The Chameleons - Second Skin(Audio)

[primley77]

This might sound morbid,but i want this played at my funeral.Absolutely awesome.chameleons never made a song i didnt like,very very few other bands achieved this.i used to find obscure vynil chameleons tracks in student shops in Leeds.And when you fail to make a connection you know how vital it is,oh when something slips through your fingers you know how precious it is.

[RayUK1512]

for those that don't know.. part of the group are now performing as Chameleons vox.. dreams do come true  :)

[MultiLittlegreenman]

i've heard this song and it meant something to me ...because i have brains

[jrmvm]

And now I remeber all those wonderful years which such a sorrow in my heart that hurts just like anything else. And The Chameleons were there with me. Thanks for posting it.

[MsCaptainlee]

to my sister, with love ;)

[TheMCG999]

The chameleons are a lighthouse in a sea of shit !!! Pulled me away from a earlie grave too many times to mention .

[MsCaptainlee]

and then I said I dedicate... I realize... and it was as beautiful as this.

[azureoful]

So gooooodd ! I love this song !!

[clayguy33]

Oh if anyone could make an album that even comes close.

[JbRi08]

Thank you "Beneath the Dark" for turning me on this amazing band

[MikSmith72]

Amazing song!

[ohoganroad]

I'd shed my skin and my disguise and cold numb and naked I emerged from my cocoon.

[neworder36]

Perfection...absolute perfection... No wonder I feel like I'm floating on air.

[neillucas40]

has been my favourite track since i was 15 (1985) thanks to my neighbour who introduced me to them. Radiohead come close but these guys are the daddies. no question...

[TheRATTLEHEAD75]

@neillucas40 chameleons sound is more beautiful than radiohead!

[alexjean77]

i meet this song in the end of "wake",

cette idee de mourir sans le savoir

et percevoir ces messages subliminaux,

pouvoir se racheter...choisir... comment ,!

comprendre et partir le coeur leger !!!!

au paradis ....

cette fin avec cette fucking zik !!!

je suis toujours pieger par ce melange de musik , d'idees et d'images ,

tout ce faux me fait planer loin loin loin et j'adore ca !!!!

[LeeAnneBurgess]

My favourite Chameleons song of all time. It's been stuck in my head all morning hence I've had to look it up here and play it though my headphones at work. Brilliant.

[sarojinius]

Yes, definitely best of the 80s unbeaten for beautiful, atmospheric, melancholic, poignant music and lyrics... recently heard this track's intro v briefly in the episode of Top Gear where they are in Albania, so someone in the production team has taste!

[toutl]

bloody awesome track-lost for words

[jonnycaribou]

This is the greatest song ever written by any band, truly awesome , and utterly wonderful. So  gald I had the pleasure of seeing this band in the early 80's.

Thank You Jonny CARIBOU.XX

[fatoldsun1998]

This song is a dream, and prophetic. I saw the movie Beneath The Dark, not very good reviews at all but I loved it, so what if I don't agree with the critiques; however this song plays at the end as he walks down this highway in the desert... and I had a dream today, I was with my wife and a Japanese woman and several toddler girls in the house, I was being coaxed by them to drive an ancient spear through one of the girls and I did, such remorse overcame me that I killed a young girl, I woke...

[poonmcnugget]

I just heard this off of the movie "Beneath the dark".. Great song!

[cosmicrider287]

goosebumps on my skin.

[Buffjinx27]

@thefirstcolours thats cute

[thefirstcolours]

This song, touches so deeply in my heart, it makes me feel like my heart is going to explode. I love this song so much, and the band as well <3

[moonhair]

There are no bad tracks on this album, love it to death :)

[sharbohemia]

This song is a gem, indeed! <3 Peace, ~Sharon

[tinamarconi]

A true gem that stands the test of time!

[gwrscoob]

f ing awesome track cheers for posting !!!!!

[SuperCockism]

no wonder i feel like im farting on air

[vampiro2881]

perfect song!!

[kittenkoma]

Looking forward to the Ruby Lounge tonight. Anyone else going?

[zweirver]

5th gear!

[nio1451]

Someone's banging on my door...

[minhapicacolossal]

@ScudX  I DID.

