(updated 4/14/12)
Here
is a list of
Johnny's known participation in music videos.
See more details below, and please click images to enlarge.
(Unfortunately, due to the shutdown of Megaupload, downloads are no longer available. Thanks Lynn for 5 years of availability! YouTubes are available for most videos.)
(Unfortunately, due to the shutdown of Megaupload, downloads are no longer available. Thanks Lynn for 5 years of availability! YouTubes are available for most videos.)
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Actor/Musician/Himself
1991 Tom Petty And The
Heartbreakers: Into The Great Wide Open1992 Lemonheads: It's A Shame About Ray 1994 Shane MacGowan & The Popes: That Woman's Got Me Drinking 1995 Help Project/Warchild Charities: Come Together 1995 United Colors Of Plutonium: Nuclear Free Pacific 1997 Oasis: Fade In-Out 2001 Vanessa Paradis: Pourtant 2006 Johnny Cash: God's Gonna Cut You Down 2008 Vanessa Paradis: L'incendie 2009 Vanessa Paradis: Il y a 2010 Shane MacGowan & Friends: I Put A Spell On You 2011 Alice Cooper: I'll Bite Your Face Off 2012 Paul McCartney: My Valentine |
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Actor/Archive Footage
1993 The Proclaimers:
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)1995 Bryan Adams: Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman? 2010 Avril Lavigne: Alice |
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Director/Producer
1993 "Stuff" (short
film)1994 Shane MacGowan & The Popes: That Woman's Got Me Drinking 1995 United Colors Of Plutonium: Nuclear Free Pacific 2001 Vanessa Paradis: Pourtant 2001 Vanessa Paradis: Que fait la vie 2008 Vanessa Paradis: L'incendie 2009 Vanessa Paradis: Il y a 2010 Babybird: Unloveable |
Actor/Musician/Himself
1) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Into The Great Wide Open
Filmed July 1991, released August 25, 1991. Available on the DVD Playback; originally released 1995. In 2009, 18 years after its release, the video got an MTV nomination for "Best Video (That Should've Won A Moonman)". However, the video lost out to the Beastie Boys' Sabotage.
Into The Great Wide Open on YouTube
In the summer of 2009, an original VHS tape of the video was auctioned on eBay, with the following photo and blurb. The blurb gives information about the video, including the director, Julien Temple, and several other stars that appeared in the video. I did not bid on this item, but I am acquainted with the seller and can verify that he indeed knew Johnny in 1991, and I believe his claim that Johnny gave this item to him directly.
2) Lemonheads: It’s A Shame About Ray
Released August 1992. Released on the VHS Two Weeks In Australia in 1993. It was also released on DVD with a remastered and expanded version of the album It's A Shame About Ray by Rhino Records on March 25, 2008. About the video, Evan Dando says, "In the early '90s, I was living at this crummy place in the San Fernando Valley, and Johnny Depp had a big house, all empty. He just said, 'Come over.' He's a real generous person. He let me live at his house for a couple of months. So, I got Johnny in a video ['It's a Shame about Ray']."
It's A Shame About Ray on YouTube
Evan Dando & The Lemonheads site, with reviews of It's A Shame About Ray (Collector's Edition)
American Way Magazine mention of Johnny and the video
3) Shane MacGowan & The Popes: That Woman’s Got Me Drinking
Filmed in part Aug. 9 1994. Majority of one version of the video is available on the DVD, If I Should Fall From Grace – The Shane MacGowan Story (the beginning and end are cut), released April 22, 2003. The video was also released on Zang Tumb Tuum, The ZTT Box Set on October 27, 2008.
Two versions of the video were released. One had drinking...
And an alternate video for daytime showing cut out the drinking! Shane and the Popes mimed performing in a black and white video on an empty soundstage, and there is additional footage of Johnny not seen in the original.
4) Come Together
For the Help project and Warchild charities, Sept. 4, 1995.
Come Together HD video on Empire.co.uk
Come Together on YouTube
About the Warchild organization and the Help recording
5) United Colors Of Plutonium/Nuclear Free Pacific
Video/short film, November 1995
6) Oasis: Fade In-Out
Live/Promo version, ca. 1997. (Thanks Claudia and Keyser!)
