Videos that were played to death in the MTV era.

[Werewolf]

A long, long time ago way back when MTV still actually showed music videos, there were some videos that got sadistically overplayed. You couldn't get away from them. Turn on MTV and they'd be on.

What are your nemesis videos? The ones that you'd have to painfully endure over and over waiting for that rare chance to see one or two songs you actually liked.

Just a few to start out with.

We didn't start the fire
Sledge hammer- The stop motion is kinda cool the first time you see it. But after the bajillionith time this video played, you felt like you were being hit by one.
Greatest Love of all
Papa don't preach
Pretty much everything Phil Collins did

[Random Axe]

Dire Straits - Money for Nothing

Cindi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian

Those songs/videos still make me cringe. Of course musical taste is subjective and I was always waiting for the prog rock and cockrock vids but had to endure some pretty horrible crap to get there.

[Mikey]

I would watch Relax over and over just to not miss the next time they play Rock It

[jimsmegos]

This one got a little old back in '87

[Hector]

All of them...

[wayne foundation 07]

Relax by Frankie goes to Hollywood

[thunderbolt]

anything from Chicago/Peter Cetera. Especially the Karate Kid song.

[Nostalgiabuff]

really whatever the flavor of the moment was on MTV got ridiculous airplay. any popular song/artist was played to death at that moment

[fallensaviour]

Every breath you take-Police
When doves cry-Prince (young kids that's the artist formerly known as)
Take on me-ah ha
Walk this way-run DMC/Aerosmith
Thriller/beat it-Michael Jackson
Doctor doctor -Thompson twins
Anything by boygeorge

Not sure about mtv but that's what I remember from much music and wasn't Erica ehm hot back then?

[HardyGirl]

Anything by Duran Duran and Madonna. I remember in high school when I lived w/ my dad we didn't have cable, so we would always watch Video One w/ Richard Blade. Then my older brother bought us a VCR and we jury-rigged some channels, and sometimes we could get MTV.

[Mikey]

Billy Joel The Longest Time

I would rather watch 10 straight hours of Boy George videos than have to watch The Longest Time once

[dee T.]

Billy Joel's Uptown Girl.
David Bowie's Let's Dance & China Girl
&
The Cars You might think

[cockyhoskins]

Fun fact... Sledgehammer is actually the most played video in MTV history.

Perusing through my video playlists, here's some that stick out as being played constantly...

AC/DC - You shook me all night long
Animotion - Obsession
B-52's, The - Love Shack
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Billy Ocean - Carribean Queen
Blondie - Rapture
Bobby McFerrin - Don't Worry Be Happy
Cars, The - Magic
Clash, The - Rock The Casbah
Cyndi Lauper - Time after time
David Bowie - Let's dance
Devo - Whip It
Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing
Duran Duran - Rio
Elton John - I'm Still Standing
Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
Genesis - Land Of Confusion
George Michael - I Want Your Sex
Go-Go's, The - Vacation
Heart - What About Love
Huey Lewis - I Want A New Drug
Human League - Don't You Want Me
INXS - Never Tear Us Apart
J. Geils Band - Centerfold
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'n' Roll
John Cougar Mellencamp - Jack And Diane
Every Journey video
Lionel Richie - Say you say me
Madonna
MC Hammer - U can't touch this
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Michael Jackson
Paul Young - Everytime You Go Away
Phil Collins - In the air tonight
Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
Pretenders, The - Brass in Pocket
Prince
R.E.M. - Stand
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up
Run-DMC Ft Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Sammy Hagar - I Can't Drive 55
Shania Twain - Feel Like A Woman
Spin Doctors - Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
Steve Perry - Oh Sherrie
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
Tears For Fears - Shout
Tom Petty - Free Fallin'
Toto - Rosanna
U2 - Where the Streets Have No Name
Van Halen - Jump
Whitesnake - Here I Go Again
ZZ Top - Legs

Many of them are great obviously!

[Mikey]

I used to like the stopmotion one with the 3 little pigs

[cockyhoskins]

I used to like the stopmotion one with the 3 little pigs