Promotional Video
The music video for the song was filmed in London, UK in April 1984. After the 'Faux concert' scenario of "The Lebanon", The Human League returned to a themed story telling promotional video. Inspired by 1971 film The Omega Man, the video features a lonely, survivalist Oakey in the role of 'the last man on Earth', roaming deserted London landmarks haunted by the ghosts of the band's female singers Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall. The overall effect of the video considerably enhanced the emotional impact of the song.
Some sections of the video were shot inside the empty White City Stadium just a few months before its demolition in 1985.
Twenty years later the influence of the video would be felt when the opening scenes of the 2002 film 28 Days Later would directly mirror the video; complete with a deserted rubbish strewn London bridge, abandoned Scania Metropolitan bus (KJD 201P) and deserted Tube station.
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