" Video Killed the Radio Star " (from English - "Video killed the radio star (broadcast)") - English song of the early 1980s in the style of " new wave ", recorded and released in 1979 by the British group The Buggles .
| Video Killed the Radio Star | |||||||
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| The Buggles single from the album The Age of Plastic | |||||||
| Party "B" | "Kid Dynamo" | ||||||
| Released | 1979 | ||||||
| Format | 7 " | ||||||
| Genre | New wave | ||||||
| Duration | 3:25 | ||||||
| Producer | Trevor Horn | ||||||
| Composers | Jeff downs Bruce Woolley | ||||||
| Song author | Trevor Horn | ||||||
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| Island records | WIP 6524 | ||||||
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It sings about a singer, whose songs were played on the radio , and whose career, with the advent of television , ended too soon. The vocal of the song was stylized to the sound that can be heard from the old tube radio receivers . In recognition of Trevor Horn , the lyrics were inspired by the short story by James Ballard “The Sound-Sweep” about a deaf-and-dumb boy who had never heard the music, and an opera singer, who felt that his time had passed.
The video for this song, to commemorate the new era - the music television, which replaced the radio, was shown first at the debut airing of the MTV channel on August 1, 1981 at 00:01 at night. [one]
In 1983, the song performed by the group " Stars On 45 " was released in the USSR on the record "The Sun of a Good Day" (the company "Melody" , G62-09743-4) called "Television killed a radio star."
Cover versions
- Bappi Lahiri & Usha Ulthup - (song “Cho Auva Auva Koi Yahan Nach” from the soundtrack to the film “ Disco Dancer ”, 1982)
- Junichi Kanemaru (album Inspired Colors , 1993)
- The Presidents of the United States of America ( The Wedding Singer soundtrack, 1998)
- Lolita No.18 ( YALITAMIN album, 1999)
- Ken Laszlo (album Dr. Ken & Mr. Laszlo , 2000)
- Erasure (album Other People's Songs , 2003)
- Floppy - Radiostar no Higeki (2005)
- Ben Folds Five (album Whatever and Ever Amen (Digitally Remastered), 2005)
- Superbus ( Sunset album (Deluxe Edition), 2012)
- Pomplamoose (album Season 2, 2014)
Notes
- ↑ The Buggles (English) on MTV website