1997 MTV Video Music Awards

1997 MTV Video Music Awards
Date	September 4, 1997
Venue(s)	Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
Host(s)	Chris Rock
Network	MTV

The 1997 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 4, 1997, honoring the best music videos from June 17, 1996, to June 16, 1997. The show was hosted by Chris Rock at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

• Beck — "The New Pollution"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• Jewel — "You Were Meant for Me"
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug"
• No Doubt — "Don't Speak"

Best Male Video

• Babyface — "Every Time I Close My Eyes"
• Beck — "Devils Haircut"
• R. Kelly — "I Believe I Can Fly"
• Will Smith — "Men in Black"

Best Female Video

• Erykah Badu — "On & On"
• Toni Braxton — "Un-Break My Heart"
• Meredith Brooks — "Bitch"
• Paula Cole — "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone"
• Jewel — "You Were Meant for Me"

Best Group Video

• Blur — "Song 2"
• Counting Crows — "A Long December"
• Dave Matthews Band — "Crash into Me"
• No Doubt — "Don't Speak"
• The Wallflowers — "One Headlight"

Best New Artist in a Video

• Fiona Apple — "Sleep to Dream"
• Meredith Brooks — "Bitch"
• Hanson — "MMMBop"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• The Wallflowers — "One Headlight"

Best Rock Video

• Aerosmith — "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)"
• Dave Matthews Band — "Crash into Me"
• Foo Fighters — "Monkey Wrench"
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People"
• Rage Against the Machine — "People of the Sun"

Best R&B Video

• Babyface (featuring Stevie Wonder) — "How Come, How Long"
• Erykah Badu — "On & On"
• Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) — "No Diggity"
• Toni Braxton — "Un-Break My Heart"
• Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) — "I'll Be Missing You"

Best Rap Video

• Blackstreet (featuring Dr. Dre and Queen Pen) — "No Diggity"
• Dr. Dre — "Been There, Done That"
• Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott — "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
• The Notorious B.I.G. — "Hypnotize"

Best Dance Video

• The Chemical Brothers — "Block Rockin' Beats"
• Freak Nasty — "Da Dip"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe"
• Spice Girls — "Wannabe"

Best Alternative Video

• Beck — "The New Pollution"
• Blur — "Song 2"
• Foo Fighters — "Monkey Wrench"
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug"
• Sublime — "What I Got"

Best Video from a Film

• Iggy Pop — "Lust for Life" (from Trainspotting)
• R. Kelly — "I Believe I Can Fly" (from Space Jam)
• Will Smith — "Men in Black" (from Men in Black)
• Bruce Springsteen — "Secret Garden" (from Jerry Maguire)

Breakthrough Video

• The Chemical Brothers — "Setting Sun"
• Daft Punk — "Da Funk"
• Missy Elliott — "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• Radiohead — "Paranoid Android"

Best Direction in a Video

• Beck — "The New Pollution" (Director: Beck Hansen)
• Missy Elliott — "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Director: Hype Williams)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Director: Jonathan Glazer)
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug" (Director: Mark Romanek)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Directors: Joel Schumacher, Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris)

Best Choreography in a Video

• Beck — "The New Pollution" (Choreographer: Peggy Hickey)
• Cibo Matto — "Sugar Water" (Choreographer: Michel Gondry)
• Dr. Dre — "Been There, Done That" (Choreographers: Fatima & Swoop)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Choreographer: Jason Kay)
• Will Smith — "Men in Black" (Choreographer: Stretch)

Best Special Effects in a Video

• Eels — "Novocaine for the Soul" (Special Effects: Ashley Clemens)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Special Effects: Jonathan Glazer and Sean Broughton)
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People" (Special Effects: D.A.V.E./Panic & Bob)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Special Effects: Chris Staves, Nigel Randall, Edson Williams and the Brothers Strause)
• Will Smith — "Men in Black" (Special Effects: Paul Griffin, Alan Rosenfield and Wayde Howie)

Best Art Direction in a Video

• Beck — "The New Pollution" (Art Director: K. K. Barrett)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Art Director: John Bramble)
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People" (Art Director: Ken Baird)
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug" (Art Director: Tom Foden)

Best Editing in a Video

• Beck — "Devils Haircut" (Editor: Hank Corwin)
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity" (Editors: Jonathan Glazer and John McManus)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Editor: Hal Honigsburg)
• The Wallflowers — "One Headlight" (Editor: Einar Thorteinsson)

Best Cinematography in a Video

• Eels — "Novocaine for the Soul" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
• Jamiroquai — Virtual Insanity (Director of Photography: Steven Keith-Roach)
• Nine Inch Nails — "The Perfect Drug" (Director of Photography: Jeff Cronenweth)
• The Smashing Pumpkins — "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" (Director of Photography: Declan Quinn)

Viewer's Choice

• Jewel — "You Were Meant for Me"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe"
• Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans and 112) — "I'll Be Missing You"
• Spice Girls — "Say You'll Be There"
• The Wallflowers — "One Headlight"

