The Blue Nile - The Downtown Lights (Official Audio)

'The Downtown Lights' by The Blue Nile taken from 1989 album 'Hats'. Listen to the official full album stream of 'Hats' here: bit.ly/2syeVbN
The Blue Nile Official Website: www.thebluenile.org/
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#thedowntownlights #guitlyassin #taylorswift #thebluenile

[@potatogirl4075]

Guilty as Sin? stans where you at?

[@Tyblake02]

Best song on the album

[@kristinazubic9669]

We’re trying to stay awake!

[@gabizinah6145]

Im here. 😌✌🏻🤍

[@mirrorball1324]

My favourite actually

[@MultixEdits]

Here🙋‍♀️

[@ToshaYork]

Anybody here because of that Taylor Swift Lyric? lol

[@patrickcaproni8600]

this songs def about to blow up haha

[@edwindimaguila3817]

Omg yeeesss

[@cynthiat1034]

I had to know what she meant !!

[@schealex781]

So who sent this lyric?

[@jessakoop]

Same same

[@gildanonofyabiznez6430]

We declared The Blue Nile should be a bigger artist

[@chappellroanmemes]

we declared chappell roan should be a bigger artist

[@cloudyxsxies583]

@@chappellroanmemes yessss

[@LivingLegend0916]

YES!!

[@gildanonofyabiznez6430]

@@chappellroanmemes no

[@gildanonofyabiznez6430]

@@chappellroanmemes I mean yes but what the fuck does she have to do with this?

[@reubenroman8801]

To the Swift fans; do not hesitate to totally invest some time into The Blue Nile discography. You wont be disappointed.

[@sandib3793]

Already subscribed and love! ✨🔥💖🫶 Haven't heard this song before ✨

[@lexis4490]

I never heard of them, but this is totally the type of music I love listening to.

[@sandib3793]

@@lexis4490 me too!

[@JeanneBalaoing]

Have listened to several and saved the album. So glad I was introduced to this band.

[@lovelover4408]

Really enjoying the warm welcome from the Blue Nile stans!

[@tommym1966]

No problem with TS fans finding out about the Blue Nile. Welcome to the club.

[@ellengumayanbiboso9107]

❤

[@sandib3793]

❤

[@JeanneBalaoing]

Thanks for no shade. It's getting old.

[@lefauxdieu]

such a classic! love this one

[@RawPrincess818]

I totally forgot about this song till I listened to taylor swift! I'm so glad I did this song is so good ❤

[@irlcamila]

this comment section being so welcoming to the swifties is such a nice thing to see

[@JeanneBalaoing]

So very nice, and I found a new album to listen to.

[@LivingInElysium]

It's so incredibly wholesome.

[@Gaywatch]

I seriously expected a ton of whining, Blue Nile fans are so refreshing

[@irlcamila]

@@Gaywatch exactly!! i wasnt expecting them to be this kind

[@user-bn4jk8gn1k]

Taylor sent me here. you too? I'm an 80s kid, I don't remember this song. But they are making some nice money today with all the swifitie clicks.

[@kated9914]

Listen to Annie Lennox version. That's the one I remember from back in the day.

[@melanienelson1148]

They were not a mainstream band at all. You would have never heard them on the radio..maybe an independent college radio station.

[@Faribolesques]

I find a-ha vibes here :)

[@jacobr5627]

In all honesty, I'm not a Swiftie but I'm glad she referenced the song because Paul Buchanan from The Blue Nile is one of the greatest vocalists ever & it was sad to see him playing the lottery.

[@JillMandia]

80’s kid too. And I don’t know this song. But Taylor sent me. So here I am.

[@shellyree5708]

So I'm not alone, we are all here...Guilty as Sin!!

[@fabulousk8]

of course! i must do my research

[@alexaahern5972]

I see what you did there! 😂

[@CaitlinScott-tc5ex]

here from TTPD

[@zimzimzalabim]

you mean thanks to Matty

[@Alix777.]

swifties are the most annoying people in the world

[@jeffreymarra231]

​@@zimzimzalabimsort of ... I mean, he isn't the one that put it into a song....

[@zimzimzalabim]

@@jeffreymarra231 doesn't change anything I said.

[@jeffreymarra231]

@@zimzimzalabim you may have replied to the wrong post, mine didn't mention changing what you said

[@brightestblue19971]

To the Swifties discovering this song, welcome! Please do yourself a favor and listen to the entirety of Hats. It's an incredible album from start to finish.

