Alphaville - Big In Japan (Official Music Video)

[@rhino]

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[@hoi4noob765]

Still hoping for a real one

[@amypenn4486]

Lol🤪💔🎁💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚🎆🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌

[@andyou292]

RHINO 🤙🤙🤙👍👍👍😍😍😍👏👏👏

[@andyou292]

RHINO Lyrics please

[@talischaefer1131]

Qq

[@davidkepesi2412]

40 years!

[@DISMISSED375]

ABSOLUTELY... I WAS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL...HOW ABOUT YOU ?

[@davidkepesi2412]

@@DISMISSED375 I wasn't alive then. 😂

[@harrismimilikiti2825]

Damn! We are the same age🤣

[@MariamSsemambo-zn2gt]

Lol mu dad is just 47😂😂​@@davidkepesi2412

[@fredo8480]

@@DISMISSED375wish i was alive to experience when this song released, thankfully i can still listen to it

[@drey8]

1:47 "neon on my naked skin...passing silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins. " Always loved that line.

[@sonicfoxxmusic4281]

But what does it mean?

[@nicholavaughan]

@@sonicfoxxmusic4281 it means you imagine the image and create your own answer.

[@espirulografo]

I readed over there that the center of this song is the heroine, he is not gay he is waiting for his dealer (man)

[@LoneShot95]

@@sonicfoxxmusic4281 He´s describing the atmosphere. he's looking to score heroin in a big city (Berlin) at night so he's passing by neon shop signs and shop windows

[@jdmlegent]

@@LoneShot95 Then he says '" Shall I stay here at the Zoo or shall I go and change my other point of view". It means shall he stay in the Zoo (Zoo train station in Berlin) where drug addicts used to take a stay... and keep my straggle vs drugs or go away and get clean! Very touchy lines and script, but 1st of all the song is Perfect, even in 2020!

[@charlyolmedo1527]

40 years later, it keeps being a great song! Congrats, Alphaville, wherever you are‼️

[@Schnitzelkadse]

The members live in Berlin and the singer Marian Gold in Münster in Germany. He is involved in social projects and takes care of his family, but they all live quite quietly :)

[@metatronorder3565]

agreed - 40 years onwards and current music trash like pink, miley siphilus etc are 10,000 rungs lower as far as REAL talent goes, compared to the 80's musicians... Stay Blessed..

[@spinelle]

I still love this song. The 80's were magical.

[@s.k.m.8756]

13 speaker Bose system. Blasting. YEP.

[@ericremezo9638]

Is he alive again?

[@ThomasJr]

The phrase "Big in Japan" from the 1984 song by the band Alphaville refers to the idea of being famous or successful in a distant or foreign place, especially in Japan, while remaining unknown or struggling elsewhere. In the context of the song, it symbolizes escaping reality and fantasizing about success or a better life in a faraway place. Japan was chosen because, during the 1980s, many Western artists and bands who didn't achieve mainstream success at home were surprisingly popular in Japan. The song itself is more about yearning for a better future and dealing with personal struggles (such as love and addiction), using the notion of being "Big in Japan" as a metaphor for an idealized escape or sense of hope. In Portuguese it's similar to the saying, "Santo de casa não faz milagre", or "Home grown saints don't work miracles".

[@vessto]

Absolutely best description of the song and idiom's meaning. 👍

[@TrinoPichardo]

This is the comment i was looking for

[@Xarynnaxarynna]

Perfect. What I wanted to know.

[@rasol4eg]

Thanks

[@fredericlaplante6959]

In french: nul n'est profete en son pays. nobody is a prophet in his own country.

[@清四郎8]

40 Years passed by and this song is still a masterpiece

[@lisaharkins8447]

This whole album is absolutely incredible. I cannot believe more artists haven’t sampled their stuff today!

[@tomashejda]

Yeah I was enjoying my prenatal time back then. Incredible times.

[@bailybaily3618]

i was so young then now 53

[@whatdothlife4660]

How would it stop being a masterpiece?

[@florianlebreton1056]

38 ans

[@peternicklin2693]

This masterpiece sums up the 80s, brilliant decade.

[@leestavola6183]

I so agree 💯

[@shenayduffy4043]

My fave 80s record..the one that I still play and never forgot

[@ultimatemagic2125]

The best decade ever.

[@unhommequicourt]

lol considering this is a song about drug abuse... not sure it s the best example for a "brilliant" decade

[@ultimatemagic2125]

@@unhommequicourt There is drug abuse in every decade, fool!

[@shinjukuman9850]

I am Japanese teenager and this masterpiece caught my heart❤ Traditional music video is definitely amazing!!🇯🇵🇩🇪

[@Lonelayer-Studio]

Wen du Deutsch bis muß ich dir leider sagen das big in Japan ein anderen Hintergrund hat Hals fihle denken 😂

[@1963Victory]

Genau

[@1963Victory]

Very sad indeed, the real meaning of this masterpiece

[@Willburys]

Das gleiche Schicksal fand ich als ich zum ersten Mal von den Stranglers mit Golden Brown hörte!

[@stephanieroumeguere353]

​@@1963VictoryI think I missed something ...🤔

[@aneldokara]

Best songs are from 80's, no question about it.

[@Amzeeel]

I agree

[@irmadelacruz6222]

​@@Amzeeel❤

[@bobpierce115]

I agree with you on 1980-'85. There was a big drop-off starting in 1986. Very little in the late '80s. The peak years were 1982-'85.

[@aqswde110]

How did the 80s manage to both be so ridiculously random and so amazingly awesome at the same time?

