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Reply #30 posted 08/20/07 10:37am

Ace

728huey said:

Madonna - Holiday (did not have a video at the time of the original release; however, a video was made for a live performance from the movie "Truth or Dare")

There was a video (lip-synch performance from some TV show).
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Reply #31 posted 08/20/07 10:41am

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Ace said:

"Cover Me" and "I'm Goin' Down" - the only two video-less singles from Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A.

Also: the vid for "Brilliant Disguise" (from Tunnel of Love) came out something like a month after the release of the single.
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Reply #32 posted 08/20/07 10:44am

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Ace said:

728huey said:

Madonna - Holiday (did not have a video at the time of the original release; however, a video was made for a live performance from the movie "Truth or Dare")

There was a video (lip-synch performance from some TV show).


Released by Warner (at least in Canada) as the vid for "Holiday":

http://youtube.com/watch?...ed&search=
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Reply #33 posted 08/20/07 12:37pm

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Najee said:

SoulAlive said:

Actually,there was a video for "Go Home" lol It's actually a good video,too....there's some kind of storyline going on,with other actors.


I recall there was a Stevie Wonder song from "In Square Circle" or "Characters" that did not have a video.
[Edited 8/20/07 5:14am]

"Get It " didn't have a video. It went to #4 on the R&B charts
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Reply #34 posted 08/20/07 12:38pm

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kash said:

i wish the following 80's songs had a video cos i could see them being played on mtv today -

wanna be starin somethin
pyt
baby be mine
the girl is mine
lady of my life
human nature
i just cant stop lovng you
another part of me

the girl is mine has a video.....it just was never released wink
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Reply #35 posted 08/20/07 1:20pm

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novabrkr said:


They used a live version from the Bad tour of that song on MTV to accompany the song's release. So basically, there is a video.



bboy87 said:

the girl is mine has a video.....it just was never released wink


cool, ive seen that video of another part on mtv, mtv did the videos for 'cheater' and 'one more chance' too didnt they.

Didnt know about the girl is mine one though. smile
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Reply #36 posted 08/20/07 5:46pm

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kash said:

i wish the following 80's songs had a video cos i could see them being played on mtv today -

wanna be starin somethin
pyt
baby be mine
the girl is mine
lady of my life
human nature
i just cant stop lovng you
another part of me



Another Part Of Me Video has him per4ming in Kansas City I think on the Bad Tour..however they never play it
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Reply #37 posted 08/20/07 5:50pm

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daPrettyman said:

SebastianBach said:

in the 80's you pretty much had to have a music video for your song to have any chance at a top 40 hit but a few songs in the 80's managed to become hits despite not having a video

i can only think of a couple

Soldier Of Love by Donny Osmond-didn't have a music video but managed to hit #2 in 1989 on the billboard hot 100

Amanda by Boston-in 1986 reached #1 despite not having a video


can u guys think of any others?

I thought "Soldier of Love" had a video. I could be thinking of "Sacred Emotion" though. If I remember right, "Soldier of Love" was released to radio without them knowing the name of the artist. They didn't programmers to be biased because it was Donny Osmond.

As for other hits that didn't have videos:
Pop Life - Prince & The Revolution
I Want Her - Keith Sweat
Rainforest - Paul Hardcastle (I believe)


yes there was a video 4 Sacred Emotion but not for Soldier Of Love....excellent album btw smile
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Reply #38 posted 08/20/07 5:56pm

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bboy87 said:

Najee said:



I recall there was a Stevie Wonder song from "In Square Circle" or "Characters" that did not have a video.
[Edited 8/20/07 5:14am]

"Get It " didn't have a video. It went to #4 on the R&B charts


nod That's the one song where Stevie didn't have a video too, that and "With Each Beat of My Heart" (also from "Skeletons"). Other than that, MOST of Stevie's singles post-1983 were accompanied by music videos. nod I grew up watching Stevie's videos so I should know. lol
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Reply #39 posted 08/20/07 6:09pm

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Rene and Angela "Your Smile"
Rene and Angela "Save Your Love (for No. 1)"
Stephanie Mills "I've Learned to Respect the Power of Love"
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Reply #40 posted 08/20/07 6:49pm

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Najee said:

Rene and Angela "Your Smile"
Rene and Angela "Save Your Love (for No. 1)"
Stephanie Mills "I've Learned to Respect the Power of Love"


I THINK I faintly heard about "Your Smile" having a video... hmmm
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Reply #41 posted 08/20/07 6:55pm

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Timmy84 said:

I THINK I faintly heard about "Your Smile" having a video... hmmm


Someone needs to tell Donnie Simpson and "Video Soul," because they never showed one. smile smile Rene and Angela had videos to "I'll Be Good" and "You Don't Have to Cry" for the "Street Called Desire" singles.
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Reply #42 posted 08/20/07 8:53pm

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SoulAlive said:

mimi07 said:

"The Girl Is Mine" by Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney, it went to #1


surprisingly,most of the 'Thriller' singles didn't have videos:

"Human Nature"
"Wanna Be Startin Something"
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
"The Girl Is Mine"


perhaps he was trying to avoid overexposure?

yup i think that was the plan, well out of the The Girl Is Mine is the only song that went to #1 in the US
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Reply #43 posted 08/20/07 11:48pm

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mimi07 said:

SoulAlive said:



surprisingly,most of the 'Thriller' singles didn't have videos:

"Human Nature"
"Wanna Be Startin Something"
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
"The Girl Is Mine"


perhaps he was trying to avoid overexposure?

yup i think that was the plan, well out of the The Girl Is Mine is the only song that went to #1 in the US



TGIM went to #1 R&B, but only went to #2 Pop.

It shocks me more that the first single from Bad didn't have a video. In 1982, video was an up and coming medium, but I still can't believe that in 1987, he didn't pull out all the stops for the first Bad single. By that point, only Madonna had as much MTV power as MJ. And she sure as shit had a video accompanying the first single from every album from 1984 on.
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Reply #44 posted 08/21/07 2:28am

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CHIC0 said:

some madonna 80's singles that didn't have videos. some did, but they were just live footage from her tours, or scenes from the movies.

angel
holiday
causing a commotion
crazy for you
gambler
into the groove
dress you up
look of love
spotlight
keep it together
hanky panky


Was "Look Of Love" ever released as a single?
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Reply #45 posted 08/21/07 5:53pm

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mimi07 said:

SoulAlive said:



surprisingly,most of the 'Thriller' singles didn't have videos:

"Human Nature"
"Wanna Be Startin Something"
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"
"The Girl Is Mine"


perhaps he was trying to avoid overexposure?

yup i think that was the plan, well out of the The Girl Is Mine is the only song that went to #1 in the US

I heard there was a video for Wanna Be Startin Somethin and it was to be shown during the Number Ones TV Special. The special got edited to barely an hour.....
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Reply #46 posted 08/22/07 9:45pm

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SoulAlive said:

CHIC0 said:

some madonna 80's singles that didn't have videos. some did, but they were just live footage from her tours, or scenes from the movies.

angel
holiday
causing a commotion
crazy for you
gambler
into the groove
dress you up
look of love
spotlight
keep it together
hanky panky


Was "Look Of Love" ever released as a single?





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Reply #47 posted 08/22/07 10:45pm

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vainandy said:

Probably most of the funk hits of the early 1980s that never crossed over. I've noticed that even when BET or BET J plays old songs from the 1980s, they play very few from the early 1980s. It's usually those damn late 1980s ones they play.



That shit sucks don't it Vain, you would think they would play more videos from back in the early 80's, BET SUCKS!!!
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