MTV Top 100 Videos of 1985
This is a list of all videos from MTV's Year-End Top 100 Countdown of music videos from 1985.
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- 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.
- DirectorFrancis DeliaStarsJefferson StarshipDonny BaldwinCraig ChaquicoStarship performs in the music video "We Built This City" from the album "Knee Deep in the Hoopla" recorded for Grunt Records. Mickey Thomas opens the video sing before a darkened landscape and then a statue of Abraham Lincoln. Grace Slick sings in a city illuminated by neon signs. The two sing together with the band on stage while pictures of skyscrapers stand behind them.
- DirectorOley SassoneStarsSteve FarrisSteve GeorgeMr. MisterMr. Mister: performs in the music video "Broken Wings" from the album "Welcome to the Real World" recorded for RCA Records. Richard Page sings as he drives through the desert in a Ford Thunderbird. A couple tango while the band plays in white room with large windows.
- DirectorJonathan KaplanStarsKathryn GreenJohn MellencampJohn Cougar Mellencamp performs in the music video "Lonely Ol' Night" from the album "Scarecrow" recorded for Riva Records. The black and white video features John Cougar Mellencamp singing with a guitar on the porch of a country home. The video also features clips of people enjoying a carnival.
- DirectorDaniel KleinmanStarsSimple MindsCharlie BurchillDerek ForbesSimple Minds performs in the music video for "Don't You (Forget About Me)" from the original motion picture soundtrack of The Breakfast Club (1985) recorded for Virgin Records. Lead singer Jim Kerr sings on a dancing floor in a dark room surrounded by a chandelier, a rocking horse, and television sets that are displaying scenes from the film.
- DirectorKort Falkenberg IIIStarsEmilio EstevezRob LoweAndrew McCarthyJohn Parr performs in the music video "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" from the original motion picture soundtrack to the film St. Elmo's Fire (1985) recorded for Atlantic Records. John Parr sings in a run-down and fire-damaged version of the St. Elmo's Bar set and on a club stage while clips from the film play. The cast from the film later join Parr on the bar set.
- 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.
- DirectorLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyStarsOmar HakimDarryl JonesKenny KirklandSting and his band perform in the music video "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free" from the album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles" recorded for A&M Records. Sting and the band we each filmed separately on a soundstage before the footage was overlaid in the final video to make it appear that they are performing together.
- DirectorMick HaggertyStarsStingSting performs in the music video "Fortress Around Your Heart" from the album "The Dream of the Blue Turtles" recorded for A&M Records. A mysterious man approaches Sting on behalf of an unseen woman and offers him money to shoot a music video. He films Sting singing the song in a run-down warehouse and later shows the video to the woman.
- DirectorKevin DoleSherry RevordStarsKevin CroninREO SpeedwagonREO Speedwagon performs in the second version of the music video "Can't Fight This Feeling" from the album "Wheels Are Turnin'" recorded for Epic Records. REO Speedwagon perform the song against a black background while video clips show a man go through the cycle of life from infancy to old age.
- DirectorNigel DickStarsManny EliasRoland OrzabalCurt SmithIt features footage of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith at Durdle Door in Dorset, England, and at a studio performance with full band (with Ian Stanley, Manny Elias) performing the song amidst a crowd of family and friends.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsRae Dawn ChongMick JaggerMick Jagger performs in the music video "Just Another Night" from the album "She's the Boss" recorded for Columbia Records. Mick Jagger talks to a woman who talks him into performing. He goes to the stage in the club, grabs a guitar, and begins to sing while clips of him romancing the woman play throughout.
- DirectorMary LambertStarsEurythmicsSteven BauerAnnie LennoxThe song features Lennox confronting a cheating lover as she leaves him for good. This was conveyed in the music video for the single, in which actor Steven Bauer played the part of the boyfriend. The video was directed by Mary Lambert and was shown heavily on MTV. The front and back cover photos, and the inner cover art of the Be Yourself Tonight album are screenshots from the music video.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsPhil CollinsPhil Collins performs in the music video "One More Night" from the album "No Jacket Required" recorded for Virgin Records. Phil Collins sits at the piano at and sings the song at a club after closing time. When he finishes the song, he bids farewell to the bartender and leaves.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsPhil CollinsDaryl StuermerChester ThompsonPhil Collins performs in the music video "Sussudio" from the album "No Jacket Required" recorded for Virgin Records. Phil Collins sings the song on the stage of a pub. At the beginning the crowd is uninterested, but eventually Collins wins them over and they begin to dance and clap.
