Flying Pickets - Only You

[loylebitch]

God I really love this....

[shane6110]

Badadadam =))

[Paulol100]

Wow clever....talented group.

[chandlerbingbong]

now that's a proper pub!

[jmcfintona999]

1.09 uncle Fester

[gewglesux]

it's certainly diffrent! Cheers

[1penguin99]

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

[257dave]

has both sad and fond memorys of my child hood, top tune.

[BathedInMilk]

I wouldn't sit that close to the dartboard mate.

[BathedInMilk]

I wouldn't sit that close to the dartboard mate.

[MrSTICKMAN3333]

this is a epic video, the man in the white suit and hat at 1:49 looks a bit like david tennant

[Potionette81]

I think this version of 'Only You song is so much more emotive with that minor chord that comes in at 0:47 (for example) when they sing 'another day'. The Yazoo original has a major chord at that point, and its just not the same feeling. I love this track.

Jass Wilder.

[dnrobs]

as i remember,yes they where an a capella band but someone said absolutely no instruments where used,if so i am more impressed than even at the time.

[DECPagan1981]

yeah your right, but xmas 83 was nearly 84

[DECPagan1981]

Nice one man, but this was a xmas number one in 84

[boardsenseless]

@DECPagan1981 No, it was '83. '84 was Band Aid.

[NJtuber88]

whats up with eh british isles and sideburns lol

[Wildgeese73]

As I remember, the lead singer also did some acting. Great song, great times !!!!

[johnnycloverleaf]

Reminds me of The Office; Dawn and Tim :)

[ThisLittleShow]

This was at Number 1 the day i was born

[yeaiamuglysofuk]

he looks like liam gallagher

[hamsteralert1]

with the possible acception of yazoo, nobodys ever even gonna come close to singing this with the same harmony as these guys did..........a true ONE HIT WONDER in its own right

[vintage52]

First song that got my daughter's attention - she was 6 months old - bouncing in her cradle at Xmas 1983. She's now a real music fan - thanks Flying Pickets. 

[swastikausa]

this is real alan bleasdale jimmy mcgovern stuff. jimmy nail would love these guys.

[DanielMcmanus40]

no wonder i started to buzz the glue when i was 15

[dickie591]

@DanielMcmanus40 love it we"ve all been there.........!!!!

[turbo13101]

UTTER CLASS



[lavaboyz1]

on 1:43, From the Left Untouchables Assasin, Legolass and Merry from LOTR, Fonzee aka henry winkler, David Bowie and Lord Voldermort !!!! heheheheh!! They formed a Group. I guess they went. TO HECK WITH KILLING, lets get it on with the singing !!! heheheheh

[toeragtoolbox]

@lavaboyz1 Very good!!! I always reckoned Steve Davis and Al Pacino were there too, and some famous bald swimmer whose name I can't remember!!!! Great being an 80's kid all the same!!!!

[PublicTransportVideo]

@toeragtoolbox You mean Duncan Goddhew. He was a athlete in swimming during the 1980's

[PublicTransportVideo]

@toeragtoolbox You mean Duncan Goodhew. He was a swimming athlete during the 1980's.

[toeragtoolbox]

@PublicTransportVideo That's the lad, good call!!!

[hazard19]

Just started singing this with the London Gay Mens Chorus, such awesome harmonies! Wacky band :-)

[ballybean1]

number one when i was born!!

[oxfordruse]

@ballybean1 Same! No. 1 in the UK on the day I was born (Dec 13). This'll be one of the two songs I ask in my will to be played at my funeral... haven't decided on the second yet.

[ballybean1]

@oxfordruse thats acutally a really good idea!!! hadnt thought of that :) may have to steal that idea if you dont mind?? :)

[redcelt44]

Lovely voice on that lead singer. Great harmonies. A classic beyond all doubt.

[ThePunkMoshin]

The guy all in black with no hat looks like Voldemort...also, I love this song!

[stanstedeye]

A great song that will be played for ever & ever.

[edwardmandley]

Cool, no 1 on the 10th of dec 1983. I was born on the 11th. interesting song... ;-)

[gooooooooooooddddddd]

Keep up the good fight. We're more ugly and powerless every day so keep fighting.

