For those of us who grew up in the 80s and 90s going to school dances, power ballads hold a special and nostalgic place in our hearts.

I'll forever miss this era. Everything about it. And let other generations laugh about the hair or clothes,...but wow could our boys sing!!!!! Absolute talent. And I'm so glad I got to be a part of the best era ever.

The next hit from Europe that I remember listening to everyday in 1987-88 on the local rock station was "Superstitious". I still love that song and I know you will enjoy it as well.

Next up for Europe should be "Cherokee". It's a banger

Excellent choice!! Love Europe in "Carrie". Such a Power Ballad!!!

Joey has one of the best voices you will ever hear. His range is incredible. This whole band was amazing

The lead singer have a beautiful voice . A combination of soul and rock and roll mixed together !!!!!

I'm a boomer, and I'm 100% adoring how genuine you both are. Great vibe, great groove, loving souls! For 50 years, I've enjoyed picking apart a song that introduced me to counter-melodies and surprising instrumental backgrounds, and every time I hear it I notice something new. I think you might enjoy "Stone Believer" by Iron Butterfly. (Album version, not live)

Of course, "The Final Countdown" is my favorite. It's only been a YEAR since you've done this band. This is a power ballad. Check out their other songs: "Cherokee" "Rock The Night" "Open Your Heart" "Let The Good Times Rock" "I'll Cry For You" "Superstitious" "Prisoners In Paradise" "Tomorrow" "Screams Of Anger" "More Than Meets The Eye" "Time Has Come" "Sign Of The Times" "Dreamer" "Heart Of Stone" and more!

When this song was out, another monster song was " Don't treat me bad" by Firehouse... This was a great era for many of us.

Great band indeed, Europe! They have many bangers, including my favourites “Rock The Night” and “Cherokee”… Im sure you’ll love those!

Oh man! I love this song so much. It came out in 1986 and I was 16. I was at a party and there was this guy there who looked and dressed EXACTLY like Joey Tempest. My gosh he was SO handsome. He came up to me and we started talking the rest of that night. We crashed there and woke up laying next to each other on the couch. It was so amazing.

One of the '80s best power ballads!

Every Rock n Roll Band in the 70's and 80's had Power Ballads to get the Girls! No matter how Rockn they were!

Please listen to "Waiting for a Star to Fall" from BOY MEETS GIRL.

Sweden's contribution to glam/hair metal. Though most know Europe for "The Final Countdown", THIS was actually their highest charting hit. If you go further down this road, you might also check out "Rock the Night" and "Superstitious" (no, NOT a cover of the Stevie Wonder song). The lead singer's name is Joey Tempest (Real name: Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson, which IMHO is even cooler).

Europe today consists of the classic 1984-86 lineup that played on 1986's "The final countdown" album that this song, "Carrie", is from. In this video, lead guitarrist, John Norum, had just been replaced by Kee Marcello; who isn't in the band now as Norum has returned. But Joey has been the singer of the band all along, and remains so today.

This was their biggest hit, peaking at #3 in 1987. Great power ballad!!!

This one was actually co-written with keyboardist Mic Michaeli. Joey said his inspiration was actually the Stephen King movie of the same name. Lead guitarist John Norum came out with a new solo album just this week. The first single is “Sail On” that’s one you should check out for sure. These guys are still rocking out with John Norum returning on lead guitar, Ian Haugland on drums, Mic Michaeli on keyboards and John Leven on bass. Tons of great songs. An acoustic version and video were made of “Walk the Earth” with them donating money from each view and share of the video going to COVID research-another one to check out!

The entire Out Of This World album is genius!

Always loved this one. Rock the night is also great…John Norum Is great. Also gotta listen to “superstitious “ as well

this song charted on the Billboard Hot 100 on August 1, 1987 and it peaked at 3 for 2 weeks and this was there 3rd hit single out of the 5 singles they had and this was there biggest hit.

Lawd, this brings me back to my teenage years! My cousin bought me the cassette tape (well he picked it out, lol. his mom bought it). and I wore it out! Edit: I loved Carrie and The Final Countdown, but Cherokee was my favorite song on this album.

Joey Tempest is an amazing vocalist

The essential power ballad of the decade.. they wrote the book on how it’s done for future hairbands.. well, my personal opinion. 💕🔥🔥. I know Poppa & Momma will love this hit !!

