MTV Europe Top 100 Videos of 2003
MTV Europe's Year-End Top 100 Countdown of music videos from 2003.
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- DirectorHilda Marie CombsJoseph KahnStarsDavid BoreanazDidoGrammy nominated song "White Flag" is the lead single from Dido's second studio album Life for Rent.
- DirectorWill.i.amStarsThe Black Eyed PeasApl.de.ApFergieIn the official music video for The Black Eyed Peas' song "Where is the Love", will.i.am and Taboo drive around East L.A. in a black panel van with question marks on it, asking what's going on in the world.
- DirectorJake NavaStarsCarmit BacharBeyoncéJay-ZShawn Carter (Jay-Z) is in a car on Mission Road in L.A. As they approach the 4th Street bridge, Beyoncé Knowles (Beyoncé) is in the middle of the street. Beyoncé dances, Jay-Z raps, Beyoncé dances some more.
- DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsMadonnaCensored, international flags version of the music video for Madonna's second single from the album of the same name.
- DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsChristina AguileraJustin CroftJordan ShannonIn this music video that celebrates self-acceptance, different people are shown isolated, suffering as they don't fit society's standards and are rejected by the mainstream. Official video for "Beautiful" by Christina Aguilera.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellEminemPaul RosenbergStarsKim BasingerEminemAngela MayMusic video for the 2002 song "Lose Yourself" by Eminem, the soundtrack for the film "8 Mile (2002)". It shows scenes from the film and ends with Eminem rapping on stage.
- DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsEvanescenceDavid HodgesAmy LeeMusic video for the 2003 song "Bring Me To Life" by Evanescence feat. Paul McCoy. It features Amy Lee dressed in a nightgown and standing at the edge of a skyscraper. Paul McCoy. who performs in another room, climbs out to help her.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsJustin TimberlakeKiana BessaLauren HastingsOfficial music video for "Cry Me a River" by Justin Timberlake.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellStars50 CentLloyd BanksYoung BuckThe music video was directed by Philip Atwell on December 10-11, 2002. Almost all the film footage was used in the video except for a scene where 50 Cent raps in a glass box. The video is set in a fictional hip hop boot camp known as the Shady/Aftermath Artist Development Center. It begins with a black Hummer driving to the facility at an unknown location. Video clips from Eminem's single "Without Me" are seen playing in the entrance on flat screen TVs. We see Eminem and Dr. Dre looking down at the lab from a lab balcony with windows. 50 Cent is introduced by hanging upside down from the roof of a gym. The video ends with the camera zooming out of the club to reveal a two-way mirror with Eminem and Dr. Dre in white lab uniforms, observing 50 Cent and taking notes.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsBritney SpearsMadonnaThe music video for "Me Against the Music" was filmed over three days in October 2003, at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City, New York. It was directed by Paul Hunter, who revealed that the concept was setting Spears and Madonna apart, hence Spears wore a black outfit whereas Madonna sported a white suit. The video starts with Britney parking the Mazda vehicle and going into a New York nightclub. She enters a wooden room populated with 'cool kids' flaunting pink and purple hair while taking whiffs from an oxygen tank. Madonna, who is in a room filled with men smoking cigars, observes her from television monitors throughout the club. Spears appears in Madonna's room and throws her against the wall, and Madonna vanishes just as they are about to kiss. The video ends as Madonna's laugh is heard in the background.
- DirectorIvan ShapovalovStarsLena Katinat.A.T.u.Yuliya VolkovaA music video for t.A.T.u.'s song, 'Ya Soshla S Uma (I Have Lost My Mind)/All the Things She Said'.
- DirectorFloria SigismondiStarsChristina AguileraJodi Rainesmusic video for "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsStaci B. FloodJustin TimberlakeOfficial music video for "Rock Your Body" by Justin Timberlake.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsBen AffleckPatrick GrassoJadakissMusic video for Jennifer Lopez`s hit single, Jenny From the Block. Starring Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck.
