After a successful headlining tour they released Pinky Blue (1982) showing … Read Full Bio ↴After a successful headlining tour they released Pinky Blue (1982) showing them following a more pop route than before, providing two more top 20 hits, "I Could Be Happy" and "See Those Eyes". The album also went top 20, but many critics who supported them previously began to turn sour. Meanwhile, after McKinven and Anderson left to be replaced by multi-instrumentalist Steve Lironi (who had left Restricted Code) they began to work with pop producer Mike Chapman, providing them with another hit, "Don't Talk To Me About Love", one of their most well-known songs. It peaked at #7 in the UK, one of their highest positions, and is consistently included on many 1980s retrospective collections in the UK.

I Could Be Happy
Altered Images Lyrics

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I would like to climb
High in a tree
I could be happy
I could be happy
Or go to Skye
On my holiday
I could be happy
I could be happy

Maybe swim a mile
Down the Nile
I could be happy
I could be happy

All of these things I do
All of these things I do
To get away from you

Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I escape from you

I would like to climb
High in a tree
I could be happy
I could be happy
Or go to Skye
On my holiday
I could be happy
I could be happy
Maybe swim a mile
Down the Nile
I could be happy
I could be happy

All of these things I do
All of these things I do
To get away from you

Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I escape from you

I would like to climb
High in a tree
I could be happy
I could be happy
Or go to Skye
On my holiday
I could be happy
I could be happy
Maybe swim a mile
Down the Nile
I could be happy
I could be happy

Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I escape from you

Get away
Runaway
Far away
How do I
Get away
Runaway

Far away
How do I escape from you

Overall Meaning

The overall theme of "I Could Be Happy" by Altered Images is one of escapism. The lyrics describe the singer's desire to get away from someone or something that is bringing them down. The solutions presented in the song include climbing a tree, going on holiday to Skye, or even swimming a mile down the Nile. All of these options are a way for the singer to escape from the source of her distress and find happiness.

The repetition of the lyrics "I could be happy" reinforces the idea that the singer is searching for happiness and believes that by physically leaving her current situation, she can achieve it. The use of the Nile as a location accentuates the singer's desire for distance and separation from her current situation. The chorus, consisting of the repeated phrases "Get away, Runaway, Far away," reinforces the desire for distance and a break from the perceived source of unhappiness.

Line by Line Meaning

I would like to climb
I want to climb

High in a tree
To a great height in a tree

I could be happy
It would make me happy

Or go to Skye
Alternatively, I would like to go to Skye

On my holiday
During my vacation

I could be happy
It would make me happy

Maybe swim a mile
Possibly swimming a mile

Down the Nile
In the Nile river

I could be happy
It would make me happy

All of these things I do
I do all these things

To get away from you
To escape from you

Get away
Escape

Runaway
Flee

Far away
To a distant place

How do I
What can I do to

Get away
Escape

Runaway
Flee

Far away
To a distant place

How do I escape from you
How can I get away from you

I would like to climb
I want to climb

High in a tree
To a great height in a tree

I could be happy
It would make me happy

Or go to Skye
Alternatively, I would like to go to Skye

On my holiday
During my vacation

I could be happy
It would make me happy

Maybe swim a mile
Possibly swimming a mile

Down the Nile
In the Nile river

I could be happy
It would make me happy

Get away
Escape

Runaway
Flee

Far away
To a distant place

How do I
What can I do to

Get away
Escape

Runaway
Flee

Far away
To a distant place

How do I escape from you
How can I get away from you

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: ANTHONY MCDAID, BRIAN KEEGAN, CLARE PATRICIA GROGAN, DAVID JAMES MCKINVEN, GERARD MCELHONE, JOHN MCELHONE, MICHAEL ANDERSON

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Comments from YouTube:

@joaoypsilon

25w↑64

I'm Brazilian and I'm getting to know the band today, at 58 years old, better late than never

@markynogueira8223

15w↑3

😎🇧🇷

@peterbrown8880

A Brilliant Better Late Than Never!!! Also try Orange Juice and The Associates

@martinw8101

10w↑29

This song is so underrated it’s just brilliant

@OnlyGoodMusic_

This song was a top ten hit in the UK.

