Video Killed the Radio Star

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single song

"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a 1979 synth-pop song by The Buggles, best known as the first music video ever broadcast on MTV and as a symbol of the cultural shift from radio to music television.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form As subject As object
Video Killed the Radio Star (music video) 0 1
Video Killed the Radio Star was the first music video broadcast on MTV 0 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single →
song →
artist The Buggles →
associatedWith MTV launch →
early 1980s music video era →
bSide Kid Dynamo →
chartedInCountry Australia →
France →
Germany →
Ireland →
New Zealand →
Spain →
Sweden →
United Kingdom →
chartPositionUK 1 →
composer Geoff Downes →
Trevor Horn →
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom →
firstBroadcastOn MTV →
firstMTVBroadcastDate 1981-08-01 →
genre new wave →
synth-pop →
hasChorusLine Video killed the radio star →
hasCulturalStatus pop culture icon →
hasMusicVideo Video Killed the Radio Star self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Video Killed the Radio Star (music video)
label Epic Records →
Island Records →
language English →
length 4:12 →
lyricist Bruce Woolley →
musicVideoDirector Russell Mulcahy →
narrativePerspective nostalgic reflection on radio era →
notableFor being the first music video broadcast on MTV →
use of synthesizers and studio effects →
originallyRecordedBy Bruce Woolley and the Camera Club →
partOfAlbum The Age of Plastic →
performer The Buggles →
performerMember Geoff Downes →
Trevor Horn →
positionInFirstMTVBroadcast 1 →
producer Gary Langan →
Geoff Downes →
Trevor Horn →
recordedBy The Buggles →
releaseDate 1979-09-07 →
releaseFormat 12-inch single →
7-inch single →
symbolizes cultural shift from radio to music television →
theme impact of new technology on older media →
yearOfSong 1979 →

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MTV → firstProgramAired → Video Killed the Radio Star →
Video Killed the Radio Star → hasMusicVideo → Video Killed the Radio Star self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Video Killed the Radio Star (music video)
The Buggles → notableEvent → Video Killed the Radio Star →
this entity surface form: Video Killed the Radio Star was the first music video broadcast on MTV
The Buggles → notableWork → Video Killed the Radio Star →
Trevor Horn → notableWork → Video Killed the Radio Star →
The Buggles → single → Video Killed the Radio Star →