The lyrics for "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" were written by Barbar… Read Full Bio ↴The lyrics for "I'm in Love with a German Film Star" were written by Barbara Gogan about a one time roadie for The Clash and the Sex Pistols named Steve Connelly who had minor roles in several German films. It was produced by Pete Wilson who was the in house producer for Polydor Records. According to Wilson "It was a song that almost seemed to write itself". The music weeklies declared the song "Single of the Week" while it was named "Peoples Choice" on Capital Radio. This lead to two Top of the Pops appearances. Polydor did not press enough copies of the single which topped out at number 25 position on the UK singles charts.

I'm in Love With a German Film Star
The Passions Lyrics

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I once saw in a movie
Playing the part of a real troublemaker
But I didn't care
It really moved me, it really moved me

I'm in love with a German film star
I once saw in a bar
Sitting in a corner in imperfect clothes
Trying not to pose
For the cameras and the girls
It's a glamorous world

I'm in love with a German film star
I once saw in a movie
Playing the part of a real troublemaker
But I didn't care
It really moved me, it really moved me
It really moved me, it really moved me

I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.

I'm in love.
I'm in love.

Overall Meaning

The Passions' song, "I'm in Love With a German Film Star," is a nostalgic track that seems to represent a love story about a German film star. The song is written in the first person, as someone who is in love with a film star that they saw in a bar and in a movie. The lyrics create a portrait of a broken but glamorous person that the singer is enamored with.

Starting with "I'm in love with a German Film Star, I once saw in a bar," the singer sets the scene of a bar where they first saw the film star in person. The film star sits in a corner, trying not to pose or attract attention. The singer is drawn to the imperfection in their clothes, which makes them seem more real and human. The next verse begins by stating "I'm in love with a German Film Star, I once saw in a movie." The film star is playing a real troublemaker, and this resonates with the singer. Although the singer is not clear about what it is that they love about the film star, what is clear is that they really moved the singer.

The final verse substantially repeats the first, vice versa with the minor addition of an extra "It really moved me" to emphasize how much the singer was touched by the film star. The song is repeated several times in different tones as if to reiterate the fact that the singer is truly in love with the German film star.

Line by Line Meaning

I'm in love with a German film star
There is a German film star that I have fallen deeply in love with

I once saw in a bar
I saw this German film star in person at a bar

Sitting in a corner in imperfect clothes
The German film star was sitting alone in a corner, wearing casual clothes that were not perfect or fancy

Trying not to pose
The German film star was not trying to attract attention or show off for anyone

For the cameras and the girls
There were cameras and girls around, but the German film star was not trying to impress them

It's a glamorous world
The world of celebrities and fame can seem exciting and glamorous

Playing the part of a real troublemaker
In a movie, the German film star portrayed a character who caused trouble and was rebellious

But I didn't care
Even though the character was troublesome, I still loved the German film star

It really moved me, it really moved me
The performance by the German film star was emotionally impactful and meaningful to me

I'm in love.
I cannot emphasize enough how deeply in love I am with this German film star

Lyrics © MUSIC SALES CORPORATION, Peermusic Publishing
Written by: BARBARA LOUISE GOGAN, CLIVE WILFRID MYLES TIMPERLEY, DAVID AGAR, RICHARD PAUL WILLIAMS

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@tonyquek1

2y↑4

I'm in love with a German film star
I once saw in a bar
Sitting in a corner in imperfect clothes
Trying not to pose
For the cameras and the girls
It's a glamorous world

I'm in love with a German film star
I once saw in a movie
Playing the part of a real troublemaker
But I didn't care
It really moved me, it really moved me

I'm in love with a German film star
I once saw in a bar
Sitting in a corner in imperfect clothes
Trying not to pose
For the cameras and the girls
It's a glamorous world

I'm in love with a German film star
I once saw in a movie
Playing the part of a real troublemaker
But I didn't care
It really moved me, it really moved me
It really moved me, it really moved me

I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.
I'm in love.

(P.S. I think this song is about Marlene Dietrich.)

@matthewsmith1931

5y↑2

1)its sexy
2)it causes you too reflect
3)it has Romance
4)it takes you to that bar.
5)The 🎸 work/sound is wonderful.
6) its seductive
7)it feels personal when your playing it.
8)its just a really cool record.
Ah its just sooooo good💗🙏✊

All comments from YouTube:

@sydpoletaev4209

3y↑322

The most underrated 80's song EVER!

