Saint Etienne Nothing Can Stop Us Now

[@robquayle1677]

Who’s still listening in 2023?? Absolute tune and much forgotten band. Perfect summer tune

[@celestewilliams5904]

Right here. Right now. ❤

[@robquayle1677]

@@celestewilliams5904 Love that

[@robquayle1677]

Spiritualised fan? Another forgotten band by many unfortunately.

[@celestewilliams5904]

I am, as it happens! I've been playing them to various peeps. Gotta spread the word of the Spaceman. Seen them twice this year; 7/8 times altogether. Still room for more. 😎

[@robquayle1677]

@@celestewilliams5904 decent taste in music. Love the trip hop that came from Bristol

[@2FUNNYMIKE]

Today I found an old cassette in a box that's been stashed away for years. I loved this group back in the day. I didn't know anything about them but the music was awesome

[@DJProfessorDan]

“Nothing Can Stop Us Now” like “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” before it, sounds less like a song, and more like a hazy nostalgic daydream containing snippets of musical memories from Bob Stanley’s childhood. I assume his parents played a lot of Dusty Springfield and Lulu records. The soothing sounds of Sarah Cracknell whispering sweet nothings about touching your hand and smoothing out the rough edges was one of the coolest sounds of 1992. What is it about English girls talking on tracks that always sounds infinitely cool? A few years later “Nothing Can Stop Us” would be covered by Kylie as the B-side to “Confide In Me.” Which made sense… Sarah Cracknell was basically the indie Kylie. "Nothing Can Stop Us Now" is a 9

[@elenick625]

Oh the 90's! The greatest decade for music. Change my mind.

[@nastroazzuro2697]

The eighties 🙋‍♂️

[@nancys2574]

Whatever era you were age 13-23 is the best.

[@rochskier]

This is yet another piece of pop culture that feeds into my theory the 90s were largely an echo of the 60s.

[@luckysembry5508]

Quite possibly one of the best pop songs ever recorded, period.

[@manusia319]

Amen

[@andrewdouglass1427]

It's so rich. It's so elegant without being stuck-up. Sarah...OMFG she's SO PERFECT for this! And yeah, I did buy the t-shirt;) I have maybe three friends who appreciate it and that's fine by me.

[@DanielJimenez-uu9yl]

Absolutely!!

[@brianmchugh3757]

Can’t disagree. It’s like a 90’s updated sound of prime 80’s Bananarama. I was blown away the first time hearing this and I still am.

[@chrismorrison3696]

Saint Etienne are such a great reminder of why it is so wonderful to be alive.

[@thomasfranco5997]

I think they should bring back this classic for today. It is a beautiful song for the youth of Today. I am 67 years old, and I call this a Classic for Saint Etienne. Love their other songs also.

[@shocked1991]

Check out the Kylie version too

[@luckysembry5508]

​@@shocked1991the Kylie version isn’t a patch on Sarah Cracknell s version in my view.

[@PhullImage]

You are right: this is a particular 90's Brit Vibe: unique. This is us. This music, good music, is forever.

[@VGBNDGRL]

In case you ever wonder “who knows if anyone will ever read my comment”, it’s my favorite pastime to read how much a song can take someone back to their past. just discovering this song as a young 20-something yr old 💛

[@anthonyescalante2361]

Anna I love reading people's comments about the memories they have or finding the song for the 1st time ❤️ 80's and 90's were a great time for some amazing music. So keep jamming and dance like nobody's watching 😁💯🎶🎶🎶

[@davidcassels7312]

Used to hear this from the final year student's at Edinburgh college of Art. So inspiring to me. Fantastic

[@paulvanreesch2493]

This song reminds me of a friend who played many things I wouldn't have appreciated as a snotty, adolescent punk rocker, in Metro Detroit, in the late '80s. He was the first openly gay man I was friends with, which is noteworthy for the time, my age, and location. This one is still a favorite of mine, now I'm going to cry 😢

[@celestewilliams5904]

@@anthonyescalante2361 I agree, wholeheartedly! ❤️ I'm gonna see them live for the first time EVER in November. I cannot wait! 😎

[@AUBERGINEize]

The comments mean as much as the content …if not sometimes more ☺️☺️😀😀🙏🏻

[@natureclips5849]

Every child should listen to this it should be on national curriculum

[@antonio8897]

I played this heavily in college from about 1992 to 1995. A real gem from the 90’s.

