The video features Harvey dancing in a red satin dress with a large wig and excessive make-up . She dubbed her appearance " Joan Crawford on acid " in an interview with '' Spin '' in 1996 . Describing the video in an interview with '' JBTV '' , she said : " it was a hard video to make actually that one . It was two days worth of jumping in and out of a swimming pool . Well , one day was just in the swimming pool and the other day was just dancing on a rotating platform but it was quite hard-going after all " , adding " it was quite scary as well because I was jumping in with a wig which was really , really heavy so it was quite difficult to get to the surface again . And wearing high-heel silver shoes , not the best thing for swimming in . " The video was nominated for Best Female Video at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards and has been featured in episodes of '' Beavis and Butt-head '' , '' Ash vs. Evil Dead '' and '' Gotham ''
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
1995 MTV Video Music Awards
Down by the Water (PJ Harvey song)