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  • Ultravox was part of the soundtrack of my senior year in high school and college days. Great songs and great memories.

  • i just love his woolly hat and those jeans...mmmmm nice :p

  • great song!!!!!!!!

  • oh my god, this song...the 80's... me and my brothers on the beach making castles in the sand...days like years...the soundtrack of my live...Now please, let me cry alone

  • One day where I didn't die a thousand times

    Where I could satisfy this life of mine

    One small day

    One day where every hour could be a joy to me

    And live a life the way it's meant to be

    One small day

    damn! who writes lyrics like this anymore????

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  • Midge has the best voice. He can sing to me anytime :-) If you can find it - they put out a VHS of The Collection - this video as well as those for the other videos on the album.

  • Savršeno !!

  • They look bloody freezing!!!

  • I love the close up shots of warren in this video.God what a handsome man he was back then!!!

  • Wow, this still makes my heart soar! Let's get on with this early 80's revival!

  • I loved these guys when i was a teenager when some idiots said they were no good,funny the same people say today they regret not going to see them live!

    Well if you didn't go it's your loss.

  • Such an inspirational piece of material!

    "..to live a life the way it's supposed to be!"

  • They knew how to write melodies then.

  • The 80s were the best.

  • wow!!

  • Ach herrliches Video ohne überflüssigen Schnickschnack, gute Musik zählt: und die Klamotten/Brillen von Ultravox und die coole rote Mütze von Midge Ure

  • @Bolitho2010

    Die Nachrichten, die beginnend bei minute 2: 50 bereitgestellt ein "Zeichen" der Dinge zu kommen...

  • I love that "epic" guitar sound

  • Wonderful ! how I miss the 80's, music at it's best. Kids of today get poor quality stuff most of the time

  • Great Song of a great Band of the 80ies

  • awesome stuff...the man looks good,but he always does love this song and the vid is brilliant,what a legacy they shall leave!!!

  • Great song, they nearly froze to death to make this video, they don´t make songs like that anymore!!

  • I remember I broke my cassette listening to this song over and over. Miss the 80's

  • Makes me dream of the good old days!!!!

  • One of my favourite from the 80's...... John Foxx, Steve Strange, MIdge Ure you rock

  • BEST !

  • Went to see these guys in concert a million years ago in Wellington, New Zealand. Just started listening to them again last week - I'd forgotten how much I loved them. Its so good that they still sound fantastic. They were very much of their time and yet so many of their songs are timeless and could've been recorded yesterday. Bloody great stuff.

  • what was it about the little glaswegan and wellies? god the flamin boot popped up in so many of the boys videos back then (even one or two of his solo videos). but you can't miss him in the dark in that extra bright watchcap. love the scruffy look on our midge. always loved this video and this song.

  • What a Great song! :)

    Great for people with depression!

  • Fantastic - one of my many favourites. Have always loved Midge and still do!!!!

  • That's real music

    I can't understand why they don't make up this kind of music with these days !!!

  • I Can`t fathom how such a brilliant tune with beautiful lyrics only reached 27 in the UK charts, Arrgh sometimes fashion is deluded so sad

  • Me, I'm going for their show today 8)

  • isn't that the theme from Casualty kicking in at 0:50?

  • loveded this band back then still do.

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  • love ultravox. every kid should have to listen to this and to our midge. then they'd see how truely awful their "music" really is.

  • music isn't like this today because the kids today wouldn't know good music if it jumped up and bit them in the ass. they think lady gaga can sing, that this beiber kid is the best thing to come down the pipe (or is it pike?) in a long time.

  • Great track!!!!!

  • My god how cold do they look.

    This is the 80's at it's best, I'm so glad they're back and playing live.

  • LOVE Ultravox...used to be able to play the solo for this song...wonder if I still can! ;-)

  • Incredible! Takes my heart and soul back to a time when everything seemed possible. But perhaps my "small day" yet is still to come...

  • Here you have Ultravox AND the standing stones together! Don't say I never give you anything

  • Never get tired of listening to it....

  • u2 my ass, ULTRAVOX

  • This song fills my heart with a great feeling of appreciation for Ultravox without them my music would be stuck on those crap modern day stuff

  • The remixes..so awsome!

  • This is a classic :)

  • I like the remixes of this song too!

  • Keyboardist Billie Currie looks like he's trying to stay warm. Seems like a stiff cold wind was blowing at the time this video was filmed.

  • Looks like the Callanish stones in Scotland, the cover of Lament. Either way, brilliant video, brilliant song, and brilliant Ultravox!!!

