🎬 Animated music videos have always lived in a weird space: half art, half marketing stunt. Some are revolutionary masterpieces… others?

So here’s a fresh and updated ranking of the most iconic animated music videos with a slightly controversial twist 👀

🏆 Top 10 Animated Music Videos

🥇 1. Take On Me - A-ha ✏️

The OG legend.

• Revolutionary for the 80s

🔥 Hot take: People love it more for innovation than rewatch value.

🥈 2. Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz 🏝️

The virtual band blueprint.

• Dark themes + surreal animation

💥 This isn’t just a video - it’s world-building done right.

🥉 3. One More Time - Daft Punk 🚀

Anime meets electronic music.

• Full anime film tied to an album

🔥 Controversial: More respected than actually watched all the way through.

4. Paranoid Android - Radiohead 🌀

Creepy, chaotic, unforgettable.

• Anti-mainstream visuals

😵 Not “fun”… but undeniably powerful.

5. Do the Evolution - Pearl Jam 🧬

Dark evolution of humanity.

• Violent, raw, political

⚠️ Warning: Not for casual viewers.

6. Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz 🧟

Simple… but iconic.

• Early 2000s animation

🔥 Hot take: More iconic as a song than a video.

7. Money for Nothing - Dire Straits 💻

So bad it’s legendary.

• Early CGI experiment

😬 Brutal truth: This aged terribly—but that’s why it’s famous.

8. Breaking the Habit - Linkin Park 🪽

Anime emotion overload.

• Deep emotional storytelling

💔 One of the few that truly connects emotionally.

9. Bad Blood - Taylor Swift 💣

Mainstream blockbuster animation with a cinematic edge.

• Heavy comic-book / graphic novel style

🔥 Shows animation still has something to say.

10. Lone Digger - Caravan Palace 🐺

Internet-era viral animation.

• Stylized anthropomorphic characters

😈 Proof that YouTube changed everything.

🎬 Honorable Mentions 🎬

Kids - MGMT 🧸

Fell in Love with a Girl - The White Stripes 🧱

👉 Some fans argue these are better than half the list 👀