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19 songs made iconic by their MTV videos

Video made some of the radio stars

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There once was a time MTV showed music videos. Viewers would sit enthralled for hours watching them over and over again. Alas, all good things come to an end and leave us with memories.

"Money For Nothing," Dire Straits

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(Photo by JONAS EKSTROMER/SCANPIX SWEDEN/AFP via Getty Images)

"Bohemian Rhapsody," Queen

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(Photo by MJ Kim/Getty Images)

"November Rain," Guns N' Roses

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(Photo by Jack Plunkett/Invision/AP)

"Don't Come Around Here No More," Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

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(Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

"Like A Prayer," Madonna

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(BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

"Sledgehammer," Peter Gabriel

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Oops! ... I Did It Again," Britney Spears

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Jym Wilson/USA TODAY NETWORK

"Smells Like Teen Spirit," Nirvana

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(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

"Walk This Way," Run DMC and Aerosmith

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Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY

"What's Love Got To Do With It," Tina Turner

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(Photo by Miguel Villagran/Getty Images)

"Addicted to Love," Robert Palmer

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. (Photo by Giuseppe Cacace/Getty Images)

"Raspberry Beret," Prince

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(BERTRAND GUAY/AFP via Getty Images)

"Losing My Religion," R.E.M.

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(Odd Andersen/AFP via Getty Images)

"Freedom," George Michael

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(AP Photo/Gillian Allen)

"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," Eurythmics

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(Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

"Janie's Got A Gun," Aerosmith

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(Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

"Twilight Zone," Golden Earring

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(MARCEL VAN HOORN/AFP via Getty Images)

"Bille Jean," Michael Jackson

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(AP Photo/Christies)

"Thriller," Michael Jackson

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