Spandau Ballet - Fight for Ourselves

What this video is

Released 14 July 1986 as the lead single from 'Through the Barricades', 'Fight for Ourselves' represents Spandau Ballet's deliberate attempt to shed the soft-focus sophisti-pop of 'True' (1983) and reposition as a rock band — a pivot co-produced with Gary Langan (engineer for Trevor Horn) recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich. The single peaked at #15 in the UK, their first lead single from any album to miss the…

Why it matters

Documents the late-phase evolution of British new wave from synth-pop and sophisti-pop into guitar-led arena rock, a trajectory shared contemporaneously by Simple Minds, Big Country, and U2. The promo is a textbook example of the mid-80s 'concert-narrative hybrid' format — a cost-effective…

The director

New Zealand-born film director and painter who grew up in Italy and completed his education in the UK. Began as an assistant photographer before moving into film editing in the early 1980s, then pivoted to writing and directing music videos at a formative…