Music videos can both heal or hinder, blasting a great song into even higher critical acclaim, or bringing a mediocre track plummeting back down to new lows. Whichever way you look at it, the music business has spent an insane amount of money across the years trying to turn many tracks into unstoppable chart hits. Using ridiculous locations, hilariously bonkers pyrotechnics and some of the strangest video concepts we’ve ever seen, here are the 10 most expensive music videos of all time.
This video cost a staggering $4 million to make. It combines live footage of the iconic Rock and rollers with the drama of Axl Rose being chased around by a SWAT Team who want him dead. Then, for no reason whatsoever, Slash emerges from a red ocean and absolutely shreds it on the guitar. The video makes absolutely no sense, but oh well.
