 The video was filmed in December 2006 , several days before Christmas . It was directed by Joseph Kahn and produced by Maryann Tenado of H.S.I. Productions . The jail and penthouse scenes in the video are symbolic of " being jailed by love " . Stefani being unable to escape her metaphoric prisons represents how one cannot escape from oneself . The penthouse scene is an allusion to the 19th @-@ century fairy tale " Rapunzel " . The video features product placement for two General Motors vehicles , the Chevrolet Tahoe , and the Buick Lucerne . 
