I honestly had forgotten how crazy this video was. 😂 This song got us HARD on the dance floor though. Thanks so much for reacting to this. I absolutely adore him. I recommend 'When the Going gets Tough'. It was a very popular track! Love you guys!
I used to wait by the radio with my fresh cassette ready to go to record this song, hoping to catch it without a DJ talking over it. One of my faves!!!
Awe, memories of trying to catch your favorite songs off the radio with a cassette player. Then your brother walks into the room and drops his change on the dresser.
Love this song by Billy Ocean. He also had a lot of great ballads you haven't gotten to yet. Among them are There'll Be Sad Songs, Suddenly, and Love Is Forever.
I remembered this song but totally did NOT remember how crazy the video was! I think the thing is, we were so used to bizarre videos back in the '80s that we didn't even blink at something like this but to see it in its own years later, it jumps out as being totally insane. Someone must've thought that having Billy perform in the Mos Eisley cantina from Star Wars was a brilliant idea and this was the result. Judging by the amount of detail on all the creature make ups here, it looks like they dropped sick money into making it happen too! Anyway, thanks for the great reaction guys!
Thanks, guys, for doing my request! I got Star Wars vibes out of this. For a slower version of Billy, try "Suddenly." For another that's a bit faster, try "There'll Be Sad Songs." I really like Lover Boy. Patreon Movie Suggestion: The Dark Crystal.
Yes to Dark Crystal!! I was 12 when Lover Boy came out. The female lead in the video always gave me Kira vibes. Whenever I hear the song, I think of my beloved Dark Crystal.
CONGRATULATIONS JAY & AMBER!! YOU HAVE HIT VIDEO REACTION #2000!!!!🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉 It has been a true joy to follow you for the last two years, and I look forward to the next 2000 songs! (Hopefully there'll be some Joe Satriani in there...) And what a great tune to mark the milestone! Banger song, crazy 80s video! Thank you RSR for making US smile!
This is from Billy's Oceans 1984 album, Suddenly. It made it to Number Two on the Billboard Hot 100 and went double Platinum. A pop/rock/electronic hit, Billy's beautiful vocals are so recognizable and the instruments are addictive with a great melody. Fab song. Super reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️ ❤️ 🇨🇦🇨🇦
I wore out a walkman rewinding this cassette so many times. A walkman was basically an old school mp3 player for you youngsters out there. Also, 80’s video’s didn’t always make a lot of sense, even to those of us growing up then.
AWESOME! I've been waiting for someone to react to this video! Great song! Imaginative visuals! Great memories from 1985! My favorite Billy Ocean song and video!
Loverboy and Lover Girl by Teena Marie were popular around the same time, and often in the discos, they would play one after the other. Both sooooo good!
"RedLight Spells Danger", "Here's To You", "I Sleep Much Better In Someone Else's Bed", "The Colour Of Love", "Mystery Lady", "Tear Down These Walls, are awesome by Billy Ocean
You have to react to Billy Ocean's video " When the Going Gets Tough, The Going Gets Going, featuring Micheal Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. From the movie " The Jewel of the Nile " which should be the next movie 🎬 you should react to. And other movie you should react to is " Romancing in the Stone" starting Micheal Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.
The guitar blends so beautifully with voice and the buildup and crescendo of “ I say yeah yeah yeahhhh” is just so melodically pleasing to my ears. My fav Billy Ocean song for sure.
Thank you so much for reacting to one of the coolest songs and videos sung by one of the coolest musical artists of the 1980's. "Loverboy" was very close to being Billy Ocean's second consecutive number one song. It hit number two on the Billboard Top 100 Pop Charts on February 23, 1985 and stayed there for one week. It got knocked out of the number two spot by REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling". The video is a little cheesy but fun and it's a reflection of the times when it was released. Of course, "Star Wars" would be the greatest influence but so would the muppets of Jim Henson. By that time Henson had already released "The Dark Crystal" (a movie you guys would probably enjoy) and that movie probably had a huge influence on the video as well. Keep up the good work!!
