Video Killed the Radio Star | Live Band Performance | Sing It Live

[@NinoAussie]

Music people of the world, do you all agree with me, that we are listening, and looking at one of the best cover bands in the world 👍 ❤️ 🎵🎸 🎤 🔥 ❤️

[@kevinallen1699]

Agreed !

[@nickcharlotte8108]

Excellent. Really enjoyed it.

[@helenk-ys5pj]

Agreed the best in the world.

[@singitliveworld]

Thanks so much 🙏🏼

[@NinoAussie]

​@@singitliveworld❤ you are most welcome cheers 🍻 🎉 😊

[@rosevfx]

There is no such thing as "too much Nikki". She's awesome.

[@arunrana3806]

she is gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rosevfx]

@@arunrana3806 Not only that, she has tons of charisma. Just wonderful

[@davidgosbee4356]

WOW!!!

[@txtifosi]

When you enjoy what you do, you will succeed. You guys clearly are in a quasi orgasmic state while performing. And we are so lucky to have you all.

[@shuffleup92]

Darren filming himself in a mirror laid on his piano, Nikki playing drums on Crafty's bottom, the MTV and Pac Man t-shirts, the 80's SFX, and the joy that you have recreating this perfect era, that's happiness !

[@toddyule3441]

Brilliant. Nikki’s vocal at 2:30 - wow!!!

[@barrywalker1971]

First video ever played on MTV. Classic.

[@jonyoung6405]

Pat Benatar was # 2

[@stuartstephens]

Back when a music video was still a novel idea.

[@dquarks]

What a perfect revival of a classic. Darren's voice is perfect, and Nikki's tonal quality is a great match with his. Love the fun and enjoyment that exudes from everyone.

[@mwilk19]

When I saw the thumbnail I thought, there's no way they'll do this song justice. I was wrong. Very well done for the first song played on MTV.

[@greyman003]

A classic from my youth. I love the treatment of Nikki's vocal. Great reverb and delay.

[@rogersmith9705]

First music video shown on MTV!

[@chisel83]

❤️ I remember watching the video on countdown as a kid. Everyone in primary school singing it.

[@Johnny-dg7cp]

This group never disappoints, doesn’t matter who the singers are, the outcome is the same, quality, entertaining and fun. ❤

[@Gunny_101st]

Holy Crap you guys nailed that!!! Took me back to my childhood. Aug. 1, 1981, I remember 12 yo me sitting in my living room waiting for MTV to premiere that night.

[@alfredoperez74]

Simply brilliant!! Loved the Pacman tshirt. The band is wonderful!!!

[@willswalkingwest7267]

Just proves that a GOOD song is a good song. Well done, folks.

[@neilimarandrade1547]

Sensacional .SIMPLES ASSIM 👏👏👏🆗❤❤🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@paulguthrie4857]

Just when I think you guys can't any tighter, you break out the torque wrench and crank it up 10 or 12 notches!!! Gold!!

[@mmiller6873]

I remember when this song came out. Well done on this rendition.

[@Vishal_Knight007]

Absolutely Excellent!!! Nikki always has such Charisma. Between her dancing and singing, and all others here, y’all breathe New Life into these Retro songs and make them come alive and sound like new again.

[@tonesv77]

WTH!!! What can't you sing Darren?? You guys nailed it guys! This has to be a fav now! YOU JUST BRING SO MUCH JOY!! Sooooo much talent! Following since you were all in HSCC! Thank you for the music SIL ♥

[@fredstamatatos9551]

BRAVO!!!! PERFECT RENDITION, STAYED TRUE TO THE ORIGINAL, and that my friends is why so many fans like me love you guys! And Nikki, a Breath of Heaven!!!!