@sophied4031

3y↑14

Agreed but ONE of the most underrated of 80s

@iansmith8263

Syd, everythings underrated these dayz u tool. Every fucking thing, as far as u are concerned, should have more fucking recognition than u think it gets. How the fuck do u know how anybody rates this song? U fucking clown

@markcooney1935

2y↑1

steady sidney lol na was good tho

@jeanpierreconverty1166

2y↑3

Hélas, vous avez totalement raison. 👍

@elijahshould2098

It must be so because I haven't heard of it until I heard of the title oddly enough, but I heard the Foo fighters version today I realized that I've never actually heard the song before.. so, thank you now I have

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@williamwellington8668

5y↑70

If you're going to have one hit......make it a bloody good one....this doesn't disappoint.

@reesemorgan2259

1y↑1

HA! Too true..

@billwellington4339

4y↑206

One of the coolest songs of the 80s.

@davidforshaw4810

4y↑5

Great stuff, love this song! 👍🍄🗝

@siliconesal

4y↑1

Bill Wellington The coolest

@billwellington4339

4y↑2

@@siliconesal Robert Palmer.......She makes my day....

@billwellington4339

4y↑1

@@siliconesal Matt Bianco.........More than i can bear..

@Stanley-qv9zm

3y↑2

This is Emotion 98.3 with Fernando Martínez.

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@Bellmere

4y↑199

First minute of this song is some of the simplest yet most compelling music ever. The guitar work is absolutely mesmerizing.

@christophebonhoefferofbelg9846

4y↑4

Bellmere 1967 ...Quintessentially 80’s in style, but that guitar riff sends me into another realm, just stunning.

@footcandy

4y↑6

It is indeed. They don't make music like this anymore.

@homeperformer

4y↑8

future cocteau twins style

@alexm7627

3y↑2

Sometimes the best things are quite simple

@mexicanson

I agree.

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@DrCreepen

2y↑109

Absolute perfection. This is beautiful beyond words.

@miguelgaldonmoragues

2y↑5

I agree with you. Greetings from Spain.

@richardcochrane1966

4y↑249

This song sent a shiver down my spine the first time I heard it, and still does to this day....

@danielpayne500

3y↑7

It is just classic i played this as a child n grew up on this

@ojsilva1975

3y↑6

First time hearing this was in GTA: Vice City Stories around 2009 playing on the PS2, when the sun was setting turning to night, I was cruising. Nice timing!

@peach2046

3y↑1

me too

@stephenmcgiff8877

3y↑1

Genius 💚

@siliconesal

3y↑8

Driving home alone in the dark on deserted roads back then ... hauntingly lovely.

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@nicklarge007

4y↑207

A brilliant era for music, I was 12 at the time just started high school, so many great bands about at the time, Joy Division, OMD, Duran, wish I could go back there!

@rw8733

4y↑8

Me too. It would all be done differently. 😢

@christophebonhoefferofbelg9846

4y↑16

Wouldn’t it be great to have the power of time travel, but with the benefit of hindsight. I wonder how many of us would change the path of our destiny.

@Artaud1957

4y↑11

@@christophebonhoefferofbelg9846 I would marry the same woman, but I would have done it 10 years earlier. :-)

@the.penthouse---barre6792

100% - TRUE !!! That was Me - Exactly The Same - You had just
Never heard anything like this before, An Amazing Time for Music.

@paulatradies1942

And me most awesome decade ever.

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@triciacallender1956

3y↑75

Whoa! This echoplex guitar effect in this song is absolutely heavenly. This might be my new favorite song.

@guyerregat6448

10y↑524

As a 63 old rocker I tell you, this is one of the most beautiful songs of all times. As simple as it sounds, as enjoyable it goes through your ears. Great!

@winnypotaka789

10y↑10

I agree....

@philipthompson5659

6y↑8

I totally agree Guy its a Classic.

@clintonwebb4399

5y↑8

I'm 48...wanna dance bud☺

@matthewsmith1931

5y↑10

Sooooo good.Never get bored of listening to this record.

