ðə vˈɪdɪoʊ wˈʌn fˈaɪv ˌɛmtˌiːvˈiː vˈɪdɪoʊ mjˈuːzɪk ɐwˈɔːɹdz ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt vˈɪdɪoʊ ʌvðə jˈɪɹ ænd wʌz ɹˈæŋkt æt nˈʌmbɚ twˈɛntiwˈʌn ˌɔn ˌɛmtˌiːvˈiːz kˈaʊntdaʊn ʌvðə wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ɡɹˈeɪɾɪst vˈɪdɪoʊz ʌv ˈɔːl tˈaɪm.
The video won five MTV Video Music Awards including 1988 Video of The Year and was ranked at number twenty-one on MTV's countdown of the 100 greatest videos of all time.