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  • I loved it then and do so now

  • Beautiful legs, by the way...

  • Awesome!

  • Poor Jay looks like she can't make her mind up. The others look like they're having more fun...

  • Ouch.

  • i've already made my mind up!!!

  • It's a song and staging .... ridiculous, and if that won Eurovision, is that at that time people were very tacky, my God, what bad thing

  • @militar3 Eurovision has ALWAYS been tacky, no matter who's performing.

  • @militar3 But it was a fun, catchy song, not some slow boring balad.

  • germany should have won.it would have prevented this song.

  • It's like the Scooby Doo gang in an alternate universe

  • Mike Nolan is hot

  • *wink* to camera. Winner!

    God Save The King!

  • Doesnt matter how many line-up changes they go through, THESE FOUR will always be Bucks Fizz to me :-)

  • @davidjtulllive it was the 80's dude, no-body cared

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  • Bobby Gubb.s wife now owns the rights to the name. And the guys swingin their arms, coupled with the brightly coloured jumpers, reminds me of Rainbows Rod & Freddy Lol but true!

  • Bobby Gubb.s wife now owns the rights to the name.

  • OMG! Abba clones!

  • @kpongr2 Not at all. Infact the melody, vocal ranges and style of this song owes to records that were found in jukeboxes in the 1950s, not the pop music Abba made in the 1970s.

  • Love.

  • I live this song.

  • the only reason this song did win was that ot was by far the best song that year

  • Woow!! Singing this song on the beach in Benidorm, I remember. Making your mid up!

  • And the rest is history!

  • I love this songg :') And their dresses are so pretty :D

  • God help us all

  • Top three all time, ein bisschen frieden is number one

  • LENA WINS AGAIN ^^

  • This is why we haven't won since Bucks Fizz : We need the tacky jumpers and the detachable skirts back!!

  • @NinjaStarfish94 we won in 1997...

  • @MrDeverill Yh i realise now =S

  • ... Love this song, but can we win again? wouldn't put my heart on it

  • jedward are gonna win this time

  • @jedwardmaniaxx Ha! I hope so!!!! Honestly! Just so people can see whats happened to Eurovision - everyone's so obsessed with winning they forget to, well, have fun! And somehow I think it'll take a missed flight and a hairspray shortage to stop Jedward having fun :)

  • @jedwardmaniaxx uh-oh. Just seen Jedward on Eurovision. They really let themselves down :s Unlike these guys. Oh well. C'mon Blue!!!

  • What a fun song

  • Not dissing Bucks Fizz at all, but isn't the music so dull and lifeless compared to the released single?

  • Since we invaded Iraq, the UK has come near enough bottom in this show. The BBC was even going to withdraw from the 'competition' because it go so racist. We, like France and Germany pay the post for this show, its an absolute joke.

  • @jacksite2007 It's got nothing to do with Iraq. It's Eastern Europe, they still all block vote. Yes they've brought in judges now, but that still doesn't really count for anything.

  • @jacksite2007

    Germany won last year. We're usually terrible, that's why we don't win.

  • @jacksite2007 Apologies for this, but what a load of cock! The BBC constantly say they 'might' pull out but they've never mentioned 'racist' reasons because there aren't any. We, like France, Germany and SPAIN choose to pay (which now includes Italy again). The reason we score so low is because for the past decade or so, we've sent garbage (James Fox being one of the better ones). There are no other reasons at all except the issue of some 'friendly' voting of which we are all guilty.

  • Sweden here! :-)

    The years flying away... I remember Buck Fizz and the song Making your mind up and this was my favorite song in Eurovision 1981! 12 points goes to.... ;-)

  • best ever winner

  • I remember the time they did this after they won. The pure joy, the sheer excitement is something I will never forget. Even if all went pear shaped later. They had more success than 99.8 percent of us ever had.

  • this reminds me of the gud old days :)

  • It was a surprisingly different song, and the colours of the dresses was unusual for those days. Nice to remember. Thanks!

  • @JimboGee1234 I read my comment again and YES, YOU 'RE RIGHT

  • Classic song!!

  • UK is always crap at Eurovision, even if they win eventually :)

  • @yyttroll we've recieved the most points over the lifetime of any country, as well as having the highest average for any contender in any individual contest, as well as having the best average place of any country and recieving at least one 8,10 or 12 points every year from 1976 to 2000. So um...yeah.

  • @katestewart100 yeah, your success ended back in 1990s. Farewell, UK :)

  • bad song bad careography

    why did not girls pull the boys pants off

  • Pulling the skirts off was just genius.

