Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues - 1965
One of the first "modern" promotional film clips and It illustrates the lyrics. Many other music videos have used Dylan's cue-card concept.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGxjIBEZvx0
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody - 1975
The most significant music video of the 1970s. It combines performance footage with a couple of novel in camera special effects.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ
Michael Jackson - Thriller - 1983
High production values
Directed by John Landis
High budget - £500,000
Inspired by American Werewolf in London and Trading Place
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA
Intertextuality
where one media form knowingly acknowledges, references or parodies another one. 'Material Girl' (1985) by Madonna references 'Gentlemen prefer Blondes' (1953).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p-lDYPR2P8
Ariana Grande's 'Thank U Next' has intertextual references to Legally Blonde and Mean Girls, which are some of her favourite films.