[@JeanneBalaoing]

It is, and I thank her for the introduction. Doubt I would have heard it otherwise. Loving this album.

[@dbadagna]

And wow, the musical style of this song (tempo, bass line, chords, instrumentation) is so similar to that of "Fortnight," the opening song on Taylor Swift's new album. I think there may be some influence.

[@jhelamaea]

Finished binge-listening, I enjoyed it!!

[@aldo34]

100%.

[@TiffanyTeaLeaves]

🫡 Roger that

[@kyrelrosli]

The fact that this song was released on 1989??? Gurlll

[@brennaalholm1652]

That was not lost on me either…

[@pandalilpig]

gurllllllll

[@kromedome84]

What🎉

[@kromedome84]

Is this a swiftie only comment section? I wonder how many views are from us

[@odaraperazzorodrigues4245]

Once upon a time Matty Healy sent this song to Taylor, and here we all are

[@marigolden_mariposa]

and sampled it in the song Love it If We Made It - The 1975 "We're just left to decay, modernity has failed us And I'd love it if we made it Yes, I'd love it if we made it"

[@TiffanyTeaLeaves]

We are all attached to the invisible string 🫶🏼

[@starlucanyaart]

Oh sh...i have enough to see people putting blessings on this singer, while they were already known a long time before her! they absolutely don't need her: it's even swift that owe them this song! So stop, people, to always refer to swift, because it's all the contrary. Me i know this song, because contrary to most of you, i have learned to listen music by uncommon paths, and to avoid commercial and popular artists. One time again, the blessing should goes to the blue nile, not to swift...But if you would have made the effort to go above the normal way, and normal popular music, you would have known this music before. So it's blue nile that should be thanked, not swift

[@MollyisMean]

@@starlucanyaart Youre so annoying and it's important you know.

[@andreavaldez2859]

Girl it's not that deep. Please relax ​@starlucanyaart

[@SociallyDistantnow]

Pleased by the warm welcome from the Blue Nile fans 🤗

[@ashleysullivan6398]

same :,)

[@lefauxdieu]

“Drowning in the Blue Nile, he sent me ‘Downtown Lights’, I hadn't heard it in a while...”

[@laurahillard6593]

❤❤❤❤

[@tzking7640]

"My boredom's bone deep This cage was once just fine Am I allowed to cry?"

[@shoegazerproductions7706]

To those of you that discovered this because of the Taylor Swift lyrics: her giving these guys a shout-out is one of the coolest things she's ever done (at least in my book). The Blue Nile innovated so much. They have sadly become a footnote in popular music history. Their music can be a little challenging, but the technology and recording techniques they innovated in the 80s made a lot of modern music possible. True, they weren't the only ones, Thomas Dolby's work on Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen was another big deal in terms of digital and synth production, but The Nile made another giant leap with Hats. Please don't let these guys' music die with your generation! They literally made the production techniques that Taylor herself has likely used possible! Even if the style isn't your cup of tea, it's worth giving them a shot just to show appreciation.

[@Dolly19752]

I am an 80s kid and thought I had not heard them. Saw it was referenced in one of my favorite Taylor Swift songs off the TTPD album. Turns out my husband who is also an 80s kid has a few songs in his insanely long 76 hour playlist and turns out I have heard them before. Very cool vibe this song.

[@JeanneBalaoing]

I love this album. Glad she introduced me to it. Have listened to several songs now.

[@lovelover4408]

@@JeanneBalaoinghow have you had time, with 31 songs to memorize??

[@JeanneBalaoing]

@lovelover4408 Being semi-retired has its perks!! Sitting by the beach listening to all of this great music. Feeling lucky.

[@musically_insane]

Thanks a lot for sharing this music history! I'd never heard of them until the Taylor Swift song but now after reading your comment, I'm definitely going to check out The Blue Nile's music!

[@chairific6794]

I don't want to hear anyone complaining about people being only here because of Taylor Swift. I wasn't alive when the song came out and i'm glad i was introduced to such beautiful music.

[@caricaturafea453]

❤

[@stuarthamilton904]

❤

[@vincentbull]

❤

[@KBRoxyBB]

❤

[@rurubelle2920]

Any publicity is good publicity. I'm just glad more people are discovering great music.

[@w0000z]

am I allowed to cry?

