Yazz - The Only Way Is Up

[@Greatest1979]

My God, I was so in love with song back then. Used to put a smile on my face everyday when it came on the radio. Still love it today. It's such a happy, uplifting, feel-good song that just never fails in putting that smile on your face and in your heart.

[@facinamarius]

Greatest1979 Exactly!

[@puertogaleraminadeoro1328]

i agree with you

[@KOKINGWAYNE]

+Greatest1979 REAL TALK!! Blast From The Past!!

[@jessicarabbit290]

Yes, couldn't have said it better.

[@ricky5538]

More so today that the only way is up would be happy cause there's not many happy songs today, back in the 80's all the songs were happy, so it didn't stick out. Songs like this are still number 1 in New Zealand ! :-)

[@leanneblake9336]

From Sydney. Oz . God this song makes me feel good. Always did and still does. Thanks for sharing a great feel good Song.

[@michaelparker2449]

When I look at 80s & 90s music I always look at this as the one song I can point to as THE transitional song taking us from 80s into 90s music even though this was made in 88.

[@marymoody656]

oh my where have the years gone! i first heard this in a work friends mk1 fiesta super sport !!

[@wazz1154]

"If you should be evicted from your home, we'll move some where else" so poignant to me and my hubbie. I was very ill, 3 children under 5 , both families walked away, totally alone and repossession but, believe it or not this song did what it said on the box, we "held on," and slowly but surely we went up. Stupid song to mean so much to me but it hit a cord at the time.

[@bencurry5295]

+Wendy Adams Just hit a chord here,Well done to you and yours (From someone who knows what you mean) Go on sister :)

[@robtherub]

+Wendy Adams lovely story really nice song too dont cuss it, i really liked yazz at the time, something nice about her soul, shame she didnt do more, wonder if shes still making music

[@OhNoItIsNathan2]

+robtherub She released two Christian music albums in 2008 and 2011. I wish she'd record some pop/dance stuff again though.

[@naijiktom]

We draw inspiration from anywhere we find it. If this song did that, then great. Hope you're good now.

[@wazz1154]

thanks guys, still suffer with massive health problems, only to be expected, but still with my hubbie, now we are Nanna and Granddad, 3 terrific, hardworking kids, who I am proud to say they are mine, and life is much more settled now. Because we were alone, we learnt, back then, to be an incredibly strong unit, and I wouldn't have it any other way!

[@atheistfromaustria]

_The_ masterpiece of the 80s!

[@franciscomolinosrubio6982]

I am agree!❤❤❤🎹🎹🎹🎸🎸🇪🇦🇪🇦

[@patriciaarmijo8785]

Me encanta este tema...recuerdo una etapa muy hermosa de mi juventud..aun me siento lola a mis 49 años jajaja pero me encanta este tema , revivo momentos inolvidables de mis 19 años, todo tiempo pasado dicen que es mejor y en la música me doy cuenta ya no hay canciones tan hermosas como estas que nos hacen bailar, cantar y soñar...saludos a la vocalista quizas aun ya este retirada pero es lo máximo muy linda interpretación , la escucho y vuelvo a mi pasado con nostalgia, cariños de Chile, un abrazo

dancei muito em 1989 sempre gostei muito dessa musica ##danced much always liked that song

[@ghostnr9]

And this is why we weren't miserable in the 80s - we had tons of happy, feel good music like this all around us.It still works - when I'm feeling down I have a therapeutic session with 80s hits and I'm back on track.

[@alanstyles9304]

What a great voice

[@khaledshariff1234]

Back in the 80s we would play this and the video in the club which soon became a scene bigger than the video. XXXXXooo hugs y'all

[@lancelotvonschrameck3520]

Long story short: forever Monumental! What Nationality is this Super Girl?Thank you everyone! I felt myself very well in ‘89, when I was 24 years old…

[@josephdevlin7528]

I bought this LP when I was a student in the 80s. Still brilliant.

[@meandyou917]

I agree! Was a big hit at Bisto ll in Chicago.

[@lonnieappleby7538]

HOLY HELL!!! BRISTRO TOO !!! Now THERE is a blast from my Iowa past! I was 19 years old and I remember the door man, Rocky, fondly...in fact, I lost my, uh...HAT on that trip to Chicago. Yes, that's it...Rocky found my HAT!

[@MajorChernobaev-w9i]

Still student? :)

[@SubidubidubiDu1]

So this is the song I heard on a radio, stuck in my head for a very long time until today

[@leanneblake9336]

This Song makes me feel good. Damn 1988. Miss it .