[BarbershopHero]

#1 song the day I was born!

[gbacademy1]

I was off sick from school and they played this live on some lunch time TV show. It implanted itself in my head and I still remember it. It was the first time I ever associated pickets with anything but trouble.

[lizzylaOX]

How much does the bald guy look like Voldemort?

[MrMarzuki82]

@lizzylaOX  hahahaha..

[sararawle]

this was number 1 the day i was born. i feel so old :)

[mocyoung]

@sararawle And me. On the Friday.

[sararawle]

@mocyoung :) i was born 15th - think it was a thursday x

[BarbershopHero]

@sararawle Me too! Dec 12th 1983? :) That's the reason I'm here.

[sararawle]

@BarbershopHero i was born on the 15th x

[bunglebonce]

Looking from the Window above

Someone gave me a shove

I am falling

Falling from a thousand feet

I landed on my feet.......

I heard this at school about the time the record was out. Does anyone know the rest?

[marinac00]

We just so didn't care what we looked like in the 80s.....!

[dribblygibbon123]

was a pleasure to live this era

[3008Monia]

I almost forgot this song but my friend reminded me about it and it's a very nice song

[lamlok93]

wong kar wai takes me here

[neoliam]

Robert De Niro?... is that you?

[dannyobrien8910]

im not trying to be funny i actually really like this song but what is it actually about??

[h00dman]

1:38 I didn't know Lord Voldemort was a member of The Flying Pickets

[MrRevillo]

@h00dman HARRY POTTER IS GOD

[brandyandcoke]

Showaddywaddy without the instruments and just as good.

[Harrylechat01]

185 people hit the wrong button by mistake

[jonsie293446]

That's dai Rees karaoke king from twin town

[MrDischargeandi]

hard times

[ccyster]

This is so cleverly done, you don't realise there are no instruments. Takes me right back to the Chequers in Maresfield

[i8tevverist]

THATS WHY IM HERE ,,,NOSTALGIA?????????

[maeve1972]

my dad died that year... mom's favourite song.....

[NOVAINVICTA7]

fucking brilliant

[TheJugs21]

Makes me cry

[Jigaboo123456]

I like acappella performed well-- like this is.

I was trying for ages to think who the singer reminded me off-- it's Al Pacino.

[davyboy232]

@Jigaboo123456 the lead singer is an actor called brian hibbered he has been in coronation street and emmerdale among other things

[Jigaboo123456]

@davyboy232 Cheers- -i didn't mean that he was al pacino, but that wouldn't have harmed him now that he's an actor.

Have a good New Year.

[toomany01]

@davyboy232 Wasn't brian in "Twin Towns" as well? If not , he's the spit of him ! The Welsh Karake King!!

[haryygreen765]

the yellow duck ,,,1983 ,,lol

[johnmodel500]

yep good ol times of xmas 83 :)

[mrmagicroundcircle]

Takes me back to that Christmas in the early 80s .spent some wonderful times in the local pub looked very similar to this .now pub sadly long demolished friends mostly passed away or moved to other areas .

[MsFanmail]

This song was the christmas number 1 of 1983

[Dancingjenni121]

Clearly u frequented sum right dives then .. lol u'll never know a 'pub'

[Dancingjenni121]

No health an safety crap then in the pub. smokin an him sittin under the dart board .. oh the good old days when pubs where pubs ! lol

[Dancingjenni121]

@Dancingjenni121 im a non smoker by the way ... its been the demise of Britains pubs ... the smoking ban ..

[gutz323]

@Dancingjenni121 i agree, you can't even take a piss at the bar these days without getting kicked out, and what has happened to the day's when you could go down to you're local pub, stick a glass in someone's face without some nosey fucker ringing the old bill.

[NJtuber88]

AWESOME VERSION OF THE SONG!!! However it looks like its being sung by the casting call for Dr. Who, The Musical!

[Liolar43]

Merry Christmas, everyone. =D

[matt876mma]

DAI REES , KARAOKE KING.

[jesperstraussjensen]

Well I was sure that it was Yazoo or Allison Moyet that made the original, but now Im not so self asure help me...

