Nik is a really nice guy in person aswell. I do security at Lets Rock 80's festival that travels around the uk and I talk to him every time. One thing is for sure. He always remembers a face. First time I met him was last year at Lets Rock Sunderland. A year later he remembered who I was.

You know, one of the best things about being in my 50's now is that I lived my teenage years in the 80's..........Priceless and I wouldn't change them for the world!

They dont make music like this nowadays💯

This is a masterpiece from the 80's

1980 people: The future will be awesome! 2020 people: I want to go back to the 80s

In the 80's we took music of this quality for granted... We had no idea the chart was full of absolute gems.

Craft, melody, lyrics. THIS is why the 80s were so great, and this song is a perfect example.

This track is timeless. It still sound so fresh.

Three decades ago, walking out of school one evening with this on my mind, the sun on my face and wondering where I fit in. Thirty five years later, I'm not sure I've found out yet but this song is still here and the sun is still on my face.

I’d give anything to travel back in time

Nik Kershaw is without doubt one of the most underrated solo artists of the 80's. Not only is he a brilliant guitarist, his lyrics and song writing ability is second to none. Its desperate when you listen to the total crap that's hitting the charts now compared to stuff like this song. A reminder of just how great the 80's really was. The best era for music in my opinion by far..... 👍😎

Wouldn't it be good, if they still could make music like this?!? 👍❤👍

This song hits hard for me. After I lost my husband to cancer in 2021, the lyrics described how I felt at the time. I literally didn't want to be here no more. Only for our son, did I keep going. This song still gets me choked up though when I listen to it. Such a deep and fantastic song xx

The lyrics hits deep, especially when feeling at your lowest.

Let's be honest, this song is a classic! Even in the year 2100 people will listen to this masterpiece.

Folks don't be sad that the 80s are gone. Be glad that they existed and we experienced them in our bones and soul ❤

Still sounds amazing. Still sends shivers down my spine. We need more original melodies like this on the radio. Happy 2019, everyone!

Still listening in 2024 anyone and still as incredible. They don't make music this good now. Thankyou one of my faves. ❤❤

This was truly one of my favorite songs in the 80s. How good it was and still is!!!

One of the most beautiful pop songs ever.

This decade was full of epic melodies. Bring back the 80s!!!!

Probably the best song I know about lack of empathy. Masterpiece

What a brilliant song. What a great decade.

I met Nik on Saturday after a concert in the TLT theatre in Drogheda , Ireland . Spoke for a few minutes . What a lovely lovely man . A true icon

The Most underrated songwriter in history. What a Genius! !!!

Somebody 2024? ❤❤❤

80's MUSIC NEVER DIES !

I got it bad You don't know how bad I got it You got it easy You don't know when you've got it good It's getting harder Just keeping life and soul together I'm sick of fighting Even though I know I should The cold is biting Through each and every nerve and fibre My broken spirit is frozen to the core I don't want to be here no more Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes Even if it was for just one day? Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away? Wouldn't it be good to be on your side? The grass is always greener over there Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care? You must be joking You don't know a thing about it You've got no problem I'd stay right there if I were you I got it harder You couldn't dream how hard I got it Stay out of my shoes If you know what's good for you The heat is stifling Burning me up from the inside The sweat is coming through each and every pore I don't want to be here no more I don't want to be here no more I don't want to be here no more Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes Even if it was for just one day? Wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away? Wouldn't it be good to be on your side? The grass is always greener over there Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care? I got it bad You don't know how bad I got it You got it easy You don't know when you've got it good It's getting harder Just keeping life and soul together I'm sick of fighting Even though I know I should I don't want to be here no more I don't want to be here no more

One of the best choruses ever made.

The difference between the old music and today's music is simply one things...the older music lives on the new music dies in a week enuff said.glad I lived in that decade.😊👌

Who's listening in 2024?

WOULDN'T IT BE GOOD if today's stuff was half as good as this?

Something about the 80s. . It was a decade like no other. . for me, musically speaking and having grown up in the 70s and 80s it was magic.. Music of the 80s can never be topped.

