Alexei Sayle - Didn't you kill my brother?

[@scpilgrim9109]

This song has had permanent residence in my brain since I first heard it back in 85.

[@mattparr3038]

Same.. lol

[@colinwilson4609]

Fat guys are surprisingly good at dancing.

[@zhizn_snake]

So you've got a brain like a jukebox?

[@MCStupa]

I remember when this knocked U2 off the number one spot in NZ

[@Charlie_Crown]

🎶🎶🎵🎶🎵"......Didn't you kill, didn't you kill, didn't you kill my Bono.." 🎵🎶🎶🎵🎶 🤣👍

[@curtismaize]

If only it knocked U2 out of this planet

[@dingbatt7314]

🥳

[@devolutionary]

And well deserved too!

[@UncleBeefRecords]

I love that that happened

[@boozypixels]

Come 'ere you! I said you! Come 'ere, yes you! go away was a staple in my household growing up, RIP mum

[@DarrenK-dt7sx]

There was a particular nite club we went to where the DJ played this song. Holy crap, so many people were dancing like Alexei . . .

[@gordondafoe3516]

Reminds me of a time I was playing a gig at the only club in Espanola, Ontario. The afternoon shift from the pulp and paper plant got off at 11:pm. While we were on stage, all these guys came in, hit the floor, and started doing the "Gator". Unforgettable!

[@SueMead]

I just played this for my daughter. She didn't realise it was actually a real song, and all her life (she's now 24), she wondered why I'd go 'round saying, "I like strangling budgies, I'm what you call an animal lover", etc.,. Now she knows.

[@randolfo1265]

The best line of the song!

[@arisl2370]

I spent a lot of 1986 using that line as well...Classic !

[@kellygervais3440]

Lol, when this came out we did the same thing for months, we would walk into a room and stop and point, "didn't you kill my brother" , you come here, go away... aahh when music was music, lol..

[@jonathanp954]

Lol my dad always go around the house saying "ello john got a new motor" and "didn't you kill my brother" now i know why. He's not insane

[@DeniseLaFranceCDNpainter]

Lol that's funny. I just played this for my 27-year-old son after saying, "C'mere.Go way."😆 This song just randomly popped into my head tonight out of the ether!

[@stephenriley6449]

"I've only known you for ten minutes, but you're the best mate I've ever had"

[@crystalidentity]

*pal

[@markfrancis1210]

Oi, didn't you kill mah brother?

[@stephenriley6449]

@@markfrancis1210 I saw yah I saw yah...Mota Mota Mota Mota Mota..."I'll Be Back!"

[@zhizn_snake]

"I've got a brain like a jukebox" was always my favorite line from this.

[@jublywubly]

I sometimes remember that line when I'm at work and people want to put on the radio. I never see the point. If I want to listen to something, I'll just get it to play in my head.

[@mikehermis4940]

Back after 10 years and I still love it, THAT DANCE!

[@malcolmironmonger]

Yup me too. I was thinking about Alexi after 30 years 😂

[@gordondafoe3516]

Indeed! That bit at the end is priceless!

[@raymondduck6492]

Whenever people suggest I've had enough to drink, I roll out this line. "I've only known ya for 10 minutes. But your the BEST PAL I've ever 'ad...." A classic so '80s song.

[@TheCunningStunt]

This type of song is just one reason there has never been and never will be a decade like the 80's.

[@psykodactyle]

I've allways thought this was some kind of fever dream. ten years later I rediscover this song realizing it was real all along

[@CrimsonCatacombs]

For years I thought I had dreamed this song. My friends had no idea what I was tlaking about when I was asking them if they remembered the ''didn't you kill my brother song?'' hahha. [born in 78]

[@CrimsonCatacombs]

tlaking? ahha. talking. How in the Hell do you edit your typos? Pfft.

[@julieerin115]

+CrimsonCatacombs song reminds me of being in a strange dream

[@jmparker78]

CrimsonCatacombs I was flipping channels one night and wondered if I was high. I never saw it again until KZbin and finally realized it was real. Born same year as you.

[@dollcefina]

@@CrimsonCatacombs I know it's been five years and you probably (hopefully) have worked it out by now, but just in case... You hover your cursor to the upper-right-hand side of the comment you want to edit. A group of three vertical dots will appear. Click on the 3-dot icon, and it will give you a menu: a pencil icon with 'Edit' next to it, and a rubbish bin icon with 'Delete' next to it. So you click on whichever you wanted to do with your comment. Hope that helps - cheerio! :)

[@ZilogBob]

@@dollcefina Too complicated for the average KZbin commenter. 😕

[@chilcootfox]

After almost 30 years, this STILL cracks me up!

