if you’re in the market for a memorable
music video look no further than this
guy
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 music videos directed by Spike Jonze
that aside Illumina run it at a Mudd if
the claim director is responsible for
some of the most iconic music videos of
the last few decades
for this list we’re ranking some of his
best work taking into account the unique
qualities memorable moments and overall
cultural impact right not yet not yet
not yet not yet pilot not yet number 10
what’s up fat lip fat lip two exams
listed for my class
what makes Spike Jonze such a remarkable
director apart from a truly distinct
aesthetic it’s the fact that he goes
above and beyond simply making a music
video for most project there is no
homies a drama back here on the
precipice of travel feel black reuniting
with X bar side MC fat lifts for his
solo debut the lonely hump Jones created
a gritty often uncomfortable but
ultimately charming video that’s
perfectly complements the rapper’s
unconventionally self-deprecating song
Paul emotionally scarred on Pico
Boulevard was regarded as a weak sauce
he also filmed a lot of b-roll over the
multi-day shoot material that would
become the short documentary by the same
name it captures the world of drugs
booze and confusion that defines
phablets life after splitting with far
sides and provides context of the song
themes as well as insight into the
eclectic style of the music video no
matter what was always doing show some
notorious miss Roxy soars New York
number nine guide the limit the
notorious b.i.g featuring 112 publicist
me I like that when I was young I am
sincerely facade centipede was the first
single from what would be the rapper’s
first posthumous album the appropriately
titled life after death
[Music]
he was shot four times and died just two
weeks prior to the release of the album
making hypnotize the last video he’d
partaken kid standing in for adults has
become somewhat of a cliche in music
videos but given the context of Biggie’s
death it feels like a fitting and
touching testament to the man what the
forum will close with most of the summer
includes a chance for biggie to live out
his childhood ambitions of success and
luxury after death taking emotional cues
from the song by Jones then still new to
directing mainstream rap videos
nonetheless achieved a perfect balance
between hip hop excess and childish
innocence
[Music]
number eight the suburb Arcade Fire
[Music]
win Butler Arcade Fire’s vocalist thumbs
up the band’s third album as a letter
from the suburb Mike don’t take that
theme for all it’s worth
[Music]
music video explores the cycling
monotony of suburbia by making it a
literal police state and leaves the
adolescent characters to create their
own fun within it however dangerous that
might be Mike Jones expanded the videos
concept into a 30 minute short film
entitled scene from the suburbs it’s as
bleak as it is beautifully shocked more
visually similar to Jones’s later films
like where the wild things are and her
than his early gritty music video
[Music]
number seven flashing lights Kanye West
featuring dwell a three separate music
videos were made for this song this one
was last to be shot but first to be
released no one can explain Kanye’s
logic better than Kanye himself so to
put it simply he just didn’t like the
first two you know like mud sauce i’m
barbara de sisse florida board has led
him to team up with Spike Jonze to get a
finished product he’d been happy with
Weston this video to be his favorite of
the three and the world seems to agree
with his choice as pitchfork ranked it
the 15th best music video of the 2000
[Music]
release tone called it the 11th best
video of 2008 Spike Jonze employed an
effective flow motion technique while
incorporating an artistic strip routine
and a violent end for the singer his
typical colors like Katrina with no
scream off like Martin with no Gina
[Music]
number six triumph of a heart Bjork some
fans may prefer Bjork’s earlier
collaboration with Spike Jones it’s also
quiet
[Music]
in which the director manipulated the
speed of the video to emphasize the
changing tempo of the song to admittedly
great effect but 2005 triumph of a heart
is a wacky narrative tale the likes of
which only Jones can pull off including
interspecies relationships a nostalgic
aesthetic a room full of scatting bar
patrons and what can only be described
as the greatest cat dance ever the
instrumentals in this song are truly
frenetic and it’s tough to imagine
anyone else successfully putting
together a video that has the song
justice number 5
drop the farside let me pick the song
obsolete is the putt that caught more
sense except tail Mike Jones and Fatlip
made magic together with this video for
fatless old crew the far side for their
1995 single drop is a testament to what
Jones can accomplish when he’s given not
one but four enthusiastic collaborators
[Music]
J Dilla’s distinct use of leaf samples
played backwards pairs perfectly with
Jones’s reverse video the members of far
side literally had to learn all their
verses backwards to lip-synch to the
song and their effort maker of creepy
captivating and endlessly rewatchable
finish on him over time
[Music]
number four sabotage the Beastie Boy
[Music]
what can be said about this iconic video
that hasn’t already been set the song
has become synonymous with glorious
action scenes with star chat beyond
being just one of the most recent
examples
what’s the most memorable action
sequence to ever use it was its own
video an incredible lamashtu 1970s crime
dramas in the form of the opening
credits of a fictional TV series called
sabotage Joanne borrows from all the
best 70s cop shows with the B C’s
themselves going deep undercover the
project proved to be so gritty that MTV
actually forced a recut of the video but
