Sandra - Little girl

What this video is

Released on 24 February 1986 as the third and final single from Sandra's debut album The Long Play, 'Little Girl' occupies a distinctive niche in mid-80s Euro-pop: a synth-ballad with gothic overtones at a moment when the genre was dominated by uptempo dancefloor productions. Produced by Michael Cretu — who would later architect the Enigma project — the track's ambient synth pads and reverb-drenched percussion…

Why it matters

A defining example of the mid-80s Euro-synth ballad sub-genre, 'Little Girl' demonstrates the capacity of European pop production — centered on German studio infrastructure and the Cretu/Virgin Records axis — to absorb art-cinema and gothic literary influence into mainstream pop formats. Its…

The director

Mike Stiebel is a German music video director active in the 1980s European pop scene, credited on multiple Sandra music video productions. He is confirmed as the director of the 1986 'Little Girl' video, shot on location in Venice, Italy. His work is…