The " Weapon of Choice " video won six awards at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards . Walken was awarded one of MTV 's " Moonmen " for Best Choreography . The clip was also ranked number one in a list of the top 100 videos of all time by VH1 in April 2002 that was compiled from a music industry survey . The Swedish actor Mikael Persbrandt has also danced in a version of the music video that was directed by Malik Bendjelloul . In 2012 , British comedian and presenter Rowland Rivron also won charity TV show '' Let 's Dance for Sport Relief '' with his re-enactment of the video 's choreography
2001 MTV Video Music Awards
2001 MTV Video Music Awards
Weapon of Choice (song)