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Best Music Videos of All Time

by smcgann14 • Created 7 years ago • Modified 1 month ago
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  • Christopher Walken in Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice (2001)

    1. Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice

    20014mMusic Video
    8.8 (2.5K)
    A businessman, overhearing the song on the maid's radio, takes to dancing in the hotel lobby.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsChristopher Walken
  • George Michael in George Michael: Freedom! '90 (1990)

    2. George Michael: Freedom! '90

    19907mMusic Video
    8.1 (791)
    For George Michael's song Freedom '90, he does not appear in the music video. Instead, five female models and five male models lip sync the lyrics to the song.
    DirectorDavid FincherStarsGeorge MichaelRafael EdholmScott Benoit
  • The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up (1997)

    3. The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up

    19975mMusic Video
    8.0 (491)
    The video shows some rampant adventures on the night London from the first person view. In the full version of the clip, called the Most Controversial Version, there are all kinds of antisocial behaviors, such as drinking hard liquor and drunk driving, taking cocaine, attacking people, violence, vandalism, heroin use, a scene in which Car shoot down a man, a female striptease without censorship, and at the end of the clip the main character is engaged in sex with the same stripper.
    DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsThe ProdigyTeresa May
  • OK Go: End Love (2010)

    4. OK Go: End Love

    20104mMusic Video
    8.1 (12)
    DirectorsEric GuntherJeff LiebermanOK GoStarsDan KonopkaDamian KulashTimothy Nordwind
  • The Avalanches: Frontier Psychiatrist (2000)

    5. The Avalanches: Frontier Psychiatrist

    20005mMusic Video
    8.5 (53)
    Promotional music video from the debut album of the Australian band The Avalanches, "Since I Left You" (2000), with a surreal staging for a more surreal song.
    DirectorsTom KuntzMike MaguireStarsBurr DeBenningMichelle Witton
  • Weezer: Buddy Holly (1994)

    6. Weezer: Buddy Holly

    19944mMusic Video
    7.9 (1.2K)
    Music video for the song "Buddy Holly" by the American rock band Weezer, written by Rivers Cuomo. It was released as the second single from the band's debut album Weezer (The Blue Album) in 1994.
    DirectorSpike JonzeStarsWeezerTom BosleyTony Maxwell
  • Beyoncé in Beyoncé: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (2008)

    7. Beyoncé: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)

    20083mMusic Video
    6.7 (818)
    A promotional dance video for Beyoncé's 2008 hit single "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)."
    DirectorJake NavaStarsBeyoncéAshley EverettEbony Williams
  • Busta Rhymes: Gimme Some More (1998)

    8. Busta Rhymes: Gimme Some More

    19983mMusic Video
    7.7 (40)
    Busta Rhymes performs in the music video "Gimme Some More" from the album "E.L.E." recorded for Flipmode and Elektra Records. The absurdist music video features Busta Rhymes singing into a fish-eye lens while in several costumes including a boxer, cowboy, monster, and a police officer.
    DirectorsBusta RhymesHype WilliamsStarsBusta RhymesSpliff Starr
  • Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart (1980)

    9. Joy Division: Love Will Tear Us Apart

    19803mPG-13Music Video
    7.5 (128)
    The music video for Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart."
    DirectorJoy DivisionStarsJoy DivisionIan CurtisPeter Hook
  • Childish Gambino: This Is America (2018)

    10. Childish Gambino: This Is America

    20184mTV-MAMusic Video
    9.2 (5.4K)
    Official music video for "This Is America" by Childish Gambino.
    DirectorHiro MuraiStarsDonald GloverCalvin C. WinbushKenneth Beck
  • Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity (1996)

    11. Jamiroquai: Virtual Insanity

    19964mMusic Video
    7.9 (909)
    A promotional video for Jamiroquai's 1996 single "Virtual Insanity."
    DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsJamiroquaiJay Kay
  • George Michael in George Michael: Outside (1998)

    12. George Michael: Outside

    19986mMusic Video
    7.1 (102)
    "Outside" is a song by English singer-songwriter George Michael, released on 19 October 1998 as the lead single from his first greatest hits album, Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael (1998).
    DirectorVaughan ArnellStarsGeorge MichaelBrittany AndrewsJeanne Carmen
  • OK Go: Needing/Getting (2012)

    13. OK Go: Needing/Getting

    20124mMusic Video
    7.7 (22)
    DirectorsDamian KulashBrian L. PerkinsStarsOK GoDan KonopkaDamian Kulash
  • Blur: Girls & Boys (1994)

