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"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1979. It was recorded concurrently by Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club (with Thomas Dolby on keyboards) for their album English Garden and by British new wave/synth-pop group the Buggles, which consisted of Horn and Downes (and initially Woolley).
This was the first concert video to be aired on MTV, from REO Speedwagon's Live Infidelity home video release. The video was interrupted after 12 seconds due to technical difficulties. The technical difficulty moment contains only a blank black screen with a 200 Hz tone for a few seconds before going back to MTV's studio. 10 "Rockin' the Paradise"
"Video Killed the Radio Star", the album's lead single, was released first in September 1979 to considerable commercial success, topping the chart in 16 countries. [16] Its music video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was the first aired on MTV in the United States on 1 August 1981. [17] Film composer Hans Zimmer makes a brief appearance in the video.
Bruce Martin Woolley (born 11 November 1953) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He wrote songs with artists such as the Buggles and Grace Jones, including "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "Slave to the Rhythm", and co-founded the Radio Science Orchestra.
"Video Killed the Radio Star," the second track, refers to a period of technological change in the 1960s, the desire to remember the past and the disappointment that children of the current generation would not appreciate the past. [27] The fast-paced third song, "Kid Dynamo," is about the effects of media on a futuristic kid of the 1980s. [7]
Colleen Ballinger has addressed her infamous ukulele apology video, posted in June, in which she denied allegations of grooming through song. In a new video simply titled “fall vlog ...
The Buggles' debut single, "Video Killed the Radio Star", was released in September 1979 and reached No. 1 in the UK, propelling Horn, aged 30, to fame. [1] [27] In August 1981, "Video Killed the Radio Star" became the first music video to air on MTV. [28]
A Kansas City radio station has identified DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan as the first victim of the Super Bowl parade mass shooting.. Lopez-Galvan’s employer, KKFI 90.1 FM, confirmed her death by sharing ...