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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hywcq4KTJAQ
Busy Signal โ€ข Balloon

Busiest Signal ever. Beautifullest balloons ever. Best song ever. Best vibes ever. Best thread ever.

breastcrawl, Saturday, 24 August 2019 00:48 (six years ago)

will check this when it's not 8.25am

frame casual (dog latin), Saturday, 24 August 2019 07:26 (six years ago)

<3 <3 <3

what's wrong with being centre-y? (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 24 August 2019 07:28 (six years ago)

He's outdone himself

vcrash, Saturday, 24 August 2019 09:14 (six years ago)

Greatest moment in the history of recorded sound.

Matt DC, Saturday, 24 August 2019 10:52 (six years ago)

BALLOON.

Matt DC, Saturday, 24 August 2019 10:53 (six years ago)

This is the most important thing that has ever happened

Tim F, Saturday, 24 August 2019 11:30 (six years ago)

masterpiece

ัะฐะผะพะบั€ะธั‚ะธะบะฐ me, daddy (||||||||), Saturday, 24 August 2019 11:33 (six years ago)

Love this.

human and working on getting beer (longneck), Saturday, 24 August 2019 11:35 (six years ago)

BALLOON

frame casual (dog latin), Saturday, 24 August 2019 11:39 (six years ago)

I see one look like me
I see one look like you

frame casual (dog latin), Saturday, 24 August 2019 11:42 (six years ago)

I feel guilty sharing it because I know Iโ€™m adding to the number of folk with โ€œballoon balloon balloon balloonโ€ stuck in their head.

Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n lรกimh fhalaimh (dowd), Saturday, 24 August 2019 12:00 (six years ago)

v excited to send this to every parent I know

rob, Saturday, 24 August 2019 12:31 (six years ago)

the video I just invented for this in my head is amazing

rob, Saturday, 24 August 2019 12:49 (six years ago)

If nothing else this song is empirical proof that, at the end of the decade, the influence of emojis upon pop has been infinitely better than the influence of hashtags was at the start.

Matt DC, Saturday, 24 August 2019 14:38 (six years ago)

ikr... โœˆ๏ธ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl1CsAdfaLk

breastcrawl, Saturday, 24 August 2019 15:11 (six years ago)

Finally, a song

YouGov to see it (wins), Saturday, 24 August 2019 15:27 (six years ago)

man you REALLY like this song, eh BC? Okay, playing now.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 24 August 2019 17:10 (six years ago)

BALLOON
RED ONE
BLACK ONE
WHITE ONE

yeah it's a stone cold jam on contact, i am gonna play the shit outta this. Busy is such a boss.

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Saturday, 24 August 2019 17:15 (six years ago)

Yep, and I choose to believe heโ€™s singing โ€œa girl just get married to a fellow oneโ€.

breastcrawl, Saturday, 24 August 2019 17:50 (six years ago)

I'm 99% sure that is what he's saying

rob, Saturday, 24 August 2019 18:00 (six years ago)

well, I guess it could be โ€œmarried to a fellow, and / honeymoon...โ€, but I prefer to mentally block that option.

breastcrawl, Saturday, 24 August 2019 18:13 (six years ago)

haha ok yeah that's obvious now, sorry to deflate you

rob, Saturday, 24 August 2019 18:44 (six years ago)

I wonโ€™t be deflated, Iโ€™m a big balloon lol

breastcrawl, Saturday, 24 August 2019 18:46 (six years ago)

BALLOON

frame casual (dog latin), Saturday, 24 August 2019 19:10 (six years ago)

Greatest moment in the history of recorded sound.

โ€• Matt DC, Saturday, 24 August 2019 11:52 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

This is the most important thing that has ever happened

โ€• Tim F, Saturday, 24 August 2019 12:30 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Not even hyperbole

dada issues (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 25 August 2019 02:02 (six years ago)

this has the makings of an ilx classic

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 25 August 2019 02:20 (six years ago)

I even like it

El Tomboto, Sunday, 25 August 2019 02:22 (six years ago)

If this doesnโ€™t win the end of year poll ILM is canceled

Tim F, Sunday, 25 August 2019 02:32 (six years ago)

fwiw I also choose to believe this is a song about an interracial lesbian wedding reception

El Tomboto, Sunday, 25 August 2019 03:51 (six years ago)

don't know what it's about but I love the Text Message song and video

Dan S, Sunday, 25 August 2019 04:25 (six years ago)

happy mondays - whatever floats your balloon

breastcrawl, Monday, 26 August 2019 07:08 (six years ago)

now this is the ILM I remember

change display name (Jordan), Monday, 26 August 2019 18:07 (six years ago)

balloon

american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 26 August 2019 18:11 (six years ago)

balloon

american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 26 August 2019 18:11 (six years ago)

> v excited to send this to every parent I know

Will be great when Spotify cues "Bedroom Bully" as the next song. High energy tune for jumping on the mattress!

