Only You / Martha and the Muffins

Only You (From the MatM album The World Is A Ball 1986)


Shot on a shoestring budget by Mark and Martha on black and white Super 8 film, and edited by their friend Bob Kennedy, Only You remains their personal favourite from all the MatM videos done in the 80s. At the time, Mark wrote this about making the video:

If nothing else, the late 20th Century can be characterized by its state of perpetual crisis. Every day we view the extraordinary events and images of this ongoing crisis through the window of television. Medical miracles, the clichés of soap opera romance, the aftermath of a terrorist bombing, humans in outer space; these commonplace moments inspired the song Only You. At once a personal and global love song, Only You is a reminder that we are masters of our own destiny. In reflecting our troubled era, the lyrics embrace both human intimacy and the Apocalypse.

After its initial release in March,1987, Only You received considerable critical acclaim, influencing the look of several subsequent television commercials and winning Best Music Video at the 1897 Yorkton Short Film & Video Festival as well as being nominated for Best Video at the Junos Awards the same year.

Produced, Directed and Photographed by Mark Gane, Martha Johnson
Assisted by Helmut Hupfl
Edited by Bob Kennedy / Flashcut
Financial assistance by FACTOR

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[34airflow]

This is SUCH a cool video to SUCH a cool song!

[ChezKiva]

I bought their first LP the minute I heard it. This band was like NAZZ, with a hand full of great songs and a sound of their own at a time when the 'industry' evidently wasn't remotely interested in fully backing those who didn't fit their format mold...

[BEXandDADDY]

this is perfect. perfect pop song. thoughtful and evocotive video.

bravo

[rhymeandreasoning]

love this song and video..

please release a dvd compilation of all of Martha & The Muffins music videos..

[buffalobands]

Saw them in Toronto for this tour, one of my very favorite concerts in my life, better live and still one of my fav albums, wish I had another first pressing vinyl, one of the best performed,mixed, and mastered albums of all time, thanx to all of you who gave your mastery...Jay in Buffalo

[canonf50]

CFNY 102.1 played this song in the 80's and it became a string of expansive music that would not leave me, popping up in my head when I felt able to conquer Everest and repel the Mongol hoards.

Many thanks to Martha & Muffins for creating such a unique and powerful sound. Hidden gems in Toronto, known to a lucky few.

[covil64]

OMG- I was searching for this song- heard it on CFNY in the 80's -I never forgot it. Very underated band- listening to them in hindsight - so before their time- this song sounds very current and HIP...

A re-launch of them would be amazing...

Love ya M + M

Mikey in T.O