"State of the Nation" is a song by American band Industry taken from their sole studio album Stranger to Stranger. The song peaked at No. 3 in Italy, No. 10 in Sweden, No. 78 in Australia, and No. 81 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
The official music video was filmed on a retired aircraft carrier, the USSIntrepid, for two nights at the cost of $37,000.[1] To create the appearance of an ominous stage set, the production installed blue and white lights, red emergency flares and billows of smoke on the Intrepid.[1] Retired and active U.S. Navy personnel, who managed the Intrepid, also participated in the shoot.[citation needed]Half Hollow Hills East High School students were also brought in to act as naval personnel. During the shoot, the students wore their own uniforms. The production company later gave a $1,000 contribution to the school.[1]
In the video, the band performs the song on a naval ship at night while being surrounded by uniformed naval personnel and a military/naval band, all of whom dance to the song. Parked aircraft are also evident in the video. The lead singer, Jon Carin, has a rack of keyboard instruments with a synthesizer and a computer (not a Fairlight CMI), Rudy Perrone plays a Steinberger bass guitar, Brian Unger plays a Fender Stratocaster and Mercury Caronia plays an acoustic drum kit with Simmons hexapads.[2]
An alternate version, not set on a ship, was later filmed and released.[3]
↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.148. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
↑ Salvatori, Dario (1999). 40 anni di hit parade italiana. Le canzoni, gli interpreti, i record e le curiosità di tutte le classifiche dal 1957 a oggi. Florence: Tarab. p.263. ISBN88-86675-55-0.
