The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star (Lyrics)

[@Audioandlyrics]

Fun Fact: This was the first song that played on MTV.

[@GalaxyTGW]

foreshadowing XD

[@MemesToa]

Ironic

[@ramune1800]

:0 cool

[@SamDoesPokemon]

Ironic 101

[@PrinceFloof]

@@MemesToa Creepy

[@dustinray1694]

How have I been listening to this my whole life and am now just realizing how serious the lyrics are? They’re actually telling a story about the state of music, even for the 80’s, this is timeless!

[@mudhutproductions]

I'd say me agreeing with you a year later is continued validation of your point. An excellent tune all around!

[@ganrimmonim]

KZbin killed Videostar?

[@mouadelmoujaddidi6580]

Maybe you didn't realize it because they sing those lyrics in a really funny tone, if the melody was sad, you'd realize it sooner

[@j.j.q1379]

This song was made in 79 not 80

[@rocketfishh9482]

@@ganrimmonimmtv

[@DavidRay-yp7ht]

Many people do not realize this song is actually from 1979 -- it peaked at #40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1979. So these lyrics, as prophetic as they were, was both retrospective AND prospective in the 1970s!

[@petraleopold2713]

yess, i feel it marked end of 70s, end of that era and beginning of new one - 80s

[@noahnorman6877]

Just like My Sharona, my dad always thought it came out in the 80s but it actually came out in ‘79.

[@Silverstreak7878]

They must have known videos were coming to kill the radio star.

[@Saiki4life]

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[@renatoperez8392]

Video ?? But now they don't make music videos as much anymore, like MTV is dead

[@Steingrabber]

"Radio's NOT dead! But it is ending THIS brodcast." In all seriousness I actually remember hearing this on the radio (Oddly enough) growing up since my parents were big on going places during the weekends and we spent a good deal of time in the car. It just took me until I was in my teens to really understand what it was about. And of course was the first song that came to mind during that fight in Hazbin.

[@VedaGamer20]

i knew it would be here

[@yukk9481]

same, i heard this song years ago lol

[@Hiiiii22437]

Yeeeeyyyyy

[@gemstoneprincess2890]

Wtf

[@Lucifers_Duck_Stash]

i have a radio :> I will pain it red now🤭

[@AFoxInFlames]

My Dad gave me my love for music, he used to randomly make mix CDs for the family when we went on visitation and I distinctly remember him putting this on for me❤miss u Dad, I hear you in every song that was ours❤RIP

[@fillfinish7302]

he is smiling back for sure ❤💙💚

[@AFoxInFlames]

@@fillfinish7302 thank you, I know he is :) I appreciate it

[@brookParsons]

My Dad Had the First MAC in 85' From Gateziez and Well, Ya know.. The JOB that DID the Job!!

[@DavidConfiance]

Same to me my dad did the same for me he is the one who introduced me to 80s. Now that he passed away listening to those make me feel so blessed

[@AFoxInFlames]

@@DavidConfiance 🙏it is a blessing, I'm so glad others share this connection with their Dads too.

[@RocKzz_20]

Heard for the first time on GTA VC & loved it from then... ❤

[@Seetiyan]

Same! I'm sure a number of people came by it that way.

[@WindyBewy]

Me too

[@MrSupercar55]

​@Seetiyan and I'm actually one of them. The irony of it is that it plays on the radio as you drive a car. A niche that in real life radio still fills to this day. I mean, you wouldn't watch videos while driving, otherwise you'd probably crash.

[@brookschannel]

Same for me.

[@IvanBlue10]

Me too

[@AndyJade-df6dj]

Video killed Radio DVD killed Video Itunes killed CD Netflix killed DVD But nothing killed this song as it still a classic and something to groove with while playing GTA Vice City.

[@TheHansenHomestead-gd5om]

fr

[@daustin8888]

"God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs..."

[@dcanta]

Gta vc made me luv this song

[@maxpower4817]

R.I.P Linda Allan who sang the superb backing vocals on this excellent song. She sadly passed away in 2015.

