The Specials - Nelson Mandela (Official Music Video)

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The Specials - Nelson Mandela (Official Music Video)

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Lyrics:
Free Nelson Mandela
Free, Free, Free, Nelson Mandela
Free Nelson Mandela
Twenty-one years in captivity
His shoes too small to fit his feet
His body abused but his mind is still free
Are you so blind that you cannot see
I say Free Nelson Mandela
I'm begging you
Free Nelson Mandela
He pleaded the causes of the ANC
Only one man in a large army
Are you so blind that you cannot see
Are you so deaf that you cannot hear his plea
Free Nelson Mandela
I'm begging you Free Nelson Mandela
Twenty-one years in captivity
Are you so blind that you cannot see
Are you so deaf that you cannot hear
Are you so dumb that you cannot speak
I say Free Nelson Mandela
I'm begging you
Oh free Nelson Mandela, free
Nelson Mandela I'm begging you
begging you Please free Nelson Mandela
free Nelson Mandela
I'm telling you, you've got to free Nelson Mandela

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@thespecials 4 жыл бұрын

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@stefanodamico9990 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@beahafkenscheid8421 3 жыл бұрын

Who are the specials to interfere?

@nealdewar9167 2 жыл бұрын

Your countries effed up

@owenyounger5315 2 жыл бұрын

This was the night of Nelson Mandela released from prison

@jahrahui 2 жыл бұрын

its not your guys song the band is called special a.k.a

@JohnCox-ut3cv 7 ай бұрын

I am old enough to remember when this first came out. Back then it seemed impossible that South Africa would be free of apartheid.

@paultreadaway102 2 ай бұрын

Yes messed up or missed the best or greatest part South Africa did in the 70s and 80s entertainment wise who knows.Just lots to refer from this song and others making it up over the years Worldwise

@NormAppleton Ай бұрын

I'm old enough to have the 12", wake up on a Sunday afternoon, grab a beer and see the Headlines of the day in the paper. Tyson knocked out! Mandela Freed! I went home after guzzling my beer. Would not talk to my girl until the record was on full blast, then I told her as it played. It was a good day.

@tarantellalarouge7632 8 күн бұрын

same thing today !

@kassistwisted 3 жыл бұрын

I lived in the US when this song came out. It was the catalyst for me to learn about Nelson Mandela and what they weren't teaching us in school. British music of that time educated me about world politics and social justice. Thank you, The Specials. Thank you for participating in my education.

@Telstar62a 2 жыл бұрын

"Biko" by Peter Gabriel fits in along the same lines

@dyantebrinke6477 2 жыл бұрын

I had the same with rap music. Rap artist Paris made me start reading about Malcolm X and eventually I read everything I could find concerning that subject.....and eventually kept on reading books. LONG LIVE MUSICIANS hehe

@thorium3737 2 жыл бұрын

Great. You are an idiot

@Macca-rb5ok Жыл бұрын

This stuff wasn't being taught in British schools either. The Specials - and other bands - were clued up and well read about the wider world.

@amywilliford6537 Жыл бұрын

Same!

@yellowbellylover 10 жыл бұрын

"No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background or his religion. People Learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite" Nelson Mandela. 1918-2013

@laurarodrigues3495 6 жыл бұрын

Abigail P g

@nick260682 6 жыл бұрын

Abigail P I agree with that until the religion comes into it. Colour of your skin or background doesn’t say anything about your character, but religion informs the way people behave, therefore it is fair game for criticism and even hatred in some instances.

@caza00caza 4 жыл бұрын

What a quote. If only this was the first lesson in school

@rosemarycuthbert4623 3 жыл бұрын

A brilliant man. So proud of Glasgow honouring him. Amazing. This song is high up there on my list.

@roydagger 2 жыл бұрын

While people have the inate sensation of fear; racism and prejudice will never die.

@guytihema3398 7 ай бұрын

This song used to make me Cry, 45 year's later, it still Does 😢😢

@specificallyopened 10 жыл бұрын

RIP nelson Mandela. You will forever be missed.

