Synopsis

Lazlo Bane perform "Overkill" in the ballroom of a hotel late at night, turning an otherwise quiet evening into a full-scale disturbance. The band's fellow members appear as increasingly irritated hotel guests, while Colin Hay plays the unflappable front desk clerk fielding their complaints. He ignores the calls until the building begins to shake during the guitar solo. Finally, Hay leaves the desk, joins the band in the ballroom, and takes over the vocals for the song's climactic final section.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Overkill" is Lazlo Bane's cover of the Men at Work song written by Colin Hay. Hay contributes guitar and vocals to the recording, including the final verse and the last chorus.

• The song first appeared as the B-side to Lazlo Bane's debut single, "Buttercup," before being included on the band's 1997 debut album, "11 Transistor."

• Colin Hay's appearance gives the video an unusually direct connection to the original recording. Rather than appearing only as a guest musician, he becomes part of the video's central hotel-room comedy.

• The video became one of Lazlo Bane's best-known early clips and was later included among MTV2's Top 10 videos of 1997.

• An officially restored version of the video was released online in 2022, renewing attention around the band's collaboration with Hay.