"We took an early morning flight to Vienna, ran round like loonies in and out of taxis as we filmed, and soon discovered that, due to it being the winter off-season, many of the splendid places we’d been counting upon filming were either shut for redecorating or covered with webs of scaffolding. There was just us and Nick, our trusty camera man. By the time the crew was ready to film, we were all well partying for real. "So long that we all got impatient with waiting and dipped into the many cases of wine we’d laid on for refreshment after the shoot. Can’t remember where, but I do remember that it took the crew a long time to set up the lights to prepare for filming. "The embassy party scene was in some house we’d rented in town. Warren Cann later explained: "It may come as a surprise to know that approximately half of it was shot on locations in central London, mainly at Covent Garden and also in the old Kilburn Gaumont Theatre in North London (now a Bingo hall). It cost over £6,000, which was rather expensive at the time. The music video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, clearly was inspired by The Third Man. This is going to sound terrible, but I quite like that song, I think it's funny." However, it had to make do with peaking at number two for several weeks, famously being kept off the top spot by novelty song 'Shaddap You Face' by Joe Dolce.īassist Chris Cross later said: "It annoyed Midge Ure at the time. The song was hugely successful, and was one of the biggest sellers of 1981. He said of the track: "We wanted to take the song and make it incredibly pompous in the middle, leaving it very sparse before and after, but finishing with a typically over-the top classical ending." Ure is also said to have been influenced by The Walker Brothers' 1978 single 'The Electrician'. I wrote a song about a holiday romance, but in this very dark, ominous surrounding." He said: "I lied to the papers about at the time: the Secessionists and Gustav Klimt, whatever. Midge Ure later said that he made up the inspiration when asked what the song was about. At the time, it was said that the song was inspired by the 1948 film The Third Man, which is based around the Austrian capital of Vienna.
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