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Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack

Music Video
ArtistMark Morrison
SongReturn Of The Mack
DirectorJack Nava
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Mark Morrison returns to London after a breakup, arriving by Concorde before cruising through the city in a silver Mercedes-Benz. As he reflects on his former relationship, he spots his ex-girlfriend with another man and later follows them to an underground club. Morrison takes over the dance floor with a confident comeback performance, while flashbacks revisit the couple's final confrontation in an office. The video closes on Morrison smiling directly at the camera, suggesting that heartbreak has been replaced by self-assurance and renewed success.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The opening arrival by Concorde and the drive through London give the video a deliberately larger-than-life entrance, presenting Morrison as a returning star rather than an unknown singer.
  • The club sequence was filmed beneath railway arches in an improvised space modeled on the warehouse and underground parties popular in London at the time.
  • The drive-by shot outside the Lloyd's building was filmed without permission. The location was chosen to give London the same kind of instantly recognizable urban presence often associated with New York in American hip-hop videos.
  • The former girlfriend is played by model Suzannah Agrippa. Her vocal parts were mimed to a featured performance by singer Angie Brown.
  • Many of the club extras were friends connected with the production, helping the party scenes retain the feel of a real underground event rather than a formal studio crowd.
  • The video was released in the United Kingdom in March 1996 and reached American audiences in February 1997, during the song's later breakthrough in the United States.
  • Its combination of London locations, American-influenced R&B styling, luxury-car imagery, and warehouse-club atmosphere helped establish the song's visual identity as a distinctly British take on mid-1990s urban pop.

Lyrics

Return Of The Mack
Mark Morrison
Album: Return Of The Mack

Oh,oo-o-oh, come on, ooh, yeah
Well I tried to tell you so (yes, I did)
But Iguess you didn't know, as I said the story goes
Baby, now I got theflow
'Cos I knew it from the start
Baby, when you broke my heart
That Ihad to come again, and show you that I'm real

(You lied to me) all thosetimes I said that I love you
...
© Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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