Racey - Lay Your Love On Me

[Nielsmelisse]

Wen i came to life, this song was ranked on nr 1 in the top 40 of Holland!!

Love it..!!

[meyaja]

This was apparently number 1 in Australia the week I was born... meh, could be worse! At least it's upbeat, and you could dance to it!

[LadyBe11amy]

@meyaja Haha, that's the same reason I came to be watching this clip!

[MrFreddypoo]

reminds me of the fairground back in my teens

[sungaiudang]

yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....yeahhhh­hhhhhhhhhh.....yeahhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhh

i loveeeeeeeeeeeee this song!!

[jefffinley11]

This video went viral on Phnom Penh

[dofane]

love it ... I was 13 and loved this ... I also loved the Sex Pistols ...you couldn't admit to both back then!

[MsRoseLavender]

Oh, what a laugh! This is great! Thank you so much for posting!

[carntspell]

I am a world renowned dancer. Russian ballet, Argentine tango, Cuban salsa...I laugh at them all. But this Racey dance....the crazy feet.....I cannot.

[cackle067]

I heard the reason they called their album smash and grab was that they only wanted to make this one record with smash hits grab the money and run

[JOHNDUNNE1963]

LOVED THIS SONG, THANKS FOR POSTING.

[JoshKerrMusician]

Doesn't matter what im feeling, watching Racey ALWAYS makes me laugh.

[gebakjes10]

Is it me or are Edwin van der Sar (pink shirt) and Berti Vogts (drummer) performing in this clip;)

[adelaidehs]

LOVE IT..

What ever happened to Happy Music, the world always had and will have problems however we had cherry music to bring us up...No drugs required.

[markyfoofoo]

Boys from my home town of Weston-super -mare,i was a lad of 18 working in Ashcombe road garage when in walk the lead singer in a full length afgan coat.what memories!! take me back please

[shadster73]

Choreography by Michael Jackson

[carntspell]

@shadster73 i doubt Mr Jackson could have pulled off those moves. Truly rare.

[faulknerma]

Chapman and Chinn and the 70s. Nostalgia but still catchy! Those clothes phew.

[BaddaBigBoom]

LOL  why are they doing the "I need a wee wee" dance ?

(Fond memories though).

[soblue68]

Awesome! Loved them back then, still sounds great!!

[kylie5311]

wow takes me back

[TheFunkhouser]

PMSL

[GlamorousKat]

How much fun is this song :-)

[mikmak1958]

life was so much easier back then, what a great band.

[ventuks]

I love this music!!!

Very!!!

[longbendy81]

I don't particularly like this - but the other commentators have apoint. It's each to their own. There are a lot of narrow minded idiots around

[kelhar33]

The footwork is hilarious!

[TheAntares1966]

world class music, i miss the 70 the music n the buzz

[smokeyyunickk]

I love this song, it's on my list of all time favourites. It's boppy, makes you smile, gets you singing along, it ticks all the boxes in my opinion :-)

[Vonstromberg]

Great tune........a great time and a revival of early '60's surf/doo-wop harmonies. Great band great memories!

[alfie131164]

What a revelation to find this on youtube whilst discovering my happy days as a teenager growing up in the 70's. I was 14 @1978, OMG what happy days and fond memories of late nights, kiss chase, building go carts etc... no worries, unlike the stresses of today. Listen, enjoy and Reminisce

[badigadiha]

havent heard this i years...got my feet tapping... great!!

[nicoladickeson]

I,m sorry but u just cant beat the 70s, no matter how hard the 80s av tried

[tiburonto]

This song is the first popsong I can remember. I liked it than (in 1978 as a kid) and I still like it! This music makes me happy!!!

[Theredbaron3]

Please come back seventies

[sallymick27]

Kill Me!!

[typicalgemini]

What a great song. As Jessie J sings ïts not anout low blows or video hoe,s .... no this is just selling a song on its merit...not trying to get a dopamine hit from anything other than joy.