[@marinoskostouros6896]

then the mind used it for right things and not for the nonsense of today 🙂

[@diggerbrains1967]

we were so blessed to live in such wonderful freedom

[@mplparsa1774]

hahahahha you are right

[@paultwiss199]

The 80s were the beginning of the tech age but it went to shit after the 80s.

[@Moondog-wc4vm]

Because actual talent made it big because more people voted to spend actual money for the records based on actually liking them than voted for a puerile TV entertainment show because they were sucked in by the hype and fomo? Just guessing, I could only afford to buy one or maybe two singles per week in the 80's, but voting a few pennies while sitting on my ass using my phone appears easier nowadays. I don't bother doing it, never have, but it still has the appeal of being simple and inexpensive. BTW I still have all the records I bought and a record player so i can listen to any of the music I originally thought was worthwhile. About 5% of it gets ignored, the rest gets a listen at least once a year, much more for some great songs! I feel like I got value for what I spent back in the day. Personally I would rather be able to still listen to the media I bought for as long as i like than have a stream removed because some beancounter exec decides it isn't making enough revenue. I grew up being able to do that and simply don't like companies taking away what I paid for because they already got my money and don't care if I get value or not so long as they get their profit.

[@LoneShot95]

fun fact: when this came out, the singer Marian Gold was still working as cooks mate in his hometown in Germany. it got a lot of radio airplay and so one of the cooks said: "son, they are playing your song all day long" and fired him. so the singer was fired because his boss didn't want him to waste his career peeling potatoes

[@sacraynpirozhkov]

Herford

[@proGamer1.8.7]

The boss said " Du bisch zu gut du arroganter Arsch. Geh naus und zeig dene wer dr Chef isch. Aber du musch mir trotzdem noch die 5 Euro vom Dorffescht letschtes Jahr geben"

[@aydankhaliq2967]

Sauce or fake

[@RioMuc]

@@proGamer1.8.7 Stimmt das wirklich? Hat er so auf Schwäbisch geschwätzt?

[@Mrstachu9972]

Rly ?

[@tracylane8098]

the best music came from the 80s, loved it then (i was in my teens) had my 55th birthday on the 3rd of march 2024 still love the 80s , in the words of sinead , nothing compares x

[@dabeezkneez8716]

The words of Prince also sung by Sinead.

[@tracylane8098]

@@dabeezkneez8716 yes he told her not to swear but she did lol, amazing plp legends

[@ОльгаОботнина-ц1в]

мне 56 , это потрясающая музыка моей юности! Всем счастья и здоровья! С уважением из России ❤

[@wecanjump7512]

Her song came out in 1990. So typical for your generation to claim it as an 80s song 😂 -a nineties kid

[@benjamindurand3891]

Thank you Alphaville for this masterpiece !!

[@Karl-p2h]

YA.❤🎉😂

[@wilmerjoseseguraavellaneda167]

Tienes razón

[@ШушаннаХачатрян-ш6щ]

Вы заметили, что сейчас все слушают песни тех времен) потому что таких талантов и песен больше никто не сочинил) Слезы на глазах наворачиваются, когда слушаю и вспоминаю свое детство ❤ Браво) это легенды ❤❤❤🎉

[@Scobar_SPb]

Привет из СПб,42г

[@TheTamarachik]

Это правда

[@ЕленаМоскалева-ф8э]

Да, Вы правы

[@ЕленаМоскалева-ф8э]

Шикарное было детство. И песни шикарные👍👍👍👍

[@City2moon]

Привет из Тулуна, 49

[@KeanCohan]

This was real music these times back then.

[@s14dorikin]

What’s even crazier, and possibly very inspiring/motivating for aspiring musicians, is that none of them knew how to play any instruments; and yet, they still managed to produce such great music. With technology of the times (synthesizers, drum/rhythm machines, etc), they were able to turn the music they had in their heads into reality, without any knowledge of playing instruments…a magical time. Nowadays, it’s even easier…but you still need the talent/creativity to produce magic like this.

[@boulosius2518]

no matter how old it gets, this song will always be legendary

[@EdwinchoPeru]

Concuerdo contigo👍👍

[@Y3MINEM]

Big

[@riadhgharbi7985]

it ages like fine wine

[@eduardoantoniodicavalcanti]

Yes

[@carinaohlin1411]

I agree 👍🙏❤️

[@ShunanoriNisinomiya]

I'm Japanese, but when I was in middle school, my American English teacher brought a CD of this song and we all sang it together (lol).

[@heyjeySigma]

Thats very awesome! Glad you had good memories of that

[@AnastasiyaSemehina]

Ahah it's so cool I'm envy u

[@miuchahiga1313]

I miss Japan the best country !

[@cherryhazard8002]

I'm happy for the fact this song exists, I'm not happy by the fact we'll never have masterpieces like this again.

[@matty6598]

every single new song sounds like literal shit and most people can't even sing anymore so they need autotune. 80s music sounds like the future and modern music sounds like the stereotypical future if you know what I mean

[@raufguner4720]

sanırım dünya da müzik kalitesi düştü.@@matty6598

[@Davnojebilamladost]

Did im pretty to you ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤.You are to my .

[@CrystalCometCat]

​@@matty6598 The only hope we have is music from independent creators these days. Thankfully, there are some who make genuinely good music.

[@АннаЮьевна]

​@@matty6598все ок

[@TheSpookyDuke]

80s music was rich, opulent, diverse, deep, stunningly creative, melodic, full of rhythm and.... fun!

[@Bubbles-od2tv]

And mysterious. And magical. And romantic. And dark.

[@lzclaudio1]

This lyrics are incredibly PERFECT, still today.

[@vessto]

The 80s are the biggest treasure of the electronic music. The fundamentals of the genre.

