History of Music videos

  • The Jackson 5 "I want you back"

    The Jackson 5 "I want you back"
    This song is more a performace video. This song also went to number one on the Soul singles chart for 1 month and held the number one position on the "Billboard Hot 100 singles" chart for the week ending January in 1970.
  • Chic "Le Freak"

    Chic "Le Freak"
    "Le Freak" is a successful 1978 disco song by the band Chic. It was the band's third single album and first Billboard Hot 100 and soul music number one song. Once again it is a perfromace based music video. The song is also heard in the 2004 movie, Shrek 2.
  • The Buggles "video killed the radio star"

    The Buggles "video killed the radio star"
    The video was made on a budget of $50,000 and directed by Russell Mulcahy. The song was written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1978. It's a mixture of a concept and performance video.
  • Journey "Dont stop Believin"

    Journey "Dont stop Believin"
    This song is by the American rock band Journey, originally released as a single from their seventh studio album Escape.
  • Michael Jackson "Thriller"

    Michael Jackson "Thriller"
    This music video is directed by John Landis. The music video continues with a range of dance routines which are now deemed as iconic. Thriller was released on November 30, 1982, and sold one million copies worldwide per week.
  • Madonna "Vogue"

    Madonna "Vogue"
    This music video has a unquie style and is directed by David Fincher. The video featured the "House Of Extravaganza," a group of New York City dancers who "Vogued" along with Madonna.
  • TLC "Waterfulls"

    TLC "Waterfulls"
    This song was released as their third single from their second album CrazySexyCool. It reached top five in lots of countries, including spending seven weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
  • Lou Bega "Mambo No.5"

    Lou Bega "Mambo No.5"
    Lou Bega's cover was a hit in the United Kingdom and Australia, where it reached number one in 1999. It stayed at number-one in Australia for eight weeks. This again is based on a perfomace concept.
  • Density's Child "Say My Name"

    Density's Child "Say My Name"
    This is performance based as well. However we see them in differnt rooms all in the same colour which is unquie. This song is by R&B American group Destiny's Child. It was written by band members Beyoncé Knowles, LeToya Luckett, LaTavia Roberson and Kelly Rowland along with LaShawn Daniels, Fred Jerkins III and Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins for their second album.
  • Vaness Carlton "Thousand Miles"

    Vaness Carlton "Thousand Miles"
    This msuic video is very mushc again a perfomance based music video however has narrative as well. This msuic video was produced by Curtis Schweitzer and Ron Fair, the song was released as the lead single for Carlton's album Be Not Nobody (2002).
  • Flo Rida "Low"

    Flo Rida "Low"
    The video of "Low" was directed by Bernard Gourley and contains certain clips from Step Up 2. This therefore is using and showing Andrew Goodwins theory of promoting movies in music videos.
  • Beyonce "Single Ladies"

    Beyonce "Single Ladies"
    Single ladies is performance based as she is keeping eye contact with the camera and its just her with her dancers. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and has been certified quadruple-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, with more than 5 million paid digital downloads.
  • Justin Bieber "Baby"

    Justin Bieber "Baby"
    Baby was a massive success in Justin's life and made every teenage girl melt. This is more a narrative based music video as we see Justin following the girl around however, he is singing and dancing therefore we see performance coming through. The track was written by Bieber with Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Terius "The-Dream" Nash, both of whom worked with Bieber on "One Time", and also by R&B singer Christina Milian and labelmate, rapper Ludacris.
  • Coldplay "Paradise"

    Coldplay "Paradise"
    "Paradise" is a song by British alternative rock band Coldplay. The song was released on 12 September 2011 as the second single from their fifth studio album, Mylo Xyloto. On 30 November, the song was then nominated for a Grammy Award, in the category "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance".
  • Arctic Monkeys "Arabella"

    Arctic Monkeys "Arabella"
    An official music video was directed by English director Jake Nava, premiered on 2 March 2014. This msuic video is again mre performance based.
  • Chris Brown "5 More Hours"

    Chris Brown "5 More Hours"
    This song shows how much music video's have changed. The quailty of the camera work has improved so much. Five Hours" is a 2014 single by Mexican-American DJ Deorro and has appeared in a great number of dance compilations in 2014.