MTV Europe Top 100 Videos of 2005
MTV Europe's Year-End Top 100 Countdown of music videos from 2005.
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- DirectorJohan RenckStarsMadonnaSofia BoutellaMihran KirakosianMusic video for Madonna's massively successful first single from the 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' album.
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsBillie Joe ArmstrongTré CoolMike DirntMusic video for the song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by American punk rock band Green Day, recorded for their seventh studio album American Idiot (2004).
- DirectorJohan RenckStarsRobbie Williams
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsGuy BerrymanJon BucklandWill ChampionA promotional video for Coldplay's 2005 single, "Speed of Sound."
- DirectorBrendan MalloyEmmett MalloyThe MalloysStarsThe Black Eyed PeasApl.de.ApFergieOfficial music video for "Don't Phunk with My Heart" by The Black Eyed Peas.
- DirectorPete CandelandJamie HewlettStarsDamon AlbarnDe La SoulTrugoy the Dove2-D yearns for the freedom to join Noodle on her floating island.
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsJason AdelmanSamaire ArmstrongDaniel PowterA man sings in a beanie and emotes.
- DirectorMichael HaussmanStarsAlejandro SanzShakiraOfficial music video for "La Tortura" by Shakira ft. Alejandro Sanz.
- DirectorJoern HeitmannStarsAki HakalaEero HeinonenPauli RantasalmiThe video depicts a girl with an apparent obsession with butterflies. She follows them out of her bedroom and sleepwalks across roofs, and through streets. The girl eventually comes to a roof of glass panes and falls through them into the building. It is unclear whether the girl has died or not, and she appears to end up in a garden with a bed situated in the middle, surrounded by butterflies and flowers.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsFrancis BertrandJade GilleyGwen StefaniOfficial music video for Gwen Stefani's 2005 hit single "Hollaback Girl."
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsThe Pussycat DollsCarmit BacharAshley RobertsOfficial music video for "Don't Cha" by The Pussycat Dolls ft. Busta Rhymes.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsBackstreet BoysNick CarterHowie DoroughThe official Music video of the song 'Incomplete', by Backstreet Boys.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsFoo FightersDave GrohlTaylor HawkinsThe video features the band playing on top of the abandoned Linda Vista Community Hospital. Along with the band's scenes are clips that show pain, depression, or anger.
- DirectorUwe FladeStarsDepeche ModeAndrew FletcherDave GahanVideo promo for Depeche Mode: Precious.
- DirectorMissy ElliottDave MeyersStarsCiaraMissy ElliottTommy LeeOfficial music video for "Lose Control" by Missy Elliott.
- DirectorSam BrownStarsJames BluntJames Blunt performs in the music video "You're Beautiful" from the album "Back to Bedlam" recorded for Atlantic and RCA Records. James Blunt sings as he stands near the sea as rain falls upon him. He removes his clothing with the exception of his pants. He then jumps into the water.
- DirectorBrett RatnerStarsMariah CareyJermaine DupriRandy JacksonOfficial music video for "It's Like That" by Mariah Carey featuring Jermaine Dupri and Fatman Scoop.
- Stars50 CentD12Dr. DreReleased on December 3, 2004, the song's video starts with two young boys, one who is white and one who is black, reading a book called "Toy Soldiers," which contains the lyrics of this song. It begins at the hospital where Eminem and other rappers are watching, in despair, the doctors trying to save D12 member Bugz (played by fellow D12 member Proof), who was killed in 1999. Eminem is then seen in a series of scenes rapping the song in a deserted alleyway, before the video goes through a series of scenes showing the various feuds mentioned in the song. They include seeing the news, rappers battling in studios, and street encounters. Near the end, Eminem stands shocked seeing the shooting of Bugz. It switches back to the hospital, where Bugz dies, and finishes at his funeral, which has a choir in which the black child and the white child from when Martika starts to sing.
- DirectorJames CoxStarsLena KatinaCharlie Koznickt.A.T.u.The uncensored version of the music video starts off with Lena and Yulia pulling up in a car, with the chorus to "All the Things She Said" playing on the radio.