[@vessto]

@Luiz Claudio Lemos Yes, IMHO every person has more or less delusions of being famous and successful somewhere out of the real life. The lyrics, the synths, everything of this song is beyond time. It will ever be actual. Adding the stunning voice and brutal beauty of Marian makes it one of a kind.

[@ДашаКурехина]

Так и есть) Привет из России)

[@wiser4]

I'm an Arabic guy, when i was 15 i found an old cassette thrown on the side of the road, and this song was in the playlist, back then i couldn't understand the lyrics but i was caught in the feel of something extraordinary, and now after all these years i found it. My eyes are full of tears from the nostalgia

[@andresmendez6556]

How is it relevant that you’re Arabic

[@jacquelinebhg2325]

very cool!! ty for sharing that. Now this song is 40 years old today!!

[@wiser4]

It does?!, i didn't know that so ty, no wonder it's Amazing since the music peaked in the 80's

[@Reno_no.8]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing that story 😊

[@pouyagorji3022]

I love the stories of how we Middle Eastern folk find music in the weirdest ways possible.

[@scoot77777]

I was 24 & now 64 yrs young and I still enjoy this song! Timeless 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@kara_milan5830]

Toen was ik nog 11 jarige meisje. Ongelooflijk, luisterend ben weer terug in die tijd ❤

[@भारद्वाजराहुल]

Amazing 40 yrs u have been listening to this masterpiece. I tip my hat to u.

[@TheHiddenKun]

This song and this group are not well-known in Japan for some reason, but I'm a big fan. No matter when you listen to it, it's fresh no matter how many times you listen! 80s synth music is immortal forever. Greetings from Big in Japan.🇯🇵

[@GilesMcRiker]

They lied to us!

[@GameBoyyearsago]

Moshi Moshi : )

[@RamadhanAli]

@@GilesMcRiker how 🤔 🤔❓

[@itsisk2043]

Oh! We all thought that they were 'Big in Japan'! 😂

[@Lacaframalama]

They’re honestly not that well known in America either. I’m a child of the 80’s and first heard this a few years ago

[@RussellNorton-m5j]

It’s 2024 and I’m still listening to this banger ️. no matter how old it gets, this song will always be legendary.

[@warper1934]

[@ericdebord]

424k. Hello from Las Vegas ! Feb 2024

[@Даниил-н1с9б]

Hello from Russia

[@jacquipond5778]

Hello from Cape Town 🎉

[@danielfranciscoaraujodasil7107]

Escutando agora nesse momento Brasil

[@erinwalker711]

This has to be one of the most underrated songs of the 1980s. I love this and I just think it's perfect.

[@GameBoyyearsago]

It Was Big Hit In UK. 🙂

[@roylennie8117]

@@GameBoyyearsago . . . .but not in Japan.

[@GameBoyyearsago]

@@roylennie8117 But Big In Germany Then Later Japan.

[@newbarker523]

@@GameBoyyearsago My mum used to know all the band and said they were big down under.

[@weapoolx182]

@@GameBoyyearsago "It's easy when you're big in *Germany* too" 😂🇩🇪😂 😎

[@chiderarf7988]

Still a masterpiece in October 2024

[@MusicLover21]

Noviembre 9th. ❤

[@alisumaidea]

Nov.10

[@susanaKleer-um9sl]

Noviembre 25🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@hesterrudd8530]

Yes, fantastic song. Still beautiful after all these years

[@nana-lw1yx]

Winter's cityside Crystal bits of snowflakes All around my head and in the wind I had no illusions That I'd ever find a glimpse Of summer's heatwaves in your eyes You did what you did to me Now it's history, I see Here's my comeback on the road again Things will happen while they can I will wait here for my man tonight It's easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight Big in Japan, be tight Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue Big in Japan, alright Pay, then I'll sleep by your side Things are easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan Neon on my naked skin, passing silhouettes Of strange illuminated mannequins Shall I stay here at the zoo Or should I go and change my point of view For other ugly scenes You did what you did to me Now it's history, I see Things will happen while they can I will wait here for my man tonight It's easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight Big in Japan, be tight Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue Big in Japan, alright Pay, then I'll sleep by your side Things are easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan Tonight Big in Japan, be tight Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue Big in Japan, alright Pay, then I'll sleep by your side Things are easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight Big in Japan, be tight Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue Big in Japan, alright Pay, then I'll sleep by your side Things are easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan Tonight Big in Japan, be tight Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue Big in Japan, alright Pay, then I'll sleep by your side Things are easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan...

[@luiscavalcanti3431]

Great

[@desantos1234]

Thank you dude :)

[@aydankhaliq2967]

Pppoopoo

[@fabio93237]

Thanks lyrics guy, you are good guy

[@nana-lw1yx]

(づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ❤️

[@lambrosm770]

German artists brought out some killer hits that era.

[@leejeanwilliams9376]

oh yeah, brilliant tunes

[@richardbradley2335]

German efficiency........didnt even know they were German !!!!

[@roylennie8117]

Yea, UFO/MSG, Scorpions, Falco, Goombay Dance Band (maybe not the last one).

[@sushigirl1069]

@@roylennie8117 😂😂haha Goombay dance band Don't forget Nena also Die toten hosen 😁

[@roylennie8117]

@@sushigirl1069 Can't remember the last band, don't think they had a hit here did they? How about The Rattles?

[@kazuyukihi1208]

この曲歌ってて本当に楽しいわ

[@cookeecutkk]

80s. The last decade where music wasn’t afraid of pure melody and emotion.