[@cupidslover3]

Love this song. So uplifting. I've met Yazz (many, many years later) and she's a lovely lady

[@giantguy1321]

Yazz was my first crush, back when I didn't even know what a crush was. At the tender age of four I remember loving this song and my mum telling me years later that I would refer to Yazz as the pretty lady. I think it was her eyes that first caught my attention. Indeed I still find myself attracted to women with beautiful eyes to this day and I think it all started with this lovely lady. I'll always remember this song fondly and hold a place in my heart for her.

[@KOKINGWAYNE]

+Giantguy1321 Bless

[@KOKINGWAYNE]

+Giantguy1321 Blast From The Past!!

[@marcogoffredo1949]

Crash is Viking thai diffuse tre sound of the grait stupids named Marco Goffredo of Roma.

[@marcogoffredo1949]

Giantguy you are very good. I’am only a small teenager but I could understand that’s on good.Marco (Rome)!!

[@marcogoffredo1949]

Thanks a lot for the disponibility.You are so pretty.Sooo,marvellous.

[@twistygames3468]

I remember this in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 as a kid in 80s it stuck in my head the dance floor had flashing lites dancing on caravan park club lol top memo

[@joannesmith3991]

allways loved this 1 growing up still do now im 50 and im dancing along whoooooo

[@salvatore.4731]

Grande musica, lei molto brava, in discoteca la ballavo sempre molto volentieri. Era un riempipista👏👏👏👍

[@soundseeker63]

Such a feel good anthem! The lyrics are so relevant today, perhaps even more so than they were back in '88, with the unstable economy and global unrest we all need more feel good music like this and less of that stupid bling, twerking and autotuned shit that passes for music nowadays.

[@uhegbu]

+soundseeker63 Just discovered that the original song of this later club classic was by Otis Clay. Never knew it until now. The Yazz version is the one I remember best and another breakthrough for dance music.

[@hothatchfan472]

+soundseeker63 Totally agree. The lyrics are so relevant now. Low interest rates low fuel prices. This is unsustainable.When interest rates rise it will be far too late people will be losing there homes. Wish British government would have increased interest rates gradually over the last 3 years. Personal debt levels are so high now. But at least when it does all go wrong they will be able to listen to this feel good anthem and feel positive about things.

[@philjobin516]

Back when I was in the U.S. Navy we pulled into Germany 1988 and I heard this song for the first time. Still love it.

[@ericgeorge5483]

Feel good music at its absolute best. Love this song.

[@christianbebon9046]

merci gracieusement pour partager cette merveilleuse chanteuse Yazz

[@vojkantosic1876]

Oh my God, this is all the 80's were all about... Great music, life was easy... Now we have 3d and stuff...

[@fabienfournier9141]

Fabuleuse Yazz , Je l' écoute depuis 1988 , c' était exquis ,les Tempiis géniaux , et quel rythme splendide , Et à 47 ans , je suis toujours Fan . Fabien

[@drinkseverything]

one of my all time favourite records ....... got it on promo and will never part with it. brings back so many memories, such a great production from coldcut ......... and god damn yazz was hot !!!!!

[@KOKINGWAYNE]

+darren barnes Blast From The Past!!

[@danfossard]

TUUUUUNNNNEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! Oh man i love this song! I have it on 12" blue vinyl that I bought in Germany on a school trip! Did anyone else notice the KLF record label on the decks at the start? I even saw Yazz in concert aged about 15 in Manchester. She was fit! Probably still is! Her album is great too! I have that on picture disc LP.

[@sergiomcfly]

Interesting I live two generations and when the kids put Hip-Hop, R&B and so on in the car, their faces are like NO EMOTIONS what so ever, its like that lyrics is saying something really hard on their heads....but when back then in our 80's 90's listening to songs like this one, we were so happy and moving deep in a good mood and amazing feelings; that's the difference

[@tnetroP]

This brings back memories of being young, broke, just out of school, living with my dad, naive and driving my first car. I had nothing in life but my optimism. And I was the happiest I've ever been. What a great song.

[@petitprince04]

Un peu de Zique de la bonne époque ;) Bonne fin de journée à tous !!!! Amitiés, Seb'

[@drakkhen51]

Sébastien Sollier me demande pas pourquoi derrière j'ai envie d'enchaîner sur S Express et Five Young Cannibals. Cette belle époque en effet !

[@carylmcniff6085]

I love this. It gt me started doing aerobics in in 1988 and I have never stopped since - in one form or another (Step, and now Zumba). I had been very sick and I heard this music coming out of a gym and went to investigate! I saw the class and loved it and joined. So grateful!