- DirectorNiclas FrondaFredrik LöfbergStarsAki HakalaEero HeinonenPauli RantasalmiThe band are placed on a stage in a nondescript location and perform the song. Around the room there are crows flying around, who later break through the small rectangular windows. Towards the end, one crow breaks a light on the ceiling with its wings and the band performs in a shower of sparks. In the end, the band transforms into feathers.
- DirectorDavid LaChapelleStarsChristina AguileraDonna GlytchLil' KimOfficial music video for "Can't Hold Us Down" by Christina Aguilera Feat. Lil Kim.
- DirectorAlexandre CourtèsMartin FougeroleStarsThe White StripesJack WhiteMeg WhiteIn the music video for The White Stripes song "Seven Nation Army", Jack White and Meg White perform while viewed through a kaleidoscope of red and black shapes and images.
- DirectorChris RobinsonStarsBusta RhymesMariah CareyFlipmode Squad
- DirectorMax GiwaDania PasquiniStarsBlueAntony CostaDuncan JamesVideo promo for Blue Feat. Elton John: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word.
- DirectorBryan BarberStarsOutkastAndré 3000Big BoiA promotional video for Outkast's 2003 hit single "Hey Ya!"
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsKelsey LewisPinkIn the video for "Family Portrait" Pink plays a young girl who still has not moved away from the problems associated with the divorce of her parents. This is reflected in the little girl who depicts Pink as a child, played by Kelsey Lewis. During the clip, little Pink tries to draw attention to her childhood in many ways: she makes breakfast from oatmeal as she loved in her childhood, and interferes with her on therapy sessions. Pink at first does not listen to anything small, before moving to the song. After that, Pink agrees with the conditions of her childhood, as this is reflected in the fact that she joins the family in the TV.
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsJohn FruscianteAnthony KiedisRed Hot Chili PeppersA promotional video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 2003 single "Can't Stop."
- DirectorBaillie WalshStarsJordi CussíKylie MinogueKylie luxuriates sensually beside a pool with other basking dancers.
- DirectorKacho López-MariCarlos PerezStarsRicky Martin
- DirectorDominic LeungStarsGuy BerrymanJon BucklandWill ChampionOfficial music video for "Clocks" by Coldplay.
- DirectorNzingha StewartStarsLumideeBusta RhymesFabolous
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsGreg HillPink
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsLL Cool JJennifer LopezMusic video for Jennifer Lopez`s hit single, All I Have, featuring LL Cool J.
- DirectorBrendan MalloyEmmett MalloyThe MalloysStarsKirk HammettJames HetfieldMetallicaThe "St. Anger" video was directed by The Malloy. The video was shot in San Quentin State Prison, California. The band played at various locations in the area to hundreds of enthusiastic inmates, except for the death chambers and the death row cells. At the end of the video, a sentence appears on a black background, reading: "For all the souls impacted by San Quentin, your spirit will forever be a part of Metallica."
- DirectorChris RobinsonStars50 CentSnoop DoggG-Unit50 Cent performs with Snoop Dogg and G-Unit in the music video "P.I.M.P. (remix)" from the album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" recorded for Shady and Universal Records. The video begins with 50 Cent listening to Ipod while dressed in all white. He then receives a massage in a white room from women dressed in lingerie. Later he is joined by Snoop Doog and G-Unit. After showing them his cane, he is allowed to join the P.I.M.P. Legion of Doom.
- DirectorDavid LaChapelleStarsMatthew BrannJesse ColburnAvril LavigneMusic video for Avril Lavigne's 2002 single "I'm With You". It involves Lavigne, who is seen alone, trying to find someone. Most of the video is shown in slow motion but Lavigne's mouth movements are in sync with the song's vocals.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellJeff GrippeStarsEminem50 CentD12The music video, released in 2003, is a collage created with various clips, including shots from the Anger Management Tour. It also contains cameos by various fellow rappers, including Dr. Dre, the members of D12, 50 Cent and Ludacris. Eminem stands in neutral positions and stares at the camera several times in the video. The video is very similar to the 50 Cent music video "If I Can't". On The Eminem Show, "Sing for the Moment" segues into "Superman". On Curtain Call: The Hits, the segue also fades out as "Superman", since Superman is not included in the compilation. In a clean version of the video, the word "handguns" is omitted from the second verse.