  • @marksims68 Yes, it is the Callanish standing stones. Since this is one of my favourite Ultravox songs, i decided to take my user name after the place name in the gaelic spelling - Calanais!

  • Everytime I hear this song. I get the feeling I'm back in1984. Great inspirational song!

  • Ah yes, brings back fond memories of my college days. Cheers for posting utahwrx.

  • every single tune !!

  • OMG...fantastic sensation.... they remind me my ....enty year in 84.

    The video is genial...it was performed in the Skye isle ... in winter; in an interv. Midge U. said he jump during all the performing to try in rewarming ...

    Ultravox has contributed to play the soundtrack of 80 th ..... great band.

  • this was before I heard of bauhaus....this is like simple mind's meet big country.

  • Lets get VIENNA by ULTRAVOX to number 1 on 4/4/10 - join our campaign and help us achieve this goal

  • I want the Bass Players sunglasses.

  • Dont know why but i love this song !!! :-)

  • I'm 16 again every time i hear this song.

    I had the 12" and it is Fantastic. Reckon i listen to this one weekly. When i feel the need i put the vinyl on, even better (it really is is!).

    The 12" has a brilliant guitar solo within, finishing with a Warren Cann special.

    Love it. . . . .

  • where was this video shot,the scottish highlands or iceland.

  • this video was shot at the callanish standing stones on the isle of lewis,part of the western isles of scotland

  • Now you tell me after I thought it was it was shot in Stonehedge...My bad...Nah to me....LOL!:) Thanx for the info!

  • From the looks of it, probably Stonehedge in Wales.

  • Stonehenge is not in Wales!!!

  • Thank you for your correction. No need to overeact now.

  • Midge wrote this song about living with depression, what an awesome musician and singer. About time he was Knighted!

  • Great song to get your morning going

  • Amo a Ultravox.

  • Jolly good tune....... Go on Midge !!!

  • Thank you Ultravox

  • I stretch my wings every time I hear this song. Feel how it progresses. An album so close to perfection; nothing's perfect... that's the way.

    Five fire ball stars******. Amazing!!!

  • @davidsanful

    ★★★★★-comment

    The "Lament" album has a solid place in my all times Top-10.

    And "One Small Day" is my personal hymn since i first heard it in 1984. When i got older i realized then the strength in every single word of it's lyrics.

    One day where every hour could by a joy to me

    And live a life the way it's meant to be

    One small day...

  • what year was this out cos image and dress sense wise they all look different, what the fook is midge wearing!!!! lol, great song though :)

  • super!!!

  • to me the best ultravox song. When i was 14 i used to fly with my mind thanks to this song.

  • excellent stuff,very under-rated,much better than any of the shite today.

  • Uvox j'aime toujours autant !!..

  • WOW

  • grandissimo video!!! Ascoltando la canzone fai un trip mentale come poche altre canzoni sanno farti fare!!!

  • why the hell isnt music like this today?? : (

  • @jaynies1

    There Is still coming som great indiebands though. In sweden vi got some syntpopsbands that is ok. I am going to see Ultravox live tonight. Waited 26 years for this day to come.

  • @jaynies1 well thats what i keep asking myself. Ultravox was a band different then others.

    Would love to see them make some new stuf.

  • @jaynies1 hai rubato il mio pensiero - I think the same -. Ciao from Italy

  • @jaynies1 Its seems that people are furstrated all over with this Question. well.. unfortantly fashion changes, and for older people its hard too keep the pase and to absorb it. but yes.. it seems music always get worse and worse.... pitty :(

  • @jaynies1 times change, people change, tastes change.

  • @jaynies1 There is music like this today !! I kwew Ultravox as a teenager, and to me the Ultravox of today exist ! It's Muse !

  • @carl13220

    Oh God, please don't insult Ultravox by comparing them to a band like Muse.

  • @RockyBalboa7777 I only see obvious similarities : a singer who is also a guitar player ans a keyboardist, a mix of proggy and new wave, powerful melodic songs...

  • @jaynies1 Because the Jews control the media and they make sure music that makes you think gets no air time.

  • @ElectricPineapple79 well the jews were a bit fucking late to stop the sex pistols. Total shite statement by the way. I am 47 years old and if there is one arena the jews do not control it's music. If you have any evidence to support your claim then feel free to post it as I for one am intruiged to find out more..

  • @TalkToTheBody If you consider my comment a total shit comment I doubt you are open minded enough to consider my opinion honestly.

