MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video

Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video was first awarded in 1984. The last of this award was given out in 1987, after which it was replaced with Breakthrough Video the following year.

During the category's brief existence, several directors were nominated for multiple videos, including Daniel Kleinman (5 nominations), Steve Barron (3 nominations with 1 win), Godley & Creme (2 nominations with 1 win), and Mary Lambert (2 nominations).

Recipients

Year	Winner	Other nominees
Template:Mtvvma<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Herbie Hancock — "Rockit" (directed by Godley & Creme)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	The Cars — "You Might Think" (directed by Charlie Levi, Alex Weil, and Jeff Stein)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Thomas Dolby — "Hyperactive!" (directed by Dolby and Daniel Kleinman)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Alan Parsons Project — "Don't Answer Me" (directed by D.J. Webster)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Neil Young — "Wonderin'" (directed by Tim Pope)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Art of Noise — "Close (to the Edit)" (directed by Zbigniew Rybczyński)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Lindsey Buckingham — "Go Insane" (directed by Daniel Kleinman)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lindsey Buckingham — "Slow Dancing" (directed by Daniel Kleinman)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Chris Isaak — "Dancin'" (directed by Mary Lambert)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lone Justice — "Ways to Be Wicked" (directed by Mary Lambert)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	a-ha — "Take On Me" (directed by Steve Barron)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Pat Benatar — "Sex as a Weapon" (directed by Daniel Kleinman)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Dire Straits — "Money for Nothing" (directed by Steve Barron)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> X — "Burning House of Love" (directed by Daniel Kleinman)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ZZ Top — "Rough Boy" (directed by Steve Barron)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Mtvvma<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer" (directed by Stephen R. Johnson)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Eurythmics — "Missionary Man" (directed by Willy Smax)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Genesis — "Land of Confusion" (directed by John Lloyd and James "Jim" Yukich<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Huey Lewis and the News — "Hip to Be Square" (directed by Godley & Creme)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Paul Simon — "The Boy in the Bubble" (directed by Jim Blashfield<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>