Simple Minds - Glittering Prize

[@dylendog]

Playing it now, blasting all my speakers out😅

[@stefjames95]

This song was so ahead of its time. This would hold up looking like it was released yesterday. Classic.

[@trevorbishop2653]

Brilliant 🎉

[@VaduzVaduz]

Esta Muy buena Música no conoce el tiempo.

[@Flo-mh3pz]

These days are very sadly missed...The song was definitely of its time... If you were around, you would/should know how fabulous this era of the 1980's were... Brilliant band ...

[@zachary5237]

Yes.

[@ajs41]

It's very 21st century in the way it just starts with hardly any intro.

[@krazystu1]

Jim Ker is an amazing lyricist...

[@alessandrofanelli441]

Great Band with this Great Song !!!!!

[@MarcioSilva-ssiillvvaa]

People are not capable of being this elegant anymore, what a boring world we have now.

[@robertoamorico2151]

The New Gold Dream album is eternal

[@anthonydale8243]

I'm always playing it, gotta possibly be my most favourite album ever, theres an air of romance to it as well as something otherworldly, absolutely beautiful.

[@JimSting]

Simple Minds are easily one of the best bands to come out of the 80s

[@AdamSandaver]

if not the best...

[@annastybeach9064]

err no :)

[@AdamSandaver]

@@annastybeach9064 so wrong it's not even funny

[@richardstokes3625]

Some incredible music from the 80’s.

[@javinhandley6554]

🤓Umm actually they came out in the 70's🤓

[@TheLiberalmark]

Glittering Prize by Simple Minds is one of the most underestimated songs ever. This song is a timeless , stunning ,true classic. A song combining deep mystique spirituality with creative beauty. This song will stand the test of time.

[@fornife5004]

I call it a leadership song

[@CBLounge2112]

FANTASTIC description of Glittering Prize and I couldn't agree more!! Cheers!!

[@Robcatist]

Yep and the rolling rumbling baseline 👌

[@martinrobinson714]

Absolute piece of class, totally timeless, never tire of hearing this song...❤

[@kassbrunsdon7444]

If you know then you know An Amazing song ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@stevemckenna2401]

Never ceases to amaze me. Over 500 people gave this the thumbs down. What planet are they from. They couldn’t have lived through the epic 80’s. This is wonderful music. New wave at its most glamorous. Period.

[@mickeyman4184]

Can't agree with you more, top man 😉

[@tammyisenmann4152]

Very talented and handsome artist!!

[@mackie32x4]

YES!! YES!! Vintage vinyl and Golden Disc in the village. Ahhhh the days of dirty hands and finding prizes in the bins!!! Never forget Glittering Prize remix in Tower Records played on ADS speakers!!!

[@FurNaxxYT]

"Some people don't like the song I like, lemme cry about it"

[@sexobscura]

I sure lived through it --- and clearly remember shocking rubbish like this scattered throughout the age

[@leprachaunzZ]

That bass line is just pure brilliance.

[@johnvanzoest4532]

Carries the song wonderfully.

[@TuckerGee]

That sound is my teen years personified. Forever 16.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

If memory serves .. and that’s a BIG if 😅.. it’s Derek Forbes and his very distinctive playing style 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@metalworx4765]

Great Fender Precision sound!

[@TheMusicianTom]

Derek used a chorus effect

[@defish7105]

I wonder if anyone had the same experience....when this came out in 1982 I spent so long trying to tape it off radio, but as the vocals came in some quickly I always missed it. So the version I've always listened to starts halfway through 'shine on...' ;-)

[@tapoi07]

2025. Still a brilliant bloody song. Who agree’s?

[@barbarasealy2185]

Me..B

[@2112TinTin]

Me!@@barbarasealy2185

[@marcanthony520]

2024! 🎉😂❤

[@kristineholcroft9163]

Listening in 2024 love it miss the 80s great times

[@TheBuff007]

Totally

[@lean79]

0:11 that Roland Jupiter 4 sound... omg. A classic.

