Choirboys - Run To Paradise (Official Music Video)
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- Official video for Choirboys’ “Run To Paradise” from the album Big Bad Noise!
Stream or Download Big Bad Noise: WMA.lnk.to/RunParadiseAY
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| LYRICS |
Baby, you were always gonna be the one
You only ever did it just for fun
But you run to paradise
Jenny, I'll meet you at the grocery store
You don't need a friend when you can score
You run to paradise
Johnny
We were always best of friends
Stick together and defend
But you run to paradise
And Mamma, now don't you worry 'bout me anymore
And I see you crying at the door
When I run to paradise
That's right, they had it all worked out
You were young and blonde and you could never do wrong
That's right, they were so surprised
You opened their eyes up
(Opened their eyes up)
Opened their eyes up
You don't want anyone (You don't, you don't, open your eyes up)
You don't want anyone (You don't, your no fool)
Don't tell me, this is paradise (Open your eyes up)
You don't want anyone (You don't, open your eyes up)
You don't want anyone (You don't, your no fool)
Don't tell me, this is paradise
Good times, why'd I let them slip away
Why'd I let them slip away
'Cause I lived in paradise
Run to paradise
Run to paradise
Run to paradise
Jesus say's it's gonna be alright
He's gonna pat my back so I can walk in the light
(That's right!)
You don't mind if I abuse myself
So I can hold my head up (Hold my head up)
Hold my head up
You don't want anyone (You don't, hold your head up)
You don't want anyone (You don't, your no fool)
Don't tell me, this is paradise (Open your eyes up)
You don't need anyone
You don't need anyone (You don't)
You'll tell me, this is paradise
You don't want anyone (You don't, hold your head up)
You don't want anyone (You don't, your no fool)
You'll tell me, this is paradise (Open your eyes up)
You don't need anyone
You don't want anyone, (You don't)
You'll tell me, this is paradise - เพลง
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Friggin' hell the 80's down under were awesome.
man you are not joking. This was Christmas 87. I can close my eyes and taste it. RIP 87. You were a hell of a year.
Sure were
Xmas 87 my old man got a brand new VL Brock LE CALAIS ... it was killa. Excellent times
@@and__lam1152
That’s one hell of a Christmas present….
1987. Working in a tower in North Sydney, sharing a beautiful secretory with the guy in the next office. Driving a new Mitsubishi company car.
Fax machines and desk phones. No mobiles or computers. Post it notes and a Filofax. My life was in that Filofax.
Living in a nice apartment at Wollstonecraft. Shopping at Woolworths Neutral Bay (with my bananas on the trolley) and Chatswood Chase.
Drinking at the Oaks (schoolgirl central) and the Stoned Crow (cougar central). Sometimes the Jungle Bar, the Marble Bar.
Never short of good company.
Covering all of Australia for work. $35 a night Best Westerns and 5 star Hotels. Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne nice hotels, nightclubs and bars, expensive dinners with clients. Gove, the Isa, Roxby Downs, Kalgoorlie, Port Headland, Ranger, Portland etc - VB beer with the on site guys and cheap chinese food.
The build up to the bicentennial. The monorail going up. Darling Harbour being built. Up in Brissie all the talk about Expo 88.
Joining the Army Reserve. Meeting good guys who made me laugh.
Ansett flights. So many Ansett flights. The cabin crew new my first name on some flights. Such a good airline. RIP Ansett.
Meeting Bob Hawke in a lift. Sitting on an aircraft next to Joh.
The Light horsemen movie. Walk, Trot Gallop. Ground Zero. The year my voice broke. Sitting in the cinema on George Street, staggered at how good that movie was.
Hey Day and Rafferty’s Rules debuting on TV.
Fields of Fire mini series. Vietnam mini series. Nancy Wake.
And on the radio, in the bathroom, the kitchen and the car, The Choirboys.
Damn it was a good year.
Great pub song. Reminds me of North Queensland times. Best time of my life.
I'm a bar attendant at the local pub and I play this song often. Still a favourite in 2024.
