Written by Brandon “Blue” Hamilton and Quinton Tolbert.
Produced by Charlton Pettus.
The follow-up song to Rebecca Black’s monster viral video hit “Friday” finds the young ingenue basking in the glow of sudden fame, complete with a Hollywood fantasy sequence and a beauty shot of the Sign.
(Contributed by Duff Ferguson)
Directed by Matthew Cullen/Motion Theory.
Katy Perry’s high sugar content video for “California Gurls” centers around Snoop Dogg playing a board game called “Candyfornia: Face the Sugar Daddy’s Dice to Free the Queens of Candyfornia,” in which Katy Perry is the game piece. The game board is a large 3-D super-confectionary trip through the landmarks and topography of California, including the Hollywood Sign rendered in delicious Red Vines atop three large ice cream hilltops…
(Contributed by Duff Ferguson)
Directed by Bam Magera
Two music videos from the Finnish band ‘The 69 Boyz’ feature the Hollywood Sign. The videos were directed by Bam Magera of Jackass fame.
(Contributed by Mike Brown)
Produced by Terry Date
The video begins with singer Joshua Todd sitting on a perch and when the camera pans around, he’s seated in the crook of an ‘L’. Then the band is set up and playing the song in front of the sign. At the second chorus, the sign bursts into flames and the band plays on, as ashes fall onto a star-studded (Tara Reid) movie premiere.
(Contributed by Corey Hawkins)
Director unknown.
Belinda Carlyle wasn’t the only former member of the Go-Gos who went on to a successful solo career. Punk guitarist Jane Wiedlan, who penned their hit “Our Lips Are Sealed,” released 4 solo albums of her own with some respectable chart success. Her last charting single “World on Fire” was accompanied by a steamy video filled with pyrotechnics as her music and attitude literally burned up the screen. Shot in many Hollywood locations, the Sign is seen in the backdrop in several spots and then bursts into flames as a finale.
(Contributed by Duff Ferguson)