[@aliross8744]

Are you able not to?

[@lanternwaste8361]

Yes bby girl. You go right ahead! 🖤

[@smelis6917]

🎵 I dream of crackin’ locks 🎵

[@sailonemyint7140]

Drowning in the Blue Nile He sent me ``Downtown Lights ´´

[@sarahbear7534]

Taylor sent me here, and it’s great! Thank you to the Blue Nile fans for being so welcoming! I hope some of you who have never really given Taylor a chance go check out some of her music now 😊

[@rachelstark2635]

Anyone else's favourite song Guilty as Sin on the TTPD album? ❤

[@felicette16]

Me, me, me!

[@EmilyJane-gk9hw]

One of many but it's up there atm

[@Este_13]

Yes, it's top 5 !!!

[@alexmac1999]

And with a swift stroke, Swifty introduces the world to one of the best bands of all time. The Blue Nile history is complicated. But for some of us, we have known about this for 40 years. They don't exist anymore. Paul Buchanan has a voice that makes grown men weep. I still remember Tinseltown in the Rain when it first came out. Which, for you newbies, is better than this

[@asbestosisgood]

Weep......more like Blub...I was in Saudi on a lonely suburb in Dammam..rooftop late 80's.. New Years Eve next block a lone piper struck up at midninght God I wept. 5 minutes later I hear the opening chords of someone nearby playing (a tape I guess) of Tinsel Town.... I wanted my mummy and my country. Scotland Finset getting a new audience Brilliant. Over The Hillside...give it a go........ hair standing here. Slange

[@cmcc3721]

Blue Nile don't need introducing. Been hailed as one of the best bands in the UK for decades....by anyone that's even remotely into music

[@sam_sa09]

@@cmcc3721shut up

[@davidlackey2711]

Amen to that - I’m 56 - had Rooftops in 83 - played Tinseltown yesterday and still lost my shit big time 😅

[@user-tu7zc8dk7o]

Hello Swifties! 👋 So pleased to hear TBN are reaching a new audience. "Stay - I will understand you" 😁 xx

[@aldo34]

Nice touch. And such a great track too

[@natanielhepacheco6673]

It WAS FIRST RELEASED IN 1989 IM FREAKING OUT

[@stu_saya]

She's a mastermind

[@RyannBarton]

@@stu_saya no she got this song from matty healy her ex bf who has stated in interviews that this band and this song in particular inspired his band. That whole lyric from taylor is about matty lol

[@RyannBarton]

@@stu_saya oh and the beat is also sampled in the 1975s song love it if we made it

[@melanienelson1148]

I found this album when I was in college in the early 90s and I was obsessed and played it on repeat. Now I'm an older Swiftie and I'm SO HAPPY it's getting more love. It's a wonderful album.

[@sofiarays]

Also she lives in DOWNTOWN Manhattan.

[@GumihoPL]

Taylor Swift is going to make this song famous in three two one...

[@meredithpugh7254]

I’m here b/c of Taylor Swift, but since I’m 54, I DO REMEMBER THIS SONG!!

[@susanturgeson836]

Same reason for being here...I'm 57 and I do NOT remember this at all

[@aldo34]

52 year old Scotsman and first generation Blue Nile fan here 👋

[@loribrown9204]

I’m 65 and don’t remember

[@tytell77]

Me too

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

You hadn’t heard it in a while

[@modestferan6203]

guysss, the ending of Guilty as Sin? is the beginning of The Downtown Lights 😩😩🤲🏾🤲🏾 Taylor's minddddd

[@erikavaleries]

Ommmmggggg

[@erikavaleries]

Is it sampled or just the same beats?

[@musically_insane]

Very very endearing to see how the old fans are welcoming the new visitors with so much zeal and incredible suggestions!! This is what music is about, sharing the joy and the experience! Also thanks to Taylor Swift, I just discovered an incredible new band!!

[@davidrose50]

The amazing thing about music is that you never know when it’s gonna have a second life… This group certainly deserves a rebirth.

[@StevieBluenoseScott]

Hello to all you Swiftys. 😊

[@barbmcculloch7010]

She obviously liked the vibe of this song. Thanks Tay.

[@dbadagna]

I think it may have had some influence (subconscious or otherwise) on "Fortnight."

[@ellabook15]

Any Swifties here yet?