As a child of 82.... these kinds of music from this decade will never be matched 👍💪🇦🇺

I was born in 94 and I grew up with all the 80s music I thank my mum and nan for that lol gotta love 80s music

Nik Kershaw. One of the best singer/songwriters the UK ever produced.

This is PURE 80's LOVE!!!

One of the greatest songs of the 1980's. This song brings back so many great memories of 1984.. Great friends, music and life in general.I would love to go back to my teenage years in that decade. Things were not perfect , but so much better than now. Nik Kershaw , you are brilliant.

The best music came out of the 80's. Love it.

back in 2010 I backpacked through Syria before it all went to shit. I had this song on my iPod and listened to it over and over and over. Now years later it will always remind me of that incredible time.

God bless you Nik Kershaw. What a great song. I miss the ‘80’s so much.

This song is transcendental art masquerading as pop music. Nik knows how to create music that taps into something very subtle and deep that's buried within us all.

Nik Kershaw is a musical genius, I was 11 when I first heard your music and it definitely made an imprint on my musical taste, but being young at the time I never really understood what the song was about. Fast forward today and the song resonates with so much more clarity and meaning. This song is a timely reminder that you never no what people are going through in life and to be grateful for the good things we are blessed with. Thank you Sir for creating masterful works of musical art.

Nik Kershaw understands our problems.

best instrumental bit ever in the middle. epic !

80s folks, because I didn't experience the 80s myself I can confirm that: The music you grew up with holds up incredibly well, the way you feel about it isn't just the nostalgia talking.

Proper 80's royalty this song 💙🤎💜🎼🎵🕺‼️💯

I was 12 when this came out, just about to hit my teens! Nik was the hottest thing back then! Still is now! There was no internet back then just tape decks, countdown, and MTV!! I'd stay up late just to watch the top 10 and get a glimpse of Nik! I was crazy about him!! I'd write every lyric down on paper and practice every word! I still know every song he wrote!! Best days !! 💕😄🙏

The instrumental is epic

A real gem from my 80s youth. Wouldn't it be good to be back in the 80s.

The way the solo hits when you're expecting a regular chorus is terrific

Nick Kershaw is a highly intelligent artist. His music videos are very enlightening and i believe they are designed to really make us think about life and what's going on in the world we live in.

im 16 years old and absolutely in love with 80's music, i love this song (:

tengo 42 años y no me canso de escuchar estos clásicos eternos

I'm now 51 and grew up with this track. To this very day - 3:30 still gives me goosebumps.

I am now 56 and every day I go back to the 80s.......a time when I was at comprehensive school, paper round, college, first car, first job, loads of mates, out down the pub every night, football, great music and fashion. Punks, skins and mods, nothing was false like today. I have had children and saw that none of them lived their teenage years like we did..........we were lucky.

This is so 80's - the music, hair, clothes, atmosphere. Great music decade to grow up in, continuous stream of brilliant hits.

In the early 80's I was working in the studio of a merchandise company in London and one of the t-shirt logos I was asked to design was Nick Kershaw. Wish I'd kept the t-shirt! Great days!

who is here 2023? If you remember this song you are not old You are high quality vintage

One of my absolute Top 10 Songs of the 80s. This never get old.

We will always keep the 80s music alive and in our hearts. We always lift our spirits when we put 80s music on. Thanks Nick Kershaw for being such a big part of our memories.

3:20 being most replayed, such a human natural reaction... amazing.

“Wouldn’t it be good .. if we were out of the covid 19 quarantine and transported back to the 80’s” ?? 😊

Amazing Beautiful Song From The Awesome Great 80's Era ♥

Thank you for this song Nik.. I clearly remember as a very young boy first hearing this song and I became obsessed with it and i would always dance around and sing when it would come on the radio or on TV… i am now 49 years old and I still absolutely adore it and still dance around and sing along to this gem of a track… much love to you 👍👍🕺🕺🕺

The skills required to produce this type of music is almost unfathomable.. especially the guitars.. great tune

Every single song my dad keeps listening over and over is a masterpiece. I don't like all of them immediately, but always end up loving them. This one I used to hate because he would blast it on the car EVERY.SINGLE.TIME ... but here I am... no one forced me to search this song... It's 4 AM and this song just seems PERFECT PS: I still live with him and as we grow older our music taste match more and more... and I am not complaining at all hehe

Saw him perform this at Chilfest last week - sounds as good now as it did in the 80's. He is still a great singer and performer - thumbs up Nik!