- DirectorJessy TerreroStarsSean PaulThe video was shot in LA deserts by Jessy Terrero showing two girls and an overheated Hummer H2 in the background and showing the two girls again but before their breakdown. Sean Paul is seen dancing with three other girls in front of highly modified semi-trucks and a truck that shoots flames.
- DirectorAlexandre CourtèsMartin FougeroleStarsBonoAdam ClaytonThe EdgeA promotional video for U2's 2005 single "City of Blinding Lights."
- DirectorMatthew RolstonStarsKeisha BuchananMutya BuenaHeidi Range
- DirectorVernie YeungStarsKylie MinogueI don't believe that magic is only in the mind... Imagine the dancing ballerina of a music box magically coming to life. Singing about all the things she doesn't believe in, but above everything else, that she believes in you. Okay, so Kylie's not a ballerina in here, but she's a breathtaking dancer wearing a wispy gossamer gown, beautifully, beautifully made up, better than anything real life could ever offer. And the song is pure joy to listen to.
- DirectorMeiert AvisStarsHIMMika KarppinenMikko LindströmMusic video for HIM's song, 'Wings of a Butterfly'.
- DirectorHype WilliamsStarsYeJamie FoxxSaara ChandooKanye West performs with Jamie Foxx in the music video "Gold Digger" from the album "Late Registration" recorded for Roc-A-Fella and Def Jam Records. The music video begins with Jamie Foxx singing before Kanye West begins to rap. Images of women modeling as pin-ups for magazines play throughout.
- DirectorDiane MartelStarsMatthew BrannAvril LavigneIn the music video for "Nobody's Home", Lavigne plays a homeless teenager who appears to live street-to-street with a friend. Lavigne, who said it was a fun video to make, had to wear a black wig and acid-wash jeans when playing the homeless teenager. The video shifts to a more glamorous Lavigne who wears a dress with long, curled hair, singing the song with an orchestra behind her.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsRob Thomas
- DirectorJake NavaStarsJohn DolmayanDaron MalakianShavo OdadjianPromo video for System of a Down: B.Y.O.B..
- DirectorGil GreenStarsAkonDaniel EllwoodKat GrahamMusic video for "Lonely" performed by Akon.
- DirectorEvan BernardStarsMoby
- DirectorScott FranklinStarsMattafixPreetesh HirjiMarlon Roudette
- DirectorJoern HeitmannStarsRammsteinTill LindemannRichard KruspeMembers of the popular German band Rammstein meet years later--older and now morbidly obese--to jam in an abandoned warehouse.
- DirectorTim QualtroughStarsOasisGem ArcherAndy Bell
- DirectorThe Saline ProjectStarsThe Black Eyed PeasApl.de.ApFergieOfficial music video for "Don't Lie" by The Black Eyed Peas.
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsBillie Joe ArmstrongTré CoolMike Dirntthe music video of holiday shows the band in two different setting,riding a mercury monterey 1968 convertible battered in the city, and the band playing themselves and another people in a bar.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceDiane MartelStarsDonna GlytchJennifer LopezMusic video for Jennifer Lopez`s hit single, Get Right.
- DirectorKacho López-MariCarlos PerezStarsDaddy YankeeDaddy Yankee performs in the music video "Gasolina" from the album "Barrio Fino" recorded for El Cartel and UMG Records. Daddy Yankee performs the song on a raceway while wearing a white hat and dancing. Video clips of race cars accelerating and dancing women play throughout the video.
- DirectorDirector XStarsKardinal OffishallRihannaCipha SoundsA young girl just wants the DJ to turn the music up.
- DirectorNick GoffeyDominic HawleyStarsKele OkerekeLuke VarleyIt starts out with a man watching women in an exercise video dance on a window TV in a store.
- DirectorJake NavaStarsNatalie Imbruglia
- DirectorJessy TerreroStars50 CentLloyd BanksYoung BuckThe music video was directed by Jessy Terrero on January 11-12, 2005, and filmed in Hollywood, California. Due to rapper Trick Daddy's music video for "Sugar (Gimme Some)" already having candy references, 50 Cent said, "we tried to do something a little different" and not follow the same route. The video features Olivia as the lead dancer and several models including Chessika Cartwright (as a dominatrix), "Lyric" (as a nurse). It features cameo appearances from Lil Scrappy, former WWE Diva and TNA Knockout Kristal Marshall, former Deal Or No Deal model Leyla Milani, G-Unit member Lloyd Banks, and Young Buck.