[@kellymoran5774]

Yes ma’am

[@EssieSpring]

Since yesterday 😂 waiting for this to blow up

[@kristinazubic9669]

We’re all coming

[@hayleydevlindigital222]

Late to the party… but I’m here now & staying a while ❤

[@Beach_flower]

Yeah but I don’t like the song 😂

[@mastermind_13_13]

Its crazy that this song was released in 1989 Taylor swift really loves easter eggs doesn't she? she knew EXACTLY what she was doing by putting this in "Guilty as Sin?" Edit: wow I’ve never had this many likes Thank you!

[@brookesizemore1180]

Guilty as sin is such a bop

[@jessicabertram9401]

A solo bop! She bop!😂

[@melanienelson1148]

I am SO FREAKING excited that this song and band is getting more attention. I'm a Swiftie and a huge Blue Nile fan and I have loved this album for 30 years. It's a masterpiece. Thanks Mother!

[@JeanneBalaoing]

So very good, and I hadn't heard them before.

[@raghadf8881]

Tay tay sending swifties to a musical history class 🪩

[@andrwows]

WHAT MOST OF YOU SHOULD KNOW IS THAT THIS IS MATTY’s FAVE BAND AND THEY SAMPLED THIS SONG FOR THEIR’S CALLED LOVED IT IF WE MADE IT

[@Sabine_bouharfouche]

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK THIS IS WILD

[@kfl8d]

throwing up

[@sofiarays]

@@kfl8d I loved her with Matty and am glad he gets a whole great album!

[@marvel096]

And it was released in 1989?!?

[@sam_sa09]

@@sofiarayshe’s the smallest man who ever lived lol

[@aldo34]

I'm Scottish myself, and am old enough to remember buying this on vinyl when it came out. Classic album and a great, very much underrated band. The album this comes from 'Hats' is fantastic. This song is very much an ode to the city of Glasgow at night, in the rain. The city of my birth. So nice to see a new generation of potential fans!

[@JeanneBalaoing]

New listener due to TTPD, and I love this band. Have saved several songs to Playlist. Thanks for the info about origins.

[@aldo34]

@@JeanneBalaoing Pleasure, so glad you like it.

[@lokomaikaianelaproductions6839]

Because I’m Guilty as Sin I had to hear Downtown Lights. Thanks Taylor❣️

[@jackeeh6605]

Matty and Taylor sent me here. Thank you!

[@annoyed_sister]

Was here out of Taylor Swift curiosity but this song goes hard actually

[@absolutgemini24]

Who's afraid of little old Tay, ❤❤ she can use her power for good too, it's simple, ultimate in matches energy! She gives what she gets!! ❤❤ here we all are sampling this song, some for the first time. Guilty as Sin!!❤❤

[@AllanKoayTC]

Blue Nile songs are somehow perfect for the wee hours of the night, solitary soliloquys for the lonely. Paul Buchanan is the ultimate urban poet of the late night.

[@EVERTONFC.]

Is right

[@vivianrauhl]

vero

[@JoeBlow-vh7zo]

Correct. A great description of the man, his music and this song. Bravo.

[@mikenealon4042]

^ what allan koay said ^

[@royspeirs7119]

Always ♥

[@shreyapandey376]

Damn Matty Healy has good taste in music

[@cwonderment]

I love when one artist sends you on a magical journey of hearing what you haven't heard, seeing what you haven't seen, and knowing what you didn't know. Memories shared, legendary. Downtown lights reminds me of sitting atop a hillside overlooking the city as much as it reminds me of an early morning walk before daybreak. Peaceful, hauntingly beautiful.

[@richardmorton5650]

To all you 'newbies' listen to 'LET'S GO OUT TONIGHT'

[@eleece123]

Wow, thank you so much for the suggestion. I just listened to it and it's such a beautiful song!

[@sunriseblvdluv]

he sent me downtown liiiiights I hadn't heard it in a whileeee

[@nites90]

Im a 33-year-old coaI miner. I was on night shift when i flicked the fm radio on and heard this song. I was out cleaning up on the dozer after a rain event around 2am. I never felt more alone but yet more comfortable and at peace. This song triggered emotions i thought i never had. Such a world putted song. I was glad i volunteered to go out that night to clean up 😊. I wish more people would listen and appreciate the magic in this song. Have a great ine everyone.

[@filmneye]

Thank you for sharing your experience of this song, which I could really relate to.

[@jamesjenkins81]

WE do, it is a beutifull song, enjoyed by lots.

