Level 42 - The Sun Goes Down (Livin' It Up)

Music video by Level 42 performing The Sun Goes Down (Livin' It Up). (C) 1998 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
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[@mackpines]

Still livin it up in 2024! 80s music is the BEST.

[@boujiebarbie3198]

Completely agree!!!! 80's music is the best!

[@shadoker7129]

I'm 22 and I used to listen to this with my dad when I was a kid. I lost him when I was 17, but I still listen to this with a tear on my cheek

[@scottnever8732]

mate that sucks, at least he had a great choice in music x

[@paulosborne3954]

That's a bugger my friend , losing your dad at such an early age , words do not mean much but , as I have learnt , music and the 42 will keep those precious memories for you . Keep your chin up .

[@jameslatimer1432]

Dad is listening all the time And will guide you through life nice words speeking of dad I list my mum and dad and all my family ,, takecare Buddy 👍❤️ godbless

[@ALFONIC]

Sorry for your loss

[@stevierobertsmusic]

Your Dad had great taste. I had the pleasure of seeing these guys play live back in the 80s. What an amazing band. Cheers

[@VikingShaver]

Anyone still listening here in 2024 ? Still listening here in 2024 July - what a track !!

[@MarieliseLegrand]

i'm listenig since 1982 !

[@MsMartydee]

Love level 42 so talented

[@lightoftheworld7493]

August 24

[@vladvlad2739]

21 .08. 24 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@harleysontheisland]

My late wife was an account for polydor, in the 80s, we used to get free tickets for so many fantastic artists level 42 was always my favourite concerts

[@elizabethmcleod246]

Lucky you!

[@markmeade2937]

One of the coolest peaces of jazz funk ever, the groove on this tune is killer............🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼

[@jeanayrtonmichael9742]

Totaly agree with you !!!!! Genious !!!!!

[@cecilioledezma9755]

It has Tropical rhythm I listen to it with headphones it sounds better

[@markmeade2937]

@Mr Nobody Because that’s what they did from the early days , the Chinese Way etc …….

[@royayersrules]

@@markmeade2937 Earlier. Try Sandstorm.

[@markmeade2937]

@@royayersrules Will do 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶👍

[@Project305miami]

Mike Lindup is my favorite member in the band. He comes from a musical family (his father was a film & TV composer, his mother is a famous actress/singer from Belize), he was classically trained and kicks so much ass on the synths, and his falsetto singing is an amazing compliment to Mark King’s baritone vocals. It also doesn’t hurt that the album this song was from was produced by Earth Wind & Fire.

[@WrvrUgoThrUR]

He's what brought me here. He not only plays masterfully, but his parts fit the songs perfectly. Similar to what Bernie Worrell did with Parliament Funkadelic. His synth parts basically make the record and steal the show....quietly.

[@nhlazyarse]

He bridged the gaps of King bass brilliantly with his harmony and synth. I agree very talented yet, not mentioned as heavily as King. Defiantly partnered King style of jazz funk perfectly.

[@leeejames6081]

Bullshit......in the 80s the black wasn't considered at all.......mark king made this music

[@KIDSOUL777]

Larry Dunn and Verdine White of Earth, Wind, & Fire helped them tremendously.

[@paulriggall8370]

I’ve never given The 42 the credit they deserve as insanely proficient musicians. Top notch.

[@user-eo2oz2tf4q]

Great Album Tracks.

[@MrBonnuus]

There's such a lot of happiness in this song. Always makes me smile

[@markmarlow7724]

41 years later still got that fresh Groove Awesome song 😘👌

[@UnionJxck]

This is my favourite level 42 tune, so underrated

[@christopherwest4580]

Mine too.😍😍

[@christopherwest4580]

Mine too

[@Macsimus75]

Probably the most underrated band ever.

[@paulg1886]

Without doubt, Live they were supreme.

[@TheMrE1974]

They were on TOTP a lot and were commercially successful, so I would say there are more underrated bands out there...

[@ajs41]

Absolutely. Japan and Gang Of Four are two other bands in the same situation.

