Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Secret

What this video is

Released in July 1985 as the second single from OMD's sixth studio album Crush, 'Secret' arrived at a moment when British synth-pop acts were navigating a commercial pivot toward American markets. The song charted at number 34 in the UK and reached number 63 on the US Billboard Hot 100, reflecting OMD's growing transatlantic audience. The promo video's formal strategy — weaving genuine vintage archival footage,…

Why it matters

Represents a sophisticated strand of mid-80s British synth-pop video production, in which the music video transcends performance documentation to function as a short film with distinct visual language. The archival footage collage technique anticipates later postmodern sampling aesthetics in video…

The director

Andrew Douglas Morahan (born 11 August 1958) is a British commercial, film and music video director. He graduated from St Martin's College of Art and emerged as a leading figure in the UK music video industry in the early-to-mid 1980s, initially…