@MssAleyois Actually, It's a sarcastic phrase applied to rock bands who fail in selling big time in US, UK. besides the Japan music considered ugly back in 60's , 70's. so any band with tens of thousands of Japanese fans. was still not successful in the west. thus they're " Big in Japan" ! . :)
I often wondered why the band wrote the lyrics "I am waiting for my man tonight, its easy when your big in Japan". Not that I mind gay (cause I am) but it causes me to pause.
Dear friend, if you want to listen to this song again as well as an endless number of love songs I suggest you visit Radio MUSICA PARA MIMOS - look for the URL in Google (search Musica para Mimos). Greatest romantic hits of all times!!!
china stop killing elephants for ivory and japan, chinese medince is wrong rhino horn does not cure cancer i beg japanese and chinese not to buy ivory. I urge china and japan to spare elephants, ivory is not worth it.Japense i beg you do not buy ivory, save elephants
is it a man or woman? Was man first thought whe nI saw his face but then there were no boobies so he had to be a man. :D BTW Best song in the world if you like Japan
a large band of the eighties, no doubt many people under its originality and the very depths of his songs, too much talent in this fabulous trio imresionante and a fascinating musical idea, thanks for leaving us alphaville so precious legacy.
Because it is 2012 now, and I posted this comment in 2012, which means if you are reading the comment, you are watching the video in 2012, get it? It's fucking retarded.
@Boristhebearnocimov "My man" is the english slang for "my drug dealer". Marian used to have that androgynous style but he's totally straight. All brilliant talents are different than the average people.
@VOJINozn what part of England do you live in..? I was a hardcore smackhead for 15 years and I never called dealers ''my man'' useless black bastard, f-ing wanker usually.
@JacquesBeard At 80ties drug dealer was "my man", but anyway no 80ties gay singer would use explicite words to express his sexuality at those years. Boy George would be the first... and he hasn't dared. "Big in Japan" is about drug problems, it was repeated by Alphaville many times...
You know, one needn't to be agressive and masculine to be straight. For example Prince wasn't macho man but he slept with more girls by one year than you and me together by whole life.
When I first heard this song I was in a nightclub absolutely smashed and on the dance floor dancing away when this song began to play. For the first two days after hearing it for some reason I thought they were singing ' Big in your pants '
I will never forget when I heard this song for the first time in a department store, when I was about 8-9. I jumped up and shouted "Dad, what song is this?!". And I spent almost one hour, when I was at home, listening to it on an old cassette...and now I'm still in love with this song.
Wrong ! It talks abaut the times, when those bands, that didnt get a real big shot, just went to Japan and they "got big" . they usually became famus.
Alphaville Big in japan ( Atlantic Records)
hurtlovker 6 hours ago
avevo 16 anni ahiahiahaiahia
frachecca1 11 hours ago
2:00 The man watches at the body of the woman
mrteemumilto 12 hours ago
Thanks VH1
dianuxlOveparamore 16 hours ago
sweet childhood memories...
2001kemalcemal 1 day ago
@2001kemalcemal o epoca boa em ue a smusicas tinham qualidade
até as pops erama s melhores e alphaville uma banda lendaria do synthpop
epoca boa que tive sorte d evivenciar (pouco tempo) ma pelo menos peguei no finalzinho
saturnunlockaveyson 18 hours ago
The government will ban this video, because it didn't allow as big profits for the capitalists as taking it down.
mrteemumilto 1 day ago
Nossa adoro essa música forever ♥
Giantorno1 1 day ago
I love the fuckin 80s,awesome song!!!
loudenclear10 1 day ago
This song is bad ass!
Love Synthpop from the 80's so futuristic and timeless
Brian319 1 day ago
...john laurinaitis theme song...
mr91692 1 day ago
viva los 80`s!!!
ninoskate13 1 day ago
alphaville the best band of the 80!!
leoRF1894 1 day ago
An excellent song of the 80's,alphaville's singer looks like Mexican singer Juan Gabriel,hahahaha,it's a joke.
