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DEF LEPPARD POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME
PM Rockstar
AiC Man in the box
DD The Chauffer
PiL Death Disco
DM Wrong
Slim Stan
FNM Epic
RATM Killing in the name of
Nick Cave Let love in
Metallica Sandman
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You need to do a second list
@@punter1 AWESOME TOO MY FRIEND
@@joeydemitro8976 that's if they even read this see mine below
@@joeydemitro8976 thanks bud I added to it also
Vogue should be higher than 11.
Vogue shoud be number 1, no doubt.
@@rox4653 naH, IT CAME IN SECOND, BEHIND THRILLER:)
The amazing video "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This" from Eurythmisc is very much missing in yr countdown!!! That's a true and unique, unforgettable masterpiece
And Karma Karma Chaneleon by Culture Club too . Both were in the 1984 Grammy both are as iconic then as they re now
It's hard to beat the sheer sexiness of Chris Isaak's Wicked Game, or the sadness of Drive by the Cars.
Good ones! Now I got look them up.
Chris Isaak is SO underrated, it makes me ill.....I have been his number one fan WAY before the Heart Shaped World album, but come on, that voice of his is like velvet -Sexy Ear Candy. He's so yummy!!
No brainer! It definitely is a top 10.
Bohemian Rhapsody was almost never released.They kept getting told it was too long at over six minutes,but Freddie fought fiercely in his corner,threatening to break his contract.
And thanks to Freddie, we got an AMAZING song to listen to again and again!! Thank you so much, Freddie!!!!!
@@arielle8010ya know that's right
Thank You Freddie Mercury for all the awesome music you left us , I sure do miss you
I remember thinking Jamiroquai's "Virtual Insanity" and Missy Elliott's "Supa DuPa Fly" would be the most technologically advanced music videos ever made. 😆
Nope 😂
Jamiroquai robbed to not be on here.
Agreed! Jamiroquai was the first video that came to mind when I started the video.Shocked it's not here.
Missy Elliott is definitely deserving of being on this list. I was thinking Beep Me 911 or The Rain.
November rain was playing when I was leaving my daughter in the hospital. For some reason it comforted me. Everything turned out ok and she got to come home 2 days later.
It's about video not song
It's a great song!
I don’t understand why you didn’t consider any Duran Duran video, since they were actually the ones who started the video industry with MTV and still those videos remain iconic and unforgettable. For sure they are above many of these 20 ones considering their relevance.
Make your own video.
I agree- The Reflex, Wild Boys & I Don't Want Your Love are my favorites
when the party's over should be there too
Exactly! but Taylor Swift!??? Its derivative and I am so sick of this manipulative making fun of myself crap.
Hungry Like the Wolf
Two of my favourite music videos were missed! Genesis - Land of Confusion and Dire Straits - Money for Nothing
Amen! The fact that they were left out is a travesty
Just watched this video and totally agree with you.
You nailed it. Flagship video of the MTV revolution.
ugg I hate money for nothing, lol.
@@dgbdgb1200 They certainly had to cut a lyric that is now very problematic!
How can there not be a video by R.E.M?
Orange Crush, ITEOTWAWKI, Everybody Hurts, Losing My Religion, The Great Beyond, Electolite and Imitation of Life are all great.
Bittersweet Me, Bang and Blame... yeah, there are a *_lot_* of videos that should make this list. They missed other entire bands with great videos too, like Tool & Manson.
Losing My Religion! Would watch that video constantly after school.
Make your own video.
@@thejtrax so... the *video* ends with "Do you agree with our pics?" & the top *pinned comment* says "What's YOUR favorite music video?" yet you somehow feel all noble because you get offended by proxy when people answer the *Channel's* question in the comments.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaa... _deep breath_ haaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaa!
Go be self righteous somewhere else. Or you know, maybe pay attention to the question.
I cried every time "Everybody Hurts" came on.
Of course "Thriller" would be number one. It's basically it's own short film. Michael spared no expense giving us the thrill of the century.