A small thumbnail of this video was found on an Oasis fan site that is no longer online; click on the thumbnail below top left for a slightly enlarged (but still tiny) image. This site: http://www.angelfire.com/music2/oasisvip/vidclips.html links to MTV.com but the video is no longer available there. Click the image below top right for a screen capture from a VH-1 A2Z special that appears to be the same location as the video. I received a very brief 18 second video that is bracketed by the MTV logo, described as "the whole video." I don't know if that is all that was ever shown on MTV or if it is simply all that survives.
The video can be seen here; four screen caps are below, bottom row.
7) Vanessa Paradis: Pourtant
(his hand and brief glimpses), 2001.
(his hand and brief glimpses), 2001.
8) Johnny Cash: God's Gonna Cut You Down
Premiered November 9, 2006. This video won a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video on February 10, 2008. See Category 109 on the 50th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List.
Premiered November 9, 2006. This video won a Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video on February 10, 2008. See Category 109 on the 50th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List.
God's
Gonna Cut You Down on YouTube
November 30, 2006 Rolling Stone article about the video
9) Vanessa Paradis: L'incendie
Released March 26, 2008. The video is directed by Johnny, and it is highly suspected that he also appears in the video as a mysterious man wearing a hat.
Il y a on YouTube
Il y a and other videos on Vanessa's official site
London Evening Standard interview with Vanessa including discussion of the video
11) Shane MacGowan & Friends: I Put A Spell On You
Released February 24, 2010. Johnny plays guitar on this single to benefit Concern Worldwide, for their relief efforts for the victims of the devastating January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The video features Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie, Glen Matlock, Chrissie Hynde, Paloma Faith, and Eliza Doolittle on vocals, Johnny, James Walbourne, and Mick Jones on guitar, Cait O’Riordan on bass, Carwyn Ellis on keyboards, and Rob Walbourne on drums. The fire hydrant (extinguisher) was “played” by Mick Jones.
Note: Infinitum Nihil, Johnny's production company, is thanked in the ending credits, though there is no indication that they were actually involved in the production of this single.
I Put A Spell On You on YouTube
About the Haiti single on Concern Worldwide
Shane MacGowan "Kills a Dog for Haiti": Only Shane can threaten a stuffed animal to promote a charity in this hilarious YouTube. He and Victoria Clarke also compliment Johnny's guitar playing.
1) The Proclaimers: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
1993. Clips are from the motion picture, Benny & Joon.
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman on YouTube
2) Avril Lavigne: Alice
2010. Clips are from the motion picture, Alice In Wonderland.
Alice on YouTube
November 30, 2006 Rolling Stone article about the video
9) Vanessa Paradis: L'incendie
Released March 26, 2008. The video is directed by Johnny, and it is highly suspected that he also appears in the video as a mysterious man wearing a hat.
L'incendie
and other videos on Vanessa's official site
10) Vanessa Paradis: Il y a
Released ca. October 15, 2009. This is another video directed by Johnny, and his presence is confirmed by his index finger tattoo in at least one brief clip of a wine toast. He may also appear in additional scenes; the scene with the wedding couple is confirmed. Lily-Rose and Jack have also been spotted.
10) Vanessa Paradis: Il y a
Released ca. October 15, 2009. This is another video directed by Johnny, and his presence is confirmed by his index finger tattoo in at least one brief clip of a wine toast. He may also appear in additional scenes; the scene with the wedding couple is confirmed. Lily-Rose and Jack have also been spotted.
Il y a on YouTube
Il y a and other videos on Vanessa's official site
London Evening Standard interview with Vanessa including discussion of the video
11) Shane MacGowan & Friends: I Put A Spell On You
Released February 24, 2010. Johnny plays guitar on this single to benefit Concern Worldwide, for their relief efforts for the victims of the devastating January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The video features Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie, Glen Matlock, Chrissie Hynde, Paloma Faith, and Eliza Doolittle on vocals, Johnny, James Walbourne, and Mick Jones on guitar, Cait O’Riordan on bass, Carwyn Ellis on keyboards, and Rob Walbourne on drums. The fire hydrant (extinguisher) was “played” by Mick Jones.
Note: Infinitum Nihil, Johnny's production company, is thanked in the ending credits, though there is no indication that they were actually involved in the production of this single.
