Labour of Love Hue and Cry

[vinnyed123]

why do people write essays? Nobody reads them.....

[tastethec0urage]

i'm 15 and i love this song

[sooperdoopershedboy]

Curiosity was good but couldn't lace these guys' boots. Ben VP did 1 excellent number but these boys did a few albums all at this level.

[jonsolator]

mmmmm curiosity killed the cat????

[Dendiol]

Gonna bitch slap my Thatcher, for lies

[vanderbrock]

FLIP FLOP MA NEIGHBOUR!

[tiahusky1]

this takes me right back..... brilliant..... great band... !!

[enterprise1954]

Saw them way back when in Glasgow's Barrowland with Tommy Smith on sax in the backing band - just brilliant. There used to be a stall in the Barrows where you could buy the bootleg tape the weekend after gigs - got it and lost it somewhere in between then and now!

[ASIFBYMAGIC1]

You said in the car about 7 years ago , now you say !!

What an opening line , first class !!

[darren160869]

get away now!!!.....lurve it.....

[MJHaylett]

I saw Hue and Cry live twice at the height of their fame and they were fucking great. This is still a great song.

[TheElisabethPage]

sweeeet

[Pearlwig]

Gotta love this glad I was around when it came out.Great song,Great voice.This is music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MyJohnnyb123]

my god i so miss the 80s and bad hair....

[WINGUS111]

80.s music rules

[ijcn0jir3nvjn3fjcifn]

BEST SONG EVER

[basemassey]

TUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNE



[JJmacd]

better than johnny hates jazz

[1337isdead]

Getting pumped for N30...

[elvisuk]

great song

[lovelymizzy]

love the song! the 80's rocked!!

[admillnx6]

They all look like rejects from the Apprentice.

[kissingcandy1]

wow I never knew Tony Slattery was on a band!

[glarpspooge]

Nothing wrong with fluoride

[bunnyhop3211]

Great song - what a band!

[zandos27]

A lot of pop back in the 80s had the abilty to be intelligent enteraining with grate artsy, contrast that with pop in 2011 there seen to be two types of pop now boring winey selfindulgent selfimportant emo bands who sound like they have serotonin deficiency, or the other type of pop at the moment seems to be aimed at 10 year olds or people who have ingested way to much fluoride in there local drinking water.

[janejordan85]

I love Patrick Kane... he's too hot! ;)

[JJmacd]

Wow, they sound a lot like Curiosity Killed the Cat don't they.

Maybe a poor man's version

[dianagordon6]

One of the best songs of the 80s. Still fresh today.

[markflynny1981]

love this song!!!!!!!!!! 80s rule........ xx

[bigstegger]

Excellent cats from Coatbridge.

[chrisgrace1234]

Hot Damn the plaster, the plaster

[caddymart1]

superb.............. them wo the days!!!!

[hairycub69]

This song was released in 1987. It is a reference to how a young man voted conservative for the 1st time in 1979 for a change..but 7 years later realised that he was conned...so hence the protest to "withdraw my labour of love" it is also a metaphor for the end of any kind of relationship that has come to a bitter. Check out the history of "Hue and Cry" - the singer Pat Kane is a very serious art critique these days. Peace. Tx

[thunderthumbs4242]

Check them out live - Greg's voice is as good as it ever was - superb!!

[Byootox]

Used to play them on my walkman in the 80s lol, They are superb live even nowadays great Scottish Talent of the 80s !!!

[SparksPissedOff]

I'm gonna rip off my lady parts with gloves....

[sg2massive]

sausage jockey

[vodka114]

CLASS, you can't beat it......

[elisabethle]

This is a serious favourite of mine - I call it the ode to one-sided relationships - love or friendships. Love the way that being boxed and being freed is portrayed.

Cool isn't in it!=)

[gordonbrown76]

Fair play to the lads, quite a lot going on there for a pop song. Good work.

