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Quiz: Can you identify these Michel Gondry music videos?

Have a go at matching video stills from these Gondry-directed videos to their songs
  
  


  1. Which White Stripes song soundtracks this New York-set video?

    1. Fell in Love with a Girl

    2. The Hardest Button to Button

    3. Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground

  2. This Daft Punk single has a three-word title…

    1. Around the World

    2. One More Time

    3. The New Wave

  3. Which Björk single is this the video for?

    1. Army of Me

    2. Hyperballad

    3. Bachelorette

  4. Gondry directed this Evil Dead-inspired video for which Foo Fighters track?

    1. Monkey Wrench

    2. Everlong

    3. Learn to Fly

  5. What's this Chemical Brothers video?

    1. Hey Boy Hey Girl

    2. Block Rockin' Beats

    3. Let Forever Be

  6. Here are multiple Kylie Minogues – in which video?

    1. Can't Get You Out of My Head

    2. Come Into My World

    3. Spinning Around

  7. This character freaks out on the operating table in which Radiohead promo?

    1. Street Spirit

    2. I Might Be Wrong

    3. Knives Out

  8. Sheryl Crow enlisted the help of actors Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Garlin (among others) for which 90s video?

    1. A Change Would Do You Good

    2. If It Makes You Happy

    3. Every Day is a Winding Road

  9. Which Rolling Stones video featured morphing and bullet-time effects centred around a female protagonist?

    1. Angie

    2. Rain Fall Down

    3. Like a Rolling Stone

  10. This Vines video featured scores of extras playing alongside the band.

    1. Winning Days

    2. Ride

    3. Get Free

Solutions

1:B, 2:A, 3:C, 4:B, 5:C, 6:B, 7:C, 8:A, 9:C, 10:B

Scores

  1. 0 and above.

    Hmm, that wasn't incredible but luckily you can take a leaf out of Gondry's repetition-heavy book and give it another shot.

  2. 5 and above.

    Not bad at all. You aren't exactly a Gondry obsessive, but have a strong enough grasp on his big hitters from the 90s and 00s. Feel free to pat yourself on the back.

  3. 7 and above.

    Solid work, there. After a while, remembering which 1990s, Inception-style video is which can confuse even the sharpest minds.

  4. 10 and above.

    Congrats! You are a Gondry guru. Reward yourself by building an intricate cardboard set in which to receive your prize: this silent, but fervent, applause.

 

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