[Theredbaron3]

 Picobello    I love it 

[McLushi]

Die Choreografie ist der absolute Hammer *fg*

[Theredbaron3]

Just Great WoooooW

[booziesuzie64]

I was 15 when this came out. God I feel old! Lmao. what a classic!

[M2B1B2]

I was 6 when this came out, and I loved it!

[danielearwicker]

@M2B1B2 - me too, 6 yrs old at the time, and it just popped into my head. I'm very open minded about music but this works like torture on my brain, nothing I can do about that. Though I do admire them for being a band that seems to consist entirely of zany uncles.

[landscapecadmonkey]

year 7, 1979 woodlawn college. the first tidal wave hit that introduced me to pop music. heard it first on a poxy little radio in the main quadrangle, but it couldve been a full live concert. great stuff.

[carntspell]

I`ve learned them all. Tap, Salsa, Tango...but I`m yet to master the Racey Shuffle.

[jduk2011]

the main keyboard bit in this and he walks away? lol

he is such a ponce poser, if you had a time machine would you go back and punch him out? lol

[Weareracey]

@jduk2011 You decide he is a poser just by watching him on one video you couldn't be further from the truth he is one of the nicest guys that I have ever been lucky enough to meet...!!!

[CaledonianMan1968]

Great stuff and a band with character.

[pinkanglia]

The lead singer was voted 3rd best dressed midget in 1979

[rockchickee100]

omg brings back the memories lol

[platypusboy]

I can understand why punks of the time would like to have put this lot in barrels full of concrete and dropped them in the thames

[benjamin9601]

Klasse

[TheJohnnyboy50]

hi gib thanks for this great tune love this song when it first came out any yeh man still do

[lazevola]

Why do people who don't appreciate this come here to post acid comments? There's only one test of music and that is do you like it. Doesn't matter whether it's rap, hip-hop, punk, bubblegum pop, glam pop, rock, disco, heavy metal or anything else. This was one of the more enjoyable songs of it's type. I wouldn't call it a classic but there's a place for all types of music. But there's no place for small-minded cretins who think "their" type of music is the only one worth listening to.

[LankyJulz]

@lazevola well said =)

[comedyhunter]

@lazevola Hear Hear !

[mollymitch1]

@lazevola Very good comment . i say this all the time, they are just jealous I think.

[rensq]

fuck i gotta get those dance moves down. brilliant!!!

[Raqueldo01]

I can still remember the words and i was only 7 when this was out.....good times

[Oilisdeathtomany]

@Gyphia Oh dear, you poor deluded thing. This is actually an internet forum. You seem to be under the misapprehension that we're at a multi-staged outdoor gig. Now, look at your hands. You're not surrounded by 150 of like-minded peers, are you? They're not being used to send blow kisses at Phil Fursdon, are they? Most likely, they're about to hit the keyboard with a witty and/or trying comeback. (Please let it be witty)

[Oilisdeathtomany]

" (tralalalala) Ahhh...ahhh...ahhh... when I was just +POWER PUKE+"

Sorry guys but this is why I converted to punk. Had to revisit it, just in case I was wrong.

Clearly, I wasn't.

[rouens]

selling promo racey stuff and letters from Richard gower if anyone is interested..

[2unique1000]

OMG!!! memories... :) so love the steps hahahehe

[hernhillrebel]

How naive I was to believe they were actually playing their instruments and doing those complicated dance steps at the same time!

[tomburley]

@hernhillrebel They may not have been playing and dancing together on this video but I bet they could do both. The steps they are doing are simular to the kind of dance steps that Hank Marvin & The Shadows used to do whilst playing - live on stage. - They all came from an era of "Entertainers and Performers" unlike most modern acts - all too corporate run now.

[SUPERDOOPERTUBER]

Pity this didn't make it to the USA.

