Michael Jackson - Thriller
We all know that this genius John Landis-directed video was the best of the best. So instead, here's some odds and sods about the legendary and scary 13-minute clip:
- the only video to be in the National Film Registry for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant.
- the famous red jacket was bought at auction by Texan gold trader Milton Verret for a cool $1.8 million.
- the zombie dance sequence was filmed at the junction of Union Pacific Avenue and South Calzona Street in East Los Angeles.

Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
The elaborate stop-motion animation was ahead of its time, and Peter Gabriel was at the forefront of the craft. It is still MTV's most played video in the history of the station, and is a staple on every best videos of all-time list.

A-ha - Take On Me
They may have had only two hits in North America, but the Norwegian band were anything but a flash in the pan -- they have sold an astonishing 60 million albums and 15 million singles worldwide. It all kicked off with the groundbreaking video for their first single, "Take On Me." The video used a pencil-sketch animation/live-action combination called rotoscoping, in which the live-action footage is traced over frame by frame to give the characters realistic movements. What resulted was one of most innovative and original videos ever made.

The Police - Every Breath You Take
The beautifully shot video, directed by Godley & Creme, proves that simpler is better in many cases. The minimalistic black-and- white promo was the inspiration for many other ones as well, including U2's classic, "With or Without You."

Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Anyone who has their eyes glued to the TV during the early '80s saw this video an infinite amount of times. The song, the first single/video off her huge 1983 debut "She's So Unusual," was on heavy rotation around the world, and launched Lauper as a global superstar."

Madonna - Like A Prayer
Madonna knew exactly the furor this video was going to cause before she even made it. When MTV aired it for the first time on March 3, 1989, it set off a firestorm of controversy from religious groups over what they deemed to be "blasphemous imagery." Madonna incorporated many Catholic symbols such as stigmata and burning crosses, and even a dream about making love to a black saint. Heck, even the Pope chimed in on it - he banned her from Italy. The video was shown a day after Pepsi had aired a commercial flogging their product as well as Madonna's upcoming tour. Boycotts against Pepsi ensued, and the soft drink company eventually dropped its sponsorship of the pop star. We doubt this video would cause the uproar it did now, but at the time, it was a game changer.