Iconic Music Videos
Video↕ | Artist↕ | Year↕ | Director↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thriller | Michael Jackson | 1983 | John Landis | 14-minute short film, zombie dance sequence, narrated by Vincent Price |
| Sledgehammer | Peter Gabriel | 1986 | Stephen R. Johnson | Stop-motion claymation and pixilation, most-played video in MTV history |
| Single Ladies | Beyonce | 2008 | Jake Nava | Black-and-white one-take, hand-flip choreography copied worldwide |
| Formation | Beyonce | 2016 | Melina Matsoukas | Post-Katrina New Orleans imagery, Super Bowl political statement |
| Take On Me | a-ha | 1985 | Steve Barron | Rotoscope animation mixed with live action, pencil-sketch romance |
| Smells Like Teen Spirit | Nirvana | 1991 | Samuel Bayer | Pep rally chaos, signaled grunge takeover of mainstream |
| Virtual Insanity | Jamiroquai | 1996 | Jonathan Glazer | Moving floors illusion, Jay Kay's hat gliding across the room |
| November Rain | Guns N' Roses | 1992 | Andy Morahan | Wedding and funeral epic, Slash solo outside desert chapel, most expensive of its era |
| Hurt | Johnny Cash | 2002 | Mark Romanek | Career-defining elegy, trembling hands, wife June looking on, Nine Inch Nails cover |
| Bad Romance | Lady Gaga | 2009 | Francis Lawrence | Futuristic bathhouse, claw hands, launched Gaga as visual artist |
| Scream | Michael and Janet Jackson | 1995 | Mark Romanek | Most expensive music video ever made, black-and-white space station set |
| Everybody (Backstreet's Back) | Backstreet Boys | 1997 | Joseph Kahn | Haunted mansion transformations, boy band peak visual |
| Hotline Bling | Drake | 2015 | Director X | Pastel minimalist dance, instant meme status, James Turrell homage |
| Gangnam Style | Psy | 2012 | Cho Soo-hyun | First YouTube video to hit one billion views, horse dance phenomenon |
| Wrecking Ball | Miley Cyrus | 2013 | Terry Richardson | Nude wrecking ball swing, sledgehammer licking, career pivot shock |
| California Love | 2Pac ft. Dr. Dre | 1995 | Hype Williams | Mad Max post-apocalyptic desert party visuals |
| Vogue | Madonna | 1990 | David Fincher | Black and white Golden Age Hollywood homage, voguing pose craze |
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