@music.time607: Simply Red - "Money's Too Tight (to Mention)" • Released 1985, first single from their debut album Picture Book • It's not an original — it's a cover of the Valentine Brothers' 1982 soul/funk track, which Simply Red turned into a blue-eyed soul pop hit • Frontman is Mick Hucknall — the red-haired singer everyone remembers from the video The song is a straight-up 1980s protest anthem about Reagan omics, unemployment, overdue rent, and kids needing shoes, framed as "ordinary people facing financial strain" a That's why it keeps going viral. On Instagram/ Threads right now it's the default soundtrack for financial-struggle jokes: #simplyred #money #musica #vibe #pop