Remarks:
In 1982 this song did not chart in Canada but otherwise went to #33 across the Anglosphere (weighted average).
I remember the Flock of Seagulls from MTV in the 1980s, but I cannot say I remember this song in particular. Their songs sounded alike to me. But this one I have been playing to death after YouTube recommended it to me the other day in 2019.
The video comes from “Career Opportunities” (1991), a John Hughes beauty-and-the-nerd joint that uses the song. It stars Jennifer Connelly (at age 18), Frank Whaley, and a Target store in the middle of the night in Decatur, Georgia in November 1989. That was 30 years ago. It is like looking back through the well of time.
In a month 2000 will be 20 years ago.
See also:
- songs: the 1980s
- yet more synth-pop recommended to me by YouTube:
- How daily life has changed in the last 30 years – from 1984 to 2014
- The future that kind of never was
- Blade Runner – also from 1982 but set in November 2019
Lyrics:
I saw your eyes
And you made me smile
For a little while
I was falling in love
I saw your eyes
And you touched my mind
Although it took a while
I was falling in love
I was falling in love
I saw your eyes
And you made me cry
And for a little while
I was falling in love
I was falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Falling in love
Abagond 
I just saw Frank Whaley in The Blacklist. Watching it on Netflix. He played a good part but he didn’t particularly age very well. Oddly enough, I’d say; If he put on maybe 15lbs, he’d probably look better.
I remember The Flock of Seagulls very well. I’m 53 (as of this writing; Mar’21) and because I was a fan of Jennifer Connelly and the Flock I watched the movie. Rather typical but interesting in that it totally captures a time period on almost every level.
Thanks for posting!
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