Synopsis

Heaven 17 move through a strangely deserted London, filmed mostly in stark black and white. The members approach an abandoned red telephone box, where a receiver hangs off the hook and the speaking clock repeats into the empty street. Loose banknotes, a discarded newspaper and vacant urban spaces add to the unsettling atmosphere. A brief shift into color introduces a ghostly crowd, before the video returns to the silent city and ends on the endlessly swinging telephone receiver.

Factoids & Trivia

• The London locations include Lothbury and Marylebone station. The station filming took place at night after it had closed to passenger services.

• Behind-the-scenes footage from the station shoot appeared on the BBC arts program "Riverside" on November 29, 1982.

• The newspaper seen early in the video carries a headline about the British Electric Foundation crashing. This appears to be an in-joke connected to B.E.F., the project from which Heaven 17 developed.

• The video is primarily monochrome, with the short color sequence involving the crowd providing its most striking visual contrast.

• "Let Me Go" was released in October 1982 and narrowly missed the UK Top 40. The band has since identified it as one of its favorite songs.