[@silentwitness536]

37 years ago now

[@westgoten]

The choreography is out of this world... Brilliant!

[@ctakitimu]

Why do I still remember this song from when I was 13 in the 80's? That's nuts. All the things they taught me in high school, and this is what my brain remembers! Do you like sponge?

[@MrDollerbillz]

Same someone recorded music videos in the 80s and this was one of the song on there I always thought this was a unique song and stuck in my head I’m 42

[@robmacgillivray]

This video was directed by Sandy Johnson. We worked at the same company and he needed extras for the end section. My moment of fame comes at 3:47! Hilarious.

[@drewtube5031]

Who's watchin' in 2020?

[@superdeluxesmell]

I wish I wasn’t.

[@crystalidentity]

@@superdeluxesmell He's released a lovely fragrance line, called 'Alexei Sayle's Smell'! 🧴💨

[@paulmcneil7468]

better dance moves than Britney

[@slurp708]

Me Why Do You Ask ???

[@ccrex101]

Ugh. 2020 is so last year

[@OrionDenali]

I nearly fell off my couch laughing at this video when it first came out on the late night video play channel on CBC Canada in 1986. LOVE YA ALEXEI SAYLE! " I SAW YA! I SAW YA!

[@crystalidentity]

My brother and I first saw it on Much Music! ;D

[@zhizn_snake]

I wouldn't be surprised if I first saw this on YTV's Tarzan Dan's Hitlist.

[@creamcitysista1970]

I miss MuchMusic!

[@RiseAndInspireMe]

@@crystalidentityI first saw it on Much Music too.

[@jmp01a24]

Huge 80s classic. It was new and fresh and it used the new tech of the music industry. The comic relief is highly present, but still quality samples and music. With that Paul Hardcastle 19 vibe going.

[@metashrew]

how isn't this a meme yet, this is amazing XD

[@SlakjeJasper]

XD

[@mathewdubois3809]

Just wait😂

[@saxtonturner2240]

@@mathewdubois3809 it is now!

[@ferdinandwang1165]

Phil Collins plus Alfred Hitchcock = Alexei Sayle. What a vid.

[@ColtraneTaylor]

How is he either of those?

[@ferdinandwang1165]

@@ColtraneTaylor Greetings! The hairstyle and the girth

[@AnnMarieSampson]

Laying here minding my own business and this song pops into my head out of nowhere. I was wondering if it was really a song or if I’m just crazy. KZbin never lets me down! 😂 Gotta love the 80s

[@rogerauger7766]

Alexei Sayles Stuff was one of my late Grandfathers fave TV shows tying with Mr. Bean. He was also a huge fan of all sorts of British Comedy. I was influenced by his choices in comedy. Thanks Musum. (Grandfather in Cree) :D

[@dermblaney11]

OH GOD!! my life was terrible before i saw this video! Now I've got my life back on track! THANK YOU ALEXEI SAYLE

[@kaguth]

0:07 Exactly what you'll hear outside a Glasgow pub at 3am.

[@saxtonturner2240]

Top ten artists Eminem was scared to diss!

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

My sister in law was an oak tree/No, do I mean a manhole cover/I've got a brain like a jukebox/Eh, didn't you kill ma brother?/I got a job as a petrol pump for the government undercover/C'mere, ah want te talk te yew/Eh, didn't you kill ma brother?

[@hoktak]

Alexei Sayle is a riot! His lyrics, his weird dancing, and his funny face crack me up!

[@waynes4612]

Are we already clocks!?

[@mechengineer4894]

3:37 set the bar for best dance video in the history of mankind. The head shakes was epic.

[@arawn10]

The choreography is AMAZING! Kudos..🏆

[@boozypixels]

Michael Jackson couldn't hold a candle to this display of grace 😆

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Alexei Sayle was hilarious in The Young Ones.

[@waynes4612]

I can't even afford to buy new shoelaces!

[@danmurrans4864]

I like the part where he says didn't you kill my brother?

[@NegativeEarthtv]

Dan Murrans shut up, Dan.

[@christey123]

I like the part when he says come here and then says go away. Genius

[@crystalidentity]

I've only known you for 10 minutes, @@NegativeEarthtv - but you're the BEST PAL I've ever had! 😻

[@soarin12]

Alexei from 'The Young Ones' UK comedy series, legendary..

[@sdude55]

This is the best thing I have ever seen in my life

[@chantelisshort]

i need to learn to dance like that... for my wedding this song is totally being played and i am learning the dance!!!

[@jd5726]

Did you ever get married and do the dance?

