Video: Barefootin' Music Video Aardman Animations 1987

Dateline 1987. Inspired by the huge success of Jackie Wilson's recently re-issued #1 smash Reet Petite - and accompanying claymation video - Telstar try cashing in on the winning formula by re-releasing Robert Parker's own 60s soul classic Barefootin' - complete with its own claymation video! I liked this song a lot (what's not to like?), but alas it wasn't destined to emulate the success of Reet Petite , and stalled well outside the top 40 in the UK. Not even my purchasing of it on [...]