#1. Papaoutai

And at number 1 is Papaoutai (Where are you dad?) by the French singer Stromae.  It looks like it takes place in the fake town from the 40s that is the nuclear test site in the newest Indiana Jones.  The video shows the struggles of a young man as he questions why his dad is never around.  The song itself is awesome, and the video answers the age old question: what does it look like when a mannequin dances?

#2. Chandelier

It's amazingly well done.  At number 2 comes Sia's Chandelier, which features the eleven-year old Maddie Ziegler.  Maddie's dancing is amazing, and she is an incredible and talented dancer, not just as an eleven-year old, but as a dancer in general.  It is heartfelt and every once in a while, you can see the typical sweet goofiness of an eleven-year old seep through.  It's also refreshing that the singer herself doesn't feel the need to be in the video and take all the credit.

#3. Happy

Pharrell Williams' Happy will make you feel happy.  It always works for me.  Several people get to have their chance to dance in this video, but what makes it cool is that these people are from all walks of life, backgrounds, economic statuses, body types, ages... but they have one thing in common - they can all dance.  There is even a 24 hour version - where you can listen to the song on loop and watch people dance for literally 24 hours.

#4. Thriller

It was mysteriously absent from NME's list, but Michael Jackson's Thriller made mine!  It's like a full length feature film, complete with end credits and the disclaimer that any similarity to persons living, dead, or undead is purely coincidental.  More than 30 years may have dimmed the acting and special effects, but the dancing and music is just as awesome as the day it was released.  Added bonus - watching Bram do the zombie dance every time I put on this video!

#5. Sugar

As perhaps the most famous wedding crashers of all time, Maroon 5 go around L.A. in one day crashing as many weddings as possible, surprising wedding guests as they break into their song Sugar at their wedding receptions.  I don't know if it's staged or not, but I do think that at least some of the weddings are real - you can't fake the look of confused bridezillas about to explode as they see something not going "as planned" on their wedding day, as stages and curtains start getting set up during their receptions.  But these looks quickly change to bewildered joy as the band is revealed, singing to cheering fans.  Some of those reactions can't be faked.  Anyways, whether it's real or not, it always makes me smile to watch this video and to see people doing nice things for other people on their special day.

#6. Radioactive

Radioactive by Imagine Dragons has all the elements of a good action film - a bad guy, balls of flying cash, cage fights, and an unlikely but lovable hero.  It's actually a bit disturbing, as the cage fight features poor trembling stuffed animals being torn limb from limb.  But in the end, we all learn an important lesson - don't mess with teddy bears.

#7. I Won't Let You Down

I could spend an afternoon watching OK Go's music videos.  They really take the concept of the music video to the next level.  But I Won't Let You Down is probably the best - and totally amazing.  With quite possibly the most dancers of any music video ever and perfectly timed dancing, it was filmed with a flying drone and took about 60 tries to get right.  Impressive... very impressive.