Although MTV's logo animations are the first animations , the music video by Dire Straits - "MONEY FOR NOTHING" in 1985 was MTV's first animated music video . ~ Look to the related link below .
An up to date MTV chart can be found on the MTV website. They have sites for different countries and regions so you can look up MTV Canada, MTV America and MTV Asia.
MTV Prom Date - 2004 was released on: USA: 25 May 2004
'Video killed the radio star' by The Buggles. and just for kicks, the second was Pat Benatar's "You better run".
Because the most ubiquitous bumper video logo shown on MTV in its early years featured footage of the first rocket to the moon, and the first man walking on the moon with the (American) flag. It was Xeroxed and rotoscoped, then hand-colored with markers. Instead of the American flag, the flag had the MTV logo on it, flashing in different colors and patterns. This image became iconic and representative of MTV as a brand. The MTV trademark music riff (complete with guitar wow) is as iconic and well-known as the moon landing image to the first viewers of MTV.
MTV first aired the Thriller video at midnight. It was one of the first of it's time. I don't recall the year, however. I am guessing it was 1983 or 1984.
Midnight on 12-2-83
August the 1 1981. and the first video was...... wait for it ..... Video killed the radio star, by the buggles.
Who was the first artist shown in MTV
The Boggles-Video killed the radio star
Although MTV's logo animations are the first animations , the music video by Dire Straits - "MONEY FOR NOTHING" in 1985 was MTV's first animated music video . ~ Look to the related link below .
"Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson was the first music video to air on MTV by a black artist.
It was probably a big hit in the years 1982 through 1983. The song came out 1982 and so did the music video on Mtv
MTV Europe first showed the music video for Dire Strait's "Money For Nothing".
The channel that is called MTV still plays music videos on a daily basis. The last video shown on the channel will be played if the channel goes off of the air. The first video played on MTV was Video Killed the Radio Star.
MTV debuted Thriller as they did for most of Michael's videos.
The Buggles made "Video killed the radio star," the first video to be broadcast on MTV.