ABC - Poison Arrow

[@Paris__]

You know, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world

[@stevedalton800]

Exactly !!! We were the lucky ones...never be anything like it again

[@amandaburke1808]

Excatly that's the way I see it I raved my teenager Yr away best thing I ever done plenty of grt memories

[@Paris__]

@@amandaburke1808 Amen to that sister

[@luciefayre7370]

Yep me too. Best time ever❤👍

[@Paris__]

@@luciefayre7370 Amen sister 👍

[@kathystern2425]

Luv this song by ABC

[@patrick4324]

What a great group. I miss them.

[@esenoa]

As i do too. Second the best song about the love. Edits. Should be more sharp previously, at the start moment. First: Ladytron - Another breakfast with you.

[@MrHighgate123]

Who else thinks life was so much better in those days?

[@JoannHines-g6f]

I definitely do!!❤

[@boso54]

@@JoannHines-g6f me too!!!!!

[@janet20257]

Saying how great things were decades ago is a classic sign of old age.

[@retro2103]

everyone thinks this once they reach the age where bending your knees starts to hurt.

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

​@@janet20257You are getting old too..cupcake. 😂😂😂😂

[@dagmard6783]

I really miss ABC, HUMAN LEAGUE, SPANDAU BALLET, TEARS FOR FEARS, SIMPLE MINDS, THOMPSON TWINS, PRETENDERS and so on, That's the best music ever!

[@Phasael]

The 80ies were are great time and Brit Pop was No. 1 worldwide.

[@johncooper4284]

Alexandra Dumitrescu you forgot Pet Shop Boys.

[@dagmard6783]

John Cooper Thank you and by the way I LOVE THEIR MUSIC!

[@TheAstronomyFloyd]

Alexandra Dumitrescu most of these bands are still going, touring and making albums

[@TheAstronomyFloyd]

Robert Langley you'll have still bought ABC's album last year though right?

[@Jorge_Broa]

The 80´s wasn't a decade, it was an emotion. The iconic voices of some female singers are just... unforgettable.

[@markmortimer8597]

It was an absolutely amazing time to be alive.

[@patsquires3654]

1982 the golden age, there will NEVER be a decade like this again

[@paulmonfils3807]

Absolutely!!!!

[@arturodelagarza9028]

WELL ,PAT THERE'S GOING TO BE 2080. I KNOW IT IS NOT THE 1980'S. I MISS THEM TOO

[@rubenmku]

1982 is my most favorite year regarding pop music!!

[@annifridl2820]

Nope, you are so right. Amazing to be a teenager in this exact era!

[@davehenderson3739]

Yes todays music proves that, music these days are garbage.

[@kennygr8ify]

ABC is criminally underrated!

[@yatgrave1120]

Thiiis!

[@beauvearing8450]

Yeah, I agree, was 20 when this came out back in '82, great song, a must at any party 🎉🍾 🎈🎄

[@maggiefollett636]

Not at all! By whom?

[@mrneal9079]

@@maggiefollett636 agree....its a saying people use all the time that means nothing. ABC are awesome and their fans know it

[@WorksopGimp]

Trevor Horn production top quality

[@squizza28]

Easily one of the best music videos of the 80's. Sheer class!

[@maha77]

I swear to god I want to cry listening to this, omg the memories, a teenager dancing at the nightclubs to this and all the ABC songs in the 80's, amazing how time flies!

[@urrey2]

You are not alone!

[@deeward2378]

Simply THE BEST

[@throwback888]

I was stationed in England during the early mid 80's. I was in my 20's, oversized suits and ties were trendy and fashionable at the clubs, it was a great time and the UK was ground zero for the music.

