MTV Video Music Awards 1985

Gli MTV Video Music Awards 1985 sono stati la 2ª edizione dell'omonimo premio musicale. La cerimonia di premiazione si è tenuta presso il Radio City Music Hall di New York il 13 settembre 1985, condotta da Eddie Murphy e trasmessa da MTV.^[1]

Tra gli artisti con più candidature della serata vi furono David Lee Roth, con otto, Lindsey Buckingham e Don Henley con sette ciascuno, Bryan Adams, con sei, e Madonna, Eurythmics e Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers che ne ricevettero cinque a testa. Gli unici artisti a ricevere più di un premio durante la serata furono però Don Henley, con il suo successo The Boys of Summer, che vinse quattro moonmen, incluso quello come Video dell'anno, e gli USA for Africa per la canzone benefica We Are the World, scritta da Michael Jackson e Lionel Richie, che si aggiudicò i premi Best Group Video e Viewer's Choice (scelta del pubblico).^[2][3]

• Eurythmics
• David Ruffin & Eddie Kendricks & Hall & Oates
• Tears for Fears
• John Cougar Mellencamp
• Pat Benatar
• Sting
• Eddie Murphy

I vincitori sono indicati in grassetto.

• Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
• Tom Petty and 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

• 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

• 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

• USA for Africa - We Are the World

• The Cars - Drive
• Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You?
• Huey Lewis and the News - If This Is It
• U2 - Pride (In the Name of Love)

• 'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry

• Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
• Julian Lennon - Too Late for Goodbyes
• Sade - Smooth Operator
• Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life

• Glenn Frey - Smuggler's Blues

• Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
• Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More
• David Lee Roth - Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody

• Art of Noise - Close (To the Edit)

• Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane
• Lindsey Buckingham - Slow Dancing
• Chris Isaak - Dancin'
• Lone Justice - Ways to Be Wicked

• 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

• Philip Bailey & 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

• Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (Jean-Baptiste Mondino)

• Bryan Adams - Run to You (Director: Steven Barron)
• Duran Duran - The Wild Boys (Russell Mulcahy)
• Chris Isaak - Dancin' (Mary Lambert)
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More (Jeff Stein)
• Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (Daniel Kleinman)
• Toto - Stranger in Town (Steven Barron)

• Elton John - Sad Songs (Say So Much) (David Atkins)

• Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You? (Eddie Baytos)
• Madonna - Like a Virgin (Madonna)
• Madonna - Material Girl (Kenny Ortega)
• Prince & The Revolution - When Doves Cry (Prince)
• Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life (Lesli Glatter)
• Tina Turner - Private Dancer (Arlene Phillips)

• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Don't Come Around Here No More (Tony Mitchell, Kathy Dougherty & Peter Cohen)

• Bryan Adams - Run to You ( Cinebuild)
• Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane (David Yardley)
• Lindsey Buckingham - Slow Dancing (David Yardley)
• Culture Club - It's a Miracle (David Yardley)

• Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (Bryan Jones)

• Bryan Adams - Run to You (Steven Barron)
• Peter Brown - Zie Zie Won't Dance (John Jolly)
• Culture Club - It's a Miracle (Bruce Hill)
• Madonna - Like a Virgin (John Ebdon)
• Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) (Mark Rimmell)

• Art of Noise - Close (to the Edit) (Zbigniew Rybczyński)

• Bryan Adams - Run to You (John Mister)
• Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane (David Yardley)
• Lindsey Buckingham - Slow Dancing (David Yardley)
• Eurythmics - Would I Lie to You? (Glenn Morgan)

• Don Henley - The Boys of Summer (Pascal Lebègue)

• Bryan Adams - Heaven (version 2) (Peter MacDonald)
• Bryan Adams - Run to You (Frank Gell)
• Lindsey Buckingham - Go Insane (Oliver Stapleton)
• Madonna - Like a Virgin (Peter Sinclair)

• USA for Africa - We Are the World

• Don Henley - The Boys of Summer
• Tom Petty and 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

• David Byrne
• Russell Mulcahy
• Godley & Creme

• Bob Geldof ^[4]

• (EN) MTV Video Music Awards 1985, su IMDb, IMDb.com.

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