GenX to the Rescue 🫡
Posted by ThreeToedMartian@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 42 comments
This answer seemed so obvious I almost didn't reply, but after seeing her get ~20 wrong answers (with the usual Nextdoor reading comprehension fails posting songs from the last 10 years), I'm glad I did.
Any_Pudding_1812@reddit
When my father went to England/London for a holiday he went to electric avenue specifically because of this song.
OldBanjoFrog@reddit
Sabrina - Boys Boys Boys
notsicktoday@reddit
I mean technically this could also be "Boys Boys Boys" by Sabrina just going by that description ...
SadCranberry8838@reddit
Memories of staying glued to the Jukebox Network in hopes that someone would dial in and pick this video.
Littleleicesterfoxy@reddit
This is exactly what I thought of
omysweede@reddit
That was my first thought
Roleneck@reddit
Mine too.
Chess_Is_Great@reddit
Seems so
incogneeetoe@reddit
Did anyone else think Boys Do Fall in Love by Robin Gibb?
creeper8127@reddit
Electric avenue
zis_me@reddit
I thought Eddie shouted 'Oi' three times
RolandSnowdust@reddit
This is the answer.
CySnark@reddit
I think the "three" that they were recalling was the heavy reverb/delay used on that intro vocal. Made it sound much more deep.
tragicsandwichblogs@reddit
"Wild Boys" by Duran Duran?
Strong_Molasses_6679@reddit
Nope, just "Boys" three times. Only a bit wild. Electric Avenue is the correct answer.
LV-42whatnow@reddit
Beat me to it.
Prestigious-Thing716@reddit
That’s what I was thinking
serenityknolls@reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/SipsTea/s/T7gkFRtUyE
CharlieChezwick2@reddit
Now in the street there is violence
sheemonz@reddit
Damn straight.Â
DaoFerret@reddit
The voice of the revolution has appeared.
GimmeCat47@reddit
And-and a lots of work to be done
bobo888@reddit
No place to hang out our washing
Glittering_Estate_72@reddit
I would have guessed Boy by Book of Love
atomicham@reddit
Same.
Velouria91@reddit
“Electric Avenue” by Eddie Grant
SHDrivesOnTrack@reddit
Call It Heaven - Boys Boys Boys (Euro Disco)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaQmALpmJ60&ab_channel=80sCollector
SHDrivesOnTrack@reddit
Sure its not "Lies Lies Lies, Yeah!"
porkchopespresso@reddit
I honestly thought this whole time he was saying "OY!" Like, as in British slang
PFAS_All_Star@reddit
I’m just learning now that apparently it’s boy. Who knew?
TakeTheThirdStep@reddit
Me three.
mom2ajs5@reddit
Me too!!
TakeTheThirdStep@reddit
I always thought he yelled "OY!"
TIL
MowgeeCrone@reddit
I knew they weren't thinking of Sabrina's Boys Boys Boys.
everyoneisnuts@reddit
I loved this song so much. I remember listening for it to come on the radio to record it. Anyways, he’s not on Apple Music so I can’t stream the damn thing, which sucks.
RunCreative9682@reddit
I was thinking Mary Jane Girls.
sporkmanhands@reddit
That was cool summer if I remember right. I feel like eddy grant and Thomas Dolby both had big hits and maybe men at work were getting popular?
SirMellencamp@reddit
Well I know a song that has “girls” three times in the intro. “What’s ya man got to do with me”
ThreeToedMartian@reddit (OP)
Are you a chef cuz you keep feeding me soup
SirMellencamp@reddit
You got eyes but they not for me you better use them for what they fo and that’s to see
SojuSeed@reddit
insert “we had to grow up without google” joke here
Medical-Werewolf-388@reddit
The runaways I want to be where the boys are