It is difficult to definitively determine the most poorly received music video from the 1980s, as opinions and tastes can vary widely. However, based on various sources, one music video that has been widely criticized and considered as one of the worst from the 1980s is Journey's Separate Ways (Worlds Apart). The video, released in 1983, features the band members playing air instruments and walking around a computer-generated city while a semi-attractive girl walks by. The video has been criticized for its lack of creativity and poor execution, with some describing it as a disaster of epic proportions. Another music video that has been widely criticized is the Scorpions' Rhythm of Love, which features every 1980s hard rock video cliché at its worst, including gratuitous shots of scantily clad women and odd futuristic scenes.
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