MTV Europe Top 100 Videos of 1991
MTV Europe's Year-End Top 100 Countdown of music videos from 1991.
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- DirectorJulien TempleStarsBryan AdamsMickey CurryLarry KleinMusic video to "Everything I Do I Do It for You" by Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams.
- DirectorTarsem SinghStarsBill BerryPeter BuckWade DominguezMusic video for "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M..
- DirectorWayne IshamStarsScorpionsFrancis BuchholzMatthias JabsScorpions performs in the music video "Wind of Change" from the album "Crazy World" recorded for Vertigo and Mercury Records. The music video begins with archive footage of the Berlin Wall's construction and an audience holding up lighters. Scorpions before onstage while clips of change in the world play throughout.
- DirectorJeffrey AbelsonAndrew MorahanStan WinstonStarsEdward FurlongGuns N' RosesLinda HamiltonGuns N' Roses's 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day' music video for the song 'You Could Be Mine".
- DirectorDoug FreelStarsRoxetteMarie FredrikssonPer GesslePromo video for Roxette: Joyride.
- DirectorAndy DelaneyBig T.V.Monty WhitebloomStarsLeland HeflinSealSeal performs in the music video "Crazy" from the album "Seal" recorded for ZTT Records and Sire Records. The video begins with Seal dressed in white against a white background as models run out from behind him. He sits in a circular chair and begins singing later being joined by duplicates of himself.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsPM DawnPrince BeD.J. Minute Mix
- DirectorRussell YoungStarsDenice D. LewisPaul YoungZuccheroThe music video for the re-recorded song "Senza una donna (Without a Woman)", a duet by an Italian singer Zucchero and an English singer Paul Young. It was released as a single in 1991.
- DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsExtremePat BadgerNuno BettencourtIn the music video for the Extreme song "More Than Words", Gary Cherone and Nuno Bettencourt deliver an acoustic performance of the song.
- DirectorStefan WürnitzerStarsPaula AbdulKeanu ReevesThis music video is clearly a take on Rebel without a Cause. Keanu plays James Dean's role and Paula plays Natalie Woods. It starts out with Paula flirting with Keanu and then she goes with the other guy and his gang of misfits. They then go to the observatory where one of the thugs threatens Keanu so he leaves. They go looking for him and find him on the second floor and call out to him. When he won't come down they slash his tire with a switchable. Next they are driving and Keanu catches up to them and they agree to go play chicken. They go to a crowd of people who are waiting to watch them chicken race. Paula drops the flag to start the race. They are head to head but when it is time to jump out the gang bangers door will not open so while Keanu jumps out just in time the other guy falls to his death leaving Keanu and Paula on the edge of the cliff in a lover's embrace.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsCrystal WatersPromotional music video of Crystal Waters' hit, from the debut album 'Surprise'.
- DirectorHerb RittsStarsChris IsaakHelena ChristensenA couple is depicted making love in a sexual way to each other while frolicking on a deserted beach.
- DirectorJesse DylanStarsLenny Kravitz
- DirectorRudi DolezalJerry HibbertHannes RossacherStarsJohn DeaconBrian MayFreddie MercuryMusic video for Queen: Innuendo.
- DirectorMichel GuimbardStarsSandraKati TastetOfficial music video for Sadeness - Part I by Enigma
- 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.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonC. Thomas HowellRobbie General LeeMichael Jackson's video accompanied with the single ''Black or White''.
- DirectorJon KleinRichie SmythStarsBonoThe EdgeAdam ClaytonA promotional video for U2's 1991 single "The Fly."
- 19914m6.8 (47)Music VideoDirectorLiam KanStarsChris LowePet Shop BoysNeil Tennant
- DirectorMartha FiennesStarsAndy McCluskeyOrchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkPromotional music video for "Sailing on the Seven Seas" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.
- DirectorCaleb DeschanelStarsRod StewartRod Stewart performs in the music video "Rhythm of My Heart" from the album "Vagabond Heart" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The music video opens with scenes of battle. Rod Stewart sings in a leather jacket and jeans while standing under a bright spotlight. Clips of a soldier fighting and thinking of home play throughout.
