The 1980s were the big bang of music videos—a cosmic explosion of creativity, technology and straight-up weirdness. With the launch of MTV in 1981, some artists used the visual art form to sell sex, ...

The band's newest single — which features Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley and En Vogue — titled "Bring Back the Time" is out now Pull out your mullets and biker jackets because the New Kids on the Block are ...

Here are five ’80s music videos that were the ultimate party, chosen by the members of veteran hard rockers H.E.A.T. For almost two decades, the band has been churning out fist-pumping, anthemic rock ...

Occasionally, a bad video ruined a great tune. Or worse, bad videos reinforced lesser songs, with artists trying to act while directors unwittingly made comedy out of earnest clips and corny props.

Artists still make music videos to promote their work, but it’s a much different world out there from when every new clip premiered with Ballyhoo on a channel called MTV (which still exists but is a ...

When it comes to iconic music videos from the 1980s, most people think of neon lights, synth beats, and dance-heavy pop hits. But the most-watched video from that decade on YouTube actually comes from ...

Forty years ago, Debbie Harry went on network TV to introduce a new musical phenomenon called hip-hop. “The most recent fad to catch on with kids in our big cities and metropolitan areas is rapping,” ...

What were the best rock music videos for each year of the 1980s? It was a decade that set the standard for what the music video can be and we saw the growth explode over the course of the 1980s.

In our previous ’50s, ’60s and ’70s examinations of Feel-Bad Hits of the Summer, a song had only to depress, distress and oppress listeners on its own merits, be it regrettable lyrics, ill-chosen ...

MTV has announced a return to its original music video format, first debuted in 1981, ahead of the 2025 VMAs. For one week, the network will play exclusively music videos, but there's a catch. Here ...