The Stranglers — All Day And All Of The Night HD

JUL 01 1988 · 12:00

The Stranglers — All Day And All Of The Night HD (1988) Era: Late Second-Wave New Wave / Post-Punk Crossover (1987–1988) - UK indie-rock transitioning toward mainstream pop; the Stranglers leveraging a Kinks cover for commercial chart re-entry during the late Cornwell era High archival value as a documented UK Top 10 promo from a foundational post-punk act at a late-career commercial peak. Captures the band's raw performance aesthetic in contrast to the polished production norms of 1988 UK pop video, making it a useful comparative artifact for genre, production quality, and subcultural identity studies. The Kinks-cover context adds inter-generational intertextuality rarely visible in contemporaneous promos. Context: Released in January 1988, this promo accompanied The Stranglers' cover of the Kinks' 1964 classic, which became a UK No. 7 hit — their biggest chart placing in years. It arrived during a turbulent period for the band, with internal tensions between members and Hugh Cornwell's solo ambitions simmering. The video functions as a commercial re-assertion of the band's live energy and rock credibility at a moment when the late-1980s UK charts were dominated by Stock Aitken Waterman pop. The choice to cover a power-chord-driven British Invasion anthem connected the band's punk-era roots to a broader classic-rock nostalgia current, while the fast-cut performance aesthetic positioned them as a vital live act rather than a studio confection. Director notes: The music video was produced in the United Kingdom and released in January 1988 on Epic Records to accompany the single, which reached No. 7 on the UK charts. IMDb (tt8658454) lists the video as a 3-minute colour production but carries no director credit in its crew listing. The single was recorded as a studio cover of the original 1964 Kinks song and tied to the live album 'All Live and All of the Night' (Epic, 1988). No production company, commissioner, or directorial attribution has been located in any available source.