  • @ElectricPineapple79 fire away sunshine...just don't put silly statements on here about Jews controlling musical content as musical history simply tells it otherwise. I am very open minded so yeah go for it and provide your best shot

  • The "godfather of punk," manager and "mastermind" of the seminal "punk" band -- the Sex Pistols, was Great Britain's Malcolm McLaren. He was also the manager of the New York Dolls, Adam Ant, and Boy George. According to Sex Pistol lead singer Johnny Rotten, his manager was "the most evil man alive."] McLaren "was brought up by his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Corre, a formidable woman from a very rich Sephardic Jewish family

  • The anarchistic Sex Pistols, notes the London Independent, were "brought into being quite cynically by Malcolm McLaren as an advertising gimmick to promote sales of the fetishistic clothes and other devices designed and sold by himself and Vivienne Westwood." (The Ramones are also a candidate for the most influential punk band. The head of the Ramones, Joey Ramone -- born Jeffrey Hyman -- is also Jewish. )

  • @ElectricPineapple79 The Jew Howie Klein founded the "punk" rock label 415. Joseph Heller, formerly of Heller-Fischel, booked acts like Styx, the Electric Light Orchestra, Boz Scaggs, and a variety of others. "He represented top-drawer rock talent like Van Morrison, the Guess Who, Marvin Gaye, War, Elton John and Pink Floyd

  • @ElectricPineapple79 Stretching out as dangerously as possible to make a buck, Heller eventually gravitated towards a relative goldmine in the Black ghetto-based "gangsta rap." He cofounded Ruthless Records and managed the pioneer rap group NWA (Niggaz With Attitude) from early in their careers. The musical genre of gangsta rap, notes Jory Farr, "thrives on misogyny, as well as homophobic and race-baiting rage ...

  • @ElectricPineapple79 Heller hired Ira Selsky as his corporate attorney and an Israeli-born security chief named Michael Klein to ward off angry, exploited Blacks who quite literally walked into his office threatening to kill him. Rap star Ice Cube even threatened Heller in one of his recorded songs, prompting the Anti-Defamation League to flag it as anti-Semitic.

  • @Ep The landmark 1969 Woodstock Musical Festival was the entrepreneurial investment of four young Jews: Joel Rosenman, John Roberts (heir to a pharmaceutical fortune), Artie Kornfeld, and Michael Lang. The person hired to pull the whole project together was Stanley Goldstein. Mel Laurence (born Melvin Bernard Lachs) was also the Director of Operations for the festival creators, Woodstock Ventures. Bert Cohen, of Concert Hall Publications, soon joined the production team for various tasks

  • The first employee of Woodstock ventures was Rene Levine, a bookkeeper and another Jew, Alex Jaffee, was the company's accountant. In a book chapter called "Buying Off the Underground," Joel Rosenman and others of the Woodstock Ventures investment team went to Greenwich Village's East Village Other "counterculture" newspaper to buy them off, guaranteeing that prominent members of that anti-capitalist community wouldn't cause problems with the economic exploitation of the supposed lovegeneration

  • What about the Beatles,Oh yes, they had closeJewishconnections as well.Brian Epstein,their agent/manager and Sid Bernstein,their promoter,were both Jewish.Brian signed over to Dick James 50 percent of Lennon and McCartney's publishing fees for nothing.It made him wealthy beyond imagination in eighteen months.James sold the rights to the Beatles songs from under them.It was the single most contentious deal arising from the Epstein-James era.The Beatles were angry at what they regarded as betrayal

  • The magazine "Bible" of rock and roll music, Rolling Stone, was founded by Jewish entrepreneur Jann Wenner. Wenner is also "the single most important person behind" Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. Joel Siegel, later prominent as a film critic, was also "TV's first rock and roll reporter."

  • To my surprise," writes Jewish author Michael Billig, "song after well-known pop song, revealed itself to 'Jewish music,' from [Elvis] Presley to the soft sounds of the Drifters to [producer] Phil Spector. So much of the rebellion-music which I had loved in my youth and which seemed to be a window to a foreign, dangerous world, turned out to be a product of familiar surroundings. Surprise was mixed with delight."

