Making the Video

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Making the Video is an MTV show, consisting of half-hour episodes, which chronicles the process of filming various music videos. Usually the director outlines the concept of the video (or treatment) and the show often includes light-hearted and humorous moments. It always concludes with a premiere of the finished video. The show premiered on July 11, 1999 and new episodes still air to this day.

MTV2 has a similar show entitled [Name of Band/Artist] Makes a Video that has featured artists such as Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, Evanescence, and Mos Def among others.

1 Previous Making the Video Episodes
2 Previous ...Makes a Video Episodes
3 Criticism
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Previous Making the Video Episodes

SEASON 1

98 Degrees - "I Do (Cherish You)" (1999)
Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy (1999)
LL Cool J - "Deepest Bluest" (1999)
Jordan Knight - "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man" (1999)
Jennifer Lopez - "Waiting For Tonight" (1999)
Jay-Z - "Girl's Best Friend" (1999)
Jewel - "Jupiter (Swallow the Moon)" (1999)
Blink-182 - "All The Small Things" (1999)
Mariah Carey - "Heartbreaker" (1999)
Chris Cornell - "Can't Change Me" (1999)
Puff Daddy featuring R. Kelly - "Satisfy You" (1999)
The Offspring - "She's Got Issues" (1999)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Around The World" (1999)
Sugar Ray - "Falls Apart" (1999)
Garbage - "The World Is Not Enough" (1999)
Enrique Iglesias - "Rhythm Divine" (1999)
Whitney Houston - "I Learned From the Best" (1999)
R.E.M. - "The Great Beyond" (1999)

SEASON 2

Dr. Dre featuring Eminem - "Forgot About Dre" (2000)
'N Sync - "Bye Bye Bye" (2000)
Sisqo - "Thong Song" (2000)
Mandy Moore - "Walk Me Home" (2000)
Hanson - "This Time Around" (2000)
Jay-Z - "Big Pimpin'" (2000)
No Doubt - "Ex-Girlfriend" (2000)
Da Brat featuring Tyrese - "What'Chu Like" (2000)
Jessica Simpson featuring Nick Lachey - "Where You Are" (2000)
Stone Temple Pilots - "Sour Girl" (2000)
Beck - "Mixed Bizness" (2000)
Christina Aguilera - "I Turn To You" (2000)
Britney Spears - "Oops...I Did It Again" (2000)
Kid Rock - "American Bad Ass" (2000)
Eminem - "The Real Slim Shady" (2000)
Foo Fighters - "Breakout" (2000)
Metallica - "I Disappear" (2000)
'N Sync - "It's Gonna Be Me" (2000)

SEASON 3

Janet Jackson - "Doesn't Really Matter" (2000)
LL Cool J - "Imagine That" (2000)
Britney Spears - "Lucky" (2000)
Busta Rhymes - "Fire" (2000)
Big Tymers - "#1 Stunna" (2000)
98 Degrees - "Give Me Just One Night" (2000)
Christina Aguilera - "Come on over Baby (All I Want Is You)" (2000)
2Gether - "The Hardest Part Of Breaking Up" (2000)
Lenny Kravitz - "Again" (2000)
Destiny's Child - "Independent Women Pt. 1" (2000)
Ricky Martin - "She Bangs" (2000)
Backstreet Boys - "Shape of My Heart" (2000)
Blink-182 - "Man Overboard" (2000)
OutKast - "Ms. Jackson" (2000)
Britney Spears - "Stronger" (2000)
BBMak - "Still On Your Side" (2000)
Jennifer Lopez - "Love Don't Cost A Thing" (2000)

SEASON 4

Ricky Martin featuring Christina Aguilera - "Nobody Wants To Be Lonely" (2001)
Snoop Dogg - "Lay Low" (2001)
Eve - "Who's That Girl?" (2001)
Aerosmith - "Jaded" (2001)
Matchbox Twenty - "Mad Season" (2001)
Destiny's Child - "Survivor" (2001)
Jay-Z featuring R. Kelly - "Guilty Until Proven Innocent"/R. Kelly featuring Jay-Z - "Fiesta" (2001)
Dream - "This Is Me"/Tyrese - "I Like Them Girls" (2001)