- DirectorZbigniew RybczynskiStarsRobin ClarkJim KerrSimple MindsSimple Minds performs in the music video "Alive and Kicking" from the album "Once Upon a Time" recorded for Virgin Records. Jim Kerr sings the song while the band plays in the pastoral Catskill Mountains in New York State. The band stands near the edge of a water fall and a joined by Robin Clark who sings backup.
- 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.
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsHeartMark AndesDenny CarmassiHeart performs in the music video "Never" from the album "Heart" recorded for Capitol Records. Ann Wilson sings while Nancy Wilson plays guitar with the band on set decorated with nets and lit from behind. Video clips also feature the band tearing down wood walls and curtains blowing in the wind.
- 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"
- DirectorTim NewmanStarsMario CipollinaJohnny CollaBill GibsonHuey Lewis & The News perform their song "The Power of Love".
- StarsJohn MellencampJohn Cougar Mellencamp performs in the music video "Small Town" from the album "Scarecrow" recorded for Riva Records. The video begins with black and white still photographs of small town life before showing the band and video clips of people living in small towns throughout America.
- DirectorPete AngelusDavid Lee RothStarsDavid Lee RothSue BowserAlly DownsDavid Lee Roth performs in the music video "California Girls" from the album "Crazy from the Heat" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The music video opens with shots of a busload of tourists with a narrator warning that they are not headed for fun in the sun. David Lee Roth is the tour guide who sings about women from California.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsDon HenleyDon Henley performs in the music video "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" from the album "Building the Perfect Beast" recorded for Geffen Records. Don Henley and his band perform the song in a post-apocalyptic bar. A woman dances ignoring the chaos around her. A solder grabs her and she spits in his face.
- StarsJack BladesAlan FitzgeraldBrad GillisNight Ranger performs in the music video "Sentimental Street" from the album "7 Wishes" recorded for MCA Records. The video begins with a news commentator reporting that Night Ranger is missing after taking off in a B-25 Bomber. The band is stranded on a desert island in military uniforms. They flashback to a concert where they sing the song.
- 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.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsHeather LangenkampJohn DyeFrank BeardA music video was made to promote the song. The video revolves around a couple being chased by two wheel loaders and the Bear Foot monster truck.The video shows the destruction of the "Eliminator" vehicle featured in the videos of the album Eliminator and introduces the space shuttle on the cover of the Afterburner album. Actors Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and John Dye (Touched by an Angel) appear as the female and male leads. Directed by Steve Barron.
- DirectorHarold BeckerStarsMadonnaLinda FiorentinoMatthew ModineMadonna croons for the lovers of Vision Quest (1985) in this music video using footage from the film.
- StarsRobert PlantRobert Plant performs in the music video "Little by Little" from the album "Shaken 'n' Stirred" recorded for Es Paranza. The video begins with aerial shots of the countryside and two men leading their horses on a dirt path. Robert Plant sings while wearing a black suit jacket while a pale woman with feathers in her hair types.
- DirectorDuncan GibbinsAndrew MorahanStarsGeorge MichaelLisa StahlMadeline Andrews-HodgeThe video for the UK and US number-one single which launched the solo career of Wham! star George Michael and became one of the biggest songs of 1984.
- DirectorLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyStarsEric ClaptonMarcella DetroitDonald DunnEric Clapton performs in the music video "Forever Man" from the album "Behind the Sun" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The video opens with cameras and a production crew as they prepare to film the song. Eric Clapton stands on a circular stage playing guitar and singing the song. The band plays on a stage below him.
