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This one is very nearly Administrivia/SelfExplanatory: a surprising number of musicians have managed to see past the AnimationAgeGhetto, and released music videos composed mostly or entirely of animation. These can range from traditional cel animation to CGI or stop-motion.

Sometimes used if an artist [[DiedDuringProduction passed away]] before filming a proper video.

Non-professional works should be filed under FanVid or {{Machinima}}.
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Alternative]]
* Music/AliceInChains:
** The video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODTv9Lt5WYs I Stay Away]]" is made with clay figures to make a disturbing stop-motion video.
** The video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg9Oz6FylIk Lesson Learned]]" video is an interesting variation: the whole video is live-action, but is composed of 6,000 still images stitched together to make a video.
* Music/ArcticMonkeys' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpOSxM0rNPM Do I Wanna Know?]]". ''Very'' mildly NSFW.
* Music/AsianKungFuGeneration's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nTCgdiYBSc Atarashii Sekai]]".
* Music/{{BIGMAMA}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sursVprvwl0 Crystal Clear]]," a bittersweet animated video about a girl and her cat animated by Rapparu.
* Music/{{Bjork}} loves concept videos. One of them is "[[https://youtu.be/IKSoBJ8WirE?t=28 I Miss You]]", a sexually comedic psychedelic cel-animated number from Creator/JohnKricfalusi and Spumco of ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRippingFriends'' infamy. Kricfalusi additionally sneaks in a [[TheCameo cameo]] from George Liquor, a recurring character in his work.
* Blockhead's "The Music Scene" is a psychedelic animation with cyberpunk undertones by Anthony Schepperd.
* Music/BlocParty's "Pioneers" and "One Month Off" have flash animated and stop-motion animated videos, respectively. "Ratchet" also has an official video animated by {{WebAnimation/Cyriak}}, recycling and manipulating footage of [[CallBack their previous live-action videos]] into... [[DerangedAnimation pure chaos.]]
* Music/CageTheElephant's "Aberdeen" is a claymation tale of a kaiju trying to make friends with people in a city.
* The video for Music/{{CAKE}}'s "Sheep Go To Heaven".
* {{Music/Coldplay}}'s "[[https://youtu.be/h3pJZSTQqIg?t=8 Strawberry Swing]]", which is animated in stop-motion with Chris Martin lying on a pavement floor against chalk-drawn backgrounds.
* Music/TheCranberries' music videos for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1lMxX8doSU All Over Now]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKwJrfF-0uY Wake Me When It's Over]].
* The video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPzhUp8mWgs Bullets]]" by Music/{{Creed|Band}} was rendered in CGI.
* Music/DriftlessPonyClub's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buBegaEW7R0 music video]] for "House of 1982, Built Like a Ship".
* The video for Music/FallOutBoy's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCV2h1uHx3o The Carpal Tunnel Of Love]]", starring none other than the WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends (and features HTF versions of the band members as well).
* The {{Music/Flobots}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUX0y4EptA music video]] for "Handlebars" is also entirely cel-shaded CGI.
* Music/FosterThePeople's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-mTcFGiVzw Pseudologia Fantastica]]" had a particularly [[AmazingTechnicolorWorld surreally colored]] and [[RuleOfSymbolism surreally symbolic]] animated video.
* [[{{Music/Gorillaz}} Gorillaz]] are an animated band that are fronted by a group of four animated characters who are 2D (Vocals and Keyboards), Murdoc Niccals (Bass Guitar), Russel Hussel Hobbs (Drums/Percussion) and Noodle (Lead Guitar), and due to this, all of the band's music videos are animated.
** Keep in mind that just because they're animated doesn't mean they're appropriate for kids, and Gorillaz one of the more obvious examples of "WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids".
* Music/ImagineDragons has an animated video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmI_Ndrxy14 Warriors]]", created to promote ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''.
* Judah & The Lion's [[https://youtu.be/pVLAe6A9bI8 "Why Did You Run?"]] mainly takes place in a CGI classroom, while the female protagonist's drawings and the band members are rotoscoped, likely in homage to "Take on Me".
* "Shoot The Runner" by Kasabian is a rotoscoped PerformanceVideo with some paint splatters thrown in. It sounds simple, but it's the eye-candiest thing this side of an iPod commercial.
* Music/{{Kelela}}:
** The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4-9mYrbXVI "A Message"]] starts out live-action, but shifts abruptly to an {{Anime}}-esque style during the bridge, which is maintained until the very last second of the video.
** The entirety of the video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l227G1KSWks "Frontline"]] is animated in the style of VideoGame/TheSims.
* Music/BeastieBoys' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEVfHmjKOrM Shadrach]]" is a series of rotoscoped pastel drawings based on specially-shot live footage.
* How could we forget the video for "Take On Me" by {{Music/aha}}? Half-rotoscoped and half-live-action, it's about a woman who gets sucked into a comic book and falls in love with the protagonist, eventually bringing him out into the real world.
* Lemon Jelly's trippy [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8yx4k4tzqE Nice Weather for Ducks]].
* Music/MyBrightestDiamond's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB-FLxglSOA "Inside a Boy"]] depicts a girl rescuing her boyfriend from a dungeon and slaying monsters along the way.
* Music/{{Necronomidol}}'s "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVacOaFbrdE SKULLS IN THE STARS]]": a video made to look like a Famicom-esque game featuring 5 color-coded Japanese idols against eldritch abominations in a setting inspired by HP Lovecraft's works. Cool, huh?
* [[{{Music/Octafonic}} Octafonic]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT2hFTKCXx4 Rain]] 2D animated video directed by Emo Enriquez (www.emoenriquez.com).
* Music/ThePillows' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=padJmhHcFWU "Wake Up Dodo"]]. Be warned that the song may never leave your head.
** Also: "1989", "Go! Go! Jupiter", "Instant Music", "Your Order" and (partially) "Comic Sonic".
* [[{{Music/Prozzak}} Prozzak]] were a canadian pop duo whose members consisted of the animated characters Simon and Milo, so because of that, all of their music videos are animated.
