• Source: 1985 MTV Video Music Awards

      • The 1985 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 13, 1985, honoring the best music videos from May 2, 1984, to May 1, 1985. The show was hosted by Eddie Murphy at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
      Don Henley was the night's biggest winner, taking home four Moonmen, including Video of the Year. In fact, his video for "The Boys of Summer" was also the year's most nominated video, receiving seven nominations in total. Meanwhile, David Lee Roth turned out to be the most nominated artist that night, receiving eight nominations for two of his videos: five for "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" and three for "California Girls." Nevertheless, Roth came out of the ceremony empty-handed that night.
      Other major nominees included Lindsey Buckingham, Bryan Adams, Eurythmics, Madonna, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Buckingham tied with Don Henley with seven nominations: three for "Slow Dancing" and four for "Go Insane." Right after him came six-time nominee Adams, who received five nominations for "Run to You" and one for "Heaven." Lastly, Madonna, Eurythmics, and Petty received five nominations apiece: Madonna split her nominations between "Like a Virgin" (three) and "Material Girl" (two), while Tom Petty and Eurythmics received all five nominations for "Don't Come Around Here No More" and "Would I Lie to You?," respectively.


      Background


      In June 1985, MTV announced that the 1985 Video Music Awards would be held on September 13 at Radio City Music Hall. Preliminary nominees with 10 videos per category were announced in mid-July before the final set of nominees were announced at a press conference at New York's Hard Rock Cafe on August 13. Eddie Murphy was announced as the ceremony's host in mid-July.


      Performances




      Presenters


      Sheila E. and Paul Young – presented Best Overall Performance in a Video
      Run-DMC – rapped the eligibility and voting rules for the VMAs
      Foreigner (Mick Jones and Lou Gramm) – presented Best Stage Performance in a Video
      Bryan Adams and Jim Kerr – presented Best New Artist in a Video
      The Cars (Benjamin Orr and Elliot Easton) – presented Most Experimental Video
      Martha Quinn – introduced the presentations of the professional categories
      Mark Goodman – announced the winner of Best Art Direction in a Video
      Alan Hunter – announced the winner of Best Cinematography in a Video
      Nina Blackwood – announced the winners of Best Special Effects in a Video
      J. J. Jackson – announced the winner of Best Editing in a Video
      Julian Lennon and Corey Hart – presented Best Choreography in a Video
      Morris Day – presented Best Concept Video
      John Taylor and Andy Taylor – presented Video Vanguard to Russell Mulcahy
      Chrissie Hynde – presented Video Vanguard to David Byrne
      Herbie Hancock – presented Video Vanguard to Godley & Creme
      Glenn Frey – presented Best Direction in a Video
      Joan Baez – presented the Special Recognition Award
      Don Henley – presented Best Group Video
      Aimee Mann and Stephen Pearcy – presented Viewer's Choice
      Grace Jones – presented Best Male Video
      David Lee Roth – presented Best Female Video
      Tina Turner – presented Video of the Year


      Winners and nominees


      Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.


      Other appearances


      Little Steven – accepted the Best Stage Performance award on behalf of Bruce Springsteen
      Lou Reed – appeared in a video package about the year's new artists
      Kris P. – accepted the Best Editing award on behalf of Zbigniew Rybczyński
      Dave Stewart – accepted the Best Choreography award on behalf of Elton John
      John Sayles – accepted the Best Male Video award on behalf of Bruce Springsteen


      References




      External links


      Official MTV site
      MTV Video Music Awards 1985 at IMDb

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