[@christaylor4441]

***** pml class

[@Metalien76]

I was 12 when this song came out. I loved it then, I still love it now.

[@stephaniekm5632]

Defiance76 me too

[@artisttaylor8372]

❤ just❤ it

[@1468dorothy]

2014..the only way is UP! Gonna be my year! God Bless!

[@BossySwan]

Louisa de Cuba Hopefully it worked out well for you

[@ismailmeziani9965]

Never get tired of listening to this GEM. Still STUNNING!

[@ameliaosorio5448]

Espetáculo 👏👏👏👏 Os melhores tempos das melhores músicas ❤❤❤❤ Bom vídeo 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@marcusbrown465]

Classic!

[@DragoshHits]

I still listen this great song. Do you?

[@ivonhelmbrechts6973]

Unglaublich was die Frau für eine Ausstrahlung hat und mit welcher Freude sie singt und tanzt. Das macht wirklich viel Freude! Danke auch nach all den Jahren.

[@williamwood2603]

feel good song from the 80's still feels good today x

[@massimoDSL]

WOW. i remember this in the clubs in Switzerland in 1988 Christmas holidays. Nonstop fun!!!! Thank you .

[@OhNoItIsNathan2]

Yazz's 'Wanted' album is being re-issued as a remastered 3-CD Deluxe Digipak Edition on 25th November 2016! Including the original album, single versions, b-sides, 'Treat Me Good', remixes + mixes that have never previously been available on CD. You can pre-order a copy here: www.cherryred.co.uk/product/wanted-3cd-deluxe-digipak-edition/

[@AstroTomK]

cool but who buys cds. actually vinyl be better as there is a huge vinyl revival due to pure anolouge audio

[@daknormn1953]

vinyl? haha lol! check amazon CD re-issues MEL AND KIM,SAMANTHA FOX,KIM WILDE,TAYLOR DAYNE,DANNII MINOGUE,KYLIE MINOGUE,SANDRA,SINITTA,RICK ASTLEY,JASON DONOVAN,LATOYA JACKSON,LONNIE GORDON,MANDY,DONNA SUMMER,CC CATCH,BANANARAMA,CAPPELLA,SCOOTER,CULTURE BEAT,THE PRODIGY AND MOREEEEEEEE.....

[@soapwonder2284]

OhNoItIsNathan2 I already ordered and it's been shipped! I can't wait for the the deluxe CD reissue! I used to listen to the album, 7"s and 12"s on Vinyl! Loved it as a teenager! This is gonna be great! Acid house! Blast from the past! Whoohoo Yazz was amazing!

[@soapwonder2284]

stefanos2691 Thank you! :)))

[@alba7142]

grand merci

[@oldschool7541]

For the people that don't like this song........YOU HAD TO BE THERE!

[@davidgladwin3788]

YAZZ OUT OF THIS WORLD THE ONLY WAY IS UP WOW WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

[@davidgladwin3788]

HAS ANYONE NOTICED ALL THE SONGS VIDEOS,OF THE 70,80,90,ARE MORE POPULAR THAN 200,215 EVEN THE FILMS WOW

[@davidgladwin3788]

NO ONE CAN BEAT OUR MUSIC ERA (FACT)

[@davidgladwin3788]

Just look at Ricky Martins LA video wow

[@Dave-rm1mb]

I'd completely forgotten about this song. Used to love it as a kid.

[@resgatedopassado]

Bons tempos! anos 80!

[@lotuspad3]

This is me

[@ryszarddrabik1666]

i tak się rodzą wielkie przeboje , nogi same niosą do tańca ,pozdrawiam cały świat

[@kwas101]

Great 80s dance track!

[@garynetherton1730]

Wow this brings back memories. Music doesn't always have to be super serious. Sometimes it can be plain fun! This song always gets me up!

[@Jlittlelife]

a great voice, underated

[@timperkins5555]

its jifto legree. (the hold former)

[@michelletempleman494]

Jlittlelife dins carol

[@magna59]

Her , Stansfield , Misha & Alf

[@fredhominal5029]

.. à l'époque je trouvais ce son révolutionnaire . Maintenant je trouve ce son EXCEPTIONNEL ! ..👍✌️

[@georgiabowring1985]

This is Chorley FM coming in your ears 😀

[@1dan1el]

Georgia Bowring1 home town!

[@dedpxl]

ahhh this song is so euphoric... I love that chorus..

