Téléphone - Argent trop cher le Clip

What this video is

Released in 1980 as the sole single from Téléphone's third album 'Au cœur de la nuit', 'Argent trop cher' marks a watershed moment in French popular music. Téléphone were the vanguard of a movement that proved French-language rock could carry genuine punk-adjacent energy and commercial weight — something considered nearly impossible in the French music industry of the mid-1970s. The song's chart success (#16 in…

Why it matters

A foundational document of French rock's first major commercial breakthrough. Téléphone's punk-inflected garage rock sound, entirely in French, demonstrated that rock anglophone sonics could be naturalized into French pop culture without dilution. 'Argent trop cher' was their first charting single…

The director

British film and music video director born 26 November 1953 in London. Launched career with Sex Pistols short films in 1976, then transitioned into music videos, becoming a key figure in early MTV-era promo clip history. Directed videos for The Rolling…