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"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a New Wave song released in 1979 by the British group Buggles that celebrates the golden days of radio. It tells of a singer whose career is cut short by television. Group member Trevor Horn has said [citation needed] that his lyrics were inspired by the J.G. Ballard short story The Sound-Sweep, in which the title character, a deaf boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it, comes upon an opera singer hiding in a sewer. He also felt "an era was about to pass." The theme of the song is thus nostalgia, which is also echoed in the tone of the music[1]. The lyrics refer to a period of technological change in the 1960s, the desire to remember the past and the disappointment that children of the current generation would not appreciate the past. In the 1950s and early 1960s, radio was an important medium for many, through which "stars" were created. Image File history File linksMetadata Video_Killed_the_Radio_Star_single_cover. ...
A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ...
The Age of Plastic (1980) was the first album released by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes as The Buggles, themed as a series of songs about the effects of technology on human life. ...
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Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
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New Wave was a pop and rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ...
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ...
A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...
Geoff Downes Geoffrey Downes (born August 25, 1952 in Stockport, Cheshire, England) is a rock keyboard player. ...
Trevor Charles Horn, born July 15, 1949 in Durham, England, is a British pop music record producer, songwriter and musician. ...
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In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ...
Trevor Charles Horn, born July 15, 1949 in Durham, England, is a British pop music record producer, songwriter and musician. ...
Trevor Horn in Living in the Plastic Age Music Video Living in the Plastic Age or Plastic Age is a New Wave song by The Buggles recorded in January 1980 and only available on the album The Age of Plastic. ...
New Wave was a pop and rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ...
Buggles (the official version of the band name, used on their albums, singles, and publicity material, omits the prefix The) were a New Wave band formed in 1977 consisting of Trevor Horn, born 1949 in Durham (bass guitar, guitar, percussion, and vocals), Geoff Downes, born 1952 in Stockport, Cheshire (percussion...
Old-Time Radio (OTR) or The Golden Age of Radio is a term used to refer to radio programs that were broadcast during the 1920s through the late 1950s (with some outlying programs produced earlier and later) in the United States, as well as the United Kingdom and Canada and...
Trevor Charles Horn, born July 15, 1949 in Durham, England, is a British pop music record producer, songwriter and musician. ...
James Graham Ballard (born November 18, 1930 in Shanghai) is a British novelist. ...
For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). ...
The music video for the song, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was the first to be shown on MTV, when the music channel debuted on August 1, 1981, at 12:10 A.M. On February 27, 2000 it also became the millionth video to be aired on MTV.[2] A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a song. ...
Russell Mulcahy (born June 23, 1953 born in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian film director. ...
This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...
is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...
is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...
This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ...
The song was written by Trevor Horn and Courtney Courson, Geoffrey Downes, and Bruce Woolley. The first version was recorded by Woolley & the Camera Club (with Thomas Dolby as a guest artist) for his album English Garden, which was a hit in Canada. The complicated arrangement and production of the song, which includes a chorus sung by a group of very high-pitched backup singers, foreshadows Horn's later career as a producer. The Buggles later recorded the song and it reached number one in the UK charts the week of October 20, 1979, the first-ever number one for label Island Records. It also would top the Australian charts, but only barely made the Billboard Top 40 in the U.S. It appears on the album The Age of Plastic, where it has an additional piano coda. Geoffrey Downes (born July 25, 1952 in Stockport, England) is an English rock keyboard player. ...
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Thomas Dolby (born Thomas Morgan Robertson, on 14 October 1958) is an English musician, producer, and inventor. ...
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is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
Island Records is a record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. ...
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...
Top 40 is a radio format based on frequent repetition of songs from a constantly-updated list of the forty best-selling singles. ...
For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American...
The Age of Plastic (1980) was the first album released by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes as The Buggles, themed as a series of songs about the effects of technology on human life. ...
The first live performance of the song by Horn and Downes came at a ZTT showcase in 1998.[1] In 2004, The Buggles re-united again with Bruce Woolley at Wembley Arena to perform "Video Killed the Radio Star" and another song ("Living in the Plastic Age") as part of a tribute event to Trevor Horn to raise money for the Prince's Trust charity. They were joined by Debi Doss and Linda Jardim, who performed the background singing on the original recording. Both Horn and Downes have performed the song live in other acts, including Downes in the 2006 revival of Asia and Horn in his band The Producers, also in 2006. ZTT, Futurist slogan and sound poem ZTT is an abbreviation for Marinettis sound poem Zang tumb tumb which was to become a futurist slogan during the early 1920s. ...
