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Gomez - Shot Shot

Music Video | 2002
ArtistGomez
SongShot Shot
AlbumIn Our Gun
DirectorSimon Atkingson & Adam Townley
IntroNo
OutroNo
DistributionVirgin
LabelHut
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Gomez perform "Shot Shot" in a stark, highly stylized video built around shifting silhouettes and shadow effects. The band members repeatedly appear to darken or turn almost completely black, creating a strange, graphic contrast with the performance footage. Rather than presenting a conventional narrative, the clip focuses on quick visual changes, the group's physical presence, and the song's restless, high-energy feel. Its deliberately simple concept gives the short video an eccentric, experimental character.

Factoids & Trivia

  • "Shot Shot" was released as the first single from Gomez's third album, "In Our Gun," on March 4, 2002.
  • The music video was posted on Dotmusic on March 11, 2002, shortly before the album's March 18 release.
  • The single reached No. 28 on the UK Singles Chart, giving the band a Top 40 return after a two-year gap between singles.
  • The video is noted for its recurring blackened, shadow-like transformations of the band members, an effect that became its most distinctive visual feature.
  • "Shot Shot" was later included among the videos on "Five Men in a Hut: Singles 1998-2004," Gomez's video compilation.
  • The song also placed at No. 64 in the 2002 Triple J Hottest 100 in Australia.

Lyrics

Well hey, how's tricks man
Think I seen you before
Blank blank do ya
You looked a lot older
You been workin' out
Whats wrong with that

Well he came back and
Came marching in
Shot shot to the
He found a good reason
Do it for the money
Whats wrong with that
...
© Gomez - Shot Shot. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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