The Farmers Boys - In the Country Video

[@iggydip]

The Farmers Boys were ploughing the fields before The Smiths, Divine Comedy, The Housemartins. Need I say more…..

[@boundsgreentiger]

NEVER understood why this wasn't a huge hit. And the video contains not only Big Ron, but a Ford Classic- love it :-)

[@annwalton5135]

Just glad it's here.

[@LostHatProductions]

We had the Now 3 VHS with this. Those puppet sheep always made me think of Nobby Sheep from Sat am ITV shows.

[@catiusers5627]

I did everything to try to get this single into the top 40. I bought the single and their album With These Hands. Got to no.44 an absolute pop tragety.

[@jaymythxxxx]

Likewise! I bought the picture disc single, AND the 7'' that came with an insert giving you a chance to win... Baz's? Frog's?... one of them, anyway... Mini. ''Phew wow'' was the bigger surprise, for me. Stunning song, plenty of airplay at the time - also bombed =(

[@stratfordtony42]

This really should be Norwich City F C's theme tune. Makes me smile every time I hear it. Norwich had many really good bands in the eighties.

[@revol148]

.....care to name all these great Norwich based bands?

[@lewis72]

@@revol148 Well, the was The Farmers Boys, then there was The Farmers Boys and also The Farmers Boys. Oh, not forgetting The Farmers Boys of course, as well as The Farmers Boys.

[@revol148]

@@lewis72 ha,ha,ha - ouch !

[@lewis72]

@@revol148 I'm a big fan of Norwich, both the football team and the city but famous for music the place isn't. Cathy Dennis and The Farmer Boys is about it, I think.

[@revol148]

@@lewis72 Cathy Dennis - now that's a name I hadn't heard since she last graced the charts back in 1991 ! Agreed - I love Norwich also - I last stopped off there to change trains after a staycation in Cromer during the lock-dock way, way back in the autumn of 2020.

[@IckleDevil1]

Saw these guy's at a gig in Norfolk 1983-5, when I played sax with the Odd Eccentric, remember spending the night before sleeping in the doorway of the milk yard...

[@adrianpaulfayter619]

Those singing sheep... No wonder British bands don't always make it; no-one else understands our sense of humour. Saw them at Dingwalls, Hull, 1984; taped the album. I was at the university at the time. Thanks for the upload, now feeling old...

[@bpabustan]

I am a Filipino and the Farmer's Boys video for this song has some reference to Cliff Richard's performance of this song from his TV special Get Away With Cliff. In his performance, there were sheep likewise....also the wacky sense of humour on both performances.....also the green grass background....it has a lot of references.

[@tomgrvlen1100]

cliff richard (sorry to say) song used in series "heart beat" series 7, episode 12, thats how I came over this brilliant version, that I remember with great joy from the hay days back in the 80's =))Tnx for uploading! Made my day

[@t.stephen5086]

John Peel (R2)used to play this group a lot. Great band that never quite made it, a gem netherless

[@wigs7]

God i have been looking for this song for sooooooooooooo long . Have it on vinyl but now i can have it on mp3 . You have so made my day

[@colinellett]

I remember encoding this, and the other 2 Farmers Boys videos, back in 2005 for the Farmer's Boys website. Stan sent me his VHS video and it took me ages to capture using the hardware I had at the time! Thanks for keeping the site going and posting my vids Rach. I've re-captured 'In The Country' on my KZbin channel (from my old Now 3 video!). As I no longer have Stan's video, I can't re-do For You & Phew Wow! (sadly). Take care, Colin...

[@marcuslavaggi-bowen6539]

@Colin Ellett Good times visiting that site and asking you what were the best singles to buy!. Got all of them now and the albums!.

[@LorraineWard22]

and this one's for all us COUNTRY BUMPKINS! Norwich Rocks - Bring Back the 80's! oh yeah! MOIR X

[@carrieoff]

Lorraine Ward you nozzas can't claim them, they are Suffolk side!

[@thomasmiller4267]

Aw - the daft single with the free postcard, 'The Joys of Cress'. Quite simply superb - wish I had a TARDIS...

[@2100Rose]

Got to be said this is a good version . One of those situations where both versions , this one and CLiffs version are good .

[@soppdrake]

Golly, I loved these nutters. Saw them a few times supporting this an that. This version of this song is terrific.

[@karenvickerson]

Oh God this takes me back, I went into hmv years ago and asked the guy behind the counter if they stocked th the CD and he said sorry never heard of them they must have been shit!

[@Sizombie73]

Perfect pop! A Cliff song NEVER sounded so gooooooood...