[@bganonimouse2754]

Me too. Sparks happy memories of maybe the best period of my life - how the future felt so full of promise!

[@yvesbodson7230]

Ouh, comme on sent la provenance, mais d'où...mémoire collective, one more..mais funny...😂

[@originalindiechick7999]

I loved this in the 90’s and always felt the 60’s vibe. Now it’s pure nostalgia for both 😭

[@noelnasty]

I did 8 months in Chelmsford HMP, I remember my first week in prison this was on loop on some TV station, this song will always stay with me.

[@elizabethbell4697]

A gorgeous tune from the summer of 1991.

[@jamiedavies4545]

Its Jamie Davies I love this song its awesome and amazing Elizabeth Bell. Will you be my friend please Elizabeth Bell my mate?

[@jellooowith3os]

Even when it was raining they made the sunshine.

[@myyotub111]

it was 30 years ago and it seemed that nothing could stop us, so many things got lost since then

[@randomdotdotdot6880]

Being old and remembering when this was released brought me here.

[@traffic71]

Absolutely. I was 21 when this came out. First heard it round a mate’s place who just got his first house share. Listened to it all summer, playing Sonic and Micromachines on the Sega Megadrive and getting stoned!! Happy days. PS still fancy Sarah Cracknell.🥰

[@clivemason1280]

Had this album on tape playing it on the beach in Kos Greece back in 92 and we had German, Italian and Dutch people coming over to us and saying they had never heard anything so good and who was the band, gave the tape to some Germans on our last day and they were over the moon, great album and still play it and never tired of hearing it. Saw them live playing at Newcastle uni in 92 and they were supported by Pulp.

[@reidbennington8063]

thinking of you

[@irvybear]

I had a similar experience at Phoenix festival in 1994. I headed like a moth to a light to some folks playing this late at night and had to ask what it was. Made some nice friends and went back home to Newcastle with some amazing memories and a C90 copy of Fox Base Alpha.

[@robertrafford6068]

Fox Base Alpha just brilliant.

[@JustMe-xz2ls]

Wow, I discovered Saint Etienne the same way!!!! I went over to some people and just HAD to ask them! It was unlike anything I had EVER heard! This was in 1998 I beleive.... their Good Humour album

[@kostasprotopapas9324]

super my friend

[@hugostieglitz238]

I was 16 years old and it was summer!!!🤩.we’ll never get those days back….😪😪🤧🥰

[@maddyweavers3185]

Absolutely the same memory. x

[@maddyweavers3185]

@@hugostieglitz238 I was on summer hols at 17, carefree, the summer seemed hot and long and full of adventures in my new mini (an old banger). Wonderful days. x

[@maddyweavers3185]

@@hugostieglitz238 Yes, it was £400 and falling apart :)

[@hugostieglitz238]

@@maddyweavers3185 .. I had a Mrk 1 escort.. parked it on a hill, was the only way to bump start it..

[@maddyweavers3185]

@@hugostieglitz238 Hahaha. Great times. :)

[@teresagomez2109]

Brings me back to 1990's. Heard this song on KROC radio station.❤❤❤

[@thomasfranco5997]

I am from Los Angeles, Ca. I loved Saint Etienne's Only Love Can Break Your Heart. We had a radio station that was called MARS FM. They played many of their songs. LOVED IT. I wish it was still around.

[@YourFunkLord]

Sarah was so good as a guest vocalist on Saint Etienne debut album they made her their permanent vocalist.

[@gabrieldominguess]

I heard this for the first time recently. It was a sunny sunday and i was riding a bike in sao paulo, after many months in quarentine. I fell in love imediately. It made me feel nostalgic about the 90s and i was born in 1989. But i remember being amused by the underground adults parties and songs and clubs. Hope i can dance to it in a crowded dancefloor one day.

[@nealmcclelland]

What a lovely story

[@LuisDiaz-zr2vs]

A song recorded in the 90s, but that somehow takes me to the 60s. Superb!!

