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| 10 of the most memorably choreographed music videos | 10 of the most memorably choreographed music videos |
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| Last week saw the video release for Sia's barnstorming new single, Chandelier, featuring haunting choreography masterminded by Sia and Ryan Heffington, and performed by 11-year-old Maddie Ziegler from the reality show, Dance Moms. | Last week saw the video release for Sia's barnstorming new single, Chandelier, featuring haunting choreography masterminded by Sia and Ryan Heffington, and performed by 11-year-old Maddie Ziegler from the reality show, Dance Moms. |
| Truly great choreography can elevate a music video to a work of art. Here are a few of our favourite examples – but what are we missing? Let us know in the thread below. | Truly great choreography can elevate a music video to a work of art. Here are a few of our favourite examples – but what are we missing? Let us know in the thread below. |
| Thriller – Michael Jackson | Thriller – Michael Jackson |
| Performed at a certain point of drunkenness at every Halloween party ever; Beat It is pretty good, but Thriller, er, beats it. Its influence can be seen in the also-amazing dance routine from Backstreet Boys' Everybody (Backstreet's Back) video. | Performed at a certain point of drunkenness at every Halloween party ever; Beat It is pretty good, but Thriller, er, beats it. Its influence can be seen in the also-amazing dance routine from Backstreet Boys' Everybody (Backstreet's Back) video. |
| 1234 – Feist | 1234 – Feist |
| Feist is well known for a bit of a move and a shake in her videos – see her dancing on escalators in the promo for My Moon, My Man – but this colourful promo for 1234 is something else. | Feist is well known for a bit of a move and a shake in her videos – see her dancing on escalators in the promo for My Moon, My Man – but this colourful promo for 1234 is something else. |
| Lotus Flower – Radiohead | Lotus Flower – Radiohead |
| Who could forget Thom Yorke's jittering, skittering moves in monochrome and bowler hat for the video of Lotus Flower? | Who could forget Thom Yorke's jittering, skittering moves in monochrome and bowler hat for the video of Lotus Flower? |
| Weapon of Choice – Fatboy Slim | Weapon of Choice – Fatboy Slim |
| Christopher Walken put in an unforgettable turn in Spike Jonze's video for the 2001 Fatboy Slim single Weapon of Choice. Walken expanded his (already sizeable) army if fans with his hands-in-pockets, hip-shaking boogie up escalators and on conference tables. | Christopher Walken put in an unforgettable turn in Spike Jonze's video for the 2001 Fatboy Slim single Weapon of Choice. Walken expanded his (already sizeable) army if fans with his hands-in-pockets, hip-shaking boogie up escalators and on conference tables. |
| Here It Goes Again – OK Go | Here It Goes Again – OK Go |
| A YouTube phenomenom – OK Go's Treadmill video notched up 52 million views before it was removed from the band's channel. | A YouTube phenomenom – OK Go's Treadmill video notched up 52 million views before it was removed from the band's channel. |
| Single Ladies – Beyoncé | Single Ladies – Beyoncé |
| If you want to know how good this video and its choreography is, just ask Kanye West – he'd be happy to tell you. | If you want to know how good this video and its choreography is, just ask Kanye West – he'd be happy to tell you. |
| Islands – The xx | Islands – The xx |
| The members of The xx basically contribute nothing to this video, but the people around them perform some nice choreography. So that's ok. | |
| Call Your Girlfriend – Robyn | Call Your Girlfriend – Robyn |
| Featuring Robyn in an empty warehouse, dancing in a fluffy cropped jumper and amazing leggings in front of some headlights. | Featuring Robyn in an empty warehouse, dancing in a fluffy cropped jumper and amazing leggings in front of some headlights. |
| Murder on the Dancefloor – Sophie Ellis-Bextor | Murder on the Dancefloor – Sophie Ellis-Bextor |
| You can tell Ellis-Bextor put in the training for this video, way before Strictly Come Dancing was even a twinkle in the BBC's eye. | You can tell Ellis-Bextor put in the training for this video, way before Strictly Come Dancing was even a twinkle in the BBC's eye. |
| U Don't Have to Call – Usher | U Don't Have to Call – Usher |
| Usher earns the final spot for managing to dance from the moment he wakes up in bed, through his walk to the car, and his whole night out. Bet he had cramp the next day. | Usher earns the final spot for managing to dance from the moment he wakes up in bed, through his walk to the car, and his whole night out. Bet he had cramp the next day. |
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