bendy, Monday, 26 August 2019 18:16 (six years ago)

https://media.tenor.co/images/f5956b258e0651b5e2a40dabcebff1ed/raw

rob, Monday, 26 August 2019 18:31 (six years ago)

http://media2.giphy.com/media/3o6Ztioced8LTJ51D2/giphy.gif

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 26 August 2019 18:46 (six years ago)

Balloon

ILXโ€™s bad boy (D-40), Monday, 26 August 2019 18:47 (six years ago)

ALL I SEE

(โ€ขฬชโ—) (carne asada), Monday, 26 August 2019 18:53 (six years ago)

balloon

jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Monday, 26 August 2019 19:06 (six years ago)

can we mention it whenever we post autotune songs? thanks.

je est un autre, l'enfer c'est les autres (alex in mainhattan), Monday, 26 August 2019 19:22 (six years ago)

cw autotune

american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 26 August 2019 19:24 (six years ago)

that's not autotune, they're experimenting with helium.

bendy, Monday, 26 August 2019 19:25 (six years ago)

cw balloon

american bradass (BradNelson), Monday, 26 August 2019 19:25 (six years ago)

can we mention it whenever we post balloon songs? thanks.

jakey mo collier (voodoo chili), Monday, 26 August 2019 19:29 (six years ago)

can we mention it whenever we see loving people here taking part in this affair? thanks.

rob, Monday, 26 August 2019 19:35 (six years ago)

balloon

OneSecondBefore, Monday, 26 August 2019 19:40 (six years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7KnURR7Vvk

del griffith, Monday, 26 August 2019 19:44 (six years ago)

balloon ....ball....loon...loon is Minnesota's state bird

Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 26 August 2019 19:45 (six years ago)

I played this ONCE, a week ago, to my five-year-old. Since then he has demanded we listen to it every time we get in the car.

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 2 December 2019 09:16 (six years ago)

BALLOON

human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 2 December 2019 12:58 (six years ago)

is this really about balloons

cheeseburger, Monday, 2 December 2019 14:56 (six years ago)

All I see

Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 December 2019 15:09 (six years ago)

xp yes

I love how this seems to be unavailable anywhere and has less than 9000 views on youtube yet it is a lock for the tracks poll.

mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 2 December 2019 15:15 (six years ago)

Happy revive!๐ŸŽˆ

I donโ€™t know about โ€˜unavailable anywhereโ€™ - itโ€™s on his new album (hey folks, did yโ€™all know Busy has an album out??? itโ€™s very good too!!!) so hardly obscure - but I agree, it should have blown up - bigly -by now.

breastcrawl, Monday, 2 December 2019 17:40 (six years ago)

True. And the album is really good, yes.

human and working on getting beer (longneck), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:41 (six years ago)

thank you all for introducing me to this.

Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:48 (six years ago)

one month passes...
two weeks pass...

If this doesnโ€™t win the end of year poll ILM is canceled

โ€• Tim F, Sunday, 25 August 2019 02:32 (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

don tim f had spoken

opden gnash (imago), Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:07 (six years ago)

๐ŸŽˆ ๐ŸŽˆ ๐ŸŽˆ ๐ŸŽˆ ๐ŸŽˆ

GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:08 (six years ago)

All power to breastcrawl

๐ŸŽˆ ๐ŸŽˆ ๐ŸŽˆ

GK Chessington's World of Adventure (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 30 January 2020 23:09 (six years ago)

๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ

human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 31 January 2020 06:10 (six years ago)

BALLOON

doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2020 12:24 (six years ago)

seriously though, well done breastcrawl (and ILM) for getting this to number one. I feel like these are one of the moments that get me closeer to dying happy.

doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2020 12:25 (six years ago)

think i'm gonna set "balloon" as the alarm on my phone

american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 31 January 2020 12:58 (six years ago)

that's a quick way to hate a song, mind

doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2020 13:16 (six years ago)

I did that with 'Heartbeats' years ago and it still sends me into a Pavlovian panic mode

doorstep jetski (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2020 13:16 (six years ago)

six months pass...

celebrating, we're celebrating
1 year (+ 3 days) of BALLOON!

I had missed this YT comment:

LINTON KUSH S.P. blackicealmighty 9 months ago
Busy got this for the kids parties Birthday party yanuh,if him can get this viral and have the kids puck it up.it could be his most viewed song.still grown ass people why him a sing bout balloons.

No mean feat. DaBaby (breastcrawl), Thursday, 27 August 2020 21:54 (five years ago)

three months pass...

