Synopsis
The video is built as a deliberately lurid portrait of Amanda Lepore. Against a stark, shadowy backdrop, the camera stays close to her heavily styled face, blonde hair, latex clothing, and vividly red mouth. Lepore lip-syncs the familiar Corey Hart refrain with exaggerated, fashion-image intensity, while quick cuts and an unsettling presentation turn the simple performance into something camp, glamorous, and faintly sinister. Rather than following a conventional narrative, this alternate version functions as a stylized character study and visual showcase.
Factoids & Trivia
- This is the alternate 2001 video version identified as "version 2: Amanda Lepore," and it was listed as a German music-video release.
- The track is Tiga and Zyntherius' electroclash reworking of Corey Hart's 1983 song "Sunglasses at Night."
- Zyntherius was the production alias of Finnish musician Jori Hulkkonen, who co-produced the recording with Tiga.
- Amanda Lepore does not sing a new vocal for the clip; she lip-syncs to the track, turning the performance into a highly stylized visual persona.
- Lepore recalled that Hal from Gigolo Records approached her after seeing her modeling work. The production then flew her to Berlin for the shoot.
- The clip's extremely tight facial close-ups, red lips, blonde styling, latex, and eerie presentation give it a deliberately trashy and unsettling fashion-image quality.
- Tiga's version became one of the better-known releases associated with the early-2000s electroclash scene.
- The single reached No. 23 on the UK national singles chart and No. 2 on the UK Dance Chart.