"Imagination" is a 1985 single by British artist Belouis Some, from his 1985 debut album Some People. Upon its first release in the UK in 1985, the song only managed to chart at #50, but a re-release proved more successful, hitting the Top 20 and peaking at #17 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1986. In the U.S., the song reached #88 on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1985.
Belouis Some described the song as being "about a British man's encounter with an extremely self-indulgent American woman", and one that "expresses the conflict between reality and dreams". Speaking of the song to Number One in 1986, he commented: ""Imagination" isn't an erotic song because it doesn't go for the jugular in say the same way that Prince does, but it is very suggestive."
Video Imagination (Belouis Some song)
Music video
A music video was produced for "Imagination", and was directed by Storm Thorgerson. It caused controversy as it contained full frontal nudity. In an interview with Number One, Belouis Some said of the video: "It wasn't done to cause a stir, it was done for artistic reasons and we put a lot of our own money into it. It became an obsession for all of us because we believed in it so much."
Maps Imagination (Belouis Some song)
Cover versions and other uses
The song was used as a soundtrack for a humorous Barclay's Bank advertisement in the 1980s, as well as the 1987 movie Ghost Chase. It was sampled by Boyzone members Keith 'N' Shane in their song "Girl You Know It's True" in 2000 and covered by Harry as part of the album The Trouble with... Harry in 2003.
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