The video was interrupted after 12 seconds due to technical difficulties. This was the first concert video to be aired on MTV, from REO Speedwagon's Live Infidelity home video release. Rod Stewart made the most total appearances that day with 16, with 11 of his videos being played.ĭue to being a brand new cable network, the first day featured numerous errors including playing clips at the wrong times, moments of dead air, videos that wouldn't play correctly and other technical difficulties.īassist Phil Chen was the first non-white musician to appear on MTV " You Better You Bet" by the Who, which was also the first video to be repeated, " Just Between You and Me" by April Wine, and " In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins were each played five times. 116 unique videos were played, spanning 209 spins over the first 24 hours from the beginning, MTV used the rotation system and repeated popular videos throughout the day. The first video to air on MTV was one emblematic of MTV's concept, The Buggles' " Video Killed the Radio Star" which was then immediately followed by a brief message about music and television coming together and then " You Better Run" by Pat Benatar. The first hour on the air was broadcast again on August 1, 2016, and was called MTV Hour One, as part of VH1 Classic's planned re-launch as MTV Classic, MTV itself, and additionally streamed on the channel's Facebook page. MTV's first day on the air was rebroadcast on VH1 Classic in 2006 and again in 2011 (the latter celebrating the channel's 30th anniversary). This is a list of the first music videos broadcast on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981. ( August 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations.
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