I Put A Spell On You on YouTube
About the Haiti single on Concern Worldwide
Shane MacGowan "Kills a Dog for Haiti": Only Shane can threaten a stuffed animal to promote a charity in this hilarious YouTube. He and Victoria Clarke also compliment Johnny's guitar playing.
12) Alice Cooper: I'll Bite Your Face Off
Released August 22, 2011. The video is for Alice's first single from the album, Welcome 2 My Nightmare. Johnny appears briefly in live performance footage from a June 26, 2011 show at the 100 Club in London. Johnny didn't actually play on the song I'll Bite Your Face Off at the show, but instead played on I'm Eighteen and School's Out/Another Brick In The Wall.
Released August 22, 2011. The video is for Alice's first single from the album, Welcome 2 My Nightmare. Johnny appears briefly in live performance footage from a June 26, 2011 show at the 100 Club in London. Johnny didn't actually play on the song I'll Bite Your Face Off at the show, but instead played on I'm Eighteen and School's Out/Another Brick In The Wall.
I'll
Bite Your Face Off on noisecreep.com
I'll Bite Your Face Off on YouTube
13) Paul McCartney: My Valentine
Premiered April 13, 2012 an event hosted by Stella McCartney in LA. Paul McCartney directs this video, with cinematography by Wally Pfister, based on a concept by Stella McCartney. There are actually three videos in all: one with Johnny, one with Natalie Portman, and one with both. The song is an original McCartney composition from his album, Kisses On The Bottom. During the videos, Johnny and Natalie use American Sign Language to interpret the lyrics to the song. Johnny and Natalie were coached by Bill Pugin of The American Sign Language Company (thanks to Melissa and Evelyn for the information). In addition, according to McCartney's offical site, "Johnny Depp also plays guitar in his version and recorded the track's guitar solo live. His guitar take was then mixed and mastered into the final track. The original guitar solo on the studio version of the song was performed by Eric Clapton."
I'll Bite Your Face Off on YouTube
13) Paul McCartney: My Valentine
Premiered April 13, 2012 an event hosted by Stella McCartney in LA. Paul McCartney directs this video, with cinematography by Wally Pfister, based on a concept by Stella McCartney. There are actually three videos in all: one with Johnny, one with Natalie Portman, and one with both. The song is an original McCartney composition from his album, Kisses On The Bottom. During the videos, Johnny and Natalie use American Sign Language to interpret the lyrics to the song. Johnny and Natalie were coached by Bill Pugin of The American Sign Language Company (thanks to Melissa and Evelyn for the information). In addition, according to McCartney's offical site, "Johnny Depp also plays guitar in his version and recorded the track's guitar solo live. His guitar take was then mixed and mastered into the final track. The original guitar solo on the studio version of the song was performed by Eric Clapton."
Actor (Archive Footage from Films)
1) The Proclaimers: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
1993. Clips are from the motion picture, Benny & Joon.
2)
Bryan Adams:
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?
1995. Clips are from the motion picture, Don Juan DeMarco.
1995. Clips are from the motion picture, Don Juan DeMarco.
Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman on YouTube
2) Avril Lavigne: Alice
2010. Clips are from the motion picture, Alice In Wonderland.
Alice on YouTube
Director/Producer
1) “Stuff”
A short form video about Red Hot Chili Pepper member John Frusciante, 1993. Director; Produced by Johnny's brother Danny and "scaramanga bros."
A short form video about Red Hot Chili Pepper member John Frusciante, 1993. Director; Produced by Johnny's brother Danny and "scaramanga bros."
2) Shane MacGowan & The Popes: That Woman’s Got Me Drinking
1994. Director.
That
Woman's Got Me Drinking (version 1) on YouTube
December 1, 1994 Rolling Stone mention of Johnny as actor and director
August 10, 1995 Rolling Stone mention of Johnny as director
December 1, 1994 Rolling Stone mention of Johnny as actor and director
August 10, 1995 Rolling Stone mention of Johnny as director
3) Colors Of Plutonium/Nuclear Free Pacific
Video/short film, November 1995. Co-producer with Sam Hurwitz. (Thanks Claudia!)
