Bucks Fizz - Making your mind up - song for europe 1981

the first ever TV performance of this eurovision winning song

[@vanhanens]

I was 4 when I saw this on Eurovision, never to hear it again. I fell in love with the song but my parents didn't know what I was talking about, so I always kept the song close to my heart, because at 4 years old, it made me extremely happy - I've always loved music. Now, I am 36. Watching Eurovision tonight, there was a clip of the song, I jumped up, told my husband "OMG, that's THE SONG!!". Over 30 years took me to find this damn song. So, here I am. It still makes me happy!!!!

[@gerryfinn5210]

@Cizlar Barriohumph dont know why but i only recall cheryls legs. Sorry jay

[@emilybakker3742]

Fun Coincidence yesterday the eurovision 2022 when Ukraine 🇺🇦 🏆 won (and their war at the same time)

[@lennybustratt7024]

That's exactly what happened to me with ABBA:s take a chance on me. I heard it as a toddler, but I only remember the classic Cynth session, then I got up to my teens or so and found it. That feeling is something... This song is happier though ^^

[@janeslater8004]

@@lennybustratt7024 abba played waterloo at eurovision when they won it

[@ulricabengtsson2138]

I was 13

[@Bazrrrr]

I was deaf for the first few years after birth in the early 80's and this was one of the first songs I ever heard and would constantly have this looping all day long as a toddler. This and a few abba songs.

[@stinastinus3505]

[@podfunk]

The quintessence of Eurovision. Fresh, catchy, bubbly and utter pants.

[@BIG_AL_ONE]

I clearly hear the remnants of the 60's & 70's in this song. Simple and clean. Pure excellence.

[@richtalk34]

What a terrific song. Great energy. A very deserving winner.

[@richtalk34]

@Matter Do OK well, great energy. Maybe.

[@beccamay9291]

Terry Wogan miss you! Gosh How this song brings back memories of my childhood ! Love it!

[@amyclarke41]

+Becca May Love his voice

[@amyclarke41]

love Cheryl so bright and breezy in a non lesbian way !😀

[@AndreaFarmerArt]

OMG! This is so dated now! I loved this band when I was a kid. I met Mike Nolan (he lived near me) and he signed my Bucks Fizz album (it was a cassette!!!) Probably still one of the best Eurovision songs though. They deserved to win. Classic 80's.

[@mickfizz1]

A huge Happy 40th Anniversary guys ..thank you for such wonderful times... Forever indebted for fabulous pieces of the action over here in Oz over the last 40 years ..Congrats to each of you for making so many memorable moments with such melodic uplifting music for so many fans in so many countries ......your Golden days are not over yet

[@TeachESL]

I saw them win the Eurovision Contest in 81! Well, I saw it on TV. I've always loved it!

[@cosmictimes]

I love the fact a lot of early 80's music retained it's bashfull happiness!

[@poppyharris7052]

This was way before I was born, but last night's Erovision bought me here! R.I.P Sir Terry!!

[@Dramliza]

They really liked primary colours...

[@terryfry3934]

***** And now we have Eurovision, which is appreciated all around the world, especially in Australia. I only got colour TV in 1975. Still a good song tho :)

[@oktfg]

Terry Fry Song for Europe hosted by Terry Wogan was how the UK....well the BBC picked the UK's Eurovision entry. The BBC still picks the UK song, but with less success nowadays. Maybe the BBC should go big time on the primary colours and mullet-up future UK's entries?

[@elsa557]

A bit like the beginning of La La Land. I thought the WIggles were about to appear.

[@NotAnIlluminatiSpy]

Bucks fizz are power rangers. Confirmed.

[@SuperGrimupnorth]

they were like a poor mans ABBA in a way...based on the fact there was 2 guys & 2 girls...& that they made catchy pop tunes...thats where it ends tho

[@Sips]

fair enough

[@spamspum928]

Damn 7 years, Sips You really are a boomer.

[@pelinalwhitestrake99]

why was Sips here? I could be asking myself the same question

[@faytatreides6894]

I remember watching this live on tv. These were the good old days of Eurovision. Not like the political crap these days.

[@drahcir8402]

Ah yes. The good old days of Eurovision, where it was riddled with political bullcrap.

[@itsmesia2469]

Totally agree....