Aussie music is the best.
I hope I'm not being a pain by asking this, but, Can you please recommend me some more Aussie artists? Or, even, songs by this band here to check out? Any genre. I'm familiar with ac dc and Kiley Minog and, for better or worse, Rolph Harris.
@@jukesy1992I was only 19, eagle rock, Jessie's Girl and who can it be now
You got that right.
@@jukesy1992if you want hard rock check Rose Tattoos first self titled album. It's killer.
@@jukesy1992The Angels was another great one.
A truly brilliant song stands the test of time and never, ever goes out of style, just like this.
I grew up in Australia in the early 80's. Too young to understand what an epic time it was.
the best pub music scene every weekend great pub music
Try growing up during the 70's and you're 70 now yourself. Rocking at the old disco or the pubs, live local bands doing a fair job. You were pissed on XXXX or Bundy but you didn't give a rat's arse. Partied on till your mates carried you out. No fights. just good blokes looking out for each other. Good times, amazed I survived! 😂
i grew up then too, think we just accepted it as the norm
I'm a 46 year old American who just recently discovered Australian 80's rock music. Its fantastic. Too bad most of it never made it to the U.S back then.
I visited Australia in 2008 as part of a student group and this was the song our bus driver played every time we went anywhere. Memory lane every time I listen to it.
Mate, now that's one core memory you will NEVER bloody forget.... EVER!
Where are you from?
I was in Australia in 2008 too. Visited Cairns, Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin, Perth, Fremantle, Sidney, Canberra, Gold Coast and Brisbane
Did a Contiki Aussie tour in 2001 and this was also our 'Day Song', loved hearing it every day.
OMG, me too! We did a Contiki tour in 2003 and they played this every morning on the bus!!
One of the great aussie classics. R.I.P. to our wonderful friend, and drummer extraordinaire, Lindsay Tebbutt.
Peter Criss more extraordinaire, Neal Smith,
1988, 6am delivering newspapers on my hmx600, Sony Walkman on my belt, Run To Paradise cranked at full volume.......a truly magical moment in my life!!!!! Thanks Choir Boys, you touched allot of people with that song!
I would have written this exact post myself, but you did it for me. Well, all except the bike model :)
@@iforce2d what bmx did you have????
Bloody oat cobber.
I was on the milkrun 2am in the morning, neighbours rocked
Yeah well said man 😉 they don't make em like this anymore! What a tune xxx love and peace to everyone ! Buckle in buddies it's about to get rough x
Aussie 80s music the best!! 'Come Said The Boy', 'The Way You Walk(You know you're really attractive)', 'Great Southern Land', 'Fine Line Between Pleasure and Pain'...the list goes on! I get emotional when I think back to the 80s.
Same here. Such a good time. Really makes you aware of how shit things are now. When I hear this song I feel a real sense of loss.
You are Same 😢
Haha
One of the best Australian songs ever
It's about heroin.
@@NocashhereRobbo pretty sure everyone knows this song is about drugs
@ZapperRS do you speak for everyone? I am certain that not everyone has the knowledge that this song is about heroin.
@@NocashhereRobbo it doesn't matter what they are singing about?
@Hazynuts wtf is wrong with you people?! All I said was it was about the woof. No, it doesn't matter. I just thought people may like to know. A lot of vaxxxxed people on the comments 🤦
Another great Aussie band, loved the 80s
They made 3 chords sound fucking unreal, love this song
fuckin oath
I'm from the UK, Only discovered this song today, and, you're so right. Seriously, I'm starting to notice something, I don't know if it's just me, but: What you lot down under seem really good at, is either storytelling, or reflection, or good bops, especially stuff like Kiley Minog which is very dancy, but this seems to tell a great story and ACDC lets you rock out as well. America has Taylor Swift who has reinvented herself a few times bringing a few different music styles, but I've never really connected with that kind of stuff. You guys also have Meg Washington, who's song Lazarus Drug I think will find a second resergence, I connected with thanks to Bluey but it's just also a great standalone ballad from a few years back, now we go from a ballad, to me discovering this, and I'm grinning from ear to ear. Then Cold Chisel Flaming Tree came on, and, what a great story song, and the one about Last Plane to Brisbane almost gone as well. The other day, I also found The Seekers, "The Carnival is Over", and then I realized, hang on didn' they also do... remembering a song in a show that I sang, I typed "seekers - Island of Dreams" and I was right. When that song came on, I started singing along and, I'm gonna admit I found it hard to sing without slightly crying, but managed to keep it together. You Aussies are great at stirring up emotions and memories and, just... wow. Thank you.