@michaelkenyon6173

5w↑6

Claire keeps me feeling young inside. Always loved this song.

@AggroQM2

8w↑17

The 80’s had so many different styles of music that were amazing to listen to and enjoy.

@georgethebear1812

6y↑456

if you would like to go back to these times, close your eyes, fantasise, get away from where you are now, and you will be there. Back to the life we long for, real freinds, laughing,dancing & happy again. no phones, tablets laptops. no facebook . just good music and a beer or 2.......ahhhhh take me back

@chrismr368

3y↑10

"I have to go home"

"You ARE home"

- Almost Famous

@KitsuyuutsuR

3y↑19

I do that sometimes... I miss those simple times

@andrewlevy7103

3y↑8

I totally love you

@patrickpereira7069

3y↑7

It's 2021 and I agree

@markdavidmitchell3564

2y↑19

The very best of times loved the 80s

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@redfrogrodeo

7w↑19

When my abusive father finally cut me off I listened to this song over and over. I still couldn’t escape him, thinking about it all the time and crying. This song helped me through that rough patch. 💕🙏

@ianpledge3891

6w↑3

Just terrible. I hope you are happy now xxx

@StevenAddison-akasteaddy

😢🎉

@peterbrown8880

4w↑2

Hope you are doing very well now

@ONLYFOOLSNVIDEOS

8y↑131

This song is so simultaneously upbeat and sad. It's unique.

@Noodles37UK

8y↑10

+Dan Harvey It's like the darker alternative to Happy Birthday.

@histatimaniples

8y↑12

has a joy division touch in a way

@alanoneill3065

7y↑1

happysad...fey

@swaggs

7y↑5

Not really. Joy Division was darker.

@lupcokotevski2907

7y↑1

An upbeat song about dying is Laura Nyro's iconic 'And When I Die' (1967). Then listen to her Gibsom Street (1969), about abortion.

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@kitschmygrits4836

2y↑197

I just turned 50 an hour and a half ago but I feel 16 at the moment thanks to this. I miss the 80's!

@lincbond442

1y↑3

53 here and I feel the same.

@DPCET

1y↑3

53 and I agree with everyone here, I'm glad I was able to experience a decade of the best innovative music to date.

@stephenmcgiff8877

1y↑2

Love it, fabulous comment. I'll be 50 come march. We were truly blessed to have lived through the 80's X💚

@sidDkid87

if that's a recent photo then you bely your age by about 20 years ... belated happy birthday!! (another Altered Images tune!)

@swapmeetsheriffdonknottexp3046

1y↑1

Yup not kids club promoter party party then Social Media killed us. But now we do one offs! 80s night old skool crowd only! In LA.

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@miriamk6950

4y↑305

Her vocals are so unique! Great band! Everytime I hear them their songs take me to that special 80's place...where music was fun...

@pennykorte6928

3y↑4

Agree 😎

@foodforthoughtchef

2y↑6

Outstanding

@Jay-fb4dz

2y↑7

Truly miss those days as a kid.

@silentxero5955

2y↑3

Exactly!

@frankmckain921

2y↑3

She is 👍 she got a facial wound wen she was younger did u know thisx

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@soniaalvarez3840

10w↑25

Such an amazing decade. I would give anything to go back and not deal either today’s problems.

@andynightingale7335

7w↑1

Same here Sonia. Just to go back for a day....

@TestUser-cf4wj

7w↑1

I was there, but I was too young for it to be anything but a dream I woke up from too soon.

@exxxousia

3y↑26

She is absolutely super adorable!

@andymoore9977

All these years later she still owns 'super adorable'. Despite filters etc etc, no one has got even close. George Harrison and his son Dhani come a good second/third (I am not gay!).

@spankynater4242

I can't even stand how adorable she is.

@davidmacgregor5193

3y↑34

I remember back in the day, Altered Images were a favourite band of John Peel, he played their records frequently on his late night radio 1 show. R.I.P. John Peel.

@johndarling485

1y↑18

Amazing how many great scottish bands there are🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@andrewphippsphillips1455

8w↑2

Big Country, Simple Minds, Cocteau Twins, Orange Juice, Fiction Factory....

@terminalfrost3645

Not that many really

@michaelvronksy8748

4y↑301

Hugely under rated band. They turned out some great music.