  • I still know the routine to this song

  • Svensk kommentator! :D = Swedish commentator

  • I just listened to the entire 1981 contest. All other songs are pretty average. Non of them is truly bad, but none of them is truly good either. Most are kind of forgettable. (Except maybe portugal). So UK got the victory for being the only country that sent a fun and enjoyable act in a pretty mediocre year.

    Just in case you wonder why they won: They were fun. Everybody else weren't.

  • @valnyra I think Switzerland was a good contender, as were France and Germany for those who like sad ballads. Some fancy Sweden and Ireland though.

  • @valnyra

    oh my god, how can you go through such torture.

  • @xxxdannyxxx Because I'm an Eurovision geek. I started in 1956, and have been listening to all songs on all years in order. (An erasing the ones that I don't like). Right now I'm on 2007. Yay!

  • @valnyra

    well if the other years contain songs like this one, then im sorry but you need some therapy! this song is horrible. oh my god.

  • @xxxdannyxxx Okay, enough!!!!!! What IS your problem? Yeah, we get it, you don't like the song. But who are you to be judgemental to others? You go from vid to vid posting the same thing over and over again.

    We all have different things that we enjoy, but not all of us choose to berate and criticise others just because we disapprove of their choices.

    Seriously, who do you think you are?

  • @eclectica1

    sorry but this song gets to me. of how bad it is! just this song! well this band had some other number 1 hits and they created this garbage???

    the music must of been bad in england those years that they had to accept it.

  • @xxxdannyxxx 'Must have' not 'must of.'

  • @vouvray59

    this is the internet. not an english course. besides i didnt even capitalize or use correct punctuation as well. haha

  • if ur a bucks fizz fan or a cheryl baker fan then check out RENT in sevenoaks in kent, Cheryls twin daughters are starring in the production and tickets are on sale now, show is at the stag theatre on the 25th and 26th of feb. contact me on my page for ticket details!

  • this video is gotta be the worst thing I've seen today- so bad its flaming

  • This piece of crap actually won? Well I guess that sums up eurovision.

  • Cette chanson est nul !!!! c'est le plus mauvais vainqueur de l"eurovision !!!! en plus cette année ( 1981) il y avait de superbe chanson avec la suisse , la France et l'Allemagne !!!!

  • i dont know why but these guys remind me of rainbow lol

  • look at the packets on those boys!

  • My favourite from 1981

  • I remember doing this preformance in school: the mini skirt thing is just AWESOME ;D

  • They look so similar to ABBA!?

  • @98porgy There were quite a few groups (it seemed common to be in Eurovision) that were more or less "ABBA substitutes".. three from the UK (New Seekers, Brotherhood of Man, Bucks Fizz), Israel (Gali Atari), and Gerrmany (Tschingis Khan)...

  • @shmuli9 I trhink you'll find that the New Seekers were in 1972 before ABBA in 74, so how can they be ABBA substitutes??? :)

  • @KallistiUK Oh, they didn't start out that way (in face, ABBA probably were influenced by THEM), but after "I'd like to Teach the World to Sing" and "Beg, Steal, or Borrow", their output after ABBA became popular they REALLY imitated them. So did Brotherhood of Man (contrast pre-ABBA, like "United We Stand" to things like "Save Your Kisses for Me" and "Angelo"),and Tschingis Khan.

  • @shmuli9 How was "Save Your Kisses For Me" an Abba rip-off? What Abba track does it sound like? Yeah, a couple of the Brotherhood of Man songs did sound Abba-esq, but their Eurovision winner was not one.

  • @FabFM "Save Your Kisses for Me" doesn't sound like a SPECIFIC ABBA song, but it has that sound ("kisses for ME, save all your kisses for ME"). Oh, look, someone ELSE (kpongr) think they sounded like ABBA, too... (imagine that) Although to be truly an ABBA rip-off, they would have had to sing "kissesss " and "safe"... A better question would be "why are you 'defending' them"? (Though I'm sure both Brotherhood of Man and ABBA appreciate your 'help'.)

  • @shmuli9 No it dosne't sound like a specific ABBA, because its not an Abba rip off. If you want to ask me "why am I defending them", let me ask you, "why are you even debating with me". Save your kisses for me is a standard pop song, that could have been sung by countless pop groups that came along before or after Abba, and is not a sound that Abba created.

  • @FabFM On that point ("it could have been sung by anybody, as itis a standard pop song"). I suppose Ispecifically think of it as an ABBA song, because of how many "two man, two woman" groups all of a sudden appeared. That, too, COULD be the zeitgeist ("the spirit of the time"), but rather similarly, "boy bands" ALWAYS have five members (The Jackson Five, New Edition, Take That, NKOTB, Backstreet Boys, N'Sync, BoyZone) ...