[whoosh1965]

richardia, it's clear to me that you have no taste in music, this song reached No:1 in 1979. You're probably into hip-hop (noise pollution) stick to it.

[elvisuk]

great memories

[1960bugsy]

this must be the best daddy dance i have seen .. cant wait to show it to the kids

[chancergordy]

was always irritated by these guys who abandoned their instruments to get into the limelight while the instrument continued playing! good old miming.

[orden265]

Love the choreography,heheeeeeeeeheeeee­,it's A REAL FOOT TAPPING SONG.

[wigandigger]

absolute cheese fest ha ha love it

[lianjie1963]

happy!

[Sabatinitennis]

Another guaranteed dance-floor filler.

[stephentheposhman]

Reminds me of a school disco in 1979....happy days :)

[1AussieAvenger1]

that was freakin great. just goes to show some of the simplest tunes are the best. just love the happy energy. the film clip would be cheap by todays standards but i think the older film clips were better than the modern stuff with stupid homies sleazing up to poles and kanye gooses in expensive cars.

[jallfjallf]

The guy in pink shirt must be the father of the actors playing the Weasley twins in Harry Potter?

[milosilo31]

@jallfjallf I came on here just to see if someone else mentioned this lol.

[ilovebagpuss2008]

love it

[Pacquaio]

one of the most insanely catchy and fun songs ever

btw .. ian't that Sue from Legs and Co joining in the fun ?

[rithas777]

i don`t give a monkeys about the silly comments..... In it`s day this tune was the mutts nuts and thank **** i was there, what a freekin tune!!!!! I`m playing this video to death, i love it, thanks for loading. The 70`s being Chuck Norris? Oh yes indeedee :)

Those really were the days and by billyo did we enjoy it :) :) :)

[nerdflanders8710]

@Gyphia not too sure about that on account of my only being as kid in the seventies , grandma. compared to someone like Marc Bolan or bowie they were sly stallones.

[dirtydicky100]

well after reading some of the aforementioned comments on this page and having given this some serious consideration heres my honest opinion IT WAS GOOD AND IT REMINDED ME OF WHEN I WAS AT THAT AGE AND BY FUCK WE KNEW HOW TO ENJOY OURSELVES WITHOUT STABBING SOME POOR WEE FUCKER TO DEATH NOT LIKE SOME OF THE TEENS THESE DAYS(and i quote some of the teens these days)no respect or manners and some (some)of us are parents to them.sorry going on a wee bit there .great days the old GLAM ROCK days eh?

[mollymitch1]

@dirtydicky100 You u could leave the expletives out.said it well, but yo

[elizajohn5]

class.

[bucklemunki]

kudos to them for their fancy footwork whilst weilding their axes

[dramgi63]

Loved the album, Smash and Grab

[lassen3933]

this gives me a hard on... Brilliant !

[karakoima]

Stupid video and a super tune. It's too often the other way around nowadays...

[mal334455]

oh yesssssssssssss ..this bring the memories back, great song

[Hustle74]

Catchy as hell yes, but hard to believe anyone in the music industry would have labelled them the new Beatles - but it did occur!

[protectwildlife1]

This song was really something when it came out,I'm from the Netherlands and it was an enormeous hit overthere,it was also my first single that I bought.

Now I'm 40,still have that single,these days this song sounds "old" and it's easy for people to critisme this song and old fashioned

style.But when it came out,I went to Beligium Spain,and Luxembourg and everybody,young and old loved that song,the white shoes and dancing steps.

It was a great year and song

[monicasm123]

LoL SERIOUSLY ! !! LoL

The scary bucked toothed lead singer

And Twins on Guitars are serious swingers

LoL

Never seen this before but song has passion

That lead singer's moves R gonna

Come back in fashion.

[ALUNPATCH]

BRING BACK THE 70S

[mrxranch]

the hotty w/black guitar .. r u still cute?

