I still remember watching the "Rock DJ" video on TRL and the looks of shock and confusion in the studio when they cut back to Carson Daly and the live audience (I'm honestly still surprised to this day that Robbie Williams never hit it big here)

The Spice Girls video for "Wanna Be" was genuinely an experience. It wasn't a special premiere like other music videos it just hit the MTV rotation at midnight one night and it felt like seeing something momentous happening while the rest of the world slept

Also this was later, in the 2010s, but one late night in the last era before MTV stopped airing music video blocks my friend and I were getting blazed together and when we caught the music video for "I Feel Better"I Feel Better"" by Hot Chip he left the room just before it got weird and when he came back I literally said "I'm so glad you're here I thought I was hallucinating" because that video is legitimately so strange. Peter Serafinowicz is a mad genius.

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antsam9@reddit

The first music video I remember was Rhcp Give it Away now. I wasnt even in kindergarten yet.

MJ's Thriller is iconic, I remember my neighbor had a VHS with the making of.

For some reason, Vanessa Carlton cruising around town on a piano comes to mind.

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CherryBombO_O@reddit

Don't Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty

Cool - Gwen Stefani

Again - Lenny Kravitz

Honorable Mentions:

One - Metallica

Tonight Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins

Mud - Primus

Whatever You Like - T.I.

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bunglesnacks@reddit

Tool - Sober

Sisqo - Thong Song

Primus - Big Brown Beaver

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imhungry4321@reddit

I agree with you on jamiroquai!

I'd like to add Tonight Tonight by the Smashing pumpkins.

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bjgrem01@reddit

Tonight Tonight is an amazing video.

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Lillabee18@reddit

Starring Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob!

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WhatTheCluck802@reddit

Runaway Train by Soul Asylum

No Rain by Blind Melon

Jeremy by Pearl Jam

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Threetimes3@reddit

Herbie Hancock’s Rock It scared me for life

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whattheduck02@reddit

I was so afraid of that video. Absolutely hated it.

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OperaGrrl71@reddit

I ran behind the couch and stayed for a long while, when that video was on.

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geriatricxennial@reddit

First Day of Spring - The Ghandarvas
Waterfalls - TLC
Just - Radiohead

So many on here people have listed makes me miss Much Music of the '90s.... where did we go wrong?!

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GenghisConnieChung@reddit

Can’t believe I had to scroll this far to find ‘Just’. Such a great video.

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PaperboysDitty98@reddit

At the time, Last Dance with Mary Jane was quite the controversial music video

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PaperboysDitty98@reddit

Thriller

Take On Me

Like A Prayer

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Haemwich@reddit

Many heavy hitters already mentioned. Here's some I remember vividly for being really out there.

Kenna - Hell Bent Short film MORE trimmed down with the track laid on top. There's at least one other version of this video

Blur - Coffee and TV

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Other Side

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Think_Heat8349@reddit

I said Hell Bent before seeing your comment!

I searched the internet for YEARS for the video. Finally found it ~ ten years ago, was so thankful to finally see it wasn’t a dream. Surreal how accurately it predicted our future.

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freezingprocess@reddit

Just - Radiohead
I Want Your Soul - Aphex Twin
Without Me -Eminem

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WeakCalligrapher336@reddit

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Think_Heat8349@reddit

Wicked Game!! Yesssss! The they used that in Family Man, too. That video lives on forever in my mind.

“Everyone… loves someone….”

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FajitaTits@reddit

Sabotage, Take on Me, and for some reason, that Crash Test Dummies song

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terententen@reddit

That Crash Test Dummies video is up there for sure.

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Think_Heat8349@reddit

Crash Test Dummies video. Weird Al’s version, too.

Both brilliant works!

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Metzger4Sheriff@reddit

Whenever the video for Virtual Insanity came on MTV, my sister and I would call each other and just start jamming out.

