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- DirectorSteve BarronStarsa-haBunty BaileyAlfie CurtisOfficial music video for "Take on Me" by A-Ha.
- DirectorRichard LowensteinStarsGarry BeersAndrew FarrissJon FarrissMusic video for "Need You Tonight" by INXS. It was released as the first single from the bestselling album Kick and is the only INXS single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
- DirectorJay DubinJon SmallStarsRodney DangerfieldBilly JoelWill JordanThe music video for Billy Joel's 1983 hit "Tell Her About It," presented as an appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
- DirectorBob GiraldiStarsMichael JacksonBill BrayMichael DeLorenzoA promotional video for Michael Jackson's 1983 hit single "Beat It."
- DirectorTim NewmanStarsDanièle ArnaudFrank BeardBilly GibbonsZZ Top performs in the music video "Sharp Dressed Man" from the album "Eliminator" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The video opens on the ZZ Top Eliminator car as it drives through the streets. A man in his apartment gets dressed in a fancy suit before leaving for his job as a valet. A group of women exit the Eliminator car and take him for a night out on the town.
- DirectorNigel DickStarsManny EliasRoland OrzabalCurt SmithIt features Curt Smith driving an antique Austin-Healey 3000 sports car around numerous Southern California locales, including Salton Sea and Cabazon. Interspersed with these clips are shots of the full band performing the song in a London studio.
- DirectorJohn LloydJames YukichStarsGenesisChris BarriePhil CollinsThe music video to the Genesis top 5 hit, Land Of Confusion. Featuring Spitting Images Puppets.
- DirectorDuncan GibbinsStarsJanie BeggsGlenn FreyMusic Video for the song Smuggler's Blues by Glenn Frey.
- 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.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsPaula AbdulPaula Abdul performs in the music video "Cold Hearted" from the album "Forever Your Girl" recorded for Virgin Records. The video begins as a group of uptight record executives arrive at a music video rehearsal. Paula Abdul sings and dances with her backup dancers on metal scaffolding. The arousing performance elicits quiet shock from the executives.
- DirectorAndrew de GrootStarsMidnight OilPeter GarrettDwayne HillmanVideo promo for Midnight Oil: Beds Are Burning.
- DirectorRichard FriedmanStarsBilly JoelAdam Savage
- DirectorColin ChilversStarsMichael JacksonBrandon Quintin AdamsKelley ParkerA promotional video for Michael Jackson's 1988 hit single "Smooth Criminal."
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsJamiroquaiJay KayA promotional video for Jamiroquai's 1996 single "Virtual Insanity."
- DirectorStephen R. JohnsonStarsPeter GabrielAnna-Marie GabrielMelanie GabrielPeter Gabriel's video for his 1986 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, a collaboration with Aardman Animations which set new standards for the industry and became one of the most awarded videos in history.
- DirectorJon SmallStarsAerosmithJam Master JayRoger LaneThe iconic promotional video for Run DMC's 1985 rap-rock collaboration remake of Aerosmith's early 1975 hit single "Walk This Way" featuring Steven Tyler and Joe Perry from Aerosmith.
- StarsBilly Joel
- StarsThe Georgia SatellitesDan BairdMauro MagellanThe Georgia Satellites perform in the music video "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" from the album "Georgia Satellites" recorded for Elektra Records. Dan Baird and the band play on the back of a moving flat bed truck while scenes of a shotgun wedding play throughout.
- DirectorMelodie McDanielStarsThe CranberriesMike HoganNoel HoganThe music video for "Linger", shot in grayscale, is a tribute to Jean-Luc Goddard's 1965 noir film Alphaville. In one of the rooms of the hotel a silent film is being shown which features 1950s stripper Blaze Starr.
- DirectorJeff SteinStarsTom Petty & The HeartbreakersLouise FoleyTom PettyTom Petty plays the Mad Hatter in this Alice in Wonderland inspired video for his song "Don't Come Around Here No More"
- 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.
- DirectorDon WilsonStarsMichael JacksonSiedah GarrettThe WinansMusic video for Michael Jackson's 1988 song "Man In The Mirror", featuring a montage of images depicting suffering and injustice throughout history.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsBonnie TylerBonnie Tyler's official music video for 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'.
