"100. The song appeared on the soundtrack to the 1980 film ""Roadie"". On August 1, 1981, the music video for the song was the second video ever broadcast on MTV, after the network premiered with ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" by The Buggles. It was used on D-TV's ""Monster Hits"" in 1987. In 1966, with the band Listen, Robert Plant made his recording debut singing lead vocals on a cover version of ""You Better Run"", which was released as a single by CBS Records. In 1966, the N' Betweens, who later became the British rock band Slade, covered the song,"
"""Video Killed the Radio Star"" was a huge commercial success, reaching number one on 16 different national charts. In the Buggles' home country, the song made its debut on the UK Singles Chart in the top 40 at number 24, on the issue dated 29 September 1979. The next week, the track entered into the chart's top ten at number six, before topping the chart on the week of 20 October. It was the 444th UK number-one hit in the chart's entire archive. The single was later certified gold by the British Phonographic Industry for UK sales of 500,000. In"
"Video Killed the Radio Star Video Killed the Radio Star is a song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1978. It was first recorded by Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club (with Thomas Dolby on keyboards) for their album ""English Garden"", and later by British group the Buggles, consisting of Horn and Downes. The track was recorded and mixed in 1979, released as their debut single on 7 September 1979 by Island Records, and included on their first album ""The Age of Plastic"". The backing track was recorded at Virgin's Town House in West London, and"
"many recording artists. Trevor Horn has performed the song, both at Buggles reunions and with The Producers, since 1998. The Buggles, which formed in 1977, first consisted of Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley. They all wrote ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" in an hour of one afternoon in 1978, six months before it was recorded, together in Downes' apartment located above a monumental stonemason's in Wimbledon Park, London. The piece was built up from a chorus riff developed by Woolley. It is one of the three Buggles songs that Woolley assisted in writing, the two others being ""Clean,"
"of the TV channel Pivot, which launched with the music video of the cover on 1 August at 6am. Sources: Video Killed the Radio Star Video Killed the Radio Star is a song written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley in 1978. It was first recorded by Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club (with Thomas Dolby on keyboards) for their album ""English Garden"", and later by British group the Buggles, consisting of Horn and Downes. The track was recorded and mixed in 1979, released as their debut single on 7 September 1979 by Island Records, and included on"
"""Billboard"" Hot 100 on the week of 10 November 1979, while on the Cashbox Top 100 it debuted at number 83 that same week. It started also at number 83 on the Canadian ""RPM"" Top Single Chart. By January 1980, it entered the top 40 at number 31, and on 2 February made it into the top 20 at number 11. Two weeks later, the song earned its peak in the top 10 at number 6 and issue dated 16 February 1980. Ever since its release, the Buggles' version of ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" has been given a mostly"
"The Buggles The Buggles are an English new wave band formed in London, England in 1977 by singer and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoffrey Downes. They are best known for their 1979 debut single ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" that topped the UK Singles Chart and reached number one in 15 other countries. The duo released their first album, ""The Age of Plastic"", in January 1980 with ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" as its lead single. Soon after the album's release, Horn and Downes joined the progressive rock band Yes, recording and releasing ""Drama"" in the process. Following a"
"Jack Woolley. The Buggles The Buggles are an English new wave band formed in London, England in 1977 by singer and bassist Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoffrey Downes. They are best known for their 1979 debut single ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" that topped the UK Singles Chart and reached number one in 15 other countries. The duo released their first album, ""The Age of Plastic"", in January 1980 with ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" as its lead single. Soon after the album's release, Horn and Downes joined the progressive rock band Yes, recording and releasing ""Drama"" in the process."