[@nelus7276]

You mean the last decade where YOU could legally smile at a somebody under 20 😂

[@nuntana2]

@@nelus7276 Still can bro, you'll just get locked up for it! lol But had to grow up in the 80s to really 'get' it. I appreciate all eras and genres, but the 80s is so varied. Bands were not afraid to mess with keys and chords as cookee says. ;-) Thompson Twins, DrDr!

[@Vsoundproductions]

I agree 100%. I grew up in the 80's and the music had great melodies. I try to incorporate those 80s style melodies into my music, Dream Factory.

[@Tracker5111]

And have some sort of story!!!

[@cookeecutkk]

@@braydonwen3852 No I don’t. The same thing applies in many other genres. I’m old enough to have lived through it.

[@esrausluer449]

I'm 46 years old and I still listen to this song. This song will be legendary forever❤❤❤❤❤

[@kayaman2048]

How does this song feel so pure and forlorn

[@1masivac]

Because good taste never gets old❤

[@noelmurphy406]

50 and remember it like it was only released yesterday

[@Caipipoca]

Im 45 from Brazil!

[@hooikaika69]

I’m 59 and still listen to it

[@mgparis]

I can't even describe how lucky I feel to have been a teenager in the 80s

[@jimmyj5557]

Same here

[@meangothlesbian]

as a current teenager, i am embarrassingly jealous!

[@mgparis]

@@meangothlesbian At least you have excellent taste! :)

[@meangothlesbian]

@@mgparis aww thank you! so nice to get a reply !!

[@davehacker7427]

I say the same thing all the time. So glad that I grew up in the 70's and 80's. Those were the best decades ever!!!!!!!!! The last truly great decade for music. So diverse and original.

[@1shpendi]

This song playing loud in the car late at night just as you enter the empty highway instantly puts you into a magical world.

[@CesarMirandaVera]

Me pasa lo mismo.

[@luisesco3517]

Same experience here with this song but in Mexico's City "Perifěrico"... Whatta days!

[@भारद्वाजराहुल]

Same here but in India, on the way to Himachal pradesh

[@DeadBlonde_80]

Masterpiece! Winter's cityside, crystal bits of snowflakes All around my head and in the wind I had no illusions that I'd ever find A glimpse of summer's heatwaves in your eyes You did what you did to me Now it's history, I see Here's my comeback on the road again Things will happen while they can I will wait here for my man tonight It's easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight Big in Japan, be tight Big in Japan, where the Eastern sea's so blue Big in Japan, alright Pay, then I'll sleep by your side Things are easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan Neon on my naked skin, passing silhouettes Of strange illuminated mannequins Shall I stay here at the zoo Or shall I go and change my point of view For other ugly scenes You did what you did to me Now it's history, I see Things will happen while they can I will wait here for my man tonight It's easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight Big in Japan, be tight Big in Japan, ooh, the Eastern sea's so blue Big in Japan, alright Pay, then I'll sleep by your side Things are easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight Big in Japan, be tight Big in Japan, ooh, the Eastern sea's so blue Big in Japan, alright Pay, then I'll sleep by your side Things are easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight Big in Japan, be tight Big in Japan, ooh, the Eastern sea's so blue Big in Japan, alright Pay, then I'll sleep by your side Things are easy when you're big in Japan Oh, when you're big in Japan

[@dwhitman3092]

Thank You! ❤

[@michaelkili2886]

[@orlandoorlasaliasorlans1065]

🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

[@tomilheirobarbalho6117]

@@michaelkili2886❤

[@HexxaLi-go8xz]

Thanks

[@tangerine825]

Alphaville,Erasure,Pet Shop Boys,Depeche Mode,OMD,Eurythmics...Great Synthpop Groups 80's ! Greets From Poland ;-)

[@jhingshobbies]

Yes, they are❤❤❤

[@marvinsilverman4394]

the era of plastic

[@heroineburgh]

@@marvinsilverman4394 It really was! In high school, I had a synthpop band with some friends. I wrote a song about a New Wave girl called "(She's Living A) Plastic Life" and within a couple years, it had gotten lots of airplay on the the local college radio station. 30 years later, when we started Heroineburgh, I rewrote the lyrics, and it became our theme song, "(She's Living In) Heroineburgh". Every episode of ours is named after a song or artist from the 80s. So, yes, it was quite an inspirational 'era of plastic' (and I would add many more groups to the list, such as Gary Numan, Yaz, Howard Jones, Human League, Cabaret Voltaire and Front 242).

[@lianakar8306]

80s music was amazing

[@bladerunnersn]

Who agrees the 80s were the best for music ?

[@civlyzed]

I love the 80s and 90s! My stepson just moved to Japan so his mother and I came back to this song for some nostalgia. Cheers!

[@trentonjunginger-vm2xi]

No contest

[@inesdangelo9049]

For now yes, maybe next years Will be Better then now

[@lilithhellea6954]

Me!!

[@louis-alexandregregoire-sa5361]

Probably true.

[@brucelee6967]

From 1984 to 2024. 40 years 👏👏👏

[@robertalf454]

I was just 7 Years old when that Song came out!

[@leestavola6183]

Too bad it went by in a flash 😢

[@danielkiruri4882]

Yup 1984 Nairobi dancing on a Saturday morning

[@markrasmussen1784]

As one day 😢🎉❤

[@memphisiv]

One of the greatest masterpieces in pop music history.

[@hansyolo9649]

As a teenager I had a huge crush on that girl...

[@mohamedalkaboom]

As an adult I have a huge boner for that girl

[@mchalecm]

@@hansyolo9649 what's her name?

[@vessto]

@@mchalecm Monique, she is the wife of Dieter Meier, the director of the video.

