Taken In - Mike & The Mechanics.

[thecarebearhideaway]

I always loved Mike and the Mechanics from the moment I heard All I Need is a Miracle! I played the crap outta that cassette and then bought a new one! :-D There was just so many awesome songs that came from this band. This kinda music was perfect for those summer night drives just cruising along the back roads with the top down on the car and the wind blowing through you and the moon shining down on you. Oh how those were the best times of my life. I sure do miss those days of youth! :-/

[vitoduval]

Richard Belzer....from his scarface days

[vitoduval]

I thought it was Paul McCartney when i first heard it

[BlackDiamondPublish]

The manager looks like Veruca Salt's father in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory."

[ambrosebobo]

this remind me of my childhood when i look at memores on vhs when people came to my house 1994-1995 when thay came and visit on part1 and part2 on vcr when everybody was in school r i p

[aquario9]

Now without Phil Collins Group I hope that Mike return with her old group...

[Doobie1975]

great song, should have been a much bigger hit than what it was, I can easily picture Foreigner doing this song during the same era.

[localcrew]

Belzer, FTW!!

[robertduartes]

Boa essa music perfect!

[aquario9]

Actually I believe their can make another video cause that dont have nothung in comon with story's song.

[kyle82364485]

Forgot Roy Kinnear was in the video.

[semitas777]

THE BEST SONG THE MIKE AND THE MECHANICS IN POINT OF WIEV I HOPE THIS GRUP WIIL CAME BACK AGAIN

[ha300zx]

Fiesta de marquesinas en Puerto Rico para los 80, priceless!!!!!

[lalitopuntocom]

Best song possible with the worst video possible

[yerfavoritegreg]

man the Belt has some SKINNY legs

[miccal99]

Was that Belzer?

[yerfavoritegreg]

@miccal99 it IS Belzer...and his pretty real life wife



[Laughfiend65]

Heard this song spring/summer 2008 going back to new york, coming from Virginia Beach. Me, my kid bro, and my parents just cruising around curves in a cls500. 80s music on when the sun is going down.

[edsroraphael]

 Bela canção!!!

[logcabinss4]

this video was shot at my uncle franks house in cumming, GA on lake lanier. I was up in loft while filming. I kept taking pictures and the flash kept goin off and producer wasnt very happy. kept thinkin, thats mike freakin rutherford how cool. best childhood experience ever. aunt renee took us and band out on 41' corsa fast boat, what a memory, paul young was so cool. nice to hear genisis is back together for an album. i miss that lake, brings tears to my eyes.

[lurch321]

@logcabinss4 Do you appear in the video?

[Bunzypoo]

Love this song.

[sinjin405]

Saw these guys in concert in NYC. Great show. They used the Genesis sound system, it was fantastic.

[thestaydown]

this song makes me cry, I have no idea why, it just does.

[mimilovesyou166]

Summer Sun 72: I know what you mean,I cry everytime I hear it. I love this song,especially when I feel like I have been "TAKEN IN".

[BetamaxBabe]

I never felt this video fit the song. Nonetheless, it's perfect night music.

[fitzgivesfits1]

richard beltzer makes an appearance

[semitas777]

truly when the music was music its incredible but ist a reality in this decade the music had lirycs good arregments and meaning y the compuser has the skills to improvement this kind of music

[Doobie1975]

Great song, actually heard this on our local station on Rick Dees Countdown circa 1986

[isha1414]

hermosa cancion de los 80, falta escuchar estas canciones en estos tiempos!!

[savelighthouses]

Great song and lyrics. Love it.

[dino187cuz]

I luv dis song.

[tom321974]

ving so true in the 80s songs made sense and told stories of lost loves promises and lies

[lachha1976]

Wow I had no idea this was them. I adore this song and what's funny I bought this CD a few years ago for Par Avion another beautiful song by this band. Just goes to show when you buy a CD listen to the whole thing you never know what you maybe missing out on.

[nazul123]

Totally agree !!!!