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsThe KillersBrandon FlowersDave KeuningThe second video also known as the US version was filmed in Los Angeles, California during November 2004. It stars Flowers, Izabella Miko, and Eric Roberts in a love triangle, occurring within the context of a burlesque show.
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsGwen StefaniPharrell Williams
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsShirley MansonButch VigDuke EriksonVideo promo for "Why Do You Love Me" by Garbage, released as the lead single from their fourth studio album, Bleed Like Me.
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsJason 'Wee Man' AcuñaJamiroquaiJay Kay
- DirectorDirector XStarsMario
- DirectorMarc WebbThe ghost of you is a song played by my chemical romance and is track no. Six on album "Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge" or track no. Seven on "May Death Never Stop You". The music video can be found on YouTube via the official My Chemical Romance account. The song is about the war and what those have to go through for our freedom.
- DirectorChris ApplebaumStarsKelly Osbourne
- DirectorChris RobinsonStarsAmerie1 Thing is music video released by R&B singer Amerie from her 2005 album "Touch".
- DirectorNathan 'Karma' CoxStarsJosh HommeTroy Van LeeuwenJoey CastilloVideo promo for "Little Sister", the first single released by Queens of the Stone Age from their fourth album Lullabies to Paralyze.
- DirectorPete CandelandJamie HewlettStarsRoses GaborDamon AlbarnPhil CornwellThe video was directed by Jamie Hewlett and Pete Candeland. The video calls back to classic horror movies. In the very beginning of the video we see Gorillaz' 'reject false icons' statue, which one may recognize as Pazuzu, the figurine from The Exorcist and son of the devil. Crows are flying around the building, in a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. Shaun Ryder is depicted as a Frankenstein-like monster who is brought to life as the music begins.
- DirectorDiane MartelStarsRicky MartinAmerieFat Joe
- StarsBodyrockersPromo video of the Bodyrockers's first single from their eponymous debut album: Dylan Burns and Kaz James play on a local full of euphoric dancing crowd.
- DirectorShynolaStarsBeckBeck performs in the music video "E-Pro" from the album "Guero" recorded for Interscope Records. The surreal music video finds Beck in a strange computer-animated wire-frame environment. Initially, Beck rises from a grave and finds himself pursued by skeletons. Later he climbs a building and trees before losing his head. He later acquires a much smaller body and runs away from a floating skull.
- DirectorJaume de LaiguanaStarsNicolae NicolaShakira
- DirectorMarcos SiegaStarsWeezerBrian BellAngel Boris Reed
- DirectorBrett RatnerStarsMariah CareyWentworth MillerEric RobertsWhile preparing for her wedding day, a woman reminisces about a past lover.
- DirectorChris GrismerStarsArcade FireHoward BilermanWill ButlerArcade Fire performs in the music video "Rebellion (Lies)" from the album "Funeral" recorded for Merge Records and Rough Trade Records. The music video opens on a suburban street. The band walks down the street playing their instruments and singing. Children join the walk as the band plays.
- StarsTimo MaasBrian Molko
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsGwen StefaniDaniel GonzálezErin ReeseMusic video by Gwen Stefani performing Cool.
- DirectorMarc KlasfeldKevin PowersStarsMark the BaggerBloodhound GangJared 'Evil' HasselhoffMusic video of the Bloodhound Gang's 2005 single "Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo" in which Bam Margera drives down a Pennsylvania highway in the "Banana Car". While he is driving, he sees girls performing sexually suggestive activities.
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsGuy BerrymanJon BucklandWill ChampionOfficial music video for "Fix You" by Coldplay.
- DirectorBrendan MalloyEmmett MalloyThe MalloysStarsAvril LavigneEvan TaubenfeldMatthew BrannThe video features Lavigne singing and her band playing instruments in the background. There are scenes where she dances around wearing white gloves, a pink skirt, and holding a magic wand (she is portraying a fairy), and other scenes where she is wearing devil horns on her head (she is portraying the devil). It turns out that Lavigne and her band are at a video shoot, and later get into a food fight. The video ends with the band dancing and Lavigne doing the splits.
