Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Official Video)

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

The 1980's was just so colorful, magical and amazing!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@yeoldeseawitch]

no it was full of coke, aids and the constant threat of nuclear war

[@Mocha103]

Taylor swifts is way better

[@stevenfincher6615]

90s tooooo

[@colty7764]

yes it was.. you had to be there

[@tims7738]

@@Mocha103 swift sucks

[@jeffmac7468]

Mad respect to anyone who is still listening to this masterpiece.

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

Jonathan Cooper. 1984!!!!!! well. summer `84

[@keithbrown8814]

The college years....so long ago!

[@lukebuchwald9252]

I was heading into 9th grade after the summer of '84 --- not a cruel summer but actually kinda fun!

[@Line-pq5ko]

It's crazy, but I love this song more nowadays, than I did back in the 80's!

[@lukebuchwald9252]

@@Line-pq5ko --- nostalgia is a very powerful psychological tool --- even mediocre songs from the 80's sound amazing compared to today's drivel

[@BWV.1052]

Happy 40th birthday to Cruel Summer. Forty years ago today, Monday June 27, 1983, Cruel Summer was released. This song will stay in my memory forever, because it also embodies my attitude towards life in the 80s and that is what made the great music of that time so special to me. Behind all the energy and joie de vivre you can feel that pain and longing that deep emotions bring with them. The more years go by, the more clearly I hear this longing. She has always been an important part of me and always will be. Thank you Bananarama and thank you Cruel Summer. Congratulations from Berlin, Germany

[@Chiro_ASMR]

Watching the karate kid as we speak

[@rtqii]

Excellent Post

[@geriko1]

Absolutely! Happy 40th to Bananarama and Cruel Summer. I was going into my junior year in HS in the fall of '83 when this came out in the summer of that year. It was once of the best summers in my life and this song is summer. It was in heavy rotation on MTV back in the day and of course who could forget it was in Karate Kid.

[@10.11.9]

On June 27th, this song was played on the 80s 80s station in Germany. I highly recommend to all lovers of 80s music, but especially to American listeners, as they will probably hear great 80s tracks from Europe that never made it to the radio waves stateside.

[@rtqii]

@@10.11.9 Cool!!! Thank you for posting!

[@theusachad75]

If this song doesn’t make you want to go back to the 80’s….man, we grew up in great times.

[@hugolafhugolaf]

As a metalhead, I can say without shame that I love this song. The structure, the chord changes, the backing vocals, everything is on point.

[@Lokigard]

To me, the best part is the simplicity. The music video could have been made for a few grand, the dancing isn't spectacular (yet seems real), and the women are clearly having fun. As a bonus to a metalhead, check out Cry for the Earth Bounds by Ensiferum if you never have. ;)

[@tomhaas2715]

Same without shame

[@josie4065]

Same. It's got serious ABBA vibes.

[@edj8671]

Same

[@TheGupp19]

Another metalhead here. I fully agree with you! I have the same with other classic songs like Obsession from Animotion or Walk like a Egyptian from The Bangles. Great songs!

[@jayonez137]

I’m 53 This song brings back great memories of the 80s

[@stormcloud-9369]

Real music

[@franknjimmy]

71 baby

[@Ihsankeizer]

It truly is memorable. I'm just tearing listen to this and the memories it brings back. The so many friends and family we used to hang with listening to this but who are no longer present. The 80's can never be replicated

[@MJW238]

These broads are like 65 now.

[@MohammadAlhadari]

😅😢​@@stormcloud-9369

[@stormchaser7845]

As an 80’s child, I can wholeheartedly say that decade was my favorite to grow up in. This song is pure nostalgia.

[@alisonjones8861]

Agreed! ❤

[@DavidPerez-oj2dv]

IT Was the best. I want to go back.

[@ftlegeahcni]

I bet it was cooler to be their Generation

[@roselynroman795]

Am also a 80’s child 48 years old now. Very Nostalgic 😢

[@barrygreen5782]

Also a 80s child 42 yes young not old I find best decade ever let's all get a time machine and go back to these years 😂😂😂

[@NYyazoofan]

Teen summers in the 80s...what a time to be alive.

[@JavierTorres-py6rp]

In my 20s then but, I know what you mean...

[@removalman7963]

I was just a kid but I can only imagine how good it was for the teens.

[@BobChippewa]

try being a teen in the 60s, way better!

[@tntshuffle-9799]

I liked this song because not only does it sound good, but all the hot girls loved this song! What a great time to be alive it was!

[@jgringo5516]

Hell yeah! Rockin’ that mullet hard at 6 Flags chasing hotties.👍

[@petegarza2025]

Another BLAST FROM THE PAST...It is APRIL 3rd 2024 and who is here with me for this AWESOME smash hit...This is why I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THE 80's...👏👏👏

[@gedprior9290]

Yes still here,the sun was always shining in the 80s great bands,try kc&the sunshine band give it up,that song just brightens my day

[@sylviaconlon5428]

Who's here with me 20th September listening to this masterpiece song. Long live the 80s where the music 🎶 was the best

[@KarenBarnes-q4k]

October 2024 🎉

[@davidgeary490]

@@KarenBarnes-q4k Me too Karen. October 19, 2024!🎶😜🤪😂🎶

[@krev1986]

It's October man, Going on 2045

[@missqlalah]

I was 12 in 1983 when this came out. Still listening to it in Dec 2022. So many good memories. I wish I could go back for a day to relive those good times. Stay blessed everyone. Life is short. Be good to yourself + your loved ones. ❤️🙏🏽

[@liquidbraino]

You are one year younger than me. I was 13 in 1983 and had already been in Karate classes for seven years when Karate Kid came out. I lost my shit when that movie came out.

[@busybody19]

Same I was 11 when this came out and the memories of middle school wearing those jelly sandals and neon jelly bracelets lol💗

[@davidflowers2020]

Thanks, i feel the same

[@dedreonmitchell1283]

WOW!!! i only 9 year's old when this came out!! love this song tho!!!