@johnstjohn6658

4y↑10

No they weren't.
AI were very highly rated.

@risam4190

4y↑2

Yes

@Chronomancer3791

4y↑4

Most definitely. They should have had more hits! 🙏 Clare Grogan was an absolute sort too! 😉

@spiralminus

4y↑4

Yeah these 5 people are so talented... I wonder why they never started a band and made music videos for mtv

@6scar911

4y↑3

Forreal, they're only known for two of their songs but I've heard all of Bite and that album alone has many great songs

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@SoCalScott10

6y↑530

For my 50th birthday, my wife threw me a surprise party complete with the best DJ I've ever known -- Richard Blade -- playing the best 80s dance music all night long. One of the best nights of my life.....and on top of it all, Richard Blade was one of the nicest people we've ever met. Epic......

@DeborahPorter

5y↑22

I hope he payed "Happy Birthday" by Altered Images

@Jay-ko7fk

5y↑8

Lucky guy

@X900BattleGrape

5y↑11

You absolutely should read or hear his autobiography. The audible is read by him. A genuine person, so nice, and like Mr. Rogers just who he is without a doubt.

@dksilentbob

5y↑16

Richard Blade is great. I love listening to First Wave on Sirius.

@juliocaesaralcaraz9891

5y↑5

Awesome 😎 man! How about inviting some of us the next time Richard Blade DJ’s one of your parties 🎊

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@robbie007

7y↑517

Born in the 60s. Shaped in the 70s. Partied in the 80s. Grew up in the 90s. Skint 00s...

@markwhittaker6866

5y↑7

Robbie Detour

Sounds fantastic.

@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918

5y↑4

Robbie Well said, sir! 👍🏻DITTO!

@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918

5y↑8

Mark Whittaker it was. Believe me. Problem was, we didn’t realize it at the time...

@greggmitchell2392

4y↑1

Me 2

@chrisrorer9012

4y↑1

Like the late Stan lee now your paying for it no I'm kidding really pece6

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@jairusabimuheal4185

31w↑26

Always one of my best. Great Scottish band. Love Claire's voice. It's like bubble gum. So proud to be of this music genre.

@stenwald

5y↑16

Classic Scottish sound. Hugely underrated band.

@damiangriffiths7801

1y↑6

Such gorgeous innocence. I kind of feel envious of Claire Grogan getting to goof around with those Scottish boys

@julliard

@Damian Griffiths They are a nice looking bunch of people. I think the bass player went on to form Hipsway

@lynnpehrson8826

6y↑204

Bingeing new wave and post punk videos on YouTube is the best activity

@Jordan_GoryJory_Lurie

4y↑8

Agreed! YouTube was made for binging post-punk and new wave.

@SuperBoomshack

4y↑3

Especially at work

@michaelvronksy8748

4y↑1

Agreed!

@ChicanoPhD

4y↑3

If everyone did that...there'd be no war!

@gyoboytoinks

4y↑1

yeah solid !

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@marathon8954

5y↑197

Stone cold classic. Still have an irrepressible crush on her to this day. Songs like this were ten-a-penny at that time. Perfectly crafted pure pop, jangly guitars shoved right up in your face and a bunch of real people simply enjoying themselves and sweeping you along at the same time with the sheer joy of it all. God I love this song so much.

@robertterrell3065

3y↑11

Not paying attention to the lyrics at all, I guess...

@marcstevens8576

2y↑4

You're not alone. I both love her voice & still have a crush on her since the '80's. I really do wish they lasted longer. I hear they are going to debut an original album in August. Let's hope so...

@TheStax22

2y↑6

I'm in Dublin on the same road where her cousins lived. She came to visit them (40 years ago)and I watched from the gate as she said to her cousin ''doe's your friend want to come up and say hello " to which she replied"no" (I'd pissed her off a few days earlier or she thought (incorrectly) that we only liked her for her looks🙄. I was and still am to this day GUTTED😂

@chaoswitch1974

2y↑3

@@robertterrell3065 Yeah, she's trying to escape from him lol

@davidlamb7524

2y↑3

@@chaoswitch1974 Or family or work colleagues or boss etc. Could be anyone.

