I am 62 and have tears in my eyes as I listen to this .... remembering back to a different time, a time of my youth. Everything back then was new and exciting. I had energy enough to light New York at night. Life was fun, going out was an experience, and life was full of promise. I was young, good looking, and ready to face the world. ............. I miss those days ............
I remember clubbing until the club closed and then hanging out by the beach until the sun came up. I was living in Hawaii at the the time. What I wouldn't give to relive those days.
MANY of us are. Because, we ARE now old before our time. It hurts to think that we can't go back and relive and re-experience those heady promising days.
Years ago we have really good music perfect I lot competent who's is better many work for good music everyday different songs now forget 1person make sounds the people call music
I was 9 when this song came out in 1982. I heard it in the grocery store today, and it certainly took me right back to the early ‘80s again. Life was so, so simple back then. I didn’t know it, but my career in computers was about to begin with a Commodore 64 in the wings. Roller rinks, arcades, bowling, hanging with friends in real life for hours till dark…and amazing music like this. I hope kids reading this can enjoy some of that spirit through this song. It’s not easy, but put down the phone and just enjoy the sights and sounds of life and the world around you…time flies!!
You know, I got to go along with you. I too was 9 when this came out. It sure does bring back memories. Though mine was for the Atari computer and not the Commodore lol
I was 9 as well! Thanks for the memory lane trip with your comment. My older brother graduated to the commodore 64. I was still playing Qbert on my Atari and probably just retired my Merlin a few months prior. :)
🏆🏆 Best comment ever. Wow! I was 10, & lived every word of the life you describe. My dad was an engineer for texas instruments. He bought me a TI 99/4A microcomputer in 1983, the next year. I did learn some Basic, & by year 2000 was an expert with Windows 2000/ Windows NT. But my career was in heavy engine work & electronic fuel injection. Computers? Not so much 🎼💜
As a black kid growing up in the projects of VA I was probably the only one watching MTV on a regular basis, this song just spoke to me of something better out there in the world..one of my all time favorites.
No Sun. You weren't the only black kid who could appreciate this song. I began to love believe it or not at basement house party as a kid in Chicago. But l was visiting from down South so it was a whole new and different vibe for me. I can relate.
I was eleven years old when this came out and as a black man of fifty one,I still love it. If a song connects with me I don’t care who it’s by or what colour the artist is or was. A great track is a great track if you feeling it,granted I like so genres more than others but still won’t stop me listening or appreciating good music from artists that are a outside my usual sphere. It’s what is so great about music,the discovery of a track or group that really grabs you,even if it’s not what you are expected to like.Peace and love my to all the music lovers,it will always see us through ❤️🙏🏾👊🏾
I was. A 3 year old little black kid when this song came out and the local Channel 12 iWYES) in New Orleans had a show called "Stepping Out" named after this song and this song was its theme music. That show was on in the 80s and 90s. It was a good show and every since I loved this song.I am 43 now and still love this song.
I know Joe Jackson was not thrilled about making a video for this song, but the result is so iconic. Very few have captured the vibe of the 1980s NYC high-life quite like this. Nostalgia to the nth degree
Just turned 50 in January (still can't believe it), and i was about eight when this song was released. Mtv played it constantly. So many great songs, so many great memories. Life was simple and beautiful. Sigh. Really enjoying reading all the comments from other aging kids😊 We had it made❤
I was 20 yrs old when this song came out. Remember watching this video on mtv many times. Back when you could sit and watch mtv for hours. It was always on in the background when you had friends over or just doing stuff around the house. Man, I miss those times. Young, full of energy, mtv playing in the background while you were getting ready to go out on the town with your friends.
@@chadthundercock455 Um, this is not the same Joe Jackson. The Joe Jackson who did this song is from England, he isn’t related to The Jackson 5 in any way
I will never forget the October Monday morning in '82 where it was the day of one of my friends' funeral. This song was on my clock radio as I was waking up and I was just so in tears. It was a friend who really touched my life and gave me the appreciation for humor. His legacy will always live on and every time I hear this song it brings me back to that day and the fact that life is truly short.
@@Superlongevityinstitute believe what you will. All are free to choose. I know for myself as (do billions of others) that life indeed continues after we pass away. We are eternal beings. 😊💯
@@moroni77nephi36 lol You know nothing! You barely can write grammatically. Smh So many people are delusional. Extend the life span no need to believe in an afterlife!
My ex-wife went into labor while listening to this song on October 30th, 1982. Our daughter was born the next morning. This has always been her song. Steppin Out. She'll turn 40 on Halloween.
The last of , i like your comment i agree with you , i have always adored this guy hes a complete genius , his songs and voice are utter perfection xx long live the 80s era we were their x JANE X
1982 was part of the PEAK of modern civilization. Some would say 1976 till 2000 is the peak since that's POST-Vietnam but PRE-911. However, I would argue it's 1976 till 2014 since it's after Vietnam but a year before all the modern day political crap would begin. So I'm going with 1976 till 2014. However, I would argue that the 1980's is the BEST decade (the vast majority of things are near perfect, with few exceptions) and 1982 truly hits that sweet spot of paradise.
I met Joe Jackson in the 1980s when he did an interview in a different department of my TV network. I saw him carrying his guitar to the elevator when I called to him to say hello. He got off the elevator and took a few minutes to visit with me before getting on with his day. What a great talent and nice guy!