[fonzeyfu]

Have to admit I hadn't heard this until today on their "Hits" cd - fell in love with it first play.

[Hljakes]

love this song

[AdamG1983]

5 people were taken in. Dumbasses.

Yes, fuckin A right! That spoiled tw@t Veruca Salt's dad!

[myermania]

wasn't the manager guy in Willy Wonka?

[ruggero305]

@myermania

un bel vecchio video

ruggero, roma, italy

[robytzu97]

can't wait to see these guys in a few weeks

[yearoffirsts]

My God, how corny--did we really watch this stuff?

[wombatfritter]

don't i know it

[94981745]

God damn MIke is a well-spoken fella :O

[Equirojo]

Beautiful song!!! love it Its in my top 5 SURE!!!!

[SEHANO]

Was that Richard Belzer's real family and lake house?

[fartstew]

@SEHANO i was just about to ask the same thing!!

[70stacy]

Wow. Haven't heard this one in ages. Always loved it!

[Roboto73]

Unbelievable!!! More than 25 years. I love this song.

[540allison]

rip paul young

[fernomenon]

Hey....that man at the beginning is the same in the beginning of "All I Need Is A Miracle"

[philokiko]

2 idiots

[lefkytheshin]

Hey! It's Mr. Salt from the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Good song.

[94cadillacfleetwood]

smooth grooves here...too bad it wasn't one of their bigger hits, but you can hear a little bit of the inspiration for The Living Years in the music.

lol Richard Belzer as the dad...

[94cadillacfleetwood]

smooth grooves here...too bad it wasn't one of their bigger hits, but you can hear a little bit of the inspiration for The Living Years in the music.

[Doobie1975]

I just heard this song on the Soft Rock station on Music Choice earlier this evening and I was really shocked that they would play this song, definitely wouldn't hear this on your local FM station!

[Doobie1975]

I actually heard this song on the Soft Rock station on Music Choice just an hour ago and I was in total disbelief that they actually play this song

[tsukiyumi]

song is just perfect....the sadness and old time feeling is very hard to duplicate

[lefkytheshin]

@tsukiyumi Well said.

[digitalvoodoocolony]

Question. Why would the child be eating ice cream at bed time. Great song nonetheless.

[sweetpea3339]

Oh my goodness very 80'S.. I love this song!!! Great memories!!!!

[harrysaccount]

good song

[tsukiyumi]

very mellow and very great..soooo sad...love it

[GiovannatheSTRONG]

@tsukiyumi i know right!

[RocketRodder]

This song used to make me cry when I was little... To t his day I can't hear it at ALL without tearing up. I think it's a combination of the lyics and the sad, sad melody.

[JAB5625]

@RocketRodder It is a very well written and emotional song.... The video is god awful but hearing it makes me reflective. Excellent song.

[Doobie1975]

At first I didn't really think much of this song but sometime last year I've heard this song again and really liked it and it's now one of my all time favorite songs, it was definitely worth giving this song another chance

[TheProgNerd]

Mike and The Mechanics are driving a blue VW bus...Clearly they were sent by the Dharma Initiative to brainwash people with the awesomeness of their music.

[emanuelle677]

iT'S SO SAD THAT MUSIC LIKE THIS DON'T COME OUT ANYMORE ! i PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS LISTEN TO THE OLD STUFF I HATE TODAYS MUSIC !!!! i DON'T EVEN LISTEN TO THE RADIO ANYMORE I JUST COME HERE WHEN I WANT TO LISTEN TO SOMETHING GOOD !

[TheFishMiester]

These guys were X L Ent !

[striketaron]

I'm right there with RetroJenny, smooth tunes...

[RetroJenny]

I love this song. Thanks

[vivandav67]

LOVE this song.....

[Relda999]

it's so hard when ur taken in!!

[chontristan]

gracias man

[defdave]

Rest in peace Paul Young.

[margaret25lyf]

i love this song!!funny video!lol

[EarlofCrawford]

I would have preferred a Genesis with Mike and Peter. The wrong band member left.

[clarksterish]

This could have been my theme song for about the last 20 years...............