[@Threepwoot]

This song is about a heroin-addicted couple at Berlin Zoo-Station dreaming about what life could be - far far away - without their addicition. Thats actually what "Big in Japan" originally meant (its the name of a british band): When you are a loser or an outcast you might be able to have a good life in a place far away. This song makes me feel strongly hurt for the many addicted people all over the world who want to have a decent life but just can't break free :'( Great song and rightfully an 80's classic.

[@martinmansilla1514]

Best comment , thanks

[@SevastopolRus_Z]

don't do drugs then, it is easy

[@cihanyagmurself]

Thanks

[@tomy3d]

You will make it! I wish you that!

[@DominguismeThesis]

Thanks, first time I know this, best comment !

[@fernandomaron87]

One of the best songs of a decade full of legendary hits.

[@will2045]

This is a truly masterpiece.

[@anaruiz7242]

totalmente

[@stephyheinrich1335]

The 80s was perfect. Musicians were able to express themselves through the music. I would never trade growing up in the 80s for anything.

[@anderpanders6210]

Can you tell one nice memory? I wanna know what it was like

[@KairuHakubi]

Not to mention you could express fascination and interest in other countries without someone digging through everything to find reasons to get offended.

[@КоляРаспопин-д8ы]

Помню ещё слышал её ещё у брата на катушечной комете.уже брата нет.а музыка живёт

[@nadjalinder8626]

Der perfekte Soundtrack für Gucken. Attraktiver Mann mit einem schönen Mund.

[@RoganBoss]

Incredible tune. Still going strong. Born in the 90's but the 80's was where it was at.

[@pasokim]

87 same

[@yahyaninseyirdefteri3761]

Çocukluğumun parçaları.Ben 47 oldum halâ en gözde parçalardan biri

[@dyuri6433]

@@pasokim im 86. hope life is treating u well

[@hubertpretkiewicz544]

Winter's cityside Crystal bits of snowflakes All around my head and in the wind I had no illusions That I'd ever find a glimpse Of summer's heatwaves in your eyes You did what you did to me Now it's history, I see Here's my comeback on the road again Things will happen while they can I will wait here for my man tonight It's easy when you're big in Japan Chorus: Aah when you're big in Japan-tonight... Big in Japan-be-tight... Big in Japan...ooh the eastern sea's so blue Big in Japan-alright Pay! - Then I'll sleep by your side Things are easy when you're big in Japan Oh when you're big in Japan Neon on my naked skin, passing silhouettes Of strange illuminated mannequins Shall I stay here at the zoo Or should I go and change my point of view For other ugly scenes You did what you did to me Now it's history I see Things will happen while they can I will wait here for my man tonight It's easy when you're big in Japan Chorus (2x) Oh when you're big in Japan Chorus (2x) Oh when you're big in Japan

[@sonicfoxxmusic4281]

Fantastic...thanks for printing the lyrics but what are they about???

[@P1llerChiller]

SONIC FOXX MUSIC they are about buying Heroin at the Zoo - a big train Station in Berlin

[@susanamangunay4576]

Hubert Prętkiewic

[@lilihippie8864]

@@P1llerChiller Unfortunately Bahnhof Zoo keeps his reputation....

[@manudelmarche]

Fantastic: we got a copy paster here

[@marinalima9997]

forever Alphaville!

[@JohnDoh-g7v]

Eines meiner lieblings Lieder meiner Jugend, Fühle mich beim anhören jedes mal wie in einer Zeit Kapsel.. 🙂

[@djm2459]

16 years old, here listening to this classic oldie because today‘s music is just not the same as it was back then.

[@samuelgirven3488]

ayyy! 16 year old here as well. This is my favorite song.

[@Alpacher]

@@samuelgirven3488 21 yo, heard this song on my ride home with a taxi, instantly saved it lol

[@dmyt21]

23 yrs old. 90 percent of tracks from my playlist are 80s hits. 80's earth is Heaven.

[@abdulhameedmalki8837]

52 yr old and still listening to this wonderful song - May 2024

[@Zeezazz]

Me too. I feel like this song should have been sampled more

[@MaryDoyle-xl2ri]

❤❤🎼🎼

[@recceeboy1237]

71 and still kicking to this great track, gotta love the digital overlay.

[@galinamalishevskaya9289]

Россия. Санкт-Петербург. Alphaville!!! Слушали Вас до поздней ночи, сегодня - утром. Зарядите нас огнём😂🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤

[@pinchuklife]

❤

[@alaster7601]

Когда тебя будет ждать твой муж, будет оке :D

[@МЫПИОНЕРЫСОВЕТСКОЙСТРАНЫ]

Сандра интереснее исполнила эту песню !!!

[@Jon-o1q7z]

This is a rare time (in my opinion) where the music video goes perfectly with the song

[@AshleyOulton]

What can I say about Alphaville? Really love their sound got into their music whilst travelling around the world living out of a suitcase...and they still stimulate my senses 35 years later

[@AleXander-uc7lo]

Sandy, it's international music, pride is global

[@mdraseljony1529]

One of the most underrated bands of all time.

[@GameBoyyearsago]

Yeah They Need To Remastard This Songs

[@vooides]

So true!!!

[@seesikopter]

@@GameBoyyearsago were remastered in 2019 already

[@MJFANDOMEXPOSURE]

Duran Duran

[@GameBoyyearsago]

@@seesikopter Need Remastard Again

[@Gildedbutterfly1976]

The first three seconds of this song are better than any of the garbage out today.

[@vessto]

Perfectly said.