[@horrorandwine]

“You’ll have to try harder than that next time, old pal”

[@imantheman899]

HAZBIN HOTEL MENTIONED?!?

[@VedaGamer20]

i knew this woudl be here

[@elixrgmd]

I LOVE ALASTOR 😭

[@cherrybeverage1]

I WANNA MAKE A ANIMATIC OF VOX AND ALASTOR SO BADD

[@CrimsonNirvana-qc1ob]

I would what the hell outta that

[@ENGELBRUTUS]

And now Internet killed the Videostar.

[@shroomqueen7433]

I remember listening to this once when I was younger and it has stuck with me ever since

[@pikathemimikyu6655]

This is Vox's favourite song

[@PaigeHolloway-Vann-qi5gf]

Yah

[@MERZ05T]

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[@VedaGamer20]

I KNEW IT

[@worldofAstres]

Yes😂

[@bryson360z]

fr

[@goldfish2730]

I always hear this song and think of man talking about an ex lover of his (Oh-wa Oh-wa voice), a radio star. He's reflecting on how he first fell for her, young and in love with her voice, upon meeting her kids he thinks of her again. He obviously still feels a lot for her, but he witnessed the murder of the main director of the radio station after "they took the credit for her second symphony" bc it obviously was an issue, she was being cancelled. He helped her cover up the murder by blaming someone else "VTR" and after that they broke off." because he was an accomplice to murder that's also why he sounds concerned when asking "what did you tell them" he schedules a rendezvous at the old studio where the murder took place, and they both start reminiscing over that time, but he can't stop thinking about how he watched the woman he idolized and loved kill a man. Even when he's thinking of how she called him her radio star back then, the murder still plays over that. Although video killed the radio star, the radio star got her chance to kill the video before it took off. She was the first one, and the last one.

[@legoben98productions]

Yours sound great and sounds more inline than mine. I’m honestly hearing it as a ghost story of sorts. The man still reminiscing on the past as he goes around the old studio. The radio star being killed by video, the children of the radio star started talking about her & her death to the man who was taken by all this because the kids speaking of details that they wouldn’t know about. The man goes to the old studio where the radio star was killed in, that was gonna turn into a video studio but the radio star kept haunting the studio. she appears to tell him about how the video industry killed her career and the heads of the studio ended up killing her back in ‘52.

[@GooberJuice69420]

I think its about the death of radio shows that were popular in the 1950s as television became something everyone could afford, and the "vtr" part is probably a typo to VCR, which makes more sense as recordable television probably played a big part in the death of radio shows.

[@stevenswansonsings]

You should write that as a musical with 80s music. It would be a MASTERPIECE!!!!

[@yunataco]

I AINT READING ALL THAT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 …ALRIGHT MAYBE I DID

[@Omarmualim-p7u]

Damn the lore is insane

[@mynguyen-ws7kz]

i remember this from just dance ;--------;

[@blackboy6078]

Same

[@dansland_4627]

I loves the video killed the radio star part of just dance 3 😭 I actually still have it for my wii U aha and the classic old wii

[@MrSupercar55]

GTA Vice City is how I know this song. The game is set in the 1980’s, a time when music videos were in their infancy but starting to dominate the music scene in a very insidious manner that would facilitate the rise of MTV. Strangely enough, come to think about it, the first song on MTV was none other than The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star.

[@eduardolarrea9783]

In the 80's : Video killed the radio star In the 2010's : KZbin killed the video star

[@deltastrike7]

KZbin is still video smh

[@MAYS5S]

2021: corona killed the lives of us

[@AliShuffle7500]

And then there's *Netflix killed the blockbuster!*

[@weeaboobaby]

KZbin and streaming ngl

[@christhezane]

2022: OnlyFans killed the Pornstar

[@townicus5908]

This song still sounds so futuristic to me and it came out in 1979!

