The Buggles - Video Killed the Radio Star (The Prince's Trust: Produced by Trevor Horn, 2004)

[@santiagosanchezg]

Nostalgic sounds of better times. RIP Linda Allen, she had a beautiful voice.

[@gordonscott528]

Agree 100%

[@kayemimages395]

I was thinking what a fabulous voice she had as I watched this video!

[@ignaciobazan4445]

Better times for us, now time for our kids to take over......heeeelp

[@ebarteldes]

I had no idea she was gone... RIP

[@c.nooteboom1942]

Tan tristeza. Gracisimas gracias, queridísima Linda ❤❤❤

[@scopex2749]

2:34 RIP to the amazing Linda Allen who sang backing vocals with Debi Doss and Linda's unforgettable solo at the end of the song. Sing for them in paradise Dear Linda.😪💔

[@1thess523]

I was wondering why the original back up singers weren't in some of the new performances

[@ba1428]

Iconic

[@dmcewen772]

She's so amazing

[@GeorgeSmiley77]

The Ooh-wah-ooh's sounded so intensely sexy to me back in the day. I'd play it on the local coffee shop's juke box and I had to be careful not to let anyone see me lip-sync to them lest people get a wrong idea about me. Amazing that she sounds exactly the same in this live recording.

[@Mounutt]

The back up singers sound even better than on the record, fantastic!!! 😘

[@svetcovladich9996]

Best LIVE performance of this song on YT. RIP, Linda Allen. Her iconic solo near the end makes the song over the top wonderful. Trevor Horn, you are the best. Keep on playin'.

[@SoulHackerOfficial]

I get chills when I hear her solo. Simply elegant

[@svetcovladich9996]

@@SoulHackerOfficial absolutely..

[@goodsoup6085]

Oh 😢 Rip i didnt know, its so hard to find any information on her, she has such a good voice.

[@keithharrison1453]

There was a better version of this exact same 2004 performance on KZbin, Full HD with better sound. It looks like that has been taken down. What a shame. Perhaps Trevor can arrange for a copy to replace this version. Not knocking the content or performances one bit, I'm just saying there is a better reproduction of this same material. That one was the best example, and was an absolute delight to listen to via good headphones.

[@jk9554]

@@keithharrison1453 I agree. I'm not 100% sure if we think of the same version, but in this one here, the end has been cut. In the one I was thinking about, Trevor was thanking his band members and the original background singers at the end. In my opinion, that's part of the performance, and especially part of the emotion of that performance and should have been kept. Like @keithharrison1453, I'm not here to complain - it was a great performance, and I'm glad we live in a time in which recordings like this can easily be found on youtube, but it's a bit of a shame when not all of it is "preserved".

[@Beatlemaniac1983]

It's rare to have a live performance hit so close to the recorded one. Amazing.

[@turokforever007]

1979

[@ThePwig]

@hoihoi9866 I think this one is better than the original but to each his own

[@ivanoffw]

I completely agree, usually the bands like to change how they sing, or some of the instruments, but this one is so close to the radio/video version, and it's not lip synced, almost perfect.

[@andrew097]

Its better, the little variations are really adding to it. Consummate musicians at the pointy end of their craft. Just being fantastic.

[@gerix5539]

Good, and we'll always remember Linda's soaring voice

[@giorgiogandolfo4191]

Not many songs out there will ever be as immortal as this one.

[@scottc7354]

Money for nothin’

[@kevinbirge2130]

Probably in the top 5 iconic songs for Gen X. I watched Night Flight religiously hoping for Buggles.

[@James_Looked]

Walk of life

[@jeffreylawrence6928]

True…

[@79jcandy]

1st MTV song

[@StevoLloyds]

44 years on and this song still sends shivers down my spine, particularly Linda's solo vocal. True future nostalgia.

[@tommoore6140]

Takes me back, beautiful memories

[@kingsleymoreland104]

I met Linda here in Adelaide South Australia about 14 years ago and she was a lovely person.

[@0Zolrender0]

I not only love how this is as good as the original studio recording, but Linda Allen's voice is just immaculate after all of these years (RIP), and the drummer. The guy is really enjoying his time out there and getting into it. I totally loved this performance.

