Boy George - Don't Take My Mind On Trip

What this video is

Released in February/March 1989, this video captures Boy George at a commercially pressured crossroads: his label Virgin Records, having shelved the UK release of his previous album 'Tense Nervous Headache', pushed this Teddy Riley and Gene Griffin-produced track as a commercial lifeline. The song represents the UK pop industry's aggressive absorption of American New Jack Swing — a genre then reshaping the R&B and…

Why it matters

A significant artefact of late-80s New Jack Swing crossover into UK pop, produced by Teddy Riley — one of the genre's defining architects. Documents Boy George's post-Culture Club commercial repositioning and Virgin Records' strategy of grafting American rhythm production onto established British…

The director

Daniel Kleinman (born 23 December 1955) is a British television commercial and music video director. After graduating from Hornsey Art School, he directed his first music video in 1983 and went on to direct over 100 videos in the 1980s, pioneering…