[@eduardoantoniodicavalcanti]

True

[@marke7462]

Ah as a 52 year old man, I still get a hit from the feel of this song. Pop with a real atmosphere.

[@xoxxobob61]

Remember when our silliest Pop Songs from the 80s were and are still gems?

[@karine8108]

Hey! Marke ! I am 52 as well and this song is the first record I bought with my piggy bank. I am listening g to it right now as I sip my morning coffee, getting up at Times to dance…I probably still will 30 years ahead from now. Have a great day!

[@garycarr3857]

​@@xoxxobob61 London Records

[@jonburrows2684]

@@karine8108 51 year old white man here, celebrating White, Heterosexual Month of July

[@christopherhuff6764]

Im 55 and brings back memories of fun summers in CA

[@RandyRandall-u5e]

The 80's was THE BEST Decade of Music 🎶 🎵 ❤. A Great Time.

[@jamesswain2465]

Good decade for everything: Ronald Reagan, John McEnroe, Dale Earnhardt, Marylou Retton, Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Jackie Joyner Kersey, I could go on and on.

[@JElias-po6zu]

80's was such a great decade for music, movies!

[@mikeorear8704]

and people

[@juice-le4cv]

The best!!

[@chrisbustamante8221]

Karate Kid

[@rumblefish9]

Absolutely!

[@mrsmith7936]

golden age

[@thepastavatars7939]

If you grew up on this kind of music, THEN YOUR CHILDHOOD WAS AWESOME!

[@thepastavatars7939]

@Lee 80s Welcome.

[@kikoman7109]

hell yeah!

[@thepastavatars7939]

@@tommyjarvis6536 Better late than never.

[@Gojira19541]

I was born in 96 and unfortunatly could not experience the 80s but what a time to be alive it seemed!

[@CTSaints89]

Even the many TV music theme songs like Airwolf, StreetHawk, Knight Ryder kicked butt!

[@heliopereirabarreto1017]

This song makes you want to walk around the city on a Sunday afternoon, just enjoying the heat, the city and your own company.

[@muffs55mercury61]

But don't throw bananas at cop cars,,,,LOL. My little brother when he was 7 tossed a water balloon at one,,,,LOL.

[@LordCommandor]

For real. I'm in a 80s mood tonight about to listen to west end girls..... Pet shop boys..

[@hasonmorris4968]

With headphones on

[@IndigoAiReviews]

And if you’re still in 2024 pray you’re not in a city like New York 😂

[@GrilledChickenRamyun]

I stumbled upon this song and been obsessed with this

[@antonv.]

still a good song in November 2024!!

[@juancarlosserranoarevalo7180]

still in november 10th

[@AndysGamingThoughts]

Right here !

[@jamesswain2465]

Karate Kid, first day of school.

[@BrandonMoore-n2c]

I’m listening to Bannarama Cruel Summer early December 2024

[@joshspringstube8127]

Best decade ever. Music, movies, and merchandise. Never will we see those wonderful years again but I was glad to be a part of them and will always have the memories.

[@sirokkosp3207]

and girls!

[@NikkuViibes]

Lucky you guys were apart of the 80’s, no fair.

[@OrphanedZombie]

Great president, too.

[@dgheaa7535]

Amen best movies fo sho

[@finnmckee6015]

Johnny Lawrence is Typing...

[@drock6966]

This song was made in 1983. It got lost in tunes like "Every Breath You Take" by The Police, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Africa" by Toto, and "Do You Really Want To Hurt Me" by The Culture Club. But it STILL is one of the best songs of that year. It just popped into my head for no reason today and here I am 🙂 That's the power of good music. It never really goes away.

[@phukfone8428]

The song never went away. I've heard it every summer for the last 40 years

[@drock6966]

@@phukfone8428 I dig what you're saying but unless you have their album, the CD, or you listen to it on your Bluetooth, I doubt very seriously you've heard Cruel Summer every summer for the past 40 years 🙂 When I said "Good music never really goes away" that means that good music is deep inside of your psyche and you will never forget it.

[@theprinceoftides6836]

@@phukfone8428 Truth. I was living in Australia at the time , and all the radio stations played this song non stop. It was huge . Cruel summer indeed.

[@GeoAce777]

there's at least 3 MJ kuts I like more however Cruel Summer I enjoy much more than Billie Jean, so much that it's on my Top 🎱 kuts EVER ;-)

[@GeoAce777]

way to many good kuts in '83! the Flashdance kut, Separate Ways, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Sweet Dreams, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Too Shy, DAMN

[@thomasmitchell1408]

This came out in Summer of 1984. I was 14yrs old wanting to be grown. 2019 now, 49yrs old and wish I was a kid again in 84. No worries and no bills.

[@goneshootin6401]

i was 24 .. great time's in84..

thomas mitchell yip

[@karinevanwaerebeek4482]

Same ✌️💖🇧🇪

[@winterdesert1]

I was 27. Madonna was also gaining popularity. It was amazing.

[@lexithebullterrier3813]

thomas mitchell I'm also 49 years old and remember how much I fancied banannarama especially the middle one was my favourite. Mostly child hood memories in the 80's....90's was best for pubs and clubs plus the dance music especially early 90's ? I hit the pubs and clubs every weekend ,young ,single and playing the field made this most fun time in my life for obvious reasons . Happy days

[@Lolarunge]

Those comments were respectful enough, There'll never be another banana rama. Someone I could never have.

[@jaycaballero4247]

The 80s. What a decade. I'm 64 & still listening to this fabulous music.

