List of one-shot music videos

This is a list of one-shot music videos filmed in one long take by a single camera.

Music videos which are edited to give the impression they were filmed in a single take but in fact are not, are listed in the section in this article Videos seemingly shot in one take.

One of the most famous music video directors for this genre is Michel Gondry, who has done many of his videos in this style, while among artists OK Go often took advantage of the one-shot filming features to produce intricate visuals.

Examples

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Artist Song Year Note
Shakatak Down on the Street 1984
Steve Perry Foolish Heart 1984
Tommy Shaw Girls With Guns 1984
Janet Jackson When I Think of You 1986
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush Don't Give Up 1986
The Psychedelic Furs Angels Don't Cry 1986
The Replacements Bastards of Young 1986
Bruce Springsteen Brilliant Disguise 1987
Mental as Anything He's Just No Good for You 1987
Godley & Creme 10,000 Angels 1988
Underworld Underneath The Radar 1988
The Grapes of Wrath All the Things I Wasn't 1989
Pixies Velouria 1990
Vaya Con Dios Nah Neh Nah 1990
Massive Attack Unfinished Sympathy 1991 Directed by Baillie Walsh
Guns N' Roses Garden of Eden 1992 Directed by Andy Morahan
Janet Jackson That's the Way Love Goes 1993 One-take version
Toni Braxton Another Sad Love Song 1993 Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Die Krupps To The Hilt 1994
Gin Blossoms Allison Road 1994 Directed by Sean Alquist
Lisa Loeb Stay (I Missed You) 1994 Directed by Ethan Hawke
Lucas Lucas with the Lid Off 1994
Massive Attack Protection 1995 Directed by Michel Gondry
Nine Inch Nails March of the Pigs 1994
Roxette Crash! Boom! Bang! 1994
Tom Petty You Don't Know How It Feels 1994 Directed by Phil Joanou
Jamiroquai Half The Man 1994
Weezer Undone – The Sweater Song 1994 Directed by Spike Jonze
You Am I Berlin Chair 1994
The Presidents of the United States of America Kitty 1995 Depicted from a cat's point of view
Lords of the Underground Neva Faded 1995
Spirit of the West Tell Me What I Think 1995 Directed by Morris Panych
Wax California 1995 Directed by Spike Jonze
2Pac Made Niggaz 1996 360 Version
Alanis Morissette Head Over Feet 1996 Directed by Michele Laurita and Alanis Morissette
Cibo Matto Sugar Water 1996 Two continuous shots playing simultaneously
Daft Punk Fresh 1996
Garbage Milk 1996
Madonna Love Don't Live Here Anymore 1996 Directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino
Tracy Bonham Mother Mother 1996 Directed by Jake Scott
Spice Girls Wannabe 1996 Directed by Johan Camitz
Ben Folds Five Kate 1997
Björk Hunter 1997
Erykah Badu Otherside of the Game 1997
Fiona Apple Never Is a Promise 1997
Green Day Redundant 1997
Mashina Vremeni Он был старше её (He was older than she) 1997
Michael Penn Try 1997 Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
The Tea Party Babylon 1997
Tic Tac Toe Bitte küss' mich nicht 1997
A Tribe Called Quest Find A Way 1998
Semisonic Closing Time 1998 Two continuous shots playing simultaneously
Die Ärzte Rebell 1998
Radiohead No Surprises 1998
Smashing Pumpkins Ava Adore 1998
Shakira Tú 1998
TISM Thunderbirds are Coming Out 1998
The Tragically Hip Poets 1998
Xzibit What U See Is What U Get 1998
Glay Winter, Again 1999 First version
Los Tres No Me Falles 1999
Sky Some Kinda Wonderful 1999
Coldplay Yellow 2000
D'Angelo Untitled (How Does It Feel) 2000
Destiny's Child Emotion 2001 Three continuous shots playing simultaneously
Elton John I Want Love 2001
Green Day Macy's Day Parade 2001
Hawksley Workman Jealous of Your Cigarette 2001
Hyde Evergreen 2001
