Neneh Cherry - Manchild
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- Official video of Neneh Cherry performing “Manchild” from the album “Raw Like Sushi”.
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Whose listening to this in 2024 ?
y u askin
@@mot00rzysta interested to know is all.
Me bro 😊😊😊
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Who's listening to this all time of one of the best clip
Yup
@1989 -2021
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@@clairefox4640 😘😘😘
Me
Me
Me Jay UK love this track 💘
The 80's and 90's were the best decades for music.
I love it ...but as a mom.. I can't look at her when she's not holding that baby's back😆
And the 60s. Hundreds of classics from that decade.
@@alib463 Yes.
@@alib463 indeed 💯
Sooo trueee ❤❤❤❤❤
The world wasn't big enough when she hit. There wasn't enough room for her.
They should have made room. She was extraordinary.
Neneh Cherry does not get the credit she deserves for being one of the pioneers to hip hop/r&b. Sadly most kids wouldn't know her name today.
+chain2fate i do :) but then again i'm old too xD
chain2fate rite...she set the stage for most women
We gotta change that. Share, Share , Share.
Now she try herself in free jazz music
she freed music from jazz?
Another tune that changed my life in 1989. This is a fucking masterpiece. Still as haunting now as it ever was.
The chord progression in this song is amazing. Such a great song.
I totally agree with you. I have been playing music all my life, and I love how the chords in this song work so well. They sound broken and unfinished. And that is what adds to the beauty of this piece.
@@lickopotamusslurperton1944unfinished chord sympathy
Exactly..the way for her🔥!
The precursor to Unfinished Sympathy.
As a 50 year old male father from Iowa I am hearing and seeing this song for the very first time. You would think this was produced just yesterday! The complex chord structure of the music, The lyrics( so true today) , and visually stunning effects of the video. Neneh Cherry and her crew were so far ahead of their time. She is Amazing!!
It's hardly a complex chord structure
@@errYuck yes it is. It's a complex piece of music when you strip it back compared to most chart music. The verses sound almost jazz like in structure. The key changes are subtle. The string arrangement is sublime too.
Her Dad was Don Cherry free jazz trumpeter so no doubt on the changes. Fire as the kids say these days!
@@MarkSiosal Seconded. It's not your typical chord changes. It modulates in interesting ways.
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She was a game changer. She performed on stage and in videos heavily pregnant showing all aspects of womanhood. No one had seen that before.
Very well said.xx
Loved her tour video, wish I still had it
@@helenjordan6255 was it around 1987/88 She appears in top of the pops
I bought the album in 89!
Tina Turner used to perform while pregnant, way back in the '60s.
But now shes gay lol
Does anyone else get nostalgic for these old late 80s early 90s visual effects?
me
And mid 80's as well like in-Dire Straits-Money for Nothing, Peter Gabriel + Kate Bush-Don't Give Up. etc
Me👍
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All the time.
Portobello Road, London, Tesco store fridge section: I first saw Neneh in person circa 1991. She kindly signed my school folder at the checkout and was the sweetest person. She was tiny, well dressed, fresh faced and spoke with a transatlantic accent (a mx of London and NYC). I recall how different her public image was to her private.
Nobody at school believed it was her who signed my folder though 😂
Her album was the most played on my Walkman 👍
Absolutely gorgeous song from an amazing woman. I loved her when I was 19, and I love her now at 49.
great
What’s love mean though? I used to love Amy, but she barely understood I was alive. What’s this all about? I know there are millions of couples that decide they love each other in reciprocation, good luck to them. I hate myself. Why would any girl be attracted to me in any way?
I'm 51 an still lovin her, especially this tune.
@hqironing2285 Are you kind? ❤ If you are sweet, people will love you. Don't sell yourself short! ❤
Me too luv at 47
"you'd sell your soul for a tacky song like the one's you hear on the radio" words are even truer nearly 30 years later
DEFINITELY.
Omg yes
Can't believe this song is 30 years old, it still sounds fresh and different and original. Songs today won't age anything like this well.