Agent Sasco MERRY HOLIDAYS swiss cheese & cheddar and many more AND Cheeses is born today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRH0lWLYYxk

Citole Country (bendy), Friday, 25 December 2020 20:09 (five years ago)

https://as1.ftcdn.net/jpg/02/76/30/90/500_F_276309098_FfkxWi5X9g1B3fJpnxcj5C8mxdQMAXHG.jpg

I like it! now go and embark on ๐Ÿง€Your Own Thread Adventure๐Ÿง€ (or liven up the rolling dancehall thread idk)

obsessed with quality over quantity or the need to produce tracks (breastcrawl), Saturday, 26 December 2020 12:48 (five years ago)

Busy has a brand new bag.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxzGgx_dp0Y

human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 27 December 2020 00:50 (five years ago)

three months pass...

oh shit, our man has a legit summer jam here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh_SpwmQj2M

G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 19:16 (four years ago)

very, very good. taking his time with it too, relishing every sip

Blick, Bils & Blinky โ€ข Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 19:31 (four years ago)

...and what an unexpected joy to see that thread pop up in SNA!

Blick, Bils & Blinky โ€ข Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 19:32 (four years ago)

Bay love pon the acre
Celebrate life forever
Smoking marijuana
Bay gyal pon the corner
No care about no nosy neighbor
Food full of spicy flavor
Yard man make we link together
Rivers, beaches and sunny weather
Alright then

G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 19:34 (four years ago)

hm I don't dislike that or anything, but this is a better summer jam IMHO:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqdDQwMXYvI

"Bad Gyal"

rob, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 20:12 (four years ago)

โ€œBring Rumโ€ wins this one hands-down for me. โ€œBad Gyalโ€ (thereโ€™s a remix by Amsterdam-based German producer Jonasu, who Iโ€™ve never heard of, as well) is fun, but tries just a little bit too hard to be all summery, while โ€œBring Rumโ€ works both as a lockdown chillout-in-the-park song and as a low-key post-vacc celebration anthem.

(it also has a Balloon-like did he go there oh I guess maybe not double take moment: grab a woman every man grab a woman every woman grab a man)

Blick, Bils & Blinky โ€ข Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 21:21 (four years ago)

very strong vote for 'bring rum' here too, basically for the same reasons breastcrawl says, with added horny police

imago, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 21:43 (four years ago)

and also it goes on too long. 'bring rum' like 'balloon' is the perfect length

imago, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 21:44 (four years ago)

Not sure why you need to call the horny police on someone whoโ€™s just trying to break into dance management

rob, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 22:04 (four years ago)

Bad Gyal is fine but Bring Rum is kinda compulsive right now

G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 22:20 (four years ago)

"food full of spicy flavor..."

makes me want to start a thread to call out songs that make you hungry

octobeard, Tuesday, 13 April 2021 22:33 (four years ago)

three weeks pass...

a lovely bummer of a song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEDGOnUTe1I

Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 00:55 (four years ago)

โ€œIt Ruffโ€ and those other new Busy tracks are included on this integrated Rolling Spotify playlist for all the Caribbean music threads (soca, dancehall, reggaeton/dembow/urbano, Martinique, other caribbopop). weโ€™re 75 tracks in, feel free to follow:

ILM rolling Caribbean vibes ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅ

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:22 (four years ago)

just fyi that one's two years old

rob, Thursday, 6 May 2021 20:27 (four years ago)

thanks bc

Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Friday, 7 May 2021 04:08 (four years ago)

three weeks pass...

Smokey Signal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XNWbHqq95A
โ€œCruisingโ€

Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Saturday, 29 May 2021 20:47 (four years ago)

Surprisingly good imo!

Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 29 May 2021 21:30 (four years ago)

Busy Signal: always surprisingly good.

human and working on getting beer (longneck), Sunday, 30 May 2021 21:01 (four years ago)

nine months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxIVreyyCrE

celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 29 March 2022 19:42 (three years ago)

six months pass...

๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ
great vid!!!

| (Latham Green), Wednesday, 19 October 2022 16:30 (three years ago)

Balloon

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 19 October 2022 23:04 (three years ago)

three months pass...

back in the news

Murgatroid, Sunday, 5 February 2023 01:31 (three years ago)

two weeks pass...

I love you, ILM. Just wondered somewhat drunkenly tonight how this thing might hold up; ended up bopping around the room nearly crying with joy.

Balloon.

anatol_merklich, Friday, 24 February 2023 23:31 (three years ago)

๐ŸŽˆ

โœ–โœ–โœ– (Moka), Friday, 24 February 2023 23:42 (three years ago)

"I see one look like me / I see one look like you" is such total Ambushed by Unexpected Emotion.

anatol_merklich, Friday, 24 February 2023 23:44 (three years ago)

two weeks pass...

Olivia Fong-Tom
3 years ago
Whatโ€™s the meaning behind this song

2 replies
willnzsurf
2 years ago
Floating๐Ÿ†™๐Ÿ“Œ

johan hermanns
2 years ago (edited)
i think he meant we re all the same no matter what color you are

at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Thursday, 16 March 2023 13:46 (two years ago)

back up:

Smokey Signal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgqI__LWgXA

โ€œCruisingโ€

(in preparation for the imminent GASMS onslaught)

at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Thursday, 16 March 2023 13:50 (two years ago)


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