Mari Wilson - Just What I Always Wanted (TOTP 1982)

[@Carina-tn8oi]

Anyone else listening in 2024?

[@jrmetmoi]

Me

[@specialse]

me and surprisingly can remember most of the words....always a favorite at school discos 😀

[@nautilusshell4969]

Yes!

[@johnraby4214]

Yeah me, great song!

[@davidspencer439]

Yep, I'm an old git..........the best kind

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson9932]

This WAS a great song and still sounds great 41 years later, that's for sure ☺️

[@ajs41]

I've just realised why it sounds so good: it was produced by genius Tony Mansfield, previously the lead singer of New Musik. He was almost as good a producer as Trevor Horn in my opinion.

[@the45boxs79]

FFS I didn't realise it was that long ago where has the years gone 🤗🙏🌞

[@niallnz]

At the time we didn’t realise how good those days were - now it is clear

[@Sundae_Times]

Haha, each to his own, I guess.

[@mtmpromotion]

Brilliant song, this song and singer did not get the recognition it deserved, I still like this song all these years on and I still play it at any disco's I do, brilliant Mari 👍👍👍

[@charles5596]

Total bull , they were huge in the 80s and marie is still doing 5he rounds

[@rw8733]

I still think this is fantastic 👏

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826]

Absolutely Tim well said! 😊

[@Sundae_Times]

@@charles5596 *the

[@ajs41]

One of the things that makes this song so great is the irony of the lyrics.

[@PBayee34]

Just seen her in concert supporting level 42, still has a great voice.

[@Colonel30]

I don't think those of a younger disposition quite realise how big TOTP was back in the day ..... I mean, the world stopped at 7.30pm on Thursday nights when I was a lad because everyone flocked to the TV to watch the show and to hell with whatever else was going on. It was an institution and yeah, I miss it.

[@charles5596]

Smarty 5 ,...Ditto we lived for thursday nights

[@JudgeMarmianWiZard]

Thats true I remeber dropping whatever i was doing and running back home to catch it, it was THE most important t.v show. I used to get really annoyed if someone was talking in the living room when it was on too. Tomorrow's world was always on before TOTP.

[@ajs41]

Yeah, it regularly had 20 million viewers when the population of the country was 54 million.

[@ianeastbourne66]

Loved Thursday nights. Top the best. You got to see fav groups and songs. Ah the days.

[@picdriver]

The younger generation today would be in horror at the realisation we only had three tv channels..(before c4)...and no dedicated music channel. totp's WAS our music channel. Aahhh...Pans people..legs & co.. ;)...We also had our radio's tuned to pirate stations such as Rhonda...Jackie...Caroline...memories eh?

[@rogerbillings5081]

Pure, undiluted, feelgood fun pop song! Brilliant.

[@adriantownsend2317]

...Ah, the 80s. For me the pinnacle of musical creativity and diversity. Genuine feel good pop music! Little wonder the country is in the state it is when you look at today's musical creativity!

[@dazza4345]

Its a shame this is never played on the radio anymore.

[@jehannemarie9289]

It is a pity, wonderful song

[@Maynardcomau]

It was released as a single with no support in Australia. Showpeople album never made it here. This clip was only seen here in the mid 90s on TOTPops retro shows. It made the discerning few sit up.

[@simonfootie6255]

Was today

[@chrissmart21]

And today

[@tnate6004]

I don't even know how I managed to hear it in the US but so glad I did.

[@Karateguy59]

Brilliant song by Mari Wilson, she was so underrated….Thank you Mari!!

[@MrMjp58]

My favourite female voice of the 80’s (she’s still great).

[@raywoodman5084]

Another poptastic tune from 1982........What a year.....

[@miked4377]

i second that!

[@danw1374]

Agree. 1982 was a great year for music!

[@charles5596]

The fantastic 80s

[@sidvicious05]

Along with the jam madness dexys all had great songs in 82

[@FrankJCarver]

Not 'alf!

[@ackers72]

Saw Mari the other weekend as she was supporting Level 42, she still sounds as good as she does here

[@Ineedyoulou]

Oh to be back in those days again..