- DirectorBrian GibsonStarsForeignerDennis ElliottLou GrammForeigner performs in the music video "I Want to Know What Love Is" from the album "Agent Provocateur" recorded for Atlantic Records. The video opens with Lou Gramm singing intently into a microphone at a recording studio. Video clips feature a white woman who wakes up and takes a shower, as well as a group of Afroamerican men and women (a man working on a high rise, and a woman working at a cleaner...) taking a bus to go the studio, meet the band and being the chorus for the song. The video ends with the white woman arriving at the studio to hug Lou Gramm.
- StarsThe FirmTony FranklinJimmy PageThe Firm performs in the music video "Radioactive" from the album "The Firm" recorded for Atlantic Records. Paul Rodgers plays guitar and sings while the rest of the band play behind him on a smokey concert stage. Jimmy Page plays a double guitar during his solo.
- DirectorMick HaggertyStarsJohn FogertyJohn Fogerty performs in the music video "The Old Man Down the Road" from the album "Centerfield" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The video begins in a swamp where a man sits on a speaker. The camera follows the cord from the speak through a variety of settings including a road, a picnic, an expensive car, a broken down truck, and cemetery grave. Eventually it reaches John Fogerty playing the guitar.
- DirectorNigel DickStarsTears for FearsJoan DensmoreManny EliasTears for Fears performs in the music video "Head Over Heels" from their album "Songs from the Big Chair" recorded for Phonogram Records and Mercury Records. Roland Orzabal sings as he tries to get the attention of an attractive librarian while the rest of the band joke around in the library.
- DirectorRob QuartlyStarsCorey HartCorey Hart performs in the music video "Never Surrender" from the album "Boy in the Box" recorded for Aquarius Records and EMI America Records. The video starts as Corey Hart holds his head and stares at pictures of his family. He leaves his house after a fight with his father and hitchhikes his way to the city. He finds himself alone and later sings at a concert.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsPhil CollinsJ. Peter RobinsonPhil Collins gets pitched ideas for his latest music video.
- DirectorTom TrbovichStarsUSA for AfricaLionel RichieStevie WonderThe music video showed the recording of "We Are the World".
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsBryan AdamsLysette AnthonyAdrian FormosaThe music video, released in 1985, was directed by Irish director Steve Barron. In 1985 the music video was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the category for Best Male Video. While the song did not win the award, it was one of the four nominated songs from Adams' fourth studio album Reckless. The video includes appearances by Lysette Anthony and Garwin Sanford. The video features Adams and his backing band in a variety of settings, including running from the police.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsBryan AdamsLysette AnthonyVideo promo for "Somebody" by Bryan Adams from the album Reckless.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsa-haBunty BaileyAlfie CurtisOfficial music video for "Take on Me" by A-Ha.
- DirectorNick MorrisStarsPaul YoungThe music video for the cover song "Everytime You Go Away" by an English singer Paul Young from the 1985 album "The Secret of Association".
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsClarence ClemonsNils LofgrenHoward MarchBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performs in the music video "Glory Days" from the album "Born in the U.S.A." recorded for Columbia Records. Springsteen and the band perform in a bar while inter-cut footage features Springsteen as a working class father who practices pitching against a wooden target in a small baseball park.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsPhil CollinsMikhail BaryshnikovGregory HinesPhil Collins and Marilyn Martin performs in the music video "Separate Lives" from the original motion picture soundtrack for White Nights (1985) recorded for Atlantic Records and Virgin Records. Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin sing a duet as Collins plays the piano. Video clips from the film play throughout.
- DirectorDieter TrattmannStarsThompson TwinsTom BaileyAlannah CurrieThompson Twins performs in the music video "Lay Your Hands on Me" from the album "Here's to Future Days" recorded for Arista Records. The video opens as the band enters through three doors and perform for a small audience on a decorated stage. Classical musicians play their instruments to accompany the band,
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsDavid BowieMick JaggerA promotional video for David Bowie and Mick Jagger's 1985 hit single "Dancing in the Street."
- DirectorRick RosenthalStarsLoverboyPaul DeanMatt FrenetteLoverboy performs in the music video "Lovin' Every Minute of It" from the album "Lovin' Every Minute of It" recorded for Columbia Records. The video opens at a Holiday Inn where a house band is performing a terrible version of "Working for the Weekend". A call is placed to Mike Reno begins the song at a party and gradually gathers the rest of the band. They head down to the lounge where they replace the house band.
- DirectorLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyStarsSimon Le BonNick RhodesAndy Taylor"A View to a Kill" is the thirteenth single by the English new wave and synth-pop band Duran Duran, released on 6 May 1985. Written and recorded as the theme for the 1985 James Bond movie of the same name, it became one of the band's biggest hits. It remains the only James Bond theme song to have reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100; it also made it to number 2 for three weeks on the UK Singles Chart.
- DirectorJohn SaylesStarsMaggie RenziBruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen's video for his single "I'm On Fire" off of the biggest album of his career, "Born In The USA"
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsJulian LennonJustin ClaytonCarlton MoralesIn one of his final projects, director Sam Peckinpah join forces with Julian Lennon and creates this clip, intended to promote Lennon's song and the album "Valotte". The video that put the singer/songwriter on the map and presented his face to the audience is a simple presentation of Julian performing the song.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsBryan AdamsLysette AnthonyAnthony HarrisonBryan Adams performs in the first music video for the song "Heaven" from his album "A Night in Heaven" recorded for A&M Records. A woman goes to an Bryan Adams concert after walking away from her arrested drunk boyfriend. After noticing her in the crowd, Adams runs after her but doesn't manage to catch her.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsPhil CollinsPhilip BaileyPaul FlatteryPhilip Bailey and Phil Collins perform in the music video for "Easy Lover" off of Bailey's album "Chinese Wall" recorded by Columbia Records. Bailey and Collins perform in the lighthearted music video shot in London about the making of a music video.
- StarsBeaver BrownJohn CaffertyJohn Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band perform in the music video "Tough All Over" from the album "Tough All Over" recorded for Scotti Brothers Records. John Cafferty sings as the band plays on stage for an enthusiastic crowd at a concert. Video clips feature everyday life in the city.
- DirectorMary LambertStarsMadonnaDeke AndersonKaris K. ChristensenMadonna pays homage to Marilyn Monroe in the music video for the second single from her icon album 'Like A Virgin'.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsSupertrampRick DaviesJohn HelliwellSupertramp performs in the music video "Cannonball" from the album "Brother Where You Bound" recorded for A&M Records. The video opens as a prehistoric caveman grows frustrated and leaves his cave. He run across the landscape until her arrives in present day Los Angeles where he sees the band rehearsing onstage.
- DirectorPrinceStarsLisa ColemanKimberly B. DelfinSusannah MelvoinPrince and The Revolution perform "Raspberry Beret".
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsPat BenatarPat Benatar performs in the music video "Invincible" from the original motion picture soundtrack for The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) and the album "Seven the Hard Way" recorded for Chrysalis Records. Pat Benatar walks through a cave before singing with her band in a partially built houses surrounded by fire. Video clips from the film play throughout.
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsTina TurnerTimmy CappelloPaul McMichaelMusic video for "We Don't Need Another Hero" by Tina Turner to promote the film "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome".
- DirectorNigel DickStarsHoward JonesClaudia FontaineHoward Jones performs in the music video "Things Can Only Get Better" from the album "Dream Into Action" recorded for WEA Records and Elektra Records. The video opens with Howard Jones on a chair in a room decorated with fabric. He sings as his road crew sets up equipment for a concert. Later, he performs for an enthusiastic audience.
- DirectorRichard LowensteinStarsEmma TownshendPete TownshendPete Townshend performs in the music video for "Face the Face" from his album "White City: A Novel" recorded for Atco Records. Dressed in a gold forties-style tuxedo, Pete Townshend sings while his band plays music on a small stage before a small crowd of people energetically dancing.
- DirectorRob QuartlyStarsRushGeddy LeeAlex LifesonRush performs in the music video "The Big Money" from the album "Power Windows" recorded Mercury Records. The video opens with a computer animated car flying through a city-scape until it comes upon a large monopoly-like board on the rooftop. The band plays on the board and Geddy Lee sings.