- DirectorEthan HawkeStarsLisa Loeb & Nine StoriesLisa LoebLisa Loeb and Nine Stories perform in the music video "Stay (I Missed You)" from the album "Tails" and the original motion picture soundtrack for the film Reality Bites (1994) recorded for RCA Records. The video begins with a gray cat on a wire chair. Lisa Loeb sings the song as she walks through an empty New York City apartment.
- DirectorToni BasilStarsToni BasilThe official music video for her song "Mickey" features Toni Basil dressed in an LVH cheerleader outfit.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsMick JaggerKeith RichardsThe Rolling StonesThe music video was made in Mexico City for the song, featuring Jagger as detective helping a woman (played by Elpidia Carrillo) follow her boyfriend's (also played by Jagger) kidnappers and Richards as the leader of the kidnappers, who eventually shoots Jagger. The music video, directed by Julien Temple, was considered to be too violent for MTV (they did eventually air an edited version, but not before 9 PM due to the violent imagery), and the uncensored version of the video would be included on the band's Video Rewind compilation.
- DirectorDavid HoganStarsSheryl CrowGregory SporlederThe video was directed by David Hogan, who also directed her debut video for "Leaving Las Vegas". It features Crow and her band performing the song on the street, with notable characters flying through the air.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsMick AvoryDave DaviesRay Davies
- 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.
- DirectorPete AngelusDavid Lee RothStarsBecky LeBeauDavid Lee RothPete AngelusThe music video for the cover medley "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" by an American singer David Lee Roth from the 1985 EP "Crazy from the Heat".
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsFiona AppleA promotional video for Fiona Apple's 1997 single "Criminal."
- DirectorRichard LowensteinStarsGarry BeersAndrew FarrissJon FarrissINXS performs in the music video "Never Tear Us Apart" off their album "Kick" recorded for Atlantic Records. Michael Hutchence sings and the band plays the song as they walk near several landmarks and the riverfront in the Czechoslovakian city of Prague.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsStephanie Landwehr
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsFoo FightersDave GrohlTaylor HawkinsThe music video for the Foo Fighters' "Everlong."
- DirectorJamie MorganStarsKevin CadoganBradley HargreavesStephan JenkinsA music video for Third Eye Blind's song 'Semi-Charmed Life'.
- DirectorTerence DonovanStarsRobert PalmerJulie PankhurstPatty KellyMusic video to Robert Palmer's smash classic hit "Addicted to Love", one of the most iconic clips of the 1980's and also one of the most spoofed as well. It consists of Palmer performing the song with an all-female rock band, all wearing black dresses and with similar makeup and bright red-lipstick that seems to cause the effect we're seeing variations of the same girl.
- StarsForeignerFred AstaireJoe DiMaggioForeigner performs in the music video "I Don't Wanna Live Without You" from the album "Inside Information" recorded for Atlantic Records. The music video begins with shots of the planet Earth from space. Clips of growing mushroom, drops of rain, and other nature shots play ass clips of romantic couples play throughout.
- DirectorMike MansfieldStarsBev BevanElectric Light OrchestraJeff LynneMusic video by Electric Light Orchestra performing "Don't Bring Me Down".
- DirectorAnastasia SimoneIan SpencerStarsNorah JonesNorah Jones performs in the music video "Don't Know Why" from the album "Come Away with Me" recorded for Blue Note Records. The video opens with Norah Jones walking on the beach during a sunrise. She sings to the camera as she walks on the beach and on a retaining wall near the beach.
- DirectorMelodie McDanielStarsNatalie MerchantNatalie Merchant performs in the music video "Carnival" from the album "Tigerlily" recorded for Elektra and Warner Brothers Records. The music video begins with people taking photographs with cameras on New York City streets. Natalie Merchant snaps photographs and later sings as she walks along the sidewalk.
