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  • Lucy ? innit

  • to my ex xxx

  • 'I've scoured the whole universe, and caught the first train home' god that sounds like me

  • i walked a girl home the other nite, she was very beautiful, she asked me if i have a gf, i said no she said she has a bf but she sed dont worry i won't tell ne 1, we were walking with her friend as well, wen i walked her to her door i didnt want to do anything with her, but she sed thank you, and gave me a hug, im so jealous of her bf now. i know im a young mod and living life for myself, but if i could have her.... wow, she'd be my english rose...

  • has to be one of the best songs of all time from one of the best bands of all time

  • this song is so english, so 70s when time was different , and life was good, i wish i was back there..........

  • loverly

  • Such a lovely acoustic ballad.

  • i hear from a mate of mine the jam are getting bacck together the original line up for a one off concert, my pal told me bruce foxtons wife has cancer and paul contacted him to find out more and said how about get back together and and do a charity gig so it goes, according to my mate he seen it on telly, can any jam fan comfirm this this was a few moths back and i aint heard nowt my self, i love ther sound of the jam, never a mod, wasn't this a b side song to bitterest pill my memorys going lol

  • @slimboy1927

    Foxtons wife sadly passed away, some of the band no longer are on speaking terms so very little or no chance

  • its a real shame coz im 14 and would love to see this live 

  • @slimboy1927 Dont know about this being a b side to bitterest pill there was a couple years difference on em and this was on all mod cons album there were 3/4 more bitterest pill times but would love to just hear them play now let alone actually see it

  • @LaMadhatter Definitely.

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  • the good old days bring back the jam.. why not?

  • get on back transported back to my teenage years. The Jam all Mod or right secret affair all mod alright. Vesper P200e that was for me!!! Yeh I'm alive and well there is more my you find it! I was in this period of my life in much confusion... lost but now I'm found. great back gound music for my life but that is all. get on get out there and love and live xx

  • thank you Paul... bloody awse

  • Who cares about ethnic backgrounds we are all human and it has nothing to do with this beautiful song. why cant people just love a song for its lyrics and story with out being judged on race.. we are all human anyways and all love music lets just get along

  • can play this and just float back in time just love ittttttttttttttttttttttttttttt­t

  • such a beautiful song, was played at my uncles funeral :( rip tom.

  • people from all ethnic backgrounds can and should appreciate the passion and brilliance of this song,when this song was written there WAS a peak in immigration in England most of which benefited the English population in a very positive way! where do you thing cuisines such and Chinese and Indian came from? also most immigrants at that time became nurses and lawyers very respected people and jobs. You don't have to be English (which i am, i'm from sheffield.) to enjoy English music.

  • top top song

  • Why do knob-heads have to turn one of the most beautiful songs ever written into a fu**ing immigration debate?

  • @stevoelmo

    You do have to wounder

    Tom

  • @stevoelmo because 99% of people on youtube are thick as shit

  • @stevoelmo answer because they are knob heads.

  • Beutiful song. The song puts into perfect words how I feel about this country, her great problems and her perfect beauty.

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  • Thank you to one and all for all the comments on this song

    Tom x

  • this song is that good i cry to it :/

  • I love that key change at about 2:05, when Paul struggles to hit the higher notes.

  • The most wonderful woman i ever kissed was another mans wife my mother.

    life is so dull without you rip mum.

  • @wetend123 Told us this why?

  • @btcc11 cos its a free country so piss off

  • Written by a guy who abandoned just about every woman he ever hooked up with.

  • quite simply the best band ever to come out of the UK

  • @manchesterblue2007 Pink Floyd are better :P

  • Its just to dam short >.<

  • @EdwardQuid i have no problem with england. a lot of what you said was complete bollocks. the irish don't hate the english. that's just a bullshit stereotype. and don't say 'us', but that would imply that you are included in how irish culture has developed over hundreds of years before you were born. which you kind of... weren't. yeah. hm. what else. 'you irish', 'everything fucking youtube video'? you're not doing any favours for yourself by making those drastic generalisations.

  • @animegalc4 true that, everyone Irishman ive met has been warm hearted and fantastic company . the problem now is that people always mistake individuals for nations and vice versa. the shit that goes on politically should not influence our relationships with each other. we are people, on a planet thats spinning through the universe

  • the greateast band to come ot the uk.weller great songwriter but as much as he wants to move on you wil never replica the jam.u started it now u run away

  • @hammermonk Pink Floyd are better mate

  • @zipcoonpiccaninnie paul weller is the modfather - type it in on google and see what comes up.

  • @matthellens

    No, Rose.

    My full first name is EmmaRose, my dad wanted to put in Rose for this song.

  • @TheNuclearBananaa

    Yeah, my full first name is EmmaRose, my dad got Rose from this song.

  • Half of my name is named after this song. ^^

  • @TheNeonIcing Rose?

  • @TheNeonIcing the?

  • Love this song, should be your national anthem... 

  • This song is just a play on words FFS, it's about a woman. If you can't see that you're stupid, and if you can see it but still choose to talk about English Pride vs British Pride vs Irish/Scottish/Welsh Pride, the same applies.

