Video Killed The Radio Star

Video Killed The Radio Star

Song Information

 
Video Killed The Radio Star's banner.

Artist: The Buggles
Composition/Lyrics: Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley
Album: The Age of Plastic (1980)
BPM: 130
Length: 1:25
First Music Game Appearance: Dancing Stage EuroMIX
Other Music Game Appearances: None.

Lyrics

They took your credit for your second symphony
Rewritten by machines and new technology
And now I understand the problems you can see
Oh-a, oh

I met your children
Oh-a, oh
What did you tell them?

Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star

Pictures came and broke your heart
Oh-a-a-a, oh

And now we meet in an abandoned studio
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago
And you remember the jingles used to go
Oh-a, oh

You were the first one
Oh-a, oh
You were the last one

Video killed the radio star
Video killed the radio star

In my mind and in my car
We can't rewind we've gone too far
Oh-a-aho, oh
Oh-a-aho, oh...

Song Connections / Remixes

None.

Trivia

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  • Video Killed The Radio Star is The Buggles' biggest hit and is thought to be one of the most important songs of all time.
  • Video Killed The Radio Star's music video was the first video to be aired in MTV.
  • Video Killed The Radio Star received a new banner, its music video and CHALLENGE charts in DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS (America).
    • Its music video eliminates all on-screen dancers.
    • Its BEGINNER chart was slightly modified as well, by moving the positioning of some arrows.

Song Production Information

None.

Difficulty & Notecounts

DanceDanceRevolution difficulty from 2ndMIX CLUB VER. through 5thMIX (and the Solo games) rated from 1 to 9, and 1 to 10 from DDRMAX2 to SuperNOVA2.

Game Single Double
Beginner Basic Difficult Expert Challenge Basic Difficult Expert Challenge
Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows 88 / 0 130 / 0 157 / 0 200 / 0 282 / 24 / 0 134 / 0 176 / 0 184 / 0 278 / 4 / 0
Dancing Stage EuroMIX 1 3 5 6 - 4 5 6 -
Dancing Stage EuroMIX CS 1 3 5 6 - 4 5 6 -
DanceDanceRevolution SuperNOVA CS US 1 3 5 6 8 4 5 6 8