[@rubski-ds9yc]

God bless you. I'll be 44 this summer 2022. Miss da 80s especially here in New York city 😪

[@coleslawsalad823]

@@inaamishtiaq6322 well you can still listen to the same music

[@assassinaria]

@@inaamishtiaq6322 We've got similar music these days. Look up synthwave

[@locdog187]

I love the 80s. Most of my favorite music comes from the 80s and I wasn’t even born in that era

[@SourKosher]

God bless ur beautiful soul 💯

[@Hibbs4Prez]

The REAL Cruel Summer; the only one we’ll ever need.

[@gonelucid]

Facts

[@miku23t]

G A M E 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@emmavink]

What kind of sad and bitter person needs or wants LESS music 🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴

[@SkuStyle]

GEOENIGNEERING SPRAYED TOXIC PARTICULATES IN THE SKY!

[@vaeItaja]

I like the Ace of Base version more

[@brendalynn510]

Mom, I was 10 in 1984 and I remember us going to the movie theaters back in the day and watching Karate Kid together. Every time I hear this song I think of you. Now your'e gone... I miss you so much! It's been a cruel summer ever since.

[@jengriffin152]

Aww Brenda! 😞

[@adamnazareth9022]

Am sorry for your lost, nothing can replace our mothers! May she Rest In Peace.

[@santisanti8386]

💔❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tysonrinker5958]

❤

[@malcolmvanwyk6443]

Sorry

[@lonniebailey611]

80's was the greatest era of music. Rock, Pop, Hip Hop, Reggae, Love Songs and R & B.

[@MrCrazylegs86]

I was a kid in the 80s. It was so much fun. break dancing, bicycle groups of kids going to the pubic pool, everyone always outside playing sports or with a radio and waiting on that new 80 hit to come on so you could dance. My sisters making up routines to the music. Parents did worry about where you were just come home before the street light came on. Great fun.

[@michellestarks805]

Fact check TRUE !! I loved being a teen in the 80's. 💗

[@edd7657]

AMEN!!

[@annafantastic1115]

Indoor Roller skating , dancing , break dancing ... now most are obsessed about going outside to take pictures of “ fake fun times” photoshopping, plastic surgery , fans only ,..... fun was Real & Relaxed

[@damonchillywalker6888]

Big facts

[@boomlopez9678]

The 80s was the best . everyone knew there place none of this BS that's been going on for the past 8yrs it's getting worse

[@musicqueen6617]

The 80s were such a special decade. Cruel Summer takes me back to the summer of 1983. I truly miss the 80s and wish I could re-live it. Cruel Summer brings back SOOOOOO many AWESOME TEENAGE MEMORIES ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@PaulAlbon-cq7mq]

They were the best never to be had a gain

[@buddhablessings3595]

That's the year i was born

[@LorrainePez]

Oh god I wish

[@user-Hallz]

Yes, I was 14 when this song was released and turning 55 in Sept. Where has the time gone?! We really were fortunate to enjoy the 80's!

[@JohnWickedspy]

Me too!!

[@nooodles939]

Something about this song is hypnotic. The music combined with the way they harmonize the vocals immediately gets 100 percent of my attention. Maybe that's why I repeat this song several times every time I listen to it.

[@sspicyyful]

Yes, spot on. Very 80s thing, a few of the best tracks of the time have that exact same effect.

[@LizBiz2169]

Definitely! I find many songs of the 80's are very hypnotic

[@ВладимирПеришић]

Hypnotic 100 percents! And me so repeat this song several times every time I listen to it. Incredible romantic and jolly era. I was kid in that time and I remember it very well.

[@1shreckydude]

I’m right there with you. I just, can’t listen to this song once. This video is absolute nostalgia for me, taking me back to a place in time when everything was still magical, and wondueos

[@houstonesmooth]

High frequencies brother. It’s the 🔑. 💯💯💯💪💪💪

[@strwb4by]

if this song came out today it will be a huge hit

[@XennialTV]

Have you heard what Gen Z and Gen A are listening to these days? they don't even know what real music even is when they hear it.

[@Midoriya0820]

This Song is still a timeless summer song!

[@Sketchbook999]

I change the lyrics to COOL COOL Summer

[@lynnbaker9264]

the xylophone makes it cool

[@angeliquenova7440]

Summer, not only summer: I'm playing this song in the dead of winter so I can get up and dance, and pray for the whole world. The whole universe. Note to Putin': get off your ego, and sit up and fly right

[@jefferycastle7366]

@@lynnbaker9264 the instruments and their voices harmonizing is so amazing!

[@tysonrinker5958]

Fo real

[@erniemccracken5509]

The 80's were such a fun time to grow up. No internet, no phones, no social media....we were so happy.

[@ellenvishaway8095]

Totally agree..I grew up in the 60's...even better!

[@MONKSTAR123]

80's was so soft on the skin

[@dvdfrnzwbr]

girls turned me down in the 80's

[@rolvik3488]

Yes, absolutely!

[@shaziakarim3482]

Gone but never forgotten..80s and 90s will forever live on with us.

[@lav856]

Me born in 80's ❤️ Raised in 90's ❤️ Surviving 20's 💔

[@hitakkjismith3115]

bananarama weren´t born in the 80´s

[@bowerz1167]

2000s is ok but since after 2016 everything jus went down hill bad

[@user-pt6uu4ry2g]

@@bowerz1167 fr i miss those great times when the paul brothers were are only problems

[@eccawarrior]

Me, a baby to a young boy not realising how great the music was and also liked the 90’s and from there on music has gone to absolute trash, I mean at what point did it go so horribly wrong?

[@schawangus]

@@eccawarrior around 2004-2008 when all the “big names” rose up. Ya know, Justin Bieber, pretty much every other wannabe rapper kid at the time, all the trash that crawled its way out of the woodworks and found a home in places like the early apps like SoundCloud and stuff.

[@nickelz256]

If my eternity was to relive the 80s forever I would not be upset at all.❤

[@rachelyoung7261]

Take me with you to the 80s

[@edlisinski4313]

The 80s were just so surreal and carefree. Lots of fun, great music and memories!!

