not so manic now

[Reluctant6]

@mtaylor848

Nothing monotonous watching the Ovenden community self destruct on crack, smack and cheap booze. Still, its lovely in Skircoat Green so every cloud, eh?

[cowboykenny21]

reminds me of being young and carefree in the 90's

[mutedisease]

I never heard this song when it first came out but over the past few months it has grown on me very much. Fantastic lyrics. =)))

[Emblee1]

heard this in the pub the other night and got strangely nostalgic. they should be up there with st ettienne really..

[Andrewsmate]

higher

[Reluctant5]

Nice to hear an Halifax accent!

[3cx71]

great song have'nt herd it for years

[tyttis1972]

me too.

[mrmonkeyisland1]

I love Dubstar. I only got to see them once, but it was great. 90's music was sooooo much better than the bullshit we have to put up with now, and this video proves it.

[thallassocracy]

Sarah Blackwood wrote some fine lyrics - but managed to find even better ones elsewhere. What happened to Brick Supply? She took this song from them, then they disappeared.

For quite a few years I thought this song was too intense for any video to survive in its company ... I may have been wrong about that.

[tarrnius]

have you got the brick supply original? would love to hear what it sounds like

[teegee84]

best female lead of the 90's, up there with sleeper and echobelly ! !

[StolenMonkey]

Louise from Sleeper . . . . still to this day the most sexual woman i have ever laid eyes on . . .she had 50,000 lads eating from the palm of her hand at Glasto/Reading wherever i dont remember due to drugs :p

[Ianesque]

Louise Wener was incredible, her only rival in the looks stakes was Donna from Elastica, but Sarah is a fine looking girl.

[debsco1978]

Brilliant song and great haunting sound!!!

[MALONEY432]

cant belive i have found this band !!!! saw this band suporting errasure in ilford essex years ago , wow thanks for posting

[wokila]

That's funny, in 1995 i was living in loughton and i worked at the royal forest..in Ilford. I'm Spanish and nowadays I live in Burgundy ( France)..I always liked this group...

[talldark77]

Takes me straight back to college this song - and that's a good thing, great memories!

[JulieGoGettah]

beautiful, melodic, haunting... if i had one song to listen to for the rest of my life, this would be it.... fab!

[martinpotts]

This song is so nostalgic. Wish music still sounded like this...

[ShenmueAtheist]

I really didn't care for this song the first time I heard it, but it has strangely grown on me.

[sunkat76]

God brings back memories. Oh to be young again.

I was making myself the usual cup of tea...when I stumbled across this video of nostalgia. cheers x

[19apriltwin71]

She is a babe x

[PearTree37067]

They used to play this a lot on Atlantic 252. I always wondered what the lyrics were about.

[mutedisease]

Her way of singing in this song reminds me a little of Morrissey.

[koumari824]

I think you can hear what I hear. I think Morrissey could be singing this . It's very, HIS way of talking. Also the guitar of Johnny Marr.

[talldark77]

I was going to say if you think the singing is Morrissey then the guitar riffs are very Johnny Marr, especially on St Swithen's Day.

[mutedisease]

2) So for me the UK is OK as far as music is concerned. Although honestly lately I´ve been kind of dissapointed by what is coming out there also and that is making me focus my musical taste exclusively on underground electronic music. Anyways; greetings from Nicaragua. Cheerio mates. ;-)

[borgtommo]

I always thought this was a good tune! mate u must be proud to ave worked on the video!

[extrakt4]

i love this time in music, mid 90's, proper indie like suede, supergrass, the big blur vs oasis thing, love it!

[jonnathr]

i was making myself the usual cup of tea!!!

[blondezvous]

Amusingly, hearing Lily Allen just now reminded me of this song. I hit puberty to the sound of Britpop and all the indie-dancey acts riding on its coattails...thanks for the memories.

[jaydenn9]

i cant believe you heard the same as i did!! thought i was being daft lol seriously i wonder if they had the same producer!!