[@djnitetrain6171]

Check out my 80s mixes! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4HJdoBsl9JnrZI

[@arturodelagarza9028]

I'M NOT SICK, BUT I DON'T FEEL GOOD. MISS THE 80'S. I WAS A YOUNG AIRMAN. WE CRANK THESE JAMN IN THE HANGAR. SOUNDED LIKE A DISCO . EVEN THE OFFICERS WOULD GET INTO IT . BEST YEARS, AND BEST JOB I EVER HAD. STAY SAFE

[@gracehoffman6058]

Fantastic music, should be lots more, bettet than todays stuff

[@foxypat08]

I’m 66 and the 70s and 80s were fantastic!! But this track and many of ABC’s were the best!!

[@bethgriffiths3387]

I’m from Sheffield and I’m proud to be from where they’re from! ♥️

[@doyleperkins4916]

Yes, a sense of pride in knowing these great musicians hail from your region of England. Much to be proud of. Kudos and peace.

[@jerrysteven7771]

Cool Beans, Beth! Hope you get back occasionally and it still parties on.

[@wazzock999]

me too!

[@glenwelty6788]

Martin's voice has always been amazing. Underrated band for sure..od on these vids in early 80s with MTV.

[@michaelmoran2022]

I'm from Liverpool and I love the beatles.

[@markcf83]

The 80's was the best decade ever for music. Fact.

[@edwardlagrossa1246]

Wrong! The Sixties were obviously! Rock and roll peaked!

[@cardenassolisrodrigo2601]

60's and 70's would like to argue in that statement.

[@diefenbakersown]

You just don't get music videos like this today, and haven't for a while. This was back when music videos were seen as an art, and not just another commerical.

[@tori9654]

Just discovered this as a 25 year old who wasn't around when it first came out...addicted! I play it almost every day :D

[@cholaken7804]

Just heard it today at work

[@beauvearing8450]

An introduction to the 80's, released 1982 🎉 🎸🥁

[@littlenige]

Welcome to the 80's! It was incredible!!

[@truthreignsforever9286]

hello Tori, greetings, i kindly recommend “Faded Flowers” by Shriekback. A lesser know Brit band of the “80s British Invasion”. That was a song on the soundtrack of “Band of the Hand”, a cult classic movie from 1986. Hope you like the song? Cheers 😁

[@jeremyfrost2636]

If you want to hear more like this, check out my playlist The Best Decade Of Music.

[@beardymcbeardface3261]

A timeless New Romantics classic from ABC serving up a fabulous collaboration of vocal and instrumental that still sounds as fresh as it did back in the 1980’s. What an absolute banger of a track and still loving it in 2024.

[@johnbuss6926]

Love how they used older people dancing at a club ..this sums up the 80s proper and reminds me of the top 40 on the radio on Sundays...loved the 80s..

[@vandamparmo7959]

Don't forget trying to tape it without the dj talking😂😂

[@DD-jm3ou]

Lisa Vanderpump is so iconic I love this song! Videos in the early 1980s are soooooo better than the pop videos of today. I love this 80's gem.

[@JoulieFox]

And she looks so much better now! I can't believe it she can be even prettier!

[@tomasztycner5673]

The 80 is Top of the Pop. From Poland with love....

[@craigwilliams8457]

Qqqqq

[@clareowen2047]

It’s called plastic surgery

[@awolsurf-TC]

She was so hot in this video. Had no idea until you said her name that it's the reality star!

[@juliearpin6819]

The 80’ = best time and music ever 🎼🎵💃🕺❤🫶🙏💫

[@johnbonivento9037]

Particularly 1980-1895

[@chadmcginney1600]

The 80s were the most amazing times to have grown up in!!! All this British groups were just awesome!!! ABC, Duran Duran, Def Lepard, Spandau Ballet, 🙏🏼🇬🇧

[@CC3193]

+ Depeche Mode, The Human League, Soft Cell, Tears For Fears, Simple Minds, Wham!, Culture Club, Eurythmics

[@hazelrah321]

​@@CC3193New Order, Joy Division, the Cure, Erasure, and (my fave) the Smiths!😊

[@michaelspeltz1615]

Depeche Mode too ! And don't forget great American bands Talking Heads, Devo, The Cars, Blondie, and The B-52s. Plus Elvis Costello, English Beat, General Public and I could go on forever with the bands with the incredible music and of course the videos that hooked us all on MTV......btw I turn 60 next month.

