MTV Europe Top 100 Videos of 2004
MTV Europe's Year-End Top 100 Countdown of music videos from 2004.
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- 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.
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsAdam LevineMaroon 5Kelley MckeeOfficial music video for "This Love" by Maroon 5.
- DirectorBryan BarberStarsOutkastAndré 3000Big BoiA promotional video for Outkast's 2003 hit single "Hey Ya!"
- DirectorDirector XStarsMelyssa FordDonna GlytchLil JonMusic video for "Yeah!" by Usher.
- DirectorJake NavaStarsAlfred 'Al' CoburnEnrique IglesiasKelisThe video opens with Iglesias and Kelis outside a busy nightclub and Iglesias enters the club first while Kelis waits on a motorbike. Once inside, Iglesias meets up with his gang at the bar and soon makes his way to the stage where he performs the song backed by a live band. Meanwhile, Kelis appears in sequences by herself or tantalizing Iglesias around various areas of the club.
- DirectorMeiert AvisStarsAvril LavigneMatthew BrannEvan TaubenfeldAvril Lavigne enters a movie theatre and views a film of her disintegrating relationship, set to her song "My Happy Ending." The film begins in bright color, but over time the color fades with the relationship.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsThe Black Eyed PeasApl.de.ApFergieOfficial music video for "Let's Get It Started" by The Black Eyed Peas.
- DirectorJoseph HahnStarsChester BenningtonRob BourdonBrad DelsonA music video for Linkin Park's song 'Breaking the Habit'.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellStarsEminemKatie CassidyTony CoxMusic video for "Just Lose It" by Eminem.
- DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsAnastaciaWhen the video begins, Anastacia is shown applying for a role and introduces herself as Sara Forest. Then she plays Holly in the film she is auditioning for. Throughout the video, Anastacia is performing the song in a small room with the band. The video is intercut with black-and-white scenes from the rehearsal on which their relationship is based. At first they fall in love, but after several dates, the boyfriend hits her, they split up and she wants him to leave.
- StarsEamon
- 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.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellEminemStarsNicole AndrewsBizarreD12The music video begins by showing the rest of D12 looking through the window of a door to find Eminem receiving a massage, which is similar to the song's preceding skit on the album, "Dude". It then cuts to shots of Eminem in a limousine while the others are forced to wait for a bus, and the whole song's context is picked up from there. Later scenes include Bizarre attempting to get in shape (parodying the video for 50 Cent's "In Da Club"), Bizarre and a midget spoofing fellow Michigander Kid Rock, Bizarre in the background of Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and "Superman" music videos, the entire band performing a boy band-style song while dressed like The Backstreet Boys, and a re-enactment of Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" (with Bizarre as Janet and Eminem as Justin Timberlake).
- DirectorDominic LeungStarsJameliaOfficial music video for "Superstar" by Jamelia.
- DirectorJonas OdellStarsFranz FerdinandBob HardyAlex KapranosMusic Video for Franz Ferdinand's second single "Take me out".
- DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsBlink-182Travis BarkerTom DeLongeShot in the style of a 1930s film, finds the trio performing in a haunted house with ghosts circling around.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsGwen StefaniGwen Stefani performs in the music video "What You Waiting For?" from the album "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." recorded for Interscope Records. The video opens with an extend sequence of Gwen Stefani dealing with writing block as she attempts to compose a song. She answers an ad that promises to help with writers block. As she fills out the survey she is transported into an Alice in Wonderland setting.
- DirectorFred DurstStarsLimp BizkitHalle BerryFred DurstThe music video features Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry. It contains scenes from the motion picture Gothika, in which Berry stars. It depicts Berry and Limp Bizkit's vocalist Fred Durst in a relationship similar to the storyline of the film.
- DirectorNick GoffeyDominic HawleyStarsMaxi Jazz
- DirectorSamuel BayerMichael PerlmutterStarsBillie Joe ArmstrongTré CoolMike DirntThe making-of the music video for the song "American Idiot" by Punk-Rock band Green Day.
- DirectorVaughan ArnellStarsRobbie Williams
- DirectorScott LyonSophie MullerStarsNatasha BedingfieldYuri BradacOriginal music video of These Words which features Natasha in a Spanish villa.
- DirectorPhilipp StölzlStarsEvanescenceAmy LeeThe accompanying music video for "Everybody's Fool" was filmed in April, 2004 and it was directed by Philipp Stölzl. It showed Lee in the role of a model who had a completely false image for her life. It focused on the struggles that Lee's character suffers because of her modeling career and her opposite lifestyle.
- DirectorMat KirkbyStarsTom ChaplinRichard HughesKeaneKeane are playing in a white room, and proceed to change into other persons. Most of the persons they change into are easily recognizable archetypes from cultures around the world.
