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100. Beastie Boys - "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)": Not a great video, not their best song, but it was the breakthrough video for a group that went on to create some really, really great videos.

99. Metallica - "One": OK...so I don't understand the appeal of Metallica...metal ain't my bag. Creepy video. We're high enough in the countdown that I'll accept anything.

98. John Mellencamp - "Jack and Diane": LOVES me some John Mellencamp...Mr. Happy Go Lucky. David Grissom played on later albums so I gotta give him props for that. Good visuals to go along with the words of the song. Again, a breakthrough video, not his best, but I wouldn't change the channel.

97. Bon Jovi - "It's My Life": Wha? Why? Remember when I said that I would allow anything at this point? Yeah, not this.

96. ZZ Top - "Legs": Sure. I'm a Houston gal. the red car, the long beards, the spinning guitars. You remember this one. It was Pretty Woman before Pretty Woman even existed. I remember being really jealous of the girl's post-makeover outfit -- it was like a two-tone sweatshirt top, a mini-skirt, ankle socks, and pumps. Aw, yeah.

95. Mariah Carey - "Honey": Mariah gets divorced...goes all Puff Daddy...and parades around with no clothes on. Uh...no...not even Top 500.

94. U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name": Yes! I love this video. Limp Bizkit tried to pull the whole "we want to put on a free concert but the cops won't let us" thing in one of their videos, but U2 did it first, and did it better.

93. USA for Africa - "We Are the World": Admit it. You know all the words to this song. We sang it in chorus one time. Can you imagine something like this now? Getting all those superstars together in one room? And remember how there was a sign that said, "Check your egos at the door"? I actually think this should be higher.

92. Creed - "With Arms Wide Open": Maybe I'm biased because I'm not a Creed fan, but I don't see anything memorable, influential, or interesting about this video. I found it to be a bland video from a bland band. You are, of course, entitled to your own opinion.

91. Blondie - "Rapture": Every Blondie video looks the same to me. Tight shots of Debbie Harry singing. The band playing along in some poorly lit studio. However, Blondie was always WAY ahead of the times. You loved Heart of Glass before you knew what disco was. You loved Rapture before you'd even heard of the Sugarhill Gang. And sang the Tide Is High before you knew No Woman No Cry. Admit it.

90. Britney Spears - "…Baby One More Time": I would actually put this one a little higher in that it introduced Ms. Britney to the world. Plus, the whole schoolgirl uniform thing that the boys love. And the little pom-poms on her braids. I haven't paid much attention to videos in the past five years or so, but I know this video. I remember being happy when I saw it because it revived (for me, anyway) the fine art of choreography in videos. It wasn't just someone lip-synching their song -- there were backup dancers, the likes of which hadn't been seen since "Electric Youth".

89. Paula Abdul - "Opposites Attract": NO! NO! NO! It's not the one with Arsenio Hall. it's the one with that stupid cartoon cat. I don't know if this one counts as influential, because I'm not entirely sure if it spawned a host of artist/cartoon character duets. "Straight Up" was a much better song and video.

88. INXS- "Need You Tonight/Mediate": Yeah,yeah, yeah...it was a rip-off of "Subterranean Homesick Blues." The only cool thing about this video was that they didn't play the "Mediate" part every time. So you would watch the whole "Need You Tonight" part, which was pretty cool in itself, just wondering if they'd play the "Mediate" part. Personally, I'm TOTALLY partial to "Don't Change." So, Shaboo Shabah if you don't agree.

87. Salt 'n' Pepa/En Vogue - "Whatta Man": I loved this song...I loved this video. Strong women singing about not taking any crap from men. Awesome during the dating years. Period. I especially love that "that ain't it" line!

86. Culture Club - "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me": Culture Club, like Duran Duran, is one of those bands that are impossible for me to separate from their videos. Breakthrough video for one of the most influential bands of the new wave era. Like him or not, George O'Dowd can SING.

85. Ricky Martin - "Livin' La Vida Loca": OH YEAH! Ricky Martin = babeorama. Don't know if this video sparked the Ricky Martin craze as much as his Grammy performance...which ever...thank you Lord for Ricky.

84. Madonna - "Borderline": First of 5 or 6 Madonna videos on the countdown. Love her or hate her...admit it...she is the QUEEN of the music video. I loved the hat she wore, and how she spray-painted on that guy's car, and then went and made out with her boyfriend on the roof. I still love this song.