[@orlandohinojosa6673]

​@@michaelspeltz1615talking heads maybe had 2 alright songs

[@robwilliams6753]

@@michaelspeltz1615 "English Beat" tell me you're a yank without telling me you're a yank. they were/are called The Beat

[@ErosAthienou]

No nudity, no swearing, no CGI...just raw talent, amazing vocals and the most killer bass guitar. Thank God I lived the 80s😎✨🎸🎹🎙️

[@laurence.MusicAndSights]

Excellent summary. From France 🇫🇷 a New Wave devotee. His ténor voice is amazing 🎉

[@lauralutzhoven5648]

But heavy use of fairlight computer (which I like).

[@Grambling88]

WHAT A SHOWMAN THEY WERE.

[@leoncampbell7734]

I cant lie this is my favourite song on GTA😂😂

[@YouChoob24]

I can’t lie gta brought me here 😂

[@RobertJohnson-zg6bc]

The early '80s was an incredible time in music and brought an enormous wave of talent from the UK. Exactly 40 years on, this untouchable gem from ABC remains timeless.

[@julieking9481]

Yes, the early 80s! was the best music of all-time.

[@michaelfrietdch9833]

​@@julieking9481The early 1980s definitely was. New Wave, Metal, Pop, the first part of the decade had it all,😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

[@carolegodde7816]

Still listening to them in 2022

[@slapshot6ful]

This song slaps. Great work gentlemen.2023 respects your gangsta

[@BlackDesertZen]

lexicon of love was a masterpiece

[@tomgiddens2963]

Big fan of ABC in the 80s. These guys were musical geniuses. We need more music like this these days. 😎

[@julespeskett6726]

O GOD YES WE DO AND QUICKLY

[@brettpatrick6582]

Trevor Horn (the producer of this song and I think the entire album) was a genius

[@ermannogallo9774]

​@@brettpatrick6582 Condivido, Trevor Horne ha lasciato un segno assolutamente indelebile con le sue intuizioni musicali di quell' epoca.

[@wonkyal3097]

This is one of those amazing songs where I can put it on loud, shut my eyes and I'm instantly rewound to the special place in time that is the early 1980's.

[@Eminemgodful]

Thank you Vice City

[@JamieSMB]

Absolutely love this song, what a tune.

[@feferosette]

I loved ABC in the 80's. I still watch their music videos from time to time.

[@SarahBuckland-dyer]

I worked for HMV in the 80s and 90s ABC have always been one of my favourite bands

[@feferosette]

@@SarahBuckland-dyer Oh ok 🙂👍

[@shereewilson6278]

ABC were such a great 80s band that I really loved They combined the sound of Roxy and disco music topped with theatrical sophistication .Underrated for sure!

[@zalzalak1]

I swear this takes me back to 1982 when I was a teen and im crying 😢 how I miss those days and music 🎶

[@ianbell7342]

one of my alltime faves ahhhhh thems the days hey

[@evonne_]

Videos in the early 1980s are soooooo better than the pop videos of today.

[@Himaryous]

That was the golden age of video.

[@feldspar3858]

There ARE no videos anymore. If you DO see one now, they suck!

[@astralartist4]

Much better than the late 80s - the early 80s music was so cool

[@blackirishrose4040]

I beg to differ for the exception of Michael Jackson's Thriller and Peter Gabriel Sledgehammer

[@pseudonayme7717]

This video is pure 80's "new romantic" goodness 😊

[@Vanasse1]

This song is a masterpiece... there's so much going on in it, the bass is fantastic and all the other snippets they throw in are just genius..... love it!

[@Lance37a]

Very Bernard Edwards inspired.

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

@@Lance37a FACTS. Was just about to leave a comment saying it sounds like they wished they were Chic meets Roxy Music.

