MOJO magazine recently did a piece on "Video Killed the Radio Star." Woolley left The Buggles when he got a solo deal, and his label recognized the potential in the song, so they released it as a single. The two versions came out at pretty close to the same time. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 17, 2017, at 3:55 PM, Aaron Milenski wrote: > > Since Video Killed the Radio Star was co-written by members of the Buggles, > it's more like parallel versions (i.e. Jackson Browne and the Eagles with > "Take It Easy") than a cover version. > > Here's another one you may or may not know: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3JxiB4FLjU > > >> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Mark London wrote: >> >> I'm sure that most people here, knew that these hit songs were covers, but >> I didn't! >> >> Video killed the Radio Star >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HLwljnmzR8 >> >> Girls Just Wanna Have Fun >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aLNwOxPsjg >> >> Tainted Love (from 1964!) >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6dMTat3Zjk >> >> >> >>