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First music video ever aired on MTV 144 "You Better Run" Pat Benatar: 2/2 145 "Surface Tension" Rupert Hine: 2/2 146 "One Step Ahead" Split Enz: 3/3 147 "Wild-Eyed Southern Boys" .38 Special: 2/2 148 "In My Arms Again" Shoes: 1/1 149 "Is It You" Lee Ritenour: 3/3 150 "Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" Rod Stewart: 2/2 151 "Passing Strangers ...
NumberSongArtistAppearance [a]11/221/231/241/5Sep 16, 2020 · The first rap video to make its way into MTV’s rotation was Run-D.M.C.’s “Rock Box” in 1984, after the cable network had been on the air for three years. While certain artists,...
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Yo! MTV Raps is an American two-hour television music video program, which first aired on MTV Europe from 1987 to mid-90s and on MTV US from August 1988 to August 1995. The American version of the program (created by Ted Demme and Peter Dougherty) was the first hip hop music show on the network, and was based on the original MTV Europe show ...
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- Original series:, August 6, 1988 –, August 17, 1995, Revival series:, May 24 – July 12, 2022
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- Talking Heads - "Once In A Lifetime" Iconic. On the cymbal crash that opens the song, David Byrne, dressed like a preacher, blasts onto the screen from below, breathing like he’s on a plane and he hates flying.
- Blondie - "Rapture" Roughly six months before it aired on MTV, Debbie Harry premiered the “Rapture” video on Solid Gold, a popular music program. “Blondie and some of our friends put together a number to show you what rapping and the street scene is like,” Harry told the audience, who were likely hearing about this burgeoning genre for the first time.
- Kate Bush - "Wuthering Heights" In Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (a book I have not read), Catherine Earnshaw is abandoned by her love, Heathcliff, and dies while giving birth to another man’s child.
- Ultravox - "Vienna" It’s rare that any of the early vids fit into a genre. The majority of them are just “look at us, we’re playing our instruments” or “look at us, we’re playing live.”
Aug 9, 2023 · SUMMERS: 1984 saw a modest breakthrough when the first rap video aired on MTV. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ROCK BOX")
Jul 30, 2021 · The very first music video shown on MTV was The Buggles' "Video Killed The Radio Star."
Feb 16, 2019 · “Walk This Way” became the first Hip Hop video to be played in heavy rotation in the history of MTV and re-launched the career of Aerosmith. Fun fact: the video was only made for $67,000 and none of the band performing are the other members of Aerosmith besides Perry and Tyler.
