MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance

The MTV Video Music Award for Best Overall Performance in a Video was first given out at the first annual MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. The last of this award was given out in 1987.

Winners

Two-time nominee and 1986 winner David Bowie

Year	Winner(s)	Work	Nominees	Ref.
1984	Michael Jackson	"Thriller"	David Bowie – "China Girl" Cyndi Lauper – "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" The Police – "Every Breath You Take" Van Halen – "Jump"	^[1]
1985	Philip Bailey and Phil Collins	"Easy Lover"	Eurythmics – "Would I Lie to You?" David Lee Roth – "Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody" Bruce Springsteen – "Dancing in the Dark" USA for Africa – "We Are the World"	^[2]
1986	David Bowie and Mick Jagger	"Dancing in the Street"	Dire Straits – "Money for Nothing" Robert Palmer – "Addicted to Love" Bruce Springsteen – "Glory Days" Sting – "If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"	^[3]
1987	Peter Gabriel	"Sledgehammer"	Janet Jackson – "Nasty" Madonna – "Papa Don't Preach" Run-D.M.C. – "Walk This Way" U2 – "With or Without You"	^[4]

References

^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1984". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1985". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1986". MTV. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
^ "MTV Video Music Awards 1987". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

[VMA1984-1] "MTV Video Music Awards 1984". MTV. Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

[VMA1985-2] "MTV Video Music Awards 1985". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

[VMA1986-3] "MTV Video Music Awards 1986". MTV. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

[VMA1987-4] "MTV Video Music Awards 1987". MTV. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2012.

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