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The Corrs - What Can I Do

Music Video | 1998
ArtistThe Corrs
SongWhat Can I Do
AlbumTalk On Corners
DirectorNigel Dick
Director of PhotographyRussel Swanson
EditorScott Richter
Art DirectorRoger Guise
IntroNo
OutroNo
Production CompanyDickfilms[df365](William Grieve)
NotesIt took director Nigel Dick 17 hours flight to get there and another 36 hours to scout the location and then it rained during the shoot.
Production time1 day
Script/Written byNigel Dick
Set LocationManukau Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown
TelecineBrian Linse
Release date

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Synopsis

The Corrs are shown in a relaxed, pastoral setting on New Zealand's Awhitu Peninsula. Driving through open countryside in a vintage car, the siblings stop at Kohekohe Church and wander through the surrounding fields and roads. The video mixes informal group moments with performance footage, emphasizing the song's wistful, romantic mood rather than building a conventional narrative. Its rural landscapes, changing weather, and unpolished styling give the band an easygoing, distinctly Celtic-pop image far removed from the more glamorous presentation of their earlier videos.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The video was filmed in late February 1998 near Kohekohe Church on the Awhitu Peninsula, approximately 50 miles southwest of Auckland, New Zealand.
  • The Corrs were still on the New Zealand leg of their Talk on Corners World Tour when the record company decided that a video was needed quickly. The shoot was organized at very short notice and completed in roughly one day.
  • The vintage car seen in the video is a 1962 Ford Consul.
  • The green countryside was chosen partly because it reminded the band of Ireland. Rain also arrived during filming, adding an unexpectedly Irish-looking atmosphere to the footage.
  • The casual jeans-and-T-shirts styling was deliberately set apart from the polished, fashion-oriented look of "Only When I Sleep."
  • Footage from the production was used with both the original album version and the later Tin Tin Out remix of the song.
  • The Tin Tin Out remix helped turn the song into one of The Corrs' biggest late-1990s hits in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 3.
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