five hit, as well as his first since 2001's "Peaceful World" with India Arie. During a concert in July 2006, former vice president Dan Quayle walked out as Mellencamp performed the song after he introduced it as being for "those being ignored by the current administration." Subsequent comments by Quayle called Mellencamp's performance "not very good to begin with" and opined that Mellencamp's "comment put it over the top." Music video A music video for the song, directed by Chris Milk and produced by Gina Leonard, was filmed in Hanford, California, in September 2004. The filming site was selected for its "small town feel". The video, shot mostly in black and white, has been described as a "period piece against prejudice", set in an alternative 1950s where discrimination takes place because of height, rather than race. It follows a milkman with dwarfism (played by Peter Dinklage) as he flees a lynch mob and reunites with his girlfriend, who uses a wheelchair. The video went into rotation on MTV, CMT, and VH1. For the week ending November 7, 2004, it was among the 30 most-played videos on both MTV and VH1. It continued to be among the most-played videos on VH1 and CMT the week ending February 13, 2005. At the 2005 Music Video Production Association Awards, "Walk Tall" was nominated for Adult Contemporary Video of the Year, while Milk was nominated for Director of the Year for his work on the video among others. The video won Adult Contemporary Video of the Year. At the 2005 CMT Music Awards, Mellencamp was a first-round nominee for multiple awards, including "most inspiring video of the year" for "Walk Tall". Following fan voting, the video failed to qualify for the top-four second round. Although the video was not nominated for an award at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, an article by the Associated Press argued that it should win Best Male Video. Track listing UK Promotional CD single Walk Tall (Radio Edit) — 3:43 US Promotional CD single Mellencamp Medley — 2:24 Walk Tall (Radio Edit) — 3:43 Credits Adapted from CD single liner notes. Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds — guitars, background vocals Reggie Hamilton — bass Rick Lawson — drums John Mellencamp — vocals Michael Ramos — keyboards Miriam Sturm — violin Andy York — guitars Charts References 2004 singles John Mellencamp songs Music videos directed by Chris Milk 2004 songs Songs