[@whatarewegonnabe2932]

Yes they were😐

[@jefferycastle7366]

I was space truckin in the 80's,

[@rustyandrews4531]

Yes!

[@Xelpherpolis]

Well they weren’t exactly “carefree”. The was a major economic recession, renewed Cold War tensions, the AIDS epidemic, etc. But a lot of art at the time had a very “live for today” attitude, because any day could be your last.

[@TheJMT2012]

Carefree for you maybe ;)

[@steely10]

This song is nostalgia. There's an ethereal quality to the song. Because the three sing the whole song in unison, not just the chorus, it almost sounds like whispering. This song always sends me.

[@spirozanganas]

To all the 80s kids who still alive and well... Much simpler life.... all the time present... Mindfulness by default... no distractions....

[@VeronicaReveles408]

Definitely!

[@tonyallewellyn7304]

Yes 👍

[@seh-s]

Exactly, I miss it so much!

[@shell9076]

Its weird being in an age group that people say "to those of you still alive." Yikkes!!!! am I that old? But yes... I agree with you

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

Gen-X 4 Life 🤘

[@michaeltorcaso7721]

The greatest bands captured the sound of their time, they nailed it

[@michaelcaine9909]

This is a masterpiece! Their voices are so pleasant

[@GC0077]

Yet powerful!

[@andymatthews7617]

My type of women.

[@utan711]

I think they are so underrated. They have wonderful voices.

[@mishaladara]

Less than zero or desperately seeking Susan

[@DC-js4gk]

Song 5, dancing 0, attitude 10. Madonna changed everything w the choreographed dancing clips

[@JTDyer21]

The 80s totally rocked. The best time on the planet for music.

[@kresienm9031]

and movies

[@markcf83]

No dispute about that.

[@JTDyer21]

@John Sluder, it seems like music back then embraced family, hope and opportunity. We had a taste of technology but we didn't choke on it like we do today. We had a sense of unity until smartphones took over. It's really sad. Human emotion is getting replaced by social media and then we wonder why our music no longer has life.

[@sylviogiai1542]

John Dyer c’est clair !

[@tonyfrazier1843]

100% agree. 80s music is my favorite.

[@larrysmith5130]

The production value of the 80's is just impeccable

[@chucktalor716]

Ya we need to tell people to stop remaking this song

[@mattykuchar]

It's like, are they going for 'high concept' with the shots of their feet and under the stairs etc, or is it, 'here ladies, have a few drinks and then get out there and have a laugh'? Or somewhere in between

[@jacquelinebeasley4977]

The nostalgia from this song alone.

[@burp-v1s]

It is a perfect pop song !! I love it so much !

[@steverakes6182]

Being a teen in the eighties was awesome. No cell phones, great music, few worries.

[@andymatthews7617]

I WANT TO GO BACK, NOW.

[@sebswede9005]

Other then the Cold War.

[@mikeymorrisonlove]

We're in a new one anyways lol

[@vickilockeby3172]

AMEN! Best eras of my life…80’s and 90’s!

[@teddypowers693]

Absolutely. We survived back in the 80's without phones and life was good

[@standground8284]

*I was Born in 86. I remember this being one of my favorite songs at the skating rink as a kid in 90s. Here I am still jamming this in August of 2023!*

[@bleep77]

There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them..

[@afrozee85]

Same here! And with some early to mid 90’s.

[@georgelebreton3177]

I completely concur! Growing up in the 80s and early 90s was actually really awesome! How very nice and 'simple' most things were back in those days (esp. pop and rock music-wise)! Such a very happy and careless childhood I had!❤ Thank you, Universe!!!

[@Fkn.Wicked]

Same

[@Mamelodiful]

Wasn't this song outted in 99/00??

[@cocochanelly5193]

😊 Their high energy & vibes in this video was everything! I really wish all of us can be that happy now!🥹🫶🏼

[@Luis_elbori71]

Music will never be like the 80s. This is the best and no cellphones

[@droogie76]

Or facebook or twitter

[@willgrx5055]

yknow if u search a bit u can find bands who make music which sounds like in the 80's because the style of the music became so iconic ppl are tryna recreate it, and with cellphones and internet and youtube, you can listen to the music you like wherever you want so yeah

[@cygil1]

Cellphones were fine. Smartphones, on the other hand...

[@tracynorman2322]

facts

[@MrMansaf248]

My wife of 18 years passed away 2 months ago today. This song came on the radio, haven't heard it in nearly 20 years, as it played I had to pull over and cry on the steering wheel. Song was always good, really hits close now.:(

[@anonhemouse1737]

I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@edwardtwhitman]

I'm sorry for your loss man. It was some good times. Really takes us durring a time when we had no worries amd good times.

[@calvincoleman]

Sorry for your loss. Such a great song you guys have great taste.

[@TheBetito123]

Oh shit this comment hit me really bad :( im sorry.

[@MrRobertobagg10]

You’ll see her again, hang in there treasure the memories,

[@shihlin1]

That vibraphone and jangling guitar in the background, talk about HYPNOTIC beat ! The 80's were full of songs like this. Everything taken for granted. The magic of the internet allows us to fondly remember a much simpler place and time when good times flowed freely.

[@joevans27]

Agree ots beautiful melody

[@batswillwin-v9t]

This is one of my favorite songs.❤ Ah the 80s for those of us that didn't have Mtv. You went to school all week long and on the weekend you watched Friday Night Videos and Night Tracks on TBS. Songs like How Will I Know by Whitney Houston, Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant, Photograph by Def Leppard, Take On Me by A-Ha, Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds, What's Love Got To Do With It by Tina Turner, Sharp Dressed Man & Legs by ZZ Top, Back In Black by AC/DC, Every Breath You Take by The Police, Down Under by Men At Work, Let's Hear It For The Boy by Deniece Willams, Candy by Cameo, West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys, Hungry Like The Wolf by Duran Duran, Family Man by Hall and Oates, Oh Sheila by Read For The World The Rain by Oran "Juice" Jones, Say,Say,Say by Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney, I Just Called To Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder, Rock You Like A Hurricane by Scorpions, Let's Dance by David Bowie, We Are The Champions by Queen, Human Touch by Rick Springfield. Yea I'm proud to be part of the MTV generation.

