Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Music video by Nik Kershaw performing I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me. (C) 1984 Universal Music International Ltd.
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[@nthlns]

i absolutely love how the crowd is singing with so much joy, this song is so uplifting

[@fabricej2526]

love it too... this song is for my late brother.. i think i still hear my bro play this masterpiece song with his guitar

[@elisabethlinz4256]

Yeah, the singing crowd is so cute!

[@TheOne_6]

@@elisabethlinz4256 until you realise some of them are now in their 50s

[@xr6lad]

@@TheOne_6late 50's like me.

[@christopherstein2024]

It's a real anthem

[@LateBarLondon]

I'm in this video! The tickets for the recording at the Hammersmith Odeon were given away by his fan club, run by his wife at the time I recall, and in those pre-internet days you had to send in a stamped addressed envelope and back it came with 2 tickets. At the recording he played a shortened concert set then played this song 3 or 4 times as they recorded it. Fun times for the 15 year old me!

[@francospecchia9283]

YOU HAVE PUT AN INCREDIBLE CURIOSITY ON ME .YOU LET ME UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU ARE ... FUN SITUATION ... MEANWHILE GREETINGS FROM ITALY 🇮🇹✋YOU DON'T FORGET I AM WAITING .. .

[@Ripfox]

Makes me jealous. The people on this concert look so happy and peaceful.

[@PhiliusMaximus]

awesome!!!!

[@archiediggins641]

AWWWW my goodness the only fan club I was ever in. I still have all my magazine clippings etc. Lucky you.

[@ziggyssparkles9712]

Its funny that people forget that this song is in fact really dark. It's the just the jolly chorus which makes people think its a summer happy song. in fact it's about Nuclear War etc..quite creepy, but an amazing song :D

[@melesmelesfaber3866]

I'm 56 years old now (April 2023), still remember Nik Kershaw in the 1980's and still like him!

[@user-ls8op1xt1o]

I won't go down not chance❤❤❤xxx I don't no

[@workmail725]

Seen him live last summer, he's still sounds as good as ever.

[@karentemplesnow8960]

I started training as a classical singer around the time this song came out, and am now revisiting Nik, Howard Jones and other great musicians of the '80s with an Opera singers ear.. It strikes me that the reason I was so fond of Nik's music back then was because he has a true poet's ability to write, and a classical musician's musicality! I therefore love and appreciate his music more now than I did back then. Bravo!! (and sorry I missed the gig at Hampton Pool last summer). xxx

[@eightiesmusic1984]

Great comment. It is striking how many of the songs from the eighties lend themselves to classical arrangements with an orchestra. Nik is a case in point, with his Eighties Classical performance from a few years ago ( on You Tube). His songs are intricate and quite complex in their structure, very inventive. I have been a fan since 1984 and still think his first two albums are fantastic. I saw him live in 1999 at Shepherds Bush Empire and 2012 in Liverpool; both times he was excellent as were his band. I also think his own interest in prog rock ( not necessarily a genre I am into, except for Marillion) explains the 'architecture' of his songs. Howard Jones is also one of my favourite artists. As I am sure you will know he was classically trained at the Royal Northern College of music. His modesty has always been a hallmark- I saw an interview recently where he mentioned playing the piano before he hit the big time, but not that he trained at such a prestigious institution. Typical of the person he is.First and foremost, I enjoy listening to music more than analysing it too much, but Rick Beato has a channel on You Tube where he sometimes de-constructs a song to show how its component parts make up the finished article. Nik Kershaw's music would be a good study!

[@natureclips5849]

Apparently he wrote songs from newspaper cuttings

[@poppyclayton275]

Born in 2003 but Nothing can beat 80s!! Nik is my fav😍😍

[@wernercrafter6736]

Poppy Clayton i was born 2002 and yes you are right

[@dzefdet4800]

same here xD

[@daisydunn4033]

2004

[@rauru789]

Born 2004 80's music is my fave type of music

[@daisydunn4033]

Charlotte C I love Duran Duran and went to a spandau ballet concert which was fun

[@vickiegottfreund5505]

I'm 50 and still love Nik's songs. I had them all on vinyl and cassette in the 80's. The sound quality on our B&O 5500 was amazing. I still have it since my Mum passed but sadly the speakers need attention and it's a costly job lol. Just CD's now. My son who's 21 loves 80's music. They cheered up a few years of what I now realise was teenage depression and got me through my Mum and Dad's horrible divorce. Thanks Nik

[@TheDiecastFanatic]

Have it restored!