[@kurtlewis4095]

The keyboard player is the original also. Loved this song for many many years

[@tracycapilot2002]

@@kurtlewis4095 That would be Geoff Downes keyboardist for Yes and founded Asia. Up there with Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson and Jon Lord!! 🎹

[@RahhmiPoofs]

Still listening in 2024. This aged like a fine wine... my favorite rendition of this. so much passion.

[@Belaziraf]

That's because it fits the times. Video did kill the radio stars. And now, streamings kills the video stars.

[@jameswahnee-vn5nt]

​@Belaziraf your emblem scared me. Looks like my ex wife's soul.

[@Bell2323]

2:22 🎵 "You arrrrrre a radio starrrrrr." Truly iconic.

[@mjohncole77]

For some reason I watch this every night.

[@OutlawNix]

RIP, Linda Allen. I bet she is she singing with the other angels. 44 Years later this song is still awesome just like it was way back then.

[@carvaloko]

R.I.P. Linda Allen ❤ Unforgettable Voice

[@richardthunderbay8364]

It's 2023 and this song still sounds futuristic to me.

[@TheChipmunk2008]

it ,makes me cry in 2024

[@johnlewinski6359]

It's because it's better than most of what's out there now

[@therepublicofcynica]

Honestly, when she starts singing at 2:22, my heart moves.

[@petraleopold2713]

ikr, so powerful🔥

[@bluesailormercury]

I get chills. My favorite part of the video! I also love her vocalization at 1:03

[@petraleopold2713]

@@bluesailormercury same😊

[@gregorypaulwatson1088]

100% agree she’s fabulous

[@jeyanthsamuel]

I feel you

[@AlexPead]

Linda Allen has got probably the most recognizable voice in pop that most people have never heard of. Her voice will live on forever in this classic. Rest in peace Linda

[@Mounutt]

@@AlexPead You nailed it. Most of those voices are forgotten sadly

[@fredgervin9930]

Video Killed the Radio Star, you will never be forgotten. The dawn of MTV. Wether you were alive at the time or look back, iconic.

[@RebornAudio]

Linda Jardim-Allen. Rest in peace, you beautiful woman. Thank you for gifting us with your voice.

[@jameswahnee-vn5nt]

Love your compassion ❤️. True and Pure.

[@darrennz2008]

First Music Video on MTV in 1981 .... and 42 yrs later STILL an Anthem across time. One of those songs that defines an Era. Superb

[@ChungWell]

Maybe that's where I get my special love for it

[@richardweighill8556]

This took me back, through the years and tears, to the first time I heard the song. On my way home from school in 1979, on the school bus. I refused to get off at my stop and rode until the song was over and walk from there. I’ve never been able to explain why it resonated in me the way it did, but it did, and still does.

[@wadadlioutlaw357]

This is real

[@BusyAir]

This song encapsulated an entire era of music. Ironic that it was the first video that MTV played because the platform didn't evolve for the better than how it started. This set the bar very high.

[@ponkachonka]

Best live version ever, drummer Paul Robinson is brilliant on this live set. RIP Linda Allen, Debbie Doss a legend too.

[@travcollier]

Everyone on the stage is a world-class musician. Trevor Horn's real superpower is somehow being friends (at least professionally) and bringing together such amazing folks. Anne Dudley is always amazing too. Though, you know, Hans Zimmer was involved with the original version.

[@mjohncole77]

Is Linda the pretty brunette on the right? She had curly hair in the 1979 version.

[@mooncat.787]

​@@mjohncole77Yes.

[@mooncat.787]

​@@travcollierOn point comment.

[@mcallisterk]

Well said my friend they were brilliant

[@three4dice]

Trevor Horn.... you and Linda Allen will live on in our hearts ....forever.... you are immortal, thank you for your music 🙂

[@tracycapilot2002]

Trevor is alive and well. Just sayin'. He had his 75th birthday on July 15, 2024!

[@joekavanagh7171]

​@@tracycapilot2002Phew! I'm glad to hear that. From the other guy's comment I thought he was dead.

[@juliawilkinson]

“Rewritten by machines on new technology” - and now the song is sampled in some hip hop - very prescient ;) Love this song from when MTV debuted!

[@MKins71]

It’s called STEALING not sampling. The writers and musicians put their talent and genius into songs only to have no talent hacks steal their songs.

[@Quark1217]

The song that launched Mtv.

