Wouldn't it be good - Nik Kershaw

[@julieduffey9286]

I’m 53 and still love this great 80’song never will get tired of this song ❤😊

[@cheeseandonions9558]

Music of your youth... who could possibly blame you?

[@robertgoodwinr6523]

i'm 55 and agree. These we're the best songs and era we grew up in. 80s we're great.

[@christopherengel1275]

J🎉p p ​@@cheeseandonions9558

[@rdatwood1475]

Yep top 80"s mtv video😊

[@jamessimmons4770]

Good music to grow up with no doubt.

[@lovelygirl10158]

There is a never better time than the 80s. So many memories. ❤

[@mikefisc9989]

The 80's was pop culture heaven.

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Time is what you MAKE it

[@johnorgan3]

can't remember. too blown away. but I sure remember nik kershaw

[@williamcox955]

Music is the closest thing we have to a Time Machine.

[@guavaB52]

Very well said!! ❤

[@steveswallows6328]

Yes it is

[@vannjunkin8041]

Yep

[@earlyburg]

This is the most profound thing I have read on the interwebz today. Thank you this is quite true when you think about it.

[@MaryanneVasilakopoulos]

Yes it is .

[@thegteam4349]

The nostalgia overload on this one is so great it's almost painful.

[@julieann4616]

❤❤

[@enlightened166]

it's cause you are REAL!

[@BAKER22-l4u]

Lol...WTF is WRONG with you

[@spongebobpatrick1255]

Oh I agree!

[@feferosette]

It sure is. The nostalgia.

[@jennielott1458]

When I discovered this song in the 90s, I was blown away that 80s music could be that "deep" and profound. As a grunge loving 90s music kid, we all thought 80s music was vapid and silly. Oh were we wrong....lol Now I know better...thank you Nik ❤

[@TMANN-jo1ps]

Remember listening to this song back in the 90's while to malls with my parents.

[@adrak91]

@@TMANN-jo1ps that was just a cover

[@leavingitblank9363]

@@adrak91 How do you know? Someone actually did a cover of this song? Who?

[@adrak91]

@@leavingitblank9363 the image of music being shallow was a cover to get it played, not the song itself

[@jgn2112]

"I don't wanna be here no more. I don't wanna be here no more." As a kid who grew up in the 80s, I couldn't agree more.

[@mattsergel5704]

Me and you both 👍.

[@cynthiakhan5483]

Amen!

[@michaelhegyan7464]

@jgn2112 tune was 24/7 when I was living in Miami..on the radio..

[@sonofagroove]

This song is now officially 40 years old and having heard it randomly today in a Trader Joe's in LA I realize it more perfectly encapsulates the feeling of being in your 40s in the year 2024 than Mr. Kershaw could have ever imagined.

[@dodge-jo4oc]

I randomly heard this song today in a truck stop coming home from work I almost didn't stop there but decided to anyway although they didn't have what I wanted the fact that I got to hear a small bit of this beloved classic definitely made the stop worth it this was a song I completely forgot about but love love love very much. Still rocking Nik Kershaw in 2024 baby.

[@blastomaticdisel6189]

Heard this song yesterday while leaving Red Lobster. Reminds you of all the great music that helped make the 80s.

[@naj70]

A super market (feel good in aisle 6) staple - heard it in Publix yesterday afternoon…

[@daisygrl72]

Was reminded of this song while playing Song Pop this a.m. I really liked this song in Pretty In Pink. It was just one of those songs you sang while watching the movie for the zillionth time.

[@windhammer1237]

40 years huh, can it have been that long already? I suppose so. The world seemed so different then, but I was just a child and so very naieve about everything. Well at least I'm young enough to know that everything taught to me was a lie and I'm not too old to do something about it. Hahaha!

[@marshalllancaster2314]

Love it. Makes me nostalgic for 80s movies.

[@ainsleyscarlet9027]

I’m 57 and have reverted back to when I was 18 years old right now! Luv this song

[@scottfox7642]

Me too.

[@scottfox7642]

I have too.

[@mesalily-TeHWoRld]

Same here😊

[@kate8377]

Same, I'm 59. Love it ❤❤

[@germanbg6223]

I'm 57 and I feel the same way

[@nealnc07]

The 80's have the best songs!! The English bands really made some great music. I love this song too.

[@DJMetzler337]

I was born in ‘83 and am obsessed with this song. It literally gives me goosebumps. I love all the instruments used.

[@daphnefernandez6589]

I was 20 in 1984. This song is still one of my favourites! So many good memories of the 80's. The best songs in history in my lifetime so far! When I hear this song, it brings me right back to 1984. Absolutely love ❤️ it! ❤

[@maestroCanuck]

I was 19….I so wish I could go back in time. This song helps ease the longing. We sure are lucky though to have lived then and to remember it aren’t we!

