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The Best Music Videos of 2005

Some of my favourite music videos of the year. Another poor year.

OK Go: A Million Ways. Directed and choreographed by Trish Sie. Definitely my favourite music video of the year and one to which I will refer in my lectures and papers for years to come.

The White Stripes: The Denial Twist. Director: Michel Gondry.

Fatboy Slim: The Joker. Director: Jon Watts. Cats in drag. It reminds me of those 70s postcards.

Jason Forrest: Steppin' off. Director: Jon Watts. Do watch this totally hilarious 70s style video. It's like Lord of the Rings meets Led Zeppelin.

The Kills: The Good Ones. Nothing special but the video captures the idea of a band playing at gallery opening in Chelsea.

Also worth mentioning The Prodigy: The Voodoo People. Blindfolded people run through a city and the countryside. Whoever gets furthest wins. LCD Soundsystem: Tribulations. Directed by Dougal Wilson. Beck: Girl.