Thompson Twins - Love on Your Side

Music video by Thompson Twins performing Love On Your Side. (C) 1983 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
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[@GroovyDoom]

40 years later, still gives me the chills.

[@turienlammers1739]

Me too !

[@RussellMarsh1967]

Agreed

[@patsypatti990]

A lot

[@luistrevino6229]

Extreme

[@marcuskeulertz5852]

I still own "The Very best of.. CD which I bought in the US.

[@Ashfaq1999]

Remember buying this song back in 1983, when I was 14. Now 55 this sounds just as great as it did back then 🎶

[@angelatulloch-of4ql]

it sure does

[@Dragon-tv1cu]

I'm so greatful to have grown up in the 80s. Perhaps the last great era for music.

[@PoseursROK]

I agree with you for the most part. But the 90's had some amazing music. The fashion sucked.

[@Polarizer100]

@@PoseursROK yes it is!

[@ΙΩΑΝΝΑΧΡΗΣΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ]

Thank you guys....

[@DJTonyOKay]

I still think Love on Your Side, has one of the greatest synth grooves ever. Layers and layers of synths all working together.

[@ajs41]

Those sound effects in the intro - I think this was one of the first songs to feature anything like that.

[@michealkelliher8428]

Superb. A pioneering decade of sounds.

[@felroberto]

Right, even superior to "The Union of the Snake"

[@kevinstoneham1245]

I love the synth chords that come in around 1.28. You get a high note and then another one comes over the top with a sort of filter envelope.

[@kevinstoneham1245]

@@ajs41yes, like a sort of wave table sequencing.

[@felroberto]

My god what a song! Always loved it❤

[@michealkelliher8428]

A sound way ahead of its time. The 80s personified.

[@2puffs770]

Remember when we all waited for "Rap, boy rap"?

[@synthwave7]

Still sounds modern in 2023 - Excellent stuff "Thompson Twins"

[@carlosxd9739]

New wave is amazing 🤠

[@simongilbert2704]

this video production is top notch ;;

[@chesterstewartdrawers5149]

I say 'Rap, Boy, Rap' complete with hand gesture occasionally. Usually met with confusion. Makes me smile. I don't explain, either.

[@DanFreeman723]

Clearly one of the best & most slept on english 80s groups. They had a ton of excellent songs. Much more than most uk synth bands. Quick Step & Side Kick is a perfect album. Literally all 10 songs are on point. They were the first true synth band to matter imo. No diss to Depeche Mode.

[@patrik-vw4ek]

Even now when played loud sounds as good as it ever did...music videos were an art in themselves back in the day!

[@angelatulloch-of4ql]

over 40 years and still takes me back to our nights out whoop woop

[@glenjarnold]

40 years. 40 years. My god, where did it all go so quickly? This reminds me so much of one of my best summers ever with 'the gang'. Clubbing, camping and having fun. Two of them sadly no longer with us. RIP Karen and John. And I still miss you Nikki....

[@zachariasplank2774]

His voice has a high recognition value , very few have that .

[@denisespencer6550]

Brilliant song

[@brettgustin9471]

Another great band from the 80s

[@jonathanlewis453]

Saw them live as a support act at the Coliseum. I didn’t quite get it because they were quite avant- garde. Then they started knocking out belters like this.

[@ajs41]

Yeah, this was their first commercial song. It's still great though.

[@karenjordan9607]

I love ❤️ this song

[@chadwickallison6277]

One of the best Bassists of all time and no one knows his name... CRAZYYYY!

[@stuartcrick9536]

Just simply brilliant

[@chrisjohnstone9228]

phenomenal, I adore this song! Furthermore, the video; dark, mysterious and simply enthralling.

[@michaelgabert7549]

I grew up in the 80's and in 2024 I rediscovered this gem I had totally forgotten about. Gave me instant chills and 40 years later I still know the lyrics. I love this song, when I was a kid and now as a 50 year old man!

[@donniebroadwayjr3321]

Got to see Twins in concert back in the day. It was awesome!!!!

[@DavidGillett-b6i]

And me Into The Gap tour Birmingham NEC 1984

[@BlueGreyWolf]

This music video is so beautifully done and very creative! Love it and the song! ❤👍

[@juliepage4346]

Good Music Never Dies

[@AliTHEChad]

I remember listening to this song in GTA VCS, now I opened GTA VCS after years and this was playing on the PCJ-600

[@sersiniokyte5558]

Gotta love Wave 103.

[@user-ky6yr4tu3w]

@@sersiniokyte5558Wave 103 is such an awesome station, personally I think the VCS counterpart is better than VC

[@olamawai]

Style Vice City

[@Julie-bp8jd]

Once again 80s rule. Love on your side 💗😂

[@stephanie_songstress]

Rap, boy, rap!

[@dghdavies]

I have the 45 !

[@BethCiesco]

Their best!

[@madkittyjoey70]

I had the album Side Kicks on cassette when I was a kid and this was one of my favorite songs on it.

[@tomyoung9834]

Such an incredible song! Perfect!