- StarsColor Me BaddBryan AbramsMark CalderonColor Me Badd performs in the music video "I Wanna Sex You Up" from the album "C.M.B." recorded for Giant and Reprise Records. The music video opens with Color Me Badd standing next to a stone wall. They walk down a railroad track while women watch them sing and dance on television.
- StarsThe KLFRicardo Da ForceWanda DeeThe KLF performs in the music video "Last Train to Trancentral" from the album "The White Room" recorded for KLF Communications. The music video begins with a spinning radar tower featuring the band's name. Ricardo Da Force introduces the band as he stands in front of a stage featuring musicians and dancers. A model train travels through smokey surroundings.
- DirectorGerry AndersonSteve BarronStarsDire StraitsMark KnopflerThe music video for the song "Calling Elvis" by the British rock band Dire Straits from the 1991 album "On Every Street".
- DirectorScott KalvertStarsMarky Mark and the Funky BunchLoleatta HollowayMark WahlbergMarky Mark and the Funky Bunch performs in the music video "Good Vibrations" from the album "Music for the People" recorded for Interscope Records and Atlantic Records. Marky Mark raps as he dances and works out shirtless in an old industrial building. Video clips feature Loleatta Holloway singing the chorus and dancers.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsGenesisTony BanksPhil CollinsGenesis performs in the music video "No Son of Mine" from the album "We Can't Dance" recorded for Atlantic and Virgin Records. The music video begins with a shot of a clock in a family home and a young man nervously worrying about a beating. The band performs the song as they walk around the house.
- DirectorBaillie WalshStarsRobert Del NajaGrant MarshallMassive AttackThe video begins with a shot of a street gang before moving to follow Nelson walking along the pavement unaware or uncaring of her surroundings, which include drunks, bikers, and disabled people. As the video progresses, first 3D (having finished making a call on a public phone booth) and then Daddy G (pushing a cart) can be seen walking several paces behind her, slightly out of focus. At the end of the video, Nelson walks past the camera and off down the road into the distance.
- DirectorD.J. WebsterStarsAmy GrantKevin HicksJme SteinAmy Grant performs in the music video "Baby, Baby" from the album "Heart in Motion" recorded for A&M Records. The video opens with Amy Grant wearing a black hat walking down the sidewalk where several men playfully hit on her. She sings as she is shown with her boyfriend enjoying time at their apartment and out to dinner.
- DirectorDon LettsStarsThe ClashMick Jones
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsCherChristina RicciWinona RyderMusic video for Cher's song, The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss).
- DirectorDrew CarolanStarsHeavy D & The BoyzEdward FerrellAaron HallA music video for the 1991 song "Now That We Found Love" by the American Hip-Hop recording group Heavy D & The Boyz featuring R&B artist Aaron Hall, a single released from the album "Peaceful Journey".
- 19914m6.4 (71)Music VideoDirectorMarcus NispelStarsZelma DavisC+C Music FactoryMartha WashC and C Music Factory perform in the music video "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" from the album "Gonna Make You Sweat" recorded for Columbia Records. Freedom Williams dances shirt while rapping in a white turtleneck and suit jacket. Zelma Davis lip-sync while surrounded with flowing fabric. Back-up dancers dance throughout.
- DirectorWayne IshamStarsR.G. ArmstrongKirk HammettJames HetfieldMusic video for Metallica's highly successful 1991 song "Enter Sandman". The video shows the band performing the song in a flashy darkness and a boy praying before going to bed while being watched by the eponymous Sandman.
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsDe La SoulTrugoy the DoveVincent Mason
- DirectorPhilippe GautierStarsGipsy KingsDiego BaliardoPaco BaliardoThe music video for the song "Baila Me" by the French new flamenco group Gipsy Kings from the 1991 album "Este Mundo".
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsAndy BellVince ClarkeErasureThis is the official 1991 video made to accompany the single release of 'Chorus' from Erasure's fifth studio album of the same name.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsTom Petty & The HeartbreakersMike CampbellHowie EpsteinThe music video for the song "Learning to Fly" by the American rock band Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the 1991 album "Into the Great Wide Open".
