Bronski Beat: Smalltown Boy

Music Video
19841984
5m

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Drama

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An official music video was shot and released later in 1984. The narrative video features band member Jimmy Somerville as the boy who has experienced the issues described in the lyrics. Seen... Read allAn official music video was shot and released later in 1984. The narrative video features band member Jimmy Somerville as the boy who has experienced the issues described in the lyrics. Seen on a train, he is contemplating his childhood through flashbacks and the events that have... Read allAn official music video was shot and released later in 1984. The narrative video features band member Jimmy Somerville as the boy who has experienced the issues described in the lyrics. Seen on a train, he is contemplating his childhood through flashbacks and the events that have caused him to leave his parents' home. At a swimming pool, his friends dare him to approa... Read all

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7.6/10

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Director
- Bernard Rose
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Trivia
In the video Steve Bronski and Larry Steinbachek only interact with Jimmy Somerville, not being seen with Somerville's parents or fighting against the gang, creating the doubt (despite the last scene with Bronski and Steinbacheck in the train) that they could be Somerville's hallucinations and not real people.

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Featured in The 100 Greatest Pop Videos (2005)

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great

After passing decades, it remains one of my loved songs. For the lyrics, off course, for the inspired video but, first, for its status of confession with universal resonance. A wise manner to say a story changing everything, defining deep form of loneliness and the high need to be yourself. So, just great.

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