MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video

The MTV Video Music Award for Most Experimental Video was first awarded in 1984. The last of this award was given out in 1987, after which it was replaced with Breakthrough Video the following year.

Year Winner Other nominees
1984 Herbie Hancock — "Rockit"
1985 Art of Noise — "Close (to the Edit)"
1986 a-ha — "Take On Me"
1987 Peter Gabriel — "Sledgehammer"