Alphaville - Big In Japan (Official Music Video)

You're watching the official music video for Alphaville - Big In Japan from the 1984 album Forever Young.

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Lyrics:
Winter's cityside, crystal bits of snowflakes
All around my head and in the wind
I had no illusions that I'd ever find a glimpse of
Summer's heatwave in your eyes

You did what you did to me, now, it's history I see
Here's my comeback on the road again
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight
It's easy when you're big in Japan

Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in Japan
Oh, when you're big in Japan

Neon on my naked skin
Passing silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins
Shall I stay here at the zoo? Or should I go
And change my point of view for other ugly scenes?

You did what you did to me, now, it's history I see
Things will happen while they can
I will wait here for my man tonight
It's easy when you're big in Japan

Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in Japan

Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in Japan
Oh, when you're big in Japan

Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in Japan

Oh, when you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight
Big in Japan, ooh, the eastern sea's so blue
Big in Japan, alright, pay then I'll sleep by your side
Things are easy when you're big in Japan
Oh, when you're big in Japan

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[LoneShot]

fun fact: when this came out, the singer Marian Gold was still working as cooks mate in his hometown in Germany. it got a lot of radio airplay and so one of the cooks said: "son, they are playing your song all day long" and fired him. so the singer was fired because his boss didn't want him to waste his career peeling potatoes

[bladerunnersn]

Who agrees the 80s were the best for music ?

[charlyolmedo]

40 years later, it keeps being a great song! Congrats, Alphaville, wherever you are‼️

[peternicklin]

This masterpiece sums up the 80s, brilliant decade.

[AnimeGamer_]

40 Years passed by and this song is still a masterpiece

[aqswde]

How did the 80s manage to both be so ridiculously random and so amazingly awesome at the same time?

[aneldokara]

Best songs are from 80's, no question about it.

[shinjukuman]

I am Japanese teenager and this masterpiece caught my heart❤
Traditional music video is definitely amazing!!🇯🇵🇩🇪

[wiser]

I'm an Arabic guy, when i was 15 i found an old cassette thrown on the side of the road, and this song was in the playlist, back then i couldn't understand the lyrics but i was caught in the feel of something extraordinary, and now after all these years i found it.
My eyes are full of tears from the nostalgia

[abdulhameedmalki]

52 yr old and still listening to this wonderful song - May 2024

[cherryhazard]

I'm happy for the fact this song exists, I'm not happy by the fact we'll never have masterpieces like this again.

[drey]

1:47 "neon on my naked skin...passing silhouettes of strange illuminated mannequins. " Always loved that line.

[boulosius]

no matter how old it gets, this song will always be legendary

[ShunanoriNisinomiya]

I'm Japanese, but when I was in middle school, my American English teacher brought a CD of this song and we all sang it together (lol).

[JJK-ijnt]

Alphaville :
- is from 🇩🇪
- they sing in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 language
- they sing about 🇯🇵
Alphaville is THE WORLDWIDE BAND 👍

[TheHiddenKun]

This song and this group are not well-known in Japan for some reason, but I'm a big fan. No matter when you listen to it, it's fresh no matter how many times you listen!
80s synth music is immortal forever.
Greetings from Big in Japan.🇯🇵

[lambrosm]

German artists brought out some killer hits that era.

[shpendi]

This song playing loud in the car late at night just as you enter the empty highway instantly puts you into a magical world.

[effrpwy]

This was real music these times back then.

[Threepwoot]

This song is about a heroin-addicted couple at Berlin Zoo-Station dreaming about what life could be - far far away - without their addicition.
Thats actually what "Big in Japan" originally meant (its the name of a british band): When you are a loser or an outcast you might be able to have a good life in a place far away.
This song makes me feel strongly hurt for the many addicted people all over the world who want to have a decent life but just can't break free :'(


Great song and rightfully an 80's classic.