* Music/{{Radiohead}} has the videos for "Paranoid Android," "Pyramid Song," "Go to Sleep," "There There" ([[RogerRabbitEffect partially]]), "Burn the Witch" (claymation), and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iNjNr2HKSA a lot of ''Kid A'''s "blips."]] "Paranoid Android" doubles as a minisode of the Swedish-American TV series ''Robin'', with Radiohead commissioning the show's creator out of admiration for the series.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOgFHMEJMeY&ob=av3e Monarchy of Roses]] by the Music/RedHotChiliPeppers, with animation inspired by the art of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Pettibon Raymond Pettibon]]: collaborator and brother to Music/BlackFlag guitarist Greg Ginn.
** "Love Rollercoaster" mixes this with VideoFullOfFilmClips - it alternates between clips of ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtheadDoAmerica'', the film it was recorded for, and "performance footage" that's also animated.
* The Presidents Of The USA song "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwSOjoHFLn4 Ladybug]]", which uses shadow puppetry to depict a super-heroine ladybug rescuing her boyfriend from an evil centipede.
* Shiny Toy Guns has their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw722dGGvy4 Ghost Town]] video.
* The videos for Matthew Sweet's "Girlfriend" and "I've Been Waiting" used clips from ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'' and ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', respectively.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWLzeXTydfc Shiva]]" ("Шива") (NSFW) by the Russian alt-rock group Total, is done in the anime style, based off of ''Anime/Kite1998''.
** Fully in the first music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i51_hlFKRuA Hit in the Eyes]]" ("Бьёт по глазам") (NSFW) animated in claymation by Maxim Sviridov. Partially in the second music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnYjy-WNn90 Hit in the Eyes]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62GiB5TttlI Well, Hello]]" ("Ну, здравствуй") and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrgGjxiq0vI Heart in a Hand]] ("Сердце в руке"), all directed by the late Vitaliy Mukhametzyanov of Studio Myxa (Студия Муха).
* Music/TheyMightBeGiants have done quite a few of these. "(She Was A) Hotel Detective"[[note]]The video for this song is actually live-action with animated segments spliced in[[/note]], "Experimental Film" (done by [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner Strong Sad and The Cheat]]), "Bastard Wants to Hit Me", "I'm Impressed", and "The Mesopotamians", to name a few. In fact, the majority of their music videos in the latter half of [[TurnOfTheMillennium the Oughties]] were animated. Their kids' albums ''No!'' and ''Here Come the [=ABCs=]'' feature a selection of Flash videos for several of the songs on the CD, accessible via computer.
** Let's not forget two of their songs appeared in one of the two "music video" episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures''.
* {{Music/Silverchair}} had to release the video for "Luv Your Life" in animation due to lead singer Daniel John's then-crippling arthritis.
* The {{Music/Unwritten Law}} [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSVou7AZebQ music video]] for "Save Me" is entirely cel-shaded CGI
* Music/{{Voltaire}} essentially has one for his song "Brains!" in the form of the episode "Little Rock of Horrors" from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy''.
* The video for "Fell In Love with a Girl" by Music/TheWhiteStripes uses an interesting technique, with stop motion animation of a wall of Lego blocks.
* Music/HowardJones' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy3K8tLhQpE "You Know I Love You, Don't You?"]] follows in the footsteps of "Take on Me".
* Music/TheOffspring's video for "Dividing By Zero/Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell" features an animated narrative about a fighter pilot in a futuristic war.
* The music video for Music/HollywoodUndead’s [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Adwl0y3qKUI Heart of a Champion remix]] has animated segments reminiscent of arcade fighting games.
* {{Music/Melvins}}' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W1eXDxlwmE "Electric Flower"]] uses StopMotion animation to depict the band as off-brand troll dolls performing in a living room to an audience of other kitschy vintage toys, dolls, and knick-knacks - making them trolls seems to be a nod to front man Buzz Osborne's trademark WildHair.
* Melody's Echo Chamber has this "Desert Horse," "Cross My Heart," and "Breathe In, Breathe Out."
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[[folder:Classical]]
* Both ''WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'' are movie-length collections of animated music videos to classical music, as are a lot of the 1930s ''Disney/SillySymphonies.''
* Warner Brothers has ''WesternAnimation/ACornyConcerto'', ''WesternAnimation/PigsInAPolka'', ''WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheRabbitOfSeville.''
* ''WesternAnimation/AllegroNonTroppo'' is movie-length collections of animated music videos to classical music.
* Creator/OsamuTezuka had done a series of shorts based on [[Music/ModestMussorgsky Modest Mussorgsky’s]] own Music/PicturesAtAnExhibition.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Comedy]]
* Being a huge fan of animation, Music/WeirdAlYankovic, had made several of these.
** "Close but No Cigar" was done by Creator/JohnKricfalusi, the same guy who made the video of Björk's "I Miss You."
** "Virus Alert," "I'll Sue Ya" and "Party in the CIA" were all done in MediaNotes/AdobeFlash, although with vastly different art styles.
** "Weasel Stomping Day" was made by the ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' team as both a music video and a segment for the show.
** The 10-minute-long "Trapped in the Drive-Thru" has [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SHnTocdD7sk&pp=ygUZdHJhcHBlZCBpbiB0aGUgZHJpdmUgdGhydQ%3D%3D an animated video]] which premiered on [=MySpace=] and is now on [=YouTube=].
** "Do I Creep You Out" uses [=JibJab's=] standard cutout animation method. "CNR" also did this, but mixed it up with live-action heads on animated bodies and vice versa.
** "Jurassic Park" is claymation and was done by Creator/CraigBartlett.
** Nine of the twelve songs on ''Alpocalypse'' have animated music videos, the exceptions being the polka, "Craigslist" and "Perform This Way".
** "Don't Download This Song" and "TMZ" feature videos animated by Creator/BillPlympton.
** "Whatever You Like" was made using ClipArtAnimation, courtesy of Cris Shapan.
** The opening theme to ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'' includes three [[ArtShift art shifts]] from hand-drawn to CGI to claymation.
