Best Music Videos of All Time
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- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsChristopher WalkenA businessman, overhearing the song on the maid's radio, takes to dancing in the hotel lobby.
- 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.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsRafael EdholmGeorge MichaelScott BenoitFor 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.
- DirectorTom KuntzMike MaguireStarsBurr DeBenningMichelle WittonPromotional 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.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsWeezerTom BosleyTony MaxwellMusic 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.
- DirectorBusta RhymesHype WilliamsStarsBusta RhymesSpliff StarrBusta 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.
- DirectorJake NavaStarsBeyoncéAshley EverettEbony WilliamsA promotional dance video for Beyoncé's 2008 hit single "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)."
- DirectorJoy DivisionStarsJoy DivisionIan CurtisPeter HookThe music video for Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart."
- DirectorHiro MuraiStarsDonald GloverCalvin C. WinbushKenneth BeckOfficial music video for "This Is America" by Childish Gambino.
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsJamiroquaiJay KayA promotional video for Jamiroquai's 1996 single "Virtual Insanity."
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsChristina AguileraMissy ElliottLil' KimThe music video for "Lady Marmalade", made to promote the song as well as the film Moulin Rouge! (2001).
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsMy Chemical RomanceNick DragoMay-Har LiMy 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.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellDr. DreStarsEminemDidoDevon SawaA music video for Eminem's song "Stan".
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsBjörkMusic 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.
- DirectorToni BasilDavid ByrneStarsDavid ByrneTalking HeadsDavid Byrne of the band Talking Heads lip-syncs and sporadically dances to the 1980 single "Once In a Lifetime".
- DirectorAdam YauchStarsBeastie BoysJoey GarfieldAdam HorovitzMusic 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.
- DirectorRebecca BlakeStarsMonique MannenWendy MelvoinPrinceMusic video for "Kiss" by Prince.
- DirectorDamian KulashOK GoTrish SieStarsOK GoDan KonopkaDamian KulashThe 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.
- DirectorKevin KerslakeStarsNirvanaKurt CobainDave GrohlA music video for Nirvana's song 'In Bloom'.
- DirectorJohn KricfalusiStarsBjörkIn 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.
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsFoo FightersDave GrohlTaylor HawkinsThe music video for the Foo Fighters' "Everlong."
- DirectorHype WilliamsStarsBusta RhymesBill DukeSpliff StarrA music video for the 1997 song 'Dangerous' by the American hip-hop recording artist Busta Rhymes, a single released from the album ' When Disaster Strikes'.
- 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.
- DirectorTyler the CreatorStarsTyler the CreatorMichael S. BrownChris ClancyOfficial music video for "Tamale" by Tyler, The Creator.
- DirectorJohn SingletonStarsMichael JacksonRoman ArtisteTom Lister Jr.Michael Jackson's music video for the song 'Remember the Time.'
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsBobby AmamizuFiona ApplePaul Thomas Anderson-directed music video for Fiona Apple's single. An homage to 1940s musical numbers, featuring twenty choreographed young boys.
- DirectorDawn ShadforthStarsKylie MinogueKylie drives a car and sexily cavorts in her iconic white dress.
- DirectorMatt MahurinStarsTom WaitsThe surreal promotional video for Tom Waits' 2012 single "Hell Broke Luce."
- Director'Weird Al' YankovicStarsSteve JayJon SchwartzJim West'Weird Al' Yankovic performs a parody of Coolio's song "Gangsta's Paradise", but talking about the Amish culture.
- DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsIce CubeTerry GrayJerome MuhammadIce Cube performs in the music video "It Was a Good Day" from the album "The Predator" recorded for Priority Records. The music video begins with a girl on a bike arriving at a house. Ice Cube gets out of bed and has breakfast. He heads down into the neighborhood and drives in his modified car before going to a cemetery.
- DirectorJean-Baptiste MondinoStarsTom WaitsNeith HunterJake LaMotta"Downtown Train" is a song by Tom Waits released on his album Rain Dogs in 1985. The Jean-Baptiste Mondino directed video for the song features former World Middleweight Champion Jake LaMotta, who was famously portrayed by Robert DeNiro in Raging Bull.
- DirectorJames FrostSyyn LabsOK GoStarsOK Go
- DirectorMike JohnsonStarsLes ClaypoolMark HaggardBrian KehoeCharlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" covered and put to animation.
- DirectorCharli XCXStarsCharli XCXOfficial music video for "Forever" by Charli XCX.
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsBob BryarLukas HaasSerena HendrixThe music video for My Chemical Romance's "Welcome to the Black Parade".
- DirectorPaul HunterDominique TrenierStarsD'AngeloOfficial music video for D'Angelo's song "Untitled, How Does It Feel" featuring a shirtless D'Angelo.
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsBjörkVideo promo for Björk: Venus as a Boy.
- DirectorColin Solal CardoStarsChristine and the QueensCharli XCX
- DirectorTom SternStarsMarilyn MansonJeordie WhiteDaisy BerkowitzIn the music video for the Marilyn Manson song Dope Hat, the band travels in a boat on a river of blood through a tunnel of bizarre images.
- DirectorMarcos SiegaStarsWeezerBill BarrettaBrian Bell
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsNirvanaBurton C. BellAndy BialkA music video for Nirvana's song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.
- StarsAmii Stewart-Music video of Amii Stewart
- DirectorJennifer Juniper StratfordStarsJason DardoAllie X
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsBeyoncéJeremy CopelandLoraine Day
- DirectorAlan YangStarsLil Rel HoweryLaKeith StanfieldJerrod CarmichaelAn all-black cast parody one of the most memorable episodes of Friends.
- DirectorMark GerardStarsAaliyahAaliyah performs in the music video "Are You That Somebody?" from the original motion picture soundtrack from the film Doctor Dolittle (1998) recorded for Blackground Records and Atlantic Records. The video opens with motorcycles cruising down the street. Aaliyah sings as she dances with backup dancers. Clips from the film play throughout in the background.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsAshley BarnettFatboy SlimMichael GierThe fictional "Torrance Community Dance Group" does improvisational dance in a mall to Fatboy Slim's "Praise You."
- DirectorTony KayeStarsJohnny CashPatricia ArquetteCorinne Bailey RaeThis is a music video for God's Gonna Cut you Down
- DirectorDoug AitkenStarsFatboy SlimJennifer Sky