Music Video
The video for the single was filmed long after My Oh My was a hit - it was mainly made for showing in the United States to try and break the single there, which it successfully did. The video depicts Slade walking around in the countryside and one by one they get picked up by an articulated lorry which has Slade’s stage set on the back. The band are seen playing live on the lorry, together with a full lightshow, as they drive across the moors. The truck eventually arrives in London at a ‘live’ concert and is surrounded by kids with Slade scarves being waved in time to the music. The driver of the truck jumps from the truck seat, takes off their crash helmet, and to everyone’s surprise it’s a blonde female. Live scenes for this video were filmed in London’s Surrey Docks and School kids from the local area were drafted in by a convoy of coaches. It is interesting to note that shots were made of a group of choirboys dressing in the usual regalia - high above the audiences’ heads for the chorus sections, but these were never used in the final edit. Keith Coe, of Pipes of Peace fame, made this video.
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