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This is a list of the first music videos broadcast on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981. MTV's first day on the air was rebroadcast on VH1 Classic in 2006 and again in 2011 (the latter celebrating the channel's 30th anniversary).
- Buggles - "Video Killed The Radio Star" This is the answer to the trivia question: "What was the first music video played on MTV?" Don't Edit.
- Pat Benatar - "You Better Run" Don't Edit.
- Rod Stewart - "She Won't Dance With Me" Don't Edit.
- The Who - "You Better You Bet" Don't Edit.
Sep 2, 2024 · The First Songs and Videos on MTV . On August 1, 1981, MTV Music Television made its cable debut with one of its creators, John Lack, announcing, “Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll.” But what were some of the music videos that followed “Video Killed the Radio Star” (the first video shown on the network that day)?
Jul 30, 2021 · The First 100 Videos Played On MTV. "Ladies and gentlemen, rock 'n' roll." Those were the words spoken by Warner Cable executive John Lack on Aug. 1, 1981, at 12:01 am when MTV — Music ...
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- Alex Wexelman
- Talking Heads - "Once In A Lifetime" Iconic. On the cymbal crash that opens the song, David Byrne, dressed like a preacher, blasts onto the screen from below, breathing like he’s on a plane and he hates flying.
- Blondie - "Rapture" Roughly six months before it aired on MTV, Debbie Harry premiered the “Rapture” video on Solid Gold, a popular music program. “Blondie and some of our friends put together a number to show you what rapping and the street scene is like,” Harry told the audience, who were likely hearing about this burgeoning genre for the first time.
- Kate Bush - "Wuthering Heights" In Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (a book I have not read), Catherine Earnshaw is abandoned by her love, Heathcliff, and dies while giving birth to another man’s child.
- Ultravox - "Vienna" It’s rare that any of the early vids fit into a genre. The majority of them are just “look at us, we’re playing our instruments” or “look at us, we’re playing live.”
Aug 1, 2013 · In celebration of the launch of MTV, take a trip down memory lane with the first ten videos that MTV aired below. 1. "Video Killed the Radio Star" - The Buggles. 2. "You Better Run" - Pat Benatar. 3. "She Won't Dance with Me" - Rod Stewart. 4. "You Better You Bet" - The Who.
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Aug 2, 2021 · On 1 August 1981, MTV (Music Television) launched with a rocket and a moon landing, followed by the first music video ever played on TV. The Buggles' Video Killed the Radio Star was the song that changed pop culture forever.
