Fun Boy Three - Summertime

What this video is

Fun Boy Three emerged directly from the break-up of The Specials in 1981, carrying the multicultural, politically engaged spirit of the 2 Tone movement into a more pop-oriented but still socially conscious direction. 'Summertime' — their reading of the Gershwin/DuBose Heyward jazz standard — exemplifies their approach of recontextualising canonical material through a post-ska, street-level British lens. Released…

Why it matters

This video is a significant artefact of the post-2 Tone British pop moment — documenting the genre's pivot from raw ska-punk energy toward mainstream pop craft without abandoning its multicultural or socially aware foundations. As a jazz-standard cover filmed in the early MTV era, it also…