1992 MTV Video Music Awards

The 1992 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 9, 1992, honoring the best music videos from June 16, 1991, to June 15, 1992. The show was hosted by Dana Carvey at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.

The night's biggest winners were the Van Halen and Red Hot Chili Peppers, as each group earned three moonmen that night. Particularly, Van Halen's video for "Right Now" took home the main award of the night, Video of the Year, and received seven nominations, making it the most nominated video of the night. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, meanwhile, won the award for Viewer's Choice and received a total of nine nominations for two of their videos, becoming the most nominated act of the night. Six of the Peppers' nominations were for "Give It Away," and the remaining three went to "Under the Bridge."

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

• Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked"
• Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Under the Bridge"
• Van Halen — "Right Now"

Best Male Video

• Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven (Performance)"
• John Mellencamp — "Get a Leg Up"
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers — "Into the Great Wide Open"
• Bruce Springsteen — "Human Touch"
• "Weird Al" Yankovic — "Smells Like Nirvana"

Best Female Video

• Tori Amos — "Silent All These Years"
• Madonna — "Holiday (Truth or Dare version)"
• Annie Lennox — "Why"
• Vanessa L. Williams — "Save the Best for Last"

Best Group Video

• En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Under the Bridge"
• U2 — "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
• Van Halen — "Right Now"

Best New Artist in a Video

• Tori Amos — "Silent All These Years"
• Arrested Development — "Tennessee"
• Cracker — "Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)"
• Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Best Metal/Hard Rock Video

• Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked"
• Metallica — "Enter Sandman"
• Ugly Kid Joe — "Everything About You"
• Van Halen — "Right Now"

Best Rap Video

• Arrested Development — "Tennessee"
• Black Sheep — "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)"
• Kris Kross — "Jump"
• Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — "Good Vibrations"
• Sir Mix-a-Lot — "Baby Got Back"

Best Dance Video

• En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
• Madonna — "Holiday (Truth or Dare version)"
• Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — "Good Vibrations"
• Prince and the New Power Generation — "Cream"

Best Alternative Video

• Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
• Pearl Jam — "Alive"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away"
• The Soup Dragons — "Divine Thing"

Best Video from a Film

• Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven" (from Rush)
• The Commitments — "Try a Little Tenderness" (from The Commitments)
• Hammer — "Addams Groove" (from The Addams Family)
• Queen — "Bohemian Rhapsody" (from Wayne's World)

Breakthrough Video

• Tori Amos — "Silent All These Years"
• David Byrne — "She's Mad"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away"
• Van Halen — "Right Now"

Best Direction in a Video

• En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" (Director: Matthew Rolston)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away" (Director: Stéphane Sednaoui)
• Sir Mix-a-Lot — "Baby Got Back" (Director: Adam Bernstein)
• Van Halen — "Right Now" (Director: Mark Fenske)

Best Choreography in a Video

• En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" (Choreographers: Frank Gatson, Travis Payne and LaVelle Smith Jnr)
• Hammer — "Too Legit to Quit" (Choreographer: Hammer)
• Madonna — "Holiday (Truth or Dare version)" (Choreographer: Vince Patterson)
• Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — "Good Vibrations" (Choreographers: Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch)

Best Special Effects in a Video

• David Byrne — "She's Mad" (Special Effects: Carlos Arguello and Michele Ferrone)
• Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked" (Special Effects: Ian Pearson)
• Michael Jackson — "Black or White (Short Version)" (Special Effects: Jamie Dixon)
• U2 — "Even Better Than the Real Thing" (Special Effects: Simon Taylor)

Best Art Direction in a Video

• Guns N' Roses — "November Rain" (Art Director: Nigel Phelps)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away" (Art Directors: Nick Goodman and Robertino Mazati)
• Sir Mix-a-Lot — "Baby Got Back" (Art Director: Dan Hubp)
• Rod Stewart — "Broken Arrow" (Art Director: José Montaño)

Best Editing in a Video

• En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" (Editor: Robert Duffy)
• Metallica — "Enter Sandman" (Editor: Jay Torres)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away" (Editors: Veronique Labels and Oliver Gajan)
• U2 — "Even Better Than the Real Thing" (Editor: Jerry Chater)
• Van Halen — "Right Now" (Editor: Mitchell Sinoway)

