ICM Poll: Music Videos That Killed the Radio Stars
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- DirectorColin ChilversStarsMichael JacksonBrandon Quintin AdamsKelley ParkerA promotional video for Michael Jackson's 1988 hit single "Smooth Criminal."
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsBjörkBryan AnthonyAnthony MarcionaBjörk sings "It's Oh So Quiet" in a musical number set in and around a tire store.
- DirectorDavid LaChapelleStarsChristina AguileraDonna GlytchLil' KimOfficial music video for "Can't Hold Us Down" by Christina Aguilera Feat. Lil Kim.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsAaliyahDonna GlytchRashida Jones
- DirectorGrimesStarsEyeball BambiTallulah FontaineGrimes
- DirectorDarren GrantStarsDestiny's ChildBeyoncéKelly RowlandMusic video for the song "Survivor" by Destiny's Child.
- 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.
- DirectorIrv GottiStarsAshantiNia LongMarco Vazzano
- DirectorMarc KlasfeldStarsFoxes
- DirectorShomi PatwaryStarsCathy CaamanoAva MaxPrasad RomijnOfficial music video for "Sweet but Psycho" by Ava Max.
- DirectorKeefStarsWilliam BarnesJean Michel BasquiatBlondieVideo promo for Blondie: Rapture.
- 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 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.
- DirectorJohn LindauerStarsVanessa Paradis
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsWhitney HoustonMusic video for Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance with Somebody".
- 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 MartelStarsChristina AguileraBrandon Scott MillerOfficial music video for "Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera.
- DirectorNigel DickStarsBritney SpearsFelicia CulottaChad SpearsA music video for Britney Spears's song '...Baby One More Time'.
- DirectorKay RayStarsLady GagaDave AquinoCandy RichardzA promotional video for Lady Gaga's 2008 single "Poker Face."
- DirectorMarc KlasfeldStarsCharli XCXRose McGowanA group of teenagers have fun in the city and party instead of going to school.
- DirectorHype WilliamsStarsAaliyahCarmit BacharNadine EllisAaliyah stars in the music video for her song "Rock the Boat", walking on a beach and dancing on a yacht.
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorColin Solal CardoStarsRobyn CarlssonOfficial music video for "Ever Again" by Robyn.
- DirectorDave MeyersStarsAriana GrandeOkor SaviourIn the official music video for her song "No Tears Left to Cry", Ariana Grande performs while walking on the ceiling and the walls.
- 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'.
- 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.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsMya
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsMichael JacksonSimon FieldsRaquel PeñaA music video for Michael Jackson's song 'Billie Jean'.
- 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.
- DirectorMeiert AvisStarsTaylor MomsenThe Pretty RecklessMusic video for The Pretty Reckless's song Make Me Wanna Die.
- DirectorTony van den EndeStarsSamantha FoxMusic video for "Touch Me" (I Want Your Body)" by Samantha Fox.
- DirectorAlexandre MoorsStarsKim PetrasOfficial music video for "Icy" by Kim Petras.
- DirectorPeter SinclairStarsBoy GeorgeMikey CraigCulture ClubOfficial music video of "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club.
- DirectorJonathan GlazerStarsJamiroquaiJay KayA promotional video for Jamiroquai's 1996 single "Virtual Insanity."
- StarsEliza Doolittle
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsABBABenny AnderssonAgnetha FältskogThe music video for the song "Dancing Queen" by the Swedish pop group ABBA from the 1976 album "Arrival".
- DirectorDavid LaChapelleStarsChristina AguileraDonna GlytchRedmanOfficial music video for "Dirrty" by Christina Aguilera ft. Redman.
