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The Buggles – Video Killed The Radio Star (3:25)

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“Video Killed the Radio Star” is a song by the British / group Buggles, released in 1979. It celebrates the golden days of radio, describing a singer whose career is cut short by television. The song topped several music charts and has been covered by many recording artists. It was the first music video shown on MTV in North America at 12:01 am on August 1, 1981 and has been widely parodied in popular media.
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  • likeadaydreamer

    Pictures came and broke your heart, oh-a-a-a oh

    11 days ago

  • jrabelo

    Amo essa música!!! Um clássico. Sem palavras. VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR ♥

    18 days ago

  • andulas48

    like i said its still great to listen to ..admit it already...

    22 days ago

  • wreckage1622

    Zum Glück hatte der Brillengeschmack von Trevor Horn keine Auswirkungen auf seinen Musikgeschmack und er hat den Sound der 80er Jahre entscheidend geprägt.

    24 days ago

  • louiseypops

    I used to love driving around to this in GTA Vice City. Such a good song!

    last month

  • RomeoAlpha52

    Ein Prophetischer Song.Oder!?

    March 2012

  • Miss-Kei

    What happened to you MTV? You use to play music....

    March 2012

  • subdude1361

    What do you get when you mix country and rap? CRAP!

    March 2012

  • subdude1361

    Now it's rap crap

    March 2012

  • subdude1361

    The first video played on MTV

    March 2012

  • clashingnotes

    is this like the song in which Nicki Minaj "borrowed" from that song with Will.I.Am?

    March 2012

  • DefconZeroxiii

    it sucks that songs like these are like gold dust now. Unless you catch it by chance on vh1 :(

    February 2012

  • silversurfer250

    If you listen closely, you'll hear a future song developing by Aqua...

    February 2012

  • andulas48

    still great....

    January 2012

  • oldiesfanjohn

    lol ..MTV now is just a number on my dish package!

    January 2012

  • how-novel

    It just makes me smile :)

    January 2012

  • shneyder

    its timeless !!! those vwere the days ,,, ....

    January 2012

  • StereoGirl95

    I like the instrumental bit at the end!

    December 2011

  • oldiesfanjohn

    midnight Sept.1,1981

    December 2011

  • Albiestar

    sounds like it should be number one on another planet

    December 2011
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