There are approximately 6,853 different movie versions of Batman, and Ben Affleck's from the upcoming Batman v Superman will be the 6,854th. For some reason, the only thing I remember from any of the previous incarnations is the music and music videos that were inspired by them.

Thus inspires this collection of videos that I have for you today. A really good soundtrack video seems to be a thing of the past these days, as the only videos to be seen relating to the Christopher Nolan Dark Knight trilogy are fan-made mash-ups on YouTube to random emo songs. But back in the day -- back when MTV and VH1 still played music -- a lot of thought was put into a good theme song video. Here are FOUR to get your toes tapping and bat wings flapping...

First up, the one that started it all, from his Royal Purpleness, Prince, who pretty much had a monopoly on the entire soundtrack of the original Batman (1989). Here he is gadding about in silly costumes for the video to his song, "Batdance":