- DirectorLiam LynchStarsFoo FightersDave GrohlTaylor HawkinsDirected by Liam Lynch. The band is shown performing the song against changing backgrounds, consisting mainly of brightly colored kaleidoscopic forms similar to those found in music visualization, giving the video a psychedelic, hopeful, joyful mood. In the end, the backgrounds blink out to reveal that the band are performing against a greenscreen in a studio. This version is often referred to as the "UK version" and received little airplay in the US as the band ultimately opted to film another video shortly afterwards.
- DirectorHype WilliamsStarsBlu CantrellSean Paul
- DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsRobbie WilliamsMusic video for Robbie Williams' 2003 single "Come Undone". In it, a hungover Robbie wakes up in the morning after a large house party. He ends up in a threesome with two women, interspersed with unsettling images of snakes, rats and bugs.
- DirectorJoseph HahnStarsLinkin ParkLinkin Park performs in the music video "Somewhere I Belong" from the album "Meteora" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The music video opens in an apartment decorated with Japanese symbols, guitars, and large robot toys. The band plays the song in front an abstract set that is later illuminated with fire. There are occasional shots of Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda singing in front a waterfall.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsJustin TimberlakeCarolina CerisolaChad HugoOfficial music video "Señorita" by Justin Timberlake.
- DirectorSanaa HamriStarsKevin John GoffKelly RowlandKelly Rowland sings about how precious moments in our life are so fragile and can disappear in an instant. The Poet appears angelic and sings as if intertwined, spirit like, among several young people's trying lives. The video deeply explores the pain and heartbreak of teen suicide, teen pregnancy and how gang violence profoundly affects young people. The video culminates with a crowd of mourners in front of a memorial with painted images those victimized, Kelly Rowland appears even more angel like in front of the memorial as if representing the spirit of hope personified.
- DirectorEnrique IglesiasStarsEnrique Iglesias
- DirectorKeith HobelmanChris RobinsonStarsBeyoncéOmar CaraballoJay-ZOfficial music video for "03 Bonnie and Clyde" by Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé.
- DirectorAlexander Orlando SmithStarsThe DarknessEd GrahamDan HawkinsThe Darkness performs in the music video "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" from the album "Permission to Land" recorded for Must Destroy Records. The music video opens on a large spacecraft crewed by the band. They sing and perform in the futuristic surroundings and do battle with aliens.
- DirectorDirector XStarsSaara ChandooJason HenriquesKardinal OffishallOfficial music video for "Get Busy" by Sean Paul.
- DirectorDiane MartelStarsJesse HeimanStacie OrricoDaniel SassaOfficial music video for "Stuck" by Stacie Orrico.
- DirectorChris HopewellStarsRadioheadThom YorkeIn the manner of a fairy-tale, singer Thom Yorke intrudes in an enchanted forest and is cursed for it
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsAshanti
- DirectorJamie ThravesStarsGuy BerrymanJon BucklandWill ChampionAnother day in the life of a common businessman...except that each movement he makes in between meetings and social encounters with friends or strangers turn into a dreadful nightmare where he slowly disappears with each of his limbs fading away out of nowhere and turning him into a desperate being. That's the concept behind one of Coldplay's greatest videos.
- DirectorDick RudeStarsFleaAnthony KiedisRed Hot Chili Peppers
- DirectorMichael MathesonJames TonkinStarsRobbie Williams
- DirectorBill FishmanStarsGood CharlotteKyle GassStephen JaredGood Charlotte performs in the music video "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" from the album "The Young and the Hopeless" recorded for Epic Records. The video begins at night with a helicopter circling around the band as they perform. The police interrogate members of the band before they are sent to prison and later court.