[@timetheny]

This is one of the best live performances I've ever seen on KZbin. It's musical perfection.

[@chrisjohnson1308]

Perfect pitch, perfect performance, perfect song. Thank you, Trevor, for your gift to us. 💕

[@RundTofu]

love this live version than the original one

[@dominiquepilon5910]

Im having a 1980 backflash when life was simple and not complicated

[@cdncitizen4700]

... and now it's "AI killed the radio star" (the more things change)... Glad we grew up in a time when this was ALL REAL, musicians had actual talent and music wasn't as manufactured.

[@xxEzraBxxx]

Nah, life was pretty complex. You just were more innocent and naive back then

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

It was a huge hit in 1979 Dominique !.

[@jameswahnee-vn5nt]

Nah. You must have had it hard compared to most of us. ​@xxEzraBxxx

[@DDB_Pincab]

Linda Allen we'll never forget you... I heard an angel's voice. The end of the song with piano and clarinet is pure genius

[@JamesBull-ks8um]

Every time I hear this song it takes me back to when I was 11 at secondary school walking through the corridor 😊such memories times gone by so fast I'm 57 now,still sounds great to hear

[@keithharrison1453]

There was an even better version of this 2004 performance on KZbin, the exact same performance, but in Full HD and with even better sound reproduction. That seems to have been taken down.

[@geraldcecil7644]

And in it Trevor had a nice call out to those amazing ladies and the band, all cut from this upload. Why?

[@johnharbaugh9471]

I prefer the other (deleted) video where Trevor, named co writers, musicians and back up singers. I would encourage this video be edited to a longer format.

[@keithharrison1453]

I agree the longer version was good, but the main point is that the audio quality at HD was superior too. Of all the music videos here, that was one of the best, that I would regularly listen to because it was superb, especially through a good headset.@@johnharbaugh9471

[@ianb9729]

And there was me thinking the same

[@anthony-fv8ez]

They took it done😕

[@klistarf]

A stunningly beautiful piece of music! RIP Linda Allen - the voice of an angel 🙏

[@dawncolley8567]

2:20 goosebumps 💛💙💛

[@flgbanjo]

I was alive to watch the start of MTV, and so appropriate this was the first video. Trevor Horn is not only phenomenal as a producer, he is timeless.

[@amauryegazarain3890]

I remember hearing this song on the radio first in 1979. Then on M TV! I great to hear it again.

[@JaceyMitchell]

I love how it sounds futuristic even 40 years later, but when you listen to the piano and strings underneath it's classical music. ❤

[@TheGrumpyEnglishman]

It was great that you got Debbie Doss and Linda Allan from the actual VKTRS video to sing live with you. So sad to hear of Linda's passing in 2015. She had a wonderful voice.

[@carlflaherty2215]

Because they were Buggles too.

[@crazy_irish316]

It was their song, trevor may be the lead singer but together they where the buggles. Without Debbie and linda this song wouldn’t be VKTRS

[@01clifford]

❤

[@200HOetec]

Found the long HD version everyone is looking for with the credits on FB videos. Downloaded it for future enjoyment since it tends to get removed here for copyright claims.

[@user-ps5ge9jt8h]

まさに、色褪せない名曲。

[@村中武史-v2u]

激しく同意ですね。

[@木村弘志-m2d]

あの時代のまま

[@GatorJake]

RIP to Linda Allan. Such an angelic voice. This song, this MTV, changed a generation.

[@eusebiorz]

What an amazing performance. And keeping the backing vocalists instead of replacing them it does give it a beautiful touch

[@NoGAD-vq2kh]

This Lady at 2:22 is the damned hell of a background voice. Just OUTSTANDING!

[@Dov_ben-Maccabee]

RIP Linda Allen - may G-d rest you gently.

[@NoGAD-vq2kh]

@@Dov_ben-Maccabee I couldn't know that! I stand by what I said - but I would use other expressions! Kind regards

[@iAPX432]

When I was young, Trevor Horn signature on any song was a quality seal. There was no exception. Kudos master!

[@mcarp555]

I never thought I would be nostalgic for this tune, but it really was a turning point; a step into a new world. All of us aging MTVers will not live to see how history judges our era, but this song above all others will come to define it, for good or bad. Video did kill the radio star and technology now defines us.