[@WilliamLooper-lk3pg]

I'm pushin 60 and this song t as takes me back 2 tha good old days 80s

[@RichardKemp-p1i]

The 80's needed this song today!

[@js-oh2pp]

Wish i could go back the times were so simple and people actually met face to face...and i would have my mom still alive...RIP mom

[@dangoldberg4160]

When this song opens up to the chorus, I’m transported back in time. This, among a few other ’80s songs, is why I learned guitar and songwriting. It’s one of the greats! Always makes me feel spiritually uplifted.

[@GhostlyFilm]

I’m 26 and this song defined a large portion of my childhood

[@erika8214]

I love this song and “Pretty In Pink.” Thank you, Nik for this! Part of me wishes I could freeze the ‘80s.

[@lauramarie1194]

Love pretty in pink too.

[@MrGenXer]

My favorite song and video of the 1980's. Everytime I listen, I'm 15 again.

[@goodbird3408]

Im 37 ive been obsessed with 80s for decades now... I just discovered this one on Pandora holy shit im in love . I always thought 80s pop was heavily underrated!

[@Kinesiology411]

Ah, it was quite a time. I got to be a kid in the 70s (roller disco!) and a teenager in the 80s. Didn't know then how lucky I was!

[@MrDKStud]

I’m not sure if Nik could have possibly known how this song allowed me to feel my emotions as a teen being abused almost daily. Over 40 years later it still allows me to release emotions related to complex PTSD suffered throughout my life. The recent healing merges with the memory of those who bullied and abused me and allows me to remember that those days are no longer present. It reminds me that I can show my emotion in a safe place…..finally without repercussion. It reminds me of my growth. It allows me to revisit my pain and appreciate that someone felt as desperate and lonely as myself but never gave up and kept fighting. I love this song so much.

[@lauramarie1194]

❤

[@henrilouisecarter2777]

The words really resonate with me when I'm severely depressed. I play it over and over.

[@akbarlebowitz8151]

When MTV was MTV!!!

[@kmichellewalton4901]

Y'all know its about being in west Berlin.

[@sharonwilson4960]

❤

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Those were the days, huh...

[@t.j.payeur5331]

​@@kmichellewalton4901I didn't know that at all. It sure adds a new dimension...

[@tsitracommunications2884]

Hear hear

[@roberto1933]

Broken Wings, New Girl Now and this. All time classics

[@levonpoe]

So good to hear this again. I was in my young 20s. MTV was new. In fact the whole world seemed new.

[@michaelmoore1386]

Love this classic. They sounded good at Live Aid too.

[@Xis-ql5pj]

As I have gotten older ,I realize the metaphor in this piece of nostalgia. As the digital world became ever more pervasive, we were trading out soul- humanity . And here we are

[@kandikane4827]

I recall loving this song and finding it a comfort as a child when my daddy was deployed in the Persian Gulf War.

[@JimButler1234567890]

This song is such a nostalgic masterpiece of the 1980s.

[@FINNEGANAGENNIF]

Brilliant! Overlooked classic. Never has video and music have meshed better. An awesome achievement!

[@keyventusjaguaraladejana3184]

One of the 80s songs of all time.

[@NOTW4422]

2024 people here? Or am I the last living person in my generation? Love the song so much…❤

[@margin606]

Not the last 🙂

[@rkidlat]

Im watching Pretty in Pink right now. They just played this. NY class of 84

[@Xis-ql5pj]

It is a metaphor for the analog to digital age ..and how we slowly traded our humanity souls for our little digital masters ...and here we are ...40 years later

[@CharlieTourniquet]

Oh hell naww....I friggin love this song! I'm right here with ya!

[@irenemckinney4876]

I LOVE this song 😂

[@samlondon7430]

Life was more simple back in the '80s ❤🥲

[@gmc9905]

And just like that I'm a teenager again for five minutes.

[@lovewhitey4462]

Me 2 ✍🏻🎼❤️⏱

[@kpmmsupervision1297]

Love your comment ❤. Art made song, nowadays we have just most of the time pure crap!

[@joannlozano1227]

Sign best of times 😭😭

[@mikefisc9989]

Indeed......It feels good.

[@jacquelineengel2464]

Yup. But it still feels so relevant!!?? Why is that?

[@ihguy2113]

im 58 we need these great songs back and groups

[@phill.2924]

For real.

[@benfranklin1770]

" Wouldn't it be good " if there were no wars? Peace, tranquility and happiness😊

[@Tmanaz480]

My office cafe sent me here. This one is a classic that hasnt been overplayed to death.

