Looking for Song from 80s Music Video

January 12, 2009 8:30 AM

I am trying to remember the name/artist of an 80s music video. In it, the guy wore a glowing (bluescreen/transparent) suit and stumbled across the nighttime countryside while singing mournfully and freaking people out. It was kind of creepy, at the end he dissipates in a glow like an alien/angel while the scowling townsfolk converge on him. British artist, possibly Ned or Nick something. Anyone able to help me find this?
posted by emjaybee to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

I'm at work so can't watch the video to confirm the ending but it sounds very much like Wouldnt It Be Good by Nik Kershaw.
posted by Ness at 8:39 AM on January 12, 2009

Beaten like a red headed stepchild, but as Ness says, Nick Kershaw.
Youtube.
posted by Iteki at 8:42 AM on January 12, 2009

Oh man, I loved that song. I wore out the cassette. And as Ness says, it's Nik without the C.
posted by nkknkk at 8:46 AM on January 12, 2009

THANK you, I just couldn't get the name out of brain storage. Off I go.
posted by emjaybee at 8:48 AM on January 12, 2009

Yup - Nik Kershaw's "Wouldn't It Be Good."
posted by December at 9:39 AM on January 12, 2009

Oh, no, no, no, don't watch that video!
I did this a few years ago and had a vicious earworm that lasted for almost a week. BEWARE! BEWARE!
posted by bink at 9:41 AM on January 12, 2009

Here's a suggested earworm cure.
posted by Dub at 1:05 PM on January 12, 2009

OT This RadioLab podcast about earworms is interesting, too
posted by Dub at 1:15 PM on January 12, 2009