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Spinal Tap - Bitch School

Music Video | 1992
ArtistSpinal Tap
SongBitch School
DirectorMark Rezyka
Director of PhotographyDaniel Pearl
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Spinal Tap arrive at what they believe is a "tall-girl school," only to discover an all-girl institution populated by students and staff in revealing school-uniform-inspired outfits. The band performs "Bitch School" amid staged classroom imagery, disciplinary poses, and exaggerated hair-metal theatrics. The video's knowingly excessive sexuality mirrors the song's deliberately crude presentation, while the group's clueless behavior keeps the joke rooted in Spinal Tap's signature blend of rock-star vanity, bad taste, and total misunderstanding.

Factoids & Trivia

  • "Bitch School" was released in 1992 as the lead single from Spinal Tap's reunion album, "Break Like the Wind."
  • The video's opening premise depends on the band confusing an "all-girl school" with a "tall-girl school," setting up the visual gag before the performance begins.
  • The production deliberately imitates the heavily sexualized look of late-1980s and early-1990s hair-metal videos, making the clip's excess part of the parody.
  • The song was defended in Spinal Tap's fictional mythology as being about disciplining dogs. The video undercuts that explanation by placing the band in an all-girl school and showing no dogs.
  • MTV did not air the original version. An edited version was made for broadcast, and contemporary coverage noted that some imagery was obscured for television.
  • The video was included with home-video releases and in the short-form "Break Like the Wind - The Videos" package, helping preserve it as part of Spinal Tap's post-"This Is Spinal Tap" legacy.
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