Such wonderful memories of me and by beloved wife, dancing with pure joy, at a concert in Los Angeles, before our marriage, before our 3 children, and her passing this past year….tears of joy, of a simpler time of true love and the unknown future we would share together…thanks for the memories Teresa…and Joe…always in my heart.
Thank you…it was wonderful and so much to be grateful for. Time waits for no one and life must be lived while we have the chance. Joe brought us joy..@@CeeP211
Always will remind me of my mum..even at 80 before passing june 2020 and suffering from Dementia, This was the last CD I bought her for her 80th birthday, she would play it full blast and come alive from the shell she was trapped in *Iris* 10/12/1939 -28/6/2020
chilling eh? to think how low the human species fell.. very sad.. other species became better.. the human species digressed.. but yes this is your peak.. but you know that already.. you know you were very lucky
my friend makes great music and i am not trolling or rick rolling, his music and 80s music like this, big country etc are all i listen to. check him out...he is a white guy who does african music Kilebu Kibanga
Ps Joe Jackson came into the Marriott hotel I worked at in Golden, CO and asked to use our piano prior to his concert/what a fucking phenomenal moment🎶
I worked in a Soho bar in NYC in the early 2000's. All kinds of folk in the middle of it all. And musicians mixed with artists mixed with movie folk. A haven if equality, so to say. And everyone knew everyone's business, game or not. There was one customer that came in occasionally for lunch. Quite, unassuming and silently amiable. One of us. But the only one we never asked a name of..
Joe Jackson's always been a Class Act. I can't believe he's still touring. I just saw him do this song LIVE on tour here on YT a minute ago, now, in 2024!!
This is one of the first videos I ever saw -- while staying at a friend's house who had MTV. The song and the video are both held up extremely well. Can't be said for all videos of that era.
As a black kid growing up in the projects I will never forget the October Monday morning in '94 where it was the day of one of my friends' funeral in the grocery store today, and it certainly took me right back to the early ‘80s again. . I had energy enough to light New York at night. This song was on my clock radio as I was waking up and I was just on my clock radio as I was waking up. It was a friend who really touched my life and gave me the appreciation for humor. His legacy will always live on and every time I hear this song it brings me back to that day and the fact that life is truly short. She'll turn 40 on Halloween.
Tim Coe - myUSP 2050? I'd be 58 years old by then. And with my heavy smoking and drinking habit, HOPEFULLY I'll be dead already. Humanity is in a death spiral and I don't want to see how it ends.
Nothing flashes me back to the 80's faster than when I hear this song. Being a Teenager of the 1980's was the absolute best! Such a beautiful time to be alive.
I started working in NYC in 1981. I stayed in a hotel (Essex House) and I could envision this song in my mind taking place at that hotel. It had the off-white paneled doors and all. What a great experience.
Anyone in their 50's listening to this ? I'm 55 and when I first heard this I used hair gel. Now I can't lol So my memories are basically the nostalgia for my lovely head of hair and the girls that turned their heads towards me, oh the good old days when I stepped out only after using hair gel. Greetings from Italy
50 and fell in love with this song age 11 when it 1st came out. For me is defines nighttime urban adult pop. Why it is not considered "Yacht Rock" is a mystery to me, never played on those stations.
Raising a glass to you Joe! Creator of the 2 most seminal works in my teen years. "Steppin Out" and "Is She Really Going Out With Him". I can almost feel my hand on the boombox waiting for them to come on the radio so I could record them on a cassette.
Bill i agree with you , this classic will still be played in eternity xxx ive adored joe since his very early days , What a genius bloke , his voice and classics are second to none lol Jane x🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🌹🌹🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🌹
I heard this song while shopping at Harris Teeter, and for a minute, it felt like I was back in the 80’s and watching this on MTV. Had to come look it up!!
Copy that would be in my 71 Impala on my to work and this song would be on good memories and good folks I work with home juice company Detroit Michigan back in the day people were better than now
OMG I’ve been trying to identify this song for YEARS. 😩 I have heard it at EVERY grocery store I’ve either worked at or shopped at. Never heard it clearly. But wow. After 20 years, I am finally here.
Jackson spent a number of years living in New York City, which served as an inspiration for his 1982 song "Steppin' Out". In a 2018 interview, Jackson said "I don't like New York much these days. It's as if the city and I had a hot love affair and now we're just friends, but we still have to see each other to remain friends. Today I live in Berlin. The New York I knew in late '81 and '82 is gone."
It's a case of you don't know how good it is, until it's over, and then you see the reflection of a time that most likely will never happen again, and so badly want it back, it was magical and scary, end of the cold war, back when it was Japan was making everything, would love for Japan to manufacture lots more, instead of the other country that we now can't seem to exist without, it was a time when everything seemed possible, now it's all group and identity think police, and thinking incorrectly is not tolerated, whatever that means, I guess some other human's will tell you what's correct and what's not correct, in the Eighties free speech was cool, and not everyone agrees, but we all should aspire to freedom, was there bad , well of course, name a point in history when there wasn't bad, but the good out classed the bad, was it only America, no, Europe and Brazil, and Japan, were there war's, is there a time there isn't, not massively all consuming conflict though, but let's get to putting things in play for a future 80s decade, for the Whole World is involved, and where Freedom is the history of forever, my favorite sitcom is NightCourt and you don't get more Eighties then that
We live in a very oddball world and listening to music from the past 60’s through to the 90’s somehow helps me and other like minded people escape this depressive and dreary life. AJ
Took me ages to find it..I could hum the tune but couldn't recall any lyrics apart from into the night. Some nasty songs turned up in the search. Happy to find it finally after a couple of hours
There is something special about this song that is hard to describe. It's a feeling, a mood. Something between melancholy and happiness. Something that only this song is capable of.
