Video Killed The Radio Star

Video Killed the Radio Star is the title of a song recorded and released by British group Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club and shortly after by The Buggles as a single in September 1979. The song was written by Woolley and Buggles core members Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes.

Single release
The Buggles single would become a no.1 hit in the UK and effectively launch the career of Trevor Horn. Although released in 1979 the song is often wrongly classified as an 'eighties' classic.

Tracklisting
Bruce Woolley 7" epic

A. Video Killed the Radio Star (2:49)

B. Get Away William (3:19) Buggles 7" Island WIP 6524
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A. Video Killed the Radio Star (3:20)

B. Kid Dynamo (3:27)

Promo video
The video for the Buggles single was written, directed, and edited by Russell Mulcahy, and is was the first music video to be shown on MTV in the US at 12:01am on 01 August 1981, and the first video shown on MTV Classic in the UK on 01 March 2010.

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