Jay-Z Girls, Girls, Girls 2001
R.E.M. Imitation Of Life 2001
Radiohead Knives Out 2001
Saian Supa Crew X Raisons 2001
Tift Merritt Virginia, No One Can Warn You 2001
Ayumi Hamasaki Daybreak 2002
Hikaru Utada Hikari 2002
Koshi Inaba ファミレス午前3時 (Family Restaurant at 3 AM) 2002 After the title card
Kylie Minogue Come into My World 2002
Ronan Keating I Love It When We Do 2002
Will Young with Gareth Gates The Long and Winding Road 2002
Beginner Fäule 2003
Christina Aguilera The Voice Within 2003
Nicole Vida 2003
Shania Twain When You Kiss Me 2003 One-take version
Busted Crashed The Wedding 2003
Gary Jules Mad World 2003
George Michael Flawless (Go to the City) 2004
Jorge Drexler Milonga del moro judío 2004
Melissa Tkautz The Glamorous Life 2005
Architecture in Helsinki It'5 2005
Ayumi Hamasaki Heaven 2005
Jack Johnson Sitting, Waiting, Wishing 2005 Backwards
James Blunt You're Beautiful 2005
Missy Higgins The Special Two 2005
OK Go A Million Ways 2005
The White Stripes The Denial Twist 2005
Wir sind Helden Nur ein Wort (Only One Word) 2005 Forwards and backwards
Dendemann 3½ Minuten 2006
Dilated Peoples Back Again 2006
Gimma Superschwiizer 2006
OK Go Here It Goes Again 2006
The Rumble Strips Motorcycle 2006
Sandi Thom I Wish I Was a Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair) 2006
Sportfreunde Stiller '54, '74, '90, 2006 2006
Bedouin Soundclash Walls Fall Down 2007
Feist 1234 2007
Feist My Moon My Man 2007
Jack Peñate Second, Minute or Hour 2007
Kaiser Chiefs Love's Not a Competition (But I'm Winning) 2007
Lil' Chris We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off 2007
Linkin Park Bleed It Out 2007
The Matches Salty Eyes 2007
Melanie C The Moment You Believe 2007
Panda Los Malaventurados No Lloran 2007
Paul Kelly God Told Me To 2007 Directed by Natasha Pinkus
Snow Patrol Open Your Eyes 2007
Spoon The Underdog 2007
The Weakerthans Civil Twilight 2007
Serj Tankian Sky Is Over 2008
Basia Bulat In the Night 2008 Directed and produced by Anthony Seck
Dana Nalbaru Tu 2008
Faker Sleepwalking 2008
Feist I Feel It All 2008
Gigi 11 Januari 2008
Goldfrapp Happiness 2008
Duffy Warwick Avenue 2008
Janet Jackson Rock with U 2008
The Last Shadow Puppets Standing Next to Me 2008
Plastic Tree Alone Again, Wonderful World 2008
Robyn Eclipse 2008 Directed by Blip Boutique [1]
Sara Bareilles Gravity 2008
Vampire Weekend A-Punk 2008
Vampire Weekend Oxford Comma 2008
The Vines He's a Rocker 2008
Arctic Monkeys Cornerstone 2009
Ayumi Hamasaki Curtain Call 2009
Cheryl and Will.i.am 3 Words 2009
Electric Indian Kids These Days 2009
Jovanotti Mezzogiorno 2009
Mayer Hawthorne Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin' 2009
Metric Gimme Sympathy 2009
Myriam Fares Ayam El Shety 2009
OK Go WTF? 2009
Perfume I still love U 2009
Sarah Blasko We Won't Run 2009
Super Junior It's You 2009
Against Me! I Was a Teenage Anarchist 2010
Air So Light Is Her Footfall 2010
Antonio Orozco Llevatelo 2010
Coldplay Christmas Lights 2010 Directed by Mat Whitecross
Cosmo Jarvis Gay Pirates 2010
Die Roten Punkte Bananenhaus (Banana House) 2010
Die Roten Punkte Burger Store Dinosaur 2010
Erykah Badu Window Seat 2010
Francis and the Lights Darling, It's Alright 2010
Grace Potter Something That I Want 2010 From the movie Tangled
Hikaru Utada Goodbye Happiness 2010
J. Cole Who Dat 2010
Janelle Monáe Cold War 2010
Kelis Brave 2010
Liam Frost Good Things Are Coming Our Way 2010
Lights Second Go 2010
Marina and the Diamonds I Am Not a Robot 2010 LA Version; from 00:05 and onwards
OK Go White Knuckles 2010
Pablo Alborán Solamente Tú 2010
Säkert Dansa fastän 2010
A Banda Mais Bonita da Cidade Oração 2011
AKB48 Dakishimecha Ikenai 2011
