I went to work with my mum on this video - she was the animal handler for the wee dog. I’ve had to get the Woolwich ferry to get to the location it was filmed early 1983. The catering was on a double decker bus the band were very nice to work with. I’ve got photos of the go cart somewhere in my loft.
lovely story, looks like the Isle of Dogs, i remember this so well as i was 21 when this was out. A great time musically for me and so glad to have been young then with such superb tunes
You can definitely feel the sting of the early 80's British employment crisis in this video; the entire aesthetic just screams Unemployment Benefit Form 40, with a hint of 1930's comedy.
I'm 70 in late '24. This means, I was out of high school for 10 yrs. already when this hit the airwaves wayyyy down here in Arizona / USA. Being a Boomer......I'm more of a hard-rocker / desert-rock guy but I remember this tune when it was being played all thru the USA 30-40 yrs ago. A cool, steady-driving tune......I STILL dig it just as much now as then. Any of you guys in the band reading this.....weigh in! God Bless us all! PS: don't you younger guys and gals fear "70". Tain't nothin' to be fearful of....just keep fighting for your health and you've got my solemn word......you'll STILL BE ROCKIN' every bit as much as you used to back in the day. That stuff that's in your soul......it doesn't go away, so CRANK IT UP AND DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR IT! joelinarizona
YO JOEL.........I just turned 69. This is one of a few songs that could not and still cannot be turned up loud enough. My wife is just four years younger than me and she never heard it. It is an amazing song....
This song holds a special place in the hearts of many in my country and was even used as the theme song for a beloved movie called "Bagets", which centered around the lives of teenagers. It reminds us of the simpler times of the 80s when life was less complicated and free from the chaos and issues of today. Back then, gadgets were not as advanced as they are now, and we spent our time playing outside with friends and neighbors. In the Philippines, electricity was a luxury that only the wealthy could afford, and televisions were not yet as colored as today. We cherish these memories and hold them dear to our hearts.
Heard this song today in my car and boy, I cant stop smiling. Really brought me back to the 80's! I really "got lucky" growing up living with great music.
I was seventeen when this song came out was watching mtv and getting ready to go out on a Saturday with friends I fell for the black cute young singer it was acward because I was an Alicia Silverstone look a like white girl but thought one of the white guys and the lead black guy singing were very cute I loved to dance to this song to. He he I'm 54 years old now but still an older babe.
It was never released as a single in the US. HUGE mistake on Polydor's part. MTV was spreading like wildfire and UK acts had over half the Billboard Top 40 by the summer of '83. I believe Americans would've latched on to this song's catchy beat and novel "bitter" message...
@@yossarian6799 This song was released as a single in the US. I bought the 45 single on RCA Records back in The fall of ‘83. 105 KITS played this a lot when it was new.
@@HitsTownUSA dammit. I don't know how the hell I keep doing this. I think I'm developing Alzheimers. My comment was referring to Orange Juice's "Rip It Up". I clearly remember "Just Got Lucky" on the chart, cuz I used to write the Top 40 down every weekend and I got annoyed because I wasn't sure how to spell JoBoxers! All I can think is that I was listening to Orange Juice, went to the kitchen or something, came back and forgot that I was on a different page. Getting old sucks.
Lol this is my dad's song, so glad to see that everyone in the comments is still enjoying and listening to this in 2020. Im sure he'll feel the same when i show him. Also the girl that said she was his niece WAS actually his niece lol
Well, Nattie, that's a smash song, and fun video, that your Dad and the boys gave to us. Cheers to you and the niece,; you sound like cheerful souls yourselves.
My parents used to run a pub in the early ‘80s and had a jukebox installed for the customers. They were allowed to keep any vinyl that was being replaced with new hits. This was on their playlist and they decided to keep this absolute tune - and they still have it now.
I followed music pretty closely in the latter part of 1983 and I do not recall this song on the charts…..in my hometown in Western Canada. Too bad as it’s a great track with a cool video to match!
RERELEASED!!!!!!...that's what we dont need,who's going to sing it j.Beiber and his idiot entourage?...please dont think like that the beauty is in the original.
