Level 42 - Something About You - 1986 - Super Platine

[redjohn201]

1986...Jesus im old

[Mituchicarmen]

@redjohn201 you are not old :)

[davesabog]

Are these the Ghostbusters? Like without Winston or something? I think I saw Egon playing the drums and Raymond with the bass.

[2jeremyable]

vertical man

[clippers4me]

One of the many great songs back then..

[MrEpesh1]

great album also

[RTRA101]

80s had the best music no doubt about that to all the haters that hate 80s and like modern music

[termin9r]

someone sawed the top off his bass, how does he tune it?

[OZRIC1985]

I wish I would have bought Level 42's albums in the 80s. I had heard this song on the radio when I was in college in 1986, but I really didn't know anything about Level 42. Watching all their videos on YouTube I now realize what an amazing bass player Mark King is. He is one of the best slap bass players on the planet. :)

[petermcintyre100]

@OZRIC1985 Bar one, Stanley Clarke!

[petermcintyre100]

@OZRIC1985 Check out Stanley Clarke. Listen to 'Lopsy Lu' enjoy!

[mclemoore1]

I still want to see the original video, but I'm sure the copyright crap, blah, blah, and I bet it aint the band!!!

[alanespana1]

Simply brilliant. Mark was nbr 1 bass player in the world at the time.

[jackthehatuk]

@alanespana1 That you knew of!?

[whoandtheha]

This song reminds me of being at the grocery store.

[ShaiqNBaiq5464]

1986...The year I was born...

[cali4nian]

@ShaiqNBaiq5464 - 1986.. The year I graduated from H.S and entered college. Great year.

[beaurain82]

this song is on my my top 10 fav. 80s songs... great great great song! love it!!

[DJMightyRaton]

1986 ... great debut song ... Level 42

[Loveesuckaa]

good song loved it in the mid 80z. 

[Mickr4]

Pourquoi l'intro en francais ? lol Pretty cool =D

[cdubmeyer]

I like the part from 0:01-3:13

[beinndorainjames]

If the 80's was Level 42 then the new century is at about level -26

[Accune]

This song is so good it hurts.

[Hotrodd100]

Another Awesome song from an AWESOME decade of music!! I always loved this song!! It's very beautifully done!! I don't mean to sound racist but I always thought these guys were black. Ooops!! :-P Heh!! Still a great song!!

[paulie3jobs]

Great song, but I like the other video with the train much better.  It keeps disappearing from here.

[vhgjk123]

I believe vid was the primary source for the end of the Cold War. Gorbechev knew the USSR could not compete with the West' when he saw how awesome this video and song was

[tjpization]

Wouldn't it be great if we could go back for a week in the 80's and experience it again..no internet and all that crap..if you heard a song you heard it through the crackle of your walkman and if you wanted to talk to someone you picked up the land line and called them lolll

[triciaparra]

I love it! I listen to it almost every day....

[ThePopcyclePete]

One of those tunes that never gets tired...

[jrors93]

O geez! I totally forgot about this song! This song...I am so fond of this..I love it!

[rvdsm]

Isn't it odd that people born in the new millennium can't understand how powerful this song really is?

[thermonuclearwarfare]

so glad that i grew up to this music instead of what's on pop radio these days.

[StephenBass4eva]

anyone know what happened to the actual vid on the train? miss it!

[tubcaster]

@StephenBass4eva

They have it on Dailymotion

[foshrizzle]

this song gives me a sense of euphoria... i cant believe music can be this beautiful. music like this isnt found these days :/

[jrors93]

So agreed!

[phinchy007]

WOW!!!I forgot about this song. Love it. I don't know how i got here but i'm glad......good ole 80's....

[rambid]

I boinked a chick named Gecko to this song. No joke.

[83disk]

lo mejor de los 80;s soy de mexico d.f y era lo mejor que se escuchaba en the party i lake level 42 remember yuo

[martiniz1969]

cool

[westman63]

Thumbs up if you are from DC and remember this on WKYS.

[hiroka29]

mmmm is his bass missing something?

[MissDonovan71]

That's why 80's music is so popular into the 21st century, I still love 80's music because I was a teenager back then and this music brings back so many great memories of great times. I still can't get enough of that 80's music. I like all kinds of music; but the 80's ROCKED, great music for one hell of a decade :).

