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Jul 30, 2021 · From Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" to The Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony", see the best music videos of all time according to Rolling Stone. The list covers various genres, artists, and eras, with commentary and analysis by the magazine's staff.
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May 31, 2024 · Discover the iconic music videos that have shaped pop culture and revolutionized the art form. Check out the greatest music videos of all time, now.
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Today, music videos continue to push boundaries and innovate. Here's a look at 25 influential music videos listed in chronological order.
- Thriller‘ by Michael Jackson. From the moment it was released in December 1983, ‘Thriller’ was destined to become one of the most legendary music videos of all time.
- Like a Prayer’ by Madonna. Burning crosses, stigmata, saintly seduction—it’s not hard to see why this 1989 music video caused a bit of a stir. Directed by Mary Lambert, who directed both Pet Sematary films, it was condemned by the Vatican, banned from Italian television and prompted Pepsi to abandon its $5 million ad campaign featuring the song.
- Karma Police’ by Radiohead. Radiohead re-teamed with director Jonathan Glazer—who also helmed their clip for ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’—for this masterpiece of moody abstraction from 1997's ‘OK Computer’.
- Runaway’ by Kanye West. This short-film music video, which adds a grandiose visual narrative to Ye’s nearly universally-acclaimed masterpiece, ‘My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, is maybe the most ambitious demonstration of the artist’s cosmic vision.
- Lady Gaga, “Bad Romance” (dir. Francis Lawrence, 2009) By the time she crawled out of your mom’s Volvo roof box to deliver her first rah-rah-rahs, Lady Gaga had already hosted a poolside orgy, transformed the subway into her debaucherous lair, and sought poisonous revenge on Alexander Skarsgård for throwing her off the edge of a castle.
- Missy Elliott, “Work It” (dir. Dave Meyers, 2002) While most of her contemporaries settled for music videos that made them look tough or sexy, Missy Elliott got strange with hers, and “Work It” is a perfect distillation of her idiosyncratic vision of warped world.
- D’Angelo, “Untitled (How Does It Feel?)” (dir. Paul Hunter, 2000) Naked as the day he was born, save for a gold chain and bracelet, D’Angelo is the entirety of the simple, single-take video for “Untitled.”
- Beyoncé, “Formation” (dir. Melina Matsoukas, 2016) Beyoncé stopped the world for the umpteenth time when she dropped the explosive song and video for “Formation,” just a day before performing the anthem at Super Bowl 50.
Nov 15, 2021 · Our updated list of the 100 greatest music videos of all time spans four decades and showcases the power and proficiency of the medium.
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