[@dj17q]

I'm 48 years old, missed my 80s.....and Im listening to this in 2020.....join me wont you?

[@mikidjuka7585]

moi,j'ai aussi 48 ans e t je suis un grand fan de simply minds...long vie a toi cher amis...

[@pennybourke1111]

I'm 50 and here listening still! Love it 🙋‍♀️

[@elrenato82]

Yeah man! When Mp3 players did not exist I copied this song 3 times on a casette for my walkman and I played it when I was underway to the city to party. Those were some good times! Just riding my bike listening to this song while smoking a joint and then having fun with my friends and occasionally a one night stand.

[@dj17q]

@@elrenato82 One nigh?? Yyeeaaaaah baby you know what i'm taking about. Good times...

[@anjasmolders2013]

I am 57 ,miss the eigthies such great music greetings

[@eightiesmusicfan]

This song never fails to captivate with its soaring vocals, catchy guitar riffs, and irresistible energy. It's like a burst of pure nostalgia every time I listen to it.

[@bklarenbeek8570]

One of the best bands on earth, 81,82,83,84 is a masterpeace..it still touches your soul..

[@williamwallace5857]

MASTERPIECE- it isn't anyway.

[@paulvoisin]

New Gold Dream !!!

[@momma2angels]

I'm transfixed. Obsessed.💖

[@OldSethOnetooth]

One of the defining basslines of the 80's.

[@davek8427]

That baseline!

[@paulohenriquepizza3307]

The bass line is amazing!

[@robertjanssens2226]

For me is one of the best from simple mind… the base line, the drum, and the voice are simply incredible ❤❤❤

[@MrDunkiep]

So why is there no bad or drum in the video? Where's Derek and Mel?

[@kristineholcroft9163]

beautiful song

[@redknight1825]

Historians are now saying that the 80s will probably go down in history as the most creative and free time in history. Mankind peaked and it gradually went downhill ever since.

[@JosephPerrotta-db9xp]

I highly doubt that

[@JosephPerrotta-db9xp]

Sixties

[@StanBarkington-bt7fu]

Crashed is more like it

[@hungrydog6334]

Devo 😂

[@a.tanner8524]

@@JosephPerrotta-db9xpNo 80’s

[@Countrysidewonderer]

Artistic genius , like a great painting .

[@richardplume3212]

It doesnt fade

[@josedejesushernandez494]

I agree

[@MrNeotheist]

As an American teenager in the 80's I was flooded on US radio by Michael Jackson, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Duran, U2, Madonna, etc etc.. All fine music. I ended up buying "Once upon a Time" because it was on sale for 3$ and because of the Alive and Kicking video, Today Im 43, and Simple Minds are my favorite band, hands down....

[@stefanszepaniak4607]

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[@rebels42wynn83]

Coming from another kid growing in the 80s, this band like the others will always remain timeless and unforgettable.

[@shanemurphy2680]

Poison and skid row was my favourite us 🇺🇸 band ,this is more a pop music

[@bencurry5295]

i still have that on cassette 🤣 brilliant album full of life 🥳

[@vannjunkin8041]

I had to wade through the American 80s radio too.. we were shorted

[@vincentcassidy]

proper rock stars this band 👌 period 😮❤

[@annnaylor1839]

Christ im 63 years of age and the music from in 80's still makes my heart stir, full of expression and beauty. I too wish for that time, but alas time moves on and I for one will never see the like again.

[@grahamnaylor6697]

Christ im now 66 and my wife has the same name as yourself and she is the same age this is uncanny she didn't like this kind of music but I did I too wish to go back to the 80s brilliant hope your still about love

[@kennethpickeringsrensen9478]

Almost 51, and yes this was the golden age of music. Can´t get out of it, or won´t. There´s houndreds and houndreds of awesome songs from that time, and I keep on listen to them. No matter which type it is. Pop, rock, electronica or danish. It´s just impossible to decide what is best. Well some are better than other, but hey it ´s the 80s and you just have to respect how music was made back then. And I will forever remember it until I die. The only thing that scares me, is that the great artists from our youth now are disappering one by one. A little peace inside me break off, everytime one of them leaves us. Too bad but difficult to escape from. Hugs to all that might see things the same way.. -K from CPH/DK

[@andyjefferson2161]

Keep looking, its always out there

[@ceevee369]

I’ve got still a few years before the 6x arrives, but listening to these pearls just keeps me sharp. Still dancing on them New Wave tunes (at home ) like it was yesterday. We were blessed, teenagers of the 80’s 🙏🏻😌

[@cuchullain27]

It is what it is. It never really goes away.