@howardkoor2796

5y↑4

Guy Erregat totally agree 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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@mrnobody1537

3y↑45

Heard this for the 1st time in the last year, I was absolutely spellbound/enraptured/enthralled/amazed.. I can't believe I grew up in the 80's without hearing this

@deirdre0flaherty450

2y↑2

Oh I remember it from the 80s, this is the first time I've heard it in years because they played it on the radio 📻 so I could record it just now.

@Rollingstoneslvr

2y↑1

Same .... very B52s harmony and drums

@ianwhitehead4337

Yep, me too.

@jmack8767

It flew under the radar just like a lot of the awesome 80s fantasy movies... there was so much good stuff coming out at the time that things like this emerged and melted away in a flash...

@duartesimoes508

Nor me! You lived in a cave, or something?!
What about Fade to Grey?

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@andycuthbert2763

1y↑32

I remember hearing this an hour before bloody cancer took my mother away 12 years ago. Great song but makes me shiver every time I hear it.

@martinjones4758

52w↑5

So sorry for your loss.

@archiepotter3592

23w

Sorry so much

@liliristagno7061

12w

❤

@andyj639

6y↑40

An underrated classic. That voice, still brings on goose bumps 37 years later

@lisag954

6y↑57

I never tire of this classic.

@Lovemylido

3y↑50

I only became aware of this stunning song at the end of a documentary about a modelling agency of all things. The credits were rolling and this was in the background - I was just overcome! I'm thankful that it was so easy to research the lyrics as that is the only way I would have found it. I think it will be one of my fave songs forever...

@aliciaalva4681

3y↑2

Let me guess… it was a documentary about Gia Carangi… that’s how I found out about this song too!

@Lovemylido

3y↑3

@@aliciaalva4681 Oh wow, I heard the song on the docu about the Elite modeling agency. But now I need to find that docu about Gia! I have a book about her on the nightstand right now!

@martinh4630

2y↑4

@@Lovemylido Gia Carangi can be seen in the video 'Atomic' by Blondie here on YT

@97henrik041

5y↑27

There are many comments here stating how underrated this song and this band were. There is no doubt that "German Film Star" was seriously underrated at the time but it has been a slow burner and its durability is down to the construction of the song. The elements that go into what is a relatively simple construction focus on Barbara Gogan's haunting vocals, the understated effervescence of Clive Timperley's guitar and the gradual ascent of the bass and drums. It has an almost indefinable quality that makes it instantly recognisable and strangely timeless. A magnificent way to spend 4 minutes

@LanceVanceDance84

5y↑3

I couldn't have described it any better and those are the exact reasons this is one of my all-time favorite songs. It actually took me a few years to really take notice of it despite already liking the song, but once I fully paid attention it blew me away. It's very ethereal and makes me think a lot of shoegaze bands were inspired by its qualities.

@barryholmes2428

52w↑9

One of the greatest songs of all time. A desert island disc, without question. For as long as I breathe, and beyond, I will always love this song. ❤

@g-r-a-e-m-e-

28w↑2

Wow.

@theunknowngamer5477

21w

Final Girl by Electric Youth

@MrGrahamxyz

5y↑16

I’m 65 and I just love this song! It takes me back a few years, but in reality I don’t feel any older, brilliant!

@ianhand5006

7y↑111

The 80's were great! I'm so glad to have been a teenager back then.

@pete2933

6y↑8

Ian Hand if could go back again I wouldn’t hesitate

@HellonWheels777

5y↑9

I'm 21 right now and I kind of wish I could be young in the eighties instead. Not for the reasons that people usually want to go back to the 80s, but because I would like to know what life was like before all this technology took over.

@ivane406

4y↑4

Watch some 80s films if you really want to know.

@mop714

4y↑4

@@HellonWheels777 Strange era ... yuppie/unemployment, new technology which was innovative and therefore exciting. Fashion so crazy, new wave, new romantic, punk(ish), clubbing, cars, new taste in cuisines, big movies, holidays. This is the time when the UK changed forever, and the lost innocent days gone.

@HellonWheels777

4y↑2

@@mop714 huh, interesting

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@tigresa2546

8y↑235

That guitar riff is sublime!

@thomasnoon9974

6y↑7

It sure is :-)

@matthewsmith1931

5y↑10

Its hauntingly beautiful.

