Released in 1990 as part of his album Charmed Life, it not only received positive reviews from fans but also earned a 1991 Grammy nomination for Best Rock Vocal Performance and won the Best Video from a Film at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards.
Looking back at the ordeal, Billy Idol reflected on the brush with death that forced major changes in his now-iconic “Cradle of Love” video.
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The incident occurred in February 1990, when the British rock icon was struck by a car while riding his Harley-Davidson home from a Los Angeles studio. The crash left him with a severely injured and fractured leg.
However, instead of canceling or delaying the shoot, the musician revealed the clever adjustment his director made to keep the production on track.
“But David Fincher has this idea about me being a sort of a picture on the wall which would come to life in this apartment and would look like I'm in action,” he shared.
Although the music video pushed through, the accident prevented him from taking on the role in the 1991 Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
This was later confirmed by Robert Patrick, who revealed that Billy Idol was originally considered for the same role.
Although it took some time for the music artist to fully recover, he later released a few more albums, including Devil's Playground, Happy Holidays, Kings and Queens of the Underground and others.
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