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

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