Music Videos
Music videos were hugely popular from the eighties until the early noughties. After that good videos were still made, but they didn't often come on television anymore.
Some favourites are missing on imdb:
Grimes - Flesh Without Blood
Foxes - Let Go for Tonight
Kim Petras - Icy
Kelis - Caught Out There
First Aid Kit - It's a Shame
St. Vincent - Los Ageless
Angélique Kidjo - Batonga
Skunk Anansie - Charity
Some favourites are missing on imdb:
Grimes - Flesh Without Blood
Foxes - Let Go for Tonight
Kim Petras - Icy
Kelis - Caught Out There
First Aid Kit - It's a Shame
St. Vincent - Los Ageless
Angélique Kidjo - Batonga
Skunk Anansie - Charity
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- DirectorSteve BarronStarsMichael JacksonSimon FieldsRaquel PeñaA music video for Michael Jackson's song 'Billie Jean'.
- DirectorDavid LaChapelleStarsChristina AguileraDonna GlytchLil' KimOfficial music video for "Can't Hold Us Down" by Christina Aguilera Feat. Lil Kim.
- 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'.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsBritney SpearsTyson BeckfordAlyma DorseyDonning various outfits, Britney assumes fantasy roles, from sexy air hostess to dangerously bad girls that go progressively darker and darker. All to show how lethal yet irresistibly alluring she can be.
- DirectorNils LjunggrenMax VitaliStarsRobyn Carlsson
- 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.
- DirectorMarc KlasfeldStarsCharli XCXRose McGowanA group of teenagers have fun in the city and party instead of going to school.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayForrest J. AckermanA night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.
- DirectorDarren GrantStarsDestiny's ChildBeyoncéKelly RowlandMusic video for the song "Survivor" by Destiny's Child.
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsJamiroquaiJay KayA promotional video for Jamiroquai's 1996 single "Virtual Insanity."
- DirectorKay RayStarsLady GagaDave AquinoCandy RichardzA promotional video for Lady Gaga's 2008 single "Poker Face."
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsAaliyahDonna GlytchRashida Jones
- DirectorColin ChilversStarsMichael JacksonBrandon Quintin AdamsKelley ParkerA promotional video for Michael Jackson's 1988 hit single "Smooth Criminal."
- DirectorNick HarwoodStarsJulio MarcelinoKim PetrasOfficial music video for "Heart to Break" by Kim Petras.
- DirectorNigel DickStarsBritney SpearsFelicia CulottaChad SpearsA music video for Britney Spears's song '...Baby One More Time'.
- DirectorTony van den EndeStarsSamantha FoxMusic video for "Touch Me" (I Want Your Body)" by Samantha Fox.
- DirectorBaillie WalshStarsJordi CussíKylie MinogueKylie luxuriates sensually beside a pool with other basking dancers.
- DirectorRené ElizondoStarsJanet JacksonJennifer LopezThe music video was directed by René Elizondo, Jr. in March 1993. Set in a loft, Jackson is depicted amongst friends and is persuaded to play her new single. Jackson plays the song, briefly interrupted by a dancer who pauses it to express her approval. The song resumes while Jackson and company begin to dance, ending with Jackson talking and joking amongst her dancers. The video was choreographed by Tina Landon. To build anticipation, a promotional advertisement was aired on music channels for several weeks prior to the video's premiere, depicting Jackson narrating and introducing her dancers from behind a camera lens. The video is also infamous for introducing a then-unknown Jennifer Lopez, who appeared as a backing dancer and had a spoken line in the video's opening dialogue.
- DirectorJohn LindauerStarsVanessa Paradis
- DirectorGary WeisStarsPaul SimonChevy ChaseThe music video for the song "You Can Call Me Al" by an American musician Paul Simon from the 1986 album "Graceland".
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsSadeMusic video of Sade fourth studio album "Love Deluxe" (1992). Sade plays a mermaid who, after to meet a sailor in the water, up to the surface as human looking for him.
- DirectorAndy DelaneyBig T.V.Monty WhitebloomStarsSpice GirlsAdrian BlancoSalvador GonzalezShot in front of a green screen, the video features the Spice Girls in New York singing directly into the camera solo, in two's and as a group while the world around them goes by at double speed.
