The " Push It " video was nominated for eight MTV Video Music Awards . The general awards categories were Best Group Video and Best Alternative Video , while the professional categories were Breakthrough Video and Best Direction ( both nominations for Andrea Giacobbe ) , Best Editing ( for Sylvain Connat ) , Best Art Direction ( Virginia Lee ) , Best Cinematography ( Max Malkin ) and Best Special Effects ( Sébastien Caudron ) . It was also up for one MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video . A year later , Garbage were the leading nominee for the MVPA Music Video Awards industry event , with six nominations shared between the videos for " Push It " and " Special " . Gina Monaci and Jeff Judd won the award for Best Make-Up in a Music Video for their work on " Push It " . " Push It " was also nominated for Best Styling ( nomination to Jennifer Elster ) , Best Hair ( Gina Monaci and Kevin Ryan ) and Best Alternative Video ( to Satellite Films )
nominated for eight
1998 MTV Video Music Awards
Push It (Garbage song)