[@gordocarbo]

Agree it really sets a tone/mood...love music that can provoke this. That is the real mccoy. WHat id give to be a teenager again Wait I am!! But theres this long haired old guy looking back in the mirror hanging on lol

[@Davnojebilamladost]

You are pretty did im pretty to you ❤❤❤❤❤❤ i Like woman ass and legs .

[@dudleybarker2273]

make that 15 seconds and you've got a deal

[@MariamSsemambo-zn2gt]

Ikrrrr

[@alissoncarvalho2888]

I was a teenager when I first heard this master piece ! Like the whole world, I instantly fell in love with this song ! Funny that now in September, 2024 I like it EVEN more this song ! Amazing energy ! THe beat and his voice anre so powerful ! Brilliant !

[@HoshijiroTS336]

Discovered this song on accident when KZbin music put together a playlist for me. And now I can't get enough of it. It's on repeat pretty much every day. 😁 Awesome tune.

[@simonanders5676]

Alphaville. 1984. Music was just that. Music.

[@HoshijiroTS336]

@@simonanders5676 I was born in 1979. I grew up with 80's music.

[@ЛеонидПоддубный-з3ц]

Трогает за душу супер супер супер

[@neilgreen3008]

I'd completely forgot about it till a few years back when I heard it as background music on a TV show, immediately went on KZbin to find it and listened to it constantly for days. Massively underrated song

[@JacobTheLoofah]

I dunno why but I love this version of the song better than any other version. I just love how it sounds a little bit deeper and slower, it's amazing

[@Crytoma]

Because it has been slowed down a bit

[@AgentDanielCross]

Ghoulin_ Its actually the original. What you talking about is the album version.

[@rkabanlit]

I agree, I like this slower version better ...

[@KingKamidereSama]

Ane Brun tho.... nothing beats her version

[@cletustheslob5237]

daniel cross was the original slowed down tho? I dont know if its because ive heard the other version so much, but this one just seems like hes singing so slower and im not sure if he sang it this slow or they slowed the track down?

[@brutalee8213]

I've been had this song on repeat without stopping and I'll never get tired of it

[@vessto]

Same here. And same about SLAM.

[@watherby29]

since 1984

[@stonec2166]

Me too and for decades now

[@markjones1109]

@@vessto timeless xx

[@Sonnny...xxssxxvttz]

Recommend DURAN DURAN -- Come undone ..and Ordinary world ...

[@PeacefulRainfallSleep8386]

Music acts like a magic key, to which the most tightly closed heart opens!!!!!

[@tacytic4651]

Una de las canciones más memorables de los '80, esa década mágica al cabo de la cual el mundo se transformó tan radicalmente

[@uriel117k]

Pero con letra obscura

[@luciozavala592]

Yo soy de los 90 y no se que paso en esa década pero al menos crecí escuchando músicas ochenteras y tuve la mejor infancia

[@tacytic4651]

A mediados de esa década surgió la Perestroika y al final cayó el Muro de Berlín, q marcó el final de la Guerra Fría. Hay diversas valoraciones acerca de este proceso, pero sin duda se trata del fin de una era. A eso me refería. Saludos cordiales

[@rositaorizio8760]

Verissimo ❤❤❤

[@rositaorizio8760]

Ciaoo buona giornata 😘😘😘

[@_shoTnik_ML]

2021 я всё её слушаю и кайфую!!! Песня на все поколения , классика ;)

[@fanat.7834]

ваш ник как-то связан с танковым блогером ?))

[@ДанзанЭрдниев-ь8у]

С такими песнями современные даже рядом не сравнятся!

[@_shoTnik_ML]

@@fanat.7834 да не капли . Я придумал его ещё в далёком 2005

[@snd7622]

Western music isn't for Russians.

[@renzotorres3321]

Que bonito es ver videos de los 80s en buena calidad. Que musica tan magica. Musica tan unica. Saludos desde Peru.

[@antonboludo8886]

Donde estabas cuando la escuchaste por la primera vez?

[@antonboludo8886]

@@lindomarcabidelligatti9224 Sim, é dos anos 80.

[@richardvillamizarnino8371]

Lo mejor que hubo en los 80 y 90 aún la escuchamos. 2022

[@azzeddali7538]

Algérie

[@Pepelui2460]

@@lindomarcabidelligatti9224 1984

[@АняКорейша]

эта песня стояла на рингтоне у моего папы, который, к сожалению, уже умер…. она невероятно много значит для меня, и ее первые ноты для меня это всегда колоссальное количество воспоминаний

[@Anastasia_Kuzmina]

😢

[@jhonnydleon]

I will never get tired of listening to this musical masterpiece.

[@thegame6141]

Are you sure, sucker?

[@Filloh]

same dude

[@Filloh]

@@thegame6141 funny comment. i'm guessing you're trolling, and that's a bit sad ngl :D

[@thegame6141]

@@Filloh hi, i'm guessing you have nothing to do at home, so get a job!

[@kevfullo]

it's no Safety Dance, but still a classic.

[@Mara36832]

The sound of the 80's is unbeatable! Current music is flat, dull, the copy of something else. Simply daunting...

[@PatriceBoivin]

+Mara Iapoce I blame radio and tv stations for that, things have become sanitized, computer playlists, no DJs anymore, etc. No room for new music to come in. DJs used to go to clubs and concerts and brought the new music they liked back to the airwaves during their shows. I remember one DJ in Ottawa who decided one night to listen to the new Jethro Tull album, so he played the whole thing on air from start to finish. Others I saw at dance clubs when small unknown bands were visiting from other cities. Meanwhile Adam Curry and others on MTV used to bring in new bands, played music videos... It's sad how much things have changed.

