Released: June 26, 1989
Songwriter: Marshall Jefferson Sterling Void Paris Brightledge
Producer: Trevor Horn Stephen Lipson
[Intro]
(It's alright)
(It's alright)
I can hear it
[Refrain]
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
[Verse 1]
Dictation being forced in Afghanistan
Revolution in South Africa taking a stand
People in Eurasia on the brink of oppression
[Chorus]
I hope it's gonna be alright
'Cause the music plays forever, yeah
(For it goes on and on and on and on)
I hope it's gonna be alright
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
[Verse 2]
Generations will come and go
But there's one thing for sure
Music is our life's foundation
And shall succeed all the nations to come, yeah
[Chorus]
I hope it's gonna be alright
'Cause the music plays forever, yeah
(For it goes on and on and on and on)
I hope it's gonna be alright
(On and on and on and on)
'Cause the music plays forever, yeah
(For it goes on and on and on and on)
[Verse 3]
The year three thousand may still come to pass
But the music shall last
I can hear it on a timeless wavelength
Never dissipating, but giving us strength
[Chorus]
I hope it's gonna be alright
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
[Interlude]
I hope it's gonna be alright
[Refrain]
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(For it goes on and on and on and on)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
[Bridge]
Let your body move tonight
'Cause it's gonna be alright
(It's alright)
(It will be alright)
(It's alright)
(It's gonna be alright)
(It's gonna be, it's gonna be)
(It's gonna be, it's gonna be)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(It's gonna be all, it's gonna be all)
(It's gonna be all, it's gonna be all)
'Cause the music plays forever
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(It's gonna be all, it's gonna be all)
(It's gonna be all, it's gonna be all)
(It's gonna be alright)
I can hear it on a timeless wavelength
Never dissipating but giving us strength
I hope it's gonna be alright
'Cause the music plays forever
On and on and on and on and on and on and on
[Outro]
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
(It's alright)
(It's alright)
I can hear it
[Refrain]
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
[Verse 1]
Dictation being forced in Afghanistan
Revolution in South Africa taking a stand
People in Eurasia on the brink of oppression
[Chorus]
I hope it's gonna be alright
'Cause the music plays forever, yeah
(For it goes on and on and on and on)
I hope it's gonna be alright
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
[Verse 2]
Generations will come and go
But there's one thing for sure
Music is our life's foundation
And shall succeed all the nations to come, yeah
[Chorus]
I hope it's gonna be alright
'Cause the music plays forever, yeah
(For it goes on and on and on and on)
I hope it's gonna be alright
(On and on and on and on)
'Cause the music plays forever, yeah
(For it goes on and on and on and on)
[Verse 3]
The year three thousand may still come to pass
But the music shall last
I can hear it on a timeless wavelength
Never dissipating, but giving us strength
[Chorus]
I hope it's gonna be alright
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
[Interlude]
I hope it's gonna be alright
[Refrain]
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(For it goes on and on and on and on)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
[Bridge]
Let your body move tonight
'Cause it's gonna be alright
(It's alright)
(It will be alright)
(It's alright)
(It's gonna be alright)
(It's gonna be, it's gonna be)
(It's gonna be, it's gonna be)
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(It's gonna be all, it's gonna be all)
(It's gonna be all, it's gonna be all)
'Cause the music plays forever
(Alright, alright, alright, alright)
(It's gonna be all, it's gonna be all)
(It's gonna be all, it's gonna be all)
(It's gonna be alright)
I can hear it on a timeless wavelength
Never dissipating but giving us strength
I hope it's gonna be alright
'Cause the music plays forever
On and on and on and on and on and on and on
[Outro]
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
"I hope it's gonna be alright"
Introspective: Further Listening 1988 – 1989
- Always on My Mind / In My House
- Don Juan (Demo)
- Domino Dancing (Demo)
- Domino Dancing (Alternative U.S. Mix)
- The Sound of the Atom Splitting (Extended Mix) [7" Version]
- Don Juan (Disco Mix) [12" Version]
- Losing My Mind (Disco Mix) [12" Version]
- Left to My Own Devices [7" Version]
- It’s Alright [10" Version]
- What Keeps Mankind Alive?
- One of the Crowd
- I’m Not Scared
- Left to My Own Devices
- It’s Alright
- I Want a Dog
- I Get Excited (You Get Excited Too) [Extended Version]
- Domino Dancing
- So Sorry, I Said (Demo for Liza)
- Nothing Has Been Proved (Demo for Dusty)
- Your Funny Uncle
- It’s Alright [7" Version]
- West End Girls
- It’s a Sin
- Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money)
- Go West
- Always On My Mind
- Being Boring
- Suburbia
- What Have I Done to Deserve This?
- Domino Dancing
- The Pop Kids
- Left to My Own Devices
- Rent
- New York City Boy
- Love etc.
- Love is a Bourgeois Construct
- Burning the heather
- Dreamland
- Closer to Heaven 3
- Footsteps
- Closer To Heaven / Left To My Own Devices
- Je T’aime Moi Non Plus
- Yesterday, When I Was Mad (Coconut 1 12" Mix) [Disco 2 Version]
- In His Imagination
- Sail Away