@hairybear2506

5y↑4

Big Gibson 335 and loads of delay. Epic.

@christophebonhoefferofbelg9846

4y↑2

Gorgeous 👍

@noelsmith5167

4y↑1

Your beautiful. This song is lm 52 back in th e day

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@leonmoon8611

5y↑42

From Wikipedia entry about this song >>>'The lyrics were written by the band's vocalist Barbara Gogan about Steve "Roadent" Connelly, a one-time roadie for the Clash and Sex Pistols, who had minor roles in several German films and played the Joker in the 1978 miniseries Das Ding.'
Personally I thought it was about Hanna Schygulla, a beautiful German actress, who was in many films around that time. But that was just because I was in love with her.

@mihaelanegritu1709

So, you were in love with her, but here, who would be in love with a woman ? Also, a woman ?

@leonmoon8611

3y↑1

@@mihaelanegritu1709 Hi Mihaela. I'm a bloke. :o)

@mihaelanegritu1709

@@leonmoon8611 I don't understand your reply.

@pristinerecords

3y↑1

Mihaela Negritu 😱😱😱Sometimes women fall in love with eachother😱😱😱😱😋😏

@stephenjackson6415

Correct

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@mranderson537

2y↑9

I was 8 years old when i feel in love with this song, 25 now and still love it. If it wasnt for gta vcs i wouldnt be here right now.

@barsaf9989

You played gta when you were 8?

@mranderson537

@@barsaf9989 yeah man, movies like the predator(1985) blood in blood out were my "kids" movies 😂

@SilverStarEyes

2y↑2

My daughter is 25 and played GTA at 7-8 yrs old, I used to run in whenever the songs were being played, amazed x I grew up with this music being 52 now, god bless young GTA player!

@gillhughes8886

4y↑44

61 years old and still listening.

@BaronVonPurp

God bless you brother. I wish I was fortunate enough to enjoy those times! Instead I gotta deal with the mess my generation's digging for themselves haha....be safe!

@rozchristopherson648

I'm 60 and love the 80s.

@steverobertson1072

3y↑7

after moving to LA in 1982 i introduced my american friends to this, they were blown away, you simply didn't have music like this in the states at that time.

@janemassey8617

5y↑41

I can't this song out of my head...great memories of the 80s 💜

@michae13james10

1y↑6

Found this song on GTA years ago ..another tune discovered through that fantastic selection of songs over the years on the franchise.

@richardrickford3028

2y↑15

I love the wonderful off kilter sound of this song. It tickles your funny bone. The lyrics are unexpected and haunting.

@YupIknowthatfeeling

52w↑2

Yes! I particularly love that they were singing about being in love with a German film star at a time when it wasn't cool to like anything German. It's a very haunting beautiful song

@richardrickford3028

52w↑1

@@YupIknowthatfeeling I think maybe things German including film stars were so out that in the right hands they could become devastatingly stylish.

@diggerthegroundhog8799

1y↑9

I pride myself on finding the most obscure music and this somehow fell between the cracks till 2023. I often wonder how it is that some songs just miss me? Here we are 42 years later and it still sounds so cool

@leginffoeg771

9y↑603

I kissed my first girlfriend for the first time at a school disco with this song playing at that moment. 1981... good ole days...

@berryseinfeld6772

7y↑24

Wow. I'm pretty stoned and listening to this song and that is really cool.

@frankgourlay66

6y↑19

Same here bro. Married still 👍

@kevinshaw1387

6y↑7

Had my first proper kiss to this to at 17

@MrJozef68

6y↑8

excellent memory!...

@proteus1

5y↑12

Legin Ffoeg my time too. A lot better memories. I feel sorry for the kids these days, no discos, snogging and out with your mates messing around in clubs and gangs on the streets.

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@richardegerton9813

4y↑32

I was spoiled, my first ever gig was the Passions at Stafford Poly, as it was, in the late Seventies, I think. Stands the test of time if you ask me.

@marSLaZZ66

11w

I was 15 back then. Really loved this song, the voice, the guitar, the mood.

@sellgoldmelbourne

10y↑22

I still have this on vinyl & had it since its original release; 3 decades later I love it just as much now as then. Nobody could ever get "over" or bored with quality like this. Amazing that it didn't chart too high but then that makes this even more of a classic for the time

@zqjzqjzqjzqj

8y↑2

Not enough records were pressed, they ran out in two weeks! Makes you think...