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@KitsuyuutsuR

3y↑19

Oh how I miss the 80s... Great styles, great music, simple times... sigh 😔

@mikegoddard9376

5y↑13

Ahh ... the 80's ... graduated HS in '82 ... Every time I listen to 80's music now, I think of the quote from Andy Bernard on The Office ... "“I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.”

@GeorgeDWilson

6y↑140

Saw Clare in Gregory's Girl and fell in love with her. Then she was on TOTP singing and dancing like a loon and never looked so beautiful. A few years later she turns up on Red Dwarf and I think this girl just keeps haunting me.
I'm 52 and very happily married but still love the music of the 80's and along with Kate Bush, Clare singing brings back so many happy memories.

@antmuzic

6y↑5

OMG, I had forgot about that movie, I prolly watched it 20 times as a teen, I gotta find it now and rewatch it!!!

@LaughingPsycho

6y↑1

I see Dee Hepburn now and again, as we both live in East Kilbride. She's barely changed.

@brandonbentley8532

5y↑4

George Wilson wait, what?!?! Thats Rimmers girl from the hard light episode? You just blew up my entire universe.

@sitheref2409

5y↑1

Not seen Comfort and Joy, another Bill Forsyth film?

@tonyraymondsmith8171

5y↑4

Don't forget father Ted..

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@e30m31989

3y↑47

Slamming tune! Just turned 50 and remember this 80's gem vividly.
Best decade ever! ❤

@JulietSchwartzMartinez

7y↑255

The 80s were the best decade of my life!

@eightieslivenow7579

6y↑3

i cannot agree more - nothing can top it and nothing will

@tinajaneoxnam.8866

Juliet Schwartz-Martinez . Snap.

@cogleypeter6697

6y↑1

had the best time in the 80s juliet

@johndutton5136

A men to that the best times

@musictherapy141

Totally! Juliet!;)

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@jasoncollins1702

4y↑135

Altered Images really had something; shame they never fully realized their potential. At their best, though, they nailed the era. I Could Be Happy is one of their best.

@johnstjohn6658

3y↑11

It was the production from one album to another.
Fans from Happy Birthday couldn't relate to Pinky Blue and fans of Pinky Blue didn't make the leap to Bite.
I liked them all though.

@capitalb5889

New album out apparently

@seetheanimal5867

2y↑1

I mean lack of any and all musical talent might have derailed that train 😂

@MrJeepsters

Lequel a fondé HIPSWAY ?

@tadge72

51w

@@MrJeepsters i saw them live on 1987 !!!

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@Raymund-Swales

39w↑14

I was 13 when this wonderful song was released. I suddenly just started singing the song a couple of days ago. So glad it found me again. 😎

@immaggiethesenilegoldenret7918

5y↑7

I used to love , Love, LOVE English New Wave from the early ‘80s....still do @ 58!! Good times!! ❤️💜❤️

@peterchambers2553

1y↑10

I had a massive crush on Clare Grogan as a young lad viewing videos to this track and Happy Birthday. Thanks to you tube I am able to bring back those long ago days. Thanks for uploading.

@davidwilliams7220

13w↑3

Who of a certain age didn't Peter??

@peterstayne3765

13w↑2

I’ve got forearms like Popeye because of her and eight wonder patsy Kensit and Wendy James 😍

@Dreamcatcher9000

12w

@@peterstayne3765 I didn't get the Popeye joke... :p

@peterstayne3765

11w↑1

🤣🤣 From flogging the dolphin to much 🧴👋🏻

@deemdoubleu

6y↑92

The guitars on this are just genius.

@davidgrant3115

3y↑1

3 years late but yes :)

@davidgrant3115

3y↑1

PS I'll try and be more prompt

@glaswegiansouth-side2350

3y↑1

John Squire was/is one underated Guitarist.Gary Mountfield is the best bassist of all time....

@profphil1472

3y↑2

Sounds exactly like New Order.

@profphil1472

3y↑1

@@glaswegiansouth-side2350 That would be another Scotsman, Derek Forbes of Simple Minds.

