Top 250 Music Videos of all time
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- 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.Too creative with the stop motion seems like an actual opening to a movie without the intro credits.
- DirectorEdd GrilesStarsEllsworth AusbyLaura BalerLon ChaneyCyndi Lauper's official music video for 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun'.
- DirectorTony StevensStarsGreg HamColin HayMen at WorkThe music video for "Down Under" by Men at Work.This really sets up a story. This is my country kind of feel. Not mine but the people presented in this music video.
- 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.
- DirectorDon LettsStarsThe ClashTopper HeadonMick JonesJewish limo driver picks up Muslim hitchhiker and they travel together to Austin, Texas to see a rock concert. Meanwhile, The Clash perform "Rock the Casbah" in front of an active Texas oil well.That armadillo really sets this apart from the others.
- DirectorFrancis DeliaStarsJon LeonoudakisRockwellMark Van CleveOfficial music video for "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell in which Rockwell sings about his average life that is being menaced by an unseen stalker.Michael takes it up a notch. People used to say, "I always feel like Michael Jacksons watching me..."
- DirectorSteve BarronThomas DolbyStarsThomas DolbyMagnus PykeThomas Dolby performs in the music video "She Blinded Me with Science" from the album "The Golden Age of Wireless" recorded for Capitol Records. Thomas Dolby commits himself to the Home for Deranged Scientists. A variety of mad scientists operate bizarre inventions on the grounds of the home. A doctor tries to diagnosis him as a woman tires to seduce him.One of the most 80's sounding/feel of music video out there. With its distinctive midi synth opening.
- DirectorDavid ByrneStarsDavid ByrneJames DietzJean Marie EvansA promotional video of Talking Heads performing their hit Burning Down The House, with surreal imagery inserted.A bit overrated for what it's worth. Nevertheless, David Byrne did do a great job at directing. Also, the song as a whole.
- DirectorTony van den EndeStarsA Flock of SeagullsFrank MaudsleyPaul ReynoldsMusic video for the 1982 song "I Ran (So Far Away)" by A Flock of Seagulls. It features the band members performing the song in a room covered in aluminum foil and mirrors.Low budget kind of deal. With some David Lynch directing style among the several mirrors and the women.
- DirectorAndrew MorahanEric WatsonStarsChris LowePet Shop BoysNeil TennantMusic video for "West End Girls" by the Pet Shop Boys.
- DirectorToni BasilDavid ByrneStarsDavid ByrneTalking HeadsDavid Byrne of the band Talking Heads lip-syncs and sporadically dances to the 1980 single "Once In a Lifetime".
- DirectorSteve HanftStarsBeckJesco WhiteBeck performs in the music video "Loser" from the album "Mellow Gold" recorded for Bong Load Custom Records and DGC Records. The video opens with Beck walking through a parking lot in a mask that is fogged out with visual effects. Beck sings as variety of images play including a moving coffin, teenagers exercising in a cemetery, and a grim reaper cleaning a car.
- DirectorBrian SimmonsStarsBananaramaSara DallinMichael DeClarioThe girls dance and cavort about, engaging in some hi-jinks with New York's finest as they toss banana peels from a Mack truck onto a pursuing patrol car.
- DirectorDerek BurbidgeStarsGary NumanVideo clip of Gary Numan's #1 mega-hit "Cars". The singer and band perform the song followed by a crazed visual style, strange mix of effects which became a trend for the many video clips that followed in the 1980's; and obviously the powerful and unforgettable sound of synthesizers and Numan's peculiar voice.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 BaileyAlfie CurtisOfficial music video for "Take on Me" by A-Ha.
- DirectorCharlexCharlie LeviJeff SteinStarsClaudia BarrettGeorge BarrowsThe CarsMusic video for The Cars song, "You Might Think", notable for for its use of early computer graphics.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsFrankie Goes to HollywoodPeter GillHolly JohnsonIn addition, a version including footage from the Brian De Palma film 'Body Double'.
- DirectorAdam AntMike MansfieldStarsAdam AntCaroline MunroDandy NicholsThe music video for Adam Ant's "Goody Two Shoes."
- DirectorDominic SenaStarsLindsey BuckinghamFleetwood MacMick FleetwoodMusic video for "Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac filmed in and around a farm.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayForrest J. AckermanA night at the movies turns into a nightmare when a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies attacks Michael and his date - only a "Thriller" can save them now.
- DirectorTim NewmanStarsZZ TopDanièle ArnaudFrank BeardZZ Top performs in the music video "Legs" from the album "Eliminator" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. A employee of a shoe store is harassed as she goes to see her boyfriend who is a cook at a diner. She returns to the shoe store only to be harassed by the workers there. Eventually, the Eliminator car arrives and three women exit. They take the woman on a shopping trip and give her a make over. She goes to the diner and leaves with her boyfriend.
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsOlivia Newton-JohnMatt LattanziJohn AchornOlivia Physical is a 1982 video collection featuring the singer Olivia Newton-John and various of her songs, most from the album Physical.