Music Video Added Value

Music Video Added Value

Music videos can often ‘add value’ to songs
For both of these songs it's the video
that ensured that the song was a hit record.

Nothing Compares to U was a minor hit for
Prince but Sinead O’Connor’s version has
proven to be a career defining release mainly
due to the video.



"Nothing Compares 2 U" is a song written and
composed by Prince for one of his side projects. It was made famous by an Irish recording artist 
Sinéad O'Connor, this song became a worldwide hit in 1990. The music video and it's lyrics explore deep feelings of longing. Directed by John Maybury, the video consists mostly of a close-up on Sinéad O'Connor's face and her different stages of sadness and even anger as she  sings the
lyrics; the rest consists of her walking through an area of Paris at the end of the video, two tears roll down her face, one on
each cheek.
                                 

Take on Me was initially released without a
video and failed to chart. With the video it
became a huge hit.




The original video for "Take On Me" was recorded in 1984 and it took two versions and three releases to finally chart in the UK, reaching no. 2 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1985. In the US in October 1985 this song became the only A-ha song to be top of the Billboard Hot 100. The song gained its popularity mostly by the music video which was directed by Steve Barron. The video shows the band in a pencil-sketch animation method called rotoscoping, combined with live action scenes. This music video won six awards and was nominated for two at the 1986 MTV video music awards.