[@sleepsciencevideos]

Anyone still listening 👂 to this in 2020 ? So many happy memories rekindled with this song. The sun ☀️ will never go down on this classic. Greetings from the 🇬🇧

[@teunjansens1414]

Yes but in 2021

[@mr.wankalot3227]

2021

[@Gamer_girl4186]

2022

[@rominabalsamo2686]

Still here in 2022 😉

[@warrenpoultney8215]

2022, and just like when I was late teens, early 20s?? When this came on the radio I would just stop and listen. Every single time, and I still love it just as much now.

[@electric_80s4]

I’m a girl and I’m 14 and I can safely say this is better than anything now

[@ingalop5401]

i’m 13 and yas..that’s so true

[@lindemuller4547]

Don't worry, in a few years today's music will sound much better in comparison with the crap they'll make then 😉

[@alexeyb8237]

I envy you in a good way, dear. Have all the happiness in the world on your way with such a taste!

[@killercat2896]

I'm a boy. Just 14. I would say that these classic songs are better than those modern junky music

[@s-krim2844]

Wow girl! I think my son was the unique kid who hates the 00s you need to lisent Metallica, Iron Maiden and Guns N' Roses. Salutes!

[@Wave-j7k]

Music is the best thing in the world

[@MinekEzQM]

Music is. Songs, on the other hand, can be persuasive and dangerous. This one is a good song though.

[@s-krim2844]

Like a wise man said: "Without music the world the life would be a error"

[@michellecroft415]

Some frequencies heal x😊

[@paultreadaway102]

Wouldn't be here or live lucky mid 50s to pinnacle for me 89 music was flowing competition all over our fine 🌎🌍

[@yourlocal1stsgt]

Anyone here in 2024?

[@Flippityflap]

i am

[@nia4me1]

@@Flippityflap me too

[@xr6lad]

Another collector of upvotes.

[@Sibongile-o6i]

Yes

[@Sub2Crazii]

Yup im here

[@simonhartley2772]

A brilliant song from an amazing era. 80s and 90s were the best

[@yellowmoon4564]

yes and Nik Kershaw wrote Chesney Hawkes hit The One and Only i love it

[@rickrowie]

Im a mam from 1993 this song, it gets me a warm hearth, im raising 2 young kids of 1 and 4 and Nursing my wife who had a serious head trauma and missing half of her brain., for real. Yes life is really hard on me and my kids, but nobody is gonna break my spirit in believing that the sun goes down on us❤

[@EclecticMinecraftBuilds-ky9rt]

That’s tough brother, sending love and prayers ❤

[@mtkking3247]

I love the 80s so much ! no one with their f&@*ing phones in the audience, just enjoying the music

[@desertrose1226]

agree. I hate mobiles.

[@telboy1965]

F*@kin eighties rule forever 🤘

[@jaz8634]

Love Nik Kershaw. Amazing artist!!!!!

[@doncool69]

Nik Kershaw is, and always has been, a master tunessmith.

[@BillODriscoll-jo2ve]

I was 5 years old when Nik kershaw released this magnificent song back in September 1983

[@fozzie5000]

Me too. Just turned 5 then. Forgot about this song for years 😅😅

[@RedstoneMiner18]

i was -23.5 in 1983

[@literally-no-one-j7m]

i was -28

[@matthewvwuk]

I was 8 years old & when Nik Kershaw released this ear catchy song which I always enjoy whenever it is played on BBC Radio 2. Nik was a great song-writer & had a knack of writing an ear worm of a tune which just sticks in you head! I did like his so 1980's mullet hair style he had back in the day. No mobile phones, social media , internet or silly selfies taken back in 1983. People just enjoying the music & having a great time. Such were the 1980's!

[@sandik964]

Wish music like that would still exist today... Edit: still wishing 2 years later

[@Daly-G]

im listening to this song eyes closed lying down its the hottest day of the year today & i actually feel ive gone bk to the 80s 😁 yeeees!

[@ewechoober3355]

He was incredibly handsome in his day. Beautiful eyes.

[@garethjones8988]

Classic 80's tune!.