Good memories with this beautiful song.
jairzinho1974 1 day ago
BIKICSUNÁJT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HunAtesz1 1 day ago
BIKICSUNÁJT!
kroonfromgyula 2 days ago
fantastic song of 80's LIVE XXX ACTS...
67omerta 2 days ago
i love Alphaville so much.
youcefkaidi1 2 days ago in playlist Liked videos
Oh great song from the 80's - very popular it seems !
0palineblue 3 days ago 3
@TheAcer1981 Ohh, I see. Thank you for the explanation!! :)
MssAleyois 3 days ago
Can anyone explain what does "Big in Japan" mean?
MssAleyois 3 days ago
@MssAleyois that's right what you thinking...
debbie8111 3 days ago
@MssAleyois Actually, It's a sarcastic phrase applied to rock bands who fail in selling big time in US, UK. besides the Japan music considered ugly back in 60's , 70's. so any band with tens of thousands of Japanese fans. was still not successful in the west. thus they're " Big in Japan" ! . :)
TheAcer1981 3 days ago 2
is he saying made in japan?
thelurker25 3 days ago
@thelurker25 Did you read the title of the YouTube video???
YESFILMS 2 days ago
ate q fim axei. xD
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Mrlebricabrac 3 days ago
your dick is a pen
nty1907fb 3 days ago
i m 17 but i love this MUSIC..i wished live in this beautiful time!!!
vaskina94 3 days ago
thumbs up para a caderneta de cromos!
berkeleyRui 3 days ago
I often wondered why the band wrote the lyrics "I am waiting for my man tonight, its easy when your big in Japan". Not that I mind gay (cause I am) but it causes me to pause.
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@Cerulean0987 Probably because he's singing it from the Geisha's perspective. I think...
keesvbb 4 days ago
sweet childhood
nirolfik 4 days ago
Soo... Were they actually big in Japan?
86cshine 4 days ago
Amooo!!!!
VeraBrandao 4 days ago
always g8 tune
sylwiasobolewska20 5 days ago
@sylwiasobolewska20 G8? isn't that some politic scheisse?
Pettaklumpen 5 days ago
Visit my chanel
kadu98ss 5 days ago
For sure - it is young Herr Lipp. Alles klar!
kitchenbitch1 5 days ago
I don t understand why everyone thinks that he's gay? O.o
LxP1992 5 days ago
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badmanigga 6 days ago
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CaddenOnline 6 days ago
Adoro essa musica que saudade dos velhos tempos, hoje em dia as musicas não tem qualidade nenhuma
izabelcristinacarval 6 days ago 11
@izabelcristinacarval verdade!
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@izabelcristinacarval o epoca boa em ue a smusicas tinham qualidade
até as pops erama s melhores e alphaville uma banda lendaria do synthpop
epoca boa que tive sorte d evivenciar (pouco tempo) ma pelo menos peguei no finalzinho
saturnunlockaveyson 18 hours ago
isti Emerik Gudelj :D
lejlas1 6 days ago
anos 80 presente a melhor musica saudades demaisssssssssssssssssssssss!
cd554 6 days ago
awesome♥....but creepy dude XD and a good singer :)
HejagHeterFanny 6 days ago
who gives a shit if hes gay grow the fuck up
zlivalavida 6 days ago 25
the gay dude singing is STRAIGHT! it's not ok to be gay so stop saying he's gay. he's a breeder, he was married.
ryanh206 6 days ago
oh yeah the Japanese people (cough German)
Meterousthehunter 6 days ago
Great song. better than the martin sloveig song even though its totally different
Meterousthehunter 6 days ago
Made In China, Big In Japan.
robustfesto 6 days ago
Awesome song, creepy gay dude ! o___O
chazzdurden 1 week ago
I dedicate this song o my Big Brother and Best friend Michael T, I Love You and Thank You for every Thing you have done in my life for me!!!
Hugs,
Mike W.
Mike74MD 1 week ago
hahahahahah i understood what he is trying to say
cocks are big in japan
FelipeDaXurupita 1 week ago
@FelipeDaXurupita no their not
XxFaCeThEtRuThxX911 1 week ago
big in japannnn
ThePaparios 1 week ago
i like the song
fukkability 1 week ago
GRANDE EN JAPON. GRANDE ALPHAVILLE.