Re: Weapon of Choice, Christopher Walken grew up taking dance classes until he became an actor, and somehow Spike Jonze found out he could dance and got the idea to put him in the video. Christopher Walken liked the idea bc he never got his dancing on film even though he had so much training.

One more to add: Buddy Holly. This video is so fun and I love it so much. Anytime I need to say something isn't/wasn't good, it automatically comes out "Not so good, Al".

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Think_Heat8349@reddit

Buddy Holly came pre-installed on our Windows PC. I am immediately transported back to middle school and my dad’s computer desk whenever I hear that song.

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Gravy_Sommelier@reddit

And then when Jonze found out that Walken could also fly, he incorporated that into the video too.

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Metzger4Sheriff@reddit

Hahah-- there's commentary he did where he's like "I have to admit, that's not me". I know he means that's not him in the harness, but it really, really sounds like he's saying someone else had to be brought in to actually fly.

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GhostKingHoney@reddit

Prodigy ~ Smack My Bitch Up

Michael Jackson ~ Black and White

Guns & Roses ~ November Rain

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Think_Heat8349@reddit

OMG, Black or White was EPIC. That montage at the end? Chef’s kiss.

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Spurt_reynolds_@reddit

I was waiting for someone to mention smack my bitch up. Great video!

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Think_Heat8349@reddit

Kenna- Hellbent most people probably don’t know this one. They took a short film (amazing! Was nominated for an Academy Award!), that they put to their song. Take a minute and watch. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3xlfp
MJ- Thriller
Weird Al- White & Nerdy 🤣

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WendyPortledge@reddit

Most memorable?

Fish Heads - Barnes & Barnes

Da Funk - Daft Punk

.. I can’t think of any others atm!

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ghost_toe@reddit

Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights Sinead O’Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U Massive Attack - Angel

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Swaggedy_Anne@reddit

Chris Isaac wicked game

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HipHopGrandpa@reddit

Honorable mention:

Runaway Train - Soul Asylum (actually helped track down some missing kids.

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PeterPunksNip@reddit

Pearl Jam : Jeremy (visionary, it happens every month now it seems)

The Prodigy: Smack My Bitch Up ( epic plot twist)

La Femme : Sphinx (any pagan or wiccan will marvel at the amount of symbolism there. Also, the video is beautiful).

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heidivodka@reddit

aphex twin - windowlicker

Sun always shines on tv by A-Ha

hard woman by mick jagger

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Grouchy-Substance190@reddit

I Wanna fly away- Lenny Kravitz

Tonight tonight- Smashing Pumpkins

Down- 311

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shadowofmal@reddit

Blind Melon - No Rain

Love Lost - The Temper Trap

Think About Things - Daði Freyr

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Officialfish_hole@reddit

Ironic -Alanis

Aerosmith videos with Alicia Silverstone

Smashing Pumpkins 1979

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

Liv Tyler was hotter than Alicia.

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Logical_Two5639@reddit

and Mia...holy smokes 🔥🔥🔥

the tyler dna is way more flattering to women!

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Competitive_Ant_472@reddit

Oh my god no, so wrong

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Powermac8500@reddit

I saw an ad for Alicia Silverstone’s tv show, and made an involuntary noise. I apologize for nothing. Anyway, my son said who? So I made him watch Clueless and those videos.

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ConcreteKeys@reddit

Those old school girls/women weren't just pretty, they were cool. Everything is about being hypersexual now and it's so played out and boring when they all are doing the same act.

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C_Kawalsky@reddit

1979 had me convinced that I lived back then, that I'd gotten killed in a gas station robbery, then reincarnated in 1983. That music video inspired PTSD of something that never happened.

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Logical_Two5639@reddit

no cable growing up, but i was obsessed with music videos, especially the bizarre ones. i compensated by begging my friends to describe them scene by scene, in great detail--in particular, "Black Hole Sun" and "Last Dance With Mary Jane."

i also have an indelible memory of seeing Smashing Pumpkins "Tonight, Tonight" at the end of band practice. (Practice was last period of the day, and our band director let us have the classroom TV on while we waited for dismissal.) it's the origin story of my adolescent Smashing Pumpkins obsession.