-Kris L. CocKayne-

[QuestingElf]

@MissDonovan71 You're so right regarding 80's music, something about it. I also remember thinking of this group in particular when reaching Level 42 in certain 80's video games, e.g., Tempest and Gauntlet.

Lessons in love!

[davettalashley]

Who saw these guys at the 80s Rewind live concert? They sound even better now!

[MrSteveblue824]

This was the relationship song of me and my girlfriend back in our university days! Yup, some pretty cool times....retro-trippin' here.....

Level 42 was a damn fine group with great ryhthms and lyrics!

[summerman24]

Gia to boutso !!!!

[MyTarumba]

QUE CLASICO DE CLASICOS LA VERDAD QUE BIEN HECHA LA CANCION , QUE NIVEL DE MUSICOS , DESDE PERU UN SALUDO A TODOS

[VerifiedNiceGuy]

OMG OMG OMG

[LTAN2010]

Cute video! :)) Love the song forever.

[mhunt38]

Hands Down, best song ever recorded. I could listen to this song over and over again and never get tired of it! :)

[MrMonaval]

gran cancion sin duda una de las mejores de la decada de los ochenta gracias level 42 por haberla creado. saludos desde cd de mexico

[LikaLaruku]

Just had an urge to listen to this out of the blue.

[laup974]

i like this song we don t find this music as that

[Hot80s]

Niveau 42.

[radtech21]

Best Junior High love song EVER!

[fiamike]

@radtech21 Do not concur...for this genre, this song holds up incredibly well. Calling it a jr high song diminishes it IMO.

[renwan12345]

this song is kwl

[FlatbushNyc033]

What A song!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AAAAGHFireGeckos]

This song got me laid. No joke.



[marehtseira]

@AAAAGHFireGeckos Level 42 says you're welcome

[TheHanadarko]

@AAAAGHFireGeckos -Whatever works is what it takes!

[RICHGREENNOW]

@AAAAGHFireGeckos I got laid during this song!!

[jackthehatuk]

@AAAAGHFireGeckos Bless!

[littlefuzzer]

@AAAAGHFireGeckos We must of been in the same car...we should've sniffed each others finger..lol

[adautopego]

rsrsrsssr Eu tinha 16

[vlowry211]

Hah....great song regardless

[rodrigobsplayer]

Best pop bass player! Ever!

[juanjo09chile]

Level 42 lo mejor de los 80`s....

Level 42 the best of 80´s...

[danNYx86]

i miss the 80s...especially these bans!! !

[Youtoo2128]

I LOVE THE FUCKIN 80'S ! ! ! ! ! !

[mattruch]

Loving. Esp. the lack of green screen - perfect.

[okemes26]

@mattruch Haha. I sensed sarcasm. :D

[wesleyjc80]

ok....has it ever made anyone wonder how come when singers that have heavy accents can be very hard to understand but when they sing its like WTH!!!! i can understand their singing...IDK its just something i was thinking about.

[marehtseira]

@wesleyjc80 maybe it's because they are forced to enunciate more when they sing, plus most people have heard music sang in English or by US folks so they prob. are able to adapt to singing like that better

[electronicoffee]

I was cruising through the grocery store and this came on and I couldn't help but walk-dance around the aisles while singing the lyrics ;)

[nitevixen440]

@electronicoffee lol i find myself doing the same thing with songs from the 80's sometimes...lol

[1bIgFaTsOnOfAbItCh]

80's!!! Please come back!!! (except for the Reagan administration)

[unshutoptic1]

Make u feel good right?

[egyptianminor]

Great band, great tune, great musicians- they're all fine jazz-rock fusion players.

[1bIgFaTsOnOfAbItCh]

@egyptianminor Exactly! They had to do the pop stuff for the record company, but if you've ever caught them live they're fucking sick players!

[noah8163]

English people that is trying speaking french and have a heavy English assent suck and funny too

[Youtoo2128]

@noah8163 French people who try to write English and have bad grammar and spelling and suck at writing English are funnier.

[takingitbackgal80]

This one of the signature songs of the best decade ever -- THE EIGHTIES

[mariohds86]

this song is older than me yet I love this music more than what's on the radio, 80's music is amazing!

