This popular MTV program whose original version ran from 1998 to 2008 featured music videos played during a countdown and was hosted by Carson Daly for several years.
Total Request Live (TRL)
1986 video featuring stop motion animation that is one of MTV's most played videos of all time. It was partially animated by Nick Park, the man behind Wallace & Gromit.
"Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel
The videos for Madonna's "Express Yourself", "Oh Father", "Vogue" and "Bad Girl" were directed by this Hollywood A-list director who made his feature film debut with Alien 3 in 1992.
David Fincher
Swedish director Lasse Hallström who directed Chocolat and My Life as a Dog also directed almost all of this seminal group's music videos.
ABBA
This controversial video of a Pearl Jam song that featured a bullied school boy is mentioned whenever there is gun violence in US schools.
"Jeremy"
David Bowie's hit song/video featuring red shoes and two students from Sydney's Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre.
"Let's Dance"
This 1999 dance track from the album The Fat of the Land with a single-line refrain caused so much controversy that even MTV initially restricted the video to late-night rotation.
"Smack My Bitch Up" by The Prodigy
The video of this Duran Duran song from the album Rio saw heavy rotation on MTV and helped the band achieve success in the US market. It also won the first Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video in 1984.
"Hungry Like the Wolf"
Steve Barron directed the films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) and Coneheads (1993) but is better known for directing several prominent music videos. Name the two that, as of 2021, garnered more than a billion YouTube views - one featuring live-action pencil-sketch animation sequence and the other "illuminating" video that was the first by a black artist to see heavy rotation on MTV.
"Take On Me" by A-ha and "Billy Jean" by Michael Jackson
Helena Christensen on the beach in what is arguably the sexiest video of all time. What else is there to know?
"Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak
This 1989 anti-war song of Metallica portrays a severely wounded World War I soldier and has scenes from the 1971 anti-war film Johnny Got His Gun.
"One"
The video of "Fell In Love With a Girl" by The White Stripes features animation using these.
Lego blocks
The girlfriend was played by Ola Ray and it was directed by John Landis. The make-up effects were by renowned make-up artist Rick Baker and the iconic red jacket was designed by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, wife of John Landis. What are we talking about?
Video of Michael Jackson's Thriller
Rock and hip-hop artists breakdown the wall between them and reconcile in this popular 1986 video.
"Walk This Way" by Aerosmith and Run-DMC
Bob Fosse-choreographed "Mexican Breakfast" that was performed by Gwen Verdon inspired this award winning 2000s video which also featured the backup dancers Ebony Williams and Ashley Everett.
"Single Ladies" by Beyoncé
The video of Weezer's "Buddy Holly" portrays them performing at Arnold's Drive-In from this 1970s tv show and even has a cameo of Al Molinaro who played a role on that show.
Happy Days
Devon Sawa as an mentally-unhinged fan and Dido as his pregnant girlfriend star in this hit 2001 video.
"Stan" by Eminem
Originally a Nine Inch Nails song, "Hurt" received a new lease of life when this legend reinterpreted it. The accompanying video has been called the saddest music video of all time.
Johnny Cash
The video for Björk's "It's Oh So Quiet" (a cover of a 1951 song of Betty Hutton) was directed by Spike Jonze based on this 1964 Jacques Demy classic musical film.
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg)
In this 2018 video, Drake gives away nearly one million dollars to people and institutions in Florida.
"God's Plan"
This group behind "Here it Goes Again" and "This Too Shall Pass" are known for their noted music videos, with the later song featuring a Rube Goldberg machine.
OK Go
The music video of this 1994 song of Nine Inch Nails features disturbing images suggestive of torture/cruelty including that of a monkey on a cross.
"Closer"
The music video for Tom Petty's 1985 song "Don't Come Around Here No More" has themes of this 19th century literature classic with images like a caterpillar sitting on a mushroom with a hookah.
Alice in Wonderland
The music video for "Learn to Fly" by Foo Fighters parodies the movie Airplane! and shows Kyle Gass and this Hollywood star as mechanics.
Jack Black
The words "Weapon of Choice" and dancing in the lobby of a hotel should immediately bring to mind this actor gyrating to its tune.
Christopher Walken
(The song is by Fat Boy Slim)
The video of Outkast's "Hey-Ya" mimics this famous debut of a visiting band on an American tv show in 1964.
The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show