[@Magnus_from_Denmark]

Fantastic guys. Love it ❤

[@oscarjetson128]

Agh yes, another gem that takes me back to a more simpler era! ❤

[@ValentinAlfaro-om6dh]

I have mixed feelings between melancholy, joy and satisfaction for the group: young people are great, the song is an iconic melody from the golden decade and I am very pleased that the video has reached excellence, congratulations, I want more of that music, it is addictive

[@Charlie-Rivers]

What a happy bunch, Nikki sure is having fun. Nice performance! Many thanks, greetings from The Netherlands. 🧡🧡👋👋

[@oliverahrens5215]

Thank 's, Thank' s for the great groovie start in the weekend and the smiling start back in my youth and this all on my birthday . Greetings from Northern Germany to the other side of the world with the best band of Australia ✌️😍🇩🇪🌹🇦🇺

[@kevinallen1699]

Schönes Wochenende!

[@oliverahrens5215]

Wünsche ich dir auch 😎​@@kevinallen1699

[@Freddy-wg5dl]

Great People, Great Talent, Great Music, Great Sense of Humor. Oh ya , also a Crafty. These are what I think are some of the key ingredients that make Darren & the gang so loved & respected. Real people. Thank You Darren, Mario, Stuart, Damien, Nikki & Crafty.

[@sjcassells3580]

You are….the video stars….. Such an iconic song and you nailed it. The entire band, as ever, bringing it home. Love what you do guys. A lot goes on behind the scenes to bring us these amazing tracks but I hope you know we all appreciate it! Another classic to add to your collection….still got my fingers crossed for Mony Mony one of these days too. 🤞

[@IanRedman-r8h]

Yet again take a classic song and smash it. Superb !!!

[@COMA69BAND]

just sublime....such a tight band....loved it.

[@YesItsReallyKeith]

never gets old !! this tune will get anyone moving !!!

[@annettecinquemanifalbo17]

Took me back once again to another decade in my life where I was young and fancy free, then at 24.5 I began having children until I was 35.5. these videos and songs you reproduce are so good for my soul and spirit. Thanks a million for taking me back to a simpler time in my life. I didn't realize then that I now do today, and at 66, it is not easy growing older, but music keeps us young! Love y'all, from East Texas! 🇨🇱❤️😎🐎🍻👏

[@petemussoni9111]

you go girl!

[@ClassDynamix]

Every week this channel just inspires. Not just musically and through its expertise, but it is a story of how one can start again from nothing, rise from the ashes and become the whole damn fire. To all those who tried to keep this man down, this is how you answer them. Churning out gold every week, creating something even better and watching karma do the rest! Beautiful to behold and a lesson for us all on how to win in life!

[@McPhan86]

Who tried to keep him down? Im new to the channel so don't know what happened

[@nosgaslaugher1813]

Sing it Live, my favorite Friday cover band, it’s an extra bonus when Niki sings! that was fun!

[@glennjelich3174]

I'm old enough to remember when this came out and it was something different and special, then a few years later the birth of MTV, a golden era of music and music videos. SING IT LIVE, you guys did this beautifully, it's a hard one to cover well (been there) and the video clip you created was the cherry on top. Fantastic guys

[@v1e1r1g1e1]

Hi there. Love your response. My thoughts, exactly!

[@alanriddell101]

Brilliant revival of this one-hit-wonder by the Buggles. What a tight and talented band you are! Loved it!

[@johnathanwetherill456]

One of the best 80s songs ever . Need a new version " KZbin killed the TV star "

[@michaelboswell4318]

Wow that was very well done.

[@patzotti1]

The first song on MTV and you folks did an awesome job of bring it back.

[@michpackfan]

Cool song!!! First one played on MTV!! GREAT JOB

[@gavinallen5745]

Another masterpiece from an awesome band. Nikki and Darren, awesome vocals as always. We love you guys ❤❤❤

[@StrikeTheRoot]

I simply love how much you all love music

[@alpintourer]

Great performance with great production values including choice of costumes to tie in the MTV era. Nice package.

[@markplautz6842]

Very emotional for me… chills and brought back many fantastic memories! Thank you!

[@AngelDjay]

Everything you do is brilliant 79 I remember hearing this tune all over the radio .