This song alternates between a feeling of excitement and hopeful anticipation and a certain feeling of sadness and regret. It's as if the song is expressing a feeling of hope for the future tempered by a negativity of past events that could detail those plans. Story of my life right now.
@@sidgar1 Very well said!You got this!Don't be afraid to get rid of those in your life who have a smile on there face and knife behind there back...even family or others around you!
I kinda feel sorry for people who didn’t get to experience the 80s in person. So much nostalgia and coming of age (for some of us). I spent the 80s from age 10 to 20, so pretty much carefree and enjoying my time. These songs put me back in that headspace.
First listened this when I was 12 years old playing GTA Vice City at Flash FM radio, now I'm 28 years old and still loving this amazing masterpiece, really would like to go back in time to the 80's
I hated the 80s and 90s music with a passion. I was born in 1966 and often wished I was born 10 years earlier because I loved 70s music so much,. Sure, there were some great songs from the 80s and 90s, but the vast majority was simply awful. We remember the past through rose-tinted glasses, but I remember very clearly at the time envying my older brother because he was a teenager when all the great 70s bands were putting out new records. But that just,, like, my opinion, man.
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I am 62 and have tears in my eyes as I listen to this .... remembering back to a different time, a time of my youth. Everything back then was new and exciting. I had energy enough to light New York at night. Life was fun, going out was an experience, and life was full of promise. I was young, good looking, and ready to face the world. ............. I miss those days ............
In my case it was San Francisco.
Yes 69 now but can relate to what you are saying .from Yorkshire .England.
I remember clubbing until the club closed and then hanging out by the beach until the sun came up. I was living in Hawaii at the the time.
What I wouldn't give to relive those days.
53, and absolutley understand, crying too
48. I think it was a better time for all of us. Today's world absolutely sucks.
There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.
Yup
Perfectly said! Perfectly!
But it also makes your day too
Vice City ☺️😉
Oh yes.
Who’s still listening to this classic in 2024 🙋🏻♂️
me ,, this and julian lennon tonight ;;
MANY of us are. Because, we ARE now old before our time. It hurts to think that we can't go back and relive and
re-experience those heady promising days.
Me
One of the best
Mee!
Joe Jackson.....Tears for Fears.....The Motels.....Duran Duran.....I wanna go back!!😢
Me too! The seventies and eighties had the best music.
Nope. Just Joe Jackson. Cheers.
Me too
I was obsessed with this album..Classy and artistic. Not like these days!@@michaeljay783
The line “We are young but getting old before our time”.. hits hard!!
Yes it does! I was 27 when this came out and now I am 68! Time flies when your having fun!
That line always makes me feel like crying. It just so hits the spot.
@@packard5682I was 14 brotha.. 55 now wtf happened
@@packard5682 I was negative 19 when this movie came out, as in, I wouldn't be born for another 19 years. My parents weren't even married yet!
_attachment breeds suffering_ - just remember and love
40 years later and this still sounds absolutely perfect
Years ago we have really good music perfect I lot competent who's is better many work for good music everyday different songs now forget 1person make sounds the people call music
@@mauriciogarros7394 excuse me ? Poor choice of words to convey your opinion because it makes no sense.
@@mauriciogarros7394 I agree, I would agree a lot more if I could read your comment, but I agree.
40 years you said?! It still sounds weird to me that the 80’s were 40 years ago and the 90’s are 30 years away….
@@arturocas90 Time flies!
I was 9 when this song came out in 1982. I heard it in the grocery store today, and it certainly took me right back to the early ‘80s again. Life was so, so simple back then. I didn’t know it, but my career in computers was about to begin with a Commodore 64 in the wings. Roller rinks, arcades, bowling, hanging with friends in real life for hours till dark…and amazing music like this. I hope kids reading this can enjoy some of that spirit through this song. It’s not easy, but put down the phone and just enjoy the sights and sounds of life and the world around you…time flies!!
You know, I got to go along with you. I too was 9 when this came out. It sure does bring back memories. Though mine was for the Atari computer and not the Commodore lol
@@jdpower71 Apple II for me lol
I was 9 as well! Thanks for the memory lane trip with your comment. My older brother graduated to the commodore 64. I was still playing Qbert on my Atari and probably just retired my Merlin a few months prior. :)
🏆🏆 Best comment ever. Wow!
I was 10, & lived every word of the life you describe. My dad was an engineer for texas instruments. He bought me a TI 99/4A microcomputer in 1983, the next year. I did learn some Basic, & by year 2000 was an expert with Windows 2000/ Windows NT. But my career was in heavy engine work & electronic fuel injection. Computers? Not so much
🎼💜
Probably not I feel sorry for the kids of today compaired to my younger days
Joe Jackson is so criminally underrated it HURTS.
The really cool people know how great he is. I saw him perform several times and am thankful I got the opportunity.
Agree:)...Honestly...I didn`t know this fantastic artist exist...before 2023...now it's 1982 for me...thanks to youtube.
I agree 💯
Agree with you 👍🏴
Musical genius.
As a black kid growing up in the projects of VA I was probably the only one watching MTV on a regular basis, this song just spoke to me of something better out there in the world..one of my all time favorites.
And there always is something better out there my friend we just have to want it enough
No Sun. You weren't the only black kid who could appreciate this song. I began to love believe it or not at basement house party as a kid in Chicago. But l was visiting from down South so it was a whole new and different vibe for me. I can relate.