[@lesleysmith3319]

@violetskies Mark Lickley bassist, the best.

[@EricBrettJones]

Trevor Horn produced this didn't he?

[@sarsart4844]

@@EricBrettJones Yes

[@artteacherlady]

So grateful to be an 80’s kid!

[@joannehines7806]

" I thought you loved me, but it seems you don't care!!" Legendary!!

[@shiroibasketshoes]

"I care enough to know that I can never love you"...equally the response!

[@andrealopezdelgado66]

It hurts when it comes from your broken heart, seriously. ;(

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@andrealopezdelgado66 Seriously I know what you mean. I am very sorry your heart was broken. :-( Mine has been, too. I hope you will have a happy new week and better days ahead!

[@AHeady]

@@shiroibasketshoes 🤟

[@MrAquilina420]

Hmm. I’m under her skin for life it seems. That stupid bunny boiler.

[@gianca60]

Best ABC single in my humble opinion.

[@tw6873]

Be Near Me....

[@tw6873]

But this one is still way up there for me, too.

[@pauljackson2473]

This is my favorite ABC song.

[@gaginho]

ABC is an 80's icon, and Trevor Horn is the father of many greats.

[@ACS402010]

Seriously one of the best bands from the '80's. So glad to have experienced it all in realtime back then.

[@redchili6927]

That's not saying much, 80's music was pure garbage.

[@reinhard0069]

Such a ridiculous generalisation. Every decade has good and bad music.

[@danacoleman4007]

I agree 100%. can't believe I never heard of them back then. I haven't laughed this hard in a long long time

[@paulfrost8895]

Spring 82 I think ' if memory serves.

[@11dsw]

@@redchili6927 … Honestly, you’re not far off of the mark. Definitely was an experimental decade that did not age well. It was excess everything. In music, fashion …just more, more, more. Too much. 🤢

[@eddrickfoster9273]

This song is so good

[@onthepin830]

Still killing it in 2020...love this song...

[@biancachristine7860]

❤

[@jamesnix4556]

January 2024.... Plays it in the Dodge 3500 one ton ..... It's a very cool song from my 8th grade year

[@navymiguelito]

I used to get a good chuckle out of the seniors dancing away...now decades later, I'd blend right in. sigh.

[@santacollins326]

😆👍🎶🎶💟

[@macbethpkyiv]

You and me both.

[@stevo62ful]

The band must have brought in their parents, Aunties and Uncles as the extras for the video.

[@psm-rq3xk]

The old folks in this video are long gone😢

[@swq897]

The 80's were the golden age of music

[@harryraiswell2158]

In the words of Spandau Ballet "True".

[@caribstu]

Oh please... get real.

[@48slowhands]

The last decent era before the dreaded RAP raised its ugly head.

[@SergeESC]

@@caribstu it’s true

[@caribstu]

@@SergeESC not even close

[@comba06]

1) Killer bass line - almost a melody onto itself 2) Exquisite instrumentation including keyboards and esp. woodwind (sax) 3) Proper 'bridge' passage of completely different melody/chords, rather than a lame rap interlude And this from a 'commercial', non-indie song at the time that was in the 'commercial' pop charts Why can't we hear this level of song composition/musicality in most current top 10 hits today? This era was amazing in terms of sheer composition skill - 90s too - the 80s - take me back please

[@chambara62]

comba06 I agree! That bass line in the beginning hooks you right in!

[@StillTheVoid]

you forgot number 4. Trevor Horn

[@sarahharris4849]

I agree!!! Songs this exceptional shouldn't be creations of the past

[@danacoleman4007]

lol

[@hello150]

You can have a great opinion of this song without calling rap lame.

[@dondee5439]

At the 1:26 mark, the hot blonde dancing at the club is Candy Davis. She played sexy secretary Miss Belfridge for 13 episode in the TV show ARE YOU BEING SERVED?. Sadly, Candy Davis died in 2021 at the age of 59.

