Re Flex - The Politics Of Dancing

By far, the most impressive music video of all time.

[@gabrielranarivelo9088]

This song sounds as if it comes from a band or an artist who dominated the pop charts for decades and wrote one number 1 hit after another. This song is simply perfect.

[@colinwilson4609]

Are you saying that they're not still dominating the airwaves? I just woke up from a forty year coma.

[@irwinwesley8297]

Being born in 1971 and dancing to this at high school dances in mid 80s brought me here...so lucky to be a teenager in the 80s

[@bccooper2418]

1971 checking in here too!

[@pettifogger0712]

Me too! Roll on winter 1984 [June July August ] in South Africa when this was being played on heavy rotation on the local stations :-)

[@empire-classfirenationbatt2691]

Nice to see other South Africans around. I'm actually a born free lol and I unfortunately but fortunately came across this song from the movie "Atomic Blonde" lol, just love this song for many reasons😂😏

[@kennethlee4894]

1971 here too!

[@HappisakVideos]

1970 here, huge fan of the ReFlex. :)

[@joseantoniomiranda2979]

One of the first hits of a Golden decade. Long live the 80's!!!.

[@kwesi01]

1983? I was 25! My girlfriend and I were renting in West Ealing, and she organised a party one Friday. I heard this song on the radio and rushed out and bought it, and made sure it got played three times. Oh, the days when we’d stop dancing while the records were changed :-). Glad to see that millions share my good taste...

[@billba]

I have it on cassette off the radio on a FUJI 90 .

[@billba]

Love this song!!!!!!!! Very 80s!!!!!

[@simonroberts5882]

Please transport me back to that era!🙏

[@wendydyer6462]

The 80s never gets old 💙

[@anthony2816]

Not just this song. The entire album was great. One of my favorite albums of all time.

[@MampsUK]

Really never heard any of their other tunes I only heard this tune of theirs. What is the album called

[@kdp8133]

It’s called The Politics of Dancing and is on Spotify

[@monicamorilla2851]

It's 4.30am and when I can't sleep this is my favourite song to listen to...love it..x

[@demonhalo67]

The 80's was absolutely brilliant and this song is one of so many. I used to drive an old metro back then and I had a cassette tape compilation with all the hits from the era. I used to drive around town with the windows down, big hair, and denim on Saturday afternoons with not a care in the world. Someone take me back!

[@kdp8133]

I feel the same way. I was born in 1960, such a perfect year. So spent all my 20s partying and having a great time during the 80s. Wonderful times

[@davidp7037]

It’s worth being older now, to have been young then.

[@lisacasanova551]

This whole album is AMAZING!!

[@monicamorilla2851]

The 80.s were a great time in my life. Great music. Young and carefree...

[@simonroberts5882]

What a beast of an eighties song!👍🎹

[@MrWillyWonka]

Give me that keyboardist's energy every single day of my life!

[@MrHoefnix]

Good to hear this again. More exciting words escape me because I'm too busy enjoying it right now.

[@ehaworth9]

One of my 80s favourites - such a great energy about it 🤩

[@armellel9893]

Yeah me too !! It's what I need to feel alive :D

[@monicamorilla2851]

I totally agree with you. Love it..😊😊😊

[@Donseycat]

absolutely ♥

[@peterseibert8348]

The good old 80's - and this group's song is a piece of unique - will rest in my heart forever ;-)

[@monicamorilla2851]

I totally agree. Where did the 80.s go? Love it..

[@monicamorilla2851]

I totally agree with you. Where have the good times gone..?

[@alanburge2725]

This was one of those classic 80s tracks. Love this band. They had some great songs. Never forget.

[@monicamorilla2851]

I totally agree with you..

[@seamusoleary3712]

I never got this song until I went to a rave for the first time in the 90s... they didn't play this song, but it came into my head for some reason. 'the politics of dancing... the politics of feeling good'.... the message was finally understood.

[@Widmerpool99]

If I ruled the world, every band would have a bald, ponytailed bassist.

[@1962RJP]

Widmerpool99 in skin tight black leather pants

[@shadowpawn]

John Malkovich before the movies.

[@thingfish000]

I thought that they did.

[@simonporch2548]

Very underrated & underplayed song. Nice beat to it.

[@LostwaveObsession]

Remember how great the charts were back then. Doubt it will ever be repeated, or even close!

[@vyvienn]

This album is hands down one of the best ever to listen to on headphones. Amazing! Nigel Ross-Scott seducing his bass is kind of funny and it's nice to see the lads having such a good time. RIP, Roland Kerridge - you made me appreciate drummers as a kid.

