The music video received two MTV VMA nominations for Best Cinematography and Best R&B Video at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards but did not win. Pop culture website Vulture listed the outfits worn in the video by Boyz II Men as one of the forty "matchiest" of their careers, stating that the group's clothes, like their music, were "always harmonious". In a brief throwback-to-1995 piece, Essence magazine jokingly commented that the video "has more white-on-white sets than, well, the Essence Festival", but also said that it was "full of more 90s goodness" and concluded with "We love it". ![]() The video ends with the woman holding the glass ball once again and the camera panning out to show her watching the group walk away inside it. ![]() Some scenes feature a rippling effect that mimics water. Clips of both the woman and the group walking and running across the dunes are also shown. Shots of a string orchestra and guitarist playing along are interspersed throughout as the group sings the song. The camera zooms in on the ball to reveal an aerial view, from a helicopter, of Boyz II Men standing atop a sand dune inside the ball. The music video features a woman (played by Tyra Banks) walking through a desert setting and holding a glass ball. ![]() Directed by Wayne Isham, it was filmed at White Sands National Park in New Mexico. In a 2019 interview with the Grammys, Nathan Morris said the music video was one of his two favorites out of all the videos the group had ever made. A Spanish version, "No dejemos que muera el amor", was also recorded and peaked at number 10 on the US Latin Pop Airplay chart. It also contains a version of the group's previous number one hit from the same album, " I'll Make Love to You". The single, the fourth released from the album II, reached number two in the United States and number four in Canada. And, against all odds, he succeeds with this tough, flinty, proudly old-fashioned rock & roll album." Water Runs Dry" is a song by American vocal harmony group Boyz II Men, written and produced by Babyface. Burdon doesn't sound like a young man but he does sound invigorated, sometimes singing so passionately he teeters on the edge of self-parody, but that's the appeal of 'Til Your River Runs Dry: Burdon pours everything into this album, as if he realizes this is his last best shot to get the credit he's due. He's engaging in the present by relying on his tradition, reviving the menacing minor-key rock of the Animals, touching upon a bit of War's multi-cultural funk, indulging his love of the blues, all while reflecting on mortality, waging a bit of social protest, recognizing that "Old Habits Die Hard," resisting the temptation to go gently into that good night. At this late stage, Burdon isn't seeking reinvention - he sticks to his basics, including two salutes to his hero Bo Diddley (one a cover one a tribute) - but he doesn't sound stale, either. Suddenly, Burdon was pushed into the spotlight and he capitalized upon his raised profile, cutting a quick and dirty indie EP with Cincinnati rockers the Greenhornes and then re-upping with Abkco (home of the Animals catalog) for 2013's 'Til Your River Runs Dry, his first high-profile record in eons and his first album of largely original material since 2004. He kept touring, kept recording, but was decidedly underneath the radar until Bruce Springsteen made him a centerpiece of his 2012 South by Southwest keynote address, inviting the veteran rocker to share the stage with him later that night. ![]() Eric Burdon never stopped working but he did effectively disappear, falling away from the spotlight sometime before the Animals were inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
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