[carlyporter1]

the best Xmas number 1 ever....shows how shit X factor really is

[TheChrisOctober]

I saw Brian Hibbard in a pantomime in Norwich years ago, and he sang this :D

[goldie103103]

The bold 1 reminds me of Uncle Fester from the Addams Family

[MrBaxtercabs]

i remember when this came out,, we all thought they were a bunch of freaks,,,but when they sang we listened

[nokiannie]

Love this song

[filks123]

I wish I could grow mutton chops :L

[swastikausa]

brian hibbard has such personality. he probably lights up every room. a bit like ricky tomlinson.

[destructivedandy]

@swastikausa I agree re Brian, but myself, I can't stand Ricky Tomlinson

[thomashandley]

Merry Christmas 2011 - 80's xmas hits were the best!

[whitewolfdj]

Brings back good memories, thanks for posting.

[renumeratedfrog]

This version charted #1 in the UK in 1983, Germany and other countries ... It never even got on the charts in the US... Draw your own conclusions...

[83thekv]

Yeah what was #1 there at the time? Paul McCarney and Michael Jackson Say Say Say nuff said really

[nimpo46]

@renumeratedfrog ok... i like the song :)

[chrisbhoy77]

This song was number 1 on my birthday, crackin tune!

[laughingp]

Lovely song, great version but from a very bleak time. Rubbish Christmas that year for many people. The irony is that Thatcher said she liked it, silly cow.

[destructivedandy]

@laughingp Indeed, spot on. But there's something wonderfully indomitable in this, that something so beautiful could be made during such bleak hard times for those who suffered the most. Thatcher may have liked it, but she'd never understand it. Genuine spirit

[topperheartramada]

@laughingp Eat shit, communist prick.

[IrishChuckNorris]

@topperheartramada Typical response to reality by a Capitalist :-)

[marinac00]

@IrishChuckNorris And what is wrong with capitalism???

[marinac00]

@laughingp I grew up in the 80s....we didn't really know how crap it was....only years later we are finding out! Doesn't matter a crap if Margaret Thatcher liked it or not....whats that got to do with the price of parsnips???

[laughingp]

@marinac00 Haha This is priceless. You grew up in the 80's and didn't notice what was happening until 30 years later? Nothing to be proud of. The name of the band is a clue. Most people were anti Thatcher, there was a lot of unrest. One of the things Thatcher did was outlaw flying pickets , are you following this? So it was a measure of how little she understood that she said she liked it, doh! Grow your own parsnips.

[warriorprince1010]

@laughingp Thatchers problems were inherited by Labour. She failed to solve them, but she did not cause them. Same as today. Labour trash the place with dated ideology and divide and conquer politics and the tories try to mop up and fail.

[adamwuk]

@warriorprince1010 The financial state we're in today is a direct result of Thatcher's 'Greed is good' Britain. She freed up the banks and relaxed all the regulations which would've stopped the credit crunch and ensuing recession.

[markaqua64]

@warriorprince1010 Well said son! Labour are full of hippocrites such as Blair and Mandelson, shamelessly milking their contacts for all they are worth. At least the Tories don't pretend to be anything other than what they are!

[Cristinact]

There's a terrible sense of nostalgia in this video... but I like it a lot. ;)

[bodsnvimto]

Bloody hell, Voldemort!!!

[FannysJukebox]

Saw these chaps at a Miners' Strike benefit gig in Cambridge in 1984. My dad took me back stage to meet them, they were genuinely lovely people.

[RTtheWalker]

Excellent stuff. I met Stripe in Australia about 20 years ago. Great band and a great stage show, much more fun than this over-serious video. Happy Christmas!

[IIAaronXD]

OLDIES are better than newbies !! thumbs up if you argee..

[sentineldg8]

you say a suprise no 1 i think not a song like that was bound to go to no1 brilliant!!! thank you lotharz

[darkfairycake]

now that's talent..not the auto tuned over produced crap we have now. shame really.

[riverbrue]

Fab Fab Fab!!

[stephen090670]

13 years of age when this was number 1 and had my first snog to it. I had a stiffy for a week!Thanks Anne Marie.