[podysw]

a bit of hue and cry on a friday thats how we roll

[DaveDaRave1980]

Looking For Linda was my fave Hue and Cry song, but this was good as well! Also liked Ordinary Angel and Violently (Your Words Hit Me)

[caz13122]

class love it reminds me of the spanish city in whitley bay

[bwaaadwaaa]

12 people were the people that had the labour of love withdrawn from them

[golb91]

@bwaaadwaaa 1 person, thats you, is a dick

[rupertsadler07]

All about Thatcher.....

[gottalovethe80sking]

gonna tit wank my neighbahh! hue and cry are kings of the 80s

[therobster1975]

@gottalovethe80sking lol

[JustOffTheRegister]

@gottalovethe80sking hahahahaha

[dpz46]

@gottalovethe80sking Classic i love changing the words on songs too

[WelshWeedWizard]

@gottalovethe80sking lmfao!!

[covmiss1]

@gottalovethe80sking omg thats baddddd is she hot he he

[basemassey]

@gottalovethe80sking LOL



[rupertsadler07]

Yep, that's it, school time: songs from my childhood.....

[MsTankgirl1972]

withdraw my Labour ......

[MsTankgirl1972]

oh how i loved Hue & Cry !!!!!!

[skintrade]

Greg looks like George Osbourne!

[theOUCHcollective]

Top Tune...

[coreydec]

so smooth

[terribleleon]

Im sure thats Tom Hanks playing the keyboard!

[skintrade]

I hated the piano noise on the first album, second album was the one that made me a big fan :)

[sparklerdiva7]

@28thnyCorp - me too! I never, ever get tired of hearing this song.  Absolutely brilliant.

[rct3crazy100]

gonna stay in my porta potty and get into the cold water

[RichTBikkies]

blackback786 - Brilliant post!

[alexmcphail1000]

the chorus

Gonna withdraw my labour of love

Gonna strike for the right to get into your heart, yeah

Withdraw my labour of love

Gonna strike for the right to get into your cold heart

Ain't gonna work for you no more

Ain't gonna work, for you no more

[CustomJ]

Fucking great pop song.......

[Anon12373]

UHHHHHMAAYYYZZZIIINNG!

[Arclight74]

Great Band. Saw them play in Cardiff in 1988. still sound awesome.

[alasdairlace]

They were a ferrari and a funny hat away from becoming Jamiroquai back then.

[mjfanforum]

i'm glad Grand Theft Auto is always revealing some great music to this fucking Bieber and Gaga generation

[Anon12373]

@mjfanforum SO TRUE!

[ellis1234100]

Why were they not more successful?

[Dendiol]

Chris Moyles played this at 1am last night. Awesome song!

[TheLkvoice]

looks like a very young Ricky Gervais

[ArgHamster]

12 people failed mission 1 in BOGT.

[scholesclass]

You can tell they have Jazz roots and are prob really good live

[denpunk666mitsos]

I've got the brothers hair in a wee paper poke. Bet they wish they still had it.

[karatebuff]

The lead singer has an amazing vocal range surprised they've never had more hits strange?

[28thnyCorp]

One of my favorite songs when I was a kid. Great song!

[m4rkyboy]

American psycho

[whitebigpolarbear]

its "leg drop my neighbour" ....lol

[HamerD]

Ah it goes Withdraw my labour of love, gonna strike for the right to get into your heart yeah. Haha, the song is about thinking of a relationship in 80's workers union terms.

[HamerD]

whip drop my labour of love! Is that how it goes??

[machanalan]

tune

[spinout3]

brilliant tune!

[brianab31]

Wow, that's a whole lotta onomatopoeia goin' on there!

[thomasDornan]

LOL MY PALS DAH.

[Lilbizkit]

Gonna whip now badehbahhh, barabaabaa!

[DerelictFrog33]

Flip flop ma babeeehhh?

[lolomfgmen]

@DerelictFrog33 I'mma say 'whip drop'.

[lolomfgmen]

@DerelictFrog33 Whip drop mah baaaabeh, in laaaaaaaaave!

[benesvive]

Put a whip 'cross my baby ah la ah ah!

[Linda2011ism]

We come from the same town;Coatbridge,our Mum's both worked for the Health Board!

