Robin Gibb - Juliet

What this video is

Released in May 1983, 'Juliet' arrived at the apex of the music video era, when MGMM-produced promos were defining the visual language of pop music globally. Robin Gibb, as a solo artist and Bee Gees veteran, leveraged the European market where the song dominated charts in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. The castle-set, romantically lit video catered directly to continental European tastes — particularly the West…

Why it matters

A key artifact of early-1980s UK adult contemporary pop crossover into continental Europe, 'Juliet' demonstrates how high-production-value music videos functioned as primary promotional vehicles in pre-internet Europe, driving chart dominance in non-English-speaking markets through visual…

The director

British music video and television director and producer. Co-founded MGMM Productions in 1982 with Scott Millaney, Russell Mulcahy, and David Mallet, which became the most successful UK music video production company of the 1980s. Won the first-ever Grammy…