- DirectorJonathan AugustavoRyan LewisMacklemoreStarsRyan LewisMacklemoreMacklemore & Ryan LewisMusic video for "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
- DirectorJim SheaStarsThe BanglesSusanna HoffsDebbi PetersonThe Bangles perform in the music video "A Hazy Shade of Winter" from the original motion picture soundtrack Less Than Zero (1987). The band plays in a darkened room illuminated by moving blue lights and surrounded by television sets while clips from the film play throughout.
- DirectorJim BlashfieldStarsCaroline Johnston OrzabalRoland OrzabalCurt SmithThe music video for the song "Sowing the Seeds of Love" by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from the 1989 album "The Seeds of Love".
- DirectorPeter IsraelsonStarsGioia BrunoAnn CurlessExposé
- 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.
- DirectorSimeon SofferStarsDebbie GibsonDebbie Gibson performs in the music video "Only in My Dreams" from the album "Out of the Blue" recorded for Atlantic Records. The music video begins with Debbie Gibson awakening from bed on a breach. She sings and dances near a clothes line and a carousal.
- DirectorJohan CamitzStarsSpice GirlsEmma BuntonVictoria BeckhamSpice Girls performs in the music video "Wannabe" from the album "Spice" recorded for Virgin Records and EMI Records. The music video begins with the Spice Girls outside London's St. Pancras Grand Hotel. The video shot in one tale follows the girls as they sing, dance, and disturb patrons of the hotel.
- DirectorTamra DavisStarsHansonIsaac HansonTaylor HansonHanson perform in the music video "MMMBop" from the album "Middle of Nowhere" recorded for Mercury Records and PolyGram Records. The three Hanson brothers sing and play their instruments in a suburban living room. Video clips feature the band visiting parks, beaches, and the city.
- DirectorEric WatsonStarsMartha FearonChris LowePet Shop BoysThe music video was filmed in a music hall, featuring a female chorus line and male members of the pit orchestra. It made significant use of the theater drapes and stage curtains for dramatic effect.
- DirectorMichael PattersonCandace ReckingerStarsPaula AbdulDerrick 'Delite' StevensPaula Abdul and her hip animated talking feline friend MC Skat Kat joyfully dance in an alleyway, on a staircase and on a rooftop while playfully singing about how opposite they are of each other, and yet - opposites attract.
- StarsJohn AshtonJonathan BanksSteven BerkoffGlenn Frey performs in the music video "The Heat Is On" from the original motion picture soundtrack for Beverly Hills Cop (1984) recorded for MCA Records. Glenn Frey sings the song with his band in black and white sequences which feature a man in a movie editing room. Clips from the film play throughout.
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsCrowded HouseNeil FinnMitchell FroomMusic video for the 1986 Crowded House song "Don't Dream It's Over". It features Neil Finn singing and playing guitar as he walks through rooms in a house while his band-mates play instruments and perform household chores.
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsNo DoubtTom DumontTony KanalA music video for No Doubt's song 'Don't Speak'.
- DirectorMark KohrStarsBillie Joe ArmstrongTré CoolMike DirntBillie Joe Armstrong performs Green Day's song "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" on acoustic guitar in a bedroom, while outside people - including his band mates - perform routine tasks while staring into space distractedly.
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsNirvanaBurton C. BellAndy BialkA music video for Nirvana's song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsTOTOBobby KimballSteve LukatherThe promotional video for Toto's classic hit "Rosanna" has Cynthia Rhodes in the title role, dancing and charming the guys around her, which includes the band members playing the song in the distance and two street gangs, evoking the memorable dispute from "West Side Story" with choreographed fights that follows the music.
- DirectorNick MorrisStarsEddie MoneyRonnie SpectorEddie Money performs in the music video "Take Me Home Tonight" from the album "Can't Hold Back" recorded for Columbia Records. The black and white video opens with Eddie Money singing on stage at an empty arena. Video clips of Ronnie Spector are featured before she joins him in song.
- DirectorJamie CaliriStarsMarcy PlaygroundDylan KeefeDan RieserMarcy Playground performs in the music video "Sex and Candy" from the album "Marcy Playground" recorded for Capitol Records. The music video begins with a shot of a checkerboard landscape. John Wozniak sings as he pops his head out from the checkerboard landscape and watches a spider.
