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Many music video ideas are recycled and repeated, some more than others. This is a list of some less common but still recyclable concepts, motifs, visual flourishes, sight gags and camera tricks.
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{{smallcaps|Backstage Pass}} Showing what goes on behind the scenes at a concert or similar live performance. Particularly popular among hard rock acts.
* [[Def Leppard]], "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
* [[Bon Jovi]], "Livin' On A Prayer"
* [[Phil Collins]] and Philip Bailey, "Easy Lover": shows the two preparing for an appearance on an ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show|Ed Sullivan]]''-type television show.
* [[Foo Fighters]], "Big Me"
* Danger Mouse, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zJqihkLcGc The Grey Video]": a video for the song Encore off of Danger Mouse's Grey Album.
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* [[Eddie Murphy]]'s "Party All The Time"
* The basic plot of [[Matthew Sweet]]'s [http://youtu.be/gIEUxASauuA "We're the Same"]
* [[Florence
* [[ABBA]]'s "Gimme Gimme Gimme".
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* Paula Abdul uses both versions for "Straight Up".
* Many of Jody Watley's videos.
* An unreleased version of [[
* [[The Police]]'s "Every Breath You Take", spiced up with multiple layers of photography.
** Their video for "Roxanne" is arguably a variant—it's an all-RED backdrop.
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* Will Smith is a major proponent of this - almost every film he's starred in has an accompanying music video, in which he appears in-character (often with other members of the cast) and directly interacts with the singer (along with clips from the film).
** In Diana King's "Shy Guy" video from 1995's ''[[Bad Boys]]'', Smith and Martin Lawrence appear as the two titular cops of the film, reacting to the singer's presence and trying (miserably) to dance to the music.
** ''[[Wild Wild West]]'' from the 1997 remake of the same name. In the video, Jim West (Smith) pursues a [[Back
** Speaking of Will Smith, his videos for the ''[[Men in Black (film)|Men in Black]]'' franchise (the self-titled track from the original film and "Nod Ya Head (Black Suits Comin')" from the sequel) features him as J, doing a stage performance together with aliens.
* Due to Mike Myers' role as the film's lead character, many of his appearances in the tie-in videos from the ''[[Austin Powers]]'' Trilogy fall under this:
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