The Maisonettes - Heartache Avenue (TOTP 1982)

[@jackmoore838]

Awesome song from 1982 that sounds like in the 60's. British music always in our hearts.

[@northnsouth6813]

This song had been recorded with session backing singers, but to promote the single, they recruited models Denise Ward and Elaine Williams as seen in the vidio.

[@BenjWarrant]

One of my absolute favourite one-hit wonders. Should have been a no. 1

[@successsystem2468]

💯 💔

[@PRAWNBALL11]

What a great tune this is.. but it's a sad fact that songs such as this are lost to time and we will probably never see their like again. It's sad but I personally believe that music has been dying a death for the past twenty years or so. You only have to watch re-runs of TOTP to see this in action. Where once the episodes from the 70's..80's and even the 90's would guarantee me at least half a dozen decent songs, I now class myself as lucky if I can find a single song that keeps my finger away from the fast forward button.

[@martinlee5604]

Don't worry. You can nearly always find what you want on KZbin.

[@MXB2001]

Yup, you got it right.

[@gordonthomson7501]

Great Tune 🎶

[@josecarlosbustamante7388]

I can't avoid enjoying this song always as if it's the first time I hear it. Absolutely mesmerizing. Girls at the backvocals, adorable. Nothing like the 80's. 👏

[@radlettblue]

The single had been recorded with session backing singers, but to promote the single, they recruited models Denise Ward and Elaine Williams, who did not sing on the record.

[@successsystem2468]

Spot on Jose! 💔

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

Played this on our soul nights in Bristol recently... Sadly after 50 yrs DJing ill health have forced me to retire... but tunes like this and like Wax Bridge to your heart. Along with Holly Johnson Love Train ate STILL MASSIVE dancefloor hits for over 55's......❤

[@steveknight3020]

Fantastic song, classic as soon as it was released 👍👍👍

[@alanpriest9826]

Brilliant, one of the best songs of the 80's.

[@didier.gerost.07]

the backgirl with the hairband was called Denise kisses from Gstaad ( Switzerland)

[@leemacgregor]

Girls are stunning !! what a classic!!

[@maxsugar6394]

for sure...

[@ezioauditore3128]

They didn't sing on the record.

[@iangrundy5167]

Am an old git,but people forget how fun music was in the 80s.It was a smiley,not too serious decade of music. Loved it.

[@BrendaDrumm]

From one old git to another he had the misfurtune to have the same name as a mass murderer 😢

[@Mors_Inimicis]

@@BrendaDrummWhat , Lol Mason ? (RIP)

[@derrolconnor]

Absolutely loved this in the 80’s and still do. All these years later, currently in Lockdown,

[@lewis72]

That said, I think that this was a '60s-style song !

[@janiceprice4138]

Brilliant!

[@garyzod8818]

Nearly 40 years ago, makes me feel old

[@markriley7472]

Absolute classic, agree with all the previous comments. The wonderful era of the 80s when, despite all the political upheaval and the real threat of nuclear war, the inspiration people drew from these turbulent times produced the most amazing, creative, wonderful music so amazing and uplifting! Armageddon? Who cared? We had this fabulous musical era!

[@jamsheadaziz3999]

The 80's were great musically up until the mid to late 80's, when stock, aitken and waterman ground out absolute shite.

[@terencehennegan1439]

Mark Riley Doesn’t come close to the 60’s and 70’s.

[@ropa2142]

Armageddon??? The 80s had nothing in that department on right now! 😱

[@genki2genki]

Sure, it's a great track. But it's a rewrite of about 5 classic Motown tracks, minus the great vocals. But hey, I'll see you on the dancefloor.

[@billdickie5616]

What a fantastic tune, so many memories, happy days.

[@kevinmurphy8857]

Brilliant. I still love this song 42 year's ago. One hit wander. Nice one to listen again

[@milouddouh3169]

fabulous,song!!!! RIP Lol Mason

[@andrewc4612]

Fantastic song, easily one of the best tunes of 1982, should have been a no. 1 in my view. Can't believe it's almost forty-two years old though, just where does time go to?

[@kdp8133]

Scary isn’t it? I was 22 when this came out and had a job I loved, family & friends I loved, and was so carefree! That doesn’t last very long 😂😂😂

[@garyhunt8067]

Loved it. My mum went to Jamaica 🇯🇲. Stayed at my grans 🏡 house and watched Top of the pops and this song was on. Still loving it now.