[@ReRiderChi]

Very very obscure

[@k.avilla8061]

Thanks for this information. So sad she died so young ( like poor Debbie Linden from ' Are You Being SERVED?'.

[@porcupinefizzy2908]

I love this 80's gem.

[@injanhoi1]

This song is timeless!

[@BLUEEYEGEMINI]

Here October 2024 !! Thank you ! Love the 80”s !! Great times ! Love from Canada 🇨🇦 sharing and keeping this music alive !🔥🔥🔥🇨🇦🇨🇦😊

[@mikelykan.9416]

Absolutely masterful production. ABC will never age their music is brilliant.

[@bozzi1971]

Bet many played this via cassette listening fun blast on our car stereos during the 80s. I did!

[@keithjones7390]

Played cassette in the car which l used for work so many times, bought it on CD later as well.

[@bozzi1971]

@@keithjones7390 same here mate

[@nesekitty9703]

"Who broke my heart, you did, you did Bow to the target, blame Cupid, Cupid You think you're smart, stupid, stupid Shoot that poison arrow to my heart" .....................................................................................THIS still sounds as fresh as it did IN 1982 💘🎶🎇💃💫🕺🎇...Happy Valentine's Day 2023 🌹💞✨

[@philsterthephilster]

Still one of the greatest pop songs ever crafted.......

[@strictlynorton]

philster611 so right baby...

[@rvisidera]

I preferred to call this, New Wave.

[@kristianyrjola]

Yes it is.

[@mitzithompson6585]

One of my favorite 80s band. My teen years were the best years of my life. Id give anything to go back😢😢😢

[@kevinhenrylimaavendano6091]

Los 80s, si que fueron años dorados de la música. Actualmente la música no le llega ni a los talones a la música de esa época 😔

[@RamonSzyslak]

Actualmente es muy bueno The Weekend

[@santiagoduenas2122]

Tas bien?

[@TheStarrmaker]

Still one of my favorite '80s British Invasion bands.

[@SuperEdge67]

Surely one of the best bass lines of the 80s

[@RommelEarlDigo-qq6bp]

those three dancing grandmothers add so much charm and humor to this timeless video ... since this was from 1983, Rest in Peace to those three dancing grandmothers, and thank you for the humor

[@malcooool]

one of best 80s songs,and bands. huge at the time,and still fresh to this day

[@anjeanetteharris7837]

Mal Barker No truer words have been spoken!!! Classic songs never die, they just get better

[@malcooool]

Anjeanette Harris yes, they do,and they keep the memories of what i was doing at the time. nice comment anjeanette

[@felixgutierrez993]

@@anjeanetteharris7837 I actually like it more because of the Aesthetic! I am 19 but growing up I listened to all of my parents music...ITS GREAT!

[@leonardolupini3484]

That baseline must be the best example of the eighties that there is. Period.

[@nikkip3385]

@@leonardolupini3484 John Taylor was the bass player they all wanted to be back then. And he probably still is! 😂

[@alankozak9675]

Wow the basslines are still awesome after all these years!

[@anachronity9002]

I love that syncopation between the baseline and the vocals at 2:35 they're just *slightly* out of time with eachother and it helps it pop out so much!

[@lotharmathaus174]

One of the best british song of the 80's.

[@johnvanzoest4532]

hooked by the bassline 40 odd years ago. Hasnt changed . still love it.

[@timdacey4520]

They had some real catchy songs, love it

[@BerlinFan82]

Lexicon Of Love, one of my all time favorite albums.

[@mattma96]

It's an EPIC album!

[@1061andy]

yes I have to endorse that - fantastic album, still stands up well in 2018.

[@soulproduct6209]

If "Purple Rain" never existed, "Lexicon" would surely be my #1 favorite album of all time.

[@peterchambers2553]

"Right from the start when you knew we would part" Still resonates 4 decades later☹️♥️😄

[@kpyng]

One of the best albums in the history of rock and roll. Not a single bad song on it...

