The Stone Roses - Ten Storey Love Song

What this video is

Released February 1995, 'Ten Storey Love Song' arrived at a pivotal cultural moment: Britpop was cresting (Blur's Parklife had dropped in 1994; Oasis's Definitely Maybe in August 1994), and The Stone Roses — originators of the late-80s Madchester movement — were navigating the pressure of a comeback after five years of silence. The video's production chaos (absent members, a masked stand-in) inadvertently…

Why it matters

Represents the late-period output of one of British indie rock's most mythologised bands, bridging baggy/Madchester aesthetics and the Britpop moment without fully belonging to either. The video is genre-significant as a document of post-Madchester identity anxiety, and as an example of Sophie…

The director

Sophie Luise Elisabeth Muller (born 31 January 1962, London) is an English music video director with over 300 videos to her credit. Trained at Central St Martins and the Royal College of Art. Won a Grammy for Annie Lennox's Diva video album (1992), a BRIT…