[@legie6475]

Iconic SM .. brings back fantastic memories of leather trousers and watered down lager in the disco's. Still brilliant in 2024. If we could just be young again one more time. Love to all SM fan's ❤❤❤xx

[@Maricavdven]

If I could be young again, yes please. I would doing things differently, and telling my parents that I was not a boy, but a girl. (born in 64, so what did I knew?)

[@limetaste]

53 years old... this song will stay forever and ever related to my youth...🤟

[@belgrader6858]

happy 57 yo

[@Shadowx011]

Right on Brotha 😎

[@russellblevins706]

One of the best 80s tunes out there. The opening lines are classic.

[@markrogers7140]

I was an 80s 90s boy, at the time just thought it was “good” almost took it for granted listen to it now it’s fuckin amazing

[@briantyrrell5072]

90s No thanks, awful….(

[@markrogers7140]

@@briantyrrell5072 it wasnt an invite "Brian" who do u like ABBA

[@a.tanner8524]

Yes we did take it for granted at the time. It’s only now that we appreciate it because (in my opinion) current music is not good.

[@stephensaxby2820]

In my humble view one of Simple Minds finest but most underrated songs.

[@kirkdyer7294]

Definitely! Timeless classic.

[@richardnorth619]

I love this takes me back to being the sixth form bass line epic

[@frenkimizdrak2871]

Shine on, shine the light on me In all of my life so that much more I see In the light of his love In the light of reflection What a world this world Sometimes oh so it seems Eyes to the sky In the silver gift friendship Glittering prize Is the price of lost love They can remember quiet side of midnight They can remember attraction of fame Like a glittering prize I saw you up on a clear day First taking heart Then our last breath away Always came a time Time was by your side We were spending time We were staring out Catch me in a dream Captured all in heart We were spending time We were staring out Could there ever be Ever more than one Called an act of love Can you never stop? Shine on, shine the light on me In all of my life so that much more I see Like a glittering prize I saw you up on a clear day First taking hearts Then our last breath away Only on a clear day Coming in on our lives Only on a clear day Coming in on our life We can remember quiet side of midnight We can remember attraction of fame Like a glittering prize I saw you up on a clear day First taking heart Then our last breath away See it in the eyes Satellite sky We were spending time We were staring out Take in, take in more Endless breath away We were staring out Now we're staring in Could there ever be Ever more than one Called an act of love Can you never stop? Shine on, shine the lights on me In all of my life, so that much more I see Like a glittering prize I saw you up on a clear day First taking hearts Then our last breath away Only on a clear day Coming in on our life Always on a clear day This is the price of love Like a glittering prize Only on a clear day

[@synthwave7]

Simply brilliant !!! The industry don't make music vids like this anymore. Pity.

[@nikkiemery38]

I’m 38 and this is undoubtedly one of the best songs ever written! Takes me back to my childhood with my big brother. Some not so good memories but can still look back and smile ❤

[@emiliomartinezjr.1075]

Jim Kerr was so young and very charismatic in this video.

[@dennisoates3134]

2024 and still awesome

[@philgates5427]

Been listening to this song for more than 40 years. Love it. Simple Minds so many outstanding songs

[@jeanlucienpicard6732]

After so many years, more than 40 already, this still sounds as it was then, no trace of wear and tear. One of my favorite bands of all time and keep listening while I can!

[@gordonronald100]

Seen them last year in Edinburgh playing Princess st gardens. Tremendous

[@AntonelloAquilone]

My Golden Age ❤

[@SarahHarris-df2pw]

Pure gold ❤❤❤

[@richardplume3212]

Aha golden hair golden years

[@ZanBizar]

This album is one of the very best albums ever made. Pure. Period.

