# Best music video dance choreography **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-dance-choreography/620129 "2012-04-27T13:53:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-dance-choreography/620129/1 "2012-04-27T13:53:50Z")
(There is no rule to this thread, but personally I’m not counting any Michael Jackson videos). I nominate Janet Jackson’s [“Miss You Much”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVF0zcqr9Dg&ob=av3e). I usually just “listen” to music videos; only occasionally will I look up from whatever I’m doing to actually watch them. But “Miss You Much” ALWAYS stops me in my tracks. I’ll sit there like a cat, concentrating on the precision of the movements, wishing I could imitate just a fraction of it. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-dance-choreography/620129/2 "2012-04-28T05:26:43Z")
I’m dating myself and calling into question my musical tastes - but I always liked the dancing to “[Cold Hearted](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7aShcmEksw&ob=av2n)” ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-dance-choreography/620129/3 "2012-04-28T06:04:41Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I nominate Janet Jackson’s [“Miss You Much”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVF0zcqr9Dg&ob=av3e). WTF is that purple monstrosity to the left of the screen?! Who could watch dancing when curled up in fear beneath the desk? ---
**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-dance-choreography/620129/4 "2012-04-28T11:33:06Z")
OK GO, [Here It Goes Again.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTAAsCNK7RA) Fucking genius. ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-dance-choreography/620129/5 "2012-04-28T19:34:17Z")
I always liked Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation 1814”. It had some impressive choreograhy. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2012, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-dance-choreography/620129/6 "2012-04-28T19:43:53Z")
[Riverdance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB5GNnWgs68&feature=fvst) d&r ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-dance-choreography/620129/7 "2012-04-29T04:40:32Z")
MC Frontalot’s [Wallflowers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR_1yRPqXEE) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-dance-choreography/620129/8 "2012-04-29T12:20:27Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > WTF is that purple monstrosity to the left of the screen?! I believe that is the repellent talentless lump known as Nicki Minaj. She doesn’t even have a proper name. I like Janet Jackson’s [Rhythm Nation](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAwaNWGLM0c&ob=av3e), and Paula Abdul’s [Opposites Attract](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xweiQukBM_k&ob=av2e). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-dance-choreography/620129/9 "2012-04-29T14:43:42Z")
Sort of a proto-music video–[Daddy’s Song](http://youtu.be/ornP4eeCyBI) with Davy Jones and Toni Basil ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-dance-choreography/620129/10 "2012-04-29T20:19:03Z")
“Weapon of Choice,” by Fatboy Slim, featuring Christopher Walken (a hoofer at heart!)