[@nicholashylton6857]

True! 👍

[@Melissa-jl7bw]

Gonna be 55 March 18th! Miss the fuck outa the 80’s!!! This song sums up how I feel about this hellish shit show if the country now🤯🤦🏼‍♀️

[@1amfree]

I'll be 55 June 30th! 🎉 I love being snatched back in time. ☺️💗🎵

[@margaretdimick2096]

Just turned 51. I often wish I could go back. The music was definitely better.

[@Melissa-jl7bw]

@@margaretdimick2096 This world has always been filled with horrible people, and horrible times. The 80’s though had normalcy, decency, morals, values that are gone now💔🇺🇸😢

[@Melissa-jl7bw]

@@1amfree Hope your upcoming birthday is filled with fun, and happiness🎂🍧🙂

[@heatherkandrick1191]

51 here and I agree. Take me back to the 80’s please ❤

[@arielspalter7425]

Haven’t heard this song since grade 1 or 2. Besides being emotional right now, this is a brilliant song, musically speaking. Amazing chord progressions. You can hear that craftsmanship of real musicians.

[@Annieisfreejustlikebutterflies]

siellä voi marna meelna būti leidžiamam irgendwo hin t’ijuñax borg ukham uñt’atawa kubvumirwa kukunda og styre alt tot in alle oneindigheid chunki organik hayot zal altijd yn bodoli.

[@paulvazquez2879]

Listen to this song. It's sung in a two person perspective. One person wants to live in a different person's shoes and the other person is telling them that they don't want to be in their shoes cause that person wants out of their own shoes.

[@michellerichards9948]

I'm 11 years old again oh how I miss the the 80s I'm still loving this 🎵 🎶 🎵 🎶 in 2024❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kieranmccrory3960]

Me too this is one of my favorite songs which can take me back to the 80’s

[@newwaveclubx]

What a classic, takes me back to great house parties in Tel Aviv of the 80's

[@ljf1221]

Song my head today. Helping friends with their issues and barely handling my own. But I will not trade places.

[@PalePrudence]

This song reminds me of my late sister who taught me some of the best music ever. I miss her.

[@wickedout2010]

Classic 1980s love! Great song! 🎵 ❤

[@djmusicchannel007]

Excellent production. Way ahead of its time. Classic

[@DorkThink]

This song resonated at age 13 and still hits at my heart for the truth in it. ✨

[@suzianthony4928]

Can we go back to the 80s? I was a kid in that era n i loved this song..this n old school duran duran. Beautiful free fun times 🎉 and this imspired my music thank u Nik

[@henrietazigova2052]

I love this song and Nik Kershaw forever!

[@freeLA_saint]

Ha ha .... this song is brilliant isn't it, so good. I appreciate it much more now than when I was growing up ... in the 80's

[@wesjohnson1783]

Same.

[@petem4665]

Ditto

[@brucewayne-bp2qw]

I was 17 and a senior in high school. Wish i could go back. Best times of my life.

[@RogerDills-gr5fv]

Me too

[@melissadalessandro7236]

I loved this album. He should have been bigger

[@ethanporter1]

One of the greatest videos ever made. An even better song.

[@JimD-f3l]

Got to love the horn section

[@heatherkandrick1191]

A staple from the 80’s and such a great song!! Also when videos had a story to them ❤❤❤and taste.

[@nahshonimmanuel1704]

Takes me right back to grade 1 in 1985 in Paris, hit after hit on the radio, so glad I grew up in the 80s

[@lauramarie1194]

My Dad listened to Classic Rock mostly but he loved this song. He passed in 2019 so i come to listen and remember him blasting this on his old school stereo.

[@michellemiddleton1990]

Love this song, both then and now!

[@RayLat25]

Wouldn’t it be good to be back in 80’s again. 😢

[@Genler10]

I went through a horrible break up with some cyber bulling and this is one of my songs. We both love the 80s. We found each other again. True love. ❤

[@Gerbear70]

that song helped get me through a rough time. Thanks, Nik for it. ah, the power of music!!

[@catherinevineyard5942]

This song is so true. How people think others got it good but don't really know. I will always love this song

[@albertalcozer7071]

Gosh I miss the 80"s The music today doesn't even come Close to the songs back then. I wanta go BACK !!!!!!!!

[@bearfan311]

Had totally forgotten about this song 😢

[@raystinsky]

My neighbor introduced me to this song. Brilliant.

[@kpmmsupervision1297]

When a drive to my favourite destination, Prince Edward Island province in Canada I play it around 20 times or maybe more!!!!

[@buddrossi6451]

I remember a station in Houston, TX that used to play this a good deal in the late 80s and early 90s, and I just fell in love with it then and it's now a great 80s jam song for me. Excellent tune.

