History Main / AnimatedMusicVideo

* This one is OlderThanTheyThink. It was common thing during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation to make an animated short that featured (and in many cases, was named after) a popular song of the time[[note]]This is even before getting into Fleischer Studios' "Screen Songs" series.[[/note]]; too many examples to mention here.

* Music/PharrellWilliams' music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPZDBF0kei0 It Girl]]" features a mixture of {{anime}} and [[UsefulNotes/BitmapsSpritesAndTextures sprite art]] with brief [[RotoScoping rotoscoped]] clips of Pharrell.

* The practice also suits underground rappers who manage to produce music videos. Prime examples are Madvillain's [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] comic book-style animated video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewc1hixzYPY&feature=related "ALL CAPS"]] and the morbid, 3-D world of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzUY6Iiur6E "Monkey Suite"]]

** Music/DireStraits also had several animated scenes in the "Brothers In Arms" video mixed with black & white footage of the band, while "Calling Elvis" was done in UsefulNotes/{{Supermarionation}}.

* "The Ghost of Stephen Foster" by the Music/SquirrelNutZippers had an animated music video that paid {{Homage}} to black-and-white cartoons [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation from the 1930s.]]

** "Virus Alert," "I'll Sue Ya" and "Party in the CIA" were all done in UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash, although with vastly different art styles.

* The Creator/{{Pixar}} short ''Boundin'', which ran as a sub-feature for ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''. Of course, since the song was written for the film, it might be more appropriate to label it a "short animated musical comedy".
** And ''One Man Band'', the sub-feature for ''WesternAnimation/Cars1'', which featured dueling street musicians.

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* Music/TheKillers' music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qok9Ialei4c Miss Atomic Bomb]]" is an animated narrative book-ended with live-action sequences.

* Music/{{Arca}}'s "Prada / Rakata" video is CG animation. Each scene is an animated versions of the album covers for the ''Kick'' series.

* Music/TheBeastieBoys' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEVfHmjKOrM Shadrach]]" is a series of rotoscoped pastel drawings based on specially-shot live footage.

* Jellyfish, "Baby's Coming Back".

* The video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPzhUp8mWgs Bullets]]" by Music/{{Creed}} was rendered in CGI.

* {{Music/Melvins}}' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W1eXDxlwmE "Electric Flower"]] uses StopMotion animation to depict the band as off-brand troll dolls performing in a living room to an audience of other kitschy vintage toys - making them trolls seems to be a nod to front man Buzz Osborne's trademark WildHair.

* {{Music/Pantera}}'s music video for their CoverVersion of [[Music/BlackSabbath "Planet Caravan"]] is mainly computer animated footage taken from one segment of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheMindsEye Beyond The Mind's Eye]]'' re-edited to sync with the song. A couple of minor live action additions are made: during a guitar solo, footage of Dimebag Darrell's hands playing his guitar is superimposed over some of the footage, and at the very end, so are still photographs of each band member.

** "Trapped in the Drive Thru [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shntocdd7sk has a 10 minute long animated video on Youtube]].

* Music/{{Bjork}} loves concept videos. One of them is "[[https://youtu.be/IKSoBJ8WirE?t=28 I Miss You]]", a sexually-comedic psychedelic cel-animated number from Creator/JohnKricfalusi and Spumco of ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRippingFriends'' infamy.
** George Liquor... American makes a {{cameo}}.

* {{Music/Pantera}}'s music video for their CoverVersion of [[Music/BlackSabbath "Planet Caravan"]] is mainly computer animated footage taken from one segment of ''[[Animation/TheMindsEye Beyond The Mind's Eye]]'' re-edited to sync with the song. A couple of minor live action additions are made: during a guitar solo, footage of Dimebag Darrell's hands playing his guitar is superimposed over some of the footage, and at the very end, so are still photographs of each band member.

* Music/PinkFloyd typically featured pre-commissioned, rear-projected animations for their concerts, later repurposed for some of their music videos. Notably, the films for their tour of ''Music/TheWall'' were repurposed for the album's film adaptation.

* The Creator/{{Pixar}} short ''Boundin'', which ran as a sub-feature for ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''. Of course, since the song was written for the film, it might be more appropriate to label it a "short animated musical comedy".

* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ilajil AJ Rafael]] and [[WebVideo/PrettyDudes Chance Calloway]] released an animated love story for their version of "[[Music/Chess1984 I Know Him So Well]]," taking advantage of the medium to include a GreekChorus of sexy mermen.

** And ''One Man Band'', the sub-feature for ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'', which featured dueling street musicians.