  • As Syd Nathan, the owner of KingRecords, once said,"You want to be in the record business? "The early rhythm and blues companies were run by a fraternity of Jews,They were tough and they were shrewd ,some say unscrupulous -- and they were alternately loved, despised, respected, and feared.The deep bond of these cultural outsiders prompted one gentile, mild rebuke in his voice, to comment that 'Yiddish was the second language of the record business

  • Jewish... Lou Reed David Lee Roth Alice Cooper Neil Sedaka Paul Simon Art Garfunkel Barbara Streisand Jeff Beck Tiny Tim Michael Bolton Eric Carmen Neil Diamond Bob Dylan Leonard Cohen Ramblin' Jack Elliott Arlo Guthrie Billy Joel Carol King Barry Manilow Bette Midler Phil Ochs Joe McDonald (Country Joe & the Fish) Robbie Krieger (The Doors) Max Weinberg (Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band) Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band) Slash (Guns & Roses)
  • Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley (KISS) Cass Elliot ( The Mamas and the Papas) Leslie West (Mountain) Mike Bloomfield (Paul Butterfield Band and guitarist for Bob Dylan) Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary) Joey Ramone (The Ramones) Jakob Dylan (The Wallflowers) Phil Spector Allen Ginsberg Marc Knopfler (Dire Straits) Marc Bolan (T-Rex) Manfred Mann Donovan P. Leitch (known as Donovan, who had a mega-hit with Buffy StMarie's "Universal Soldier" in the 60's) Burt Bacharach Leon Russell
  • @ElectricPineapple79 I can find more information if that is not enough for you but if you still believe that the jews don't control the music industry...your fucking nuts!

  • @ElectricPineapple79 I see you've read the illuminati-news article too. The problem with this world is paranoia. It's high time you took a leaf out of John Lydon's book and started o make your own mind up. If every single person in this world did this then it would be a better place. We are all fed shit and reading this web page is that same thing.

  • @ElectricPineapple79 So many Jewish artists, but then so many non-Jewish too. It's a fact that Jews control most of American media networks and undoubtedly that will cover the music industry too. But I'm British and Britain in my opinion has outputted the best music ever as far as rock music is concerned and YES it is very hard to break into the US music industry probably due to Jewish control. Fact is as far as British music is you can sing what the fuck you like, the Sex Pistols did

  • @jaynies1 because my friend today is more important to see a dozen of half naked bitches on the beach that all look the same in each video ( like none of us never had a good looking girlfriend )

    even sting said that world popular music was never worse than in the last decade

  • @jaynies1 because "artists" are too busy sampling then re-editing great older music, mashing them up with a bunch of other sounds, and overlaying crappy new "lyrics" on top. Most "artists" these days 1) don't know how to play an instrument and 2) would be lost without auto-tune. Although there is a glimmer of hope, I have listened to XMU radio (Sirius) and have a found a lot of great new bands that can actually PLAY!

  • When I'm feeling down, people upset me, always turn to this, awesome stuff, love the ending, drum beat, so on.

    The good old days when videos told a story, hmm, no one ever knew what the stories were about, but, lol.

    Hey, better than today, where all girls know what to do is be exploited by selling videos based on how much skin they can get away with showing.

    So cheers for this.

  • wow, I'd never seen this, thanks for sharing it ........

  • Great song

  • This song is a little piece of briliant!!!

  • Like U2's Beautiful Day, this is awesome music. You can have good memories, or grow some new.

  • A video pre-echo... cooler than liquid helium.

    What a wonderful concept!!!

    Great song with a much greater idea!

    Ultravox. Midge Ure is great, he really filled John Foxx's boots. Although there will NEVER be another John Foxx (Dennis Leigh)...

    And they could not have picked a more perfect site on the planet!!!

  • awesome!!!!!!!!!!!

  • TT:MM SS:MM

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  • This songs brings me back. I can tell Midge suffered from the depression I suffer from. You you have to shreik back at the demons and beat them down. Thanks for this song, Midge.

  • My husband was there the day this was filmed and has some great photos. You can find them if you look for Ultravox and Sam Maynard. He said Midge was a lovely bloke!

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  • great playlist for two great bands!!! :D

    Thank ya

  • "How many times has it turned against you? How many times will they walk away? How many times have you let Depression win the fight?"

    WOW! Am I glad I found this song again! One of THE most uplifting songs from the legendary Ultravox. This brings back so many fond memories of the early 80's.

    Thanks for this video!!

  • Looks like they filmed this in Chilly Jocko Land.

  • One day where I didn't die a thousand times

    Where I could satisfy this life of mine

    One small day

    One day where every hour could be a joy to me

    And live a life the way it's meant to be

    One small day

    Great One!

  • Back in the eighties I stumbled upon the Lamant album at a used record store in Kenmore Square, Boston and surrendered myself the haunting melodies of the new romantics................

  • I keep coming back to this song

  • Deserved a chart peak far higher than the 27 it achieved. Far higher.

    Mind you, Vienna deserved a higher peak than the number 2 it achieved. And we all know one of the tracks which prevented this from happening. So I suppose Ultravox were no strangers to Top 40 injustice....

  • Good, hopefull song tragically underrated.

