Nick Heyward - Blue Hat For A Blue Day

[@patricknaughton2422]

Nick Heyward was a really great singer and songwriter. Pity he never got the recognition like George Michael and Nik Kershaw had. Howard Jones was also a great singer and fab keyboard player. Heyward was a great guitarist too

[@deanroberts7091]

Absolutely fantastic

[@DaveAndBeth1978]

Did Nik Kershaw really get that much more recognition, though? Like Nick Heyward, he also faded after his run of hits dried up

[@md-ps2hx]

Just been to see Nick and Steve Norman play at Pizza live Holborn London Jan 28th 2023. Fantastic night ...

[@djmusicchannel007]

Was a young boy when this was released. How time has flown by but this songs still resonates

[@simonjenkins1290]

A time long since gone. So sad

[@ericgeorge5483]

Heyward was an amazing singer songwriter who produced fantastic material right from Haircut 100 through his solo career.

[@stevel6943]

Heyward IS an amazing songwriter. He's not dead yet dude 😉

[@todd291]

@@stevel6943His career died when he left Haircut 100

[@stevel6943]

@@todd291 got you👍

[@AH_Derby]

@@todd291 clearly it didn’t, as he had several solo hits including this one, and continues to make music.

[@jenniferfraser6936]

Love the song and Lyrics Nick Heyward so cute and handsome.

[@keplertagapan2912]

Nick Heyward Leader Vocalist Guitarist Ex Haircut 100 English British 🇬🇧 Synth Punk Pop Waves Punk Rocks New Waves Pop Waves European Band Decades 80s 90s Disband Legendary

[@troylowe814]

My older cousin turned me onto Nick's music starting with Pellican's West...his music always cheers me up. He's doing God's work.

[@GeoffreyDeed]

Great memories Nick Heyward now 62 still looks well they were my favourite band

[@jejjerw3173]

To steal a phrase - "You don't realise what you've got 'til it's already gone " Mr Heywood. ...thank you so much for what you have given us. You are so under - rated and sadly, under appreciated, but I will always remember you. As time goes by. I think your legacy will become greater

[@femaleanimal]

Jejjer W He’s still with us!

[@peenweinerstien3977]

Heyward man! Heyward.

[@rw8733]

Super talented 👏

[@leticiagerardo9747]

Wonder how people truly feel when people say things like “you’re under-appreciated and under-rated.” If it’s meant to be a compliment it actually comes off as a backhanded compliment. I imagine a person is feeling great and then along comes someone and says something like this and then others follow, because they think this will make you feel great. I think it’s a Debbie downer.

[@damiencrowley2506]

I totally understand that phrase so recently.

[@williamotoole5183]

Blue hat for a blue day, I'm an 80,s baby😂

[@BerlinFan82]

North Of A Miracle, one of the best albums of the 80's.

[@visciousbob72]

Too true, I'd just joined the army back in '83 and my sister bought the album for me for my 18th birthday

[@richardbatchelor6679]

It absolutely is.

[@iangarrard390]

Agree with that. I played it to death.

[@MarkMahoney]

💕

[@davecoalwood9487]

Great Title too.

[@julieking9481]

I fell in love with him when I was 15. STILL LOVE HIS MUSIC TO THIS DAY.

[@beverley.c]

I fell in love with him when I was 13 and I still love HIM to this day 😊 what I would give to be Mrs Heyward ❤

[@pamandrobtrust7624]

This guy knocked out some great tunes. Nice guy from what I have seen from His interviews.

[@nickcolby1391]

I thought that too , doesn’t he seem lovely ❤

[@elizabethbell4697]

I personally think that this is one of the best tunes from 1983. Totally ignored tune from that year.