* Music/GreenJelly's "Three Little Pigs", done in {{Claymation}}.
* [=GemBoy=]'s Flash-animated music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hMOwX1jYdQ Giambel V]]" is an AffectionateParody of anime openings and old-school giant robot anime, most notably ''Anime/Daitarn3''.
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[[folder:Country]]
* The video for Music/TobyKeith's "American Ride" uses a style similar to Website/JibJab.
* Music/{{Lonestar}}'s "Mr. Mom".
* Music/BlakeShelton's "Doing It to Country Songs" features FunnyAnimal versions of Blake and guest vocalists Music/TheOakRidgeBoys.
* Music/RandyTravis' "Before You Kill Us All" is likely the first in country music.
* Music/ZacBrownBand's "The Wind" has a video animated by Creator/MikeJudge.
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[[folder:Dance]]
* Most early singles by E-Rotic have animated music videos with explicit nudity, for example "Max Don't Have Sex With Your Ex", "Fred Come to Bed", and "Willy Use a Billy... Boy".
* "Move Your Feet" by Junior Senior uses pixel art animation. "Take My Time" has crude hand-drawn animation done with markers (and was even animated by Junior himself).
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[[folder:Electronic]]
* Angels & Agony's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i95Gg0Y1ziE "Monument"]] uses Victorian shadow puppet animation.
* [=DyE=]'s [[http://vimeo.com/30798517 "Fantasy"]] is, video description paraphrased, an [[NotSafeForWork NSFW]] Animesque video about some highschoolers who break into a swimming pool to "fool around." [[spoiler: It also just so happens to be a CosmicHorrorStory.]]
* Music/CaravanPalace has multiple, such as Lone Digger.
* The Chemical Brothers' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVu2cX0jEYk "Salmon Dance"]] is performed by animated fish.
* "[[SingerNamedrop Daddy DJ]]" by Daddy DJ, about a child prodigy [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin whose daddy is a DJ]].
* ''Music/DaftPunk'' collaborated with the legendary Creator/LeijiMatsumoto to create videos for the tracks on their album ''Discovery'', the first four of which ("One More Time", "Aerodynamic", "Digital Love", and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger") were shown on Creator/CartoonNetwork and later Creator/{{MTV}}. They were eventually released as the anime movie ''Anime/{{Interstella 5555}}: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem.''
** They allegedly pitched the idea to Matsumoto by showing up in character as robots.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imBlPXbAv6E "Infinity Repeating"]] shows different characters walking in many different animation styles, from simple sketches to more complex 2D animation to sprite work to 3D animation.
* Music/{{Moby}}'s "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?" from ''Music/{{Play}}'' features an AMV with his original character, Little Idiot.
* "Remind Me" by the Norwegian band Röyksopp features a video of a day in the life of a woman working in London's Square Mile, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4u4JJAPGk only through infographics]].
** The video for their song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPG6OQy2iwI Poor Leno]] is also animated.
* London Elektricity's "All Hell Is Breaking Loose" has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxZDJS9Dpzw dance party in the graveyard.]]
** Another of theirs, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhLjQP7Cs1g "Cum Dancing"]].
** He has quite a few. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNyODJcFMB4&feature=relmfu "Billion Dollar Gravy"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hZAX10373pc "Meteorites"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD5WvRHcakA&feature=player_embedded "Fault Lines"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0raqUkZJSzg "Round the World in a Day"]] are four more examples.
* Sugimoto Kousuke and Manabe Takayuki's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ9YtJC-Kd8 The TV Show]]" is many different styles of animation all bleeding together, interfering with and eventually running rampant through each other, set to a fantastic electronic beat.
** Sugimoto and Handsome Kenya's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygECmAslHCI Sing in my own way]]" tells the story of shop clerk/musician Kenya in multiple versions, by having colored versions of Kenya splitting off him and having different experiences from then on. The video also contains {{ShoutOut}}s to movies such as ''Film/SlidingDoors''.
* The promotional video for "Plastique" by Plastikman is pretty much just a video of his logo dancing, flying around, and so on.
* Nearly every music video by Luke Vibert and his aliases.
* Nearly all the videos by Japanese DJ Halfby are done with CG animation in the same isometric perspective. Perhaps the most famous is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lMsnj4AT78 "Rodeo Machine"]].
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK0Vg34Nv7I "Saviour"]] by {{Music/LiGHTS}}.
* Lying somewhere between this and FanVid is [[http://smudgethis.com/#344981/Nero-Innocence Nero's "Innocence"]]. The official music video consists entirely of edited footage from the last episode of ''Anime/CyberCityOedo808'', a series which [[http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/204636 Nero have admitted to being fans of]].
* All of Genki Rockets' videos. "Heavenly Star", "Breeze", and "Star Line" use rotoscoped animation similar to the aforementioned "Take on Me" by {{Music/aha}}, while "Make Believe" and "Curiosity" are CGI.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuHe9lm5vUE Magnum Bullets]] by Music/NightRunner. If you're a fan of furry cyberpunk revenge stories, then you're in luck.
* All of Music/StudioKillers' videos are a fantastic blend of... pretty much every form of animation ever.
* The videos to Gouryella (Ferry Corsten and Music/{{Tiesto}})'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=briVKxMcU0c&ob=av2e self-titled song]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wp7xMwfS3M "Walhalla"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI-yAD6-9Ek "Tenshi"]] all use CGI animation. "Walhalla" has a DisneyAcidSequence thrown in the middle for good measure.
* Goldfish are clearly fans of retro games, adding in tons of references in their music videos, featuring pixel animations and drawn animations.
* Music/TheProdigy have made two of these, one for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1U0qvtQnE8 "Fire"]] and one for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-noCS_dtZMg "One Love"]]. Both of them were made with early-'90's CGI.
* DJ's From Mars vs. Fragma - "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQyEUhedqDY Insane in Da Brain]]" (no relation to the Music/CypressHill song), which is also a SurrealMusicVideo.