[nothadnotbad]

great song sick video... suks

[angryscowl]

great song, but  CUT THE MULLET..........

[buccobilly28]

I love this song and i love this video.

[juanvodka23]

The video its great!! sadness mix it with happiness!! great!

[chepemestepec]

bad video la caga pero me encanta la cancion!!!

[karysoul]

I think the video works for "All I Need is A Miracle" but not for this song. This is too good a song ...

[screwaccounts]

What a crappy video for such a cool song, man. Thanks for the upload, tho. It's good to learn things.

[Daniweb1971]

I remember in 1986 I heard this sing in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic when I was visiting. It was in Sanish and I loved it even more, because it was a familiar song that I knew back in the states. It reminds me of being a freshman in highschool and loving life.

[ving1985]

This is real music.When songs meant something.Great post.

[stphndelvacchio46]

@ving1985 rap and metal is real 2

[scotty3861]

this is real music

[Cansseco]

@lsdn80 go back to listening to your beiber fuck you fag

[danielby87]

@Cansseco Ya ur right beiber is talentless todays music sucks big time

[prettymarc]

Absolutely love this song...still mellows me out!

[crumblingtown]

have the cassette copy of their album that includes this song

[PalakikaK]

Thank you for posting! Wow! Seeing a very young Richard Belzer (pre 'Homicide: Life on the Streets' and 'Law and Order') is really cool!!! :) Thank you!

[scotty3861]

paul young is ace and so was the 80s

[afstralos1]

i agree totally....my favourite mechanics song....

[boojoo125]

great song, i like!!

[winterhon21]

i like this song..:)

[MsSC1985]

Great song. My favorite from this group.

[gabyram105]

BONITA¡¡¡¡¡

[Relda999]

i loved u so much but u l.....

[tsukiyumi]

What a song..super duper sad though

[ambrosebobo]

this song remind me back in the days when people came to my house it was 1993 or it was 1994 this song remind of my childhood i think when people came down from texas all my family :(

[ambrosebobo]

and i have it on record to lp record i love this song taken in

[CARLOSGUIZMO]

Excelente tema, me encanta

[Vikkisnake]

What's with all these videos having the fat manager guy? Where they all a theme or a connected story or something?

[monkee1969]

@Vikkisnake Roy Kinnear, English Actor, fell of a horse in 1988 while filming three musketeers & sadly died the next day of a heart attack.

[BuscandoTrabajo1]

Que Genial Graciassssssssss

[Styxchic1]

when music was music

[vince187100]

@Styxchic1 Back in 1985

[honeycone71]

@Styxchic1: You know it...and I loved the video.

[shardas1]

Funny to see Richard Belcher in this video great song!

[sm0keysm0key]

he is too cool to take his hands out his pockets!!! dope!!! now thats a real pimp right there.

[bubblebath88]

aw this song makes me wanna cry...

[Crowemerr2]

Love this song. I like the video's of this and all I need is a miracle.

[GreatGarloo]

oh wow. the dad is comedian Richard Belzer aka Munch on Law & Order: SVU.

[tluda]

its been with since i was 11- 12 - christ ... thats a long time. songs still cool.

[restlessr84]

The hefty old dude at the beginning looks like the guy who played Veruca Salt's Dad in willy wonka and the chocolate factory

[MrLogoman007]

@restlessr84 That is Roy Kinnear.

[Doobie1975]

Great song, this song sounds like a combination of Steve Perry's "Foolish Heart" and Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is"

[ozyozyoioi]

This song + The Captain Of Her Heart (Double) = 10 minutes of memories

[DaveWollenberg]

Hit #7 AC, #32 pop in the US (Billboard). How'd it do in the UK? God bless! RIP, Paul Young.

[samboy1288]

I had no idea this was mike + the mechanics, i hear it at work all the time and always found it passed the time well.

[rholborn8]

My favorite song of all time, but the video doesn't work for me at all.

[Jamasafields]

Thanks for posting this.

Best song of Mike&The Mechanics.