[@bedsidetable2]

+Mara Iapoce le wrong generation

[@Sticklemako]

Music today is about the artist NOT the music

[@mateagoston7113]

Probably some of them are unpresentable, but Hammerfall, Nightwish, Ensiferum, Turisas, Equilibrium, Two Steps From Hell, Future World Music beat 80's IMO.

[@imeepalarca6758]

Mara Iapoce your right.. im on that 80's era.

[@eurodancerdj]

Никогда не устану слушать!!! Навсегда!!! Шедевр!!!

[@putin-huilo-rusnya-pidory]

Если бы ты ещё понимал о чём он поёт )))

[@te-bg4ki]

@@putin-huilo-rusnya-pidory,про зависимость от нарокты,так что имея достаточно глубокий смысл,она цепляет не только звучанием)

[@МарияПыжова-ъ5х]

Дааа

[@alexrulezz6819]

в японию сьездил?

[@esteban4614]

@@putin-huilo-rusnya-pidory prostitución ilegal no?

[@RAIMUNDAILMACASTROMORAES]

Ouvindo em 22/09/2024 Alphaville Obrigada por esse Clássico Inesquecível atravessando gerações!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jury7228]

If you're still here after 40 years you're a legend

[@vessto]

Yes. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Giovanni024]

but bro im only 25

[@mariaealcalde7511]

😮😅😮😅

[@aris-j6k]

Always here bro

[@Cemehaa]

I am a legend, thanks to my dad for making me listen to this marvel when I was still a child, I became addicted

[@aydnvatansever7145]

I love you 80's 90's music...

[@barscskn9150]

Meee too I miss you 80 s 90 years

[@sirkkusiikanen7870]

@@barscskn9150 i miss You too! I am coming from Finland.

[@nalla_youtuber792]

80-90s music had a different vibe ❤

[@nezcap8791]

Correct!❤

[@MrHyde11976]

70’s & 80’s did 90’s were the beginning of the end

[@mohamedalkaboom]

A happy vibe. Society was generally happier in the 80s

[@davidrock7396]

@@mohamedalkaboomI don’t think so

[@NeilCook-bn4ru]

Big in Japan had my first kiss to this song please bring back the 80s 80s 80s ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@janankaremus]

Never can bring time back... sadly. We age and all we can do is remember.

[@Aleja29m]

This song should will be considered one of the best song of the history's new wave, isn't?

[@vooides]

Yes,definitely😄

[@diegobenitez7295]

Alphaville grandes recuerdos de los?años 80...No creo que se vuelva a hacer música de esta gran calidad

[@Александр-у4ш4ф]

Круто....!!!А если Круто....,то это НАВСЕГДА и во Все Времена....!

[@Nas-fn2ce]

Песня на все времена. 👍 Мне она никогда не надоест.

[@putin-huilo-rusnya-pidory]

Песня о тяжёлой судьбе наркомана. Не знал? Теперь живи с этим 🤣

[@Caviar_in_Dubai]

@@putin-huilo-rusnya-pidory мы дети со станции Зоо

[@HigherHHH]

@@putin-huilo-rusnya-pidory вообще пох

[@パパイ]

私は日本人です、この曲に感動しました！！！

[@slavyan776]

слушаю с 90х,сейчас мне 49,как в молодость вернулся,прекрасная попса,"Alphaville,"Joy",Silent circle ".....best disco !!!!👍👍👍👍

[@room156dronevids3]

I absolutely love 80s music and I don’t understand how this song got passed me. It’s so good. I miss the good ol days.

[@TheNoble2889]

Gracias a esta canción muchos habrán querido viajar a Japón en aquella época.

[@marcobonizzi3628]

this is the second song I did sing to on a disco floor in my life..how can I possibly forget about that? thanks Alphaville..love from Italy

[@masterofpuppets4771]

80s' are truly the age of amazing, breathtaking vocalists/frontmans

[@EsfingeRa]

Luckly here in México, there is a discotech, that plays those kind of songs, the dj put it loud, and i feel the shiver in my spine when this song is playing in that place, and i star to sing it loud it up, long live 80´s!

[@nicoresino7249]

¿De que ciudad eres amigo?

[@Tony_chicali]

Donde?

[@AOE3IET]

El patrick miller y el UTA? Ni idea.

[@visiontvfmx]

En Zacatecas hay una

[@fatmaaydn9290]

Where is it amigo? What's that places name??

[@Grankat]

❤❤❤ my favourite song

[@vangel4201]

April 2020 : Please take me back to 80s

[@getsomemtb7427]

When the drinking age was 18 and music was original. I want a time machine, but I'll just live with the memories. Epic memories!

[@maxhelbing4465]

GET SOME! MTB i have no memories because i never lived in the 80s

[@NATY-vk6jw]

Take me too

[@movesky6696]

so need a time machine a delorean /bill and ted ex

[@samedkurt2390]

How old are you wtf

[@theodora_pilates]

This song has been huge in Greece literally ever since it came out. I was 5 or 6. And I've been dancing and singing to it all my life since then. To me it's perfection, it's what music should be like, I can't imagine anyone not liking it.

[@the_bimmer_boy6957]

Mee to bro ,my dad's fav song . He used to play it in the car when i was 6 yr old . Now I'm 16 and I'm addicted to it 🥰

[@theodora_pilates]

@@the_bimmer_boy6957 lol I'm 44, I've been listening to it for 40 years 😂

[@the_bimmer_boy6957]

@@theodora_pilates yeah this song has a great vibe 🥰

[@emilialorenz5109]

TOTALMENTE DE ACUERDO ES MARAVILLOSA!!👍

[@simonmiller5165]

This song is aging very well. Infact it has become almost seminal. It oozes pure 80s out of every pore. Such an underrated masterpiece. Bravo.

