EIGHT ARMS TO HOLD YOU

If you saw The Goonies during its run in theaters or on VHS, you were probably puzzled by the scene near the end where the kids are reunited with their parents and Data blurts out that "the octopus was very scary." What octopus?

Originally the film featured a sequence where the kids fought a giant octopus, but the scene was cut for time. (It's since been inserted back into TV airings and it can be seen as a deleted scene on the DVD.) The scene featured Eight Arms to Hold You, a song recorded by a hastily assembled studio band called The Goon Squad. The song was later released as a single, and actually hit number one on the dance charts.

This is the charming (and not even slightly dated) music video, featuring an '80s babe and her doting claymation octopus pal. The song isn't much by itself, but paired with the video this is seriously cute stuff.




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