- DirectorJim SwaffieldStarsDJ Jazzy JeffDJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh PrinceWill SmithOfficial music video for "Summertime" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.
- DirectorAndrew MorahanStarsElton JohnGeorge MichaelGeorge Michael covers the 1974 Elton John's hit "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" at Wembley Stadium, with Elton John himself as surprise guest to sing a duet.
- DirectorAndrew MorahanStarsJim KerrCharlie BurchillMel GaynorMusic video for "Let There Be Love" by Simple Minds, the first single from their 1991 album Real Life.
- DirectorMatthew GlamorreStarsColin AngusWill SinMr. C"Move Any Mountain" by The Shamen, first released under the title "Progen". With an official remix by The Beatmasters, the song was re-released in the UK and was their first top-ten single, reaching number 4 in the UK Singles Chart.
- StarsKarl Keaton
- StarsSharon D. ClarkeMikee FreedomSteve MacPromo video of the second single from their only album, "Changing Cabins".
- DirectorDoug FreelStarsMarie FredrikssonPer GessleRoxetteMusic video for Roxette: Fading Like a Flower (Every Time You Leave).
- DirectorSteve LoweStarsLisa Stansfield
- StarsLucy AlexanderRoger DaltreyChesney HawkesThe second video features a girl and her friend going to a cinema to watch Buddy's Song, where Hawkes jumps out of the screen and beckons the girl to follow him.
- DirectorRichard LowensteinStarsINXSGarry BeersAndrew FarrissINXS performs in the music video "Bitter Tears" from the album "X" recorded for Mercury Records. The music video features the band playing on a stage filmed in black and white. Michael Hutchence sings as special lighting effects sometimes spell out words that are sung,
- DirectorErick IferganStarsa-haMorten HarketPål Waaktaar
- DirectorNick Burgess-JonesStarsRozallaOriginal promo video of Rozalla's second single from her second album, "Everybody's Free". The video is a semi-live performance on stage, with Rozalla in front of an euphoric crowd.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsJonathan KnightJordan KnightJoey McIntyreNew Kids on the Block perform in the music video "Games".
- DirectorAndrew DoucetteStarsLouise BrooksAndy McCluskeyOrchestral Manoeuvres in the DarkThe video is in black and white and features Louise Brooks and singer Andy McCluskey. According to the video intro, all of the scenes of Brooks in the video are from the original 1928 film.
- DirectorJames LebonStarsDave SimonFred FairbrassRichard FairbrassVideo promo for Right Said Fred: I'm Too Sexy.
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsStingSting performs in the music video "All This Time" from the album "The Soul Cages" recorded for A&M Records. The music video begins with shots of smokestacks of a ship. Sting and his band perform as they stand on the ship. The ship rocks back and forth as the band attempt to perform.
- DirectorGregg VanzoStarsJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerMusic video for the song "Deep Deep Trouble" as performed by Bart Simpson. It opens with Bart locked in jail. He raps about the numerous times he has gotten into deep trouble with his father Homer.
- DirectorDerek W. HayesStarsRod StewartRod Stewart performs in the music video "The Motown Song" from the album "Vagabond Heart" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. Rod Stewart sings in a yellow jacket and white shirt as he stands in front of an animated background. Animated sequences featuring Stewart and back-up singers play throughout.
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsNirvanaBurton C. BellAndy BialkA music video for Nirvana's song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.
- DirectorKatherine DieckmannStarsR.E.M.Bill BerryPeter BuckR.E.M. and Kate Pierson perform "Shiny Happy People".
- DirectorMichael HaussmanStarsMartika
- DirectorIan FletcherStarsThe RembrandtsPhil SolemDanny WildeOfficial music video for "Just the Way It Is, Baby" by The Rembrandts.
- DirectorRalph ZimanStarsAlice CooperMickey CurryHugh McDonaldThe music video for the song "Hey Stoopid" by an American singer Alice Cooper from the 1991 album with the same name.