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  • @shmuli9 The Brotherhood of man's "Angelo" was an Abba influenced track because it sounded a little bit like Fernando, but "save your kisses for me" and some of their other songs owe nothing to Abba's sound. Some do though. With Bucks Fizz, male vocals were dominate on many of the hits and their was very little to none Abba influence in their music. The most important member of the fizz is Bobby G, even though Cheryl Baker is arguably more famous (mostly due to her TV presenting).

  • @FabFM If YOU say so, then it must be true... And no doubt "Shakin Stevens" only incidentally dressed and wore his hair like Elvis (well, update; "stone washing" didn't exist in the 50s)... and sang songs originally made popular in the 1950s... :-)

  • @shmuli9 No, it's not true because I said so, it's true because it's true and even you admitted it doesn't sound like an Abba song, so I don't know why you're still acting like this, kinda silly really. And no, Stevens was clearly heavily influenced by Presley and I would have never claimed other wise. Lets talk about facts, which is what I base my comments on, lets not make assumptions as what the other "might" say (like you are...).

  • Didnt David van Day steal bucks fizz?

  • @skintrade Sort of. Bobby Gee tried to reform Bucks Fizz with David van Day but they fell out and van Day ended up touring with his own version of Bucks Fizz whilst Bobby Gee went his own way also. There were then two Bucks Fizzes performing at the same time and it went to court to determine who should own the brand. I don't know who won out in the end, but Cheryl Baker, Jay Aston and Mike Nolan who were 3/4 of the original line-up can now only perform under the title 'The Original Bucks Fizz'.

  • What's the difference between Scooch and Bucks Fizz

    Bucks Fizz came 1st in the 1981 ESC

    Scooch came 23rd in the 2007 ESC

  • The guys look like Owen Wilson clones.

  • OMG! This choreography is one of the cutest things I've ever seen!

  • They must have been nervous, it was not there best performance of that song, there was a few timing errors, and some bad singing. I think it may have been the one on the right in the yellow. She just hasn't got the range dhhaaaarrhling.

  • Vaya imitación a ABBA

  • So this is where George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley got the idea to put shuttlecocks down their trousers...

  • portugal,u.k.n'austria, one of these songs shoud be the winner,too good for earlier 80's nice beat.30years later it's trued play beack.

  • happy song! it makes you the day!

  • Awful, just awful

  • One of the girls can't sing. . .

  • uk portugal and austria stupid coreografia

  • both a pair of slags my mates dad was a roadie for them they fucked anything that moved especially baker. and the music was shit

  • ok firstly the woman in the yellow sounded like a bad version of dido.. hmm and not to keen on her... secondly the guys trousers! bulge!!! defo a hint of a few acorns there!.. that is all... hmm i think the song just haunts me to lol

  • Holy crap! It's the attack of the Abba clones!

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  • One of the best ever !!!!!!!!!

  • The Eurovison song contest in the 80s were just better than nowadays. I STILL have Bucks Fizz VINYL single in the basement: To many good memorys:0) Greetings from Denmark.

  • Since 0-45 some Germans knew the winner 81.

  • not the best singing, but it was the best song. A bit like this year ! What's remarkable is, that all 4 had a very selfconfident and winning stage presence. Every eye contact with the camera was transporting fun, energy and spirit. That's what good entertainers are all about. And of course the song is really really good !

  • Classic Song.... LOVE IT Rule Britania........

  • The only reason why this song won is because of what happens at 1:38 . Everyone remembers that!!!

  • @davidsan01 That's not the reason this song won...it won cos it was poppy, damn catchy, very Eurovision and well sang and performed. Even now (tho we wont admit it) it kinda lifts the spirits when we hear it. A genuinely good 3 min pop song.

  • @woodster1965 you are spot on with what you said - it is very catchy and it is a feel good song. We have not had another eurovision song that has all those ingredients - that is one of the reason we never do well these days

  • @davidsan01 i think you find i won because it is a good and catchy song

  • @MegaNeefa 'i' ?

  • OMG I NO THIS SONG!

  • the ultimate eurovision winner.. my absolute favourite :-D norway

  • Legendary, Love it! So catchy and fun. :)

  • I'm amazed that they managed to do that much dancing while singing live!!!

  • and this is why the 70's and first 80s were shit

    hooooorrrrrible

  • fucks bizz?

  • which of the girls voices do you think is out of tune???

  • @imagin77 The yellow one, she looks manic!