83. Blind Melon - "No Rain": The fucking bee girl. Okay, I'll give it to them. This video is definitely memorable, and probably influential in terms of the super saturated colors and stuff. Without the video, I don't know if the song would have been THE song of like 1993. Or so. I might be off by a year.

82. Talking Heads - "Burning Down the House": I won't argue with any Talking Heads video being on here. Funny story about this song and video. When I was in sixth grade, I went to a slumber party. Where we watched Carrie. Which was totally inappropriate, and scared the crap out of me. So, the next night, I'm trying to sleep with all the lights on, and convince myself that Carrie wasn't in my closet, and this song came on the radio. I thought it was a sign from God that Carrie was going to burn my house down. I was an imaginative child.

81. Prince - "1999": Now that it's 2001, I don't hate this song as much as I did two years ago. Remember the guy with the red leather jacket and headband? And the keyboard player who dressed up like a doctor? Prince is fucking weird, man.

80. Dr. Dre - "Nothin' but a 'G' Thang": I have to say, I'm not very familiar with this video or this song. As I mentioned, VH1 didn't play the full length video...Pass.

79. The Buggles - "Video Killed the Radio Star": I would think this would be higher, given that it was the first video ever played on MTV, and thus the beginning of the MTV era. I guess they recognized that it's really not that great of a video.

78. Fatboy Slim - "Praise You": I love this video because it's SO not a typical video.

77. Shania Twain - "That Don't Impress Me Much": Didn't impress me much either.

76. The Cars - "You Might Think": The Cars! I love the Cars. Love them. One of the defining videos of my high school years. Breakthrough video...and Heartbeat City was a killer album...I'd put this higher.

75. Bruce Springsteen - "Dancing in the Dark": This would not be on the list if it weren't for Courteney Cox. I mean, come on. It's just a Bruce concert video, basically. Nothing that interesting.

74. Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop (That Thing)": Sure, this is a cool video. There's that whole split-screen thing going on. Do you notice I don't have much to say about the more recent videos? It's because I don't spend hours watching videos like I used to when I was 12.

73. Pat Benatar - "Love Is a Battlefield": "We are young! (You leave this house now...) Heartache to heartache we stand (and don't ever come back!) No promises, no demands (You hear me?) Both of us knowing...love is a battlefield." This was influential in the "girl runs away from home and becomes a prostitute and then leads a dance uprising against her pimp" genre. Plus, the hair! And the outfits!

72. Janet Jackson - "Love Will Never Do (Without You)": This was the video where everyone went, "Holy shit! Did Janet get lipo or what?" Suddenly, she was all hot. Before this video, everyone knew Janet as a good dancer, but not sexy, really. For this one, Janet shed the huge shoulder padded jackets and nuzzled Antonio Sabato, Jr. Sexy video.

71. Sir Mix-a-Lot - "Baby Got Back": LOVE THE SONG! LOVE THE VIDEO! Not many videos have a giant ass in them. I'm sure there's a Creed joke there somewhere.

70. Devo- "Whip It": You know, as a teenager, I didn't think this video was that weird. And then I saw it recently and went, "The fuck?" So bizarre that I can't really believe it made it on television.

69. Red Hot Chili Peppers- "Give It Away": OK...so I understand the appeal at the time. I never saw them as much more than a Violent Femmes rip off.

68. Eurythmics - "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)": I know it doesn't seem like a big deal now, but when this video came out, people were like, "What is that? Is that a man? A woman? What's going on there, exactly?" Annie Lennox was kind of the female equivalent of Boy George. But there's not denying the influence of this video. And MAN that chick can sing.

67. Brian McKnight - "Back at One": I have no idea. I've never seen this video.

66. Alanis Morissette - "Thank U": And this is on here, why? Because Alanis was naked? Not her best song and not her best video. I would say that either "Ironic" or "You Oughtta Know" should be ahead of this one.

65. Talking Heads - "Once in a Lifetime": The big Suit video. See above re: Talking Heads.

64. Faith No More - "Epic": This is a great song and a great video. Come on, you know it is. Faith No More were doing rap/rock fusion while Fred Durst was still in diapers. And the dying fish at the end? So cool.

63. Fiona Apple - "Criminal": This one gets an award in the kiddie porn category. This video makes me feel dirty. And not in a good way. I can see why it's on here (though I wouldn't put it this high), but it makes me feel dirty. Also, now, the song reminds me of Jerri from Survivor, which isn't helping.