Anneke van Giersbergen Feel Alive 2011
The Black Keys Lonely Boy 2011
Bruno Mars The Lazy Song 2011 Official version
Childish Gambino Freaks and Geeks 2011
Enrique Iglesias Ayer 2011
Josh Pyke feat. Katy Steele Punch in the Heart 2011 Two continuous shots playing simultaneously
Knifeworld In A Foreign Way 2011
Nerina Pallot Put Your Hands Up 2011
Robyn Call Your Girlfriend 2011
Air Dubai feat. Patricia Lynn Warning 2012
Dappy Good Intentions 2012
Jessie Ware Wildest Moments 2012
McFly Love Is Easy 2012
The Mowgli's San Francisco 2012
Nogizaka46 Gūzen o Iiwake ni Shite 2012
The Pierces I Put Your Records On 2012
Scissor Sisters Let's Have a Kiki 2012
Taylor Swift We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together 2012
Brendan Maclean Stupid 2013
Brendan Maclean Winner 2013
Chris Brown Fine China 2013 One-take version
EXO Growl 2013
G-Eazy Been On 2013
IU Friday 2013
LiLi Roquelin The Only One 2013
Lorde Tennis Court 2013
Mel B For Once in My Life 2013
Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball 2013 Director's cut version
Panic! at the Disco Girls / Girls / Boys 2013
Pharrell Williams Happy 2013 All versions except official edit
Phosphorescent Song for Zula 2013
Pusha T Nosetalgia 2013
Sam Tsui Make It Up 2013
Skating Polly Blue Obvious 2013
Sam Smith Lay Me Down 2013 Re-released in 2015
Violent Soho Covered in Chrome 2013
Bush The Only Way Out 2014
clipping. Work Work 2014
FKA twigs Two Weeks 2014
Jane Zhang 我是我的 (I Am Mine) 2014
Kaiser Chiefs Coming Home 2014
Kiesza Hideaway 2014
Kiesza What is Love 2014
Klangkarussell All Eyes On You 2014
Lights Up We Go 2014
Meg Mac Roll Up Your Sleeves 2014 Australian version
Metronomy Love Letters 2014
OK Go I Won't Let You Down 2014
OK Go The Writing's on the Wall 2014
Sia Chandelier 2014 Alternative version
Super Junior This Is Love[2] 2014
TVXQ Spellbound 2014
Violent Soho Saramona Said 2014
Wankelmut feat. John Lamonica Wasted So Much Time 2014
Screaming Females Ripe 2014
"Weird Al" Yankovic Tacky 2014
Wiz Khalifa We Dem Boyz 2014
5'nizza I Believe in You 2015
AURORA Murder Song (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) 2015
Avicii Waiting for Love 2015 360 version
Between the Buried and Me The Coma Machine 2015
Dil Dhadakne Do Gallan Goodiyaan 2015
The Dodos Competition 2015
Example Whisky Story 2015
Gwen Stefani Used to Love You 2015
Travie McCoy feat. Sia Golden 2015
Highly Suspect Lydia 2015
Jess Glynne Take Me Home 2015 One-take version
Julien Baker Sprained Ankle 2015
Marian Hill One Time 2015
MIKA Last Party 2015 Black and white version
Olly Murs Seasons 2015
Skepta Nasty 2015
The Social Experiment Sunday Candy 2015
Avatar The Eagle Has Landed 2016
BTS Save Me 2016
The Chemical Brothers feat. Beck Wide Open 2016
Dusky feat. Solomon Grey Long Wait 2016 Directed by Noel Paul
FEMM Whiplash 2016
Mike Posner I Took a Pill in Ibiza 2016 Original version
Mischief Brew Squatter Envy 2016
NAVI Historyja majho žyccia 2016
Samra Miracle 2016
Tove Lo True Disaster 2016
Arcade Fire Creature Comfort 2017
Bleachers I Miss Those Days 2017
Bruno Mars That's What I Like 2017
Cavetown Lemon Boy 2017
Danielle Bregoli These Heaux 2017
Eamon I Got Soul 2017
Fozzy Judas 2017 Based on Guns N' Roses' "Garden of Eden"
Fozzy Painless 2017
Gotch Taxi Driver 2017
Haim Want You Back 2017
LANY Super Far 2017
Lauv Paris in the Rain 2017
Liam Payne feat. Quavo Strip That Down (Dance Video) 2017
Lorie La vie est belle 2017
Mondo Grosso feat. Hikari Mitsushima Labyrinth 2017
Orelsan Basique 2017
Sabrina Carpenter Thumbs 2017
Selena Gomez feat. Gucci Mane Fetish (Audio Video) 2017
Snakehips feat. MØ Don't Leave (Lyric Video) 2017