Thanks so much for coming to Auckland Sounds 29 Feb 2024, listening to you all over again!
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I heard this song for the first time yesterday (march 1st 2024) and I absolutely love it! How lucky are we that the internet opens up a whole world that we weren't even alive / old enough to see
Always loved this song since living in Australia in the 80s.
@Everybody's best is different true
Me too.
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@Bobby Jorge instablaster :)
Dude how about great southern land
Bloody classic aussie rock down the pub on a sat arvo knocking back a few shooners and rockin
Fuck yeah, was great times, i dont how much money i spent on the box and how many times id hit this song on repeat...
Thats sad u should have her password anyway
@Gabriel Allan thats sad u should have her password anyway
@Case Nikolas thats sad u should have her password anyway
This is rock!
It's actually a song about drug addiction if you listen to lyrics,I was an addict so it's personal for me,especially the about mum crying watching me go,knowing what I was doing, n also jesus guna pat my back so I can walk in the light,he don't mind if I abuse myself so I can hold my head up ..another upbeat song about deep stuff
Australia is one of those very few countries with New Zealand, Scotland, Ireland, and Sweden who produces only good bands and good music.
Antipodean? Praise the the Lord, I am Australian, I am blessed to have Swedish genes, I can only wish I had some Aboriginal genes, I prefer that, always
Am I a white arsehole? Yes I am.
But no, I'm not, I'm human that wants our planet to survive,
Any jeans are worn best on those legs that walk with integrity, denim notwithstanding.
Ya cooked shhh and stop embarrassing us
Choirboys rocking at Sweethearts, Cabramatta back in the day woohoo
Saw these guys back in 1982 at the local clubs in Sydney before they got signed. They were amazing back then before recording anything. They were all great people to hangout with too. Real Aussie Rock!
Aussie aussie aussie
It is Aussie classic. How on earth did it slip under the radar internationally
Should be Australia's new national anthem.
Crossed Australia Melbourne to Perth listening to this and angels howling happy days 🏴
Ahh memories of early twenties..whatta grouse time those days where. Aging sux!
Lol…grouse 😂…haven’t heard that for so long 👍
I remember racing to the dance floor when this song started..Great memories of the good old days.
Aussie rock: second to none!
Nothing better!!!
Not popular
Living on the streets, this song kept me alive. along with EVIE.
I'm glad you came through
@@richardwardrope5764 still in the struggle bro, hard to get work , even harder to find a place to call home while trying to feed my family, thank you anyway ,hope #1
Mark Gable - what a singer and songwriter!!! Choirboys were a phenomenal aussie band
Thanks Ash.
Still sounding fantastic Mark... Great to see The Choirboys perform in Geelong last night ♥️
My 19 and 20 year old daughters (mum and dad as well) love this stuff. I saw these guys a few times in the 80's 90's and they still sound great; seeing them at Mosman in a couple of weeks with the whole family - can't wait.
How were they?
A bunch of STDs walking
@@denise9831 Sorry delayed reply Denise. They were bloody brilliant - we went with the whole family - and it was a real trip down into my wild past on northern beaches. Plus something for all ages, during the show Mark Gables asked for hands up for different ages - when he got to age 80s one lady puts hand up; she was the bass players mum! Lovely stuff!!
@@kimbaldunsmore4633 what a great story, a good one to remember!
Choirboys I still playing this deadly song
Classic Aussie as hell. Miss these days. Love from NZ
This song is an absolute oz rock pub classic. Love it . Barry
Yep. Chuck in some Hoodoo Gurus, Radiators, Noiseworks, and you're kicking butt.