Another Billy Ocean suggestion I have: "Suddenly". It's a ballad but it's beautiful. This is also my first time watching this music video for this song. It did give me "Star Wars" vibe from the Cantina in Mos Eisley. However, it also gives me Jim Henson vibes. Like the main girl with the pink hair looks like a Gelfling from "The Dark Crystal". It's actually quite fitting for that time because "The Dark Crystal", "Labyrinth", "Legend", "The Neverending Story" and "E.T." were really popular so that's the feel I get from this video. 😎👍
Jay & Amber, for 50's music, you’ll love "In the Still of the Night by The Five Satins 1956. The song was number one for many years in the 70s on a big city oldies station. I have their top 500 songs list from 1977 and 1979 that show it.
Billy is pure class. Red Light Spells Danger i my absolute go to for Billy. Saw him live a few years back 70 plus and still nailing it. The music video for this was weird - even for the 80"s. Great channel.
Hey guys, love your channel, I jocked Top 40 radio back in the early 80's after I got out of the Army, Billy Ocean was in huge rotation in those days, practically everything he put out was a hit...Keep up the great content!!! Rock ON!!
Billy Ocean was a big deal in the 80's. I loved this song, I can't sit still when I hear it! This video had Star Wars vibes, if I remember correctly not long before it was the release of "Return of the Jedi". Billy has a lot of wonderful songs! This was my favorite and I still love "Caribbean Queen" and "Suddenly"
This was his follow up to Caribbean Queen. It was a huge song too, hit #2. If want to hear smooth ballad Billy try "Suddenly" or "There'll be sad songs(to make you cry" Billy had a great run for about 5 years.
This was always one of my favorite Billy Ocean songs - the fantastic groove throughout, that awesome guitar hook at the chorus and he really shows the range of his voice here. Always smooth as silky and you have to love the trippy 80s sci-fi video; pretty impressive makeup on the aliens for a music video.
I have never seen the video for this song. Holy smokes, what a trip. I wonder what the context or pitch was for this... Always loved this song, though. Probably my favorite of his. It's totally fun to play on guitar, too-- the groove is so catchy.
Your reactions are VERY understandable. Even back in the '80's everyone was kinda perplexed by the "Star Wars" vibes this video emoted. If you haven't already done so, check out the following '80's songs: "That Was Yesterday" by Foreigner, "99 Luft Balloons" by Nena and "She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper. If you're interested, I also have a long list of 1980's Hits.
It came out only a few years after the Dark Crystal so I think they were going for that vibe , Plus the video directors back then and cocaine is a hell of a drug :) .
This brought back some memories. It came out in 1985 I think. Around the same time The Dark Crystal movie was out, and this video showed some similarities between the creature designs. The female alien here resembled a Gelfling from The Dark Crystal. And the Goat alien resembled one of the Serksis from that film as well. I would not be surprised in the Jim Henson Company helped produce this video. But regarding the music itself, the mid 80s (1984 to 1986) were a period of change in music. I distinctly remember seeing a massive change in the style of music in 1986. Production got more polished, and the sound field was filled out more with additional instruments and mixing styles. But there was also change away from the more synth pop of the early 80s to the more guitar and drum pop of the modern era going forward.
My wife, then my girlfriend, bought tickets for us to see see him live at the Paramount in Seattle in late 80's or early 90's. I was like "Billy Ocean"!? I new 1 or 2 songs. I was more into Grunge and alternative at that time, but he blew me away and rocked the house! It was fantastic.