[Bram1978]

nice colourcomposition

[cki2010]

A band that came from nowhere and blew away my fears that pop was dying. Come back and prove me wrong again Dubbers - we need you now more than ever!

[smileyartproductions]

Great stuff. Good to hear Sarah again with Client nowadays too.

[sparks2673]

damn fine lashes!!!!!

[HelenBaby]

Sarah had the fabbest lashes <3

[bumpyjason]

nice

[jameshem]

Fantastic.

[mihytre]

Beautiful song!!!

[leshickens]

sorry to be ignorant but what exactly is the meaning behind the lyrics?

[StimpyPSB]

Not sure..my take on it is that she's saying that something happening in her life (or someone elses) has made her stop and take stock of life in general....I'm probably miles off there!

Years ago, after seeing Dubstar in Wolverhampton, I wrote to them and asked if it was strange that the doorbell rang, or if it just rang strangely..ie dong ding, instead of ding dong (As you do as a teenager!)...I got a signed pic back of Sarah for my efforts! lol

[amock82]

When I first read the lyrics it made me think the girl in the story might have been abused by a man, about 25, but she's basically saying that's she's recovered & yet not to manic now + since she's been 'up there for a while' i.e. in her flat: to calm down, that's what I thought when I heard it.

[cholomole]

pretty sure the song is a cover, about an old lady who was attacked by someone who gained entrance into her apartment, posing as a salesman; the lyrics are on the net somewhere

[timbearcub]

I think it's about an attack or rape of a woman, or an old woman - I remember them saying so at the time and it made me think 'oh that's cheery ol' Dubstar again!'. :-)

I love Stars but I found the album a bit much...

[vanuysboy]

Love it! Sarah's voice reminds me of Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries. Both are so beloved by me amongst British female performers. Thanks for posting.

[vanuysboy]

I really love Dubstar and Sarah's voice. It reminds me of Dolores O'Riordan from The Cranberries. Their manner of performance looks quite alike. My most beloved British female singers! Thanx for posting!

[vkman34]

An anthem for everyone who is living in those "glamorous" apartments in England's regenerated northern cities. Thanks, John Prestcott.

[YellowSonics]

nice

[flavorszzzz]

i was 17 wen this song came out.now that i know the meaning of the lyrics its makes me feel even more down.its a got one of the best melody ever and such clever lyrics

[phuketwordsmiths]

This, "You're Not Alone" by Olive and "Road Rage" by Catatonia are my nominations as best girly pop or girly rock songs of the '90s, but what do I know?

[phuketwordsmiths]

I nominate this and "You're Not Alone" by Olive as the two best girly-poppy songs of the 90s, but what do I know?

[Dopplershift]

Wow, having not heard this since I was 14 I'm surprised and disturbed by how dark the lyrics are, it's a great tune.

[Tasteclubs]

brilliant! remember rolling around in my teenage years having my first snog!haha.

[LuvSickPuppi]

their greatist hits album is probably the best gh album ive ever heard.sarah blackmore has that 90s voice thing u cant quite explain.the day i see you again is probably the best of an incredible bunch.

[dmboozefreek]

That Sarah Blackwood still owes an old mate of mine 100 quid. Dunno if she ever gave it back, haven't spoke to him in over 10 years.

[AndrewTSq]

Such a great version of this song.

[jonnywineman1]

SUCH a fantastic track and a brilliant band - absolute track of my teens!!

[bazzascot]

jesus this is one of my fave tracks of all time! reminds me of uni back in 96!!

[mihytre]

didnt realise it at the time but this is the anthem to my life

[costadeenof]

ah the 90s top of the pops, TFI friday, tv offall i remember this track luvvvv ittt!!!

[ljay0879]

it was songs like this that carried me through the 90's and made life that little bit more bearable :)... what a fab song. great memories!

[goonner80]

I saw their live performance in Czech Republic back in 1997. I do love this song so much.

