LONDON (AFP) - British rapper Mike Skinner, better known as garage band The Streets, has created the longest-ever music video, set to displace Michael Jackson's "Thriller", the global music broadcaster MTV said.

Skinner and the television channel teamed up to make the 20-minute video to celebrate MTV's 25th anniversary.

MTV gave five of its viewers each a video camera and asked them to film whatever they wished, resulting in a cheerleading spoof, a catalogue of clumsiness, and one video that attempts to follow the trail of folklore beast Bigfoot.

Skinner has used the videos to inspire a new track, due to air for the first time on August 1, aimed at surpassing the legendary 14-minute "Thriller" launched in 1983.

Skinner said he was "blown away by the creativity ... of the young people involved." The Streets' previous hits include "Fit but You Know It" and "Dry Your Eyes" from the 2004 album "A Grand Don't Come for Free".

Profits from the single will be directed to the Staying Alive Foundation, an HIV and AIDS charity for young people.

An MTV spokesman said: "Although it's our 25th birthday, it's important to remember that we wouldn't have lasted 25 minutes without great, creative music videos."

The broadcaster, which operates in 169 countries around the world, has had a huge influence on advertising, fashion and the careers of tomorrow's would-be pop legends.

Yeah, whatever. Thriller is as good as it gets.