Billy Bragg – Sexuality - Billy Bragg – Sexuality

What this video is

Released June 1991 at the intersection of post-Thatcher political exhaustion and pre-Britpop indie commercialism, 'Sexuality' was Billy Bragg's most explicit attempt at mainstream pop crossover. The song addressed LGBTQ+ inclusion and sexual liberation at a moment when Section 28 (prohibiting 'promotion' of homosexuality by local authorities) remained in force in the UK and the AIDS crisis continued to stigmatise…

Why it matters

A landmark in British political pop, 'Sexuality' represents the maturation of the 1980s left-folk tradition into early-90s indie-pop accessibility. Co-written with Johnny Marr and produced by Marr and Grant Showbiz, it fuses post-punk lyricism with radio-friendly melodic structure, bridging the…

The director

Phill Jupitus (born Phillip Swan, 25 June 1962, Newport, Isle of Wight) is an English comedian, performance poet, cartoonist, and actor. He worked as a civil servant before launching a career as left-wing punk poet 'Porky the Poet' in 1984, touring with…