[@jublywubly]

My friends and I learned the "African Anteater Ritual" dance from the '80s film "Can't Buy Me Love", so that we could dance it at the local disco, like they did in the movie. lol

[@waynekerr6977]

SHEER GENIUS!!! - I REMEMBER WHEN THIS CAME OUT...IT WAS A WORLD WIDE SMASH. I SAY ALEXEI SAYLE FOR UK PM...HE'S COMPLETELY TROPPO BUT HE'S SANE WHEN COMPARED TO THE CURRENT LOT AT NO.10...HE'LL GET MY VOTE!

[@B.-T.]

Wait a minute. This song is REAL?!?! It isn't something my weakened brain came up with during one of the many 48 hour awake periods I went through in my youth?!??? This is a real thing?????

[@julieerin115]

WTF?!! This has got to be the most bizarre song and video ever to exist!!!

[@Whybother123]

+Julie Erin Compared to almost everything else Alexei has done it's pretty straight forward

[@Joebunkyss1]

+Julie Erin ya HAD to be there.

[@arisl2370]

This is part of what made the 80's amazing !

[@chuckeddy2588]

Check out the song Fish Heads

[@craigstrachan]

Gotta love the 80's . Bizzare stuff like this wasn't uncommon . Then again Tipper Gore was busy protesting Heavy Metal acts for explicit lyrics and was responsible for those Parental Advisory stickers that appear on cds . imo all she did was make it easier for the kids to find those albums . It didn't stop me from buying them and i turned out okay . LMFAO.

[@david10006]

this...........is literally the greatest thing ever.

[@stephenriley6449]

Do you dig graves Neil: Yeah, I think they are ok

[@rogerauger7766]

LMFAO!

[@shawnfella]

We pissed ourselves laughing at this when it was first on TV. Alexei the dancer at 0:37 HA!!.

[@kimmygengar]

My mom had this on loop for us growing up lol absolute classic

[@slugg633]

Good grief! I've been searching for this version since I saw it 20 years ago! Thanx Head......

[@sevenoh70]

We are deep in the 80's here - with all the techniques of 80's film and music production in full effect.

[@petervachon6989]

First time I saw or even heard of Alexi Sayle was in Doctor Who's Revelation Of The Daleks starring Colin Baker as The Doctor and Alexi was a music DJ

[@pronto355]

The 80's? I'd have em back in an instant

[@Skaxarrat]

Yeah, I'd give anything to go back to the 80's, it was the be- Oi. didn't you kill my brother?

[@robertlaurila9156]

I haven't seen this video in 34 years. Still good.

[@paulsingh6916]

I have been listening to this for 33 years now and I think alexi sayle is absolutely hilarious and he sure knows how to get down

[@mikebasil4832]

Alexei Sayle, as I can recall reading somewhere, once said that he should have been a contender for the role of Doctor Who. It was just after his guest role as the DJ in Revelation Of The Daleks. 😎

[@DebbieOwusu]

LMAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, the best music vid eva

[@Jayce5800]

The first time I saw this video, I was rolling on the floor laughing uncontrollably. I think I may have even pissed myself a little. Still makes me laugh to this day.

[@fargoneaccumulator]

Hey you. Hey you. Hey you. Come 'ere you, come here. Hey you. Come 'ere you, come here. Come here mate. I said you I said you I said you, you- Go away.

[@markfrancis1210]

Didn't ya kill my bruva?

[@johnfreepunk]

Me and my friends would have this joke that whenever we’d pick one of us up we’d always do the entire “hey you come here go away” bit. Every single time

[@cyberjackal774]

This deserves all the attention in the world

[@cocacoda]

Someone reminded me of this song that lived in the back of my brain for years. Didn't think of it till he mentioned it so of course I'm here lol

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

I like North Korean sherry, ehhh didn't ye kill ma brother.

[@harveylee51]

EH YU IM TAHKKIN TA YU !! curly howard lives and is A scouser !!

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

@@harveylee51 lol

[@Rakanarshi2]

This recently became a huge hit on twitter (now known as "X"). Can not get it out of my head. Also...Steven Fry...may no longer be a "National Treasure".

[@bradnowakowski8594]

I remember watching Much Music here in Canada and this music video came on followed by Fish Heads by Barnes & Barnes. Strange times! Haha

[@Mayberryfan01]

Luv it!!! "You're the best pal I ever had!"

[@tedcantu1]

I used to hate Alexei as a kid but now I freaking love him. I really cannot get enough of him now.

[@thekeytothegate]

Only 300,000 views? What is wrong with drunk people?

[@stephenriley6449]

An extra 100,000 views, thats like a small city...get to a million by Xmas?

[@harveylee51]

they couldn't find the like button !!

[@thekeytothegate]

They can see the lizards.

[@chevyfunk2468]

over 400,000 finally!

[@gersonc.2737]

They got killed by their brother

[@blackmail891]

KZbin helping me to relive my childhood !!