- StarsMichelle BranchMusic video for Michelle Branch's song, 'Are You Happy Now?'.
- DirectorShynola
- DirectorPhil GriffinStarsBlueAntony CostaDuncan James
- DirectorMatthew RolstonStarsKeisha BuchananMutya BuenaHeidi RangeThe video shows the girls wearing heavy make up whlie dressed in gothic-like clothing and accessories and dancing around. They are also shown dating a rock band called Erased with whom they go to a gig with. The girls discover the band getting intimate with other girls during the show. In the end, while the trio is performing in front of the crowd, the girls come out first grabbing the guys and throwing them off the stage and start damaging the instruments.
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsChester BenningtonRob BourdonBrad DelsonMusic video for Linkin Park's song 'Faint'.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsJay-ZPharrell WilliamsLanisha ColeOfficial music video for "Frontin'" by Pharrell featuring Jay-Z.
- StarsJunior JackPromo video of the Junior Jack album "Trust It": in a street party Brazilian men dance Capoeira while women dance samba in sexy bikinis.
- DirectorShynolaStarsQueens of the Stone AgeQueens of the Stone Age performs in the music video "Go with the Flow" from the album "Songs for the Deaf" recorded for Polydor Records. The features the band playing on the back of a Chevrolet pickup truck driving down a desert highway. Visually, the band is rendered in black and white against a red background.
- DirectorLiz FriedlanderStarsMatthew BrannJesse ColburnAvril LavigneThe music video shows Avril performing in front of a large crowd. Shots of her making her way through a mass of people while pushing, punching and shoving interlude from time to time. There is also a scene where Avril jumps into the crowd and "crowd surfs". The audience had to practice this routine on other people before Avril was allowed to do so. The music video was directed by Liz Friedlander and recorded at Angel Orensanz Foundation.
- StarsPanjabi MC
- DirectorMichel GondryStarsThe White StripesBeckJack WhiteMusic video for The Hardest Button to Button by The White Stripes. Meg plays drums, Jack plays guitar, and they move through the street and through the train station, leaving a trail of drum kits and amps behind them with every beat.
- DirectorChris RobinsonStarsSnoop DoggMichelle MartinsPharrell WilliamsSnoop Dogg performs with Pharrell and Uncle Charlie Wilson in the music video "Beautiful" from the album "Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$" recorded for Priority and Capitol Records. A young boy received a call before taking the phone to a lounging Snoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg and Pharrell sing at several locations in Brazil including a yellow-green-blue stairway, a mansion, and the Copacabana.
- DirectorDougal WilsonStarsJerri ByrneLena FrankNatasha MealeyThe second and most famous version of the music video features women in skimpy construction outfits. The video plays almost like a virtual advertisement for a variety of power tools. All are used in a sexual manner. This version was mainly relegated to nighttime hours.
- StarsSkin
- DirectorDavid MouldStarsBlueAntony CostaDuncan James
- DirectorAdam TownleyStarsAtomic KittenJenny FrostNatasha HamiltonThe devil wears Prada shoes, my friend. Prada shoes and only Prada shoes. Yes, in here the girls get down to wearing only shoes, that is, they appear to be wearing only shoes. Any hint of supposed nudity is saccharine-sweet blanked out by butterflies and other spoilsport claptrap. Oh, what's the song about? Song? What song? You mean, there was a song playing? Well, I never... But, I mean, who cares?
- DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsEvanescenceDavid HodgesAmy Leemusic video for "Going Under" by Evanescence.
- DirectorTim RoyesStarsNicky ByrneKian EganMark Feehily
- DirectorPaul GoreStarsMolokoJonathan McDermottNatricia BernardPromotional video for Moloko's single "Forever More".