This song and video is so well made can watch her all day well done love it
Yeah this track was so far ahead of its time. Blew my mind when it first came out.
No, because despite are rubish all "the music" today is homogenous and with expiration date
Wish I could go back to that time...... Wonderful times ❤️❤️
@@wibblewobble1934 mm
One of the best tracks of my youth. So glad I grew up in the 80s and 90s.
I'd go back in a heartbeat if I could 😢
I remember saying to my dad what was it like before TVs I'm 47 different times live and learn better days
The Bee Gees said that they liked this song! I'm glad I discovered this song today!😊😊
This video still looks great. It was a breakthrough in 1989...I still love it.
+Mo Vetta The word is "Mondino".
I always thought she was from the future.
I was shocked to see this on the 80s channel and thought "man it must have been the very late 80s". Great video and song, not too keen on the lyrics though.
Einfach unterschätzt..... Schade!
It looks like it cost $50 to make.
that's quite a complex chord compression and melody, we rarely hear this on radio anymore. glad stuff like this did make it to the radio. this is a masterpiece classic
This was futuristic. 1989?! So ahead of it's time, looks real clean - even now.
So true
she is still the only real swedish rapper. this is a masterpiece.
This song and video blew my little mind at 13 years old. Now at 42, I still return to it from time to time to draw inspiration. That's what you call timeless creative brilliance.
There are hints here on what would become Massive Attack's Unfinished Sympathy, Always loved Manchild, vastly underrated song. The last rap with that string arrangement is just stunning.
Yes, this song would compose nicely with Unfinished Sympathy in the mix, and Unfinished Sympathy would then handsomely be followed by the Streets of Philadelphia. All three are my favorites from 80/90s era..
Robert Del Naja co-wrote the song, so the Massive Attack trip-hop synth influence is not that surprising.
her husband was actually the producer of massive attack.
i think that she actually bankrolled massive until blue lines came out. 3D co-wrote this song and i think that mushroom is the guy in the vid. she even name drops the wild bunch, as massive were known then, on buffalo stance
Great catch man
The chord changes in the verse are inspired, haunting, sublime.
I agree. It is so strange yet interesting.
I agree. I play the keyboard and write music. But there is something unique about these chords. They feel broken & unfinished, but for some reason, in this piece, they work so well.
This song is in my top ten and believe me, I have thousands of faves. This is unique, Neneh's vocals, the background scratching, the synthesizers, the video - shaking around and the lyrics... a goosebump song for me. Absolute classic. Thank you Neneh!
Same here! I just keep coming back to it. And I am a music freak. Not sure if I could label it as Top10, but it's definitely in the Top. Cheers!
This song marks the official birth of Trip Hop.
But of course.. never thought about it.
@@SwissTanuki The song was co produced by 3D from Massive Attack. Neneh was very instrumental in supporting the boys in the early part of their career
It was just…no one had ever done this before. The world moved on with this. Wonderful.
@@Garcelle1987 Well she did have Mabel with one of them
Who's listening to this 2020👉👍❤❤❤
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January 13, 2020
I'm here.
Khabane Lam still soo sick 🤙🤙🤙
hear hear
glad to be born 71, so I grew up with the 90s, great song, great artist!
Strings quality is unbelievable even after 25 years.
definitely not a 'tacky song'. solid gold classic.
MitchelGant Definitely a classic "zeitgeist" tune. Iconic.
DarrenBonJovi It'd be a horrendous affront to this song to have it associated with zeitgeist.
STEJTHEGREATEST Not sure how to reply to that. I thought I was being complimentary.
DarrenBonJovi I get what you mean dude....spot on!
So far 977 man-children gave it it a thumbs down, luckily the likes are real men. ;)
Buffalo Stance was way before its time in '89 so unique💃😁
That was 88.
Sia did a wonderful job covering it but nothing compares to the original! Takes me back to my childhood♥️Neneh such a pioneer 🙏🏽
I heard Sia's first but I had to listen to the original
Soooo many artists would not be around if she didn't do this. So underrated in my opinion
I listened to the song on MTV and held my little baby. Today my son's birthday...29!!! OMG...that time passed fast!!!!
