The music video was directed by Dieter Meier and was uploaded on a YouTube channel that goes by the name “RHINO” that specialises in being “the greatest music catalogue in the world.” Since it’s upload to the RHINO channel in December 2013, the music video has over 6.5 million views. The sound was fairly new and modern for music of that time, but also fit into the 80’s synth-pop style tunes that were extremely popular at the time. With an electronic sort of atmosphere with a chime like sound from a keyboard, the steady drum beat and the shakiness in the background, the track does a fantastic job at telling the story of the drug loving couple just as well as the lyrics do. “Big in Japan” provides a multitude of multi-layered sounds alongside the heavy and thought provoking story telling lyrics. Bernhard recognised the quality of the song and Andy the ability of its marketing.” I must admit the only ones who understood the meaning of the song correctly were Bernhard Lloyd and our then publisher Andy Budde. “They both imagine how great it would be to love without the drug: no steal, no clients, no ice age in the pupil, real emotions, -true worlds. The title of the track being “Big in Japan” (which is a phrase referencing a Western band’s popularity with Japanese audiences rather than their home country), is fairly misleading as the song is not about being popular in Japan, but actually tells the story of “a couple of lovers trying to get off Heroin”, Alphaville lead singer Marian Gold told German online magazine “Re.flexion” in 1998. “Big in Japan” comes from their 1984 album “Forever Young” and is the third track on the album. So I used it for the refrain of the song.Alphaville is a German synth-pop / new-wave band that were particularly popular in the 1980’s. Anyway that statement fit perfectly to the story of the couple of lovers. And if you aren't that, you can tell it at home. "Big in Japan" meant so much as if you are nothing in your environs, you can be big somewhere else. I bought the album of a British band named Big In Japan. There was a fellow, who sold stuff of independent bands from US and UK. There was the rumor he would be in Berlin for withdrawal treatment in that period. In 1977 I was quite regular in a club in Kreuzberg, the SO36. That's why this place became a venue of the song. Till nowadays Berlin station Zoo is an important meeting place for junkies. They both imagine how great it would be to love without the drug: no steal, no clients, no ice age in the pupil, real emotions, true worlds. General CommentIn a 1998 interview with the German online magazine Re.flexion, Alphaville lead signer Marian Gold explained: 'Big In Japan' tells about a couple of lovers trying to get off Heroin. And Holly Johnson, the singer of the band, was the singer of this band "Big in Japan," who I stole the line some years ago, before he came to Frankie Goes To Hollywood." It was strange: as we released the song later, Frankie Goes To Hollywood was the #1 in the charts with "Relax" and we needed some weeks to edge them out.
So I used it for the refrain of the song. 'Big In Japan' tells about a couple of lovers trying to get off Heroin. Bernhard recognized the quality of the song and Andy the ability of its marketing. Song MeaningIn a 1998 interview with the German online magazine Re.flexion, Alphaville lead signer Marian Gold explained: "I must admit the only ones who understood the meaning of the song correctly were Bernhard (Lloyd) and our then publisher Andy Budde. Or should I go and change my point of view Neon on my naked skin, passing silhouettes Big in Japan, ooh the eastern sea's so blue
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