SOPHIE It's Okay to Cry 2017
Superfruit How Ya Feeling 2017
YouthK Saeki ナウオアネバー (Now or Never) 2017 Shot entirely in reverse, evidently by passing traffic.[3]
Benny Blanco & Calvin Harris I Found You 2018
Betty Who Ignore Me 2018
Billie Eilish when the party's over 2018
Cobi Church of the Lonely 2018
Death Valley Girls Disaster (Is What We're After) 2018 Starring Iggy Pop
Gesu no Kiwami Otome Onna wa Kawaru 2018
Halsey Sorry 2018
In Flames I Am Above 2018
Justin Timberlake feat. Chris Stapleton Say Something 2018
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Kimino Mikata 2018
Lele Pons Celoso 2018
Malú Ciudad de Papel 2018
Maroon 5 & Cardi B Girls Like You 2018 Includes cameo from Ellen DeGeneres
Męskie Granie Początek 2018
Mojo Juju Native Tongue 2018
Poolside Feel Alright Nashville 2018
STU48 Kaze wo Matsu 2018
Toro y Moi Ordinary Pleasure 2018 Directed by Mancy Gant
Alice Chater Hourglass 2018
Benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin I Can't Get Enough 2019
Birds of Tokyo Good Lord 2019
Bleached Shitty Ballet 2019
Daisy the Great I'm Fine 2019
Example All Night 2019
Gesu no Kiwami Otome Dakedo Boku wa 2019
Gian Marco Me Gusta Mi Soledad 2019
Hinatazaka46 "Konna ni Suki ni Natchatte Ii no?" 2019 "Hit prayer" version only[4]
Jackson Wang Dway! 2019
Jessica Mauboy Little Things 2019
Karen O & Danger Mouse Woman 2019 Directed by Spike Jonze; live on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
LANY Thick and Thin 2019
Maroon 5 Memories 2019
Naif & Indra Lesmana Selama Ada Cinta 2019 Directed by Budi Cuprit, recorded in 2016
Nightly Twenty Something 2019
Scarlxrd GXLD 2019
Steam Powered Giraffe Hot on the Trail 2019
The Weeknd Heartless 2019 Live on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Against the Current That Won't Save Us 2020
Cher Lloyd Lost 2020
The Chicks Sleep at Night 2020
Dance Gavin Dance Prisoner 2020
Haim Don't Wanna 2020
Yseult Corps 2020 Directed By Colin Solal Cardo
Madysin Hatter Nobody's Fault 2020
Scarlxrd CXLD BLXXDED 2020
Shawn Mendes & Justin Bieber Monster 2020
Sia Together 2020
Victoria Tears Getting Sober 2020
Tim Minchin The Absence Of You 2020 Directed by Ben Lucas
Yelle Je t'aime encore 2020
Ashe & FINNEAS Till Forever Falls Apart 2021
Camilo Pesadilla 2021
Coldplay Higher Power 2021 Official audio // Extra-terrestrial transmission
Giring Ganesha Tahan Dulu 2021
Kings of Convenience Rocky Trail 2021
Los Fastidios Pour La Liberté 2021 Official videoclip
MIKE Evil Eye 2021 Two continuous shots playing simultaneously
sumika Shake & Shake 2021 Directed by Gen Natsume
Abraham Mateo Ahora Te Puedes Marchar 2022
Amyl and the Sniffers Maggot 2022 Live from Williamstown
Ashkan Khatibi & Qaziso ft. Amir Azimi Migorizi 2022 Directed by Ashkan Khatibi & Amir Pakdel
Kendrick Lamar The Heart Part 5 2022 Directed By Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free
Kendrick Lamar ft. Taylour Paige We Cry Together 2022 Directed By Jake Schreier, Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free
Muna Kind of Girl 2022 Directed by Taylor James
Paulo Londra Chance 2022
Sea Girls DNA 2022
The Smashing Pumpkins Beguiled 2022
Tasman Keith Love Too Soon 2022
Tegan and Sara Yellow 2022
Behm Sata vuotta 2023 Video reversed and slowed down to 0.5x speed after filming
Billie Eilish What Was I Made For? 2023
Jason Mraz I Feel Like Dancing 2023
Miley Cyrus Used To Be Young 2023
Ren Animal Flow 2023 Directed by Ren
Spiritbox Ultraviolet 2023 Directed by Dylan Hryciuk (uses multiple frame-rates and makes a seamless loop)
Coldplay Feels Like I'm Falling in Love (Zerb Remix) 2024 Filmed by Ant Barret
Emily Wurramara featuring Arringarri STFAFM [5] 2024

