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What this video is

Released in 1999 as the third single from Fastball's breakthrough platinum album All the Pain Money Can Buy, 'Out of My Head' arrived during a peak moment for melodic alternative rock on both rock and adult contemporary radio formats. The video's sepia-toned, retro-staged aesthetic visually distinguished it from the era's grunge-derived and post-Britpop visual norms, instead evoking a warmly nostalgic 1960s-70s…

Why it matters

A key late entry in the late-90s power pop/adult alternative wave, 'Out of My Head' demonstrated the commercial viability of restrained, organ-driven rock balladry within post-grunge radio. Its video's sepia aesthetic and theatrical staging offered an early example of retro-nostalgic visual…

The director

Jim Gable is a New York-based director and producer who co-founded Graying & Balding, Inc. in 1990 with Ann Kim. His career spans music videos, concert films, and television specials. Credits include Billy Idol: Shock to the System (1993), a Michael Jackson…