1992 MTV Video Music Awards

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first_run = September 9, 1992
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starring = Dana Carvey

The 1992 MTV Video Music Awards aired live on September 9, 1992, honoring the best music videos from July 1, 1991 to June 30, 1992. The show was hosted by Dana Carvey at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.

Nominations

Winners are in bold text.

Video of the Year

* Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked"
* Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
* Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Under the Bridge"
* Van Halen — "Right Now"

Best Male Video

* Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven"
* John Mellencamp — "Get A Leg Up"
* Tom Petty — "Into The Great Wide Open"
* Bruce Springsteen — "Human Touch"
* Weird Al Yankovic — "Smells Like Nirvana"

Best Female Video

* Tori Amos — "Silent All These Years"
* Madonna — "Holiday (Truth or Dare Version)"
* Annie Lennox — "Why"
* Vanessa L. Williams — "Save the Best for Last"

Best Group Video

* En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
* Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Under the Bridge"
* U2 — "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
* Van Halen — "Right Now"

Best New Artist in a Video

* Tori Amos — "Silent All These Years"
* Arrested Development — "Tennessee"
* Cracker — "Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now)"
* Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

Best Metal/Hard Rock Video

* Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked"
* Metallica — "Enter Sandman"
* Ugly Kid Joe — "Everything About You"
* Van Halen — "Right Now"

Best Rap Video

* Arrested Development — "Tennessee"
* Black Sheep — "The Choice Is Yours"
* Kris Kross — "Jump"
* Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — "Good Vibrations"
* Sir Mix-A-Lot — "Baby Got Back"

Best Dance Video

* En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
* Madonna — "Holiday (Truth or Dare Version)"
* Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — "Good Vibrations"
* Prince & The New Power Generation — Cream

Best Alternative Video

* Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
* Pearl Jam — "Alive"
* Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away"
* The Soup Dragons — "Divine Thing"

Best Video from a Film

* Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven" (from "Rush")
* The Commitments — "Try A Little Tenderness" (from "The Commitments")
* Hammer — "Addams Groove" (from "The Addams Family")
* Queen — "Bohemian Rhapsody" (from "Wayne's World")

Breakthrough Video

* Tori Amos — "Silent All These Years"
* David Byrne — "She's Mad"
* Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away"
* Van Halen — "Right Now"

Best Direction in a Video

* En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
* Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away"
* Sir Mix-A-Lot — "Baby Got Back"
* Van Halen — "Right Now"

Best Choreography in a Video

* En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
* Hammer — "Too Legit to Quit"
* Madonna — "Holiday (Truth or Dare Version)"
* Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch — "Good Vibrations"

Best Special Effects in a Video

* David Byrne — "She's Mad"
* Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked"
* Michael Jackson — "Black Or White (Short Version)"
* U2 — "Even Better Than the Real Thing"

Best Art Direction in a Video

* Guns N' Roses — "November Rain"
* Sir Mix-A-Lot — "Baby Got Back"
* Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away"
* Rod Stewart — "Broken Arrow"

Best Editing in a Video

* En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
* Metallica — "Enter Sandman"
* Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away"
* U2 — "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
* Van Halen — "Right Now"

Best Cinematography in a Video

* Tori Amos — "Silent All These Years"
* Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven (Performance)"
* En Vogue — "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
* Genesis — "I Can't Dance"
* Guns N' Roses — "November Rain"

Viewer's Choice

* Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked"
* Nirvana — "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
* Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Under the Bridge"
* Van Halen — "Right Now"

International Viewer's Choice Awards

*MTV Asia: Christina — "Jing Mai Klua"
*MTV Australia: Diesel — "Man Alive"
*MTV Brasil: Nenhum de Nós — "Ao Meu Redor"
*MTV Europe: The Cure — "Friday I'm in Love"
*MTV Internacional: El General — "Muévelo"

Video Vanguard Award

* Guns N' Roses

Performances

* The Black Crowes — "Remedy"
* Bobby Brown — "Humpin' Around"
* U2 — "Even Better Than the Real Thing"
* Def Leppard — "Let's Get Rocked"
* Nirvana — "Lithium"
* Elton John — "The One"
* Pearl Jam — "Jeremy"
* Red Hot Chili Peppers — "Give It Away"
* Michael Jackson — "Black or White"
* Bryan Adams — "Do I Have to Say the Words?"
* En Vogue — "Free Your Mind"
* Eric Clapton — "Tears in Heaven"
* Guns N' Roses and Elton John — "November Rain"

External links

* [http://www.mtv.com/ Official MTV site]