[ajhleix]

I guess no one is banging on two peoples doors..

[mrsJsarcevic]

Does anyone know if they have any other songs that sound similar to this one? I've listened to a few, and I find that they are a lot softer and similar to one another...this one just seems to stand out more than the rest!!!

[ScudX]

Anyone who has discovered this perfect masterpiece via the credits of a forgettable, limited release B-movie should count themselves extremely fortunate. Congratulations!

@mrsJsarcevic Listen to Script of the Bridge. Then What Does Anything Mean? Basically. Then Strange Times. If you don't find what you were looking for, the problem lies within.

[copyright1982]

@mrsJsarcevic I think Perfume Garden is pretty similar. I'd look that one up

[tomdjify]

Das beste von den

jung´s

1malig

nicht zu toppen

tommi65@unitybox.de

[Ravendarkheart]

I heard this song at the end of this movie called 'Beneath the Dark' and I knew that I had to hear it again. I never let the credits play on a movie, but this time I did, just because of this song. It's beautiful.

[VideoDead69]

@Ravendarkheart ...same story as me.

[mrsJsarcevic]

@Ravendarkheart

Same here!

[VaperKnoT]

@Ravendarkheart wow..its as if i wrote yer comment myself

[colt1954]

@Ravendarkheart Tottaly totally agree I heard it last night after the film I was too was knocked out

[TheWoundedRhymes]

love it

[hsprodigiez]

oh mannnn 4:22.. that beat its like a trip on time

[BorlandRIP7]

I was 17 ansd was playing drums in a band in Paris...All the band's members were Chameleons huge fans..This was in 1985..Then 16 years passes , we found jobs , some had kids , some divorced...Suddenly In 2001 , The same band members call each other to see the Chameleons live in ..Paris par a unique show..Ungorgettable moment..We nearly cried at this end........We are now all 42 years old and still listen to this legend band...

[SteveGad]

@BorlandRIP7 A great time to be alive. Finger on the pause button of the ghetto blaster, ready to catch John Peel's gems. So glad I caught this early on. Legends.

[boggy17]

@BorlandRIP7 France had some terrific bands at that as well, Asylum Party, Little Nemo etc. Were you around at the same time?

[sharbohemia]

Pulsating... takes me back to another time... a very cool, and different time. ~Sharon

[SuperCockism]

beneath the dark ending

[diskochimp]

Great, great song... The change halfway through is just awesome!

[COLDPLAYthebest1]

i love it ,it's amazing ;D

[Stalkermind]

Masterly, I love very much The Chameleons

[EditorTasha]

So unbelievably underrated...

[marceloadelar]

i love the lyrics

[DerDrache707071]

one of the most beautiful songs of the Chameleons

[xNoRcAlx4]

great song... i found this song at the end of a good movie called beneath the dark. this reminds me of the cure, depeche mode etc. some modern new wave. the guitar work trancends me into another world. love it!!!

[silvertear87]

@xNoRcAlx4 Haha. Yeah. I just finished watching it. Well, my girlfriend did. The song woke me up. Amazing,

[DMCMaster550]

@xNoRcAlx4 Just watched that movie myself. Good stuff.

[NecroNymphallible]

Mum named me after this song apparently. I'm not named Second Skin though. MoI Melody.

[Ikarus43]

It gives me goosebumps every fuckin time I hear it. Thats the soundtrack of my youth. Saw them live in winter '81. It was cold and snow was falling... amazing

[xNoRcAlx4]

@Ikarus43 wow, i was only a year old then. when i first listened to this i totally thought this was new, until i looked it up and seen it was recorded in 1982. living proof that music like this is timeless. 

[Ikarus43]

@xNoRcAlx4

thats true:-) the newer stuff of them is a matter of taste but I prever the first 3 albums. I saw the band on their so called resuraction-tour in 2000. That was quite a good gig but somehow the honey was out of the moon... If I only could turn back time... :-( ...oh nooooo right now I´m talking like my father (aged 75...)..

[vividextra]

Check 'Convalescence Kid' he's pretty cool!

[divamachina]

Thank you! They play this at the club for me on Fridays...<3

[Soulinisolation1]

Can't believe this was on top gear!