@@stevencorsoe7512 Don't get your knickers in a wad, mate; suzieredshoes said "re-released," not re-recorded at all, let alone recorded by someone else. Of course no one could do this song better than the JoBoxers original, and she agreed; she just meant reissue the original so people could buy it again. I don't see how you could misunderstand. If you're in doubt, try to get clarification. Stay safe.
This song just can't not make you happy and bounce around. I loved it when it came out. I was fresh out of high school and having the time of my life as a teenager. Good times!
Oh man...1983...what some GREAT GREAT MEMORIES!!! Back when MTV actually played music videos. I was in 7th grade & I was 14 yrs old. I absolutely loved this song. I'm so glad that I got to grow up in the 80s...THE GREATEST ERA/DECADE OF MUSIC TO EVER COME AROUND IN MY OPINION!!! Especially from 1981-1985!!! GREAT MUSIC & EVEN BETTER MEMORIES!!! Much love from Mobile Alabama.
Just Got Lucky (Bagets: The Movie, Bagets 2: The Movie and T.G.I.S. Seasons 2 and 3 OST Official Theme Song) (1980, 1997-1999) Performed by Jo Boxers Band
My 21 year old son just watched me, his godfather and several of my friends from high school sing this song word for word and for the first time he didn't scoff and say, "Pfft...Old people music!"
I agree I remember when it first showed on MTV when it was music not the garbage and shit on that cess pool station now.Bring back the 80s or at least a time machine to get back there.
I’m an American, absolutely love this song! I used to play in a men’s basketball league and played this tune before games! It always fired me up for the game!
Saw these guys live when they came to New Zealand in the early 80's I had never heard of them but they were first up, before Simple Minds, The Pretenders, and Talking Heads. Probably the best concert I ever went to,. These guys had people up dancing from the moment they walked out on the stage.
This was pretty rare in the US, so I'm glad I know it at all. What a pleasure to run across it again! I love the really old phrases they use like "I'm feeling Jake", which I think was a 1920s phrase originally that maybe carried through to the 1950s or so (and then into some of their style).
I honestly feel that if it had not been for MTV and the one hits and creativity, exploding images and groups from around the world like these guys and 1000 others,the world would have died. Imagine no MTV then. There was nothing else.I love this song!
Jan 2024 😀 This is a slept on track - this is epic and a beautiful tune 🙂 They sure don't make music like this any more folks... iconic track. Gorgeous Doggy btw in the vid 😁🤗😛 lol
2025 and still enjoying it!! Still makes me happy😊
If you lived in the Philippines in the 1980s you know this song...
Yeah❤
The iconic soundtrack of the best youth oriented movie "Bagets"
I don't have to live in that era to know it, my parents blasts this almost every other day! >v
damn right hahahaha
I went to work with my mum on this video - she was the animal handler for the wee dog. I’ve had to get the Woolwich ferry to get to the location it was filmed early 1983. The catering was on a double decker bus the band were very nice to work with. I’ve got photos of the go cart somewhere in my loft.
I LOVE that little doggo
Cutest little doggie
lovely story, looks like the Isle of Dogs, i remember this so well as i was 21 when this was out. A great time musically for me and so glad to have been young then with such superb tunes
Nice!!👍👍
I want to see those photos! Cool story!
You can definitely feel the sting of the early 80's British employment crisis in this video; the entire aesthetic just screams Unemployment Benefit Form 40, with a hint of 1930's comedy.
I'm 70 in late '24. This means, I was out of high school for 10 yrs. already when this hit the airwaves wayyyy down here in Arizona / USA. Being a Boomer......I'm more of a hard-rocker / desert-rock guy but I remember this tune when it was being played all thru the USA 30-40 yrs ago. A cool, steady-driving tune......I STILL dig it just as much now as then. Any of you guys in the band reading this.....weigh in! God Bless us all! PS: don't you younger guys and gals fear "70". Tain't nothin' to be fearful of....just keep fighting for your health and you've got my solemn word......you'll STILL BE ROCKIN' every bit as much as you used to back in the day. That stuff that's in your soul......it doesn't go away, so CRANK IT UP AND DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR IT! joelinarizona
YO JOEL.........I just turned 69. This is one of a few songs that could not and still cannot be turned up loud enough. My wife is just four years younger than me and she never heard it. It is an amazing song....