@@raymondadams2083 exactly, my brother and I was beating this up in Indy...when mofos were sleeping in cars....
Good music
why?
I was eleven years old when this came out and as a black man of fifty one,I still love it.
If a song connects with me I don’t care who it’s by or what colour the artist is or was.
A great track is a great track if you feeling it,granted I like so genres more than others but still won’t stop me listening or appreciating good music from artists that are a outside my usual sphere.
It’s what is so great about music,the discovery of a track or group that really grabs you,even if it’s not what you are expected to like.Peace and love my to all the music lovers,it will always see us through ❤️🙏🏾👊🏾
Well said Neil. Check out his 1981 Jumping Jive record. I hope you like it if you never heard.
I was. A 3 year old little black kid when this song came out and the local Channel 12 iWYES) in New Orleans had a show called "Stepping Out" named after this song and this song was its theme music. That show was on in the 80s and 90s. It was a good show and every since I loved this song.I am 43 now and still love this song.
Why did you even bring race into this?
@@tomrutkowski5071 Thanks for the tip Tom.Enjoyed the performance from JJ.👍🏾
Well said mate music needs no orientation if you feel it you feel it simple as
People ask if you're "still listening" insert year! OF COURSE WE ARE! WE Have taste. Great music is timeless x
2024
2024 Love that Back beat
Just saw him in concert tonight. Still timeless!
Can we all go back to the 80's? 😭😭
Yes please.....life, love such happy memories
We'll only just end up here, again.....
Eventually 😅😢😮
Nostalgia, can be a Curse at times
Can we all go back to The Meat Worm?
I would happily give up everything I have today to do so.
Yes forever
Who wants to go back to the 80's with me?
I`m already there, it`s great to be back
Ray Turvey : I’ll only go if I don’t have to go back to school 🤪
I'll go with you!!!!
Fine, one way only though, no return!
Me
Random black guy here. This song soars the spirit and inspires. I wish we all could be family. This world needs a serious makeover
AMEN, I'm half Native AMERICAN and half caucasian, and I love this song as a kid, it bring back good memories!
Yes my brothet
Mister Brown One love 🤗
We need more to uplift and inspire.
Random white guy here. Your words are what the world real need...We are all equal, but unfortunately we don´t born equal!
This is when MTV was at its best!!!!!
I know Joe Jackson was not thrilled about making a video for this song, but the result is so iconic. Very few have captured the vibe of the 1980s NYC high-life quite like this. Nostalgia to the nth degree
Yup when I recently visited NYC for the first time all I can think of was this song
I always liked this song, I like the easy groove to it and the video was very good, I will still listen and I am weeks away from 73 :)@@opa-age
Yes
Who's listening appreciating the 80s
Always 80’s
Definitely
I do...
Playing GTA and it came on 😂
Me!!
I met a guy in 1982 and he played this album - and 40 years later we are still happily together.
Storybook loves always have a happy ending. 🙂
That's dope
This is beautiful.
Nice!
Wonderful!
Just turned 50 in January (still can't believe it), and i was about eight when this song was released. Mtv played it constantly. So many great songs, so many great memories. Life was simple and beautiful. Sigh.
Really enjoying reading all the comments from other aging kids😊 We had it made❤
Old boomer here. I have this on CD. My ex & I just loved it. I now am noticing the amazing bass line, probably because my son is a bass player.
I was 20 yrs old when this song came out. Remember watching this video on mtv many times. Back when you could sit and watch mtv for hours. It was always on in the background when you had friends over or just doing stuff around the house. Man, I miss those times. Young, full of energy, mtv playing in the background while you were getting ready to go out on the town with your friends.
Absolutely. Takes me right back to my early 20's.
Joe Jackson. One of the most underappreciated artists ever.
And for good reason, he doesn't deserve to be celebrated.
He routinely abused Michael.
@@chadthundercock455 Um, this is not the same Joe Jackson. The Joe Jackson who did this song is from England, he isn’t related to The Jackson 5 in any way
@@chadthundercock455 CHAD is a CHAD
@@chadthundercock455 You are very misinformed, huh?
Paul Carrack would like a word.
But yes, they both share the stage.
When i hear this song i am suddenly 40 years younger with my whole life in front of me ......make me got tears in me eyes .
before the masons and mkultra pissed all over our faces and the entire world
hey free west papua yall
I know the feeling....
You only look 30 🙂
Me too! Tears streaming down my face-- I had the coolest Dad-- he introduced me and my friends to this album!♥️💔♥️
Wishing it was the 80's and I was "Steppin' Out tonight..."
I will never forget the October Monday morning in '82 where it was the day of one of my friends' funeral. This song was on my clock radio as I was waking up and I was just so in tears. It was a friend who really touched my life and gave me the appreciation for humor. His legacy will always live on and every time I hear this song it brings me back to that day and the fact that life is truly short.
And your reunion in the future with your friend will be magnificent!! 💯
@@moroni77nephi36 NICE THING TO SAY BUT ITS NOT TRUE DEATH IS THE END OF EXISTENCE
@@Superlongevityinstitute believe what you will. All are free to choose. I know for myself as (do billions of others) that life indeed continues after we pass away. We are eternal beings. 😊💯
@@moroni77nephi36 lol You know nothing! You barely can write grammatically. Smh So many people are delusional. Extend the life span no need to believe in an afterlife!
I almost see both of you, meeting at the end, and this song in the air...
