Touch Of Grey Video Release Date

The music video for "Touch of Grey" gained major airplay on MTV and featured a live performance of the band, first shown to be life-size skeleton marionettes dressed as the band, then as themselves. The skeleton of bassist Phil Lesh catches a rose in its teeth, thrown by a female attendee; later, a dog steals the lower leg of percussionist Mickey Hart, and a stagehand hurries to retrieve and. On June 19, 1987, MTV premiered the amazing music video for the Grateful Dead anthem "Touch Of Grey." Less than a month later, the song was released on the Dead's first studio album in seven.

Skeleton imagery had been associated with the Grateful Dead much prior to the release of "Touch Of Grey" however. Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley had designed the iconic "Skeleton and Roses" Avalon Ballroom concert poster in 1966, which features in the "Touch of Grey" music video below. You're watching the official music video remastered in HD for 'Touch Of Grey' from the Dead's 1987 album 'In The Dark'.

We will get by, we will survive. 31 years ago, on June 19, 1987, MTV debuted the Grateful Dead's music video for "Touch of Grey." The song would later become the Dead's only Top Ten hit. Touch Of Grey by Grateful Dead song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position.

'Touch of Grey' music video by The Grateful Dead. Premiered on June 1, 1987. Directed by Gary Gutierrez.

Produced by Japhet Asher. Edited by Ralph Wikke. The Grateful Dead: Touch of Grey: Directed by Gary Gutierrez.

With Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann. The first-ever music video by the Grateful Dead, it shows them performing first as skeletons and then as themselves. They rarely released a song as a single, but in 1987, they released the song Touch of Grey as the first single from their 1987 In the Dark album.

With the help of an incredibly popular music video on MTV, Touch of Grey became their first and only top 40 hit on the Hot 100 chart, peaking at number nine. Making its MTV debut 30 years ago today on Jun. 19, 1987, the Grateful Dead's "Touch of Grey" video marked a turning point for the band.