- DirectorSean EllisStarsAll SaintsNatalie AppletonNicole AppletonAll Saints perform in the U.K. version of the music video "Never Ever" from the album "All Saints" recorded for London Records. The music video begins with a shot of a man leaving a woman as she sleep in bed. The group sings as clips of them at a boy play throughout.
- DirectorHenry ScholfieldStarsTaina DominguezTyesha HudsonKennedy LeiNew Rules is a music video for the song of the same name by Dua Lipa.
- DirectorNick SaxtonStarsMichael JacksonThe music video shows a smiling Jackson in a black and white tuxedo with a black bow tie dancing and singing the song while appearing chroma keyed over a background of abstract geometric figures.
- DirectorBruce GowersStarsQueenJohn DeaconBrian May"Bohemian Rhapsody" is widely considered to be one of the best songs of all time and defined Queen's career. In this groundbreaking music video, the band perform their hit with a bunch of lights and colors.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsABBABenny AnderssonAgnetha FältskogThe music video for the song "Dancing Queen" by the Swedish pop group ABBA from the 1976 album "Arrival".
- DirectorLiz FriedlanderStarsAvril Lavigne"Don't Tell Me" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. It is the lead single from her second studio album Under My Skin (2004). The video tells the story of the song. It opens with Lavigne's boyfriend leaving her apartment. After taking her anger out on her bedroom and mirror, she follows him around the city. During the bridge of the song, her boyfriend sees her in many places at once, so he is feeling guilty and her feelings are weighing heavily on his mind.
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsThe CranberriesMike HoganNoel HoganThe Cranberries perform in the music video "Zombie" from the album "No Need to Argue" recorded for Island Records. The video begins with black and white footage of British soldiers patrolling in Northern Island. The band plays as Dolores O'Riordan sings as she stands painted gold in front of a cross.
- DirectorF. Gary GrayStarsTLCPaul J. AlessiGabrielle BradfordTLC performs in the music video "Waterfalls" from the album "CrazySexyCool" recorded for LaFace Records and Arista Records. The video begins with the group rising out of the water and dancing on the water's surface. Video clips dramatize episodes deal with gang violence, the drug trade, and HIV/AIDS.
- DirectorGrimesStarsGrimesKwon Ji-yong
- DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsNina PerssonThe CardigansLars-Olof JohanssonA beautiful young woman obsessed with death goes joyriding on a desert highway. As she wreaks havoc trying to ram both cars and people, she lip-syncs to the title song which plays on her car radio. The video has five different versions.
- DirectorMatthew RolstonChristina AguileraStarsChristina AguileraBenji SchwimmerLacey SchwimmerMusic video for Christina Aguilera's 2007 song "Candyman". In most of the music video, Christina dances and sings in a singing trio. In other shots she appears as Judy Garland, Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsUltravoxWarren CannChris Cross"Vienna" is a song by British new wave band Ultravox. It was released as the third single from the band's fourth album Vienna and it spent four consecutive weeks at number two in the UK Singles Chart.
- DirectorStanley DorfmanStarsBlondieJimmy DestriNigel HarrisonMusic video for Blondie: Heart of Glass.
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsGarbageShirley MansonSteve MarkerGarbage performs in the music video "Only Happy When It Rains" from the album "Garbage" recorded for Almo Sounds. The music video begins with shots of children in animals costumes. Shirley Manson sings in a blue dress in an industrial warehouse while the band destroys musical instruments, film, and records with a variety of tools.
- DirectorBruce GowersStarsThe Bee GeesBarry GibbMaurice GibbThe Gibb brothers sing as they walk through the ruins of a deserted city.
- DirectorDarren GrantStarsBeyoncéDestiny's ChildLeToya Luckett
- DirectorDave RobinsonStarsPaul McCartneyTracey Ullman
- DirectorGrant SpanierStarsTrent CulkinZara LarssonOfficial music video for "Don't Worry Bout Me" by Zara Larsson.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsBjörkBryan AnthonyAnthony MarcionaBjörk sings "It's Oh So Quiet" in a musical number set in and around a tire store.
- DirectorEdd GrilesStarsEllsworth AusbyLaura BalerLon ChaneyCyndi Lauper's official music video for 'Girls Just Want To Have Fun'.
