List of one shot music videos
This is a list of one shot music videos filmed in one long take by a single camera, or manufactured to give the impression it was. One of the most famous music video directors for this genre is Michel Gondry, who has done many of his videos in this style.
Examples
| Artist | Song | Year | Note |
| Bob Dylan | Subterranean Homesick Blues | 1965 | - |
| The Europeans | The Animal Song | 1982 | |
| Shakatak | Down On The Street | 1984 | - |
| Split Enz | Message to My Girl | 1984 | - |
| Steve Perry | Foolish Heart | 1984 | - |
| Baby Rose | All To Myself | 2019 | - |
| Tommy Shaw | Girls With Guns | 1984 | - |
| Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush | Don't Give Up | 1986 | - |
| The Replacements | Bastards Of Young | 1986 | - |
| Bruce Springsteen | Brilliant Disguise | 1987 | - |
| Paco de Lucía | Amor de mis Amores | 1988 | - |
| The Grapes of Wrath | All the Things I Wasn't | 1989 | - |
| Pixies | Velouria | 1990 | - |
| Vaya Con Dios | Nah Neh Nah | 1990 | - |
| Massive Attack | Unfinished Sympathy | 1991 | |
| Guns N' Roses | Garden of Eden | 1992 | |
| Thalía | Love | 1992 | |
| Primus | Mr. Krinkle | 1993 | - |
| Toni Braxton | Another Sad Love Song | 1993 | |
| Die Krupps | To The Hilt | 1994 | - |
| Gin Blossoms | Allison Road | 1994 | |
| Lisa Loeb | Stay | 1994 | |
| Lucas | Lucas with the Lid Off | 1994 | - |
| Massive Attack | Protection | 1994 | - |
| Nine Inch Nails | March of the Pigs | 1994 | - |
| Tom Petty | You Don't Know How It Feels | 1994 | |
| Weezer | "Undone - The Sweater Song | 1994 | |
| Lords of the Underground | Neva Faded | 1995 | - |
| Paulina Rubio | Te Daría Mi Vida | 1995 | |
| Spirit of the West | Tell Me What I Think | 1995 | |
| Wax | California | 1995 | |
| Alanis Morissette | Head Over Feet | 1996 | |
| Cibo Matto | Sugar Water | 1996 | - |
| Daft Punk | Fresh | 1996 | - |
| Garbage | Milk | 1996 | - |
| Madonna | Love Don't Live Here Anymore | 1996 | |
| Spice Girls | Wannabe | 1996 | |
| Tracy Bonham | Mother Mother | 1996 | |
| Ben Folds Five | Kate | 1997 | - |
| Björk | Hunter | 1997 | - |
| Erykah Badu | Otherside of the Game | 1997 | - |
| Fiona Apple | Never Is a Promise | 1997 | - |
| Green Day | Redundant | 1997 | - |
| Mashina Vremeni | Он был старше её | 1997 | - |
| Michael Penn | Try | 1997 | - |
| The Tea Party | Babylon | 1997 | - |
| Tic Tac Toe | Bitte küss' mich nicht | 1997 | - |
| Die Ärzte | Rebell | 1998 | - |
| Shakira | Tú | 1998 | - |
| Radiohead | No Surprises | 1998 | - |
| TISM | Thunderbirds are Coming Out | 1998 | - |
| Xzibit | What U See Is What U Get | 1998 | - |
| Los Tres | No Me Falles | 1999 | - |
| Semisonic | Closing Time | 1999 | |
| Sky | Some Kinda Wonderful | 1999 | - |
| Smashing Pumpkins | Ava Adore | 1999 | - |
| Coldplay | Yellow | 2000 | - |
| D'Angelo | Untitled | 2000 | - |
| Destiny's Child | Emotion | 2001 | |
| Elton John | I Want Love | 2001 | - |
| Green Day | Macy's Day Parade | 2001 | - |
| Hawksley Workman | Jealous of Your Cigarette | 2001 | - |