One of THE most under-appreciated tracks from the era in my humble opinion. It still sounds so fresh and upbeat. I still love it.
I was 13 when it was released and what a great time to be alive.
Wasn’t it such good times? 😢😊
Now, in Germany they were run in TV & Radio,
Got the vinyl from this great days ;))
One of my everytime fav`s !! ;))
It swept Philippines by storm. And made a movie wch this is the theme song. And had a dance move of it's own
not in the philippines.......one of the very beloved songs of the 80s and early 90s
Brilliant group. A cross between Madness and Dexys Midnight Runners. Their now back together and touring. Let's make sure their never forgotten.
I thought the same, about Madness.
Fuck yeah
I loved Dexy’s!
I heard a bit of The Clash in there too
Those 2 were also 1 hit wonder greats for America in '83, "Our House" & "Come On Eline'.
THIS MUSIC CALLS YOU TO DANCE....ALWAYS. ON MY 50'S NOW BUT SOMEHOW THIS SONG BRINGS ME TO MY TEENS😛
You can't help it. Fingers start popping, hands clap, feet tap. Before you know it, you're bopping away!
SOC is you described in an acronym.😊
@@gtulud5103 me too.
yesss man! u cant resist huh?
This song holds a special place in the hearts of many in my country and was even used as the theme song for a beloved movie called "Bagets", which centered around the lives of teenagers. It reminds us of the simpler times of the 80s when life was less complicated and free from the chaos and issues of today. Back then, gadgets were not as advanced as they are now, and we spent our time playing outside with friends and neighbors. In the Philippines, electricity was a luxury that only the wealthy could afford, and televisions were not yet as colored as today. We cherish these memories and hold them dear to our hearts.
Pulubi 😂
Very underrated song!!! LOVE this and I used to watch this on MTV from the beginning.
Oh the memories ❤
Indeed!!! xoxoxoxo
Jo Boxers "Just Got Lucky" this time in 1983. Music fans still listen to this song in 2023!
Listening in 2025❤
I was in high school when it came out.STILL MY SHIT
Once upon a time when we were allowed to be happy and upbeat.
People seem 2 b happy & upbeat now though the world has changed not 4 the better.
right!!
We did even under the threat of nuclear annihilation.
It's 2022, and still listening to this fun, upbeat treasure of a song!
100% correct Lupe 😀
This song reminds me of the opening of the movie 'Just my Luck'
@@justinsingh221 I love that movie. And I don't remember it being in the movie. Guess I gotta rewatch it
🙌
Lupe! Let's get married!
1983 Brilliant!!! 2024 Absolutely Abysmal!!!
indeed i feel it
Fuck this century! I'm going back to the 80s!
I have a flux capacitor if you need it 👍🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎶🎶🎶🎶🎼🎼🎼
I never left
Working on a tachyon generator. But too many kinks, I'll probably go too far back in the past.😢
@@steampunkster2023
I have a spare monolith 👍
U can also say 'Fuck This Millenieum"! 1000s ruled , 2000s suck!
Living proof that a good song is a good song. It lasts!
This song just bring me joy...also makes me abit nostalgic for 80's good times
What Happy music sounded like in the 80's
Heard this song today in my car and boy, I cant stop smiling. Really brought me back to the 80's! I really "got lucky" growing up living with great music.
I too AM very lucky to have been part of an amazing the decade of the 80's , i tell ya it was like living in THE TWILIGHT ZONE
I was seventeen when this song came out was watching mtv and getting ready to go out on a Saturday with friends I fell for the black cute young singer it was acward because I was an Alicia Silverstone look a like white girl but thought one of the white guys and the lead black guy singing were very cute I loved to dance to this song to. He he I'm 54 years old now but still an older babe.
I can't believe this songs doesn't have more hits... such an underrated classic!
Underrated? Classic? Lol..
