"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits, "One" by Metallica, and "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake are among the best rock music videos of the 1980s.

MTV launched in 1981, forever changing how music was delivered to the masses. Round-the-clock music television meant that artists and bands had a new platform with which to share their music, helping ...

Late boomers were the lucky cable watchers who witnessed the dawn of MTV in the early '80s, and with it, the golden age of the music video. While every act on the charts came up with a clip to promote ...

In the 1980s, new wave had really kicked off, and it seemed like music was all about synths, dance-worthy rhythms, and robotic vibes. However, rock music didn’t disappear. In fact, quite a few rock ...

Few songs capture the feeling of escape quite like Christopher Cross' "Sailing." The 1980 soft rock classic became the defining sound of yacht rock, transforming a timeless song about freedom into one ...

Music in the 1980s is closely associated with pop artists like Cyndi Lauper, new wave acts like Depeche Mode, or hair-metal à la Bon Jovi. The arrival of MTV also heralded the dawn of the mega-star, ...

When MTV launched in August 1981, the cable channel demanded a steady stream of visual content. British artists, already accustomed to producing short promotional clips for shows like the BBC’s Top of ...