@petercapp5958

5y↑1

@@zqjzqjzqjzqj Had a copy and let it go when I moved countries :(

@Bewareofthedog69

8y↑279

man I miss the 80s

@nzrdb6

8y↑11

+billy bonds Let's chip in for one of those 80s hot tub time machines

@Bewareofthedog69

8y↑3

+alex campbell. not a bad idea that :)

@bend7777

6y↑8

The only thing I DON"T miss about the 80's is all the Cigarette smoke and ashtrays.....

@ronaldvanderkleij

6y↑5

I'm in love with the 80s

@paulmorson7402

5y↑4

See Saw
I miss the 80s

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@chrisking5550

28w↑1

Heard this on radio this morning. Whoever requested it you are a legend. What a killer intro and song.

@johncarmichael1299

42w↑2

2023, and it still Really Moooooooooves me............

@dennisbreter5107

5y↑12

Remember the night..40 years ago John Peel is playing this tune..still sounds wonderful after all these years..thx John!

@ShaunFrere1

8y↑210

Remember hearing this walking down Champ Elysee in Paris, May 1981, before watching Liverpool beat Real Madrid in the European Cup final 1.0 at the Parc Du Prince Stadium. Great times, long since gone.

@SuperNobby65

5y↑7

alan kennedy

@dabsy7192

5y↑4

is right la !

@markcooney9478

5y↑3

mcfc

@Crabby303

5y↑3

Yup. There have been many, many finals since.

@roddyteague6246

5y↑5

@@SuperNobby65 Bob Paisley's legendary retort. "They shot the wrong Kennedy!"

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@GrindhouseTori

6y↑12

What a terrific song! Absolutely brilliant! I'm in love...

@ralucagymnast

9y↑306

God this is fantastic; id forgotten just how brilliant this is.

@danielpayne500

6y↑5

i still fill the Dance floor with all these years later with all the Goths dancing to this Timeless

@robertevinou4753

6y↑3

Too True!!!

@rw8733

5y↑2

I still (try to) dance to this when it gets played. 😂

@siliconesal

4y↑1

ralucagymnast yes it's fabuloussss

@badoocee1967

4y↑2

AGREED!!!

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@FedericaDN

6y↑70

Found it by chance while studying German expressionist cinema... I'm in love!

@favstia

6y↑6

Same:))))

@TheQ-Continuum

8y↑106

Never tire of hearing this. I liked (and still do) the sound of Clive Timperley's echoing guitar intro. The drums and pace keep a steady tempo and gradually build it up with the echoing guitar sound and throughout Barbara Gogan's mesmerising vocal has an almost haunting feel to it that works well with the instruments. A very highly. underrated classic 80's song !

@padwah

5y↑3

a bit or rush/flock of seagulls/altered images

@philippedubois2746

5y↑1

sublime toit ouvrant sur la beauté !

@nigelbradbury4162

5y↑1

Summed up to perfection ..

@janplilly

2y↑8

I remember buying this tune on vinyl in 1981, love the hunting vocals!

@scottpackham9232

7y↑15

One of my ultimate 80's songs

@scottpackham9232

7y↑5

With duel , propaganda

@walterzeballos4292

10y↑24

This song (and the group) was way ahead of their time....we are still listening,and enjoying it , 33 years after.
Love it!

@markp6594

21w↑1

Radio Caroline Flashback brought me here, never heard this in ages and so underrated for its time, used to hear it playing a lot on Radio Luxembourg at night fading in and out in the 80s, such a timeless classic..

@AndrewWrightMrTomcat

8y↑85

Brilliantly simple, fantastic song.

@keykey7646

6y↑1

thats what makes it so raw

@danielpayne500

6y↑1

but a timeless classic

@badoocee1967

9y↑141

This really moved me...it really moved me.

@badoocee1967

9y↑8

*****
With a Germanic cinematic film star...

@DudeAlex21

9y↑6

***** what part was he playing in the movie?

@badoocee1967

9y↑6

ディスコ ·ダンス
She was a serious problematic individual...but it doesn't matter...haaaaaaa

@rw8733

5y↑4

I see what you did there. 😄

@TheQ-Continuum

8y↑173

In my opinion, probably the best and most underrated song of the 1980's !!

