get too close to the flame it’s amazing
what you can do with just one roll of
the camera welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 one shot music videos
a chance across
to this list we’ve looked at any music
video regardless of genre that is
composed of just one tape many of these
musical accompaniments required plenty
of attempts but the final product is
seamlessly special
number ten undone the sweater song
Weezer
I
we begin by rocking out without a break
in shock
the first single from the first-ever
Weezer album the band hired director
Spike Jonze who decided to have the band
perform the song sped up the result when
played at the correct speed was that the
band appeared to be moving in slow
motion
frontman Rivers Cuomo in his
shaggy-haired youth drummer Patrick
Wilson acting wacky and slow-mo and dogs
lots of dogs for some reason
number nine hideaway Kaiser take him
higher than availeth info I’m on the
back to Sparta
a song which reportedly took less than
two hours to write the video
accompaniment to kaisers hideaway
Shirley took a lot longer than that to
organize as the singer takes to the
streets for some crazy choreography in
between cab rides we’re left more than a
little open mouth everything is very
very slick with each new dance partner
or group we find that we’re going and
eyeing even before the chorus has
started when she’s driven off at the end
we’re about ready to applaud our TV
screens
number eight untitled how does it feel
D’Angelo if we don’t need cuts in the
film we don’t need clothes on the
performer right that’s the conclusion
reached by this turn-of-the-century
single anyway there’s only one thing to
look at in this video and we’re getting
to look at it extremely close-up
often parodied most notably by Panic at
the Disco controversial rumors have it
that D’Angelo was actually receiving
oral sex off-camera if that’s true then
you have to take your hat off to the man
along with everything else you’re
wearing
number seven no surprises Radiohead
it takes a lot of skill to turn a piece
of film into something emotionally
effective without at least cutting it
once
it takes incredible skill to do so
without even moving the camera once the
video for Radiohead’s no surprises is an
amazingly intimate 3 minutes and 46
seconds with lead singer Thom Yorke
one minute of which we see the guy’s
head submerged in water
the reflections are in all the right
places
the autocue lyrics look awesome and
york’s faint smile upon breathing again
is simply brilliant
ready
yeah
number six yellow Coldplay cut the stars
how they shine Oh
a similarly dreary concept now and
another that manages to turn something
bleak into something beautiful they were
oh yeah
Chris Martin stroll along snugglin Bay
in Dorset is now iconic but it was
originally meant to be a very different
video the shoot coincided with the
funeral of drummer of will champions
mother which is the reason the rest of
the band is absolutely
I jumped across
it had also been planned for a sunny day
but the dreariness onset seemed
appropriate
we wouldn’t have it any other way
raincoats and all it’s a classic all the
things that
number five subterranean homesick blues
Bob Dylan basement and mixing up the
Hey
widely recognized as one of the first
ever music videos this world-famous Bob
Dylan clip was initially created as the
opening segment to the 1967 film don’t
look back a documentary showing Dylan’s
tour of England two years previously
filmed in a back alley behind the Savoy
Hotel in London the much parodied cue
cards were written by Beat Generation
pioneer Allen Ginsberg among others at
the time this video was seriously cool
and it reeks with the same style even
now
number four MadWorld
michael andrews featuring Gary Jules
around me are familiar faces worn out
places a song originally sung by Tears
for Fears
and covered by Michael Andrews and Gary
Jules for the film Donnie Darko in 2001
it wasn’t until Christmas 2003 that this
record really caught our ears and in
particular our eyes this video gives us
a bird’s eye view of an expertly
organised group of people using their
bodies to make moving images find it
kind of funny I find it kind of sad
the dreams in which I’m dying are the
best I’ve ever as the camera
occasionally pans to the singer or piano
player we know it’s a simple idea but we
also know we can’t take our eyes off of
it
number three here it goes again okay go
these guys are king when it comes to
inventive single take videos the Rube
Goldberg machine of this too shall pass
was something special
and the optical illusions of the
writing’s on the wall at us Wow
smile
to say
let’s not forget the stunning work of
the multicopter drone camera in 2014 I
won’t let you down but the viral success
all started with a treadmills and over
50 million views on YouTube
the care and attention that has clearly
gone into making this video is
commendable enough but it’s all about
the execution and they executed this to
perfection
number two one two three four five when
we say we’ve got an all-singing
all-dancing wonder of a runner up we
really mean it today
in terms of choreography energy ambition
and affect the video for one two three
four scores 10 out of 10 with a 109
filmed inside an empty hangar the
setting isn’t too elaborate but the
color and the movement leave you open
mouth anyway
a real group effort singer Leslie Feist
stands out from the crowd but she’s also
entirely reliant upon them when she
bowels at the end and her buddies aren’t
there there’s real magic
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
water
what you could learn but just our love
that go me
number one want to be the Spice Girls
our one take winner has claimed the
crown today if only for its sheer level
of craziness there really is a lot going
on in this video from staircase dance
routines to five-second flirting to
dining table backflips it’s quite
incredible that none of the mania was
missed
simple terms it’s the Spice Girls
ransacking a potentially sophisticated
party but behind the camera heaven knows
the organizational effort you wanna get
with me you got an excessively we got
some in the place you liked it in your
so she does gene I can see you liked it
on a PvP in terms of one shot music
videos this is very far from wannabe
this is the real riotous deal
do you agree with our list which one
take video did we forget
for more innovative top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