[@richardschindler8822]

Never get tired of hearing this song

[@kimberlyquinones7078]

Every kid in the neighborhood went to "Billy's" house to see the World Premiere of MTV...and with this song, our teenage world was changed forever. Thank you for bringing the memories back!

[@captainwill223]

45 years later... Sounds better now than it did back then! Great performance!

[@stephenwilletts468]

Whenever I hear this song I think of 1979 when it was originally released, this video is from 2004! The song has passed the test of time!

[@Dov_ben-Maccabee]

Where did all those years go?... It was only yesterday that I was cruising down the coast listening to this, Driver's Seat and Saucilito Summer Night... woke up this morning and it's 40 years later. I want a do-over!

[@johnkerwin9567]

Driver's Seat and Sausalito SummerNight are awesome songs--two of my favorites too!

[@bytornsnowdog2112]

My favorite song of the 1980s, thank you!!!

[@mashokaise6881]

BOrn in 74 in Morristown NJ, raised in Sparta, and God Almighty, I remember this! 😊

[@scaper8]

They might be considered a one hit wonder, but what a hit it was. A great song and a cultural milestone.

[@toddmathis7484]

Linda Allen had a beautiful voice. R.I.P.

[@t-mac1236]

Something about this made me cry. Nostalgia? Idk. Good times

[@JoeyJohnson-u1p]

It just blows my mind that one man can produce so much incredible music in one lifetime, musical genius. The creativity and sparks that must have flown when Trevor, Tom Watkins and Paul Morley were together in one room, would love to have been there.

[@VickiVampiressYT]

Until I looked it up just now I would have sworn the bass was done on a bass machine. To see Trevor Horn do it live is amazing. What a performance!

[@TeriDrage]

I am. We had one in a million back then. Today we don’t have the singers, songwriters and bands like we had in the 60s 70s and 80s that have had and always will remain relevant.

[@dslrrookie6808]

This has got to be one of my favourite live performances ever. You guys completely nailed it.

[@johnlewinski6359]

When I hear this I can flash back to when I first saw the video. Beautiful instrumental at the end. What a great era for music and fun and now it all sucks.

[@MrKevC]

I was only 13 when I first heard this and thought it was the best thing I have ever heard up to that point. Now I'm 56 and still think of this song very fondly and miss those days what an era to grow up in !

[@whitediggity]

How is this even better than the studio version??

[@PerfectStranger1]

"We can’t rewind, we’ve gone too far" - ain't that the truth.

[@theguitardude5613]

Ive watched this over and over again. It really is that good.

[@rama30]

Debbie's and Linda's amazing vocals. rest in peace, you had the voice of an angel. all my love.

[@Wombah-rc6zz]

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! I can STILL remember where I was the first time I heard this song. It was so different to anything else I'd ever heard! Top MARKS for originality!

[@rumpel8037]

Trevor Horn - the man who invented the 80s. Like "gold dust", this great song came out of the radios back then and was so much better than almost anything else.

[@bigslim88]

I was watching when MTV played its first video of this song. I have loved this song ever since. To see them perform it all these years later and sound so awesome is fantastic.

[@illiamdeebe7579]

Every time I watch this, tears in my eyes. Just so good, so well written, amazingly performed, and makes me just a little melancholy. What a ride.

[@jeffg1524]

This is one of the perfect pop songs in my entire memory, and I'm a music collector. First started collecting LPs in 1980, then CD's, so have over 5,000 albums in my collection. Video Killed the Radio Star is one of my favs. It has all the ingredients of great pop -- killer beat, melody, pathos, and a chorus that penetrates into your brain like all great ear candy does.

[@TheAtticradio]

Amazing PoP … groundbreaking

[@pchdavis]

Exactly! The chorus is like ear candy!

[@hockley91]

This song is so catchy… so well written and stands the test of time. What a lovely live performance by everyone. Time for part two Mr.Horn!!!! “Digital killed the video star”

[@patrickol4300]

And so, Ms., Allen , you were greatest now : they way you did the backing, it seem' s so long ago. And, Trevor's jingle, the words used to go, uh ah, uh , ah . Uh, ah, uh, ah, she was the first one,: uh, ah, uh, ah . She was, the last one..!

[@GibsonFender]

There are no words for how much I love this.