In what world, because it certainly ISN'T the REAL one
@@BAKER22-l4u⅞⁷7777777⁷77⁷⁷6677⁷777⁷777
@@BAKER22-l4uwhat are you mad at? You hate it or are mad they called it underrated?
Yes, I'm old enough to remember when this song was released! A real gem....should have been a bigger hit in the U.S. Love the energy of these guys!
It was never released as a single in the US. HUGE mistake on Polydor's part. MTV was spreading like wildfire and UK acts had over half the Billboard Top 40 by the summer of '83. I believe Americans would've latched on to this song's catchy beat and novel "bitter" message...
@@yossarian6799; back when MTV was all about the music.
@@yossarian6799 This song was released as a single in the US. I bought the 45 single on RCA Records back in The fall of ‘83. 105 KITS played this a lot when it was new.
@@HitsTownUSA dammit. I don't know how the hell I keep doing this. I think I'm developing Alzheimers. My comment was referring to Orange Juice's "Rip It Up". I clearly remember "Just Got Lucky" on the chart, cuz I used to write the Top 40 down every weekend and I got annoyed because I wasn't sure how to spell JoBoxers! All I can think is that I was listening to Orange Juice, went to the kitchen or something, came back and forgot that I was on a different page. Getting old sucks.
@@yossarian6799 it’s all good. It’s 40 years ago man.
Sadly, no one writes songs like this anymore, that ship has sailed😢
MTV!!!! xoxoxoxo
That gorgeous dog is now immortal...❤
Lol this is my dad's song, so glad to see that everyone in the comments is still enjoying and listening to this in 2020. Im sure he'll feel the same when i show him. Also the girl that said she was his niece WAS actually his niece lol
Well, Nattie, that's a smash song, and fun video, that your Dad and the boys gave to us. Cheers to you and the niece,; you sound like cheerful souls yourselves.
Forgot about this. What a great upbeat song! Really holds up.
Tell him it’s a masterpiece for so many reasons!
Nice one nattie. I had just left school when this song came out, great song brings back lots of memories and still sounds great 38 years later!!
Was your dad a boxer? If so, tell him from me this is a knock out!
Bright, sparkling sounds! I miss the 80’s!
Aztec Camera..Orange Juice..Joe Boxers...I loved this year..
1983 in my opinion was the best. I’m definitely going back there one day
Remember, when you stumble upon this song, you JUST GOT LUCKY! Because this is a masterpiece and now this shall never leave your mind!
a classic that never gets airplay it deserves , happy and up lifting
simon hobbs Gets occasional airplay on IHeart80’s 103.7 Flashback Friday Night in San Francisco.
I agree! Love It! Totally brings me up makes me feeling Jake! 😎
simon hobbs Not here in the Philippines. This was huge because it was part of a hit teen movie.
Can't help but be up-lifted when hearing it.
Actually I heard it for the first time on a local radio station.
North America wasn't ready for the Boxers Beat, LOL
Such a great decade for music, it will never be this good again!
The thing is... It's true about the 80s.@@guitarpop
I agree. Jake Rudh runs a radio show & there are some newer bands that have that alternative 80s sound.
@@guitarpop I agree. Drives me insane. The 80s were poor imo as well
TOTALLY agree it was like living in THE TWILIGHT ZONE
Iconic that song is the spirit of the eighties.
The 60s & the 80s where the best decades there will never be anything like it again
This will never ever get old….Cheers to Dig Wayne and Jo Boxers!
An 80's classic.
My parents used to run a pub in the early ‘80s and had a jukebox installed for the customers. They were allowed to keep any vinyl that was being replaced with new hits. This was on their playlist and they decided to keep this absolute tune - and they still have it now.
Where's the pub 😅?
@@helenbutler8367 exactly!
It is freaking timeless
What a great song. This made 1983 even better.
I followed music pretty closely in the latter part of 1983 and I do not recall this song on the charts…..in my hometown in Western Canada. Too bad as it’s a great track with a cool video to match!
Best art at a concert🖤🖤🖤
So underrated. Should be re-released. Absolutely love it.
agree!!
RERELEASED!!!!!!...that's what we dont need,who's going to sing it j.Beiber and his idiot entourage?...please dont think like that the beauty is in the original.
