Making the Video


Making the Video is an MTV show consisting of half-hour episodes chronicling the process of filming various music videos. Usually the director outlines the concept of the video and the show often includes light-hearted and humorous moments. It always concludes with a premiere of the finished video. The show premiered on June 28, 1999, and ended in 2010.
MTV2 aired a similar show entitled Makes a Video that featured artists such as 50 Cent, Fall Out Boy, Dashboard Confessional, Evanescence, and Mos Def among others.

Season 1

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

    Season 2

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

    Season 3

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

    Season 4

  • Ricky Martin featuring Christina Aguilera – "Nobody Wants to Be Lonely"
  • Snoop Dogg – "Lay Low"
  • Eve – "Who's That Girl?"
  • The Jackson 5 – "La-La Means I Love You " – with a cameo appearance by Rob Thomas from Matchbox Twenty
  • Aerosmith – "Jaded"
  • Matchbox Twenty – "Mad Season"
  • Destiny's Child – "Survivor"
  • Jay-Z featuring R. Kelly – "Guilty Until Proven Innocent"/"Fiesta"
  • Dream – "This Is Me"/Tyrese – "I Like Them Girls"

    Season 5

  • Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, & Pink – "Lady Marmalade"
  • Baha Men – "Best Years of Our Lives"
  • U2 – "Elevation"
  • *NSYNC – "Pop"
  • Destiny's Child – "Bootylicious"
  • Sisqo – "Can I Live"
  • Jennifer Lopez featuring Ja Rule – "I'm Real "
  • Ludacris featuring Nate Dogg – "Area Codes"

    Season 6

  • Britney Spears – "I'm a Slave 4 U"
  • On the Line All-Stars – "On the Line"
  • P. Diddy – "Diddy"
  • Janet Jackson – "Son of a Gun "
  • P!nk – "Get The Party Started"

    Season 7

  • No Doubt – "Hey Baby"
  • Ja Rule featuring Ashanti – "Always On Time"
  • Creed – "My Sacrifice"
  • Kid Rock – "Forever"
  • Marilyn Manson – "Tainted Love"

    Season 8

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

    Season 9

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

    Season 10

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

    Season 11

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

    Season 12

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

    Season 13

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

    Season 14

  • Nelly Furtado – "Maneater"
  • Jennifer Lopez – "Que Hiciste"
  • Natasha Bedingfield – "I Wanna Have Your Babies"
  • Rihanna – "Shut Up and Drive"
  • Foo Fighters – "The Pretender"
  • Avril Lavigne – "Hot"
  • Mariah Carey – "Touch My Body"
  • Usher – "Love in This Club"
  • Bon Jovi – "Whole Lot Of Leavin'"
  • Natasha Bedingfield – "Pocketful of Sunshine"
  • Lily Allen – "The Fear"
  • Ashley Tisdale – "It's Alright, It's OK"
  • Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg – "California Gurls"

    ''...Makes a Video'' episodes

2004

  • Akon – "Ghetto"
  • Kanye West – "All Falls Down"
  • Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz featuring Ice Cube – "Roll Call"
  • Linkin Park – "Breaking the Habit"
  • Mobb Deep – "Got It Twisted"
  • N.O.R.E. – "Oye Mi Canto"

    2005

  • 50 Cent featuring Mobb Deep – "Outta Control "
  • Boyz n da Hood – "Felonies"
  • Cassidy – "I'm a Hustla"
  • Ciara – "Oh" featuring Ludacris
  • Common – "The Corner"
  • Common – "Testify"
  • Daddy Yankee – "Rompe"
  • Eminem – "Ass Like That"
  • Green Day – "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
  • Green Day – "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
  • J-Kwon featuring Petey Pablo – "Get XXX'd"
  • Jim Jones featuring P. Diddy, Jha Jha & Paul Wall – "What You Been Drankin' On"
  • Juelz Santana – "Oh Yes"/"Clockwork"
  • Lil Wayne – "Fireman"
  • Ludacris featuring Field Mob – "Georgia"
  • Memphis Bleek – "Like That"
  • Mike Jones "Back Then"
  • Mike Jones "Flossin'"/"Screw Dat"
  • Mobb Deep featuring 50 Cent – "Have A Party"
  • Paul Wall – "Sittin' Sidewayz"
  • R. Kelly – "Playa's Only" featuring The Game
  • R. Kelly – "Trapped in the Closet "
  • T.I. – "ASAP/Motivation"
  • Twista featuring Pitbull – "Hit The Floor"
  • Ying Yang Twins – "Wait "
  • Ying Yang Twins – "Shake" featuring Pitbull
  • Young Jeezy – "Trapstar"/"Go Crazy"