| R.E.M. | Imitation Of Life | 2001 | - |
| Radiohead | Knives Out | 2001 | - |
| Kylie Minogue | Come into My World | 2002 | - |
| Utada Hikaru | Hikari | 2002 | - |
| Will Young with Gareth Gates | The Long and Winding Road | 2002 | - |
| Ayumi Hamasaki | Daybreak | 2003 | - |
| Ayumi Hamasaki | Heaven | 2003 | - |
| Christina Aguilera | The Voice Within | 2003 | - |
| Shania Twain | When You Kiss Me | 2003 | |
| Will Young | Leave Right Now | 2003 | - |
| George Michael | Flawless | 2004 | - |
| Architecture in Helsinki | It'5 | 2005 | - |
| Jack Johnson | Sitting, Waiting, Wishing | 2005 | - |
| OK Go | A Million Ways | 2005 | - |
| The White Stripes | The Denial Twist | 2005 | - |
| Wir sind Helden | Nur ein Wort | 2005 | |
| Dilated Peoples | Back Again | 2006 | - |
| Gary Jules | Mad World | 2006 | - |
| Gimma | Superschwiizer | 2006 | - |
| OK Go | Here It Goes Again | 2006 | - |
| The Rumble Strips | Motorcycle | 2006 | - |
| Sportfreunde Stiller | '54, '74, '90, 2006 | 2006 | - |
| Feist | 1234 | 2007 | - |
| Feist | My Moon My Man | 2007 | - |
| Jack Peñate | Second, Minute or Hour | 2007 | - |
| Kaiser Chiefs | Love's Not a Competition | 2007 | - |
| Linkin Park | Bleed It Out | 2007 | |
| The Matches | Salty Eyes | 2007 | - |
| Melanie C | The Moment You Believe | 2007 | - |
| Miley Cyrus | Start All Over | 2007 | - |
| Panda | Los Malaventurados No Lloran | 2007 | - |
| Paul Kelly | God Told Me To | 2007 | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Desecration Smile | 2007 | - |
| Rjd2 | Work It Out | 2007 | |
| Snow Patrol | Open Your Eyes | 2007 | - |
| Spoon | The Underdog | 2007 | - |
| The Weakerthans | Civil Twilight | 2007 | - |
| Basia Bulat | In The Night | 2008 | |
| Dana Nalbaru | Tu | 2008 | - |
| Feist | I Feel It All | 2008 | - |
| Goldfrapp | Happiness | 2008 | - |
| Janet Jackson | Rock with U | 2008 | - |
| The Last Shadow Puppets | Standing Next to Me | 2008 | - |
| Lil Wayne | A Milli | 2008 | - |
| Sara Bareilles | Gravity | 2008 | - |
| Vampire Weekend | A-Punk | 2008 | - |
| Vampire Weekend | Oxford Comma | 2008 | - |
| The Vines | He's a Rocker | 2008 | - |
| Arctic Monkeys | Cornerstone | 2009 | - |
| Electric Indian | Kids These Days | 2009 | - |
| Make the Girl Dance | Baby Baby Baby" | 2009 | - |
| Mayer Hawthorne | Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin' | 2009 | - |
| Metric | Gimme Sympathy | 2009 | - |
| Myriam Fares | Ayam El Shety | 2009 | - |
| OK Go | WTF | 2009 | - |
| Perfume | I still love U | 2009 | - |
| Sarah Blasko | We Won't Run | 2009 | - |
| Super Junior | It's You | 2009 | - |
| Air | So Light Is Her Footfall | 2010 | - |
| Cosmo Jarvis | Gay Pirates | 2010 | - |
| Die Roten Punkte | Burger Store Dinosaur | 2010 | - |
| Die Roten Punkte | Bananenhaus | 2010 | - |
| Erykah Badu | Window Seat | 2010 | - |
| Francis and the Lights | Darling, It's Alright | 2010 | |
| Grace Potter | Something That I Want | 2010 | |
| I Was a Teenage Anarchist | Against Me! | 2010 | - |
| J. Cole | Who Dat | 2010 | - |
| Janelle Monáe | Cold War | 2010 | - |
