was also the background track for a music video called "
Aid" which was frequently played on MTV. In the video, the
are depicted in a group of people who give money to charity. This video parodies
Hands Across America, by featuring T-shirts with the logo
"Hands Across Your Face" and showing various hands holding each other in various settings. A large number of people appear in
Aid, including Mark Holton (including a skeleton hand and a hook), Animotion, Afrika Bambaataa, Circle Jerks, John Doe and Exene Cervenka of X, The B-52's, Berlin, Fishbone, Ron Mael and Russell Mael of Sparks, Ted Nugent, Spinal Tap, Weird Al Yankovic, Penn and Teller, and The Untouchables, Toni Basil, Rodney Bingenheimer, The Bongos, Tom Petersson, Fisher & Preachman, Holly Beth Vincent, Richie Stotts, The Cruzados, False Prophets, The Pandoras, Rudy Sarzo, The Rattlers, Carla Olsen, David Pahoa, Gary U.S. Bonds, Mary Woronov, Dangerzone, Elliot Hoffman.
The video included lookalikes from the 1985 USA for Africa video titled "We Are the World" (Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie, and Cyndi Lauper). When juxtaposed with images in parody of other aid videos, the songs hook line, "
", is frequently interpreted as making fun of true believers whose identity is derived from embracing a cause.