Today’s music video of the day features Natalie Merchant and 10,000 Maniacs covering Patti Smith’s Because The Night on MTV Unplugged in 1993.  This is a good example of what MTV used to be, before it sold its musical soul and became the Rob Dyrdek channel.

Milton Lage, the director of the video, was also the director of Unplugged.  He’s also done music videos for James Taylor, 98 Degrees, Bonnie Raitt, and others.

Enjoy!