Michael Bolton - Love Is A Wonderful Thing

What this video is

Released April 1991 as the second single from Bolton's seventh studio album 'Time, Love & Tenderness' (Columbia Records), this video arrived at the commercial apex of adult contemporary pop-soul crossover culture. The song peaked at #4 on the US Billboard Hot 100, topped the Adult Contemporary chart, and reached #25 on Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs — reflecting Bolton's remarkable cross-demographic appeal. The video's…

Why it matters

A canonical example of early-1990s blue-eyed soul adult contemporary production, this video encapsulates the genre's visual vocabulary: warm palette, romantic location aesthetics, emotive performance intercutting, and a rapid but smooth editing pace optimized for MTV's soft rotation. Bolton's…

The director

Born April 26, 1949, in Niles, Ohio. Co-founder of Propaganda Films (1986), Sena directed over 100 music videos in the 1980s–early 1990s for artists including Janet Jackson, Sting, Bryan Adams, Richard Marx, Tina Turner, Fleetwood Mac, and Michael Bolton.…