Men Without Hats - I Like

What this video is

Released in 1983 as a follow-up single to 'The Safety Dance,' 'I Like' represents Men Without Hats at the height of their international commercial profile. The band—a Canadian new wave and synth-pop group originally from Montreal, Quebec—were defined by Ivan Doroschuk's distinctive baritone and elaborate synthesizer work. The video arrives during the crucial window when MTV had transformed pop music promotion into…

Why it matters

A key artefact of early-1980s Canadian synth-pop's international crossover moment. The video documents Men Without Hats' visual identity at peak MTV-era reach, directed by Tim Pope whose concurrent work with The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees was simultaneously redefining the grammar of pop…

The director

Timothy Michael Pope (born 12 February 1956, Hackney, London) is an award-winning British director best known for shaping the visual language of 1980s music videos. He directed 37 videos for The Cure and collaborated with David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Soft Cell,…