Living in the Plastic Age is a New Wave song by The Buggles recorded in 1980 and only available on the album The Age of Plastic. ...
The Princes Trust is a UK based charity headed by HRH The Prince of Wales. ...
US-born Debi came to England on a mission to photograph the fledgling super-stars of the 70s. ...
Asia is an arena rock/progressive rock group. ...
The Producers is a band formed in 2006 by music producers and musicians Trevor Horn (bass and vocals), Lol Crème (guitar and vocals), Steve Lipson (guitar), Chris Braide (keyboards and vocals) and Ash Soan (drums). ...
In November 2006, The Producers played at their first gig in Camden Town. A video clip can be seen on the ZTT Records official website of Trevor singing lead vocals and playing bass in a performance of Video Killed The Radio Star. 67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ...
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ZTT Records is a record label founded in 1983 by NME journalist Paul Morley, record producer Trevor Horn, producer/engineer Gary Langan and businesswoman Jill Sinclair. ...
The song also became part of a popular internet meme sung by "The Wrong Trousers".
Notable cover versions (It has also been covered by the Violent Femmes[citation needed], Pixies[citation needed],The Offspring[citation needed], Radiohead[citation needed] and Reel Big Fish as well as arranged by Kushol Gupta for the Penn marching band). Sophie Ellis-Bextor has also sung it live providing backing vocals with The Feeling and also with her on main vocals with her band. For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
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Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Presidents of the United States of America are a Seattle grunge pop band best known for their quirky, often nonsensical songs that defied the typical sound of most bands from the Pacific Northwest at the time. ...
The Wedding Singer is a 1998 romantic comedy film written by Tim Herlihy and directed by Frank Coraci that stars Adam Sandler as Robbie Hart, a wedding singer, and Drew Barrymore as Julia Sullivan, the object of his affections. ...
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Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...
The Presidents of the United States of America are a Seattle grunge pop band best known for their quirky, often nonsensical songs that defied the typical sound of most bands from the Pacific Northwest at the time. ...
Lump is a 2000 greatest hits compilation album by The Presidents of the United States of America. ...
Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Originally conceived as a solo project for singer Andy Bell, Erasure released Other Peoples Songs, once Vince Clarke became involved and the two began working for the first time in three years. ...
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Ben Folds Five (1994–2000) was a trio formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina who were a mainstay of piano rock until their breakup in 2000. ...
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Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
The Feeling are a five-piece BRIT award-nominated English band from Sussex and London. ...
Rosé is a song by British rock band The Feeling, which appears on their debut album, Twelve Stops and Home. ...
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Haruko Momoi (Japanese: 桃井ã¯ã‚‹ã“ Momoi Haruko, born December 14, 1977 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese voice actress (seiyÅ«) and singer/songwriter. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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The Pixies[1] are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1985. ...
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Radiohead are an English rock band. ...
Reel Big Fish is an American ska punk band, best known for the 1997 hit Sell Out. ...
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is a multi-platinum selling English pop singer and songwriter. ...
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Video games - It appears in Dancing Stage Euromix, in both the arcade and the home versions.
- In the rhythm video game Pump it Up, the Korean pop-metal band Novasonic sings the line 'video killed the radio star' several times in their song "SLAM". "SLAM" originally appears on the album Novasonic 2, but has become a staple in the popular Pump it Up game series.
- This song appears (in excerpted form) in the home version of Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA.
- The song appears in the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
- The song also appears in the game Singstar Party.
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Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA (Dancing Stage SuperNOVA in Europe) is the latest arcade game in the Dance Dance Revolution series of music video games. ...
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (released in October 2002) is the fourth video game in the hit Grand Theft Auto series. ...
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See also The Jazz Singer (1927) is a U.S. movie musical and the first feature-length motion picture with talking sequences. ...
A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ...
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A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...
1902 poster advertising Gaumonts sound films, depicting an optimistically vast auditorium A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. ...
Radio stars are stars that produce by means of chemical and electrical discharges, emissions of various radio frequencies, whether constant or pulsed. ...
Radio Ga Ga is a song performed and recorded by the band Queen, written by their drummer Roger Taylor. ...
Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ...
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