Music Video
The video for "If I Could Turn Back Time" takes place on board the battleship USS Missouri, where Cher sings to a large group of sailors. This video was filmed on July 1, 1989 while the ship was stationed at the former Long Beach Naval Shipyard at Pier D along with the crew. In the music video, the band plays on the foredeck, and the whole vessel is rigged with spotlights, light racks and strobes. The crew is on the deck, waving with the rhythm.
Cher's outfit for the original video (a fishnet body stocking under a very revealing black one-piece bathing suit) caused some controversy, and many television networks refused to show the video. In 1989 the MTV network banned the video and later played it only after 9 p.m. A "censored" video was made, including new scenes, and showing less explicitly sexual content than the original.
In 2000 a remix was released, which was recorded during her previous tour, "Do You Believe?".
In 2003 Cher released her "Living Proof: Farewell Tour" concert on DVD which included an official "If I Could Turn Back Time" remix video.
This specific Cher video has been parodied many times, such as in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, where Meg Griffin is in the role of Cher, but instead of the sailors enjoying it, they all flee for their lives and the boat appears to sink at the end.
Cher's son, Elijah Blue Allman, only twelve at the time, makes an appearance in the video, playing a guitar (he wears dark glasses and a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt). Additionally, Cher's second husband and Elijah's father, Gregg Allman, also makes an appearance on guitar.
American singer Lady Gaga has cited the If I Could Turn Back Time Video as one of the videos that have changed pop music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6KDZSKWaJ4&list=PL7EFA31C7B83D547D&index=1
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