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@Gerrypotterpoet

6y↑118

My love for this song is boundless. I was living in a Wolverhampton bedsit at the time, I would listen to it on an old white transistor radio. I'd already come out on the Liverpool gay scene and was feeling a bit under confident about it all. Somehow it was this song completely lifting my spirits getting me involved not just in the gay scenes of both cities, but all the clubbing scenes. I don't really know why, it just did, the magic of pop music on a young adventuring soul. Timeless, touching, uplifting, escaping and what a stunningly story telling vocal, what else did a young gay need? Gx

@footballspecialmineral6139

3y↑6

Good on you Gary like your style,

@professor-greek3367

3y↑6

God bless you .. what a beautiful story 🤗

@andrewlevy7103

2y↑5

Good times right? As a total hetero, I feel ya. It's just so catchy and well, happy! I fell in love with Clare as an actress in Gregory's Girl. I had no idea she even had a band going until '86 years after they broke up!. So much undiscovered joy ever since.

@NeilCWCampbell

2y↑2

Invictus Mortis

@DJDanceClassic

2y↑4

I came out of the closet when I heard small town boy

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@yyz4761

9y↑11

Such a wonderful song from a wonderful era. Claire Grogan was so cute as well!

@williamrae9954

31w↑8

Clare was my teenage crush...she's never left me! ❤

@spankynater4242

80's Clair is my old man crush.

@johnnyhock

Clare Grogan was my good girl crush, Wendy James was my bad girl crush, Susanna Hoffs was my all time crush ❤

@FlyGuy2000

8w↑5

Watching this on MTV, playing Atari, putting quarters up at the arcade, swimming in my friend's pool, eating grilled cheese sandwiches while listening to the John Williams Star Wars soundtrack; there were so many good times.

@philipdavidson8420

7w↑1

I think I missed this one somehow, but I Googled them, and discovered that one of their big hits was "Happy Birthday" , and that one definitely rings a bell (even though I was only 10 at the time), -- but nice to sort of re-discover them...and I remember Atari , and playing games at the arcade , yes😊

@FlyGuy2000

@@philipdavidson8420 Yeah, they didn't get much (if any) radio time, but if you had MTV (back when they actually played music) they got exposure, along with other 80s bands like Missing Persons and Romeo Void.

@philipdavidson8420

7w↑1

@@FlyGuy2000 Okay, that totally makes sense then, as I did not have access to MTV during those years. I have to sort of sheepishly admit that I had not heard of either of those bands (Missing Persons and Romeo Void - - this from a guy who thought he knew a bit of '80's music !) - - - I looked up some of their songs on Youtube, and immediately took to the sound of Missing Persons (Romeo Void sounds like they could grow on me ), even saved some of both bands' songs to my Youtube playlists. Thanks for the bit of music education , and sorry for the overlong reply !

@FlyGuy2000

@@philipdavidson8420MTV was incredible in the early 80s, all we had in my town was a pop station and a classic rock station, both playing a predictably limited selection over and over again. Once I got MTV it was like a whole new world opened up, they played all kinds of music from big name bands to one hit bands and all kinds of small stuff, ABC, Ebn Ozn, Nina, Bananarama, Bow Wow Wow, Falco, Peter Schilling, Toni Basil (lol), XTC, Split Enz, Boomtown Rats, The Vapors, Wall of Voodoo, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Depeche Mode, Human League, Joy Division, Ultravox, Soft Cell, Oingo Boingo, Adam Ant, Men Without Hats, The Smiths, Haircut 100, The Cure, Tears for Fears, Psychedelic Furs, The Plasmatics, all kinds of stuff that really wasn't available anywhere else unless you had a good college radio station (we didn't at the time).

@MrPiper77

3y↑11

I could be happy if the 80s music comes back!

@hammeredscout

3y↑18

A taste of why the 1980's were the best.

@evildjinn9

27w↑6

I haven't heard this in ages.
Still sounds great, and Clare was always lovely.

@jarrodfurminger5352

4y↑18

One of the most fun uplifting early 80s pop songs ever 😁

@normanrobson8654

1y↑7

One of my favourite early 80s songs. It never ages, always sounds great. And they look SO YOUNG and so happy. The happiness is infectious 👍

@uman965

9y↑569

I WANT TO GO BACK IN TIME AND STAY THERE - 80's

@mattstephane7390

9y↑11

+uman965 same for me !!!! life was so good that time

@uman965

9y↑3

+Chris Mozer SO TRUE!!!

