Synopsis
A young Culture Club fan plays a computer game built around a giant board-game landscape, where the band members move through colorful spaces and perform the song. The playful studio setting is mixed with clips and images from earlier Culture Club videos, turning the promo into a fast-moving scrapbook of the group's rise. Boy George appears in several of the band's familiar flamboyant styles, while the game structure gives the video a tongue-in-cheek sense of competition, celebrity and chance.
Factoids & Trivia
- The video uses a circular board-game design with spaces modeled on Monopoly, including recognizable property-style locations.
- Clips from previous Culture Club videos are woven into the presentation, making the video function as a self-referential career summary as well as a performance piece.
- "It's A Miracle" was initially titled "It's America," reflecting the band's first trip to the United States. The title was later changed.
- Released in 1984, the song was the fifth and final single from the album "Colour by Numbers."
- The single reached No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, No. 13 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 in Canada.
- The video received four nominations at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards: Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Editing and Best Cinematography.