[@hermanbrown7858]

I miss the 80's everything was cool back then. Here in 2020 it really is a cruel summer!!!!!

[@lindaarnold2669]

Herman Brown yeah defently

[@Dn2M]

We still got 80s New Wave!

[@CindyMeeks1212]

Yes it's a crazy summer. Cruel is a good word for it...

[@bradhedgehog12]

Your not the only one

[@Shamo1984]

Cobra Kai never dies!

[@mangwolf]

that killer bass line and the cool guitar riff, amazing song period.

[@garycarr3857]

London Records

[@jonburrows2684]

@@garycarr3857 Cobra Kai 4 life

[@bwrecks]

The guitarist was the star of this song

[@jonburrows2684]

@@bwrecks who's here after watching Cobra Kai?

[@T1122w]

Bass is bad to the bone

[@missmimi6817]

The 80's were tough for me. I was so unhappy that music was my only escape. Só I am grateful for songs like this. They kept me alive

[@kelblueskies3937]

It was a mix of good and bad memories, but yeah the music was an escape listening to the top songs on a radio in my bedroom.

[@andymatthews7617]

I'm glad you survived, no one should be cruel to another.

[@EphemeralProductions]

it was rough for me too. Was growing up, tough home life (mom was abusive), real hard time in school with kids teasing me incessantly... BUT.... I could stay out after dark for while, walk to the corner store at dark by myself, play outside, didn't have video games or cell phones, great music and TV. So despite all the badness I had in the 1980s, I still look back on it fondly for those things and wish I'd realized back then how great it was & that they'd go.

[@gregh1647]

Yeah we got through it with massive underage drinking

[@marbleblue5127]

@@kelblueskies3937 Same

[@phillyfoo6958]

I had no way of knowing at the time that I grew up in the most amazing decade of all time imo this music was and still is second to none. Argue with your grandma. One of my top 10 favorite songs of all time.

[@zombietrash416]

I was born in Poland in 86' and I remember Bananarama being huge in Europe. We still have their cassettes at my parents house where I am for Christmas right now. Merry Everything everyone.

[@animals4ever]

Lmao ❤❤lots of love no more cruel summers

[@RandomSkyeRoses]

What was Poland like in the 80s?

[@Sthelensvillain]

Amazin I stumbled on my brothers cassettes a few years back 👍

[@GaliosUA]

@@RandomSkyeRosesWell, the 80s weren't really pretty in the USSR and their allies. Wage and economic stagnation, an influx of American/Western European goods that were sold on black markets and expensive as hell. The music was good though.

[@DanTheRoadRippersCollector]

I was born in '07 and grew up in the 2010s. Everyone was listing to Justin Bieber, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift 🤢 but I was growing up on bananarama, tears for fears, madvillain, huey lewis and the news, and especially the footloose soundtrack

[@tabbycat6458]

The 80s were great I'd give anything to go back I had the time of my life. Now I'm 51 and old. If the way things were in the 80s never changed it would be a better world now

[@mia2005able]

You right!

[@ralphmelvin1046]

The Glory Days the 80s👍

[@bryantcraighead5173]

same here

[@metalstage5040]

totally agree

[@raymondalmario3056]

Agree 💯

[@mandoparras]

“back in my day, if you wanted to tease someone you did it to their face” - John Lawrence

[@mikebrewer7566]

Damn skippy

[@BrentJohnson]

Send it to the internet! #hashbrown

[@missvishis2569]

QUIET!!

[@neotokio5000]

Hashbrown TeamCobraKai

[@jazzyplayer9218]

Yep! Basically.

[@josephcavanaugh3558]

Memorys fade to black, white ,& GREY. Great era, No control B.S. !!!!!

[@kathylesley9581]

Every time I hear this song, it takes me back to the summer of 1983. I swear, I can close my eyes and smell the chlorine in the air from the swimming pools!!

[@DEGUELLO0311]

Lmao...yeppers

[@garycarr3857]

​@@GrimmupGnawf London Records

[@l.f7469]

DITTO

[@janetsmith8566]

Me too

[@bqkmg2037]

Summer 1984 not 83

[@timothyarrington2329]

One of my all time favorite songs. I truly miss the 80's era. There will never be an era like that ever again

[@marlenagirgus2711]

Truly agree

[@Manatti06]

Absolutely, and there will never be another day like today. Every day is a special day because you will never see that day again

[@billmurray7473]

......at least not while WE'RE still living.

[@mikk5522]

i so wish i was born in the 80's

[@ramishrambarran3998]

2024. I am 68. Yes. This is what music was intended to be ! Trinidad & Tobago. West Indies.

[@tanaseviews9001]

Ace of Base's cover is just as good, they stayed true to the original but made it their own.

[@kenneththompson8933]

A great touch of reggae/Caribbean rhythms running through the song!!☀️ Greetings from the UK🌏🙏

[@armadillo1231]

And long live Bertie’s sauce!

[@tanaseviews9001]

@@armadillo1231 no eh, it have far better tasting pepper sauce than that. They used to be good but quality dropped.

[@nb1inheaven788]

... 68 too ... I stayed at the bar drinking my bottle of whisky lurking at the girls dancing ... It was cool 3 or 4 times / week ... (France - Strasbourg)

[@1214jet]

Great days back then. Here it is August 2024. Its not the same. I miss those days. 😢❤

[@scottdecarrillo6117]

Ahhh, the 80's...the absolute best times of pure meaningful music.