[@ulfseger8058]

Lot`s of fans in Sweden in the 80`s .Sold a lot of records and packed conserts.

[@broadcastmyballs]

@@TheMrE1974 Absolutely underrated in the United States.

[@francia3]

Excellent music, In France many musics journalists in magazines were saying that Mark King was the best bassist in the World in the 80s. Thanks for the music Level 42.

[@michaelrawson6261]

Mark could well have been the best in the world, but if he was, it was quite an achievement, because he was up against some pretty stiff competition!!, Entwistle, McCartney, MacVie, to name but 3... however, there were dozens!

[@olli5976]

​@@michaelrawson6261 McCartney was an amazing musician, but he could never play King's bass lines, he is nowhere near King's talent as a bass player, McCartney is certainly a better composer than King.

[@AM1465]

Bootsy Collins, Larry Graham, Bob Babbitt, Bernard Edwards...and so on.

[@jneal21]

RIP Boon. Your legacy will live one with some of the best songs of the 80s

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

Absolutely.

[@jtproducer4629]

I’m 25, if I had a Time Machine and could never come back to the present, the 80s would be my decade of choice. Envious.

[@lewisner]

I was 25 in 1984 and I have to tell you that you are right.

[@moss1245]

One of the best performances I have witnessed live 🎉

[@Libby.hlmz6667]

i’m 13 and my parents used to always play this song when i was younger i never really appreciated it enough. it’s so good

[@philipmartin183]

Mark King playing is brilliant. Yes he is brilliant and yes Level 42 are exceptional

[@NoOne-hd8ww]

Mark is the King

[@soulschoolboy66]

All time classic. Mark Kings bass line is utterly unforgetable. So thats it, my head will be replaying this all day!

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

Good man!

[@roiijamez33]

For Sure!!!

[@wafldread2770]

Feat Mark King one of the greatest bass guitarist ever....

[@user-yh6wc7xb7j]

Toca el bajo no guitarra

[@paulskehan693]

Correct 💯👍👍....... From Ireland 🍀👍

[@johnashton4776]

Stanley Clarke.

[@freedomgundam95]

@@user-yh6wc7xb7j bass guitar es bajo en ingles por si acaso

[@brentchampagnie9130]

There's a girl at the back making eyes at me. With her hair long and black is a sight to see . That was my girlfriend in 1983. She's my wife now and we've got 2 daughter's. Thanks to this tune.

[@nicklarge007]

Summer of 83, great memories!!

[@markwinters1216]

It was a great year for music

[@londonukhm]

Another brilliant Level 42 song, I had forgotten how may amazing songs they wrote

[@rjjcms1]

This was the one that gave them their first major UK hit,back end of summer 1983.

[@raymondmcmenemy303]

Great band. One the 80s best.

[@FreddieFreethinking]

Level 42 Formed My Music Interest When I Was A Kid. 🙌

[@1963christmas]

I'm 60 now and remember listening to this when it came out. Where did those 40 years go?!! We had some crackin' music back in the 80's & 90's!

[@MsMartydee]

We were lucky born in this great music era and Level 42 are top draw

[@shadylady4829]

R.I.P. Boon Gould

[@johnrappaport3105]

40 years later and I see this for the very first time. One of the best blue-eyes soul bands of all time.

[@BioDieselEstate]

One of Level 42's tracks featuring Mike Lindup's vocals extensively. Incredibly, Mike's mother is still living. Nadia Evadne Cattouse (born 2 November 1924) is a Belizean-born British actress, singer and songwriter. Although sadly, Mike's father, the composer David Lindup, died in 1992.

[@JordanBlue1]

I always like finding songs that are just so obviously inspiration for modern artists. This one is so obvious a song that inspired The 1975.

[@ximresal]

Probably the most underrated band ever.-.

[@miguimau]

Level 42 were HUGE.

