Videography

Here you will find the videography of her singles. You can watch the full video of each single and read interesting details about them!

TIME: 03:24
DIRECTOR: Marcus Nispel
SHOOTING: Early days of November
LOCATION: Los Angeles
AIRPLAY: November 1998
INFO: After a coincidental meeting in America, Bryan invited Melanie to sing on a track called When You’re Gone from his forthcoming album On a Day Like Today. When released as a single, the duet entered the UK Charts at number 3 and stayed in the Top 40 for fifteen weeks in total, with nine of those in the Top 10.

TIME: 03:01
DIRECTOR: Giuseppe Capotondi
LOCATION: Los Angeles (USA)
SHOOTING: July 1999
AIRPLAY: September 1999
INFO: Goin’ Down was Melanie’s first single from her debut solo album, Northern Star. Melanie’s new image and rockier sound came initially as a shock to fans, but Goin’ Down was soon adopted as a live favorite by many fans.

TIME: 03:57
DIRECTOR: Steve Green
LOCATION: Studios in England
SHOOTING: September 1999
AIRPLAY: November 1999
INFO: Northern Star was released as the second single from the album of the same name. The single entered the UK charts at number 4 and stayed in the top 40 for a total of seven weeks.

TIME: 04:17
DIRECTOR: Francis Lawrence
LOCATION: Malibu (California)
SHOOTING: January 2000
AIRPLAY: Second week of February 2000
INFO: This release was a milestone in Melanie’s career, as it was the first of her solo singles to reach the number 1 spot in the UK charts, as well as reaching the top position in many other countries. The song features a rap by the late Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes. To promote the release of the single Melanie and Lisa performed the track together on Top Of The Pops and MTV. The recording of the MTV performance is featured as a B-side on the I Turn To You single.

TIME: 04:10
DIRECTOR: Cameron Casey
LOCATION: Ibiza (Spain)
SHOOTING: –
AIRPLAY: August 2000
INFO: For this release, I Turn To You was remixed by Hex Hector and a radio mix was put out as the single version. The song was quickly picked up by radio stations all over Europe and became an instant hit. It marked Melanie’s second UK number one, with Melanie reaching the top chart position all over Europe as well.

TIME: 04:27
DIRECTOR: Cameron Casey
LOCATION: Liverpool (UK)
SHOOTING: –
AIRPLAY: November 2000
INFO: If That Were Me was the last single to be released from Northern Star. Melanie showed her charitable side by donating the proceeds from this single to local homeless charities.

TIME: 04:11
DIRECTOR: Charles Infante
LOCATION: Los Angeles. USA
SHOOTING: End of November 2002
AIRPLAY: 10 January 2003
INFO: Here It Comes Again was the first single to be released from Melanie’s second album Reason. The music video of Here It Comes Again was filmed in LA, the same city where Melanie recorded most of the songs from her first two albums.

TIME: 03:35
DIRECTOR: Howard Greenhalgh
LOCATION: Malaga (Spain)
SHOOTING: 9/ 10 April 2003
AIRPLAY: 28 April 2003
INFO: On The Horizon is taken from Melanie’s second album Reason.

TIME: 03:46
DIRECTOR: Ray Kay
LOCATION: Oslo (Norway)
SHOOTING: 26/ 27 June 2003
AIRPLAY: 12 July 2003
INFO: Yeh Yeh Yeh was originally planned to be released on its own in September 2003. Shortly before the release, Melanie ruptured her ligaments in her right knee during the recording of the TV show “The Games”, which brought promotion to a halt. As Melanie was no longer able to perform such an upbeat track during her promotional activities, the release was changed to a double A-side including the fan favorite ballad Melt.

TIME: 03:44
DIRECTOR: –
LOCATION: UK
SHOOTING: October 2003
AIRPLAY: 26 October 2003
INFO: Melt, because of Melanie accident during the recording of the TV show “The Games”, was released with Yeh Yeh Yeh as double A-side.