[@jille659]

Such a beautiful song! 🧡🤍💚❤️💛💙💜🩷🩵❣️

[@asbestosisgood]

suggestion... Over The Hillside ......makes my eyes mist and I "soar" over Scottish Hills and Lochs whenever I listen coomercial ..gotta be Tinsel town In The Rain never out of my box way back when I was a club/pub DJ

[@sandib3793]

They are now ✨✨✨

[@disaster1105]

Taylor Swift reminded me of something that I once loved but over all of the time and all of the space since then, I'd forgotten about... It feels familiar and comfortable like coming back home

[@duketheclown3380]

I went to school in Glasgow in the late 80s. I bought this record in '89 from the HMV on Argyle Street. It is a desert island disc for sure. I can't actually pit into words how important "Hats" is to me and my memory place. When I hear these songs I'm 15 again, falling in love with that city and my first ever girlfriend, my best friend and Scotland. Sublime.

[@kamakirinoko]

Weird . . . Glasgow is one of those places whose name evokes incredibly complex images . . . and music. This music sounds like what a Glasgow band might do . . . like Prefab Sprout . . . I WISH I COULD ENTER YOUR MIND TO SEE THE MEMORIES YOU HAVE . . .

[@kamakirinoko]

Oh, and I forgot that band Deacon Blue, and their album, Raintown . . . check it out!!!

[@duketheclown3380]

@@kamakirinoko Oh Raintown (and all of Deacon Blue's early records) is up there with The Blue Nile. Brilliant stuff!!👍👍👍

[@davidkeith9015]

Iam 65 years of age and a Glasweigen and Blue Nile were a part of my growing up

[@Lerch-zc3ww]

I'm from the states, went to a rural college in the 80's....but you put it perfectly.

[@Starbuxlvr1313]

Imagining Taylor listening to the lyrics makes me that more emotional! Must be special to her so it’s instantly special to us!

[@Meela723]

As a Swiftie, thank you for the warm welcome : )

[@foxbasealpha]

Taylor fans, listen to Blue Nile’s first album, A Walk Across the Rooftops. In particular, their song, “Tinseltown In The Rain”.

[@hje4298]

I listen to the whole album. I don't know if those sounds were common back then, but I think their sounds are very interesting and fun! At first listen, my fav is heatwave. It's gonna live rent free in my mind for some time👍 btw thank you for the warm welcoming!! It's something swifties don't get much😭

[@aldo34]

@@hje4298 As someone else has said, 'Stay, I will understand you'

[@aldo34]

And don't sleep on the later albums 'Peace At Last' or 'High'. Both are excellent.

[@samairasingh]

Why did I expect to hear ‘drowning in the blue Nile, he sent me downtown lights’ lol

[@lailarose4418]

I can see why this is Matty Healy's fave song hes def used it to inspire alot of his work

[@rescue3878]

I've loved this song since I first heard it around 1989.

[@rmsc9127]

In my 40s and I love lots of 80s music. But I'm only here because of Taylor, because unfortunately I've never heard this before.

[@tigersfan14]

Here cuz Matty sent me this song. Hadn't heard it in a while.

[@jackeeh6605]

🖤 🤍

[@hassanmalik8190]

😭

[@lalala_la16]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hayleydevlindigital222]

😂😂😂

[@goodvxbez]

Love seeing peoples curioisity and appreciation of music help them discover "new" things (me included!) Thanks to this fanbase for being welcoming and encouraging!

[@BenMcMullan13]

Here because it's one year since my wonderful Father left this world. Had the pleasure of seeing them live at the Belfast Opera house with him years ago ❤

[@maxicarewithmj]

Swiftie here and I'm loving this ❤

[@curly_wyn]

This has to be the single most 1989-sounding song I’ve ever heard in my life……and it’s amazing!

[@kennynguyen6530]

OMG Thanks to mother Taylor now The Blue Nile is here in my life

[@laurahillard6593]

❤

[@kilgoretrout321]

I've been trying to get people into this band for awhile. What an odd world we live in that Taylor Swift will make that happen

[@MimiBelle-kx9tn]

Midas touch

[@dbadagna]

@@MimiBelle-kx9tn She did the same for Destin in the Florida Panhandle.

[@jamilboufarah]

Drowning in the Blue Nile… yes!