Another great tune by Billy Ocean. Loved the 80's sounds. It was such a diverse era for music - Huge pop icons, hair metal, heavy metal, punk, reggae, goth, new wave, country etc... Everything was going on. This song was released in 1984 and at the time MTV was huge, but so were movies like Mad Max, Star Wars and nuclear war themes. Directors of music videos back then took many liberties to drive hits by making videos that were movie driven. Many artists really just went along with what the directors did, some not liking it at all. Many will reflect back on that time and roll their eyes but at the time they had no control over it. Record Companies spent a lot of money to make videos because it meant hits and big dollars. in return for the music. It also helped put many artists on the map.
Saw Billy Ocean in concert 2016 so cool this was the First song he sang. Then 4 other cool songs. What awesome concert 4 other Bands there Naked Eyes, Taylor Dane, The Pretenders, and. Jefferson Starship. Real fun. Hope to see another 5 band concert again.
It's been a dog's breakfast since I've heard this song much less Billy Ocean. I mostly remember the bass line. The video is a vague memory. But he really belts it out here.
You have to understand how important videos were to 80s kids. Friends would literally say " ya wanna come over and watch MTV". They had to be like movies, regardless of how some of them have aged badly. Lol. Nowadays, music is so unappreciated for the simple fact that you don't have to pay for it. There's no skin in the game. The internet's been a blessing for new artists having an easier platform to become known, but a curse for overall album sales. We'll likely never see diamond album sales certifications again, we rarely see platinum lol. Back in these days, everyone had a working knowledge of music, and could talk music extensively, even if music wasn't their passion. Nowadays, I rarely find anyone I can talk basic music with, much less the music knowledge level I have. Top 40 nowadays is more a fashion show than it is music- based. The music is the soundtrack to the show. "Loverboy" is the dead opposite - the show is terrible, but the song is perfect
You know, I watch a lot of TH-cam videos that just make me upset, make me shocked, end up making me have a worse day. When I come to this channel, I feel soothed and comforted. It always makes me feel better than before. It's why I keep coming back. Good day, bad day, in between day, it's always improved by watching you guys. Thank you for your gift! :)
Please do Billy Ocean when the going gets tough the tough get going.the offical video has Micheal Douglas, Kathleen turner and Danny de Vito as his backing singers.the song was used in the movie jewel of the Nile sequel to romancing the stone.
Billy Ocean is underrated. Kind of like Jon Secada is as well. Both are from the same time period basically and are amazing singers that don't get the credit they deserve. Try some Secada next! Just Another Day.....Angel.....If You Go are all great!
This song is SO great - I've never really liked the video for it. Just really distracts from the song. But very glad you've finally reacted to it - it's one of my top fave Billy songs. But you MUST do the official video for When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going - from Jewel of the Nile. It has Michael Douglas, Danny Devito, and Kathleen Turner as his backup singers and dancers. Really funny - and it's a GREAT song. And his other ballad you have to do is Love is Forever. Incredibly sweet - you'll both love it :)
Alien love in the MTV days of the 80's! I don't remember my reaction to this song when I first saw it on MTV, but honestly, I think most of these video creators were just trying to outdo each other. Watching it now, it looks quite hilarious!
There is another version of this music video without the starwars like story in the background. Basically you just see Billy Ocean singing in this exact outfit.
Nightclubs were such a normal and popular thing to be doing each week in America in the 80's there were so many Aqwesome dance clubs to choose from. But one thing I loved here in the Dallas Ft Worth area was they were always playing the new music videos on screen so while you were getting your groove on music videos would be playing on big and small screens all scynced up around the nightclub from the dance floor over the bar and in the sitting areas some even in the bathrooms. I remember watching this Billy Ocean Loverboy video many times and I always loved it. It does come off as strange at first but you have to remembe Star Wars was just less than a decade earlier and Sci Fi was just really starting to take off strong, just look at all the Sci fi based movie releases and tv series from the 80's. And that reminds me now that were talking Loverboys, more LoverBoy please😊 May I humbly suggest -Working for the Weekend , Take me to the Top, Lucky Ones, May I suggest Lovin' Every Minute of It , When It's Over all are Awesome!
