Remember when MTV (music television) actually used to play music videos on TV? Yeah, we do too. Pour one out for the good ol’ days … After three years of airing ’round-the-clock music, MTV unleashed a phenomenon known as Video Music Awards upon the world in 1984. The idea? To celebrate the artists that brought our favorite tunes to life on the small screen and intersperse said awards with live performances from those very artists. That was probably where MTV went wrong. Or very, very right. What happened after that first very crazy VMA show in 1984 when Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” took on new life was that the ante was summarily upped. Every musical act to come would need to bring their A-Game if they’d make headlines the next morning. Plenty of them, from Madge to Miley, managed to do just fine. In honor of the 30th MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night, let’s take a walk down memory lane to relive the 17 craziest moments in VMA history … 17 Craziest Moments from the Video Music Awards 1. Like a Virgin Madonna didn’t intend to writhe around on the stage during her 1984 performance of “Like a Virgin.” She lost one of her shoes and the rest became history.
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MTV Video Music Awards: 17 Craziest Moments From 30 Wild VMA Shows