And the song is still beautiful ❤
I was 24 old,when this song was eddited..September 1989,,I so like to hear it,again and again.
When she went mainstream she never lost her background from The Slits and Rig Rip + Panic. So much integrity, a true pioneer.
This is what you call music, it has meaning …. Love it ❤
The baby she’s holding is actually hers 👍
I was just gonna ask that loool.... is the baby actually Mabel?
@@bluefire2918 Probably her older sister Tyson
@@natanieltasev6789 👍
@@bluefire2918 Yeah she said it in a interview that the baby was hers.. even i didn’t know that at the time
could she not get a babysitter then ?
This just took me right back to summer 92 i was 12, coming back from swimming out all day in the heat and we were oblivious to this evil world then, brilliant 🙏
Out way before 92
Got with my fella in 1988, I was 14, he was 15, Together now nearly 34 years, love this era. Wow, brings me back
Congrats !!!
This song is oddly addictive
It's very catchy, indeed.
Neneh was always ahead of her time. Lilly Allen mirrored her career after the stuff Ms. Cherry was doing in the 1980s and people bought it!
The BEST SONG EVER!!!!!
A diamond is a diamond is a diamond. This wonderful song came back into my mind when I was in a kind of melancholic mood and now I just can´t stop listening to it.
A masterpiece.
That’s just it. A melancholic mood. That’s what this song is. Melancholy is ‘a pleasurable feeling of sadness’. I miss my boyfriend that I knew when I was listening to this song. He was wonderful. Everything I ever wanted. He went back to the states. My life has never been complete since. Like a sad mirror of what could have been.
She sings and raps equally well. Classic. Ahead of its time.
What a fantastic song. Neneh was years ahead of her time and songs like this prove it.
donald trump
according to youtube comments, everyone who has done something old that still is good was "ahead of time". there's absolutely no logic in this horrible bullshit. but that's the thing about singularity. words and expressions are losing all their meaning.
A classic in music history. The song will always work.
One of the most brilliant songs ever. The music itself has a rare complexity and is incredibly beautiful. Lyrics are superb. She is a Goddess.
I absolutely love Neneh Cherry, I was around 14 or so when I heard Buffalo Stance on radio and fell in love with it in an instant!
I have two of her albums and I listen to it very often... she is still one of my most favorite singer/rapper and I absolutely love her music (and all of her music videos as well)
Neneh Cherry forever!
The chords of this song are great, they should do more of this type of progressions in pop music.
Ed Totally agree, set the standard for the time. 1989 tastic
I'm with you. My first love since "Manchild". Check the Band "Cirkus". I was very glad when I discovered it several years ago. Lovely and cool
Her cd Raw Like Sushi is still awesome! I used to listen to it on my walkman and now on my smartphone...
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l Didn't expect to find you here, but it seems we found something in common we can agree on. Great song.
Class, style, substance and attitude. That's all it takes to make a great song/video iconic. Long live Neneh!
+G. Noah K.
As proven here, some good chords and a decent melody also help ;)
The chords are amazing… totally unexpected yet not artificial. Great song!
The track you always come back to when your a dude in your 40/50's whose been divorced , single or wasted and spent time reflecting on where you went wrong in life man this song just literally sum's it all up for you.
What is it about????? I cannot understand.
I mean, I understand the words but unluckily not the meaning.😢
She was at the absolute top of her game here.
M.I.A. owes Neneh mad props!! Her whole style is from her really
+Cynthia Laurore I wish I could like this 100 times. So true...
so true Cynthia
Cynthia Laurore So so true
well, she actually give her give props many times and mentioned her as an influence, you know, not like Rihanna and Beyonce.
that is soo true !!!💯💯💯
Judy Blame and Barry Kamen swinging into shot. Just an iconic video!
Neneh Cherry = TALENT!
Absolutely UNIQUE sound ! Pure atmosphere. Pure voice. See the music descent in the end. We are in another world.