[@MrDLOC11]

Great use of Dusty Springfield's song & the iconic Hal Blaine drum break 💞👏🔥👍🎶🎵

[@neilg2640]

Yes, "I can't wait to see my baby's face" an amazing Dusty song that should be more recognized.

[@paulwells411]

What Hal Blaine Break is this ?

[@thanew]

This is such an upbeat song. Really helped me through some hard times in the early 00's after I heard it on a compilation cd. Always helps motivate me every morning when I know it's going to be a rough day at work, or through any hard time.

[@squid2400]

why is work rough for you

[@paulph12002]

This was one of my favourits songs from FoxBase Alpha. i loved that album😊 and it reminds me so much of the simpler and better days of the early 90s

[@VERTAIR7]

From the United states of kma...Lol some of you will get it...30 years later in 2022 Fox base Alpha was my favorite CD for a good while. It's still in my Top 5 lifetime Fave albums & I'm 59. I had a group of friends mostly I worked & partied with, went to dance clubs early rave scene & just loved every song on FBA & usually pushed replay, especially on songs I really loved like Nothing can stop us now. Sarah Cracknell was & still is one of my favorite vocalists & I really admires Bob & Pete for their mixing talents. Fox base alpha honestly calmed me down during the 90's because I was into NIN & a lot of Euro & USA Industrial & grunge angry aggressive music so this was a nice change of mood & atmosphere

[@robertocastanon6099]

This song and the whole album brings back so many memories. It was release in 1992. The year of the L.A riots, my first love (emma) and my first car. I still have the cassett . First heard this song on Mars Fm los Angeles....i miss those days.

[@noelsamson876]

Same...chill songs for tense times in l.a.

[@susanneharaldsson8051]

The day before Christmas 1992 I bought the album. Forgot Christmas just listened forever and ever....so beautifully produced and the artists🙏🙏🙏love it!!

[@perthforme]

Foxbase Alpha ❤ I played it to death I was just 20 and had youth....better days....keep the faith 💕

[@traffic71]

Absolutely. I was 21 when I first heard this at a mates who had just got his first house share. Spent the whole summer listening to this, playing Sonic and Micromachines on the Megadrive and getting stoned. Happy days 👍👍👍

[@magma41158]

Well I wasn't born when this came out (1998) but I did listen to this album in my 20's as well. (Like during the summer of 2020)

[@reidbennington8063]

I am thinking of you Jimmy, all these years later.

[@davidellis5141]

What A Glorious Song ! 🎵

[@teresagomez2109]

Heard this song on KROQ in the 90's. I still love this song in 2024. ❤❤❤❤

[@rocknrollDoll89]

I love this!!! Makes me wanna relive the 90s so bad😍😍😍with a handsome guys by my side! Makes me dreamy, happy and nostalgic for the 90s!!!☺️☺️😍😍❤️❤️

[@traffic71]

By God absolutely. The 90s were the best. Young enough to enjoy myself and not old enough to start worrying about settling down. I had such a laugh. Lots of mates, a few longish term girlfriends, clubbing, holidays, drugs, great music and not a care in the world. O to go back 30 years and start again 🙏

[@reidbennington8063]

splendid

[@Unicornsandufos]

Such a positive tunne😢😊

[@curtisgangler5855]

Sarah Cracknell really gives an epic performance in this one

[@traffic71]

Still fancy the cracknell.

[@johnmothershaw4485]

A gem of a tune

[@RC-xo6et]

How did I not know this is Saint Etienne. One of those songs that's catchy instantly the first time you hear it.

[@vikster8980]

The Best of that Year!! Love saint etienne

[@allygator826]

This was my favorite song as a teen.. played it over and over again and still listen to today ❤

[@neilg2640]

The band that has touched my heart and soul the most.

[@sonnysal6484]

An absolute ♠️Ace♠️ track that brings back some wonderful memories

[@rnsrp2]

The r/OldElectronicMusic subreddit brought me here! 🔥 💣 💚

[@ReynaldoAbasr]

the 90's will come back with a twist of a 60's vibe in the mid 2020's

[@davidcassels7312]

Nothing can stop us. Live what you're feeling. It's being a rebel. The system is designed and developed to be destroyed.

