MTV Video Music Award for Best Concept Video

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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.

MTV Video Music Award
for Best Concept Video
CountryUnited States
Presented byMTV
First award1984
Final award1988
Currently held byPink Floyd – "Learning to Fly" (1988)
WebsiteVMA website

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

1980s

Recipients
Year Winner(s) Video Nominees Ref.
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"
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"
1986 a-ha "Take On Me"
  • Dire Straits – "Money for Nothing"
  • Godley & Creme – "Cry"
  • Talking Heads – "And She Was"
  • Talking Heads – "Road to Nowhere"
1987 Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer"
  • Eurythmics – "Missionary Man"
  • Peter Gabriel – "Big Time"
  • Genesis – "Land of Confusion"
  • Talking Heads – "Wild Wild Life"
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"

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