Another day, another 80s New Wave one-hit wonder. This time it’s The Buggles, whose ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ topped the charts in five countries and made it to #40 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The song’s profile was boosted two years later, when MTV chose its video as the first ever on the fledgling channel. Nineteen years after that, in 2000, it became the one millionth video aired on MTV.

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