OMG AMBER!!! 😂😂😂😂 The face she made when that creature at 4:04 was waving it’s tongue around she looked at Jay then the camera like WTF??? 😂😂😂😂 5:15 She couldn’t hold it anymore she had to comment on it.. I’m dead 😂😂😂😂 Amber you crack me up!!
Great... took me years to forget about this video that as a kid gave me terrifying nightmares back in the 80's, literally had to grow over it and now it's back haunting me on one of my favourite YT-channels....
One of my all time fave ones of Billy's, great down to earth humble guy. 😎👌🎶 Red light spells danger & Tear Down These Walls are both great ones too. you think that's weird, there's a 80s band called Blancmange now they had weird MV like the songs called Lose your Love & what's your problem, now they weird ones lol. But my fave of Blancmange's songs is called Living on the ceiling. 😎👌
Billy Ocean was a true 80's icon and is songs are timeless. Congratulations to my fellow Trinidadian on his incredible success in the world of music.
Is he the the only hit singer from Trinidad?
"When the going gets tough the tough get going". Awesome run song!
Billy Ocean is/always will be one of my favorite artists
I honestly had forgotten how crazy this video was. 😂 This song got us HARD on the dance floor though. Thanks so much for reacting to this. I absolutely adore him. I recommend 'When the Going gets Tough'. It was a very popular track! Love you guys!
It always reminded me of OG the Dark Crystal crossed with Star Wars cantina .
One of the best music videos of all time!
I adore Billy Ocean. The 80s, always brings back great memories.
100%.
Billy was a smooth operator for sure. Love this so much!
Love Billy Ocean!
Omg such an awesome song!❤ I miss radio in the 80’s when we could hear so many fantastic artists like him all day.
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My favorite Billy Ocean song.
Fantastic!! Love the song... Billy Ocean a true 80s icon
I used to wait by the radio with my fresh cassette ready to go to record this song, hoping to catch it without a DJ talking over it. One of my faves!!!
Awe, memories of trying to catch your favorite songs off the radio with a cassette player. Then your brother walks into the room and drops his change on the dresser.
I used to have a double cassette deck walk man I would do that with and dub and make mix tapes with :) .
Used to record American Top 40 from time to time
Good ole times ❤️
Love Billy Ocean's voice. I agree with your review about the visuals in the video...silliness.
Excellent song. Don't sleep on Billy. He owned 80's radio
This was my favorite Billy Ocean song, was fun to see you all discover it and discuss it. @Amber and @J thank you both
Billy Ocean is one of the coolest cats all time
This song is male energy personified. You can hear the urgency and need in his voice. He needs her, and he needs her now. A rutting stag on the hunt.
Love this song by Billy Ocean. He also had a lot of great ballads you haven't gotten to yet. Among them are There'll Be Sad Songs, Suddenly, and Love Is Forever.
Yessssss 💜💜❤️❤️
All those are great suggestions 😊
Wonderful recommendations! ❤
"There'll" Be Sad Songs, rather than "They'll." 😉
Don't forget " love zone
One of my favorites from Billy Ocean. Along with "Caribbean Queen", "Suddenly" and "Love Zone"...
I remembered this song but totally did NOT remember how crazy the video was! I think the thing is, we were so used to bizarre videos back in the '80s that we didn't even blink at something like this but to see it in its own years later, it jumps out as being totally insane. Someone must've thought that having Billy perform in the Mos Eisley cantina from Star Wars was a brilliant idea and this was the result. Judging by the amount of detail on all the creature make ups here, it looks like they dropped sick money into making it happen too! Anyway, thanks for the great reaction guys!
Thanks, guys, for doing my request! I got Star Wars vibes out of this. For a slower version of Billy, try "Suddenly." For another that's a bit faster, try "There'll Be Sad Songs." I really like Lover Boy. Patreon Movie Suggestion: The Dark Crystal.
