The History of Sexy Music Videos Part 3: The Late 1980s, "Girls Girls Girls" to "Wicked Game"

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1987

Motley Crue's "Girls, Girls, Girls" was banned by MTV for featuring topless strippers.



Italian pop singer Sabrina Salermo became a part of sexy music video history with her video "Boys (Summertime Love)." The bikini she wore in the video must be described as a terrible bikini if keeping your nipples covered is anywhere on your list of priorities. Otherwise it's pretty good.



George Michael's "I Want Your Sex"



Whitesnake's "Here I Go Again"

1988

Robert Palmer's "Simply Irresistible"

1989

Paula Abdul's "Cold Hearted"



2 Live Crew's "Me So Horny"



With a $5 million production cost, Madonna's "Express Yourself" became the most expensive music video at the time.



The same year, Chris Isaak released an instant classic, the simple black-and white video "Wicked Game" featuring supermodel Helena Christensen. While I think it's a bit absurd that the video would still appear so high on Sexiest Music Videos of All Time lists given the more recent competition (it was #1 on a Top 40 list by Fuse in 2010), "Wicked Game" clearly opened up a new sexier chapter in the history of music videos.