It scarred me for life. LOL I actually grew up to be a horror movie enthusiast, but I was practically a baby when that came out. And my parents didn't know, "Don't let her watch a Michael Jackson video." He was the most popular entertainer on the planet. (The crotch grabbing was disturbing, but I didn't really understand it anyway.) We watched everything he did. But "Thriller" definitely messed me up for awhile. At least until I saw "The Exorcist" when I was like 10. It's a long story, it was an accident. And even though I was a little kid, I still take responsibility because I was doing something I wasn't supposed to be doing. And I learned my lesson! That created at least a decade's worth of material for my therapist and made "Thriller" look like a comedy video. 🤣
And the end really iconic, wasnt a the girl's dream!!!!
After Michael died the Library of Congress inducted Thriller into the National Film Registry for preservation because of it's cultural significance.
It is one of my favorite music videos!🧟♂️
I like Bad better.
"Every Breath You Take" by The Police is a masterpiece. With no sophisticated digital visuals, only black and white filming, great camera and editing work, and a wonderful song in the musical sense, at least, it should be an honorable mention
Robert Palmer, Addicted to Love deserved an honorable mention
Obnoxious sexist video BUT it's visually stunning and I agree with your suggestion. The song is great too.
Great songs and he always had his guitar playing girls along side
The "Sledgehammer" music video always played in constant rotation in our house back in the days. The claymation effects really were impressive for the mid 80's.
Apart from Michael Jackson's music videos some of the best music videos of the 80s are Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel, Take on Me by Ah-Ha, What You Need by INXS and then the combined Need You Tonight/Mediate by INXS, Land of Confusion by Genesis, Money for Nothing by Dire Straits
obviously there is more great ones but those came to mind
OMG! The Land of Confusion video gave me nightmares as a kid! But it was an interesting music video, indeed.
Agree
You left off Duran Duran but all in all this is a great list. I would probably rearrange the number listing on a few but all deserve to be on this list. Duran Duran were video gods of the 80s.
They had heaps of great clips.
Loved Girls on film
Wild Boys was always one of my favorite
I would have thought A View to. a Kill would have made the list.
Ah yes, a trip down memory lane and the days when MTV truly was Music Television. MJ is my all-time favorite, but Rhythm Nation proved that little sister Janet could be just as fierce.
Here here!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
What about their collaboration in "Scream?" It's exclusion is an insult to both Jacksons.
@@JadenKaye Scream is a really cool song with a lot of personal meaning behind it for MJ, but I don't think it would make very many people's Top 20. My favorite "lesser known" songs by MJ are Stranger in Moscow and Earth Song and Black Cat by JJ. What are yours (besides Scream)?
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MENTIONING WHAT MTV REALLY SHOULD BE!!!! Sorry for shouting that, but SOOOOO many people forget about MTV’s actual purpose! Though it has become a terrible reality trash bin, what it used to be was an all music channel
Honestly it's a crime that Beyonce is higher on the list than Janet. Rhythm Nation tops any Beyonce video in my opinion.
I am really surprised "Smooth Criminal" or "Bad" didn't make it on the list. Iconic music videos.
And ... Streisand: Left in the Dark Again.
If every vid was by mj, it would have been to "monotone" but ur right
@@MrDuboce JIM STEINMAN!
I'd have put Beat It and Billie Jean above those. Jackson could have been the entire list. Heck, Black or White was extremely innovative with the merging of faces, races and cultures.
I agree Beat It was amazing
I would personally give Jeremy by Pearl Jam an honorable mention at least. It's dark but extremely powerful and amazingly well directed.
Agree!
I also have it as an honorable mention.
100% agree with you! The blood at the end on the faces of the children sends shockwaves though an important issue of mental health and violence in schools.
@@samkingsway6564uncut version shows....a bit more.
100% should be on this list. I saw her on Christmas day in third grade and I’ve never been the same since. That first mind blowing rock and roll moment.
A-HA a one hit wonder!? Maybe in the US, but in the rest of the world they had a dozen hits and a very long career!
True. A-Hal doesn't get respect in America.
Yeah!
Agreed. I was rolling my eyes at that comment
18 top 40 singles in the UK x
Americans believe the whole world revolves around them. That’s why very few Europeans actually respect their opinions
Agree with those that say Duran Duran should of been on the list. They won the 1st Grammy’s awarded for a music video( short and long version). Plus many of the videos you talked about the concept had already been done on earlier videos of the 80’s and 90’s
Money For Northing - Dire Straits was iconic and deserved a mention at least same goes for Losing My Religion - REM, Black Hole Sun - Soungarden, Anything by Linkin Park and Radiohead
Black Hole Sun is awesome. I mean that video! I've never done acid, but wouldn't an acid trip be like that video?