"they accepted. Downes claimed Island rejected them three times before a final deal was agreed upon. With a recording contract with Island secure, The Buggles recorded their debut studio album, ""The Age of Plastic"", throughout 1979. Initially, the demo of ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" featured vocals by Tina Charles, who also helped fund the project. Although the song was primarily a Woolley composition, he ended his association with Horn and Downes before its release as a single to form The Camera Club. Making ""The Age of Plastic"" involved several months of tiresome and intense experimentation with studio equipment and"
"wide variety of rock and pop videos in the early 1980s. Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles, was the first music video broadcast by MTV. During the 1980s and 1990s, rock and pop music videos broadcast on television were being defined by MTV. Rock and pop music videos and were often featured on primetime national and local news stations when they caught the public interest. The media attention that MTV and its music videos received, led to the public associating the music video art form with the genre of rock and pop featuring major label's music stars. When"
"BBC Radio 1 on 4 October 1980. On 28 September 2010, The Buggles reunited to play their first full-length live concert. The event was billed as ""The Lost Gig"" and took place at ""Ladbroke Grove's Supperclub"", Notting Hill, London, and was a fund raiser with all earnings going to the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. Except ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" and ""The Plastic Age"" which the band had previously played together, ""The Lost Gig"" saw the first live performances of all songs from The Age of Plastic, and included Bruce Woolley performing vocals with Horn on ""Clean, Clean"". Clean, Clean"
"was replaced with a beeping sound. A shortened version of the shuttle launch ID ran at the top of every hour in various forms, from MTV's first day until it was pulled in early 1986 in the wake of the ""Challenger"" disaster. The first music video shown on MTV was The Buggles' ""Video Killed the Radio Star"", originally only available to homes in New Jersey. This was followed by the video for Pat Benatar's ""You Better Run"". Sporadically, the screen would go black when an employee at MTV inserted a tape into a VCR. MTV's lower third graphics that appeared"
"groups this computer would make would be the Buggles, which was obviously a corruption of the Beatles, who would just be this inconsequential bunch of people with a hit song that the computer had written ... and would never be seen."" In 1977, Horn, Downes and Woolley got together and began recording a selection of demos in a small room above a stonemason shop in Wimbledon, south west London, including ""Video Killed the Radio Star"", ""Clean, Clean"" and ""On TV"". Though unsure on what they wished to do with them, Downes remembered that ""we knew even then ... there was"
"October 2016, OnePoll's Kevin Smith asked 2,000 listeners to vote for their favorite one-hit wonders for a poll; ""Video Killed The Radio Star"" topped the list. A rare live performance of the song by Horn and Downes came at a ZTT showcase in 1998. In 2004, The Buggles re-united again with Bruce Woolley at Wembley Arena to perform ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" and ""Living in the Plastic Age"" as part of a tribute event to Horn to raise money for The Prince's Trust charity. They were joined by Debi Doss and Linda Jardim (now Linda Allan), who performed the"
"harsh source lighting, lots of color keying, and provocative motifs (women in body paint portraying inanimate objects). Fine Print Magazine found the video to be unmemorable. The band also recorded a mimed performance of the song for ""Top of the Pops"", originally broadcast on 24 January 1980. Will Harris of PopMatters said, in a 2003 review of Supertramp's album ""Breakfast in America"", that the song ""Living in the Plastic Age” might've had a keyboard bit cribbed from ""Fool's Overture"". In 2004, The Buggles reunited (including Debi Doss, Linda Allen and Bruce Wooley) at Wembley Arena to perform ""Video Killed the"
"On TV (song) ""On TV"" is a single from the British synthpop group The Buggles, released in July 1982 on Carrere Records. Though it didn't chart in their home country of the UK, the single did go gold in Canada. Like ""I Am a Camera"" and ""Lenny"", this Buggles single ""On TV"" b/w ""Fade Away"" was re-released on iTunes as an EP by Trevor Horn's own ZTT label in 2012, with two bonus demos: one of ""On TV"" itself, and one called ""Videotheque"". After its 1981 demo had been completed, ""Videotheque"" would later be reworked for Dollar's 1982 release, ""The"