[@sallyjoan]

nothing special, heard better.

[@tom12878]

Thankyou

[@bs27v1b]

Back in the 80s I used to drive around listening to mixed tapes a buddy of mines older sister made. this was obviously on it. I still have those tapes.

[@andyb150]

The B side of this single was 'Love on Your Back'. Put the A & B side together and you get 'Love on Your Backside'

[@laurensmith485]

Still listening to the best music of the 80s in 2004

[@denisespencer6550]

Count me in

[@andybigbs9466]

It’s 2024 😝

[@andybigbs9466]

Still touring now at 70 and still amazing, saw him last night in Guildford 😘

[@antster1983]

Saw him in Manchester on Monday (on my birthday). He was brilliant!

[@elizabird6516]

I saw him perform tonight. He looks great, sounds fantastic.

[@davidwaters8902]

@@elizabird6516 Bridgeport CT? He opened with this and it rocked!

[@elizabird6516]

@davidwaters8902 Washington, DC

[@mikekaraoke]

Can't believe he is 70 now, it is shame we will never the see the original line-up again sad! Joe came from my part of Kent, right between Dartford/Bexley where a number of well know other famous peopel came from as you prob know-So you saw Tom in Guilford are you from that part of Surrey?? 😀

[@angrysilence1234....]

AN "UNFATHOMABLE" POWER.....to have on your "side".....Usually, "FOUGHT FOR" to be on, or STAY on, your "side"?.....VERY GD HARD....and LONG!!!! Maybe,....? A "HEART-SPILLING" LOTTA GD....YEARS....even?!?!

[@KARENK72886]

Classic 80s, blessed to live in that era! Thx, TTs! xo

[@tomgebarowski8156]

One of those cool underrated songs of the 80's.❤😮😊

[@LidiaLattanzio]

Absolutely love these guys my parents were in their teens and in the 90s they lived in the 2 best eras 80s and 90s and I was born in 2001..they instilled awesome music in us kids.. thank mum n dad.

[@Perthshire]

Are they still alive?

[@1997loza]

The best era.❤❤❤

[@michaelfarar4232]

Best eras started in the late 60s thru 70s into the 80s. 90s were good very good but not epic. Sorry. I loved grunge and r&b and so.e rap also pj Harvey..... Bjork....and the sugarcubes. Maybe the 90s were epic...lol

[@Julie-bp8jd]

Where are the twins today 👩‍❤️‍👨.

[@francocatanese]

1983_2024 _ ❤ _

[@atthebeach709]

Loved this in high school, love it now....Keys and Bass riff kills it!

[@turienlammers1739]

The cordeof this song still are magical after all those years !

[@martmako1]

wonder who played bass on this..fine tune

[@GroovyDoom]

It's Tom Bailey playing the bass line on an Oberheim OBX synth. He said he often got asked "Who played bass on Side Kicks and Into the Gap?" from other producers and bands who wanted to hire their bassist.

[@mackalan]

Very underrated song... Only 14k?

[@grahamcheesman2252]

Yes but only been on here 4 months, where are the older ones

[@mackalan]

@@grahamcheesman2252 I don't know yet...

[@grahamcheesman2252]

Into the gap was amazing album and one of the best albums ever

[@stevebrazilio]

The tune and video are pure genius. Brings me back to my early teens. Pure energy by the whole band. I wonder if Alannah Currie actually did the drums and symbols in this, but fantastic energy. Joe Leeway on keyboards with the leather fingerless gloves (remember those?) and of course Tom Bailey on vocals, well in fact the whole bloody band... just gets my adrenaline rushing.

[@kaneyt0]

The drum machine used in this song (seen at about 0:13-0:16) is the same one used and seen in the music video for Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)". It's a very rare machine.

[@TheHannibalTV]

Great song

[@Bonez-007]

Just . . . brilliant artists! I hear you laughing in some other room And it makes me feel locked out You say my passion often stifles you And you need to move about But I was taught that boys need girls and girls need boys You say that's not true You'd rather fool around than be alone with me Well, that's alright for you Cause you got love, love Love on your side Cause you got love, love Love on your side Cause you got love, love Love on your side Cause you got love, love Love on your side I've bought you sentimental roses But you gave them all away I've played you all my favorite records Then we spent the night in talking, talking all the time... You sent me home I was so surprised to find that after all It doesn't hurt to be alone

[@denisespencer6550]

Thanks for sharing the lyrics

[@shanegedekoh121]

For those curious, the instrument at 0:14 is a Movement Computer Systems Percussion Computer AKA Movement Systems Drum Computer...."Indeed, to look at, the MCS appears much like a microcomputer with a monitor and full alpha numeric keyboard; this isn't altogether surprising as the Percussion Computer is based on the Nascom II and can be used as a microcomputer in its own right. MCS can supply the usual range of business and consumer software that turns the drum machine into a word processor or a games centre, etc."

[@SharonSlater-dr3uv]

Such a brilliant but underrated song

[@heribertoarreola8319]

It's like it just came out 😂

[@aminzoz]

GTA Vice City Story İstanbul'u Dinliyorum😂❤

[@MovingInStereo]

One of their best songs. Great band!