@mimicmimic5931

6y↑5

The Q-Continuum The best song of the eighties, don't talk silly!

@paulmorson7402

6y↑8

The Q-Continuum
That's a mighty bold statement but it is a brilliant record.

@EnosEverything

6y↑4

Yes it is very good but don't get too carried away... Do you remember another little classic by THE SUNDAYS that was called CAN'T BE SURE..( very early 1990 I know ) ? That was quality too.. Then there was SMALLTOWN BOY by THE BRONSKI BEAT... CHINA CRISIS doing WORKING WITH FIRE AND STEEL...Loads of fantastic songs when you think about it...

@MisAnnThorpe

6y↑5

Killing Joke's Empire song and The Pandys are coming, Echo and the Bunnymen's The Cutter, Killing Moon, Ocean Rain, Xmal Deutschland - Matador, The Associate's Skipping, No, It's better this way, A girl named property, B-2 Unit's Riot in Lagos, Elvis Costello's Indoor fireworks, Shipbuilding, New Amsterdam, The Teardrop Explodes' Soft enough for you, The Great dominions, Orpheus, Waterfront, Silver moon, The Ink in the well by David Sylvian, Condition of the heart, Anotherloverholenyohead, Mountains, How come you don't call me anymore, Pop life, If I was your girlfriend, The Ballad of Dorothy Parker by Prince, Fear of gods, Sweat in bullet, Promised you a miracle - Simple Minds, Shopping, Funeral Pyre, The Paris Match by The Jam/The Style Council. The list is almost endless and I haven't even mentioned anything by Kraftwerk, Depeche mode, The Cocteau Twins or The Stranglers. Oh, and many of these tracks weren't even singles!

@veronicabuxton4496

5y↑2

One of my favs from '81 for sure :)

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@johnbutler6473

22w↑2

This wonderous tune leapt back snuck back out of mu sub conscious after several decades of hibernation and once again has captured my ears, heart and soul once again - so melodic, so dreamy, just so damn good

@susansmith9903

3y↑13

This is a star-light composition that is light years ahead of its time.
An evocative haunting melody of genius music that transports us to another world.
A Fade-to-grey visage/vision that hasn’t been matched since its original release.

@Lovemylido

I'm not a musician and don't know much about instruments, but that Echoplex is mesmerizing...

@charliemccormicktv8418

3y↑10

Love this , one of many awesome songs from the 80s

@samlyons6438

5y↑10

Worked as a manager for Our Price Records in London when this (and many other glorious tracks) came out. Now, Thirty-something years later, this will always be one of my top tracks of that time. Awesome production and brilliant chord changes, plus they came from Shepherds Bush - one of my old stomping grounds. I think we need an '80s revival.

@imjustabadpenny

5y↑37

79 people were clearly drunk and missed the "like" button. The fools!

@raiffelsdad

98 twats now! Fools

@padraigcreed5721

Today 139, all Brexit voters dont like reference to "German", nothing to do with music

@imjustabadpenny

@@padraigcreed5721 I think it is more likely Remoaners, blinded by their bitterness, randomly poking at buttons instead of listening to a beautiful song. Now kindly move along you crazy diamond.

@YupIknowthatfeeling

52w↑3

This has always made me feel all dreamy, weird and lovely song

@christophegibbs9339

51w↑2

Simply genius. Way ahead of its time. Total fav!

@Ursulauu

5y↑7

I remember this song as a child and was gutted when it fell down the charts. The late 70s/early 80s had some of the best songs. x

@leozam

8y↑31

It's 4.45am and this, frankly, is perfect.

@bugutwo

8y↑89

A haunting melody, gets me right HERE.
Wonderful, a masterpiece.

@barbaragogan9909

Thank you, you ought to listen to Oh No, It's You, if you love this one. bg

@youfoundisaac

7y↑2

Barbara Gogan are you the Barbara Gogan?! regardless, this track is perfect. there's no other way to describe it

@zerokei9403

@@barbaragogan9909 I've got that song on an EP titled "Britannia Waives the Rules" - another classic. Thanks!

