The Box - Ordinary People (Official Music Video)

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Guitarist Claude Thibeault, bassist Jean-Pierre Brie, drummer Phillipe Bernard and keyboard player Guy Pisapia asked vocalist Jean-Marc Pisapia to join them as the Box in 1982. He agreed, and the band released their first album (self-titled) two years later. Although all the members were French Canadian, they mostly sang in English. All the Time, All the Time, All the Time followed in 1985, but the band didn't make it in Canada until 1987's Closer Together. Their last album was The Pleasure and the Pain in 1990; after Bernand and Guy Pisapia left in 1992, the greatest hits compilation A Decade of the Box was released in 1993.

[@regitmeisner3546]

I was today years old when I realized The Box was Canadian!....I'm a 55 yr old Canuck ! lol.. Love this tune even more now !

[@nostaglic]

Jean-Marc Pisapia's voice is amazing and unique

[@patriciasoebagio1035]

as are his gestures/moves~fantastic

[@MarkJones-gd9lg]

I was a security guard in the 80's in Ottawa, and these guys had a concert at this venue. They were the nicest guys you'd ever meet, so nice to grunts like me, and they put on an awesome show.

[@batphink2655]

That's SO nice to hear!

[@caryfrancis8030]

This song is suddenly on heavy rotation on the 80's music channels.

[@jeffreybarkin3177]

No KIDDING! It's About Time! ❤ 😂

[@jeffpoirier4374]

Wow this song could easily apply to what's going on in the world right now

[@demolitiondan1188]

It’s literally timeless. As long as this system goes on, we’ll always have “big shot politicians” and “ordinary people” who just want peace and “ordinary lives”…….🤔

[@patty109109]

Nah, only one country is cheering on a genocidal despot.

[@johnnywishbone932]

Yeah the media and politics never change much.

[@pamelarolston9905]

A case of the more things change the more they stay the same! They want us all to stay inside The Box, where they can keep us under control! 🤣🕊️🇨🇦

[@George196207]

USSR went away but NEW World Order Crowd took over the lead roll of bad guys we should all fear !

[@annettebrunner5993]

I heard this on 102.9 Bounce (in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) the other day and must say, this song is still current and still amazing!

[@demolitiondan1188]

One of the best songs from the best era of music hands down!!👍🏻

[@albertastreetmedia]

You like this song? Watch this! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWnEgaZ5i9OKY6M

[@Popo_1973]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3e3Yp9rZaiaftE This is another good one

[@navbuoy]

The way they did the guitar solo medley of the two anthems at 2:30 was so cool. This band put out some classic tunes.

[@ajayaleman1983]

One of my favourite 80’s retro songs! This should still apply today!

[@tomroscoe3979]

this could not come at a better time, as a nova scotia "bluenoser" and a Quebecer. respect.

[@julybutterfly]

Had the absolute pleasure of seeing these guys live at McBowl on the weekend. Just blown away! all these years later, how relevant this song still is. The Box is one of the greatest Canadian bands hands down!!!

[@signedelacroix7213]

They are not Canadian, they are Québécois.

[@signedelacroix7213]

@@markengel6570 Who's those guy's anyway, lol.

[@markj2838]

@@signedelacroix7213 their Canadian. Respected all over English , French Canada thanks...

[@enfelice]

@@signedelacroix7213 Troll level 2/10, I do not recommend this troll/gorm.

[@cluggyahoo]

​@@signedelacroix7213that makes them Canadians then right ?

[@densterman1001]

i saw this band in toronto along the likes of lover boy,chilliwak.great memories late seventies early eighties .keep rocking guys.

[@sas19951113]

I haven't seen or heard these songs for over 20 years. I've tried searching online but no sucess. Thank you!!! I saw these guys in Halifax in July 1990: they sounded just like you hear them here on KZbin. The Box are truly a part of Canadian history and culture.

[@marcgodmaire7506]

The Box is still my favorite Canadian band from the 80s; saw them in Kitchener and will never forget...

