MTV Video Music Award for Best Concept Video

Annual music video award

MTV Video Music Award
for Best Concept Video

Country| United States
Presented by| MTV
First award| 1984
Final award| 1988
Currently held by| Pink Floyd – "Learning to Fly" (1988)
Website| VMA website

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Concept Video was first given out in 1984, awarding the best videos that involved the conceptual interpretation of a song.

As the years went on, however, the majority of videos aired on MTV became concept videos, and so the need for this category diminished.

The category was retired in 1988.

With three nominations, Talking Heads are the most nominated act in this category.

## Recipients

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### 1980s

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Recipients Year[a] | Winner(s)  | Video  | Nominees  | Ref.

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1984 | Herbie Hancock | "Rockit"  |

* The Cars – "You Might Think"
* Michael Jackson – "Thriller"
* Cyndi Lauper – "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
* The Rolling Stones – "Undercover of the Night"

| [1]
1985 | Glenn Frey | "Smuggler's Blues"  |

* Frankie Goes to Hollywood – "Two Tribes"
* Don Henley – "The Boys of Summer"
* Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – "Don't Come Around Here No More"
* David Lee Roth – "Just a Gigolo" / "I Ain't Got Nobody"

| [2]
1986 | a-ha | "Take On Me"  |

* Dire Straits – "Money for Nothing"
* Godley & Creme – "Cry"
* Talking Heads – "And She Was"
* Talking Heads – "Road to Nowhere"

| [3]
1987 | Peter Gabriel | "Sledgehammer"  |

* Eurythmics – "Missionary Man"
* Peter Gabriel – "Big Time"
* Genesis – "Land of Confusion"
* Talking Heads – "Wild Wild Life"

| [4]
1988 | Pink Floyd | "Learning to Fly"  |

* George Harrison – "When We Was Fab"
* INXS – "Need You Tonight" / "Mediate"
* U2 – "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
* XTC – "Dear God"

| [5]

## Notes

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1. ^ Each year is linked to the article about the MTV Video Music Awards held that year.

## References

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1. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1984". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
2. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1985". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
3. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1986". MTV. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
4. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1987". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
5. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1988". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

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