The track begins with a woman in fashionable 1920's style clothing sitting on a chair in a lavishly clad room. One leg is crossed over the other and fer foot bobs as she sings to the camera.
The video for the track cuts back to this shot as she narrates her meeting with the male character, with close ups on her in this position when she says "ooh", "cooed" and "let loose".
The rest of the track shows the female character's attempts to follow the man as he goes about his daily life.
This includes shots of her appearing outside his window and watching him, following him on the street, hiding behind a newspaper on the train, all typical cliche spying shots.
The chorus features her dancing around his 1920's style office desk. He is reading the newspaper and is oblivious as she dances and sings around him and to him. The general feel is that she is his secretary trying to win his affection but is ultimately ignored.
At the brief change in style towards the end of the song (around 2:07) she gives up following him and wrecks his office in her rage. He enters as she leaves, sees the mess and acknowledges her for the first time. The roles swap and he is now infatuated with her instead.
The video concludes with the man following the woman in the same style as before, she notices and acknowledges with the viewer the man's desperation with a smile.
Madness - My Girl 2
The video is a juxtaposition of the lyrics. The main character is a man who is spending time with his wife, he sings throughout the video but every lyric is sung with irony. The compliments paid about his wife in the lyrics are taken as criticisms in the video.
For example "so sad to be loosing you" would be ironic, as would "she moves with such grace" which would be paired with images of him embarrassed at her lack of grace.
Parts of the video would take place as the main character sings to the viewer at a distance from his wife, as she make a fool of herself in public.
Seth Lakeman - The Riflemen of War
A historic setting, 19th century. Bleak moorland, fog fills the scene and the land is wet with recent rain.
Two young brothers explore the scene dressed in makeshift army attire, with rifles. They search the land, jumping over muddy streams and helping each other along.
An army moving is scaled down and portrayed as two young characters.
They practice shooting their rifles, with cracks and puffs of smoke. They shoot targets and animals on the moorland.
A ship appears in the distance out at sea, they looks towards then run toward their home on the moor.
They arrive back to find army officers already there. Their mother cries as their father hands over papers and uniforms are given to the young boys.
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