[@essexfarmer9610]

Good memory! But with the girls out front, it makes the remembering easier!

[@eamonngaynor5762]

This song was so haunting so wistful so melancony more and more bands should make music like this rip lol you were one of a kind it's not only heartache its hello without you

[@jeffreyhodge5564]

We were bringing our 2sons up , buying a house , a weeks holiday in Dawlish ,scratching around keeping our heads just above the waterline with the occasional gurgle but oh boy in some respects would swop a thousand times to be there now and not here now ,wife passed away ,families and 5 grandsons unable to visit because of lockdown 80,s music ,radio one ,top of the pops ,Heaven! this song always reminded me of some music coming out in the 60,s ie Graham Boney -hey super girl ,same sort of orchestration👍

[@andrewwheeler8591]

Brilliant days 👍

[@nigelmitchell351]

Chin up Jeff.! :-)

[@bermudarailway2411]

I am sorry for your loss.

[@chrismarshall723]

I felt a bit sad when I read your comment but I hope better times ahead for you. Yes you're bang on with Graham "ooo-eee-ooo" Bonney! Very similar. Take care.

[@monticlassictv]

Another long lost classic from a fantastic decade of music the sensational 1980’s although you had to live it to experience it.

[@elliswatkeys5827]

Dear Lord, this came out 40 years ago!!

[@petermckiernan5822]

This would have filled the floor of many a northern soul night back in the 70's, if it were out then.

[@pauldunn81]

Couldn't have put it better myself! Would have certainly filled the floor.

[@davewyatt6961]

Agreed 👍

[@MrPercussionPete]

Such a beautiful song... It has this 60's Phil Spector vibe to it.

[@clivewellings7606]

Very authentic 60s sound. Up there with Everlasting Love by Love Affair.

[@teijepa]

Indeed, that is the right name for that vibe in this song. Thanks

[@nigelwillmott6177]

60's Tamla Motown / Phil Spector reimagined. The best music of the 80's invariably owed everything to the sixties because the contemporary artists of this period grew up in the '60's.

[@kdp8133]

I remember going to buy this at our local record shop. Those were the days!

[@dantombs5836]

The key changes are awesome 👌

[@arsen1963]

the greatest one hit wonders of all time

[@senorpasso8670]

2nd.....Cry Boy Cry by Blue Zoo

[@ecc84]

Thay did make an album :-)

[@g8ymw]

5705 by City Boy

[@g8ymw]

Also "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" by City Boy

[@potdog1000]

true

[@NeilLeSheepyEpstein]

Massive smile listening to this.

[@johnkemp4922]

What a decade The best 1980’s 👍😘👍

[@Skin-ve2tt]

Reminds me of much simpler times. I was trying to woo my first "serious" girlfriend when this charted. I was 18, she was 16. Great times, fondly remembered.

[@andrewwheeler8591]

I think it was my first girlfriend and she ran off with him 🙄 brilliant times 👍

[@Skin-ve2tt]

@Chris Banks Went very well for a while. Stayed together for seven years.

[@henryhayden5998]

a feel good song to the max. Brings back so many happy memories

[@barryfoster453]

I was 21 - I had such a crush on that smaller backing singer.

[@EugeneL1956]

You weren't alone.

[@stevenford727]

Been nearly 40 years since this song came out.Oh my lord where have all those years gone.It only seem like yesterday when i first saw this on Top of the pops

[@neilhall9806]

This perked me right up 👀

[@DepakoteMeister]

Me too, and I'm deaf!

[@skipmole612]

Me too - great tune, upskirting the hot tall girl and slagging of Steve Wright, all at the same time.

[@geekpie100]

I would like to uninvent the internet and go back to the early 80s, when music like this was all around us every time we left the house.

[@cobbyone]

The internet allows us to enjoy these tune again, We all need a tardis,

[@geekpie100]

I'm afraid it's not as good as hearing it in a shop, or in a pub, or with the rest of Britain on Top of the Pops.

[@cobbyone]

@@geekpie100 Like I said we need a tardis!

[@cobbyone]

@@geekpie100 Time and technology moves on I'm afraid.

[@geekpie100]

@@cobbyone Watching 80s videos on KZbin is a lonely experience.

