― naked as sin (naked as sin), Monday, 28 October 2002 04:21 (twenty-three years ago)
― blueski, Monday, 28 October 2002 11:44 (twenty-three years ago)
― dave q, Monday, 28 October 2002 12:44 (twenty-three years ago)
― Al (sitcom), Monday, 28 October 2002 15:55 (twenty-three years ago)
Christ this song is fantastic.
― Carrie Bradshaw Layfield (The stickman from the hilarious 'xkcd' comics), Thursday, 25 September 2008 09:58 (eighteen years ago)
Verses drag a bit but that pre-chorus and chorus is 442.
For real. In my head it's all chorus.
― Tell me where the fuck you find a anorexic blapper (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 25 September 2008 09:59 (eighteen years ago)
Even with the "I've Had The Time Of My Life" lift.
― LBC's Steve Allen good morning I'm afraid (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 25 September 2008 10:01 (eighteen years ago)
".. in my arms, that's where you belong, in my arms baby yeah.."
I love that he had to clarify "in my arms" twice, just in case ...
― Mark G, Thursday, 25 September 2008 10:04 (eighteen years ago)
Rhetoric in pop is undervalued - "I need you I need you I need you, I think you know by now."
― LBC's Steve Allen good morning I'm afraid (Marcello Carlin), Thursday, 25 September 2008 10:19 (eighteen years ago)
Used to love it unironically, but the various rubbish dance remixes kinda ruined it.
― Freedom, Friday, 7 November 2008 19:43 (seventeen years ago)
A few years earlier, it was called "How Will I Know" and "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)". It was better then.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:43 (seventeen years ago)
I hate the synths on this.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 7 November 2008 22:45 (seventeen years ago)
some kind of record that I heard this on two different stations today
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 February 2013 04:28 (thirteen years ago)
whoa this song rules
― k3vin k., Friday, 21 October 2016 13:39 (nine years ago)
Baby yeah
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 21 October 2016 13:41 (nine years ago)
In my head it's all chorus.
this is why I love the dance remixes from the mid noughties - they do nothing but loop the chorus and beef up the drums but that's all it needed to go from good to great.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 22 October 2016 14:02 (nine years ago)
i've heard this twice in the last year and forget where it was as a kid that I used to hear this all the time, but yeah, this is earwormy as fuck
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 22 October 2016 14:04 (nine years ago)
I put this on again the other day and can't stop playing it. I am normally never into such sugary pop from that era but I guess it just evokes the right memories for me
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:34 (nine years ago)
I can't stand thissong
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:37 (nine years ago)
song. The arrangement is so gross -- it's like pouring pure cane sugar on your teeth after eating ice cream
it is, which is why I'm so baffled as to why I'm so into it. methinks it's cos it reminds me of being 8 years old in a roller skating rink
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:44 (nine years ago)
there are moments in the music video where I can't tell the two of them apart
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:48 (nine years ago)
lol wow this is like bad karaoke. no wonder she didn't want to record it legitimately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbIHpzrYTsc
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:51 (nine years ago)
way less OTT arrangement tho
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:52 (nine years ago)
then again she never could sing
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 02:53 (nine years ago)
Belinda "never could sing?!?!?"
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Saturday, 18 February 2017 04:01 (nine years ago)
not in the conventional sense, no. pitchy as fuck.
I loved her singles though.