[@ralphmelvin1046]

Scott de Carrillo yes my friend and thanks to MTV of that time. And KZbin😍 of this time we can enjoy the memories

[@demkad3629]

2019

[@robertgrenier5735]

the 80's were the best, no doubt.

[@brucekalin9551]

Needs to be played at least once every summer, cruel or not.

[@marktsunokai5889]

I blare it on the first day of summer ☀️

[@raymondalmario3056]

like during this hot summer, u mean

[@noramenandrew5689]

Yes, Yes, Yes Indeed I agree.

[@tyson9419]

Dude. This and Glenn Frys The Heat Is On are my summertime songs. Cause it's hot AF!

[@juanmontijo9116]

Ñ

[@freedom4mealways]

A fantastic song, a fabulous video, performed by a beautiful Brit/Irish ladies' band, and from a wonderful movie. It did not get better than this four decades ago.

[@johncarrillo2844]

Proud to have grown up in the 80s... they were the best times ♥️ 2019 and I'm still jamming to this. Anyone else???

[@SuperLiomessi10]

im a 90s kid but im so cut about it. i feel like i should have been 20 mid 80s this music and even how people used to dress and the car designs everything was so damn good. makes more sense than nowdays

[@shamimrashid1962]

Was born in the 80s, those were the best times!!!!love all the disco hits of that time

[@TheDrapetomanic]

You're not the only one

[@jamesdebrine7827]

@@SuperLiomessi10 So my age lol, describes me to a tee, if this video was shot summers of '82 to '85, I WORKED and Lived where those shots taken! Worked in VIEW of the Brooklyn bridge onramp there in Brook and had a room overlooked the Prominade with the benches and over look water towards Manhatten! I was there May '82 to Feb "86, 19 to 23 years old..

[@SuperLiomessi10]

@@jamesdebrine7827 wooow thats amazing man. i wish i could only see a glimpse of those times..

[@giorgosfylaktou2610]

I WAS 18 YEARS OLD WHEN IT WAS RELEASED BACK IN 1984. 40 YEARS LATER, I STLL LOVE, LIKE AND ADORE THAT BANANARAMA HIT.❤❤🇨🇾🇨🇾👍👍

[@ovnq236]

Listen to Norte Sidin by woodie

[@OggyGTA]

Pretty sure it was '83

[@darrelltregear756]

I would have been 16 in 84

[@mustuploadtoo7543]

🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵

[@ascendingstar5673]

Same here I was 18 when this song was released still love Bananarama ❤😊

[@jeffreyeickhoff591]

Another 80's kid here. What a trip back in time listening to this song. Not to sound like a grumpy, but those were much better times. People did outdoor activities and actually socialized. Now we're all slaves to our smartphones. Sad

[@ScottPearson-wl4tu]

Exactly 💯 correct 👍 buddy 😉

[@amd77j]

@@ScottPearson-wl4tuTotally agree!!!

[@nabilaliasjepensecommejaie4001]

Pour une richesse qui risquera finalement par être effemer

[@CCEkeke]

Facts on FACTS.

[@ricardohenriques1459]

Karaté kid Song ❤

[@joeblowe7545]

Wow. Such a happy song. Brings back memories of my teen years.😊

[@sandywilliams6631]

They DON'T MAKE MUSIC LIKE THIS NO MORE...BEAUTIFUL SONG👐🏽

[@KnightofEkron]

Retrowave

[@joshkelly4682]

The remake for cobra kai is pretty good too

[@moyt.9417]

I couldn’t agree more

[@supraguy4694]

Smoothbrains: "I don't bother to look for new music like this, so I'm just going to assume it doesn't exist anymore IN ALL CAPS" Lemming smoothbrains: I agree! Never change, youtube comments

[@garycarr3857]

​@@KnightofEkron Sep 26, 2017

[@Ragnarr1955]

I am 69 and mourn for the loss of my youth and the great music that was produced back in the day.

[@ACU_misfit]

Don't be sad it's over, be happy that it happened.

[@maxxlindley9425]

1955 is a great year to be born

[@barbaralynch3015]

66 and glad I experienced it!

[@rdketo4034]

Don't mourn friend! I FEEL your pain, but REJOICE in videos and internet, etc!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@kimberlysoto6864]

Relish the great memories we have.

[@Bakum_Mihail]

They were one of the classic women's trio of the 80's

[@SSKRevCom]

The summers are only getting more cruel ... this song called it over forty years ago! Smashing beat, lyrics, vocals and instrumentation - just another song that demonstrates how monumental eighties music WAS AND STILL IS

[@TodayWasAGoodDay9]

The 70s & 80s were the best for popular music, and were a special time for those of us fortunate to grow up during those decades.

[@barneyr8654]

Yup. Best music ever made.

[@39Hundred]

TodayWasAGoodDay9 The song writing was so good.

[@renesalazar867]

so right

[@derellodavis]

I'm so glad I grew up in the 70's to witness Disco and the 80's to witness some of the greatest music ever made!!!

[@TheTmat007]

1973...I'm here with you, bro!

[@last12know30]

Born in 70. Worst music ever. Above video living proof. You guys need help

[@TheTmat007]

@@last12know30 Then why are you here? And if anyone in this comment section need help, it's likely one who do not know how to respect the opinion of others.

[@bretth4988]

Due to Cobra Kai ... I love this song now... ha ha lol

[@DanTheMan33088]

@@TheTmat007 Don't feed the troll man

[@DLNM]

One of the greatest song's of the X Generation! ICONIC RESPECT

[@gaudaluprjimenez48]

Hello 55 ,am 55 also👍🤪😎

[@balaaga_5565]

@@gaudaluprjimenez48 I’m 24 idk them but I agree this song is too good

[@johnwitherschristian]

49 y/o and missing the '80's. Thank God for the internet.