[@smokecity42]

What a fabulous song from 1982 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ that was a very very spécial era to me

[@janszemiel2837]

Piosenki arcydzieło. Czekałem na ten utwór długo aby ponownie móc go wysłuchać.

[@veroniquegerost2571]

I love it so much , so British quality !!

[@Mingus8]

This is brilliant on ABBA-level. Just love the vocals in the bridge 1:18.

[@billgrant4825]

Lovely flash back I'd forgotten this one

[@amandeepv]

Ah the early 80s great music

[@skylarking31]

I remember this so well. The frontman was Lol Mason, formerly of City Boy, who also had some pretty good tunes in their time.

[@davidjgomm]

You're not wrong. One of the most undiscovered bands of all time. Not underrated, because those in the know just can't rate them highly enough. They never got the recognition they deserved. RIP Lol indeed.

[@desertrose1226]

Such a 60s sounding song!

[@stephenpaultrethewey8343]

Love the girls back then. Great song maisonettes.

[@terencehennegan1439]

Great song and just a small thank you to the cameraman at 2:05..a delightful bonus 😃👀

[@skipmole612]

Just a shame the lighting guy wasn't in on it!

[@leemacgregor]

@@skipmole612 yaeh what a shot !!

[@leemacgregor]

yep-!!

[@astront917]

Wiggle wiggle, great song 😃😃😃

[@davidprovan5650]

The singer is Lol Mason, previously of the group called City Boy.

[@billysequins]

Great song and the backing singer on the right is the most beautiful woman ever to walk the earth

[@tonyc2837]

I wonder what she looks like now though.🤔

[@ljamest3828]

Absolutely. I was 15 back then and had a massive crush on her. She must be pushing 60 now and likely a grandmother.

[@desertrose1226]

@@tonyc2837 old.

[@FishOnTwoWheels1]

One of the best One Hit Wonders out there!

[@rickyred001]

i was 13 when this came out. I was into Gary Numan, Bowie, Psychedelic Furs and a few others. The absolute shit i got in our school yard for defending this song hahaha. You have to give Lol huge credit here, class class song.And yes those backing singers who apparently couldn't sing really justify their place in the band here, no doubt at all

[@burgerderbrd5014]

👍

[@stephenturner6075]

The girls harmonies are good. Their ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh's are the best ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh's I've ever heard.

[@CharlotteGreen-kv9sx]

old tunnneee I was only 5 uk 🇬🇧 England here listening 2024 80s music and my other favourite music aswell is northern soul ktf

[@bernardfinch7046]

Great song still sounds good today those girls Wow !

[@kevind7150]

I don't remember the Maisonettes, having another hit single. Kinda glad they didn't, because this song would be hard to better.

[@davidlewis492]

Class.

[@Pragwo1f]

80s the favourite musical decade of a lot of us, but this was distinctly retro back then, and has more of a 60s feel.

[@stubeedoo8259]

The shorter backing singer is a cutie. :)

[@ianstorey8119]

Nice Threpennie bits!!😀

[@millwallholdings]

would or should i say wood

[@Flowmotion1000]

On closer inspection I think the other one is prettier.

[@lassydogpie5390]

Bet she ain’t anymore 👵🏻

[@alanc2k1]

Denise Ward and Elaine Williams are the girls on stage however they were not the singers on the studio recording

[@sliderdriver1]

Probably the best sounding harmonies I've heard! Shame the girls didn't sing them, wow.

[@sliderdriver1]

The 2 girls just worked in the offices before being asked to go on with the band.

[@MrTommyjosh]

Love the background harmonies at 1:25

[@beverlykorte8581]

Koooooool 😎🐨🦘👍🏼💋 Song 👍🏼

[@darrenhitchin8299]

i was 14 when this came out......memories

[@pc3983]

Denise used to drink in the Kaleidoscope pub in Birmingham in the 80s ....good days 😀

[@1061andy]

Which ones Denise?

[@pc3983]

Short brunette on the right

[@petergerritgroen3157]

She sttil lives.

[@pc3983]

@@petergerritgroen3157 she would be in her early 50s now

[@TheGodParticle]

Love the backing girls!

[@jeffsuter344]

Just think they are probably someone's grandma today.

[@youngsteph1]

@@jeffsuter344 Yes, but in their time they were hot, whereas the majority of birds today never will be.