Hurt by REM makes me cry every time I see it still.
@@barbaraolsem5150Me too, still love that song, also very true!
Rhythm Nation is my favorite music video of all time. I love everything about it.
SAMEE JANET IN GENERAL IF THATS THE WAY LOVE GOES THE KNOWLEGDE MISS YOU MUCH EVEYTHIN
I would have also included
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden (Brightly Colored Smiley Creepiness!)
No Rain by Blind Melon (The Bee Girl 😀❤️🐝)
Stayin’ Alive by The Bee Gees (John Travolta’s iconic strut 😍)
Money For Nothing by Dire Straits (computer technology was innovative for its time)
Mr. Roboto by Styx
(Creepy and Cheesy at the same time! 🤣)
Nope 🤣
Black Hole Sun all the way!
when the party's over should be there too
Awe now I'm sad. Just started the video, was so happy to see November Rain but to know Black Hole Sun isn't on the list... 😭 Seriously one of the most memorable videos for me!
I agree that Thriller being # 1 it's still LEGENDARY
🙌👍💜🎵🎶 Amazing.
I was in 6th grade in tiny town in New Mexico. The day after it was aired, ALL of the kids were talking about. They had even hyped a release date, so that created even more dramatic tension.
That being said, though, Micheal Jacksons "Billy Jean," was the video that actually defined is persona and look. Thriller was defineatly a "thrill," but I think Billy Jean and the epic street-fight dane of Beat It were is true seminal and definitive music vides. I talk about them on my music-theory channel here actually. I was also shocked that there was not mention of The Eurythmics! // Thanks for you comments! // - _The Acoustic Rabbit Hole_
I think there's nothing eally groundbreaking about it other than the length of it. It's like a Broadway show piece, really. The song is great. There are so many other videos that really pushed the envelope visually.
No Prince? KISS, Cream, and When Doves Cry come to mind. Also, Robert Palmer's video was in the top 20 of all time for me.
Gett Off was huge, too.
Yep! The underrated genius.
Hear hear on Robert Palmer video deserving a mention, at least.
For entire collections of work in music videos, Annie Lennox/Eurythmics, Kate Bush, and Björk would be definite contenders. They not only helped pioneer the music video genre but they proved to be visual (and even gender) chameleons, transforming into different characters and personas with each song.
Definitely! Especially Sweet Dreams and Violently Happy by Bjork. I totally agree!
@@amberjohnson4820 Actually, from a pure Video view, I'd prefer, Björk-wise Humand Behavior and Army of me. Best Eurythmics Video should be Beethoven. Or just take Little Bird for that gorgeous fight of Annie's Stage Personas
I totally agree. I feel this list is more base on what Rolling Stone, or the likes of similar magazines, are defining what "Greatest" to them. So many other videos have pushed boundaries that are not well know in America will never get a honorable mention, less be in a top something and be appreciated for the piece of art that hey are.
@@benefit1984 I think this list is very American-centric. We might see a different list if this was made from a British or European perspective. I think Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" should be included because it was one of the first that combined modern dance with pop music in a music video.
Also, notice how there's only one Asian act that made the list.
For entire bodies of music videos, I would add David Bowie as a contender.
@@craiggie1628 I have notice. Probably because that song was really popular there. And yes Kate would be great to explore for a much international list. One that I think I would of love the American people to discover, especially if they knew french, is Mylene Farmer. And her Video Désanchantée was quite something for it's time. First, the length, from a 5 minute song made into a +10 minutes video clip, inspired by Dicken's Oliver Twist, hiring more that 120 children with disabilities to play in. It was one of the most expensive one at the time, I remember reading about it. Unfortunately, there isn't much info about how much it did cost on the Net it seems. But it was a pretty huge production. Video like that should be on a list at least.
"Tonight, Tonight" by The Smashing Pumpkins should've been on the list. It's widely considered one of the greatest music videos of all time because of how it recreates the iconic French silent film A Trip To The Moon.
I love that video.
Make your own video.
Paula Abdul's "Cold Hearted Snake" full version will always be in my top ten. And the absolute campiness of Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" is beyond iconic of the 80s!
In my personal top 10, too!
