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

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“Video Killed the Radio Star” is a song by the British synthpop/new wave 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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silversurfer250 wrote:
Saturday evening

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

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Crankit69 wrote:
last week

Pigtails and jumping around to this - ahhh the memories.

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andulas48 wrote:
last month

still great....

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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
last month

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

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how-novel wrote:
last month

It just makes me smile :)

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shneyder wrote:
last month

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

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StereoGirl95 wrote:
December 2011

I like the instrumental bit at the end!

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oldiesfanjohn wrote:
December 2011

midnight Sept.1,1981

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Albiestar wrote:
December 2011

sounds like it should be number one on another planet

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sophiewilder wrote:
December 2011

I can't believe I used to hate this at the time. It's great!

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Z77 wrote:
November 2011

This song makes me weep for MTV.

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robby7fan wrote:
November 2011

My neice is a year old and she loves this song. I have this song on my phone and when I play it, she drops what she's playing with and come over to me and grab my phone dances to the song.

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Peter0707 wrote:
November 2011

Einer der besten Songs aus meiner Jugend. Unvergessen!!!!!!!!

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glencora63 wrote:
November 2011

What has happened to music? Very little music today makes me smile! What happened to MTV? I use to rush home to watch the videos!

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Elodave wrote:
October 2011

Love the video to this,Geoff Downes is wearing a Numan tie just like the one i still have.One cool dude!!!

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RussellChap wrote:
October 2011

Cool but Naff (If that's possible) & terribly dated vocals & lyrics, but the music still fresh sounding decades later. A sure sign of a classic.

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subdude1361 wrote:
September 2011

The first video played on MTV!

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Marjo47 wrote:
September 2011

one of my favorties here on last fm. 3 years ago and it still is!

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silvasonicsurfa wrote:
September 2011

...nice alternate ending as well.........

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silvasonicsurfa wrote:
September 2011

...believe it or not, this was groundbreaking pop production..........

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