The Only Ones - Another Girl, Another Planet (Video)

[@rockerc2008]

I was their sound mixer and tour manager for all their career from just before signing with Epic to the 'breakup' in NYC in late '80. So many good, but often hazy, memories! I still chat with Peter and John, and Peter's new albums are amazing. RIP my old friend Kellie, and Barrie Evans, the guitar tech who stayed loyal to Peter all the years of his life.

[@surfthestreets86]

So rad! Cheers

[@rockerc2008]

@Random Restoration You're Alan's son or daughter? Cool! I don't think I knew you then!

[@rockerc2008]

@Random Restoration I'm a Brit, but live in the US and have done for about 14 years now... definitely a man :) I'm the Chris from your Dad's picture of them and the crew outside the motel in Kansas in the 70s. "Chris Barrie and Digby" Barrie passed away year before last, but Digby's still knocking around! Were you around in the Only Ones days?

[@rockerc2008]

@Random Restoration I still listen to them often! The new live release from Chicago is pretty good in places too! I think I did meet you back then up at your house up in Highgate if I remember well... it's a little hazy these days!

[@chestermiller1768]

I just got special view and babys got gun on lp.I have check out petes solo stuff

[@leo-y5h2h]

Can’t think of a more underrated song

[@Ana_crusis]

There's always somebody in the comment section on these classical songs who has to say that. This is a real famous song really well known and covered by lots of different artists. It is absolutely NOT underrated

[@joerogan3079]

*THIS IS THE BEST SONG I EVER HEARD* *IM NOT JOKING*

[@robertwoodroffe123]

Your not bragging! I pretty much agree

[@AGalahcalledSammi]

YOU'RE NOT WRONG.

[@pocojoyo]

Do you live in a cave ? Or do you use hearing aid ?

[@riverx6802]

Please check out my punk playlist!! ❤

[@anthonyclarke5579]

Hmm, might I suggest you get out a little more.

[@john0691]

One of the best singles along with teenage kicks by the undertones to come from the 70s

[@jonathanjonathan7386]

Yeh, Love and a Molotov Cocktail is a largely unknown classic from that era

[@LuziferDiabolus]

Couldnt agree more. Perfect songs.

[@concatinate]

"Do we miss you, yes we do Father sends his regards to you Will I write, well once in a while I'll send my love and a molotov cocktail..."

[@thursoberwick1948]

It is disturbing to see the Undertones do that song in middle age.

[@robinstewarthood1378]

You could add "have i fallen in love " to that list x

[@comeonurams2233]

Undoubtedly the greatest punk / new wave single of all time with a guitar solo so good it has never been beaten - not a wasted note anywhere.

[@StevenNorthcut-fj3ft]

True story...me & myyy LOVEEE

[@therespectedlex9794]

Best Dire Straits without Mark Knopfler eh.

[@happyhouse9847]

It takes on a whole new dimension if you listen to it on LSD

[@twistedspanner]

@therespectedlex9794 That solo always reminds me of Dire Straits but not so Dire.

[@riverx6802]

This song reminds a lot of people of Whips and Furs by The Vibrat ors. I see it as well in the music.

[@CigEconomy]

The effortless swagger of British rock n roll is something I wish we had today

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Peter Perretts vocal! OMG, this stupendously great song transports me right back to the late 70s. The Only Ones came outta the punk and new wave scene. This song is totally ICONIC. I love it so much.

[@empressadelexxmotherofjohn10]

This is the song my friend who recently passed wanted playing as he' s fried. R.I.P Craig. He had a tattoo of the dragon off the album. It is a right tune.

[@hiabmaned1]

Guitar solo up there with the best

[@gil.gosseyn4786]

Possibly the greatest rock single ever released! Even after 42 years, it still sounds as fresh and vital as the day it was released. Not an unnecessary note in the entire song, just a pure rocketship headed straight to the stars. I'm STILL in awe.

[@zestyut1344]

I Would agree. Total perfection. Brings tears to my eyes.

[@listairgin]

Well said Gil!

[@windymiller6908]

I'll go along with that.

[@andrewfuller62]

Great description.

[@nookiebroon4424]

Check out ' Whips & Furs ' by The Vibrators, it came out two years earlier.

[@guybudziak6830]

I love this tune, the whole thing, but I gotta say, this guitar solo is, well... transcendent. In the late Seventies I would play this over and over, and it still sounds just as good now as it did then.

[@loka9422]

this song should have way more views

[@theairos13]

is not their oficial channel tho

[@SilverCanary1]

Where is their official channel? This looks like a good candidate. There's too many free loading hipsters in the world, by the way...