I'm 56 this takes me back to better times*
My ex-wife went into labor while listening to this song on October 30th, 1982. Our daughter was born the next morning. This has always been her song. Steppin Out. She'll turn 40 on Halloween.
Great song to have that special memory of your daughter.
That is awesome! 👊🧡👍
Nice one David hope you & your daughter are well ...all the best 🙏❤️
😂❤
Did you name her Jo?
This song itself is a perfect example of why the 80s was such an awesome decade.
The last of , i like your comment i agree with you , i have always adored this guy hes a complete genius , his songs and voice are utter perfection xx long live the 80s era we were their x JANE X
A song about going out. Where and when would you listen to it? I guess when you're out. Creating a paradox.
@@deviousj5868 Nah, I remember hearing it while getting ready to go out.
The irony of this song……the wealthy idiots still piss me off 40yrs later!
@@bill1521 XXXxxx JANE XXX
Such a massively underrated song. And I massively underrated vocalist, pianist and composer.
“We are young but growing old before our time”. Such a powerful line. The world has changed so much in 40+ years but that line hits harder at 50.
And even harder and lower at 64...
@@glennkarant6760 Try being 86, pal. Then let us know how it hits.
@doktormcnasty if I get there per your request here, I shall indeed let you know how it hits, matey...
I'm 58 years old but inside me there's a 19 year old waiting to jump out and start over again...
It's impossible to not completely love this song. Loved it as a kid, loved it as a teen, and I love it now. Timeless!
i was 13 or 14 reminds me of times i visited my friends house and a program called brookside came on air,anyone remember that?
Reminded me when I used to go out all night at the clubs in S.F. , when S.F. was clean not like now .
Reminds me of being an infant. lol
Same here, watching MTV all day long, great memories, best of times :)
I Love music.
"We ....so tired of all the darkness in our lives..."
1982 was paradise compared to today
Yes! This song is just soooo awesome!
Amen.
1982 was part of the PEAK of modern civilization. Some would say 1976 till 2000 is the peak since that's POST-Vietnam but PRE-911. However, I would argue it's 1976 till 2014 since it's after Vietnam but a year before all the modern day political crap would begin. So I'm going with 1976 till 2014. However, I would argue that the 1980's is the BEST decade (the vast majority of things are near perfect, with few exceptions) and 1982 truly hits that sweet spot of paradise.
Ronald Reagan president
Top
Top 😢 ❤
@@ryva370
At least he left the citizens alone and didn't bully them with ideological nonsense
I met Joe Jackson in the 1980s when he did an interview in a different department of my TV network. I saw him carrying his guitar to the elevator when I called to him to say hello. He got off the elevator and took a few minutes to visit with me before getting on with his day. What a great talent and nice guy!
Such wonderful memories of me and by beloved wife, dancing with pure joy, at a concert in Los Angeles, before our marriage, before our 3 children, and her passing this past year….tears of joy, of a simpler time of true love and the unknown future we would share together…thanks for the memories Teresa…and Joe…always in my heart.
Very sorry for your loss.
You’re very kind, Ty
@@Robin-xt7yo
I'm so sorry for your loss
Thank you…it was wonderful and so much to be grateful for. Time waits for no one and life must be lived while we have the chance. Joe brought us joy..@@CeeP211
Praying for peace in your and your families' hearts...
Always will remind me of my mum..even at 80 before passing june 2020 and suffering from Dementia, This was the last CD I bought her for her 80th birthday, she would play it full blast and come alive from the shell she was trapped in *Iris* 10/12/1939 -28/6/2020
So sorry for your loss😔 my Father passed from COVID-19 on 7/11/2020-trust me I know it is.
The power of music is unrivaled.
She had good taste. She's watching you from up there, too. 💐🙏💐
❤️
She just 'got in her car and drove to the other side.' You will see her soon enough.
This guy doesn't get the kudos he deserves now. He wrote a handful of definitive pop songs.
He did! 🙏🏽
His newer stuff is also excellent!! Not on pop radio but that's IRRELEVANT!
Talented performer and a classy guy
Totally agree
Went to see him in Liverpool about 82
Jumpin Jive done it for me, never seen him in the same light after that
The 80’s were so fun and carefree. Man I miss it.
This song makes me happy and sad at the same time. Wish we could just go back to this era. Life was so simple then.
The song gives me the same feeling. Like you wish every night could feel like this...
Amen to that, i could not agree more. Well said.
Agreed... Perfectly said
We just didn't know how complicated it was.
What is it with this song? Does the same thing to me.
Being a kid in the eighties was the highlight of my entire existence. This song brings back some really strong memories. Long live the eighties!!
chilling eh? to think how low the human species fell.. very sad.. other species became better.. the human species digressed.. but yes this is your peak.. but you know that already.. you know you were very lucky
The 80s in the US appears to be one of those pinnacles well not see again
@@karlosthejackel69 all over your flat and levelled plain.. all over the domain.. 80's is peak of the current version of the HUMAN species
my friend makes great music and i am not trolling or rick rolling, his music and 80s music like this, big country etc are all i listen to. check him out...he is a white guy who does african music Kilebu Kibanga
@H. Scott Basham Yes!! I graduated high school in 1991. I miss those days a little more than I probably should, lol. ;)
WHAT A GREAT DECADE. MISS MY PARENTS. CHILDHOOD FRIENDS. FORGOT MY RELATIVES TOO. MAY THEY ALL REST IN PEACE.