MrJluis22 1 week ago
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robertoamor2011 1 week ago
I always liked Alphaville.
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china stop killing elephants for ivory and japan, chinese medince is wrong rhino horn does not cure cancer i beg japanese and chinese not to buy ivory. I urge china and japan to spare elephants, ivory is not worth it.Japense i beg you do not buy ivory, save elephants
fmh654 1 week ago
i live 80
99QN 1 week ago
after_effects_v0.01.exe
yavan211 1 week ago
Mick Jagger lips.
CrazyAss140 1 week ago
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david01tomi01 1 week ago
This guy has a great radio face
pointlesssowhat 1 week ago 2
423 people have never seen a vagina or own
Gorgilakokinho 1 week ago
je savais pas que les Bogdanoff avaient fait une chanson dans leur jeunesse
alexstg35 1 week ago
This is awesomely old but never lose its innovation.
DonDiego500000 1 week ago
el tema no puede ser mejor le doy un like
StefiChetah 1 week ago
Thumbs up if you came after seeing the Chechnyan house getting blown up on LiveLeak.com
MultiCunnyFunt 1 week ago
um, I was sort of looking for the other "Big In Japan"......... WTF did I just watch?
CarmenLikesNarwhals 1 week ago
this just takes me back to a time when i fuckin loved all kinds of music...this was one of my favs
paulken11 1 week ago
@hakasauro 3:00
MrSom9001 1 week ago
Always wanted to see the music video of this song, but damn...this video is so confusing me.
Rashid081 1 week ago
the besttttt
ThePaparios 1 week ago
guano apes better
topinfokz 1 week ago
my penis is big in japan
MrLeatherchair123 1 week ago 51
@MrLeatherchair123 LOL
b4ssfactory 5 days ago
@MrLeatherchair123 Good for you, hope it brings you much pleasure
davysuperstar 5 days ago
@MrLeatherchair123 every western penis is big in Japan :-)
Pettaklumpen 5 days ago
@Pettaklumpen mine wud be average lol
TheStevo75 4 days ago in playlist stevo's list
@MrLeatherchair123 LOL
I see what you did there.
sanosukke 4 days ago
@MrLeatherchair123 You diffenetly hope so.
hmehdinia 3 days ago
@MrLeatherchair123 Yah, I reckon everyone's is in comparison to our whale killin' buddies.
blackpeter70 3 days ago
@MrLeatherchair123 But only there
TheTrollosaur 3 days ago
gay in japan!!!! hahahahaha
mcrr1964 1 week ago
1:58 am I the only one thinking that woman is quite beautiful?
Jaakington 1 week ago
@Jaakington in my opinion, she is so beautiful ;)
inflames011 1 week ago
Things will happen while they can. First religious motif I embraced since I was a child, for my whole life..
Techne 1 week ago
is it a man or woman? Was man first thought whe nI saw his face but then there were no boobies so he had to be a man. :D BTW Best song in the world if you like Japan
Inchalla 1 week ago
@EdwardPod видео - не ах, конечно
зато песня - очень ах )
TheYanotin 1 week ago
@TheYanotin я думаю что для тех времен клип был очень стильный и продвинутый
EdwardPod 6 days ago
@EdwardPod да, возможно.. т.е. скорее всего так
TheYanotin 6 days ago
a large band of the eighties, no doubt many people under its originality and the very depths of his songs, too much talent in this fabulous trio imresionante and a fascinating musical idea, thanks for leaving us alphaville so precious legacy.
andoni2008 1 week ago
TRUE ART
rloken 1 week ago
Its alright guys, you are all still big in Japan!
DMSmarine 1 week ago
This is bullshit, i love 80's and this song is awesome, but our fathers said same shit about 80's music that we are saying about present ones.
