This music video for the first single off of Chuck Prophet’s album Temple Beautiful weaves together a spectrum of archival footage and stills to capture the essence of late 1970s San Francisco and the tragic story the “White Night, Big City” lyrics make reference to.

As Yep Roc Records says, this video “is a tribute to San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone, who were assassinated in City Hall by ex-Supervisor Dan White, on November 27, 1978. The White Night Riots erupted when White’s conviction was announced. Instead of first degree murder, he was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. And if that gets a little heavy for you, try to spot Chuck dressed up as a cheesy, seventies-era news caster and bartender.”

It has been viewed on YouTube almost 40,000 times.