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Jul 15, 2023 · From MTV to YouTube, these are the greatest music videos of all time. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most memorable, culturally important, and innovative music videos ever. Our...
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- Freaks and Geeks -- Childish Gambino
- Firework -- Katy Perry
- Losing My Religion -- Rem
- Fell in Love with A Girl -- The White Stripes
- Hotline Bling -- Drake
- Janie's Got A Gun -- Aerosmith
- Scream -- Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson
- The Bad Touch -- Bloodhound Gang
- Somebody That I Used to Know -- Gotye
- Here It Goes Again -- OK Go
There's something cool about a single-shot video and Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) nails this one. Without the camera moving much or any visual tricks, this is an intense, energetic video. It was also his first video and helped launched what is now a wildly successful rap career. Oh, and the lyrics are absolute fire.
Say what you want about Katy Perry, but the girl knows how to make a pop song. This won the 2011 VMA for Video of the Year and it's not hard to see why. While it may not be my kind of music, this video has more than a billion YouTube views for a reason. It's an endlessly catchy song accompanied by a video with a social message.
Directed by Tarsem Singh (yeah, the guy who did The Cell and The Falldirected this video), this video won Video of the Year at the 1991 VMAs. While REM just wanted to do a straightforward performance video, Singh sold them on a dream-like vision that gets a little weird. Somehow the fusion of the two styles works and creates an iconic video.
The White Stripes had a number of visually incredible videos, this one fuses the song and video concept perfectly. Using Lego animation, this video was painstakingly crafted shot-by-shot with director Michael Gondry rebuilding the bricks each time to create the movement. The end product was worth it though, as the video serves to enhance the song, ...
"Hotline Bling" has a minimalist concept, and while we can endlessly debate whether or not Drake can actually dance, there's no doubt something about this video is captivating. More Articles About Music Videos:
Before he was a multi-time Oscar-nominated film director, David Fincher was the most sought-after music video director in the world. How good was Fincher? At the 1990 VMAs, three of the four nominees for Video of the Year were directed by him. "Janie's Got A Gun" was one of them. A great song, the video is even better and takes it to the next level...
Mark Romanek has directed videos for the biggest artists in the world, and they didn't get bigger than Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson in 1995. This video was most notable for Janet's darker, more confident persona and the defiant attitude Michael takes as he belts out the lyrics that were a response to negative media attention. The song is power...
The Bloodhound Gang just nailed this video. A bunch of guys dressed as monkeys running around Paris singing about having sex like animals? How could I possibly leave this off the list?
Another simple concept, this video soars thanks to the execution. Gotye and Kimbra are naked, but wind up painted through stop-motion animation. There's little movement, except when she shows up for the "breakup" section of the song. The paint is supposed to represent their combined relationship, and as the video continues, she breaks off. It's rea...
OK Go is now known almost exclusively for its complex single-take videos (which are still amazing). But that all kicked off on July 31, 2006, when the group posted this video to YouTube. The then Chicago-based rock band became a viral sensation immediately thanks to this video. It took 17 attempts to get this one just right. This video even won a G...
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Sep 12, 2023 · Prince, Madonna, Duran Duran, Beyoncé, R.E.M., Taylor Swift, and Sinead O'Connor are just some of the artists who make our list of the best videos ever.
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- Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance” (dir. Francis Lawrence, 2009) By the time she crawled out of your mom’s Volvo roof box to deliver her first rah-rah-rahs, Lady Gaga had already hosted a poolside orgy, transformed the subway into her debaucherous lair, and sought poisonous revenge on Alexander Skarsgård for throwing her off the edge of a castle.
- Missy Elliott, “Work It” (dir. Dave Meyers, 2002) While most of her contemporaries settled for music videos that made them look tough or sexy, Missy Elliott got strange with hers, and “Work It” is a perfect distillation of her idiosyncratic vision of warped world.
- D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does It Feel?)” (dir. Paul Hunter, 2000) Naked as the day he was born, save for a gold chain and bracelet, D’Angelo is the entirety of the simple, single-take video for “Untitled.”
- Beyoncé, “Formation” (dir. Melina Matsoukas, 2016) Beyoncé stopped the world for the umpteenth time when she dropped the explosive song and video for “Formation,” just a day before performing the anthem at Super Bowl 50.
Crazy how so much kitsch-- slo-mo ping-pong, retro couture, acoustic guitars, out-of-body experiences, French people, and Pong for crissakes-- coalesces into a superlatively fun and surprise ...
Jan 17, 2022 · The absolute best music videos of all time. These gems combine groundbreaking visuals and timeless music to make our list of the best music videos of all time. Written by. Kristen...
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Nov 15, 2021 · Our updated list of the 100 greatest music videos of all time spans four decades and showcases the power and proficiency of the medium.