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CommentMundane@reddit

Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana California Love - Tupac

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blue_suavitel@reddit

1000000% on the Peter Gabriel. Who starts out a video with sperm?!

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Jonestown_Juice@reddit

Pretty sure that song is about Pete's dick.

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SoupIsNotAMeal@reddit

Seems likely

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SoupIsNotAMeal@reddit

LOL I dont remember that but I remember being entertained by the dancing turkeys the end

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SweetPrism@reddit

Nick Parks worked on that video (the guy who created Wallace and Gromit). That song AND video are incredible: soft woodwinds, then BLAM! Horn section!

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pleasebequiet@reddit

These four all came to my mind at the same time:

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution Radiohead - Paranoid Android

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trinicron@reddit

Mother 93 live - Danzig.

Sex prison - Tool.

Stranger - guns n roses.

Honorific mention: Freedom - RATM

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Ok-Concert-6475@reddit

The best ones have already been listed, but I want to give an honorable mention to Uncharted by Sara Bareilles. The idea of an artist calling up a bunch of their singer/musician friends and asking them to lip sync to your song for a video is pretty cool and original.

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kindnessoffensive@reddit

For me, it's: Missy Elliott - The Rain, Alanis Morrisette - Ironic, and Radiohead - Paranoid Android

Special mention of Mariah Carey - Honey

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cellrdoor2@reddit

November Rain, Last Dance With Mary Jane (only because I first saw it late at night while babysitting and it creeped me out), and Thriller.

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Objective-Dust4795@reddit

Well OP read my mind.

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spinereader81@reddit

Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution

Billy Joel - We Didn't Start the Fire

The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (first music video I remember seeing)

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Beneficial-Finger353@reddit

Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs

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ah-mazia@reddit

Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel

Black or White by Michael Jackson

Opposites Attract by Paula Abdul

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Battlingdragon@reddit

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Amish Paradise - Weird Al

Smells like Nirvana - Weird Al

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0215rw@reddit

Last dance with Mary Jane

The Alicia Silverapoon Aerosmith ones

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JustChillFFS@reddit

Black hole sun

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Powasam5000@reddit

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Green Day - Long View
Touch Sensitive - Pizza Guy
Chet Faker - Gold

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Heinrichstr@reddit

Pyramid Song

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bobs-your-auntie@reddit

Firestarter - The Prodigy

Gimme Some More - Busta Rhymes

Man in the Box - Alice In Chains

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Sebastian_dudette@reddit

A-Ha - Take on Me

Guns N Roses - November Rain

Blind Melon - No Rain

Honorable mention: Van Halen - Jump

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VeniceDrumGuy@reddit

Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Don’t Come Around Here No More - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Buddy Holly - Weezer

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DasKittySmoosh@reddit

1- Windowlicker - Aphex Twin, directed by Chris Cunningham. Watched it 25 years ago for my first time (not even a fan of Aphex Twin, just Chris Cunningham's weird shit) and it just stuck with me and haunted me ever since. Chris Cunningham's mind is a scary place.

Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim, directed by Spike Jonze. We all know why. Nothing short of brilliance and whimsy.
Knights of Cydonia - Muse, directed by Joseph Kahn. This music video could've been turned into a futuristic sci-fi western feature film and I'd watch it. Love everything about it.

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swisszimgirl79@reddit

Thriller

Black or White

Remember the Time

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knosmo78@reddit

Sabotage - Beastie Boys Learning to Fly - Foo Fighters Weapon of Choice - Fatboy Slim

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epidemicsaints@reddit

Bjork - Human Behavior

PJ Harey - Down By the Water

Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted

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yodellingllama_@reddit

Huh. Cold Hearted? Not the one with the dancing animated cat?

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epidemicsaints@reddit

Cold Hearted has hot gay guys in it.

