The show generally aired Monday through Friday for 30 minutes to one hour.
Hard rock power ballads and even heavy metal songs often fared very well, even better than their concurrent performance on the Billboard Top 40 chart.
"Home Sweet Home" by Mötley Crüe held the #1 position for over 90 days in 1986, causing MTV to invoke the "Crüe Rule", terminating a video's eligibility 30 days after its premiere.
However by 1988, the rules were loosened and Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar On Me" held the top spot for over 10 weeks that summer.
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