(Started September 12th, 2026) Part 3 of The Best Music Videos In The History of History and MTV: Best of First 100 Videos

Hello,

This year is the 45th year anniversary of MTV, perhaps the most significant music movement in my life. Before MTV we didn’t know what most musicians looked like, unless we saw them on magazines/tvs and movies. MTV started on August 1st, 1981

But when MTV started we could see everyone and know what they looked like. We found out so much more the musicians, got music news, saw concert coverage and eventually game shows. Sadly those game shows and “Real World” reality TV was the beginning of the end for the best MTV era. However I always loved “Remote Control”, shout out to Ken Ober, Colin Quinn and Kari Wuhrer. From about 1981 to the late 90s was the era of being able to watch music videos twenty-four hours a day. So many great memories. I wonder how many hours I spent watching MTV in the 80s?

I realize that many of these aren’t technically videos. However they’ve been played so many times that many consider them videos- even if they didn’t start out that way.

These are the best videos of all-time. Warning this blog will lean heavy 80s. I’m including the original video as much as possible. 35) Cliff Richard “We Don’t Talk Anymore”:

36) Tom Johnston “Savannah Nights”:

37) Hall and Oates “Kiss On My List”:

38) The Buggles “Living In The Plastic Age”:

39) Elvis Presley “Jailhouse Rock”:

40) The Commodores “Brick House”:

41) Kiss “Rock and Roll All Night”:

42) Herb Alpert “Rise”:

43) Jean Knight “Mr. Big Stuff”:

44) Lipps Inc “Funkytown”:

45) Abba “Money Money Money”:

46) Meat Loaf “Bat Out Of Hell”:

47) The Knack “My Sharona”:

48) Sweet “Ballroom Blitz”:

49) Chic “Le Freak”:

50) Amii Stewart “Knock On Wood”:

51) Sister Sledge “We Are Family”:

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