
    Oh, when you're big in Japan

  • @stephyheinrich1335
    @stephyheinrich1335 Před 3 lety +71

    The 80s was perfect. Musicians were able to express themselves through the music. I would never trade growing up in the 80s for anything.

    • @anderpanders6210
      @anderpanders6210 Před rokem +1

      Can you tell one nice memory? I wanna know what it was like

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi Před rokem +3

      Not to mention you could express fascination and interest in other countries without someone digging through everything to find reasons to get offended.

  • @CutieFakeKirby
    @CutieFakeKirby Před měsícem +6

    i remember a few months ago, my uncle took me to school and asked me if i like 80s music. i said yes and he put this on, i wanna thank him for introducing me to alphaville lol

  • @lilmissemi
    @lilmissemi Před měsícem +10

    The vocals are better than what singers these days are capable

    • @vessto
      @vessto Před měsícem +2

      He has over 4 octaves. If you listen some of their megamixes you can hear his full potential. The Prologue of Forever Young album - A Victory of Love - is sung in 3 octaves.

  • @Threepwoot
    @Threepwoot Před 5 lety +1906

    This song is about a heroin-addicted couple at Berlin Zoo-Station dreaming about what life could be - far far away - without their addicition.
    Thats actually what "Big in Japan" originally meant (its the name of a british band): When you are a loser or an outcast you might be able to have a good life in a place far away.
    This song makes me feel strongly hurt for the many addicted people all over the world who want to have a decent life but just can't break free :'(
    Great song and rightfully an 80's classic.

  • @hansyolo9649
    @hansyolo9649 Před 2 měsíci +9

    As a teenager I had a huge crush on that girl...

  • @lele3673
    @lele3673 Před 28 dny +5

    Why old times feels mysterious?

  • @Aleja29m
    @Aleja29m Před 3 lety +97

    This song should will be considered one of the best song of the history's new wave, isn't?

    • @vooides
      @vooides Před 2 lety +1

      Yes,definitely😄

  • @jhonnydleon
    @jhonnydleon Před 2 lety +208

    I will never get tired of listening to this musical masterpiece.

    • @thegame6141
      @thegame6141 Před 2 lety

      Are you sure, sucker?

    • @Filloh
      @Filloh Před 2 lety

      same dude

    • @Filloh
      @Filloh Před 2 lety

      @@thegame6141 funny comment. i'm guessing you're trolling, and that's a bit sad ngl :D

    • @thegame6141
      @thegame6141 Před 2 lety

      @@Filloh hi, i'm guessing you have nothing to do at home, so get a job!

    • @kevfullo
      @kevfullo Před rokem

      it's no Safety Dance, but still a classic.

  • @0524cami
    @0524cami Před 2 dny +1

    80s music will always rule all those tiktok video's

  • @user-iy4dm4rd9m
    @user-iy4dm4rd9m Před 4 měsíci +91

    Вы заметили, что сейчас все слушают песни тех времен) потому что таких талантов и песен больше никто не сочинил)
    Слезы на глазах наворачиваются, когда слушаю и вспоминаю свое детство ❤
    Браво) это легенды ❤❤❤🎉

    • @Scobar_SPb
      @Scobar_SPb Před 4 měsíci +5

      Привет из СПб,42г

    • @TheTamarachik
      @TheTamarachik Před 4 měsíci +3

      Это правда

    • @user-pq5eg7xw9b
      @user-pq5eg7xw9b Před 3 měsíci +2

      Да, Вы правы

    • @user-pq5eg7xw9b
      @user-pq5eg7xw9b Před 3 měsíci +3

      Шикарное было детство. И песни шикарные👍👍👍👍

    • @City2moon
      @City2moon Před 2 měsíci +1

      Привет из Тулуна, 49

  • @lilslimutube
    @lilslimutube Před 5 lety +894

    Who here 2019 and still loving this
    👇🏽

    • @signorlo9443
      @signorlo9443 Před 5 lety +6

      Me too. I'm in my 50's and had a great time in the 80's.