@@shutthegate8232 Hunters and Collectors ... Too. 😂☮️♏️🤟🥰
Diesel, Joe Camilleri
Great Australian 🇦🇺 music 🎶 🎵 🎼 🎸 🎹 🎤 ❤️ 👌 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏
True That.
The track belies a heart breaking tale for the folks that lived this life, the life that Johnny chose. Some of us made it through.
Some didn't... RiP.
Some found Jesus through it all.
Jesus saves us people .
Always knew it was drug related, especially with a chorus line, “run to paradise “reference to getting high. But as humans, everyone puts their own interpretation onto the song. And I can hardly blame them for misunderstanding the true heart ache that lies in the lyrics, especially when it is so upbeat.
@WesHowell-n3s very succinct man. Totally 100% . That's the beauty of music hey
This song is a such an good song from the 80's.
Agree
Still is Now
First time listener. I'm a blind person, and, to some this next point is going to seem really odd, but Bluey brought me here. Not because the song was featured or anything, but, I saw the latest episode, liked the music in it, was listening to the Bluey albums by Joff Bush and Lazarus Drug by Meg Washington, then had a brainwave, searched from Australian songs from the 60's, found The Seekers, then wanted more Aussie stuff. I asked my Amazon echo to play songs from Australia. "here are the songs popular from Australia this past week" when I heard that announcement, I thought oh, hang on does that mean... it's probably going to give me a lot of global songs, and sure enough... my fears came true a little while later: I got some AC/DC, which is cool, so far so good, but then, as I say, my fears: no Aussie, just song after song seemed to be on the other side of the world as far from Australia as you could get. I was on the verge of giving up. But then this song comes on, and, I'm not kidding I'm grinning from ear to ear. The riff is catchy, and I'd never heard it before so I was hoping against hope, and, finally, an Australian band. Then a non-australian band in the form of Beach House, but it played Space Song, and it was an interesting listen. What I noticed was a lot of the songs coming on seemed to be about the road, or very reflective, or quite chilled out, so did remind me of an idea of what Australia could be like, keep in mind i've never been. Lastly, I was introduced to the song "Flame Trees" by Cold Chisel. I was extremely satisfied after this, and stopped the music, but it took the echo ages to get there. So I'm asking, could anyone please recommend me some more Australian artists? I still gotta check out Custard and more of Meg Washington, so I'll get on that at some point. By Australian artists, I mean, any genre at all. I wannna continue this journey, all thanks to some cartoon dogs. Lazarus Drug by Meg Washington is an absolutely beautiful song that gets me in the feels. I am thinking "Custard" is probably going to be a completely different listening experience to any of the ones I've heard so far, and am not too sure which song or album to try of theirs. Same with Meg Washington actually. But there's gotta be more out there I feel like I'm just scratching the surface. So can anyone provide any recommendations either of the ones I've already listed, or anyone I might be missing? I really like songs that tell a story, and ballads, but also really good bops and even silly stuff. I was singing along to Seekers - Island of Dreams the other day, I found that very enjoyable. The Carnival is Over, also by The Seekers, is a diffferent, ballady song that still made me go wow. Now I gotta probably check out more Choir Boys as well, how could I forget who I'm listening to right now as I write this? My Dad has a bunch of Kylie Minogue so I've heard quite a lot of that but that's about it, there's gotta be more artists.
Hi! 👋 Here are some of my favourite Aussie tunes:
The Horses by Daryl Braithwaite (this one is ICONIC and every Aussie knows it)
One Summer by Daryl Braithwaite
Tucker's Daughter by Ian Moss
Buses and Trains by Bachelor Girl
Better by The Screaming Jets
Sorrento Moon by Tina Arena
Five Star Laundry by Motor Ace
These ones aren't my favourite but are notable Aussie classics:
You're The Voice by John Farnham
Eagle Rock by Daddy Cool (this song is referenced in The Sign when Bingo says everyone's "dancing like eagles"!)