@garybridge-ku7bf

It still sounds fresh in 24' I wish I was 24 but I'm 60, and i'm still listening to great songs like this. 😊

@robertwright5871

2y↑3

What an intro‼️ great beat. Great feel to this track. Way ahead of its time. It's currently 2022 and it still SOUNDS SUPERB - Way ahead of its time.

@djm8341

6y↑4

kid of the 80's and still finding awesome tunes like this...

@pete2933

6y↑2

DJ M Miss the 80s so much. Kids today don’t know how epic it was back then. Il always take it with me

@seansands424

5y↑1

First half of the 80,s was good but the later half not so good

@yasminm7157

6y↑7

That intro, man! So nostalgic this song. A lot of people didn’t get it at the time and I have to say, I like it more now.

@szafaris007

4y↑2

I was just 11, & i remembered it like the back of my hands...the 80’s was truly fabulous.

@kirkalexander9712

4y↑3

Don't need to comment...this track speaks for itself....outstanding... ..

@juliehaley2197

8y↑89

God i miss the 80s. Little did we know wot gems these songs have become. Music chart today-dire.

@Jackomac43

8y↑8

Look behind the charts. That's where real music now lies.

@anitamason1325

5y↑1

@Jonovon Rollingson gawd, me too.....such an alive & vibrant era. Kids today have nothing like we did then. Glad to say I brought my 3 up with this type of 80s music & my daughter still listens to a lot of it now at 22.

@neilwillis9183

@Jonovon Rollingson me too, isnt it strange to think you would give anything just to walk around for one day and back then you would be thinking that thirty plus years on, so happy i was there enjoying the 80s thankyou peace to every one

@seansands424

5y↑1

@Joe 90 Roll2003 I like to walk around then and at that age again just for a couple weeks

@CallerEight

@@Jackomac43 true, some people are too ignorant and generalize modern music as being bad

@stubailey9433

38w↑1

Beyond music, gets inside you. Modern music couldn't get close!

@geoffreyjonathanwilson5826

4y↑8

I still think it sounds like a great song now.A hit in the UK singles charts in February 1981.

@IxAMxABU

7y↑10

Never heard this song till now & is now one of my favorite ambient early 80's tunes. Love to hear more songs with this kind of atmosphere.

@misterpeteskinner

9y↑39

This is the only version of this song that needs to be. Classic.

@franks.1197

42w↑2

Louise from England had in 1982 a holiday romance with a german prince in Spain. In 2017 they reunited and have been together ever since. This song has special memories for her and she changed the lyrics to "I'm in love with a german filmstar, I saw him in a magazine". And now they are living happily together as the prince and princess of the "White Garden" in Essex.❤

@liammcelhinney6451

4y↑1

Miss the 80s soooo much. 57 on Wednesday! ! Anybody out there with a time machine??!!😊

@paulchristman2456

3y↑5

GREAT SONG !! Simple, hypnotic, and haunting. I love the steady seductive rhythm coupled with the arpeggios of the guitar. I was putting up drywall in an old townhouse in Washington DC the first time I heard this way back in April 1981. Damn ! Nearly forty whole years ago. Thanks for this !

@shawn6669

This was released in 92. :(

@emtobed

8y↑70

song gives me chills when I listen to it.

@fernandoberdecio2276

5y↑1

then listen to saada bonaire

@maxkazzora4234

4y↑1

Ditto!. Nuff said.

@Exige000

5y↑32

Strange that this is not played more often in the radio.

@paddymulligan

4y↑9

I was thinking that too. Unfortunately the airwaves are now clogged up with crap

@siliconesal

4y↑2

Hughie Duncan they wouldn't be able to digest it

@siliconesal

4y↑1

Exige000 it's elitist ... it's cult, "I've heard it but you haven't"

@davidellis5141

4y↑1

This never was released in the 🇺🇸 or 🇨🇦 ! Import only.

@keithbate9405

8y↑59

Am back in 1981 . was and still is great !

@rjjcms1

7y↑10

It's a Thursday night in February 1981 and we're sitting watching this,the Stray Cats,Blondie,Spandau Ballet,Rainbow,Dire Straits,XTC,John Lennon,Fred Wedlock and,er,Joe Dolce on Top of the Pops in the big green standalone hut known as Room 14 that doubles as a classroom by day and TV room by night for the senior years (about half of the 4th plus the 5th and lower and upper 6th) at my boarding school (which had about half and half boarding and day pupils).