[@kelvinjamestowner2278]

Classic at the Seale Hayne disco on a Saturday. Happy days

[@alanfox4172]

I remember seeing the video on a kids Saturday morning TV show.

[@jowenlock4838]

Love this song it’s brilliant 🤩 ❤❤

[@bunnypunk]

Not sure this was the finest moment - although it's a great video - but they were a brilliant live band, a laugh a minute!

[@alvaskins]

Steve Lamacq played this a few weeks ago for a show from the Arts Centre in Norwich and I thought it was the Inspirial Carpets at first.

[@filmerant]

Love this song brilliant !!!

[@draytongreen6638]

I was at Bungay High School in same year as Baz and Frog. Spent many an hour with Baz in pubs in Bungay and Halesworth. Last time I saw them live was the anti poll tax gig at Norwich Arts Centre in 1990 ? They should have made it bigger but they did not really care. So much better than garbage created by cowell these days.

[@Proudtobegerman]

Brilliant ❤❤❤

[@polanykid]

I saw these guys when they played a gig in Leicester .. a lifetime or two ago

[@JACM10]

Remember BBC's 'Look East' getting very excited about this. Good tune!

[@NICKWISP]

Wow! thanks! I have been looking for this song for years. Fantastic! -x-x-x-x-x-x-

[@cbjgdicad1]

The beautiful farmers boys down south

[@stormytempest65]

I have to have that car! wanted one since I was a kid.

[@TheJoynesy]

Absolutely obsessed with this song at the moment- really catchy and summery - it should of been a huge summer hit. It has a similar feel to Happy Hour by the Housemartins. Very addictive listening. Who is the actress in the video? She looks familiar but can’t quite place her face.

[@lewis72]

Yes, I remembered this song a short while ago and was 100% convinced that it was the Housemartins but was going crazy that I didn't see it listed on the Housemartins' Wiki Discography page. The song doesn't have its own Wiki page, so couldn't find the recording artists there.

[@phillees8713]

I had this on shaped picture disc!

[@thespecimen]

Brilliant.......happy daze

[@MisterKamikazi]

Someone please listen to Belle & Sebastian's 'Wrapped Up In Books' and tell me the chorus sounds exactly the same as 'In The Country's' chorus. The Farmer's Boys were such an obscure band that I doubt anyone else has noticed the obvious similarity between the two.

[@lottiebelottie]

I went to their last gig in Norwich.........

[@roryglives]

Was that the anti poll tax gig at arts centre ?

[@kazzielm]

My God it does sound like the Divine Comedy doesn't it?

[@markrskinner]

Fantastic! Anyone got "Muck It Out"?

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

who was the girl?

[@TheJoynesy]

Been thinking the same thing - she looks familiar!

[@ThePippa321]

go Norfolk!

[@peterkelsey5841]

No substitute for class

[@vanillaorchid]

I've got this! Got a free 'Joy of Cress' postcard.

[@vanillaorchid]

I have this single, I still have my 'Joy of Cress' postcard that came with it. Is 'Muck it Out' posted anywhere?

[@midiwife]

Joy joy joy. I am 19 again!

[@rjjcms1]

Same age I was when this was out. Heard/saw it on radio/TV then,but knew Cliff's version long beforehand.

[@SimonGreenwoodLeedsUK]

They could have been pigger than the Beatles... There must have been a video for Muck it Out. I wonder if anyone has it?

[@MarkRoberts63]

I used to work for the dad of the lead singer

[@lewis72]

I was convinced that this track was by The Housemartins.

[@toodlerock]

Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle

[@Atzeone86]

are those the same farmer boys, who made here comes the pain?

[@semmelboesel]

no, check wiki for it

[@OnBetamax]

LOL, in caps. The other band was from 1933, but I guess you were searching "Farmer Boys" not "The Farmer Boys", and its from 1994. This is from 80's so its "real".

[@4thQuarterLetDown]

@chrissiehayward uhhh, they're English

[@karlblanch3898]

Second hand record store

[@ian335ingham]

You are in luck, it's on ebay right now, new number plate but the same car.

[@GRAHAM2109]

@MisterKamikazi If they do sound the same then Belle and Sebastian ripped off a Cliff Richard song as he did In the country first

[@alihart]

I think they need help

[@MisterKamikazi]

Someone please listen to Belle & Sebastian's 'Wrapped Up In Books' and tell me the chorus sounds exactly the same as 'In The Country's' chorus. The Farmer's Boys were such an obscure band that I doubt anyone else has noticed the obvious similarity between the two.

[@yesireallyam]

i have wrapped up in books & im a cuckoo on cd single. both classics.

[@alanrainey3778]

Original song released in 1966! Belle and Bollocks were still in their Da's ballbeg you tard!