MTV Top 100 Videos of 1990
MTV's Year-End Top 100 Countdown of music videos from 1990.
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- 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.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBilly IdolBetsy Lynn GeorgeNicole HansenBilly Idol performs in the music video "Cradle of Love" from the album "Charmed Life" recorded for Chrysalis Records. A businessman works on his computer and is visited by a teenager from next door who wants to play a tape. She plays the tape and begins to dance lasciviously around the apartment. Billy Idol appears in framed paintings on the walls of the apartment.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMadonnaLuis CamachoOliver Crumes Jr.Madonna pays homage to Hollywood's Golden Age via Harlem's "House Ball" Vogueing.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsAerosmithKristin DattiloNicholas GuestA young girl murders her abusive father.
- DirectorMichael PattersonCandace ReckingerStarsPaula AbdulDerrick 'Delite' StevensPaula Abdul and her hip animated talking feline friend MC Skat Kat joyfully dance in an alleyway, on a staircase and on a rooftop while playfully singing about how opposite they are of each other, and yet - opposites attract.
- 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.
- DirectorGreg SynodisStarsEdward L. HollandDope ShayVanilla IceA music video for Vanilla Ice's song 'Ice Ice Baby'.
- 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".
- DirectorPeter SmillieStarsLana HoustonJanet JacksonWilli Ninja
- DirectorMary LambertStarsTommy LeeMick MarsMötley CrüeMötley Crüe performs in the music video "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" from the album "Dr. Feelgood" recorded for Elektra Records. The video opens with a woman on the sidewalk breaking her heel. The band calls Vince Neil who leaves New York City to join his band mates in Los Angeles for a rehearsal.
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsPoisonBobby DallC.C. DeVillePoison performs in the music video "Something to Believe In" from the album "Flesh and Blood" recorded for Capitol Records. The music video begins with Bobby Dall on the piano. Bret Michaels sings as he plays guitar in front of a video screen. Clips of a man in a wheelchair play throughout.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsWilson PhillipsChynna PhillipsCarnie WilsonWilson Phillips performs in the music video "Hold On" from the album "Wilson Phillips" recorded for SBK Records. The music video begins with aerial shots of a mountain side. Wilson Philips sings as they sit on the side of the mountain. Later, they sing as they sit together on the beach by the ocean.
- DirectorMarc ReshovskyStarsSkid RowRob AffusoSebastian BachSkid Row performs in the music video "I Remember You" from the album "Skid Row" recorded for Atlantic Records. The video begins with shots of the band as they play in a large room with a brown wooden floor. Sebastian Bach sings while clips of an older homeless man thinking about a woman play throughout.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsNelsonJudie AronsonGunnar NelsonNelson performs in the music video "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" from the album "After the Rain" recorded for Geffen Records. The music video begins with Matthew and Gunnar playing guitar on a pair of couches. The perform on a brightly colored set with their band as a woman watches on.
- DirectorRalph ZimanStarsFaith No MoreMike PattonJim MartinFaith No More performs in the music video "Epic" from the album "The Real Thing" recorded for Slash Records. Mike Patton sings while the band plays in front of a painting of storm clouds. The band continues to play even through a downpour of rain. Clips of surreal images play throughout including a hand with eye in the center of its palm.
- DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsThe B-52'sKate PiersonFred SchneiderThe B-52's perform in the music video "Roam" from the album "Cosmic Thing" recorded for Reprise Records. Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson sing and dance to the song. Meanwhile, the band wearing all black is blue screened into a variety of environments and settings.
- StarsBlas EliasTim KellySlaughterSlaughter performs in the music video "Fly to the Angels" from the album "Stick It to Ya" recorded for Chrysalis Records. The video begins as the band arrives to an album signing to spirited fans. Mark Slaughter sings and the bands plays in an airport hanger with a propeller plane behind them.
- DirectorWayne IshamStarsJanet JacksonRicky Stokes
- DirectorMartin TorgoffStarsAerosmithTom HamiltonJoey KramerAerosmith performs in the first version of the music video "What It Takes" from the album "Pump" recorded for Geffen Records. Steve Tyler and the band record the song in the studio in a series of clips taken from the documentary Aerosmith: The Making of Pump (1990).
- DirectorLionel C. MartinStarsBell Biv DeVoeRicky BellMichael BivinsBell Biv DeVoe perform in the music video "Poison" from the album "Poison" recorded for MCA Records. Bell Biv DeVoe sing the song while walking the streets. The dance on brick streets with several backup dancers before visiting a dance club and a basketball court.
- DirectorMary LambertStarsTommy LeeMick MarsMötley CrüeMötley Crüe performs in the music video "Without You" from the album "Dr. Feelgood" recorded for Elektra Records. The video opens with an animated sequence of doors opening to a spinning coin. Vince Neil sings while the band plays on a sound stage decorated with stone pillars.
- 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.
- StarsM.C. HammerMC Hammer performs in the music video "Pray" from the album "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em" recorded for Capitol Records. The video opens with a choir of gospel singers singing in front of a large fountain. MC Hammer sings the song as he walks down a city sidewalk joined by backup dancers.
- DirectorJames YukichStarsPhil CollinsBridgette BryantBrad ColePhil Collins performs in the music video "Something Happened on the Way to Heaven" from the album "...But Seriously" recorded for Atlantic and Virgin Records. The music video begins with a dog sleeping in a field who dreams about rescuing a woman from a train. The dog awakens and runs to a performance by Phil Collins of the song on a stage surrounded by colored lights.
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsPoisonBobby DallC.C. DeVillePoison performs in the music video "Unskinny Bop" from the album "Flesh and Blood" recorded for Capitol Records. The music video begins with the band driving in cars and a motorcycle to the recording studio. CC appears with two women from a taxi. The band then performs on a stage.