In an interview with Nick Krewen of '' Music Express '' magazine , Gowan stated that " videos can be powerful but they are so misused " and that he was " really happy " with the result for this video . Music critic John Griffin of '' The Gazette '' referred to as an " amazing video " . It won the Juno Award for Best Video at the 1985 Juno Awards . Other nominees included the video for " ( You 're A ) Strange Animal " from the same album , also produced by Quartly , and a third video produced by Quartly , for the song " Never Surrender " by Corey Hart . That year , the song was nominated for the Juno Award for Single of the Year , which was won by Corey Hart for " Never Surrender " . Don Oates , vice president of sales and marketing for Columbia Records , stated that the music video was pivotal in the song receiving airplay in Canada . In an article in '' The Gazette '' , Martin Siberok stated that " the role of video " was key to the song appearing on record charts . Kirk LaPointe of '' Billboard '' magazine stated that Gowan was the " clearest beneficiary " of the existence of MuchMusic ( which had launched in September 1984 ) as the album '' Strange Animal '' achieved double platinum status and Gowan emerged as a " hit domestic artist " . Despite his domestic success and the album 's United States release in May 1985 , the song received little airplay in the United States
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