[@ghostlyauroras]

I am amazed at how perfectly well you can sing guilty as sin over this song, the rhythm is perfectly in sync, i can see how taylor couldn't get it out her head and it became the soundtrack to the emotional affair she describes in her song

[@radioguitarra420fm]

Sometimes I walk away When all I really wanna do Is love and hold you right There is just one thing I can say Nobody loves you this way It's alright Can't you see? The downtown lights In love we're all the same We're walking down an empty street And with nobody, call your name Empty streets, empty nights The downtown lights How do I know you feel it? How do I know you feel it? How do I know you feel it? How do I know it's true? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's alright Tonight and every night Let's go walking down this empty street Let's walk in the cool evening light Wrong or right Be at my side The downtown lights It will be alright It will be alright The downtown lights Yeah, yeah How do I know you feel it? How do I know you feel it? How do I know you feel it? How do I know it's true? It's alright It's alright The downtown lights Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah How do I know you feel it? How do I know you feel it? How do I know you feel it? How do I know it's true? Yeah, yeah, the downtown lights The neon's and the cigarettes Rented rooms and rented cars The crowded streets, the empty bars Chimney tops and trumpets The golden lights, the loving prayers The colored shoes, the empty trains I'm tired of crying on the stairs The downtown lights Yeah, yeah

[@octoberlianr.4030]

That's a great song ever!!!!

[@adavidglasper3983]

@@octoberlianr.4030 hello. Thats. Right. !

[@Bobbii9999]

I always thought it was "The neon signs, the cigarettes" but now I'm not sure sure

[@drewbordon4461]

David Draiman of Disturbed praised TS for her song writing and as a fan of Blue Nile he isn't wrong, she gets it. Good on you TS for bringing your fans here, check out Blue Nile's back catalogue you won't be disappointed 🎶

[@murmurmur5409]

This song is one of the few thing keeping me sane these days.

[@davidananey4227]

Same here, along with Let's go out tonight

[@lindasgarrison]

Me too for the last 25 years.

[@germangarcia8715]

Good choice

[@michaelcunningham3540]

Enjoy

[@davidkeith9015]

Same

[@partygiry67]

She’s referencing Mattys favorite band. 😊

[@CoalMiningPolak]

One year ago, this weekend, this beautiful song played at our wedding reception, at a 1920's mansion in the heart of Chicago. My new wife and I were outside together at night, with the lights twinkling and illuminating the grounds. The guests inside, as we held each other and this song played softly in the October Chicago night.

[@wwonka52]

Wow! very tasteful.

[@EAB311]

That’s so beautiful. Happy for you!

[@dommccaffry3802]

Ca'nt think of anything more beautiful.

[@markm9360]

We shared this one at our reception, too. Cheers!

[@princesstanya3918]

JUST BEAUTIFUL

[@NuOrder11]

This entire album is a masterpiece!

[@davidcopson5800]

So true.

[@davidcharles-williams8575]

They all are.x

[@MyMartin3333]

For Sure.

[@jackwatson7943]

Blue Nile are a great band,who are underrated and under played,glad their getting the recognition they deserve 😊

[@Fireball_Tim_88]

KZbin fed me this just now. But I suspect it was because of listening to so much of Swift's music the last four days since discovering her.😅

[@rohunter9717]

Living in Glasgow in the early 90's, walking home at 2am on a wet December morning, this playing in my earphones. Worst and best time of my life.

[@Summer-hj8zr]

anyone else here after that lyric in guilty as sin - FAV TRACK BTW

[@MimiBelle-kx9tn]

I can absolutely see how Taylor loved this, sonically, lyrically-and emotionally. Well played Matty.

[@jello1154]

I’m so glad Taylor introduced me to this amazing band that somehow slipped under my radar back in 89. ❤️‍🔥

[@pawdaw]

Love for Paul Buchanan. A voice that aches with emotion.

[@dollarsaurus01]

“In love we’re all the same, we’re walking down an empty street” has to be some of the most brilliant lyrical poetry I’ve ever heard

[@holleratmecuuutie]

matty’s taste in music 🔥

[@BeingJapan]

I was first introduced to Blue Nile in October 1990 while at uni in New Brunswick, Canada. My friend gave me his copy of Hats, and I played the cassette on my Walkman while walking on the Tantemarr Marshes on a cloudy October afternoon. I feel the clean, cold air and hear the sounds of the wooden boards creeking under my hiking boots, and ducks flying overhead when I re-listen this song.