[@grahampearson5670]

I remember seeing this song live even though I was young at the time. Jay, Cheryl, Bobby and Mike rose to prominence as members of Bucks Fizz in 1981 and this was the song I liked.

[@LittleDarkAngel18]

Eurovision winners

[@tobymillett1841]

Smug assholed

[@williamgerost1558]

They were and still are so talented , joyful and positive persons , sunshine at home with 'em !!

[@Tinker8177]

im single and alone at 44 years old and this song still makes me happy too :)

[@safebox1850]

I'm 15 years old I love the 80s and I loves this song

[@ricky5538]

+Dallas Batman The Freemasons in charge won't allow good songs like this anymore on the radio unfortunately. Yes these songs are much better and had lots of words and melody and a story to each song, not just repetition.

[@safebox1850]

ricky5538 the songs today are about sex drugs and getting drunk mostly which is a shame

[@safebox1850]

***** true everything is about inappropriate stuff nowadays 😞

[@safebox1850]

***** that's true

[@daves2hd]

I have this song stuck in my head non stop for 2 weeks now and even the dance...

[@christianfletcher7871]

What a happy great song UK`s ABBA song

[@MrSebboxxx]

yes its very ABBA but I love it :-)

[@Vebinz]

Sweeeeet! I miss the days when such fun happy positive music was popular. Now everything has to be doom and gloom.

[@sps78]

Best Eurovision song ever.

[@philscott8158]

Simon Saunders it’s a great song but it’s not up there with classics like Brotherhood of Man or ABBA

[@LPCLASSICAL]

@@philscott8158 Or the New Seekers which came 2nd in 1972. Beg Steal or Borrow is a far better song.

[@TheBramleycarnival]

Perfect Song and the Dance Moves are really good, What a great Group this was Really Catchy Tunes.

[@thiswasgoodpaul6481]

Now this is a brillint song loves it

[@Hawkwoman246]

Cor - the things one finds on KZbin! I can just about remember watching this 29 years ago and hoping it would win, going out and buying the 7" single... thanks for posting this on here!

[@garyashworth7521]

I think this should be theme song for #EUreferendum 😊

[@paulawilliams8168]

Omg that killed me 😂😂😂

[@LittleNyxFlower]

that made me laugh hahah

[@superkinkel]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3zCoY15oNl8i9U

[@nylander81]

Just a classic, what more can i say. Love from Denmark

[@Aeetlrcreejl]

I love how they all wear different-coloured shirts. It reminds me of the kids' shows we all know and loved.

[@normskilight]

I couldn't complain about the weather in an orderly que while drinking tea and be more British than this - brilliant.

[@kellymarie3698]

MY DADS FAV SONG RIP 1992 KEITH NUTTALL

[@michaelroach3134]

Hi why is your name do familiar and your dads xx

[@amyclarke41]

love cheryl's pony tail !😍

[@lennybustratt7024]

I love how cute they all were. Mike was totally on fire, he was everywhere except in the ceiling... Or maybe he was there as well, off camera ^^

[@NEAPULA]

one of the best songs of the 80s

[@sjonnie91]

I'm from the Netherlands, when I was in the 8th class (for me it's 5 years ago), we made a musical. me and 5 other people danced on this song, and the audience loved it!

[@christianfletcher7871]

What a great song back in the 70à

[@pereivindweckhorst1659]

Not the 70's. 1981

[@fatherchristmas2998]

Great song

[@jayaswani6610]

TONY WOGAN LOOKS SMART ,THE SONG THAT MAKE THEM FAMOUS THE COLOUR COORDINATION AND THE DANCE WENT DOWN WELL ,DONE UK PROUD WE NEED ANOTHER WINNER IN THE EUROVISION

[@jacobthornton5429]

K

[@MrLesliegreen]

Just Great, I watched this the first time it was on Eurovision in 1981. Am still watching it now all these years later!! A true classic moment.Thank You Buck Fizz.

[@WARDMAN3]

Of the three versions I have heard... this one, the album single cut, and the performance at Eurovision, this one is by far the best

[@nm-yuki-p]

WARDMAN3 this is eurovision...

[@LPCLASSICAL]

@@nm-yuki-p no its not - its the BBC show A Song For Europe. The ESC performance is also on YT somewhere.

[@bencheshire]

its just so damn entertaining this, even seeing it for the first time in 2012.

