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80s Music Hits | Best 80s Music Playlist. Add this playlist to your library! The biggest 80s hits and some overlooked gems featuring Madonna, a-ha - Take On Me, Prince, Queen, Duran...
- Best 80s Music Videos Playlist - Top 500 Songs of the 1980s
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- Most Viewed 80's Music Videos - YouTube
Most enduring and most endearing songs from the 80's which...
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80s Music Hits | Best 80s Music Playlist. Add this playlist...
- Best 80s Music Videos Playlist - Top 500 Songs of the 1980s
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- The Police - Every Breath You Take. The Story of... 'Every Breath You Take' by The Police. Dark and moody, this black-and-moody video perfectly summed up this song's tale of dangerous 'love', complete with Sting looking rather menacing indeed.
- Genesis - Land of Confusion. Genesis - Land Of Confusion (Official Music Video) Genesis as Spitting Image puppets? What more do you want? Plus, it acts as a mini-history lesson of what was going on at the height of the Cold War in the Thatcher/Reagan era.
- Ray Parker Jr - Ghostbusters. Ray Parker Jr. - Ghostbusters. This was the era where movie theme songs were taken seriously. Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman also helmed the song's music video, getting the main cast members including Bill Murray to dance with Ray Parker Jr at the end.
- Tina Turner - What's Love Got To Do With It. So simple, but so effective. This video saw a passionate Tina Turner walking down the street in a leather miniskirt, shot in New York City during the spring of 1984.
- Thriller — Michael Jackson
- I Wanna Dance with Somebody (who Loves Me) — Whitney Houston
- Physical — Olivia Newton-John
- Take on Me — A-Ha
- Land of Confusion — Genesis
- Beat It — Michael Jackson
- Faith — George Michael
- I Want to Break Free — Queen
- Smooth Operator — Sade
- Purple Rain — Prince
It’s impossible to make a list of the best music videos of the 1980s without mentioning Thriller. Michael Jackson’s 1982 hit changed the course of music videos throughout the next decades, introducing the idea of them doubling as short films. The video sparked a dance craze and spun Jackson’s career in a whole new direction. The singer poured his o...
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) remains one of the biggest songs of Whitney Houston’s career. But the song itself is set off to perfection by the stunning music video, released in 1987. The video used special effects to depict two versions of Houston, one in color and one in black and white, to depict two versions of her life. It gained ...
Only the most naive could overlook the obvious sexual innuendos in Physical. It is said that the 1981 music video was initially intended to be more overt; however, Newton-John reportedly got cold feet before shooting began. To tone down the suggestiveness, the scene was moved to a gym. With the neon leotard fitness craze of the 1980s in full swing,...
It’s hard to imagine a more classically 80s music video than a-ha’s 1985 Take On Me. The special effects are iconic, combining hand-drawn animation with real-life footage through rotoscoping. This was groundbreaking for the time, leading to the rise in animation in music videos that remained popular well into the 1990s. The music video was wildly s...
Genesis’ 1986 music video for Land of Confusionis a mish-mash of all the most 80s tropes you can find in one performance. The video features a grand assortment of political commentary, animation, melodramatic acting, and puppets that reportedly terrified children. Nowadays, watching the five-minute video feels nothing short of bizarre, but it was w...
In yet another example of Jackson paying his own way, the 1982 music video for Beat It was completely self-financed. CBS reportedly wouldn’t give him the cash, so Jackson laid down more than $150,000 for the shoot. It was clearly worth it, as the intricately-choreographed short film became wildly popular on MTV. Beat It, along with Thriller, helped...
The end of the decade saw George Michael rising to fame. His 1987 song “Faith” rose to the top of the charts. It was helped in no small part by the music video, which depicted the singer in a black leather jacket and blue jeans, playing the guitar with an unshaven face. The video helped cement George Michael’s public image as a sex symbol, which wo...
Queen’s 1984 videoI Want To Break Free featured the band members, including Freddie Mercury, dressed in drag as they performed. British fans recognized it as a parody of the soap operaCoronation Street. But it was widely speculated to be a statement about coming out of the closet from Mercury. We’ll never know what the real intention was, as Mercur...
Sade’s wildly popular 1984 hit Smooth Operator was only improved by its ultra polished music video. The video surprisingly doesn’t seem very dated; instead of gaudy 80s-era fashion or music tropes, its storyline is just as captivating today. It depicts the titular smooth operator, a swindler making his way through an upscale nightclub. Accompanied ...
It is hard to choose which of Prince’s music videos ranks highest. The singer’s career peaked during the 1980s, during which time he proved that he was a master not just of music, but also of musical performance. Purple Rain became one of Prince’s best-known songs and remains one of his best music videos, alongside When Doves Cry,Kiss, and Raspberr...
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Oct 4, 2023 · The 30 Best Music Videos From The 80s. The best 80s music videos not only defined the decade, they influenced fashions and elevated the music video to the status of high art. Published...
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