Welcome to The 120 Minutes Archive, the independent, critically acclaimed, definitive library of music video nostalgia.
Since 2003, we’ve been traveling through time to rediscover and share the legacy of MTV’s 120 Minutes, the classic U.S. TV show that presented a vast selection of alternative music videos, artist interviews, and live performances to a diverse range of music enthusiasts across several generations. This project helps capture and revisit the memories of 27 years of Music Television, building the soundtrack of our lives.
With hundreds of volunteer contributors like you, we assembled this incredible archive from scratch, compiling nearly the entire history of 120 Minutes. Inside, you’ll find the playlists and music videos for 1,056 episodes, spanning across the various iterations of 120 Minutes on both MTV and MTV2 from 1986 to 2013, as well as Subterranean, its successor from 2003 to 2011