62. Genesis - "Land of Confusion": Remember those fifteen minutes in like, 1985 when Genesis was cool? While "That's All" is a better song, this video had those puppets. Remember at the end when Ronald Reagan accidentally pressed the button? You know you do.

61. Madonna - "Like a Virgin": While this wasn't Madonna's first video, it was definitely her breakthrough video. I never got much out of it, since I don't like chicks that way. What was up with the lion?

60. Duran Duran - "Rio": This was the one with the scantily clad women, and water. Oh, that was every Duran Duran video? Right.

59. MC Hammer - "U Can’t Touch This": Similar to Paula Abdul, MC Hammer is one of those things I look back and can't believe was popular. I knew every word to this song. This was really popular my senior year in high school. And then he followed it up with "2 Legit 2 Quit". Heh.

58. Guns N' Roses - "Welcome to the Jungle": Aaaaahhhhhhh...gather 'round children and let me tell you about a time when Guns N' Roses was the coolest band in the world. When no self-respecting college student would go cruising around town without a tape of "Appetite for Destruction". When people would have huge debates at parties over whether "I Used To Love Her" was about Axl's dog or his girlfriend. Maybe it makes me a dork, but I still think this is a great freaking' song! "Appetite for Destruction" is tied with Pearl Jam's "Ten" as the best debut album of all time in my book.

57. Beck - "Loser": Someone's trying to win some indie cred with this one, because I don't even remember this video. And this came out when I was in college, when I had ample free time to spend hours watching videos.

56. Sinead O’Connor - "Nothing Compares 2 U": This video is like a three-minute close-up on Sinead's face. And yet just try not to watch it. I remember when it first came out, and two of my guy friends were watching it for the first time, and they both got choked up when she sheds that single tear near the end. That's a compelling video. Plus, it's a great song. I would put this higher.

55. Billy Idol - "White Wedding": This was the one with the zombies, right? Oh, it was the one with the hammer pounding spikes in time to the song. I used to get this one and "Jeopardy" by Greg Kihn confused because both deal with horrible weddings.

54. Madonna - "Material Girl": Sure. You aren't going to get many arguments with me on any Madonna video. Madonna is the video queen. I still kind of want the dress she wore in this video.

53. Don Henley - "Boys of Summer": I loved this song because I was a drummer in my high school marching band. Love Don Henley. Love the Eagles.

52. Lenny Kravitz - "Are You Gonna Go My Way": This was THE song of the summer of 1993. I remember my friends and I driving to get ice cream, in two cars, and this song came on the radio, and we all cranked it and stuck our arms out the windows and thumped the roof of the car in time to the song. Good times. The video was pretty cool with that whole "Lenny Inside A Dome" kind of thing. "Mr. Cabdriver" was the best song on the album though.

51. Van Halen - "Hot for Teacher": "Heard you missed us, We're baaack. I brought my pencil. Give me something to write on, man." I remember all the Eddie Van Halen wanna-be's trying to nail this riff...and as I said...I was a drummer and wanted to nail the drum riff too. Super cool video. The mini-members of Van Halen. The Eddie guitar-solo-while-sliding-along-on-his-knees. The not very well choreographed dancing in front of the curtain. I think I would put this higher, too

50. Bjork - "It's Oh So Quiet": "What the hell was that?"

49. Cher - "Turn Back Time": Memorable? Sure. Who wouldn't remember Cher, nearly naked, with the tattoos, and sitting on that big gun while the sailors cheered? And then there was the part where you felt really bad for her son, who was playing guitar, because his mom's ass was showing. That had to be embarrassing. Of course his name is Elijah Blue, so I guess he's used to it. Why do I know so much about Cher, anyway? My favorite Cher quote, "I answer to God and myself and I don't give a shit what anyone else things." Preach on sister....

48. Aerosmith - "Janie's Got a Gun": Remember when Aerosmith got sober and goat all serious and topical? What was that about? I remember resenting all the little kids just getting into Aerosmith when this song came out...as if Aerosmith was a "new" band. DREAM ON DREAM ON DREAM ON DREAM UNTIL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE.

47. Jane’s Addiction - "Been Caught Stealing": I love this song. I love this video. I don't know why. It's not like they went with any deep concept. It's basically various people stealing shit. Like the song says.

