Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)

This is the very genesis of Music Videos, the most substantial of the first music videos designed as a way to get out of an appearance on top of the pops as the band disliked performing on the show eventually became one of the most iconic videos of the 20th century known then as pop promos this basically kick started the idea of music videos. The video itself opens with the band in the exact same position and lighting as in their cover to their second album Queen II which is the bands favourite image of themselves they then begin to sing whilst still in this position the music then changes and the visuals cut to a scene of the band playing instruments on a stage this continues until the very energetic operatic mid-sedtion of the song where it reverts back to the dark close-up with the over head lighting where kaleidoscopic visual effects are applied to give  duplicated honeycomb to the original opening shot by using a shaped lens. the music video finally ends with the band playing instruments which then fades into the beginning shot where all the band members lower there heads as the final lyrics are slowly uttered and the lights dim this works really well with the wind-down of the song

This is an extremely iconic video and has been recreated such as this one: 
and this one from 1992 film "Wayne's World"


it is recognised around the world as not just as one of queens greatest hits but as one of the most successful songs in music history and not many people can think of this song and not think of the music video or one of its reincarnations which is why it ranks number 4 on channel 4's 100 greatest music videos.