[@vancespearman8777]

Agree.. that bass slap, tho 👌🏽

[@LouisCasas]

This band and their music stand up against the test of time ⌚

[@billystpaul8907]

Synth pop is all of it's 80's glory...60's ,70;s, and 80's where a great time for music.....

[@smok1njones318]

My friend found a random 80s hits CD in the gutter one day, and every song was horrible except for this gem. That was how I first discovered this song and I will never forget that day.

[@tonyr.1417]

One of the VERY BEST from of the 1980'S / Awesome Song and the group RE-FLEX, were Underrated !

[@bettyannvillasenor3066]

This is one of those tunes you can either chill out with a glass of champagne on a terrace overlooking the city lights or on the dance floor moving... So versatile!

[@perbaerentsen8127]

Wore this album out totally when it came out in 1983! Shame they didn’t got bigger - the whole album is a gem with all the hooks, crafty songwriting and for the time flawless and top noche production!

[@AndrewSpencer69]

The most underrated song of the 80s

[@GohAhweh]

Honestly I can think of a few others🤣 but yes you are correct!! it's way up there on the list...😆🤣💋🤍🤍 I'm just wondering when the endless dance party begins again...

[@irwinwesley8297]

Growing up as a teenager in the 80s brought me here lol high school dances in Toronto...miss the 80s...fun times.

[@MilkAndCornbreadd]

The synchronized lighting in the background and on the floor is absolutely fabulous!

[@abhroy]

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[@reneemirsky7924]

Yes indeed. Those are SOME props!

[@michealkelliher8428]

They would have difficulty in putting a lighting effect today in a club or a stage, but remember, this was 1983!! Ahead of it's time.

[@BenAri18]

a moment of silence for those who havent discovered this song yet

[@janeporter818]

Ikr

[@kiwic4681]

Best lip sync ever!

[@gogoyubari366]

I don't care about them.

[@gabrielranarivelo9088]

I discovered this song in 2022. And I am 41!

[@BenAri18]

@@gabrielranarivelo9088 never too late to discover good music

[@TinoCostan]

Underrated Band!

[@grahamnaylor2087]

im 68 years old yet i feel in my early thirties christ is this song so long ago still the best period of music in my life

[@MrJaccdem]

Used to have the hairstyle of the singer , now 30 years later ...more of the bassist

[@TheGodParticle]

MrJaccdem I guess you could call it a, reverse mullet. Cheers

[@abhroy]

Don't we all have the very same sob story ? !

[@garymarquett2866]

I still have the singers hair😀

[@Monster1100sForum]

Hahaha....

[@bradlozano2571]

As a Old timer once said....Your not losing your hair....Your just getting more head...

[@synthpop8094]

This title is a bomb !! The synth guy is awesome.

[@michaelcummingsherrera1232]

Actually listening to the radio and going out dancing is what brought me here.

[@kurtbeauregard5022]

From 1998 here. Fucking love the 80s. I’ve loved it since it wasn’t cool to like the 80s! The politics of dancing!

[@luissoriano1492]

Wow Great Tune . . lets dance yall to The Politics of Dancing . .!! LIKE !!

[@doyleperkins4916]

Who's listening to this gem in 2021? I'm grooving to this groovy winner in October 2021. "The politicians are now djs..." Lol! My generation, which was the first to hear and groove to this song, roared with laughter when we first heard those lines.

[@AJLangford]

One of my favourite bands and albums of the 80s. Was waiting for the follow up that never happened. A great shame. Such an awesome album.

[@19gregske55]

Yes - they were a "One Hit Wonder". The 12" extended single was tough to find in Toronto

[@aleksander7278]

Listening to this song being 47 years old,i feel like being 13 which was when this song released.I still remember that period and this song.I like it so much!!! Dreamy!!!

[@cassymohlmann8032]

That keyboard player is really having fun. Love this song love to dance. This was one of my earliest grooves.

[@mtv70pn75]

This is a video from an italian television program called "Discoring" that was on air every sunday at the time :)

[@tobiasjeschke9103]

Discoking

[@petegobeckli1386]

fun fact: Mark King & Phil Gould were both in RE FLEX prior to forming LEVEL 42!

[@rickyboorman3924]

Mark King was the drummer I think

[@glamdolly30]

This is a fantastic pop song, one of the first singles I bought as a teenager in 1983. Saw it on a recent Top Of The Pops repeat and was amazed to find I remembered every lyric and sang along from start to finish - how many times must I have repeat-played that record as a kid?! This song holds its own against any Duran track yet the band was more or less a one hit wonder. can't understand it. The keyboard player wrote it - Respect! I think maybe they needed more managing/styling and they could have been bigger. Nonetheless, a one hit wonder is better than a none hit wonder. They have a place in music history! Thanks for uploading, LOVE this song!

