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Samiam - She Found You

Music Video
ArtistSamiam
SongShe Found You
DirectorDawn Shadforth
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Samiam perform "She Found You" with the band's energetic playing set against scenes of women confronting and physically attacking them. The clip gives the song's frustration and emotional tension a comic, deliberately exaggerated visual treatment, turning the group into willing targets rather than conventional rock-video heroes. Its rough-edged performance style keeps the focus on the band's punk identity, while the recurring assaults provide the video's central gag and visual hook.

Factoids & Trivia

  • "She Found You" was made into two separate music videos: an original UK version and a later US version.
  • The UK video was filmed in London in 1997. In an interview during the shoot, Jason Beebout joked that the band had made the video to give them "a reason" for having girls beat them up.
  • The song appeared on Samiam's fifth album, "You Are Freaking Me Out." The record had been completed in 1996 for Atlantic Records, but the label declined to release it.
  • Samiam eventually secured the album and issued it through Burning Heart Records in 1997, with Ignition Records handling the US campaign the following year.
  • "She Found You" became a notable radio success for the band in 1998, receiving substantial modern-rock and active-rock airplay.
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