- DirectorNils LjunggrenMax VitaliStarsRobyn Carlsson
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorHype WilliamsStarsLisa 'Left Eye' LopesRozonda 'Chilli' ThomasTLCThe video features the women in three different outfits: white, black, silver and Left Eye in blue. When there are shots of the women together they have two different outfits: black and silver. T-Boz's hair is fuchsia in the video. It also features a scene of Chilli on a swing singing. It also features T-Boz dancing as well as Left Eye. As Left Eye's rap begins, she is in a garage-like place with white clothes on while rapping. It also shows her practicing fighting moves in a futuristic blue outfit. One of the final scenes shows TLC fighting each other, while also dancing and having fun.
- 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.
- DirectorHenry ScholfieldStarsTaina DominguezTyesha HudsonKennedy LeiNew Rules is a music video for the song of the same name by Dua Lipa.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsDiane AlexanderRodney DangerfieldCheech MarinLionel Richie and his band perform "Dancing on the Ceiling" in a house party where all the guests dance on the ceiling.
- 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.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsDuran DuranSimon Le BonNick RhodesVideo promo for Duran Duran: The Reflex.
- DirectorDerek JarmanStarsChris LoweRon MoodyPet Shop BoysThe "It's a Sin" video marked the experimental director's first of several collaborations with the band. It extended the lyrical themes of the song by showing Tennant under arrest by an inquisition with Lowe as his jailer and Ron Moody in the role of his judge, interspersed with brief clips of personifications of the seven deadly sins. The video was directed by Derek Jarman.
- DirectorJoe PytkaStarsMichael JacksonSean CheesmanLa Toya JacksonMusic video for Michael Jackson's 1987 single "The Way You Make Me Feel". In the video, Michael fails to pick up women on the street. An elderly woman then tells him to be himself. He then proceeds to embrace a woman.
- DirectorPete ComminsMichael GraceyStarsAlesha DixonNatasha Caralie PayneOfficial music video for "The Boy Does Nothing" by Alesha Dixon.
- DirectorIsaac RentzStarsAva MaxMusic video for Ava Max's "So Am I".
- DirectorBrian DuffyStarsSadie FrostTony HadleyJohn KeebleMusic video of Spandau Ballet performing "Gold".
- 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.
- DirectorBernard RoseStarsJohn DairFrankie Goes to HollywoodPeter GillThe first official video for "Relax" set in a S&M themed gay nightclub, featuring the bandmembers accosted by buff leathermen, a glamorous drag queen, and an obese admirer dressed up as a Roman emperor.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsVergi RodriguezRyan SabadoBritney SpearsOfficial music video for "I'm a Slave 4 U" by Britney Spears.
- DirectorMatthew RolstonStarsKim KardashianChristina Milian
- DirectorBille WoodruffStarsToni BraxtonTyson BeckfordToni Braxton performs in the music video "Un-Break My Heart" from the album "Secrets" recorded for LaFace Records. Toni Braxton sings while reminiscing about a boyfriend who was injured after a motorcycle crash. She thinks of the good times including swimming, playing Twister, and giving him a shave. At the end, she sings before an orchestra at a live concert.
- DirectorDrew TakahashiStarsBobby McFerrinBill IrwinRobin Williams"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a popular worldwide hit song by musician Bobby McFerrin. The "instruments" in the a cappella song are entirely overdubbed voice parts and other sounds made by McFerrin, using no instruments at all; McFerrin also sings with an affected accent. The comedic original music video for the song stars McFerrin, Robin Williams and Bill Irwin, and is considerably shorter than the album version.
- DirectorHype WilliamsStarsChristina AguileraJason GloverShannon HoltzapffelMusic video for "Not Myself Tonight" by Christina Aguilera.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsMatthew BrannJesse ColburnKevin John GoffMusic video for Avril Lavigne's 2002 single "Sk8er Boi". It centers around an impromptu concert held by Lavigne in a Los Angeles street intersection with a crowd quickly gathering.
- 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".
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsShakiraOfficial video-clip of Shakira's song "Whenever, Wherever".
- DirectorBaillie WalshStarsJordi CussíKylie MinogueKylie luxuriates sensually beside a pool with other basking dancers.
