Trivia

The video was filmed at Lanchester Polytechnic, where keyboardist Jerry Dammers and bassist Horace Panter had studied.

The song was a critique of how privileged students "would spend three years pissing it up in College knowing full well that Daddy would get them a good job no matter what, while ordinary kids have nothing to look forward to."

The video was banned by The BBC because Jerry Dammers was dressed as a headmistress.

This was the 60th video ever played on MTV.