[@robocop5935]

Look how that crowd is enjoying the concert. Getting into it. I know its the 80s. But isn't great to see no cell phones in the crowd.

[@markparon4947]

23 year old listening in Nov 2018 ! Love this song

[@TheJunglist78]

i miss the 80's i have good memories about that year

[@Patty01100]

thank you nik for the great childhood!!!♡

[@hsvforever1887]

Today concerts aren´t as good as in this video. Pure Energy, everyone is happy to sing "I wont let the sun go down on me"

[@jamesstuart3137]

God, I miss the 80s!

[@niksutin03]

Same

[@chiune.3881]

Back when people could've had parties, wow. Nik is one of my favourite 80s artists despite I wasn't even born in the 80s :)

[@MilaNista9999]

80's was hope for better world, now it's finish, all bad and apocalypse

[@darrenhigginson5120]

absolutely great music by nik kershaw hope to hear more songs from this era as I was born in the early 70's

[@imjustbored8102]

Here its me a 22 years old guy discovering this song just now in January of 2022. I am just fascinated how people looks so happy in the audience. I think today there is a lot of sadness in the world. I am young and watching the concert from new artist its so weird i feel like nobody is enjoying the music in now days, the audience just point the phone to the stage and record it to watch later or upload on social media. And watching this video feel like those people in the audience was feeling like this would be the last concert of their lives. They are really enjoying the music and smiling. Anyway i am happy thay i find this song, i really like it.

[@jameswyse8250]

Totally agree, I was lucky enough to be around at the height of his success. There was no Internet, KZbin, even video tapes were new. You really had to capture the moment and keep it as a memory.

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@jameswyse8250 who cares ?

[@fs3993]

@@lexkanyima2195 are you offended by that comment?

[@jameswyse8250]

@@lexkanyima2195 It doesn't bother me if you don't care if that's what you're implying with your question

[@lexkanyima2195]

@@fs3993 old way thinking is lame

[@eljay1934]

The song has that vibe of joy, that makes me sing it any time of day

[@1960Boxer1960]

Ein sehr gutes Lied . Ich liebe die 80er ! Gefällt mir sehr gut !

[@bigc7326]

thats what i was going to say

[@panchi2838]

(Hust)(Hust) Schreib in englisch (Hust)(Hust)

[@stejoyce1678]

Das ist gut ja!!!!

[@sandik964]

Panchi Wieso?!

[@twilightolga8958]

Mir auch!

[@Leyla7292]

Plays instruments & can sing, bravo! 👏🎵🙂

[@gweenkriv1037]

Im 53 and still in love with Nik and his songs!

[@KOKINGWAYNE]

Brings back memories of my school days!

[@johnhayles2308]

You not joking there wayne

[@Jackgritty28]

It ain't the worst🎶

[@matthewvwuk]

I have to confess that I am not a pop music fanatic by any stretch of the imagination, rather a classical music one instead but I do like Nik Kershaw & his songs like this one which I believe was released in 1983 & not to mention The Riddle which was released a year later in 1984 & a song I think is the best & Wouldn't It Be Good? & the rest of his songs! The 1980's was a great decade indeed & Nik certainly had a gift in writing songs with ear catching tunes which stick in one's head for a long time! He had a great head of hair back then too! In closing who spotted any mobile phones in the audience?!

[@izabelagruszczynska9281]

😁👍❤Moja ukochana muzyka z lat kiedy wszystko było proste i piękne.😘

[@kanalname8932]

super Zeit gewesen,Kerle haben sich gekloppt,ich,haa,amesürt

[@davidkepesi2412]

40 years!

[@dazza3115]

A song with a very important hidden meaning.

[@arsenjaho8854]

One of the 3 best songs of Nick. The other 2 are:wouldn't it be good and riddle.

[@drguttenberg9614]

Unfassbar gut. Hoffentlich bald LIVE dabei in Frankfurt.....See ya 5.5.2023👏😎👍

[@richhughes7450]

I was 14 or 15 when this came out Many songs from your youth hold memories both good or bad and they become a fixed point in time that stays with you. This was a good memory of a hot siummer holiday and me and my mate were fishing on Slimbridge canal. Anybody else remember what they was up ta when this tune came out?