International Viewer's Choice Awards

MTV Asia

• Dewa 19 — "Kirana"
• The Eraserheads — "Ang Huling El Bimbo"
• Joey Boy — "Fun Fun Fun"
• KRU — "Fanatik"
• Lee Seung-Hwan — "Family"

MTV Australia

• Human Nature — "Don't Say Goodbye"
• Powderfinger — "Living Type"
• Savage Garden — "To the Moon and Back"
• Silverchair — "Freak"
• Spiderbait — "Calypso"

MTV Brasil

• Fernanda Abreu — "Kátia Flávia"
• Angra — "Make Believe"
• Baba Cósmica — "Uma Pedra no Meu Caminho"
• Barão Vermelho — "Amor Meu Grande Amor"
• Carlinhos Brown — "A Namorada"
• Camisa de Vênus — "O Ponteiro Tá Subindo"
• Cidade Negra — "Firmamento"
• Kid Abelha — "Te Amo pra Sempre"
• Lagoa — "Revista de Mulher Pelada"
• Maria do Relento — "Conhece o Mário"
• Nenhum de Nós — "Vou Deixar Que Você Se Vá"
• Os Ostras — "Uma, Duas ou Três (Punheta)"
• Os Paralamas do Sucesso — "La Bella Luna"
• Pato Fu — "Água"
• Planet Hemp — "Dezdasseis/Dig Dig Dig (Hempa)"
• Raimundos — "Puteiro em João Pessoa"
• Lulu Santos — "Aviso aos Navegantes"
• Sepultura — "Ratamahatta"
• Skank — "É uma Partida de Futebol"
• Virgulóides — "Bagulho no Bumba"

MTV Europe

• Daft Punk — "Around the World"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe"
• Radiohead — "Paranoid Android"
• Skunk Anansie — "Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)"

MTV India

• Lucky Ali — "O Sanam"
• Amitabh Bachchan — "Eir Bir Phatte"
• Asha Bhosle — "O Mere Sona Re"
• Colonial Cousins — "Krishna"
• Daler Mehndi — "Dardi Rab Rab"

MTV Japan

• Air — "Hair Do"
• Chara — "Yasashii Kimochi"
• Denki Groove — "Shangi-La"
• Scha Dara Parr — "Otona Ni Nattemo"
• The Yellow Monkey — "Rakuen"

MTV Latin America

• Azul Violeta — "Volveré a Empezar"
• Café Tacuba — "Chilanga Banda"
• Control Machete — "¿Comprendes Mendes?
• Fito Páez — "Cadáver Exquisito"
• Aleks Syntek y la Gente Normal — "Sin Ti"

MTV Mandarin

• Jeff Chang — "Affection"
• Chyi Chin — "Cliff"
• Mavis Fan — "Bartender Angel"
• Valen Hsu — "If Cloud Knows"
• Aaron Kwok — "Share My Love"
• Wu Bai & China Blue — "End of Love"

Video Vanguard Award

• LL Cool J
• Mark Romanek

Performances

MTV.com cybercast

• Meredith Brooks [1]

Pre-show

• The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (featuring John Popper) — "The Impression That I Get"
• Foo Fighters — "Everlong"/"Monkey Wrench"

Main show

• Puff Daddy (featuring Faith Evans, 112, Mase and Sting) — "Mo Money Mo Problems"/"I'll Be Missing You"
• Jewel — "Angel Standing By"
• The Prodigy — "Breathe" (live from London)
• The Wallflowers (featuring Bruce Springsteen) — "One Headlight"
• Lil Kim, Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes and Angie Martinez — "Not Tonight (Ladies Night Remix)"
• U2 — "Please"
• Beck — "The New Pollution"
• Spice Girls — "Say You'll Be There"
• Jamiroquai — "Virtual Insanity"
• Marilyn Manson — "The Beautiful People"

Appearances

• Cindy Crawford and Pat Smear — presented Best Group Video
• Martha Stewart and Busta Rhymes — presented Best Dance Video
• Madonna — talked about the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and introduced The Prodigy
• Kevin Bacon and Janeane Garofalo — presented Best Video from a Film
• Adam Sandler and Meredith Brooks — presented Best Alternative Video
• Wu-Tang Clan — introduced Lil' Kim, Missy Elliott, Angie Martinez, Da Brat and Lisa Lopes
• Elton John — presented Best New Artist in a Video
• Dermot Mulroney and John Popper — presented Best Male Video (and also announced Beck's win for Best Direction in a Video)
• Mariah Carey — presented the Video Vanguard Award to LL Cool J
• No Doubt — presented Best R&B Video
• Mike Myers — introduced Beck
• Sheryl Crow — chatted with The Rolling Stones via satellite, then introduced the next presenters
• Fiona Apple and Chris Tucker — introduced the International Viewer's Choice Awards winners
• Maxwell, Dave Matthews and Boyd Tinsley — presented Best Rap Video
• Janet Jackson — presented the Video Vanguard Award to Mark Romanek
• Naomi Campbell — introduced Jamiroquai
• David Arquette and Lisa Marie Presley — presented Viewer's Choice
• Blackstreet — presented Best Female Video
• Will Smith — presented Video of the Year

External links

• Official MTV site