[ammanfordlad]

wow what a good song

[IsiSophieBaker]

i love her voice so much its amazing!

[IceP2006]

This song reminds me of my teenage years at school, although I had no idea what it was about at the time, I loved hearing it.

[MBBonn]

... when this this younger man, twenty-five advantageously took away her pride ...

I was 25 at release date in 1995 and smiled ... now I'm 37 ;-)

[kmoorhouskie]

This reminds me of my son Josh when he was 2 we always sangthis together. I dedicate this to him. Hes a big strapping lad of nearly 16 now x

[andywinch80]

I love sarah blackwood

Great band.........

[costadeenof]

i'm 25 an i always liked this song since i first saw it in top of the pops

[playa4life2007]

are there other versions to this song? because im sure ive heard something very similar but with more "im not so panic now..."

[whoever330]

I didn't know that Myra Hindley had a music career.

[skeletalwreck]

Ah yes, this reminds me of old skool RTE Television ads. Im pretty sure they used it to death on everything at the time lol

[maisiethemoo]

I was working as a manager with Little Chef..hell on earth..but this song used to take me there and home again..

thanks for posting it.

[vellin23]

this song has been dedicated to me by a special friend way bcack 2003... so sad, we parted ways enemies. he gave his one and only copy of the casette of dubstar's album with this song in it... loved this song the first time i heard it. i wish people of my age would love this song... very progressive to me. Break a leg!

[JohnPeel5555566666]

Fantastic song.Steve Lamacq gave them 4 stars from 5.

[JamesDV]

Absolutely great song, lovely Sarah too, many thanks for posting. Great Stuff

[snuffythewomble]

They were similar to St etienne,but I liked em!

[robboblin]

Great video. I think they wrote this after living in teh same block of flats i lived in for a whiloe. To be honest I can see allot of thsoe god aweful flats in this mvid, and the wierd monotonous euphoria you get sometimes living there.

[igorchekin14]

excellent vidio. very colourful! i like it very much!

[spurstim]

what can be said about Sarah apart from HOT HOT HOT and the songs is just the nuts too.

[Dildano]

Sarah's now the singer for a new all-female electroclash band - CLIENT. Love them, love DUBSTAR!

[blue119uk]

thnks for making this video and better still putting it up for a worldwide audience to enjoy- great times for all!

[youkeepwalking]

agree with that...glasgow universuty 199?...borrowed this cd from james mcgarvey and gave it back about two years later....soundtrack of younger days. special song.

[jetslag]

i remembered the scene where Sarah was painting her toenails & thinking: "never seen THAT in a music video before." great vid for a great song by a fantastic & much-missed group

[CelebritySuicide]

I had forgotten just how much I loved this track - took me back to my teenage years. Great post, thanks.

[magika77]

this is dubstar, great song!

[easylee]

showreel? you made this video?

[whoever330]

By the way this girl looks like Myra Hindley. Is that supposed to be? It's a different girl from the Self Same Thing video.

[whoever330]

I remember the good old days. mid 90s, northern England, I was there

[presidentevilUK]

legendary, take me back to the 90s when majority of songs were of this quality.

[lalagabor]

great song, been looking for this for years and stumbled upon it. Thanks again!

[regenaration27]

I ADORE dubstar.thanx

[oldbloodstreams]

You're not alone

[GamEuk]

I loved this tune, i prefer it to "stars", i still listen to it now and again.

[ddaze618]

Wow. Complete with clock and everything. Not something you see every day (well except any ITV regional news programme). Good to know that it's not just me who remembers Dubstar. Lush as well. Two bands who deserved a lot more than to be largely forgotten *sniff*.

[ultraonyx]

i like saint etienne too.

[Atomic2006]

Loved Dubstar. Love this song...Their version on St Swithins day was excellent......

[ratzbiker]

the quality should be good as i did copy this from the master tape a few years back as this is part of my showreel

[legolegs117]

Dubstar are ace.

[joeyheadset]

Hey, thanks for posting this.  Good quality too!