[@Koko-st8uq]

Why underrated? Don't agree

[@ОльгаВасенина-ц8д]

Все таки записи с концертов с более эпичным исполнением, сильной энергетикой и харизмой.

[@АндрейВасин-ж2ь]

Песня моей молодости! Обожаю её! Браво!👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@The-qi7hi]

Привет с Одессы

[@zolotaya-antilopa]

Всем русскоязычным , привет из Волгограда ! Городу Одессе , не смотря на политику , обнимаю по братски 💓

[@The-qi7hi]

@@zolotaya-antilopa Вам тоже привет но только больше года это уже не политика а война а это совсем разные (практически противоположные) вещи

[@The-qi7hi]

@@zolotaya-antilopa у нас никто не делит людей по языковому или другому принципу

[@zolotaya-antilopa]

@@The-qi7hi никто не делит . Я говорю лишь на русском и поэтому передала привет любому , кто меня поймет в комментариях . Комменты ведь со всего мира

[@AAA-wo8hn]

I am bloody 60 and this song makes me feel like I am 20!!! The knees may be cracking but the heart beat still can follow😂

[@Satysingh1]

I'm 53, 👌👍you speak for me too!

[@mariaealcalde7511]

😂😂😂😮❤

[@TheTamarachik]

I am also

[@evita377]

😮

[@ИлиянТомов-й9р]

Каква песен само, разтърси ме цялата и винаги, когато я слушам ми действа по този начин, и ми се иска да я чуя отново и отново, пак и пак, да не свършва, ❤

[@darksideofthemood]

I grew up with that song, Alphaville, The Cure and Bowie made me what i am. Music can heal so many things..

[@antalaszka]

+Laumerta I'm too old to make any decision, but yeah, living on Hawaii, knowing Japanese, I still like Alphaville and Bowie too...

[@stephenkeegan5625]

nice words

[@darksideofthemood]

Seeing this comment now that Bowie is dead makes me cry.

[@antalaszka]

Crying is gift..

[@ubique3226]

+Laumerta. same here - so many memories!

[@artas5359]

В юности,болтаясь по ночному городу на авто,всегда в плей листе,на аудио кассете ставил после этой песни-Savage - Don't Cry Tonight,шли годы,менялись автомобили,аудионосители: кассеты,компакт диски,флешки,карты памяти...,но в подборке своего плейлиста всегда соблюдаю эту последовательность.Видимо я застрял в прошлом-в 80 х и не хочу возвращаться назад-в настоящее,где подавляющему числу музыкантов,медведь видимо не только на ухо наступил.

[@vessto]

Maybe Silent Circle - Touch In The Night too.

[@brianmcglade8164]

Hello and best wishes from Chicago! 80's were amazing!

[@sgtmarazm7078]

Пожалуй, самый душевный комментарий, который я читал

[@TheMasterOfWishes]

This slowed-down version is much better than the original. And the music video, it's just brilliant. Such powerful imagery.

[@MrMHughes68]

It was directed by Dieter Meier of Yello.

[@Pythagora998]

“Play, then I sleep by your side” is my favorite line for some reason

[@vessto]

Mine too. 😊

[@MikerBikerB]

Pay

[@vessto]

@@MikerBikerB Pay with drugs or pay the drugs. Drug addiction is the main theme of the song, not prostitution. He explained numerous times. The lyrics are based on a poem he wrote in late 70s and at first he refused to used it at it was based on old story.

[@AlphamattEntertainment]

I don't know how this band come to the idea of this song. 👏👏👏 I lived and studied in the city where this band comes from...the small, beautiful and clean city of Münster.💚 Six years in Münster and Münster is my home town in Germany. Up to this day 10.06.2023, I am still playing this song loud and in a row in my Studio. The sound is so great and timeless, it makes you just wanna dance. The voice from Marian is crystal clear and energetic. I mastered the lyrics and any day I am in Japan. I will go to a park full of people, stand in the middle and will sing this song acapella as loud as possible. I will be 'Big In Japan'😎

[@jasonhoogland1309]

It's about his sordid life near the zoo.. drugs etcetera.. it's great

[@euvouestarlaa]

Um Clássico difícil de esquece 😍 difícil não gosta

[@Ayuwoki2011]

VDD PO UM CLÁSSICO

[@НатальяКащенко-м7б]

Да, наша молодость

[@DanielSanchez-yx9xw]

que chido

[@lucastorrezan5353]

Respeito os gostos mas quem não curte um som perfeito como esse é porque tem algum problema auditivo

[@stylianoschatzigiannis7329]

Almost 40 years passed...this legendary song...will be forever one of my favorite

[@Cloxxki]

Scandalously long ago for a modern song. A re release of the original with updated video might trick the kids it's brand new.

[@hohu2146]

@@Cloxxkithere kinda is but not in the way kids would listen to it

[@MikerBikerB]

Still one of the best songs ever. I've listened to it most days since it came out. Which means I have listened to it 10,000+ times. Thanks for the enjoyment, Alphavile.

[@verangium]

I'm applying to the Japanese Studies & History course at Sheffield University this year. This'll be the track I'll listen to on the plane flight come my year abroad.

[@Bubbles-od2tv]

Except that the song has nothing to do with Japan...

[@verangium]

@@Bubbles-od2tv what’s the title of the song?

[@Bubbles-od2tv]

@@verangium It's a metaphor ... It was a sarcastic saying in the music industry back then, that even if you're not big in your country, you can just say in you're big in Japan, and no one in your country would know.

[@verangium]

@@Bubbles-od2tv thats great but whats the title of the song again?