Yeah . ..
still master piece . great bass line
Ps Joe Jackson came into the Marriott hotel
I worked at in Golden, CO and asked to use our piano prior to his concert/what a fucking phenomenal moment🎶
I worked in a Soho bar in NYC in the early 2000's.
All kinds of folk in the middle of it all. And musicians mixed with artists mixed with movie folk. A haven if equality, so to say. And everyone knew everyone's business, game or not.
There was one customer that came in occasionally for lunch.
Quite, unassuming and silently amiable. One of us.
But the only one we never asked a name of..
Totally awesome wow
Simon Peach priceless memories ❤️
Awesome!
Absolutely!
No matter how many times I hear this song, it never fails to evoke some precious, yet unremembered, emotion
💙🤍🙏🏼
Reminds me of Nikola Jokic stepping all over Philadelphia 76ers and Joel The Fake MVP Embiid
Oh my God. I feel the same way with this song. Truly amazing feelings and emotions are instantly felt whenever I hear this song
Man just listen to the song
@@dreamingisfree It seems like you don't feel that feeling yet. You'll soon know it.
"We'll leave the TV and the radio behind..." hits different in 2024 with streaming/smart phones
Joe Jackson's always been a Class Act. I can't believe he's still touring. I just saw him do this song LIVE on tour here on YT a minute ago, now, in 2024!!
You kids have no idea how good it was before 90
Early 80's and this playing on MTV a couple times an hour it seemed. Good times.
This is one of the first videos I ever saw -- while staying at a friend's house who had MTV. The song and the video are both held up extremely well. Can't be said for all videos of that era.
TAOFLEDERMAUS funny how MTV stopped rock videos , then Vh1
The competition was on Saturdays soul train!
Barely remember the 80s
@TAOFLEDERMAUS
Agreed, BTW,... planning to shoot any new custom designed shotgun slug soon?
MTV WAS AWESOME!!! especially head bangers ball
Back when MTV was good. Not the crap that goes on now.
return the slab
(a relatively obscure decade old ytp video called nintendo gametube brought me here. this song is a jam)
the j
As a black kid growing up in the projects I will never forget the October Monday morning in '94 where it was the day of one of my friends' funeral in the grocery store today, and it certainly took me right back to the early ‘80s again. . I had energy enough to light New York at night. This song was on my clock radio as I was waking up and I was just on my clock radio as I was waking up. It was a friend who really touched my life and gave me the appreciation for humor. His legacy will always live on and every time I hear this song it brings me back to that day and the fact that life is truly short. She'll turn 40 on Halloween.
the j
Joe Jackson and Level 42 are two of the best artists of the 80s, hands down!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still sounds wicked 34 years on. That won't be said about 99% of today's shit in 2050.
Tim Coe - myUSP So true! 😊
Tim Coe - myUSP 2050? I'd be 58 years old by then. And with my heavy smoking and drinking habit, HOPEFULLY I'll be dead already. Humanity is in a death spiral and I don't want to see how it ends.
I'll be 82 then! Hopefully still intact mentally. Would be good if you stayed alive for that year mate.
Right with you on that, that's exactly what todays music is......total shite.
'sounds wicked' won't be said of 100% of today's shit in 2050 or any year from the big bang to the big 'unbang'.
I didn’t grow up in the 80s but I did grow up in Vice City.
I did grow up in the 80s. LOVE Vice City, would like to move there but apparently their's some nutter driving around.
Ya there's always some jackass car jacking every car in town down in Vice City, driving like maniac, making car insurance rates go through the roof!
@@GmanMilli Lol guilty
Blista compact,sabre turbo and deluxo
Kinda surprised with how few GTA Vice City comments there are in this vid 😂
This is the best elevator music I've ever heard.
This song makes me so melancholy. I’m 69 so this is after the ‘60’s and ‘70’s music I loved. It gives me tears.
Nothing flashes me back to the 80's faster than when I hear this song. Being a Teenager of the 1980's was the absolute best! Such a beautiful time to be alive.
It was a wonderful time😀 so simple so much less bs in the world😀
we were so lucky to be a part of the 80's ;)
It was alot better then. In alot of ways.
True dat! I was a somewhat depressed teen during the 80s, and this song is uplifting
Too true. I miss the 80s ..
I miss these days. This song just reminds me of those good old days.
This song still slaps in 2024
transports me back to happier more magical times
Nothing better than 80’s , i miss them to death my friend...
Yes indeed.
Magical is a great choice to describe those days.
Moi aussi Fréro 🌈🇫🇷
Oh the wonderful memories of wonderful times.
This song is a time machine. Everytime I hear it....it takes me back....
For me, it's Christmas day, 1982 and I was listening to this on my new & PASTEL PINK stereo system hahahahaha 💗 💖 I was 12.5 that day! Lol
Love from Australia 🇦🇺
Yes...breaks my heart longing for those days with my family still around. Didn't know those were the best days of my life
deep concept
@@kimberlyoakley9646 Yes, me too ; the days when both my parents were still here.x
I started working in NYC in 1981. I stayed in a hotel (Essex House) and I could envision this song in my mind taking place at that hotel. It had the off-white paneled doors and all. What a great experience.
Great song. Bought this when it came out back in 1982. Still sounds great 🎶
Whoever’s listening to this right now is a freakin genius 😛😛😛
Soo...if i listen to joe jackson il be a genius right!? Fuk yeah im makin some money n shit now😀
Thanks 😊 for the komplement !!
Thanks!
Yes escape from bs 💕
This song is fire 🔥🔥🔥🙌🙌🙌
Anyone in their 50's listening to this ?
