Uploaded by The80sJukebox on Dec 24, 2010
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going" is a popular English proverb. A song of the same name was recorded by Billy Ocean in 1985 at Battery Studios North London.
Written by Wayne Braithwaite, Willy Head, Barry Eastmond, Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Billy Ocean, the song was used as the theme song for the Michael Douglas film, The Jewel of the Nile.
Aided by a video featuring Douglas and co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito as lip-synching backup singers, the song became a major international hit reaching number one on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks in February 1986 and number two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.
In 1994, the song was used for a clip of the 1986 edition of the BBC The Rock 'n' Roll Years featuring coverage of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines. Three years later, it was also used as a background song in the 1985-86 football season edition of Match of the 80s, during coverage of the challenge Kenny Dalglish faced on his appointment as player-manager of Liverpool F.C..
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Actually being a teenager in the 80's and a young adult in the 90's was the best
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didn't know he was black
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thubs up if you wish you was kid in the 70's and teen in the 80's
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great lyrics, so positive..love rulez
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@sosadman1 think it has been remomved.been looking for it my self.Porbably got removed when youtube only alawoed live videos.It contained parts of the movie so i figure it whent down
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That video is on YouTube as well; just keep looking for it. I'm just sorry they didn't put it on the VHS or DVD (or did they?)
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i love billy ocean!
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Anyone got the version with Michael Douglas and kathlene turner as the backing group (not forgeting danny devito)
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- 7:57
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Commodores - Nightshiftby CommodoresVEVO1,639,926 views
One of the best songs of all time. what a great track
pb10538 11 months ago 5
@BritishToby
no thanks.. being a kid in the 80s and a teenager in the 90s was much better
bungleunited123 1 month ago