Far Out Magazine highlights ten music videos it considers pivotal to MTV’s rise as essential viewing, arguing that the channel made visual presentation central to pop music. The selection emphasises videos that turned artists into cultural figures and demonstrated music video’s potential for storytelling, style and technical innovation.

– The article presents MTV as a force that reshaped music promotion and viewing habits.
– Its choices span major pop, rock and alternative artists associated with memorable visual identities.
– It argues that these videos helped establish music television as an influential cultural platform.