[@Art--Deco]

Amazing song. Great memories of life back in the 80's. Wish I could go back. The Box songs were always so damn catchy.

[@ianmclaughlin8987]

I gave a Russian student my Box cassette tape when I was in Vladivostok back in 1990. They loved the music and it probably was shared, taped, and played, maybe it spread across Russian itself. Perhaps the music of the Box actually had its small role in the end of the cold war, who knows.

[@philiptrepanier7145]

Proud to be Canadian since a lot of Canadian artists didn’t make world fame. If I had been born elsewhere the likelihood of hearing great Canadian music would be slimmer.

[@ryancraig2795]

This song has such a mid-80s vibe, makes me nostalgic. We forget now just how much the cold war and the risk of nuclear annihilation was on all our minds at that time. But also hopeful for the future. Maybe it's just nostalgia for my youth, but it seems like it was a better time in many ways (not all, to be sure, but many).

[@crush42mash6]

What a great song, brings back the 80s and 90s

[@maestroh2986]

A very under-rated band.

[@6849371]

We are all the same. Stop the war!!!

[@the80s87]

This music is like medicine for me after having to endure all that top 40 crap at work.

[@marieburley7769]

My favorite band in my teenage days i still listen to them today 👍👍👌

[@GrowingWithJames]

Same here

[@GoLightly01100]

The Box is still missed, what a band, what a voice, wow. I wore out my cassette.

[@robrunstedler6953]

Me too!

[@jrock84ou812]

The singer is doing a Box 40th anniversary tour in Ontario right now! Boom 973 plays 3 of their songs and probably didnt even help mention the tour lol... cancon needs help.

[@camillevote7901]

They are still playing! Just saw them in Port Hope! Small theatre but they were Great 👍

[@Newfers77]

awesome song, awesome message, awesome people

[@ActionHero29]

Awesome song, great message.

[@njam101]

Gotta love this song: Francophone Quebeckers (who are Canadian) singing in English pretending to be Americans who wanted better relations with the former Soviet Union!

[@WithoutRemorse12]

Canada's values have changed though. They may not have a heavy military presence. Just a couple months ago an article from a canadian newspaper was celebrating the brazil election of Bosonero because of businesses opportunity it would give to Canadian corporations that want access to brazil's natural resources.

[@erica6488]

NeoGeo12 I miss the cold war

[@marccoderre]

Not pretending to be American. Sung from Canadian point of view.

[@abandoned-mines-novascotia]

You're way off. I suggest you search KZbin for "Behind The Vinyl Ordinary People" and listen to Jean-Marc's overview of this song.

[@IHFarmall]

Exactly.

[@thomasharper4166]

Good tune!Canada 🇨🇦 rocks!🍁

[@whitehottoddy]

The Box are back!! I saw them in Laval, Quebec, Canada last night! As good as ever!

[@whitehottoddy]

I saw a picture kicking around facebook of Jean-Marc and Sass Jordan this weekend. She is still as beautiful as ever.

[@whitehottoddy]

facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153032678377407&set=a.415628187406.191240.604397406&type=1&theater

[@ultimatebasses]

+WhiteHotToddy That's a great photo. Thanks for sharing. Still love hearing this song on the radio.

[@ActionHero29]

WhiteHotToddy a year ago but cool man

[@namesurname4501]

you have some sort of god. good for you.

[@productplacement39]

I heard this song for the first time on Boom 97.3 and because of that sound like a hammer hitting something on an anvil got me hooked instantly. It's also has a unique subtext in the lyrics.

[@pp-sw1lx]

I listened to this and it brought back alot of memmories . I am from Ontario and grew up with this most beautiful and amazing band in my youth . The box not only gave me and the world solice ! , but enabled me to take a minute and look at the world “ outside the box “….. Salut to a most wonderful collaberation of very talented artists.