I'm 55 and when I first heard this I used hair gel.
Now I can't lol
So my memories are basically the nostalgia for my lovely head of hair and the girls that turned their heads towards me, oh the good old days when I stepped out only after using hair gel.
Greetings from Italy
Greetings from México. I'm 54
50 and fell in love with this song age 11 when it 1st came out. For me is defines nighttime urban adult pop. Why it is not considered "Yacht Rock" is a mystery to me, never played on those stations.
64 still love it
I'm 55 as well...
Such wonderful music stands the test of time!!
I just turned 40...don't ever stop playing this song!
GTA VICE CITY... FLASH FM. SURREAL... PERFECT COMBINATION OF GAME AND MUSIC!
this and the mall ambience plays in my head constantly
Raising a glass to you Joe! Creator of the 2 most seminal works in my teen years. "Steppin Out" and "Is She Really Going Out With Him". I can almost feel my hand on the boombox waiting for them to come on the radio so I could record them on a cassette.
Very underrated. Joe Jackson was a very gifted singer, songwriter & musician
*is
he died?
Is there a financial reward available for those who use the word "underrated"? I see it used so many times I beginning to wonder.
Oh ffs every fkn song is underrated.. The most overused word on TH-cam.
Is.
Whenever I hear this song, I go right back to the 80’s. If only I could go back for real.
You and me both.
Matt Edwards yup, better days that I miss every day
Toute ma jeunesse
Same here damn I miss the 80s 😔
Same here 😊💞💞💞💞57 year old gal here
Great song from the 80’s!!! Today Joe Jackson would sing is ‘Leave the smartphone and internet behind… ‘ All we need is great music in our lives!!! 😎
Once you've hear this song you could never forget it, awesome song.
Tipical british song i mean the singer is english
Bill i agree with you , this classic will still be played in eternity xxx ive adored joe since his very early days , What a genius bloke , his voice and classics are second to none lol Jane x🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🌹🌹🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🌹
Ha, Slayer! Im 53. 14 when this came out and I was into Slayer big time then
Exactly 🎉😢😊this song will be with me forever I never get tired of it it’s just timeless and perfect. I love the instrumental part too .❤❤❤
@@4asteroid
Douglas Willcox
1 second ago
what a tune.......this has lived with me from the first time i was blown away with it doug
This song in 1982: It's amazing!!!
This song in 2021: It's amazing!!!
This song in 2031: It's amazing!!!
This song in 9999: It's amazing!!!
Damn right!
Great comment.
@@IronMan-tk8uc No doubt my friend.
100%
Good music is timeless!
I heard this song while shopping at Harris Teeter, and for a minute, it felt like I was back in the 80’s and watching this on MTV. Had to come look it up!!
The 1980s was special because of songs like this! 😊❤
"Weeee, are young but getting old before our time." Boy, isn't that the truth?
I couldn't agree with you more, that is so true 😀😀
Yup
Eh,my boss at Lincoln University was Mark Flippin
Pretty sure he was referring to his hairline there.
@@FullThrottleMonty 😂🤣🤣 agree. Sure wasn't talking about me
Easily one of my top favourite 80s songs ever
Dutil41 i
yesssssss
One of the hundreds of favourites ...
My dad just showed me this song and I love it!!!
Ol dirty bastardq
So many memories, both happy and sad.
Makes me sad remembering so many good times and when loved ones were physically alive. 😔🙏🏽❤️🔥
This song is TIMELESS. It brings me back 40 years.. Long live the 80's. And this beautiful song. Thank you Joe Jackson!
Released August 7,1982.
It's totes 80's, but without being _too_ 80's.
@@MarcillaSmith 111
Copy that would be in my 71 Impala on my to work and this song would be on good memories and good folks I work with home juice company Detroit Michigan back in the day people were better than now
What were you doing 40 years ago?🤔💭
OMG I’ve been trying to identify this song for YEARS. 😩 I have heard it at EVERY grocery store I’ve either worked at or shopped at. Never heard it clearly. But wow. After 20 years, I am finally here.
hopefully it was worth the wait?
@@funmiester yeah for the most part. Because now I know what it’s actually saying 😂
I always used to hear it but i heard it today and finally found it
can't beat that feeling my friend of hunting a song and never finding it then BANG!!!! its in your hands
Me too, I couldn't find the artist. I just remembered "into the night"
This is the definition of NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD I was born in 94 and I feel like I remember stepping out dancing on the 80’s!
One of the most perfect and beaitiful pop songs ever gifted to us . ❤
One of the best songs ever written.
I agree.
I adore this one. Pure class and magic
Joes songs always tell a story ,,They apply to us all x hes a complete genius guy ,, ive loved him since his beginning lol x
Absolutely agree...
This will never get old.
Verdade concordo amo essa música
today’s kid don’t know nothing about this song
Why can't musicians play music like this anymore
It will get old but will never age
It wasn’t until I became president that I realized the j
Return the slab
The melody of this song still sounds great 40+ years later!
Jackson spent a number of years living in New York City, which served as an inspiration for his 1982 song "Steppin' Out". In a 2018 interview, Jackson said "I don't like New York much these days. It's as if the city and I had a hot love affair and now we're just friends, but we still have to see each other to remain friends. Today I live in Berlin. The New York I knew in late '81 and '82 is gone."
Facetina. Joe Jackson, "Big World" album reflects on so much of what you've stated here.
