The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star Lyrics


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The Buggles

Video Killed The Radio Star Lyrics
I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.
If I was young it didn't stop you coming through.

Oh-a oh

They took the credit for your second symphony.
Rewritten by machine and new technology,
and now I understand the problems you can see.

Oh-a oh

I met your children
Oh-a oh

What did you tell them?
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

Pictures came and broke your heart.
Oh-a-a-a oh

And now we meet in an abandoned studio.
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago.
And you remember the jingles used to go.

Oh-a oh

You were the first one.
Oh-a oh

You were the last one.

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone too far.
Oh-a-aho oh,
Oh-a-aho oh

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

In my mind and in my car, we can't rewind we've gone too far.
Pictures came and broke your heart, put the blame on VTR*.

You are a radio star.
You are a radiostar.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

Video killed the radio star. (You are a radio star)
[repeat to fade]
Writer: DOWNES, GEOFFREY / HORN, TREVOR CHARLES / WOOLLEY, BRUCE
Copyright: Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, CARLIN AMERICA INC

Video Killed The Radio Star Info:

• The song's music video became famous as the first music video shown on MTV (at 12:01am on August 1st, 1981)

• Trevor Horn (founding member and lead vocalist) said: "It came from this idea that technology was on the verge of changing everything ... It felt like radio was the past and video was the future."

• *VTR (Video Tape Recorders) were developed in the 1950's and were the precursor to the VCR (videocassette recorder)

Released: September 7th, 1979



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