[BozTheBass]

didn't all those Chinn and Chapman bands do that dance

[hunkydaboyz]

whos the babe inthe clip , i must have her

[nerdflanders8710]

@hunkydaboyz well you'll have no competition from these guys

[aggyuvf]

Fuck cheesy but awfy catchy the bastards will probs be hearing this in ma sleep :(

[notanfningain]

jeez what a bunch of lamers, i will never say i cannot dance again, love the song, but dont remember these dorks, they used to be devils with the women, jeez go figure.

[HSV003]

Now this is what music should be, fun and you can sing along with it.

[someblokecalledchris]

@HSV003 yes what a classic eh!!1bliss was this 79?

[animatetime]

Who says white men can't dance? From 2.06, but before the woman joins, that is closer to wrestling on ITV as it was at the time.

[pietervanbrakel]

Jaja, dat waren nog eens tijden hahaha

[bankslayer]

good times :)

[jurrasiccoast]

This is terrible!..but I like it. Takes me back to when I was 13 in '78. Great fun!

[morley29]

this reminds my girlfriend of her younger years so i love it!!!

[gill834]

very nostalgic !!

[blandy2006]

Lynne Davison do you remember this one, we used to go to Eccles Court School of dancing with your mark to do the Kingston kicks to this.

[Holyheadian]

One of the best and catchiest songs ever, brilliant.

Andy.

[OlleNudel1]

One of my favorite songs of that time.

[scrappy5011]

poofs

[JennaMichelle78]

@scrappy5011 How do you get to that conclusion...?

[PONTY30]

nice slacks

[TheAdusialol]

big thanks! :) Now I know that people are so cool. : D Bye everyone!

[sxcturkstunna]

I love it !!!

[custardaghost]

Welcome to the lug-clutching Racey-relatives fan board. Weston-Super-Mare fame awaits!

[Augustus1316]

cool song

[Augustus1316]

cool song

[tazzieboy123]

school discos they were the times in the 70's

[englishman1960]

is that Sue Menhenick from Pans People?

[djangiebaby]

fantastic :):)

[paulkirk1962]

this is just awesome.....thanks for posting

cheers paul.

[annieh59]

love it ....

[krakenwave]

Jesus. Jesus Fucking Christ please forgive the West Country, they knowed not what they did back then in them days. Ta.

[petewingnut]

Ah the 70s the decade that taste forgot lol

[ballynafeighbluedog]

this is alan partridge in his younger days

[jimmy0jam]

My dad loved this song - I'm not so sure but compared to this modern day crap it is vastly supperior! - God Bless you Dad.

[sallyos06460]

@jimmy0jam You are very wise jimmy jam Racey is a fine fine ole band. Your dad has good taste of course.

[boxofcookies]

@jimmy0jam Are you aware that your dad is a homosexual?

[jimmy0jam]

@boxofcookies He WAS a hetrosexual - he passed away in 2002.

[TheAdusialol]

To jonnebonn: Your bonehead! That dance is so great!! You can't dance that so great like them. I love thet song and i love that dance!! I'm Polish so  i can't write in English so good. ;)

[animatetime]

@TheAdusialol

Well maybe, but I'm sure you Poles can dance better than English men. At least those from the unfortunately-named Weston-SUPER-Mare.

[jonnebonn]

ooh i hate the dance!! but love the song

[dreadedlurgy]

at least it was a dance all us pissed up lads on the verge of falling over could do, very few steps to balls up lol

[SavannahR8]

@dreadedlurgy that is so true! Some guy would always yank you up onto the dancefloor, whether it would be in a hall, woolshed where ever and get stuck in. Great memories.

[cyclonus38]

LOL!!! 0.59, lead singer runs out of room, is forced to shuffle into piano.

This song rules, but this is possibly the most uncool band/clip in history.

[nikhilnair01]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA That was HILARIOUS!