@You-Toober 5 жыл бұрын

@JoshHop If so, it's because the white supremacists / separatists made him do it.

@mystic6258 5 жыл бұрын

RIP

@joshuaedwards8907 4 жыл бұрын

What an absolute LEGEND, R.I.P to one of the worlds greatest, Nelson Mandela.....

@danielbrian7317 4 жыл бұрын

You mean the genocidal, communist war criminal? Fuck that guy.

@WolfsH0ok 4 жыл бұрын

he turned out to be a tyrant along with winnie but its a catchy tune

@Alplily 10 жыл бұрын

I played this song on my very first college radio show in early 1985. Who knew the impact it would have and that Mandela would be president in ten years... he truly embodied greatness. In every sense of the word.

@dubfishone Жыл бұрын

In Denver as I was growing up, there was a radio station punk rock show that played this song at the opening every time! Love it!

@wraymaxwell2656 3 жыл бұрын

When I met Nelson Mandela on his visit to Canada when I was in 5th grade, this was the song they played at the Skydome and meeting him face to face and shaking his hand as a little 12yr old boy was the most historical moment in my life. R.I.P to a legendary man this world has been blessed to have. I will forever honor my short moment with him and I will forever remember this song over 2 decades later.

@wraymaxwell2656 3 жыл бұрын

@@xanderlane4620 Yes, he truly was indeed

@wraymaxwell2656 3 жыл бұрын

@@xanderlane4620 I feel completely blessed and honored to have been in his presence for the rest of my life

@ziweiyuan 10 жыл бұрын

R.I. P. to one of the great humanitarians and freedom fighters of our time.

@ralphwhitaker8761 7 жыл бұрын

one of the happiest civil rights song i have ever heard, every body was dancing, when you hear it you cant be mad about the injustice, you just grab a drink dance smile, laugh as it end you would fall asleep, wake up hoping things would get better, why do we have to be so evil towards each other just because of color, but those who hate and mad are not mad at God those are the same people who goes to church every Sunday, at least now he is at peace, as a black man he lives in me always in my heart i cant thank him enough for the sacrifices he made, Thank you Mr Mandela and thank you to the specials for making that song

@ditshegomphaka9249 3 жыл бұрын

This song still gives me chills

@cathysmithson4275 8 ай бұрын

me too, in a good way

@robertplumb9782 Жыл бұрын

One Of The Greatest Songs of ALL TIME

@jessran70 7 жыл бұрын

I was 15 and in city center of Liverpool skipped school to raise money for Nelson Mandela. Good times.

@jacevalentine198 7 жыл бұрын

+Crude Birth Rate really... wow

@smilertoo 7 жыл бұрын

He was actually advocating terrorism before he was jailed.

@xereeto 7 жыл бұрын

+smilertoo "terrorism" against the evil apartheid regime was justified, frankly

@simonyip5978 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder how much actually of the money went towards his benefit? I bet most was siphoned off by snides in the UK and in South Africa. PS I'm not criticising your own actions, just those of the people who pulled the strings.

@Clusters3rdStrikeArc 6 жыл бұрын

Fuck Mandela, horrible example of a person, not to mention a lifelong criminal.

@theworldisavampire3346 3 жыл бұрын

I've always loved the Specials. Lucky enough to see them several times back in the day.

@1computernew 7 жыл бұрын

All these years later I still love this song and this video.

@wafldread2770 3 жыл бұрын

Always will love The Specials... So proud of them as a fellow midlander... 😁

@AdamLeeGuitarist 10 жыл бұрын

Rest in eternal peace, Nelson Mandela! Few people can make an impression upon humanity and history, in quite the way you did in your 95 years! You are free, and we love you!

@richardduplessis1090 6 жыл бұрын

@Adam Lee and may he remember the scores of innocent people who were the dead and injured of the bombings that he planned.

