Retro Video of the Week: "When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" by Billy Ocean

Friday marks the 35th anniversary of the release of British R&B singer Billy Ocean's sixth studio album, Love Zone.  It was Ocean's second Top 10 album in both his native UK and the U.S., reaching #2 on the UK album chart and #6 on the Billboard album chart, his highest-charting album ever on both charts.  It was eventually certified double platinum in the U.S.

Love Zone spawned two huge hits for Ocean.  The ballad "There'll Be Sad Songs (To Make You Cry)" was Ocean's second #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, and the infectious "When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going" -- which was co-written and produced by legendary producer Mutt Lange and originally released the year before on the soundtrack to the Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner/Danny DeVito vehicle Jewel of the Nile -- was a massive hit across the world, going to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, #1 on the pop charts in the UK, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, The Netherlands, and Norway, and reaching the Top 10 on the pop charts in seven other countries.

The video features DeVito, Douglas, and Turner pretending to sing backing vocals in white tuxedos, and DeVito pretending to play the sax solo on a saxophone that is almost as big as he is.