[@trini4me]

OMG It doesn't get any better than this.. This song entirely rejoys my heart!!

[@kdp8133]

That singer is absolutely gorgeous! How on earth did I miss that fact forty years ago? It’s criminal that this was not a huge hit. I’m glad to see the album is available on Spotify though - if you’ve not heard it - even after all these years, it’s well worth a listen.

[@herbmarsh8519]

I loved this song, and still do.

[@ejfitman]

Saw these guys open for Thompson Twins ...they were terrific

[@monicamorilla2851]

This is a real feel good song..Still love it..😍🤩🥰

[@scrample1584]

I wasn’t brought here by Atomic Blonde, I was brought here by this being a really good song.

[@petere8175]

This is on my demo record to let customers hear the record player playing records alongside white wedding of Billy Idol haha!

[@sephangelo4603]

I was brought here because of my Modern Rock CD.

[@kylecrutcher4588]

I was

[@stephenmcd85]

Same here 😁

[@Lasse-wf4dh]

it was one of the best music year 1984 new wave pop scene they people dancing with the politics of dancing

[@handeyecoordinationskills]

I was 15 in 1985 , fantastic time being a teen here in Ireland, we loved British and American songs gererally at school discos , seems like a century ago

[@hervemasson5976]

souvenirs of an another century ....

[@paulwarren7543]

Give it up for the 80s what a decade how many people can remember those days n now look were we are and wow to that n wow to the future,,,love you all

[@TeamTrumpUSA]

The politics of feeling good. That's what the '80's were all about. And we did it with style.

[@simonspringthorpe1934]

Still got the 12” on vinyl one of my favourite tracks from this time . I must be getting old because I think it’s aged well , my kids think it’s early onset dementia.

[@patton303]

I saw this band open for The Police. And that’s my story.

[@TLicht-gy2bc]

haha.. das war in den 80er Klubs total angesagt!

[@chrishap7235]

this song applies more today than it did back than

[@richin2123]

The neon record on the floor was pretty damn cool, IMHO.

[@comedygumballmachine4748]

yeah.. i dig that too! wouldn't mind having one as the floor of my bedroom! :D

[@victorallen8750]

Forget Clinton or Trump, this is the only politics I care about

[@abhroy]

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[@BenAri18]

lol nice one

[@kennethlee4894]

Or Trump and Biden.

[@victornice858]

VS, great comment!

[@cffalconer]

I will never understand how these guys never became mega i loved them and sadly 1 hit came out, there hit was the business and they are sadly missed 😭❤️

[@klitohopper]

How 80's you wanna have it?

[@HONEmusicINT]

Yes

[@lizohare1740]

Message is the politics of mood feeling good. We should all strive to ignore bad news and stay positive. Great song

[@walboyfredo6025]

Forget the views just think of the tunes!

[@valerieannshort7109]

I saw them perform with The Thompson Twins in 1984. Awesome. I fell in love with them and listened to this music all the time!

[@paulknott6258]

Very underrated band of the eighties Were they named after a Duran Duran song

[@sephangelo4603]

@@paulknott6258 Agreed and it's too bad that everyone is rarely hearing this classic on the radio while Duran Duran is heard everyday.

[@caroletimpson-wiltowski3731]

Lucky you.

[@muffs55mercury61]

The hard hitting drumbeats made this a big dance hit.

[@TechneMoira]

this song brings up memories from the early 80's with New-Wave, Punk and New Romantics music... I loved that music... My then girlfriend and I spent many many nights dancing on this kind of music and we enjoyed it to the fullest :) Check out ABC, Ann Clarck, Fad Gadget, Kissing The Pink, Front 242, the Cure, etc. I'm sure the 80's New Wave bug will infect you as well

[@monicacastaneda1439]

ME too

[@6581punk]

I've seen 242 live on two occasions. Where I used to socialise it was 80s etc one week and then industrial/goth the next week.

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

TechneMoira BRITISH INVASION MK 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! awesome 80`s!!!!!!

[@alniderstros7305]

This is just F N Magnificent!!! R O C K S TA R S !!!!!!!!! lovin it 2024

[@abhroy]

LYRICS We got the message I heard it on the airwaves The politicians Are now DJs The broadcast was spreading Station to station Like an infection Across the nation Though you know you can't stop it When they start to play You're gonna get out the way The politics of dancing The politics of, ooh, feeling good The politics of moving, aha If this message's understood The politics of dancing The politics of, ooh, feeling good The politics of moving, aha If this message's understood We're under pressure Yes we're counting on you Like what you say Is what you do It's in the papers It's on your tv news Oh, the application Is just a point of view Well you know you can't stop it When they start to play You're gonna get out the way The politics of dancing The politics of, ooh, feeling good The politics of moving, aha If this message's understood Yeah The politics of dancing The politics of, ooh, feeling good The politics of moving, aha If this message's understood The politics of dancing The politics of, ooh, feeling good The politics of moving, aha If this message's understood

[@arturodelagarza9028]

IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT THANKS FOR THE LYRICS. GREAT SONG. 👍

[@DOUGLAS55ish]

Brings back memories of KROQ 106.7 Rock of the eighties in California.