@DondeArandas

6y↑1

Me too, man!

@TheEman440

15w

Beyond underrated. ...this is the beautiful winter breath...of new music at that time that was ignored......frosty and and pertinent.

@gert2764

6y↑22

Timeless beauty, too bad this kind of music is way beyond us nowadays :''(

@davidforshaw4810

4y↑2

Agreed!" 👍🍄🗝

@yorklovesrush

1y↑3

This song is absolutely timeless but there’s still great music out there. There are tons of great bands that just can’t get on radio anymore

@countrypaul

Check out School of Seven Bells. They're no longer together, but their working from +/-2010 is wonderful. Then check out The Lemon Twigs (2020s and more)

@BookimCrocker

5y↑7

Still sounds as fresh today.Not many songs can claim the same.

@maxvecordi4418

8y↑19

This song is outstanding.

@johnwiesen4440

5y↑5

one of the BEST songs of the 80s

@MrTuftynut

6y↑16

This is sooo good I could cry with happiness - REAL Music

@pete2933

Martin Davies
As a teen from the 80s this and others like this was the epic era

@sharonc2278

4y↑3

Great song - brings back loads of memories of my first boyfriend - a lovely German guy, but forces drove us apart... :(

@williamkanegateshead

10y↑101

You know, I used to mock this song. Now I'm 51, I love it. :-)

@philipm06

9y↑6

I used to love this now I mock you old fart.

@williamkanegateshead

9y↑6

philipm06
Thanks Phil. :-) I think.....

@MarkPMcGrath

9y↑3

William Kane Well, I'm 51 as well and I love it too. Trouble is, I loved it when it hit the charts when I was 17 or 18. Is this disturbing? ;)

@williamkanegateshead

Mark McGrath It disturbs me. ;-)

@williamkanegateshead

maria jackson Yep. :-)

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@niclaspersson6751

4y↑4

Elegant, smooth, simple and full of intensity. When you have it all and you don´t need to prove anything. Beautiful.

@petergreen2552

4y↑2

1981 had so many brilliant songs and this was certainly one of them. Brilliant swooping guitar work.

@pabloescobar7647

3y↑3

Proper 80s at it's best.just listened to it again after pure time. Cant believe I've not put this on for time.

@mop714

5y↑1

Remembered this from my youth, cannot stop playing it again!! And again!!! This is when music was music ... The guitar riff .... brilliant

@kevga2758

5y↑6

This Gently washes over me, in a gentle,haunting, mesmerising way..love it

@andrewberridge1629

7y↑4

Love it, 👌 👍 80's music is the best.

@sugicat1

9y↑18

Top notch guitar effects

@philjames6206

6y↑3

Great songs can be embellished, but don't really need tarting up. He really moved me.

@chrudolf

4y↑1

The early eighties were exciting, especially 1981. There was something new and exhilarating in the air. We finally had gotten rid of the self-indulgent seventies. They had had their time. Think that just a few years before that we would be exposed to Fleetwood Mac and The Bee Gees. We craved something different, more stylish, sleeker. It didn't last long, but memories of that era still remain. This song had a feel of "new-wave to the masses" and its charm remains intact today.

@stevebucknall1928

7y↑17

This song has definitely got better with time.

@alf8579

2y↑1

That was a quick 40 years & I've got the original vinyl single but no record players! Beautiful song.

@mattblackwell4100

3y↑2

Makes me think of the past, present and the future. Such a calming influence. I feel like I've just rediscovered an old friend.

@duxberry1958

9y↑27

One of my favorite INTRO,s

@annerowe6662

2y↑1

Another lovely song, another fave, brings back memories of my teenage years in the 80s, what a nice time that was.

@tonyquek1

2y↑4

@jamesrutson5189

5y↑8

Masterpiece.

@muttley9520

7y↑3

Ashes to Ashes brought me here but I'm that old I bought this single when it first came out! Brilliant, underrated and 80's all over it.

@anjajurgenssen6976

7y↑10

There are so many reasons why I absolutely love this ...

@matthewsmith1931

5y↑2

@susannapatrignani5373

6y↑5

I am in love, what a fantastic song,and fascinable

@matthewsmith1931

Absolutely sublime record

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