[@brianmorecombe2726]

No thanks.Thatcher,5 million unemployed.Nah,been through it,in the past gone forever

[@clivefreedman9285]

Fantastic voice Fantastic song Fantastic performance

[@Sundae_Times]

Where? Do you have a link?

[@pen64]

I was 17 when this song came out. Trendy kid that I was, it was always the British music that I thought was the coolest. I sought out every import and combed news stands for issues of NME and Melody Maker. A friend of mine bought the import of Mari Wilson’s album and we loved the 60’s nostalgia, echoes of our childhood. Me and my friends went to see her at the once legendary, now defunct nightclub, The I-Beam on Haight Street in San Francisco. It was a night I still remember. We were young, dressed in thrift store vintage clothes, running with the in-crowd, our fingers on the pulse of the moment. What times those were...

[@MrMerrrrrrr]

Wow 😮

[@MrMerrrrrrr]

Awesome memories x

[@briantheminer]

A dream to visit such places, I’m the same age

[@aversivespider]

Us Brits were always the best. :)

[@richardawrhodes6965]

Me too

[@silverdolphin3088]

Brilliant song by a wonderful, caring person.

[@russellwilcox1180]

I don't know why this song makes me so happy, it just does.

[@ajs41]

Partly because it was produced by Tony Mansfield, who was a total genius at producing, (along with people like Trevor Horn).

[@charles5596]

Mari wilson and the wilsations , what a class act

[@Steaks652]

21 when this came out, remember it like it was yesterday.

[@HarryFlowerrs]

42 years old and still sounds terrific!❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹🌹🌹

[@adelejones3746]

Saw her last night in Llandudno, she was supporting Level 42 and she, and her band were fabulous. Level 42 is like a great Christmas dinner, and their support acts are Fortnum and Mason crackers. I'd go and see her gigging in her own right. Great music.

[@andyhenshaw9323]

Simply great brings back happy memories of great days long gone good on you Marie

[@andropovbr]

What a wonderful voice!

[@charles5596]

She still sounds as good today

[@AM-xz6bf]

Such a stunning voice ❤️

[@susantaylor9576]

Great song and voice

[@richardscott8503]

Mari has always been close to my heart. Loved her style and voice. Her show in Toronto in the early 80s was fabulously campy. We cheered like crazy. What a night and what a singer.

[@littlelies1]

Camper than a tent shop! Love it. Cheers me up whenever I watch it. Thank you Mary❤.

[@TonyLaPron]

Such an awesome vibe of pure 80's

[@rationalsceptic7634]

I love Mari..still going strong..x

[@bobbyboy872]

met mari at a paul young concert at hammersmith odeon nearly got knocked out by the beehive. great 80s

[@orac101]

More electronic than I remember. Adored this tune back int he summer of 1982.

[@mike969696]

The producer is a master of electronic music.

[@areafiftyoneok]

yes, Tony Mansfield from New Musik produced it

[@brianmorecombe2726]

@@areafiftyoneok Yeah but when ive seen her do her songs live theres no electronic instruments,just electric guitars,the traditional set up.Electro music had its place in the 80s in its full vain but its got so faded and derivative now

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

I was 11 years old in 1982. I always liked the song but never appreciated her *incredible* voice. *WOW!!* Just listen to her vibrato. Just perfect.

[@fergalokeeffe8841]

One of those great songs from the 80s that people might not remember. Do some women marry for money or love. Money can get you the house and fancy car. The couple still have to be able to get on with each other. I watched Totps on a Thursday night with just 1 telly 📺 the size of a small box in the 80s Limerick Ireland.❤😅😊

[@robertcotgrave5920]

This lady has an amazing voice. Does a great cover of cry me a river. Stay safe everyone.

[@charles5596]

You too Robert

[@bryancopley-x4q]

loved her hairstyle and of course she was gorgeous too

[@markfindlay8636]

Fantastic voice and great pitch!

[@darrensmall5548]

Epic tune from a vintage year. Love the trumpet !

[@rw8733]

Such memories. 😊

[@karithatthought2304]

Great song 😀 Mari’s vocals remind me of the much missed singer Cristina

[@tottaylor2093]

Cristina was great - knew her slightly XMAS WRAPPING

[@tabeccaletford408]

I was 9 when this came out, and I just listened to it again for the first time in years. It still sounds brilliant, what a voice

[@Coxy-b34]

Me too. Sursprised the song hasn't ever been covered(to my knowledge)because it's a great pop song.