SEASON 5

Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, & P!nk - "Lady Marmalade" (2001)
Baha Men - "Best Years of Our Lives" (2001)
U2 - "Elevation" (2001)
'N Sync - "Pop" (2001)
Destiny's Child - "Bootylicious" (2001)
Sisqo - "Can I Live" (2001)
Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule - "I'm Real" (2001)
Ludacris featuring Nate Dogg - "Area Codes" (2001)

SEASON 6

Britney Spears - "I'm A Slave 4 U" (2001)
On The Line All Stars - "On The Line" (2001)
P. Diddy - "Diddy" (2001)
Janet Jackson - "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is about You)" (2001)
P!nk - "Get The Party Started" (2001)

SEASON 7

No Doubt - "Hey Baby" (2001)
Ja Rule featuring Ashanti - "Always On Time" (2001)
Creed - "My Sacrifice" (2001)
Kid Rock - "Forever" (2001)
Marilyn Manson - "Tainted Love" (2001)

SEASON 8

Nick Cannon, Lil' Romeo, & 3LW - "Parents Just Don't Understand" (2001)
Britney Spears - "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" (2001)
Foo Fighters - "The One" (2001)
Enrique Iglesias - "Escape" (2002)
Brandy - "What About Us?" (2002)
Shakira - "Underneath Your Clothes" (2002)
P!nk - "Don't Let Me Get Me" (2002)
Usher featuring Ludacris - "U Don't Have To Call" (2002)
Godsmack - "I Stand Alone" (2002)
No Doubt - "Hella Good" (2002)

SEASON 9

Sum 41 - "What We're All About" (2002)
Puddle of Mudd - "Drift & Die" (2002)
P.O.D. - "Boom" (2002)
Eminem - "Without Me" (2002)
P. Diddy featuring Loon, Ginuwine & Mario Winans - "I Need A Girl Pt. 2" (2002)
Jennifer Lopez featuring Nas - "I'm Gonna Be Alright" (2002)
Papa Roach - "She Loves Me Not" (2002)
Nelly - "Hot In Herre" (2002)
Will Smith - "Nod Ya Head" (2002)
Beyoncé - "Work It Out" (2002)
Kelly Osbourne - "Papa Don't Preach" (2002)
Eve featuring Alicia Keys - "Gangsta Lovin'" (2002)
Jennifer Love Hewitt - "BareNaked" (2002)
Shakira - "Objection (Tango)" (2002)
Michelle Branch - "Goodbye To You" (2002)
Jimmy Fallon - "Idiot Boyfriend" (2002)
Lil' Bow Wow, Lil' Wayne, Lil' Zane, & Sammie - "Hardball" (2002)
Avril Lavigne - "Sk8er Boi" (2002)
Justin Timberlake - "Like I Love You" (2002)
Nick Carter - "Help Me" (2002)
Kelly Clarkson - "Before Your Love" (2002)
Christina Aguilera - "Dirrty" (2002)
Madonna - "Die Another Day" (2002)
Missy Elliott - "Work It" (2002)
Jennifer Lopez - "Jenny From The Block" (2002)

SEASON 10

Good Charlotte - "The Anthem" (2003)
Mariah Carey featuring Cam'ron - "Boy (I Need You)" (2003)
DMX - "Gonna Give It To Ya" (2003)
Justin Timberlake - "Rock Your Body" (2003)
Linkin Park - "Somewhere I Belong" (2003)
Avril Lavigne - "Losing Grip" (2003)
Jennifer Lopez - "I'm Glad" (2003)
Christina Aguilera - "Fighter" (2003)
Ludacris - "Act A Fool" (2003)
P!nk - "Feel Good Time" (2003)
Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z - "Crazy In Love" (2003)
Mýa - "My Love Is Like...Wo!" (2003)
Ruben Studdard - "Flying Without Wings" (2003)
Madonna - "Hollywood" (2003)
Nelly featuring Murphy Lee & P. Diddy - "Shake Ya Tailfeather" (2003)
Jessica Simpson - "Sweetest Sin"/Nick Lachey - "Shut Up"
Mary J. Blige - "Love @ 1st Sight" (2003)
Hilary Duff - "So Yesterday" (2003)
Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, MC Lyte & Free - "Fighting Temptation"
Da Band - "Bad Boy This, Bad Boy That" (2003)
P!nk - "Trouble" (2003)
Limp Bizkit - "Behind Blue Eyes" (2003)
Britney Spears featuring Madonna - "Me Against The Music" (2003)
Blink-182 - "Feeling This" (2003)
Mary J. Blige featuring Eve - "Not Today" (2003)
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog - "I Keed" (2003)
Puddle of Mudd - "Away From Me" (2003)