[@asboukcomfortable1670]

Keeps popping into my mind at work! Love this song! UK 🇬🇧

[@adamheron3313]

This track truly is a glittering prize. An absolute masterpiece.

[@Seasiatravels]

At their finest for me...

[@till7280]

For me New Gold Dream is THE perfect 80s Pop Album! I absolutely love it and this song is sooo great!!

[@keithsnyder2401]

I miss the 80s. Last great decade.

[@NorthernsoulBoy63]

Being Scottish and from the same era. I only appreciate now how good jim and simple minds are. I followed the northern soul world but proud of the minds Hail Hail Jim

[@danishskiwarehouse]

There’s not another song in existence that sounds like this.

[@LesFairall]

Happy 41st birthday Glittering Prize 🎉!

[@trevorbishop2653]

Brilliant 🎉

[@hozonkai9967]

42nd birthday 10 days from now!

[@31viennavox]

❤❤❤ Love this song!! Brilliant!! Perfection!! Amazing bass line, lyrics, voice!!

[@oAgoraphobic]

One of the best new wave bands period. The bass is amazing, the melody is etherical, so ahead in their music, a pure delight to the ears.

[@elizabethclemens7037]

No , the VERY BEST.

[@johndonson1603]

This isn't New wave music.

[@pauldonely8650]

The bass is awesome on this song - Derek Forbes was a brilliant bass player for Simple Minds, played on all their early songs from 1978-85.

[@samjones5885]

I Love You Becky! Forever and Always. Chase the Prize

[@Randomsmiles-y1e]

Not a single thumbs down!! This song makes even the most shittest times go away even for a few months ns

[@frodo261]

An underrated song that is actually better than the big hit "Don't you forget about me"

[@ufewl]

definitely, one of my favourite songs

[@robjones8292]

Way better!

[@davidbirks347]

Totally agree

[@kevinbridgman8701]

I think alive and kicking is there best with Promised you a miracle.

[@markzane8542]

Totally agree with you Frodo 👍

[@rainbowazumarill789]

Holy shit this song is turning 40 in 2 years. I feel soooo old. I'm only 24 and I absolutely adore 80s music and movies ;-;

[@christinejameson5221]

You have good taste

[@greeneyes8313]

Please don't think about yourself in that way. True and great music is completely timeless, the same like true and great artists. I also adore 80' music, for me this decade is extremely exceptional in every way. 💖

[@alejandrochavez9694]

I'm 25 and love 80s pop culture and technology. Greetings from Mexico city.

[@jasoncollins1702]

The absolute height of early-80's new pop. Does it get any better than this?

[@ibbobo5162]

I just love this tune - absolutely glorious - great piece of Scottish art.

[@ibbobo5162]

@Andy Mann yes - correct comrade!

[@sunshineofrays6977]

You have to mean Jimmy Kerr....he looks delicious 😋😍🥵🥰

[@clairenoon4070]

SM at their absolute tip-top. Liked them less when they became stadium rock.

[@darreng6030]

Aye

[@leighconnolly4753]

Irish

[@mclare71]

One of the greatest bands ever. New Gold Dream is a masterpiece. (And young Jim Kerr was in my teenage black book of gorgeous men)

[@maplady572]

When she opens the sarcophagus. ...😍😍😍😍😍😍!

[@1414yorks]

I don't recall Jim Kerr being a young girls heartthrob.Who else was in your black book?.

[@sebastianwelcome2080]

​@@1414yorkslol he he

[@francesconero1953]

By..gio..sss..primo..ciao.. Milano.. italy

[@francesconero1953]

By..gio..sss.primo.milano.italy.ciao

[@JR-pz6tv]

How great were the 80's... driving in the summer sun, while this amazing song was playing... no social networks shit around... just pure fun everywhere.... priceless decade !!!