[@stevearno100]

I was a hardcore raver when this came out - anything in the charts was considered shit or a sell-out ...but i must say i have always liked this tune

[@mdmamaker]

When was your 1st rave mate? - 74! lol

[@stevearno100]

@MDMAMAKER i would give you a hand-job if it meant i could go back in time to Fantazia - Summertime Matchams Park - 1992 for that night

[@michaelwestbrook1379]

Only #96 here in the states. It always infuriated me that the US never really embraced house music the way the rest of the world did! In 1988, I was ALL OVER this shit! Was probably the only kid, 15 years old at the mall where I grew up (Augusta, GA) that was always buying 12" vinyl singles of this, as well as artists like Bronski Beat, Art Of Noise, Depeche Mode, Mel & Kim, Coldcut, New Order, BROS, D'Mob, Pet Shop Boys....(so many more). Lot of other kids my age made fun, only because they had no clue what half this music was. But, fuck'em! They can have their Bon Jovi, Garth Brooks and Anita Baker....LOL! This song brings back so many good memories. Thanks for sharing!

[@SennaStar]

Hard to believe this was 27 years ago........... did someone speed up the clock???

[@theduck3478]

Ikr it doesn't feel like that long because since we've moved into a new century. Which makes things before the year 2000 not that long ago

[@khaledshariff1234]

SennaStar 30 ! Egads

[@ionthawilliams251]

Yazz is a very good artist. And a better actor.... And a Handsome young Man... May the Lord bless every note you write.... Keep turning it up BANG BANG

[@mrakrak2]

we were wearing smiles t shirts at that time , i still remember , we call this : acid house

[@salvadormarley]

Yeah man i remember that too ACccccciiiidddd

[@cursufool]

Love this track and thanks for posting, it bring back wicked memories for me, Yes I am 80's child...

[@Hot80s]

Hot 90s Hybrid

[@jamiewarriorwarlordmccallu5712]

awesome 80's track, a real classic, i always loved this one. and the only way is up for us all. :)

[@sergeymagel8715]

Divine song !!!

[@jorgeluizmellocorrea]

Excelente! Curti e dancei bastante. Bombou entre 1988 e 1989. Este último ano foi o melhor da minha juventude.

[@smirlerenard]

super and nice

[@OlivierHiribarren]

Vraiment bon de s'en rappeler !!

[@ellissmith111]

SHOULD BE OUR POST BREXIT ANTHEM

[@tonyscustomestrings]

love this song!!!

[@stevebubbs]

this is shit.. hold on... hold on.. actually its ok.. love it... awesome!!!

[@arturoescobar5491]

I remember this song as one of my best memories. It makes part of a summer spent in the South of England - in Ramsgate- during the month of July in 1988. We were teenagers, but those memories look in better shape than many others coming to my mind from recent times.

[@brendaleman]

Memory lane brought me here.

[@brendaleman]

DoctorBohr Not that I know of :)

[@lycangypsypriest3190]

Jason Weeks yea!!!

[@JacquiCrawford]

Love this...haven't heard it for so long....danced many times to this song too...love happy upbeat music or romantic ballads....just a softie....that's me...

[@stephencampbell6424]

I loved how her race and sexuality seemed blurred. A song for everyone, and what a sunny song, even when it referenced homelessness and drug addiction.

[@Smuffpooden]

just seen her sing live at my church BRILLIANT!!!!! hopefully she is coming back :)

[@gabrielbrosnan9353]

The best song of this band!

[@OhNoItIsNathan2]

+Juliano Rondinelli Yazz (the singer) was a solo artist; her real name is Yasmin. The Plastic Population was a pseudonym for Coldcut, who produced this.

[@ongnatzone6198]

*martin garrix & tiësto - the only way is up*

[@13towerofpower]

Bola to cover verzia piesne amerického speváka Otisa Claye z roku 1980. Autormi piesne boli George Jackson a Johnny Henderson. Za predaj 400 000 kusov dostala od BPI zlatú platňu.Producentmi piesne boli Jonathan Moore a Matt Black a na úvod piesne bolo použité aranžmá z tanečnej klasiky Beat The Street od Sharon Redd.Súčasťou projektu bol aj bývalý spevák reggae skupiny Black Uhuru Junior Reid vl.m. Delroy Reid nar. 6. júna 1963 v Kingstone na ostrove Jamaica. Speváčka Yasmin Marie Evans nar. 19. mája 1960 v Shepherd Bush v Londýne si umelecké meno YAZZ odvodila od mena manžela Jazza Summersa a ako pripomenutie svojho mena použila Y na miesto J.

[@rick_terscale1111]

It was a cover of an old old song. They did a great job at turning it into a modern day hit.

[@rick_terscale1111]

no, not the same as martin garrix and tiestos piece of Big Room crap.

[@hfcnzufq]

Прекрасно!!! Всегда и все время)))) Обожаю.