- DirectorJake NavaStarsKylie MinogueThe music video for "Red Blooded Woman" was directed by Jake Nava, an English film director who had previously worked with artists like Beyoncé and Kelis. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California, in December 2003. It begins with a scene of a congested traffic jam in which Minogue is caught. She is shown seated in her car singing the song in a sensual manner, with the camera repeatedly focusing on her eyes and lips. Her outfit is composed of a black and white singlet, a satin waist cincher, jeans with chain fringes, and a black sheepskin shrug (this outfit was donated by Minogue to the Arts Centre Melbourne and is displayed in the Kylie Minogue Collection).
- DirectorAlexandre CourtèsMartin FougeroleStarsBonoAdam ClaytonThe EdgeA promotional video for U2's 2004 hit single "Vertigo."
- DirectorBryan BarberStarsAnastaciaThe regular version begins with Anastacia on a bridge. Later she is walking along a street with a red poster on an advertising pillar. The street is of European style with European cars. Then she gets in a car, and whilst driving, she looks into a car next to her and sees "herself" canoodling passionately with a man. When she gets out of the car she notices people dancing to her song on the street.
- DirectorEmily RobinsonArya SenboutarajStarsThe Black Eyed PeasApl.de.ApFergieOfficial music video for "Hey Mama" by The Black Eyed Peas.
- DirectorMarc KlasfeldStarsBeyoncéDestiny's ChildKelly Rowland
- DirectorLaurent BrietStarsFleaAnthony KiedisRed Hot Chili Peppers
- DirectorMatthew RolstonStarsKim KardashianChristina Milian
- DirectorDirector XStarsKelis
- DirectorKarl HaglundStarsThe Hives
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsAdam LevineMaroon 5Official music video for "Harder to Breathe" by Maroon 5.
- DirectorKevin De FreitasChris RobinsonStarsSean 'Diddy' CombsMario WinansMusic Video for Mario Winans song "I Don't Wanna Know" directed by Kevin DeFreitas and Chris Robinson from the album 'Hurt No More'
- StarsJanet RamusThe ShapeshiftersPromo video of The Shapeshifters's first single from their debut album "Sound Advice": the band plays on a fairground full of rides.
- DirectorErik WhiteStarsJoJoMusic video for JoJo's song, 'Leave (Get Out)'.
- 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.
- DirectorDiane MartelStarsAlicia KeysMethod Man
- DirectorPhilip AndelmanStarsLenny Kravitz
- DirectorGraham HectorStarsRachel McFarlane
- DirectorCorin HardyStarsTom ChaplinRichard HughesKeaneThe video saga starts with an image of a backstage door shortly before Keane gets through it with Tom holding a snare. They get into a British taxi cab. A little spirit (a "simple thing" alien) is inside the taxi. Then they arrive in a wooded area. The "simple thing" alien remains in the cab. They began walking through the forest, "an empty land", across a "fallen tree" and finally arrive to a stream.
- DirectorJake NavaStarsKevin FederlineBritney SpearsThe music video begins with Spears driving a Porsche 928 at high speed in the Hollywood Hills. She crashes through a fence and lands into a pool inside a manor where a party is taking place. She emerges from the water and crawls in top of the car to sing the first verse. Spears's brother Bryan makes a cameo in these scenes. After she leaves the pool, she enters the manor and passes couples making out around her. She appears in a stainless steel kitchen, where a maid cuts the straps of her black wet dress. In the next scene, she walks into a study in which her husband at the time, Kevin Federline, is smoking and watching a black-and-white video of Spears on a projection screen. She then entered a dressing room with mirrors, wearing lingerie, high heels, stockings and a short fur jacket. She proceeds to a bedroom, in which a black dress is laid out on the comforter. She puts on the new dress and the camera cuts to the party outside where people gathered waiting. During the song's bridge, it is revealed that the party is actually Spears's wedding, as she starts walking towards the aisle and Federline waits next to a priest. The video ends with a shot of the black-and-white video and Spears looking into the camera.
- StarsMaxi Jazz
- DirectorJohn 'Quig' QuigleyStarsD12Eminem
- DirectorMax NicholsScott WinigStarsNina SkyJabbaNatalie AlbinoMusic video by Nina Sky, featuring Jabba, performing "Move Ya Body".
- DirectorMat KirkbyStarsLisa Kekaula
- DirectorJohan RenckStarsBeyoncé
- DirectorBrett SimonStarsHoobastankHoward BensonDaniel EstrinHoobastank performs in the music video "The Reason" from the album "The Reason" recorded for Island Records. The video opens with Doug Robb hitting a woman with his car. This, however, is a diversion so that the rest of the band can stage the elaborate theft of a ruby gem from a pawnshop.