What a beautiful voice!

RIP..Paul Young.

[Wolverine1228]

Even Belzer? is in this one as a comedian?

[Wolverine1228]

I concur..this ones a masterpiece!

[tsukiyumi]

great song...very sad....hits home

[pich1964]

Atala do you remember 1987 I do. UIC 20 april

[drtopcat1]

Aaaaahhhh que chingoneria, excelente canción, tengo todo el día escuchandola, bien valen el dolar q cobra iTunes por bajarla... Mil gracias por postearla!!!

[BerkeleyMews7]

One of my all time faves. Thanks for the post!

[jenben34117]

Richard Beltzer! ROFL!!

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

My favorite song from Mike & The Mechanics' self-titled release - should've gotten better than #32 though! RIP Paul Young - this song isn't the same without you!

[Doobie1975]

@DENo1MatchGameFan I couldn't agree with you more, this should've made the Top 10

[DENo1MatchGameFan]

@Doobie1975 I thought it was better than "Silent Running" myself, but that's just me, I guess!

[Doobie1975]

@DENo1MatchGameFan I also thought it was better than "All I Need is a Miracle" which I thought was overplayed, I still like "Silent Running" a lot

[nothadnotbad]

great song but the video butchers it

[avis122]

@nothadnotbad I agree the video just does not do justice to the heartbreaking sentiment of the song. Suppose we've all "been had" but Paul's vocal just hits 'ya. 

[gangstadee1991]

@avis122 thats not paul young on this one

[crimsonrush]

@gangstadee1991 Yes it is! :)

[gangstadee1991]

@crimsonrush ACTUALLY ITS PAUL CARRACK ON THAT ONE. GOOGLE IT.

[gangstadee1991]

@gangstadee1991 YOU ARE RIGHT MR CRIMSONRUSH, I STAND CORRECTED

[crimsonrush]

@gangstadee1991 Check out Paul singing with Sad Cafe. They were a great band too. :)

[boyclem1065]

@nothadnotbad it's not bad at all! it's kind of natural, funny and down to earth. i really like it. great!

[steakdiaper]

@nothadnotbad you just described 90% of 80s songs

[honeycone71]

@nothadnotbad: I always thought this video was kind of cute.

[ObamaPenis]

That guy at the beginning is kind of sexy...

[Nineteen80s29]

The hair, the clothes, the song tempo, all VERY 80s, in other words, AWESOME!

[ruggero305]

@Nineteen80s29 musica spettacolare e davvero rilassante

roma-italy

[frcepeda78]

fregon, excelente...good job.

[acehighpat]

Should've been a top ten hit

[KaristaSwiss]

Mikes reaction to the Ice cream.. Classic :)

and the Father is on Law and Order WOW :o

[2012nadia]

i was just tlkin abt this group my father and i.

[reiwell]

I taken 20 years found it, i don't believe it!!!!

[manchita321]

Great....never tire to listen over and over..!

[jbeleni]

Thank's for posting... Funny's video.

[ZMommaL56]

Paul Young whose on lead vocals in this song died 10 years ago.

[Bunzypoo]

I love this song!

[chubphucka]

the kids dad in this video....is now on law and order....thanks mike lol

[drkphoenix2k]

@chubphucka that's Richard Belzer

[drkphoenix2k]

@chubphucka And Mike Rutherford was in Genesis as well.

[jcmtjo]

gracias por el video me gusta mucho esa cancion

[backpi]

A dam good song !!! Thanks for adding it.

[12hornyboy]

It´s a classic song and for a long time I´ve been searching this song on youtube, thanks a lot for posting it, it´s really amazing and so does your description of the song "pudo ser esto lo más bello que jamás se pudo imaginar" you can be a poet man!

[mluz05]

Gracias, muy buen tema

[papaheavy]

Alguien sabe donde puedo descargar este video con buena resolucion??

[frcepeda78]

excelente! Mil gracias!

[happyfatties5000]

It's ABOUT TIME someone posted this video/song! Thanks a ton for breaking the streak of futility!