the song's music video was the band's first collaboration with tim pope, who would go on to direct several more videos for the group. the video features members robert smith and lol tolhurst, who at that point were the only members of the cure – the only instance in the band's history where the band officially had a two-person lineup. pope’s video treatment displayed the band’s more whimsical side, something absent from the band’s early work. in his book, tolhurst also recalls that he was dancing naked behind the screen as a shadowy silhouette.