Midge Ure - Dear God

What this video is

Released in 1988 as a single from 'Answers to Nothing' — Midge Ure's first post-Ultravox solo album — 'Dear God' arrived at a moment when Ure was consciously redefining his artistic identity after years as a synth-pop figurehead. The song's lyrical challenge to the weaponisation of religion (Ure described finding religiously motivated violence 'bizarre' and 'obscene') gave the video a thematic gravity unusual for…

Why it matters

A pivotal document of late British new wave's transition toward introspective adult alternative. The video's observational aesthetic, warm documentary grammar, and stripped performance staging signal a deliberate departure from the cinematic synth-pop grandeur of the Ultravox era, anticipating the…