[@tmaciol]

This was glorious. The musicianship flawless as always. Darren and his fellow musicians are setting the bar very high leaving not much room left for others to compare to. Love this. Thank you guys for this. A fan from Bonn / Germany

[@petermcgreevy6386]

Great rendition Guys, Nikki the life of the party exuberant as ever one could be, her smile and moves....Great harmonies Darren ....🥰

[@kevinallen1699]

You know the deal !... Hit the thumb first and then listen, 'cause you know it's gonna' be great !....... OK, it's four minutes later and.. DAMN, IF IT WASN'T BETTER THAN I KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE !

[@dobbo4596]

Exactly

[@callumrgibson]

Need more thumbs!

[@lindamac8933]

Absolutely

[@oldwest517]

I do that every time.

[@seabreeze3906]

Video Killed the Radio star was Number 1 for eight weeks in late 1979 in Australia radio charts. I was 12 (two years older than Darren) and music mad at the time. MTV hadn't begun yet (in late 1979), but I remember this song being played a lot on the free to air tv stations, every weekend "Sounds" with Donnie Sunderland (non stop music videos), three hours on a Saturday afternoon. and another similar (only in SA) show on Sundays ("Music Express" with Greg Clark??). Probably played on "Countdown" too and would have been shown as a throwback, when RAGE started screening on ABC2in 1987. It was a fun song to sing at school, imitating the megaphone part with a rolled up newspaper and doing the ooh oohs (as year 7 schoolkids). We loved the music videos, so didn't really understand the opposite message in the song. Living in Australia, (where at the time, international acts didn't often tour, or completely left off their world tours), the videos were our ONLY opportunity to see the artists, that we would never get to see any other way. with the benefit of multiple decades, I now read the lyrics, and realise, Trevor Horn was predicting music being written and produced by A1, (which IS happening now), but he predicted it back in 1979. Buggle's lead singer was the same Trevor Horn, who later went on to sing in Art of Noise and YES (Owner of a Lonely Heart etc). Trevor Horn is famous for producing so many other famous musical acts also SEAL, Malcolm McLaren, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Grace Jones, Leann Rimes. What a talent. Sing it live hasn't done an identical cover (different accent, no megaphone effect etc), they've made stylistic changes and done a fantastic homage to Buggles, love it.

[@dmanmusic1]

Yes....bringing back the early days of MTV....always a pleasure to hear songs like this!

[@Bigwoof100]

Fantastic and perfect rendition Darren, Nikki and the band!👏👏👏😎

[@darren6202]

thanks

[@derekdodds4530]

Taking me back to high school. That was breathe of fresh air. Nikki's voice is so beautiful. Thank you Singit live for starting my weekend off on a happy note.

[@richardschindler8822]

I can still remember the first time I heard this song, and now, It’s new all over again. Thank you

[@MattyFitt73]

This is just Singit Live in a nutshell. A gang of friends who love performing and can put on one hell of a performance! Another 80's classic, obviously the first video played on MTV. But this being "videoed" with Darren's Ray Ban's in a mirror? That's a next level idea. I didn't work it out at first, thought Zoran was having a shaky day! Damo with a comic book cut out? Cool. Crafty was the lucky recipient of the ass slap this time rather than Nikki. I'm sure this will show up in future fun tracks. I don't hardly need to mention the singing or playing as it goes without saying how good it is. Harley must be loving this. Kudos from Matty x

[@hellhound551]

The talent of these people to recreate these classic tunes is incredible. They don't just cover the songs, they add their own touch that makes it their own. Always a pleasure to hear anything they cover. They do it even better than the original at times. They always look like they are having a blast doing this which makes it even better. They were one of the best things to come out of the covid lockdown era. They literally were a bright spot in the darkness of that time. Glad to see they are still keeping it going.

[@rikrushton6826]

Killer track - next level production - and it’s all still one take from Darren’s basement 1980’s classics never sounded so good - how awesome are the Sing it live team 🎵🎤🎸🥁🎹🫶Darren Nikki Crafty Damien Mario

[@oliverahrens5215]

On the point, Rik ✌️👍

[@DinizCelio]

MELHOR QUE O ORGINAL..KKKK...