Videos seemingly shot in one take

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This video was shot in two extended takes, with the only edit obscured at 2:32 when Neil Finn walks through a stage set door.[6]
Contains several edits disguised by dissolves, particularly when the camera is pointing down at the ground and the dissolves are less noticeable due to motion blur.
The video was spliced together from two separate takes. The cut between the two happens when the camera turns away from the face of guitarist, and singer on this track, The Edge and the cut was hidden by having smoke blowing in from the side of the frame.
One shutter camera cut at 5:26 at the end of the video
The video contains several cuts when the camera tilts down, transitioning into another shot when it tilts up again.
Several hidden cuts when Eagle-Eye Cherry changes the character he's portraying.
In a Channel 4, documentary discussing the Greatest Pop Videos of all time, the director Kevin Godley revealed that it was filmed in 3 shots, each shot transition hidden by a lens flare.[7]
The video-editing process is the same as "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai.
The music video, directed by Michel Gondry, features a seemingly continuous shot, but it includes footage taken at different times of the day, and is assembled from repeated sequences.
The video is seemingly one continuous shot, chaos ensues in an art gallery.
The video is one seemingly continuous shot through a kaleidoscopic tunnel of mirrored black, white and red triangles.
The video appears to be one shot but features several cuts where the camera pans upwards.
At the end of the video it has four cuts.
Hidden cuts during camera moves.
Hidden cuts from swift camera movement.
In interviews, band member Damian Kulash and visual designer Hector Alvarez both admit to a cut at 2:27 when the curtain opens.[8]
The video was done in one shot and lip synced backwards to allow for McFadden to still be in sync while the video goes backwards.
The video is a long take until near the end, when a few cuts are introduced.
The video is made of multiple long takes superimposed over one another.
The video was actually stitched from multiple takes to create the illusion of a single, continuous shot.
The video contains a black cut at 1:12.
The video contains multiple cuts, while the screen fades to black.
Co-director Travis Schneider stated in an interview that although the video was planned to be one shot, there is one cut in the video.
There are several cuts in the video, starting from 2:25 to the end.
Though the video, involving the band using parabolic flight from reduced-gravity aircraft to simulate micro-gravity, is from one long 40-45 minute shot, periods when the band is not in micro-gravity were trimmed from the final product.
There are some cuts and the camera moves at 0:36
Couple of cuts starting at 0:08
The video drastically slows down playback of about 4.2 seconds of actions that take place in real-time. However, to capture the amount of action, the band had to use multiple high-speed cameras on the same mounted system, their respective footage stitched together to compose the final video.
The video contains cut at 1:35, also several cuts near the end of the video.
The video editing process is the same as "Virtual Insanity" by Jamiroquai and "Love at First Sight" by Kylie Minogue.
The video is one shot of George Ezra going round in circles.
One cut at 2:28.
The video is one shot recorded in 2017, released 18 January 2018 (Re-released 13 December 2019)
One shutter camera cut at 0:02 in the beginning of the video
The camera moves forwards 3 times and has 9 cuts on this video
One cut for each "loop" around the wedding reception.
The video contains a black cut at 2:01.
Possible cuts when the camera is pointed at the ground.

References

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  1. ^ "Robyn - Eclipse". YouTube.
  2. ^ Kim Sa-ra (22 October 2014). [뮤비핫스팟] 슈퍼주니어의 세련된 고백 '디스 이즈 러브' [[MV Hotspot] Super Junior refined comfession in 'This Is Love']. Naver (in Korean). Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  3. ^ 佐伯ユウスケ「ナウオアネバー」MVメイキング映像／TVアニメ『弱虫ペダル NEW GENERATION』EDテーマ, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 10 August 2021
  4. ^ 3rd Single「こんなに好きになっちゃっていいの？」 ヒット祈願成就！「日向坂で会いましょう」オリジナルワンカットPV完全版・限定公開 (in Japanese). Event occurs at 7:42. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Emily Wurramara - 'STFAFM' ft. Arringarri (Official Music Video)". YouTube. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Message to My Girl, Music Video, 1984". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Explore". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  8. ^ "OK Go Rube Goldberg video: meet the makers! | MAKE". Blog.makezine.com. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  9. ^ "Tame Impala - Lost in Yesterday (Official Video)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021.
  10. ^ 日向坂46 『君しか勝たん』. YouTube (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 July 2022.
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