100 Greatest Music videos (Most Unique)

#98 Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy (1984)

This video was used to illustrate the story about a young gay mans isolation. It showed the life of the group who were all homosexual. The video shows a young gay man getting attacked due to his sexual orientation. It portrays a part of what some gay men go through.



#96 So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds (2001)

This video was cleverly used to portray the entire group. So Solid Crew contained a large number of members so they used the '21 second' concept to portray their style and character. 21 seconds was the amount of time they had for each verse and so they used this concept as a way of showcasing themselves.



#92 Herbie Hancock - Rockit (1983)

This video was a very intelligent video at the time of it's release. Around this time MTV would not show black artists videos. This video used a unique idea of making robot body parts the main focus of the video, with the actual artist concealed in the background of the video. This proved successful as the video was in fact shown on MTV.

#88 Elton John - I want love (2001)

Elton John wasn't someone who liked appearing in videos and so he chose to get Robert Downey Jr. to play his part in the video instead. At this time he was recovering from drug use and the emotion from this was transpired in the video. The whole video was one continuous scene and it took 16 takes to complete.

#63 George Michael - Outside (1998)

Previous to the release of this video, George Michael had been involved in an incident in a public toilet and it had been reported that he was gay. This video replicates that incident in a mockery fashion and is a statement by George Michael confirming he was gay and that he was not ashamed.

#31 Eminem - Stan (2000)

This video was used to tell the story of a crazed Eminem fan who was driven to homicide due to Eminem not replying to his fan mail. It was quite a dark story and caused a stir in the industry however it was a very successful song which also helped in the success of the album 'The Marshall Mathers LP'. The song also used a sample from the song 'Thank You' By Dido, who also appeared in the video, which helped to launch her stardom.

#14 Christina Aguilera - Dirrty

This video is an example of how some artists used music videos to change their public perception. Christina went from the child friendly 'mickey mouse club' to the completely opposite end of the spectrum. This song and video was saying that she was a sex symbol and wanted to be taken seriously; and she was successful in doing this.