46. Twisted Sister - "We’re Not Gonna Take It": There was a time in my life when I could recite the entire Niedermeyer monologue from this video. "What's this? A Twisted Sister pin? On your uniform?" And then the kid goes, "I wanna rock!" and Twisted Sister shows up and beats the crap out of Niedermeyer. Seriously. How much did Dee Snyder look like a Muppet, though? Remember Dee Snyder testifying in front of Congress as part of that whole Tipper Gore/PMRC thing? Isn't it weird to think that not that long ago, this song was considered dangerous for kids? Because it encouraged them to question authority or so they said? Times sure have changed. This is so tame in comparison to most of the songs out today.

45. Cyndi Lauper - "Girls Just Want to Have Fun": Captain Lou Albano. The bouncing ball of girls having fun during the whatever the hell instrument that was solo. Like Boy George, back in the day, Cyndi was considered weird because her hair was more than one color and she shaved one side of her head. I'm so old. I dressed up like Cyndi Lauper for Halloween one year. I made this skirt out of a lampshade and some newspaper. Yeah, don't ask.

44. D’Angelo - "Untitled": A.K.A. Doesn't D'Angelo have a really nice body? If there's more to this video, I don't want to know.

43. Tom Petty - "Don’t Come Around Here No More: I liked this song and video, but by then had totally lost touch with the "Refugee" Tom Petty I knew and loved.

42. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - "Parents Just Don’t Understand": I much prefer "Summertime" in the Fresh Prince catalog, but this video was great at the time. And come on. Don't pretend you don't know the words. "Okay. Here's the situation. My parents went away on a week's vacation and... they left the keys to the brand new Porsche. Would they mind? Hmm, well, of course not." I could go on. But I won't.

41. David Lee Roth - "California Girls": Not really sure why this video is on here. I mean, yeah, they played it a lot. And it had that whole "Further Adventures of Waldo" thing that was a continuation of "Hot For Teacher" in some ways. But was it a great video? I remember thinking I was really cool because I could pick out the Dave double at the end, when he's walking away holding the flag while the real Dave comes into frame and sings. They weren't fooling me. No, sir.

40. Madonna - "Ray of Light": It's hard to have perspective on a video this recent. It was definitely influential, plus, it was a comeback for her of sorts after we all thought she had gone all Sophie B. Hawkins on us. Personally...I prefer Frozen...the song and the video.

39. Godley & Creme - "Cry": I know. You're thinking, "What?" This was the first video to use morphing -- way back before the next video on the countdown did it so famously. So, whatever. I don't like the song. I don't know that it deserves to be this high, but you know they just wanted it to be next to...

38. Michael Jackson- "Black or White": Not that great of a video, but I liked the song. Consider this: it premiered simultaneously on three networks, one of which was Fox. Can you imagine an artist today who has that kind of clout? MTV barely does World Premiere Videos anymore -- they usually just stick them in during TRL. So that's a testament to Michael Jackson's star power at the time. Remember the scary ending with Michael fondling himself and breaking car windows and turning into a panther...which was later excised from the video because it was too controversial. This was all pre-child molestation charges, of course.

37. Janet Jackson - "Rhythm Nation": I hope there is more Janet on this countdown. I think "Pleasure Principle" was a great video. She did that thing with the chair that we tried to do in drill team. My friend Bola had the Rhythm Nation 1814 video, and I borrowed it for two weeks so I could learn all of the dance routines. I can also do Madonna's entire "Vogue" routine from the Blonde Ambition Tour...but that's another story for later. Anyway, yes! Janet Jackson deserves to be this high and higher on the countdown.

36. Billy Joel - "We Didn't Start the Fire": I remember my non-liberal arts buds in college thinking this was some sort of awesome version of musical cliffs notes for their Into to American History class. As if. I guess we were supposed to discuss the historical significance of "Joe McCarty, Richard Nixon, Studebakers, television, North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe."

35. Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Californication": Awesome concept for a video -- "Great idea! Okay, I'm done." Back to the Violent Femmes thing. Maybe it's just me.

34. Michael Jackson - "Billie Jean": As with Madonna and Talking Heads, you won't find much argument from me for any Michael Jackson videos, remember how the sidewalk lit up when he walked, and it wasn't exactly synched with the dancing, so it was always a little off somehow? Ah, the days before computers generated images. Also, this is the song he sang at that Motown 25th Anniversary special with the hat and the white glove that was really the beginning of the whole Michael Jackson phenomenon.