- DirectorAubrey PowellStorm ThorgersonStarsJon AndersonEddie JobsonTrevor Rabin"Owner of a Lonely Heart" is a song by the English progressive rock band Yes. It was a big hit in the United States, becoming the band's first and only single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
- DirectorNigel DickStarsTaylor DayneThe video was very simple; it shows Dayne and her band in a studio performing the song. The video was released both in black-and-white and sepia tones. In the video, Dayne holds in her hand what seems to be the lyrics of the song, or possibly a letter from her lover.
- DirectorNancy BardawilStarsGoo Goo DollsMike MalininJohnny RzeznikGoo Goo Dolls performs in the music video "Iris" from the album "Dizzy Up the Girl" and from the original motion picture soundtrack for the film City of Angels (1998) recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The band performs the song as they stand in the middle of the road near a long tunnel. Clips of Johnny Rzeznik looking through telescopes play throughout.
- DirectorStephen ScottStarsSusan AceronKate KeltonRik Rok
- DirectorSteve CohenStarsBilly JoelBilly Joel performs his song "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me".
- DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsThe ProdigyTeresa MayThe 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.
- DirectorDerek BurbidgeStarsThe Go-Go'sCharlotte CaffeyBelinda CarlisleThe Go-Go's perform in the music video for the song "Our Lips Are Sealed" from their album "Beauty and the Beat" recorded for I.R.S. Records. Belinda Carlisle and the band play at a club inter-cut with footage of them driving in a convertible, visiting a store, and playing in a fountain.
- DirectorNick MorrisStarsLenny CastroSteve LukatherMichael McDonaldMusic video for Toto and their hit single "I'll Be Over You". The rock group performs the song (along with Michael McDonald) on a sunny day at the top of an Los Angeles building. Several aerial shots are included with the band performance.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsKianna DiorEminemJenna JamesonThe music video to Eminem's song 'Without Me'.
- DirectorJean-Baptiste MondinoStarsDon HenleyAudie EnglandGary MauroBlack and white music video for his song "Boys of Summer" shows Don Henley at three points in his life: today; back when he was a young man at the beach with a girl; and as a 7-year old drummer.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsCoolioL.V.Michelle PfeifferOriginal music video based on the movie Dangerous Minds sung by Coolio featuring LV
- DirectorChris AshbrookJon RosemanDavid A. StewartStarsEurythmicsAnnie LennoxDavid A. StewartA music video for Eurythmics's song 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)'.
- StarsGlenn FreyLisa ParkerGlenn Frey performs in the music video "You Belong to the City" from the original soundtrack for the television series Miami Vice (1984) recorded for MCA Records. Frey leave his apartment and walks the streets of New York City where he repeatedly crosses paths with a woman.
- DirectorMarcelo AncianoStarsGloria Estefan
- DirectorDave RobinsonStarsMadnessMike BarsonMark BedfordMadness performs in the music video "Our House" from the album "The Rise and Fall" recorded for Stiff Records. Suggs and the band live in an old Victorian terraced house. They play instruments in the living and sing about preparing for work and school.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellEminemPaul RosenbergStarsKim BasingerEminemAngela MayMusic video for the 2002 song "Lose Yourself" by Eminem, the soundtrack for the film "8 Mile (2002)". It shows scenes from the film and ends with Eminem rapping on stage.
- DirectorWayne IshamStarsDef LeppardRick AllenStephen ClarkDef Leppard performs in the music video "Armageddon It" from the album "Hysteria" recorded for Mercury Records. The music video begins with Def Leppard playing at a concert venue in both black and white and color. The video also features clips of the band goofing off before the concert.
- DirectorThe BeatlesStarsThe BeatlesPattie BoydDonovanMusic video for The Beatles: A Day in the Life.
- DirectorMichael GeogheganStarsAmy Grant
- DirectorStanley DorfmanStarsBlondieJimmy DestriNigel HarrisonMusic video for Blondie: Heart of Glass.