    14. Blur: Girls & Boys

    19944mMusic Video
    7.5 (86)
    DirectorKevin GodleyStarsDamon AlbarnBlurGraham Coxon
  • Tracy Phillips in My Chemical Romance: Helena (2004)

    15. My Chemical Romance: Helena

    20044mMusic Video
    8.2 (226)
    My Chemical Romance performs in the music video "Helena" from the album "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" recorded for Reprise and Warner Music Records. Gerard Way and the band are in a church performing during the funeral of a woman named 'Helena'. Other mourners dance in front of the casket.
    DirectorMarc WebbStarsMy Chemical RomanceNick DragoAngelique Hennessy
  • Eminem in Eminem Feat. Dido: Stan (2000)

    16. Eminem Feat. Dido: Stan

    20008mMusic Video
    8.4 (1.9K)
    A music video for Eminem's song "Stan".
    DirectorsPhilip G. AtwellDr. DreStarsEminemDidoDevon Sawa
  • Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, P!nk, and Mya in Christina Aguilera Feat. Lil Kim, Mya, P!Nk: Lady Marmalade (2001)

    17. Christina Aguilera Feat. Lil Kim, Mya, P!Nk: Lady Marmalade

    20015mMusic Video
    6.9 (867)
    The music video for "Lady Marmalade", made to promote the song as well as the film Moulin Rouge! (2001).
    DirectorPaul HunterStarsChristina AguileraMissy ElliottLil' Kim
  • Björk in Björk: Human Behaviour (1993)

    18. Björk: Human Behaviour

    19934mMusic Video
    7.9 (369)
    Music video for Björk's song Human Behaviour. A woman in a cabin in the woods, a hunter, a bear, a moth and other forest creatures' lives intersect in surreal and unpredictable ways.
    DirectorMichel GondryStarsBjörk
  • Shakira in Shakira: She Wolf (2009)

    19. Shakira: She Wolf

    20094mMusic Video
    6.2 (300)
    Music video for Shakira`s hit single, She Wolf.
    DirectorJake NavaStarsShakira
  • Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (1981)

    20. Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime

    19814mMusic Video
    7.8 (386)
    David Byrne of the band Talking Heads lip-syncs and sporadically dances to the 1980 single "Once In a Lifetime".
    DirectorsToni BasilDavid ByrneStarsDavid ByrneTalking Heads
  • Beastie Boys: Intergalactic (1998)

    21. Beastie Boys: Intergalactic

    19985mMusic Video
    7.8 (499)
    Music video for the Beastie Boys's 1998 single "Intergalactic". The music video begins with a large robotic craft headed to earth. The Beastie Boys perform while wearing white construction hats and white outfits and the robot dances.
    DirectorAdam YauchStarsBeastie BoysJoey GarfieldAdam Horovitz
  • OK Go: Here It Goes Again (2006)

    22. OK Go: Here It Goes Again

    20063mMusic Video
    8.2 (191)
    The music video of the song is an elaborate performance of the band dancing on treadmills in a single continuous take. Choreographed by Trish Sie and directed by Sie and the band, it took a total of seventeen attempts to complete the video. As in the band's video for "A Million Ways", Tim Nordwind lip-syncs the lead vocals instead of Damian Kulash, following the format from the dance choreographed for the song "C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips", which Tim sings. The video debuted on YouTube on July 31, 2006. As of March 2010, it had been viewed over 50 million times, but the video was taken down and reposted and now currently has over 41 million views.
    DirectorsDamian KulashOK GoTrish SieStarsOK GoDan KonopkaDamian Kulash
  • Prince in Prince: Kiss (1986)

    23. Prince: Kiss

    19864mMusic Video
    6.9 (166)
    Music video for "Kiss" by Prince.
    DirectorRebecca BlakeStarsMonique MannenWendy MelvoinPrince
  • Nirvana: In Bloom (1992)

    24. Nirvana: In Bloom

    19925mMusic Video
    7.7 (720)
    A music video for Nirvana's song 'In Bloom'.
    DirectorKevin KerslakeStarsNirvanaKurt CobainDave Grohl
  • Björk in Björk: I Miss You (1997)

    25. Björk: I Miss You

    19974mMusic Video
    7.9 (151)
    In both live-action and animated selves, Björk sings about wanting to meet already that perfect lover, while interacting with Jimmy the Idiot Boy and other Kricfalusi's creations.
    DirectorJohn KricfalusiStarsBjörk

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