[@carolwilson6317]

I love this song and I sing it a lot. Carol Wilson

[@grommit44]

I went to Butlins Minehead in 1981 with my School when i was 10. We were supposed to do Abseiling but was cancelled due to rain. We had choice of either written work or disco dancing in the Ballroom. I opted for Disco dancing. 2 songs we had to learn were "(Do) The Hucklebuck" by Coast To Coast and Making Your Mind Up by Bucks Fizz. Good call! Ive never lost it since. ;-)

[@noway4427]

My favourite UK win!

[@itsmesia2469]

1981........ was a special year for me indeed........... (but why I will not tell..) ...... nice song... love the energy of it....

[@johnthegodfatherslack]

Why? Please tell.

[@jadeward1556]

R.IP Terry Wogan

[@ThePlayfarer]

It's just not the same without him. (Not a big fan of Graham Norton...)

[@hitcher1779]

I like Graham ..... but he is not Terry

[@ThePlayfarer]

Graham is too sardonic and cynical, and lacks the Wogan charm. That's just me though.

[@flaggerify]

Ah sure...

[@teamdotti]

How could this have been 36 years ago? To think how the world (and eurovision) changed in the blink of an eye.

[@britturk123]

I think the harmonys are beautifull spot on infact their voices blend very well.

[@angelacooper2661]

The song starts in G major, then Ab and finishes in A major. This from an amateur string player in an orchestra with perfect pitch!

[@congobeat]

I have an autographed bucks fizz postcard, framed on my mantlepiece, so there!!

[@krackowkid6618]

wow

[@Fatima502]

I met Cheryl once at the London Marathon Me - I hear you are on tour with The Brotherhood Of Man Cheryl - That's the other Buck Fizz Silence

[@tarrlajos62]

Nagyon szeretem őket, főleg ezt a dalukat. Számtalanszor meghallgattam már. Csodás!!!

[@leroyw62]

Thus is when you won the Eurovision song contest on your music and not your neighbors or political standings...

[@flaggerify]

Or with pyrotechnics.

[@silentkiel]

Especially during the "cold war" the Grand prix Eurovision de la Chanson was highly political. Otherwise Nicole would never have won in 1982 with her horrible song "Ein bißchen Frieden".

[@paintedpilgrim]

leroyw62 though I'm sure the skirt rip helped....😆

[@lazarelazaro52]

Not your neighbours like.... Ireland? and former colonie like Malta and now Australia, right? Because you get angry when they do not give you douze points.

[@kenlieck7756]

I thought you won based on your vision like the name says!

[@donnalilley6830]

Best song ever.

[@giritharanarulampalam8602]

Young Cheryl Baker, wow

[@paulshotter7101]

Bucks fizz making your mind up great song from the eighties bring back memories hearing this song classic tune from them makes me laugh and smile when I here this song great music

[@ptyb6195]

Nice catchy tune. I always think of a friend from long ago who was mad on this band.

[@veedavies5056]

Blue Peter is deffo responsible for making me love this song!! Thanks guys!

[@markhartshorn3476]

eurovision is not the same without terry wogan

[@roberttaylor9767]

That's true

[@amyclarke41]

Steven Barclay I second it!😶

[@simonwoods8809]

Ken Bruce's ascerbic commentary on Radio 2 is entertaining though.

[@hanno-erdmanntietz8424]

Absolutely true. And UK's performances at Eurovision in recent years have been shambolic.

[@robertdefoe2396]

​@@hanno-erdmanntietz8424 I know the problem we have and its primarily the BBC not taking it seriously or possibly deliberately failing it to push us away from europe. There is also the issue of toxicity that may have been the result of Terry Wogan's drunken rants in the 2000s that turned opinion here against eurovision. It boils my blood when people blame it all on excuses such as Brexit, everyone hates us and block voting. In reality we send mostly trash songs.

[@amandasmith6120]

I was 5 years old and absolutely loved this song! ❤️

[@angelacooper2661]

I would have been not yet eleven and in my last year at junior school, so six years older than you, Amanda. Remember the song well and have a very good memory for tunes!

[@gibson617ajg]

Love Jay Aston My first crush.........ahhhhh. Music was crap but she is a honey xxxx

[@johnclark9250]

I was four years old when they sung this song, I’m now 41, where do the years go

[@wildwombat]

Still getting played in 2015, in the lead up to Eurovision

[@valeriebrown7184]

now this takes me back I watched the eurovision jumped up when we won still love this song to this day

[@showbizsam4440]

Not my kind of music but I can at least admit that for a Eurovision song it's perfect. Stands the test of time too because the melody is faultless. Now to see if there's a punk cover...