[@steverowlands338]

One for the all time top 10....Mark King owning the bass guitar, a classic feelgood tune from back in the day...😎😎😎😎

[@9ertsch]

I remember there being quite a fuss when Mark finally completed the instalment payments on it. I think the band threw a party to celebrate.

[@reesemorgan2259]

"I want my friends to see me standing next to you..." there's an honesty about that line that always makes me smile.

[@OGBrawlerina]

Mark King in the 80s 😍😍😋😋

[@kimmarievan-ever6599]

That sun has caught blonde Mark King..looks like he is cooking out there..level 42..= class act..!!

[@paddyfitz1548]

I cant stop listening to this. The bass is so addictive.

[@dancoulson6579]

Damn! Have been looking for this song for about fifteen years! I've been searching for "giving it up!" all this time!

[@skankingjane]

I searched for 'Forward Motion'

[@paulcarter557]

Dan Coulson KZbin is just awesome

[@swiinka]

Good you haven't given it up :)

[@seanwright5725]

I think this is what the kids would term a "Banger"

[@paulcarter557]

Dan Coulson you found it before the sun went down

[@realityboost4405]

As a 16-year-old I bought this 45 single and played it so incessantly that I expected it to asking me new questions…40 years later I'm writing this comment…If nothing else I suggest (Sussex friends) you question your concept of 'Time'…And I'll leave this there.

[@joshsheekey5512]

Home grown talent from Shanklin Isle of Wight, the great Mark King I’ve lived on the Island for 14 years

[@elaineb4490]

Such a fabulous song and the first one from this amazing group that I really recall listening to in 1983 when I was 9. They then went on to dominate the UK charts for the rest of the fantastic 80s. On my 30th birthday I treated myself to a ticket to see them at York Barbican and took my mum-unfortunately she went out at half time as said she wasn’t keen so she missed all the greatest hits, but I had a fabulous time as the second half was just an 80s nostalgia trip. Favourite song has got to be “Its over”- great lyrics and the tune is so sad but really memorable. Also Mike and Mark were extremely easy on the eye as well as brilliant musicians on the keys and THAT bass. Wow!

[@scottnever8732]

its over? really? bad times for me that one

[@elaineb4490]

@@scottnever8732 oh dear, that’s not a good memory to sync with this fabulous song.

[@heatherholyland1338]

Music at its best 😊 .. Proud to be a levelhead

[@normanhacker3588]

Its a Panghorn.alembic like.

[@Nikkijoedy]

Such a tune!! I’m an 80’s kid, this is like the soundtrack to my childhood

[@terrymck216]

This is just incredible music from the great Level 42 I've been a very big fan of this 4 piece band from England UK !!! Dance disco funk soul pop r+b their work through the years is just incredible Lead vocals Mark King is just a very talented artist his playing of a guitar is just incredible staggering he has just turned 60 recently they were a ground breaking band of the glorious 80s !!!

[@markmeade478]

the sun never gos down on this tune, brilliant, classic and so damm catchy. God bless Level 42 😊😊😊😊

[@Lindforce1]

The groove on this track is simply amazing.

[@borderlord]

To be back as a teenager in the 80's and this was in the charts on Top of the Pops!!

[@elizabethmcleod246]

We had fun.

[@borderlord]

@@elizabethmcleod246 We did!

[@jaypoole8056]

Wish Level 42 were bigger in the US. All people know is "Something About You," but pretty much all of their songs are gold.

[@lorrainebennett7528]

Love Mike's vocals and Mark's bass is incredible!

[@adamdrennan887]

I'm 12 years old and I love this song. I wish new bands played this good.

Adam Drennan wow, I wish I had your taste at your age. Good taste buddy!

[@stormyrae-dawnferguson9903]

More younger people should have your taste !!! You prove there's hope for the future hahah

[@ethanoreilly2002]

@@stormyrae-dawnferguson9903 don't worry so do I;)

[@ltxoutdoors4097]

well now your thirteen i supose and indeed your taste in music is Great !! Live it up !