― Neanderthal, Saturday, 18 February 2017 04:03 (nine years ago)
I managed to hear this on the radio earlier while having lunch and christ, this really does smash everything that's obnoxious about late '80s music into a glorious ball of sugary wank.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Wednesday, 18 July 2018 21:04 (eight years ago)
this cover is phenomenal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YIVQn-bGfM
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Thursday, 6 January 2022 23:44 (four years ago)
― Mark G, Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:04 AM (thirteen years ago)
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 January 2022 00:07 (four years ago)
They divorced baby yea
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Friday, 7 January 2022 00:22 (four years ago)
The lyric is "Waiting for a star to fall and carry your heart into my arms, that's where you belong, in my arms, baby, yeah" so the repetition makes sense, the second part is like an afterthought on the first
I can't argue with any criticism mentioned in this thread, and yet I can't help but love the song. Probably heard it at the right age
― Vinnie, Friday, 7 January 2022 02:32 (four years ago)
.. In my arms baby yeah, not in the star obviously…
― Mark G, Friday, 7 January 2022 11:46 (four years ago)
In my arms baby yoda
― nashwan, Friday, 7 January 2022 13:10 (four years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c1Y34vgrI8
The 2000s were awful.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 7 January 2022 13:26 (four years ago)
I dunno if ILXors have heard BMG's only other hit, the #39-charting 1985 single "Oh Girl": a mix of period Dan Hartman and what Scritti Politti was about to record. The beautifully fluttery chorus melody suggests wistfulness -- until you pay attention to the lyrics ("Oh, girl, I don't need you/I never want to see you/Do you understand?").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLYzfW4AkLc
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 17:40 (four years ago)
might have been a portent of signs to come since they're divorced now.
i didn't know they had another hit. taking a listen now.
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 17:52 (four years ago)
I remember this follow-up, didn't know it was them. It's a lot more AOR than I remembered, I probably would have guessed it was by Debarge from memory.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 14 April 2022 19:24 (four years ago)
Oh, not a follow-up, a precursor.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 14 April 2022 19:25 (four years ago)
PURE 1985.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 19:26 (four years ago)
Merrill is slightly cuter here.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 19:27 (four years ago)
lol music video looks like Miami Vice
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:02 (four years ago)
lol and he's even rocking the gruffer facial hair
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:03 (four years ago)
not as immediate as their big hit. but fun. and yet the video makes me so sad.
granted, I was a tyke in the 80s but I feel so old now
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:04 (four years ago)
Curious what Brad may think.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:26 (four years ago)
Song and video released in May 1985, a few months before Miami Vice's peak.
I didn't see its effect on fashion until spring 1986
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 20:28 (four years ago)
wow really loving this jam
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 April 2022 21:27 (four years ago)
fucking catchy
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 April 2022 21:32 (four years ago)
I feel like every lyric from “Waiting For a Star to Fall” could be a song title from Anal Cunt’s Picnic of Love.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Sunday, 17 April 2022 23:09 (four years ago)
Oh, you held in your hand a diamondAnd left held it tightOh, you held in your hand our loveIt fell from the rightIn closing, I remind youDon't be callous with a heartLove is just one step behind youYou'll wait for it if you're smart
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 17:49 (four years ago)
can't shake this goddamn song
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 December 2023 21:03 (two years ago)
Love this song 4eva
― Formica Jordan (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 December 2023 00:41 (two years ago)
lol sorry I meant "Oh Girl."
But I've a strong memory of listening to Shadoe Stevens counting down the hits this week in December '88 just before Xmas as my parents and I wrapped presents on a Sunday night.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 December 2023 00:57 (two years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TCO-SBoLko
― truly humbled underdog (k3vin k.), Thursday, 21 December 2023 13:32 (two years ago)
He looks like my buddy's Austrian mother-in-law!
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 21 December 2023 13:42 (two years ago)
TRYING TO GET YOUR HEARTTTTT
― Riposte Malone (Neanderthal), Sunday, 22 December 2024 20:33 (one year ago)
Dope track
― calstars, Sunday, 22 December 2024 21:00 (one year ago)
classic forever
― badder living thru Kemistry (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 December 2024 21:03 (one year ago)
Yacht Rock dudes turned me on to it
― calstars, Sunday, 22 December 2024 21:05 (one year ago)
incredible song. rules, obv
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 22 December 2024 21:56 (one year ago)
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Sunday, April 17, 2022 7:09 PM (t
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 December 2024 22:01 (one year ago)
*listens*
― calstars, Sunday, 22 December 2024 22:09 (one year ago)
― cryptosicko, Monday, 29 December 2025 03:55 (nine months ago)
One year the UK superbowl broadcast played the same little bit of this song in and out of every advert break. It was like torture. Killed any enjoyment of the song for me
― treefell, Monday, 29 December 2025 09:50 (nine months ago)