here in the digital era the original can
easily be found in all its glory please
try the fish
number three Buddy Holly Weezer
1994 was a good year to be Weiser 1994
was also a good year to be Spike Jonze
but it was really a good year for fans
of Spike Jonze and Weezer as he made not
one but two videos for songs off their
legendary self-titled debut album
[Music]
undone the sweater song was the band’s
first single and music video built as a
single shot a technique that Jones would
revisit many times on a blue stage with
a bunch of dogs the video was a hit
but it was their second single Buddy
Holly and the brilliant nostalgic Happy
Days inspired concept developed by Jones
that would cement the band’s fame
[Music]
the video earned for MTV Video Awards
and it’s featured at the Museum of
Modern Art in Manhattan hi
[Applause]
okay thanks daddy
number two the funk that punk you know a
music video is serious when it earns
itself a distinct title the music video
for the funk is titled big city nights
the song is instrumental given the
anthropomorphic dog Charlie
our hero plenty of speaking time you
have a neighborhood yes for about a
month
I’m hearted which we don’t serve in
permanent residence broken boombox which
constantly pumps the catchy beat cause
of him a certain amount of grief and
alienation in the city fee newly called
home
definitely exactly the meaning of the
story is highly debated but one thing is
for sure it demonstrates his Jones’s
ability to pull at the heartstrings of
viewers the band and fans alike were so
touched by Charlie’s hard luck story the
character was brought back for a later
Daft Punk directed music video to give
him a happy ending I still change it
over this cardboard I’m out here two
years reppin Stamos rambling and here
you show up in your red convertible it’s
just so Beatrice before we unveil our
number one pick here are a few honorable
mentions
you know me like that
number one praise you Fat Boy slim while
Jones and Fat Boy slim may have only
made two music videos together their
combined artistic endeavors are
unparalleled
the two thousand video for weapon of
choice
featuring an iconic performance by none
other than Christopher Walken or should
we say Christopher Danson but it’s the
video for crazy which feels like the
definitive work in the respective career
of each Artie
it is simple yet utterly captivating it
feels handed unabashedly silly and
nonetheless oddly beautiful shot in a
try guerilla style the video features
Jones and a pack of dentists
the fictional Torrance Community dancers
performing for the general public
including the very real cinema employee
he turns off their boom box on $800 well
[Applause]
so do you agree with our list
which of Spike Jonze as many excellent
music videos do you consider to be his
best
for more captivating top 10 published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
[Music]
you
[Music]
music video look no further than this
guy
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 music videos directed by Spike Jonze
that aside Illumina run it at a Mudd if
the claim director is responsible for
some of the most iconic music videos of
the last few decades
for this list we’re ranking some of his
best work taking into account the unique
qualities memorable moments and overall
cultural impact right not yet not yet
not yet not yet pilot not yet number 10
what’s up fat lip fat lip two exams
listed for my class
what makes Spike Jonze such a remarkable
director apart from a truly distinct
aesthetic it’s the fact that he goes
above and beyond simply making a music
video for most project there is no
homies a drama back here on the
precipice of travel feel black reuniting
with X bar side MC fat lifts for his
solo debut the lonely hump Jones created
a gritty often uncomfortable but
ultimately charming video that’s
perfectly complements the rapper’s
unconventionally self-deprecating song
Paul emotionally scarred on Pico
Boulevard was regarded as a weak sauce
he also filmed a lot of b-roll over the
multi-day shoot material that would
become the short documentary by the same
name it captures the world of drugs
booze and confusion that defines
phablets life after splitting with far
sides and provides context of the song
themes as well as insight into the
eclectic style of the music video no
matter what was always doing show some
notorious miss Roxy soars New York
number nine guide the limit the
notorious b.i.g featuring 112 publicist
me I like that when I was young I am
sincerely facade centipede was the first
single from what would be the rapper’s
first posthumous album the appropriately
titled life after death
[Music]
he was shot four times and died just two
weeks prior to the release of the album
making hypnotize the last video he’d
partaken kid standing in for adults has
become somewhat of a cliche in music
videos but given the context of Biggie’s
death it feels like a fitting and
touching testament to the man what the
forum will close with most of the summer
includes a chance for biggie to live out
his childhood ambitions of success and
luxury after death taking emotional cues
from the song by Jones then still new to
directing mainstream rap videos
nonetheless achieved a perfect balance
between hip hop excess and childish
innocence
[Music]
number eight the suburb Arcade Fire
[Music]
win Butler Arcade Fire’s vocalist thumbs
up the band’s third album as a letter
from the suburb Mike don’t take that
theme for all it’s worth
[Music]
music video explores the cycling
monotony of suburbia by making it a
literal police state and leaves the
adolescent characters to create their
own fun within it however dangerous that
might be Mike Jones expanded the videos
concept into a 30 minute short film
entitled scene from the suburbs it’s as
bleak as it is beautifully shocked more