[@lilspittin313]

Too radical an idea to be mainstream! Lol

[@CigEconomy]

Life changing song even today. It's easy to see why it's better covered to death and cited as inspiration by so many.

[@tonyturner3530]

I think it saved my life along with the Flammin Groovies Slow Death!

[@bettybrown2968]

I feel blessed to have been a teenager when this came out, what a song! Why hasn't it got MILLIONS of views? It's so well put together and performed, that guitar solo is so fine and the other musicians are too...SNAZZY!

[@vapourmile]

"Why hasn't it got MILLIONS of views" Because it only matters as nostalgia for old people.

[@normanjones7490]

🐺🎸🇹🇷🇮🇲🌨️💚

[@t.c.bramblett617]

@@vapourmile that's a crass and basically inaccurate way to put it because some of us discovered it later in life and it is an eternally perfect song. So sorry to burst your bubble mr. Poopy Pants :P

[@adriennewalker1715]

You’d think, wouldn’t you ? It has been covered a lot ….not always credited.

[@Oare987]

Capital radio decided it was a ‘drug song’ and while the BBC didn’t ban it there was a whispering campaign. Meant the record got far less all important radio play. In the pre-MTV era it only took 3 or 4 weeks to make or kill a single. And good or bad is beside the point. A bad record at no 1 makes as much money as a good one.

[@michaelyoung1103]

What a song it just doesn't age at all brilliant 👏 👌 👍🏻

[@jonahharpoon2]

Remember poggoing? Dancing to this as a young punk rocker in 1978/9. Happy memories. Wish I could go back and bathe in the memories. Take it easy...relax and enjoy my youth.

[@acrodave9287]

You CAN go back and bathe in the memories, you were doing it when you heard this track again, probably for the first time in years; you were doing it when you typed your comment and if you're reading this, you're doing it again now. Fun isn't it..?

[@40ny]

Irish people of a certain vintage will recognise the intro especially. It was used at the start of the Dave Fanning Rock Show on RTE Radio 2 every weekday night all through the 80s. He was our "John Peel" and he knew a good tune when he heard it.

[@treborsix6856]

I lived in wales but my radio picked up RTE. Loved, loved loved the Dave Fanning rock show, tuned in every 12 o'clock after peelie :)

[@ahopefor]

I'm far too young to know that, thanks for the info.

[@WildernessofMirrorsN17]

My mates and I used to go on annual fishing holidays in Southern Ireland in those years and we always caught the show at 10 for this track each evening. Magic for us young English lads, great days and music.

[@bradhenderson7100]

@@ahopefor Great Radio was a fabulous thing

[@ozzie-sk9dh]

When we should have been doing our Ekker😂

[@larryearl608]

Just about a perfect song - what a gem!

[@juanlauda2300]

Such a timeless classic. Love the Ones. I saw them once or twice.

[@GodzillaGoesGaga]

I still think this song is so underrated. It is perfectly executed and has some exceptionally talented musicians playing it.

[@bonsummers2657]

This song is just a jambalaya mish mash blah. Very plain.

[@crogeny]

Agree. One of the greatest rock songs of all time.

[@bartonted]

Very Under-rated. I love to Pogo to this song

[@lervish1966]

Name one person who underrates it.

[@spinuntildizzy201]

I always think this song is so great it's unimaginable. Once saw a DJ in Brighton playing it, he was standing on a table in the middle of the room with everyone dancing around him - amazing image

[@brutallyremastered4255]

That's great

[@FM-sq3rh]

Mitch Mitchell meets Keith Moon. Wow what incredible drums on one of the best power pop songs ever! Never fails to blow me away. That's the way it's done, Mike Kellie. RIP.

[@crispinkeith8945]

One of the most exciting guitar solos ever encased by the perfect single

[@george474747]

The guitar solo is amazing.

[@twistedspanner]

John Perry's lead guitar solo on this always reminds me of Mark Knopfler's style on Sultans of Swing.

[@garethjenkins6273]

A superb song. I am so happy to see Peter Perrett come through his dark times and is making music again.

[@anthonyarmstrong14]

I cant seperate this song from a dark period of my youth,where i was filling my veins with poison. Great music,but painfilled lonely times that i dont look back on with any fondness.I'm 57 now.