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellStarsAl BurkeEminemArtie EspositoMusic video for Eminem's song, 'Ass Like That'.
- DirectorAntti J. JokinenStarsAnastaciaBen MoodyThe music video for the song "Everything Burns" (feat. Anastacia) by an American musician Ben Moody for the soundtrack to the 2005 film "Fantastic Four".
- DirectorHype WilliamsStarsYeOfficial music video for "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" by Kanye West.
- DirectorDiane MartelStarsFranz FerdinandBob HardyAlex KapranosIn the music video of "Do You Want To", rock group Franz Ferdinand perform the song while crashing a party that also is an art exhibition. They eat, drink, play with models and make fun and unusual works of art. The single was released on their second album.
- DirectorAlex De RakoffStarsKelly ClarksonGreg HillOfficial music video for "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson.
- DirectorDenis ThybaudStarsDavid BeaudoinBob Sinclar
- DirectorHype WilliamsStarsAshantiMusic video of Only U by Ashanti.
- DirectorBrett SimonStarsGood CharlotteBenji MaddenJoel MaddenGood Charlotte performs in the music video "I Just Wanna Live" from the album "The Chronicles of Life and Death" recorded for Epic Records and Daylight Records. The music video features the band dressed in food costumes performing as 'The Food Group'. They become big stars despite their silly appearance.
- DirectorNzingha StewartStarsTupac ShakurJ.D. Williams
- DirectorDaft PunkStarsThomas BangalterGuy-Manuel De Homem-ChristoDaft PunkMusic video for Daft Punk's 2005 single "Robot Rock". It consists of Daft Punk performing the song on a stage decorated with several televisions and lights, and filmed on VHS, to achieve an aged look.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsNine Inch NailsTrent ReznorA promotional video for Nine Inch Nails' 2005 single "Only," from their fourth studio album With Teeth.
- DirectorErik WhiteHarvey WhiteStarsTim McGrawNelly
- DirectorDirector XStarsUsherUsher performs in the music video "Caught Up" from the album "Confessions" recorded for Arista Records. The video features Usher and his friends riding in a car while heading to a performance. On their way, Usher saves a woman from a villain. He later heads to a show where he performs the song for a large crowd.
- DirectorDawn ShadforthDick CarruthersStarsMargo MarsGem ArcherAndy BellShort behind-the-scenes documentary following British rock band Oasis as they film the music video for their 2005 single, "The Importance of Being Idle".
- DirectorLaurent BrietStarsFort MinorEric BoboMike Shinoda
- DirectorRobert ChandlerBrendan McNameeStarsRöyksopp
- DirectorDavid LippmanCharles MehlingStarsAnastacia
- DirectorJessy TerreroStars50 CentThe AlchemistLloyd Banks
- DirectorPhil JoanouStarsBonoAdam ClaytonThe EdgeA promotional video for U2's 2005 single "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own."
- DirectorJames CoxStarsDJ D-SharpJinho Piper FerreiraFlipsyde
- DirectorAlexandre CourtèsMartin FougeroleStarsKylie MinogueThe music video for "Giving You Up" was directed by Alex and Martin and filmed in February 2005 in London, England. The video features Minogue as a 17 foot tall, vampy, blonde giantess roaming through the streets and clubs of London at night. There are three sequences; the first features Minogue walking through a tunnel, the second of her walking through the streets and the third of her in a club. Throughout the video Minogue meets several people. In a sequence on the streets, she dances in front of a taxi cab that has stopped to let her across a zebra crossing. Minogue then heads to a club where she meets a shy man who is interested in her. In another scene on the streets, Minogue walks past three men, and begins to dance and sing to them.
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsAudioslaveTim CommerfordChris CornellA promotional video for Audioslave's 2005 single "Be Yourself."
- DirectorDawn ShadforthStarsAlison GoldfrappOfficial music video for "Ooh La La" by Goldfrapp.
- DirectorJake NavaStarsMariah CareyJermaine DupriMichael Ealy
- DirectorJonas OdellStarsAudio BullysNancy SinatraMusic video for the track "Shot You Down" by AudioBullys ft. Nancy Sinatra.