Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach 

"Echo Beach, far away in time" just like 1980 was 42 freakin' years ago!! OH MY GOD, WHERE DID THE TIME GO?! 😞

One of the best tunes of the early 80s, hands down.

This song is 38 years old and still sounds awesome and fresh. Anyone else agree??

Been loving this track for 42 years

One of those magical mystical tunes that has stood the test of time

After all of these years, I still love this song!

Utube is today’s time machine Makes us old buggers feel young again Tunes like this which will always be timeless 👍🏻

Yes in 2023 too

Great song, old music never dies.

To say I miss the 80's is a massive understatement.

I will never stop loving this track.❤️ What a classic. Still rocks in 2030.

Still listening in 2024. Proud to be Canadian 👌

Remember this from the summer of 1980, still fresh in July 2022 👍🇬🇧

Oh yes still listening

Was the favorite song in my office for many years. “ My job is very boring; I’m an office clerk.” Priceless.

Probably my favourite ever one hit wonder. Love the keyboards and sax. Martha Ladly also played keyboards on my favourite synth pop song of the 80s - Party Fears 2 by the Associates.

1980 freaking great great year 🙌 thank you 😊 awesome 👌.

One of the greatest songs ever written. Ethereal AF and so simple yet so cool.

Still class in 23. Just brilliant.

Martha Ladly was so beautiful back then! My favorite "Martha".

I heard this and went to see them ,they were great...

This track was so unexpected at that time....fresh, breezy, sophisticated & so cool - it literally blew away all that stagey, awkward New Romantic pap that dominated the pop charts in the early '80's.

Brilliant Song. I miss those Times.

Can't get this out of my head

One of the best songs ever. Period.

Royal Oak , Clitheroe , every Friday lunchtime this on the jukebox , on repeat , few pints and some ham teacakes , back to work feeling gresh , early finish . I wish life was that simply brilliant now . What a tune ❤

I was 18 when this came out, still sounds as good now.. proper music

Bloody brilliant, I loved it back in the day and I still love it today 👌👍

My girlfriend and I got engaged when this song was in UK charts in March1980 .We have been married for 41 years.

I never tire of hearing this. Still sounds as fresh as it did in1980. Surprised they had no other hits.

I played the sax part in a band (Musicians Wanted) in the Falkand Islands 1992. An all squaddie band. The most southerly rock band in the world at the time. Great days.

Timeless classic. The precursor of neo-romantic music.

One of the best intros of all time!

The way this builds up to the ending with the harmonised vocals is absolute musical perfection. Just a fabulous song

Even in 2024 that opening still gives me goosebumps, superb. Hope my kids have an anthem like this they'll remember but i very much doubt it

The first single I ever bought, as a 13 year old.

The best one hit wonder ever. A superb classic. Have heard this 1000s of times since 1980 and it still makes the hair stand on the back of my neck. It's in my all time top 10. Echo Beach..far away in time

I know it's out of fashion And a trifle uncool But I can't help it I'm a romantic fool It's a habit of mine To watch the sun go down On Echo beach, I watch the sun go down From nine till five I have to spend my time at work The job is very boring, I'm an office clerk The only thing that helps pass the time away Is knowing I'll be back at Echo Beach some day On a silent summer evening The sky's alive with light Building in the distance Surrealistic sight On Echo Beach Waves make the only sound On Echo Beach There's not a soul around From nine till five I have to spend my time at work The job is very boring, I'm an office clerk The only thing that helps pass the time away Is knowing I'll be back at Echo Beach some day Echo Beach Far away in time Echo Beach Far away in time

sadly 1980 has long gone and will never come back, but this classic takes me right back.

if you're really only going to have one great hit song you should be so lucky to have it as good as this. Loved it so much it became the title of one of my earliest screenplays.

Locked down in 2021, wishing I was at Echo Beach, watching the sun go down.

Hey, its 1980, i'm 20 & in love with my late first wife. very, very happy days, much better than the crap I endure now! RIP gorgeous girl, Kate, You will always be my girl, so very, very much missed x P.S. superb song, we both loved it.

What a great happy song

Wow a Rave from many moons back. Let's all rock on

The feeling of nostalgia this song evoked in its day is magnified ten fold listening to it 40 years on.

I love how Thelma, when she wasn't solving mysteries with the Scooby gang she was banging out fine synth tunes on the Keyboard.

Still listening in 2020 anyone? 👍✌️

Such a precious new wave gem!

Remember this song on the radio and recording on my Cassette player. Brilliant days.

Not sure how I missed this group back in the day, but 30 years later I cannot get enough. Proof that 80s music has its own look and feel. You either get it or you don’t.

Awesome song! It will always be

Thank you Spotify for playing this one for me the other day. Never heard it before and now I’m glad I did.

Sounds just as good when I first heard it in1980, Some 41 years ago. Wow !! Where has time gone ?...🙂👍🏼👍🏼

Pure class, so many years ago....... and still it beats the crap out of anything from the 1990's...........

In the early ‘80s I used to drink in a pub on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. It’s called The Ensign Ewart. We used to put this song on the jukebox and sing ‘echo beach, far from the Ensign’. All the punters used to join in - students, squaddies and the local tossers. Great memories!

Still Awesome!

