First music videos aired on MTV

This is a list of the first music videos aired on MTV. These music videos were played on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981.

#"Video Killed the Radio Star" by Buggles
#"You Better Run" by Pat Benatar
#"She Won't Dance" by Rod Stewart (Contains use of the word "fuck" by Stewart [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/stewart_rod/7910325/lyric.jhtml] . A VH1 broadcast of the video posted on YouTube suggests the word was never edited from the video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVa2qV_UpxU] .)
#"You Better You Bet" by The Who
#"Little Suzi's on the Up" by Ph.D.
#"We Don't Talk Anymore" by Cliff Richard
#"Brass in Pocket" by The Pretenders
#"Time Heals" by Todd Rundgren
#"Take It On the Run" by REO Speedwagon
#"Rockin' the Paradise" by Styx
#"When Things Go Wrong" by Robin Lane and the Chartbusters
#"History Never Repeats" by Split Enz
#"Hold On Loosely" by 38 Special
#"Just Between You and Me" by April Wine
#"Sailing" by Rod Stewart
#"Iron Maiden" by Iron Maiden
#"Keep On Loving You" by REO Speedwagon
#"Message of Love" by The Pretenders
#"Mr. Briefcase" by Lee Ritenour
#"Double Life" by The Cars
#"In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins
#"Looking For Clues" by Robert Palmer
#"Too Late" by Shoes
#"Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
#"Surface Tension" by Rupert Hine
#"One Step Ahead" by Split Enz
#"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
#"I'm Gonna Follow You" by Pat Benatar
#"Savannah Nights" by Tom Johnston
#"Lucille" by Rockestra
#"The Best of Times" by Styx
#"Vengeance" by Carly Simon
#"Wrathchild" by Iron Maiden
#"I Wanna Be a Lifeguard" by Blotto
#"Passion" by Rod Stewart
#"Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello
#"Don't Let Him Go" by REO Speedwagon
#"Remote Control/Illegal" by The Silencers
#"Angel of the Morning" by Juice Newton
#"Little Sister" by Rockpile with Robert Plant
#"Hold On to the Night" by Bootcamp
#"Dreaming" by Cliff Richard
#"Is it You?" by Lee Ritenour
#"Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac
#"He Can't Love You" by Michael Stanley Band
#"Tough Guys" by REO Speedwagon
#"Rapture" by Blondie
#"Don't Let Go the Coat" by The Who
#"Ain't Love a Bitch" by Rod Stewart
#"Talk of the Town" by The Pretenders
#"Can't Happen Here" by Rainbow
#"Thank You for Being a Friend" by Andrew Gold
#"Bring It All Home" by Gerry Rafferty
#"Sign of the Gypsy Queen" by April Wine
#"The Man with the Child in His Eyes" by Kate Bush
#"Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie
#"Just Between You and Me" by April Wine (was both the 14th and 57th video on MTV, making it the first video to be shown more than once)
#"Rat Race" by The Specials
#"Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads
#"Victim" by Bootcamp
#"Tonight's the Night" by Rod Stewart
#"Cruel to Be Kind" by Nick Lowe

References

*Hoye, Jacob. "MTV Uncensored". Pocket Books, 2001. ISBN 0-7434-2682-7.

External links

* [http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?type=1366&id=1535994 MTV Yearbook: 1981] from the MTV website