MTV Yearbook | 1985

The MTV Yearbook sends you on a voyage back to the biggest, best, most memorable music videos of every year since the beginning of MTV -- aka, the beginning of time, as far as we're concerned, anyway. Pop princesses, boy bands, hard rockers,...

Music Videos from 1985

  1. MTV Yearbook: 1985 Check out A-ha taking on animation, Bruce Springsteen dancing with Courtney Cox and Diamond Dave celebrating those 'California Girls.'

  2. Bruce Springsteen "Dancing In The Dark"

  3. Cyndi Lauper "She Bop"

  4. Phil Collins "Don't Lose My Number"

  5. Hagar In, Roth Out

  6. David Lee Roth "California Girls"

  7. David Lee Roth On Casting "California Girls"

  8. Dressing Up for Her Love

  9. Madonna "Like a Virgin"

  10. Phil Collins "Sussudio/One More Night"

  11. a-ha "Take On Me"

  12. Eurythmics "Would I Lie To You"

  13. Huey Lewis "If This Is It"

  14. Bruce Springsteen "I'm on Fire"

  15. Lone Justice "Ways to Be Wicked"

  16. Bryan Adams "Heaven (Vers. 2)"

  17. Aretha Franklin "Freeway Of Love"

  18. Dire Straits "Money For Nothing"

  19. Smokin' in the Boys Room

  20. Mötley Crüe "Home Sweet Home"

  21. The Replacements "Bastards Of Young"

  22. 'Til Tuesday "Voices Carry"

  23. Hot Hall & Oates

  24. Eurythmics "Sisters Are Doin It For Themselves"

  25. Eddie Murphy "Party All the Time"

  26. Run-D.M.C. "King Of Rock"

Full Description

The MTV Yearbook sends you on a voyage back to the biggest, best, most memorable music videos of every year since the beginning of MTV -- aka, the beginning of time, as far as we're concerned, anyway. Pop princesses, boy bands, hard rockers, rappers, rhymers ... more or less any and all videos that mattered most every year dating back to our birth the music video revolution we helped usher in.

Want to see what the big clips were during the year you were born? The music videos that ruled the school while you were graduating? What about those guilty pleasures that gave you those freaky dance moves you still can't shake? You can find them here, thoughtfully indexed by the year in which they were most popular. It's a musical nostalgia trip and awesome video experience all rolled into one.

But, the MTV Yearbook doesn't stop there. Mixed in with the music videos are clips of the biggest MTV moments of each year. All of the unforgettable events, concerts, people and news people couldn't stop talking about -- and some many hoped would be forgotten. These are the artists and events that rocked and ruled any given calendar year dating all the way back to 1981, when MTV signed on the air and changed all of the rules.

So, step into the music video time machine, the MTV Yearbook. It's just like your high school yearbook, except you can't draw horns and beards on the people you hate. (Sorry.)

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