Synopsis
CAMERAS' video for "Running Up That Hill" presents a tense, stylized portrait of two lovers whose relationship appears to be coming apart. The couple move through a series of emotionally charged encounters, with physical distance and unspoken conflict shaping the mood. Archery imagery becomes the video's striking visual motif: invisible bows and arrows suggest attraction, accusation, and the possibility of emotional wounds. The dramatic, atmospheric presentation mirrors the band's reworking of Kate Bush's famously intense song.
Factoids & Trivia
- "Running Up That Hill" is CAMERAS' cover of Kate Bush's 1985 classic. The band released its version as a digital single on October 24, 2012.
- CAMERAS were a Sydney quartet consisting of Eleanor Dunlop, Fraser Harvey, Mike Morgan, and Ben Mason. Dunlop and Harvey shared vocal duties in the band.
- The track runs for 5:08, giving the video room to build its slow-burning emotional tension rather than follow a conventional performance-clip structure.
- The invisible bow-and-arrow imagery was singled out in contemporary coverage as the video's most memorable and unusual visual device.
- The official video credits Eryn Siobhan O'Sullivan and Thomas Sebastian Galasso as the two performers at the center of the relationship drama.
- Romy Itzigsohn handled wardrobe, while Chad Pelsang was credited as key grip.