Boobr 1 week ago
Best music era..1980's
fleiva30 1 week ago
Real Music from 80's
That's all
petesone1979 1 week ago
Polska przejmuje!
kowalxd3 1 week ago
oldie but goldie:X
u93amy 1 week ago
Thumbs up if you are watching this is 2012
Because it is 2012 now, and I posted this comment in 2012, which means if you are reading the comment, you are watching the video in 2012, get it? It's fucking retarded.
sh0werp0wer 1 week ago
This video is good,the words are full of LOVE.Good oldie goldie!!!...Giddy njonge
GIDDY383 1 week ago
That model is so fucking sexy O:
MikelChannel 1 week ago in playlist Favorite videos
Sarkozy is finshed now is think?
lccjones08 1 week ago
I coming this bag is now
lccjones08 1 week ago
putaso
Sikus22 1 week ago in playlist exitos 80 90
so what???
TheBOremBO 2 weeks ago
oo big in japon :D
Grifolyon41 2 weeks ago
his mouth is freakin me out
sugartops13 2 weeks ago 45
@sugartops13 It would freak you out!!!! even more if he didn't have a mouth. A mouth is a mouth cannot all be the same my friend.
hashish00ful 1 week ago
This guy isn't gay he has been married few times and all marriages has been hetero O.K.?
VOJINozn 2 weeks ago 11
@VOJINozn I know he is hetero but just out of interest do you know why he is 'waiting for his man tonight'?
Boristhebearnocimov 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@Boristhebearnocimov "My man" is the english slang for "my drug dealer". Marian used to have that androgynous style but he's totally straight. All brilliant talents are different than the average people.
VOJINozn 1 week ago
@VOJINozn "my drug dealer"
о, мой Бог.. и здесь про это.. ))
а в российском интернете имеются только достаточно туманные объяснения (в том числе самих исполнителей) смысла текста этой песни :)
TheYanotin 1 week ago
@VOJINozn what part of England do you live in..? I was a hardcore smackhead for 15 years and I never called dealers ''my man'' useless black bastard, f-ing wanker usually.
JacquesBeard 1 week ago
@JacquesBeard At 80ties drug dealer was "my man", but anyway no 80ties gay singer would use explicite words to express his sexuality at those years. Boy George would be the first... and he hasn't dared. "Big in Japan" is about drug problems, it was repeated by Alphaville many times...
You know, one needn't to be agressive and masculine to be straight. For example Prince wasn't macho man but he slept with more girls by one year than you and me together by whole life.
VOJINozn 1 week ago
@VOJINozn Ah thanks for that it always confused me.
Boristhebearnocimov 1 week ago
@VOJINozn So what does it proofs?
antoniofernandes28 1 week ago
@VOJINozn Definily, he is not gay he is just european...lol
zenayonce 1 week ago
gej nie gej ale głos chłop ma
Frytka58 2 weeks ago
Anyone who is 130 lbs is big in Japan. HAHAHAHA!!!!
SP HERRO (HELLO) PREASE (PLEASE) LMAO!!!!
wildchild2407 2 weeks ago
Is this guy gay or something?
jdnvn81 2 weeks ago
@jdnvn81 lol^^
Egliracing1 2 weeks ago
@jdnvn81 and im sure he is very happy :P
oldmannie1 2 weeks ago in playlist Liked videos
To the rest of the world: every time you see the word "bikicsunáj" among the comments, it was a Hungarian who wrote it.
MorliHolect 2 weeks ago
bikicsunáj!
Hungaty1234 2 weeks ago
Ke bacano
brsantioquia 2 weeks ago
he's turning green like the hulk!!!
retroman80s 2 weeks ago 2
the singer looks like justin bieber 80s version
RubberDuckmanti 2 weeks ago
the video sucks bad!!!the band sucks worse...the song is a hit...lol!!!
RubberDuckmanti 2 weeks ago
Big in Japan & One Night in Bangkok sind einfach absolute Kulthammer. Zu solchen Liedern haben unsere Eltern gedanced. YEAH ! :)
PrinzenTelevision 2 weeks ago
Thumbs up if u are listening to this in 3000B.C. Derp Derp
Zepplin2340956 2 weeks ago
:) :) :)
Sihem37able 2 weeks ago
this song's epic ♥
dennis15r 2 weeks ago
gur good
funnyking1999 2 weeks ago
...and, small in Africa.
kutalir 2 weeks ago
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kutalir 2 weeks ago
deserve another bomb
zungaloca 2 weeks ago
BIKICSUNAJ !
