Artists ranging from Ariana Grande to MCR to Madonna have all stolen inspiration from popular movies and TV shows for their own music videos.
Music often plays an integral part in film and TV, but for these 15 songs film and TV played an integral part in their music videos, with the clips paying homage to popular shows and movies. While the golden age of music videos is arguably a thing of the past, it's still a medium that deserves to be celebrated for its ability to tell effective stories. However, in these cases, the story being told was actually found elsewhere - in big and small screen productions that came before.
13 Jonas Brothers - What A Man Gotta Do The Jonas Brothers' music video for "What A Man Gotta Do" pays homage to multiple movies from the 20th century. Starring the brothers' real-life partners, Nick and Priyanka Chopra Jonas feature in a re-enactment of Tom Cruise's hallway dancing scene from Risky Business, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner play Danny and Sandy in Grease, and Kevin and Danielle Jonas re-create John Cusack's boombox scene from Say Anything.
10 2Pac - California Love As 2Pac's comeback single after his release from prison in 1995, "California Love" needed a memorable music video, and the idea of paying tribute to Mad Max actually came from former classmate Jada Pinkett Smith . Inspired specifically by Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the video is set in the year 2095, featuring a party in a futuristic dome and cars driving through the desert that look directly lifted from the film.
7 Fall Out Boy - A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More 'Touch Me' The music video for Fall Out Boy's "A Little Less Sixteen Candles..." rips off multiple vampire TV shows and movies, with many of the scenes being direct parodies. Most notably, the music video is filmed in a similar style to the Blade series and the entire opening scene is a send-up of The Lost Boys.
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