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Jul 30, 2021 · MTV, Music Video, Nirvana, Prince, U2. 100 Greatest Music Videos — from Adele's 'Hello' to ZZ Top's 'Gimme All Your Lovin',' Rolling Stone's picks for the best music videos ever.
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- David Browne,Mankaprr Conteh,Brenna Ehrlich,David Fear,Maria Fontoura,Jon Freeman,Elisabeth Garber-Paul,Andy Greene,Kory Grow,Brian Hiatt,Christian Hoard,Jeff Ihaza,Jason Newman,Angie Martoccio,Jerry Portwood,Claire Shaffer,Rob Sheffield,Hank Shteamer,Brittany Spanos,Simon Vozick-Levinson
- 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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May 30, 2023 · Fatboy Slim ft. Bootsy Collins - "Weapon of Choice". This could be the all-time greatest celebrity feature in a music video. Christopher Walken's stoic expression in this Spike Jonze-directed ...
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- Harry Styles, “Watermelon Sugar” (dir. Bradley & Pablo) “This video is dedicated to touching: May 18, 2020.” Given the circumstances, the message that precedes the video for Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar” could be seen as downright taunting: Styles no doubt already engages in physical contact beyond the average person’s wildest dreams in a normal year, but to release a video of him doing so on a beautiful beach somewhere at a time when most of us had to wear gloves just to accept a UPS package… “Sugar” could’ve easily struck a sour note.
- Future feat. Drake, “Life Is Good” (dir. Director X) Future and Drake, two of the biggest rappers in the world, opening the music video for a collaboration titled “Life Is Good” as… two garbagemen, grinning from ear to ear while loading bags of trash into the back of a truck?
- Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion, “WAP” (dir. Colin Tilley) Welcome to WAP Manor! You’re a guest of The Lady B, I trust, or perhaps her co-host for this soiree, Madame Thee Stallion?
- Lady Gaga, “911” (dir. Tarsem Singh) The most conceptual video of the Chromatica era so far is a feat of COVID-era filmmaking — nothing about Gaga’s or director Tarsem Singh’s vision feels compromised by the realities of the pandemic.
Sep 12, 2023 · The 50 greatest music videos of all time, ranked. 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...
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Dec 31, 2020 · Insider ranked the 45 best music videos released in 2020. "Already" by Beyoncé, Shatta Wale, and Major Lazer took the top spot. "Brown Skin Girl" by Beyoncé, "Rain on Me" by Lady Gaga and...
Jun 19, 2006 · So now we're making use of our video-inspired sloth, sharing 100 of our favorite music videos; simply, dozens of clips that, for various reasons (because they're so good, because they're so...
