The 30 Best Music Videos Of 2014

The 30 Best Music Videos Of 2014 Get ready to waste an hour or four, because today we're bringing you the 30 most delicious, innovative and bizarre music videos of 2014.



We've combed the internet for the best combinations of sight and sound -- music videos with the rare ability to transport us from a YouTube page to a self-contained world for a brief and wondrous three-minute trip. This year we've got videos with 10,000 hits to selections with 376 million views, jam-packed with pop stars, celebrity cameos, iconic dance numbers, classic movie tributes and the occasional furry monster.



Enjoy our picks for the 30 best music videos of 2014, in no particular order, and let us know what we missed in the comments.



1. St. Vincent -- Digital Witness

Best reason to unplug.









2. Brooke Candy -- Opulence

The most convincing (and terrifying) argument as to why you better recognize opulence.









3. FKA twigs -- Video Girl

Best last meal.









4. Yung Jake -- She Don't Need To Know

Best low key product placement.









5. Mac DeMarco -- Passing Out Pieces

Best salad-filled nightmare to make you opt for soup.









6. Perfume Genius -- Queen

Best computer bashing since "Office Space."









7. Jenny Lewis -- Just One Of The Guys

Best use of Anne Hathaway ever.









8. SZA -- Babylon

Best hypnotic fishing trip.









9. Warpaint -- Disco//Very & Keep It Healthy

Best use of dudes as background eye candy.









10. Beyonce -- 7/11

Best time ever had in a hotel room with a camera phone.









11. Animalia -- Stifling

Best shape-shifting face freakiness.









12. M.I.A. & The Partysquad -- Double Bubble Trouble

Best worthwhile headache you'll get today.









13. Lykke Li -- No Rest For The Wicked

Best gripping love story in under four minutes.









14. How to Dress Well -- Repeat Pleasure

Best great escape.









15. Childish Gambino -- Sweatpants ft. Problem

Best army of Donald Glovers.









16. Arcade Fire -- We Exist

Best truck-driver-sexy choreography.









17. She & Him -- Stay Awhile

Best invisible dance partner.









18. Ariel Pink -- Picture Me Gone

Best video to not watch right before bed.









19. tUnE-yArDs -- Water Fountain

Best surprise appearance by a fuzzy monster!









20. Henry Wolfe -- Encino

Best ode to the suburbs.









21. Tom Rosenthal -- Watermelon

Best use of a grown man in a watermelon suit. (*Close call though.)









22. Rick Ross -- Sanctified

Best emoji overload.

Rick Ross (feat. Kanye West & Big Sean) "Sanctified" Unofficial Emoji Video from JESSE HILL on Vimeo.

23. Taylor Swift -- Blank Space

Best ode to lonely Starbucks lovers.









24. Shura -- Touch

Best foil to that viral kiss video.









25. Iggy Azalea -- Fancy ft. Charli XCX

Best homage to Cher Horowitz.









26. Zebra Katz -- 1 Bad B*tch

Best champagne brunch gone horribly wrong.









27. Kiesza -- Hideaway

Best "Westside Story" moment.









28. FKA twigs -- Two Weeks

Best goddess slaying it.









29. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart -- Until the Sun Explodes

Best animated, intergalactic adventure.









30. Sia -- Chandelier

Best.









Check out our 2013 roundup of the year's finest music videos here. And 2012's here.