MTV Video Music Awards de 1988

MTV Video Music Awards de 1988
Data	7 de setembro de 1988 (1988-09-07)
Local	Anfiteatro da Universal, Los Angeles
País	Estados Unidos
Apresentação	Arsenio Hall
Cobertura televisiva
Estação	MTV
1987 1989

A cerimônia dos MTV Video Music Awards 1988 foi transmitida ao vivo em 7 de setembro de 1988, tendo premiado os melhores videoclipes lançados entre 2 de maio de 1987 e 1 de abril de 1988. O programa foi apresentado por Arsenio Hall no Anfiteatro da Universal, em Los Angeles.

Os vencedores aparecem a negrito.

• George Harrison — "When We Was Fab"
• INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
• Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love"
• U2 — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
• U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name"

• Terence Trent D'Arby — "Wishing Well"
• George Harrison — "Got My Mind Set on You"
• Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — "U Got the Look"
• Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love"
• Steve Winwood — "Back in the High Life Again"

• Cher — "I Found Someone"
• Lita Ford — "Kiss Me Deadly"
• Janet Jackson — "The Pleasure Principle"
• Suzanne Vega — "Luka"
• Jody Watley — "Some Kind of Lover"

• Aerosmith — "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
• Eurythmics — "I Need a Man"
• INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
• U2 — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
• U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name"

• The Godfathers — "Birth, School, Work, Death"
• Guns N' Roses — "Welcome to the Jungle"
• Buster Poindexter — "Hot, Hot, Hot"
• Swing Out Sister — "Breakout"
• Jody Watley — "Some Kind of Lover"

• George Harrison — "When We Was Fab"
• INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
• Pink Floyd — "Learning to Fly"
• U2 — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
• XTC — "Dear God"

• The Bangles — "Hazy Shade of Winter" (de Less Than Zero)
• Bryan Ferry — "Kiss and Tell" (de Bright Lights, Big City)
• Peter Gabriel — "Biko" (de Cry Freedom)
• Los Lobos — "La Bamba" (de La Bamba)
• Bob Seger — "Shakedown" (de Beverly Hills Cop II)

• George Harrison — "When We Was Fab"
• INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
• Squeeze — "Hourglass"
• Suzanne Vega — "Luka"
• XTC — "Dear God"

• Aerosmith — "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
• Grateful Dead — "Touch of Grey"
• Elton John — "Candle in the Wind (ao vivo)"
• Roy Orbison — "Oh, Pretty Woman (ao vivo)"
• Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — "U Got the Look"
• U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name"

• Eurythmics — "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" (Diretor: Sophie Muller)
• George Michael — "Father Figure" (Diretores: Andy Morahan e George Michael)
• Pink Floyd — "Learning to Fly" (Diretor: Storm Thorgerson)
• R.E.M. — "The One I Love" (Diretor: Robert Longo)
• XTC — "Dear God" (Diretor: Nicholas Brandt)

• Janet Jackson — "The Pleasure Principle" (Coreógrafo: Barry Lather)
• Michael Jackson — "Bad" (Coreógrafos: Michael Jackson, Greg Burg e Jeffrey Daniel)
• Michael Jackson — "The Way You Make Me Feel" (Coreógrafos: Michael Jackson e Vincent Patterson)
• Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — "U Got the Look" (Coreógrafo: Cat Glover)
• Sting — "We'll Be Together" (Coreógrafo: Barry Lather)

• Grateful Dead — "Touch of Grey" (Efeitos Especiais: Gary Gutierrez)
• George Harrison — "Got My Mind Set on You" (Efeitos Especiais: John McCallum)
• George Harrison — "When We Was Fab" (Efeitos Especiais: Chris Lyons)
• INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Efeitos Especiais: Lynn Maree Milburn)
• Squeeze — "Hourglass" (Efeitos Especiais: Jim Francis e Dave Barton)

• George Harrison — "When We Was Fab" (Diretor de Arte: Sid Bartholomew)
• INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Diretor de Arte: Lynn Maree Milburn)
• George Michael — "Faith" (Diretor de Arte: Bryan Jones)
• Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love" (Diretores de Arte: Howard Cummings e Beth Rubino)
• Squeeze — "Hourglass" (Diretores de Arte: Clive Crotty e Mick Edwards)

• INXS — "Devil Inside" (Editor: Steve Purcell)
• INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate" (Editor: Richard Lowenstein)
• Loverboy — "Notorious" (Editor: Jim Haygood)
• Prince (featuring Sheena Easton) — "U Got the Look" (Editor: Charley Randazzo e Steve Purcell)
• Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love" (Editor: Greg Dougherty)

• George Michael — "Father Figure" (Diretor de Fotografia: Peter Mackay)
• Pink Floyd — "Learning to Fly" (Diretor de Fotografia: Gordon Minard)
• Robert Plant — "Heaven Knows" (Diretor de Fotografia: Steve Tickner)
• Sting — "We'll Be Together" (Diretor de Fotografia: Bill Pope)
• Suzanne Vega — "Luka" (Diretor de Fotografia: Derek Wolski)

• George Harrison — "When We Was Fab"
• INXS — "Need You Tonight/Mediate"
• Bruce Springsteen — "Tunnel of Love"
• U2 — "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
• U2 — "Where the Streets Have No Name"

• Michael Jackson

• Rod Stewart — "Forever Young"
• Jody Watley — "Some Kind of Lover"
• Aerosmith — "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"
• Elton John — "I Don't Wanna Go on with You Like That"
• Depeche Mode — "Strangelove"
• Crowded House — "Better Be Home Soon"
• Michael Jackson — "Bad"
• Cher — "Main Man"
• The Fat Boys (featuring Chubby Checker) — "Louie Louie"/"The Twist"
• Guns N' Roses — "Welcome to the Jungle"
• INXS — "New Sensation"

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