PlinkingKing 2 weeks ago
PENIS JOKE REQUIRED
Jabeoguran 2 weeks ago
i want to visit japan as nothing else in the world....i hope that when the enviromental problems there stop existing..i'll do that trip...
BlackDragonGR 2 weeks ago 3
che bello , grazie alphville!!
Bibistone1 2 weeks ago
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100antwnis 2 weeks ago
im listening this in 2040
SinDemonDragon13 2 weeks ago 56
@SinDemonDragon13 No, you`re not!, I know `cause I`m looking over your shoulder right now!.
serberious 2 weeks ago in playlist Liked videos
@SinDemonDragon13
in 2040 is the world down :P
torinoschogii 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
great!
tomahawkone1 2 weeks ago
Great Song !!!!!
EDDIGUERO 2 weeks ago
UNFORGETTABLE SONG, Now in 2012 this still listened.
espirima 2 weeks ago
almost sounds like Safety Dance by Men without hats don't it?
NECKONINE 2 weeks ago
@NECKONINE if you mean they are both great sounding then yes i agree with you ....
topgun756 2 weeks ago
uno de los mejores temas de mi juventud gracias alphaville
beeluquintero 2 weeks ago
ALWAYS big in Japan
fencing1011 2 weeks ago
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MY DICK IS BIG IN JAPAN
kermitekxD 2 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos 35
@kermitekxD wow thanks for the laugh man! Really!!! My dick is big in Canada!
erickus36 2 weeks ago
@erickus36 people in canada have a small dicks? :X
kermitekxD 2 weeks ago
@kermitekxD mmmm.I do not know..but we are all big in japan!
erickus36 2 weeks ago 2
@kermitekxD hahahaha!!!!
veguixor 2 weeks ago
Ίσως η μεγαλύτερη επιτυχία στην Ελλάδα για την δεκαετία του 80.
italodisco1985 2 weeks ago
classic!
alhch 2 weeks ago
click: bikicsunáj ;)
zsanata97 2 weeks ago
sprr
efdal1977 2 weeks ago
mój penis jest duży w Japonii
MrBizoniprorok 2 weeks ago
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heronmac1 2 weeks ago
414 Persons are small in japan.
RamaKpo1 2 weeks ago
2:50 is every anime ever made
qwalznarg 2 weeks ago
Epic
aslanhadiga10 2 weeks ago
414 people aren't big in Japan
groam6666 2 weeks ago in playlist Songs
bikicsunáj :D:D
ce1018 2 weeks ago
When I first heard this song I was in a nightclub absolutely smashed and on the dance floor dancing away when this song began to play. For the first two days after hearing it for some reason I thought they were singing ' Big in your pants '
Drink and do the most strangest things to you !!
mrhomerbojangles 2 weeks ago in playlist GREATEST ROCK MUSIC
I will never forget when I heard this song for the first time in a department store, when I was about 8-9. I jumped up and shouted "Dad, what song is this?!". And I spent almost one hour, when I was at home, listening to it on an old cassette...and now I'm still in love with this song.
LadyMismagius 2 weeks ago
Wrong ! It talks abaut the times, when those bands, that didnt get a real big shot, just went to Japan and they "got big" . they usually became famus.
bloodi01 3 weeks ago
this song is stolen from a greek song that was realised one year before
listen to 'lost in the night'
achilleas77 3 weeks ago
big in japan
MrSom9001 3 weeks ago
Só no japão vei
MatheusMaster1 3 weeks ago
Greatest song of planet Earth! ^_^
Athens561987 3 weeks ago
great great song I can't here it without wanting to dance
gidi1951 3 weeks ago
Αυτο το κομματι πρεπει να παιζει πανω απο 10000 φορες το χρονο στο ραδιοφωνο :Ρ
dragunovSVD95 3 weeks ago 33