[@lena13b]

Takes me back... those were the days!! i love eurovision and bucks fizz... oh the memories :)

[@fieryspirit]

When music was music and music TV really was music TV

[@crassazell]

Love this song.Happy happy memories of watching them win with the folks!

[@williamgerost1558]

Sunshine song for a sunshine British band , so good , great and positive compared to the present holy shit ! ...

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

This is from the year I was born. I've heard the song before and briefly seen parts of this performance but this was the first time for me seeing the whole performance. I sat here in my chair following the dance moves, couldn't help myself lol 😂😂

[@1yskoob]

One of my best mates is their sound engineer.

[@robertpilcher2558]

Liar

[@1yskoob]

Robert Pilcher Do I know you?

[@hairymelon5551]

Cheryl's Mum lives next door to my Mum.

[@amyclarke41]

I believe you all especially if you live in the south !😣

[@masonturd7157]

FULL OF SHIT BRO.

[@bigmanbreakfast]

Because he is ENTERTAINING. He's a good man that is stiring things up for US the viewers. He's hillarious.

[@jonhillman871]

this sounds like one of those groups that travels to different high schools and sings "say no to drugs" motivational songs.

[@L1am21]

While being named after a alcoholic cocktail?

[@skivvy9yo]

lolol, Up With People

[@57sandrita]

Great memories..sang and made a dance up to this with my sister when it came out...

[@theenglishalpinist5031]

Yep that's the song they should go with for the finals.

[@highlander72b69]

I watched this live and cheered as we(the UK) won the euro vision that night.....I was 9 my sister was 12....great memories. ..

[@angelacooper2661]

I am between you both in age, as not yet eleven and in my last year at junior school. Remember the song well and turn 53 in June!

[@rjmcallister1888]

Wonder if they put this on BBC1 during Brexit? And afterward, another Fizz song, "Love In a World Gone Mad"? Come to think of it, "The Land of Make Believe" would fit as well. Good luck to y'all over there.

[@lindasaunders1270]

This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time

[@cypruskev]

no luck needed dipstick

[@paullowe2807]

Such wonderful memories of Sir Terry Wogan on this show and when the contest was not a 'vote for your neighbours' show. R.I.P. Terry. You may be gone but you are not forgotten.

[@marcellospivey]

They are soooo "wholesome".

[@cagirl59]

I lived in Ipswich from 80-84 and remember this group very well. The song was catchy and they were bubble-gum cute, for 1981. Like someone said earlier, those were totally different times, and unfortunately, we'll have them again..... the times,,,, not the music =)

[@MrBooojangles]

As a young teenager at the time I was quite excited by Cheryl Baker having her skirt ripped off, only to be disappointed to see a shorter skirt hidden underneath.

[@angelaarnold3740]

What a Brilliant Performance Buçks Fizz Were First Class Winners. ❤️🌹 Angela Arnold.💗

[@carlbelli7356]

British Wiggles

[@Eustake]

one of the best winning songs!

[@KaydeyRai]

I think they all used the same shade of blonde hair dye

[@maisiesummers42]

KaydeyRai They actually did. I remember a TV interview where they talked about two of them dying their hair so the group would all be blonde.

[@maisiesummers42]

***** One of them is natural. It was one of the women and one of the men.

[@paulawilliams8168]

Yes. Probably 'Sun-In' which was basically neat peroxide. I 'streaked' my dark hair with it. The 'streaks' simply went ginger. So I tried to cover it with a Clairol black hair colour. I actually rather liked the Bachelor's Mushy Pea colour I was left with. My head teacher was less impressed & promptly suspended me til the following Monday. Happy Days!

[@stephenmcconnell1000]

That was the intended gimmick before they hit upon the idea of tearing off the dresses

[@zanducktv2398]

Mike has dark hair in some performances of Land of Make Believe and the photo sessions the group did around that time.

[@jaworskij]

All the singers are handsome, cute, pretty. I like all their outfits. Nice and colorful.