[@pmc6925]

Happy Birthday MTV turning 43 on this day August 1st. I remember the countdown and then this video playing first back in 1981. Changed music forever. The 80's rocked!!!

[@bloxybrosofficial100]

*Alastor has joined the group chat*

[@TheNyvo]

Alastor is typing...

[@padawanslayer4895]

when i was a little kid my dad got me a radio for my birthday he made a cd to and on it were classics like this final count crazy train and many more. aah the memories

[@richietozier9001]

This is amazing! I love it ❤️

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

I’ve been listening to this since it came into my memory 6 years ago

[@Opalotl]

I remember this song in just dance and I never knew the meaning of the song These lyrics are sad honestly but this song is still such a bop

[@Godzillakingofkaiju1]

Suddenly this becomes so much scarier after watching DBZ Abridged.

[@dnmstarsi]

RIP TJ and the Wombat

[@rscardino6602]

Now we have Podcast resurrecting the Radio Star 😊

[@generousmitch1674]

Was it GTA Vice City that played this song? It was always a bop when I was a kid and this came on the radio in that game 😂. Never understood the lyrics until now tho.

[@busesofthenw7706]

I think it was Vice City yeah

[@neorock198726]

Me to

[@tonicConsiders]

every song that i dont like turns into a meme or something and then I like it. This is one of them.

[@textik5821]

which meme was this apart of?

[@user-jf9tz1xg5y]

@@textik5821dancing dogs from a barbie movie

[@zalayharsankar]

I am...the movie Love at First Sight featured this song...love it...reminder of Queen 's tribute to radio.🎉

[@Ghostxpetalxx]

i love this song. i know it from some just dance wii game and hazbin hotel immediately reminded me of this song

[@JoshCartman]

BTW...there seems to be a bit of confusion. I just looked this up and referenced several live performances. It's "Put the blame on VCR"....not "VTR".

[@tanmay_misra4]

vtr is the original lyrics

[@josephschlener6685]

earlier performances, and the official video; MTVs first ever say VTR. At some point later in performances it became VCR. Makes sense 'cause when it was written and recorded (1979) the VCR was not yet common. Of course most people probably didn't know what a VTR was either. They were really only used in the television industry. There is a shot of a British VTR in the og video.

[@flourrrr]

this was truly a BATTLE AGAINST THE WORLD moment

[@Omarmualim-p7u]

W

[@marlenep.6521]

LOVE THIS SONG :)

[@luichinplaystation610]

Time for another mission in GTA but driving while this song finish

[@Soreign_]

Yes!

[@WindyBewy]

Sure😂

[@Broken_beam]

Vox probably listened to this on repeat when Alastor disappeared....

[@DigitallyKRAW]

LMFAO PROBABLY

[@Mina_Lover2222-zu9se]

NEW HEADCANON ALERT

[@whatismylifeanymore]

@@Mina_Lover2222-zu9se SAME

[@hellor_3332]

Fr

[@Votey12345]

this is such a cool song

[@raffaellorosati5854]

You are a radio star. That hit hard.

[@misszeynep_05]

(SPOILER ABOUT HAZBIN HOTEL) Fun Fact: In Hazbin Hotel's Episode 2, this epsiode is called "Radio Killed The Video Star". I guess VivziePop was inspired by this song when give name to episode 2. Because in this episode, we learn that Vox and Alastor's hate each other and they're enemies. Vox is a TV screen and Alastor is "Radio Demon." In that episode, Alastor was beat Vox with a Musical Battle. That's why it's called "Radio Killed The Video Star." This song must be Vox's favourite song.

[@owenfallon2529]

I’ve served all of Geoffrey’s friends and I must say they are fantastic people!! Was lovely to see the new year in with them!!!

[@Xenterik]

We had to sing this for school. At first we hated it, even when the big day came, but after that, I think a lot of us hold this song very dearly.

[@StarGirl-h3z]

This song is everything to me!