[@BintAlAbla1999]

Great track! I'm a 53 year old aging punk rocker! Worked as a roadie with several punk bands back in my 20s, good times! In my youth, I had lots of tough times. But I try not to dwell on the past. Don’t look back at the bad times my friend Anthony, look forward to a beautiful and precious life. A spectacular orange sunset, a fresh-smelling forest. The innocent laugh and smile of a child. The 30,000 lenses of a dragonfly’s eyes, allowing it to see 360 degrees. The vermiculate patterns of a brook trout, holding against the current in a crystal clear mountain stream. A great music track, such as this. There is so much beauty around us, but sometimes we do not see it. Fall in love with life, and its beauty. We only get one shot at life, treasure it.

[@PedroConejo1939]

Had a rough time too - got way too spaced out. The music was just so good but there are a couple of pieces I just can't listen to because of the dark memories. XTC's Senses Working Overtime is one. This piece is great though, I was still out there gigging and fighting the NF when this came out. Never saw them live (I think). Good to see you're still with us.

[@E83X]

Glad to hear you're doing well now. I find this quite fascinating.. I'm 23, bought my first scooter last year around the same time I first heard this song. It's one of those that will always remind me of a really special time in my life.

[@WIDGI]

@@BintAlAbla1999 the innocent laugh and smile of a child breaks my heart. My daughter died last year and I will never see that beautiful laugh again.

[@berenicehickey1503]

Me too. They were playing the 100 Club with the Pistols. Amazing time, but I was in a state...

[@tyneview9845]

Saw these guys 78/79 in Newcastle (UK) Loud sweaty and utterly magnificent live.

[@paulsmith1519]

I also saw them in 78/79 at the Mayfair Ballroom in Newcastle (supported by Wasted Youth), they were great!

[@not_ryuka]

Please do yourself a favour and listen to the rest of their discography. Please.

[@APrayerfortheBeast]

Top songs?

[@suzihall778]

Ok I will ❤ thank you for asking so politely

[@paulmorgancollings7833]

@not. ..ryuka...etc, you're not wrong there. I had "even serpents shine " back in the day, but I haven't a clue what happened to it, or when. Regards from a bloke in Hertfordshire, England who is now going to get another copy of it!

[@podsanddocs2302]

I saw them perform this in the late 70s at Eric's Club Liverpool. We were blown away and couldn't get the song out of our heads. Still sounds amazing

[@ncc74656m]

Super jealous.

[@suspendeddisbelief401]

Saw many bands at Eric's but missed this one. Great club, great music.

[@paulmorgancollings7833]

As John Peel once described another fantastic single in 1978, this is 3 minutes of absolute brilliance. Well I think so anyway. Regards from Hertfordshire.

[@markjeffery1697]

The greatest new wave song ever written in my humble opinion and one of rock greatest opening riffs

[@mikel4435]

Agree.

[@hankbushrivet9788]

So do I.

[@tudormiller8898]

Probably one of the best songs ever. Watching from London UK.

[@pdlawson-venusloon359]

This song means more to me than any other. It takes me back to a place and time that I loved.

[@seanmaguire251]

Still love this tune. The intro was used for an Irish radio show back in the day by Dave Fanning. Rock on lads.

[@tonymagnante5428]

A classic song... Timeless

[@1Almighty11]

Inspired Robert Smith from The Cure to write the song "Just like Heaven" Roberts own word: "Although I didn’t realise it at the time, the structure is actually very similar to a song called 'Another Girl Another Planet' by The Only Ones, which I can still vividly remember hearing on the radio late at night in the mid-70s. The main difference is that as the song progressed, I introduced some different chord changes which give it that slightly melancholic feeling."

[@charlesloomis2224]

That interview article brought me here.

[@jlsjls09]

Saw them play this last tour no Mick. Still ferocious. Third encore lights up.

[@jayzedable]

The timing is beautifully chaotic, pure 'feel'. Fills me with excitement and joy, just to hear notes rushing, but just enough to be perfectly off the beat, by a wonderful amount. Not out of time, raw emotion.

[@Sameoldfitup]

"Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one's head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace." Oscar Wilde.

[@slick_Ric]

fortunately he snapped out of that on his deathbed and realized how serious a journey he was about to take, and asked for a priest to bring him to Jesus. death won't be pleasant without God, and neither is heroin. this song is nice though

[@InfotainmentScan]

@@slick_Ric Heroin is pleasant with or without God, but I agree with you on the death and song parts.

[@kirkdonnelly6450]

OSCAR CORN EATER !!!!!

[@missingno88]

@@slick_Ric based and correct observation

[@stevequinn6936]

@@slick_Ric ZZZZzzzzz.

[@alienmoped5769]

A very underated band indeed.

[@charles-wr9kb]

we played this in our band. it drove the chix wild!

[@leatherob99]

Why cant we have great stuff like this anymore? Thank goodness we can still access the good stuff...