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Cass_Q@reddit

Peak choreography too

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epidemicsaints@reddit

And the kinky jungle gym!

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yodellingllama_@reddit

Ah. Well that checks out.

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rarselfaire2023@reddit

That's Opposites Attract

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Canadian_Commentator@reddit

for Bjork, I'm going with All Is Full Of Love

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pick_up_a_brick@reddit

Pearl Jam - Do the Evolution

Korn - Freak on a Leash

Aha - Take on Me

Tool - Sober

Sorry I don’t play by the rules

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LatinBotPointTwo@reddit

Aerosmith's Jaded. I looooove that video. Still leave "find the forest" messages on the family bathroom mirror. XD

Sabotage, of course.

Ana's Song (Open Fire) by Silverchair. That one spoke right to my soul back in 99, so much so I can't watch it today without feeling some sort of way.

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ShylockGotRobbed@reddit

You Might Think - The Cars. Baby's Got Back - Sir Mix-a-Lot (as long as it was after 10 PM) Black and White - Michael Jackson

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Garf_artfunkle@reddit

If Michel Gondry directed it, it was probably memorable as heck

eg. Let Forever Be - Chemical Brothers, Everlong - Foo Fighters, Fell In Love With A Girl - White Stripes

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LetsHookUpSF@reddit

November rain

I would go anything for love

Don't go chasing waterfalls

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LetsHookUpSF@reddit

November rain

I would go anything for love

Don't go chasing waterfalls

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irate_alien@reddit

Prodigy - That video they showed for a week and never again. the version with a psycho cat

Cibo Mato - Sugar Water

Björk - It’s Oh So Quiet

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agentmkultra666@reddit

The Cibo Matto video is one of my faves too! Made by Michel Gondry, who did a bunch of Bjork videos and just a bunch of other really incredible music videos in general.

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irate_alien@reddit

Gondry is amazing. Everything from Homogenic

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pookiebelle@reddit (OP)

That cat video was awesome.

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agentmkultra666@reddit

Triumph of a Heart!

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sunkistandsudafed3@reddit

Can't believe I have never seen that video before!

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punkindle@reddit

You all probably never saw these, but the (NSFW, very controversial) NIN videos from Broken, one of which showed a man being tortured and cut and drilled and grinded up until he was a pile of hamburger. Another was the uncensored version of Closer. Don't look these videos up. They haunt me.

another that you should actually go look up, is Aphex Twin - Rubber Johnny

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Chade_X@reddit

Thriller - Michael Jackson

You Might Think - The Cars

You Could Be Mine - Guns N Roses

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S1nnah2@reddit

Thriller

Sabotage

Virtual insanity

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agentmkultra666@reddit

All the ones you mentioned are sooo goood!

I have a billion favorite videos but here’s just a few off the top of my head:

Garbage - Push It
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Every Janet Jackson video made in the 80s (such incredible choreography and storytelling!) but specifically Pleasure Principle

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BigDaddyUKW@reddit

Nuthin' But A "G" Thang, November Rain, and Land Of Confusion. Shout outs to the Aerosmith videos with Alicia and Liv, as well as Thriller and anything by Weird Al. I assume there are others who had a hard time with this list? I mean, we are the MTV generation after all.

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Aggravating_Week184@reddit

Anything from eminem

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Aggravating_Week184@reddit

The one with the teletubbies in it

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Mysterious-Change954@reddit

All these answers are great! Ive forgotten about a lot of these videos and they all had a huge impact on me as a kid.

The only answer Im surprised I havent seen is: Van Halen - Right Now. And maybe Soul Asylum - Runaway train.

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olduglysweater@reddit

Fell in Love with a Girl - White Stripes

Closer - NiN

Doesn't Really Matter - Janet Jackson. It was just so bright, colorful and Janet's smile was like pure sunshine to me

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EffectiveCycle@reddit

Money For Nothing

Scream

Virtual Insanity

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Just_Another_AI@reddit

Björk - All Is Full of Love. Amazing video.