- StarsRoger DaltreyRoger Daltrey performs in the music video "After the Fire" from the album "Under a Raging Moon" recorded for Atlantic Records. Wearing a white shirt, Roger Daltrey sings as he stands in front of a nighttime city-scape in the distance. He ignites a match setting fire to the grass and tree behind him. The flames surround him as he sings.
- DirectorMaurice PhillipsStarsBilly OceanBilly Ocean performs in the music video "Loverboy" from the album "Suddenly" recorded for Jive Records. The video begins with shots of outer space. A strange lizard-like alien travels on horseback to a beach constructed in a cave. Billy Ocean sings on a rotating pyramid as the alien bar patrons mingle.
- DirectorPeter HeathStarsDeBargeBunny DeBargeEl DeBargeDeBarge performs in the music video "Rhythm of the Night" from the album "Rhythm of the Night" recorded for Motown Records. DeBarge sings as they drive through town in a white open top convertible. Video clips of dancers dancing in the street play throughout.
- 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.
- DirectorJeff SteinStarsThe CarsElliot EastonGreg HawkesThe Cars perform in the music video "Tonight She Comes" from the album "The Cars: Greatest Hits" recorded for Elektra Records. The video opens with the band playing as Ric Ocasek sings against a moving white and black background. Video clips of a woman in a polka dot dress play throughout.
- DirectorJon RosemanStarsReady for the WorldMelvin RileyGordon StrozierReady for the World perform in the music video "Oh Sheila" from the album "Ready for the World" recorded for MCA Records. Ready for the World sings and dances on a theater stage with a band playing behind them. They sing in white suits and white shirts against a silver curtained background.
- DirectorDavid G. HillierStarsMurray HeadMurray Head performs in the music video "One Night in Bangkok" from the album "Chess" recorded for RCA Records. The video begins with an animated chessboard breaking down. It features scenes of Murray Head walking the back alleys of a slum before he enters a room with a chessboard floor of black and white tiles and begins to sing. Clips of Murray playing chess against an exotic play throughout.
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsMark AndesDenny CarmassiHeartHeart performs in the music video "What About Love" from the album "Heart" recorded for Capitol Records. Ann Wilson sings on a concert stage while the band plays in a background illuminated by flames. Nancy Wilson plays guitar while industrial steel workers work behind her.
- DirectorJohn JopsonStarsEric BazilianThe HootersRob HymanThe Hooters perform in the music video for "And We Danced" off the album "Nervous Night" recorded for Columbia Records. The band performs on stage at a drive-in theater while a group of teenager boy sneak into a drive and accidentally get locked in their trunk.
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsAretha FranklinClarence ClemonsNarada Michael WaldenAretha Franklin performs in the music video "Freeway of Love" from her album "Who's Zoomin' Who?" recorded for Arista Records. Aretha and her band perform at a club inter-cut with footage of cars driving on the highway and automobiles being manufactured.
- DirectorD.J. WebsterStars'Til TuesdayMichael HausmanRobert Holmes'Til Tuesday and Aimee Mann perform in the music video for "Voices Carry", from their debut album "Voices Carry" recorded by Epic Records. Mann is a woman in an abusive relationship with a controlling man, who criticizes her for playing in a rock band and demands that she change her look to fit into his upper-class lifestyle. In the end, she lashes out as the couple attend a concert at Carnegie Hall, shaming him in front of the audience.
- DirectorHarold FaltermeyerAndreas WicklundStarsHarold FaltermeyerHarold Faltermeyer performs in the music video "Axel F" from the original motion picture soundtrack for the film Beverly Hills Cop (1984) recorded for MCA Records. Harold Faltermeyer is dressed in an overcoat, hat, and sunglasses. He sneaks into a computer room and watches as he plays the synthesizer and clips from the film play.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsForeignerDennis ElliottLou GrammForeigner performs in the music video "That Was Yesterday" from the album "Agent Provocateur" recorded for Atlantic Records. Lou Gramm sings as the band plays at a live concert stage with a light show and a enthusiastic audience. Video clips feature the band back stage and the tour crew assembling the stage.