[@MrGuypeters]

Wasn't it just! A great album too (North Of A Miracle)

[@richardduffie1145]

My girlfriend at the time this came out, loved this song, I got it on 12 inch for her. she never stopped playing it, she loved nick Heyward. GOD, I MISS THEM DAYS. Love to you. xxxxxxxx

[@petergavan7571]

i don;t care what anyone says i love it and it brings back so much nostalgia, great song

[@lencook6403]

I’m not sure what it is but listening to his music just keeps me young fabulous nick brilliant

[@benedettobruno1669]

24 March 2019. Always and forever, thank you to Great Britain and the British people whose creativity, since the 1960s, has given the rest of the World hundreds of unique artists such as Nick Heyward and music of unparalleled beauty, quirkiness and atmosphere. What would our lives have been without British artists bands? Thank you from Sicily. And love, admiration and adoration. And after 36 years, with its joy, "Blue Hat For A For Day" has still the power to change my mind on those days when I'd rather electrocute myself in the shower.

[@davecoalwood9487]

Hello Mate. Greetings to You and All of Italia now I've gotten over the Euros. 😁👍

[@davecoalwood9487]

That is a very heartfelt and funny comment by the way Benedetto.👍

[@gregduck7455]

Love finding this song! I am a Canadian, as a kid in my twenties I visited a friend that lived in London, first time in August 1981, second time in September 1983. I remember this song when I was in the UK in 1983, wow it brings back great memories. I remember hearing ' Blue Hat For A Blue Day' on Capitol One radion, also in pubs, etc. I love Nick's other songs, but this song is fabulous for me. I bought the EP of this tune at an HMV near the Bond Street Tube Station London, I still have it. Sadly, '"Blue Hat For A Blue Day" never got any radio play in Vancouver, British Columbia. However, Nick's first band " Haircut 100 " did have songs played on CKLG & CFUN AM radio in Vancouver in 1982. Go figure....

[@georgesturdy7040]

Early 80s were a magical time music was amazing im irish and I love the spoons there song nova heart Is amazing and strange advance we run.both great Canadian bands from back then

[@johnlawrence3888]

Ah happy memories, everything nice with this

[@ScottishMTV]

Clean cheerful pop. The other thing about the 80's is people were trying to set their own trends & styles. Nowadays it's Robotville!

[@toxicgunz7524]

PURE NOSTALGA, the 80s forever and ever and everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@calebrush3833]

Such a good looking lad, he must have been fighting them off with a stick.

[@100Ref]

Owesome eh Fran... xxx

[@captainautumn1]

1.5 speed to transform this gorgeous ballad into a spiffing dance track with Nicky sprinting around the streets of London. You're welcome.

[@juansanez3078]

amazing

[@gothdawn1966]

:'D - that's funny - makes it sound like The Housemartins!

[@cryptobill6188]

2:27-2:40 was always a favorite section and felt it could be the center of a different song

[@rw8733]

We need more of this. Come back Nick.

[@jaykaye7025]

I remember this song back in 1983 when I was 7 years old

[@alanrabjohns2187]

no abuse but absolute praise for a 80,s typical love song . SHEER BRILLIANCE!!!!!!!!!!

[@keplertagapan2912]

Top 5 Nick Heyward Lead Vocalist Ex Haircut 100 English British 🇬🇧 Band Best Of Collection Single Hits New Waves 80s 90s Billboard Chart Legendary Seniors Citizens Disband European Waves

[@dawncarlyle3233]

There's noone like our Nick ❤

[@AmericanMilitary100]

Incredibly talented lyricist and guitarist. Thank you for the decades of thoughtful and inspirational work!

[@deanroberts7091]

Brilliant

[@JB-wo5pe]

Thanks dad for showing me great music

[@stephenbirks6458]

Those were the days !

[@susanpeachey575]

I’m back as a teenager listening to this.... so lovely xxx

[@boofuls]

Susan Webb well its been said that youtube is the closest thing to a time machine 🤔😉

[@sallysamways7290]

Pop perfection 1983

[@happymv5350]

You are brilliant.