My vote for Straight Up
Did I just heard that A-ha is some kind of one hit wonder... Let me guess, Americans thinking that the whole world is USA?
The 80s had so, so many videos that could have made this list. Madonna in particular made a lot of memorable ones. Duran Duran also.
You had hardly any videos from the 80s, the peak of music videos. Cyndi Lauper: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Dire Straights: Money for Nothing, Duran Duran: Hungry Like the Wolf, Run DMC: Walk this Way, The Buggles; Video Killed the Radio Star
Mojo started watching MTV in 2006
👍. Man oh man! Those were the classics!
Those all sucked tho...
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! Best ever.
MJ would have a whole plethora of music videos that can become a contender for this list. Black and white is one of the earliest music video that has utilised morphing, Stranger in Moscow with all it's slow mo art, Scream... I mean, Scream. Do I need to say more?
Right smooth criminal bad Billie Jean remember the time scream black and white. This whole list could’ve been him or him by himself
Yup Madonna is the same way. Vogue is her best maybe for casuals but definitely not her best video overall
I forgot, Pat Benetar, "We are young", Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal"
I would like to add a few honorable mentions: "Deutschland" & "Zeit" both by Rammstein, "Sweet Dreams" by Eurythmics, "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits and "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz.
Good selection... VOGUE though should have been higher up the list. It is simply timeless and still so beautiful 33 years later. Incredible.
Thanks for sharing!
Not one Duran Duran, Eurythmics, George Michael, Prince video? How about Dixie chicks? Terrible list. Whoever made this list should be fired. Smh
@@holdensmokinat least they included Gangnam Style though 🤡😂😂😂
Make your own video.
Yes, even though I am SO not a big Madonna fan, that video is beautiful
Of course, Thriller should be no 1, but it's hard to appreciate now how ground-breaking Vogue felt at the time. We would play it over and over and over.
I agree! To me it should have been Thriller number 1 and Vogue number 2
Agree Vogue should be higher
Vogue was amazing and created a completely new dance style.
exactly nirvana above madonna dont think so
@@kittyowlblu it didn’t create anything it was inspired by an already existing style… plus i’ve never seen anybody dancing like that in the mainstream
From historical aspect these are 10 videos that made crucial impact on the video music industry:
01. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star 1981
02. Duran Duran - Girls on Film 1981
03 & 04. Michael Jackson - Billie Jean & Thriller 1983
05. Dire Straits - Money For Nothing 1985
06. Aha - Take On Me 1985
07. Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 1985
08. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer 1986
09. Madonna - Vogue 1990
10. George Michael - Freedom! '90 1990
agree
Absolutely agree! Early days of MTV that started it all. High school and college days, good times 😊
Whitesnake - Here I go again
Bohemian Rhapsody ought to have come in higher! Glad to see Shake it Off, Buddy Holly and Bad Romance representated, and Take on Me in the top where it should be! Great Work!
This could have easily been a top 50 and other commenters already made great suggestions that I will *try* not to repeat...
I would add
- White Stripes "Fell in love with a girl"
- U.N.K.L.E. "Rabbit in your headlights"
- Daft Punk anything by them but "Da Funk", "Around the World" or "One more time"
- Bjork "It's oh so quiet",
- Nine Inch Nails "Closer"
- Missy Elliot echoing "the rain" but also " Get ur Freak on"
Might be good to do a list of the best music video directors: Mark Romanek, Spike Jones, Hype Williams, Jonathan Glazer, Michel Gondry, David Fincher...
Even if they won't say it, it's nice of them to limit the list to one per artist. Otherwise, the real list would be topped by like 7 straight Michael Jackson videos.
He would have the number 1 spot but I would argue Madonna would have more in the top 10
All videos by Madonna, Björk, and Michael Jackson should be on the list, amazing visual artists
With respect to Beyonce's career, I think that the 2nd place deserved to other music video most transcendental in pop culture. I mean.. baby one more time top 16? Really?? Even Vogue defined a whole generation and still remains in place.
Bohemian Rhapsody deserved higher than it got, 'it made history' yet it's that low?
Vogue struck a pose for the rest of the years to come
@@Blitze9792 Exactly. At least in top 10.
Oh, please! Beyoncé's spot is well deserved. Her videos don't just define pop zeitgeist but impact the culture with its social message. Britney's video was just fluff cute video.