If you like any of these, I can probably think of more 🙂🎶
@@chominxvlogs wow what a cool list! I just listened to them all. I'm happy to be introduced to more. One thing I am currently loving, is an album called Spirit of the Anzacs by Lee Kernaghan, which has a more concept/storytelling slant to it but I love that sort of thing as well. I ended up binging the whole album via YOuTube and am probably putting the CD on my Birthday list for June. I've also got both Bluey albums via digital as well.
Paul Kelly is the greatest Aussie Story teller
Remember blasting this in my grandfathers commodore when it came on the radio
Had a sister using heroin when this came out - this song helped me release so much feeling/energy around that time
A classic from the Aussie rockers!!
Another one of those songs I for one will never get sick of.
This clip needs the old fashioned go go dancers of the very early 70's.
Dancers would be too kitsch for this vintage classic. imho
@@Msunbird02 I love kitsch then.
Wow this just came up randomly . It was the first song my late wife and I heard on our first date about 1988 . It was always our song after that , miss you L ❤️
Love this country of ours love u australia!!!!!!!!
As a kiwi best Aussie rock song ever
Unofficial Aussie National Anthem alongside a host of other legendary Aussie songs
still gets the body moving even if a little slower these days Magic
I remember seeing this band live in a pub in Melbourne. Excellent night. Great times back then.👍🍺🎤
Crewed for the Choirboys late 90s fun times
Heard this come on in the dock at work - left to do something and perfectly timed return for the guitar solo and air guitared like mad. Sheer awesome!
This is the perfect mix of singer songwriter, and pop, and rock ...
absolute classic song
Wow, im so surprised this has so little views (compared to big hits), i always thought this was big, i grew up with it, its a classic but guess the world's yet to know
Do people know this is about heroin?
Yes I paid 3 bucks for the single.
this song is straight legendary
Thanks to Josh from The Voice Oz, I finally found my long lost favorite tune I used to hear on Oz radio back in the days I still lived in the country. Such good'ol memories.
Thai Hoang Nguyen thanks mate
My mom passed on this year in 2020..She always did like this song and after some 32 years when I saw this at 10 years old?! I loved it too...Choirboys were in the background quite abit compared to other Aussie acts at the time but still really good though.....
I just now heard this for the first time, in 2021. Awesome song!
Aussie Classic mate
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Now time for The Angels, The Screaming Jets, Cold Chisel, ACDC, Man at Work... You know what just listen to every Aussie song ever made. That should do it.
@@CloppingIsMyThing And John Farnham!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@CloppingIsMyThing Hunters and Collectors 🤟☮️🙏
See you in Auckland 2024 29 Feb, along with loads of other amazing other eighties bands!!, awesome...
His voice was 🔥 wow
a timeless classic
Amazing harmonies over some great rock n roll
20 years since listening to it, it still gives me a kick!
My pick for best Australian song ever. Never gets old!
Wasn't into this genre at all at the time, but hat's off. This is a classic track.
never get sick of the old tunes could listen to them over and over again
Thanks to tiktok
This is awesome
Loving it from Canada 🇨🇦
Rock on
I just love the music. Great tempo, beat, guitar music, harmony and good looking chicks and dudes. What more could you want.
Was working at a CHR radio station in 1988 and we played the heck out of this song in Parkersburg WV-Marietta Ohio USA
2024 still blasting out of my speakers
I ran to paradise and god I did time many times and all before I was 22, heroin that's what the song is about I believe.