  • @ArwenPendragon agree she does look a bit demented

  • @imagin77 Cheryl (the red one) was out of tune - she's admitted it since because she was so nervous

  • at 0:56 I always understand: "take you from behind" *g*

  • Legendary song and performance. Fantástico

  • If only the Eurovision Song Contest was still like this...I love the old days of the contest, nowadays it's all about politics and "somehow" all Eastern bloc countries win year by year...it totally sucks.

  • @poeseloetje Indeed, and that's why this year, it's in Norway, and Iceland ended up 2nd and UK 5th last year.

  • No wonder they won with this, I remember the following year when 'Top of the Pops', fell on April Fools Day, they had a group singing this in French and they said it was their entry for the next Eurovision.LOL

  • What a classic!!!

  • hahahahahah

    die truien XD

  • I love it! =D , in 2003 and 2008 UK should have send something better =)

  • i agree it's not like we ever send anything that would do well in our charts. : P i want muse to do it!

  • best wel fout

  • cette chanson est trop nul !!!!! franchement la france ou l'allemagne aurait du gagner !!!!

  • why is shaggy from scooby doo on there?

  • @chelleryn LOL :D

  • It's average, corny, cheesy & bland. That's why it's a great song.

  • Well! The song became a big hit. So there must have been a lot of sad bastards in the world at that time. Fun was still a regularly used word, and that's what was required in this song contest at the time.

  • @CJBR1966 are you suggesting the Eurovision song contest is not all politics now?

    I also notice where you're from, Portugal, who have the record of most entries without winning the contest. No wonder you are bitter.

  • Politics? England have come second fifteen times. Coincidence?

    What about the 2003 Nul points. The first time England had come last.

  • @frankiehiyo You mean the UK:)

  • KirklandEsc. Yes indeed!

    I did mean the Uk.. Or is it Gran Bretagna!

    We still came last ;-

  • Its United Kingdom in English and Royaume Unis in French.

  • @frankiehiyo England has never been in the ESC - the United Kingdom has though!

  • @MrEurocat You are the second person thats pointed this out. My mistake, I'll have to make sure I say UK from now on. So it's Nul points for me. Now that does sound familiar

  • Well they certainly don't wear trousers as tight as this these days!

  • @christophersanton i know - they didnt leave much to the imagination - did they?! lol

  • Lovely I saw it live on TV

  • this is sooo good! but very cheesy of course!

  • LOL I love this song *favorites*

    It's not meant in a bad way but its like:

    If I would ever think of the Brady Bunch in Eurovision, it would look and sound something like this hahaha ;) But I love it cause its so silly and fun lol

  • I love the butt shacking and all the shackes of the guys...who says that in 1981?

  • Reminds me of my teenage years - used to think this was a great song. Well, it won the ESC back in 1981, but in retrospect it was totally cheesy!

  • What a corny bunch of lyrics, sung by a corny bunch of barbies!

  • they're motley eurovision dolls with blond wigs and an alarming permanent grin.

  • It still doesnt get in my head how did this song won that year... People today are speaking that nowdays eurovision is bad - just look at this than! ....... F.....g disgrace........

  • WHY ddnt we win with this?! Its cheesy but still fun and get up and dancxe! x x x x

  • Er, you did win this..

  • What a FUN SONG!

  • This SO deserved to win!

  • Based on what the various countries voted for, yes. But this a VERY average song and definitely didn't deserve to win. The Norwegian entry "Aldri i livet" is fantastic and deserved should've won. Instead it ended up last with 0 points. Disgrace.

  • I loved this song. Remember teaching my husband to jive to this. Oooh back in the day......

  • This takes me back, i even knew the dance to the "T"

  • I loved this song when i was 6. It got a lot of airplay on the radio here in Australia. I also remember Land Of Make Believe. Takes me back to when I was in grade one.

  • I remember where exactly I was when this song win the Eurovision song contest, good memories, and I think iyt was the song that deserved the victory. Regards from Spain.

  • Didn't this lot use to sing on Rainbow?

  • no, that was Rod, jane and freddie.

    So people tell me ! lol

  • Oh I see... Well Rod, Jane and Freddie have clearly influenced them. I was just waiting for bungle to come on and join in the dance routine.

  • cheesy camp but brilliant

  • Lovely Song!

  • lovely video I am always playing it, I recently got an autograph photo from Bobby gs new band line up, via bobbys father! thanks to them if they see this text. pam

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  • wow, whatta fashion! :)

  • So cool. They don´t look English at all, they look as if they were American college boys/girls, except for the guy with the green sweater, that looks like Paul McCartney with a blond wig.