[@gabrielranarivelo9088]

An example for the 1980s at their best!

[@Chrisamusic1]

Bassist = Eno at a Halloween party, Drummer = Looks like HE is being played by the Simmons kit, Singer = A singing bricklayer who has borrowed his girlfriend's makeup, Keyboards (Fishman) The campest man in rock history. Makes Boy George look like Mike Tyson!! Still, it's all damned fantastic and it was the wonderful 80s.

[@malvinmainwaring3443]

Remember walking into a club in Liverpool everyone dancing to this, I had just got my dole and came up from Coventry. The club was the one from the Margi Clarke movie

[@amandalewington6525]

My first professional singing job was arranged in 89 by Nigel Ross Scott lol😊 Haven’t seen him for a LOT of years but he gave me a chance!!

[@lordlynchy]

Jeremy Clarkson is on drums

[@glamdolly30]

Hammond the hamster on lead vocals! No that's unfair, this bloke's passably butch and attractive!

[@jaymoonbeam]

Legit believe this 😂

[@rlaw2244]

Na, Roland Kerridge. Unfortunately no longer with us.

[@glamdolly30]

@@rlaw2244 Very sad - did I hear he had a brain tumour?

[@Pulsonar]

Hammond is one of his drum sticks the other drum stick is Captain Slow. 😂

[@mr.ryanprice1438]

That Dreadlock skullet mullet is epic

[@69dikko]

bought the 12" on vinyl, was on Now that's what I call music 2 !

[@DeusExMamiya]

+Ian Dixon - I still have my Now that's what I call music 2 double cassette :)

[@martyp2138]

I don't know how I forgot about this song but I'm dang sure glad I remembered it!

[@lonegroover]

Mark King was the drummer in this band, in their early days.

[@petegobeckli1386]

lonegroover. As was PHIL GOULD! LEVEL 42.

[@Thedaything]

Loved this song at the time. I've never seen the video before. That's probably a good thing.

[@abhroy]

This is a real diamond of an upload . The originals are always precious . Childhood radio memories . Thank You uploader 😇 Love from India

[@amazingdany]

Excellent 80s song. I gotta put it on my mobile.

[@tellierjean-louis7436]

Je l’ai écouté en boucle quand j’étais ado sur un Walkman Sony (avec la fonction megabass) A cette l’époque j’imaginais les gars du groupe sapés comme des princes avec un look comme ABC par exemple Je suis tombé de ma chaise en voyant la vidéo la première fois Incroyable le bassiste et le clavier 😄😄😄😄

[@romarovinciguerra5387]

First heard this in the 1984 movie First Born starring Corey Haim. Loved it ever since.

[@bqkmg2037]

I remember this played alot on the radio back in late 1983/early 1984 here in the states....dang this vintage catchy tune is 40 years old....long long long time ago.

[@cthulhup9534]

One of those, thank god I was born in the early 70s moments, what a superb song

[@michaelangelioliebers7601]

So underrated and a classic favorites of the early 80's and I can see Biden and Trumph dancing together in a swamp off the Amazon wow 👌

[@robertoallegri668]

Tank you. ..Re Flex. ..

[@johnshew631]

Gary Crowley just played this on 80s megamix still sounds good.

[@ldognz]

Strange actually seeing this band -heard them so many times on their album in my flat in NZ

[@DeluxeStudioVisual]

Not sure everyone got it back at that time, but that was clearly a historical moment

[@ldognz]

A random album I bought in Wellington NZ but came to define my life;)

[@flyop312]

Absolutely brilliant (and Jeremy on drums)

[@HappisakVideos]

Top Gear in another life. :D

[@allanb52]

With a young Jeremy Clarkson on drums!!! Great song, especially the remix.

[@j4wn]

Wow, who would have thought that Assistant Director Skinner played Bass in a Band before joining the F.B.I

[@3912James]

This song came out in the Summer of 1983....about the time I turned 16.

[@sarakirk9542]

I have a huge love for the album and every artist on it - Now That’s what I call Music! Vol 2 This is on it and The Politics Of Dancing is a classic tune and is filled with nostalgia 🎶🎶👏🏻👏🏻

[@TheRobertodarapallo]

I‘ m so lucky to have been a teenager in the seventies✌🏻☮️🍀