[@rw8733]

I was 17. Still brilliant 👏

[@amandeepv]

I was 10

[@eslermanu47]

Brilliant song and great voice.

[@dieselgav]

I still love this tune. It was Number 8 when I was just 5 years and I can still remember her performing this on TOTP and Pebble Mill at One!

[@williammorgan7986]

TOTPS absolutely gigantic

[@handeyecoordinationskills]

I just heard this song on the radio and I haven't heard it in about 30 years, memories of when I was 12 😁

[@charles5596]

Great song ,brings back memories

[@handeyecoordinationskills]

@@charles5596 indeed

[@davidcopson5800]

Mari was always able to show people how well she could sing.

[@Gregg-eo2le]

Wow ....first few seconds and a wave of nostalgia comes flooding in.... born in mid 70s and had the pleasure of growing up in the 80s ... great song 🎵 ❤

[@suzukinez]

She needs to come back n join 80s rewind

[@paulgrayson6454]

The Queen of the beehive

[@janeough45]

i saw this darling girl in sheffield a few times she was stunning happy memories of days gone by ,, i dressed like her WOW WOW WOW X

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

"I dressed like her"...so did my brother...lol

[@brendadrumm9708]

I wonder what I would look like now with a beehive hairstyle and hot pants at 70 lol good old days x I would proberbly get arrested lol

[@Kreln1221]

*This song makes me smile..., and it always has... :)*

[@frantreml7795]

Love the hair! Camporama !!! Brilliant

[@jarrodfurminger5352]

Great performance of a brilliant song from the best music show ever Top Of The Pops !!!

[@nicolescagnetti3000]

Amasing ! I've got the original vinyl thank you for this video, incredible, I loved her look and her hairstyle was brilliant (in French we called it "une choucroute") it was the time when in thrift stores you could find all the dresses from the 50s for almost nothing.

[@hanno-erdmanntietz8424]

Amazing. I like her hairstyle too. It reminds me of Brigitte Bardot. Is ‘choucroute‘ the same as or similar to ‘beehive‘/‘B-52‘, the hairdo worn by Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson of The B-52‘s or, a few years earlier, by The Ronettes?

[@thomasmccullagh8282]

What a great catchy song ,love that.

[@iangrundy5167]

Most people put in a comment regarding a song about memories etc ..I've no memories regarding this song..I just love it..I also adore the video..x

[@lindastanley229]

Always liked this

[@zanducktv2398]

love that last assault on the drums, like one of the backing singers got carried away with their gesticulations to the routine and backed into the drum kit, knocking it over lol. Love this, such a happy feelgood tune. Remember Mari recording a jingle for Mike Read based on it - Mike Read...just what I always wanted! Er, no ta.

[@GeorgeLyall]

She did the same for David "Kid" Jensen using her hit "Baby It's True"

[@julieharrison7417]

Always loved this songbme and my late partner both loved it one of my favourite 80s songs

[@RogueWJL]

Class act. Sensational track.

[@ericgeorge5483]

Love it, love it love it. One of my fave pop songs because it always makes me smile!!

[@rajnirvan3336]

1980s TOTP were vintage times

[@Lee71England]

Last night at work a colleague gave me a tray of stuff I really didn't want at 9 on a Friday evening. So, kind of sarcastically, I said to him "Thanks. Just what I always wanted." And within 2 seconds the pair of us were in synch singing the chorus from a certain 1982 'beehive' song. No prizes for guessing the song in question. But doesn't that show how foot-tapping, catchy, singalong music stays with you from decades ago......?

[@charles5596]

Great story

[@Lee71England]

@@charles5596 Glad you appreciated it. That was about 6 weeks ago now, and the pair of us still sing "I've got...... just what I always wanted" whenever we walk past each other on the work floor!

[@gerardjames9971]

Brilliant sing, brilliant singer. And Mari's backing singers are absolutely superb - real entertainers👍

[@BeasleyStreet]

You may be interested to know that the actress Michelle Collins was one her Wilsations backing singers...but not here..you can look it up though..still performing,the hair not so high though...

