Erasure - Heavenly Action

What this video is

Released in November 1985 as Erasure's second single on Mute Records (UK) and Sire Records (US), 'Heavenly Action' arrived during the consolidation of British synth-pop as a post-New Wave mainstream phenomenon. Despite peaking at a career-low #100 on the UK Singles Chart, the single reached #8 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart — reflecting the disproportionate US club circuit appetite for UK electronic pop.…

Why it matters

An early artifact of the Erasure discography predating their commercial breakthrough, this video documents the duo's formative aesthetic — theatrical, camp, synth-driven — before 'Sometimes' (1986) and 'A Little Respect' (1988) established their global profile. As a Mute Records production, it is…

The director

British artist, director, writer, and editor (born July 1950). A key figure in the UK Scratch Video movement of the early 1980s, his experimental short works were exhibited internationally, including in MoMA's 1983 video art survey. He transitioned into…