It's a bit about other things brother have a look online. But I will always think of it as a heroin song
@@disndat705 You dont need a friend when you can score ; You dont mind if I abuse myself : its definitely about drugs for sure
@@NagoyaHouseHead I think in part it was bit there was another meaning I'm not being a smartass. Look it up bro!! Peace
I remember seeing the Choirboys at the Horden Pavillion when Never Gonna Die was their big hit. The band rode through the crowd on big ass Harley to go on stage........them were the days
Reminds me of a high school musical I was in where we tried the same thing. The final scene called for one of the greaser characters and his girlfriend to arrive on stage on a chopper (or as close to one as the budget would allow, which ended up being a Kawasaki dirt bike they'd wrangled from somewhere and dressed up with cardboard tubing wrapped in tinfoil). The producer decided that rather than just wheeling it out from the side of the stage, it would be really cool to have him ride it from the back of the hall, down the centre aisle between the main seating, and park it in front of the stage (with the GF sitting on the back, because why not?). Rehearsals all go smoothly, and then opening night he gets halfway to the stage and must've just given it a bit too much throttle because suddenly they were on one wheel, then no wheels as the bike flew out from under them, travelling up and forward while flipping backwards through the air, eventually landing on top of some old geezer sat in the sixth row. Fortunately, the actors were unhurt, while the audience member likely was, but not badly enough to require medical attention and just shook it off. We finished the show, along with three more. But they don't let you ride motorbikes in the hall anymore.
Went here right after watching The Voice Audition. Good job Josh!
Me too lol
Same
Same here.
Same haha
Same here just now and then I saw your comment lol I was like I'm doing the same thing
Another gem of the 80's!!!! This generation will never experience what we had in the 80's.
This got voted top 5 of the decade in aussie music so good
Never get sick of this song 😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤
One of the best bands ever😊😊😊
Far out this still sounds Great!
Only a special band can make a 3 chord song special.
Awesome memories as a 14 yo here in NZ in the summer of 87 listening to this banger of a song.. 👌💯
This song is for my big brother tony and my best male friend t.j love you both very much ❤👍😊
just listening and flying back to NSW coast in 1988. Great memories
Heard this in the new trailer for Upright S.2 and had to come here.
Such a great song.
Same here have always loved this song
Woke up this morning to someone walking in the street playing this song at max volume, yelling "Wake up!!"
I love sitting here drinking whiskey reading these comments 👌👌 and listening too 80 disco music ..me dad run discos in the 80
.so we rocked to sleep as kids to this music🤟🤟🤪🤟👌👍
You had a brilliant childhood
Aussie classic. to quote AC/DC, 'will never die'
Underrated. Big Time.
This is music.
Love this song Great band all the songs on the album are great one of Australia's best album albums they perform live great
I was young and went to Australia for a month doing nothing but drinking beer chasing girls adventuring and listening to these guys
Hope you had fun in pardice
I went on a first date, which was a double date, to see them live. My mate spilled an entire jug of beer over my date's dress. A shame that always comes to mind when I hear this great song!
It was the best time growing up in Australia in the 80’s , great music great times!
Mighty song... get the song pumped up
Love this SONG OLD SCHOOL... ROCKEN 80S
Got to see them live in high school when we won the MMM contest and they played Jannali boys high school and I got pulled down out of the tree by the teachers. The girls school won it for us though and I bought their cassette tape and gave it to a girl I liked for her birthday and she told me she liked my mate. I was spewing and thought I wish I’d kept the tape as I only gave it to her to impress her. It was like $12. Shout out to the year 12 boys who lost their woodworking projects when someone burnt the building down. It wasn’t me even though they suspected it was.
What a fucking comment.
Bet it was you mate
This comment is a whole journey 😆 I believe you buddy.
Mad cunts. Love it
Back in the day i used to copy all the best music videos off of the music shows on tv. Run to Paradise was the first video on my first tape... still love the video over 30 plus years later
Just now listening to a compilation album I found and this song came on.
I totally forgot about this song and how it rocks, never hear it on radio here in the DMV :(
The 80's Ruled!
A Great Australian Decade!!!
intensely sad lyrics about drug abuse, to an insane hook and banging beat. legendary!
Welcome to the world of 80s music. Upbeat sound with depressing lyrics
@@ZapperRS same as hammerhead by james reyne another banging aussie song of the 80s about heroin addiction - that seemed to be the aussie problem drug of the time
Couple of my mates are running to paradise. But hopefully some day they’ll say don’t tell me this, is paradise
Wow!!! Loved this song!!! Still do!!!
the good old old days