"His backing tracks also had a strong influence on the British new wave band The Buggles, founded by two of Biddu's former session musicians, Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes, who are most famous for writing the hit song ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" in 1979. In 1977, he worked on the ""Life"" LP of veteran Jamaican-born soul singer Jimmy James, which churned out two smash disco hits ""I'll Go Where your Music Takes Me "" and ""Disco Fever"". In early 1978, Biddu's own ""Journey to the Moon "" was a hit, peaking at No. 41 in the UK. That same"
"Studio b-films. Intercut with scenes of black and white sword fighting and retro movie scenes are included in the video. As Horn reminisces, black-and-white footage of his ""films"" play, illustrating the various roles he recalls in the song. On 28 September 2010, The Buggles reunited to play their first full-length live concert. The event was billed as ""The Lost Gig"" and took place at ""Ladbroke Grove's Supperclub"", Notting Hill, London, and was a fund raiser with all earnings going to the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. Except ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" and ""The Plastic Age"" which the band had previously"
"Clean, Clean ""Clean, Clean"" is a song composed by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley. It was recorded first by the latter for his band Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club in 1979, and later by the former two as The Buggles for their debut album ""The Age of Plastic"". It was released as the album's third single on 24 March 1980. Along with ""Video Killed the Radio Star"", the song was co-written by Bruce Woolley. ""Clean, Clean"" was first recorded and originally released in 1979 by Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club. It was issued as a single"
"duo came in a low-key appearance on 3 December 1998 at a showcase for new bands on Horn's ZTT Records label at Mean Fiddler in north-west London, during which they played only ""Video Killed the Radio Star"", backed up by singer Tessa Niles and one of the other groups on the bill, The Marbles. On 11 November 2004, The Buggles reunited with Doss, Allen and Woolley at Wembley Arena to perform ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" and ""The Plastic Age"" as part of a Prince's Trust charity concert celebrating Horn's career as a producer. On 28 September 2010, The Buggles"
"Sex Pistols, XTC's ""Making Plans for Nigel"" (1979), The Vapors' hit ""Turning Japanese"" and his landmark video for The Buggles' ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" (1979) which became the first music video played on MTV in 1981. In 1978, he went to the United States (for Roseman) and directed videos for The Cryers and Candi Staton - where he first used the ""jump cut"" - under producer Paul Flattery. Other Mulcahy innovations included spot color, body painting, glass matte shots and faux widescreen aspect ratio (first used on his Ultravox and Rod Stewart videos) which have all become standards for"
"The British Music Experience at the O2. Lead singer Trevor Horn commented on his song being sampled by the duo by stating “We’re very happy because it means we made a little bit of money for it.” ""Check It Out"" features the nearly constant repetition of the piano and vocal hook from The Buggles' 1979 classic 'Video Killed the Radio Star,' which is famous for being the first video ever played on MTV. Matthew Wilkening of ""AOL Radio Blog"" states that the ""Incessant 'Oh-a oh's' pretty much bore a hole in your head, the duo verbally flip the bird to"
"station was carried by Prime Cable on channel 2. The first music video aired on the station, was ""Video Killed the Radio Star"". In mid-1985, KRLR began to introduce a few classic television programs, and also began airing ""World Class Championship Wrestling"", a popular one-hour professional wrestling program originating from Dallas, Texas. KRLR was given an FCC license on April 11, 1986. By 1987, the station had replaced the music videos with more conventional fare, such as sitcoms, dramas, movies, and sports. KRLR was best known for being the broadcast home of UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball. In May 1994, Dres"
"Daft Punk and Phoenix have been known to include influences of ""The Age of Plastic"". Justice said that they were ""totally fascinated by The Buggles’ first album [""The Age of Plastic""]. It’s full of stuff we like - there’s a bit of electro, a bit of pop, a bit of classical going on there… We like the way they operated too, as an autonomous duo…"" All songs written, produced and performed by The Buggles, except ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" and ""Clean, Clean"" written by Horn/Downes/Bruce Woolley. Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. The Buggles – producers Additional"
"Although it incorporates much of the original punk rock sound and ethos, new wave exhibits greater complexity in both music and lyrics. Common characteristics of new wave music include the use of synthesizers and electronic productions, and a distinctive visual style featured in music videos and fashion. New wave has been called one of the definitive genres of the 1980s, after it was promoted heavily by MTV (the Buggles' ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" music video was broadcast as the first music video to promote the channel's launch). The popularity of several new wave artists is often attributed to their"