SEASON 11

Hilary Duff - "Come Clean" (2004)
Chingy featuring Jason Weaver - "One Call Away" (2004)
Britney Spears - "Toxic" (2004)
D12 - "My Band" (2004)
Jessica Simpson - "Take My Breath Away" (2004)
Jay-Z - "99 Problems" (2004)
Brandy featuring Kanye West - "Talk About Our Love" (2004)
Hilary Duff & Haylie Duff - "Our Lips Are Sealed" (2004)
Usher - "Confessions Part II" (2004)
Ma$e - "Welcome Back" (2004)
Nelly - "Flap Your Wings"/Nelly featuring Jaheim - "My Place" (2004)
Green Day - "American Idiot" (2004)
Good Charlotte - "Predictable" (2004)
Ja Rule featuring R. Kelly & Ashanti - "Wonderful" (2004)
Xzibit - "Hey Now" (2004)
Eminem - "Just Lose It" (2004)
Lindsay Lohan - "Rumors" (2004)
Nelly featuring Christina Aguilera - "Tilt Ya Head Back" (2004)
Gwen Stefani - "What You Waiting For?" (2004)
Ashlee Simpson - "La La" (2004)
Jennifer Lopez - "Get Right" (2005)
Twista featuring Faith Evans - "Hope" (2005)
Snoop Dogg - "Let's Get Blown"

SEASON 12

50 Cent featuring Olivia - "Candy Shop" (2005)
Mariah Carey - "It's Like That" (2005)
Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake - "Signs" (2005)
Nelly - "Errtime" (2005)
Kelly Osbourne - "One Word" (2005)
Shakira featuring Alejandro Sanz - "La Tortura" (2005)
The Game - "Dreams" (2005)
Ludacris featuring Bobby Valentino - "Pimpin' All Over The World" (2005)
Foo Fighters - "Best Of You" (2005)
Jessica Simpson - "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" (2005)
Ashlee Simpson - "Boyfriend" (2005)
50 Cent - "Window Shopper" (2005)
Lindsay Lohan - "Confessions Of A Broken Heart (Daughter To Father)" (2005)
Shakira - "Don't Bother" (2005)
Jamie Foxx - "Unpredictable" (2005)
KoЯn - "Twisted Transistor" (2005)
Kanye West featuring Adam Levine - "Heard 'Em Say" (2005)
Beyoncé featuring Slim Thug - "Check On It" (2005)

SEASON 13

The Notorious B.I.G. - "Spit Your Game" featuring Twista, Krayzie Bone, and 8Ball & MJG (2006)
Daddy Yankee - "Gangsta Zone" (2006)
Fall Out Boy - "A Little Less Sixteen Candles, A Little More Touch Me" (2006)
Nick Lachey - "What's Left Of Me" (2006)
T.I. - "Why You Wanna" (2006)
Ashlee Simpson - "Invisible" (2006)
Christina Aguilera - "Ain't No Other Man" (2006)
Jessica Simpson - "A Public Affair" (2006)
Justin Timberlake - "SexyBack" (2006)
Janet Jackson featuring Nelly - "Call On Me" (2006)
Danity Kane - "Show Stopper" (2006)
Ludacris featuring Pharrell - "Money Maker" (2006)
Chris Cornell - "You Know My Name" (2006)
Diddy - "Tell Me" featuring Christina Aguilera (2006)
Gwen Stefani - "Wind It Up" (2006)
Beyoncé - "Listen" (2006)

SEASON 14

Jennifer Lopez - "Que Hiciste" (2007)