    • @bestpeter78
      @bestpeter78 Před 5 lety

      But not understand

    • @RogerPodacter
      @RogerPodacter Před 5 lety

      me
      wondering about this song
      I mean they weren't just big in japan, right?

    • @ksturmer5388
      @ksturmer5388 Před 5 lety +1

      Oh yeah, and I'm usually a 'rock/metal' head drummer too. This is CLASS! :)

    • @halbmetallmensch
      @halbmetallmensch Před 5 lety

      It was great introducing this to Japanese friends at Karaoke in Japan. ^_^ So much fun!

  • @entiar1
    @entiar1 Před 2 lety +57

    This song in 1984: Absolute success!!!
    This song in 2021: Absolute success!!!
    This song in 2022: Absolute success!!!
    This song in 9997: Absolute success!!!

    • @scooterthepog3763
      @scooterthepog3763 Před 2 lety

      I love this song but it didn’t do well it was at #60 on the US.

    • @scooterthepog3763
      @scooterthepog3763 Před 2 lety +1

      @Stefan S. I agree with that last sentence.

    • @GameBoyyearsago
      @GameBoyyearsago Před 2 lety

      @@scooterthepog3763 Hey it Was Succes In UK Mayebe The Were Big In UK With Japan 🙂.

    • @paulaalmazan3529
      @paulaalmazan3529 Před 2 lety +1

      Estoy de acuerdo ...es para siempre...

    • @scooterthepog3763
      @scooterthepog3763 Před 2 lety

      @@GameBoyyearsago The song was the only thing they made that charted well in the UK. Terrible shame considering how amazing there debut was.

  • @susannebuchholz72
    @susannebuchholz72 Před 5 měsíci +41

    The 80ies were a really creative time for music! I really enjoyed it and I will love it forever! ❤️‍🔥💚

    • @gmansi
      @gmansi Před 5 měsíci +3

      "A victory of love" another great song

    • @BraveJoxer
      @BraveJoxer Před 5 měsíci +2

      my feelings

    • @stupedcraig
      @stupedcraig Před 5 měsíci +2

      A time when they left the art to the artist.

    • @susannebuchholz72
      @susannebuchholz72 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@gmansi Oh yes! I love it,too! ❣️

    • @gmansi
      @gmansi Před 3 měsíci

      Great! @@susannebuchholz72

  • @JTRocks4Ever
    @JTRocks4Ever Před 12 dny +3

    Love this song from back in the 80s

  • @EXIDLEGGO1989
    @EXIDLEGGO1989 Před rokem +17

    2023 and still rocks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @NRF-ee6cp
    @NRF-ee6cp Před 5 lety +49

    Alphaville had amazing synth and vocals.

  • @ninasophiesiebrecht1034
    @ninasophiesiebrecht1034 Před 5 měsíci +12

    It’s 2024 and I’m still listening to this banger ❤️

  • @AAA-wo8hn
    @AAA-wo8hn Před 5 měsíci +47

    I am bloody 60 and this song makes me feel like I am 20!!! The knees may be cracking but the heart beat still can follow😂

  • @danielsramos87
    @danielsramos87 Před rokem +20

    one of the best intros in all music history....

  • @DLXcsN
    @DLXcsN Před rokem +35

    Am I the only one who sang this song all night when japan won the match against germany?

    • @piwipete1928
      @piwipete1928 Před rokem

      This team is not Germany, but One - Love 🤣

    • @fizzkhan203
      @fizzkhan203 Před rokem +1

      You can listen to again tonight :)

    • @user-oc4it7ym9w
      @user-oc4it7ym9w Před rokem +1

      皆さんが話題にしてくれたおかげでこの曲を私は知ることが出来ました。ありがとう

  • @artas5359
    @artas5359 Před 19 dny +4

    В юности,болтаясь по ночному городу на авто,всегда в плей листе,на аудио кассете ставил после этой песни-Savage - Don't Cry Tonight,шли годы,менялись автомобили,аудионосители: кассеты,компакт диски,флешки,карты памяти...,но в подборке своего плейлиста всегда соблюдаю эту последовательность.Видимо я застрял в прошлом-в 80 х и не хочу возвращаться назад-в настоящее,где подавляющему числу музыкантов,медведь видимо не только на ухо наступил.