- DirectorHoward GreenhalghStarsSteve HewittBrian MolkoStefan OlsdalA music video for Placebo's song 'The Bitter End'.
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsAndy DunlopFran HealyDougie PayneThe music video depicts the band playing small venues in and around Glasgow, during which time each band member in turn falls out with the other and they end up in a fight.
- DirectorBrendan MalloyEmmett MalloyThe MalloysStarsThe Black Eyed PeasApl.de.ApCarmit BacharOfficial music video for "Shut Up" by The Black Eyed Peas.
- DirectorFred DurstStarsLimp BizkitBolt BirchThora BirchMusic video for Limp Bizkit: Eat You Alive.
- DirectorCharles InfanteStarsMelanie C
- DirectorChris StokesErik WhiteStarsB2KSean 'Diddy' CombsB2K performs with P. Diddy in the music video "Bump, Bump, Bump" from the album "Pandemonium!" recorded for Epic Records. The music video opens with P. Diddy talk to the camera in front of a red and gray background. B2K sings and dance in front of the same background.
- DirectorAlison MurrayStarsKeisha BuchananMutya BuenaHeidi Range
- DirectorBenny BoomStarsNellySean 'Diddy' CombsMurphy LeeNelly performs with P. Diddy and Murphy Lee in the music video "Shake Ya Tailfeather" from the original motion picture soundtrack from the film Bad Boys II (2003) recorded for Bad Boy and Universal Records. The video begins with Nelly, P. Diddy, and Murphy Lee setting on stools as watching women as they walk by. They sing as women dance near them. The video also features clips from the film.
- DirectorJohn HillcoatStarsMatt BellamyMuse
- StarsLena KatinaIvan Shapovalovt.A.T.u.A music video for t.A.T.u.'s song, 'Nas Ne Dogonyat (They Won't Catch Us)/Not Gonna Get Us'.
- DirectorDiane MartelStarsClipseJustin TimberlakePharrell Williams
- DirectorJohn HardwickStarsDamon AlbarnJill AmeperosaBlur
- DirectorRobin ThickeStarsRobin ThickeRobin Thicke rides a bicycle around New York City in this video.
- DirectorAlex RutterfordDirected by Alex Rutterford, the song's CGI-animated music video shows a full-blossom red rose swaying in the wind, and proceeds to show Yorke sitting on a park bench singing the song while around him men and women in business suits walk by rapidly. In the middle of the video, the buildings, in classical architecture style, spontaneously crumble into pieces and moments later reassemble themselves, only to have become modern in style. The shot returns to the rose shown in the beginning, which is now closed in a bud.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsMissy ElliottEveDonna Glytch
- DirectorBryan BarberStarsNelly FurtadoThe video revolves around a classic psychological metaphor: Nelly trapped inside a box from which she seeks to escape. Inside, the box is plastered with posters that act as doors or windows for the artist's imagination. Her situation is a metaphor for being both defined and confined by the illusory commercial reality of her celebrity and beauty.
- DirectorRoman CoppolaStarsJulian CasablancasNikolai FraitureAlbert Hammond Jr.Official music video for the single "12:51" performed by The Strokes. The group performs the song while staying on a set designed in a similar fashion as the one presented for the game featured in the 1982 classic science fiction film "TRON".
- DirectorDavid MouldStarsNicky ByrneKian EganMark Feehily
- DirectorBenny BoomStarsKelly RowlandIn the video, Rowland is waiting outside of the nightclub Orpheum Theatre for her love interest, who is surprising her with tickets for the club.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsHugh HefnerNellyJustin Timberlake
- DirectorDavid LaChapelleStarsGwen StefaniTom DumontTony KanalIn the official music video for No Doubt's cover of "It's My Life", Gwen Stefani is a black widow being tried for the murder of three husbands, portrayed by her bandmates.
- DirectorTim HopeStarsPeter BuckMike MillsR.E.M.Music video for "Bad Day" by R.E.M.