- DirectorJay DubinStarsChicagoPeter CeteraChicago performs in the music video "Along Comes a Woman" from the album "Chicago 17" recorded for Full Moon Records and Warner Brothers Records. The music video begins with a black and white sequence where an an adventure is running away from natives in the jungle. He later goes to Morocco and pears a woman.
- DirectorLeslie LibmanStarsChicagoPeter CeteraScenes of Chicago performing the song "You're the Inspiration" in a studio apartment, are intercut with scenes of various couples ranging from children to a married couple with children at different stages of their relationship. The video uses a slightly altered version of the song from the single and album version in which the guitar sting between the second and third choruses is removed.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsSadeMichael FeastAmanda PaysSade performs in the music video "Smooth Operator" from the album "Diamond Life" recorded for Epic Records and Portrait Records. Sade sings with her band in a lounge against a red background as people dance. A criminal in aviator sunglasses meets with several associates and makes a deal.
- DirectorGraham HermanRichard PerryStarsThe Pointer SistersBronson PinchotAnita PointerThe Pointer Sisters performs in the music video "Neutron Dance" from the album "Break Out" recorded for Planet Records. The music video opens with a movie theater usher instructing the Pointer Sisters who are acting as ushers. The sisters sing as clips from the film Beverly Hills Cop (1984) play throughout.
- DirectorTony GrecoStarsTeena MarieTeena Marie performs in the music video "Lovergirl" from the album "Starchild" recorded for Epic Records. The music video opens as a curtain raises to reveal Teena Marie and her band on a smokey concert stage. She sings and plays guitar for an enthusiastic audience as she wears a sparkling shirt .
- DirectorD.J. WebsterStarsJeff BeckRod StewartJeff Beck and Rod Stewart perform in the music video "People Get Ready" from Beck's album "Flash" recorded for Epic Records. The music video opens with Rod Stewart writing a letter to Jeff Beck telling him to travel to L.A. and play guitar professionally. Beck plays guitar as he travels by train while Rod Stewart sings at a train station.
- DirectorPeter HeathStarsPower StationCaroline CosseyRobert PalmerThe Power Station performs in the music video "Some Like It Hot" from the album "The Power Station" recorded for Parlophone Records. The music video starts with an animated sequence featuring a dancing woman in abstract. Dressed a priest, Robert Palmer sings as the band plays on a blue set featuring cacti. Clips of a women preparing herself to go out play throughout.
- DirectorLeslie LibmanStarsMichael McDonaldDenise CrosbyMichael McDonald performs in the music video "No Lookin' Back" from the album "No Lookin' Back" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The music video opens with an introduction from an woman. Michael McDonald plays the keyboard and sings while video clips of people on the run play throughout.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsMick JaggerRae Dawn ChongJohn JaggerMick Jagger performs in the music video "Lucky in Love" from the album "She's the Boss" recorded for CBS Records. The music video opens with Mick Jagger staring into the camera and singing. He arrives at a casino dressed in a white suit and sings as he plays roulette. Later, he gambles at a horse race.
- DirectorDaniel KleinmanJames FoleyStarsMadonnaJames HarrahLyndon B. JohnsonMadonna performs in the music video "Dress You Up" from her album "Like a Virgin" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The video uses live concert footage of Madonna in a colorful blue coat singing the song live in Detroit as part of her 1985 The Virgin Tour.
- DirectorBill ParkerStarsStevie WonderRemy JohnsonThe music video for the song "Part-Time Lover" by an American singer Stevie Wonder from the 1985 album "In Square Circle".
- DirectorDavid HoganMark RezykaStarsSurvivorJimi JamisonFrankie SullivanSurvivor performs in the music video "The Search Is Over" from the album "Vital Signs" recorded for Scotti Brothers records. The video open with Jimi Jamison leaving a woman as she sleeps in the bed. He walks through the city at night and sings. He goes to a pool hall and later runs into friends in a convertible. He later returns to the woman who wakes up and embraces him.
- DirectorAmos PoeStarsAnimotionPaul F. AntonelliDon KirkpatrickAnimotion perform in the music video "Obsession" from the album "Animotion" recorded for Mercury Records. Bill Wadhams and Astrid Plane stand in front of a stone water fountain and sing. Video clips feature the band dressed up as Cleopatra, Mark Antony, a spaceman, a desert sheikh, and a samurai.