Damn right this shit is hitting like today great I thought this was new!! I'm up and ready to go and dressed ready to buy tickets
All 80's music should be re-released today to set the standards of music today
@@stevencorsoe7512 Don't get your knickers in a wad, mate; suzieredshoes said "re-released," not re-recorded at all, let alone recorded by someone else. Of course no one could do this song better than the JoBoxers original, and she agreed; she just meant reissue the original so people could buy it again. I don't see how you could misunderstand. If you're in doubt, try to get clarification. Stay safe.
This song just can't not make you happy and bounce around. I loved it when it came out. I was fresh out of high school and having the time of my life as a teenager. Good times!
Absolutely 💯 me, too!
Listening to this right now..:Where are they now 🤔
Hey me too it took me right back in a great way...
I would get up & turn on mtv in the morning to get ready for high school & this video would be playing! Loved this song back in 1983
Awesome comment, makes me nostalgic for a better time. Mtv when they actually played music. Class of 1988 here. God bless us all!
im m old :Me too!! Reminds me of my Freshman year in high school.
You are not old, just wiser @@rtp1968
i had that same experience
Classic the best
This song is only hit and become no1 in one country.philippines
Oh man...1983...what some GREAT GREAT MEMORIES!!!
Back when MTV actually played music videos.
I was in 7th grade & I was 14 yrs old.
I absolutely loved this song.
I'm so glad that I got to grow up in the 80s...THE GREATEST ERA/DECADE OF MUSIC TO EVER COME AROUND IN MY OPINION!!!
Especially from 1981-1985!!!
GREAT MUSIC & EVEN BETTER MEMORIES!!!
Much love from Mobile Alabama.
It's your Lucky Day Brought Me Here
Me too!
Jo Boxers is one of my favorites from the 1980's. 😂
I played this song soon to be when I was 60th birthday.....
Just Got Lucky (Bagets: The Movie, Bagets 2: The Movie and T.G.I.S. Seasons 2 and 3 OST Official Theme Song) (1980, 1997-1999)
Performed by Jo Boxers Band
Love English pop from the '80's!❤
I remember this wasn't on commercial radio in the US for very long back in 1983...but what a great jam!
Cheers mates to listening to Jo Boxers in Dec 2024!🌲
The British Musical Invasion ❤️
1983, the peak of America! We will never have these great times again, but videos are nostalgic candy
LOVE this song! Peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983, their only ever U.S. hit single. They kinda have a slight Madness vibe.
AGREED!!
Or Dexy's Midnight Runners.
I was thinking the same thing
My 21 year old son just watched me, his godfather and several of my friends from high school sing this song word for word and for the first time he didn't scoff and say, "Pfft...Old people music!"
Can't believe this song never gets covered by any other artists. It's super catchy and could have been an instant party hit.
I just rediscovered this gem today after not having heard it at all since '83 when it came out. This one sure does take me back!
this video deserves a million views!! what in the world!!!!
I agree I remember when it first showed on MTV when it was music not the garbage and shit on that cess pool station now.Bring back the 80s or at least a time machine to get back there.
Thinking similarly
Can't get anymore catchy than this, before rap and style over substance pop took over.
Welp it does now
It does
Great track, takes me back to my scooter rally days when we were happy teenagers enjoying music and having a ball.
How come this song is not popular?
Anyone who doesn't feel good listening to this, and watching the cracking video, must be dead inside. My 70th Christmas coming up and I'm still young.
This screams 1983 but it somehow never made a dent on any Dutch hit parade back then. The memories are strong, though!
I’m an American, absolutely love this song! I used to play in a men’s basketball league and played this tune before games! It always fired me up for the game!
You could be a the crapiest mood ever, then listen to this song...you are happy, dancing and everything is ok😁😎
I was born in the 80s. We rarely went to restaurants. No UBER Eats back then. I love this video.
Never realized it was a brotha singing
Mixed race man. Half white, half black.
😂
2023. I lost my first baby after this, knitting whilst listening to the this song, Holds special memories.
JoBoxers remind me of Madness and Stray Cats. Good song from school days
" Just got lucky ", well done mate, that makes 1 of us, all the best and stay safe everyone, great song.
