Elton John - Club At The End Of The Street (Promo Video)

What this video is

Released in April 1990 as the third single from Elton John's album Sleeping with the Past (1989), 'Club at the End of the Street' is a deliberate homage to 1960s Brill Building soul songcraft — specifically the Drifters' style — with lyrical references to Otis Redding and Marvin Gaye. The animated video emerged at the intersection of two cultural currents: the MTV-era appetite for high-concept illustrated promos…

Why it matters

Represents a notable example of the early-1990s animated pop promo genre in the UK, produced at the peak of Animation City's commercial output. The video connects Elton John's retro-soul Sleeping with the Past era to the broader MTV animation trend and stands as a documented precursor to the…

The director

Derek W. Hayes is a British award-winning animation director and co-founder of Animation City, one of London's most successful animation studios for fourteen years. Trained at the National Film and Television School, he directed music videos for Madonna, Rod…