[@kittenclawsguitarvideos6147]

This song has a lot of meaning. We need to see things from both sides.

[@tttm99]

First heard it at the radio station and it could be a time machine back to those days. But listening to the song for the song I don't think I ever fully appreciated how incredibly cleverly put together it is. So inventive and off the wall. So much of his work is though, when you listen to it. All so meandering yet everything just works. Nik Kershaw is a prop-pop genius.

[@floridapmi]

I got it bad You don't know how bad I got it You got it easy You don't know when you've got it good It's getting harder Just keeping life and soul together I'm sick of fighting Even though I know I should The cold is biting Through each and every nerve and fiber My broken spirit is frozen to the core I don't wanna be here no more Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes Even if it was for just one day? Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away? Wouldn't it be good to be on your side? The grass is always greener over there Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care? You must be joking You don't know a thing about it You've got no problem I'd stay right there if I were you I got it harder You couldn't dream how hard I got it Stay out of my shoes If you know what's good for you The heat is stifling Burning me up from the inside The sweat is coming through each and every pore I don't wanna be here no more I don't wanna be here no more I don't wanna be here no more Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes Even if it was for just one day? Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away? Ooh-ooh-ooh Wouldn't it be good to be on your side? The grass is always greener over there Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care? I got it bad You don't know how bad I got it You got it easy You don't know when you've got it good It's getting harder Just keeping life and soul together I'm sick of fighting Even though I know I should I don't want to be here no more I don't want to be here no more

[@pdt447]

Thanks you!

[@davidkoplitz1969]

😎❤️😎 thanks !!!

[@BarbaraRoutliffe]

Awww...what a great song. I was fourteen years old when this came out.

[@waynegudzinskas]

This song and Tony Carey's "A fine fine day" are my favorite 80's songs

[@Gulek1968]

Najcudowniejsze lata 80s już nigdy nie wrócą, słucham do dzisiaj ❤‍🩹POLAND 2024❤‍🩹🥰😍🤩😘

[@bensfisher6065]

2023.. rocking this going back to my youthfulness of the years of me..

[@AnonYmous-jp8uu]

still remember the feeling of this being brand new, and loving the crunchy guitars mixed in with new wave keyboards. brilliant song! i was 15 or 16

[@tonyscates1884]

Many thanks for posting this video, this song is one of my all time favorites!

[@ancientofways]

Still loving this song. Thanks Nik.

[@AJ-ey7gc]

If this song brought back that 80s feel for you like it did for me.....then Gotcha!

[@kennygr8ify]

GREAT quality and GREAT song!

[@BrendenCameron]

I'm so happy to see my younger self . Nothing is like the 80s

[@deanpope1099]

Ahh the 80’s… we had the best music, coolest cars, and the prettiest women!

[@nicholashylton6857]

Another best friend from the '80s. ❤

[@suzannezoubeck5216]

Managed to miss this one back in the day but came here thanks to Howard Jones. Nice! ❤☮🌎

[@hiko73]

NK was SO underrated

[@bf2945ify]

Being young and loving someone you could never have.

[@one-stopgodshop2171]

Thank you for all your years of service to the music industry! This is still one of my favorite songs. How did you ever write/compose this masterpiece? I still don't want to be here 'no more. :-)

[@marilyndixon9933]

December year ending 2024 still love this song since first seen video year's ago ❤

[@julieporter7805]

I am almost certain that the Ray Bradbury short stories, "The Martian" and "The Visitor" were the inspirations for this video.

[@Katzeyes65]

Love this song. Mr kershaw thanks for this awesome gem. From Nz

[@JC-UTube]

If the sax 🎷 player is reading these comments, then kudos 👏 to you. That solo at the very end was a masterpiece.

[@monique33469]

Oh, how I love 80s music.

[@sTimeCapsule]

Wouldn’t it be good to go back the 80s again 🎶

[@KatsCats2619]

Absolutely 💯 😊

[@Btron4ever]

I feel like I was born in the wrong generation, 80s music just hits so different. I'd trade being a 90s kid again to be an 80s kid.

[@richardjuarez9875]

Heard this song on XM channel for the 80's. Thanks for bringing me back to it. Really an underrated song.

[@photo04]

Home Depot plays this song on there loop. That's Awesome!!!!!

[@XLBiker13]

One of the best songs of the 80's. Never gets old. Love it.

[@sandrafaith]

Still a banger. Loved this whole album...

[@jigensylvain6833]

I want that suit. Lowkey this is one of my favorite songs. Born too late to experience this when it was first out, but, not born too late to carry on the awesomeness of the track. (Born in 1989)

[@adnaancassiem2856]

Only the 80s could songs like this be produced.

[@pamlapointe7053]

grew up during the 80's but never heard this song until recently ... must admit it' s good therapy