Synopsis

A nervous traveler hesitates at the top of an escalator in a railway station while a lone busker performs below. One by one, the other members of Gomez join him, adding guitar, keyboards and percussion until the casual solo act becomes a full band performance. The station gradually turns into their makeshift stage, with commuters and passersby providing an indifferent audience. When the song ends, the group's collected money is stolen, leaving their impromptu performance with a slyly comic final twist.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video features a young Toby Jones, years before he became widely known for film and television roles.

• Tom Gray explained that the song was inspired by a 1995 trip to see Beck perform in Manchester. A friend became so exuberant at Piccadilly station that he pulled the string from the bottom of his coat and literally whipped the floor.

• "Whippin' Piccadilly" refers to Manchester Piccadilly station, matching the song's setting and its account of a chaotic night out.

• The single reached number 35 on the UK Singles Chart in 1998.

• The video was later included on *Five Men in a Hut: Singles 1998-2004*, the band's 2006 DVD collection.

• In an NME readers' ranking published in January 1999, the video placed seventh in the magazine's Best Music Video list.