[@rosssrandomness2645]

I’ve been looking for this song for 3 years bc I got the chorus stuck in my head but I didn’t know what it was hahaha. Today marks a great point in history for me lol

[@krysylysh9004]

so talented I love the sparkly riff running throughout

[@marcotaproot]

Proud to be Born on 80's thats why I am special!! 80's will be Always the best era of humanity.80's was the revolution in many stuff like music,cars etc and the era that humanity lived more happy without the BS we have today

[@lizfitzgerald1022]

saw nic recently......a dream come true older but an unbelievable entertainer ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ love him ❤❤❤

[@HeatherC02]

Saw him yesterday and he still sounds the same :) :)

[@n74productions37]

Nik busting out the door with fellow eighties ikon Molly Ringwald at the end 😉

[@desertrose1226]

she's in a duran duran vid too.

[@Jc-pg4or]

Where ´s she in the vid?I haven’t seen her 😳

[@aneedfortheory]

I'm 128 (May 2023), born in 1895, and this still is one of the best tunes out there bar none!

[@BossySwan]

Love this baseline.

[@Slavewanker]

Great Bass.

[@IzthatafaC]

If only those kids knew what they're singing about and it's still very relevant now.

[@iana6713]

Don't I know it - those were the most dangerous days of the later Cold War period. Now look where we are...

[@suanyfabianaguilar]

Greetings from Costa Rica, I'm 19 years old and I really like the music of the 80s and this song is great, it's already 40 years old

[@lullemans72]

wow, the 80's, back when the audience seemed so tame, and when nik kershaw had a full lock of hair....

[@helenforgive]

Born in 1990 as said. Nick i love you!

[@PabloSTYLEEoficial]

U guys born on 60's it's all luckiest to enjoy 80's =DDD

[@desertrose1226]

not really they're all in late middle age now.

[@noellegunning3301]

Great music in the 1980s. But having to depend on landlines telephones and pay phones was a pain.

[@nicolajanehunt5242]

I love the old songs I feel like I was born in the wrong era I was born in 1993

[@PabloSTYLEEoficial]

@@desertrose1226 i've mentioned when they were on 80's :D not now

[@itsjemmabond]

He was really handsome in those days.

[@SubMachine1000]

James Dean. :)

[@KDAnnii]

I agree! And I am 17 hahah

[@outofwedlock2]

He still is. Aged beautifully - check out his website

[@angiehaddington6462]

he's so small tho, met him a few years back and he's only about 5ft 4. I had a massive crush on him.

[@desertrose1226]

check out the actor C Thomas Howell...a dead ringer...

[@silvies.9347]

The intro is just legendary and so uplifting!

[@ewanlong5896]

Born in 1998 but its one of a kind i grew up with it as my parents grew up in the 80s its amazing

[@marioantoniosantanna7498]

Total 80s, Great!...

[@TheOne_6]

I'm 792 (April 2024), born in 1231 and this is still great!

[@rh8528]

He was gorgeous

[@bmpbtr2091]

Meine Lieblingsband seit 1984, als ich in der Sowjetarmee war. Super Musik!!!

[@vanessawilliamson3273]

I was born in 1979 so grow up listening to this music still listen to it today and I'm nearly 40

[@darrenlawson3714]

I was born 69

[@mikebunge6617]

I was born 1979 Good Music👍

[@noellegunning3301]

Me Too!

[@cappygolucky]

This song came on the radio the other day and I just fucking cried. My father passed away on 8th of April and this reminds me of childhood. Fuck those days were epic.

[@Armagom1]

2020 still loving this song.

[@literally-no-one-j7m]

This is great!!! Sounds better than the CD recording

[@ccinnz]

This was filmed at a concert at the Hammersmith Odeon, now Apollo, and they gave away tickets for it at Radio 1 road shows. Myself and 2 friends got front row of the circle… they did about 8-9 takes of this song at the end of the concert.

[@JohnUrry-gq5nh]

retro man classic 80s music 1984

[@eduardramos7438]

One of the best slap basslines in history

[@kingofpopmoonwalker2822]

My fav Niks song, so underrated 💖

[@charlessanderson7155]

Love the 80s music...

[@FlinchDukeMercy]

I’m 19, i first saw performed a few years ago at Rewind during sunset. Couldn’t think of a more fitting first experience of such a brilliant song

[@alishabacegalupo1479]

This was me last night but I'm 28! First time I heard this song and it was amazing❤️

[@andrzejconsigandevenecelas6661]

Piękna piosenka. Bardzo ją lubię. Obok The Riddle najlepsza w jego wykonaniu. :-)) Pozdrawiam!

