Spandau Ballet - Instinction

What this video is

Released 2 April 1982 as the final single from the album Diamond, 'Instinction' represented a watershed commercial and cultural pivot for Spandau Ballet. Following the underperformance of 'Paint Me Down' and 'She Loved Like Diamond', the band's label Chrysalis Records was reportedly ready to abandon them. The Trevor Horn remix transformed the track into a Top 10 UK hit and became the first of eleven consecutive Top…

Why it matters

A defining document of the New Romantic genre's commercial consolidation. The video demonstrates the moment British post-punk art-pop deliberately reoriented toward mass-market accessibility, both sonically (via Trevor Horn's production) and visually (via Mulcahy's intentionally simplified…

The director

Born 23 June 1953 in Melbourne, Australia. Mulcahy began directing music videos in Australia before relocating to London, where he joined Jon Roseman Productions International. His landmark credit was directing the Buggles' 'Video Killed the Radio Star'…