40. Poison, "Fallen Angel" (1988) This is the story of a nice, small-town girl who gets sucked up and spat out by the Hollywood star system. Bret Michaels seems to rail against this in the song, but the video glorifies and exploits her anyway. Meta! In the end, she kicks the pervy producer in the balls, changes back into her original outfit and rides off into the sunset with Bret, destined to be dumped in time for the first season of Rock of Love. |
39. Kylie Minogue, "Spinning Around" (2000)
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38. Def Leppard, "Photograph" (1983)
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37. David Bowie, "Boys Keep Swinging" (1979)
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36. Rick James, "Give It to Me Baby" (1991)
Let’s be honest: Rick James is terrifying. But once this video gets going, you'll see why we had to include it. This sort of shamelessness deserves recognition. |
35. Heart, "All I Want to Do is Make Love to You " (1990)
She picks up a stranger, he shows her what a woman is capable of, she ditches him the next morning, thanking him for impregnating her. Rawr! The Wilson Sisters were sexier in their '70s hard-rock heyday, but this video went a long way toward offsetting the distinctly unsexy yuppie rock of their later years. |
34. Duran Duran, "Hungry Like the Wolf" (1982)
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33. Madonna, "Like a Prayer" (1990) One of the most controversial — and, according to MTV viewers, "most groundbreaking" — videos ever made, "Like a Prayer" depicts Madonna, patron saint of the inappropriate, getting it on with Saint Martin de Porres, the "black Jesus." The video sparked mass protests by Christian organizations, and prompted Pepsi to drop Madonna as a spokeswoman; she later publicly thanked the soda-pop company for giving the video so much publicity. |
32. Rihanna, "Umbrella" (2007)
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31. Janet Jackson, "That's the Way Love Goes" (1993)
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