- DirectorKen FoxStarsBlues TravelerPeter BucardiBrendan HillBlues Traveler performs in the music video "Run-Around" from the album "Four" recorded for A&M Records. The music video begins at a club where a young woman named Dorthy Gale and her three friends try to get in a club. On stage, a young hip band pretends to perform for the crowd while Blues Traveler plays behind a curtain.
- DirectorTamra DavisStarsBonnie Raitt
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMadonnaLuis CamachoOliver Crumes Jr.Madonna pays homage to Hollywood's Golden Age via Harlem's "House Ball" Vogueing.
- DirectorArnold LevineStarsKarla DeVitoMeat LoafPhil RizzutoThe music video for Meat Loaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light."
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsGarry BeersAndrew FarrissJon FarrissINXS performs in the music video "Devil Inside" off their album "Kick" recorded for Atlantic Records. Michael Hutchence sings and the band plays the song at a seedy dark California nightclub while a man and a woman dance seductively with each other.
- DirectorJames FoleyStarsMadonnaDanny AielloErika BelleMusic video for the Madonna single from the album 'True Blue'.
- DirectorMarcelo AncianoStarsTerri NunnBerlinRob BrillMusic video for Berlin's 1986 single "Take My Breath Away". it features scenes from the film "Top Gun" intermingled with Berlin's singer Terri Nunn performing the song walking between pieces of planes in a windy aircraft boneyard at night.
- DirectorDoug FreelJean PellerinStarsDef LeppardRick AllenStephen ClarkMusic video for Def Leppard: Hysteria.
- DirectorRalph ZimanStarsGioia BrunoAnn CurlessExposé
- DirectorArthur PiersonStarsMadonnaErika BelleChristopher CicconeMusic video for Madonna's single from her 1983 debut self-titled album. Her fourth video, but the first to get her widely noticed for her fashion.
- DirectorMcGStarsHank AzariaMax BreitenbachGreg CampMusic video for Smash Mouth's song, 'All Star'.
- DirectorJeff SteinStarsMark AndesDenny CarmassiJoe Del MonteHeart performs in the music video "These Dreams" from the album "Heart" recorded for Capitol Records. Nancy Wilson sings as she over looks a pool of water and plays guitar while surrounded while hands reach out from the ground to touch her. Ann Wilson sings with her from shadow.
- DirectorMichel GuimbardStarsSandraKati TastetOfficial music video for Sadeness - Part I by Enigma
- DirectorMcGStarsCarmit BacharBarenaked LadiesJim CreegganThe music video for Barenaked Ladies' "One Week."
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsBon JoviJon Bon JoviDavid BryanMusic video for the hit Bon Jovi song, Always.
- DirectorTerence DonovanStarsLeigh JaegerRobert PalmerRobert Palmer performs in the music video "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" from the album "Riptide" recorded for Island Records. Robert Palmer sings while a slicked hair all female band play instruments. The video also features women in white dancing and filming the video.
- DirectorJerry WatsonStarsJeffrey BaxterThe Doobie BrothersJohn HartmanOfficial promotional music video for the hit single "What a Fool Believes", performed by The Doobie Brothers and released on their album "Minute by Minute". The video presents Michael McDonald and group members performing the music on stage.
- DirectorAdam AntMike MansfieldStarsAdam AntCaroline MunroDandy NicholsThe music video for Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes."
- DirectorGary WeisStarsThe BanglesSusanna HoffsDebbi PetersonThe music video featured people dancing in a pose similar to the pose depicted in the Ancient Egyptian reliefs that inspired songwriter Liam Sternberg; while most of them are ordinary people, some famous figures and objects were depicted dancing in that same pose through the use of simple special effects, including Princess Diana, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, and the Statue of Liberty. In a popular scene from the video, Hoffs was filmed in a close-up where her eyes moved from side to side, looking left and right. When asked about the scene in an interview with online magazine PlanetOut.com, Hoffs explained that she was actually looking at individual audience members during the video shoot, which took place with a live audience. Looking directly at individual audience members was a technique she used to overcome stage fright, and she was unaware that the camera had a close-up on her while she was employing this technique, switching between one audience member on her left and one on her right.
- DirectorMark KohrStarsAlanis MorissetteMusic video of "Hand in My Pocket" by Alanis Morissette.