okay touch this this decade really did
have it all
alternative rockers rap superstars and
pop princesses and they were all
fantastically captured on film welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
decade defining music videos of the
1990s for this list we’ve ranked the
most popular most iconic music videos
and those that best represent the 1990s
in general that’s me in the corner there
are no criteria limitations in terms of
genre although only one video per act is
allowed this is part of a series of
video spanning the decades from the
1980s and beyond
number 10 nothing compares to you Sinead
O’Connor shannade O’Connor was
definitely ready for her close-up she
followed up the release of her 1987
debut album the lion and the Cobra with
a second record which featured this much
heralded prints cover and this
iconically intimate video
a short-film predominantly centered
around close-up shots of O’Connor’s face
at various points of sadness
the tears that roll down the singers
cheek toward the songs and had everybody
captivated it’s a hard on sleeve
performance
the one design
number nine I want it that way
Backstreet Boys I want it that way the
business of boy bands was booming in the
late 1990s but the Backstreet Boys were
probably the genres biggest hitters and
this was arguably their signature
records
this video is all about the airplane
it’s dance routines on an airport runway
it’s cheesy lines at the check-in desk
and as at the end of the clip proves
it’s a formula which really worked
with hordes of screaming fans to wave
them off the 5-piece must have felt
sky-high when this was released even
before they literally taken off number
eight closer Nine Inch Nails easily one
of the most controversial music videos
of the decade closer was one of the
best-known Nine Inch Nails records not
least because of this edgy accompaniment
in the short film directed by Mark
Romanek frontman Trent Reznor is bound
gagged and generally attired in all
sorts of S&M outfits Reznor images are
then cropped together with shots of
amongst other things
a monkey tied to a cross a severed
spinning pig’s head and diagrams of the
female genitalia
suffice to say the unedited video was
only ever played late at night
number seven Mo Money mo problems
the notorious b.i.g featuring Puff Daddy
and Mase
Hyuna Telugu salon stores the rise and
rise of rap music was one of the
typifying trends of the 1990s by the end
of the decade one M&M had arrived but
our decade defining nod goes to the
notorious b.i.g the more money you make
the more problems again Mo Money mo
problems was released posthumously
but footage of biggie features in the
video and the song itself is one of the
most played in rap history for your
movies in the sky
famous for its futuristic feel those
shiny red jackets and it’s Tiger Woods
inspired golfing narrative the video is
the hip-hop equivalent of a hole in one
just awesome
number six vogue Madonna
one of the earliest videos to make
today’s countdown Madonna’s vogue
manages to be both controversial and
classy
directed by David Fincher it’s got a
1930s Art Deco feel and in line with the
song’s lyrics it’s a recreation of
classic Hollywood cinema pedagogue and
Dietrich and DiMaggio bonnet Brando
Jimmy Dean on the cover of a magazine
salute to the icons of the past by an
icon of the present the singer made some
headlines due to the sheer lace blouse
she wears toward the video’s beginning
but we see right through that criticism
because this is high end Madonna at her
most magnificent
number five Buddy Holly Weezer
from the pop princess to some pop punk
pioneers Weezer was little known upon
the release of Buddy Holly the second
single from the band’s debut album like
this record and this video helped pin
them to the musical map
a Spike Jonze creation the clip sees
Rivers Cuomo and companies superimposed
onto original footage of the popular 70s
sitcom happy days
a remarkably smooth piece of film and
editing it earned Weiser four awards at
the 1995 MTV VMAs the boys must have
cared about that
number four sabotage Beastie Boys
another music video directed by Spike
Jonze sabotage is a near-perfect parody
of the classic cop shows of the 1970s
thank Hawaii five-o thank the streets of
San Francisco
thanks Starsky and Hutch this clips the
best bits of all of those with a little
bit of Beastie Boy magic thrown in for
good measure it’s brilliantly badass
and what’s widely regarded as one of the
greatest and justices in VMA history the
video failed with all five of its 1994
nominations winning not a single award
now that really is criminal
number three November rain Guns and
Roses
an epic record in need of an epic
accompaniment November rain sure got
that in terms of narrative and story
there are a few videos to match it
Axel Rose takes the lead role as he
marries and then mourns a character
played by his then girlfriend Stephanie
Seymour
but arguably it’s a lead guitarist Slash
who’s the star of this show his two
solos are immensely impressive
particularly the first filmed outside of
the church and captured by swooping
shots achieved using helicopters
nothing lasts forever but we’ll gladly
watch this film a few times over
number two smells like teen spirit
nirvana in terms of decade defining acts
nirvana
are a no-brainer for the 1990s smells
like teen spirit is probably their most
popular record and it’s video epitomizes
a lot of what they were about
unadulterated uncompromising
unapologetic carnage this highschool
moshpit was the first film directed by
now legendary music video ask Samuel
Bayer who has since highlighted Kurt
Cobain striking lack of vanity in
comparison to other acts
the singer just wanted something genuine
and got something that had us all
jumping around the room even the clips
iconic janitor couldn’t keep himself
from bouncing along
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
shake that healthy butt baby
Oh Jason Wow
number one baby one more time Britney
Spears as a general rule the and then I
woke up and it was all a dream line
doesn’t work too well but for Britney
Spears debut record it really really did
films fidgeting her way through the last
few seconds of the school day the venn
teen singer takes us on a well
choreographed and well costumed tour of
the school itself its corridors and
gymnasium in particular
a daydream sequence which quickly proved
a dream come true for everyone involved
with her Act in 1998 Britney arrived and
with this video the whole world knew
about it
so do you agree with our list what is
your favorite music video from the 1990s
for more top 10s that you’d watch one
more time published daily be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
have it all