[mozeus5]

Can je m'appelle Mark slap those bass strings?

[Thaynaraqgf]

Nada ve............

[cosmo13ism]

The 80s rocked..... Such an 80s band.....

[DitherSwitch]

How come the presence of a keyboard player became an insignificant part of a music video after the 80's ended?

[TheDjSweets]

wicked tune.

[USONOFAV]

35 tasteless individuals

[diorryan]

SO good!! Why did I have to grow up? I smile ear to ear when I hear this song!

[Patriot751]

Awesome,Awsome!!!! 25 years later. I loved to dance to this song!!!!

[nealra80]

one of the best slappers around

[LoneWolfGammaRider68]

Mark King is King of Bass

[Diago767]

anyone else hear mark on Radio2 on saturday? was awsome, he did an acoustic cover of this song that if possible was even better than this version

[eightday]

Anyone if the other video for "Something about you" is on youtube?

[glarpspooge]

I didn't like them at the time. Now I don't mind one or two of their songs.

[ironboardking]

Ahhhhhh! It's too good!

[copali]

This song....a rare jewel, one of my favourite song. Ciao!

[urquattro196]

is it so wrong to be human after all? skip your religion, be human and not be a troll

[blaaket123]

I wish music would return to thisstage. Rap is pretty bad. Punk is focused on the same voice andtrying to be too different. RnB or Pop is all auto tunes....

[vaadaenmacchi]

mark king is the best bass player in the world...... after john taylor, that is :)

[GSDG55SGG]

Oh this is great THX

[brettyboyful]

Met mark and the guys at ipswich in 1995 the best night of my life,always loved this band and will do till my end,bit over the top but never the less true thankyou for your music which has really touched me like no other how profound after all this time i still get a lump in my throat when i listen to this, dam !

[Dukester362436]

"These changing years, they add to your confusion..Oh when you need to hear the time that told the truth..."

[cyneath13]

I was about 8 when I first heard this song and it still resonates today.

[DGSE]

Juste après il y avait sledegehammer de Peter Gabriel

[ClandestineOstrich]

"i AM mike, I am Philip, I am Mark, and I am Boon. We are Level 42 with Antenne 2, you (are) watching Super Platine"! I'm so awesome! No Goodle translator!

[mclemoore1]

@ClandestineOstrich Ok, fine! I love it! Where can I see it!! Lots of people want to see it!!

[mclemoore1]

what jackass keeps us from enjoying the original video??!!! What do they have to gain!!?? or lose!!??

[GONECRUISING72]

@mclemoore1 ....great point i cant find it on utube at all....maybe its on vh1's website

[JsSnow]

I'm sure humans can't create music this awesome. It is beyond our understanding.

[JsSnow]

Fuck this song is powerful. WOW.

[cesargholem]

why can't i find the official video? is it that no one has uploaded it or some tricky stuff behind it all that i don't know; i remember it was kind of terrifying for me due to the clown-like man haha

[John6yt]

@cesargholem It's been up before, but I'm guessing whatever jackass record company owns the song probably pulls it down. It deserves to be up, it's a great video.

[cesargholem]

@John6yt it's such a shame...anyways, i remember the clown was quite scary haha

[JOLENE2008]

so awesome :)

[themozacky]

@JOLENE2008 YUPS AWESOME, THEY WERE IN INDONESIA YESTERDAY FOR 30 YEARS ANNIVER

[diamond21450]

open handed phil, mental. Love it

[edgehead644]

saw them open for madonna in 87 at the omni.

[cortellanumber1]

This song is a killer:fantastic melody,monster drums & bass groove,King and Lindup vocals are just perfect,hi class production and mix work...well...10 stars!!It's in my playlist since 86 lol...where music has gone now?

[klassikmuzzik]

Je m'appelle Klassik:)

[dlg0120]

most of all the great songs in the 80s came from the UK

who can name them all, please post

[mswhite78]

Ah 80's, why did you have to make such a brief appearance in my life. Come back please.

[MovieMattness]

@mswhite78 I hear you.  The 80s were the prime of my life. I wish I could vacation there once in awhile.

[FridayTN]

@MovieMattness - Fabulous idea!

