Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance

What this video is

Released in 1980 on Island Records as part of the 'Arc of a Diver' album — the first album Winwood recorded entirely solo at his own Gloucestershire studio — 'While You See a Chance' marked a pivotal moment in his career transition from celebrated band member (Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith) to successful solo artist. The video predates MTV's August 1981 launch and belongs to the UK promotional clip…

Why it matters

A landmark track in the synthesis of blue-eyed soul, art-rock, and synthesizer-pop, 'While You See a Chance' demonstrated that a keyboard-only instrumentation (no guitars) could produce a commercially dominant pop single. Winwood played all instruments himself, anticipating the one-man studio…

The director

Clive Richardson is a British music video director active in the early 1980s, credited with directing the 1980 promotional video for Steve Winwood's 'While You See A Chance,' as confirmed by both IMDb and IMVDb. Further career details beyond this credit are…