| Kelis | Brave | 2010 | - |
| Liam Frost | Good Things Are Coming Our Way | 2010 | - |
| Lights | Second Go | 2010 | - |
| Marina and the Diamonds | I Am Not a Robot | 2010 | |
| OK Go | White Knuckles | 2010 | |
| Pablo Alborán | Solamente Tú | 2010 | - |
| Säkert | Dansa fastän | 2010 | |
| Utada Hikaru | Goodbye Happiness | 2010 | - |
| A Banda Mais Bonita da Cidade | Oração | 2011 | - |
| AKB48 | Dakishimecha Ikenai | 2011 | - |
| Anneke van Giersbergen | Feel Alive | 2011 | - |
| Big Bang | Love Song | 2011 | - |
| Birdy | Skinny Love | 2011 | |
| The Black Keys | Lonely Boy | 2011 | - |
| Bruno Mars | The Lazy Song | 2011 | |
| Childish Gambino | Freaks and Geeks | 2011 | - |
| Enrique Iglesias | Ayer | 2011 | - |
| Knifeworld | In A Foreign Way | 2011 | - |
| Robyn | Call Your Girlfriend | 2011 | - |
| Air Dubai feat. Patricia Lynn | Warning" | 2012 | - |
| Dappy | Good Intentions | 2012 | - |
| Jessie Ware | Wildest Moments | 2012 | - |
| McFly | Love Is Easy | 2012 | - |
| The Mowgli's | San Francisco | 2012 | - |
| Nogizaka46 | Gūzen o Iiwake ni Shite | 2012 | - |
| The Pierces | I Put Your Records On | 2012 | - |
| Scissor Sisters | Let's Have a Kiki | 2012 | |
| Taylor Swift | We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together | 2012 | - |
| Brendan Maclean | Stupid | 2013 | - |
| Brendan Maclean | Winner | 2013 | - |
| Chris Brown | Fine China | 2013 | |
| EXO | Growl | 2013 | |
| G-Eazy | Been On | 2013 | - |
| IU | Friday | 2013 | - |
| LiLi Roquelin | The Only One | 2013 | - |
| Lorde | Tennis Court | 2013 | - |
| Miley Cyrus | Wrecking Ball | 2013 | |
| Panic! at the Disco | Girls/Girls/Boys | 2013 | - |
| Pharrell Williams | Happy | 2013 | |
| Pusha T | Nosetalgia | 2013 | - |
| Sam Tsui | Make It Up" | 2013 | - |
| Violent Soho | Covered in Chrome | 2013 | - |
| Bush | The Only Way Out | 2014 | - |
| clipping. | Work Work | 2014 | - |
| FKA twigs | Two Weeks | 2014 | - |
| Jane Zhang | 我是我的 | 2014 | - |
| Kaiser Chiefs | Coming Home | 2014 | - |
| Kiesza | Hideaway | 2014 | - |
| Klangkarussell | All Eyes On You | 2014 | - |
| Lights | Up We Go | 2014 | - |
| Metronomy | Love Letters | 2014 | - |
| OK Go | I Won't Let You Down | 2014 | - |
| OK Go | The Writing's on the Wall | 2014 | |
| Sia | Chandelier | 2014 | |
| TVXQ | Spellbound | 2014 | - |
| Violent Soho | Saramona Said | 2014 | - |
| Wankelmut feat. John Lamonica | Wasted So Much Time | 2014 | - |
| "Weird Al" Yankovic | Tacky | 2014 | - |
| Wiz Khalifa | We Dem Boyz | 2014 | - |
| 5'nizza | I Believe in You | 2015 | - |
| AURORA | Murder Song | 2015 | - |
| Avicii | Waiting for Love | 2015 | |
| Between the Buried and Me | The Coma Machine | 2015 | - |
| Dil Dhadakne Do | Gallan Goodiyaan | 2015 | |
| The Dodos | Competition | 2015 | - |
| Gwen Stefani | Used to Love You | 2015 | - |
| Highly Suspect | Lydia | 2015 | - |
| Marian Hill | One Time | 2015 | - |
| Skepta | Nasty | 2015 | - |
| The Social Experiment | Sunday Candy | 2015 | - |
| Adele | Send My Love | 2016 | |
| BTS | Save Me | 2016 | - |
