Steam was the second single to be released from Peter Gabriel’s sixth solo album, Us.  Buoyed with this memorable music video, Steam reached number ten in the UK and number one in the U.S.

When asked about his vision for Peter Gabriel’s video for Steam, director Stephen R. Johnson said he wanted to cram as many things in possible and he certainly did that.  Johnson also did the video’s for Gabriel’s Sledgehammer and Big Time and, as with those two videos, the special effects and visuals were so outrageous that a lot of viewers probably missed that they were very subversive and sometimes disturbing.

(As for Gabriel, he said it was simply a song about a relationship where the woman was cultured and well-educated while the man was less intellectual but was also more street smart.)

Enjoy!