Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart

What this video is

Released on 11 April 1988, 'Somewhere in My Heart' arrived at a moment when Scottish and British indie acts were achieving significant mainstream UK chart success. Taken from Aztec Camera's third album Love (1987), produced by Michael Jonzun, the single reached number three on the UK Singles Chart and held a chart position for eleven weeks, earning a silver certification for sales exceeding 200,000 units in the UK.…

Why it matters

A landmark crossover moment for British jangle pop, demonstrating that post-punk guitar sensibility could be fused with polished pop production to achieve mass commercial appeal. The track anchored Aztec Camera's commercial peak and is routinely cited as a definitive example of late-80s UK…

The director

Born July 1950 in the United Kingdom. Scarlett-Davis is a British artist, director, writer, and editor who emerged from the early-1980s Scratch Video movement — a politically oriented, fast-paced video-collage scene. His experimental works were exhibited…