[@londonseprimarypehealtha-it5ku]

One of THE most glorious pop songs of all time. Timeless wonder. Would love to see this producer's wondrous back catalogue celebrated in new found ways e.g. Proms interpretation; BBC New Year's Eve Party etc.

[@janet53589]

This is what one would call the performance of record for Video Killed RS. Amazing live performance. So glad Trevor and crew put in the time to do it.

[@mariobrnabic4252]

One of the best songs ever created. It can be played a hundred times and you never get sick of it.

[@Gypsy_Soul7]

What a phenomenal performance…sounds so much like the original…such amazing talent. Trevor Horn, you are a living LEGEND ✨✨

[@carlflaherty2215]

I actually like it better than the original recording.

[@Muddy_The_Water]

Video Killed the Radio Star, will be 45, this year, and each time i hear it, it's like i am hearing it, for the first time.

[@kazm5068]

I absolutely bloody love this song even after all these years 😳❤️❤️

[@markdavids2511]

This song was a groundbreaker in its day, it’s now widely acknowledged as a classic pop song.

[@paulrees3861]

Great song, makes me happy and sad at the same time. Brilliant live performances, considering the passage of time.

[@carlflaherty2215]

They even got Debbie Doss and Linda Allen!

[@leethomas255]

I know exactly what you mean, I wish I could go back to when I 1st heard it, in the 70's ☺😪😪

[@ske1fr]

The second verse, when the syncopating synth and backing vocal comes in: that never fails to send thrills down my spine, and Linda Allen's vocal. Immortality in a song.

[@robertlea8628]

the good times.😇

[@BobB-w4q]

How hard it is to believe so much time has passed.

[@gscott9665]

Compliments to Mr. Horn. He shared the spotlight , knowing the final product would be greater than the sum of its parts. The performance itself was, IMO, flawless, Just enough of the original techno to keep it authentic, but with amazing musicians and vocals. Ms. Allen knocked it out of the park. Great stuff by all! Thank you.

[@guyosborn615]

RIP Linda, fabulous solo

[@ssadelaidian3811]

I discovered this live version a few months ago and have come back to watch it a number of times. Just awesome, especially the backing vocals.

[@prodriver2112]

This song was the very first music video ever played on MTV August 1, 1981. Brings back many fun memories.

[@paulwarner54]

City Hall Newcastle upon Tyne 1981 or 82 they were fantastic !!

[@raemenp]

Great memories. Fantastic performance _ superb choir👌

[@brycetutt3091]

My sweet lord what a live performance...magical

[@anthonycameron82]

Even though this Timeless classic came in the late 70's I grew up in the 80's Listening to this and I'm Grateful for Being Gen'X

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

Man I still remember when this awesome song first hit the radio waves! Way back in June 1979! I was living in Puerto Rico at the time! Growing up as a young kid I was 16 years old! And it became one of my favorite tune then and still my favorite today! I love the Buggles! “The age of plastic”👌😎👍

[@Stacey_LaValley_Lambert]

Memories of staying at my Grammy’s house in Waterford in 1978 are flooding my brain. Thank you! I❤NY!

[@acoteane]

I like Linda's chorus because it's powerful. Thank you

[@BEASTWRANGLER]

Linda was awesome. RIP

[@hernanpicco4816]

Me too

[@charlesbass66]

Still loving it in June 2023

[@viewoftheaskew]

I never get tired of hearing this song, and I love the piano solo version too!

[@10mortax]

I just love this song.

[@albertastreetmedia]

Here it is 2024 and this song still rocks. Trevor, you are a musical genius!!!

[@dawncolley8567]

Anyone here in Jan 2025 goosebumps 💛💙💛

[@TheAtticradio]

this is a classic !

[@derrickmartin8390]

Yup. Timeless classic. I was 9 years old in 1981 when the MTV rocket took off and played this song. I was mesmerized.

[@lauriekroening2518]

I am. I just found this video and it is just as awesome as the original video.

[@Tasha-c8s]

Yes im still listening

[@ChandlerOakes-HouseofOakes]

😉

[@richardknott2021]

Love this song..loved this 2004 concert..Trevor Horn is the very best.

[@mdb831]

MTV's first. That will never be taken away! The perfect pop song. I hope Trevor lives to 120.