[@JoseFPulistar-f1y]

THIS IS AS CLASSICK AS IT GETS ...EARLY POP WAS THE BEST 80'S MUZIK RULED THEN AND NOW......

[@mathewburr4742]

To go back to the 80s, if only for a little while. Even if you aren't lucky enough to have been alive then, this was a true golden age that everyone can escape to. No social media, no internet, smartphones, etc., just awesome tunes, movies and good times. If time travel is ever invented I'm going back there without a second thought.

[@ralphmelvin1046]

I tell you Matt, if I could just relive 1984 1985 I love those two years it was so great.. these billionaires hopefully someday can build a rocket to take us back in time..

[@WestalSage]

Agreed and well said. It truly was a magical time.

[@bigtechisbigbrother8690]

Today's society is absolute garbage. The 80's seems like paradise compared to now.

[@Hex_Glitches]

1980s & Ancient Greece. Best times ever. Everything else terrible

[@ikke3209]

In the 80's i was 13-23

[@petergehlen4190]

This song has something poignantly mystical and melancholy longing about it. The gray-blue fading light in the big city backdrop at 2:10 reinforces this enchanting impression.

[@aenima1]

bro its the 80s in general, theres something different about this time period and i dont know what it is. It was some sort of transition? I dont know but sometimes i get overwhelmed but looking at pictures and videos of the time. Many MANY people share the same feelings, even if they werent alive at this time. It was truly special, maybe one of if not the more significant point in history. I am truly blessed to have been able to experience it,

[@onetimeacct5197]

it was really hot that summer too. kinda slowed everything down and made it surreal. then this song came out. i still remember wiping sweat of my shoulder wearing a wife beater like WTF. the a year or 2 later came game 6. magic

[@saheelsingh1370]

​@@aenima1bet u they had good pussy

[@rich_edwards79]

Agreed - much preferred the ESB with the original white uplighting too.

[@gia3219]

OH MY GOD THIS SONG IS SO NOSTALGIC

[@nadiahattaoui1129]

Here here oh the memories bringing happy tears to my eyes oh Daniel in karate kid and cobra still ever so handsome 💗💗

[@christiancharles2866]

cobra kai never dies!

[@piotbags953]

so original

[@jorgecobena8416]

You are right....

[@staceycarter9956]

one of the best girl bands of it times and tune still sounds as its just been taped in2021 classic

[@ibnsabeel9466]

80s Ska music is still being played. Gen-X. The generation that keeps on giving.

[@seancamp2703]

I do not think people realize how much this song bumps the musical arrangement is sneaky funky

[@mac1bc]

Very funky 🤠

[@MauricioSilva-vt5lp]

show de bola man

[@garycarr3857]

​@@mac1bc London Records

[@carlos64030]

Oh man, I'd do ANYTHING to go back to the 80s and relive my days as a child with this music!

[@Lambdamale.]

I would, too. But I'd do a lot different. I would realize I was living in the good old days, and make the most of it.

[@bigtechisbigbrother8690]

Call up Doc Brown and fire up the DeLorean Time Machine. We don't need to go back to 1955, just 1985 will do.

[@dcsc4895]

take me take me

[@tonyallewellyn7304]

​@@Lambdamale. Me too most definitely

[@1yrFamily]

​@@bigtechisbigbrother8690 😂❤

[@K_Reezee75]

3 beautiful Brits brought us this classic 80s hit! Thank You 😊

[@andrewlyng4855]

2 Brits and 1 Irish to be exact ❤

[@zombiecrusher1100]

It's perfect.

[@K_Reezee75]

2 brits and an Irish lady. even better respectfully

[@noneya8973]

❤

[@jack-of-all-trades1234]

The video was filmed in Brooklyn, NY. I always thought they were American.

[@FFGG22E]

I can hardly express how much I love this song and video. It goes beyond mere nostalgia. This video/song inspired me to go to Brooklyn and meet an amazing girl. That's what I did. I just didn't realize that it was as important as it was until now. I was 14 when this song was on MTV and I knew that there was something good in the city, I just had to go find it. I love you Banananarama.

[@CrimSyn_Skies]

We need to bring this music back into the limelight. THIS WAS MUSIC AT ITS BEST.

[@Anthony-Testicali]

This music did come back to the limelight in 2011 a grounbreaking album by full mackintosh came out and suddenly a world of gen z underground musicians were making early 80s sounds again

[@explorventurer]

80’s and 90’a music dominated. Deal with it!

[@red_covers_]

Funny how I wasn’t born in that era but feel like life was easier back then.

[@corpusdelicticomitee1997]

​@@red_covers_the same

[@lightblueeyedgirl1442]

@ethengreen I remember 90s music was struggling. There was a lot of talk about it on various radio stations during the early 2000s.

[@luisrodriguez-mb7cc]

Include the 60's and 70's, those two decades kicked asses when it came to music as well

[@douglasdixon524]

​​@@luisrodriguez-mb7ccAbsolutely, from The Beach Boys to KC and the Sunshine Band. I grew up in the 1980s but I think we had around 35 years of great modern music where people composed music and played instruments.

[@KNOWHOPE72]

The 80's produced the best feel good pop music, not to mention the most magical music.

[@bertitolino]

80s music was produced in an open audio sound with lots of dynamics (hard versus soft sounds). They already used digital audio which were recorded in an actual room, where as these days the audio never leaves the computer which is the cause of the lack of high dynamics and makes for a tiresome sound image where everything is competing.

[@OrganicAlumination]

I mean idk the 70s started the psychedelic thing so 80s is a fresher feel on a slightly psychedelic funky pop

[@jamesofalo6247]

Thats funny, I grew up and feel the same way about the sixties.

[@KNOWHOPE72]

@@jamesofalo6247 They say every generation feels the decade of their youth was the best. Yet the 80''s had genuinely MAGICAL music, TV and movies.