  • depression taught it's lesson

    one small day

    live life the way it's meant to be

    one small day!!!!

  • A great live track at the BIC 4/26/09!!!

  • 1:15 to 1:45 is what makes this song a BRILLIANT song.

  • my favorite video from Ultravox

    unique style !!!

  • Great, amazing song. Terrible, boring video.

  • Absulutly fantastic !!

  • Just seen them in Nottingham 21st April 2009 - i can assure you based on last night Midge can still hit the notes and he really let his guitar go as well.. i didnt realise how important his rock guitar skills are to the Ultravox sound. just a top gig - get in there if you can.

  • I was there to, fantastic. Real professionals and still have what it takes long live Ultravox.

  • I was there too, this song made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck...they are still awesome

  • Looks like this was made at Callanish. Is that right?

  • The Callanish Standing Stones - yes! I remember an interview with Ultravox and Midge jokingly saidd that they chose to film the video the Callanish stones and that being so remote they thought they must have discovered them! I think it was on the interview cassette tape that came with the Set Movements tour programme of 1984 :-)

  • Yet more Magic, Thank you UV

  • i too only have daughters 2 of them !!..

  • one great song!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Playing Portsmouth on 28th April.

    I cannot wait to see them live, as I never managed to see them back in the 80s.

  • I saw them several times during the 80's and again on Tuesday this week in Manchester, absolutely fantastic, enjoy.

  • Such a different look from the earlier years.. Loved the 1940 look better than the scruffier image of "Lament"

  • Ultravox has a plethora of looks and styles through the years. I loved that! But their music has always remained solid! Love them!!

  • 14th in Manchester, can't wait!

    Have you noticed though, Midge is wearing Ugg boots, 20+ years before they were the in thing for women. Just to show they were originally for blokes...........LOL

  • 11th April Glasgow :)

  • Going to see them live in April. Can not wait.

  • An Amazing song!One of the most uplifting songs to be written by Ultravox.When you have a crap day this song works wonders. Ultravox Rocks!Roll on April:@)

  • grandisimos!!!

  • lindo Midge Ure, linda canción

  • It's a wonder Midge could have children after wearing those jeans!

  • Hah, I just found your comment on "One Small Day". Very funny but...did you know that...recent studies suggest that wearing constrictive trousers does increase the rate of XX chromosome carrying sperm prevalency. Maybe that's why poor old Midge ended up with 4 daughters and maybe the reason I ended up with 4 daughters also was because I copied his styling in the 80's! Irrespective, a truly huge song which inspired me to visit the Callanish Standing Stones in 1989. Fantastic personal lyrics.

  • That's so cool you visited those stones. But Midge didn't always wear tight trousers. He was mostly poncing around in those baggy 40's style ones.  This is such a great song but those jeans do distract me from this video....

  • Now that they are going to tour in 2009 this song should be re-released to publicise the up coming tour.

    The lyrics are so meaningful at the moment with all the doom and gloom of the credit crunch!

    Very under rated song!!!!

  • Remember falks don't be haters of Midge ,John Foxx was unique but Midge baught them at least the best part of a decade ,befor the very homoginaety the generic branding of music''madona''etc...that lead to boring stuf like Franzfurdinand.

  • John Foxx had his day in Ultravox and left when he was ready. Midge then joined and help turn it into a great commercial success!

  • What the hell are you talking about?? What does Franz Ferdinand have to do with Madonna? Or Ultravox for that matter?

  • One of the most inspiring songs I've ever heard. What a marvelous statement of picking oneself up by your bootstraps.

  • LOVE LOVE THIS VIDEO AND SONG!

  • I still love this song. One of the best from UV ever!! Awesome!!!

  • Great song...Midge looks like Russell Crowe with a hat and goggles on..

  • What does Midge have around his right elbow? cant quite tell..xxxx

    ps..boots, boots...hehe

  • Ski goggles.

  • Thanxs sooooo much 4 responding!!! Was wondering if anyone was ever gonna reply...Cheers!!xxx

  • Duh...I guess I was distracted by his tight pants...:-p....LMAOOOOOOO

    Who luvs ya Midge?? Ummmm...that would be me!!...;-)xxxx

  • gogles

  • It doesnt get much better then this!

    The best song ever! :)

  • One small day is my fav Ultravox song of all time!

  • must have been freakin cold! Nice setting for UV music. Wish I could have been there. I like the red beany...and polarized glasses...but your pants are too tight mate.

  • All a question of taste...;-)

  • Just think of how tight his pants would be if it wasnt fricking cold..;-) HUBBA...my sweet, sexy Sir Midgexxxx