* Music/{{Kraftwerk}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0lIlROWro8 Musique Non Stop]], among the trope makers for computer graphics with [[Music/DireStraits Money For Nothing]]
* Teddyloid's [[Anime/JapanAnimatorExpo Me! Me! Me! (feat. Daoko)]], a [[DisneyAcidSequence trippy]] dream sequence done by Creator/StudioKhara (the studio behind the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' films). Extremely NSFW.
* Music/ArminVanBuuren and Hardwell's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH1Baa2XDro "Off the Hook"]] has the two dressed like characters from ''Film/{{Tron}}''.
* Music/{{Stromae}}'s music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKftOH54iNU "Carmen"]].
* The music video to La Bionda's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OpnRuooGfw "I Wanna Be Your Lover"]] (a song that could be the UrExample of ItaloDisco) is a sci-fi animation by Guido Manuli.
* Music/MysterySkulls has had these done for their songs "Ghost", "Freaking Out", "Hellbent", and "The Future". What's notable is that there are two videos for "Ghost", a live action version and [[WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated the animated version]]. The band was impressed with a fan video made by [=MysteryBen27=] involving [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright, Edgeworth, and Godot]] (using the song "Money") that they commissioned the animated versions.
* Music/PorterRobinson and Music/{{Madeon}} commissioned Creator/A1Pictures to do a music video for their collaboration, "Anime/{{Shelter|2016}}".
* Music/TupperWareRemixParty's video for "Music/StarlightBrigade" is ''mind-blowing.'' So much so that many people in the comment section were either furious or disappointed that it ''wasn't a series.''
* Music/YellowMagicOrchestra's [[Music/YellowMagicOrchestraAlbum "Computer Game"/"Firecracker"]]: the first section features animated recreations of footage from the parodied arcade games, while the latter features abstract Orientalist animations that play into the satirical nature of the band's rendition of the Martin Denny song. Both are done using [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanimate Scanimate]], an analog precursor to CGI.
* Creator/HirokazuTanaka's "Hammerhead Shark Song" features a video by ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' creator Creator/TobyFox, who worked with the ''Deltarune'' development team to put the video together in Game Maker, featuring an art style that nods back to ''Undertale''[='s=] battle and befriending sequences.
* Music/JeanMichelJarre's "[[https://youtu.be/tLulE8_KAZc?si=ALb3zIKfFD8uzwoY Calypso]]", from ''Waiting For Cousteau''.
* "[[https://youtu.be/7UI4x5bHv9g?si=ZNqCZDSLZDq9OcAo Down This Road]]" by Sally Shapiro & Highway Superstar has an '80s animation aesthetic.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAKnocLqjnQ Love to Live By]]" by M-flo loves Chara[[note]]crossover with the band M-flo and Japanese singer Chara[[/note]] combines an InkblotCartoonStyle mixed with {{Animesque}} that stars a WesternAnimation/BettyBoop-esque lead. [[MonochromeToColor The music video starts in monochrome, but has color included towards the end.]]
* Music/{{Arca}}'s "Prada / Rakata" video is CG animation. Each scene is an animated versions of the album covers for the ''Kick'' series.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Folk]]
* Music/FleetFoxes have three StopMotion animated music videos so far, all viewable [[http://fleetfoxes.com/videos/music_videos here]], mostly courtesy of lead singer Robin Pecknold's animator brother Sean. They tend to be beautiful in a [[DerangedAnimation very]] [[MindScrew trippy]] fashion.
* Music/SonnyAndCher had several cartoon segments based on their recordings on their VarietyShow, including one for "Dark Lady" and another for their cover of Music/JimCroce's "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"
* The music video to "I Feel So Good" by Music/RichardThompson is animated (by Creator/KlaskyCsupo!) in the style of the cover art to the song's parent album, ''Rumor and Sigh''.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hard Rock]]
* Music/MeatLoaf, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZFcB52i3v0 The Monster is Loose]]"
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nz6Rq1Pvh0 "Go With the Flow"]] by Music/QueensOfTheStoneAge.
* Music/MotleyCrue's "Hell on High Heels"
* Slash's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beWzKdYLSvA Bad Rain]]" video. Probably NSFW.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Heavy Metal]]
* The Music/{{Disturbed}} cover of "Land Of Confusion" had an anime/Spawn styled animated video that was front-loaded with heavy metal and fascism cliches.
* Music/KoRn has two notable examples:
** "Freak on a Leash" opens and ends with animation directed by Todd [=McFarlane=] (who also did "Do the Evolution").
** The {{Gorn}}-tastic video for "Right Now" is comprised of clips from Lloyd's Lunchbox, a series of shorts made by Gregory Ecklund for Spike and Mike's Sick And Twisted Festival Of Animation.
* Music/{{Slipknot}}'s "Wait and Bleed"
* Raunchy's "Watch Out" is an animated video directed by Anders Morgenthaler, who later went on to release the animated film ''Princess''.
* "Light the Torch" by Soilwork had a gritty CGI video.
* "Warriors of Time" by Music/BlackTide.
* Music/EnterShikari has 'Thumper', a black-and-white performance video with (terrifying) doodle-drawings of the band over it.
* It's probably easier to list all of Music/IronMaiden's ''non-animated'' music videos.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBLJs_ZRZmc "Anubis"]] by Swedish power metal band Tad Morose.
* Music/{{Sepultura}}'s "Ratamahatta" features creepy stop-motion animation and a plot that has something to do with voodoo zombies.
* [[Music/{{Gwar}} GWAR]]'s music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akFp2mV8Lf0 Viking Death Machine]] is what you get when you throw ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'', ''WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo'' [[BreadMilkEggsSquick and]] ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersGrunt'' into a blender and pour it onto ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''.
* Music/{{Soundgarden}}'s video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K913KVe3kH8 Black Rain]]" was done by Titmouse Inc. and features a CrossoverCameo appearance by [[{{WesternAnimation/Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]].
* The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MHn5bb85Lw World Painted Blood]] by Music/{{Slayer}}.
* Music/DefLeppard's ''Let's get Rocked'' from 1992 used groundbreaking ([[TechnologyMarchesOn for the day]]) 3D animation and was directed by Steve Barron who also directed the aforementioned ''Money For Nothing''.