[@ethanoreilly2002]

This song got me into level 42 I'm 15 so good on you

[@mellegerda]

Though I live on the edge time is on my side All the doors to my life are open wide Just as long as the wheels keep on turning 'round I will live for the groove 'til the sun goes down Living it up, living it up I can feel it Living it up Is it a crazy notion? Living it up, living it up I can feel it Living it up I got forward motion I don't wanna go to war, I don't wanna go to war I said I know what I want and I don't wanna go war - do you follow me? I saw a soldier standing in a bar Looked so tired he'd come so far He said "I need to love someone, before they drop the atom bomb" There's a girl at the back making eyes at me And her hair long and black is a sight to see But I get kind of scared when love's around I just live for the groove 'til the sun goes down Living it up, living it up I can feel it Living it up Is it a false emotion? Living it up, living it up I can feel it Living it up I got forward motion So I'm a-taking you out but I'm a-faking I'm married to the beat But to the music I gave the heart I could have given you Still there's something 'bout the way that you move And the way that people stare it's the shock of the new I want my friends to see me standing next to you The sun goes down Time is on my side I don't care what they say I'll enjoy the ride But I get kind of scared when I turn around So I'll stay with the groove 'til the sun goes down Living it up Living it up I can feel it Living it up I got forward motion Ooh - watch her dance There must be one like her in every club in every town But I don't mind if that the way she wants to be There's something 'bout her that reminds me of me She's my soul mate - we'll be together 'til the sun goes down The sun goes down Living it up Living it up I can feel it Living it up I got forward motion

[@spencoir1]

“ I don’t mind that’s the way she wants to be, there’s something bout her that reminds me of me” would be screamed from the back of dad’s Renault 25

[@paulosborne3954]

Met my dear wife to be on a blind date at the Ipswich Regent , in the days where there was no malice or nonsense , would love my dear Janet back and those days .

[@jinkazamamonkey]

Ah the Regent, memories of Alexander O'Neal and others...

[@apizzagaming7489]

It's 6.30 this evening and it's orange skies in Vice City. Enjoy that sunset, this is Flash FM

[@iansouthward7991]

Mike Lindop has a great voice, Seeing Boon in this is saddening though...... Not one track they ever did was bad......

[@Doobie1975]

What is so saddening about seeing Boon in this? He seems to be having fun on the video.

[@misscritique84]

Mark King always reminded me of a Boxer that could play bass very well in a good British group

[@Mandosami]

well funny you should say that as Mark King was a boxer ;)

[@robebird27]

R. I. P BOON

[@mikelykan.9416]

2020 and still sounds as catchy as ever.

[@serenan920]

Better than anything since

[@meadroad]

See Level 42 in Margate, few weeks ago…. Absolutely brilliant, this they played & instantly took me back to early 80’s as a teenager..

[@marcocupellaro3558]

Unici ,grandi, mitici ,simply level 42

[@fozibear2281]

What a classic love listening to one of the greatest bands of all time

[@danielpalmersofficial]

A million people have listened to this brilliant track, wow!! 😀👍

[@megajay7065]

Mark makes the bass guitar playing look so effortless (and I play bass)

[@lamarwest9467]

It has a good, tribal, funky vibe to it. These are one of Level 42's hidden gems.

[@davidambrose8935]

Just awesome sound ,bass ,Mark is fabulous

[@Doobie1975]

I feel Level 42 were at their best when the Gould brothers were with them.

[@sonykroket]

All hail Level 42..........and the 80s! They are the funkmasters of our times.........

[@adrianbrowne7962]

Happy Birthday Mister Mark King!! Whose Progressive , Sophisticated, And " Incredibly Exciting Bass Technique " Has continued to " Enthrall " Us For Decades!!! From Adrian Browne 1965

[@adrianbrowne7962]

Thanks 4 Your Support Re My Mark King Post !! From Adrian Browne 1965

[@colinbestie7581]

Bass perfection 🎸🙌🥰

[@philliesfan1971]

When you get Mark King and Verdine White together, you get bass perfection

[@websurfer1585]

Summer of 83', best time of my life, it was awesome!