[pt8648]

Takes me to another place..........Thanks for posting.

[DerrickthePinecone]

This album-cover reminds me of the film, "Fantastic Planet."

[penandwhiteout]

@DerrickthePinecone I thought the same thing! on a different note, you should also listen to Fantastic Planet, an album by an early 90's band Failure. It doesnt really sound anything like this, but is kind of experimentalish and pretty cool

[TheRATTLEHEAD75]

un n'aime pas? fan de j bieber?ou de n'importe quelle merde pré-formatée actuelle..... c'est  bien triste?

[tigerboy1966]

this sounds liek a rip-off of the horrors- they shoud b moar original hehe

[revolutionary85]

@tigerboy1966 huh? u do realise this song is probably as old as the members in the horrors?

[TheRATTLEHEAD75]

@tigerboy1966 ça date de 81 clampin!!!!

[DeenaZeisig]

reminds me being 17 again :) lovely!!!

thanks for uploading!

[marco1601]

sadly we dont have bands like this anymore

[unomeimeno]

Couldn't agree more with inDieMelodie. Love the Peels Sessions version, as well - also the accoustic one from the noughties.

[inDieMelodie]

The most beautiful among all the trillions of bands that never got the sales or attention they deserved. Hail The Chameleons!

[quantumreality2009]

@inDieMelodie Also..check out Meeting Places and some of the Interpol stuff....not the Chameleons UK but likely inspired by them....Great musik! timeless !!!

[liqwidnitwit]

hugely underrated

[TheK9Charlie]

Just beautiful!

[MrBlueQuarters]

Timeless

[SinnMaschine]

6 minutes and 54 seconds of sheer perfection.

[themanwithxrayeyes]

but if this the stuff dreams are made of, no wonder I feel like I'm floating on air

the perfect song

[jasezer]

Every song on this album is golden.

[MrMerlin87]

@jasezer along with the cures pornography and the cocteau twins garlands this was the greatest album of the 80's imo :)

[markoctavio]

@MrMerlin87 best bads with the initial "C" in common... i looooove the three of them

[MikSmith72]

@MrMerlin87 You have fine taste my friend:)

[TheFelixtrivi]

Vaya grupo que nunca se le ha dado la valia que tiene, ademas este disco es de lo mejorcito que tienen, jejejejeje. Es verdaderamente impresionante, espero que os guste

[prozacpeople]

God,THISIS MUSIC,pure feeling,pure soul and love and god...sounds like heaven...

[Silshaw]

epithany and epitaph. GUITAT-A-RAMA reverbnation spitting in the wind.

[stegatez]

is there a category for - music while driving - I don't want to go home

[posnegify]

If only I were born ten years earlier. 1985 be damned.

[alitamf84]

@posnegify Hah! I was born in '84 and I always think the same :/

[zerpentiina]

exelente.... ya no se ven grupos tan buenisimos como lo eran antes... the chameleons buen post-punk

[TheFelixtrivi]

FLY

[cueshark]

Nice song :<

[chukmaty]

I kind of prefer the John Peel version just because of the drums.

[SoHunky]

Ethereal...simply stunning.

[bikkster]

One of my all time favorite songs!

[djscotty1111]

Thanks Annette ;)

[djscotty1111]

"Second Skin" Timeless ! amazing song ...All dedicated fans must "educate the new" to "Honour The Band " and initiate - new fans Cheers! ;)

[frearrifo]

hermosa melodía saludos desde CHILE !!!

[nvidiasie]

goeie groep waar is de tijd in de 55 in gent yes LSD

[tstsullivan797]

one of the best songs of the 80s and their best track...though Swamp Thing is a close second.

[tstsullivan797]

one of the best songs of the 80s and their best track...though Swamp Thing is a close second.

[micasa65]

grand souvenir des années 80

[Tesco38]

a classic...but not as mesmerising as Obsessions cover

[DimAnt4]

thanks!!

[zerocoolminx]

Mesmerizing....one of the best songs ever!

[darinnear]

Denny Way, Seattle WA. late 80's driving a car, feeling no worries about the future. (The feelings came true)

[darinnear]

Very cool, thank you for the upload. :)