[cargandaff]

when did al pacino leave his singing career?

[MrXclio]

00:30 fred west lol

[chazz668]

oh!! how i miss them days... do it all different,

[boudavin]

number 1 the day i was born

[Oyabungaijin]

I haven't rid Pillion in a long time, but now I feel so warm

[MrXclio]

not dissing but it's 1983 not 1953, drop the sideburns, i hate long in the tooth teddy boys who haven't gotten over the 50's .

[Danwc]

@MrXclio Shame you didnt tel l them 28 years ago. Kind of makes your comment worthless.

But I agree.

[TheHHRG1]

naja..... ^^



[KahanHealing]

The memories of the 80's....! it is a feeling we have, somehow, I do not feel modern music.! Love this song so much.

[blakesquakers]

Didn't realise voldemort was in the flying pickets..

[Dustbin1149Jr]

The bald guy is never going to beat Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe unless he looks at the screen.

[NJtuber88]

AWESOME....however they remind me of the casting call of the next Dr. Who :P

[sentineldg8]

truly a brilliant song !!

[moonboots69]

wasn't the skinhead & emma thompson an item once ?

[MsBiophilia]

What a nice song is this~!!!

love it~!!!!

[BoltonASD]

the least christmassy christmas song of all time.

[F1KillerQueen]

OhmyGod!!!! This takes me back!!!!



[backpackerbucks]

This good. Super creepy good, but good.

[TheForza1000]

don't the time fly......great version...

[JAYJAYUK82]

Beautifull song

[tramondlago]

WONDERFUL!!!

[gamer1st]

best version of this song.

[paddyanglais91]

The Office Christmas Special!!

[katyslashhannah]

grew up listening to this because of my father :} i love it so much.

[british123able]

@katyslashhannah me too

[katyslashhannah]

@british123able have a very marry christmas :D

[Mazynurse]

@katyslashhannah me too, this was my dads fav xmas song. Merry xmas

[katyslashhannah]

@Mazynurse my fathers is Fairytale Of New York and Whit Christmas. have a very merry christmas and happy new year!

[jonoblack72]

thats wat i call a pub

[novaturbkkk]

anyone going to china in your hand next ? happy days with t'pau

[AustinKincaidFanClub]

This was the Beatles best song.

[fouldsie1]

@AustinKincaidFanClub Thats some kind of dumb invitation to abuse, right ?

[TheMichellepop]

he has a brilliant voice. anyone else agree???

[jalvarsito]

You will see the best of this video at second 0:39... The Donkey Kong Arcade Game!!!! :)

[jwag7]

I am pretty sure this is the Windmill pub in Acton, I could be wrong though.

[pasy2006]

I remember when I first heard this song in 1983, I feel in love with it:) I would crank it up & my father would come down & tell me to turn it down:)

[demilvsjustinbieber]

amazing song<3

[dnbhead1]

nice chops

[2262johnny]

lol aye comments are true but...ots on every christmas no1 albums we've had for yrs.

give the guy with the bid sideburns a pat on the back lol

[mickman91]

3:12 .....not a great attempt at the pot

[wingslyp]

A great song ruined by a group that look like sex offenders. Godawful!

[OperationAnime262]

@wingslyp It's a British thing, most men in Cold War Britian did.

[TheMichellepop]

@wingslyp thats a shame, they can hardly change the look of each others face becaue of what u think lol had to laugh a little tiny bit tho.

[glysentte92]

A taiwanese movie brought me here! :D

[flinty2006]

I recon Glee got the idea for their show at 0.21 in lol.

[wayne1982ish]

gd song budda budda bura burra :))

[davyboy232]

there lead singer brian hibberd is an actor who has been in coronation street and emmerdale too

[eternaltoccata]

But why does it remind me of Christmas? :D

[RhodesidesReviews]

@eternaltoccata The Office Christmas special?

[kar2ouche]

@eternaltoccata

Maybe because it was Christmas Number one in 1983?

[eternaltoccata]

@kar2ouche Okay! I didn't know that. :)

[dalgroves10]

Great song, great group, great era!!

[TheYeltzman]

The best version of this brilliant song. Just.