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Top 15 Most Expensive Music Video Of All Time

Zak Ben - Monday, April 07, 2014
The music video (or video clips) is nothing more than a short film produced for publicity purposes for this song throughout the length of the video. In other words, the video is set up as an audiovisual text of the duration of the song that accompanies and which, specifically, it is constructed and structured.

It 'been a long time since that distant August 1, 1981 , and that is when a video clip of the American band "Buggles" opened the programming cable broadcaster, initially visible only in America view with skepticism as a bet: MTV.

Although the practice music to images is an already proven, it is from the moment emblematic consisting of " Video Killed The Radio Stars "(clip Buggles) that we are witnessing a veritable institutionalization of video clips, outlined as an object with certain characteristics and significant promotional audio-visual format. Since then, the combination of music and images has made ​​numerous strides, moving from initial fear with which he was welcomed by insiders, until you get to be a real testing ground for expressive filmmakers, artists and musicians themselves.

Over the years we have seen many bizarre and extravagant follies included in the music video - wild animals, death-defying heights, and crazy outfits - all in the name of innovation. The famous American news website "Business Insider"  has published a few days ago, the ranking of the most expensive music videos of all time. 's find out then what are these video clips with mind-boggling budget.

Trivia: The video always less expensive than the achieved in 2013 David Bowie , who spent but modest sum of 12.99 dollars to make "Love is lost" , while the longest in the history of music is "Ghosts" of Michael Jackson , lasting 39 minutes and 32 seconds.

Top 15 Most Expensive Music Video Of All Time List:


1. "Scream" by Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson (1995)




Directed by Mark Romanek, for a total of $ 7,000 .000 (number estimated at $10,546 was filmed in .626 2013).

At the top of the ranking of the most expensive music videos you always, we find "Scream" by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson, with a mind-boggling budget, well 7 million. All spent to recreate futuristic environments costly to the years ' 90 (video, in fact, dates back to 1995). In 2001, VH1 posted "Scream" at number nine on their list of the top 100 music videos.

In September 2009, Janet Jackson performed "Scream" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards as part of a medley-tribute to Michael Jackson, who died three months before. In 1996 he won a Grammy for best music video. shortly after Guinness World Records listed it as the most expensive music video ever made at a cost of $ 7 million.

"Scream"
Artist: Michael Jackson
Author (s): Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, James Harris III, Terry Lewis
Director: Mark Romanek
Genre: Pop
Published by: Epic Records
Engraving: Scream/Childhood
Date: 1995
Duration: 4 min 39 s
Cost: $ 7,000 .000


 


2. "Die Another Day" by Madonna (2002)



Directed by Traktor (Mats Lindberg, Pontus Löwenhielm, Ole Sanders) totaling $6,100 .000 (number estimated at .105 $7,786 if it were filmed in 2013).

With a cost of 6 million dollars, was awarded the second place as the most expensive movie in history. "Die Another Day" is the main reason for the film death can wait of 2002. The song was later included in Madonna's American Life album released in 2003.

"Die Another Day"
Artist: Madonna
Kind album: Single
Publication: October 22, 2002
Duration: 4 min 34 s
Genre: Pop
Label: Warner Bros.
Producer: Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Registration: 2002
Director: Traktor (Mats Lindberg, Pontus Löwenhielm, Ole Sanders)
Director of photography: Harris Savides
Editor: Rick Russell
Production company: Traktor Films



3. "Express Yourself," Madonna (1989)



Directed by David Fincher, for a total of $ 5,000 .000 (number estimated at .403 $9,260 if it were filmed in 2013).

"Express Yourself" is written and produced by Madonna and Stephen Bray, the song was released as a single in May 9, 1989. The music video was directed by David Fincher and filmed in April 1989 in studios in Culver City,
California. It is based on the classic movie "Metropolis" of Fritz Lang's 1927.

"Express Yourself"
Artist: Madonna
Kind album: Single
Director: David Fincher
Registration: December 1988
Publication: May 9, 1989
Publisher: Scott Chestnut
Production company: Propaganda Films
Director of photography: Mark Plummer
Duration: 4:37 (Album Version), 04:01 (The Immaculate Collection Remix), 3:58 (Celebration Remix), 4:35 (7 "Remix)
From Album: Like a Prayer
Genre: Dance pop
Producer: Madonna, Stephen Bray





4. "Bedtime Story" by Madonna (1995)



Directed by Mark Romanek, for a total of $ 5,000 .000 (number estimated at .304 $7,533 if it were filmed in 2013).

"Bedtime Story" is a song by American singer-songwriter Madonna. Released in February 1995 is the third single from the album Bedtime Stories. is the result of a collaboration between Madonna and Icelandic pop star Björk. The song was featured in Madonna's greatest hits compilation released in 2001 GHV2. Until 2005 the video was screened in several modern art galleries, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where it is housed in the permanent collection.

In a 1999 interview with Aperture Magazine, Madonna said: "my video" Bedtime Story is completely inspired by surrealist painters, all as Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo. There is a scene where my hands are outstretched toward the sky and the stars revolve around me. Another where sailing in a corridor with her hair billowing behind me, another where the doves come out from the belly. All these images are a homage to surrealist painters. There is also some reference to Frida Kahlo».

"Bedtime Story"
Artist: Madonna
Author (s): Björk, Nellee Hooper, Marius De Vries
Director: Mark Romanek
Kind album: Single
Publication: February 13, 1995
Duration: 4 min 52 s
From Album: Bedtime Stories
Genre: house music, Trance, Pop, Ambient
Producer: Nellee Hooper, Madonna



5. "Black Or White" by Michael Jackson (1991)



Directed by John Landis for a total of $ 4,000 .000 (number estimated at $6,742 .243 if it were filmed in 2013).

"Black or White" is the first single from Michael Jackson's album Dangerous in 1991. the song was written by Michael Jackson, is produced by him and by Bill Bottrell, who was also responsible for writing the intro and part rap break. The music video was directed by John Landis (same Director of Michael Jackson's Thriller video of 1982). It was used in the video the innovative morphing technique which consists in transforming fluid, smooth and seamlessly between two images of different form, which can be objects, people, faces, landscapes.

When it came out, the music video became the most expensive in history, beating his previous record Bad video with a multimillion-dollar cost of 4 million dollars. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the music video Black or White to the # 52 position in the ranking of the 100 best videos of all time, while VH1 has ranked 38 º instead of his ranking.

"Black Or White"
Artist: Michael Jackson
Kind album: Single
Publication: October 11, 1991
Duration: 3 min 22 s (single edit) and 4 min: 15 sec (album version)
From Album: Dangerous
Genre: Pop, rock, Pop, rap
Label: Epic Records
Producer: Michael Jackson
Registration: 1990





The other most expensive music videos of all time (up to the 15th place) are:

6. Britney Spears - "Work Bitch" (2013): $ 6,500,000 
7. Gun N 'Roses - "Estranged" (1993): $ 6,500,000 
8. Michael Jackson - "Bad" (1987): $ 4,500,000 
9. MC Hammer - "Too legit to Quit" (1991): $ 4,200,000
10. Busta Rhymes — "What's It Gonna Be?!" (1999): $4,000,000
11. Diddy - "Victory" (1998): $ 3,900,000
12. Mariah Carey — "Heartbreaker" (1999): $3,500,000
13. Celine Dion — "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" (1996): $3,400,000
14. Michael Jackson — "Remember the Time" (1992): $3,300,000
15. Backstreet Boys — "Larger than Life" (1999): $2,900,000