# Please help me identify this 80's music video **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119 "2015-02-19T19:30:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/61 "2025-01-19T01:39:45Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > I give up. Don’t. > [@Impossible song ID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-song-id/521574): > > I asked this a few years ago, and didn’t get the answer. KXLU, a college station in L.A., played Everyday’s a Holiday back in the early-'80s. I have the album, but it’s packed away in the storage unit. Who did it? \*Went down to the beach and smoked some ‘sense’ They all laughed 'cause I knew what it meant Everyday’s a holiday! (Everyday’s a holiday!) Everyday’s a holiday! (Everyday’s a holiday!) Everyday’s a holiday! And night time’s a party, too.\*[ I remember I bought two albums at … It took a second OP years after the first, but I got my answer (Tupelo Chain Sex). There’s always hope! ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy2)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/62 "2026-10-05T12:34:28Z")
11 years later … had to create a new account because my old login is long gone …. I FOUND THE VIDEO. My memory of details is obviously waaayyyy off (also it was 42 years ago, I was 10-11) - I must have dreamed the cottage part - but this is definitely it. I could remember something about “rebel” and Manfred Mann but could only find 70’s songs from them. Searched again last night: it’s “Rebel” by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band 1984. As soon as I saw the part where she gets the jacket I knew. MYSTERY SOLVED! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/63 "2026-10-05T12:58:03Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > Nobody’s got it yet. It was a pretty obscure band. I’m glad you finally found it. I’ve got memories like that. Staying up overnight to watch Night Tracks on TBS, and failing to always stay awake means I “saw” many videos that don’t actually exist. Maybe someday I’ll see the real video. But now that you found the band and video, I must take exception. Manfred Mann (or as we called them in the era of political correctness, Personfred Person) was not an obscure band, nor a one-hit wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy2)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/64 "2026-10-05T15:27:50Z")
I KNOW RIGHT! I thought I was mistaken about the band it was such a vague memory. Especially when I never saw the video again in 40 years. Also in my defence little-kid 1984 me only knew Top 40 & new wave, not 70’s. I’m finding it hilarious how my memory was so off-course. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/65 "2026-10-05T15:44:02Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy2](#): > > “Rebel” by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band 1984. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eRx8DfeJWcs/maxresdefault.jpg "Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Rebel (1984)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRx8DfeJWcs) > **[Somewhere in Afrika](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somewhere_in_Afrika)** > > Somewhere in Afrika is the eleventh album by Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released in 1982. It is their last studio album recorded for their long time record label Bronze Records. They would record their next studio album, Criminal Tango for Virgin Records. Bassist Matt Irving joined the band, replacing Pat King for this album. The North American version of Somewhere in Afrika was reordered, and was substantially different from the European version. Several tracks were added, while others were al... ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/66 "2026-10-05T19:24:53Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy2](#): > > 11 years later … had to create a new account because my old login is long gone …. If you want access to your old account, I can help you. Send an email to [EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com](mailto:EngineerCompGeek@gmail.com) and we’ll get you sorted out. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/67 "2026-10-05T23:25:31Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > But now that you found the band and video, I must take exception. Manfred Mann (or as we called them in the era of political correctness, Personfred Person) was not an obscure band, nor a one-hit wonder. Yeah, they’re famous for recording both the worst Dylan cover AND the worst Springsteen cover. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/68 "2026-10-05T23:55:25Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Yeah, they’re famous for recording both the worst Dylan cover AND the worst Springsteen cover. Yeah, I know. For You is a terrible song, just the worst of early Springsteen rambling on in a nonsensical manner, as he did at the time, that was made infinitely better by having Manfred Mann cover it. Same with You Angel You, where they took an obscure Dylan B-side filler song, that Dylan didn’t even like, and turned it into a good song. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/69 "2026-10-06T05:36:39Z")
_[Blows raspberry]_ ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/70 "2026-10-06T06:29:03Z")
This song was in significant rotation on KGGO in Des Moines in the early 1980s. The video is not official. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yi_5G_rKKTE/hqdefault.jpg "Stranded In Iowa - Manfred Mann's Earth Band") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi_5G_rKKTE) ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/71 "2026-10-06T14:53:50Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy2](#): > > I’m finding it hilarious how my memory was so off-course. Looking at your OP, I think you were actually pretty close. - “Early 80s” - check - “teenage girl who has a crappy home life and runs away” - partial credit for crappy home life - “at the very end she’s sitting happily in the cottage with the band while they jam” - mostly correct, except it’s a studio and not a cottage - “rebel” or “runaway” might be in either the song title" - check Not too bad for a decades old memory, I’d say! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/72 "2026-10-06T15:26:03Z")
Well, the OP didn’t say it was a _good_ song. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119/73 "2026-10-07T19:06:38Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy2](#): > > As soon as I saw the part where she gets the jacket I knew. MYSTERY SOLVED! This puts a big smile on my face. Thank you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-identify-this-80s-music-video/713119.md?page=3)