I would recommend "Open Your Heart", "Cherokee", "Superstitious", "Rock The Night" and "Seven Doors Hotel" to begin with, but there's just a lot of good songs that they have done! I saw them live a couple of years ago, and I had never heard Seven Doors Hotel before, but it was just a pure banger, at least the live performance!

I think its time you guys check out White Lion. Wait, Tell Me. When the Children Cry... So many great songs. One if the greatest guitar players of that era.

Joey Tempest is one of those singers that is able to show a lot of emotion his vocals. Superb!! I think you should delve into one of their deeper cuts - try "More Than Meets The Eyes' from the album Out of this World.

I found this by accident and it has been on repeat for months!!! ❤❤❤

Saw them live just a few months ago. Still sound great! Joey's voice is still there🤘

A beautiful theme of Europe

One of my faves, had a huge crush on Joey Tempest, had his poster on my wall right in front of my bed so I would see him when I woke up. Other awesome songs of theirs are, Cherokee, Superstitious, Love Chaser, On the loose, Rock the night, Danger on the track, Ready or not, More than meets the eye, Time has come. All awesome songs I think you'll enjoy.😎🎸👌❤️

Thank you so much for this one.... I love Europe, and especially this song, it will always be my favorite from them. Still remember clearly watching this enter the Top20 over here in early 87, after i bought The Final Countdown album in late 86. To me one of the best power ballads of the the 80's

this is so beautiful and one my fave love rock songs of all time

That was beautiful guys

"The Angel Song" by Great White is another great power ballad with both a piano and guitar solo

Such an epic song..

Ah, Hairband power ballads at its best. In honor of the movie “Weird”, please react to Weird Al Yankovich

Now this brings me back to the 80's! This song was played at EVERY 7th and 8th grade dance! My boyfriend at the time was out of town during one of our school dances and surprised me and came back early.

awesome song. thank God i got to see this live.

Europe was and still Is a great hard rock band, new album comune out in 2023, they really have a big catalogue to look in to. So many good songs, non only The final countdown. Those from the 80's: Heart of Stone, superstitios, let the good times rock... But so many to from the reunion back in 2004 until nowadays. The band broke up in 1992 and came back in 2004 and still rollin

"I'll Fight For You" by Foreigner "Why Can't This Night Go On Forever" by Journey I promise you that you'll love them both. Much love and respect 🙏 ❤️

The 80s was the best decade for Rock and Roll and these guys were one of the bands that made it so great.

I think this is the best song they've ever done.

Great track….Rarely hear this as it’s normally The Final Countdown played

Jay, those ballads were a good marketing strategy- they brought the girls to the concerts

Joey is Still kicking it with Europe🎉

My favorite song of theirs was never released for airplay. It was off this same record, and was called "Ninja".

Europe is great! Love you guys!

The Final Countdown and Carrie were from Europe's third album which was very pop metal oriented. I would love to see you react to songs like In The Future To Come from their first album or Treated Bad Again from their second album, both are true burners that showcase guitarist John Norum's talent.

5:22 mano arrepia esse agudo meu Deus 😱😱 Só eu amo esse up nessa parte da música!

Awesome group, awesome song, love the reaction!

Such an underrated song. My favorite by Europe.

I saw Europe a few years ago before covid with the Black Star Riders (Scott Gorham from Thin Lizzy's band). What a great concert! Joey Tempest sounded as good as he did in the mid 80's and the band was spot on. The Black Star Riders were phenomenal too, playing many Lizzy tunes. Check out "Rock The Night", a great video where they are in the Hard Rock Cafe, Superstitious and Cherokee, a song about the plight of Native Americans. Some hidden gems of Europe's that are musts to check out are "Open Your Hear", "Dreamer", "On Broken Wings" and "Seven Doors Hotel".

Joey has the pipes that you rarely ever see in that era and genre of music. Its a very small handful. The guy still has it in 2022.

Europe is still making music and touring although their sound has changed from the 80’s music that you here in these videos. They are sounding more like Deep Purple/Rainbow now days. Other great songs of theirs that you should check out are “Superstitious”, “Let the Good Times Rock”, “Prisoners in Paradise”, “Open Your Heart” and “I’ll Cry For You”.