@BillyJango

9y↑10

+Chris Mozer Lucky you ! I turned 18 in 1991. I always said I was born 10 years too late because I loved all the early 80s music when I was a kid. Looking back though I am glad I was a teenager when Stone Roses , Happy Mondays etc. were around. Loved it.. I feel sorry for teenagers today. They are too glued to X box and Play station to even be into music!

@lakefire9985

8y↑13

+uman965 you will have to leave your cell phone , internet, cheap air fares ,i pod etc ..its nice to look back with nostalgia but ..im still happy in 2015 ..sure i wish i could go back and do things different but we grow and learn and constantly change mentally we are all on a spiritual journey for a purpose

@mememeandme

8y↑1

+uman965 Me too

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@timy.4818

5y↑7

I don't know how I found this, but I am 55 and from the U.S. and although I don't remember this song playing on MTV or the radio back then, it is one of my favorites and brings me back to that time ! It is so wonderful, (the song and video), I can't even describe it. It actually makes me Happy.

@marklilley589

13w↑3

My long dead best friend used to play this record in his car, so I'm transported back to 1982 when he disappeared whilst wading off Sri Lanka.

@michaelkenyon6173

Sorry to hear that.

@PrivateEyeYiYi

1y↑2

My favorite 80s video. Maybe my favorite video period.

@richardguarascia5920

2y↑11

One of my favourites songs and band form the 80’s. It makes happy but a bit sad at the same time especially in the summer. A bit of seasonal depression. Living with people can be a bit hard at times. I find my self escaping all the time. Just getting out it’s better then sitting around doing nothing.

@booooo666

You and me both.. 🙏

@MrMeadfoot

10y↑135

She was stunning guys, come on !

@markcastelletti483

6y↑5

Yes, no doubt she is cute but what is up with that guy running around in a lion's suit? Methinks some mind altering substances were enjoyed by the people who produced this clip!

@robertmcnamara7561

6y↑5

Gorgeous woman, even years later in Red Dwarf

@timy.4818

5y↑4

She is ! She has the best lips too !

@sgreen6387

4y↑5

Don't think anyone is arguing

@homerspurs1961

4y↑1

no doubt about still is

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@brendanbarnes2145

7y↑488

To the time machine.......who wants to join me? First stop 1981.

@AntonyThorburn

7y↑2

yeah

@chopchung

6y↑11

so I'm NOT the only one who with a soft spot for that particular year!

@carlosghernandez

6y↑1

Would you go back to the present or stay, if you only have those 2 options?

@dyingsun23

6y↑11

Could we make a brief stop in the mid 70's on the way? Just need to slap myself upside the head and tell myself not to be a fat bastard (and not to date that one girl...)

@ElleyElley-et4ky

6y↑8

Brendan Barnes 1981 was an UNBELIEVABLE year, my September 81 I started high school. Best best times ever. Late 70s to mid 80s was ultimate era.

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@vwlssnvwls3262

3y↑31

One of the very greatest songs of the eighties.

@nicolelillis2077

1y↑11

We were so spoilt with such brilliant, timeless 80s music! Altered Images still sound amazing....Life was so much simpler then and ppl were happier....We're now living in difficult, uncertain times and the music isn't half as good....At least there's still YouTube and I can step back in time with these classic tunes for a while.....This was an enjoyable trip down memory lane!

@KeyofDavid5778

1y↑2

I met a girl named remi wolf on an airplane ride and she's on YouTube...... play some good new music she's only 26 check her out.

@davidbspamboy

7y↑21

A good song is a good song. Timeless. Such wonderful stuff, eh Anges? Aye, it's wonderful stuff. Thanks Ms. Clare, you are fantastic.

@user-ty5mr2ps7e

23w

One thing I can say about northerners they can bloody sing

@theaquarelians1398

3y↑4

Loved Claire Grogan, loved Altered Images and loved Gregory’s Girl. So glad all three were part of my rites of passage.

@jackjordano2152

32w↑3

Her youthful innocence and sense of irony is infectious!