TIME: 03:48
DIRECTOR: –
LOCATION: UK
SHOOTING: October 2003
AIRPLAY: 26 October 2003
INFO: Melt, because of Melanie accident during the recording of the TV show “The Games”, was released with Yeh Yeh Yeh as double A-side.

TIME: 03:25
DIRECTOR: Ray Kay
LOCATION: London (UK)
SHOOTING: January 2005
AIRPLAY: 24 February 2005
INFO: Next Best Superstar was the first single to be released from Melanie’s own independent record label Red Girl Records and was taken from her third album Beautiful Intentions.

TIME: 03:04
DIRECTOR: Mary McCartney
LOCATION: Sussex (UK)
SHOOTING: End of March 2005
AIRPLAY: June 2005
INFO: In the UK, Better Alone was available only as a limited edition release through MelanieC.net and also in digital format, which led to the physical release selling out within a few days.

TIME: 04:00
DIRECTOR: Nikolaj Georgiew
LOCATION: Hannover (Germany)
SHOOTING: 26 August 2005
AIRPLAY: 12 September 2005
INFO: This song was produced as the theme tune of the German telenovela “Wege zum Glück”. Being played daily during the opening and closing credits of the show, First Day of My Life became one of Melanie’s biggest hits to date, selling over 400,000 copies in Germany alone where it still holds the record for the most downloaded single in chart history. It also went on to chart at Number 1 in Spain, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland and also Portugal where it helped to propel the album ‘Beautiful Intentions’ to double platinum status and kept it at Number 1 for 9 weeks. Melanie recorded the French version of ‘First Day Of My Life’ called Je Suis Née Pour Toi to promote this release in France. The track was only released to local radios and wasn’t commercially released.

TIME: 04:02
DIRECTOR: Nikolaj Georgiew
LOCATION: Hannover (Germany)
SHOOTING: 26 August 2005
AIRPLAY: 12 September 2005
INFO: This song was produced as the theme tune of the German telenovela “Wege zum Glück”. Being played daily during the opening and closing credits of the show, First Day of My Life became one of Melanie’s biggest hits to date, selling over 400,000 copies in Germany alone where it still holds the record for the most downloaded single in chart history. It also went on to chart at Number 1 in Spain, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland and also Portugal where it helped to propel the album ‘Beautiful Intentions’ to double platinum status and kept it at Number 1 for 9 weeks. Melanie recorded the French version of ‘First Day Of My Life’ called Je Suis Née Pour Toi to promote this release in France. The track was only released to local radios and wasn’t commercially released.

TIME: 03:08
DIRECTOR: Nikolaj Georgiew
LOCATION: Germany
SHOOTING: 10 December 2005
AIRPLAY: January 2006
INFO: After the success of First Day Of My Life, Better Alone was released in several European countries, for which an additional video was shot.

TIME: 03:44
DIRECTOR: Tim Royes
LOCATION: London (UK)
SHOOTING: 17 February 2007
AIRPLAY: 23 February 2007
INFO: The Moment You Believe was the lead single of Melanie’s fourth album This Time in Europe. Written with long-time collaborator Peter Vettese, the beautiful love song quickly powered its way up many European airplay charts, even reaching the number 1 top spot in Spain.

TIME: 03:26
DIRECTOR: Tim Royes
LOCATION: London (UK)
SHOOTING: 16 February 2007
AIRPLAY: 1 March 2007
INFO: I Want Candy, a cover version of the famous track by The Strangeloves, was recorded for the soundtrack of the British film of the same name featuring Carmen Electra as Candy. The videos for the single was directed by Tim Royes and has attracted considerable attention as it sees Melanie dancing for the first time since The Spice Girls. As a result, it was the No.1 viewed video on You Tube the day it was added, gaining over 200,000 views.

TIME: 03:31
DIRECTOR: Tim Royes
LOCATION: London (UK)
SHOOTING: 16 February 2007
AIRPLAY: 1 March 2007
INFO: I Want Candy, a cover version of the famous track by The Strangeloves, was recorded for the soundtrack of the British film of the same name featuring Carmen Electra as Candy. The videos for the single was directed by Tim Royes and has attracted considerable attention as it sees Melanie dancing for the first time since The Spice Girls. As a result, it was the No.1 viewed video on You Tube the day it was added, gaining over 200,000 views.