[sldorhout]

He's funky..still after all those years!

[MrCow350]

rimjob my baby, uh yea yea yea

we gonna stang, we gonna bang

and theres nothing you can do about it, thats the last time i pick up a whore

[kirstymc100]

Geez! I can't tell you how long I have been searching for this song!!! The lyrics are so hard to distinguish I could never do a lyric search... thanks to absolute 80s for just playing it!

[djnoetic]

A YOU SAID IN THE CAR BOUT 7 YEARS AGO NOW YOU SAID

[MiggleMuggle]

Cuddly Toy is a hilarious name for a song! love the song though!

[vanderbrock]

FLIP FLOP MAH NEIGHBOUR!

[jaon1969]

he he get that bass just below your chin

[PissTeef]

WITHDRAW MY LABOUR OF LOVE.

GONNA STRIKE FOR THE RIGHT.

TO GET INTO YOUR HEART.

[PissTeef]

THIS ONE AND CUDDLY TOY FOR ME. BRILLIANT 80'S CLASSICS.

[MiggleMuggle]

this is on GTA ViceCity radio on lost and Damned! its so cool!

[Philso69]

@MiggleMuggle calm the fuk down kid

[MiggleMuggle]

@Philso69 Language!

[biglalways]

Yo the end reminds me of Hellraizer....... He might just be saying Hellraizer? lol

[biglalways]

11 people don't have a Babaaa....

[millstreet11]

Who thinks this is shite? Morons!

[der11uk]

I don't think Pat Kane would like being likened to George Osbourne!!!

Coatbridge's finest!!!

[skintrade]

Singer looks like Chancellor George Osbourne

[DerelictFrog33]

GONNA FLIP FLOP MAH BAAABEEEHHH

[McGurnaghan]

This should be the theme tune for some 1980s smhuck chicago town programme called Go-getters .

lol

[acs1978aus]

ain't gonna work for you no more!

[PeterEatonX]

yeah they did support Madonna saw em at Wembley and they were better than her

[ClaireLikesVideos]

omg, it's george osborne! ;p

[cratchet13]

Yup ! Definately Hue & Cry at Roundhay, It takes me back to a better time !

[steelbanktrucker]

Me & my missus went to see Madonna at Roundhay Park Leeds in 1987 and I'm certain that Hue & Cry were the support act - The missus says it was Wet Wet Wet. Just to confuse matters Wikipedia says the support act for the tour was Level 42 but it definately wasn't them at Leeds.

Can anyone confirm it was Hue & Cry??

[steelbanktrucker]

@rosie4you

Thanks - Didn't realise someone had already commented on Hue & Cry playing the Roundhay park gig

[preciousmystery]

@steelbanktrucker It was defo NOT wet wet wet and I'm also defo it wasnt hue and cry ,cant help you but i know for sure wasnt these two bands

[steelbanktrucker]

@preciousmystery

Hi - Found the concert details on Songkick.com, and it was Hue & Cry who opened the Roundhay park concert (15/8/87)

[preciousmystery]

@steelbanktrucker wow really surprised really did not know the guys supported Madonna,you learn something new every day!!! :) cheers :))

[shaunb1973]

i once sang this to an ex boss whilst holdin a knife to his throat. i got two years

[whitbyjet65]

@shaunb1973 That's a coincidence because I once licked an owl. It tasted of coffee.

[shaunb1973]

@whitbyjet65 wtf?

[whitbyjet65]

@shaunb1973 I keep a canary down the back of my underpants.

[jonhamneir]

Great song , a mate of mine just sung it after a few beers , almost as good as the real thing :P

[argaretbea]

Saw this group live at Madonna's concert in Roundhay Park, Leeds in 1987. They were terrific. Magical evening that lingers in the memory.

[davemacc904]

What a bunch of wankers.

[XamineX93]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOl JacquesZupp @

[dozeydevon]

These guys supported Simply Red in the late 80's.. they were far better than the main act

[polyplant]

Great tune,......

