@Kay The original version by the soul great Otis Clay is also quite good:

Otis Clay: The Only Way Is Up (1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1kkBck6wio

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"Fine time" - Yazz.

She stands alone, in a light summer dress, to sing a winsome song about how annoying it is that her bloke is leaving her. And, basically, that's it for three minutes. Precious little stagecraft on display here.

This is a summer record, one to put out in june or july and soundtrack hazy sunny days in the park. "Wanted on the floor" would have been a stronger track for release in february.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7lXoHW6FLw

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"Passé", a word from Brother Beyond.

"The only way is up" - Yazz

Dressed all in white, with a snowflake on her dress, Yazz finds the camera and dances like she's having the time of her life. Coz she is having the time of her life. We'll remember her this way.

The two gentlemen of The Plastic Population sing and dance.

A cover of Otis Clay's northern soul classic, but - klaxon away! - this is the only version anybody remembers.

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