33. The Police - "Every Breath You Take": Another of my all time favorite bands. Stewart Copeland is the MASTER of the hi-hat. I was just thinking to myself, "Where are The Police?" I would have picked "King of Pain" over this one.

32. Metallica - "Enter Sandman": Maybe it's because I never watched "Headbanger's Ball", but I don't remember this video. I know it would have given me nightmares if I had. It's creepy.

31. Duran Duran - "Hungry Like the Wolf": Vida earlier comments on Duran Duran. Girls. Water. Got it. This one does have that cool "Simon LeBon rising out of the water a la Apocalypse Now" thing. Except I didn't get the reference at the time.

30. Robert Palmer - "Addicted to Love": Did you ever notice that the girl playing keyboards is not only ugly, but can't dance? I'm so tired of this video I can't even get perspective. NEXT!

29. Smashing Pumpkins - "Tonight, Tonight": AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME.

28. Bob Dylan - "Subterranean Homesick Blues": Is this really a video? I mean, sure, everyone and their mother has ripped off the whole "flipping through cards with key words from the song on it" thing, so I guess it should be on here somewhere. But was it a video? I saw a Sprint commercial today with Sela Ward doing the card-flipping thing.

27. Weezer - "Buddy Holly": This song was my first exposure to Weezer (hey, I'm slow) and this video is genius. Genius! You have to remember that this was before The Brady Bunch Movie and Charlie's Angels and all that retro crap. People were still into the '60s, not the '70s. Spike Jonze is a genius.

26. TLC -"Waterfalls": Uh...yeah...Left Eye Lopez burned down her boyfriends house...that made the video. I much prefer "No Scrubs."

25. Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing": Abso-freekin-loutly. Innovative. Memorable. Mark Knopfler was using the word "faggot" to ironic effect while Eminem was still watching Sesame Street.

24. Van Halen - "Jump": WHAT????? I hate everything about this song and this video. TOTALLY LAME. The Diamond Dave era was over. "Right Now" should have been here.

23. Aerosmith - "Crazy": LAME. LAME SONG. LAME VIDEO.

22. Korn - "Freak on a Leash": Yeah, that bullet thing was cool. Can we get over it now? I'm so sick of hearing about this video.

21. Michael Jackson - "Beat It": Yes. Oh, yes. I think I knew everything about this video. Like that the guy in the white jacket was the choreographer. And Michael steps on another guy's foot at one point. And that Michael met Valerie Bertinelli and she got Eddie to do the solo. Who didn't want that red leather jacket? Come on. You did.

20. Foo Fighters - "Learn to Fly": Back in the day you were either a Pearl Jam person or a Nirvana person. I was a Pearl Jam person...so I'm biased. Having said that. I love the Foo Fighters. I love Dave Grohl. I love this song. I love this video.

19. R.E.M. - "Losing My Religion": Let me get this out of the way -- unfortunately, I cannot hear this song without thinking of Brenda Walsh from 90210 because of the episode where she found out about Dylan and Kelly and played this song incessantly. It ruined a great song for me. Damn it. Anyway, I remember the "look" of this video being really new and different when it came out. Plus, I was totally into Grunge when Grunge was "college radio." I have all REM's albums. They RULE.

18. Alanis Morissette - "Ironic": Heh. I said that "Ironic" or "You Oughta Know" should be higher than "Thank U", and here it is. I think "You Oughta Know" should be here. I remember screaming that song at the top of my lungs while driving down Westhimer after Jeff Welborn broke my heart...that's a whole 'nother Oprah show.

17. Prince - "When Doves Cry": Can't think of this song/video without thinking of that creep who took me to see this movie. I hate this song.

16. Beastie Boys - "Sabotage": I seriously would have had to boycott if this video wasn't on the countdown. You can always count on them for great videos, but I think this was their best. Plus, Spike Jonze. He should get a Video Vanguard award, if he hasn't already. I don't think he has -- I think they tend to give them to artists. Anyway, genius.

15. Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody": Wha? Why is this #15? Maybe I'm just too young to get it. It was a bunch of faces. I don't know.

14. Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity": A guy walking on a treadmill wearing a Dr. Seuss hat does not equal the fourteenth best video of all time. Sorry.