  • 7 people are Welsh Leeks.

  • This would be the perfect song if Paul Weller wasnt a Chelsea fan..

  • This song has got feck all to do with patriasm. PW wrote this tune when thinking about his girlfriend at the time, while on tour in the States.

  • Well fuck off then you wanker go to fucking Africa stupid cunt

  • *sigh*

    These comments make me sad.

  • Can we all stop talking about British Pride and just listen to a beautiful song?

  • @SQUIDERICK erm thats ENGLISH PRIDE MATE !!!!!

  • @rockstar199ification when I see comments like that I'm disgusted to be associated with you..

  • love this fuckin song .....

  • 7 dislikes...obviously they live in a land devoid of emotion, meaning and taste...from the day I first heard this (1983) this has been a very special track to me and brings back some very bittersweet memories of a summer spent with a very special girl who disappeared at the end of her nurse training never to return.....

  • this song reminds me of my dog who passed away today :(

  • lol thanks SGU!

  • Didn't Weller write this when he was all of 18 yrs old?

  • I am marrying my Engish Rose next week, my la la la la London girl :-) These songs will always remind me of her, we may be middle aged now but will always be mods for life, oh yeah :-)

  • fantastic

  • Love you rose

  • so great

  • no matter where i roam i will return to my english rose

  • You know, I've always wondered just who Oasis thought they were. Now I know! Every single Oasis song can be traced back as a derivative of "English Rose".

  • No Surrender !

  • I grew up with the Jam when we were working class rebels. All I want to do now is have a cig in a pub. 

  • I'm Scottish, but I have no shame in saying that I love this song. Weller has penned lyrics that every englishman should be proud of, especially if living overseas.

  • This song makes my wish I was British....

  • @TheCheerioBandit English.....

  • 6 people are Scottish

  • @huggie28 and 2 are Welsh

  • @huggie28

    and now 2 welsh

  • @huggie28 Nah, I'm Scottish and I love Paul Weller and this song.

  • @huggie28 9*

  • My girlfriend lives in England, and I currently live abroad, I shall be soon be returning to my live with my English rose soon and this is our song :)

  • my husband said this song is about me n how he feels love u babes xx

  • Got the All mod cons Album-Can't get enough-Love it!

  • SWEET CLASSIC

  • Best love song ever??

    Quite possibly.

  • I fucking fucking fucking fucking LOVE THIS SONG.

  • fuck me, Weller must of been about 20 when he wrote this. i love that lyric 'I've scoured the whole universe

    And caught the first train home'

  • @snarkey5. Yes, so beautifually English, just like the song.

  • 6 people wont return to there english rose

  • like this if you came here because of SGU, human...!!! :P

  • @StarSancFar

    It was used very effectively in SGU

  • One of the beady eye's songs called morning son sounds very similar to this & has the same tempo but this is beautiful

  • MOD Revival, from a 16 year old !!! Paul Weller Mod father !!!!!!!

  • this is song always reminds me of the girl i will always love, she will always be my english rose

  • Useless tune.

  • @ZLUGGO and you grew up to be a w@nker eh?

  • Like this if you came here cos of this is england? :D!

  • that mod lass is fit MADE IN BRITAIN MIKE

  • THIS IS ENGLAND.

  • Proud to be English but...

    not in a This is England way...

  • @carbronica LOLOLOLOL hahahahahahaha

  • everytime i go on holiday i listen to this on the way there n then on the way back!!!!!!

  • Beautiful :)

  • this song reminds me of my dad :) i love it!!!

  • gotta love Paul Weller

  • this so beautiful, i can,t hear it without catching my breath

  • UNITED !!

  • your stunning repost leaves me speachless!!

  • Paul Weller <3

  • I really feel sorry for the 5 people who disliked it...

  • @GuestOfGregoryHouse wow im only saying this song is quite old and i like it and im quite a young person...

  • today with all this shit about the fucking muslims burning the poppy, I just had to listen to this! <3

  • @cdmaan i felt exactly the same mate!

  • BRITISH AND PROUD!

  • @kill0290 fail

  • @animegalc4 do us a favour mate, go and stand in a burning portakabin for 30 minutes or so, now there's a good lad........

  • @Fosh192 i'm a girl. and what is a portakabin?

  • @animegalc4 google it ,,,,also i'd be greatly obliged if you explained why this gorgeous song is a "Fail" in your little Jap Comic world?

  • @Fosh192 i didn't say the song was a fail, i fucking love this song. i said 'british and proud'' was a fail. and i made my account when i was 11, when i watched deathnote, which explains my username.

  • @animegalc4 why is british and proud a fail you fuck wit ,,,people like you are killing the british culture with your loony left wing asylum seeker hugging agendas ,,,,god bless my england while it lasts

  • @animegalc4 why is British and proud a fail you fuck wit ,,,people like you are killing the British culture with your loony left wing asylum seeker hugging agendas ,,,,god bless my England while it lasts

  • @mrhitmanisback i'm irish. ireland embraces irish culture. ireland doesn't have immigration problems like england. i don't care about england. but ireland was oppressed for hundreds of years, by england, and forced to give up speaking the irish language. so irish culture is dying. but english culture is dead. there's so many immigrants that people are afraid to be 'proud' to be british in case they sound racist lol.

    but let me just say: commericialism is the main reason why culture is dead.