[alimac42]

brill ,voice

[Anthrax2404]

This one still pushes the buttons..

[dukeofearlsfield]

geography27, totally with you, you are so right, can you imagine a band like this taking the charts by storm these days? Hue and Cry actually wrote their own MUSIC, it wasn't a producer or a record label exec, it was them, playing their tunes, like a band aught to be!

[twister5960]

what a tune!

[blackback786]

gonna bitch slap my neighbah, n ha ha haaa

gonna strike, in the eye,

then get into mah car yeah

[irisferguson]

@blackback786 Fool!xx

[RichTBikkies]

@blackback786 Brilliant post!

[Cancerape]

@blackback786 ROFLcopter...lolled hard

[gigi0205]

@blackback786 i will never hear this song the same way after reading that... oh my god how i laughed! and it really does sound like that... so so funny!

[LadyxLegend]

@blackback786

I LOLLED SOOOOOOOO HARD @ THIS

[lostboysxoxo]

I love this song , it took me ages to find it

[geography27]

Brilliant tune! I've always like this. Music should be like this now! Back in the mainstream, not useless mindless braindead drivel that's out now.

I couldn't care a f**k who doesn't like video. I like it.... it's much better than the hideous embellishment flashy crap you find on 'music' videos of today.

[eezy1972]

@JacquesZupp Oi, I was looking out for Linda!!

[Kifly95]

wind drop ma neiba noo ohh ohh i'm gone stang boomarag to get into your heart?

honestly what is this guy saying in the hook of the song its extremly catchy

[davejc1]

@Kifly95 Gonna withdraw my labour of love

Gonna strike for the right to get into your heart, yeah

Withdraw my labour of love

Gonna strike for the right to get into your cold heart

Ain't gonna work for you no more

Ain't gonna work, for you no more

[Kifly95]

@davejc1 thanks man exellent tune.

[gigi0205]

@Kifly95 made me laugh :D

[Kifly95]

Vice City FM

[mistad0n]

hmmm, thought Winthorp was his neighbour untill i googled it! Great low budget video, a band having a good time!

[elvisuk]

marvelous

[ulielmar]

How could I have forgotten this little 80's jewel??? Great voices, a tune with an irresistible drive, very cleverly arranged...still sounds very modern. The video...well...not a masterpeice, but there's some eye-candy :-)

[ViceCityDJ]

GTA ballad of gay tony :)

[TheCaulfield1]

This is why I loved the 80's so much. Every group had their own style and were individual in their own way. All the songs sounded different. I find that songs nowadays all sound the same and also their voices. THIS GROUP WERE BRILLIANT!! They were the first CD I ever bought, loved his voice. LUV U H&C XXXX

[karen555ful]

love this..its tymon park for me.....do you have this on your list nigs?

[wapbamboowee]

Good record... from the bad old sad old days

[womblediehard]

@wapbamboowee the 80's were the best, look at todays music, most are remakes from the 80's.

[wapbamboowee]

@womblediehard... yep... loads of good bands... early 90's were good too...

[ShrewdShade]

I remember listening to this when I was a little kid. (I'm 19 now). My dad had this old tape. It's funny, I knew only few words of english back then (seriously: "babyh" was probably the only word in this song I understood) but somehow I remember the lyrics ^^

[thomashvn]

Wicked tune!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!

[WolvesNoSurrender]

Good song on GTA

[loula2010]

I saw hue and cry at the symphony hall in b'ham in 1991 - they were amazing - at the time i was so into stone roses, house of love and all that stuff and hue and cry were the complete antithesis but so refreshing, i love the soul sound.

[loula2010]

I saw hue and cry at the symphony hall in b'ham in 1991 - they were amazing - at the time i was so into stone roses, house of love and all that stuff and hue and cry were the complete antithesis but so refreshing, i love the soul sound.

[bigdeek1972]

what a song back to the 80s thats when music was good

[junghbay1]

Love it!! 3-mendous

[seanbefc]

i love this funky souly stuff and im 24 hahaa

[Kate9823]

Fantastic song! x