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.

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]