In one ear - Cage the elephant

In One Ear by Cage The Elephant shows the band trapped in a mental hospital in which the lead singer Matthew Shultz eventually escapes from. This video is mostly performance based as the audience is captivated by Matthew's exaggerated portrayal of someone with mental health issues, in which he makes weird faces and generally acts insane. This could be linked to the meaning of the song in that the song is about people criticize them, yet they don't even care to understand the music. This is shown by them being in a mental hospital as people don't get them, so they just think they're crazy. In this video I think it is the performance, fast paced cutting (which is tied in around the music. e.g. at the beginning of the video as each new instrument comes in a cut is made) and key concept which keeps the audience interested.

There are two other music videos for this song, one American release and one which was released at a much later date. Both in my opinion aren't as good because they aren't very concept based they mostly just feature the band performing. In the later release it does also feature shots of people messing around and a few weird shots (e.g. the topless man with an owl head) however I still personally think that the first video is better as it has more meaning behind it and is generally a more unique video.