[@AGalahcalledSammi]

One of the great mysteries of our time.🤔

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

yes great comment ​@bruceevans3476

[@user-uh9ho1wk4x]

first listen aged 16 aged 61 now still one of the best tunes ever

[@mwaters660]

One of the best songs ever written. Gives me chills every time I hear it.

[@TheRusshighfield]

What a song

[@lucalone]

one of the best songs of the punk era!

[@joe22589]

What about this song is "punk". There have been more genres at the end70s than just "punk"

[@davefuzzforrow6627]

@@joe22589 every thing about it is punk,back then punk was an attitude/rebellion stance against a stagnant society not some mohican haired leather jacket bandwagon crap

[@ultramutt8278]

Classic New Wave. Not Punk.

[@JejakARDANA]

Ultramutt Post-Punk?

[@shanearnold7781]

This is power pop straight up. It has proto-punk elements to it but I don’t see how this can be considered anything other than a classic of power pop

[@cluds136]

The song is very good, but the intro is the best in the history of popular music!

[@Gemjack]

In my all time top ten, brilliant guitar riff, just love this song.

[@vlota]

One of my favourite songs of all time. This is getting played at my funeral and they'd better put my air guitar in the coffin with me, so I can join in on the solo.

[@johnmumford9731]

The perfect 3 min pop song. Played it every week in the 80's still as good today. Nuff said

[@bonsummers2657]

This song is just a jambalaya mish mash blah. Very plain.

[@KawaiiDollDecora]

Still love it after all these years ❤

[@leedredd8505]

Soundtrack of my Youth , so beautiful ❤❤❤❤

[@NormAppleton]

The 80'S were sweet

[@oolongoolong789]

Great song. Still sounds fresh.

[@richardwhitaker8972]

Songs like this just wont themselves be forgotten. Absolutely superb track, one of the best songs ever

[@lejlatiric7037]

Beautifully said! I agree with you!

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

​@lejlatiric7037 yeah i just shared it

[@seafox61]

great track...we'll never hear stuff like this anymore..

[@kangfesher]

One of the most charming voices in music. Love. Love. Love.

[@mc76]

If you wanted to explain to today's music fans what new wave was all about, this song would be all you would need to play. It is quintessential.

[@halenbud]

Power Pop at it’s finest!

[@Guidussify]

I first heard this great song as the intro music to Dave Fanning's radio show in Dublin a long time ago. I tried without success to find it a few times over the years. The opening build-up is unforgettable. I mistakenly thought the song was by Stiff Little Fingers. Then recently it popped up in my KZbin feed! Now added to my favorites list!

[@justlikeitsounds]

One of the most under-rated songs of all time, I reckon. The guitar section (1:45-2:20) surely must be one of the greatest

[@GreatbarrierislandtourismCoNz]

Got to agree with you there mate... What an epic guitar player. Brings tears to me eyes :)

[@justlikeitsounds]

Totally mate. It blows me away every time I hear it.

[@garthodowd6846]

That solo reminds me of "Burning of the midnight lamp" by Hendrix

[@markrae1317]

No it isn't! I don't know anyone who doesn't rate this song!

[@grantg60]

Agreed. One of the best solos ever

[@AndrewBooker-r4z]

Good song

[@MrJeepsters]

C'est un classique. Il m'a fallut un certain temps pour me remémoré ce titre (un ami anglais me l'avait fait écouter).

[@scottculli7851]

Classic song

[@dontmindmeimjustthescottis1194]

this has got such road trip with your friends feels to it

[@dontmindmeimjustthescottis1194]

@Patrick Morris ill give it a listen

[@timpaulriceuk]

Great song. Saw them at the Locarno in Bristol 1978 - Had some guitar lessons from John, maybe late '70s early '80s :-)

[@marksmall507]

This was proper music still as fresh as it was back in the day .Nothing in today's drivil comes close.

[@dragonfitter]

That’s because you have got old and don’t like modern music in the same way your parents would of said this was drivel

[@AB-sn6er]

Guy in the shades!! Coolest man on the planet

Just like heaven inspiration

[@paulharvey2851]

One of the first singles I bought when I was 11 or 12, hearing it first like many of my generation, late at night on the John Peel show with the radio under my pillow! The flipside track 'Special View' is often overlooked and well worth a listen!

[@kevinmurphy7053]

Yeah - i grew up in a little fishing town on the northern peninsula of Newfoundland - my older brother and I in bunkbeds, passing a little radio back and forth song for song in our bedroom lit up by the northern lights - this stuff coming at us from the future, a message from our then and future other selves - another world, another planet

[@tomfaulkner6616]

Was doing the same at boarding school. Kept me sane. Another one from Matumbi!

