Directed and shot by photographer Mick Rock, who previously directed the videos for “John, I’m Only Dancing” and “The Jean Genie”, it features a heavily made-up David Bowie miming to the song solo against a white backdrop, wearing in a turquoise suit designed by Freddie Buretti. Rock later explained that “it wasn’t so much an idea as a moment in time,” clarifying that he “wanted to do something that looked a little bit like a painting.” Bowie later remarked that the final result has a “strange floaty, pop-art effect.”

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