"Leslie Fram, and station PD/MD Rick Stacy agreed that the approved format was not drastic enough a change from what Power 99 was playing. Without knowledge of management, they rebuilt the playlist, focusing more on alternative music. On Monday, October 26, 1992, at Noon, 99X made its debut with ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" by The Buggles. Station management expressed their disapproval that the trio had recrafted the station without their permission. However, the positive response from listeners and ad buyers encouraged them to allow the station to move forward. Initially, the station stuck with Power 99's WAPW call letters,"
"music videos between movies. SuperStation WTBS launched ""Night Tracks"" on June 3, 1983, with up to 14 hours of music video airplay each late night weekend by 1985. Its most noticeable difference was that black artists received airplay that MTV initially ignored. The program ran until the end of May 1992. A few markets also launched music-only channels including Las Vegas' KVMY (channel 21), which debuted in the summer of 1984 as KRLR-TV and branded as ""Vusic 21"". The first video played on that channel was ""Video Killed the Radio Star"", following in the footsteps of MTV. Shortly after TBS"
"Radio Star"" and ""The Plastic Age"" in front of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales as part of a Prince's Trust charity concert celebrating Horn's career as a producer. French Extreme Metal band Carnival in Coal covered this song for their 2005 album Collection Prestige. The song was performed at a September 2010 Buggles reunion performance, billed as ""The Lost Gig"", that took place at ""Ladbroke Grove's Supperclub"", Notting Hill, London. It was a fund raiser with all earnings going to the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability. With the exception of ""The Plastic Age"" and ""Video Killed the Radio Star"", ""The Lost"
"an attempt to salvage the situation. They failed, causing Anderson and Wakeman to depart in March 1980. Squire, Howe, and White continued to write and rehearse as a three-piece in Townhouse Studios. At the same time, bassist and singer Trevor Horn and keyboardist Geoff Downes of the new wave band The Buggles were enjoying worldwide success with their 1979 hit single ""Video Killed the Radio Star"", and had recently secured Brian Lane as their new manager. Since Lane was also responsible for Yes, and with both groups now working from the same office, Lane asked Horn and Downes, both fans"
"in the Netherlands and Japan on 7"" vinyl via Epic Records. It was the only song that The Buggles fully wrote as a trio. ""Video Killed the Radio Star"" was also issued as a single by Woolley in 1979. Both songs were included on the album ""English Garden"", which was also issued under the title ""Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club"". The single was released on 7"" vinyl via Island Records across Europe, America and New Zealand. In the UK, the single was manufactured and distributed by EMI Records Ltd. The single included the B-side ""Technopop"" which was written by"
"artists, including Michael Jackson, and the rise of hair metal bands. The book concludes its history in 1992 when MTV first revealed the groundbreaking reality show ""The Real World"", grunge music made its debut, and MTV broke away from its all-video format. The book covers the hiring of the first VJ's based on Bob Pittman's analysis that the video channel needed human beings. The first five VJs were selected to match certain demographics. The launch of MTV occurred on August 1, 1981 with the classic MTV promo of the Apollo 11 mission footage. The first video was the Buggles ""Video"
"director was William Dear. Besides Harrison, the production team was made up of Bruce ""Buz"" Clarke, Keith Cornell, Marybeth Harris, and Leslie Chacon. The program was broadcast weekly on the youth-oriented cable television channel Nickelodeon in late 1980 and early 1981. The channel's owners at the time, Warner Cable, wanted to buy the name and idea, but instead, according to Dear, ""they just watered down the idea and came up with MTV."" ""PopClips"" was preceded by the video ""Elephant Parts"" (which won the first ever Grammy Award for Music Video), and followed by a second series titled ""Television Parts"", both"
"a tragicomic concept album with lyrical themes of intense nostalgia and anxiety about the possible effects of modern technology. The lyrics, which were written by Trevor Horn, were inspired by the works of J.G. Ballard. The Buggles claimed they were necessarily a ""plastic group"" to meet the needs of a plastic age, which was why their debut album was called ""The Age of Plastic"". Downes said that the lyrics were ""trying to make cynical comments on a number of issues."" Eight tracks are included on ""The Age of Plastic"": ""Living in the Plastic Age"", ""Video Killed the Radio Star"", ""Kid"