If ever a song was made for lighters being held up and swaying back and forth in an arena, this was it. I sure loved this band back then! Definitely liked their harder stuff more, but of course we all were going to love the power ballads, too. I think they progressed nicely on their next album, Out of This World. You should check out "Superstitious," "Sign of the Times," and "Open Your Heart" from that one. The whole album was good, though.

Written by Joey Tempest and Mic Michael. They are the lead singer and keyboardist, respectively. Great 👍 song 🎵 This song will make Carrie Underwood blush ☺ So funny 😆 L 🤣L Suggested video 📹: Europe 🇪🇺 performs Love Chaser.

Another one of those huge power ballads from the hair metal 80's bands. Europe was a really good band. Cherokee is my favorite tune by them.

Europe put out an excellent album a few years ago called "The war of kings" and it's very Rainbowish and awesome

I don't know if it was the first time I heard it, but the first time I remember hearing it. I was 14, and in a confirmation camp out in the Swedish archipelago. Fall of 1986 or spring 1987. One of the leaders had his car stereo on, and all of a sudden Carrie started playing, and suddenly a whole bunch of girls rushed to the car and wanted to hear it, because it was their favorite song. I must have heard it more times than I can remember after that.

Joey Tempest wrote almost all of their songs!!!

Amber, I know you love the drums, so I have to suggest "Cherokee" by Europe for you to check out next...you'll both love it!

Beautiful song.

big hit back in the day

Cherokee is the next song yall should do. As a girl in growing up in the late 80's , we love power ballads. We lived for them from our favorite hairbands. Power ballads are amazing amd you get fantastic guitar solos in them

My recommendation is their third most successful single "Rock The Night" (1986).. The song was released in two different versions, in 1985 as a single from the soundtrack to the Swedish film and in 1986 as the second international single from the album The Final Countdown. The original 1985 release has a rawer metallic hard rock sound than the more polished 1986 from The Final Countdown. The second version reached the top 10 in the charts. Other big hits are "Superstitious" and "Cherokee".

"Rock the night" by Europe is another big single from this 1986 album 'The Final Countdown'... It was 3x platinum hit in the US w/ 4 singles - "Carrie' ... 'Cherokee'... and the title track being the other 3, making Europe 80's rock stars. Joey Tempest (real name: Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson) is still the singer & songwriter of Europe. They did break up in 1992... but reformed in 2004 til today, but their later records have not had the same commercial success. Joey Tempest formed the band as a teen in 1979 as Force... changed their name to Europe in 1982 and released 2 albums in Sweden - 'Europe' (1983) and 'Wings of tomorrow' (1984) w/ John Norum (guitar), John Leven (bass) and Tony Reno (drums)... When Europe was signed internationally in 1986, Ian Haugland (drums) and Mic Michaeli (keyboards) were added to the line-up for 'The Final Countdown' album in 1986... However, John Norum was frustrated by the commercial sound of the record and quit... Kee Marcello (guitar) joined and did the tour, and their success got the first 2 albums released internationally as well. Europe wanted a different sound for the next album 'Out of this world' (1988), but fans wanted a 'Final Countdown Part 2' ... and that didn't happen, despite selling platinum... Singles like 'Superstitious' ... 'Sign of the times' ... and the ballad 'Open your heart' (which was originally recorded on 'Wings of tomorrow') did not have the same impact as Europe was tied to the 80's arena rock of bands like Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Warrant, etc. They took a break and tried again in 1991 w/ the album 'Prisoners in paradise'... but Nirvana and Pearl Jam were already changing the scene, and Europe was left w/ no promotion. Europe decided to call it a day in 1992 after a dismal tour. Joey Tempest did release some solo records in the 90's. In 2004, the classic Europe (Tempest, Norum, Leven, Haugland and Michaeli) reunited & released the album 'Start from the dark'... and returned to touring. They claimed that the 80's were 'horrible' because the music industry kept demanding music that they didn't feel was right for them... Europe kept making records - 'Secret Society' (2006)... 'Last look at Eden' (2009)... 'Bag of bones' (2012)... and 'Walk the Earth' (2017)... but are still popular for their 80's hits. Europe are working on a new album and celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2023.