Y'all are so obsessed with her, people are forever gonna give her the flowers she rightfully deserves, get over it already 😭
Don’t call A-ha a one hit wonder.
American perspective, unfortunately.
Not every American. Cast In Steel is such an amazing song
pink floyd another brick in the wall pt4
I think missing is Billy Joel’s “We didn’t start the fire” and the “We are the World” videos.
We are the world was a sleeper 😴😴😴
I would have added Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Don't Come Around Here No More" paying tribute to Alice in Wonderland. From Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart, as a ‘shrooming, sitar-strumming caterpillar. to Alice being eaten alive as they cut into her like a piece of cake, it truly was one of the coolest and creative video's made during the 80's.
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” is still one of my several favorite music videos of all time.
No David Bowie? Come on! Jeremy, by Pearl Jam, Black Hole Sun, by Soundgarden, and Clint Eastwood, by Gorillaz should be in the honorable mentions!
Literally my line
This just makes me miss the 80s and 90s even more. So much innovation!
Smooth Criminal is also the most creative, researched, cinematic, stylised, wonderfully choreographed and directed music videos of all time!!!
Michael definitely deserved at least two mentions, and this should have been the other one!
There are just so many worthy that didn't even get HM:
*Jeremy* - _Pearl Jam_
*Virtual Insanity* - _Jamiroquai_
*Freak on a Leash* - _Korn_
*The Great Beyond* - _REM_
Basically _any_ video ever produced by _OK Go_ (at least y'all got their first one on the list, but seriously, every video of theirs is a work of art).
Foo Fighters "Learn To Fly" was a criminal omission.
I wanna dance with somebody and girls just wanna have fun are images that come straight to mind when I think of the 80s
Bad Romance and Bohemian Rhapsody and Thriller and Sledgehammer are my favorites on this list and Take on me.
Queen... Only #19. Unacceptable.
WHAT????!???
I agree that's beyond unacceptable
Take On Me is the best music video in my opinion. The effects still hold up and look great today and it has an enjoyable plot. Having said that, I can absolutely accept it losing out to Thriller.
If it had to be Thriller, I can be at peace with it
They both can compete for the 1st place, but Thriller came first and pretty much revolutionized MTV and the way videos were made, in terms of concept, structure, and production. The massive popularity of Thriller gave record companies the confidence to expand the budget and to invest on more ambitious projects.
It had to be Thriller. The release of that video was an *event* of the scale of a large sports event - like the World Cup & the Olympic opening ceremonies.
@@carl_anderson9315 facts
@@nicholashylton6857 agree. Its as a global shock wave
Paula Abdul's "Straight up" music video should be in the list.
YES
Sad that Christina Aguilera's Beautiful wasn't featured on this list. There are some questionable choice on here, but okay
Others that deserve a mention:
Video Killed The Radio Star // The Buggles
Leave It // Yes
Money for Nothing // Dire Straits
Since U Been Gone // Kelly Clarkson
Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) // Katy Perry
No Surprises // Radiohead
The Scientist // Coldplay
Loser // Beck
Bed of Roses // Bon Jovi
Float On // Modest Mouse
Thunderstruck // AC/DC
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) // The Proclaimers
Subterranean Homesick Blues // Bon Dylan
Everybody (Backstreet's Back) // Backstreet Boys
Total Eclipse of the Heart // Bonnie Tyler
Thinking Out Loud // Ed Sheeran
We Didn't Start the Fire // Billy Joel
Uptown Funk // Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars
Jump // Van Halen
Jump // Kris Kross
You should have made the list
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
@@SvendrysI could listen to that on repeat for hours.
Nope 🤣
when the party's over aswell
Gangnam Style scored better than QUEEN? Good lord.
Had a debate with a friend years ago about my listening to songs that weren't current. I asked him if he could remember songs from the 70's, 80's and 90's which he could easily. Then asked him to remember a song from 5 or ten years ago. He couldn't recall anything and I said that's why I am still listening to older songs
The most memorable and influential music video of all time is Robert Palmer's Addicted To Love. I just saw LOVE ACTUALLY which had a take on it.
One of my all time favorites is Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just wanna Have Fun.
I love the Robert Palmer videos. Addicted to Love and Simply Irresistible! His background ladies were mesmerizing!
“Freedom” was sacrificed to put Taylor Swift on this list.