[edit] Previous ...Makes a Video Episodes

50 Cent featuring Mobb Deep - Outta Control (Remix) (2005)
50 Cent featuring Olivia - "Best Friend (Remix)" (2006)
Akon - "Ghetto" (2004)
Boyz N Da Hood - "Felonies" (2005)
Cam'ron - "Touch It or Not"/"Wet Wipes" (2006; originally was scheduled to be a Making The Video episode, but was changed at the last minute.)
Cassidy - "I'm A Hustla" (2005)
Ciara - "Oh" featuring Ludacris
Common - "The Corner"
Common - "Testify"
Daddy Yankee - "Rompe"
Dem Franchize Boyz - "Ridin' Rims" (2006)
DJ Khaled - "Grammy Family" featuring Kanye West, Consequence, and John Legend
DJ Khaled - "Holla At Me" featuring Lil' Wayne, Paul Wall, Fat Joe, Rick Ross and Pitbull (2006)
E-40 - "Tell Me When To Go" (2006)
Eminem - "Ass Like That" (entitled "Eminem's Making The Ass" rather than "Eminem Makes A Video", but is considered a ...Makes a Video episode)
The Game - Let's Ride
Ghostface Killah featuring Ne-Yo - "Back Like That" (2006)
Green Day - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
Ice Cube - "Go To Church" featuring Snoop Dogg and Lil' Jon (2006)
J-Kwon featuring Petey Pablo - "Get XXX'd" (2005)
Jim Jones - "We Fly High"
Jim Jones featuring P. Diddy & Paul Wall - "What You Been Drankin' On" (2005)
Juelz Santana - "Oh Yes"/"Clockwork" (2006)
Juvenile featuring Mike Jones, Paul Wall, Skip and Wacko - "Way I Be Leanin'"
Kanye West - "All Falls Down" (2004)
Lil' Jon featuring E-40 and Sean Paul - "Snap Ya Finger's" (2006)
Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz featuring Ice Cube - "Roll Call" (2004/early 2005)
Lil' Scrappy featuring Young Buck - "Money In The Bank" (2006)
Lil' Wayne - "Fireman" (2005)
Lil' Wayne featuring Robin Thicke - "Shooter" (2006)
Linkin Park - "Breaking The Habit" (2004)
Ludacris featuring Field Mob - "Georgia" (2005)
Lupe Fiasco - "I Gotcha" (2006)
Memphis Bleek - "Like That"
Mike Jones "Back Then" (2005)
Mike Jones "Flossin'"/"Screw Dat" (2005)
Mobb Deep - "Got It Twisted" (2004)
Mobb Deep featuring 50 Cent - "Have A Party" (2005)
N.O.R.E. - "Oye Mi Canto"
Paul Wall - "Sittin' Sidewayz" (2005)
R. Kelly - "Playa's Only" featuring The Game (2005)
R. Kelly - "Trapped In The Closet (Chapter 6)"
Sleepy Brown featuring Pharrell & Big Boi - "Margarita" (2006)
Snoop Dogg featuring R. Kelly - "That's That"
T.I. featuring UGK - "Front Back" (2005)
T.I. - "ASAP/Motivation" (2005)
Three 6 Mafia - "Poppin' My Collar" (2006)
Twista featuring Pitbull - "Hit The Floor" (2005)
Xzibit - "Concentrate"
Ying Yang Twins - "Wait (The Whisper Song)" (2005)
Ying Yang Twins - "Shake" featuring Pitbull (2006)
Young Jeezy - "Trapstar"/"Go Crazy" (2005)
Yung Joc - "I Know You See It"/"Dope Boy Magic" (2006)

[edit] Criticism

Criticism has been brought heavily upon some episodes of Making the Video. Recently, when +44 had announced their special world premiere of their video "When Your Heart Stops Beating", the program was never aired, and instead replaced with AFI. Angels & Airwaves had a similar case with their premiere of "Do It for Me Now".

Also, on the episode of Ice Cube's "Go To Church", featuring Lil Jon, after the video was introduced, the left side of the screen shows tour dates for Pearl Jam for the first 15 seconds, thus blocking the video.

[edit] Trivia

The credits for Making The Video episodes shows those similar to what they often show on MTV. ...Makes a Video credits contain a yellow bar on the bottom left of the screen giving only the title and artist name, and on the most rare of occasions, the video director. If a video contains too many of, or a not very famous, guest appearance, it usually may not display who it features. In fact sometimes, it may not even display an info bar at all at times.
Christina Aguilera has had the making of more videos chronicled than any other artist with ten (though four of those were as a featured artist). Britney Spears and Jennifer Lopez hold the record for lead credit videos featured with eight.
Artists who have had videos for both Making The Video and ...Makes a Video include Fall Out Boy, 50 Cent, T.I., R. Kelly, and Twista, among others. For instance, Twista's "Hope" was on Making The Video, and "Hit The Floor" was a ...Makes a Video episode. 50 Cent's "Window Shopper" and "Candy Shop" were Making The Video episodes, and "Outta Control Remix" appeared on ...Makes a Video.