MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year
1980s

MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year

Section Title: 1980s
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Year	Artist	Video	Ref

1984

The Cars	"You Might Think"

Herbie Hancock	"Rockit"

Michael Jackson	"Thriller"

Cyndi Lauper	"Girls Just Want to Have Fun"

The Police	"Every Breath You Take"

1985

Don Henley	"The Boys of Summer"

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	"Don't Come Around Here No More"

David Lee Roth	"California Girls"

"Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody"

USA for Africa	"We Are the World" †

1986

Dire Straits	"Money for Nothing"

a-ha	"Take On Me"

Godley & Creme	"Cry"

Robert Palmer	"Addicted to Love"

Talking Heads	"Road to Nowhere"

1987

Peter Gabriel	"Sledgehammer"

Genesis	"Land of Confusion"

Paul Simon	"The Boy in the Bubble"

U2	"With or Without You"

Steve Winwood	"Higher Love"

1988

INXS	"Need You Tonight" / "Mediate"

George Harrison	"When We Was Fab"

Bruce Springsteen	"Tunnel of Love"

U2	"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"

"Where the Streets Have No Name"

1989

Neil Young	"This Note's for You"

Fine Young Cannibals	"She Drives Me Crazy"

Michael Jackson	"Leave Me Alone" †

Madonna	"Like a Prayer"

Steve Winwood	"Roll with It"

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MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year was first awarded in 1984, to The Cars for the video "You Might Think".
The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year was first awarded in 1984 and presented to The Cars for the video "You Might Think".
It was first awarded in 1984 and presented to The Cars for the video "You Might Think".

final_sentence: MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year was first awarded in 1984, to The Cars for the video "You Might Think".
final_sentence: The MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year was first awarded in 1984 and presented to The Cars for the video "You Might Think".
final_sentence: It was first awarded in 1984 and presented to The Cars for the video "You Might Think".