[@Len92878]

I loved these guys ever since the first time I heard this song. This was the first song I heard of theirs so I listened to their other songs right away and loved them my whole life and will never stop loving these guys. We need more groups like THE BOX.

[@Cashmaster0mega]

Apparently this band is playing at a bowling alley in Mississauga tomorrow night. After learning this I had to look up this song that I absolutely LOVED as a child lol it still slaps

[@mammottplays7888]

Sounds like a great song when you’re driving on the highway

[@harryhand4935]

My name is Jamie, this song is the best from the box from the 1980s. This song always puts me in a good mood.

[@harryhand4935]

So long to the 80s for ever. The 80s rule for ever and for ever. Peace out for ever.

[@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8]

Love the sound of that 80's Cold War Communist hammer hitting with that steady beat lol

[@njam101]

The Box playing in Timmins, ON on June 29, 2017 !!!!! Stars and Thunder festival.

[@ikadee4923]

Here in 2021...Closer Together popped in my thoughts while listening to oldies rock radio. Undeniable nostalgia...80's... high-school...all that. Still love this band 😀🎷🎹🎼🎸🎶

[@AndalusianPhilosopher]

Nostalgia. No war, no matter how one feels everything was in its place, and we knew who we were. Now everything is so confusing.

[@fakkedd]

Damn, Sass is so beautiful

[@frankguertin8696]

This very tune shows that Quebec rocks, just like Canada does, and makes me proud of being canadian. Rock on, world.

[@namesurname4501]

Quebec is still a part of CANADA. IDIOT.

[@robott6696]

name surname who said it wasnt IDIOT

[@779nkp]

Great music comes from all over the world....Including Quebec. Love it all.

[@filon67]

Le QUÉBEC ne fait pas partie de votre constitution et nous ne sommes pas canadien. Qui veut ressembler au canada et à justin trudeau...parlant d'idiot et de raciste??!

[@frankguertin1892]

@@filon67 Il ne faut pas etre raciste, haineux, ou anglophobe, ce n'est pas une bonne recette pour le bonheur. De ceci je t'assures mon ami.

[@mariolaroche9487]

just the best !!!!!!!!!! we are missing them very much !!!

[@MillerGenuineDraft1980]

The Box were a good band, i remember my parents signing up for Columbia House back in 1986. One of the Cassettes they got was The Box Closer Together. Good Stuff

[@patrickcunningham4297]

Actually, they still are a good band. They started touring again, and they sound just as great!

[@tylerbyers89]

I remember my dad just blasting this when I was around 12, yelling “we are UNORDINARY people” I know the lyrics are wrong but he taught me we’re all different and that’s okay!

[@EIGHTIEESALWAYS]

The 80´s is the best ever in music! *Cheers from Sweden*

[@Pink-Lightsaber]

What an important message. Wish these guys were still around. The world needs them more then ever now lol.

[@andrewunjo158]

Just play the song and hope more people listen.

[@isaiahbryant8327]

They are still around.

[@michelhv]

Ordinary People of the World, Unite!

[@rockdesertsun8246]

What an astronomically 80's tune! But almost any decade after it smashes into would be astonished as it would still be a hit today! So much power in emotion and lyrics - so much still applies because despite what it was as an anti-nuke song, it's very true that only the delusional & the naive think the cold war is over...

[@katts11]

Year 2022. We are STILL ordinary people 👍🏼

[@blaqceeza]

Don't know why this song popped up in my head. I haven't heard it in 30 odd years

[@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8]

I came hear from watching 1987 team brawl CAN vs USSR World Juniors tournament which reminded me of this song that I knew from watching CBC Video Hits back in the day

[@harryhand4935]

Wow where did the 1980s went. I wish I could go back to the 1980s for ever.

[@terrykavanaugh8029]

Boucherville January 23rd, gonna rock out to these lads!

[@youtubenerd1989]

Best song ever!

[@sebastienringuet8952]

We are ordinary people 🙌

[@burningdust]

Quintessential 80’s!