@durgadiva 6 жыл бұрын

Adam Lee Also Rest In Peace Claudia Fontaine, who is singing backing vocals with the Afrodisiacs on this song.

@MrWeAllAreOne 5 жыл бұрын

he was an absolute cunt.

@kevinpuktheduck5354 5 жыл бұрын

We sure do Nelson

@mambasneak3929 5 жыл бұрын

@@paytonr8153 were is the evidence

@patriceoneill5930 10 жыл бұрын

The day this song came out, I was working at a TV station in San Francisco, and five of us jammed into an editing room and danced like crazy. It was such a liberating expression of the apartheid resistance movement.

@wellychef 10 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace Nelson, true legend, gentleman and all round hero! We will never forget you!

@bryanfoat5205 Жыл бұрын

RIP Terry Hall

@CarlosRuiz-cr9uo 3 жыл бұрын

I learned about this song in my history class and wow, I knew Nelson Mandela was important but i didn’t know what made him so important

@RFYP 10 жыл бұрын

When I was a freshman in college at the University of Iowa this song was in heavy rotation on the college radio station KRUI. That was 1984 mind you, and he was still in prison. A true example of the best of humanity

@AdrianDeVore 10 жыл бұрын

I was a high school senior in 1984 and it was in heavy rotation on WNYU-FM (New York University).

@xpat73 Жыл бұрын

And now 40 years after this song the ANC is robbing the country blind. 5 million in cash just found at the SA PM's ranch. What a world.

@Francesdevine 8 жыл бұрын

When your feeling a bit down or crap, I hope this uplifts you. It's just a lovely thing

@nick260682 6 жыл бұрын

frances devine *you’re As in: “that’s ok, you don’t have to thank me for correcting you - you’re welcome”.

@bababooeygamingreal7042 4 жыл бұрын

@@nick260682 You don't have to correct him. Because when he commented it was 2 years ago.

@nick260682 4 жыл бұрын

_Erik_ 1_2_3_ Public service mate. No need to thank me.

@bababooeygamingreal7042 4 жыл бұрын

@@nick260682 u what m8?!😂

@nick260682 4 жыл бұрын

_Erik_ 1_2_3_ Just helping people out wherever possible.

@ladyt3579 3 жыл бұрын

NELSON MANDELA - born a free man, died a free man!

@SonicHoosier 10 жыл бұрын

I've always admired this man. Struggle with grace and poise. RIP sir.

@Violeta_Villacorta 10 жыл бұрын

Celebrating the life of Nelson Mandela. This is one of my favorite songs in the 80's and Nelson Mandela is the hero of my teens. Live on Mandela!

@angelamaildin7976 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful song of tribute. Beautiful memories come along with this song as well...

@brianreid515 8 жыл бұрын

The song that brought so many to the Anti Apartheid Movement. Still gets my hair standing up, a true freedom fighter

@joeredtree 7 жыл бұрын

"freedom" from what exactly? not being able to forcefully destroy white people and society? free to brutally murder white farmer families?

@olivercuenca4109 6 жыл бұрын

not shadowbanned yet He's not Robert Mugabe. Nobody purged any white farmers in South Africa.

@joeredtree 6 жыл бұрын

mandela removed the kommandos, who were a security force specifically to protect white farmers. now, it's "racist" to even protest the murder of white farmers here. horrific murders. babies boiled alive, eyes taken out with pliers, etc. but we're told it's "normal crime"

@olivercuenca4109 6 жыл бұрын

not shadowbanned yet So a militia designed to protect only a select faction in a society is your idea of freedom is it? And what are the rest of society supposed to do, survive on their own? That's before we get into the fact that most of these so called "police" were little more than state sponsored terrorists during the Apartheid era.

@Jc-ul9ff 6 жыл бұрын

not shadowbanned yet so freedom to you is 80%of the population immediately being less than second class citizens because of the colour of their skin.

