video killed the radio star debuted on 7 september 1979.
video killed the radio star debuted on 7 september 1979.
when did video killed the radio star debut?
7 september 1979
"video killed the radio star" is a song written by trevor horn, geoff downes and bruce woolley in 1978. it was first recorded by bruce woolley and the camera club (with thomas dolby on keyboards) for their album "english garden", and later by british group the buggles, consisting of horn and downes. the track was recorded and mixed in 1979, released as their debut single on 7 september 1979 by island records, and included on their first album "the age of plastic". the backing track was recorded at virgin's town house in west london, and mixing and vocal recording would later take place at sarm east studios.
video killed the radio star
in australia, "video killed the radio star" reached number one, where it was the best-selling record for 27 years. the track went number one on the italian singles chart in 1980, where it became the best-selling single of the same year. the song also made a number-one peak in france and spain, where it was certified gold and platinum, respectively, as well as austria, ireland, sweden and switzerland. in other parts of europe and oceania, "video killed the radio star" was a number-two hit in germany and new zealand, and also charted in flanders on the ultratop 50 and in the netherlands, on the nationale hitparade top 50 (now the single top 100) and dutch top 40.
video killed the radio star