@timmerv9057

5y↑14

In memory of a very special person in my past whom this song always reminds me of. R.I.P. Lisa Ann Pace

@dodibenabba525

1y↑4

Remember when people celebrated happiness, fun and positivity? Great wasn't it? 😊❤️

@someguybreaks

5y↑17

Damn, it has been a long, long time since I've heard this song. Like a long missed friend, you just pick up where you left off when you reunite.

@groovedigger00

7y↑37

Just saw them in concert in Los Angeles! They still look and sound great!

@chrisjerome4183

3y↑23

Laying in bed getting away from all of the crap in 2021. This song helps if only for one night. My hot tub time machine took me here.

@davidalbizo

5y↑5

This is slowly becoming my favorite 80’s song.

@dab5141

1y↑3

Such an upbeat song about escaping/leaving someone behind.

@blipblip88

4y↑3

one of my many female 80s band crushes

@joseschmoe2800

9y↑47

Gosh, I just heard that last week whilst shopping with my 14y old daughter at Gap Outlet. I hadn't heard it in years. Took me back right away to my college days here in Chicago. Neo's on N Clark St. Wax Trax Records. Anyone remember those? I had this on 45. and Happy Birthday. I was just a few years older than my daughter is now when I first heard this. Boy, do I feel old. And young again.

@horstg.pollak6092

3y↑1

Stay Young,I am 29 for 47 years now

@LeeLooface

9y↑9

Pinky Blue was the first album I ever owned. Still amazing after all these years. Long live the 80's!!!

@CarsandCats

8y↑213

Clare is still beautiful. This song is sad because sometimes the only way to be happy is to eliminate someone in your life.

@TheGodParticle

7y↑8

That is true..

@craigwinters4947

6y↑2

I get it: cut off a finger to save the hand, but why did you have to leave me!?

@Robert_Manners

5y↑2

Yes I have had to do that a lot, unfortunately.

@Tombrosapien

5y↑2

Or everyone! 🙃

@chrisrorer9012

You got it but yang or wang going to the right person not the words it's how it makes you feel

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@jadecostello3325

4y↑39

2020 lockdown. Man remember this back in the '80s!

@jeantaillon8409

The greatest times

@kyleturner8283

4y↑3

An interviewer once asked Clare Grogan, "You always look so fashionable & current in th latest look, how do you do it ?"
Clare looked @ him absolutely deadpan & said " I just usually put on what's on the end of my bed from the night before "

I loved her & Altered Images & it's such a wonderful pop production from Martin Rushent, I mean wow ! Altered Images in 1982 AND The Human League in 1981. Bless you Mr Rushent.

@peterfreeman6677

4y↑1

Hahahaha!!!! Nice one Clare, that's why we love you

@robertquinn2528

4y↑5

Met a lovely couple on holiday and they told me there daughter played drums in Clare’s new band, wow. I’m so happy. Always think about you guys

@njaneardude

10w↑2

Dancing was so much easier and fun back then 😄😄😄

@A9zz

5w↑1

I remember listing to this song in my childhood and becoming obsessed with it, but i lost the song years ago. I never knew the name of it but it’s been stuck in my head for years, but I finally found it after searching “i could be happy i could be happy” since those were the only lyrics i understood

@BlitzkriegBopBaby

2y↑12

So many people are commenting what a happy uplifting song this is, and it is....on the surface.
However, take a look of the lyrics. After singing through the different things she could do to be happy, the final line of the chorus is "All of these things I do / To get away from you" and the song ends with the repeated refrain: "Get away, runaway, Far away / How do I escape from you?". It's actually about an abusive relationship and THAT'S the thing I find so genius about this song - the various emotions it conveys and the dichotomy of the upbeat poppy music in relation to the dark context behind the lyrics. It mirrors real life in a way because so many women are trapped in unhappy abusive relationships, but due to embarrassment or shame they wear the mask of a happy, upbeat public persona. You often never know what someone is dealing with behind closed doors. Brilliant song!

@michaelmccann4560

2y↑2

As far a I recollect it was about a facial scar she had as the result of a pub fight in which she was innocently involved , she was hit by flying glass.

@robertterrell3065

28w

The actual meaning is lost on most people who hear, or in reality, don't hear what the song is about 🤷‍♂️

@Banterbear

26w

Doesn't necessarily mean an abusive relationship. She could be trying to escape the memories of someone, after a breakup of a good relationship.

