Robbie Nevil - C'Est la Vie

[@manyouish]

このMVめちゃ好きだったんでまた見られて嬉しいありがとう 勿論曲も大好き

[@sakitamablack8686]

TVSの夜中、ピーター・バラカンさんの番組でよくかかってた 記憶・・・ｗ これとかユーリズミックスの曲とかね。

[@Mel3177]

LOVE IT!!! I wish I had a time machine to go back into the 80's. The music, the artist, the trends were THE BEST!!! This song is awesome and so is Robbie. Thank you for the post :).

[@edwinabraham1735]

1987 i was only 18 yrs. Old 36 yrs. Ago now i'm 54 yrs. Old Watching june 12, 2023

[@scientifico]

I don't care how sweet dude is, he has the best taste in models and back up singers.

[@DavidDiMuzio]

Just discovered this guy. This is a FREAK'n AWESOME SONG!!!!!!!! Great voice! It's like Job Bon Jovi and Prince had a baby.

[@pungooer]

This is one of those songs you could play all day and night and never get tired of it. LoveRemoval thank you posting it.

[@htlewis07]

I can remember singing this when it came on the radio when I was like 5yr old. I have been looking for this song for like 23yrs. Thanks for the post!!!!!

[@RoyalHustler09]

I love this song, I heard it from "The Love Guru" Movie and fell in love with it. I knew KZbin would have the video to this song.

[@lmh73088]

This song is one year older then me. I still remember hearing this song when I was a little girl.

[@MaxMikeLatino]

I was 12 when this came out. This song was one of the best that year! I never got the video with the model's in the house dresses on crack dancing around. BUT I LOVED THE ASIAN CHICK!

[@gozaderadrfunk]

Reminds me somehow of a Fellini's movie and Robert Palmer's music videos on this one. I have always remembered this song since it came out in 86. I even played it at a few eighties parties at my home and is usually the song that everybody forgets, but loves. So I always was asked who was singing? Love Dominos and Back on Holiday. I wish that he would ve have more sucess.

[@hunn89]

flouncing... After all these years I thought they were just carousing...thanks for clearing that up for me LOL!

[@nimnestl]

"An underrated gem"? The song hit number two! Radio and MTV played this freakin' song incessantly back in the day. If it weren't for this tune, no one would have ever even heard of Robbie Nevil. There's a reason the man dropped off the radar, by the way. Good song? Yes. Gem? Sure, why not. Underrated? Not in the least.

[@tabularasa66]

robbie nevil ROCKS! how many of us can say we've written, composed and performed a hit song in our lives... one that still makes you want to get up and groove 20 years after it his the airways? judge lest thee be judged... baby!

[@EcstaticMomentz2]

I met him and he is VERY nice! :) This Song RAWKS!

[@rongravy]

I am just now beginning to come to terms with my developing musical tastes. Some things come back, no matter how far I try to throw them. This is one of those...

[@macksun]

One of my all time favorite songs as a kid. Just when I think I have all my favorite songs on my ipod (600) theres always a song I forget about.

[@redman1007]

"Hey JJ!! What u been doin?!?" I still say that to this day to my friend Jay! LOL! Maaaan....I love this song! Thanks!!!

[@BoomTiss]

Me and my brother used to CRACK UP to this video! I just found it by accident and could never remember the name! I AM SO HAPPY!!!

[@vjb2377]

I've been looking for this for over ten years thank you.

[@ihiroe]

Love this song. Had the album when it came out. I was in the 6th grade?

[@dienilale]

War das ein geiler Song... DAMALS.... ...und eine geile Zeit...

[@heishell1]

OH what a flashback. I'm 33 and OMG do I remember the summer of 86'. I remember being on the Polar Express at a Conklin Show in Toronto, ON CAN!

[@clouduriyah2]

I'm 29 years old and I'm still in love with the drummer.

[@alphacali]

Ahhh, back in the day when music was so wonderful and videos were cool. I loved this song. Back when MTV was an original! Thank you for posting this..

[@tonyzackery]

This cut was tight back in the day! Definitely a 'head nodder'!

[@DrBPhD]

Songs like these marked the end of pop music in the late 1980's.

[@steveperryisawesome]

great top 10 smash from '86. Love the phrasing of the lyrics and the bridge: "Hey J J what you been doing??" "Let's sing it!"

[@rufusbaron]

JJ is an inspiration to us all.

[@raven1048]

My mom used to play this song on 45's (it's a type of record)! I still remember this song!

[@abelgrif]

Its the first time i see this clip again since 86 on a french channel "Les enfants du rock" .And u r right man , Robbie is the Mika's ....... mother !!

[@mastroisi]

Voglio piangere, pezzo bellissimo quanti ricordi.

[@wheeljack97]

I love this song! I used to really love it when I was a kid. It sounded like he was singing with more emotion than he was showing in the vid. Great song!

[@JeffKellySophie]

I was a senior in high school, and this was my favorite song for like a month! The house dress thing was a fad for a while for we bohemians back then! We put frumpy dresses on with army boots, lots of necklaces, etc! I ran into Neville on the A&M studios lot in L.A. exactly 10 years later doing some work, and I was absolutely star-struck. He was just in this normal car, but looking cute as ever!

