5 Greatest One-Shot Music Videos of Our Time

We were chatting in the locker room this morning about one-shot music videos, and it occurred to me that this might be an emerging trend in performance art. As it turns out, you can find some great examples going way back. Remember Weezer’s “The Sweater Song”?

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But the larger point, I suppose, is that great music can be found through the filter of the one-shot video. The conversation continued upstairs, and within half and hour (with no help from the music team), we’d come up with a bajillion great examples, many of which can be found in the wikipedia piece on the phenomenon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_shot_(music_video)

Here are a few of our favorites:

5. The Underdog, by Spoon
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4. Let The Beat Build, by Nyle

3. A-Punk, by Vampire Weekend
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2. Americanarama, by Hollerado
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1. This Too Shall Pass, by OK Go (not technically a one-shot, but close enough)
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