  • @mrhitmanisback fucking hell an out dated sectarian ,who gives a fuck about your history we brits have the right to be pissed at the viking romans normans ect get over it lol and last time i was in dublin it was full of somalian refos so dont talk rubbish and your country is broke nil cash mate somthing we wont ever be,,and i dont give a shit about a country that backed germany secretly during the war

  • @mrhitmanisback

    It's a sad state of affairs when a song like this attracts comments like yours because it's title has the word english in it. I think you have alot of hate inside you, maybe you should try and broaden your mind a little or else headbutt a tree.

  • @junglejivejonny keep your oppinions to yourself you know fuck all about me your probably some twat sat on the dole like the millions of imigrants in this country who have contributed nothing but hate to the british people stick to your weed and strong cider dont reply

  • @mrhitmanisback it takes a job to sustain a healthy cannabis intake

  • @WestMidlandsThing not in my area they usualy mug and rob inocent tax payers thats a fact take a look at the crack and cannabis smoking wasters on jeremy kyle chavs on the dole how do they afford it day in day out cos i work and i couldnt

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  • @mrhitmanisback Excuse me, but you should know that not all immigrants are the same. In fact the majority of people on benefits are British people, not immigrants. Not that that matters anyway, a scumbag is a scumbag. My parents were immigrants and in 30 years did not ask for a single penny from the British government, paid their taxes and worked legally. I am British but I also love my cultural heritage (Swedish and Trinidadian). Take a minute to learn about the real history of Britain.

  • Just great, Scooters, The Jam and a Mod girl, does it get any better than this?

  • As if people only heard this because of This Is England '86! WTF? It's a classic!

  • a song by the jam i dont like pity going soo well thought i found a perfect band

  • @vallgron sorry mate but if you don't like this then your music taste needs sorting out not every somg has to be bang crash an this is a classic mate

  • @daguitarmon64 just cuz its a classic doesnt make it good  i love the jam but this song istn good at all

  • @vallgron what on earths to dislike?

  • @nellym1963 ehh sound of it i guess lol

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  • P W can be a bit of a self indulgent prick at times but, this song more than makes up for that.

  • How can you not like this??

  • Proud to be english

  • this isnt about britain . its about a past lover .. still one of those songs that makes you feel so proud to be english :)

  • SG.U!

  • @kazzibear- Yeah- that's where I found this song as well...... It's a tune!

  • im 16 and love this song

  • is this the whole song?? always want it to keep playing!

  • @PBowyer123

    Unless you re write it yes lol

    Tom x

  • @PBowyer123 I know what u mean man, it's one of those songs that I could happily listen to on a loop! Beautiful.

  • Lie back and think of England

  • @LinuxOfLondon hey jerk off iam from brookyn ny luved the jam when i saw them in cbgbs in 79,this has nothing to do with england,its about his girl friend gill.

  • @dacritter google it

  • @dacritter Sorry it wont let me post a link

  • @LinuxOfLondon he believe he mentioned it awhile back no matter iam 46 been a jam fan for 30 years still am,going to see paul in nov in new york,been to england few times people luved me nice place ill be back

  • No one could dislike this song in my opinion and This Is England has only reminded some people of it. Still shed a tear hearing the lyrics

  • one of the most versatile and flamboyant artists of all time.

  • This is england!

  • I like the fact that he is a bit of a bloke, a top bloke, and then in the muddle of punk released this. Thing is, it still sings that late 70's vibe, the one that Madness followed up so well. And then nailed it with his 1995 album.

  • The waves sound like the ones of Oasis - Champagne Supernova !! anyone agree?

  • @scaly16 probably oasis rip everyone off

  • I'm Scottish and i like it. Not a girl tho.

  • This is England :'(

  • Two scottish girls didn't like this song.

  • @henriquegrezende Probably because they have a thistle as their country's emblem and are therefore jealous and prickly about it too....haha

  • i always get a tear in my eye listening to this, simply beautiful

  • this song is perfect

  • England till i die!!!!

  • Takes me back...

  • this is england 86 brought me here

  • fuckin love this song

  • thumbs up if this is england 86 brought you here

  • @Smifeune10 It did but via bitterest pill. Beautiful.

  • @Smifeune10 thumbs up if you knew it before this is england (Y)

  • @CarpCatcher141 I've know this tune since the 80s. I had - perhaps still have - The Jam's SNAP compilation album. Weller has also included a live version on one of his solo releases. I've never seen THIS IS ENGLAND, but I'm aware of the film.

  • @CarpCatcher141 was this in This Is England?!?!

  • Songs are usually written to reflect the thoughts of the writer, but people can interpret the lyrics any way they want. So you can see it the same way as the writer, as refering to his English girlfriend, or you can interpret it as refering to a symbol representing England. Music wouldn't be anywhere near as good if there was only one way to interpret it.