- DirectorMichael BayChris CoweyStarsTina TurnerA 1991 remix of Tina's 1970's classic song. Tina sings in a studio as images of classic Ike and Tina Turner's performances and clips of the town where Tina was born and raised "Nutbush" Tennessee.
- DirectorMarkus BlunderStarsMarc CohnOfficial music video for "Walking in Memphis" by Marc Cohn.
- DirectorRene EllerStarsNiels HermesMarcel KapteijnTen Sharp
- DirectorMichael HaussmanStarsJoe Cocker
- DirectorJeff PreissStarsMariah CareyThe music video for the song "Emotions" by an American singer Mariah Carey from the 1991 album with the same name.
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsCherThe single spawned a music video that had Cher and her backing band rehearsing the song while interlocking scenes of her in an orange colored wig and her dancers dancing around her are shown.
- StarsOmar
- DirectorJesse DylanStarsLenny KravitzSlash
- DirectorEric WatsonStarsChris LowePet Shop BoysNeil Tennant
- DirectorEric MezaStarsChuck DFlavor FlavPublic EnemyPublic Enemy does it all, bragging about their skills, but also talking about a very dark chapter in American and Dixie history, slavery. It's a brutal and memorable video that hit MTV and BET, and later airings on UPN and its affiliates.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsMick JaggerKeith RichardsThe Rolling StonesBasically an anti war song about the gulf war in the early 90's. Music video shot on a pier in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY over the course of a few days.
- DirectorMichael GeogheganStarsOliver BakerEnyaVincent Redmon
- DirectorAnders SkogStarsMarie FredrikssonPer GessleRoxetteVideo promo for Roxette: The Big L.
- StarsIain BakerJerry De BorgAl DoughtyJesus Jones performs in the music video "Right Here, Right Now" from the album "Doubt" recorded for EMI Records and SBK Records. The band performs on a sound stage while surrounded by projected video showing news footage of the Eastern Europe during the fall of communism.
- DirectorMatt O'CaseyStarsFreddie MercuryBrian MayRoger TaylorThe life and times of the rock band Queen - told in two parts covering in part one the 1970's and in part two the 1980's and beyond.
- DirectorNick EganStarsBelinda Carlisle
- DirectorRebecca BlakeStarsPrinceNew Power GenerationA promotional video for Prince's 1991 single "Cream."
- DirectorStephane SednaouiStarsRed Hot Chili PeppersJohn FruscianteAnthony KiedisA promotional video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1991 hit single "Give It Away."
- DirectorTim PopeStarsDavid BowieReeves GabrelsTin Machine
- DirectorPeter CareStarsBill BerryPeter BuckMike MillsVideo promo for R.E.M.: Radio Song.
- StarsRick AstleySing Cry For Help in the Style of "Rick Astley". Stingray Karaoke Pop, 1991, English, Key G.
- DirectorPeter ScammellStarsSiouxsie and the BansheesBudgieJon KleinSouxsie and the Banshees performs in the music video "Kiss Them for Me" from the album "Superstition" recorded for Polydor and Geffen Records. The music video opens with the popping of a champagne cork. Siouxsie Sioux wears a silver shirt and sings and dances. The band stand behind her in front of a painted sky background with trees.
- DirectorSteve McLeanStarsJimmy Somerville
- DirectorPaula WalkerStarsTina Turner
- DirectorMichael GeogheganStarsSealSeal performs in the music video "Future Love Paradise" from the album "Seal" recorded for ZTT Records and Sire Records. The video begins with seal sitting on a red throne with a small child sitting on his lap. Seal sings in a black coat standing in front of white smoke and falling sparks.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsTom Petty & The HeartbreakersGabrielle AnwarMike CampbellTom Petty and the Heartbreakers performs in the music video "Into the Great Wide Open" from the album "Into the Great Wide Open" recorded for MCA Records. The video tells the story of a young man from the country who comes to the west coast and eventually becomes a rock star. He alienates the people around him with his boorish behavior. Eventually he is fired and returns to the tattoo parlor that he visited when he first arrives.