Music Video
The Joseph Kahn-directed music video for "Everybody" plays as a parody of the horror film genre in the same light as Michael Jackson's Thriller. It was filmed from June 16–18, 1997 in Los Angeles, California. It debuted outside the United States in July 1997. The concept of the video came from the band itself. The label did not get behind the concept of the band in costumes or the large budget requirements, and did not believe MTV would respect the video. The band ultimately had to put up its own money to shoot the video and had to fight with the label to get reimbursed once it was successful. The video ranked at #76 of "MuchMusic's 100 Best Videos." The Backstreet Boys also performed this song at the 1998 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Famous quotes containing the words music and/or video:
“To know whether you are enjoying a piece of music or not you must see whether you find yourself looking at the advertisements of Pears’ soap at the end of the libretto.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“These people figured video was the Lord’s preferred means of communicating, the screen itself a kind of perpetually burning bush. “He’s in the de-tails,” Sublett had said once. “You gotta watch for Him close.””
—William Gibson (b. 1948)