Synopsis

Set around a theatrical performance, the video follows three versions of Martin Fry as they pursue the same glamorous woman. He appears as a wealthy opera patron, a messenger boy and a flamboyant nightclub singer, while ABC perform in contrasting stage settings. The woman, played by Lisa Vanderpump, remains elusive and ultimately turns the song's romantic imagery into a stylish comic misadventure. The clip moves between opera, fantasy and 1960s-inspired nightlife, matching the song's polished pop sound with deliberately theatrical visual changes.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video uses Martin Fry in three distinct roles: an upper-class opera spectator, a messenger boy and a gold-lame nightclub performer.

• Lisa Vanderpump appears as the mysterious woman at the center of the story. Years later, she became widely known through reality television, including *The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills* and *Vanderpump Rules*.

• ABC perform as a pit band during the opera sequence, while the later nightclub scenes place Fry in front of the group as a showy frontman.

• The opening theater setting was the Theatre Royal Stratford in London.

• The visual concept formed part of the same theatrical and espionage-inspired world later expanded in *Mantrap*, a long-form video project built around songs from *The Lexicon of Love*.

• "Poison Arrow" was released in the United Kingdom in February 1982 and became ABC's second UK Top 10 single, reaching No. 6.

• The song later gained renewed exposure through its inclusion on the soundtrack of *Grand Theft Auto: Vice City*, where it played on the fictional radio station Wave 103.