- DirectorNicholas BrooksStarsParamoreJeremy DavisJosh FarroParamore performs in the music video "Ignorance" from the album "Brand New Eyes" recorded for Fueled by Ramen Records. The music video begins with the band playing in a small closed room with black walls. The only illumination comes from a light above. The band ignores Hayley Williams as she tries to get their attention.
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsEn VogueTerry EllisCindy HerronA promotional video for En Vogue's 1992 single "Free Your Mind."
- DirectorMeiert AvisStarsTaylor MomsenThe Pretty RecklessMusic video for The Pretty Reckless's song Make Me Wanna Die.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsMya
- DirectorRocky SchenckStarsNick CaveKylie MinogueThe song "Where the Wild Roses Grow" tells about a man who fell in love with a young and beautiful girl and killed her, so as not to see how her beauty fades. Naturally, Nick sings on behalf of a maniac, and Kylie performs the party of the victim (that is, her ghost).
- DirectorColin Solal CardoStarsRobyn CarlssonOfficial music video for "Ever Again" by Robyn.
- DirectorPeter SinclairStarsBoy GeorgeMikey CraigCulture ClubOfficial music video of "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club.
- DirectorRyan PallottaStarsDemi LovatoOfficial music video for "Neon Lights" by Demi Lovato.
- DirectorJohn MayburyStarsNeneh CherryNeneh Cherry performs in the music video "Buffalo Stance" from the album "Raw Like Sushi" recorded for Virgin Records. Neneh Cherry sings the song will standing in front of color computer generated backgrounds. She is joined by a DJ and two backup singers.
- DirectorIrv GottiStarsAshantiNia LongMarco Vazzano
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsCiaraKento Mori
- DirectorMarc KlasfeldStarsVanessa CarltonMusic video for Vanessa Carlton's song, 'A Thousand Miles'.
- DirectorPete ComminsMichael GraceyStarsAlesha DixonNatasha Caralie PayneOfficial music video for "The Boy Does Nothing" by Alesha Dixon.
- DirectorMillicent SheltonStarsSalt-N-PepaCheryl 'Salt' JamesPepaSalt-N-Pepa performs in the music video "Let's Talk About Sex" from the album "Blacks' Magic" recorded for Next Plateau Records. The music video opens with a box labeled 'Talk Sex' falling into a garbage can. Salt-N-Pepa perform in front of a black background and on a radio set while people dance.
- DirectorDan ShapiroAlex TopallerStarsKerliOfficial music video for "Walking on Air" by Kerli.
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsWhitney HoustonMusic video for Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody".
- DirectorKacey MusgravesStarsKacey MusgravesOfficial music video for "Follow Your Arrow" by Kacey Musgraves.
- DirectorAlison MacleanStarsNatalie ImbrugliaJeremy SheffieldNatalie Imbruglia performs in the music video "Torn" from the album "Left of the Middle" recorded for RCA Records. The video features a locked-off shot of an apartment room as Natalie Imbruglia sings with her boyfriend. A director and set crew constantly interrupt the action to re-position the two.
- DirectorMary LambertStarsMadonnaCharlieIconic music video for Madonna's single, off the album of the same name.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsCris JuddJennifer LopezThe music video opens with Lopez at her rich boyfriend's mansion. He calls her to inform her that he can't make their date, but has left her another golden bracelet. Strapped in jewelry, she angrily hangs up the phone and leaves. She gets in her Aston Martin convertible and begins driving down the highway. While driving, she throws a purse he gave her into the air. Lopez pulls over at a tropical beach and begins to strip all of her clothes and expensive jewelry off. She then pulls out a postcard he gave her; and the screen zooms into a dance break, where Lopez is backed by dancers on a tropical beach. Lopez rips up the card and frolics on the beach and in the water and before the video ends with JLo stripping off her clothes.
- DirectorPhil PoynterStarsKeisha BuchananMutya BuenaSiobhan DonaghyThe video has no plot and is known for its fresh and simplistic style, a theme that they would continue in their early videos. It features the group in a variety of ever-changing outfits, singing the song in front of a plain white background, either by themselves or together as a group.