[@rorymacdonald-dl6kp]

Walk of life

[@telboy1965]

Best music every the 80s ....long live the eighties 👍

[@madwhitehare3635]

I'm 65...adored Bowie in my teen years, bopped around the house with my 2 kids to all the 80's music...we had SUCH good times...🥹 Now my grandchildren listen to stuff with three notes, five words repeated and no instruments. 😕

[@bfree-kx3ih]

just watched elton john singing that we should not let the sun go down. and now mr kershaw suggesting that he will not allow the sun to go down ;)

[@maxiking7451]

I hope not the sun let me down on me. Will be melted to aches. But ned som heter in skandinaviska. Love the song❤

[@titovramirez7045]

El dios del teclado

[@stevekeeves9363]

This one really sticks in your head, you sing it at work and everyone else starts singing it too.

[@Nikkipikki22]

Forty winks in the lobby, Make mine a G&T Then to our favorite hobby, Searching for an enemy Here in our paper houses, Stretching for miles and miles Old men in stripy trousers rule the world with plastic smiles Good or bad, like it or not It's the only one we've got I won't let the sun go down on me I won't let the sun go down I won't let the sun go down on me I won't let the sun go down Mother nature isn't in it, three hundred million years Goodbye in just a minute, gone forever, no more tears Pinball man, power glutton, vacuum inside his head Forefinger on the button, is he blue or is he red Break your silence if you would Before the sun goes down for good I won't let the sun go down on me I won't let the sun go down I won't let the sun go down on me I won't let the sun go down I won't let the sun go down on me I won't let the sun go down I won't let the sun go down on me I won't let the sun go down I won't let the sun go down on me I won't let the sun go down I won't let the sun go down on me I won't let the sun go down I won't let the sun go down on me I won't let the sun go down

[@dmemcfc3]

Music was at it's best in the 80's 👌

[@ASASHANYA]

Love this unremastered sound

[@user-xp3ws5nz3l]

Nik kershaw is the best

[@danabbott85]

Who would of thought this song was about bombs Great uplifting song

[@sila.m444]

Que guapo este chico

[@fantasyape8462]

wow, back then boy bands didnt have to take their clpths off just to sell one album plus they had good boy band back then

[@FreddieFreethinking]

Nik Kershaw Is So Underrated. 👈 À Music Genius. 👆

[@MilaNista9999]

true, they have pass this so nice song on radio, and i didn't ever know who was it ? lol

[@dziolcha_z_kochlowitz]

Ahhh Nik Kershaw

[@malvinaedith7704]

Nik is so cute/handsome

[@lukaszwojciech84]

great song

[@GregorM420]

A was born 1980 aww best years of my life what I would do to go back to the 80’s years ever 💯💯💯

[@diegrafin4855]

I hate being a child of the 2000s... Wish I was born back in the 60s 70s so that I've lived during this beautiful times without WiFi etc. but with this brilliant music. Billy Idol, Nik Kershaw, Michael Jackson, Depeche Mode, Sex Pistols...oh what a great, great time😍😍😍❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Mr.Truxton]

Don't be ashamed of yourself... There's some great music even in the 2000's, just depends what you like. But 70's and 80's were very special... Many new things were invented during those years.

[@gordonf5553]

I wAs bOrN iN tHe wRoNg gEnErAtIoN

[@diegomenezes8838]

Sex Pistols ? Really?

[@diegrafin4855]

@@diegomenezes8838 No, I was just joking...

[@tracysmith7991]

This is the best song for lockdown ! Put this song on and you will be dancing and singing !!!

[@michelleprie2854]

Corona virus: I will bring darkness to humanity. Humanity: We won't let the sun go down!!! 🌞🌈🌞

[@sandik964]

💯❤️

[@CrodoLibro]

cringe

[@scypio8191]

@@CrodoLibro Be quiet and listen to the song.

[@jamesmartin1880]

¹

[@Truckergunners]

Apparently Nik hated this song

[@raportagenanhangerin5907]

2024🎉❤Born in the' 80

[@smurfylee]

i was about 12 wen this came out, i miss the 80's.

[@user-fx6vy5vd2h]

Bravo Nick....Your songs back then,were an innovation....