[@tannieman1649]

I’ve only heard Anne Lennox sing this. Love his version. TTPD

[@nomadrat]

I love her version

[@V8VORLICH]

Annie does it justice❤

[@JackMellor498]

This band should never have been left by the wayside. This is absolutely phenomenal songwriting, instrumentation, production. Everything is just pure “Walking home after a long night with a view of the city lights and you’re contemplating your life” vibe 24 years old and I love The Blue Nile, one of Scotland’s greatest bands even if they’re a hidden gem.

[@d.drakon8707]

One of the best songs EVER.

[@elainecarroll8480]

Agree 😉

[@salvadorromeromolina3719]

THIS ONE AND SOUL BOY

[@royspeirs7119]

Defo

[@timowens7214]

The best song ever!

[@tellingitlikeitis2020]

I was dating a beautiful man from Mozambique who played this album for me. He was the most caring and loving man I've known. I'll never forget these songs.❤

[@paulaooook]

Black hats from this album are represented by all the typists in the background of the Fortnight video when she is sitting at the typewriter. This was about Matty Healy. You’re welcome❤

[@wephotogal]

Longing and pining to finally be together while trapped. We see and hear you TS loud and clear.

[@ellengumayanbiboso9107]

❤

[@fabulousk8]

yes!!!

[@SassHarv]

So glad to have been introduced to this art. Ty TTPD

[@BadBadKitty74]

Here before it blows up. #ttpd

[@Melietello]

Only a mastermind would name such a masterpiece like this

[@user-ol9pe5sk5u]

Matt healy?

[@samuelgoncalves4930]

Without ever listening to this, how can i be guilty as sin?

[@lorrainecleaver6792]

It won't be alright. Time is a bastard. The song, on the other hand, is a masterpiece.

[@jcd146]

That has made me laugh

[@jcd146]

So true

[@zeeshanelbaracat7505]

Such a clever reply !

[@andrewevans3859]

It really is but hope I’ve got a lot more to come.

[@daronaldridge684]

You should listen to the first album ( a walk across the rooftops)

[@MsElectricLover]

Guilty as sin? is a beautiful sing, that brought me to this jewel, that I've actually listened 20 years ago....

[@vincentcrowley1362]

How can anyone fail to love this band and this song.

[@lizdowner14]

Amongst the most important albums ever created. The unrequited love and such beautiful longing in Paul Buchanan’s incredible vocals is utterly sublime. No other man sings with such openness, we other men could learn how to actually become men by listening to you. Still so relevant, so important and so loved...

[@ImBetterDanUShouldKnowDatByNow]

This song was released originally the year Taylor swift was born, now she just recommended us all to this masterpiece.... r u guilty as sin?

[@colinbiggar296]

this song was out before TS was born just says how good it is stood the test of time

[@HoursaDay]

One of the greatest albums of all time. So atmospheric and lush.

[@carltooth9626]

Saw Blue Mile live at Birmingham Town Hall not long after Hats was released. Stunning sound live! Best concert ever!!! So humble. When they'd finished the set and the audience wouldn't stop applauding ang giving a standing ovation. Paul Buchanan said they'd nothing else to play but they could play the whole set again if we'd like!! Like you're gonna say no!!!!!! Best kept secret!!!

[@kurt6518]

That’s a great story! So cool

[@AndyPeck-oh4fg]

I was there too. Paul said sorry nothing else to play so they replayed " I walk across the rooftops" as the encore. It still gives me goosebumps now, thinking of that perfect evening :)

[@KevinLee-kr8qm]

If Taylor knows, cares and loves BN like I do, I now have a greater respect than I did already. And I love heartfelt music for … um, I’m gonna say…58 years or so already. Swifties! Go love you some Blue Nile! My inner fan for them has been going strong for over 40 years by now!

[@JCridford]

Paul's entire catalogue is about as perfect as it gets. Beautiful, lovelorn and filling you and emptying you all at once. The end of this song where he works himself up into frenzy culminating in that line "I'm tired of crying on the stairs" encapsulates the Blue Nile's entire career.

[@tommasosarri9680]

Right, the devastating end of this song when Paul's screaming crumbles down is just perfect, just like the end of ' Yvonne gets dumped' by American music club.

[@Fuentesico]

Very nice comment. Very well articulated I agree with you

[@MyMartin3333]

Couldn't Agree With You More.