Que de bons souvenirs !!! 20 ans en 1980 , j'adorerais revenir en arrière

This is one of those special songs that just never get old

Echo beach is now far away in time. I like this song. This song came out in 1980 and it still sounds like new in 2019 !!!

Have loved this song since first hearing it on CFNY out of Toronto.

This is the only way to get "the final countdown" out of your head

I wish I had the talent of William Shakespeare to put into words just how beautiful and stunning this song is, and how much it means to me, even 37 years after I first heard it.

to the 47 people who disliked this song: seek professional help immediately Just a fabulous song Just a fabulous song

This takes me back to my school days. I remember walking through the corridors singing this. Still love it!

Has to be the best and most recognised opening riff of any pop song ever. I remember hearing it on Radio one when I was 17 whilst getting ready for work on a cold dark winter's morning. The sound drifting in and out on good old medium wave. I'm 57 now.

Perfect pop song. As an office worker working in a dull British city...I relate to the sentiment of this song entirely.

I was basically an American new wave kid in 1980. I kept my favorite Top 20 U.S. singles lists from my record collection. This was my list from December 1980: 1) The Kings - Switchin To Glide/The Beat Goes On 2) The Undertones - Teenage Kicks 3) The Police - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da 4) Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach 5) John Lennon - (Just Like) Starting Over 6) Bruce Springsteen - Hungry Heart 7) Rockpile - Teacher Teacher 8) Suzi Quatro - Rock Hard 9) Robin Lane & The Chartbusters - Don't Cry 10) The Vapors - Turning Japanese 11) Devo - Whip It 12) The Korgis - Everybody's Got To Learn Sometime 13) The B-52's - Private Idaho 14) John & Yoko Lennon - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) 15) The Pretenders - Kid 16) Squeeze - Another Nail In My Heart 17) The Romantics - When I Look In Your Eyes 18) Split Enz - I Got You 19) The Kingbees - My Mistake 20) The Rolling Stones - She's So Cold

Reminds me of my early teenage years a happy time..

This is the only way to get "the final countdown" out of your head Echo Beach is located in Toronto,you can actually go there. Just a fabulous song

The 80s moments with far away in time - Echo Beach and excellent Martha and the Muffin's 😊👍

Still listening in 2022 Dublin ireland long live UKRAINE 💛💙

I can't say this is the best song of the 80's, I was there. But it is one of the songs that I love. Thanks guys for a great song, I hope Martha and all the muffins are living their best lives.

Love it. Brings shivers down my spine and makes hairs on arms stand on end.

One of the best pop songs ever written. One of the bands that influenced me to take up guitar. and how I love to play along to this.I seem to recall this band was Canadian. and Echo beach was in Canada.. A haunting song that makes my heart yearn for those long lost days. when things were much better, and I was happier than today.We had dreams, and everything was new and exciting. music was real music with solos and a melody. great stuff . thanks for posting.

Personally, this is my most Toronto song (I lived there for 14 years). It captures the rhythm of the city, the sanctuary of the beaches -- I can even picture the TTC moving to it. And naming an actual city beach "Echo Beach" was a stroke of genius.

This is in the top 5 80s tunes evert... no contest... i am a romantic fool

I'll never stop loving this song. Melancholy, but so upbeat at the same time!! this is a timeless classic!!!!!....superb!!!

Pure classic! Notice how good saxophone is 2:25

this is a timeless classic!!!!!....superb!!!

This was already nostalgic when it first came out

My favourite song of all time. Never ages. I love running to the beat of this song. Ran the Edinburgh marathon listening to this song over and over again. I trained in the south of France running from St Tropez to Ste Maxine listening to this. 30K round trip in 30 degree heat. Loved it.

To say I miss the 80's is a massive understatement. This is the only way to get "the final countdown" out of your head

This tune has just followed me through life. Love it. Always have. Makes me feel young when I hear it. Brings me back.

80,s rool. what a buzz hearing this again

The more I listen to Canadian music the more I like it. they should have played more of it in the US

Great era the 80's. Music and more.

Indeed. A thumping great rhythm, crisp guitar, and fabulous vocals. What's not to like about this. My era too as a young teen.

I love this song 👍👍

Still rocking to this at nearly 70

I was a teenager and seriously ill when this song first hit, I was at home in bed and my TV packed in so only a radio for a few days, this song was on there constantly and it always reminds me of that time, staring out the window watching clouds float by i a sort of painkiller induced 'spaciousness' it was unreal man.

The definitive pop song. An absolute master-class in hit production.

What I love about this video is there are two women just looking at each other enjoying the music and not playing up to any man!

I first heard this as a ten year old. When I heard that riff...something woke inside me. I've loved music ever since.

The 1980s - faraway in time. Wish I was there....

From a time when people actually wrote real songs with decent lyrics, singable choruses, exquisite melodies and superb hooks.

One of my top 100 favorite songs!

Now 40 yrs old and I luv it. Saw them do it live in London when it first come out....long time ago now , but I remember it like yesterday. class never fades.

How can you not like this song?

Well the 80's are now "far away in time" like the song says but they were my teenage years and the memories will stay with me forever. I'd go back in an instant if I could but sadly those days will never return. Thank you for uploading this great song.

There's something Wonderful about this song, can't fully explain it... and i'm glad I can't.