* The video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hglVqACd1C8 Sober]]" by Music/{{Tool}} is animated in stop motion.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IRja90Ua0s Violence]] by Music/{{Obituary}}.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB_n24NxBG8 The Appetite / Parallels]]" by Music/HouseOfWolves features a rampaging wolf skeleton monster, interspersed with abstract visuals.
* Metallica's "Murder One".
* {{Music/Pantera}}'s official music video for their CoverVersion of [[Music/BlackSabbath "Planet Caravan"]] is mainly computer animated footage taken from one segment of ''[[WesternAnimation/TheMindsEye Beyond The Mind's Eye]]'' re-edited to sync with the song. A couple of minor live action additions are made: during a guitar solo, footage of Dimebag Darrell's hands playing his guitar is superimposed over some of the animation, and at the very end, so are still photographs of each band member.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Indie]]
* Music/ArchitectureInHelsinki have produced two animated videos: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kX2ESHgyv0 "Like a Call"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXIzyquw-kc&feature=related "Do the Whirlwind"]].
* The band BOY has a fantastic AnimatedMusicVideo for their song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITVME3VcU04 "Joey"]]
* Edison Glass has "This House" which keeps exact time with music.
* Interpol's "Evil", which used (incredibly creepy looking) puppets.
* Music/{{Joywave}}'s music video for [[https://youtu.be/bSURDuCQcbU "Blank Slate"]] was animated using {{claymation}}, depicting an anthropomorphic satellite on a journey through outer space.
* Peter Bjorn and John's music video for their hit single "Young Folks".
* "Fortress" by Pinback.
* {{Music/Wilco}}'s music video for "Dawned on Me" has the band not only animated, but guest staring in a Franchise/{{Popeye}} cartoon.
* Experimental DreamPop group Music/HisNameIsAlive had influential stop-motion animators The Brothers Quay direct videos for "Are We Still Married? and "Can't Go Wrong Without You".
* Music/DeathCabForCutie's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ZUV9IBEXY Grapevine Fires]]''.
* Music/SleaterKinney's "A New Wave", a ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' crossover featuring the members of the band animated in that show's style. The premise is that Tina Belcher puts a Sleater-Kinney CD on and imagines them playing a private concert in her bedroom. The rest of the Belcher family appears too: Gene and Louise join her in dancing to the music, while Bob and Linda get a brief cameo, standing in the kitchen and looking annoyed at the noise above them.
* Music/{{Mitski}}'s "A Pearl", made of hundreds of beautiful hand-painted frames.
* The families of British indie band Viola Beach released an [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JN7jEzk7ocs animated video]] for their single "Boys That Sing" after all four members and their manager died in a car wreak. The real boys are projected onto a tower a few times.
* Music/TheHappyFits: The music video for "Moving" is all stop-motion animated, with the band members played by grapefruits.
* Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti's music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL3TyeREyRw Ogni adolescenza]]" is a homage to ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'', interspersed with scenes of the three band members drawn InTheStyleOf Gorillaz.
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[[folder:Latin]]
* Lou Bega's "Just a Gigolo" video is partially animated.
* ''WesternAnimation/AHerbAlpertAndTheTijuanaBrassDoubleFeature'' consists of two separate Herb Alpert mariachi songs (including the notorious "Spanish Flea" set to music).
* Music/BadBunny's [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=71&v=m3xFuFPxOnw&feature=emb_logo video]] for "Te Deseo Lo Mejor" takes place in [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Springfield]], with BB singing as "Homero" laments Marge leaving him. Fortunately, [[StatusQuoIsGod they get back together]] at a Bad Bunny concert.
* In 1934, New Zealand artist and animator Len Lye created an experimental StopMotion animated video for Red Nichols' English-language cover of "El manisero" ("The Peanut Vendor"), featuring a monkey puppet dancing to the song, at one point detaching its tail to use as a prop.
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[[folder:Other]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures'' gave a whole bunch of songs animated music videos for two special episodes, including two songs from the [=ever-popular-on-TVTropes=] Wiki Music/TheyMightBeGiants.
-->"...who are these guys?"
* The WesternAnimation/{{Pixar Short|s}} short ''WesternAnimation/{{Boundin}}'', which ran as a sub-feature for ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1''. Of course, since the song was written for the film, it might be more appropriate to label it a "short animated musical comedy". Followed by ''WesternAnimation/{{Lava}}'', the subfeature for ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut''.
* All of [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok's]] videos are animated (some are even seen in the show).
* A large majority of Music/{{Vocaloid}} songs have a PV (Promotional Video) made for them, and a lot of which are [[FanVid fan made.]]
* During the mid-to-late Eighties, Disney made numerous videos for songs and ran them between shows under the title 'DTV', named after [[Creator/{{MTV}} another music channel]].
* The "Don't Walk Away" segment in ''Film/{{Xanadu|1980}}'', created by Creator/DonBluth's team as one of the first non-Disney projects.
* "Love is All", an animated video for one of the songs from Roger Glover's ConceptAlbum based on ''The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshoppers' Feast'' by Alan Aldridge and William Plover, featuring the characters from the book closely modelled on Aldridge's illustrations.
* This one is OlderThanTheyThink. It was a common thing during MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation to make an animated short that featured (and in many cases, was named after) a popular song of the time[[note]]This is even before getting into Fleischer Studios' "Screen Songs" series.[[/note]]; too many examples to mention here.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejWnwVWuoCo "Cartoons and Vodka"]] by Jinkx Monsoon (of ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' fame) is one big love letter to popular cartoons past and present.
* The ''Franchise/LoveLive'' franchise started out as a series of these, which were accompanied by short stories in ''Dengeki Gs'' magazine that fleshed out the characters' backgrounds. The franchise has expanded into other mediums since then, but music videos are still made when singles are released.
* WesternAnimation/CartoonNetworkGroovies do have some music videos constructed this way. "[[WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw El Kabong]] Rides Again", "WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}", and "[[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy My Best Friend Plank]]" are some examples.