[@salazartrejo610]

Increíble que está joya musical tenga ya 30 años. Y se oye tan actual como el primer día.

[@oskarh.alfaroo.6970]

La música es atemporal

[@mystic48209]

This is a long sought after gem. A delight to the ears. Bouyant and euphoric. The girl with a background vocals must be Irish. They are known for their higher note trimble beautiful voices. I LOVE IT!

[@mickymac6571]

might be wrong but I think i's Sarah cracknel overdubbed.

[@NOWtheband]

@@mickymac6571 - Yes, it's Sarah Cracknell singing lead and background vocals (She's from Chelmsford, Essex)

[@dirrty06]

Sarah is giving Debbie Harry vibes and I love it ❤ who’s still vibing to this classic in 2025?

[@martinbhoy]

Great track from a great album) Fox Base Alpha) and Sarah Cracknell to boot! 😍🇫🇷🇪🇺

[@damianmcdonagh7908]

I saw them live in New York back in the day. Great show.

[@boyb72]

Cant believe this is 30 years old! Around late 90's I remember when i was at a afterhour club in la near pico area called "Crystals" in los angeles. i was just slightly coming down off of a good ecstasy pill and this song came out when i was sitting at a bar. This song made me feel good and love life!

[@sergpie]

I’ve loved this song since my neighbors used to play it back in around 1992/1993. I also am dying to find out where those violins are in the background of the track; so hauntingly familiar, like from an old Italian movie... A sweet and killer tune.

[@a7c777]

Dusty Springfield - I Can’t Wait Until I See My Baby’s Face

[@roselynekhali470]

J adore ce groupe 👏👏👏🥲

[@phillipobrien5618]

Awesome. And so beautiful

[@olivergoad434]

my girlfriend said this was her favourite song and I hot dayum what a pick ! happiest memories to this song on sunny days!

[@soundpictures93]

thats a keeper champ

[@martincraig1830]

Perfect pop

[@a7c777]

The brass section at 1:20 makes me unreasonably nostalgic

[@WilliamGibson-c3j]

The passing of youth and beauty. A human beings prime is short.

[@ba1428]

So true

[@russellmahon6847]

So very true. That “prime” seems to come & go awfully quickly.

[@justinjay8771]

Simply beautiful...

[@Gilles-r7b]

Let s go the greens of saint etienne. We believe in you. The more strong this is the greens Gilles De little 🇬🇧

[@Rikiid_]

I remember hearing this in a commercial years ago and never got the name but my job used to play it. Glad I’m reunited with this tune😌

[@gamothnpanagiamou]

"Thank you, every, come on Give her a proper Liverpool hand, you can do better than that And now ladies and gentlemen, what you've been waiting for" I've come a long way You walked into my life I was tired, in love like a fool But I know it's gonna work out fine, yeah I've never felt so good I've never felt so strong Nothing can stop us now No, no I've heard some people say So wrong, oh, so wrong Do, do you want to know? It's true, the touch of your hand, oh I've never felt so good I've never felt so strong Nothing can stop us now I've never felt so strong I've never felt so good Nothing can stop us now

[@zetametallic]

+Tzam Showman I never realised it said: "Give her a proper Liverpool hand". I'm from Liverpool and remember being the ONLY person in my year at school that was into into St Etienne when that song came out. Most 15 year olds liked whatever teen band was popular I guess. I'm a bit chuffed hearing that line :)

[@gamothnpanagiamou]

+zetametallic heh faith in humanity restored after 24 years ;)

[@gamothnpanagiamou]

+zetametallic also nice that you realised that on random saturday night

[@hpritchard37]

@@zetametallic true la

[@andrewlim7778]

Beyond dreaminess

[@hushiex77]

Love everything about this song and humility and inspiring people who have won my heart over and over

[@ahrtproject]

Shared this song with a loved one

[@Takadananobaba1147]

This is amazing

[@Eragarev]

More wonders for my Xtreme 90s playlist.

[@Adamdow95]

The Marc Jacobs Daisy Love Aue So Sweet commercial bought me here.

[@Neverskiptheintro]

great music

[@jacktalavera8158]

Perfect!