[@mrk76it]

1986!!!! 22 anni che non vedevo questo video....

[@deduero]

I tend to call them "Guilty Pleasures"! I know what you mean, and I run the gammit from A to Z in my crazy taste! I've come to make peace with mine too, and admit to my love for the 80's and early 90's music. Cheers! ; )

[@alldat06]

I recently heard something new from him...he does alot of cover for tv movies and commercials. He's actually singing on one of the Cambell's soup "Hummmm good" comercials!

[@Misiti15]

he has written and produced a lot of songs. Even some songs in the High School Musical movies.

[@chizmo7]

Her name is Bree. Not sure of the spelling. She had her own band back then (all female I believe). They used to play at Sash in Studio City (L.A.). I met her a few times. Great singer and drummer. Not sure what they are doing now. Exciting days back then.

[@lewood1204]

that brings me so many falshback. thanks a lot for sharing, you've made my day.

[@AcousticUplift]

Oh yes, what a tune! Straight out of my childhood. I remember my 4/5 year old mind, not yet introduced to French thought he was singing 'Say lovey'. Ha, good times.

[@rayva1]

He was performing at the oil mill? Haven't heard this song in ages. I think this was the only one hit wonder that Robbie released in '86. I never heard another hit from him again after C'est La Vie.

[@bluegalant]

23 years later and it's still the jam!

[@deadwoodmountain]

Love it....love it...great memories, 1986 /1987 and I was getting a lot of game back in those days. Life was good back then.

[@AphroditeEros33]

luv this song!! Lucky once I saw him walking on the takeshita street, Harajuku^^ Thanks for posting this vid^^

[@GatorGirl04]

Man this is an underrated gem for sure. Robbie has certainly proven himself as an industry veteran with the longevity he's established as a writer and producer. But damn he has a fantastic voice and he's a dope musician too. Not too mention he was really fine ;-) It's too bad his career didn't take off the way it should have....he had the chops for sure. I'm glad we get to enough the work he did release though. It's GREAT stuff...

[@igacho]

37 years ago I was deeply moved by this song. From a Japanese fan

[@deescolts]

I loved this song from the very first time it debuted on MTV and cannot understand why this did not become an instant hit!!!! Lyrics are amazing and he isnt bad to look at either I might add....!!! Since it came and went on the airwaves I have won a few bucks at bars when they use this song for their name the artist contests!! Great song and video!!!

[@colbs237]

Oh man I love this song! Onlydebster, your response is classic. Does anybody have his cover of Tell Me Something Good? Man I love the 80's sooooooo much*

[@ronfrankl]

Her name is Bree Howard. She had a brief moment in the spotlight after this and played on a couple of tours for major artists. After that? No idea.

[@eggsmokehouse]

I have tried to find this song for years and now thanks to you, I found it. Thank you, thank you....Great song.

[@KowalskyLeon]

I like this girl which is playing on drums and yelling to the microphone very much..

[@JHatch65]

Classic jam! He had such a great voice - totally underappreciated. Reminds me so much of Howard Hewett's voice, who was the lead singer for the R&B group Shalamar.

[@rommelpuno2007]

que gran tema amigos de la web desde el Peru escribo viva los 80s C'Est la Vie

[@starkid77]

Robbie's got at least two hits, and I'm about to listen to Wot's it to ya next!

[@waynec38]

mannn,this song kicks ass! great beat,lyrics,visuals..it just the perfect version the song

[@phillynash]

Robbie Nevil has SO MUCH soul!..Wooo! And the girl singin' the hook is KILLIN' IT!!!

[@airbrat]

Awesome song! Yet another reason why the 80's > *

[@quigleybrown]

I found this single down at the Goodwill last week (no photo on cover). I got a big surprise when watching this. I assumed he was black.

[@rommelpuno2007]

ok very good que gran tema de los 80s aca en el Peru me hace recordar mi adolescencia

[@gingudo]

en las emisoras de radio de mi pais no me querian decir quien la cantaba....egoistas...pero gracias al internet y youtube , logre encontrar esta excelente cancion la escucho todos los dias y no cansa.....eso si es musica.

[@fluentinjapanese]

Aaahhh... the joys of beautiful women dancing at oil wells.. nostalgia here I come.. except that I never did. Wait a sec.. dang.

[@thegrammarfairy]

"C'est la vie" means "That's life." You can hear it in the background of the chorus: C'est la vie, c'est la vie That's just the way it goes (That's life) Oh yeah The Grammar Fairy

[@Stelios80s]

80s was the coolest time ever and this song incorporates perfectly the best decade ever. Thanks for sharing it !!!

[@Mahlercougar]

Oh Robbie!! I love this song! I totally started HS in 1986 and this vdeo bring me back to those times when the 80's music Rules. I still think it does. Ive been listenign to this song for years and Robbie and the music are still hot! I vaguely remember the video and I have to say Robbie looks...bored *giggle* but its still cool. Whats he doing nowadays? I know he writes a lot of music for artists but thats it. And *WHO* is the Girl that sang the hook in the song"C'Est la Vie!"?

