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The Game of Love

Ian Morris (aka Tex Pistol) , Music Video – 1987

from the album Nobody Else (1988)

The video for Tex Pistol's chart-topping, electro-pop remake of 60s track 'The Game of Love' was a stylish triumph for budding teenage director Paul Middleditch. Tex Pistol — aka former Th'Dudes member Ian Morris — is dressed in black and white, with silver tipped cowboy boots and a red semi-acoustic guitar. Suiting the less is more approach of the remake, the video features Morris and backing vocalist Callie Blood in a world of darkness, rain and reflective surfaces. 'The Game of Love' hit number one for one week; copies of the single ran out early on.

Its reign at the top was brief – one week – as copies of the single ran out the day it reached number one, but it received extensive radio airplay.
– Writer Chris Bourke on 'The Game of Love', in his AudioCulture profile of Ian Morris

Key Cast & Crew

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Paul Middleditch

Director

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Mike Fuller

Cinematographer