In 1964,The Beatles released their first feature film called 'A Hard Day's Night' which featured many of their hit songs. These were the early versions of the modern 'music video'. Many artists made videos in this way to promote their music and their brand.
The monochrome 1966 music video for Bob Dylan's 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' featured in Dylan's film documentary Dont Look Back. There is no performance or narrative; the clip shows Dylan standing a city back alley, silently shuffling a series of large cue cards (with key words from the song's lyrics).The modern era of music videos took off with the development of video recording and editing processes.
By the mid-1980s, releasing a music video to accompany a new single had become the norm, and artists like The Jackson's creating music videos with million dollar budgets; most notable with the video for Can You Feel It.
MTV was launched in 1981 to play music videos on television. The first music video aired was the Buggies' 'Video Killed the Radio Star'.
In 1983, the most successful, influential and iconic music video of all time was released: the nearly 14-minute-long video for Michael Jackson's song 'Thriller'.
From 2005 onwards, the internet became video friendly, from the launch of YouTube which made viewing music videos faster and easier. Media corporations such as Vevo upload media to Youtube as part of the Youtube partnership programme.
Now, music videos are a part of most peoples every day lives, being accessible on the Internet as well as the television. Almost all songs in the charts now have music videos. In 2013, Beyonce released a completely visual album in which every song was accompanied by non-linear short films that showed the narrative of each song.
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