[@richardplume3212]

Yes ha time is theif that never gets cought

[@Daryl1684]

Ah jus brought me back tht did 😊

[@thegildedagemadonnabe]

I prefer this song over Don't You Forget About Me.

[@jamesmorenz]

Absolutely!

[@lisakemp7352]

Both absolute gems 💎

[@bretttregilles3471]

I'd happily go back to the 80s and stay there for the rest of my time on this planet...mid 50s now...

[@markwatson4043]

Brett - You and me both mate ! - best years of my life . . .

[@brentchampagnie9130]

I would happily go back to the 80's and stay there. The best decade of music.

[@janewars8173]

Me, great teenage years .

[@richardhaywood4123]

I'll join you,think we'll need a bigger vehicle than a Delorean as I know a few more people that would go back too!

[@glamnesianouveaux2039]

Sigh, tell me about it. It has been heel literally since 1987.

[@nepaledb]

💖 yeah they were great last night at king's park, one thing off my bucket list, Jim killed it , missed them in the eighties, dig the " ohstrain" tag😎☮️

[@ASMRAlternative]

Jim Kerr looks so beautiful ❤ magnifique song and video ❤️

[@alistairbain5140]

Sublime...Simple Minds didn't get any better than this. I'll never get tired hearing it.

[@greymagick1]

A timeless classic from a band that deserves to be remembered more.

[@GoogleGood-bx5ps]

Not bad for some old Punk Rockers!

[@simonwalsh8546]

Simple Minds one of the best bands ever, so many absolute classics and a big part of the magical 80’s , so blessed to have grown up then 👍😎

[@neilhilton35]

I agree entirely Simon. We were lucky to have experienced it 😊👍

[@karenmiller1726]

Always on my headphones on train journeys, brilliant band,Jim Kerr is amazing🤩

[@daviddill5227]

I used to listen alternating between these albums along with Sparkle in the Rain over and over during HS in the early 80's constantly. These two albums Sparkle in the Rain and New Gold Dream. These are two of the best albums in the new wave genre of music. Simple Minds never ceases to impress me.

[@dreamwavemermaid]

Absolute magic! This song is the 80s. I get teared up almost every time it's just so magical. It's like I'm reliving nostalgia I never had but always dream about

[@SunshineClementine]

Take me, I'm yours, forever! I have no idea how to express my love for this music/song! Love! Love! Love! x

[@johnstairman4909]

80s rule I'm 54, glad igrew up in the 80s

[@debra1232]

You missed the '80s' party scene - hard-luck 🤣 I turned 17 in Feb '80 ... I'll forever be a true '80s' teen/twenty-something!!💥❤‍🩹💥

[@richardplume3212]

4561s my number ha i hav a beatifull grandson hendrix so krank it up n smile

[@richardplume3212]

4561z my number i lean towards 70s

[@andrewmaguire4476]

Derek Forbes bassline is absolute genius what a song I'm 54 and will never stop getting goosebumps to this!

[@photo80sjeff84]

Jim;So young and skinny 😄..."somewhere in summertime" was the first song I heard on KROQ fm California in 1982/83...been a fan ever since. ❤

[@jd49631]

Glittering Prize golden scenery, Gold by Spandau Ballet and Del Boy and Rodney painting the Chinese restaurant luminous gold. 1982 must’ve been a golden year!

[@richardgere9365]

Literally the 'Golden Age' of popular music. Just beautiful.

[@Underhills]

Jim Kerr - the inventor of the lowdance.

[@mike32605]

Like that 👍

[@billytruth6444]

That was Hayzee Fantayzee....

[@mike32605]

@@billytruth6444 oh yeah, John Wayne Big Leggy 👌

[@squarecreative7941]

A truer thing was never said!

[@annieh2900]

Who danced that way first the guy from kajagoogoo or simple minds?

[@a.tanner8524]

Oh wow, what a song. What memories.