@debra1232 2 жыл бұрын

The Brits ruled the '80s...still loving it all 40-yrs later 4/10/21 ... I was one blessed teenager to have been born in '63 - I wouldn't change a thing!

@desmondhull5778 Жыл бұрын

Me too Debra.

@shesonit 10 жыл бұрын

Rest peacefully, Nelson Mandela! The world needs more like you.

@RetroReminiscing 2 жыл бұрын

Superb song..loved it back then and still do now..and love what its all about and for !

@kaydenpat 10 жыл бұрын

RIP Mandela! A true hero has passed today.

@oughtonoughton2634 Жыл бұрын

Terry RIP DEAR CHAP , I HAVE ADORED YOU AND YOUR SPECIALS for a life time ,,You have given us great music ,, my heartis so sad you have passed xx lol Jane xx

@zappp1963 10 жыл бұрын

I had no clue, then I found this in the record bin in 84' or 5'. I learned the truth, and stood for the man. R.I.P. Nelson Mandela.

@ymc273 10 жыл бұрын

No more jails, no more, bars, no more wars, no more pain,no more suffering. Thank you for your life, your gift of courage forgiveness and strength and love. Rest now for you are truly FREE.x

@MrLightning59 10 жыл бұрын

I'm crying, because at last he is really free now. RIP.

@decochick 10 жыл бұрын

This song changed my life while growing up in the 80's. RIP- Mr Mandela.

@nicktaramusic 10 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. and what a great song

@Codbeaster1000 8 жыл бұрын

RIP John, you will be missed.

@dahliaswasfi 10 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace, Nelson Mandela.

@dave474c 10 жыл бұрын

He lived in peace too.

@dahliaswasfi 10 жыл бұрын

dave474c Amen. :)

@joeredtree 7 жыл бұрын

good riddance to bad rubbish.

@michaelheeheejackson7255 6 жыл бұрын

Oh just another ugly bald fat man

@Mister_M_YT 6 жыл бұрын

+Dahlia S Wasfi R.I.P

@johnPaul-qn3dg 10 жыл бұрын

This song is playing in my head all day, At the time of this songs release I never expected it to happen, I just thought he will be another activist who dies in prison.. Well I was wrong Nelson Mandela - 'It always seems impossible until it's done.' RIP

@jankk 6 жыл бұрын

I wept when he was released, when apartheid ended, and when he was elected president- tears of joy! Right beat might, for once. Gives me hope that anything is possible.

@TheOFFICIALdaan 10 жыл бұрын

RIP nelson, people will be listening to this for ages to come.

@ribonucleic 10 ай бұрын

If he could have been freed by someone writing a great enough song about it, this would have done it.

@IvyCottageIndustries 10 жыл бұрын

Glad to have rediscovered this. Crying is allowed.

@SiouxieSioux 5 жыл бұрын

I cried. My daughter thinks I'm odd. Lol.

@Mrbrbusby 4 жыл бұрын

Tears have welled up. “Somehow, somewhere along, someone must have thought it cool to bring back Jim Crow.” - HRH Prince Harry. I thank God that this was my generation when racism wasn’t cool. #BLM 🇬🇧

@kayedramallama 3 жыл бұрын

Am crying.

@arvstephenson1107 10 жыл бұрын

A great live session. And yes that is me in the red jeans and floppy handkerchief hanging out of my back pocket.

@johnwallach6505 10 жыл бұрын

You, my brother Anthony?

@BootlegLizard 4 жыл бұрын

Nelson Mandela is the biggest G

@thebobsful 10 жыл бұрын

PLEASE re-release this for Christmas no.1, such a good tune x RIP Mandela x

@YungQueef 8 ай бұрын

This song is so important in 2023, literally timeless.

@toolate9494 Жыл бұрын

Stan Campbell's vocals on this are perfect.

@ThePottsy1993 9 жыл бұрын

God rest the mans soul, peace.RIP Nelson.x

@JeffGannon 10 жыл бұрын

Rest in peace. Brave soul.