@spankynater4242

From the comments I've read, most who say this are saying it sounds happy but the subject isn't.

@KeyofDavid5778

1y↑4

One of the best guitar riffs ever !

@pauldc1066

20w↑1

Superb...we ALL remember!

@mylightgraycottage4913

6w↑2

I totally forgot about this song. Thanks for all the memories!! I miss the 80s so much compared to this hellacious dumpster fire called the 2020s 🔥🔥🔥

@gordongattjnr7123

7y↑23

Seriously 80's as fuck. Clothes, hair and all 👍💥👍💥

@miguelgomezvillarino8919

5y↑5

One of those strange works of perfection one sometimes finds in Life

@cheekymonky61

5y↑1

AM 58 ..AND STILL IN LOVE WITH THIS GIRL ..all these years later ..good times and a great era of music ..Brit music just rocks ….end of.

@justindonohoe2876

8y↑64

clare grogan is amazing. take me back to the 80s, awesome times

@iansnorthernmonkey5153

8y↑4

hubba hubba!!

@merccadoosis8847

7y↑1

I never knew about the large scar on the left side of her face until now and wonder if this did not harm her career - she is very attractive just the same and immensely talented.

@thegirlinquestion

@Nigel 61 she has a lovely voice it's different

@petermariner6323

5y↑26

Pop trivia: "True" by Spandau Ballet was written about Clare. Pinky blue is the sublimest of pure 80's Glaswegian pop, and this tune still sounds epic.

@JohnColletti-ty4zt

39w↑4

Classic gem,fabulous band.

@kamalaworth9943

2y↑2

Wish I could go back to my 80's

@clairefarnaby7465

3y↑2

I am happy 😊listening to this thank u as a 80s teenager 💖best times

@idpfilm

8y↑6

Clare Grogan your amazing - still remember watching the film Gregory's Girl - love the music you made from the 1980's - bring on the time machine x

@dalemartin7886

IDP Film you're

@andybyrne50

3y↑4

The best thing about living through the 80s and probably the only thing that was the best . Groups like these lifted the spirits and made life then a lot more bearable.

@stratobungle

9w↑1

Her voice was so completely and totally unique!

@psibri1

4y↑4

High school years, growing up in LA County...the best. Now I cannot stand LA but melancholy for ht e80s

@antneyfatts665

3y↑4

Their sound was 100% pure 80's platinum!!

@Chris-yx6uy

4y↑5

I love thissong. Especially the extended version!!.

@ivonepereira8838

4y↑2

Altered Images one of my all time New Romantic bands and Clare Grogan my icon of fashion 👍❤ Copied her hair cut for some years as well as some of her outfits❤

@cariza5

Altered images are a great band from Scotland.

@PredaConvoy

1y↑2

Probably my first musical crush, right here. And the music still stands up! Plus I don't know of anyone else who ever rhymed "tree" with "holiday" ever so perfectly. Brilliant stuff. 🥰

@whitenight0075

10y↑14

LOVE THE 80S. GREAT PERIOD IN MY LIFE.

@lucile6935

6y↑9

This song was on replay everytime when I was a little girl 😍 So happy to listen it again!

@irenecostigane8348

3y↑1

I'm 62 still dancing to this Tune Timeless XX 😸 Love you clare

@roberthendrickson6505

2y↑9

Had to revisit this catchy track in 2022 still holds up I miss those days

@isly1598

31w↑3

This song is so happy but it makes me so sad. I miss the 80s

@philipknaggs2168

4y↑3

One of the 5 songs that I would choose to exemplify the music of the early 80's. Breezy, fun, and irreverent.

@user-xh5zg5qv6m

12w↑1

Happy vibes, wasn't even born, but nostalgic feeling :-)

@anthonymullen6300

26w↑1

Good god, 41 years ago and I remember watching this on Top of the Pops.

@carolinepomakis1935

4y↑6

Absolutely cracking band!

@andybrown4396

1y↑3

i went on an army reunion in Leicester a few years back. ended up in the suburbs in some pub disco. next day i woke up in my front garden holding an altered images cd!! this is a great song

@julliard

@Andy Brown Was that an average night for you? I used to black out when I drank with prescribed medication. I would wake up in the strangest of places notably public parks and church doorways.