Other great Europe songs are "Rock The Night", "Cherokee", "Superstitious" and "Prisoners In Paradise". The band is still together touring and releasing new music. Songs from their newer era I would suggest "Last Look At Eden", "New Love In Town", "War Of Kings" and "Walk On Earth".

You've done Europe, now do Asia. "Heat of the Moment" or "Only Will Tell" to start with...

Joey temptest is there only Vocalist. Then and today. These guys take me back to my high school days. Great music New tour for 2023 in the works. Glad u enjoyed Carrie. Great song. Great band from Sweden ! Thank you both for all you do love watching these videos

I listen to this song Carrie daily such chilling and great song the final countdown is another song by Europe I listen to a lot such catchy great songs from 1986

I saw these guys open for Def Leppard in the summer of 88 at Cayuga County Fairgrounds. It was so hot, people were passing out and had to be handed over the wall by the stage. By the time I got to the front it started pouring and cooled it off so I got to watch a good part of the show right up front. Such a fun show.

Beautiful song beautiful reacction 💪

Our rockers rocked hard, it was beautiful they could slow down too.

Yeah! That's a winner of that era. The voice, the look... 😍

🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎸 Yay!!! Us older kids in the back of the school bus use to blast these guys every morning 😆

Oh If I could go back to the 80s again!! the Best TV best movies and the best music..

Open your heart, Cherokee, Superstitious, Rock the Night. Those are their hits. Tons of great tunes but those are the ones people would know and love.

Great Reaction! I Love Europe! Keep the videos coming fam!👍❤

Another group I love thanks y’all 😊Amber you are definitely going to love it ❤

europe song tomorrow is beatifuld

Many hits from Europe since the mid 80’s poured out from them .. I know this I graduated 91 .. and my JR. High school years proved this .. going back to 1986 is when I really chose them as my 1st ever favorite band !! And I had long hair then .. lol

"Rock the Night" is really good.

Joey Tempest is still and has been the lead singer of Europe. They have never had another singer. I believe all the original band members are still in the band except for Mic Michaeli. Gotta do "Rock the Night" next. Very cool rocking song!

No crying no crying no crying………I miss you Carrie.

Always loved that song.

one of the best power rock ballad of the 80's

My teenage years 80s !!! Europe such big hair!!!

Hy guys,i'm a Europe fan since 1986 when i was 6 and hear"The final countdown" by radio.Guys,you must hear the other ballad "Tomorrow" with only voice and piano.

“Open your heart” is a great power ballad as well ,

The beginning of this with the piano made me think of a song I completely forgot about. Music Box Dancer by Frank Mills. It is instrumental piano that made the hits of the late 70's. I just listened to it again and it all came right back. You need to hear that one!

I remember this song, especially because they used it for SADD CLUB which was for drinking and driving during prom 4 high school

Awesome ballad from Europe, Joey Tempest has really great voice, very melodic. You should check their songs "i'll cry for you" and "Prisoners in paradise" plus "Girl from Lebanon" from their same titled album Prisoners in paradise. You could also check out if you really like this great Rock band these songs from their Out of this world album "Superstitious", "Coast to coast", "Let the good times Rock" and "Open your heart". Europe had split up for a few years but then after some time came back with a more deeper and bluesy sound, still pretty cool.

Awesome SongWe Used To Slow Skate To Back In the day.This is and underated tune by an equally underated band.

Definitely one of the best power ballads of the 80’zzzzz!!!! LOVE IT!!!! 🤘🏽❤️🤘🏽❤️🤘🏽❤️🤘🏽❤️

To be honest as a person who was a teen in the 80's the late 80's hair band days really urked me lol...but I did enjoy some of the power ballads of the day and this is one of them. I really loved the punk/new wave era of the early to mid 80's but was sooooooooooooooo glad when the hair band days of the late 80's was knocked out of the park by the alt rock take over of the early to mid 90's. It was such a relief to hear Nirvana and Soundgarden and Pearl Jam etc absolutely turn the whole music scene upside down. Love you two and great reaction.

Also, the band Sheriff "When I'm With You" is a MUST after listening to Carrie.

Europe and Roxette will always have a special place in the heart of a swede born in 70-80s :) Now a request on a band you only have done once, and that you loved..FIREHOUSE :) "When I Look Into Your Eyes".

Junior high School memories....