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The Buggles"Video Killed the Radio Star"1980Russell Mulcahy3
First video on MTV
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David Bowie"Ashes to Ashes"1980David Mallet4
First music video with a budget to exceed 500k, a little under 2 million when adjusted to inflation - Bowie storyboarded and very involved in production
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Todd Rundgren"Time Heals"1981Todd Rundgren?3
Todd Rundgren embraced new tech constantly — nods to surrealism seem important for video form
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Sade"Smooth Operator"1983Julien Temple4
IMO, Temple is one of the first real self-conscious Auteurs of music videos
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a-Ha"Take on Me"1984Stuart Gosling4
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Michael Jackson"Billie Jean"1984Steve Barron5
First video by a Black artist to air on MTV
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Dire Straits"Money for Nothin"1985Steve Barron5
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Prince & The Revolution"Raspberry Beret"1985Prince / Drew Takahashi4
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Grace Jones"Slave to the Rhythm"1985Jean-Paul Goude7
Goude shot the Kim Kardashian "Break the Internet" picture
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Kate Bush"Hounds of Love"1986Kate Bush3
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Peter Gabriel"Sledgehammer"1986Stephen R. Johnson6
Animation by Quay Brothers & Aardman
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New Order"Touched By The Hand of God"1987Kathryn Bigelow4
Motley Crue / hair metal parody - stars Bill Paxton
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Madonna"Vogue"1990David Fincher5
This could also be purple tho bc Madonna is also a Video Auteur
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Sinead O'Connor"Nothing Compares 2 U"1990John Maybury5
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Garth Brooks"The Thunder Rolls"1991Bud Schaetle4
First video to air on GAC, banned by CMT
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R.E.M."Losing My Religion"1991Tarsem Singh5
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Beastie Boys"Sabotage"1994Spike Jonze3
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Fiona Apple"Criminal"1996Mark Romanek4
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Bjork"All is Full of Love"1997Chris Cunningham4
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The Prodigy"Smack My Bitch Up"1997Jonas Akerlund5
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Pras"Ghetto Superstar"1998Francis Lawrence5
Bulworth soundtrack - Warren Beatty appears in the video
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Rob Zombie"Living Dead Girl"1999Rob Zombie, Joseph Kahn3
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D'Angelo"Untitled (How Does it Feel)"2000Paul Hunter4
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The White Stripes"Fell in Love With a Girl"2001Michel Gondry2
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Brad Paisley"Celebrity"2003Peter Zavadil5
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Bowling for Soup"1985"2004Smith n' Borin4
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Nickelback"Rockstar"2005Dori Oskowitz4
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Video form
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Video auteurs - artists whose videowork is central to their body of work overall
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