[@allanburton8115]

We"re all different in our own unique ways, but we are all on the same team and striving for the same goal.

[@mikemiller8975]

love the box fav band in late 80s when in hi school

[@mylesbenoit5757]

Saw this group as kid at Ontario Place before they built the Molson Amp. It was a great show.

[@YTDeepshock]

We hope that life goes on, and nothing changerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrs.

[@billycat2168]

hmmm 2019 and still relevant .(eh?)

[@YouDontSay9333]

Heard this on the radio today. SLAPS! 😌

[@WPGinterceptor460Interceptor]

You forgot to mention SASS JORDAN got her start with THE BOX..

[@jjalseth]

Just noticed her on this video. I loved Sass's music!

[@thomashoughton3722]

Just saw "The Box" in Kitchener Ontario Canada August 12 2017. Superb. They are back!

[@gordn1584]

Good interview on "behind the Vinyl" Addictive!

[@ihavechosenmygod]

luv this song..thnx for sharing!!!

[@marccoderre]

Most lyric sites say the line is "a star bears no colour black or white" but I'm pretty sure it's "red or white" which makes more sense given the red star and white star symbols.

[@davidsmith9873]

god how times have changed

[@rightsideofhistory]

I believe that's Sass handing Jean-Marc the baby at the beginning of the video. He gets a kiss too. :)

[@dostfez]

Thx for posting!

[@WellHelloDali]

Oh My God!, great vid..thanks!

[@dudeit7721]

What a great message to all people in the world ... we are all the same ... we are human ... stop letting psychopaths divide us for their purposes of control. We are the UNION OF HUMANS ... revel in our greatness not in our problems. Black blue green yellow red white I don't care ... gay straight whatever ... love our differences and love humans for our greatness. Only through a UNION of HUMANS can we survive on our Earth and try to ensure our species.

[@Ninja1live]

UNION?! But...."Diversity?!" = Divisive.

[@colettelavoie7259]

Their best song I find it to be positive and about equality. I remember that sass Jordan was in this band first also.

[@harryhand4935]

My name is Jamie Hand, this song has to be own of the best song of the 1980s

[@johnlindsay8630]

Number one and their time

[@illshitonyourfuckinglawn4946]

What a great message

[@jocolope]

Russians never chit on the Can in history except maybe when they sold Alaska to Sam.

[@tonynagy2042]

South Africa should hear this song...... VOETSEK ANC

[@queenofcrows]

"In the USA/in the USSR" -- ah, good point. It's been awhile since I'd listened to this song, so that obvious line didn't come to my head! "Canadians are obsessed with the US" -- if by "obsessed" you mean we shake our heads in wide-eyed disbelief and laugh. There's not a lot of respect for the country's image. For individual American people, sure (because yes, a country and its people are two different things) -- but the country and its politics, definitely nope.

[@donlawn524]

True, not the US but us as in Canadians just smile cuz well we know the truth is you cant beat us never have never will :) ps remember the only war the Americans ever won was the civil war ... and it was the wrong side that won # They're full of themselves

[@a.jlondon9947]

I am an American-Canadian. Love both Countries but cannot understand why Canada acts like the 51st State. Canadians are truly obsessed. We watch American TV, American Movies, Obsess over American politics and other American issues that DO NOT concern Canadians.

[@kmikl]

@@a.jlondon9947 Imagine you lived in Tibet, and you had nothing but Chinese propaganda blasted 24/7. Your trade is inextricably linked to China. Your culture is flooded out literally and figuratively by Chinese culture on a daily basis. All your manufactured goods are bought from China, and all your products' primary market is China. Perhaps, you would pay attention to China's humours fairly closely. Now, put that in the current context: Thousands of Chinese are using Tibet to cross into parts of Russia for work during a plague that China has not effectively capped, or cares to do anything about for that matter. Canada doesn't act like the 51st state, it acts like a concerned neighbour that is watching another very important neighbour tear itself apart and setting the house on fire while claiming it's wonderful.