[@nevenr2496]

Best song ever made ...

[@mfollett3613]

My favourite single in its day. I never understood why The Only Ones never made it big. ❤️

[@bonsummers2657]

This song is just a jambalaya mish mash blah. Very plain.

[@DarkForcesStudio]

@@bonsummers2657 Get back to your Dire Straits mate. 🤡

[@averageanimalboy]

Wow. What is good then? This roars.

[@bikeman1x11]

this is their only good song!!

[@CB-qy1bb]

Rubbish.

[@4vemsnotver87]

I got to see Jonathan and his Modern Lovers live at Manchester University students union hall back in the mid 1980's. This was their opening song where he came dancing onto the stage during the drum roll intro to this. It was an intimate fun evening with all his endearing songs from throughout his career.

[@flashtheoriginal]

Just class. All about Heroin and the associated risk - pleasure - lonliness - release. I detest all drugs...but this song is BEAUTIFUL

[@giorgiocurcetti4001]

So good it hurts. Right in the heart's centre. It is that brilliant. Poor band, having to live such a great song down....

[@KAchtchouk6660]

One of the best Tracks of Rock'n'Roll.

[@NICO9000]

Almost 50 years old and this song will never lose its’ luster. Check out Peter’s new album, “The Cleansing.” Still a great songwriter!

[@edhelvey6119]

The Replacements cover of this song was my introduction to it. Thanks Paul!

[@DeadbeatfanzineScotland]

Thank you for posting this. Still the greatest song in my all time list, closely followed by its the truth and no peace for the wicked. I put them on and I'm as confused as any other 15 year old, even at 58. My brother had the first album and I would buy the rest. I remember buying Remains and reviewing it in deadbeatfanzine #27, in 1984 thinking the end of the world had passed! The Only Ones never wrote a bad song and Peter's voice in my head just worked. Carousel works for me nowadays but it wont change my life the way Another Girl, Another Planet did!

[@johnnybsteelriff]

One of the great pop/rock singles of all time....

[@chrisgordon820]

Great nasal vocals,up there with Shelley and Devoto.

[@Capn_Jack]

I’m a millennial and first heard this when one of my favorite pro skateboarders got the ok to have this song used for his part. Really glad they said ok Because it’s freaking amazing. Great song to cruise and skate too.

[@zamaz99]

This song was years ahead of its time.

[@marcburch1163]

I saw them in Lawrence, Ks in the late 70's at the Opera House. It was a small crowd but they were great! Way underrated.

[@DigitalUnderground7]

I wasn’t even born then. You’re lucky! 😄👍🏻

[@craigtrousdale5023]

I thought this was the Buzzcocks for years.Doh Great great tune 😎😎😎

[@epic5596]

A standout song from that era!

[@chrissmurray255]

A diamond of a song that has yet to be given the recognition it deserves.

[@iliast]

One of the best songs of a golden era

[@badabing3462]

Banger

[@charlesnelson5187]

I once stood about 2 foot away from the bass drum ( in a club in Bristol in 1977) whilst they played. Cardinal moment in my musical experience!

[@paulsmith1519]

One of my favourite songs ever, and without doubt my favourite intro.

[@vanaevaa]

This song is so good, Blink 182's version ia good too

[@cristinabarreiro72]

Oh dear!

[@davidfraserscott4765]

........Yes! It has got to be one of the BEST songs, ever recorded. 'Luv,' them, lol, lol, xxx....

[@davidlosers]

I've heard this song for years but never knew what the band looked like. now that I've seen the band, they are nothing like I imagined.

[@danielshramek2709]

Same. Loved this song forever, but never saw the band. Not what I imagined.

[@GrahamNeilsen]

One of the best songs of all time

[@jamesshields6721]

Just Yes and more Yes. XXX

[@Matt.Willoughby]

Timeless classic.

[@SheFishes22]

So good..........

[@onefatcoconut2617]

That guitar solo is so good

[@sammyd8860]

That guitar riff is just incredible. For that reason alone this song should be in the Top 10 new wave tunes

[@markfrancis824]

One of the best songs ever still vibrant today

[@sallytindill8956]

Off to see a local band tomorrow ..in their 30th year.. This amazing track still fills the floor with peeps off all ages. Makes me happy to hear it x

[@sallytindill8956]

Same👍 was in a band a lot of years ago that played this...full floor and great memories

[@stephenclose8035]

This is the only song ever made that comes close to Alternative Ulster by SLF with regard to such meaningful personal lyrics and a blistering guitar solo! What a belter of a song this is!!