Yes to Dark Crystal!! I was 12 when Lover Boy came out. The female lead in the video always gave me Kira vibes. Whenever I hear the song, I think of my beloved Dark Crystal.
CONGRATULATIONS JAY & AMBER!! YOU HAVE HIT VIDEO REACTION #2000!!!!🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉 It has been a true joy to follow you for the last two years, and I look forward to the next 2000 songs! (Hopefully there'll be some Joe Satriani in there...) And what a great tune to mark the milestone! Banger song, crazy 80s video! Thank you RSR for making US smile!
🎉🎉🎉🎉
Billy remains among my favorite all time singers.
Billy ocean is and always will be magical
This is from Billy's Oceans 1984 album, Suddenly. It made it to Number Two on the Billboard Hot 100 and went double Platinum.
A pop/rock/electronic hit, Billy's beautiful vocals are so recognizable and the instruments are addictive with a great melody. Fab song. Super reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️ ❤️ 🇨🇦🇨🇦
Smooth is right. Love Billy Ocean.
What a treasure Billy Ocean is!
I wore out a walkman rewinding this cassette so many times. A walkman was basically an old school mp3 player for you youngsters out there. Also, 80’s video’s didn’t always make a lot of sense, even to those of us growing up then.
Doesn’t get any better, thank y’all for bringing it back 😁😁😁😁😁
I definitely remember this song, but WHAT IN THE WORLD is this video trying to convey? Lol
Total 80s vibes, so many memories!😎
His best song, in my opinion 👍
Red Light ,Love really Hurt's without you! Class ! By Far his best Song's or Hit's
OMG! I forgot how much I love this song! It is so nice to remember such amazing vocals!
I have oceans of love for Billy songs…yeah! Just telling you what he wants! The video is too much.. Woah!
Love Billy Ocean so much! This is my favorite song by him, so good - and such an underrated video, as an 80s kid, right up my alley!
AWESOME! I've been waiting for someone to react to this video! Great song! Imaginative visuals! Great memories from 1985! My favorite Billy Ocean song and video!
Loverboy and Lover Girl by Teena Marie were popular around the same time, and often in the discos, they would play one after the other. Both sooooo good!
Brings me straight back to the 80's when I was a teenager. Love it! Great reaction 💕
Billy Ocean hasta hoy tiene un tremendo registro vocal, y es uno de mis cantantes favoritos con ese tono de voz incomparable.
"RedLight Spells Danger", "Here's To You", "I Sleep Much Better In Someone Else's Bed", "The Colour Of Love", "Mystery Lady", "Tear Down These Walls, are awesome by Billy Ocean
You really had to be there. The most awesome decade for music ever. 💕🌈😁
You have to react to Billy Ocean's video " When the Going Gets Tough, The Going Gets Going, featuring Micheal Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. From the movie " The Jewel of the Nile " which should be the next movie 🎬 you should react to. And other movie you should react to is " Romancing in the Stone" starting Micheal Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito.
Yes, yes, yes! Suggested many times previously. I think they would love it (Amber - the sax in this one is great! And the video is too!)
The guitar blends so beautifully with voice and the buildup and crescendo of “ I say yeah yeah yeahhhh” is just so melodically pleasing to my ears. My fav Billy Ocean song for sure.
I love this song. I was in fifth grade when it was out and it reminds me of that winter (late 84/early 85). It was a fun time.
This man can sing his little butt off! I have never seen this video before. So strange 😂
One of my favorite songs by him.
So glad you got to this. It’s my favorite song by him. The riff and the rhythm are so infectious! I would blast this in my car .