Daft Punk - Around the World. I love the quirkiness.

Wierd Al - Fat

Honorable mentions:

Kylie Minogue - Come Into My Worrld

Chemical Brothers - Star Guitar

Note that 3 of my top 5 are directed by Michel Gondry.

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cbloomer7@reddit

My Chemical Romance “Helena”. The synchronized choreography is fantastic!

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Enge712@reddit

Genesis - land of confusion

Green Jello- three little pigs

Tom petty- free falling

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Rynoman@reddit

Land of Confusion is not getting enough love in this thread. That video freaked me out as a kid, but when DC Follies came out - my stepmom loved that show - it gradually clicked. Still relevant today, just update the puppets.

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thotuthot@reddit

2 & #3 instantly popped in my head when scrolling!

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PiffWiffler@reddit

1) Thriller - Michael Jackson

Arguably the most famous music video of all time. It's basically a movie. And Vincent Price!!

2) Star Guitar - Chemical Brothers

Every sound has a visual representation on screen. Taken from the point of view of someone looking through a passenger train window.

3) Land of Confusion - Genesis

The video uses "Spitting Image" puppets and for some reason it's permanently burned in my memory.

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TijayesPJs443@reddit

-Deee-lite “Groove is in the Heart”

-Daft Punk “Around the World”

-Eric Prydz “Call on me”

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omnes1lere@reddit

Pearljam - Do the Evolution

I don't even like pearljam but that may be the greatest music video ever.

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Rynoman@reddit

I ran out and bought Yield the next day after seeing this video. It's the only Pearl Jam CD I owned.

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Bibblegead1412@reddit

Thriller- Michael Jackson, Sledgehammer-Peter Gabriel, Land of Confusion- Genesis

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UTALR1@reddit

Metallica- One - stayed up late to watch the premiere, the greatest metal song/video ever. Simple, bleak & brutally effective. Guns N Roses - November Rain - band that could have been my generations Led zep, stones. This is them at their peak. In skill & decadence. The Bangles- Walk Like an Egyptian - 9 yr me was forever changed upon witnessing the incomparable beaty of Susanna Hoffs. Those looks, that voice, forget about it.

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billskns5th@reddit

Hot for Teacher Paradise City Kickstart My Heart

Probably remember them because of how much each was played.

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ericthepilot2000@reddit

I've seen a lot of good ones here, I'd add

Henry Rollins - Liar

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Informal_Border8581@reddit

I only know about Jamiroquai because when MTV had the Buffy cast do a Videos That Don't Suck countdown, Charisma chose Virtual Insanity.

My choices would be Into The Great Wide Open by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel, and Land of Confusion by Genesis.

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panic_poo@reddit

I also downloaded those videos from Kazaa

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namesmakemenervous@reddit

Wicked Games

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IrresponsibleBread@reddit

The Chemical Brothers- Let Forever Be

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SamSara3443@reddit

gif

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myobeez@reddit

Metallica One

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playfulwarning@reddit

Untitled -D'Angelo; this video had me and all of my friends in a choke hold. You could hear a pin drop as we were mesmerized🥵
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See -Busta Rhymes. Visually stunning.
Smack My Bitch Up -The Prodigy; banned by MTV? Sign me up!

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big_ringer@reddit

Running Down a Dream - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers

Remember the Time - Michael Jackson

3 Little Pigs - Green Jelly

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trustme1maDR@reddit

A-Ha - Take on me Metallica - One REM - Losing my religion

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Upvoteexpert@reddit

George Michael’s Freedom. It came on XM the other day and my first thought was damn what a great video that was.

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paulster2626@reddit

Amish Paradise.

The churning butter clip gets me every time.

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Express-Cow190@reddit

A lot of good ones on here! Id add these that i remember that I don’t see elsewhere yet.

Radiohead - Just

Bjork - It’s Oh So Quiet

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scotttydosentknow@reddit

Sober - TOOL

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

Take on Me - a-ha

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Upvoteexpert@reddit

Too much scrolling to find Take on me!

