Music is not complete without a music video these days. We human’s are very visual. We appreciate a song more, and its content, if it is well portrayed and can be seen by a human eye. Video can help us to easily understand the meaning of the song. It brings to life the song in general. There are videos that are generally friendly and can be watch by all ages. Some may depict scenes that are not suitable for general patronage. Hence, there should be a regulating body that will be responsible for the review of music video materials.

The music video of the song “Closer” was controversial in the year 1994. The video contains profane scene and languages. It was May 12th 1994 when the video was first aired under the direction of Mark Romanek. Closer was sung by the Nine Inch Nails. What made it controversial is that it depicts animal cruelty and sexuality. It is showing the video of a nude woman wearing a crucifix mask, an image of a monkey on the crucifix cross, and other obscene scenes. Not to mention, the song also contains profane languages and lyrics.

Jeremy by Pearl Jam in 1992 also bought about controversy. The video is about a boy named Jeremy Wade Dell who committed suicide by means of shooting himself inside his classroom, in front of his teacher and classmates. The director of the video is Mark Pellington. Not to mention, the video was awarded as best video of the year by MTV Video Music Awards. In the year 1989, Madonna who is a controversial artist has made herself more of a controversy because of her song Like A Prayer. The Pope was angry when he saw the music video of the song. It depicts a video of a holy cross being burned. After releasing the official music video of the song, the Pepsi Company cancelled their commercial that starred Madonna due to the outcry against her video.

The Prodigy’s song titled Smack My B*ch Up in the year 1997 is also a whole bunch of controversy. The song is believed to be violating the rights of women. It was under the direction of Swede Jonas Akerlund. The video also depicts driving while under the influence of alcohol, vandalism, usage of illicit drugs, and sex. Eventually, the video was banned because of its obscene content. However, despite of the controversy it was still nominated four times in the MTV Video Music Awards. It has also won the Breakthrough Video and the Best Dance Video. A 2004 song by Eric Prydz titled Call On Me also earned a controversy. The music video was directed by Huse Monfaradi. It featured women in their classic 1980s style aerobic outfits doing sensual gym routines. The song hit number one in Singles Chart in Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. In Australia, Call On Me was the highest downloadable music video of all time.