[@angelamartin5003]

Fabulous song fabulous singer.

[@djspl51bw]

Haven't heard this in decades

[@ajs41]

I've included this on a new playlist I've just set up on KZbin featuring what I'm calling less well-known 80s hits, the sort of songs you never hear on the 80s radio stations these days: kzbin.info/aero/PL6oCQqv2KW6XlQvjxSs0wvsjQrn9WXc9w

[@scottlow7885]

God I loved this song when I was growing up! 😂

[@iturriso]

Same here! 😄

[@johnjones943]

A great song stands up today.

[@truthexposed1428]

What a great song/singer. What happened to those sleek mics from 70s/80s? Never saw em again. Someone, please take me back to the 80s. I miss the 80s a lot.

[@igorsklyarov4218]

Мари великолепна: спору нет!!

[@douglasnewlands47]

Still one of my all time favourites. Little classic.

[@DB-sh4gh]

i wish i was back in them days...

[@ajs41]

There were two really catchy songs in the charts in September 1982 which have been pretty much forgotten about: this was one of them, the other was Saddle Up by David Christie.

[@tomnicholls9016]

OMG I think I haven't heard of this song for almost 40 years!!!!!

[@angelawhyte-w2u]

Great song

[@rationalsceptic7634]

Loved her big smile and beautiful eyes x

[@jscanl]

can barely see her eyes. Still, a great song though

[@antoinettevambe239]

Great! Makes me smile. 😊

[@paulboulter7823]

I remember the Radio 1 jingle “ Mike Reid,just what I always wanted “😆😆🇬🇧❤️

[@Sarge084]

Ain't nostalgia great!!

[@robertforster6749]

saw Mari at spring st theatre in Hull when cindy out of east enders was in the band. brilliant night. just sounded like this.

[@amandeepv]

Simply great!

[@nickpalmer3076]

Love Mari Wilson met her a couple of times .Saw her play Dusty Springfield in Bristol she was great

[@boywonder6659]

I saw this group at the Poterhouse in Retford back in 82 or 83 they were brilliant.

[@5641russell]

i love this track simply great

[@TopTierFive007]

Loved this ❤

[@boofuls]

Proper BeeHive 🙂a moments silence to remember the many cans of hairspray that laid down their lives for a truly worthy cause

[@suesmith8841]

I just posted in FB (I followed the link here) I worked in the Queens Hotel in Brighton and she needed hairspray. The Manager was able to ring the in house hairdresser and get some - no late night supermarkets in those days.

[@jakarnould]

Ha Mari Wilson... Je t'aime... Admirable.

[@333Marlon]

October 1982, Mari Wilson (at that time 28), had a brilliant UK No. 8 Hit, with a great performance, a great trumpet-solo in the middle and excellent drums. The song was written by Teddy Johns (Tot Taylor).

[@lxtechmangood9503]

Mike read the the radio 1 dj got marie to do a jingle for him using this song. That always comes to my mind whenever i hear this great song. Such a shame she only got this one hit. 😢

[@mike969696]

Tony Mansfield makes a fantastic job of just about everything he touches. Genius.

[@bobmarkillie2852]

I was soooooo in love with this lady and maybe still am

[@carolynallinson5659]

Great 😊song

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

2020: We need all the happy mood songs we can get this year...bet you never saw this coming when you posted your comment?

[@dazza4345]

The 80's were amazing for music.So much romantic feeling in songs.Now its all like bang me baby.

[@AnneRoberts-m3v]

Great. Song and her other one dance with a stranger brilliant

[@maggieblyth2077]

Saw here in Pathfoot in Stirling Uni back around 80/81

[@dazza4345]

the eighties were so great for pop.

[@igorsklyarov4218]

Смотреть и слушать!!

[@nervo6321]

Fab song great great vocals and humorous backing...just what i always wanted.

[@sedwards2207]

The Neasden Queen of Soul! ❤️

[@Carina-tn8oi]

She still sings this song now and still sounds good ❤

[@electromaniac1]

Tony Mansfield produced some great records. Love her album this is from.