The theme of sex is firmly entwined in pop music, since the days of Elvis Presley with his invitingly swaying hips. Nowadays it's easy to find a music video with sensually writhing beauties on YouTube, but there are clips that are considered the standard of sexuality.
These are the compositions selected by the musical resource Rolling Stone for its selection of the sexiest videos of all time.
10. Beyoncé, "Partition"
The song "Partition" opens the top ten erotic video clips. It was recorded for Beyoncé's fifth studio video album, released in 2013. She has been described by critics as "electro R&B" that goes from "sweet girl group pop to dirty southern hip-hop"
In the video, seductive and nearly nude Beyonce sings about sex in the back seat of a car. The singer revealed that she was “embarrassed” after recording “Partition” due to her overtly sexy lyrics. However, this did not prevent the authoritative music magazine Spin from placing Beyoncé's song at number four on the list of 57 best songs of our time in 2014.
9. Kanye West, "Fade"
This video shows sexy dancer Teiana Taylor doing incredibly sensual steps to the music. And at the end of the song, she is joined by a naked handsome man - Iman's husband, and their passion under the streams of water in the shower makes many viewers breathe as hard as the heroes of "Fade". As a result, a surreal family portrait appears before the audience: Taylor turns into a female lioness, and her daughter "floats" up above the lambs who have come from nowhere.
8. Rihanna, S&M
This vivid, expressive video is an allegory for "sadomasochistic relations with the press ... it's not just a bunch of whips and chains." So stated the director of the video clip Melina Matsukas in an interview with Billboard in 2011. And Rihanna, sporting a very sexy latex outfit, beats up reporters and poses in front of newspaper gossip columns as a hint that she has more control over her image than journalists might think.
7. Fiona Apple, "Criminal"
This is the most famous song of the performer. It is about sexual teenage deviation and skinny Fiona perfectly succeeded in the role of a fragile, but very seductive teenager.
Director Mark Romanek admitted in an interview with The New York Times that the unusual lighting in the clip was the result of a cheap halogen lamp. For this original solution, Criminal received the 1998 Video Music Award for Best Cinematography.
6. Dee Angelo, "Untitled (How Does it Feel)"
Beautiful female bodies attract male audiences. But the video of Di Angelo will surely please the female one, because it shows a muscular and naked handsome man. While the initial reaction of viewers was varied (some praised the singer for being sexy, others accused him of sexual objectification), the clip began to be broadcasted frequently on music video networks such as MTV and BET, and this helped to draw attention to artist and his studio album Voodoo.
The song, written and composed by Di Angelo and Rafael Saadik, was originally conceived as a tribute to musician and composer Prince."Untitled (How Does It Feel)" contains a vintage style and sound similar to Prince's early music. Rolling Stone magazine named this video the fourth best single of 2000.
5. Janet Jackson, "Any Time, Any Place"
The clip of the charming Janet Jackson is dedicated to the topic of public displays of feelings and sex in public places. “Anytime, anywhere. I don't care what's around, ”Janet sings and one can only envy her partner.
The song topped the weekly Billboard Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Songs chart for ten straight weeks and is one of Jackson's top hits.
4. Britney Spears, "I'm a Slave 4 U"
It was the first Britney Spears single from the Britney album, released in 2001. In it, the singer appears before the audience in the form of a slave to music, who falls under the spell of the song and dances all day until she sweats and loses strength due to dehydration. Not everyone likes sweaty girls, but Britney, with her flexible body and luxurious shock of hair, manages to be both sweaty and inviting at the same time.
3. Madonna, "Justify My Love"
In third place in the ranking of the sexiest video clips is a black and white video, the song for which was written by Madonna, Lenny Kravitz and Ingrid Chaves.
“I had no understanding of the video at all, except for the thought that (Madonna) arrived at the hotel tired and broken. And when she was about to leave the hotel, she was full of life, full of energy, full of everything, ”director Jean-Baptiste Mondino said in an interview with Rolling Stone. Madonna's "Power Source" was so extravagant that MTV refused to air it in 1990, and Madonna had to defend her video clip on ABC's Nightline.
2. Prince, "Kiss"
The famous Prince will easily have a list of his own "sexiest videos." As with Madonna, his music videos helped MTV push the boundaries of what was allowed. For 1986, his video was, if not revolutionary, then certainly special, as it showed the performer's naked torso, along with the semi-nude artist Monique Manning, whose playful dance with the singer gives the video an additional erotic charge.
1. Chris Isaac, Wicked Game
The first line in the top 10 hottest music videos of all time went to a black and white video shot back in 1990. Its components look quite ordinary: a man, a woman, a beach. However, Isaac and supermodel Helena Christensen are so seductively splashing in the waves to the soulful music that the audience involuntarily quickens their pulse. A tricky move is worth noting: Christensen was topless in the video, although her nudity was well hidden by the camera angles and skillful editing.
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