Video Hits Australia Top 100 Video Clips

Video Hits, the Australian music video program, celebrated twenty years on air in 2006. To celebrate this feat, a poll was conducted by internet and SMS voting to find the Top 100 music videos of the past twenty years. The Top 100 was counted down over four episodes of the show:

and repeated again on the following dates:

Another Top 100 Video Clips special will be shown in 2007.

The Top 100 Video Clips 2006

100. "Toxic" - Britney Spears
99. "Simply Irresistible" - Robert Palmer
98. "Prisoner of Society" - The Living End
97. "In the Closet" - Michael Jackson
96. "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" - Jack Johnson
95. "Beep - The Pussycat Dolls featuring will.i.am
94. "Cry Me a River" - Justin Timberlake
93. "The Drugs Don't Work" - The Verve
92. "Sunsets" - Powderfinger
91. "Goodbye My Lover" - James Blunt
90. "Teenage Dirtbag" - Wheatus
89. "Earth Song" - Michael Jackson
88. "Barbie Girl" - Aqua
87. "Minority" - Green Day
86. "You Are Not Alone" - Michael Jackson
85. "Take on Me" - a-ha
84. "Far Away" - Nickelback
83. "Touch the Sky" - Kanye West featuring Lupe Fiasco
82. "Steal My Kisses" - Ben Harper
81. "Vertigo" - U2
80. "Now I Run" - Shannon Noll
79. "Freak" - Silverchair
78. "One" - Metallica
77. "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" - The Offspring
76. "Cream" - Prince
75. "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
74. "You Rock My World" - Michael Jackson
73. "Everlong" - Foo Fighters
72. "Learn to Fly" - Shannon Noll
71. "Sweet Like Chocolate" - Shanks & Bigfoot
70. "MMMBop" - Hanson
69. "...Baby One More Time" - Britney Spears
68. "When It All Falls Apart" - The Veronicas
67. "Wannabe" - The Spice Girls
66. "Drive" - Shannon Noll
65. "Lift" - Shannon Noll
64. "Heart-Shaped Box" - Nirvana
63. "Wasabi" - Lee Harding
62. "Livin' on a Prayer" - Bon Jovi
61. "Everything I'm Not" - The Veronicas
60. "Let Me Entertain You" - Robbie Williams
59. "Wake Up" - The Living End
58. "If I Could Turn Back Time" - Cher
57. "Just a Girl" - No Doubt
56. "All I Want Is You" - U2
55. "Livin' la Vida Loca" - Ricky Martin
54. "All I Need Is You" - Guy Sebastian
53. "Otherside" - Red Hot Chili Peppers
52. "Bad" - Michael Jackson
51. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" - Green Day
50. "Speed of Sound" - Coldplay
49. "Sledgehammer" - Peter Gabriel
48. "Hey Ya!" - OutKast
47. "The Prayer" - Anthony Callea
46. "Vogue" - Madonna
45. "Teardrop" - Massive Attack
44. "Beautiful Day" - U2
43. "Clocks" - Coldplay
42. "Frozen" - Madonna
41. "Thunderstruck" - AC/DC
40. "In the End" - Linkin Park
39. "Fix You" - Coldplay
38. "Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson
37. "Ice Ice Baby" - Vanilla Ice
36. "The Way You Make Me Feel" - Michael Jackson
35. "Anything for You" - Lee Harding
34. "Praise You" - Fatboy Slim
33. "Love Generation" - Bob Sinclar featuring Gary Pine
32. "Run It!" - Chris Brown featuring Juelz Santana
31. "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" - Backstreet Boys
30. "Learn to Fly" - Foo Fighters
29. "Beat It" - Michael Jackson
28. "Somewhere I Belong" - Linkin Park
27. "Forever Young" - Youth Group
26. "Weapon of Choice" - Fatboy Slim
25. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - Green Day
24. "Talk" - Coldplay
23. "Without Me" - Eminem
22. "Can't Get You out of My Head" - Kylie Minogue
21. "Wake Me Up When September Ends" - Green Day
20. "Wonderwall" - Oasis
19. "Pump It" - The Black Eyed Peas
18. "Holiday" - Green Day
17. "Where Is the Love?" - The Black Eyed Peas featuring Justin Timberlake
16. "You're the Voice" - John Farnham
15. "Black or White" - Michael Jackson
14. "Yellow" - Coldplay
13. "I Was Made For Lovin' You" - KISS
12. "Stupid Girls" - Pink
11. "All the Small Things" - blink-182
10. "Smooth Criminal" - Michael Jackson
9. "Bittersweet Symphony" - The Verve
8. "Remember the Time" - Michael Jackson
7. "Like a Prayer" - Madonna
6. "November Rain" - Guns N' Roses
5. "American Idiot" - Green Day
4. "The Scientist" - Coldplay
3. "HIStory" - Michael Jackson
2. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
1. "Thriller" - Michael Jackson

Artists with multiple entries

Michael Jackson (13)
Coldplay (6)
Green Day (6)
Shannon Noll (4)
Madonna (3)
U2 (3)
The Black Eyed Peas (2)
Britney Spears (2)
Fatboy Slim (2)
Foo Fighters (2)
Lee Harding (2)
Linkin Park (2)
Nirvana (2)
The Living End (2)
The Veronicas (2)
The Verve (2)
will.i.am featured in the chart three times, twice as a member of The Black Eyed Peas and once as a feature artist with The Pussycat Dolls on "Beep".
Justin Timberlake featured twice in the top 100, once as a solo artist on "Cry Me a River" and once as a feature artist on The Black Eyed Peas' "Where Is the Love?".
Dave Grohl makes four appearances on the list, two in Nirvana and two in Foo Fighters.

Chart trivia

Network Ten, the broadcaster of Video Hits, also broadcasts Australian Idol. Contestants from the show fared quite well in the Top 100, with eight Idol-related songs on the chart. These songs came from four male artists - Shannon Noll, Lee Harding, Anthony Callea and Guy Sebastian.
Australian artists on the whole were well-represented in the countdown, with eighteen songs by Australians in the Top 100. The twelve Australian artists which made the cut are The Living End, Powderfinger, Shannon Noll, silverchair, The Veronicas, Lee Harding, Guy Sebastian, Anthony Callea, AC/DC, Youth Group, Kylie Minogue and John Farnham. Farnham was the highest-placed Australian entry with "You're The Voice" at number sixteen.
The countdown coincided with two major competitions. The first offered a chance to see Coldplay live in concert in Sydney with Video Hits host Axle Whitehead. Everybody who voted in the countdown was entered into the draw for this competition, with the winner announced during the countdown on Sunday, May 28, 2006. The second competition offered a chance to see Madonna in concert in London, and could be entered via the Video Hits website. The winner was announced on June 5, 2006.
On some websites, it is falsely claimed that Robbie Williams' "Rock DJ" made the countdown, in place of "Let Me Entertain You". The former video (along with some others) did not make the list, likely because of its explicit content. However, the video for Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" did make the countdown.

The Top 100 Video Clips 2007

Video Hits is currently taking votes for 2007 on their website.

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