[@OfficialHoneyLou]

🌸AMAZING!!!😀😄🌸

[@davidkuehn71]

Great foreboding of what would come to be. I've heard this song many times throughout my life and never paid attention to who ot was sung by. Thank you Buggles! You'll forever be burned into my mind.

[@KacsaKazmer33]

Great work! :)

[@Susanmugen]

I like this song. First music video played on MTV btw.

[@voltekthecyborg7898]

The first song and music video ever to air on MTV

[@Cman04092]

And now streaming killed the video star i guess? Also, the "re-written by machine on new technology" is gonna apply to just about everything soon enough.

[@troubledsole9104]

This song has new relevance today.

[@triogamingfriends0]

2022 this song its been stuck in my head and 5 years later i fonud it yes😁🤗

[@eddiegainz1673]

They were playing this song at my GYm today so had to come on here and see the lyrics lol. Awesome!!!

[@australien6611]

Great song and genius lyrics. Its come full circle with AI doing what video did. 🤯

[@charlesdufaur9121]

Great Song; I can't help thinking I heard the original lyrics back in the 1960's..

[@strawberryf1848]

In the 60’s? With what song?

[@angelanicol6721]

One of the best songs ever

[@morgz1up]

This takes me back to Vice City days🙃

[@australien6611]

After all these years thats the first time ive ever heard that complete ending 🤙 really awesome lyrics too

[@whywouldyoudothat1346]

Challenge: Try not to talk about Hazbin Hotel Ranking: Impossible

[@gacha_xxtuber2218]

this song got stuck in my head from Hazbin things 😭😭

[@whywouldyoudothat1346]

@@gacha_xxtuber2218 Rule 4 of the hellverse fandom: Mention hellverse at all possibilities.

[@gacha_xxtuber2218]

@@whywouldyoudothat1346 Fr omg I make Hazbin jokes at every possible time

[@potispotas8541]

Oh-a oh :v

[@IsisCohinXD]

Radio is not dead but is is ending this brodcast -Alastor ♡ i just love this song my sister and mom are crazy about this song

[@xskrillxdinodragon3276]

Whos here from 2024?

[@rachaelmee4630]

I am ...Hi 👋👋 x

[@Bulldogbiker]

I had to come and hear it... 43 years😎✌️💯😘

[@michaelstrada1601]

Me too

[@stevehightower9155]

It is 2024

[@redtailarts101]

The whole hazbin hotel fanbase is here

[@josepharrowmith5347]

We use this in our exercise class at the Ymca. We all love it.we are all old enough to remember the birth of MTV and VH1❤

[@victorm5137]

Its amazing

[@slashawk13]

I like this song. The only thing though is that I forget the words to some songs

[@Almighty_Sweetapon]

GTA Vice City Anyone?

[@satviksingh6445]

Yes

[@zodex1103]

Yes lol

[@samarthvinod9511]

I was finding someone who would notice

[@sebastianbarajas754]

Alastor must be on full demon mode now!

[@TheJ_548]

I came from GTA VC, MTV and an GIFfany edit with this music 💓

[@razanroult5216]

I WANT THIS IN HAZBIN HOTELS NEXT SEASON

[@ramune1800]

such a Jam

[@lanehusband9350]

Everyone needs a Fabian Schär, Everyone needs a Fabian Schär, He kicks it short and he kicks it far, His defensive skills are wunderbar! Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhhh!

[@KAFKUBA]

I never really knew the words but prophetic... even applies to internet and AI... and internet will kill the Freedom Star

[@guitarsoundsaround]

I’m not sure why I randomly thought of this song but I have reasons. 🫶 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@harpericav3]

I first heard this song at a local supermarket and couldn't get it out of my head, now it's one of my favorite songs!

[@boxedbois]

I’m here from Hazbin hotel and I’m just hoping these lyrics are true in that show :)

[@Xorowanbxo]

Good to be back on the air 😙

[@MERZ05T]

Hah. Never goin' to happen 💀

[@boxedbois]

@@MERZ05T -Alastor 2024

[@RyBear-xz3wb]

Am I listening to this while chatting with Sally face on CAI? Yes. Is this song amazing? Yes. Is the scenario completely out of context of the music? Yes. But am I going to keep listening either way? Yes.