Co-producer
credit for United Colors Of Plutonium from Sam Hurwitz site
An excerpt from the NY Daily News states:
An excerpt from the NY Daily News states:
"NY Daily News: Johnny Depp film features new U2 song
[6th/11/1995]
Source : NY Daily News
Don’t offer Johnny Depp any Evian.
The actor is just one of a brigade of celebrities taking a stand against French nuclear testing in the South Pacific. They’vejoined a boycott of French goods that has been going strong in Germany, Australia, New Zealand and England, whereeven Princess Diana has refused French strawberries.
Depp, Paul McCartney, Cindy Crawford, Simon LeBon, Naomi Campbell, Depp’s girlfriend Kate Moss and others posed for nuclear-free South Pacific posters plastered all over London. And Depp has made a short film on the underground tests featuring a new U2 anthem which debuted Saturday night at the 212 Group party at Industria......................."
This would put the video debut at November 4, 1995.
I saved the text from the above article some time in the past. Searching for this article online, I could not find a reference from the Daily News, as the archives only go back to 1997. The JohnnyDeppFan site makes reference to this video and the party at the Industria, but states that the video debuted on Nov. 11 Click here.
[6th/11/1995]
Source : NY Daily News
Don’t offer Johnny Depp any Evian.
The actor is just one of a brigade of celebrities taking a stand against French nuclear testing in the South Pacific. They’vejoined a boycott of French goods that has been going strong in Germany, Australia, New Zealand and England, whereeven Princess Diana has refused French strawberries.
Depp, Paul McCartney, Cindy Crawford, Simon LeBon, Naomi Campbell, Depp’s girlfriend Kate Moss and others posed for nuclear-free South Pacific posters plastered all over London. And Depp has made a short film on the underground tests featuring a new U2 anthem which debuted Saturday night at the 212 Group party at Industria......................."
This would put the video debut at November 4, 1995.
I saved the text from the above article some time in the past. Searching for this article online, I could not find a reference from the Daily News, as the archives only go back to 1997. The JohnnyDeppFan site makes reference to this video and the party at the Industria, but states that the video debuted on Nov. 11 Click here.
4) Vanessa Paradis: Pourtant
2001. Director.
Director
credit for Pourtant, originally on the site of cinematographer Nicola
Pecorini
Pourtant on YouTube
Pourtant and other videos on Vanessa's official site
Pourtant on YouTube
Pourtant and other videos on Vanessa's official site
5) Vanessa Paradis: Que fait la vie
2001. Director.
(I don’t have director credit for Que fais la vie; any
additional
information
would be appreciated!)
Que fait la vie on YouTube
Que fait la vie and other videos on Vanessa's official site
Que fait la vie on YouTube
Que fait la vie and other videos on Vanessa's official site
6) Vanessa Paradis: L'incendie
2008. Director. Translation from MSN video site: "After 2 victories of music, Vanessa Paradis is back with a new single "L'incendie" (Fire) and a clip event directed by Johnny Depp in person. (2008)"
L'incendie
and other videos on Vanessa's official site
7) Vanessa Paradis: Il y a
2009. Director. Vanessa's official site notes in a caption, "réalisé par JD".
8) Babybird: Unloveable
March 8, 2010. Director.
This video was said to have filmed over a 4 day period, including Sept. 21-22, 2009 at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, UK. The video stars Babybird frontman Stephen Jones, as well as Johnny's Public Enemies costar, Stephen Graham, and Jones says it may "turn out to be an 8-minute short film." About the shoot, Stephen says that Johnny "was the same as most directors. If something’s not going right they’ll tell you, but if it is they don'’t say anything." Unloveable is the lead single from Babybird's album, Ex-Maniac, which was produced by Bruce Witkin of Unison Music and released in March of 2010. The song also features Johnny on guitar. In February of 2011, The Sun reported that Johnny won an Independent Music Video Award for Best Director for this video. However, the validity of this award seems questionable, as there were no credible news stories or official information to back this up. That said, it is certainly a video that deserves awards!