* ''VideoGame/TeamfightTactics''' [[https://youtu.be/KkWcsskG4Y8?si=QN-6h4zSyG3r4rzo “Remix Rumble (ft Steve Aoki)”]], created for the music-themed Remix Rumble set[[note]]Teamfight Tactics is divided into 4-month long individually-themed “sets” that overhaul the units and mechanics available; Remix Rumble was Set 10[[/note]], acts as both a trailer for the set and as one of these. The song itself is a spin on the “the background music style changes based on what bands your team fields” gimmick Remix Rumble features, switching between hip-hop, metal, classical, jazz, and electronic mix takes on the Teamfight Tactics theme as different in-game musicians take the spotlight.
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[[folder:Pop]]
* Creator/{{ABC}}'s "How to Be a Mollionaire".
* Music/AHa's "Take On Me", "The Sun Always Shines On TV", and "Train Of Thought."
* [[https://www.youtube.com/user/ilajil AJ Rafael]] and [[WebVideo/PrettyDudes Chance Calloway]] released an animated love story for their version of "[[Music/Chess1984 I Know Him So Well]]," taking advantage of the medium to include a GreekChorus of [[https://youtu.be/U9fmM_hb6p8 sexy mermen]].
* Music/TheAlanParsonsProject did an animated video for "Don't Answer Me".
* Music/BritneySpears' "Break the Ice", done in an [[{{Animesque}} anime style]].
** As well as "Kill the Lights".
* Chage and Aska's "WebAnimation/OnYourMark", directed by none other than Creator/HayaoMiyazaki of Creator/StudioGhibli fame, featured two policemen chasing after a [[WingedHumanoid girl with wings]], among other things.
* The official music video to Music/{{Cher}}'s "Dark Lady" is live action, but there is an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U0HFYf-fOc alternate animated version]] from the Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.
* Music/ChristinaGrimmie's posthumously-released "Invisible" was given a fitting Anime tribute.
* Music/DuaLipa's video for "Hallucinate".
* Music/EltonJohn's video for "Club at the End of the Street". This was caused by ExecutiveMeddling: the company wanted a video, but Elton was busy visiting famous AIDS patient [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_White Ryan White]] in hospital, whose death prompted him to start the Elton John AIDS Foundation. So the company made an animated video instead.
** The video for "Somewhere Out Out The Blue" from the soundtrack to ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' features an animated Elton.
* The music video for "Baby's Coming Back" by Music/{{Jellyfish}} was animated by Creator/HannaBarbera, with the band themselves briefly being animated before [[RogerRabbitEffect they become live-action]].
* ''Kids in America'' by Music/{{LEN}}
* "Music" by Music/{{Madonna}}, the dancing scene in the middle uses an animated version of her because she was pregnant at the time.
* The video for Music/TheMonkees' "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbf6HbKZSMk You Bring the Summer]]" was animated by necessity because by the time the song was released Davy Jones had passed away.
* The [[https://youtu.be/N7iVWK2W48o video]] for Music/MegMyers' version of "[[Music/KateBush Running Up That Hill]]" consists of rotoscoped coloring book pages, each colored in with crayons by elementary school students.
* Music/MichaelJackson had two that come to mind both which were featured in the movie ''Moonwalker'' (though also as separate mainstream videos). "Leave me Alone" which blended live action and stop-motion. Similarly the second video feature Mike dancing on the roadside with a bunny name Spike.
* [[Music/RollingStones Mick Jagger]]'s video for "Hard Woman mixes a live-action Mick with CGI animation.
* Music/PaulaAbdul did her video for "Opposites Attract" alongside the animated MC Skat Kat.
* Music/PetShopBoys' videos from the ''Very'' album are all predominantly CGI, but "Liberation" is entirely computer-animated (and like the other videos from the album, [[SurrealMusicVideo has nothing]] [[LyricsVideoMismatch to do with]] the meaning of the song). And the more recent "Love etc." was done entirely in Flash over the span of two weeks.
* Music/ThePolice's video for the 1986 version of [[Music/ZenyattaMondatta "Don't Stand So Close To Me"]] copiously uses CGI animation to create a variety of abstract setpieces, including bits of paraphernalia relevant to previous Police videos.
* Music/RodStewart's video for "Motown Song".
** It's worth noting that this video has nearly the exact same style as the Music/EltonJohn video listed before this, including reused character designs and early 90's digital editing techniques. Elton himself (or rather, his animated counterpart from his video for "Club") appears as well. Hey, at least he fares better than Michael Jackson...
* The Music/SpiceGirls' "Viva Forever" features all five girls animated as CGI fairies. Note that we said "all five" -- the video was released shortly after Geri Halliwell's departure from the band.
* Music/{{Sting}}'s video for "Love Is The Seventh Wave" mixes live action and animation.
* Music/TomTomClub's videos for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCWCF19nUhA "Genius of Love"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUys65clN8 "Pleasure Of Love"]].
* Robbie Williams' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkxUxB6aYRg "Let love be your energy"]], in which he looks like [[Franchise/ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]].
* The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjYi-Kpl-aQ Tigerbombs' 1000 Sparks]] features an animated fox teaching people, ninjas, sumo wrestlers and penguins to dance.
* A portion of {{Music/Shakira}}'s "Objection (Tango)"
* The second half of Music/ScissorSisters video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThYOmxGgXzw "Mary"]] is an animated retelling of Rapunzel done by Creator/DonBluth in his trademark style (bonus points for the being a nod to his "Don't Walk Away" segment in ''Film/{{Xanadu|1980}}'').
* [[Music/{{tatu}} t.A.T.u.]]'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVGS1XjFpe0 Gomenasai]]. There's a better live action version, though.
* Music/TomJones' "Give A Little Love" video, pays homage to Creator/FleischerStudios cartoons.
* The video for [[Music/DirtyWork "Harlem Shuffle"]] by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} has animated sections, created by Creator/RalphBakshi and Creator/JohnKricfalusi.