Thank you so much for reacting to one of the coolest songs and videos sung by one of the coolest musical artists of the 1980's. "Loverboy" was very close to being Billy Ocean's second consecutive number one song. It hit number two on the Billboard Top 100 Pop Charts on February 23, 1985 and stayed there for one week. It got knocked out of the number two spot by REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling". The video is a little cheesy but fun and it's a reflection of the times when it was released. Of course, "Star Wars" would be the greatest influence but so would the muppets of Jim Henson. By that time Henson had already released "The Dark Crystal" (a movie you guys would probably enjoy) and that movie probably had a huge influence on the video as well. Keep up the good work!!
the Dark Crystal is amazing! Must see.
Love his voice and his great songs .
There'll be sad songs (To make you cry)...is a must listen ❤️🌹💯
This was the very first song I heard as I left the hospital August 12th 1984, after my first Son was born... Never forget it.
Another Billy Ocean suggestion I have: "Suddenly". It's a ballad but it's beautiful. This is also my first time watching this music video for this song. It did give me "Star Wars" vibe from the Cantina in Mos Eisley. However, it also gives me Jim Henson vibes. Like the main girl with the pink hair looks like a Gelfling from "The Dark Crystal". It's actually quite fitting for that time because "The Dark Crystal", "Labyrinth", "Legend", "The Neverending Story" and "E.T." were really popular so that's the feel I get from this video. 😎👍
Billy Ocean is awsome! I remember first day out! Caribbean Queen is another smooth song. 🎵
Jay & Amber, for 50's music, you’ll love "In the Still of the Night by The Five Satins 1956.
The song was number one for many years in the 70s on a big city oldies station. I have their top 500 songs list from 1977 and 1979 that show it.
I love Billy Ocean’s voice! He was very big in the eighties with a string of top ten pop hits!❤❤
Great song!
My favorite Billy Ocean songs are two love songs:
-Suddenly
-There'll Be Sad Songs (to make you cry).
Billy Ocean had a bunch of great tunes
Loved this song and his music
My favorite too. The most danceable song he ever put out. Top notch. 👍
Nights (Feel Like Gettin' Down) was much more danceable.
This was always my favorite by Billy ❤️ Another great one by him is Mystery Lady.
Seeing the vid again after alomost 40 years, I can see how good is really is. Great scifi fantasy puppetry characters.
Hands down "When the going gets tough" is one of my favorite Billy ocean song.
Great song! He had a cool hit in the 70s called Love Really Hurts Without You.
Billy is pure class. Red Light Spells Danger i my absolute go to for Billy. Saw him live a few years back 70 plus and still nailing it. The music video for this was weird - even for the 80"s. Great channel.
A great Billy Ocean ballad is Suddenly.
Hey guys, love your channel, I jocked Top 40 radio back in the early 80's after I got out of the Army, Billy Ocean was in huge rotation in those days, practically everything he put out was a hit...Keep up the great content!!! Rock ON!!
Jesus I used to just love this song back in the day.
This is my TOP Billy Ocean song, OMG. This was my jam !! I know this video was kinda comical, but just listening to the song..? Chef's Kiss🤌🤌💖
Jimmy Ruffin - " What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted" so pretty.
Billy Ocean was a big deal in the 80's. I loved this song, I can't sit still when I hear it! This video had Star Wars vibes, if I remember correctly not long before it was the release of "Return of the Jedi".
Billy has a lot of wonderful songs! This was my favorite and I still love "Caribbean Queen" and "Suddenly"
Billy” Idol” Ocean!😂❤️
This was his follow up to Caribbean Queen. It was a huge song too, hit #2. If want to hear smooth ballad Billy try "Suddenly" or "There'll be sad songs(to make you cry" Billy had a great run for about 5 years.
Shoulda been a #1. I was rooting for it and was pissed when it missed.
My fav 80s Banger from Billy, now you have to listen to my fav 70s Northern Soul from Billy "Red Light Spells Danger" what a tune 🎶💜🎶
This was always one of my favorite Billy Ocean songs - the fantastic groove throughout, that awesome guitar hook at the chorus and he really shows the range of his voice here. Always smooth as silky and you have to love the trippy 80s sci-fi video; pretty impressive makeup on the aliens for a music video.