- DirectorJustin DickelStarsBlueAntony CostaDuncan James
- DirectorNathalie Canguilhem
- DirectorKris KramskiStarsAirJean-Benoît DunckelNicolas Godin
- DirectorMat CookJulian HouseThe single's music video was directed by Mat Cook and Julian House, who also designed the artwork for the album and single. It featured experimental computer graphics with various psychedelic themes.
- DirectorGrégoire PinardStarsSteve HewittBrian MolkoStefan OlsdalA music video for Placebo's song 'Twenty Years'.
- DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsJaime KingRobbie Williams
- DirectorHuse MonfaradiStarsDeanne BerryLaura BowleyJuan Pablo Di PaceAn energy-filled and 80s styled lesson in sexy aerobics.
- DirectorChris RobinsonStarsJoss StoneCandice Thomas
- DirectorJake NavaStarsUsherJessica ClarkUsher performs in the music video "Burn" from the album "Confessions" recorded for Arista Records. The music video with Usher talking to the camera while seated in the living room of a house. As he sings, he walks through the house while clips of a woman play throughout the video.
- DirectorStylewarStarsFranz FerdinandBob HardyAlex Kapranos
- DirectorGabriel KnightStarsJunior Jack
- DirectorKimo ProudfootStarsJay-ZLinkin ParkPromo video of the duet made by rapper Jay-Z and rock band Linkin Park live at Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles. They play on stage in front of a cheerful crowd.
- DirectorNigel DickStarsBrian McFadden
- DirectorJake ScottStarsJulian CasablancasNikolai FraitureAlbert Hammond Jr.A promotional music video for rock group The Strokes and their single "Reptilia". Static close-up shots of each member, either the instruments they play or in the case of lead singer Julian Casablancas his expressive features are more explored whenever he's singing.
- DirectorAdam SmithStarsThe Chemical BrothersQ-TipIt involves three boys wearing clown face paint, who head into a club named Lyceo during a Krump dance battle.
- DirectorUlf BuddensieckStarsNelly FurtadoMusic video by Nelly Furtado performing "Força".
- DirectorDougal WilsonStarsDanny DyerFrank HarperMike SkinnerIn the video, Mike Skinner plays the part of a man picking up his holiday photos from the developers. As the song is playing, he looks through the photos which show scenes from his holiday.
- DirectorMatthew RolstonStarsKeisha BuchananMutya BuenaHeidi Range
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsCorinne CarreyJohn ColtonAdam LevineThe music video for "She Will Be Loved" shows a young man who falls in love with the socialite mother of his girlfriend. The mother is not receiving love from her husband and turns to Levine for comfort after he discovers she's beaten unconscious by her spouse.
- DirectorBryan BarberStarsAndré 3000Fonzworth BentleyBig Boi
- DirectorAdam YauchStarsBeastie BoysAdam HorovitzMike D
- DirectorDawn ShadforthStarsKylie MinogueIf love were liquid, it would drown me, in a placeless place would find me, in a heart-shape come around me, and then melt me slowly down... Kylie likens love to chocolate. But she thought that she had lost all sensation and had been left numb.
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsYellowcardAgnesa FoygelRyan KeyThe story of a guy who suffers from severe regret after breaking up with his former partner.
- DirectorJake ScottStarsGeorge MichaelMusic video for George Michael: Flawless (Go to the City)
- StarsThe Hives
- StarsCourtney Love
- DirectorSanaa HamriStarsPrinceA promotional video for Prince's 2004 single "Musicology."
- DirectorPaul GoreStarsNathan ConnollyGary LightbodySnow Patrol
- DirectorAndrew MorahanStarsKeisha BuchananMutya BuenaHeidi Range
- DirectorAlex De RakoffStarsBlueAntony CostaDuncan James
- DirectorGrégoire PinardStarsSteve HewittBrian MolkoStefan OlsdalA music video for Placebo's song 'English Summer Rain'.
- DirectorStefan SmithStarsAshlee Simpson
- DirectorDean KarrStarsTim ArmstrongB-RealTravis Barker
- DirectorAntti J. JokinenStarsReginald 'Fieldy' ArvizuJonathan DavisKornThe music video for the cover song "Word Up!" by an American nu metal band Korn from their 2004 compilation album "Greatest Hits, Vol. 1".
- StarsTiziano FerroJamelia
- DirectorDavid MouldStarsEvanescenceAmy LeeBen MoodyIn the music video for the Evanescence song "My Immortal", Amy Lee, appearing ghostly in a white gown, performs the song from Gothic Quarter in Barcelona.