- DirectorMiikka LommiStarsDannii MinogueThe video features Minogue in a studio surrounded with colourful neon lights and spinning on a human-sized record player.
- 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.
- DirectorGrant SpanierStarsTrent CulkinZara LarssonOfficial music video for "Don't Worry Bout Me" by Zara Larsson.
- DirectorMatthew RolstonStarsAvril Lavignemusic video for "Hot" by Avril Lavigne.
- 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.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsCiaraKento Mori
- 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.
- DirectorPhil GriffinStarsCherylNadine CoyleGirls Aloud
- DirectorHannah Lux DavisImogene StraussStarsCharli XCXMusic video for Charli XCX's "Good Ones"
- DirectorRyan PallottaStarsDemi LovatoOfficial music video for "Neon Lights" by Demi Lovato.
- DirectorBojan BazelliJeb BrienAndrew MorahanStarsMariah CareyThe video takes place in a large cathedral-like room, with large winding staircases on each side. Throughout the video, the scenery changes several times from a cloudy and sunny day, to a glowing sunset. These time shifts are seen through a large carved window in the cathedral. The video begins with Carey's hair in long golden curls, and her wearing a skin-tight black jumper. She sits on the large ledge by the window, staring into the different colors in the sky. As the video progresses, Carey is joined by a small black cat, which accompanies her as she meditates on the large stairwell. After the song's second verse, a large microphone is seen in the middle of the room, where scenes of Carey singing and standing on the window's ledge interchange. The last scenes show Carey staring out into the meadow, smiling.
- DirectorIrv GottiStarsAshantiCharli BaltimoreIrv Gotti
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsSophie Ellis-Bextor
- DirectorBrian GrantStarsAretha FranklinWhitney HoustonSandy StrallenOfficial music video for "How Will I Know" by Whitney Houston.
- 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.
- DirectorFloria SigismondiStarsChristina AguileraJodi Rainesmusic video for "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera.
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsTOTOLenny CastroJenny Douglas-McRaeTOTO perform the song "Africa" in a library.
- DirectorDiane MartelStarsPixie Lott
- 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.
- DirectorJay DubinStarsChristie BrinkleyBilly JoelThe title character in the music video was played by Christie Brinkley, whom Billy Joel married two years later. Different versions of the music video opening were produced, in which an auto mechanic is watching the end of Joel's previous hit "Tell Her About It" on a small TV. Then, depending on the version, the next image on the TV is either a blank screen or the logo of the network or TV show the video was on.
- DirectorDiane MartelStarsMatthew BrannAvril LavigneIn the music video for "Nobody's Home", Lavigne plays a homeless teenager who appears to live street-to-street with a friend. Lavigne, who said it was a fun video to make, had to wear a black wig and acid-wash jeans when playing the homeless teenager. The video shifts to a more glamorous Lavigne who wears a dress with long, curled hair, singing the song with an orchestra behind her.
- DirectorNick HarwoodStarsJulio MarcelinoKim PetrasOfficial music video for "Heart to Break" by Kim Petras.
- DirectorMorgan LawleyStars4 Non BlondesChrista HillhouseLinda Perry4 Non Blondes perform in the music video "What's Up?" from the album "Bigger, Better, Faster, More!" recorded for Interscope Records. Dressed in punk clothing, the band performs the song as they stand in a living room set decorated with paintings. Video clips of the band in a park play throughout the video.
- DirectorGrimesStarsGrimesKwon Ji-yong
- 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.
- 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.
- DirectorKacey MusgravesStarsKacey MusgravesOfficial music video for "Follow Your Arrow" by Kacey Musgraves.
- 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.
- DirectorNez KhammalStarsLily Allen
- DirectorDarren GrantStarsBeyoncéDestiny's ChildLeToya Luckett
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsChristina AguileraMissy ElliottLil' KimThe music video for "Lady Marmalade", made to promote the song as well as the film Moulin Rouge! (2001).
- 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.