visually similar to Jones’s later films
like where the wild things are and her
than his early gritty music video
[Music]
number seven flashing lights Kanye West
featuring dwell a three separate music
videos were made for this song this one
was last to be shot but first to be
released no one can explain Kanye’s
logic better than Kanye himself so to
put it simply he just didn’t like the
first two you know like mud sauce i’m
barbara de sisse florida board has led
him to team up with Spike Jonze to get a
finished product he’d been happy with
Weston this video to be his favorite of
the three and the world seems to agree
with his choice as pitchfork ranked it
the 15th best music video of the 2000
[Music]
release tone called it the 11th best
video of 2008 Spike Jonze employed an
effective flow motion technique while
incorporating an artistic strip routine
and a violent end for the singer his
typical colors like Katrina with no
scream off like Martin with no Gina
[Music]
number six triumph of a heart Bjork some
fans may prefer Bjork’s earlier
collaboration with Spike Jones it’s also
quiet
[Music]
in which the director manipulated the
speed of the video to emphasize the
changing tempo of the song to admittedly
great effect but 2005 triumph of a heart
is a wacky narrative tale the likes of
which only Jones can pull off including
interspecies relationships a nostalgic
aesthetic a room full of scatting bar
patrons and what can only be described
as the greatest cat dance ever the
instrumentals in this song are truly
frenetic and it’s tough to imagine
anyone else successfully putting
together a video that has the song
justice number 5
drop the farside let me pick the song
obsolete is the putt that caught more
sense except tail Mike Jones and Fatlip
made magic together with this video for
fatless old crew the far side for their
1995 single drop is a testament to what
Jones can accomplish when he’s given not
one but four enthusiastic collaborators
[Music]
J Dilla’s distinct use of leaf samples
played backwards pairs perfectly with
Jones’s reverse video the members of far
side literally had to learn all their
verses backwards to lip-synch to the
song and their effort maker of creepy
captivating and endlessly rewatchable
finish on him over time
[Music]
number four sabotage the Beastie Boy
[Music]
what can be said about this iconic video
that hasn’t already been set the song
has become synonymous with glorious
action scenes with star chat beyond
being just one of the most recent
examples
what’s the most memorable action
sequence to ever use it was its own
video an incredible lamashtu 1970s crime
dramas in the form of the opening
credits of a fictional TV series called
sabotage Joanne borrows from all the
best 70s cop shows with the B C’s
themselves going deep undercover the
project proved to be so gritty that MTV
actually forced a recut of the video but
here in the digital era the original can
easily be found in all its glory please
try the fish
number three Buddy Holly Weezer
1994 was a good year to be Weiser 1994
was also a good year to be Spike Jonze
but it was really a good year for fans
of Spike Jonze and Weezer as he made not
one but two videos for songs off their
legendary self-titled debut album
[Music]
undone the sweater song was the band’s
first single and music video built as a
single shot a technique that Jones would
revisit many times on a blue stage with
a bunch of dogs the video was a hit
but it was their second single Buddy
Holly and the brilliant nostalgic Happy
Days inspired concept developed by Jones
that would cement the band’s fame
[Music]
the video earned for MTV Video Awards
and it’s featured at the Museum of
Modern Art in Manhattan hi
[Applause]
okay thanks daddy
number two the funk that punk you know a
music video is serious when it earns
itself a distinct title the music video
for the funk is titled big city nights
the song is instrumental given the
anthropomorphic dog Charlie
our hero plenty of speaking time you
have a neighborhood yes for about a
month
I’m hearted which we don’t serve in
permanent residence broken boombox which
constantly pumps the catchy beat cause
of him a certain amount of grief and
alienation in the city fee newly called
home
definitely exactly the meaning of the
story is highly debated but one thing is
for sure it demonstrates his Jones’s
ability to pull at the heartstrings of
viewers the band and fans alike were so
touched by Charlie’s hard luck story the
character was brought back for a later
Daft Punk directed music video to give
him a happy ending I still change it
over this cardboard I’m out here two
years reppin Stamos rambling and here
you show up in your red convertible it’s
just so Beatrice before we unveil our
number one pick here are a few honorable
mentions
you know me like that
number one praise you Fat Boy slim while
Jones and Fat Boy slim may have only
made two music videos together their
combined artistic endeavors are
unparalleled
the two thousand video for weapon of
choice
featuring an iconic performance by none
other than Christopher Walken or should
we say Christopher Danson but it’s the
video for crazy which feels like the
definitive work in the respective career
of each Artie
it is simple yet utterly captivating it
feels handed unabashedly silly and
nonetheless oddly beautiful shot in a
try guerilla style the video features
Jones and a pack of dentists
the fictional Torrance Community dancers
performing for the general public
including the very real cinema employee
he turns off their boom box on $800 well
[Applause]
so do you agree with our list
which of Spike Jonze as many excellent
music videos do you consider to be his
best
for more captivating top 10 published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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