Well, despite the fact that special effects have advanced somewhat, despite the plethora of intriguing and well directed promos produced since, the British public still love 'Thriller' best. The video for Michael Jackson's 1983 hit has been named number one in a poll for The Box's search for the Top 100 Greatest Music Videos Of All Time. Of course, the vote count was somewhere over 7000, which is not that many. That said, a nationwide mandatory poll might have just delivered the same result, if only because the 'Thriller' promo was the first of its kind - big budget, special effects, etc - and people are bound to remember it fondly.
The other videos that made it in the top five were Eminem's 'Stan', Madonna's 'Like a Prayer'.
Robbie Williams' 'Rock DJ', and Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer'. What shocks me is that A-ha's totally brilliant video for 'Take On Me' wasn't number one. Oh, all right then, but why not number two?