# Best Music Video Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619 "2015-04-14T04:43:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/1 "2015-04-14T04:43:58Z")
I gotta say Madonna’s “Vogue”. Or maybe George Michaels’ " Freedom". (not the 14 remake, the original) Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/2 "2015-04-14T08:13:45Z")
Guns N’ Roses, Estranged ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/3 "2015-04-14T08:17:42Z")
Johnny Cash - Hurt ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/4 "2015-04-14T08:53:48Z")
[The BPA: Toe Jam](https://vimeo.com/67152073) Fun, catchy, sexy, and laugh-out-loud hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![protoboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@protoboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/protoboard)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/5 "2015-04-14T09:01:42Z")
Take on Me ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/6 "2015-04-14T09:02:48Z")
> [@Eliahna](#): > > Johnny Cash - Hurt [Sad Kermit—Hurt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ta7mkgrOU) :eek: ☹ My other nominees? [Do The Evolution—Pearl Jam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDaOgu2CQtI) [Dog Days Are Over—Florence + The Machine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWOyfLBYtuU) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/7 "2015-04-14T09:06:23Z")
[Sledgehammer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q). Always has been, always will be. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/8 "2015-04-14T09:18:09Z")
There are so many amazing music videos out there, I couldn’t make a list of 50 of them that I’d be happy with saying they are the best ever. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/9 "2015-04-14T09:23:11Z")
Muse, [Knights of Cydonia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Yc3HhSl1Q). ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/10 "2015-04-14T09:39:01Z")
This one: [Like A Rolling Stone](http://video.bobdylan.com/desktop.html) . Takes a few seconds to load, but is absolutely amazing. Make sure you use the arrow keys to move up and down. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/11 "2015-04-14T09:46:48Z")
That is 15 channels of awesome. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/12 "2015-04-14T09:48:07Z")
Duran Duran [Girls on film.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCjMZMxNr-0) First video jukebox in the pub, got very high rotation. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/13 "2015-04-14T09:55:47Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > Muse, [Knights of Cydonia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Yc3HhSl1Q). I like their sound and that is one trippy video. ---
**Author:** ![Ken001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@Ken001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ken001)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/14 "2015-04-14T11:05:52Z")
Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie is long regarded as a superb early example of music videography. From 1980 [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGfzpqgBvl8) ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/15 "2015-04-14T11:13:07Z")
> [@protoboard](#): > > Take on Me This. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/16 "2015-04-14T11:31:34Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > [Sad Kermit—Hurt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ta7mkgrOU) :eek: ☹ Thank you. I have now seen Kermit the frog masturbating while idiots complain in the comments that Nine Inch Nails ripped off a Johnny Cash song. I have now lived. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/17 "2015-04-14T11:32:19Z")
I’d say that it’s the Chemical Brothers’ [Let Forever be](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5FyfQDO5g0). Totally beautiful, and still stunning 16 years on. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/18 "2015-04-14T11:42:11Z")
Beastie Boys - [Sabotage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5rRZdiu1UE) ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/19 "2015-04-14T11:46:25Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > [Sledgehammer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJWJE0x7T4Q). Always has been, always will be. Funny, I was about to come in and mention Shock the Monkey. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/20 "2015-04-14T12:08:53Z")
[“Every Breath You Take”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMOGaugKpzs) - the Police. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619.md?page=2)