For those deriding the video: "Neneh Cherry's Manchild. (Director: Jean-Baptiste Mondino.) Nothing less than one of the most visually arresting video clips ever produced, illustrating one of 1989's truly great singles, an accusatory yet compassionate balladic broadside." LA Times, November 1989
I've always found this video hypnotizing, mesmerizing and surreal. I love it so much.
This would be a challenging video to make today. It must have been pretty ambitious in 1989 on tape based editing systems and primitive digital compositing software
Song is over 30 years old and it still sounds just as fresh as it did back then!...she was way ahead of her time!
So glad to be part of this era of music. Amazing
This song is still lovely and so memorable of an era, the video was so original too.
One of my favourite songs of all time!
This reminds me of watching music channels at 1am on a weekend for some reason.
Massively under-rated track
Love when a video I've watched for 30 years magically turns into HD.
I have this on a regular playlist and took a major double take that something had changed. Now hoping someone uploads the 1st of June 89 TOTP performance !
This song will forever be a Masterpiece and SLAYES anything that is out now in 2018. Neneh RULES!!!
Beautiful song, those were the days! All the rap artists and todays genres come from a legacy created by genius artists such as Neneh Cherry. I'll never forget those days.
C'est L'Artiste que mon père adorait en 1989! Quand ce titre est sorti!!!✨ C'est vraiment une très grande chanteuse avec une superbe voix!✨✨ Le clip est très réussi et cette musique géniale !!❤️❤️❤️
En collab avec 3D !
Gawd I'm old. I listened this on tape.
+Michel van dijk What is tape ?
+Michel van dijk I'm hearing you in stereo lol
+TheMuscle87 I thougt you ment Reel-to-reel , then you would have to be real old :)
Hahaha same here 😂
+Michel van dijk - Think I still have the tape from I used to tape the charts...
I was hypnotized by this video back in February 1989 ! It deserves more then 4m views !!
This is the most incredible music video I have ever seen. ❤ The camera on a pendulum
As a cameraman, weel knowing the equipment of the day I still wonder how they synced the whole damn thing :-). With a digital backdrop!
At the time when she hit the charts, I was never keen on her productions at first but look back on it and see that these songs were classics and were way ahead of the time in the late '80's. Her collaboration with Youssou N'Dour on Seven Seconds in 1994 was one of the best productions in the 1990's.
Whose still listening to this gem in june 2019
me!!
Just seen her sing this at Glastonbury.....simply awesome x
Not me man. Not me.
James Esquire July
Ciaooo!
1989! I thought it was mid 90s, well ahead of its time
Takes me back. 32 years ago now I believe? I’m now 46, loved this. Got the album. Wish time would slow done. Feeling nostalgic about the years gone and my youth long gone.
wow she´s more like 10 years older
Neneh Cherry was a groundbreaker in 80s Britain. Aggressive, unashamedly a mother, appearing on TOTP heavily pregnant, Swedish-born but unmistakeably British, London to be exact. A fantastic artist, never apologetic, and a string of amazing songs.
32 years later and this still sounds as fresh as ever! Neneh you legend! A pure orchestral beat masterpiece! ❤🎶
God, I love her to bits. What an influence she was.
Ah 1989, where did that world go??
themanmaschine Bring It Back 1989 Forever.
Been trying to figure out that for years I guess a mix of record labels and the powers that be.
I know right!?!?!?😭😭😭
it decided to prove Ingmar Bergman right: hell is nothing but life here on earth. never been more true than today.
A gifted artist. My life soundtrack. I'm already 48 but my youth was surrounded by the best. Thank you very much Neneh. Love you forever.
i heard sia was gonna cover this so i came to listen for the first time and i like it
OK, you're on your own, it's late
Your girlfriend is on another date with the hero in your dream
Turn around, ask yourself
So, you think you're gonna win this time Manchild?