Best Cinematography in a Video

• Tori Amos — "Silent All These Years" (Director of Photography: George Tiffin)
• Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven (Performance)" (Director of Photography: David Johnson)
• En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" (Director of Photography: Paul Lauter)
• Genesis — "I Can't Dance" (Director of Photography: Daniel Pearl)
• Guns N' Roses — "November Rain" (Directors of Photography: Mike Southon and Daniel Pearl)
• Michael Jackson — "In the Closet" (Director of Photography: Rolf Kesterman)
• Madonna — "Holiday" (Truth or Dare version) (Director of Photography: Toby Phillips)
• Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — "Good Vibrations" (Director of Photography: Dave Phillips)
• Metallica — "Enter Sandman" (Director of Photography: Martin Coppen)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away" (Director of Photography: Marco Mazzei)
• Vanessa L. Williams — "Running Back to You" (Director of Photography: Ralph Ziman)

Viewer's Choice

• Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked"
• Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Under the Bridge"
• Van Halen — "Right Now"

International Viewer's Choice Awards

MTV Asia

• Artists R.A.P. (Roslan Aziz Productions) — "Ikhlas Tapi Jauh"
• Chang Yu-sheng — "Take Me to the Moon"
• Christina — "Jing Mai Klua"
• The Dawn — "Iisang Bangka Tayo"
• Lo Ta-yu — "Story of the Train"
• Marsha — "Taak-Hak"

MTV Australia

• Boom Crash Opera — "Holy Water"
• The Clouds — "Hieronymous"
• Diesel — "Man Alive"
• Frente! — "Ordinary Angels"

MTV Brasil

• Guilherme Arantes — "Taça de Veneno"
• Biquini Cavadão — "Zé Ninguém"
• Capital Inicial — "O Passageiro"
• Djavan — "Se..."
• Engenheiros do Hawaii — "O Exército de um Homem Só"
• Gilberto Gil — "Madalena"
• Marina — "Criança"
• Marisa Monte — "Diariamente"
• Nenhum de Nós — "Ao Meu Redor"
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso — "Trac Trac"
• RPM — "Gita"
• Sepultura — "Desperate Cry"
• Supla — "Só Pensa na Fama"
• Titãs — "Saia de Mim"
• Caetano Veloso — "Fora da Ordem"

MTV Europe

• The Cure — "Friday I'm in Love"
• Genesis — "I Can't Dance"
• The KLF (featuring Tammy Wynette) — "Justified & Ancient"
• Annie Lennox — "Why"
• Shakespears Sister — "Stay"

MTV Internacional

• Caifanes — "Nubes"
• El General — "Muévelo"
• Gipsy Kings — "Baila Me"
• Mecano — "El 7 de Septiembre"
• El Último de la Fila — "Cuando el Mar Te Tenga"

Video Vanguard Award

• Guns N' Roses

Performances

• The Black Crowes — "Remedy"
• Bobby Brown — "Humpin' Around"
• U2 and Dana Carvey — "Even Better Than the Real Thing" (live via satellite from Detroit)
• Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked"
• Nirvana — "Rape Me" (intro) / "Lithium"
• Elton John — "The One"
• Pearl Jam — "Jeremy"
• Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away"
• Michael Jackson — "Jam" and "Black or White" (from his Dangerous Tour in London)
• Bryan Adams — "Do I Have to Say the Words?"
• En Vogue — "Free Your Mind"
• Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven"
• Guns N' Roses and Elton John — "November Rain"

Appearances

Pre-show

• Cindy Crawford — presented technical winners
• John Norris — presented Best Dance Video

Main show

• Eddie Murphy — presented Best Male Video
• Dana Carvey (as Johnny Carson) and Phil Hartman (as Ed McMahon) — appeared in Viewer's Choice Award vignettes
• John Corbett and Shannen Doherty — presented Best Direction in a Video
• David Spade, Andrew Dice Clay, Doug Bradley (as "Pinhead") and Ringo Starr — appeared in a series of vignettes at the 'talent check-in' table
• Ice-T and Metallica (Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett) — presented Best Rap Video
• Denis Leary — appeared in pre-recorded segments about what was 'coming up' on the show
• Halle Berry and Jean-Claude Van Damme — presented Best Video from a Film
• Marky Mark and Vanessa L. Williams — presented Breakthrough Video
• Roger Meddows-Taylor and Brian May — presented the Video Vanguard Award
• Luke Perry and Howard Stern (as "Fartman") — presented Best Metal/Hard Rock Video
• VJs Angela Chow (Asia), Richard Wilkins (Australia), Cuca Lazarotto (Brasil), Ray Cokes (Europe) and Daisy Fuentes (Internacional) — announced their respective region's Viewer's Choice winner
• Denis Leary and Cindy Crawford — presented Viewer's Choice
• Kris Kross and Magic Johnson — presented Best Female Video
• Dana Carvey — presented Best Alternative Video
• Boyz II Men and Wilson Phillips — presented Best New Artist in a Video
• Peter Gabriel and Annie Lennox — presented Best Group Video
• Mick Jagger — presented Video of the Year

External links

• Official MTV site