@Saranon 10 жыл бұрын

A light has gone out in the world tonight. RIP Nelson Mandela. Free, at last.

@rachelbarkaoui8736 3 жыл бұрын

My favourite song back in the day ❤️

@EJulieWilliams 8 жыл бұрын

Dear Field Marshal - it's the same with our dear departed Mr. Reagan - give it a few years, and all the people remember is a fuzzy, romantic glow of nostalgia.

@farraswijaya9267 7 жыл бұрын

RIP nelson mandela..thank you for what you did fighting against apartheid...

@MJC240373 10 жыл бұрын

A truly insperational iconic human being. R.I.P. Nelson Mandela

@BraceillerProductions 10 жыл бұрын

Nelson Mandela....You are now free!

@munashethondhlana464 5 жыл бұрын

Free the man

@goldenweather 10 жыл бұрын

The greatest political song of the 20th Century

@mattyleonard1291 5 жыл бұрын

Preach!

@joshuaedwards8907 4 жыл бұрын

You damn right there.....👉👉👉

@Dirk-van-den-Berg 4 жыл бұрын

Not quite. Remember Eddie Grant with his 'Gimme hope Johanna'? Was in Netherlands a bigger hit than this one.

@matthewchambers6820 4 жыл бұрын

Biko as well

@stephenjones5380 4 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@keatesy8436 2 жыл бұрын

Great lyrics and tune. Love the specials

@MrCoreyvandal 4 жыл бұрын

Loved this song and its meaning,pity the ANC never understood this and became as corrupt as those before them.

@TylerHarris333 10 жыл бұрын

Your finally FREE Mr Mandela - RIP your where an inspiration to so many. We played this song at my wedding & my wife & I danced bare footed in celebration.... great memories from then & when it was released in the 80's

@rippi37 3 жыл бұрын

Wow...that sounds like my kinda wedding !!! Awesome !!!!!!!! Many many more years of happiness and health to you and your wife xxx

@jeroenbroks7462 10 жыл бұрын

There is nobody in this world I respect more than Nelson Mandela. A great loss not only for South Africa but for the world. Today I say goodbye to one of the greatest men who ever walked this Earth. Rest well, Nelson. You shall not be forgotten.

@jonathanrogers1248 10 жыл бұрын

Great song for a great man. RIP Nelson Mandela It's a disgrace that Cameron paid tribute to him, when he was a student he called him a terrorist.

@aiccu 10 жыл бұрын

Yes, it seems that he has changed his words not his mind though. Shame on him and Maggie T.

@treestevens5641 2 жыл бұрын

It's Nelson Mandela International Day so I hope some folks find this song from looking him up.

@patricksullivan7854 3 жыл бұрын

My 11 year old son has just been taught about this today. He corrected me on time served. '27 not 21 Daddy' . Well now.

@PriincessNx 9 жыл бұрын

r.i.p Nelson Mandela u will live in our hearts forever strong black warrior u did so much for our people.

@romulusaugustus7344 9 жыл бұрын

+Nicky Baker You mean he replaced a shit government with an even worse one? Congrats Mandela.

@romulusaugustus7344 9 жыл бұрын

***** Pardon?

@Jc-ul9ff 6 жыл бұрын

Romulus Augustus how could it get worse than apartheid?

@Tom-eq7eh 5 жыл бұрын

@@Jc-ul9ff hint, it can't and didn't. The idea that the Aparthied was better than current day South Africa is a disgusting and perverse one propagated by racists and charlatans.

@culeyid 10 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Nelson Mandela. Greatest man to have lived. LEGEND!!

@maurogiannini4094 3 жыл бұрын

he was one of those men who truly changed the world and made history

@powerglory736 2 жыл бұрын

no he didn't change anything actually

@paulbullock1057 Жыл бұрын

Never far from my heart Mr Mandela... you guide my spirit Mr Steve Biko 🙏

@pyrogian 2 жыл бұрын

id like say something but no words can do justice this gr8 man live forever in my heart

@davutb4612 Жыл бұрын

This song convinced me that humans can be united in peace again without hatred towards each other.