I have never seen the video for this song. Holy smokes, what a trip. I wonder what the context or pitch was for this...
Always loved this song, though. Probably my favorite of his. It's totally fun to play on guitar, too-- the groove is so catchy.
Great 80's dance song.
Your reactions are VERY understandable. Even back in the '80's everyone was kinda perplexed by the "Star Wars" vibes this video emoted. If you haven't already done so, check out the following '80's songs: "That Was Yesterday" by Foreigner, "99 Luft Balloons" by Nena and "She Bop" by Cyndi Lauper. If you're interested, I also have a long list of 1980's Hits.
It came out only a few years after the Dark Crystal so I think they were going for that vibe , Plus the video directors back then and cocaine is a hell of a drug :) .
This brought back some memories. It came out in 1985 I think. Around the same time The Dark Crystal movie was out, and this video showed some similarities between the creature designs. The female alien here resembled a Gelfling from The Dark Crystal. And the Goat alien resembled one of the Serksis from that film as well. I would not be surprised in the Jim Henson Company helped produce this video.
But regarding the music itself, the mid 80s (1984 to 1986) were a period of change in music. I distinctly remember seeing a massive change in the style of music in 1986. Production got more polished, and the sound field was filled out more with additional instruments and mixing styles. But there was also change away from the more synth pop of the early 80s to the more guitar and drum pop of the modern era going forward.
Jay is cute!!!
Love Billy Ocean and his voice STILL sounds amazing!!
My wife, then my girlfriend, bought tickets for us to see see him live at the Paramount in Seattle in late 80's or early 90's. I was like "Billy Ocean"!? I new 1 or 2 songs. I was more into Grunge and alternative at that time, but he blew me away and rocked the house! It was fantastic.
His best is young Billy - love Really Hurts without You.
Another great tune by Billy Ocean. Loved the 80's sounds. It was such a diverse era for music - Huge pop icons, hair metal, heavy metal, punk, reggae, goth, new wave, country etc... Everything was going on. This song was released in 1984 and at the time MTV was huge, but so were movies like Mad Max, Star Wars and nuclear war themes. Directors of music videos back then took many liberties to drive hits by making videos that were movie driven. Many artists really just went along with what the directors did, some not liking it at all. Many will reflect back on that time and roll their eyes but at the time they had no control over it. Record Companies spent a lot of money to make videos because it meant hits and big dollars. in return for the music. It also helped put many artists on the map.
Billy did it like a "star wars " thing. Great song. ❤️👍👏
Saw Billy Ocean in concert 2016 so cool this was the First song he sang. Then 4 other cool songs. What awesome concert 4 other Bands there Naked Eyes, Taylor Dane, The Pretenders, and. Jefferson Starship. Real fun. Hope to see another 5 band concert again.
It's been a dog's breakfast since I've heard this song much less Billy Ocean.
I mostly remember the bass line. The video is a vague memory. But he really belts it out here.
You have to understand how important videos were to 80s kids. Friends would literally say " ya wanna come over and watch MTV". They had to be like movies, regardless of how some of them have aged badly. Lol. Nowadays, music is so unappreciated for the simple fact that you don't have to pay for it. There's no skin in the game. The internet's been a blessing for new artists having an easier platform to become known, but a curse for overall album sales. We'll likely never see diamond album sales certifications again, we rarely see platinum lol. Back in these days, everyone had a working knowledge of music, and could talk music extensively, even if music wasn't their passion. Nowadays, I rarely find anyone I can talk basic music with, much less the music knowledge level I have. Top 40 nowadays is more a fashion show than it is music- based. The music is the soundtrack to the show. "Loverboy" is the dead opposite - the show is terrible, but the song is perfect
You know, I watch a lot of TH-cam videos that just make me upset, make me shocked, end up making me have a worse day. When I come to this channel, I feel soothed and comforted. It always makes me feel better than before. It's why I keep coming back. Good day, bad day, in between day, it's always improved by watching you guys. Thank you for your gift! :)
Please do Billy Ocean when the going gets tough the tough get going.the offical video has Micheal Douglas, Kathleen turner and Danny de Vito as his backing singers.the song was used in the movie jewel of the Nile sequel to romancing the stone.