[@discodave6153]

Not a band I was fond of, but all 80s groups have one great record and this is theirs. Sounds like they were trying to sound a bit like Human League, no bad thing. Lovely arrangement and sound choices 👌🏻

[@ajs41]

Sister of Mercy is pretty good as well IMO.

[@MsGrockle]

Both bands formed in Sheffield in 1977 and part of the same scene, maybe that's why you hear a similarity? I was a fan of both :)

[@discodave6153]

@@MsGrockle I didn’t know they formed in Sheffield actually 👍🏻

[@luciobecker2637]

Beautiful songs and videos of a period full of quality. Greetings from Rome Italy

[@PoseursROK]

Tom Bailey was hot!

[@markwilson1367]

Still not the same these days without Joe and Alannahs voice's

[@littleblueshed.coinslostth3316]

This is bringing back some old memories good and bad . ❤

[@radiogalway1636]

Their best song 🎵

[@jazzthing1410]

ahead of its time.

[@gmansi]

Yes!

[@michaelobrien3057]

Superb fucking tune, apologies for the language, but come on, brings back the memories.

[@dickyboyryw]

Timeless. Catchy. Classic 80s..its up there with the very best.. Has to be. Thus band wrote 3 or 4 extraordinarily, good singles* At least*

[@darylking838]

Absolutely love that bass. Does anybody know how they created that particular sound?

[@williamgreen728]

Probably the Oberheim OBXa and Prophet 5 Synthesizer's that were in use at the time.

[@gmansi]

@@williamgreen728 Yes, no bass player listed on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Step_%26_Side_Kick#Personnel

[@simonburns1055]

Prophet Horn for sure @@williamgreen728

[@deepcreep9849]

Tom Bailey used a clavinet sample and lowered it a few octaves.

[@gmansi]

@@deepcreep9849 Good info!And when the band plays live with a bassist do they do something similar?

[@monieburns676]

Was Tom Bailey hot or what? God damn he was good looking.

[@elizabird6516]

He was so beautiful. He even looks good now at 68.

[@sallyjoan]

@@elizabird6516 do me a favour, get glasses.

[@LushistoryUK]

I've still got the "Into the Gap" album on 12" Might have to dig it out now !

[@Badrobot1500]

I don’t usually use all caps but, TUUUUUUUUUUUUUNE.

[@mosherer68]

Wowwww! Great ! Other days❤

[@SharonWhitehouse-yy3vj]

The dogs guys ❤

[@AndreaBrunini-l5i]

I remember beautiful music tankyou

[@casteggiopavia3128]

Love this song.50years Old.t.twins And other best songs.

[@spinmanfinn4129]

overlooked track when it comes to what cemented New Wave as a real thing instead of passing fad like Disco. all the metal heads hated it so more seasoned listeners knew it must be

[@Eicher-pz1os]

I think at the Krone Optimat by this Song

[@RenataCantore]

❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤ August 6, 2024 & Forever ❤❤❤

[@davidbloxham6114]

Awesome Group July 2023.😀😀❤❤👍👍

[@carlosserrano3985]

The Simmons drum pads but the true sound of the record came from the MCS or Movement Percussion Computer (mk1), you can see it at the begining of the video with Tom pushing the buttons. Eurythmics use one of those in Sweet Dreams and you can see it also in the video with Dave typing on it.

[@gplunk]

What a supreme thoe-thapper!!

[@SniffyPoo]

I feel like the Twins may not actually be playing their instruments in this video

[@oafctom]

This is a tune

[@malcolmallen9474]

Red heads r cool and woman red keep that

[@DanielFranc35]

Tainted loving hair

[@thorgal82]

first reaction: huh? second reaction: ah, finally!

[@RolandoRatas]

They got some harsh criticism by the music press back in the day but I thought they were decent.

[@simongilbert2704]

this record is much better than it's credited for ;;

[@hmcdude1027]

This never gets old. 👍

[@RIPzippyshare]

This used to have millions of views before the reupload

[@brayanh81]

Definitivamente estos manes viajaron al futuro y dejaron está music al estilo de los.años 90

[@johnstjohn6658]

One of my top ten albums all-time from any genre. As a cassette is was perfect for runs along the North Shore of Oahu (Side one out and the even more upbeat remixes for the run back.).

[@chrisfrancz]

Who is rediscovering this song after going to the Totally Tubular Festival in 2024? Surely, not just me. Class of 1984!

[@r.pmcmxc5068]

Went there last night!

[@doncarpincho]

I know this song from Gta: vice city stories

[@evabriggs7094]

Lead singer looks like mason of coronation street

[@suanyfabianaguilar]

This music is my favorite in gta vice city stories

[@amycondle5690]

🏆🥇🥈🥉🏅🎖️🎼🎵🎶

[@malcolmallen9474]

1 msg don't get down believe in urself toms not mine?

[@treestruest9649]

The Bailey set I just saw was insane 😮❤🎉

[@Horey_Caim_lives]

This is so killer 👏