The origins of the clip – which sees the group miming the song alongside a dinosaur in an unknown park - has been a mystery for hardcore Van Halen fans for decades, with only photo images from the video shoot having surfaced in the mid-1990s.
The footage was shared by the Van Halen Italia Fan Club, who announced “at the end of 1981, Van Halen filmed some video clip settled in a Jurassic Park in Italy, the ‘Prehistoric Park’ of Rivolta D'Adda (near Milan). The band was engaged in a European tour promoting ‘Fair Warning’. These videos aired on Italian state television, RAI 1, during a TV show called ‘Happy Circus’.”
Van Halen supported “Fair Warning” in North America with the release of a package of three videos that were shot during a June 1981 concert in Oakland, CA; “So This Is Love?” was featured alongside “Unchained” and “Hear About It Later.”
Van Halen performed what would be their final concert at the Hollywood Bowl in October of 2015; guitarist Eddie Van Halen passed away last October at the age of 65 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
See also:
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