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsAC/DCBrian JohnsonCliff WilliamsThe video which accompanied the single was filmed at London's Brixton Academy on 17 August 1990. The audience members were given free T-shirts with the words 'AC/DC - I was Thunderstruck' on the front and the date on the back, and these T-shirts were worn by the entire audience throughout the filming of the video.
- DirectorFloria SigismondiStarsChristina AguileraJodi Rainesmusic video for "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsBillie EilishEric LutzDave VolpeOfficial music video for "bad guy" by Billie Eilish.
- DirectorJohan CamitzStarsSpice GirlsEmma BuntonVictoria BeckhamSpice Girls performs in the music video "Wannabe" from the album "Spice" recorded for Virgin Records and EMI Records. The music video begins with the Spice Girls outside London's St. Pancras Grand Hotel. The video shot in one tale follows the girls as they sing, dance, and disturb patrons of the hotel.
- DirectorKjell-Åke AnderssonKjell SundvallStarsBenny AnderssonAgnetha FältskogAnni-Frid LyngstadVideo promo for ABBA's "The Day Before You Came".
- DirectorMary LambertStarsMadonnaTony WardLeonMusic video for Madonna's song Like a Prayer.
- DirectorTino CollaStarsSabrina SalernoMusic video for "Boys (Summertime Love)" by Sabrina Salerno.
- DirectorAnthony MandlerStarsRihannaThe song's music video was shot by director Anthony Mandler, a frequent Rihanna's collaborator, and depicts Rihanna playing a game of the titular Russian roulette with her love interest played by American actor Jesse Williams. Other scenes include Rihanna in the woods, where she is run over by a car, in a gas chamber, in a padded cell, and shots being fired at her underwater.
- DirectorAndy DelaneyBig T.V.Monty WhitebloomStarsLauryn HillKathryn MooreJason ThomasPromotional music video of Lauryn Hill's single from the album 'The Miseducation of...'. She plays the song in a block party set in 1967 and 1998.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorSanaa HamriStarsNicki MinajSafareeOfficial music video for "Super Bass" by Nicki Minaj.
- 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.
- DirectorTerry RichardsonStarsMiley CyrusThe music video for "Wrecking Ball" by Miley Cyrus.
- 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.
- DirectorShomi PatwaryStarsCathy CaamanoAva MaxPrasad RomijnOfficial music video for "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max.
- DirectorDiane MartelStarsMariah CareyVideo promo for Mariah Carey: Dreamlover.
- DirectorRobert HalesStarsGnarls BarkleyDanger MouseCeeLo GreenGoing along with the psychiatric theme of the song, Gnarls Barkley's music video for "Crazy" is done in the style of the Rorschach inkblot test. Animated, mirrored inkblots morph into another, while taking on ambiguous shapes. Both Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse appear in the shapes, as do the band's gunshot/heart logo, "Satan", a cranium and various animals, including centipedes, birds, bats, spiders, and insects.
- DirectorAndrew MorahanStarsWham!George MichaelAndrew RidgeleyA music video for Wham!'s song 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go'.
- DirectorBob GiraldiStarsPat BenatarSasha Charnin MorrisonSara CarlsonPat Benatar plays a woman who runs away from her family to become a dancer in a club. However, when she finds out the owner of the club is more than what he seems, she convinces the other dancers to rise up against him with her.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsShakiraOfficial video-clip of Shakira's song "Whenever, Wherever".
- DirectorKinga BurzaStarsKaty PerryKeshaYung SkeeterOfficial music video for "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonNick RhodesVideo promo for Duran Duran: The Reflex.
- DirectorBradley BellPablo Jones-SolerStarsLizzoCharli XCXOfficial music video for "Blame It on Your Love" by Charli XCX featuring Lizzo.
- DirectorPaula WalkerStarsGloria Estefan
- DirectorMatthew RolstonStarsAvril Lavignemusic video for "Hot" by Avril Lavigne.
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsSophie Ellis-Bextor
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsTerry BalsamoWill BoydEvanescenceMusic video for the 2006 song "Call Me When You're Sober" by Evanescence. It inspired by the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood" and features Amy Lee interacting with the Big Bad Wolf.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsCrystal WatersPromotional music video of Crystal Waters' hit, from the debut album 'Surprise'.