Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - 17 Again

What this video is

Released at the close of 1999 as part of the Eurythmics' reunion album Peace, '17 Again' arrives at a moment of intense millennial cultural reflection. The duo — separated for nearly a decade — returned with an overtly pacifist project whose visual language channels the fin-de-siècle anxiety of a generation confronting post-Cold War conflicts, NATO bombing campaigns in the former Yugoslavia, and the symbolic weight…

Why it matters

A landmark late-period Eurythmics document, this video exemplifies the 'prestige concept clip' model that major-label adult-contemporary acts used in the late 1990s to signal artistic seriousness. It bridges Eurythmics' 1980s synth-pop visual invention with the cinematic, message-driven video form…

The director

David A. Stewart (born September 9, 1952, Sunderland, England) is co-founder of Eurythmics and one of the most decorated figures in British pop history. He holds over fifty ASCAP and BMI Awards, four Ivor Novello Awards for Best Songwriter, four BRIT Awards…