[dougiefreshuk]

i heard this song on some one else's radio station and the silly cow tuned to a different radio station - so thats why I came on here today to listen to it myself

[Tralivali89]

Здесь был Тиньков

[DetroitLove4U]

I was 8 years old that year! I should have been 18!!! Man the 80's was the highest level of music ever!! I used to play this song a lot when I was 18!!!

[Marioroops]

I never knew the name of this song...I heard it on the radio and it has been stuck in my head for days.

[hammercoyi]

hey,they will playing at Gran Melia Hotel Ballroom,Jakarta on oct 11 2011..

just info; i work at there and i wish i can incharge at there soon..

[SuperStig23]

This is a real pop/funk classic how come so many great songs came out of the UK in 80's ??

[gwgn02]

fucking bass groove is great

[Planetoxo]

How is it the hits from the 1980s never age? They always sound fresh. 1960s and 1970s hits sound old, but 1980s hits never do.

[thesinger126]

LOVE LOVE LOVE Level 42, played this Album constantly.

[PameTatushki]

fucking awesome song

[TheSuggie]

Used to play this to death on the journey back from police training college in Coventry Happy Days sounds as good 25 years later.How many records will they be able to say that about in 25 years time.

[LEVIAHAN]

SLEDGEHAMMER !!

[Laughinopoulous]

Unfortunate video for such an awesome song

[blaquemuneca]

This is such a great song! I love it!

[Grendelmonster8u]

Never saw this, thanks. It seems that the official video that was on MTV in '86 was taken off YT. Has that 80s sound but I guess I liked it enough to buy the World Machine cassette then. It was their only big hit here in the US. Definitely one of the better ones of that time. Liked the lyrics:

♪

Drawn into the stream

Of undefined illusion

Those diamond dreams

They can't disguise the truth

[4x4alex]

My older sister got me hooked on this. Great band... had the cassette

1986 RX-7 in Richmond Texas

[Tiger1968ify]

this is a awesome song! It has definitely stood the test of time!

[TheSunsetfairfax]

Yup, AWESOME SONG!!!

[Sonniex4]

I love, love this song! The 80's rocked!

[50georgeg]

@Sonniex4 the 80's were great

[livinlegends75]

30 people don't appeciate good music.

[SpetchStatus]

Mark king is a legend.

[Micahdogg]

I heard this song when I was 8 years old at some water park with a LOT of concrete (none of that plastic crap). To this day I think of water parks when I hear this, and I think of this song when I see old water parks. And yes, it is still awesome

[hojima]

Thank god the 80s are over.

[karenerickson450]

@hojima Why? Maybe you should thank God you lived thru the 80's

[hojima]

@karenerickson450 I should say, thank god I was born after the 80s.

[gypsyThree97]

Mark King slappin' that bass.............

[thekillerisme23]

love the 80's music i can help it :)

[dwrb24]

love this song!

[TearsofanOutlaw]

80's was sheer magic

[mariohds86]

@mymusicvideos111 aye

[enriquecg1]

Super rola

[bravepursuit]

I'm a Yank with Deep British roots who appreciates great bands like Level 42 and shows like Doc Martin & Kingdom and just about any movie blessed by the UK Film Council...keep up the good work mates!

[gmansi]

Song: 10 !

Video: 1

:)

[jad3948]

just heard this song in the grocery store and found it on youtube. win

[donluchitti]

I FOUND IT! I seriously had to just sit through a medley of 80's songs to track down the title and artist of this classic. I've been looking for this song for years, Youtube just made me a life customer, again!

[Carobuie]

One of the best 80's song... gives me chills :)

[trailboyus66]

Got the long play version of this song when I lived in St.Louis county in 1986. The Holiday Inn Westport and all that.....OOOOOO Just to go back but for a day......

[doubts]

A very talented group in all line ups. Such a good song.

[emmanisms]

cary brothers did a really good remake of this song

[IwantaLexusLFA]

King of the bass

[gmansi]

@IwantaLexusLFA Special sound and tecnhnique but king I think no

[CAU98]

Great song! Classic 80's pop/rock track.

[kikalima1971]

love the bass player work in this song!!! we can feel his beat!



Que de souvenirs et tojours en admiration devant ce bassiste genial...