@Billy_-sl8lu Жыл бұрын

Except Russia

@johnroach9026 Жыл бұрын

@@Billy_-sl8lu The Russian people are not at fault, like Apartheid, Russia lacks the right leadership to truly prosper along with the rest of humanity

@GreenCanvasInteriorscape Жыл бұрын

Unless you are aware of Mandela's necklacing...

@macabredemon4763 10 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Nelson Mandela you were and will always be a true inspiration to many around the world you will be missed deeply

@SighrisSargon 10 жыл бұрын

May Nelson Mandela always be remembered.

@jbgren 10 жыл бұрын

he'll be !!

@raynemichelle2996 2 жыл бұрын

It's because of this song, Nelson Mandela was freed. They called this the Mandela Effect.

@trinawilson5604 10 жыл бұрын

RIP, LOVE YOU

@greglee91 10 жыл бұрын

RIP Nelson Mandela, one of the most inspirational people to ever have lived

@GreenCanvasInteriorscape Жыл бұрын

He and Winnie and necklacing isn't a good memory

@Gewoonsami 4 жыл бұрын

Is anyone watching this in 2019? I like this song!

@jeffpan74 4 жыл бұрын

Yes... best 80's

@jeffpan74 4 жыл бұрын

Yes..best 80's

@Namaskaat 4 жыл бұрын

Right now before that beers!!!

@roberttrombetta6566 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@leemurray2035 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@richardharrop9482 5 жыл бұрын

I remember this song by The Specials, produced by Elvis Costello. It was released in 1984. A joy to listen to then, and still a joy to listen to now 34 years later! Nelson Mandela was freed and forever rests in eternal peace.

@rajanslee 3 жыл бұрын

This is the first video I liked on KZfaq. This is the one which got me to make a KZfaq account ten years ago, and I'm proud of that fact.

@mummyd1990 2 жыл бұрын

Classic tune,love the specials.

@anthonyhamm6875 10 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest people in the history of our world has passed on. Farewell Nelson Mandela. The strength of your character, the power of your soul and the light of your love will be forever felt on this material plane of existence. You Mr. Mandela were truly one of the best of us.

@Margejo7 6 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. to the iconic Claudia Fontaine, ubiquitous British 80's singer, who sang in the chorus on the protest classic, "Free Nelson Mandela". She was part of the duo Afrodiziak with Caron Wheeler (Soul II Soul), as well as backing Elvis Costello in "Everyday I Write the Book", Pink Floyd, Dusty Springfield, Marilyn, etc.

@szymanczak 10 жыл бұрын

RIP Nelson Mandela peace be with you

@romulusaugustus7344 9 жыл бұрын

+piotr szymanczak fuck Mandela.

@mursalinkhan5494 8 жыл бұрын

+Romulus Augustus Fuck you

@romulusaugustus7344 8 жыл бұрын

Mursalin Khan So you like a man who turned a racist Pro-White government into a racist Pro-Black government? Did you also know that Nelson Mandela supported several evil dictators in Africa & he also supported several terrorist organisations. At least the racist Pro-White government knew how to run an economy, look at South Africa now its a shithole. It will be the new Zimbabwe within a few years.

@maxnthai5252 2 күн бұрын

Someone help me ... I miss old times, I miss Mandela tota

@ouledavidepyanu3385 9 жыл бұрын

Those who do not believe that Mandela struggled for a just cause do not want to see justice for all and are up in arms blaming what the whole of humanity has appreciated and put in record of human history.

@AdrianDeVore 10 жыл бұрын

RIP Nelson Mandela. I heard this song when I was in high school and became very active in the Anti-Apartheid movement as a student at Rutgers University.

@ilyasova1012 Жыл бұрын

Salute you

@AdrianDeVore Жыл бұрын

@@ilyasova1012 Thanks!