Vogue - At a time when MTV was king and permeated through popular culture in all its forms, Vogue was a fashion statement like no other. The video remains iconic and the clothes, the dance, the Hollywood legends the song pays homage to all work together to form this pop masterpiece Madonna at her very best, a wise choice for the lead single of her greatest hits album, The Immaculate Collection.
Girls on Film - After its initial lack of success in the US, after a lot of love from MTV, it was re-released and quickly became a huge hit. Not only was this attributed to MTV but in no small part to its iconic and controversial video. It sees Duran Duran at their very best and features on their dbut album, the imaginatively entitled, Duran Duran. The boys had a personal reason for revelling in the song's success as they personally selected it as a single on the back of their record companies, EMI's failed choice, Careless Memories.
She's In Fashion - A change in direction for Suede with an unusually up-tempo feel, this song saw a new legion fans tune into the band's increasingly diverse work. The video saw lead singer, Brett Anderson, rising in the background of a car looking out of the window and seeing the same woman in a myriad of scenes all wearing a different but fashionable outfit.
Fashion - Bowie's biographer, David Buckley believed that Bowie was making fun of the style of the New Romantic "fascist" movement. Bowie himself explained in an interview that he was attempting to convey a more progressive concept of fashion, one of determination and uncertainty, sort of a rebel without a cause kind of statement.
Dedicated Follower of Fashion - Released in 1966, this single saw The Kinks poke fun at British contemporary fashion and its mod culture in particular. It has since featured on numerous albums releases by the band and on its original release saw the beginning of an era of which they draw from, a wider range of influences from British music hall traditions to American R&B.
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