what you can do with just one roll of
the camera welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top 10 one shot music videos
a chance across
to this list we’ve looked at any music
video regardless of genre that is
composed of just one tape many of these
musical accompaniments required plenty
of attempts but the final product is
seamlessly special
number ten undone the sweater song
Weezer
I
we begin by rocking out without a break
in shock
the first single from the first-ever
Weezer album the band hired director
Spike Jonze who decided to have the band
perform the song sped up the result when
played at the correct speed was that the
band appeared to be moving in slow
motion
frontman Rivers Cuomo in his
shaggy-haired youth drummer Patrick
Wilson acting wacky and slow-mo and dogs
lots of dogs for some reason
number nine hideaway Kaiser take him
higher than availeth info I’m on the
back to Sparta
a song which reportedly took less than
two hours to write the video
accompaniment to kaisers hideaway
Shirley took a lot longer than that to
organize as the singer takes to the
streets for some crazy choreography in
between cab rides we’re left more than a
little open mouth everything is very
very slick with each new dance partner
or group we find that we’re going and
eyeing even before the chorus has
started when she’s driven off at the end
we’re about ready to applaud our TV
screens
number eight untitled how does it feel
D’Angelo if we don’t need cuts in the
film we don’t need clothes on the
performer right that’s the conclusion
reached by this turn-of-the-century
single anyway there’s only one thing to
look at in this video and we’re getting
to look at it extremely close-up
often parodied most notably by Panic at
the Disco controversial rumors have it
that D’Angelo was actually receiving
oral sex off-camera if that’s true then
you have to take your hat off to the man
along with everything else you’re
wearing
number seven no surprises Radiohead
it takes a lot of skill to turn a piece
of film into something emotionally
effective without at least cutting it
once
it takes incredible skill to do so
without even moving the camera once the
video for Radiohead’s no surprises is an
amazingly intimate 3 minutes and 46
seconds with lead singer Thom Yorke
one minute of which we see the guy’s
head submerged in water
the reflections are in all the right
places
the autocue lyrics look awesome and
york’s faint smile upon breathing again
is simply brilliant
ready
yeah
number six yellow Coldplay cut the stars
how they shine Oh
a similarly dreary concept now and
another that manages to turn something
bleak into something beautiful they were
oh yeah
Chris Martin stroll along snugglin Bay
in Dorset is now iconic but it was
originally meant to be a very different
video the shoot coincided with the
funeral of drummer of will champions
mother which is the reason the rest of
the band is absolutely
I jumped across
it had also been planned for a sunny day
but the dreariness onset seemed
appropriate
we wouldn’t have it any other way
raincoats and all it’s a classic all the
things that
number five subterranean homesick blues
Bob Dylan basement and mixing up the
Hey
widely recognized as one of the first
ever music videos this world-famous Bob
Dylan clip was initially created as the
opening segment to the 1967 film don’t
look back a documentary showing Dylan’s
tour of England two years previously
filmed in a back alley behind the Savoy
Hotel in London the much parodied cue
cards were written by Beat Generation
pioneer Allen Ginsberg among others at
the time this video was seriously cool
and it reeks with the same style even
now
number four MadWorld
michael andrews featuring Gary Jules
around me are familiar faces worn out
places a song originally sung by Tears
for Fears
and covered by Michael Andrews and Gary
Jules for the film Donnie Darko in 2001
it wasn’t until Christmas 2003 that this
record really caught our ears and in
particular our eyes this video gives us
a bird’s eye view of an expertly
organised group of people using their
bodies to make moving images find it
kind of funny I find it kind of sad
the dreams in which I’m dying are the
best I’ve ever as the camera
occasionally pans to the singer or piano
player we know it’s a simple idea but we
also know we can’t take our eyes off of
it
number three here it goes again okay go
these guys are king when it comes to
inventive single take videos the Rube
Goldberg machine of this too shall pass
was something special
and the optical illusions of the
writing’s on the wall at us Wow
smile
to say
let’s not forget the stunning work of
the multicopter drone camera in 2014 I
won’t let you down but the viral success
all started with a treadmills and over
50 million views on YouTube
the care and attention that has clearly
gone into making this video is
commendable enough but it’s all about
the execution and they executed this to
perfection
number two one two three four five when
we say we’ve got an all-singing
all-dancing wonder of a runner up we
really mean it today
in terms of choreography energy ambition
and affect the video for one two three
four scores 10 out of 10 with a 109
filmed inside an empty hangar the
setting isn’t too elaborate but the
color and the movement leave you open
mouth anyway
a real group effort singer Leslie Feist
stands out from the crowd but she’s also
entirely reliant upon them when she
bowels at the end and her buddies aren’t
there there’s real magic
before we unveil our number one pick
here are a few honorable mentions
water
what you could learn but just our love
that go me
number one want to be the Spice Girls
our one take winner has claimed the
crown today if only for its sheer level
of craziness there really is a lot going
on in this video from staircase dance
routines to five-second flirting to
dining table backflips it’s quite
incredible that none of the mania was
missed
simple terms it’s the Spice Girls
ransacking a potentially sophisticated
party but behind the camera heaven knows
the organizational effort you wanna get
with me you got an excessively we got
some in the place you liked it in your
so she does gene I can see you liked it
on a PvP in terms of one shot music
videos this is very far from wannabe
this is the real riotous deal
do you agree with our list which one
take video did we forget
for more innovative top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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