    • @vessto
      @vessto Před 17 dny +1

      Maybe Silent Circle - Touch In The Night too.

    • @brianmcglade8164
      @brianmcglade8164 Před 12 dny +1

      Hello and best wishes from Chicago! 80's were amazing!

  • @kanetidus
    @kanetidus Před 7 dny +2

    This song will live 4ever

  • @brutalee8213
    @brutalee8213 Před rokem +272

    I've been had this song on repeat without stopping and I'll never get tired of it

  • @shintjee9860
    @shintjee9860 Před 4 lety +283

    Lead singer looks like he's giving a super villain monologue.

  • @stefaniamorichelli752
    @stefaniamorichelli752 Před 13 dny +4

    Forever alphaville❤

  • @loisemadara6292
    @loisemadara6292 Před měsícem +7

    ❤❤❤❤may 2024. Love Alphaville

  • @ucvu2898
    @ucvu2898 Před 2 lety +20

    I wanna deplore any music critics, reporters all of whom dared to call Alphaville the 1 hit wonder band, this song was literally extraordinary, should have been promoted much harder than only Forever Young

  • @AlphamattEntertainment
    @AlphamattEntertainment Před rokem +23

    I don't know how this band come to the idea of this song. 👏👏👏
    I lived and studied in the city where this band comes from...the small, beautiful and clean city of Münster.💚
    Six years in Münster and Münster is my home town in Germany.
    Up to this day 10.06.2023, I am still playing this song loud and in a row in my Studio.
    The sound is so great and timeless, it makes you just wanna dance.
    The voice from Marian is crystal clear and energetic.
    I mastered the lyrics and any day I am in Japan.
    I will go to a park full of people, stand in the middle and will sing this song acapella as loud as possible.
    I will be 'Big In Japan'😎

    • @jasonhoogland1309
      @jasonhoogland1309 Před 3 měsíci +1

      It's about his sordid life near the zoo.. drugs etcetera.. it's great

  • @naiemqunibe7033
    @naiemqunibe7033 Před 3 měsíci +8

    Woooow...took me back to 80's...I'm 53 now..

  • @Planet003-yp1uv
    @Planet003-yp1uv Před 12 dny +2

    Eastern sea is so blue🌊

  • @room156dronevids3
    @room156dronevids3 Před rokem +32

    I absolutely love 80s music and I don’t understand how this song got passed me. It’s so good. I miss the good ol days.

  • @shahinshah81
    @shahinshah81 Před 10 měsíci +17

    The 80s was a vibe, something about the 80s sound of snare never gets old

  • @jipsumies3435
    @jipsumies3435 Před měsícem +4

    Back when music videos were a story

  • @noco-pf3vj
    @noco-pf3vj Před 5 měsíci +5

    It's like the world is stuck in the 80s, timeless.

  • @Memories-gb3fm
    @Memories-gb3fm Před 9 měsíci +26

    MASTERPIECE

  • @AshleyOulton
    @AshleyOulton Před 3 lety +79

    What can I say about Alphaville? Really love their sound got into their music whilst travelling around the world living out of a suitcase...and they still stimulate my senses 35 years later

  • @namrocks1505
    @namrocks1505 Před 6 měsíci +10

    80's personified!! Awesome tune!!

  • @vanalles96
    @vanalles96 Před 3 měsíci +6

    Fabulous !!!
    🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @konstantinoskaragiannis1596

    This is the most classic disco song! It's fantastic!

  • @ermanno1309
    @ermanno1309 Před rokem +18

    Big Japan at FIFA world Cup 2022

  • @Vlad-dc2jz
    @Vlad-dc2jz Před 5 dny +2

    Great band! Great song! Great video! Timeless classic! Also, I need to have more animal print in my clothing...

  • @funfan515
    @funfan515 Před 5 měsíci +8

    His voice is so powerful, it stay with you, resonate with your heart and soul…
    Anyone would love to go back to those years?
    Music is the best time traveling system… so far.