The fact that I remember this random video on MTV from way back, is a testament to how good it was. Otherwise, it would have been forgotten.
I was a young teenager when this was released man do I miss those days.
So awesome. Those four notes on the piano keyboard are so addicting and draw you into this song. I wish more songs had used this technique.
What a feel good song...my teenage years forever ❤️
Great song and love the little dog.👍🏻
Little Rascals rock rules!
Classic 80s those were the days❤️
Saw these guys live when they came to New Zealand in the early 80's I had never heard of them but they were first up, before Simple Minds, The Pretenders, and Talking Heads. Probably the best concert I ever went to,. These guys had people up dancing from the moment they walked out on the stage.
Yes that did a one off gig in Melbourne Australia.
Mercy, mercy!
If I had a time machine with a dozen trips allowed, that concert would be one of them!
What a great line up.
My wedding in 1981!!!☺️😊👍🎉🎂💒💞🌹☕️✌️🕊️☮️
1978 was my wedding!!! 1981 my son was born on Valentine's Day!! I went in to labor in Friday the 13th!! xoxoxoxoxo
@ Very special!!☺️😊👏🥰😻😸😺🌼☕️✌️🕊️☮️
Hearing this gives me the urge to do the Carlton Dance.🤔
JOBOXERS FOREVER
Heard this on the 40 Year old Virgin with Steve Carrell and it rearranged my DNA !
This masterpiece is the ultimate High School / Teen bop soundtrack of the 80's here in the Philippines.
Bagets movie during my high school days
wow takes me back such a different world , great energy and bounce , feel good tune
I don't know how I missed this song back in 1983. I never heard it until it was used in The 40-Year-Old Virgin.
Same
This is a very special song for Filipinos of my Generation. This automatically sends me back to 1983-84, works like a time machine everytime ❤
Only in the Philippines. Never made it to the charts in the states.
Reminds of Bagets! Best years of my life
80s sounds will always bring a blast in the music world!
I love this song, because not only is it just a great tune, but it transports me back to the 80s, no matter how many times I've heard it!
I'll bet everything that this song is more popular in the Philippines than anywhere else.
Yes from the movie “BAGETS”
+Richie A Sure they don't sing that in Detroit...
+jackylyn guiyab Bagets led me here. I got curious who wrote and performed this.
Also from TGIS 2nd batch.
+Richie A that's wot brought me here subic bay ..x 8
This was pretty rare in the US, so I'm glad I know it at all. What a pleasure to run across it again! I love the really old phrases they use like "I'm feeling Jake", which I think was a 1920s phrase originally that maybe carried through to the 1950s or so (and then into some of their style).
Ahhh... Yes... The 80's!! I was 20 years old in 1983. I loved this song! This was when MTV was Music TV! Good times! 😊
P. S. Adorable Dog!! 😁
So right jewels
i was 16 - 17
1963
@@KevXRDuke
YEP!! 😏
This is when they(MTV) played video throughout the day. No interruptions
I honestly feel that if it had not been for MTV and the one hits and creativity, exploding images and groups from around the world like these guys and 1000 others,the world would have died. Imagine no MTV then. There was nothing else.I love this song!
Not really, bands managed to survive in the 50's, 60's and 70's without MTV.
That cute dog deserves some credit.
I'm just finishing watching the movie The 40 year old virgin and this song, it's my youth!😊
Jan 2024 😀
This is a slept on track - this is epic and a beautiful tune 🙂
They sure don't make music like this any more folks... iconic track.
Gorgeous Doggy btw in the vid 😁🤗😛 lol
That.doggie was The Real Star of the Show!! So adorable!! 💘 🌟 🐕
Just my luck omg.
Our little boy was born with this music playing in the background during birth.
Jan 25,2021 & still listening to this bouncy tune. This was a big hit in the Philippines because it was the theme song of one of our teen movie
Yes bagets movie with aga muhlach
February 2022 and I've been listening to this since it's release in 1983. Great music is timeless!
I found it on the movie 40 year old virgin!
This era is cool compared today :(