I believe I now have EVERY year end countdown from MTV spanning from 1985-2004. There was one for 1984 apparently (with The Cars' "You Might Think" at #1, but I can't find that one.
) Anyway, finally I have a complete set of MTV year end countdowns spanning 20 years.
And why not post it here?
Starting with 1985:
-> THE MTV TOP 100 VIDEOS FOR THE YEAR OF 1985 <- .
#100-> Godley & Creme / "Cry"
# 99-> Katrina And The Waves / "Walking On Sunshine"
# 98-> Eddie Murphy / "Party All The Time"
# 97-> INXS / "This Time"
# 96-> The Motels / "Shame"
# 95-> John Fogerty / "Rock And Roll Girls"
# 94-> David Bowie/Pat Methany / "This Is Not America"
# 93-> Arcadia / "Election Day"
# 92-> Mike & the Mechanics / "Silent Running"
# 91-> Madonna / "Like A Virgin"
# 90-> Lionel Richie / "Say You Say Me"
# 89-> Wham! / "Freedom"
# 88-> Daryl Hall & John Oates / "The Method Of Modern Love"
# 87-> Animotion / "Obsession"
# 86-> Survivor / "The Search Is Over"
# 85-> Stevie Wonder / "Part-Time Lover"
# 84-> Madonna / "Dress You Up"
# 83-> Mick Jagger / "Lucky In Love"
# 82-> Michael McDonald / "No Lookin' Back"
# 81-> The Power Station / "Some Like It Hot"
# 80-> Jeff Beck/Rod Stewart / "People Get Ready"
# 79-> Teena Marie / "Lovergirl"
# 78-> The Pointer Sisters / "Neutron Dance"
# 77-> Sade / "Smooth Operator"
# 76-> Chicago / "You're The Inspiration"
# 75-> Chicago / "Along Comes A Woman"
# 74-> Foreigner / "That Was Yesterday"
# 73-> Harold Faltermeyer / "Axel F"
# 72-> 'til tuesday / "Voices Carry"
# 71-> Aretha Franklin / "Freeway Of Love"
# 70-> The Hooters / "And We Danced"
# 69-> Heart / "What About Love"
# 68-> Murray Head / "One Night In Bangkok"
# 67-> Ready For The World / "Oh Sheila"
# 66-> The Cars / "Tonight She Comes"
# 65-> Don Henley / "The Boys Of Summer"
# 64-> DeBarge / "Rhythm Of The Night"
# 63-> Billy Ocean / "Loverboy"
# 62-> Roger Daltry / "After The Fire"
# 61-> Rush / "Big Money"
# 60-> Pete Townshend / "Face to Face"
# 59-> Howard Jones / "Things Can Only Get Better"
# 58-> Tina Turner / "We Don't Need Another Hero"
# 57-> Pat Benatar / "Invincible"
# 56-> Prince & The Revolution / "Raspberry Beret"
# 55-> Supertramp / "Cannonball"
# 54-> Madonna / "Material Girl"
# 53-> John Cafferty & Beaver Brown Band / "Tough All Over"
# 52-> Phillip Bailey & Phil Collins / "Easy Lover"
# 51-> Bryan Adams / "Heaven"
# 50-> Julian Lennon / "Too Late For Goodbyes"
# 49-> Bruce Springsteen / "I'm On Fire"
# 48-> Duran Duran / "A View To A Kill"
# 47-> Loverboy / "Lovin' Every Minute Of It"
# 46-> David Bowie/Mick Jagger / "Dancing In The Street"
# 45-> Thompson Twins / "Lay Your Hands On Me"
# 44-> Phil Collins/Marylin Martin / "Separate Lives"
# 43-> Bruce Springsteen / "Glory Days"
# 42-> Paul Young / "Everytime You Go Away"
# 41-> Wham! / "Everything She Wants"
# 40-> a-ha / "Take On Me"
# 39-> Bryan Adams / "Somebody"
# 38-> Bryan Adams / "Summer Of '69"
# 37-> U.S.A. For Africa / "We Are The World"
# 36-> Phil Collins / "Don't Lose My Number"
# 35-> Corey Hart / "Never Surrender"
# 34-> Tears For Fears / "Head Over Heels"
# 33-> John Fogerty / "The Old Man Down The Road"
# 32-> The Firm / "Radioactive"
# 31-> Foreigner / "I Want To Know What Love Is"
# 30-> Eric Clapton / "Forever Man"
# 29-> Wham! / "Careless Whisper"
# 28-> Robert Plant / "Little By Little"
# 27-> Madonna / "Crazy For You"
# 26-> ZZ Top / "Sleeping Bag"
# 25-> Glenn Frey / "The Heat Is On"
# 24-> Night Ranger / "Sentimental Street"
# 23-> Don Henley / "All She Wants To Do Is Dance"
# 22-> David Lee Roth / "California Girls"
# 21-> John Cougar Mellencamp / "Small Town"
# 20-> Huey Lewis & The News / "Power Of Love"
# 19-> Tom Petty & Heart Breakers / "Don't Come Around Here No More"
# 18-> Heart / "Never"
# 17-> Glenn Frey / "You belong To The City"
# 16-> Simple Minds / "Alive And Kicking"
# 15-> Phil Collins / "Sussudio"
# 14-> Phil Collins / "One More Night"
# 13-> Eurythmics / "Would I Lie To You?"
# 12-> Mick Jagger / "Just Another Night"
# 11-> Tears For Fears / "Shout"
# 10-> REO Speedwagon / "I Can't Fight This Feeling"
# 9-> Sting / "Fortress Around Your Heart"
# 8-> Sting / "If You Love Someone Set Them Free"
# 7-> Tears For Fears / "Everybody Wants.The World"
# 6-> John Parr / "St. Elmo's Fire"
# 5-> Simple Minds / "Don't You (Forget About Me)"
# 4-> John Cougar Mellencamp / "Lonely Ol' Night"
# 3-> Mr. Mister / "Broken Wings"
# 2-> Starship / "We Built This City"
# 1-> Dire Straits / "Money For Nothing"