MTV Europe Top 100 Videos of 1990
MTV Europe's Year-End Top 100 Countdown of music videos from 1990.
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- DirectorJohn MayburyStarsSinéad O'ConnorSinéad O'Connor performs in the music video "Nothing Compares 2 U" from the album "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" recorded for Chrysalis Records. The music video features a closeup of Sinéad O'Connor's face as she sings and goes through different stages of emotions in tune with the lyrics.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMadonnaLuis CamachoOliver Crumes Jr.Madonna pays homage to Hollywood's Golden Age via Harlem's "House Ball" Vogueing.
- DirectorJonathan BateStarsSnap!Turbo B.Penny FordSnap. performs in the music video "The Power" from the album "World Power" recorded for Ariola and Arista Records. The music video opens with a black and white speaker making an announcement with a Russian accent. The music video features Turbo B. rapping as he stands behind a podium while men dance.
- StarsAdamskiSealAdamski and Seal perform in the music video "Killer" from Adamski's album "Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy". The effects heavy video features Adamski and Seal as rotating heads against static and pulse screen background. Seal sings while Adamski DJs at a turntable. Surreal video clips play throughout.
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsDepeche ModeAndrew FletcherDave Gahan"Enjoy the Silence" is a song by Depeche Mode, taken from their seventh studio album, Violator. The single is Gold certificated in the US and Germany. The song won Best British Single at the 1991 BRIT Awards.
- DirectorRupert WainwrightStarsM.C. HammerSandra Salazar SalgadoKendrick WashingtonMC Hammer performs in the music video "U Can't Touch This" from the album "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em" recorded for Capitol Records. MC Hammer sings the song and dances along with backup dances against a white background and in several other settings. He performs several signatures dances includes the Running Man and the Hammer Dance.
- StarsLondonbeatJimmy ChambersGeorge ChandlerFirst of the two promotional music videos for the hit Londonbeat.
- DirectorDoug FreelStarsMarie FredrikssonPer GessleRoxetteThe music video was directed by Doug Freel and was shot in a warehouse. It included clips from Pretty Woman, with Marie Fredriksson singing and playing piano and Per Gessle playing guitar between various prop changes. There is also an alternate version of the video, without the movie scenes, which was available solely on the VHS The Videos.
- DirectorBrian TraversStarsAli CampbellKentrick PatrickUB40
- DirectorGareth RobertsStarsDnaSuzanne VegaDNA performs with Suzanne Vega in the music video "Tom's Diner" from the single recorded for A&M and PolyGram Records. The music video begins with close-up shots of eyes rotating and lips. Two men dance while Suzanne Vega sings. Clips of men playing instruments, eagles, and dancers play throughout.
- DirectorHiroyuki NakanoStarsDeee-LiteDmitry BrillBootsy CollinsDeee-Lite performs in the music video "Groove Is in the Heart" from the album "World Clique" recorded for Elektra Records. The video begins with an introduction from Lady Miss Kier utilizing a French accident. The psychedelic video features the band and dancers against a multi-colored 60's background. Bootsy Collins and Q-Tip provide guest vocals.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsPhil CollinsJeffrey TamborJames CagneyThis music video for Phil Collins' hit ft. Eric Clapton presents a theatre director (played by Jeffrey Tambor) worried about his current musical play after the absence of his lead singer during a rehearsal. Clapton asks if newcomer Bill Collins (played by Phil) can be part of the act since he has some singing talent. During the act, Bill dreams of having a successful career in show business.
- DirectorMichael B. BorofskyA experimental video clip directed by Michael Borofsky was released for "Praying for Time", featuring only the lyrics of the song with a blue and black background that, at the end of the clip, reveals itself to be the image on the cover of the album.
- DirectorVaughan ArnellStarsEros RamazzottiEros Ramazzotti's se bastasse una canzone official music video
- DirectorBojan BazelliJeb BrienAndrew MorahanStarsMariah CareyThe video takes place in a large cathedral-like room, with large winding staircases on each side. Throughout the video, the scenery changes several times from a cloudy and sunny day, to a glowing sunset. These time shifts are seen through a large carved window in the cathedral. The video begins with Carey's hair in long golden curls, and her wearing a skin-tight black jumper. She sits on the large ledge by the window, staring into the different colors in the sky. As the video progresses, Carey is joined by a small black cat, which accompanies her as she meditates on the large stairwell. After the song's second verse, a large microphone is seen in the middle of the room, where scenes of Carey singing and standing on the window's ledge interchange. The last scenes show Carey staring out into the meadow, smiling.
- StarsMaria McKeeMusic video for Maria McKee's song "Show Me Heaven" from the Days of Thunder soundtrack.
- StarsTechnotronicManuela KamosiFelly KilingiTechnotronic performs in the music video "Get Up. (Before the Night Is Over)" from the album "Pump Up the Jam: The Album" recorded for SBK and EMI Records. The music video features Ya Kid K as she stands on a black platform and raps. DJs and dancers surround her as she sings against a white background.
- StarsMaxi PriestMaxi Priest performs in the first version of the music video "Close to You" from the album "Bonafide" recorded for Charisma Records. The music video begins with shots of people walking in a desert set with a pyramid in the background. Maxi Priest sings directly to the camera while wearing dark sunglasses.
- DirectorGreg SynodisStarsEdward L. HollandDope ShayVanilla IceA music video for Vanilla Ice's song 'Ice Ice Baby'.
- DirectorDominic SenaStarsDjimon HounsouTina TurnerMusetta VanderVideo promo for Tina Turner: I Don't Wanna Lose You.
- DirectorWayne IshamStarsJon Bon JoviEmilio EstevezLou Diamond PhillipsThe music video for the song "Blaze of Glory" by an American singer-songwriter Jon Bon Jovi from the 1990 album with the same name. The music from and inspired by the 1990 film "Young Guns II".
- DirectorEric WatsonStarsAnna-Marie GascoigneChris LowePet Shop BoysMusic video for Pet Shop Boys: So Hard
- DirectorAlek KeshishianStarsYasmeen GhauriChris IsaakElton JohnThe video, which follows the song's lyrics, portrays a man and woman having problems in their relationship after being married and raising a daughter. After they go their separate ways, the man raises his daughter alone.