the buggles sang the song video killed the radio star.
the buggles sang the song video killed the radio star.
who sings the song video killed the radio star?
the buggles
in march 2012, the band set out on a small tour of english universities and music colleges, playing at southampton solent university, south birmingham college, leeds college of music, buckinghamshire new university and the academy of contemporary music in guildford. the concerts (which followed q&a sessions with the music students attending the institutions) consisted of an hour-long set, which followed the format of previous gigs with hits such as "video killed the radio star", "slave to the rhythm", "i'm not in love", and david bowie's "space oddity", as well as performances of the band's original songs, "barking up the right tree", "freeway", and the live débuts of "watching you out there" and "garden of flowers" (with horn taking the place of braide on lead vocals where appropriate). other hits were also played, such as 10cc's "the dean and i", "two tribes" by frankie goes to hollywood, and t.a.t.u.'s "all the things she said". the concerts also borrowed from the 2011 buggles reunion gig, including its tongue-in-cheek cover of "check it out" by will.i.am and nicki minaj (a song which samples "video killed the radio star"), and a contest winner being given the opportunity to sing backing vocals on the finale of "video killed the radio star". the three female backing singers from the buggles concert – kirsten joy, holly petrie and kate westall – also toured with the band, providing female vocals for appropriate songs such as the aforementioned "slave to the rhythm" and "all the things she said". the tour was intended as a showcase of "made in basing street". horn's brother, ken, a television producer and director, was present at the concerts as a camera operator.
the trevor horn band
"video killed the radio star" did not start charting in north america, however, until november 1979. in the united states, the song appeared on the "billboard" hot 100 and "cash box" top 100, barely breaking into the top 40 on both charts. in a 2015 list from "billboard", it tied with marvin gaye's recording of "the end of our road" as the "biggest hot 100 hit" at the peak of number 40. "video killed the radio star" had debuted at number 86 on the "billboard" hot 100 on the week of 10 november 1979, while on the cashbox top 100 it debuted at number 83 that same week. it started also at number 83 on the canadian "rpm" top single chart. by january 1980, it entered the top 40 at number 31, and on 2 february made it into the top 20 at number 11. two weeks later, the song earned its peak in the top 10 at number 6 and issue dated 16 february 1980.
video killed the radio star