[@bernardfarrell8453]

54 in July , my life was just about to get going in 1982 , simple minds and the associates were at the forefront of a brilliant musical year

[@garyharding5119]

Great song

[@michaelbockh7299]

Grew up with their brilliant music. About 12 years or so ago, the organisers of the Chichester real ale and jazz festival in West Sussex, England, managed to get Jim and the band along. Playing to just a few hundred people they were utterly fantastic. Without doubt a real night to remember.

[@tritosac]

Some of the best 80's rock and alternative music groups were from the U.K.

[@andrew80s]

Wow! Well done!

[@AdrianDeVore]

​@@tritosac Correct!

[@michaelbockh7299]

@@tritosac Three years on from your reply, thank you. My apologies for not acknowledging you before. Meanwhile, this track just keeps on giving. M

[@michaelbockh7299]

@@andrew80s Thank you. Am living in Ariège ,France now but Jim and the band tour this way and an hoping to catch them. ‘80’s, bloody hell!

[@pzuliomaccavellion9711]

Best bass in any mainstream song, ever!

[@jacoblongson6957]

Just seen these guys at Isle of Wight festival……absolutely incredible brings back so many memories back in the 80s

[@gregorynowakowski8960]

In 1982 I was a sophomore in high school and thought that glittering gold model was indeed a prize for any teenager. Now 53, she still is. Wow! This song gained greater significance to me as I went on the graduate from a midwestern school with an iconic gold lady atop a dome. Simple Minds is a musical treasure. Hail, Scotland and the City of Glasgow. Truly beautiful.

[@haleyslight]

Thanks 😊 from a Scot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@Etatdesiege1979]

I love the bass playing. Derek Forbes is great

[@garyheaton4073]

Simple Minds finest moment….2023 and still sounding superb!

[@salvog.9406]

I am 30 years old.. i’m discovering now Simple minds.. they take me in another world ❤️

[@JeffreyMilner-g2u]

I seen them in Dublin 1984 and 1986 as a teenager .... absolutely brilliant ... Sons and Fascination New Gold Dream and Sparkle in the Rain , my favourites .... enjoy !

[@JeffreyMilner-g2u]

Check out Love Song 👌

[@Pupatik]

Powerful bass

[@matthewblack7206]

Fantastic bass playing and tone.

[@revelever3201]

Derek Forbes is a bass god!

[@TuckerGee]

Always reminds me of High School. Awesome 80`s. Never be another decade like it. That bass and synth.

[@TheRoswellCode]

Me too............. even here in Australia.

[@GoodMrDawes]

Oh, that bass line!

[@nicolevogelaere8820]

always been my feel-good song 🌞⭐⭐⭐

[@HoratioFitzbastard]

Dat Bass.

[@violetbowie4567]

i think i'll just spend the rest of my evening playing this song on repeat.

[@ufewlufewlx605]

violet bowie lol I am on my third play already

[@ethericboy]

WELL nobody gives a flying fuck!

[@ethericboy]

Yeah? well cool dude just cool!

[@melinahartshorn9720]

i know rite! thats what im doing :)

[@PaulCarr1]

I am doing just that.... Again.

[@Hugo-py2ce]

the 80's were awesome.

[@bredamurray909]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@carlociullini1919]

hugo chavez you can say it, Hugo...! :)

[@ashton5160]

hugo chavez I wanna go back

[@kamap.4525]

The best music ever! The 80 ties!

[@LudwolfBeethozart1485]

the 80's music is the best music ever made in the history of human beans

[@x4dd]

Jeez i was 16 when i brought this single. Played it to death. My poor mother put up with so much !!

[@phd1181]

The highest of Simple Minds .Jim beautifull Kerr

[@ga-ow7yf]

One of the all time Greats.

[@aaronparson7149]

Wow. I'm so proud to be part of the 80's..

[@angeloserrano5812]

Me also

[@rebels42wynn83]

Me too! It was a very magical decade .

[@curecovers_x1976]

Lucky. I was born in 2006 and people make fun of me for liking proper, good music..because they have no life lol

[@reverseuniverse2559]

Aaron Parson Same here just like I’m glad I gave the 💯 th👍

[@arnaudronda2838]

Hallelujah! The 80s are definitely ours....brilliant!!