* Music/PharrellWilliams' music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPZDBF0kei0 It Girl]]" features a mixture of {{anime}} and [[MediaNotes/BitmapsSpritesAndTextures sprite art]] with brief [[RotoScoping rotoscoped]] clips of Pharrell.
* St.Olie's "I Will Burn" ("Я сгорю...") (partially in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgSuAmbs8bA original]] (interspersed with live-action clips) and fully in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwKHvvFTc8M alternate version]] (complete with the [[EarlyBirdCameo cameo appearance of the little girl]] from the previously-unfinished [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z51K-O4RN-I ''Sweeties'' (''Милыши'') pilot]] at the very end)) and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHY-OYO_kQs Caviar]]" ("Икра") (NSFW). The former was directed by Artur Tolstobrov, animated by [[http://www.antimult.ru/ Antimult]] and partially inspired by Literature/Fahrenheit451 and Music/{{Rammstein}}'s "Benzin" music video, involving Ilona Stolie and her firefighter crew [[KillItWithFire burning her mansion down]] after a break-up, while the latter was directed by Khariton Klimov.
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[[folder:Progressive Rock]]
* "Music/{{Sledgehammer|1986}}" and "Big Time" by Music/PeterGabriel used StopMotion; "Sledgehammer" mainly used pixellation (human puppetry), taking inspiration from a shot in the video for Music/TalkingHeads' [[Music/LittleCreatures "Road to Nowhere"]], while "Big Time" relied mostly on claymation. his later "Steam" used CGI.
* Music/PinkFloyd typically featured pre-commissioned, rear-projected animations for their concerts, later repurposed for some of their music videos, like "Welcome To The Machine". Notably, the films for their tour of ''Music/TheWall'' were repurposed for the album's film adaptation.
** When it comes to solo albums, David Gilmour's video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1v7hXEQhsQ Rattle That Lock]]" depicts an animated video inspired by the Literature/ParadiseLost poem about Lucifer's fall from the Kingdom of Heaven.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAvEiLpboqk "The Big Money"]] by Music/RushBand takes place on a giant, computer-generated [[BlandNameProduct Monopoly-esque]] board.
** In 2020, Rush released an animated video of "The Spirit Of Radio" to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Permanent Waves album. It also pays tribute to Neil Peart, who passed away shortly before its release.
* The video for Grover Levy's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaif0G1nM3c Part of Life]]" was done entirely in 2D animation.
* The video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xb898sQtu8 Southbound Pachyderm]]" and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1WaOKlldIE Lee Van Cleef]]" by Music/{{Primus}}.
* Music/BlackMidi's "Ducter" is trippy CG animation reminiscient of early computer rendering programs. "Welcome to Hell" and "Slow" are 2D animated in similar styles (though "Slow" is partly live-action).
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[[folder:Punk Rock]]
* Deciparacidos's [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e-pniJRv35w "Golden Parachutes"]] has the members travel through various points in American history and be brutally killed at each turn. It's animated by poster designer Luke Mcgarry and his twin, Joe.
* Punkreas' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3zJh7tNgjc "Voglio armarmi"]] features caricatures of the band being turned into cartoony creatures vaguely reminiscent of Looney Tunes characters (it even ends with "That's All, Punks!"). The actual band appears every now and then on a TV. The American toon style was chosen ironically since the song's lyrics are about gun control and death penalty in the USA.
* Music/TheRamones' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5P8lrgBtcU cover]] of the iconic ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderMan1967 Spider-Man]]'' song shows the band in animated form, intercut with scenes from the actual cartoon.
* The video for Music/{{Steriogram}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7UvbwCjXUk "Walkie Talkie Man"]] features stop motion yarn figures.
* The video for Music/TheLindaLindas's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYD4J2pVcM4 "Nino"]], a song about guitarist Bela Salazar's cat, consists of the lyrics ("Killer of mice and rats") in animated form, showing the cat chasing after mice, letting tiny versions of the band members ride on his back.[[/folder]]

[[folder:Rap]]
* Music/{{Eminem}}:
** "Mosh", which is entirely Flash animated.
** "Shake That" (feat. Nate Dogg).
* [[Music/WuTangClan Ghostface Killah's]] "Daytona 500" is basically a licensed FanVid of ''Anime/SpeedRacer''.
* Whether it's his beats or his wardrobe, alternative rapper/producer Music/KanyeWest does well to keep his style as atypical as possible and naturally has come to rely on animation for a handful of his music videos.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6rUOO-MwRI "Heard Em Say"]] features black-and-white animation by Creator/BillPlympton.
** "Good Life" features Kanye and T-Pain performing within a multifaceted animated environment.
** West originally intended for his music video for "Stronger" to be an AMV, splicing in sequences from the classic anime film ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. Due to production issues, he had to settle for recreating scenes from film using CGI. For the next best thing, see this [[http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=192938_-1__0_~0_-1_3_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281= link]]
** The "Heartless" video is animated in a rotoscoped style as a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/AmericanPop''.
*** The SofterAndSlowerCover by Music/TheFray uses rotoscoped pencil drawings alongside its live-action footage.
** "Good Morning" has a [[{{Cel Shading}} Cel Shaded]] music video done by Takashi Murakami, who did the artwork for the album it appeared on.
* Music/SnoopDogg released an animated version of the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSL6hwofTuU "Vato"]] on his official website.
* Music/TupacShakur's "Do For Love" utilizes just about every style of animation you can think of, from Anime to Claymation.
* The practice also suits underground rappers who manage to produce music videos. Prime examples are Madvillain's [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] comic book-style animated video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewc1hixzYPY&feature=related "ALL CAPS"]] and the morbid, 3-D world of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzUY6Iiur6E "Monkey Suite"]]
* Big Pun's "How We Roll" is a completely CGI video.
* "Word Of Mouth" by John Reuben cast Reuben as a cel-shaded CorruptCorporateExecutive on a mission to destroy imagination and profit from conformity.
* The video for the Rae and Christian remix version of the Dinah Washington cover of "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby". That is a convoluted sentence. [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=76804215410665153 Linky!]]