[@DreamsSketcher]

@@kmikl EXACTLY Kmikl!!

[@frankguertin1892]

T'was in like 1987 in Ottawa that I saw this act The Box ... so it was like over 30 ago... omg. dont cry over my dying old age please thank you. FG In the USA in the USSR. :,,-(.

[@whaler3232]

Pisapia has a great voice IMO

[@quincee3376]

I like this song and also Closer Together by The Box.

[@frankguertin1892]

I super adore this song, it's a royal slap in the face to relentless partisan warlock ideology. I will love all these artists right up until I die. I swear it. FG.

[@brielewestcott1505]

I saw them yesterday. They were practicing at a bowling place

[@schalkespringer]

This music video is one of my first memories as child. Like one of my first things I remember ever as a living being. How funny is that! I've always wondered what dude in a cast was doing at the video shoot. *L*

[@jazw4649]

Burlington Swine Fest 2023 Friday night headliner act. 🎉🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖🐖

[@RW77777777]

Please put this song in higher rotation for 'mandatory Canadian radio content' I can't take anymore Bare Naked Ladies, Allanis

[@mania0793]

I enjoy seeing Sass Jordan in these videos. Best backup vocalist on this album!

[@canuck2360]

classic hit, which is maybe the father of rap as we know it as far as I'm concerned. makes me proud to know they are like me french canadians. I like them ever since I saw them in concert in the mid-late 80's (as a sideband). rock on everyone. (btw, by now I would'nt worry too much about US-Russia nuclear dangers)

[@lisam1987]

Wow, where did you get the video in such good quality? Thanks for posting, I love this song.

[@duneberry666]

I love this song 2017

[@rightsideofhistory]

It's a cold war song. USA vs. USSR - and the lunacy of it. Pay attention to the lyrics like "I wonder what the Soviet Rambo looks like in their pictures? I'm sure as hell he's just as sweet as ours".

[@Nirad007]

finnally the whole song with the video

[@greggsmith8936]

All those cool Canadian bands with that sound in the mid-80s... The Boxx, The Parachute Club, The Spoons, Men Without Hats et al... Those were such good years... and I was young and pretty...

[@harderman306]

Gregg Smith don't forget The Arrows, Harlequin, Idle Eyes

[@stretchingsamurai2047]

sick!

[@canuckleful]

Hey, you guys gave us ABBA, cheers to you! :)

[@SilentBob731]

Awesome song, awesome vid, awesome quality (and awesome pizza dude commercial again - that guy rocks like Box) Many thanks uploader / artist / faceless corporate MusicGiant My copy of this was substantially substandard "Smelly cat, Sme'Elly cat ; it's not your fault"

[@IanHn56]

Go Jean _ Marc!

[@paistekid]

Sass Jordan is a total babe in this video. Love the stage concept. Don't see this type of videos nowaday.

[@maurice9966]

super! Cette chanson me rappelle Caroline Morin... We were 18...

[@MikeViLLaZ]

Is it me or does the singer look like rick grimes from walking dead? I guess it does make sense since ordinary people are trying to survive an apocalyptic event

[@jimsquire9048]

I was just thinking the same thing.

[@angelapoplar9903]

I was just thinking that very same thing!

[@daweller]

it is

[@queenofcrows]

"Crying Out Loud for Love" was on "Closer Together", which came out in the late '80s, and "Carry On' was on "The Pleasure and the Pain" which came out in the early 90s. Did you have a "Greatest Hits" album or something? It would be nice to discover The Box had an album I'd never heard before -- their stuff was so consistently solid, but they only put out a few albums *pout, grumble, whine*

[@shmuli9]

Yep! A lot of people don't seem to make that distinction, which is even important in a smaller countr in area and population, and certainly important in coutries as large as China, the USA, Canada, Brazil and Australia. Anyway, that aside, I used to have this single, and then later it was on another album (I was on two) that had "Crying Out Loud for Love" and "Carry On".