[@andymyers1969]

RIP Terry Wogan

[@angelacooper2661]

I remember watching this when I was growing up. In 1981 I moved from junior to senior school. This came out before my eleventh birthday so months prior to leaving juniors. The tune is initially in G major, then Ab and finally A major.

[@Sips]

WHY

[@alfredsharp239]

ikr sips, the dancing is dreadful haha

[@loooolmum]

A favourite song of my dad's

[@MusicCharms]

My first thought was "Holy shit is that Terry Wogan?!"

[@elsa557]

Is Terry Wogan that annoying git who does all that inane and incessant commentary during every single Eurovision?

[@johanneskoch5834]

German was better

[@mickfizz1]

Congrats once again to Cheryl, Mike, Jay and Bobby for winning Eurovision for the UK with this song, over in Dublin, Ireland...30 years ago this April 4th 2011! I am also a huge fan of Abba, even before the Fizz ever existed and have had no problem liking both groups, as they both have great talents and appeal in similar and in different ways, as far as i am concerned !

[@TheLizZam]

at the 50 birthday of my godmother I had with my buddy and make the song the dancing! that was so bad! mainly because it was so embarrassing! and therefor had to find when we do the whole dance and then dance something from fleetwood mac ....

[@mickfizz1]

A very happy 30th annivesary to Bucks Fizz for winnning this Song for Europe Contest on this day, March 11th 1981. This then allowed them to go on to represent the UK in the finals at the ESC in Dublin on April 4th of that year and rightly then deserved to win with this song ! They have had many great songs since then over the years and are still going strong today! I have made my mind up a long time ago... ! An indebted Aussie Fizz fan! Congratulations to you all!

[@angelacooper2661]

I would have been in my last year at junior school and not yet eleven, three months before my eleventh birthday and a further month prior to leaving junior school. I remember the song well and turn 53 in June!

[@CamMcGinn1981]

Doubt you'd get away with the skirt ripping these days Hehe. I find this song oddly catching.

[@RockinDocDoc]

one of my...or my ultimate EVSC song ever...it so rocks!

[@basboosa2812]

James Mcavoy brought me here

[@no_rhyme_or_]

me too, me too.

[@geertss]

Niamh McNamara and me too, didn't know who bucks fizz was, but the song everybody knows.

[@no_rhyme_or_]

I knew Bucks Fizz, I'd just forgotten the song until I watched the Graham Norton show.

[@TriggerGirl007]

I was about to write the same thing lol I just had to know...

[@frankdelcastillo9432]

I never heard of b this group until now, this minute. The act reminded me of the Brady Bunch when they sang Keep On Dancing as the Silver Platters.

[@TallSilentGuy]

Imagine trying that skirt-ripping bit in today's post Harvey Weinstein world.

[@lemonbade]

The David Van Day Bucks Fizz 'updated' that bit by ripping the tops off the girls to reveal their bras!!

[@MrSebboxxx]

LOL oh yes .... year five after Weinstein LOL

[@wouterkabouter102]

Television came a long way since then! Love the song!!

[@MsHarrietjackson]

When #Brits were supposedly #winners 😛

[@MsHarrietjackson]

I love Terry Wigan RIP. My mum's idol.

[@rachelgreen1830]

Love this song

[@woteveruk1]

i can just imagine how people would react if someone tried to do a performance like that today, 2 white males, 2 white females, and the 2 guys ripping the skirts off the girls, the outrage would be hilarious

[@minkdevil]

Was just thinking the same thing! There'd be uproar! :L

[@NellSmith]

And yet those days held so much more innocence and fun (and a lot of sex too, of course...) than these days. It was all just a bit of a laugh - a forgotten concept in today's post-PC world. Give me back the 80s - and then the 90s, of course, which just added the unending fun that was old-skool rave into the mix. Such good times.

[@WARDMAN3]

I posted on the Eurovision site that this version was so much better done than what they performed at Eurovision. I have no idea what happened that night, nerves, bad orchestra, some out of pitch singing. This version is so much better and I like even way more than the studio recording,

[@kerensabirch5214]

This performance is still embarrassing, even across the years. So contrived! Imagine the reaction, had the girls reached across and ripped off the guys' trousers instead!

[@97channel]

Haha, imagine that. All's going well, then suddenly Shaggy and Fred start thrusting their Solomon Grundies at ya. "Nil points".

[@axelbrundell2026]

Many people watch it over and over again.