Video Killed the Radio Star
September 7, 1979
Video Killed the Radio Star is a pop song by the group The Buggles, which became known for this item celebrity. Worldwide, the song reached high in the charts, especially in German-speaking countries and in the UK; However, it remained the only number -one hit of the Buggles.
The song was released as a single for the first time on September 7, 1979. In the version on the album The Plastic Age, it has an additional coda concluding section.
Background
The female voices in the song were Debi Doss and Linda Jardim.
Video Killed the Radio Star is the video clip to the American music channel MTV began the program and thus the first music video shown there. It was there aired on 1 August 1981 by 0.01 clock. Besides, it was on February 27, 2000 at 2.57 clock and the millionth video on MTV sent. In the video clip of German composer Hans Zimmer is seen at modular synthesizers. He had previously collaborated with the Buggles musicians in the band Camera Club.
The melody of the song is also used in the healthcare songs by voice imitator Elmar Brandt.
The title of the eighth studio album by Robbie Williams, Reality Killed the Video Star, is an allusion to the song of the Buggles. In October 2009, he wore it on his live tour also.
Contributors
The song was written by myself aka The Buggles Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley. Horn reported that Woolley was responsible mainly active as a composer and thus for the musical content. Horn himself was lyricist of the song. Woolley produced the song. He also directed the official music video.
Chart positions
The title was the most successful titles of the Buggles and reached in about eight countries topped the singles charts. Among them were Austria, Great Britain and Switzerland. In Germany Video Killed the Radio Star reached number 2 in the U.S. and number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 In addition, the track in the UK could reach gold and platinum status in France even.
Cover versions
Video Killed the Radio Star was a zillion times as a cover version released. At the most successful was a reinterpretation of The Presidents of the United States of America from the album Pure Frosting. So you reached number 52 in the British charts. Other cover versions are from: