This video was the First of its kind and therefore started was Christian Metz would describe as the Experimental Phase. The Experimental phase was the first of its kind as it explored and experimented with how to film a band or artist whilst there are performing. It did this by setting just one camera in the centre of the studio and filming the artist at either a medium shot or a long shot
This song was a major hit when it first came out in 1941 as many soldiers believed that they could relate to the lyrics as it was about a musician who was drafted into the army and didn't fit in until the captain found people who he would fit in with. The video is set in the mess hall of an Army barracks and it is mainly on the focus of the Andrews Sisters as they dance whilst the bugle boy is playing.
The Beatles took music videos to a new level with this song as they started using the codes and convention used in today's music videos such as lighting, tracking shots, unusual camera angles and heavy editing and visual effects.
"ABC" was the 1970 number one hit by the Jackson 5
The song Sweet home Alabama reached number 8 in the charts and was a major hit for the band. This was a southern rock song which would still be listened to and gained a combined total of 39,662,971 views over the top three youtube results as of 4/10/2016
Bohemian Rhapsody was released in August of 1975 and it reached number one in the UK and stayed there for nine weeks selling more than a million copies only 5 months after it was released. it reached number one again in 1991 where it stayed there for a further 5 weeks. it also made massive popularity in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and The Netherlands. It originally peaked at number number nine in 1976 in America but later regained popularity after the songs appearance in the 1992 film 'Wayne's World'
Video killed the Radio star by The Buggles was the first modern music video to appear on the then new channel that is MTV, it appeared on MTV 12:01am on 1st of August 1981
Smells like teen spirit was a very popular song on the 1990's as it changed many peoples thoughts on the 'grunge scene' and swayed them listen to more of it. The video also became popular due to the untimely death of their lead singer Kurt Cobain due to a suicide. Drummer Dave Grohl would also go on to form the Foo Fighters one of the largest rock bands from the 2000's and the 2010's.
This song is by the American boy-band Backstreet Boys, this particular song was the lead single in their third Album named 'Millennium'.
Crazy by Gnarls Barkley was a major hit on charts in many countries this is evident as it topped charts in The UK, Denmark, Canada, New Zealand and many others. The Genre falls under Neo Soul which is a heavily based soul music that is less conventional than it's R&B counterpart
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