- DirectorJeff SteinStarsHall & OatesDaryl HallJohn OatesThe setting and the mood of the music video is kept very surreal, almost dream-like. At the beginning, Hall and Oates are discovered in their cozy apartment by someone on the roof, looking through a skylight. G.E. Smith throws a V-style guitar through the window, as if it were a spear. The guitar sticks into the floor and then begins glowing. This incites Hall and Oates to go up to the roof to investigate. There, on the roof of the apartment, they become mesmerized by a four-man band, and then all the men perform a choreography. While performing Daryl Hall falls from the roof, and the other men rush to see what became of him. There, they see him dancing on the clouds next to the moon, and upon Hall's beckoning, they dive off the roof in an attempt to walk on the clouds. At the end, they are seen swimming and dancing in the clouds, with neon signs flashing the letters of the song title.
- DirectorLindsay AndersonAndrew MorahanStarsWham!Helen DeMacqueShirlie KempWham. performs in the music video "Freedom" from the album "Make It Big" recorded for CBS Records. The video opens with some reflections by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley on their trip to China. As the song begins, clips from their visit to the country play throughout.
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsLionel RichieMikhail BaryshnikovGregory HinesLionel Richie performs in the music video "Say You, Say Me" from the album "Dancing on the Ceiling" recorded for Motown Records. Lionel Richie sings directly to the camera in a leather jacket as he is surrounded by moving spot lights. Clips from the film White Nights (1985) play throughout.
- DirectorMary LambertStarsMadonnaCharlieIconic music video for Madonna's single, off the album of the same name.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsPaul CarrackBilly DragoAdrian LeeMike + The Mechanics perform in the music video "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" from the album "Mike + The Mechanics" recorded for Atlantic Records. A young boy received a key from a strange mysterious visitor that unlocks a room with a glowing cube that relays an important message to the boy.
- DirectorRoger ChristianStarsArcadiaGrace JonesSimon Le BonArcadia performs in the music video "Election Day" off their album "So Red the Rose" recorded for Parlophone Records. Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes wear black Gothic clothing while traveling through a candlelit dining hall, a white tunnel with a mysterious woman, and stone catacombs.
- StarsDavid BowieDorian HarewoodTimothy HuttonPat Metheny Group and David Bowie perform in the music video "This Is Not America" from the original motion picture soundtrack for The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) recorded for EMI Records. David Bowie sings while the band plays as video clips from film play out.
- StarsJohn FogertyJohn Fogerty performs in the music video for "Rock and Roll Girls" from the album "Centerfield" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. John Fogerty performs with a band for a small audience in what is originally black and white. As the video progresses, it gradually fills with color.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMartha DavisThe MotelsThe Motels perform in the music video "Shame" from the album "Shock" recorded for Capitol Records. Martha Davis stands and sings at the window of a hotel as her lover sleeps in bed. She looks at the billboard featuring herself which begins to sing. She leaves the hotel room and goes to the billboard and enters it as the song ends.
- DirectorPeter SinclairStarsGarry BeersAndrew FarrissJon FarrissINXS performs in the music video "This Time" off their album "Listen Like Thieves" recorded for Atlantic Records. Michael Hutchence sings and dances while the band plays the song on a concert stage surrounded by spotlights and elaborate lighting.
- DirectorEdd GrilesStarsRick JamesEddie MurphyOfficial music video for "Party All the Time" by Eddie Murphy.
- StarsAlex CooperVince de la CruzKatrina & The WavesKatrina and The Waves perform in the music video for "Walking on Sunshine" from the album "Walking on Sunshine" recorded for Capitol records. Katrina and the Band walk through London starting at a Docklands alley, passing through Hyde Park and crossing the Tower Bridge, before ending up in a dressing room before a concert.
- DirectorLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyStarsLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyGodley and Creme perform in the music video "Cry" from their album "The History Mix: Volume 1" recorded for Polydor Records. The black and white video features close-ups of human singers whose faces are blending together through the process of analogue cross-fading.