The video won the Video of the Year at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards ( leading Henley to comment at the Awards the following year that he had won for " riding around in the back of a pickup " ) . It also won that year 's awards for Best Direction , Best Art Direction , and Best Cinematography . The Best Direction award was presented to Mondino by Henley 's then-former Eagles bandmate Glenn Frey
1985 MTV Video Music Awards
1985 MTV Video Music Awards
The Boys of Summer (song)