[@laboheme827]

40 years ago exactly!! 😲👍👏

[@francescoc.2251]

Hey nick thank you for all your songs, we need more melodies like the 80s

[@TheMacwoodfleet]

Happy 60th Today Nick - nice to welcome you into the club lol ♡

[@rahanaahmad4532]

Gorgeous 😍

[@musicguruoflife]

My teenage pin up - loved the North of a Miracle album 👌

[@SantaSunday]

When life was better.

[@helenfearnley2818]

Lets rock leeds you were brilliant this one is my fav.

[@cassandrakiser8594]

I love this song. It’s my favorite on that album. Great video as well. He was a handsome man. Still is .. ( I troll his Instagram) 😘

[@jeffd8585]

Is ti me or does Nick looks like a young Mr. Rogers? Love both gents and this song!

[@DannyAshmore-s3m]

Such a Legend...When will you ever gig in Dublin...😊

[@DavidSmith-648]

I sent this song to my piano teacher as it mentions her home sate #minnesota

[@noots66]

All I can say...how do artists this good always fly under the mainstream drivel radar? Lucky for us...we chose to follow him through Haircut 100 and beyond..thank you Nick for all the wonderful songs through the years!.😁👍

[@ady44a]

Not sure why this came into my head when asked on Facebook for a song with a colour in the title 😂

[@99marcoa]

CLASSIC OF STATION RADIO DOBLENUEVE, LIMA-PERU, 1984

[@tonyally8505]

Great song a big hello from Coventry band the eyes of Isabel

[@gage6209]

Songwriting that keeps a listener coming back and discovering more each time.

[@nickcolby1391]

Nick is very underrated, also my first crush , and he’s aged very well ❤❤

[@darrenjohnston9415]

One of Nicks best songs

[@thenorthernsoul3059]

Great singer, great song.

[@stephenjay4048]

just love this song....the change in cords...

[@joannecamfield5760]

Omg takes me back my favourite band as a teenager xx

[@hotelfoxtrot4979]

Great song for a great day... just turned 50 years young and this great album still gets overplayed on my itunes playlist! Atlantic Monday, Whistle Down the Wind, When it Started to Begin... whole album still excites the eardrums!

[@philipernstzen7702]

Fabulous song ❤

[@TheGodParticle]

Always liked nick, great little jem this. Cheers people

[@Dashriprock4]

What a beautiful little break at 2:12. Totally diverged from the obligatory guitar or sax solo..

[@chrisamies2141]

Brings back memories. Clear light in a new flat. Sounds surprisingly optimistic given the subject matter.

[@hunterbennett3591]

one of my favorite music videos, super cool and really clean cinematography

[@nealdew71]

Not takin anythin away from Nick.I have seen buskers doing great covers of this Great song.

[@kingkarm7551]

Good looking geeza with a great voice 👍🏻 there's a touch of James Dean about him.

[@marburyeducation]

As a 19 stone bodybuilder back in the day I saw Nick with his lovely girlfriend in an Indian Restaurant in Hampton Court................asking the waiter for his note pad.........I followed Nick to the toilets................he was clearly relieved in more than one sense when I asked for an autograph!..................

[@Marcel_Audubon]

creepy

[@royalordinance]

Hilarious.

[@alwaysright429]

Hold on, I'll get you a medal. Billy bullshit

[@BrooklynTrippe]

I’m going to take that as a autistic remark 😂

[@cjane6975]

Gosh I forgot how lovely this song is. Thanks for the memories!