[@evelkidnievel]

Wow great song, great singer.. . 80's videos are hilarious.

[@SeisanStnc]

THANK YOU for posting this video! GOD BLESS YOU! I haven't seen this video since the 80s. Good grief some of those women are sinfully gorgeous.

[@NativeMoon]

OMG I still love Robbie and this song! Thanks so much for posting this! You wouldnt happen to have 'Dominoes' would you?

[@hevyonez97]

my favourite song of the 80's, not to mention 1986!!! my freshman year of high school was made so much better after that song came out and seeing him do this on "american bandstand"!!!!

[@GatorGirl04]

Dropped off the radar? The man is one half of the songwriting team for Disney mega hits Hannah Montana, HSM, Raven, and the Cheetah Girls. He's worked with dozens of other artists such as Beyonce, Christina, Jordan sparks, Jesss McCarthy, etc. He hasn't gone anywhere. He's always been a songwriter and a musician. Even though it was a hit, this song doesn't nearly garner the kind of attention now that plenty of other dance songs of the 80s do. Besides it's just my opinion.

[@SeisanStnc]

Am I the only one who pauses this video at the 2:17 mark, and goes into a deep, deep trance? Man I loved the 80s!

[@Stelios80s]

This song simply belongs to the crem de la crem of the 80s decade, its music from a different galaxy, years of light distant from todays crap !

[@ELLUILOU]

dammmmnnnnnn this song takes me back...love it the 80s rocked

[@NJNupe1911]

WOW!! This was a MAJOR R&B hit back in the day!!!!!!

[@chazza234]

More Great Classic memories!!

[@kelbirdykooks]

i dont remember robbie being so handsome!

[@Stelios80s]

I know that I am repeating myself here but one thing is sure about this song: IT SIMPLY BELONGS TO THE CREM DE LA CREM OF THE 80S DECADE, ITS MUSIC FROM A DIFFERENT GALAXY, YEARS OF LIGHT DISTANT FROM TODAYs CRAP !!!

[@SalvatoreCalajo-t6h]

1986 quando ero con la mia amata per sempre LINA

[@calamaya48]

The drummer was Brie Howard (now Brie Darling) Formerly with Jimmy Buffet, Carole King, American Girls, Robert Palmer, Bruce Willis (sp?) Fanny and a bunch of others that slip my mind right now. Her latest: Boxing Gandhis.

[@19781978ism]

i heard this song the first time stepped in a gay disco in B.A. the name was AREA. I did really fell great dancing it

[@Goldenduskphotography]

you are soooo awesome for posting this. i've been looking for this video everything i've come on youtube. thank you

[@bumbleandprincess]

"C'est La Vie" is a popular song by American singer Robbie Nevil from his self-titled debut album in 1986. Written by Nevil with Duncan Pain and Mark Holding, it was first recorded by gospel singer Beau Williams for his 1984 album, Bodacious!. Nevil's version spent two weeks at #2 on the U.S. singles chart in January 1987 and remained in the top 40 for 16 weeks.

[@davestewart2067]

What kept it out of the top spot? Am guessing Madonna or Michael Jackson

[@Indiegirl007]

I kinda have to agree with you. But damn, his voice is FUNKY. SING, boy! XD Sing your little heart out. XD

[@Stephcsz]

Still love this song!

[@joshyt1978]

I have to agree MovieCritic83, if only! A timeless piece of music!!

[@NativeBostonianKP]

Oh WoOOW ! I forgot how Hip this Song Is!!!!

[@gsotoaz]

This is SO 80's and he is SO damn cute!

[@StoliDark]

Thanx!! Been searching for that video forever!!!

[@coolsweetgroovy]

Love Robbie. Fast fact he has written songs for the high school musical movies

[@Indiegirl007]

I would have never guessed this was made in 1986. I thought maybe the early 90's.

[@aeriae42]

The drummer in the vid is Brie Howard. A great singer and drummer, however she didn't actually sing or drum on this recording :) The album was recorded on a different continent to where the vid was shot, one USA, one England. I also love the 'C'est La Vie' voice, but it's not Brie, and as for who it is, we can only hazard a guess at one of the credited female singers on the CD liner notes.

[@headley62]

I was in college when this song came out. I'm old enough to be your grandfather. Yikes!

[@KNIGHTJUMPS]

BENCH MARK FOR THE 80'S

[@waveman73]

The chick on drums/singing C'Est Le Vie is in the Critize video w/ Alexander O'Neil. Playing drums of course.

[@wildrufusrecords]

good song for these recessive times, eh? I have this 45, yep, with the picture sleeve.

[@jmar1973]

Yeah,that was the remix..I've been looking for that one too...It's the version they would play on the R&B stations,lol..

[@stephanbol3151]

Used to play this lots when i was a dj at our local ice rink

[@bluegalant]

Woo! This took me back!

[@texasbmwmom]

This song got me through college! :)

[@SamuelGriffin-zt1ze]

Wanna take a trip back to the year 1987 and never look back

[@nebbywoo]

Hey JJ, don't you know, when you're down there's just one way to go...