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Cruise Control

Headless Chickens , Music Video – 1993

from the album Body Blow (1991)

‘Cruise Control’ is one of Headless Chicken’s most poppy and accessible songs, and became a hit in New Zealand, and (in remixed form), in Australia. This studio shot promo, for the ‘Eskimos in Egypt’ remix, has Fiona McDonald and the Chickens packed into a touring car, cruising through old school, rear projected cityscapes at night. It’s dark and moody: a wry touch of Hollywood glamour mixed with early 90s Auckland dated by Knight Rider, bling and brick-sized mobile phones.

It made the national Top Ten, and, more significantly, became only the second Flying Nun record to gain widespread mainstream airplay.
– Writer Russell Brown on 'Cruise Control', Rip It Up 171, October 1991, page 19,

Acknowledgements

Made with funding from NZ On Air