# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/21 "2015-04-14T13:18:21Z")
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Kesha’s “Blow” and “C’mon” ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/22 "2015-04-14T13:26:29Z")
Wow, 20 people posted without mentioning “Thriller.” It’s that or “Take on Me.” I heard “Single Ladies” by Beyoncé was one of the best music videos of all time, but I’m not sure I’ve even seen it. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/23 "2015-04-14T13:29:08Z")
[Mahalageasca-- This is the greatest video ever.](https://youtu.be/lKSQtodyc9M) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/24 "2015-04-14T13:29:36Z")
I was beaten to “Thriller,” but give it up also for “Beat It,” which is perhaps the most \*influential \*music video of all time. Also: “Buddy Holly” by Weezer “Feel Good Inc.” by Gorillaz “Praise You” by Fatboy Slim ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/25 "2015-04-14T13:32:29Z")
Turn Down For What /thread ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/26 "2015-04-14T13:37:10Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > 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. This. With movies and musicians, it’s common to see “top 100” lists, and we could easily do so with music videos. For such a list, I will offer [Run Boy Run](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmc21V-zBq0) by Woodkid. I have a difficult time articulating the feelings that video inspires when I watch it; suffice it to say that it is (for me at least) powerful. ---
**Author:** ![alted315](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alted315](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alted315)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/27 "2015-04-14T13:37:42Z")
Jeopardy by Greg Kihn low budget but the metaphor comparing a wedding to a horror movie is classic ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/28 "2015-04-14T13:41:37Z")
[Bubble Butt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR-NXv5Tma0). Maybe not the best but at least it is the most subtle. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/29 "2015-04-14T13:54:37Z")
As a child of the 80’s, IMHO A-Ha’s “Take on Me” will always be the best music video of all time. With Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” in second place. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/30 "2015-04-14T14:09:58Z")
Not sure if its ‘best’ but one that always makes me stop whatever I’m doing and watch hypnotised for 5.05 is Sinead O’Connor [_Nothing compares to you_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6MNvjrScyo). ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/31 "2015-04-14T14:14:22Z")
**Interstella 5555** , the Daft Punk album music video. Otherwise for me music videos reached their peak at “You might think I’m crazy” by The Cars. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/32 "2015-04-14T14:15:45Z")
Lemon Jelly, [“Nice Weather for Ducks”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC5jmZCFRQo) Trust me. Instant happiness. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/33 "2015-04-14T14:47:33Z")
[Total Eclipse Of the Heart (Literal Version)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgWUq0fdKk). Greatest Music video parody of all time! ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/34 "2015-04-14T16:12:17Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I was beaten to “Thriller,” but give it up also for “Beat It,” which is perhaps the most \*influential \*music video of all time. Weird Al’s video for “Eat It” is an awesome visual parody. I have to wonder, if the “Beat It” video had never been made, would Al’s career (let alone Michael’s) have taken off like it did? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/35 "2015-04-14T16:27:17Z")
I’ve always thought that Tom Petty had some great videos: [Into the Great Wide Open](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqmFxgEGKH0), featuring Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, and a small host of cameo appearances, the Alice In Wonderland themed [Don’t Come Around Here No More](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0JvF9vpqx8), and my personal favorite, the post apocalyptic [You Got Lucky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txPz7HJ0LSA) ---
**Author:** ![SUZ\_MAC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@SUZ\_MAC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SUZ_MAC)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/36 "2015-04-14T16:28:46Z")
A couple of my all-time favorites are Fall Out Boys “I don’t Care” and Lady GaGa’s “Telephone”. Michael Jackson did put out a lot of good videos. My favorite of his is “Black and White”. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/37 "2015-04-14T18:05:10Z")
Some excellent choices here. Two I’d add from opposite ends of the subtlety spectrum [Star Guitar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S43IwBF0uM), by The Chemical Brothers, gentle, rhythmic and hypnotic. [Go with the Flow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcHKOC64KnE), by queens of the stone age. Which is pounding and brutally sexual. You basically have your head pushed between a pair of massive jiggling boobs, but in a _good_ way. ---
**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/38 "2015-04-14T18:23:17Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > [Star Guitar](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S43IwBF0uM), by The Chemical Brothers, gentle, rhythmic and hypnotic. By the masterful Michel Gondry! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/39 "2015-04-14T18:34:18Z")
My personal favorites (notwithstanding those already mentioned) would have to be; Smashing Pumpkins - [Tonight, Tonight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOG3eus4ZSo) The Offspring - [Why Don’t You Get a Job?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxSEW3sUitA) Killswitch Engage - [Holy Diver](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR7dG_m3MsI) And, of course, the '80s-est video of all time, Michael Sembello’s [Automatic Man](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu_kBTbbulQ). ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619/40 "2015-04-14T18:45:10Z")
Best Dance: [Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7z57qrZU8) Best Concept: Take On Me as mentioned already Best Overindulgence of Video Medium: [Van Halen - Hot For Teacher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4_Ommfvv0) Best Statement Piece: [Talk Talk - It’s My Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ixRWvrkUHo) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-music-video-ever/717619.md?page=3)