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- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonNick Rhodes"Save a Prayer" is an exotic video filmed among the jungles, beaches, and temples of Sri Lanka. Band members sing the song while interacting with the Sri Lankan people around their tents and fishing boats on the beach, much of which is shot at Unawatuna and Talpe on the South coast. Le Bon slow dances with, and attempts to woo, a beautiful woman who eventually leaves him. Scenes of band members atop the rock fortress of Sigiriya, and among the ruins of a Buddhist temple at Polonnaruwa, are inter-cut with images of the island and its people. Sigiriya is the core of an ancient extinct volcano in the center of Sri Lanka, and is the site of historic rock carvings and paintings, many of them featuring mildly erotic and bare breasted women in tune with many of Duran Duran's early video imagery.
- DirectorBrett RatnerStarsMariah CareyJack McBrayerA computer nerd fantasizes about Mariah Carey after discovering she has hired him for technical support.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsa-haMorten HarketPål Waaktaar"Hunting High and Low" is a song by the Norwegian band A-ha. It was released as the final single from the band's debut album, Hunting High and Low, in 1986. The video was directed by Steve Barron, and once again utilizes animation techniques which show singer Morten Harket "morphing" into various animals (an eagle, a white shark, and a lion). In 1986, the British TV show Blue Peter featured a special documentary on the making of the "Hunting High and Low" video.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsTOTOLenny CastroJenny Douglas-McRaeTOTO perform the song "Africa" in a library.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsBryan AdamsLysette AnthonyThe music video was shot in London, England and later Los Angeles. Directed by Steve Barron, it was nominated for the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards in five different categories: Best Direction, Best Special Effects, Best Art Direction, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography. While the song didn't win any of the awards, it has received more MTV Video Music Award nominations than any other of Adams's songs. The English actress Lysette Anthony appears in the video.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsAlan ClarkDire StraitsElso EmeletMusic video for the 1985 Dire Straits single "Money For Nothing". The iconic video mixtures advanced animation technology and footage from the band performing the song, seen by the animated characters such a factory worker and a dog.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsa-haBunty BaileyMagne FuruholmenA promotional music video for A-ha's 1985 song "The Sun Always Shine on TV".
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsa-haBunty BaileyAlfie CurtisOfficial music video for "Take on Me" by A-Ha.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsIan BurdenJo CallisJoanne CatherallThe video for the song was filmed near Slough, Berkshire, during November 1981 and has the theme of the filming and editing of a murder-mystery film, featuring the band members as characters and production staff. Due to it being a "making of" video, both crew and camera apparatus appear throughout. It was conceived and directed by filmmaker Steve Barron, and has at its core the interaction between a successful actress played by Susanne Sulley walking out on "film director" Phil Oakey on a film set. It is loosely based on the film A Star Is Born. Near the end of the video, Wright, who also plays a film editor, has an expression on his face, while the camera pulls back to reveal that the negative room where Phil Oakey, Wright, and Sulley were working in is yet another set.
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsTony HadleyJohn KeebleGary KempThe song has been speculated to be about a veteran of Vietnam, who is drafted and suffers from PTSD; the lyrics are told from the man's point of view as a boy being drafted, how he gets no answers as to why he must join the war. "To Cut a Long Story Short" was Vince Clarke's inspiration to write Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enough", to which the keyboard style bears a certain similarity.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMadonnaLuis CamachoOliver Crumes Jr.Madonna pays homage to Hollywood's Golden Age via Harlem's "House Ball" Vogueing.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsGipsy Kings"Bamboléo" is a 1987 Spanish language song by Gitano-French band Gipsy Kings, from their eponymous album. The song was written by band members Tonino Baliardo, Chico Bouchikhi (J. Bouchikhi) and Nicolas Reyes. It was arranged by Dominique Perrier. "Bamboleo" without an accent means "I swing" or "I sway" in Spanish. The now iconic song has been a worldwide hit for the Gipsy Kings and has since been covered by many artists, both in Spanish and in other languages.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsStingJeffrey Lee CampbellMino CinéluA promotional video for Sting's 1988 single "Englishman in New York" featuring Quentin Crisp.
- DirectorDaniel AskillSiaStarsSiaMaddie ZieglerA contemporary dance performed by Maddie Ziegler to Chandelier by Sia.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsBoy GeorgeGreg CraigCulture ClubThe video for the song, directed by Julien Temple, featured lead singer Boy George on trial in a courtroom, with flashbacks to the Gargoyle Club, Soho in 1936 and the Dolphin Square Health Club, Pimlico in 1957. The jury was in black-face making jazz hands gestures. One band member, Mikey Craig, was not in the video, and was replaced by his brother Greg. Boy George wears a shirt with the Hebrew writing "Tarbut Agudda", a literal translation of the individual words "culture" and "association" in a grammatically incorrect order.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsThe BugglesDebi DossGeoff DownesThe video for the Buggles' classic one-shot, about how the rise of television (and, by extension, music videos) hurt the careers of those performers whose looks would not translate well to the new medium.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonNick RhodesA music video for "Duran Duran: Rio", an instant classic of the 1980's from their smash-hit album of same name. The video clip presents the band having lovely and amusing moments on a boat while performing the song at the same time they're on a quest to chase a mysterious beautiful woman.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonSheila MingDuran Duran's clip for their massive classic "Hungry Like the Wolf" presents the band traveling to Sri Lanka in some curious and strange adventures, with Simon Le Bon meeting an exotic girl and having a wild time with her while the other four band mates go through many different places trying to find him.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsBonnie TylerBonnie Tyler's official music video for 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayForrest J. AckermanA night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsChrissie HyndeUB40Ali CampbellA video clip directed by Jonathan Demme uniting UB40 and Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) in this cover version of "I Got You Babe". First half of the video introduces us to the band and lead vocals while doing a fun rehearsal of the song on a stadium during the whole afternoon; and the second half presents the concert at night time with an enthusiastic crowd.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsShakiraOfficial video-clip of Shakira's song "Whenever, Wherever".
- StarsTony HadleyJohn KeebleGary KempThe music video to Spandau Ballet's 1986 power ballad "Through the Barricades", their last UK top ten hit.
- DirectorPeter SinclairStarsBoy GeorgeMikey CraigCulture ClubOfficial music video of "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club.
- DirectorDavid MouldStarsEvanescenceAmy LeeBen MoodyIn the music video for the Evanescence song "My Immortal", Amy Lee, appearing ghostly in a white gown, performs the song from Gothic Quarter in Barcelona.