Missing Persons - Right Now

What this video is

Released in May 1984 as the second single from Missing Persons' second album Rhyme & Reason (Capitol Records, February 21, 1984), 'Right Now' arrived at a pivotal moment for the band and for MTV-era new wave. The band had established themselves as early MTV fixtures via the gold-certified debut Spring Session M (1982), distinguished by Dale Bozzio's space-age costuming and the group's Frank Zappa pedigree. By 1984,…

Why it matters

Missing Persons were among the earliest and most visually distinctive acts in the MTV new wave canon. 'Right Now' documents the transition from the rawer art-punk aesthetic of their debut toward a more polished, stage-performance video format — a visual grammar that would define mid-decade new…

The director

Peter Heath is a director and cinematographer who served as Director/Cameraman for Picture Music, a wholly owned subsidiary of Capitol Records, where he helmed music videos for Capitol acts including Missing Persons, Stray Cats, DeBarge, Robert Palmer,…