13. Chris Isaak - "Wicked Game": I guess. If you want a Herb Ritts video, I would put Janet Jackson's "Love Will Never Do Without You" here. But maybe that's just because I'm more partial to Antonio than Helena Christiansen or however the hell you spell her name.

12. George Michael - "Freedom 90": Absolutely! This is a great video, even for me, who's not a big fan of the supermodels (see above). It's a great song, too. No, it is. Have you ever heard the "unplugged" version? Give it a try. Great song.

11. Run-D.M.C./Aerosmith: "Walk This Way": There really is a noticeable absence of rap videos on this countdown, isn't there? Where is Snoop? Public Enemy? Tupac? Where is Run D.M.C with a video that's not part of Aerosmith's big comeback? Lame. Anyway, this video is not great, but I understand what they were getting at.

10. Herbie Hancock - "Rockit": So you might think "Huh?" but this video won every award at the very first Video Music Awards in 1984, so it probably should be pretty high. Now it just looks like a bunch of robotic legs kicking along to some sythesizers, but back in the day, most videos were just basically taped live performances.

9. Michael/Janet Jackson - "Scream": Okay...I totally disagree. I love this video, Janet and Michael all angry and such, but there's no way this should be in the top 10.

8. a-ha - "Take On Me": I see where they were going with the whole "first video to feature animation and live action together" thing, but was it really that influential? Did it inspire a rash of similar videos? See my comments re: Paula Abdul and the cartoon cat. Speaking of Paula Abdul, I can't believe that "Straight Up" didn't make the list.

7. Madonna - "Justify My Love": Remember when I said I wouldn't complain about any Madonna videos? I'm complaining about this one. I don't even think it should be on here, but if it is, it shouldn't be this high. It was controversial. It got banned. It's not a good video. I would rather see "Papa Don't Preach" or even "Open Your Heart" on the list instead of this one.

6. Pearl Jam - "Jeremy": I cannot say enough about this video. Impact. Impact. Impact. On my list...this would be hands down #1. Plain and simple the best video ever made. I've only seen it in full length four times. Captivating...especially viewed in light of the Columbine era. It was influential in terms of the look of videos of the era..."Jeremy" is everying a video should be. If you don't get goosebumps when Eddie Vedder does that thing where he looks up from beneath his eyebrows...come on...you know what I'm talking about...you ain't human. Brilliant. Simply brilliant.

5. Guns N' Roses - "November Rain": Also known as, "When this video comes on, go make a snack and go to the bathroom and drive around the block to see what the neighbors are up to and stop at the convenience store for a soda and take the dog for a walk and check on your garden and come back in and talk to your mom for a minute and then remember something you need for school tomorrow and do your chemistry homework and call your best friend to find out if she thinks that cute guy likes you likes you or LIKES YOU likes you and write a note to the cute guy and then you come back and the video is STILL FUCKING ON and there's a symphony or some shit and what the hell happened to Guns 'N Roses anyway?" At least that's what I like to call it.

4. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit": Like I said, I was a Pearl Jam person. I don't buy into the whole Kurt Cobain was a tortured artist bit. Boo fucking hoo...he couldn't handle fame so he shot himself. Total cop out. Having said that, this video is everything that the above video is not. This video signified the end of the overwrought hair bands and the bad so called "80's dance music" meaning the bands that brought us "Come On Eileen" and "99 Luft Balloons." Isn't it time for another video like this come along?

3. Peter Gabriel - "Sledgehammer": AWESOME song. AWESOME video. Deserves to be in the Top 5.

2. Madonna - "Like a Prayer": You will get no arguement from me here. As far as the song goes...it rocks. Is it about the redemptive power of love or the whole holy ghost gig. WHO CARES? Get off your ass and dance. I guess this was the top video because it combined a good song with a controversial video. Remember, Madonna had a Pepsi contract and then they cancelled it when this video came out because she kisses a black guy <gasp> and there are burning crosses and shit? And then you think Madonna is going to fall out of her top? AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME.

1. Michael Jackson - "Thriller": I really can't argue with this. I remember they had a "Making Of" special on about this at 11 PM or something and I had to stay up and watch it. Do you think Michael was trying to tell us something with the "turning into a monster" part? And who can forget the dancing zombies? And the Vincent Price opening? This is just a cool video. Don't try to deny it. It is the best video ever made.

Except for "jeremy" of course