[TheBeatle51]

Meine Lieblingsband in de 70er

[Loobs666]

Them Shoes???? They're illuminous! And that dance....WTF? I always remember having an argument with my 6 year old baby sister and she turned round and screeched at me...' You're not a Punk Rocker, yer a fuckin' Racey fan.' As a spotty teenager in 1979.... that insult scarred me for life. ;-)

[carntspell]

and the final episode of So You Think You Can Dance - " Well you`ve made it this far, but no amount of professional training can prepare you for the next number - it`s the dreaded Racey Dance

[Ellamental66]

Such a sexy song but Oh my goodness.. what were these guys smoking at the time? hahaha soooo funny love the knee trembling thing ... and the footwork !!!!!!! lmao

[mattildag]

the lead singer does this thing where he holds his up to his ear. its so funny

[deeangel0]

i loved racey when i was a child and so in love with them even tho i was like 12 when i first really got into them whatever happend to them???

[swazzies]

The band are still gigging and are playing the back bar WSM this Saturday. The bands home town.

[deeangel0]

thanks for that great to hear they are still going after all these years  wud love to hear them live one day lol

[solentsuper]

aha! - This is going back some - my mum used to go out with Phil from Racey back in her early teens before she met my father. She grew up in Taunton, Somerset where Phil came from.

She'd be embarrassed to read this but probably not as much as Phil! lol

[k3llz67]

makes me wana dance round the frontroom again as a kid with me pompoms lol

[PAULLONDEN]

In a "Jumpstyle' I hope ;]

[TheBelly58]

My girlfriend at this time was in love with the guitarist, the one in the white shirt...I pretended I hated racey, but it was good old knockabout Pop music and I loved it really. Hehehe...

[swedecutter]

The dancing is great.

Especially between the lead singer & girl dancer it sort of represents school disco (uk) or prom (usa) type dancing, it is a very happy song much under played.

[hilarystel]

I have to smile every time I watch this. It's so camp, yet brilliant!

[kristelkranz]

They're so white.

[herrinberlin]

I LOVE THIS - IT STILL MOVES ME TO A HIGH

[OzDuker]

Okay so its a bit bubblegum and maybe uncool to like Racey but it's so damn catchy and it's hard not to like a band that actually seems to enjoy performing a song together. The dancing from the guitarists just amazes me every time - sort of lame yet impressive at the same time.

5 stars!!!

[dDWIGgyWAM]

This Song

Lay Your Love On Me By Racey Is A Good

Song To Listen Too And I Do Liked To Hear And Listen To This Song And It Is

A Good Song To Hear I Do Liked It And All Radio Stations Should Play This Song On Their Station Now So All People Can Hear This Good Song Now

[discovery781]

never heard of this song in the USA

[Kammler03]

Great song !!! Great Memories !!

needed years to buy Original Vinyl-LP ...

BUT: it was worth it !!!

THANX !!!

[annieh59]

Luv this

[Sointula2]

Jeez - for a moment there I thought this was the Rolling Stones!

[roymeboy0]

nice to see a group enjoying themselves !

[richardla]

utter shit, funny though :)

[SCHWANZKUSS]

erste Klasse!!

[JennaMichelle78]

If you don't like it don't watch it...you obviously like shite music....what comes around goes around!!!!!!!!!!

[saddamsalaugh]

Uttter shite! If you liked this you were in the out crowd for sure. Its is the same vein as Black Lace ..vomiting

[macgriff66]

Its kinda like the wiggles...but for adults

[carntspell]

spot on. although they slowed it down and kept it simpler for adults. Considering most adults (myself included) are pissed out of their skulls when dancing to this.

[Avrilxmac]

A great catchy song.

[chris99103]

ONE OF THE CATCHIEST TUNES EVER...this song has an unbelivable amount of positive energy....

[nerdflanders8710]

@chris99103 but it's gaaaaaayyyyy

[chris99103]

@nerdflanders8710 and what ?...are you a homophobic ?....they just ROCK...pure gold

[nerdflanders8710]

@chris99103 they aint the most masculine guys around