This document lists and summarizes 10 iconic music videos. It discusses The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" video from 1998, which featured shocking images of sex, drugs and violence filmed from a first-person perspective. It also mentions Sigur Ros's 1999 video "Vidrar Vel Til Loftarasa" featuring two boys kissing, and Beastie Boys' 1994 video for "Sabotage" which paid homage to 1970s police shows. The top video was determined to be Johnny Cash's 2002 video for "Hurt," directed by Mark Romanek, which featured poignant shots of Cash that took on new meaning after his death seven months later.

1. Iconic Music Videos
Alex Reddish

2. Coming in at 10…
• The Prodigy- Smack My Bitch
Up
• Released in 1998 and directed
by Jonas Åkerlund.
• Within the video there are
images of sex, drugs and
violence filled night outs. It is
filmed from a first person
perspective.
• This video was a shocker when
it was first released.

3. Number 9.
• Sigur Ros- Vidrar Vel Til
Loftarasa
• Arni and Kinski directed this
1999 music video that is iconic
for featuring two young boys
kissing at the end of a football
match in the 1950’s.

4. Landing at number 8
• Beastie Boys- Sabotage
• Spike Jonze directed the music
video that gave a nod to Hawaii
Five-O, S.W.A.T and Starsky
and Hutch. In the 1994 video
the band put on their aviators
and make their own comic
promo.

5. Sevennnnn
• Weezer-Buddy Holly
• Spike Jonze is back again with
his second video in the top 10.
• His 1994 video contained some
ground breaking editing to
create a result that wowed
audiences worldwide.

6. Six.
• Foo Fighters- Everlong
• Michel Gondry makes his first
appearance in our top 10.
• This is said to be one of
Gondry’s and the Foo’s finest
moments. The video was full of
cross-dressing, monsters and
metamorphoses and this gives
a devastating effect.

7. Half way through. 5.
• Bjork- All Is Full Of Love
• Director Chris Cunningham
won countless awards for this
video and it is even on
permanent display at New York
City’s Museum of Modern Art
(MoMA).
• The best bit is said to be the
wide angle shot containing the
first cyborg kiss just as the
chorus begins.

8. Number 4.
• Soundgarden- Black Hole Sun
• Howard Greenhalgh created
this 1994 classic WTF!? video.
• The best bit is when the happy,
American family are dragged
skywards into the black hole
sun.

9. The top 3 begins..
• Chris Isaak- Wicked Game
• Released in 1989 and directed
by Herb Ritts this music video
is gently provocative and has
nudity and a subtle sexual feel
but it is presented in a classy
way.

10. Our runner up
• Radiohead- Just
• Just missing out and the top
spot Jamie Thraves’ 1995
music video is iconic. We all
want to now why there is a man
laying in the middle of the road!
• This is easily Radiohead at
their best.

11. The winner.
• Johnny Cash- Hurt
• Mark Romanek is the genius
behind our most iconic music
video.
• Released in 2002 there is a
montage of shots containing
Cash and these served a
poignant purpose. Cash died
seven month later and these
images became even more
powerful.