[@jamesofalo6247]

@@KNOWHOPE72 The 60s were The Beatles, the all time leader in record sales. Why because there still selling music 50 + years after they broke up. Add to that the Rolling Stones, The Who, Jimi Hendrix who set the standard for modern electric guitarists, Janis Joplin. Not to mention the great R&B & soul artists & groups. I love the 80s but please no comparison with the 60s.

[@raphaeldellarocca3273]

A classic 80’s masterpiece ❤

[@eugeniasyro3482]

Good God! The Eighties were beyond fantastic!!!!!!

[@alvaroamaya8748]

Hot summer streets And the pavements are burning I sit around Trying to smile but The air is so heavy and dry Strange voices are saying Things I can't understand It's too close for comfort This heat has got Right out of hand (Chorus) It's a cruel, cruel summer Leaving me here on my own It's a cruel, cruel summer Now you're gone The city is crowded My friends are away And I'm on my own It's too hot to handle So I got to get up and go

[@jrock51079]

I remember being a kid in the 80’s hearing this in the Karate Kid!!!!!! Wow !!!! Time flies🙃

[@sidearmsalpha]

And again in Cobra Kai.

[@sputnikalgrim]

I just watched Karate Kid the other day. I was 8 yrs old in ‘83, damn I miss it

[@user-cm7tg2ns6p]

The scene when karate kid was at soccer practice lol mannnnnn i got the same exact memory!!!!!!! Stuck in my mind forever, pure classic

[@marcwareham9351]

@@user-cm7tg2ns6pfootball*

[@nguy183]

2003 is as far back now as 1983 was in 2003 😮

[@manuelochoa9266]

The 80s was a magical time especially if you were a teenager or in your early 20s...the music that came out in That decade was the best! I think of myself so lucky for being a teenager and in my 20s during that time....

[@geoffreyphipps8677]

Manuel Ochoa spot on! I arrived back in NYC the summer before and when this song came out I was 22(slim) and listening to this at Rockaway Beach! NYC was still NYC but not as gentrified as it is now.

[@o0Spurs0o]

Manuel Ochoa lmao I’m not even in my 20s now 😂😂😂

[@JUGGALOMADNESS]

My brother was in his teens in the 80s I was only 4 years old in 84 but I still knew what was going on in the world

[@ralphmelvin1046]

Manuel Ochoa I know how you feel my friend it was a great time.. The 80s was a special time just a special time

[@JUGGALOMADNESS]

Most awesome time ever in the world not like today which is violence everywhere everybody was actually happy at that time there is a couple things going on around the world that were bad like the Cold War but it was still a good time to be alive

[@ladycat351]

Still my jam in 2019 . I love the 80’s !!!

[@holabeshte]

SAME!

[@edlisinski9666]

The 80s was definitely a nostalgic decade, music was great, fun times, but such a blur now looking back. Too fast!!

[@henrysmart6854]

90s were better🙂

[@asdfbill8020]

The best decade!! ps.the money was good too Such a fast time ..so fast they had to cool my heels

[@HENRYMartinez-ty4ro]

Even as a millennial I kinda agree with u

[@missvishis2569]

@@henrysmart6854 Were you there? Everything went to shit in the 90's, especially music

[@scottsrush]

My daughter is 14 and wish she lived in the 80s. I of course would go back in a heartbeat.

[@robertgreen1415]

As a late 50 something guy. What a pleasure to watch this video in NOV 2024. Lovely ladies dancing.

[@davidjohnson1595]

80s music never died!! Nothing has ever been better!! PERIOD!

[@ralphmelvin1046]

David Johnson 80s music was good MTV made it better. But I have to give the 60s the nod best music generation of all time. But the 80s definitely better than the 70s or the 90s or anything we have now

[@GC0077]

My man!!

[@lukey1210]

Word

[@jim-rs9oc]

Existential Transhumanism finally, SOMEONE has common sense around here!

[@jim-rs9oc]

@Existential Transhumanism nah, i was just making a quick meme, i do actually like this song

[@pcz5233]

The 80's were just awesome musically

[@ralphmelvin1046]

It was awesome everything Paul it was just great just a great decade of Time Forever the 80s

[@kevinfields7500]

We will never get those days back. Just go on KZbin and type the 80's music and reminisce

[@jerardnorgren3411]

Cell phones are weapons of Mass Destruction to young people

[@davidwebb3076]

Totally agree

[@toordal]

If we are still all under quarantine, it will truly be a "Cruel Summer".

[@francescofissore161]

Jeff Warren ... GREAT comment !!... sigh! Greetings from Italy.

[@debbiekamie4582]

Awesome I agree with Jeff We R All under quarantine It will definitely b a Cruel Summer- but we do need to b thankful those of us who didnt get COVID19 and please prayer for those who did or still do have it try to help each other but of course staying safe - as for the song Awesome Fabalous I love Bannaramma Florida Palm Beach

[@EvansSt83]

More like a heinous summer!

[@allenhall2259]

@@EvansSt83 it will a cruel summer for china after we get done with them

[@HP-le3no]

This coronavirus business probably wont be finished until at least the end if the year maybe 2021.

[@beestoe993]

Not exactly my typical genre, but this song is just so melodic, I love it. The girls are cute too.

[@desertrose0601]

Man, I miss the 80’s. It was far more free and relaxing than we have it now. That was a great time to be a kid.

[@ofirvvv4566]

Definitely I believe you 80's will be never die 👊

[@ACollectorNotAHoarder]

Big ditto

[@OneBaseballFan1]

Not to mention, we had "music" back then. Not sure what we have in 2022, but music it is not!

[@massimocrimi5796]

Agree with you 💯👍 I miss so much the 80s totally different from now everything was fun not like now everything suck !!

[@nuntana2]

Freer and easier. Kids out playing, everybody talking, not stuck with their heads in their phones like zombies 😉