Ash - Girl From Mars (US version)

What this video is

Released 31 July 1995, 'Girl From Mars' was Ash's first UK top-40 single, reaching number 11 on the UK Singles Chart. Written by Tim Wheeler at age 16, the song channels sci-fi escapism — drawing on Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, David Bowie, and the Pixies' Trompe Le Monde — as a metaphor for adolescent romantic longing shaped by the isolation of growing up in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, during the Troubles.…

Why it matters

A cornerstone of mid-90s British punk-pop, 'Girl From Mars' bridged the Britpop moment with US alternative rock sensibilities. Its transatlantic dual-video strategy — UK surrealism vs. US performance realism — illustrates the divergent market expectations of the era. The track anchored Ash's debut…

The director

Jesse Peretz (born May 19, 1968) is an American director and Grammy Award winner. He was a founding bassist of The Lemonheads before transitioning to music video and film directing in the early 1990s. His video credits include Foo Fighters' 'Big Me' and…