[@get71grip]

They are in time twice 😅

[@billyrea6241]

They weren’t the original singer 2 models that didn’t sing

[@DJDanceClassic]

I did the one on the right after one of their gigs in Manchester. Best night of my life !

[@fredwaller3234]

The best decade to live in

[@sportbootjo]

Wow, I must do a search for the Mini-CD with 4 track of this song in my old stuff box :-)

[@fullcircle3357]

Denise ward and Elaine Williams 2 models, the voices belong to Cathy Evans, Sue Smythe and Kim pickett, from the Little Madams

[@rogerbillings5081]

why didn't they just use the actual singers ? Talent deserves airtime and recognition!

[@fullcircle3357]

@@rogerbillings5081 I Absolutely agree

[@davewilliams5357]

@@rogerbillings5081 they were paid as session musicians and they only released 1 album themselves 2 of the 3 are still touring

[@desertrose1226]

The tall one reminds me of Taylor Swift

[@damianmcdonagh7908]

1:50 Her bashful smile says it all.

[@Mick_Holland]

I remember the bloke fronting the vocals here followed this by appearing as a villainous character in Crossroads for a while. Great days.

[@vallancesmillie5734]

Ur right

[@novaestrella2571]

I am a hardcore prog-rock fan but I have to admit that I really love this sound. That is why ''Day Without Love" by Love Affair is also one of my guilty pleasures.

[@WarrenCromartie2]

@@Psychedelic_TimeTraveller86 Me too. Huge Genesis, Yes, Crimson, Floyd fan etc etc....but there was something about a lot of 80'spop music that simply worked. It's called melody. From Duran Duran to OMD to XTC, bands knew how to compose music, with strong melodies, well placed key changes and all manner of effective dynamics, missing in modern music in favour of slurred auto tuned vocals and predictable structures.

[@paulwinterbourne1865]

Same here MASSIVE Genesis fan, but the 80s was a super decade for melodious pop music from different genres, until the Terrible arrival of Stock, Aitkin & Waterman at the end of the decade

[@WarrenCromartie2]

@@paulwinterbourne1865 Yep! That was the end.

[@mazmoslash4049]

@@paulwinterbourne1865 Same here bro, first time I saw Genesis live was in 1969 Schorndorf - Germany. Hooked for life since then, I am 68 now. In my opinion they had their best musical art before "Abacap" after that Collins became poppy. Not my cup of tea.

[@martinkulkarni3569]

If you are all prog rock fans then you should know who the singer is. Or was RIP Lol. City Boy. Not prog I hear you laugh! Listen to some of their early stuff!

[@TheGlassman63]

Jeez, the smaller girl harmoniser/dancer. 💘

[@didier.gerost.07]

Denise Ward is her name !!

[@7saucebasil]

A great tune and not often enough celebrated by the women's movement for the breakthrough made here by Ena Sharples and Minnie Caldwell

[@petergerritgroen3157]

Every day in my car Stil

[@garybridge-ku7bf]

Classic timeless tune, sounds great in 24, the girls were models and weren't the original backing singers. They were stunners for sure, and i think the camera man got a bit carried away with some upskirt shots.

[@hayling122]

This is just superb, please don't take any notice of that fool Steve Wright, who thinks it " a bit cruise ship" song. How does that guy get away with a daily Radio 2 show.

[@rjo9113]

No idea; that toss-pot has been getting away with it for decades . . .Sunday Love songs as well. Way passed his sell-by date - a total gob-shite.

[@rjo9113]

You mean Steve - 'still-shite-in-the-afternoon' Wright. How does he keep turning the same crap out decade after decade??? Half the BBC must be shagging him.

[@paulph12002]

I always thought that Steve Wright was something of a bell-end anyway.

[@vincentwilliamson8561]

Opinion not option.

[@leepshin]

Search KZbin for "Select Flexi" there's a magic piss take with the DJ's name announced as "Wayne Carr in the afternoon. lol

[@ravenhill_of_midsummer_1968]

i always fancied the shorter backing singer, she reminded me of my cousin.

