Synopsis

A young man living in a rural, dreamlike world receives an otherworldly visitor after a shooting star falls from the sky. The encounter sets off a strange journey through farms, deserts, forests, and outer space, where the Scissor Sisters appear in shifting, fantastical forms. As the imagery grows increasingly surreal, the young man and his mother are drawn together through music and movement. The video turns the song's coming-out theme into a colorful science-fiction fable about acceptance, family, and shared liberation.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was released in 2004, alongside the single's rise as one of the Scissor Sisters' breakthrough songs.

• Its visual language is deliberately surreal, moving between rural Americana, desert imagery, cosmic scenes, and dreamlike transformations instead of presenting a conventional performance narrative.

• The song itself was inspired by Jake Shears' experience of coming out to his mother. The video does not recreate that event literally, but translates its emotional idea into a fantastical story about a son and his mother finding common ground.

• The video was later uploaded to the band's official YouTube channel in February 2010, helping introduce it to a new online audience.

• "Take Your Mama" became a signature Scissor Sisters song and reached No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart.