Lita Ford - Broken Dreams

What this video is

Released in 1989 as part of the promotional campaign for the platinum-certified album Lita (RCA Records, February 1988), 'Broken Dreams' arrives at the commercial and cultural zenith of hair metal's MTV dominance. Lita Ford occupied a singular position in this ecosystem as one of the few female artists who achieved peer-level credibility in a male-dominated genre, having graduated from the Runaways — one of the…

Why it matters

As a promotional artifact from Lita Ford's most commercially successful album — which was RIAA-certified platinum and peaked at No. 29 on the Billboard 200 — this video documents a pivotal moment in female representation within glam metal. Ford's performance-centered visual identity challenged…