10 Best Music Videos Of The 90s

10. Buddy Holly - Wheezer

This video was met with huge popularity on its release in 1995. Combining stock footage of Happy Days, along with a guest appearance by actor Al Molinaro and a body double serving for Fonzie, Wheezer make their big debut at Arnold's Drive-In.

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Directed by Spike Jonze, the band were initially apprehensive about the idea. They thought that he would never be able to pull it off, agreeing to a single day of filming. According to drummer Pat Wilson, the video was created without the use of any CGI, relying on clever camera work instead. The video received heavy air time on MTV.

The video was also included on the Windows-95 CD-ROM, something that was negotiated without the band's knowledge. However, this managed to spread the appeal and popularity of the video even farther, beaming it straight into peoples' homes like an early version of YouTube. At the time, none of the band members had computers, so this would remain a bit of a mystery to them for quite a while.

Only one actor from Happy Days had objected to their likeness being used in the video. Anson Williams, who played Potsie, didn't want to be featured in the video, however relented after receiving a personal letter from David Geffen. The video closes with a brief exchange between the band and Molinaro - apparently, the fish wasn't all that good!

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