[@alphakennybody2583]

Did you say it's all over, it was me not a whisper, the marriage is over, was it me or my heart, justify all affection, beyond recollection, I was fine in virginia, guess it's true what I said, wake up, get up, get out, break up just say goodbye for today, I'm wearing my blue hat for a blue day is all we need please my love, release the things that I touch please my girl, release the story of love, swim with love, don't lose that magical part of you, my sweet blue girl, you're heading to lose your blue hat for a blue day is all we need a blue hat for a blue day is all we need, but you can't understand what I hold in my hand, it's only...god, how I miss you, my blue times that rain so hard but you can't understand what I hold in my hand, it's only...god, how I miss you, my blue times that came so hard, blue for you, blue for you, did you say it's all over leaving for minnesota, the marriage is over, was it me or my heart, please my love, don't lose the story of love, blue hat for a blue day is all we need, a blue hat for a blue day, a blue hat for a blue day, blue day, blue day, a blue day, it's all over, I guess it's all over for us two, but you can't understand my blue day.

[@md-ps2hx]

I love the arrangement, love the chord changes. Timeless sound. Poignant clip of Andy's guitar shop in Denmark Street too.

[@villababy8748]

Great song and video

[@jamesmcloughlin8534]

Love, Love, Love, Love, this song!

[@JillHarley-p8j]

Great song 😊

[@DJMARCENERGY]

I was 10 when this was out, seems like yesterday...

[@Truthmoses]

MASTER CLASS ON HOW TO END A SONG.....FROM 3:24 ON.

[@jamesdunn9714]

Nick is very good indeed when composing a "blue" song. "Baby Blue Sky" is another Nick gem.

[@edcampion3998]

GREAT SONG LOVE IT

[@superbumcrumbs3377]

I was 11 and not a care in the world... Wish I could go back

[@ericgeorge5483]

I was 18, and yes, they were great times!!

[@Shabba691]

I was 11 when this was out...good times :)

[@stevenchampion8137]

Super Bumcrumbs Great eh. I was twelve and used to play this on my tennis racquet (wooden of course), singing along and getting pretty much every word of the verses wrong. Magic.

[@davidgatfield8847]

Just loved this song when it came out, still loving it today, Nick Heyward what a talent

[@vanessanichols3492]

❤brilliant x

[@QuentinStonier]

Good looks plus talent equals success.

[@analogworld7]

Glad found you Nick 🔥❤️

[@jimbrussobigtimecavaliersf6371]

i love this song but the guy behind the camera did a masterful job with this video too!

[@angelasmithson5291]

I'm still in love with Nick, always have been and I always will be and will always love his music!!😍😍

[@lancerx1001]

When you were younger with all those broken hearts.

[@Pinkfuzzysheep]

Gosh this brings back memories

[@BassistPaul]

Brilliant artist. Remembering back to happy times in 1993, when my favourite CD's (remember them?) were "Monday To Sunday", Sting's "Ten Summoners" Tales": and Laurence Cottle's "Five Seasons". And, I have to say (it's just occured to me) Nick appeared on the BBC Russell Harty Show in the 80's when I was in the house band up in the scenery, playing bass!

[@BarbaraMalacarne]

Genio musicale che se ne e' fregato di fare il divo tutta la vita😊

[@norawullaert1370]

Je vous au découvert M. Heyward il y a seulement une semaine. Ce que je peux c que votre album North of a Miracle est un miracle .. superbes arrangements. Superbes mélodies. Superbe production. C un chef d'oeuvre. Merci

[@bunnyhop3211]

Good to hear again. Well made song.

[@robertt4176]

My nan lived in the flats overlooking the canal ...

[@robertt4176]

@MT no it was the beige looking nice block overlooking the canal and weeping willow ..

[@carlocappellettipadova]

Wonderful

[@davidkennedy6208]

Love this tune, in fact all these and Haircut!!!

[@adrianborland]

Here is the best xylophone intro of pop music.

[@ziauddinkhan5699]

Love the song and video. For some reason this really resonates with me. Lightweight sure, but nonetheless a great pop song. Loved it then and still like it now so many years later.

[@paultouhig7288]

still blue...and still cool...

[@patricknaughton1852]

Fab song from a great musician.

[@primus7776]

Memorable. ...So all good.

[@juliep4319]

Love this tune and video where Nick goes across London to get to Abbey Road studios - it’s where magic happens! It did for him anyway with this great song.