Iconic Music Videos That Defined The Past Few Decades

“Everybody Hurts” by R.E.M. (2009)

If you’re not absolutely miserable after watching the 2009 video for R.E.M.’s 1992 hit “Everybody Hurts”, you have no soul. Directed by Jake Scott, son of Ridley Scott, this devastating music video pays tribute to Fellini’s 8 ½. The video won four VMAs in 1994, proving that people really do feel better when they come together in collective solace.

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The More You Know

  • Panic! at the Disco started out as a Blink-182 cover band.
  • None of the Beatles could read or write sheet music.
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan was the guitarist on David Bowie‘s Let’s Dance album
  • Gwen Stefani, Celine Dion, and Mark Wahlberg are all distant relatives of Madonna.
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