TIMA: 03:21
DIRECTOR: Tim Royes
LOCATION: London (UK)
SHOOTING: 3 May 2007
AIRPLAY: 16 May 2007
INFO: Carolyna was the second single to be released from This Time in the UK and Europe. Melanie co-wrote the track with Steve Mac and longterm band member Paul Gendler and it soon became one of fans’ favourite tracks from the This Time album.

TIME: 03:30
DIRECTOR: Adrian Moat
LOCATION: London (UK)
SHOOTING: 6 September 2007
AIRPLAY: 21 September 2007
INFO: Due to a mistake during the authoring of the discs, the alternative version of Understand (also known as Stephen Hague Mix) was never included in this release – the regular album version of Understand was included by accident. It was instead posted on the website as a free download.

TIME: 03:29
DIRECTOR: –
LOCATION: Salzburg (Germany)
SHOOTING: 4 June 2007
AIRPLAY: October 2007 – March 2008
INFO: It’s the theme song for the Star Force image campaign of German television network ProSieben. Since its introduction several variations of the song have been interpreted by various stars, including Melanie C.

TIME: 03:41
DIRECTOR: Avi Diamond/ Jamie Milligan
LOCATION: Toronto (Canada)
SHOOTING: June/ July 2008
AIRPLAY: 25 July 2008
INFO: This song was released in digital format only as part of Melanie’s Canadian tour & promotion. The music video features not only a selection of footage from Melanie’s Canadian tour but also a story, in which Melanie fantasises about someone she sees while riding in the subway. Melanie’s potential love interest is played by Adam Crossley, a singer-songwriter who also supported Melanie during her Canadian tour.

TIME: 04:02
DIRECTOR: The Fans
AIRPLAY: 28 July 2010
SHOOTING: 1 June 2010 – 5 July 2010
LOCATION: All Over The World
INFO: Fans were invited to record their own performances of the Melanie C track ‘We Love To Entertain You’. This is the finished edit…complete with a very special guest cameo!

TIME: 03:13
DIRECTOR: Marcus Sternberg
AIRPLAY: 07 June 2011
SHOOTING: 12 May 2011
LOCATION: Manchester (UK)
INFO: Accompanying ZDF’s coverage of the Women’s World Cup, the promo features some unique footballing skills and equally impressive dance skills from Melanie herself! Filmed on location in one of the world’s most famous footballing cities, Manchester, the video is by Marcus Sternberg who also directed another famous dance video for the Run DMC vs Jason Nevins hit ‘It’s Like That’.

TIME: 03:48
DIRECTOR: Howard Greenhalgh
AIRPLAY: 15 July 2011
SHOOTING: 29 June 2011
LOCATION: Studios in England
INFO: ‘Think About It’ is a fresh sound for Melanie; an elevating chorus and enriching melody, basked in light and colour is perfect for the summer. Similarly the video provides the song with a varied canvas – bursts of vivid colour and imagery – that’s if you can try and take your eyes off Melanie in a selection of stunning outfits.

TIME: 03:32
DIRECTOR: Mike Baldwin
AIRPLAY: 6 November 2011
SHOOTING: 5 October 2011
LOCATION: Bar and Hotel in London
INFO: ‘Weak’ is the second single from Melanie’s fifth album ‘The Sea’. Written by Melanie, Ina Wrolsden and Jez Ashurst the track takes you on an emotional roller coaster of a relationship.

TIME: 03:32
DIRECTOR: ?
AIRPLAY: 15 November 2011
SHOOTING: 1 November 2011
LOCATION: Brighton Seafront
INFO: Melanie recorded ‘Let There Be Love’ together with Rosenstolz’s Peter Plate in Berlin and as she liked it so much, Melanie decided to release it as a single in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.