Is it the pain of the drinking
Or the Sunday sinking feeling
The car never seems to work
When it's late your girlfriends on a date
And the hero with her in your dream
In your sleep it seemed to like you
Turn around and ask yourself
Turn around ask yourself
Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Could you go undercover
And sell your brand new lover (could you)
Be someone else for a night
Maybe someone else will love you
You sell your soul for a tacky song
Like the one you hear on the radio
Turn around ask yourself
Turn around and ask yourself
Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Manchild, he will make you cry
Manchild, Manchild, Manchild
From Monday down to Friday
You're working on another mans car
Or is it in the factory?
It doesn't matter where you are
Just turn around and ask yourself is this communication
Accentuate the positive and give some illustration
See Manchild, you're no one, I turn the microphone on
Control communication when I'm kickin it and so on
To the point where I need, air that I breathe
Into an audience that's waiting and ecstatic to receive
For the meantime another mean rhyme
I keep on sayin it
I know what the time is and the crowd will keep on playing it
Through the speaker boxes louds my diagnosis
'Cause I believe in miracles and words in steady doses
Enough R-E-S-P-E and C-T
Respect yourself express no stress the Mike is easy
Just believe that all you need is the air that you breathe
Turn around ask yourself
Manchild, will you ever win
Manchild, look at the state you're in
Manchild, he will make you cry
Manchild, Manchild, Manchild
He's the apple of your eye
Once bitten twice shy, why don't you bite me again
Just take it in right and go tell your friend
Are you ready for the words I turn the microphone on
A figure of speech to reach you at the back and so on
The style I'm stimulating dance floors
Raise your body temperature now and
This demands for power in the amp you in loud my diagnosis
'Cause I believe in miracles and words in heavy doses
Patrick Stocks thanks for the lyrics .😌
Thank you !!!!
MVP
This video is genius.
Can still sing every word to all the songs on Raw Like Sushi and still have the original cassette of this that I bought 30+ years ago ..this is my jam ..to this day she is still ahead of her time and this album still sounds fresh
By far her best song, still know all the lyrics 😅 Neneh was such a fresh air back then ❤
She was so far ahead of her time. I loved her as an artist 🖤🖤🖤
I love this song. Very great. She has a beautiful voice.
Growing up in the 80's with so much great talent.... another timeless classic!....wow she was just so ahead of the times, such great music, such craft....
Watching this clip and realize that the two guys in this video clip is no longer with us. RIP Judy Blame, RIP Barry Kamen
I love the unusual chords and vocals in this track, really emotive and tastefull phrasing.
One of my favourite songs and videos from the late 80s, so stylised. RIP Barry Kamen x
for me too
She did set the bar too high for many Artists. The Lyrics, videography and her delivery. She's a masterpiece.
Yep,she was so underrated though. Same with her Coach house mates,Massive Attack,another criminally underrated group,probably the greatest band of the 90's.Raw Like Sushi is a phenomenal album,way ahead of it's time.Cant express how much I love this song,it just reminds me of being a teenager and loving it and my mates not really getting it,and me knowing I was better then them(music wise).Smug.
.....and the Chords
Madonna hated her because of this
@@HenryWaltonJones You are my kind of people!
@@HenryWaltonJones Mate. Just Yes.
Still one of the best.....bomb that bass!
This woman loved children for sure! Manchild or the child that is conceived and that needs love and gives you a lot of tenderness but also gives tears even if a child is the future of the humanity.Children make us think of essential things like playing ,living in a simple way..it is the message of the video i think..Live for the important things which are love,air,communication and not the futile ones.
It was a song about immature men
When i hear this ,feels like yesterday 1989.Sill good
Neneh Cherry!!! Reminds me when my old man gifted each child of his a Tape and mine was Neneh Cherry, and he specifically wrote this song as a dedication to me. Still enjoy the songs to-date, she is one of the finest ever!!
How and why this classic tune doesn't have far more views is beyond me its class 😊
I remember hearing this song for the first time at 4am on a Saturday morning. I was recording a call back show and immediately stopped the tape and listen to the song over and over till the sun came up. Still gives me chills when I hear it. Thank you...
Still listening in 2016? I do, cause it brings good memories from summer weekations in my young teens.
One of the best tracks ever 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
This song is stuck in my head. Love the era I grew up in!