And hes still singing this to this day...talent lasts

This is the perfectly crafted pop song. Nik is a phenomenal songwriter.

This was my favourite song in 1984 at the age of 16 and still is today at 53!!

one of the greatest pop tracks ever done. impressed me when I was kid and does it again and again. especially the sax solo is brilliant

I heard this song playing a supermarket yesterday ......it was like being instantaneously transported back in time to the '80s ✅👌👌

💛💛💛 Thank you Nik Kershaw so much, this is my Alltime-Favorite-Song since 1984 !! 💛💛💛

My childhood music, love the 80s

My friends and I ended up backstage with Nik and The Krew in 1984, Edinburgh Playhouse, courtesy of my artwork and a kind security guard - none of us have forgotten it and we’re all 50 this year. This song means so much to me!! ❤️❤️

The music of 2000 and later is nothing comparable to 80s and 90s, the top periods of all times!

Loved this song in the 80's... I'm 62yrs old , still love it❤

Long live the 80s.Great song great era.

Wouldn't it be good if music today had this much meaning, Even if it was for just one day?

80’s rules forever…. The Good old days… Music First… 🙏

When i'm in a deep dark place this song is fire🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

This is real music

I got to live in the 80s as a kid so I don't feel like I missed out, but to paraphrase the song, we didn't know when we had it good. I just always assumed music would always be this good.

Such an underrated song writer..Nik is brilliant!

Nik Kershaw is a one off so talented and yet so humble ..I've read some comments from people who have met him and I can agree in full that he is a real gent ..a few years back I'd called at a venue to try and get Nik to sign me some vinyl (was late afternoon soundcheck time )I had missed him by about 5 mins ....someone must have told him since a short time after he came out looking for me and signed me the records ..we had a nice chat ..since that day I've met him on one further occasion and we had another great chat ....he has made some fantastic records and in my opinion his live aid performance on that unique day back in the summer of 85 was right up there with the best ....Nik you are a credit to music and it was a pleasure to meet you

I just love that lyric "I'm sick of fighting even though I know I should". This could not apply more to my life right now.

This was the "light" music of the 80s ... to the face .... Thanks Nik ... One of the most beautiful hits of the period ... and then the solo with electronic horns and triplets .... ... when even the pop music was of quality and full of ideas and good taste ....... what good times ....

Muza lat 80tych najcudowniejsza dekada ,niesamowicie płodna w najwspanialsze dzwięki ,dobrze było wychowywać sie w tych latch,love the80ties

80's music is without doubt the best, could listen to the likes of Nik, Howard Jones, Level 42, UB40 all day every day!

Wouldn't it be Good if we could go back to the 1980's. x

The Chord Progression is unlike any other Pop track ever.... Genius writing and, that instrumental melody is almost hypnotic... My youth in a few minutes 💙

This song is brilliance from start to finish. The 80s are the years with the most killer melodies.

Lovely song , made me share tears remembering my childhood .

i can’t stop listening to this. it makes me so happy

Listen to this as loud as you can, it's a masterpiece

I know a lot of 80s songs, have been listening to smooth radio recently and this finally clicked for me. It resonates with the times imo Love it.

Great song and composition. Love the chord changes in the verses such as during the bit '...The cold is biting through each and every nerve and fibre. My broken spirit, is frozen to the core...'. Nice contrasting moods at play.

My best decade of all. Born in the 60's, tried to figure what growing up was all about in the 70's, went out out into the wide world in the 80's and put my stamp on it by getting married in 88. Any song in the 80's conjours up nostalgic memories for me, times, places, the smells and of course friends and acquaintances who shared those ups and downs with us. I'm a father of 3, grandad to 2 (so far), still married to the same girl who stole my heart with her crazy Maddona look. My kids and grandkids think i'm a nutter when Frankie, DuranDuran, the Cure etc. is played and i start my jigging thing going on lol but god, wouldn't it be nice to be my youth in the 80's for just one more day ...... Peace guys xxx

I never get bored of hearing this 👌