I love the video for "I Need You." The images and symbolism tell a pretty complex story and it's also very joyful.
No doubt Thriller is no1. Here are some of my favorites.
Korn. Freak on a leash
Gorillaz. Clint Eastwood
Oasis. Champagne Supernova
Pearl Jam. Jeremy
Jay Z. Hard Knock Life.
Tool. Sober
Several videos that should have made this list instead: Like a Prayer (I like Vogue, but this is a classic); Opposites Attract by Paula Abdul (or really any - it’s a travesty not to considering her dancing skill) ; Land of Confusion by Genesis (more claymation genius set to an extraordinarily deep song); Freak on a Leash by Korn (generally not my type of music, but the concept was just incredible) ; Virtual Insanity by Jamiroquai and Scream by Michael and Janet Jackson
Other iconic MTV to consider
1.) You Might Think - the Cars
2.) Big Time - Peter Gabriel
3.) Unforgettable - Natalie Cole/Nat King Cole
4.) Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
5.) Cold Hearted - Paula Abdul
Cold hearted 🎉
The Boys of Summer-Don Henley
Nope 🤣
Finally someone wrote "you might think - the cars" that was a so innovative video also "Big Time"
I'd like to see also Everlong (Foo Fighters) and Return to innocence (Enigma) included in this list!
Return to innocence is the second most beautiful song I've ever heard. The first is the theme to the game Morrowind,by Jeremy Soul.
Anything by Michael Jackson as he became the first black artist to have his videos played for MTV.
Preach, that's a big accomplishment, Michael is still missed, to this very day. 🙏😇
@@trinaq I can't believe it's been 14 years since he received his wings. It's crazy.
Meatloaf - I would do anything for love
Cars - You Might Think
Backstreet Boys- Larger than life
*NSYNC - Bye, Bye , Bye
Toni Basic- Mickey
Avril Levine - Girlfriend, Best Damn Think, What The Hell
The Tubes-She’s a Beauty
Bon Jovi -Living on a Prayer
Tom Petty- Don’t Come Around Here No More
Buggles- Video Killed the Radio Star
Huey Lewis and the News- If This Is It, Stuck with You
Mike and the Mechanics- Silent Running
The Bangles - Walk Like and Egyptian
ZZ Top, Legs, Best Dressed Man
And many other 80s and original MTV music videos deserve to be on this list.
I worked on hurt. Cash was amazing. We knew he was at the end it was very moving. He was a legend.
Petty, Don’t Come Round Here No More and A-Ha, Take on Me
Missing "Jeremy " by Pearl Jam
Me too!
Good list. I would include: Money for nothing by Dire Straits, Simply irresistible by Robert Palmer, and Zombie by The Cranberries.
Yes! My beloved Robert Palmer....so sexy & debonair! I had the privilege of sseing him in concert (as part of The Power Station) one of my all-time fave concerts; he gave a STELLAR performance. I miss you, honey 😪
Janet Jackson "Again", Celine Dion It' s all coming back to me now", Michael Jackson "Scream", "Earth Song", "They don' t care about us", "Who is it", "Beat it", Smooth Criminal" and "Dangerous", Meat Loaf "I would do anything for love", Madonna "My substitute of love", Bjork "Isobel", Duran Duran "Come Undone", Chris Isaac "Blue Hotel" and "Wicked Game", Annie Lennox "No more i love yous", "Shade of Pale".
I feel like Missy Elliot should be represented here. She was a visionary.
It doesn’t get talked about too much but Janet Jackson’s video for Alright was awesome. The choreography was amazing.
I think that was her best one visually.
And I truly loved her video for Together Again. It made me want to travel all over the world! 😀
@@amberjohnson4820ame with “runaway” made me want to see all the places in it
My absolute favourite!
Love "Alright". I was at her concert in Worcester, MA the night it debuted on MTV, so they showed it on a screen before the concert. It was fun watching it with 20,000 die hard fans.
Where is Groove Is In The Heart by Deee-Lite?? That was truly an iconic video and helped usher in all the 60s and 70s-inspired fashions of the 90s
Tom Petty's "Don't Come Around Here No More" was a fantastical, creative and hallucinogenic take on Alice in Wonderland, while Dire Strait's "Money for Nothing," was simply a masterpiece that combined animation with live action. And they were both pretty great songs! Honorable mention to Petty's "Into The Great Wide Open," featuring Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway.
