NEW YORK -- Finalists for the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards announced Monday: General Category Awards
Best Video -- 'Take On Me,' a-Ha; 'Money for Nothing,' Dire Straits; 'Cry,' Godley and Creme; 'Addicted To Love,' Robert Palmer; 'Road To Nowhere,' Talking Heads.
Best Male Video -- 'Summer of '69,' Bryan Adams; 'Take Me Home,' Phil Collins; 'Addicted To Love,' Robert Palmer; 'Glory Days,' Bruce Springsteen; 'If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free,' Sting.
Best Female Video -- 'Running Up That Hill,' Kate Bush; 'Freeway of Love,' Aretha Franklin; 'How Will I Know?,' Whitney Houston; 'Slave To the Rhythm,' Grace Jones; 'We Don't Need Another Hero,' Tina Turner.
Best Concept Video -- 'Take On Me,' a-Ha; 'Money for Nothing,' Dire Straits; 'Cry,' Godley and Creme; 'And She Was,' Talking Heads; 'Road To Nowhere,' Talking Heads.
Best Group Video -- 'Take On Me,' a-Ha; 'Money for Nothing,' Dire Straits; 'What You Need,' INXS; 'The Harlem Shuffle,' The Rolling Stones; 'And She Was,' Talking Heads.
Best Stage Performance in a Video -- 'It's Only Love,' Bryan Adams-Tina Turner; 'Money for Nothing,' Dire Straits; 'The Power of Love,' Huey Lewis and the News; 'Addicted To Love,' Robert Palmer; 'Face the Face,' Pete Townshend.
Best New Artist in a Video -- 'Take On Me,' a-Ha; 'And We Danced,' the Hooters; 'How Will I Know?' Whitney Houston; 'West End Girls,' Pet Shop Boys; 'Holding Back the Years,' Simply Red. Best Overall Performance in a Video -- 'Dancing in the Streets,' David Bowie and Mick Jagger; 'Money for Nothing,' Dire Straits; 'Addicted to Love,' Robert Palmer; 'Glory Days,' Bruce Springsteen; 'If You Love Somebody, Set Them Free,' Sting. Professional Category Nominees
Best Special Effects in a Video -- 'Take On Me,' a-Ha (Michael Patterson); 'Sex As a Weapon,' Pat Benatar (Daniel Kleinman and Richard Uber); 'Money for Nothing,' Dire Straits (Ian Pearson); 'Burning House of Love,' X (Daniel Kleinman); 'Rough Boy,' ZZ Top (Max Anderson).
Best Art Direction in a Video -- 'The Sun Always Shines on TV,' a-Ha (Stefan Roman); 'Sex As a Weapon, ' Pat Benatar (Daniel Kleinman); 'Money for Nothing,' Dire Straits, (Steven Barron); 'Feel It Again,' Honeymoon Suite (David Brockhurst; 'Rough Boy,' ZZ Top (Ron Cobb).
Best Editing in a Video -- 'The Sun Always Shines on TV,' a-Ha (David Yardley); 'Sex As a Weapon,' Pat Benatar (Richard Uber); 'Money for Nothing,' Dire Straits (David Yardley); 'Burning House of Love,' X (Dan Blevins); 'Rough Boy,' ZZ Top (Richard Uber).
Best Cinematography in a Video -- 'The Sun Always Shines on TV,' a-Ha (Oliver Stapleton); 'Sex As a Weapon,' Pat Benatar (Peter Mackay); 'The Confessor,' Joe Walsh (Jan Keisser); 'Burning House of Love,' X (Ken Barrows); 'Rough Boy, ZZ Top (Alan Jones).
Best Choreography in a Video -- 'Sex As a Weapon,' Pat Benatar (Russell Clark); 'Oak Tree,' Morris Day (Russell Clark); 'Dress You Up,' Madonna (Brad Jeffreys); 'Like A Virgin,' Madonna (Brad Jeffreys); 'Raspberry Beret,' Price and the Revolution (Prince).
Best Direction in a Video -- 'Take On Me,' a-Ha (Steven Barron); 'Sex As a Weapon,' Pat Benatar (Daniel Kleinman); 'Money for Nothing,' Dire Straits (Steven Barron); 'Burning House of Love,' X (Daniel Kleinman); 'Rough Boy, ZZ Top (Steven Barron).
Most Experimental Video -- 'Take On Me,' a-Ha (Steven Barron); 'Sex As a Weapon,' Pat Benatar (Steven Barron); 'Money for Nothing,' Dire Straits (Steven Barron); 'Burning House of Love,' X (Danile Kleinman); 'Rough Boy,' ZZ Top (Daniel Kleinman).