[@AngelDjay]

I was in hospital at the time this track was released along with roxy music dance away was all we heard on the radio end of the 70s.

[@MattyFitt73]

This is so good Rik. What can Daz come up with next?

[@rikrushton6826]

@@MattyFitt73 you can be assured that it will be “next level” 💪🧑‍🎨

[@paulwalker5221]

What a fantastic cover version guys. Excellent cover of song that was one the hits on MTV in the early days.

[@mike130557]

Another belter! I still have the original 7” single!!! Yes, I’m THAT OLD🤣

[@traveksty]

I love this woman

[@Stanley_Furley]

It just never stops.......PERFECTION!

[@trevorscott4145]

Yet another outstanding performance, this time one of my favourite tunes. No, video has not killed us yet, radio is still alive and well. South Aussie talent at it's very best here.

[@keithperkins3798]

I remember the early days of MTV when they played video after video and I loved it. This was the perfect song to kick off that channel. Suddenly recording companies had to include a music video budget. These videos introduced Madonna and Whitney while elevating Michael and Prince. Sing It Live, thank you 🙏🏾 for the great music and memories. Be blessed 😇, from Virginia, USA 🇺🇸.

[@nigelcs9856]

This song hit No.1 in UK in 1979 and spearheaded the MTV generation the following year. Such monumental achievements now vividly coming back to our consciousness thanks to the brilliant rework of the SIL people. So much fun and so much nostalgia. Well done !

[@gntdriver2840]

it got very high in the uk charts but not to no.1

[@nigelcs9856]

@gntdriver2840 Thanks for your comment but I double checked the facts, in case I was wrong, it did spend a week atop the UK chart. A big hit internationally except in the US where radio airplay , rather than sales figure, played a big role in determining a single's chart position. Back then, I found the UK chart more unpredictable but nevertheless a lot more interesting. Crazy sales would land a single easily at the upper reaches of the chart.

[@josephmassey9012]

God, August 1, 1981, I believe was the very day MTV began. 19 days before I turned 8. How the hell was that 43 years ago! I love this song! You guys absolutely nailed it! But I have to admit, it makes me want to cry, because I was a hell of a lot happier back then!

[@josephmassey9012]

WOW! Thanks for the heart, guys! You really are the best! And Nikki is really pretty too! Just like Kat! Take care! ❤

[@jahintx]

Nice cover. Hard to comprehend how this fun little pop song is so beloved to this day. Respect to the brilliant Trevor Horn.

[@luvyesmusici4886]

And the equally great Geoffrey Downes.

[@PhilStrohhamster]

Outstanding performance. Just give it a listen and you know WHY this little gem has survived the decades so well. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@sapelesteve]

Never heard that tune before now. However, I just atomatically know that Nikki, Darren and the amazing SIL band members knocked it out of the proverbial musical park! BRAVO! 👏👏🎤🎤🎹🎹🎸🎸🥁🥁👍👍

[@ruggieromrd]

What a FANTASTIC ENDING !!!

[@MattyFitt73]

Crafty has a fantastic "ending" for sure! 🤣

[@scottharvey2009]

Another classic banger from the basement........not one cover band anywhere can top the Singitlive family. Love all you guys ❤

[@kevinchadwick9644]

Awesome cover of my favourite song

[@KenLambert-g5y]

PERFECTION PERSONIFIED ONCE AGAIN. 🩵🩷

[@stevesrandomadventures9255]

Fantastic!!!Had us dancing for sure!!! Miss the 80's

[@remifalasido2903]

I've loved this song since the first time ! Excellent cover, thanks you all

[@tommydowd-fr3pb]

Well Done Nikki and Darren great version of a classic song. Look forward to playing it.

