From ‘Thriller’ to ‘This Is America’: 10 Videos That Made Music History

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00:00From Thriller to This Is America, 10 videos that made music history.

00:06Number 10. Bohemian Rhapsody.

00:09Queen's 4,500-pound promo film bypassed Top of the Pops.

00:14Pioneering effects shocked EMI, topped charts, and foreshadowed MTV's global potential.

00:20Number 9. This Is America.

00:23Shot in Atlanta on Ari Alexa with long takes.

00:26Sherry Silver's choreography, RCA's backing, 12.9 million day-one views,

00:32while generating academic papers and congressional discussions.

00:37Number 8. Sledgehammer.

00:39Peter Gabriel endured 16 hours under glass as Aardman's stop-motion,

00:43Mitchell Camera's 100,000-pound budget, and Risk delivered 9 VMAs and timeless innovation.

00:50Number 7. Take On Me.

00:52A Haas Rotoscope Vision used Oxbury cameras, $200,000, thousands of traced frames,

00:59and skepticism yielded 6 VMAs, an enduring influence.

01:03Number 6. Single Ladies. Put a Ring On It.

01:07Minimalist 16mm. One-day silver cup shoot under $50,000.

01:12Jaquel Knight's replicable choreography fueled viral dances and record-breaking organic promotion.

01:17Number 5. Smells Like Teen Spirit.

01:22Shot cheaply in a gym with real teens,

01:24Samuel Byer's handheld Chaos Alarm Geffen Records,

01:27then dominated MTV Europe and reshaped programming.

01:31Number 4. Like A Prayer.

01:34Madonna leveraged controversy into culture-shaping coverage.

01:37Despite Vatican backlash, Sire supported provocative visuals

01:40that remained massively commercially successful.

01:44Number 3. Baby One More Time.

01:4616-year-old Britney Spears insisted on the schoolgirl look.

01:51Low-budget Venice High shoot with Steadicam birthed era-defining visuals and publicity.

01:56Number 2. Thriller.

01:59Michael Jackson's 14-minute, $1 million epic with John Landis and Rick Baker

02:03defied executives, broke MTV racial barriers, and defined Halloween choreography.

02:09Number 1. Gangnam Style.

02:12Size Mega Hit broke YouTube's 32-bit counter, forcing 64-bit upgrades.

02:18$1.2 million red shot video,

02:20Horse Dance virality ignited global K-pop investment.