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yourlittlebirdie@reddit

Take On Me is the one I immediately thought of!

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sweet_windex@reddit

De La Soul - Oooh

Busta Ryhmes - Dangerous

Mellow Man Ace - Mentirosa

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ddmf@reddit

Come to Daddy, Come on my selector, and Windowlicker.

Chris Cunningham just knows how to make a weird video.

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ExAcrobat968@reddit

Everybody hurts - REM

Karma police - Radiohead

Bachelorette - Bjork

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whattheduck02@reddit

Ahhhhh I forgot Everybody Hurts. I loved coming home from school to catch that on tv.

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greyshem@reddit

Sorrow- Bad Religion

And my other two picks have been done to death:

Sober- TOOL

Black Hole Sun- Soundgarden

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whattheduck02@reddit

Black Hole Sun's video disturbed me. I hated the melting Barbie doll and when the lady's face got all distorted. Still skeezes me out.

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elkniodaphs@reddit

What's on Your Mind by Information Society (CD+G, came as a pack-in with the Sega CD)
Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics (on ColorSounds, VHF with the rabbit ears)
Gatecrashing by Living in a Box (brilliant and stupid at the same time, but I gotta tip my hat to the lead singer repping Body Glove)

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WritingNerdy@reddit

Land of Confusion by Genesis was a fav of mine as a kid.

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platypus_farmer42@reddit

Michael Jackson - Fat

Chris Isaac - Wicked Games (it was basically soft core porn so I def remember that)

TLC - Waterfalls. ( I never even liked that song but for some reason I remember the video)

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forgetfulsue@reddit

Thriller, Don’t Come Around Here No More, and Bye, Bye, Bye.

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whattheduck02@reddit

I'm giving you four choices because I can't decide. No particular order:

Take On Me - A-ha (as a child, the changing dementions were mind-blowing)
Three Little Pigs - Green Jelly (this was epic when I was in like first grade-ish)
Touch of Grey - Grateful Dead (I loved this video as a child! And, according to my mom, I was terrified of it. I don't remember that)
Land of Confusion - Genesis (terrifying video - especially Reagan in the bathtub. Itty Bitty Me! was scared - but I'd still watch it everytime it came on Mtv/VH-1)

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whattheduck02@reddit

OHH runners-up:

Buddy Holly - Weezer (so fun)
Pepper - Butthole Surfers (I always liked the video more than the song)

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Grouchy-Reflection97@reddit

1. 'Now That We've Found Love' - Heavy D & The Boys

(everyone is in very squeaky looking raincoats, with one dancer in a see-through plastic jumpsuit, wearing only his boxers and socks underneath. It's not even raining. I love that video, as it's better than Prozac)

2. 'Rhythm Nation' - Janet Jackson

(It's a black & white Orwellian dystopia. Everyone is sad, and they live in a factory, apparently, but don't worry. Janet Jackson is here, and she has her own paramilitary group. They're going to fix everything via the medium of aggressive shoulder-thrusty dance moves. I thought it was the coolest thing ever when it first came out, and it's still amazing)

'Alright' - Kenrick Lamar

(Absolutely stunning video, with Kendrick flying around like a mad lad. The cute little smile he does after he's 'shot' makes me do a girly squeal every time, lol)

Bonus honourable mentions

Tobe Nwigwe and Busta Rhymes, as every video they do is fantastic.

Tobe for stunning visuals and choreography. Every video is like a mini musical/ballet. My favourite is 'Destruction'.

Busta Rhymes for being a very funny dude, with every video being extremely silly.

Oooh, also T Pain, as he's very silly too (his latest video for 'Club Husband' is hilarious)

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

"Rock the Cradle of Love" by Billy Idol was a big deal to me as a young man. During that time, my body was changing in ways that I didn't fully understand at the time. The girl in that video helped me figure it out, though.