| The Chemical Brothers | Wide Open ft. Beck | 2016 | - |
| Mike Posner | I Took a Pill in Ibiza | 2016 | |
| Mischief Brew | Squatter Envy | 2016 | - |
| NAVI | Historyja majho žyccia | 2016 | - |
| FEMM | Whiplash | 2016 | - |
| OneRepublic | Kids | 2016 | |
| Samra | Miracle | 2016 | - |
| Tove Lo | True Disaster | 2016 | - |
| Arcade Fire | Creature Comfort | 2017 | - |
| Bruno Mars | That's What I Like | 2017 | - |
| Danielle Bregoli | These Heaux | 2017 | - |
| Cavetown | Lemon Boy | 2017 | - |
| Eamon | I Got Soul | 2017 | - |
| Fozzy | Judas | 2017 | |
| Fozzy | Painless | 2017 | - |
| Haim | Want You Back | 2017 | - |
| LANY | Super Far | 2017 | - |
| Lauv | Paris in the Rain | 2017 | - |
| Liam Payne feat. Quavo | Strip That Down | 2017 | - |
| Gotch | Taxi Driver | 2017 | - |
| Mondo Grosso feat. Hikari Mitsushima | Labyrinth | 2017 | - |
| Orelsan | Basique | 2017 | - |
| Sabrina Carpenter | Thumbs | 2017 | |
| Selena Gomez feat. Gucci Mane | Fetish | 2017 | - |
| Snakehips feat. MØ | Don't Leave | 2017 | - |
| SOPHIE | It's Okay To Cry | 2017 | - |
| Superfruit | How Ya Feeling | 2017 | - |
| Benny Blanco & Calvin Harris | I Found You | 2018 | - |
| Betty Who | Ignore Me | 2018 | - |
| Billie Eilish | when the party’s over | 2018 | - |
| Gesu no Kiwami Otome | Onna wa Kawaru | 2018 | - |
| Halsey | Sorry | 2018 | - |
| Justin Timberlake | Say Something ft Chris Stapleton | 2018 | - |
| Mojo Juju | Native Tongue | 2018 | - |
| STU48 | Kaze wo Matsu | 2018 | - |
| Benny blanco, Tainy, Selena Gomez, J Balvin | I Can't Get Enough | 2019 | - |
| Bleached | Shitty Ballet | 2019 | - |
| Gesu no Kiwami Otome | Dakedo Boku wa | 2019 | - |
| Karen O & Danger Mouse | Woman | 2019 | |
| Steam Powered Giraffe | Hot on the Trail | 2019 | |
| Maroon 5 | Memories | 2019 | |
| The Weeknd | Heartless | 2019 | |
| Jackson Wang | Dway! | 2019 | |
| LANY | Thick and Thin | 2019 | |
| Dance Gavin Dance | Prisoner | 2020 | - |
| Cher Lloyd | Lost | 2020 | - |
Videos seemingly shot in one take
- John Fogerty - "The Old Man Down The Road", 1985
- U2 - "Numb", 1993
- Jamiroquai - "Virtual Insanity", 1996
- The Verve - "Bitter Sweet Symphony", 1997
- U2 - "Sweetest Thing", 1998
- Kylie Minogue - "Love at First Sight", 2002
- The Chemical Brothers - "Star Guitar", 2002
- Beyoncé - "Single Ladies ", 2008
- Khalil Fong - "紅豆 ", 2009
- MIKA - "Blame it on the Girls", 2009
- OK Go - "This Too Shall Pass", 2010 - Rube Goldberg Machine video
- LCD Soundsystem - "Drunk Girls", 2010
- Jessie J - "Who You Are", 2011
- Kanye West - "Mercy", 2012
- One Direction - "You & I", 2014
- Ariana Grande - "One Last Time", 2015
- Maroon 5 - "This Summer's Gonna Hurt", 2015
- Era Istrefi - "Bonbon", 2016
- Ok Go - "Upside Down & Inside Out", 2016
- OK Go - ""The One Moment"", 2016
- Jax Jones - "You Don't Know Me", 2017
- Dua Lipa - "IDGAF", 2018
- Xx - "X is for x-ray in hospitals you know, They will be connected from your head down to your toe. X is for xylophone an instrument to play X is for ten the old Roman way." 2019
- Tame Impala - "Lost in Yesterday", 2020