During the hour-long program, viewers could either call in, fax or email their votes for one of the two competing songs.
A separate French edition of the program, also titled Combat des clips, aired on MusiquePlus.
In 1997, MuchMusic launched "Combat des clips" as an interactive competition on its website, inviting PC users to download audio recordings of independent bands and voting for their favourites weekly.
From this point onward, a maximum of 5 straight wins was introduced before a song would be sent to the Hall of Fame.
Eminem holds the record for most songs in the Hall of Fame appearing in nine videos that have been retired.