[@marekadams6956]

Rewritten by machine and new technology...

[@litigioussociety4249]

I used to think this song was completely wrong, at least as far as MTV killing the radio star, but KZbin has definitely overtaken radio when it comes to how people listen to and watch music.

[@johannesmohner7823]

Yep thats it ...time goes on and new tech is always replacing the old stuff 🎉. Thats life

[@kylemiller9085]

This song was never underloved in my teenage years God I miss songs like this I can't even listen to new music anymore doesn't have any soul

[@thefoxyoffuntime6981]

12 year old in 2022 playing NES and listening to this. i actully have friends lol

[@AR233ZZ]

I’m here because this song randomly popped into my memory after sooooo many years lol

[@Top3Moments]

Same😊

[@2LyfeLovers]

LOVE THIS SONG 😁

[@OTFTYT]

I found a 3DS recording of me singing this song in 2016 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Edit: I JUST remembered why. So in the 4th grade, we had a performance where we did old 80s/90s songs, and we did this one.

[@veroniquegraus1994]

I had this song in mind, don't know why.. Long ago! But nice song! 💫

[@FoxKing388]

That’s is a very cool fact 👍😁😎

[@BlitzsternTC]

Vox now officially owns this song

[@maryjasso6577]

Love this song! ❤❤❤

[@daveymcauley4600]

Blew me away, singing this song in my head and riding my new puch calypso bike from santa class, in 1979

[@FernandoBaltodano6969]

The best music :)

[@duckie9767]

Fun fact this music plays in the gta vc’s radio on fresh fm

[@tolga1740]

Many of us actually know this song thanks to GTA VC 😃

[@WindyBewy]

It’s Flash FM not Fresh FM

[@terranzovleninrobinson6680]

Vice City nostalgia ❤️

[@autisticat-5649]

internet killed the video star

[@Isaac-gh5ku]

I'm thinking if this song from near the end of the 70s era never happened, the 80s pop culture that we all know and love would never existed.

[@petraleopold2713]

yes, this song was beginning of all of that😊

[@marilenetala3050]

Wonderful.

[@clippyfn1134]

If your watching this on 2023 your a legend 😎

[@LEFTYXD]

Watching this on 2024 😎😎👍

[@patriciatrellesd.9826]

​@@LEFTYXDif 1 year more: YOU'RE THE LEGEND OF THE LEGENDS!!!!

[@allanjasonmburu2186]

love everything about this song ❤

[@courtney3210]

i was vibing to this in gta vice city

[@duckduckieduckling]

heard this song for the first time in first grade and heard this again just a few days ago and I cried

[@joevarga7966]

I'm all chocked up❤

[@KerboRos]

I was listening to this on shortwave radio, it was playing on a polish (?) station, who the night before was playing music from the 30's 40's, so this was a change but it ain't matter this slaps

[@rsv3857]

Computers killed the video Star 🤩

[@RioshardKris]

The Internet Killed TV.

[@australien6611]

The internet killed society

[@uselessinformation1988]

If this song were to come out today, would it be called "video unalived the radio star"? Many KZbinrs seem to avoid the word kill lately.

[@kiwifruitbird7]

It can get them demonized, new KZbin policy

[@uselessinformation1988]

@@kiwifruitbird7 KZbin acts like people are promoting it simply by mentioning it.

[@llewelynshingler2173]

Also, Tiktok lingo is allegedly cool

[@uselessinformation1988]

@@llewelynshingler2173 I wouldn't know. I don't use TikTok.

[@EBgamesEvan45]

Thanks Pippa

[@nathanthealphabetloe9202]

It a song made in 1975 glad u bring it back😕

[@GodzillaKaijuGK]

1979

[@chadwiggins306]

I use to listen to this while playing gta vice city