[@linh811]

I love the directing in most of their videos

[@ragheadand420roll]

Divx rocked

[@karljayveejimpresbetero633]

absolute pop perfection

[@timstoddard4254]

I feel like we in 'Murica were cheated by not hearing stuff like this when it was originally getting airplay. Very nice.

[@neilg2640]

I first heard "only love can break your heart" on an SF station and was hooked circa 92. "Like a Motorway" was on The Boiler Room's jukebox in the Bowery. Tiger Bay tracks got much club play as did "Tell me Why" & "He's on the Phone." US mainstream radio is the worst and has been for many decades.

[@barryvisser9053]

So relaxed ❤❤❤

[@gillessinclair90]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@FRENCHYB2B]

Maaaaaaan I love this tune ❤️

[@lorrainekingsland5026]

Listen to Baby Washington’s I can’t wait to see my baby’s face, you’ll see how Sarah Cracknall’s love of northern soul influenced this song. Love this tho.

[@chrisfryer7081]

Something about this band when I hear there tunes I just switch off and I'm lost love it

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

I was 17 when this beauty came out effortlessly cool I thought I was anyway!!!

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

A beautiful vision of Britain thst never happened?

[@robbieshand6139]

Or a beautiful vision of Britain in the early 90s, back when we still had hopes and dreams, captured and preserved like a mosquito in amber.

[@colinwilson4609]

@@robbieshand6139 London Belongs to Me, another of their song titles, was also a 1940s novel by a writer named Norman Collins. Sarah, Pete and Bob seem like a fairly literate bunch, so I don't think that's a coincidence . It's not the easiest book to find, but it's definitely worth a read.

[@davidjones6262]

Love... just love

[@user-ni9sm3wq8x]

❤❤❤ Amazing Gilles De Dufief De Bretagne

[@susanneharaldsson8051]

"Would you like some sweets Willy"...Great album and so well produced😁

[@paultosie]

I’d like some ‘LSD’ 😘

[@fernandotrilles4452]

Great band

[@brixtonnick7727]

I made this video x

[@narinderdhanjal221]

Props to you sir!

[@davewelsh1280]

It is a wonderful video. tip of my hat to you

[@davidjones6262]

Love... I felt like she was talking to me I loved her right away.. but I think that that was the first time that I kind of knew that all of my screws aren't firmly run down. But I think that it was 1999... Blondie, Siouxie, and St Etienne all came to Detroit the same summer... And all of them were spot-on!

[@robertrafford6068]

Fox Base Alpha is just one of those albums.

[@supercerda]

Joya absoluta

[@hpritchard37]

All nighters soul

[@nikolassodiant2595]

Magique 💫🌿💫🌿💫🌿💫🌿

[@vicclesbaha2461]

Mother jeffing love this still ❤

[@BillyBigTop]

The cars still going just checked on DVLA 😁

[@bigdosser3222]

No way 😁

[@koont666]

So underated as a northern banger Dusty's samples oh yes .

[@damianmcdonagh7908]

What's the sample?

[@jasonfroggett1583]

Damian McDonagh Dusty Springfield “I can’t wait until I see my baby’s face”

[@khamyoiwhittaker4328]

Aretha thinks me

[@user-ni9sm3wq8x]

❤❤❤happy summer 2003 Let s go the the greens of saint etienne Gilles De Dufief De Bretagne Bzh ❤❤❤

[@Joplin-and-I]

1991 was a good year.

[@jameslafferty551]

J'adore

[@Powerneck]

Classic ❤

[@BrioaZ]

Finally found this song. I got it from the Marc Jacobs commercial, 😄💛

[@danademarco8840]

I did the same thing and I remember hearing this song when I worked for the Gap😁

[@ItsLloydM8]

Same 😉

[@christinecapaldi962]

Me too

[@sarahmeadows141]

Same here!

[@IFEGRIZZLY]

Me too, then I found their whole catalogue, now I'm a fan

[@sarajayne3832]

Memories 💛

[@matsa2620]

I don't know much about St Etienne since before (except I have a vague memory that a beautiful girl I knew put one of their songs on a tape she gave me, and that I lost). What more St Etienne tunes should I look into in particular if I like this one and Only love can break your heart? I mean, songs with the same general vibe.

[@wolframbluhm2555]

❤️❤️❤️