MTV Video Music Awards 1985
| MTV Video Music Awards 1985
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| Awarded for | MTV Video Music Awards | |||
| date | September 13, 1985 | |||
| Moderation | Eddie Murphy | |||
| Loan location | Radio City Music Hall , New York City , New York | |||
| Country | United States | |||
| Awarded by | MTV | |||
| Most awards | Don Henley (4) | |||
| Most of the nominations | David Lee Roth (8) | |||
| website | mtv.com/vma | |||
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The 1985 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony took place on September 13, 1985. The prize was awarded to videos that premiered from May 2, 1984 to May 1, 1985. The ceremony was held at Radio City Music Hall , New York City , New York, hosted by Eddie Murphy .
The winner of the evening was Don Henley , who received four awards for his video for The Boys of Summer , including the one for Video of the Year. The video also received the most nominations for a single video, at seven. David Lee Roth got his two videos, the Louis Prima - Cover Just a Gigolo / I Is not Got Nobody and the Beach Boys -Cover California Girls most nominations as an artist.
Nominees and winners
The artists marked in bold indicate the winner of the category.
Video of the Year
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
- David Lee Roth - California Girls
- David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody
- USA for Africa - We Are the World
Best Male Video
Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire
- Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues
- Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
- David Lee Roth - California Girls
- David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody
Best Female Video
Tina Turner - What's Love Got to Do with It
- Cyndi Lauper - She Bop
- Madonna - Material Girl
- Sade - Smooth Operator
- Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life
Best Group Video
USA for Africa - We Are the World
- The Cars - Drive
- Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You?
- Huey Lewis & the News - If This Is It
- U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)
Best New Artist in a Video
'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
- Julian Lennon - Too Late for Goodbyes
- Sade - Smooth Operator
- Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life
Best Concept Video
Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
- Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
- David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody
Most Experimental Video
The Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit)
- Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane
- Lindsey Buckingham - Slow Dancing
- Chris Isaak - Dancin
- Lone Justice - Ways to Be Wicked
Best stage performance in a video
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
- David Bowie - Blue Jean (live)
- Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You?
- Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime (live)
- Tina Turner - Better Be Good to Me
Best overall performance in a video
Philip Bailey and Phil Collins - Easy Lover
- Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You?
- David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody
- Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark
- USA for Africa - We Are the World
Best Direction in a Video
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (Direction: Jean-Baptiste Mondino )
- Bryan Adams - Run to You (Director: Steven Barron )
- Duran Duran - The Wild Boys (Director: Russell Mulcahy )
- Chris Isaak - Dancin (Director: Mary Lambert )
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More (Director: Jeff Stein)
- Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (Director: Daniel Kleinman )
- Toto - Stranger in Town (Director: Steven Barron )
Best Choreography in a Video
Elton John - Sad Songs (Say So Much) (Choreographer: David Atkins )
- Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You? (Choreographer: Eddie Baytos)
- Madonna - Like a Virgin (Choreographer: Madonna )
- Madonna - Material Girl (Choreographer: Kenny Ortega )
- Prince and The Revolution - When Doves Cry (Choreographer: Prince)
- Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life (Choreographer: Lesli Glatter )
- Tina Turner - Private Dancer (Choreographer: Arlene Phillips )
Best Special Effects in a Video
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More (Special Effects: Tony Mitchell, Kathy Dougherty and Peter Cohen)
- Bryan Adams - Run to You (Special Effects: Cinebuild)
- Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane (Special Effects: David Yardley)
- Lindsey Buckingham - Slow Dancing (Special Effects: David Yardley)
- Culture Club - It's a Miracle (Special Effects: David Yardley)
Best Art Direction in a Video
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (Art Director: Bryan Jones)
- Bryan Adams - Run to You (Art Director: Steven Barron )
- Peter Brown - Zie Zie Won't Dance (Art Director: John Jolly)
- Culture Club - It's a Miracle (Art Director: Bruce Hill)
- Madonna - Like a Virgin (Art Director: John Ebdon)
- Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (Art Director: Mark Rimmell)
Best editing in a video
The Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit) (Editor: Zbigniew Rybczyński )
- Bryan Adams - Run to You (Editor: John Mister)
- Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane (Editor: David Yardley)
- Lindsey Buckingham - Slow Dancing (Editor: David Yardley)
- Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You? (Editor: Glenn Morgan)
Best Cinematography in a Video
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (Camera: Pascal Lebègue)
- Bryan Adams - Heaven (version 2) (Camera: Peter MacDonald )
- Bryan Adams - Run to You (Camera: Frank Gell)
- Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane (Camera: Oliver Stapleton )
- Madonna - Like a Virgin (Camera: Peter Sinclair)
Viewer's Choice
USA for Africa - We Are the World
- Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
- Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
- David Lee Roth - California Girls
- David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody
Video Vanguard Award
Special Recognition Award
Live performances
- Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You?
- David Ruffin , Eddie Kendrick and Hall & Oates - The Way You Do the Things You Do / My Girl
- Tears for Fears - Shout
- John Cougar Mellencamp - Lonely Ol 'Night
- Pat Benatar - 7-Rooms of Gloom
- Sting - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free
- Eddie Murphy - Party All the Time
Appearances
- Sheila E. and Paul Young - presented Best Overall Performance in a Video
- Run-DMC - rapped the rules for the VMAs
- Foreigner ( Mick Jones and Lou Gramm ) - presented Best Stage Performance in a Video
- Little Steven - took the Best Stage Performance Award for Bruce Springsteen at
- Lou Reed - appeared in a video
- Bryan Adams and Jim Kerr - presented Best New Artist in a Video
- The Cars ( Benjamin Orr and Elliot Easton ) - presented Most Experimental Video
- Martha Quinn - presented the technical categories
- Mark Goodman - presented Best Art Direction in a video
- Alan Hunter - presented Best Cinematography in a Video
- Nina Blackwood - presented Best Special Effects in a Video
- JJ Jackson - presented Best Editing in a Video
- Kris P. - took the Best Editing for Zbigniew Rybczyński to
- Julian Lennon and Corey Hart - presented Best Choreography in a Video
- Dave Stewart - took the Best Choreography Award for Elton John at
- Morris Day - presented Best Concept Video
- John Taylor and Andy Taylor - Presented Vanguard to Russell Mulcahy Video
- Chrissie Hynde - presented the video Vanguard for David Byrne
- Herbie Hancock - presented the video Vanguard for Godley & Creme
- Glenn Frey - presented Best Direction in a video
- Joan Baez - presented the Special Recognition Award
- Don Henley - presented Best Group Video
- Aimee Mann and Stephen Pearcy - presented Viewer's Choice
- Grace Jones - presented Best Male Video
- John Sayles - took the Best Male Video for Bruce Springsteen at
- David Lee Roth - presented Best Female Video
- Tina Turner - presented Video of the Year
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ VMA 1985 - MTV Video Music Awards. In: MTV.vom. Retrieved July 5, 2019 .
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20000609032507/http://www.mtv.com/mtv/tubescan/vma_archive/1985.html