* Killer Mike's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lIqNjC1RKU "Reagan"]] uses red, white, blue and black animation to illustrate the song.
* Master P's "Kenny Dead", which was recorded for ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', features an animated Master P with the South Park cast in Las Vegas.
* Music/ChildishGambino's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1B9Fk_SgI0 Feels Like Summer]]" features an animated Gambino walking down a street while animated versions of popular rappers play in the yards he walks past.
* Music/GrupaOperacyjna: The music video for "Pomocy" is animated courtesy of GIT Production, likely because its subject material would have been too obscene or hard to show realistically.
* Music/HoodieAllen's "Sushi" is officially a lyric video, but some words are visualized by the Fantastic Heat Brothers from "Golden Parachutes".
* Music/{{MFDOOM}}:
** "All Caps", which is animated in the style of a ComicBook, with DOOM assuming his supervillain persona.
** "One Beer", a [[Main/SurrealMusicVideo surreal]] flash animation.
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[[folder:Rock]]
* Music/TheBeatles' ''WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine'' was little more than a series of animated music videos.
** The video for "All Around the World" by Music/{{Oasis}} is equal parts homage and AffectionateParody of "Yellow Submarine".
** Apple Studio recently released flash-animation videos of Beatles' songs. [[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/beatles/ They're available on this site.]]
** Music/TheBeatlesAnthology has a animated video of "Real Love".
* The video for Music/DireStraits' "Money For Nothing" from ''Music/{{Brothers in Arms|Album}}'' famously made use of CGI animation, being the TropeMaker for CGI music videos way back in 1985. It was made by the founders of Creator/MainframeEntertainment.
** Which was parodied, video and all, in ''UHF'' with Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Beverly Hillbillies/Money For Nothing]]" song.
** Music/DireStraits also had several animated scenes in the "Brothers In Arms" video mixed with black & white footage of the band, while "Calling Elvis" was done in MediaNotes/{{Supermarionation}}.
* Music/LinkinPark had one music video for a "Points of Authority" remix done in CGI and was animated by the same company that did ''Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin'' and "The Final Flight of Osiris" ''[[Film/TheMatrix Animatrix]]'' short. They also had a genuine anime music video for "Breaking The Habit", animated by the same company that did the anime segment from ''Film/KillBill'' and "Kid's Story" from ''The Animatrix''.
* Urban Claymation dinosaurs rocked out in Luis Cardenas' video for his cover of "Runaway".
* "Sing For Absolution" by Music/{{Muse}} featured computer-animated versions of the band piloting a spacecraft through a NegativeSpaceWedgie.
** Also, "Animals" is entirely animated with the bonus of being fanmade as part of a contest.
* Music/PearlJam's "Do The Evolution" took us on an animated tour through [[HumansAreFlawed the low points of the evolution of life on Earth]], from the primordial soup, to the extinction of the dinosaurs, through several wars, finally ending up TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture with mankind reduced to soulless corporate clones, shortly before a nuclear holocaust, guided all the way by a {{Stripperiffic}} AnthropomorphicPersonification of death. The video was directed by ''ComicBook/{{Spawn}}'' creator Todd [=McFarlane=].
* Music/{{Queen}}'s "Music/{{Innuendo}}" uses sketch art and stop-motion animation.
** Sections of "Music/AKindOfMagic" and [[Music/TheGameQueen "Save Me"]] are also animated.
* Rob Thomas' video for "Ever the Same" is quite recognizable due to the background's bright colors and hand-sketched look.
* Music/TalkingHeads' [[Music/LittleCreatures "And She Was"]] uses ClipArtAnimation to create a trippy, pseudo-photorealistic look, tying in with the lyrics about a girl that Music/DavidByrne knew who'd regularly recount acid trips she had. "Road To Nowhere" utilises stop-motion animation for a number of bizarre sequences, with one particularly elaborate shot directly inspiring Music/PeterGabriel's pixellation-heavy animated video for "Music/{{Sledgehammer|1986}}".
* Music/TomPetty's "Runnin' Down a Dream" (a tip of the hat to the classic comic and animated film from the 1910's ''ComicStrip/LittleNemo in Slumberland'') features animated versions of Tom Petty and Flip getting into trouble.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxQUuwWbIFU "Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me"]] by Music/{{U2}} was done similar to a comic book.
* Music/TupperWareRemixParty has two animated music videos: one for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOWWaRbZucE The Hit]]", done in 80's-style pixel animation; and an {{Animesque}} video for "Music/StarlightBrigade”.
* Music/{{Genesis|Band}}'s "Music/LandOfConfusion" used freaky puppets from the British TV show ''Series/SpittingImage'', including some eerily-accurate comic caricatures of the band.
* Peter Himmelman's song "245 Days" has a music video containing animation by Creator/BillPlympton.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjWi8T84hkg "Saturday"]] by RedKid is an animated music video set in Croatia...
* Music/{{The Killers|Band}}' music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qok9Ialei4c Miss Atomic Bomb]]" is an animated narrative book-ended with live-action sequences.
* Music/TheWho went back and did animated videos for "Squeeze Box" and "Success Story", bringing the cover of The Who By Numbers to life.
* Near the end of their almost 40-year-long career, Music/ElioELeStorieTese made several animated videos, probably because the musicians felt they were getting too old to appear in person. Among these: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMLrdESf_uc Dannati forever]]" (Python-esque animated cutouts), "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDB9Pf2Ho_Y Luigi il pugilista]]" (Flash animation) and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1KBee36SUI Il mistero dei bulli]]" (moving pictograms).
* The 2013 version of Music/RyuichiSakamoto and Music/DavidByrne's "Psychedelic Afternoon" is a Flash animation based on the song's lyrics, being created as part of the Zapuni charity project supporting children impacted by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Swing]]
* Music/FakeType: All of the band's music videos are animated, with the animation usually done by animation trio PPP.
* "The Ghost of Stephen Foster" by the Music/SquirrelNutZippers had an animated music video that paid {{Homage}} to black-and-white cartoons [[MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation from the 1930s.]]
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