[@buzzzz1964]

Great old tune. Thanks.

[@danieltull3622]

Sometimes this would olay on mtv and it has been stuck in my head since 2005 when i heard it

[@slugg633]

You're the best pal I ever had, and I've only known ya for 10 minutes.......

[@r.1599]

In the 80s Alexi was thought of as fat, that was part of his schtick. He looks quite fit now by today's standards.

[@GregoryKing.]

My lord...and to think we used to listen to this during Expo 86 at 86 St....tell me it was only a dream!!!

[@mrbenoit5018]

The absolute power in this man

[@wedidthemonstermash]

the absolute power in your photo m8

[@Doomutube]

Oh this is going back - remember when he was on the Young Ones lol... I used to love this song didn't much like my brother at the time either PML.....

[@anzaeria]

In Australia recently, a 15 year old boy was arrested for murdering his mother. While in custody, he was harassed and taunted by other inmates. They were yelling at him: "Did you stab your mother? Did you stab your mother?" It reminded me of this song so I just had to play it.

[@j.ckennedy2669]

Ah hahaha I remember this tune back in the day - too funny - Can't believe I danced to it lol

[@thumperpaul]

God, this brings me back to my stoner days. We used to laugh our balls off and quote the lyrics after smoking up.

[@shakeexon]

please play this at my funeral... co's I like a laugh !... :)

[@crystalidentity]

it's a funny old world :)

[@MissyFaye]

this is prbably the best music video ever made

[@MrROTD]

I'm a canuck and I think it's funny I grew up with a lot of British TV, back in the day half the stuff on TV was English shows in Canada.

[@Guzmicu]

Mussolini would have been so proud to see his talented wee grandson Alexei in this video.

[@carl1212]

Also, the guy in the background at the "bar" is chugging HARD

[@Megafoot2164]

Gorky Park is on Tv & i could recognise the face & the name of the song but not his name . Lo and behold KZbin's got it !

[@DCFilms]

This video has renewed my faith in humanity.

[@-Keen-]

This guy is awesome.

[@stephenriley6449]

Did he ever find out in the end who actually did kill his brother? It would be deemed a cold case if it hadent been solved by now.

[@gjmob]

I think that it was Johns dodgy mota that killed his brother.

[@stephenriley6449]

Thats a real possibility but he claims to have actually seen the cop on the bike do it?????

[@gjmob]

Well then, his brother must have been african american.

[@darrenfrank9904]

This was on heavy rotation back in the day on Much Music in canada lol

[@Milanium215]

I think this song is really underrated! It's very funky and quite hilarious.

[@theotherwayofstopping4717]

Nostradamus predicted the Mini Metro would be available with a 5 speed gearbox by 1989.

[@thehabits09]

this is just how awesome music can be! no real meaning but something that sticks to your ribs in actual fact! gotta love I remember it from 80's late nite music shows in Australia like RAGE on ABC. And just to cap it off: hullo John got a new motor!

[@theHeadLangolier]

The video came out in 1986 - the single was released in 1985.

[@BooNube]

He's the guy who was in the Young Ones for 4 minutes every episode in the space where commercials should be, so you could go take a shit without missing anything good.

[@thearkateks]

WOW. This is the best source of inspiration i've ever found!

[@boscorner]

Someone shared this on /b/ years ago. Like.. probably around the time the video was uploaded. "if you last 5 seconds, you tried. If you last 15 seconds, you're strong, If you last 30 seconds, god help you." etc etc, I'm expectin the video to be some guy getting killed with a hammer or something but its this.

[@SpongeBobsicle]

@eddymacable and when he is pulling his ear and bending over, it probably means that his brother's corpse was dragged away from the scene of the crime by his ear.

[@rollo12000]

I love this, it reminds me of the song "Nineteen" by Paul Hardcastle.

[@WhatWillWeBe]

come here, come here, eh you, you with the tail, come here, Go Away !!

[@jontaylor4511]

I haven't heard this since about 1985. Probably a reason for that.

[@ryanhauck70]

im still not convinced this song existed

[@dathwampeer]

pretty much. you ever heard of. 'and now for something completely different.' pretty much sums up ever british comedians philosphy in the 80-90's

[@spookerredmenace3950]

ah! much more music! nice! Canadian!

[@Nigel.123]

I remember this from MTV's funniest videos in the 90's

[@Elitist20]

In Stranger Things 4, they tried to save Max from Vecna by playing Kate Bush on her Walkman. But as it was 1986 they put this tape on by mistake, and the Upside Down ended up swallowing the whole world.

[@sockcutter]

"I like strangling budgies, I'm what you call an animal lover" LMFAO!

[@Cecibug1]

WHATS HAPPENING?!?!?!?