Sheryl Crow - Home

What this video is

Released in 1997 as the closing single from Sheryl Crow's platinum self-titled album, 'Home' arrives at the tail end of alternative rock's mainstream commercial dominance. The song's folk-ballad intimacy and thematic focus on a failing marriage reflects a broader mid-90s singer-songwriter turn toward confessional, unadorned Americana. Bayer's choice of black-and-white, documentary-inflected visual grammar — placing…

Why it matters

A key artifact of the mid-90s alt-folk crossover moment, 'Home' demonstrates the commercial viability of stripped-back, emotionally direct songwriting within a major-label framework. Its music video, directed by the era's most consequential rock video auteur, applies the visual grammar of…

The director

Samuel David Bayer (born February 17, 1965, Syracuse, NY) is an American visual artist, cinematographer, photographer, and director. He graduated from New York City's School of Visual Arts in 1987 with a Fine Arts degree. He launched his directing career…