(drums beating) (upbeat bass begins) (bright lilting music) ♪ Now, the mist across the window ♪ ♪ Hides the lines ♪ ♪ But nothing hides the color ♪ ♪ Of the lights that shine ♪ ♪ Electricity so fine ♪ ♪ Look and dry your eyes ♪ (bright lilting music continues) ♪ We, so tired of all the darkness ♪ ♪ In our lives ♪ ♪ With no more angry words to say ♪ ♪ Can come alive ♪ ♪ Get into a car and drive ♪ ♪ To the other side ♪
♪ Me babe, steppin' out ♪ ♪ Into the night, into the light ♪ ♪ You babe, steppi
n' out ♪ ♪ Into the night, into the light ♪ ♪ We are young but getting old ♪ ♪ Before our time ♪ ♪ We'll leave the TV
and the radio behind ♪ ♪ Don't you wonder what we'll find ♪ ♪ Steppin' out tonight ♪ (bright lilting music continues) ♪ You can dress in pink and blue ♪ ♪ Just like a child ♪ ♪ And in a yellow taxi
turn to me and smile ♪ ♪ We'll be there in just a while ♪ ♪ If you follow me ♪
♪ Me babe, steppin' out ♪ ♪ Into the night, into the light ♪ ♪ You babe, steppin' out ♪ ♪ Into the night,
into the light ♪ ♪ Me babe, steppin' out ♪ ♪ Into the night, into the light ♪ ♪ You babe, steppin' out ♪ (music fades)
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Early 80's and this playing on MTV a couple times an hour it seemed. Good times.
Who’s still listening to this classic in 2024 🙋🏻♂️
I am 62 and have tears in my eyes as I listen to this .... remembering back to a different time, a time of my youth. Everything back then was new and exciting. I had energy enough to light New York at night. Life was fun, going out was an experience, and life was full of promise. I was young, good looking, and ready to face the world. ............. I miss those days ............
I will never forget the October Monday morning in '82 where it was the day of one of my friends' funeral. This song was on my clock radio as I was waking up and I was just so in tears. It was a friend who really touched my life and gave me the appreciation for humor. His legacy will always live on and every time I hear this song it brings me back to that day and the fact that life is truly short.
There are certain 80’s songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them.
Joe Jackson.....Tears for Fears.....The Motels.....Duran Duran.....I wanna go back!!😢
The line “We are young but getting old before our time”.. hits hard!!
Such wonderful memories of me and by beloved wife, dancing with pure joy, at a concert in Los Angeles, before our marriage, before our 3 children, and her passing this past year….tears of joy, of a simpler time of true love and the unknown future we would share together…thanks for the memories Teresa…and Joe…always in my heart.
I was eleven years old when this came out and as a black man of fifty one,I still love it. If a song connects with me I don’t care who it’s by or what colour the artist is or was. A great track is a great track if you feeling it,granted I like so genres more than others but still won’t stop me listening or appreciating good music from artists that are a outside my usual sphere. It’s what is so great about music,the discovery of a track or group that really grabs you,even if it’s not what you are expected to like.Peace and love my to all the music lovers,it will always see us through ❤️🙏🏾👊🏾
As a black kid growing up in the projects of VA I was probably the only one watching MTV on a regular basis, this song just spoke to me of something better out there in the world..one of my all time favorites.
Can we all go back to the 80's? 😭😭
This is one of the most emotional songs from the era for me to hear. It's almost a profound sadness that washes over me, every time. That world is gone.
Still sounds wicked 34 years on. That won't be said about 99% of today's shit in 2050.
I met a guy in 1982 and he played this album - and 40 years later we are still happily together.
"We ....so tired of all the darkness in our lives..." 1982 was paradise compared to today
Joe Jackson and Level 42 are two of the best artists of the 80s, hands down!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's impossible to not completely love this song. Loved it as a kid, loved it as a teen, and I love it now. Timeless!
This guy doesn't get the kudos he deserves now. He wrote a handful of definitive pop songs.
I started working in NYC in 1981. I stayed in a hotel (Essex House) and I could envision this song in my mind taking place at that hotel. It had the off-white paneled doors and all. What a great experience.
There is something special about this song that is hard to describe. It's a feeling, a mood. Something between melancholy and happiness. Something that only this song is capable of.