100% agree with that suggestion that’s my favorite song from him🙋🏻♀️
Songs that I would never listen to I'm now enjoying thanks to you guys
Billy Ocean is underrated. Kind of like Jon Secada is as well. Both are from the same time period basically and are amazing singers that don't get the credit they deserve. Try some Secada next! Just Another Day.....Angel.....If You Go are all great!
This song is SO great - I've never really liked the video for it. Just really distracts from the song. But very glad you've finally reacted to it - it's one of my top fave Billy songs. But you MUST do the official video for When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going - from Jewel of the Nile. It has Michael Douglas, Danny Devito, and Kathleen Turner as his backup singers and dancers. Really funny - and it's a GREAT song. And his other ballad you have to do is Love is Forever. Incredibly sweet - you'll both love it :)
Alien love in the MTV days of the 80's! I don't remember my reaction to this song when I first saw it on MTV, but honestly, I think most of these video creators were just trying to outdo each other. Watching it now, it looks quite hilarious!
There is another version of this music video without the starwars like story in the background. Basically you just see Billy Ocean singing in this exact outfit.
Saw him live at Disney Epcot 3 years ago he still put on a Great show!! You need a Billy Ocean picture on the Wall!
Nightclubs were such a normal and popular thing to be doing each week in America in the 80's there were so many Aqwesome dance clubs to choose from. But one thing I loved here in the Dallas Ft Worth area was they were always playing the new music videos on screen so while you were getting your groove on music videos would be playing on big and small screens all scynced up around the nightclub from the dance floor over the bar and in the sitting areas some even in the bathrooms. I remember watching this Billy Ocean Loverboy video many times and I always loved it. It does come off as strange at first but you have to remembe Star Wars was just less than a decade earlier and Sci Fi was just really starting to take off strong, just look at all the Sci fi based movie releases and tv series from the 80's. And that reminds me now that were talking Loverboys, more LoverBoy please😊 May I humbly suggest -Working for the Weekend , Take me to the Top, Lucky Ones, May I suggest Lovin' Every Minute of It , When It's Over all are Awesome!
This was my favorite Billy Ocean song! Always loved the crazy video too...
I love/ loved this song! Favorite though is LOVE REALLY HURTS WITHOUT YOU!! 🫶y’all are doing a great job!
OMG AMBER!!! 😂😂😂😂 The face she made when that creature at 4:04 was waving it’s tongue around she looked at Jay then the camera like WTF??? 😂😂😂😂 5:15 She couldn’t hold it anymore she had to comment on it.. I’m dead 😂😂😂😂 Amber you crack me up!!
Great... took me years to forget about this video that as a kid gave me terrifying nightmares back in the 80's, literally had to grow over it and now it's back haunting me on one of my favourite YT-channels....
When The Going Gets Tough The Tough Get Going, & There'll Be Sad Songs To Make You Cry are also bad ass!
Billy had 3 #1's,.2 #2's & and 2 other top 10 songs within 4 years
There are 2 versions of this video. You watched the better one.
Its the 80's . No videos make sense. All one big festival of cheesiness.
One of my all time fave ones of Billy's, great down to earth humble guy. 😎👌🎶 Red light spells danger & Tear Down These Walls are both great ones too. you think that's weird, there's a 80s band called Blancmange now they had weird MV like the songs called Lose your Love & what's your problem, now they weird ones lol. But my fave of Blancmange's songs is called Living on the ceiling. 😎👌
The video is just riding the Star Wars vibe from back then. The 3 aliens towards the end are clearly representative of Jawas.