Robert Palmer is responsible for me having a thing for icy brunettes.

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ZealousidealPound460@reddit

Jamaraquie (sp)
?
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xRVAx@reddit

Radiohead Paranoid Android

Tom Petty Don't come around here anymore

Beastie boys intergalactic

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Cass_Q@reddit

Black Hole Sun for being weird.

Cold Hearted Snake for my first video I ever saw on MTV.

Take on Me, I thought the concept was super cool.

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Gloom_Pangolin@reddit

Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It

Tom Petty - Don’t Come Around Here No More

NIN - Closer

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BorealBeats@reddit

Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy

Scarface - My Block

White Stripes - Hardest Button to Button

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DrawTap88@reddit

Paula Abdul - Opposites Attract Tool - Any of their videos Talking Heads - And She Was

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pookiebelle@reddit (OP)

Opposites Attract is such a fun video.

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blue_suavitel@reddit

Most things on pop up video

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Typeintomygoodear@reddit

A little later in years but Scream by Michael and Janet was iconic

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pookiebelle@reddit (OP)

Yes! Agree.

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KevinStoley@reddit

Tonight Tonight - Smashing Pumpkins

Smooth Criminal - Michael Jackson

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

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terententen@reddit

First 2 popped right out...
Faith No More - Epic and Blind Melon - No Rain After that tbh I'm not sure. Probably Spice Girls - Wannabe

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pookiebelle@reddit (OP)

I was obsessed with No Rain.

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Cromasters@reddit

Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden

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ravendarklord76@reddit

Weapon of Choice - Christopher Walkin needs to do more music videos.

Schism - Tool. Fucking fever dream.

New York City - Horse the Band. If you know, you know.

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ReiperXHC@reddit

No Rain, Around The World (Daft Punk), Tonight Tonight (smashing pumpkins)

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Cybertron77@reddit

Three little pigs by Green Jelly
Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden
Freak on a Leash by Korn

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pookiebelle@reddit (OP)

Omg yes Black Hole Sun was so cinematic.

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Ok-Moment2223@reddit

Salt n Peppa - Shoop

Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

A Tribe Called Quest - Award Tour

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Ggface36@reddit

I remember Salt, Peppa, and Spinderela all having amazing abs in that video

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PermitInteresting388@reddit

Sabotage Heart Shaped Box Firestarter

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staircasegh0st@reddit

Tool - Sober (not a huge fan of the band but wow)

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

Björk - Human Behavior

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kokujinzeta@reddit

The Cure - Close to me Remix (when they all play at the bottom of the sea after falling off a cliff in the last video)

The Blow Monkeys - Digging Your Scene

The Smiths - How Soon is Now

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ZedArkadia@reddit

A-ha: Take On Me Ladytron: Blue Jeans Supercar: Be

I wanted to go with selections that weren't being mentioned and I wanted to stay away from the 80s because there would be too much for me to choose from, but I just can't leave out Take On Me - it doesn't get much more memorable than that.

Blue Jeans isn't some amazing work of cinematography or anything but the entire style, vibe, and aesthetic (as well as the song) just really hit the spot for me.

Be is just wild and there was a time where the video completely dominated my attention span. One of the few songs where the video got me more into the song instead of the other way around.

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Ggface36@reddit

California Girls - David Lee Roth

Remember The Time - Micheal Jackson

Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden

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MidwestKanaka@reddit

Heart-All I Want to Do is Make Love to You

Garbage-Only Happy When It Rains

Bon Jovi-Always

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LineImpossible3958@reddit

I miss the MTV of our youth. I was lucky enough to always have cable.

November Rain - iconic, aired constantly, most expensive, can still picture most of the scenes, etc

Paradise City- The massive crowd at the Meadowlands, Axl showing his badges, the backstage look at their set up, my favorite GnR video.

Cold Hearted Snake- Paula Abdul - if you were approaching puberty when this came out you remember it. I had a closet fill of Paula Abdul pics and posters, because of this video.

