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99.5 · Video

The top 25 videos of new wave and beyond

The clips that turned MTV and MuchMusic into tastemakers — from the very first video MTV ever aired to the one that launched grunge. Every video plays from the artist's official YouTube channel.

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AFTERWAVE · TV
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Video Killed the Radio Star

The Buggles · 1979

The first video ever broadcast on MTV, at 12:01 a.m. on August 1, 1981 — a prophecy that came true in real time.