I say “The Boys of Summer” by Don Henley should have been included
The techno version by DJ (somebody). Damn! I don't know what the name is.
As soon as I saw what this topic was on, I said " Take on Me, and Thriller are gonna be somewhere at the top of this list!'
There are SO MANY great, and fun videos out there. But I've always had a place in my heart for Take on Me. Im a pre-teen and teenager of the 80's , so I grew up listening and watching it.
When Thriller came out , my junior high school actually had a Thriller day, and they played the video for the entire school, it was so much fun. But that's how big it was.
Now, Take ona ME meant so much to me, that when my mom passed away 2 years ago, I wasn't going to go to her funeral because I couldn't handle it. I was gonna be a mess. But God had been helping me to cope, and after I decided I wasn't going to the funeral, the idea popped in my head from no where, " Go to the funeral, and just sing the song Take on Me in your head as loud as you possibly can, over and over, untill all the sappy stuff was over. And I did just that , and it got me through her funeral. I didn't shed a single tear! So now, the song has an even stronger meaning to me. ❤
can someone tell me how this list doesn't have most of MJ's music videos? Remember the Time, Beat It, Smooth Criminal, Bad. I mean the guy brought MV to the world.
There are quite a few videos more worthy to be on this list.
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Bob Dylan
Can You Feel It - The Jacksons
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran
Losing My Religion - R.E.M.
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
It's Oh So Quiet - Bjork
Sober - Tool
Freak On a Leash - Korn
Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye
Ooo, I forgot about Gotye, & Tool. They both have a host of videos that should be on this list. I also named Freak on a Leash, but as REM _videos_ go, I feel Great Beyond was better than LMR (even though LMR is one of the best songs ever made, and certainly of the 90s). As songs go, I'll take Bang & Blame & Bittersweet Me.
Given your apparent taste, I am surprised you left *Jeremy* off the list though.
@@ilshaguides Someone else already listed it in the comments.
@@728huey yeah, but I'm sure they read at least _some_ of the comments. Power in numbers! Take up arms, and roar! 😁
It's no surprise that Michael Jackson was number one... the bigger question was which Michael Jackson video would be it because frankly, half this list could(and should) be Michael Jackson videos.
Eat It. Weird Al Yankovic. Especially when the guitar player explodes. Best scene ever.
Britney Spears definitely deserved to be on this list. Glad to see her here.
👍 I had liked her music when she first had started in the pop music business. Man! That was epic!
I always thought that Michael Jackson’s Scream would be #1
When I 1st seen Johnny Cash's video for Hurt, I could not turn the channel- so powerful that video. Speaks so loud it screams
Paul Simon's "Just Call Me Al" was wonderful, important, no, but fun and the height difference between he and Chevy Chase was hilarious.
Nirvana, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, TLC (T-Boz, Chili, and of course Left Eye) , Beyonce, they're amazing❤❤❤❤❤❤
If Vogue isn’t on here as top 5, this list is BS.
Number two should have been Bohemian Rhapsody this video by Queen set the stage for MTV.
Though depressing compared to the others on this list, I feel Coldplay’s The Scientist more than deserves at least an honourable mention
I always loved the November Rain video, until one day my grandfather, my Papa, ruined it for me. "How is he playing that electric guitar, in the middle of the desert, and it's not plugged in?" Lol
"You Might Think" by the Cars. The first MTV VMA Video of the Yea and one early computer animated video. You guys missed that one.
Bo Rhap only at 19 when it is considered the pioneer of music videos?????
makes you wonder who makes these lists.
RIP Left Eye, MJ, Freddy, George, Biggie, and Kurt
In 1989, Metallica's One video was like a metal-heads Superbowl, World Series and Christmas all wrapped together...and we got to watch it every day!
Ah! This reminded me of The Unforgiven. This video sends chills down my spine to this day.
And you left out Freak on a leash??? Every breathe you take? MONEY FOR NOTHING???
One might argue that Thriller was the climax of both MTV & the cultural impact of music videos. Not saying that great videos didn’t follow but Thriller was the Mount Everest of the art form.
What a great walk down memory lane....now I feel sorry for those who didn't experience the MTV era...😊
smooth criminal and thriller
2.ghosts
3.remmber the time
This all amazing