MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in a Video was first given out at the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. The last of this award was given out in 1987.

Winners

A man wearing a red outfit.
Two-time nominee and 1986 winner David Bowie
Year Winner(s) Work Nominees Ref.
1984 Michael Jackson "Thriller"
  • David Bowie – "China Girl"
  • Cyndi Lauper – "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
  • The Police – "Every Breath You Take"
  • Van Halen – "Jump"
 [1]
1985 Philip Bailey and Phil Collins "Easy Lover"
  • Eurythmics – "Would I Lie to You?"
  • David Lee Roth – "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody"
  • Bruce Springsteen – "Dancing in the Dark"
  • USA for Africa – "We Are the World"
 [2]
1986 David Bowie and Mick Jagger "Dancing in the Street" [3]
1987 Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" [4]

References

  1. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1984". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  2. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1985". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  3. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1986". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
  4. ^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1987". MTV. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
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