When MTV debuted in 1981, it ushered in a golden era of music videos. The network’s launch was groundbreaking for artists everywhere. Suddenly, music was no longer a purely audible medium. Visuals ...

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 ...

Video may have killed the radio star, but one-hit wonders dominated the decade. The 1980s revolutionized music in a masterful ...

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 ...

You know, the '80s were a wild time for music videos. They were colorful, outrageous, and often downright bizarre. If you think about it, some of those clips were practically mini-movies filled with ...

When Music Television still aired music videos, you ran into the same issue one has with the radio: overplayed songs. MTV broadcast certain videos endlessly, but you couldn’t just flip to another ...

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.

The most defining music videos of the 80s and their legacies are explored. Nothing defines the 80s more than the music videos of the era. Music Videos That Shaped the 80s explores the top videos that ...

MTV flipped a switch on August 1, 1981, and gave music a face. Labels started treating videos like serious investments, and artists began competing for airtime. As viewers kept the channel on, ...

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 ...

If the 1980s were known for two things, it was slick cars and big hair — two elements that feature prominently in a multitude of the era's greatest music videos. Whether a video was telling a story of ...

Here are three songs from the 80s that are actually about the music industry. “Most people think the song is about a ...