Letters To Cleo - Dangerous Type (no movie clips)

What this video is

Released in 1996 as part of The Craft: Music From The Motion Picture soundtrack on Columbia Records, this video documents Letters to Cleo at their commercial peak — a Boston alternative rock band that had signed to Giant Records (a Warner Bros. subsidiary) in 1994 and gained national visibility. The song is a cover of The Cars' 1979 track 'Dangerous Type,' recorded in Los Angeles with producer Ralph Sall, and…

Why it matters

Represents the mid-90s alternative rock soundtrack tie-in phenomenon, where independent-turned-major-label bands gained broad exposure through film placements. Letters to Cleo's cover extends the Cars' new wave/post-punk legacy into 90s female-fronted alt-rock, bridging two distinct eras of…