The 2009 MTV VMAs Winners List

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With all the buzz surrounding Madonna's surprise tribute to Michael Jackson and Kanye West's stage invasion during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech, it's almost easy to forget MTV gave out a few trophies during tonight's live broadcast of the Video Music Awards. Here's the full list of honorees who walked off with Moonmen. (Plus, catch up on all our VMAs coverage here.)

Video of the Year: Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)"

Best New Artist: Lady Gaga

Best Female Video: Taylor Swift, "You Belong to Me"

Best Male Video: T.I. feat. Rihanna, "Live Your Life"

Best Pop Video: Britney Spears, "Womanizer"

Best Hip-Hop Video: Eminem, "We Made You"

Best Rock Video: Green Day, "21 Guns"

Best Video (That Should Have Won): Beastie Boys, "Sabatoge"

Breakthrough Video: Matt and Kim, "Lessons Learned"

Best Art Direction: Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi" (Jason Hamilton)

Best Choreography: Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" (Jaquel Knight & Frank Gatson Jr.)

Best Cinematography: Green Day, "21 Guns" (Jonathan Sela)

Best Direction: Green Day, "21 Guns" (Marc Webb)

Best Editing: Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" (Jarrett Fijal)

Best Special Effects: Lady Gaga, "Paparazzi" (Chimney Pot)

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Song Stories

“V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F.”

Fishbone | 1985

Quite a few musicians have utilized initials for song titles -- Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T.," Abba's "S.O.S.," Donald Fagen's "I.G.Y.," etc. But the more curiously initialed tune has to be "V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F.," short for "Voyage to the Land of the Freeze-Dried Godzilla Farts." Fishbone's original guitarist, Kendall Jones, explained to Rolling Stone, "When Norwood [Fisher] wrote it, he introduced it to the band saying, 'Man, I've been hearing about all these Nazi right-wing groups on the news saying the Holocaust was staged. So what if America said it never dropped two atom bombs on Japan, that it was actually Godzilla popping a couple off?' Only Norwood would come up with something that out." The same year "V.T.T.L.O.T.F.D.G.F." was released, the film Godzilla 1985 appeared in North America.

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