[@steverowlands338]

Classic tune from my childhood😎🖒

[@michael1967812]

The Maisonettes - Heartache Avenue (Top Of The Pops 23rd December 1982 Pre-Christmas Day Edition) 1st Shown Top Of The Pops 13th January 1983 (2nd Shown)

[@ianhart8811]

How did he do it Lol Mason lead vocalist with City Boy on '5705' played keyboards & sang chorus on their 1978 one hit wonder then repeated feat as lead vocalist of the Maisonette's one hit wonder in Dec 82 & Jan 83.

[@findusonline3971]

So catchy😀

[@geoffjoffy]

I remember it well. Thanks

[@rogerbillings5081]

had forgotten this ! Wonderful!!

[@gedz2541]

Anybody fancy helping me build a time machine? Lets get away from this time and go back and appreciate how beautiful it was. No plastic enhanced girls, no internet. The music, well, when I think of the opening bars of Bob Marley" Could you be loved", that sums it up for me, my legs automatically moved to the dance floor. Happy happy days

[@lafreewaylafreeway]

gedz.... I also love the beginning to that Bob Marley track ......👍👍

[@gedz2541]

@@lafreewaylafreeway Oh happy days

[@garycollins1216]

Fantastic what music should be one hit wonders at its best 👍👍

[@kafkastrial8650]

Remind me of the sort of song that Len Barry was singing in the 60s. lovely.

[@annach7914]

123?

[@DeniseOkeefe-n5j]

Lov it

[@daveb6214]

Brings back great memories

[@joespirit]

The is she, isn’t she fashions of the 70’s &80’s ......much missed!

[@osmonddsilva1577]

40 years old already!

[@galactic904]

J'adores le Rock genre des années 50-60's!

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

Great song, hits a bit close to home though. The girls are a real treat, cannot decide which one I like best :)

[@dwj1231]

Both of them.

[@teleaddict23]

Definitely the one on the right. Gorgeous!

[@ВладимирКруглов-к9о]

@@teleaddict23 Yes, tend to agree with you, that's the one I would've picked too :)

[@dingbat2682]

One word: an absolute classic. 😃😃😃😃

[@jonhoskin]

That's three words.

[@dingbat2682]

okay: anabsoluteclassic 😉😉😉😉

[@andrewwheeler8591]

@@dingbat2682 😂👍

[@TheBlues380]

Stress-Free weekend on Heartache Avenue

[@TheRowlandstone73]

Belter of a tune! That camera angle at 2:06 isn't too shabby either!

[@TheClockwise770]

Yes very 60's sound and I see what you mean about that cameraman, he particularly liked getting those shots in mid 1980s, remember Chaka Khan - It's my night where he zoomed up there. My girlfriend at the time said how awful sorry for her, not that Chaka cared a hoot as she was one of the best singers of the 1980s.

[@elliswatkeys5827]

@@TheClockwise770 lol

[@eroche913]

Jimmy Savile on the camera

[@BITTYBOY121]

You just can't beat the 80's !

[@themanftheworld8439]

The 70s

[@BITTYBOY121]

@@themanftheworld8439 This song is from 1982...

[@BITTYBOY121]

@@themanftheworld8439 The 70's were also great in their own right...

[@themanftheworld8439]

@@BITTYBOY121 yes I know.70s beats 80s imho

[@andrewwheeler8591]

We've all got our decade depending on how old we are and mine was the 80s so shut up because it was the best and that's that!! 😂

[@ramonexs9bm769]

love the 80s only if I can go back I would do things in a 180 degree opposed manner.

[@ScottMG]

Being in my 20s in the 80s, were girls so much more sexier or what

[@dvws1]

Agree 100%. I was a frustrated teenager lol.

[@iangascoigne8231]

Well they weren’t full of silicone or plastered in tattoos.

[@PB72UK]

@@iangascoigne8231 they didn't have fish lips either lol 😂

[@iangascoigne8231]

@@PB72UK I forgot about that one.

[@PB72UK]

@@iangascoigne8231 heres another one... They didn't have those silly drawn on eye brows either 😂

[@HHHH-zb2el]

nice work

[@ricotubbs6784]

amazing performance woooooooooo!!! woooooooooo !!!!

[@andrewjurkiewicz4393]

Ahh the Heavy days of 80s miming

[@brianevans1776]

Great song. I wonder if BBC cameraman knew a law against up-skirt shots would be on its way....

[@galactic904]

The song is describing a state of mind and not a home or motel. Very clever Austin Powers