Cher filmed the music video for "If I Could Turn Back Time" on the USS Missouri in 1989, a decision the Navy came to regret.
Hoping to boost recruitment, they allowed the performance but didn’t anticipate Cher’s daring outfit—a revealing fishnet bodysuit—and provocative use of the ship’s guns as props.
While the video gained attention, it embarrassed the Navy, leading to a ban on music videos being filmed on U.S. ships.