A very sad song about a lost love. They just broke up for some reason but they decide to spend the night together to say goodbye... dancing. He's in deep pain, crying, remembering all their life together, but all that is now gone, no more than a memory. They just wanted to say goodbye, but time goes by and they're still dancing together. Does it mean that maybe they're not going to separate, or is it simply that it's too hard for both of them to say goodbye? We don't know, but something we do know, they still love each other.

Yet, the video gives all this a different meaning, so the song is here about the possibility of a nuclear power plant meltdown (exactly what happened two years later in Chernobyl). In this context, they are not breaking up, they are saying goodbye because everyone in the area is going to die. In fact, since nobody knew exactly what could happen in a nuclear meltdown, the whole planet might explode!

The narrator hears the news that "It's Over" and drives home to be with his lover. The video ends with the power plant exploding, and the powerful image of a recorded home video of Ure, his wife and their child, with the visual effect of a melting film.

Which is the original meaning of this song then? Is the video explaining the song or is it giving the song a new dimension (as it often happens). Well, in my opinion the song was intended to express fears for a nuclear accident. Otherwise, the line saying "the man on the wireless cries again: it's over, it's over" wouldn't make any sense.