[@alexsanderbidoia4203]

Que honor es para nosotros responder al pedido musical de Radio Star, con tanta alegría, con tanta gratitud y corazón. Esta banda musical tiene una calidad y un carisma impresionante de parte de todos. Muchas gracias de parte de los brasileños.🤩😍🤩🥰

[@krasje28]

I felt such a happiness! Loved the whole performance!!

[@michellecoluccio]

What a classic this song is this took me back to the days of MTV❤❤❤❤❤good times

[@Stevo_Drums]

One of the quirkier “I don’t love it” 80s songs that I now love ❤

[@alistairmccausland1580]

Fantastic cover guys as always production, top-class. "Video Killed the Radio Star" was released on Sept 7th 1979 by Island Records by The Buggles. An English band formed in London in 1977. It was the first pop video on MTV. The original idea was that The Buggles - a robot Beatles - would never be seen, but once the group had a hit they were as anonymous as an explosion. Hit the number one spot in no fewer than 16 different countries.

[@kevinallen1699]

Why these people aren't on every play list in every Radio Station, around the world, is beyond me.... Cover songs are played daily, thousands of times. ... There is no justice in the Radio World. Darren, Nikki, Crafty, Stu, Mario,Damien and all the others that appear on S.I.L., Y'all deserve a" Yacht on the Riviera" , life !

[@bigcheetah32]

F***ing Incredible.. Grand Slam.. Love the video frames as well.. Mtv shirt and Festivus...😂😂

[@Mark-26]

Top notch performance! One of my most favourite songs, thank you 👊👊

[@jeffreywonser3241]

Nice shirt, Darren and Stuart!!! And who else watched twice just to see Nikki dance? AWESOME job, SIL!!!

[@briankish3757]

Kudos to Darren for the MTV throwback t-shirt! And 💙💙💙 Nikki 💙💙💙!

[@grahamearley1820]

Thank you Sing it Live , for going that extra mile, and for putting some of your own spin on this classic video, well done.

[@B501R]

Little did the original band know how right they are 😊

[@DavidRMuller-ub5os]

Awesome cover! Front girl MAKES this video! Great musicianship! On my playlist👍🏻

[@sisco302]

Pop music in the 80s was light and fun! Still love it. This song is so iconic as it kicked off the music video era quite literally! Great cover!

[@SCWgreg]

PEEERRRRFECTION!!! Darren love the nice touch with the MTV shirt too! The vocals between you and Nikki are so good. Love you guys. You’re all so beautiful!!

[@jeromelieber5638]

Bravo for this new video !! I have a blast every time I listen to your covers. I wish you all the best for the future.

[@russm9495]

I have been a die hard fan of Sing it Live and HSCC for a while now. The music, the artistes, the arrangement...everything is so perfect!!...and to top it all...this one is the cherry on the cake!! An absolute Masterpiece!!!

[@singitliveworld]

Thanks so much Russ 👊🏼

[@guyrandom8518]

Loooove this “video clip” an homage to the song 🎉🎉

[@Ciclopea2]

This classic had such an impact in pop culture back in 1980, beautiful rendition 👏

[@fredzephire4071]

Great cover as always, I like the symbalism with the Tshirt Darren, very fitting.

[@johnl.fulwider4536]

You guys and gals make the best music!

[@juniorsouza3412]

Eu também ❤ Brazil

[@Elephant2024]

Excellent vocals combined with skilled instrumentation.

[@petelovett7175]

Cheeky! But gorgeous! A wonderful twist to a timeless classic...you chaps (and chapesses!) are truly awesome

[@singitliveworld]

Chapesses thats awsome

[@oantech4252]

Takes me back to my teenage years in the late 70's.. What a great song....! What chemistry between the two lead singers..!! 👍👍😎😎

[@Arlunydd239]

Amazing. If I would see you all in a live show, I would say you really rocked the show. A song of my very young years....and you really got it.

[@donaldhoffman1395]

Great presence by her, draws you in and solid vocals...

[@codingbloke]

It amazes me that they can have soo much fun whilst delivering a flawless performance.

[@NikkiKosmiderHeuskes]

Fun is the secret ingredient 🤫