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A few years ago I asked on r/Music for suggestions of music videos that weren’t specifically made for kids but are appropriate to show to kids, in terms of no/little questionable lyrics or imagery. Beyond that, it’s also good if the video is visually engaging and not just “band standing around playing.”

Basically looking for stuff adults enjoy but that is okay for children to watch too, so that both can enjoy it, and the kids can expand their awareness of music.

I got some great suggestions in the past and have been building my list, but new stuff keeps coming out and maybe there’s older stuff I’ve overlooked, so any suggestions from the sub are appreciated!

Top 10

• Around The World (Daft Punk)
• Safety Dance (Men Without Hats)
• Take On Me (Aha)
• Despacito (Luis Fonsi)
• Hardest Button to Button (White Stripes)
• Weapon of Choice (Fatboy Slim)
• Gangnam Style (Psy)
• YMCA (Village People)
• Backstreet’s Back (Backstreet Boys)
• Hips Don’t Lie (Shakira)

Recommendations

• Come on Eileen (Dexy’s Midnight Runners)
• Our House (Madness)
• Intergalactic (Beastie Boys)
• Land Down Under (Men at Work)
• The Distance (Cake)
• Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Deep Blue Something)
• Right Round (Dead or Alive)
• Runnin down a Dream (Tom Petty)
• Karma Chameleon (Boy George)
• Locomotion (Kylie Minogue)
• Jump (Kris Kross)
• How Bizarre (OMC)
• Fidelity (Regina Spektor)
• Cheerleader (OMI)
• U Can’t Touch This (MC Hammer)
• Happy (Pharrell Williams)
• Pretty Girl Rock (Keri Hilson)
• Feel this Moment (Pitbull)
• Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
• Uptown Girl (Billie Joel)
• The Mesopotamians (They Might be Giants)
• Livin’ La Vida Loca (Ricky Martin)
• Jailhouse Rock (Elvis)
• Sugar Water (Cibo Matto)
• Fell in Love with a Girl (White Stripes)
• Redneck Yacht Club (Craig Morgan)
• Ice Ice Baby (Vanilla Ice)
• Bom Bom (Sam and the Womp)
• The Fox (Ylvis)
• Love Shack (B-52s)
• Chicken Noodle Soup (Webstar)
• Long Legged Larry (Aesop Rock)
• Miami (Will Smith)
• We Like to Party (Venga Boys)
• Everybody Dance Now (C+C Music Factory)
• Holding Out for a Hero (Bonnie Tyler)
• Let’s Get Ridiculous (Redfoo)
• Roundtable Rival (Lindsey Sterling)
• Walking on the Sun (Smashmouth)
• Come (Jain)
• Song 2 (Blur)
• Dance Tonight (Paul McCartney)
• Virtual Insanity (Jamiroquai)
• International Harvester (Craig Ferguson)
• Steal my Sunshine (LEN)
• Party in the USA (Miley Cyrus)
• Mean (Taylor Swift)
• Shake it Off (Taylor Swift)
• We Are Never Getting Back Together (Taylor Swift)
• You Belong With Me (Taylor Swift)
• Godwin (Korede Bello)
• Breaking the Law (Judas Priest)
• I Really Like You (Carlie Rae Jepsen)
• 99 Luftballons (Nena)
• Lovefool (Cardigans)
• One Step Beyond (Madness)
• The Saga Begins (Weird Al)
• Walk that Dinosaur (Was Not Was)
• Fighting Trousers (Professor Elemental)
• Another World (Gojira)
• Wake Me Up (Avicii)
• Boombayah (Blackpink)
• Upside Down and Inside Out (OK Go)
• Roar (Katy Perry)
• Sprawl II (Arcade Fire)
• Sk8er Boi (Avril Lavigne)
• Dance Monkey (Tones and I)
• Stressed Out (21 Pilots)
• Wannabe (Spice Girls)
• Same as it Was (Harry Styles)
• Can’t Stop the Feeling (Justin Timberlake)
• Butter (BTS)
• I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones)
• The Tide is High (Blondie)
• Bring it On (PSquare)
• Rolling in the Deep (Adele)
• Last Train to Clarksville (The Monkees)

Mild Parental Discretion Advised

• 16 Military Wives (The Decembrists)
• Take Me Out (Franz Ferdinand)
• Everlong (Foo Fighters)
• White Wedding (Billy Idol)
• Hey Ya (Outkast)
• Thriller (Michael Jackson)
• Gotta Get Away (The Offspring)
• Zombie (Cranberries)
• We Didn’t Start the Fire (Billy Joel)
• Party Rock Anthem (LMFAO)
• Champagne Showers (LMFAO)
• Cooler as Ekke (Jack Parrow)
• We’re Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister)
• LDN (Lily Allen)
• In the End (Linkin Park)
• The Scientist (Coldplay)
• Black Parade (My Chemical Romance)
• Sandstorm (Darude)
• Clint Eastwood (Gorillaz)
• Oi to the World (No Doubt)
• Back on my Regimen (Stic)
• Candyman (Christian Aguilera)
• Gee Officer Krupke (West Side Story, 2021)
• Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
• Me Gustas Tu (Manu Chao)
• Mosh - Extra Clean Version (Eminem)
• Teenage Dirtbag (Wheatus)
• Punk Rock Girls (The Queers)
• Don’t You Want Me (The Human League)
• Bachelorette (Bjork)
• Don’t Come Around Here No More (Tom Petty)
• Low (Cracker)

Note I’m continuing to screen videos others have suggested, and adding to the list