Eurythmics - Thorn in my side

Eurythmics's music video for Thorn in my side debuted in 1986 and was directed by Chris Ashbrook and Dave Stewart. It depicts the band in a studio set bar with the biker gang Hell's angels, the band too are wearing leather jackets and trousers.

The music video plays with the idea of gender representation of the time and was intended for a female audience. The lead singer of Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, is the main focus throughout the video amongst other actresses and actors. She portrays a man, and certain characteristics that she uses which were typical of men at the time helps portray this. Firstly, the characteristics of her clothing suggests she is portraying a man based upon the social influences around her-she is the only women dressed as a biker whereas all the other actresses are not. Her short hair and style of makeup is very similar to male pop stars of the time such as Boy George, Prince and David Bowie. Another typical characteristic of men shown is the symbolism of the heart. Typical social roles suggest that men give women roses, but it could be interpreted that Annie Lennox portraying a man can still give women roses.