alternative rockers rap superstars and
pop princesses and they were all
fantastically captured on film welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top ten
decade defining music videos of the
1990s for this list we’ve ranked the
most popular most iconic music videos
and those that best represent the 1990s
in general that’s me in the corner there
are no criteria limitations in terms of
genre although only one video per act is
allowed this is part of a series of
video spanning the decades from the
1980s and beyond
number 10 nothing compares to you Sinead
O’Connor shannade O’Connor was
definitely ready for her close-up she
followed up the release of her 1987
debut album the lion and the Cobra with
a second record which featured this much
heralded prints cover and this
iconically intimate video
a short-film predominantly centered
around close-up shots of O’Connor’s face
at various points of sadness
the tears that roll down the singers
cheek toward the songs and had everybody
captivated it’s a hard on sleeve
performance
the one design
number nine I want it that way
Backstreet Boys I want it that way the
business of boy bands was booming in the
late 1990s but the Backstreet Boys were
probably the genres biggest hitters and
this was arguably their signature
records
this video is all about the airplane
it’s dance routines on an airport runway
it’s cheesy lines at the check-in desk
and as at the end of the clip proves
it’s a formula which really worked
with hordes of screaming fans to wave
them off the 5-piece must have felt
sky-high when this was released even
before they literally taken off number
eight closer Nine Inch Nails easily one
of the most controversial music videos
of the decade closer was one of the
best-known Nine Inch Nails records not
least because of this edgy accompaniment
in the short film directed by Mark
Romanek frontman Trent Reznor is bound
gagged and generally attired in all
sorts of S&M outfits Reznor images are
then cropped together with shots of
amongst other things
a monkey tied to a cross a severed
spinning pig’s head and diagrams of the
female genitalia
suffice to say the unedited video was
only ever played late at night
number seven Mo Money mo problems
the notorious b.i.g featuring Puff Daddy
and Mase
Hyuna Telugu salon stores the rise and
rise of rap music was one of the
typifying trends of the 1990s by the end
of the decade one M&M had arrived but
our decade defining nod goes to the
notorious b.i.g the more money you make
the more problems again Mo Money mo
problems was released posthumously
but footage of biggie features in the
video and the song itself is one of the
most played in rap history for your
movies in the sky
famous for its futuristic feel those
shiny red jackets and it’s Tiger Woods
inspired golfing narrative the video is
the hip-hop equivalent of a hole in one
just awesome
number six vogue Madonna
one of the earliest videos to make
today’s countdown Madonna’s vogue
manages to be both controversial and
classy
directed by David Fincher it’s got a
1930s Art Deco feel and in line with the
song’s lyrics it’s a recreation of
classic Hollywood cinema pedagogue and
Dietrich and DiMaggio bonnet Brando
Jimmy Dean on the cover of a magazine
salute to the icons of the past by an
icon of the present the singer made some
headlines due to the sheer lace blouse
she wears toward the video’s beginning
but we see right through that criticism
because this is high end Madonna at her
most magnificent
number five Buddy Holly Weezer
from the pop princess to some pop punk
pioneers Weezer was little known upon
the release of Buddy Holly the second
single from the band’s debut album like
this record and this video helped pin
them to the musical map
a Spike Jonze creation the clip sees
Rivers Cuomo and companies superimposed
onto original footage of the popular 70s
sitcom happy days
a remarkably smooth piece of film and
editing it earned Weiser four awards at
the 1995 MTV VMAs the boys must have
cared about that
number four sabotage Beastie Boys
another music video directed by Spike
Jonze sabotage is a near-perfect parody
of the classic cop shows of the 1970s
thank Hawaii five-o thank the streets of
San Francisco
thanks Starsky and Hutch this clips the
best bits of all of those with a little
bit of Beastie Boy magic thrown in for
good measure it’s brilliantly badass
and what’s widely regarded as one of the
greatest and justices in VMA history the
video failed with all five of its 1994
nominations winning not a single award
now that really is criminal
number three November rain Guns and
Roses
an epic record in need of an epic
accompaniment November rain sure got
that in terms of narrative and story
there are a few videos to match it
Axel Rose takes the lead role as he
marries and then mourns a character
played by his then girlfriend Stephanie
Seymour
but arguably it’s a lead guitarist Slash
who’s the star of this show his two
solos are immensely impressive
particularly the first filmed outside of
the church and captured by swooping
shots achieved using helicopters
nothing lasts forever but we’ll gladly
watch this film a few times over
number two smells like teen spirit
nirvana in terms of decade defining acts
nirvana
are a no-brainer for the 1990s smells
like teen spirit is probably their most
popular record and it’s video epitomizes
a lot of what they were about
unadulterated uncompromising
unapologetic carnage this highschool
moshpit was the first film directed by
now legendary music video ask Samuel
Bayer who has since highlighted Kurt
Cobain striking lack of vanity in
comparison to other acts
the singer just wanted something genuine
and got something that had us all
jumping around the room even the clips
iconic janitor couldn’t keep himself
from bouncing along
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions
shake that healthy butt baby
Oh Jason Wow
number one baby one more time Britney
Spears as a general rule the and then I
woke up and it was all a dream line
doesn’t work too well but for Britney
Spears debut record it really really did
films fidgeting her way through the last
few seconds of the school day the venn
teen singer takes us on a well
choreographed and well costumed tour of
the school itself its corridors and
gymnasium in particular
a daydream sequence which quickly proved
a dream come true for everyone involved
with her Act in 1998 Britney arrived and
with this video the whole world knew
about it
so do you agree with our list what is
your favorite music video from the 1990s
for more top 10s that you’d watch one
more time published daily be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
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