[@centseisdojo3995]

My dad put me on. Thank you for this amazing piece father 🙏🏻

[@vinto34]

Great 80s band and video...RIP boon ...shocked to hear of his passing.

[@benparish6772]

We need to crowdsource a 90 minute retrospective documentary to pay tribute and provide a historical record of this incredible band and their contributors, producers etc. Time is short.

[@sonykroket]

Level 42 is the answer to the question to the answer and question.

[@jeanayrtonmichael9742]

My favorite songs !!!!!!!! Unknown song !!!!!! Paradoxal !!!!!! MORCEAU D ANTHOLOGIE ET FANTASTIQUE !!!!!

[@snoopythedoge5639]

How the hell have I not heard of these guys?!?! The only reason I found them was because the bassist played with George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jeff Lynne, AND Ringo Starr playing While my Guitar Gently weeps.AND I love the 80’s. It seems nearly impossible that I never heard of them. Glad I found them tho.

[@roiijamez33]

WOW- that Bass!!!!!

[@JB-pk4ck]

I remember this from the summer of 1983 . I was 11 years old. THey were such an unusual band, unusual songs like the Chinese way. Althought im not a fan of the band , many of their songs. the minute i hear them ,it takes me back to that unique time. Great for music , film not so good if you were struggling with sky high mortgage and debts. lol

[@barryhetherington9816]

I have a new favorite song by Level 42! Love this video first of all! I love the guys having fun, living life, playing their instruments so well, Lindup and King sharing the lead vocals and I love Boon and Phil Gould singing along!

[@Georgiearchie1]

The funk in this one 👍🏿👊🏿

[@Sivri_Therapy5882]

2019 and still Livin it up ... great bass from Mark King ... loved it as a teen -- watching them on Top of the Pops! Happy memories!

[@raveelectric4361]

Saw them last night for the time ever, this song is the must, great gig in Brighton guys👌👍🕺🕺

[@jeffreykenny988]

RIP Boon Gould. 😥

[@DruuzilTechGames]

I listened to this band when I was a kid all the time. My dad always had this stuff playing.

[@graemeyoung3678]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT, you dont get much better, classic

[@BenCritchlow]

Mark King's bass work 👌

[@sandrahughes8645]

At last! Level 42! You will love The sun goes down (Living it up)

[@iTzzzMMMAAAXXXX]

Dad grew up in Nottingham, then moved to Leeds/Bradford. Thanks for the amazing music taste Dad

[@OggyGTA]

This is surely the definitive Level 42 at their creative height.

[@vinchenzo678]

Timeless.... 80's is my favourite era of Music. Has everything ❤ Soul, Dance and Rythm

[@mariajukejax9649]

One of my favourite 80s bands.

[@Hammern28]

Music that simply lasts forever!

[@nicolamoran7548]

Very unique and really great band. Their debut album was bloody amazing.

[@KJ-ev3it]

Always my fav by level 42 but love them all. Great band from a great decade

[@josephpoe-uf8ml]

Mark youre a nut on the bass in this song wow!

[@ChivertonCoUk]

Level 42 Epitome of Coolness as a band!

[@marcosrodriguez6228]

Just a wonderul feel good funky jam. Level 42 reminds me of my youth in the 80´s and is one of my favourite bands of all time. This is my favourite song of theirs as well as one of my all time favourites.

[@Corvette-wc1ej]

Been a LevelHead since World Machine!! Underrated group. They put out hella great music!! 🎶🎶🖤

[@JayJohnson-jz7pp]

Mark's bass was always TIGHT!!! 1984!!!!!!

[@mikekaraoke]

You mean 1983 not 84-In general

[@moe9196]

im a big fan of level 42 . also love the archival movie film clips of 1940s bebop & swing dancing in this video

[@leightonemitchellify]

Definitely one of the funkiest bands in music!

[@owenhunt]

Anytime an unknown 80s band turns through the algorithm, dive for their minor hits. Works every time.

[@mariadeyuso5719]

I can't stop moving my feet, this music makes me live