1982 New York is unimaginable to anyone under 40. A dark mix of magic and sleaze that will never again rise to be...
@@niklass1641 people change
@@naturesfinest4871 Precisely. Which is why I clearly stated people under 40 can't imagine what 1982 NY was like, not in their wildest dreams.
That's the whole country, these days...and they wonder why those of us who just want to live and let live are so nostalgic !!
I miss the 80's so much.
Who doesn't miss it? It was just great just great. These old MTV videos bring back so many memories 😌
Amen.
It's a case of you don't know how good it is, until it's over, and then you see the reflection of a time that most likely will never happen again, and so badly want it back, it was magical and scary, end of the cold war, back when it was Japan was making everything, would love for Japan to manufacture lots more, instead of the other country that we now can't seem to exist without, it was a time when everything seemed possible, now it's all group and identity think police, and thinking incorrectly is not tolerated, whatever that means, I guess some other human's will tell you what's correct and what's not correct, in the Eighties free speech was cool, and not everyone agrees, but we all should aspire to freedom, was there bad , well of course, name a point in history when there wasn't bad, but the good out classed the bad, was it only America, no, Europe and Brazil, and Japan, were there war's, is there a time there isn't, not massively all consuming conflict though, but let's get to putting things in play for a future 80s decade, for the Whole World is involved, and where Freedom is the history of forever, my favorite sitcom is NightCourt and you don't get more Eighties then that
I miss it because, quite simply, it was the time of my youth, and my coming of age.
ME TOO
The 80s was my best decade. I miss that life.
*So Glorious Eighties! So New York! So Cosmopolitan Lifestyle! THE TIMELESS ROMANCE OF IT ALL!*
And just love the driving synth on this!
We live in a very oddball world and listening to music from the past 60’s through to the 90’s somehow helps me and other like minded people escape this depressive and dreary life.
AJ
Another one of those songs that makes your eyes water when it gets played
Yes indeed!❤️
Absolutely!
always..
This song was “catchy” then, but huge now. This is an anthem for generations! So free and right.
To Victoria Cruz, my baby sitter in the days of yore.
Isn’t it great that a song can pop in your head and you can just pull it up on TH-cam… 😂
Took me ages to find it..I could hum the tune but couldn't recall any lyrics apart from into the night. Some nasty songs turned up in the search. Happy to find it finally after a couple of hours
Grew up on this CLASSIC song 🥲🥲🥲
THE greatest part of being around TODAY!
It took me about 10-15 minutes of Google search to remember the singer's name and song title, though, but it worked.
@@vickybooth2853 literally went through this for the past two days.
Absolute classic tune. Jackson was in a class of his own.. Respect..
Absolutely
One of the best songs ever!
There is something special about this song that is hard to describe. It's a feeling, a mood. Something between melancholy and happiness. Something that only this song is capable of.
La mélodie est d'enfer,il n'y a besoin de comprendre les paroles
This song alternates between a feeling of excitement and hopeful anticipation and a certain feeling of sadness and regret. It's as if the song is expressing a feeling of hope for the future tempered by a negativity of past events that could detail those plans. Story of my life right now.
@@sidgar1 Very well said!You got this!Don't be afraid to get rid of those in your life who have a smile on there face and knife behind there back...even family or others around you!
I know what you mean.
@@backyardanimals777 🙏
2021 Joe Jackson, " We're tired of all the darkness in our lives". Great Song👍
No more angry words to say/ can come alive
lol
@@johnmonohan3806 get into a car , and drive 👉
@@pedroquintanilla9035 to the other side⏩
Alguém no Brasil, relembrando esse clássico??? Época boa ...........
Nossa muito top!!!😊
Wow! Forgot how good the 80's were... Damn we grew up in a great time.
I kinda feel sorry for people who didn’t get to experience the 80s in person. So much nostalgia and coming of age (for some of us). I spent the 80s from age 10 to 20, so pretty much carefree and enjoying my time. These songs put me back in that headspace.
I guess people said that about the 1880s too.
@@kdegraa 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@gannebraemorr Awesome! I was also 10 in 1980. Good times.
🤷🏻♂️
Same with me when I was 10 years old then.
First listened this when I was 12 years old playing GTA Vice City at Flash FM radio, now I'm 28 years old and still loving this amazing masterpiece, really would like to go back in time to the 80's
I was born in 79, everything was so f'n great
It's actually in GTA V as well on LSUR
It's waiting there for you. Einstein proved it.
so would i.
So busy in the 80's couldn't enjoy his music. Those days long gone reacquainted and can still feel 18! Those old feelings never die! Love it!
Very rarely in songwriting do you hear the verse outmatch the chorus. An absolute banger of a song! Ideally unique and uncompromising.
Great song by an underappreciated songwriter! He’s on tour in the US this summer catch him while you can.
Still listening to this in 2019 Who wit me
Mileek Wood me.
Me
Timeless
Yep!
Me!
This is nostalgic. Damn, the eighties had some good music.😏
So glad to be part of Generation X
The best music...varied, something for everyone in our Top 40, we were blessed to live in it...
Generation X
I hated the 80s and 90s music with a passion. I was born in 1966 and often wished I was born 10 years earlier because I loved 70s music so much,. Sure, there were some great songs from the 80s and 90s, but the vast majority was simply awful. We remember the past through rose-tinted glasses, but I remember very clearly at the time envying my older brother because he was a teenager when all the great 70s bands were putting out new records. But that just,, like, my opinion, man.
@@JohnWilliamsFromBluff ...and it sucks...lurk more...