[@Nothaut]

THAT FUCKING TRUMPET

[@w.a.p.g.4423]

It sounds like a shot train horn

[@cameronmatthews4387]

year you with you could play it your self

[@noverdeamarillo]

hahahahah LOL

[@fabiolira5806]

Muito show, nem lembrava mais dessa música.

[@andersonpimenta3595]

kkkkkk

[@whodeanimania712]

the only way is up....unless your in a lift and want to go down

[@arquicass]

Amazing ! That was the start of house music! 22 years ago.I totally remember here in Brazil.

[@doormagic]

She´s really very big!...

[@doormagic]

***** 1.85 meters tall or more.

[@barrybarry5745]

Magic mirror

[@Nocgirl]

How tall is she? She has to be at least 6 feet.

[@perfectlyjust]

Big, fake and washed up. Vile

[@starrama7711]

you are?

[@chalkfarmcarsquadso1664]

Now this was one of the biggest tunes of the late 80S. MASSIVE SONG

[@H4NDCRAFTED]

Listen to that Roland 303/202/sh101 whatever it is, sqwellchy acid rocks! I didn't realise how fit she was until now. I take it is Coldcut doing the production on this ?

[@OhNoItIsNathan2]

Yes, it's produced by Coldcut.

[@agentsmithmememe]

yes the legendary Coldcut

[@mgalal1421]

It is incredible this song brings back all the good memories... What a life we had ohhh

[@SerdarNovak]

But its Justified And Ancient!

[@rayoflight6505]

My earliest pop memories are this, I Should be So Lucky and Too Many Broken Hearts. Good era for pop.

[@ZMBEXBSTMDE]

Like if AFC Bournemouth fan who sang this before the Charlton game!

[@mrhomerbojangles]

One gorgeous lady. Never get fed up with this fab song and the great video. This is one woman I would have loved to dance with. Thanks for sharing

[@realasmr538]

i like going up

[@joschik41]

So geil, dieser Song! Beim ersten Mal, als ich gehört habe - I got fever!!! That's true, the only way is up!!!

[@Barbaras98]

The only way is down!

[@TheSlugstoppa]

A real foot tapping feel good pick-me -up. Thanks Yazz.

[@adamgross5136]

This had to cause so much confusion in the US with Yazoo.

[@OhNoItIsNathan2]

I think that's one of the reasons why Yazz has two Z's. On Coldcut's 'Doctorin the House' single, she's just credited as Yaz.

[@cristianebroggio7133]

Bons tempos esses! Saudade!

[@rubun]

I'm amazed... They are using a KLF record 00:06

[@MaskedMan66]

More like the KLF used theirs.

[@urbano83]

Good catch!

[@rick_terscale1111]

I noticed that too. Wondering if KLF were involved in this.

[@OhNoItIsNathan2]

They weren't. I think the use of the KLF record in this video may have been a nod to them for naming their song (as The Timelords) 'Doctorin' the Tardis', presumably inspired by Coldcut (featuring Yazz)'s 'Doctorin' the House'. Coldcut produced this song.

[@arglwyddanfradwrus]

@MaskedMan66 They could have very easily - they were known to use others' work! But in that case, then wouldn't it be a Yazz & The Plastic Population record featuring in a KLF video, rather than the other way around (A KLF record featured in a Yazz video) here?

[@lucimaralvesdebrito6550]

Sensacional sem palavras! Essa música marcou época geração anos 90!

[@BrianSmith-vl7xu]

Whatever happened to her?

[@OhNoItIsNathan2]

Brian Smith She had a child with, and divorced, her husband/manager in 1990, then released 2 albums on different record labels in 1994 and 1997 (neither of which bothered the charts, and there were also 2 recorded but shelved albums from 1990-1991 and 1992). In the mid-late 90's, she remarried, and relocated to Spain with her husband. She also became a Christian, releasing 2 Christian-themed albums in 2008 and 2011. She also apparently does outreach work with prisoners and addicts.

[@BrianSmith-vl7xu]

Thanks

[@bronsoncharles2844]

OhNoItIsNathan2 Thanks.

[@Muzikalan]

She turned to liquor, and then to God. Although she is still good looking.

[@Memotherapy]

She fucked off

[@tomtomlover]

I totally forgot about this song...I love it...they used to play this all the time at the video bar in Bay village....LUXOR...there I remembered......fun song fun times...why isn't music like this anymore happy, dance-able upbeat

[@doreenhyman]

they've got to lose that sax solo :)

[@sharkamigo]

This song is forever in my heart,cheers from Slovakia :-)