7) Vanessa Paradis: Il y a
2009. Director. Vanessa's official site notes in a caption, "réalisé par JD".
Il y a on
YouTube
Il y a and other videos on Vanessa's official site
London Evening Standard interview with Vanessa including discussion of the video. Excerpt:
Il y a and other videos on Vanessa's official site
London Evening Standard interview with Vanessa including discussion of the video. Excerpt:
"It's a very homemade' film, an
old-fashioned stop-motion fantasy featuring, Freedom, running, dancing,
drinking, madness, the broadness of a bird's wings, nature, and people,
and love, playfulness, day, night, stars, clouds, bells, no
bells…" Was Johnny a good director
Patient?
"Very patient and he's got beautiful ideas. My face is on camera,
singing, and then he had the idea of transposing over it a film of
clouds moving. In all things he has an incredible sense of detail, and
you can sense this in the video." In one brief,
flickering scene, the
two of them appear in old-style wedding hats and coats, outside a
church. After ten years together as common-law man and wife, telling
anyone who asked that they didn't need a piece of paper' to make their
relationship permanent, have they finally tied the knot? "That's a… metaphor?
To tell you not to take things for granted. It's not pointing to
weddings and bells." But it must have been a little
strange filming that scene?
"No, it was just fun, really funny."
8) Babybird: Unloveable
March 8, 2010. Director.
This video was said to have filmed over a 4 day period, including Sept. 21-22, 2009 at Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, UK. The video stars Babybird frontman Stephen Jones, as well as Johnny's Public Enemies costar, Stephen Graham, and Jones says it may "turn out to be an 8-minute short film." About the shoot, Stephen says that Johnny "was the same as most directors. If something’s not going right they’ll tell you, but if it is they don'’t say anything." Unloveable is the lead single from Babybird's album, Ex-Maniac, which was produced by Bruce Witkin of Unison Music and released in March of 2010. The song also features Johnny on guitar. In February of 2011, The Sun reported that Johnny won an Independent Music Video Award for Best Director for this video. However, the validity of this award seems questionable, as there were no credible news stories or official information to back this up. That said, it is certainly a video that deserves awards!
Screen caps from the video:
Behind the scenes photos:
Unloveable
on YouTube
Babybird/Stephen Jones Official site
Babybird on Wikipedia
Babybird on MySpace
Babybird on Unison Music
Unison Music Store
The Bad Pages ("the stephen jones & babybird neighbourhood")
December 25, 2003 Rolling Stone interview in which Johnny mentions Babybird
The Bad Pages October 2008 interview with Stephen Jones (Stephen's first mention of recording a new album with "a friend of Johnny Depp")
Just Jared article, September 24, 2009
NME article, September 24, 2009
The Bad Pages article, September 24, 2009
The Star article, November 6, 2009
Yorkshire Post article, November 6, 2009
Islington Tribune article, February 25, 2010
New York Magazine writeup, April 2010
Entertainment Weekly writeup, April 22, 2010
Babybird/Stephen Jones Official site
Babybird on Wikipedia
Babybird on MySpace
Babybird on Unison Music
Unison Music Store
The Bad Pages ("the stephen jones & babybird neighbourhood")
December 25, 2003 Rolling Stone interview in which Johnny mentions Babybird
The Bad Pages October 2008 interview with Stephen Jones (Stephen's first mention of recording a new album with "a friend of Johnny Depp")
Just Jared article, September 24, 2009
NME article, September 24, 2009
The Bad Pages article, September 24, 2009
The Star article, November 6, 2009
Yorkshire Post article, November 6, 2009
Islington Tribune article, February 25, 2010
New York Magazine writeup, April 2010
Entertainment Weekly writeup, April 22, 2010
See also the JD Rocks! Musical
Characters
Gallery for Johnny's participation in the musical original closing
credits to the Pilot and the Season 2 Finale of 21 Jump
Street,
and the Documentaries
section for his participation in long-form music-related
documentaries.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street is not strictly a music video, but it is the first feature film in which Johnny has a role that features substantial singing. Sweeney Todd was released on Region 1 DVD on April 1, 2008. See the JD Rocks! Sweeney Todd page and Galleries for more on the film!
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street is not strictly a music video, but it is the first feature film in which Johnny has a role that features substantial singing. Sweeney Todd was released on Region 1 DVD on April 1, 2008. See the JD Rocks! Sweeney Todd page and Galleries for more on the film!
at info@johnnydepprocks.com if you have any additions, or corrections,
thanks!