Many other ones I could mention too

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scarbnianlgc@reddit

Cryin - Aerosmith

I would do anything for love - Meatloaf

I will always love you - Whitney

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Verbull710@reddit

Then:

GnR - Estranged Dire Straits - Money For Nothing Chris Isaak - Wicked Game

Now/Recent-ish:

Darlingside - The God of Loss M83 - Midnight City LCD Soundsystem - Oh Baby

Special Mention:

Rob Cantor - Shia Labeouf (Live)

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Separate_Counter9427@reddit

Land of Confusion - Genesis (So weird!)

Beat It

Welcome to the Jungle

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StillhasaWiiU@reddit

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Dandibear@reddit

Come On, Eileen. I was absolutely entranced by those overalls and that synchronized walk down the street.

Thriller.

Take On Me.

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awesomeviking711@reddit

Primus - Wynon’s Big Brown Beaver Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs Metallica - One

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Riker_Omega_Three@reddit

Take On Me - Aha

Aerosmith - Crazy

Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity

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ConcreteKeys@reddit

Tom Petty- Mary Janes Last Dance

Weird Al- Mmmm Mmmm Parody

Madonna- Like a Prayer

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laurenishere@reddit

Black or White - Michael Jackson. Remember when it premiered on Fox and it was like 20 minutes long??

November Rain - Guns 'N Roses. But I was a very sensitive child and I hated seeing the wedding get ruined.

Free Fallin' - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Catchy song, and this video seemed to always be on.

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ResidentTVCritic@reddit

Stone Tempe Pilots - Plush

Aerosmith - Cryin’

4 Non Blondes - What’s going on

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Godawgs1009@reddit

Winona's big brown beaver

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Wapiti_whacker82@reddit

Pretty much anything from OK GO, Foo Fighters - Everlong - Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight.

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frawgster@reddit

Smack my bitch up 👌

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Shortbus_Playboy@reddit

Primus - Winona’s Big Brown Beaver

Aphex Twin - Come to Daddy

Thriller

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BottomDonkey@reddit

Paranoid Android

Toxic -Not a fan of her music but she was peak hot

Smack my bitch up

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Dimplefrom-YA@reddit

any videos by Missy Elliot. I was just floored by her videos.

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Smoky1279@reddit

Bedrock Anthem, Jurassic Park, and Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies.

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addymermaid@reddit

November Rain - Guns 'n Roses Whip it - Devo Waterfalls - TLC

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One_Market_9335@reddit

Sledgehammer and Big Time (Peter Gabriel)
Land of Confusion (Genesis)

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fearofcrowds@reddit

Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight

Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun

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coogden@reddit

Sledgehammer, sabotage , peek a boo (souxie and the banshees )

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jackatman@reddit

Brittany spears' videos are some of the only ones that pop vividly back. Can't think of why that might be.

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Solid-Hedgehog9623@reddit

Madonna - Express Yourself
Love and Rockets - Alive
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer

I already had the biggest crush on Madonna as a kid and this video made me feel new things, lol. The love and rockets video was so weird and moody and different than anything else that was on mtv. It stood out to me. I probably don’t need to explain the sledgehammer one. Shit was out there.

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Gravy_Sommelier@reddit

How many music videos does Interstella 5555, the anime based on Daft Punk's ~Discovery~ count as?

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CaptPotter47@reddit

I really started watching music videos when TRL was a at its height. So my most memorable videos are based around when I started watching those.

Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby One More Time - huge crush on her. She’s my age
Korn - Freak on a Leash - slow mo??!??!! This was basically magic to me
Blink 182 - All the Small Things - what’s better to teenager boy than mocking stupid boy band? Not much

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CommentMundane@reddit

Mmmmmm dak a boom dum ba dita!

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MrNice1983@reddit

Wynonas Big Brown Beaver

Prison Sex

In Bloom/Buddy Holly (tie)

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Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right

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Guns 'N Roses, "November Rain"

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Sledgehammer