 The music video for "A Pair of Brown Eyes" was directed in 1985 by Alex Cox and was set in a "Nineteen Eighty-Four"-esque Britain with Margaret Thatcher in the place of Big Brother as a supreme, god-like authoritarian figure.The video featured roles played by band members as well as a cameo by the record's producer Elvis Costello.The song was ranked number 9 among the "Tracks of the Year" for 1985 by "NME".