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The Beatles - A Hard Days Night
A short feature film showing a day in the life of The Beatles, featuring their songs which was nominated for 2 oscars -
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
This video broke the barriers between rock and rap genres as it featured Run DMC. In the video they're in studios next to one another til Steven Tyler literally breaks the walls between them. It brought limelight back to the rock band, and secured Run DMC's place in hip hop. It was #5 on MTVs 100 Greatest Videos Ever Made and also named one of the best videos ever by Rolling Stone, VH1 and Fuse -
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
The 70s were the age of rock, and Queen influenced most bands with their iconic songs and videos that people still know today -
The Buggles- Video Killed The Radio Star
Best known for marking the first broadcasting on MTV and also was the millionith shown in 2000. -
MJ - Thriller
Michael Jackson released his first short feature film that changed the way music videos were looked at forever, with an iconic dance routine that people memorise today. It then became the most iconic music video of all time -
a-ha - Take On Me
This video used over 3,000 frames of drawings which took 16 weeks to complete as the live footage was traced over, a technique called rotoscope. In 1986 it won 6 MTV VMA awards and nominated for 2 others. -
Madonna - Vogue
One of Madonna's many iconic videos, earning her nine MTV nominations, and Vogue listed it #2 of best music videos of all time, after Thriller. -
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Rock band legends received much praise and criticism after this video that also won them many MTV awards, they also named it the 3rd best ever video and it also is featured in the Guinness World Records for MTV Europes most played video. -
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
This 70s crime show inspired video has 4 MTV nominations including Video of the Year, then 15 years later was given its well deserved Moonman -
MJ & Janet Jackson - Scream
This was a huge hit and was the most expensive music video ever made, with a budget of $7 million! It earned 11 MTV award nominations, more then any other. It later won a Billboard award and a Grammy. -
Daft Punk - Around the World
Although a seeminly simple video, it was still very creative as it had differently dressed dancers moving along to different elements/beats of the song. This led to the song being #1 on the dance charts and a hit in every club! It was #21 on NME list 150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years. -
Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time
Possibly Britney's most famous video and costume as she dresses as a young school girl earned her a place on the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino wall in Las Vegas. She recieved many MTV awards and nominations, shortly it became known as the best female music video of the 90s. It also caused a bit of controversy as parents were offeneded by her school girl outfit. -
OK Go - Here It Goes Again
Possibly the cheapest music video ever with a budget of £30, the band dance among a row of treadmills which became very popular for people to recreate themselves on Youtube. It went on to win 2007 Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video and the 2006 YouTube awards for Most Creative Video. -
Single Ladies - Beyonce
Beyonce's cheapest and quickest, yet most iconic video made, it won her MTVs Video of the Year award. It led to many people including celebrities recreating the video and the famous dance routine. -
Baby - Justin Bieber
A video that shaped the history of Youtube, it was the first to ever reach 1 billion views. It was a modern version of MJ's Way You Make Me Feel with the use of some of his famous moves. This song also made history after it won a Diamond Award “the #1 most certified song ever in US music history!” Only 6 other artists have recieved this.