[@edwardlagrossa1246]

In the history of Rock and Roll? More than the inventors? More than the sixties? You know nothing!

[@lisabaker320]

" I care enough to know I could never love you".

[@richkeylor787]

A perfect example of early 80s awesomeness.

[@sickagain7541]

OH YES , THE GLORY YEARS OF MTV. GLAD I WAS THERE LIVE TO SEE IT . CLASS OF ROCKIN 84 HERE. ROCK ON MTV GEN XER'S,,,,,,,,,,,,, FOREVER !!!.

[@evelyngandara6874]

One of the best bands from the 80’s

[@MrsBlaileen1]

I’d say one of the top 10 songs from the 80’s...

[@GrahamByrne63]

One of the top new wave bands from the 80,s glad I was part of it 👌

[@buddylove346]

Poison Arrow by ABC is a golden classic from an era that will never be experienced again as music exploded in the 80's because of MTV. If you got to grow up with the 50's through the 80's music YOU were blessed!

[@deananderson3988]

This is one of the best 80s songs.

[@stevewright4576]

One of the best albums of all time, every tune a representation of a young man's life. Listened to this hundreds of times when I was 16, the electronic drums, so clean...

[@elfowp]

Watching now and forever!

[@ginagina9720]

Gosh this takes me back!

[@tessahobden2346]

Going back to my teens, loved this group

[@JRLOC]

Such an iconic hit from THE era! Let’s go back to the 80s, the best decade in modern history.

[@KeithWickliffe79]

Always loved ABC since 87

[@andyoates7515]

This record epitomises the 80 ' s . Best decade for me monster lyrics and banging saxophone 🎷

[@garycole4859]

Classic example of the 80s being the decade of my musical journey beginning

[@neilmercer8023]

Lexicon of love one of the 80s great albums

[@thomasford4235]

I remember when this first came out on Mtv. I think I'm getting old(er). I miss those days. The greatest and most creative time. I lived through the 60's and 70's with those classics. But damn the eightes were kicking butt!

[@tommi200561]

Saw loads of concerts in the 80's, huge superstars - my favourite gig of all time ? these guys, saw them at the Glasgow Apollo at the height of their fame, they played with a live orchestra, and almost blew the roof off, they were incredible.

[@sherihello4054]

I love the tune of this song.

[@rcfanaticdublin]

Ahh the early 1980's....new wave,punk rock,new romantics and electro pop. Didn't know if we were coming or going../but what an amazing time to be alive. 💆

[@SimplyTheBest805]

Agree, but did we know it?

[@ianwall3645]

Punk rock???????

[@NewmiesDad]

@@ianwall3645 I listened to quite a bit in the 80's, went well with skating and the normal 80's bands - Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Sex Pistols, The Clash (sorta), X, Minor Threat, GBH, Agent Orange, Descendents, etc etc. All flowed perfectly well with New Order, The Smiths, OMD, Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk - etc. ;D omg, good times... great times actually.. where music was concerned.

[@SuperDrJeckyl]

One of the best records of all time.

[@JonathanE-n3h]

First saw this on Australian TV in 1982....never forgot that sick bass.

[@JHeier14]

Anyone still listening to ABC in 2020?

[@duanesealy3592]

Me

[@fionawalsh1007]

Very much me to here.

[@marekpedziwater3358]

Me

[@paulosborne3954]

Probably one of the best album's of all , brilliant backing and , I was falling in love , with the love of my life .

[@lisabloom67]

10/28/20!

[@CHIRIS2000]

2020 and i still listen this song

[@duanesealy3592]

Same here

[@billseely991]

Was trying to remember all those UK MTV videos..Thomas Dolby up next ;)

[@catherineholdsworth1283]

Now listen to this in 2021

[@warwva]

God what a voice he has.

[@HAVEAGREATDAYize]

The break in this song is iconic

[@sherrykreminski4771]

Classic song I remember from the 80’s