When Was the First Music Video Shown?

There is a good chance that you know that MTV launched the first music video on their first show in 1981.

The first music video was shown on August 1, 1981, which was MTV's first broadcast. They showed a great number of music videos on that first day of what would later become a cultural phenomenon.

Here are the videos which they played to introduce this new world of music videos:

• "Video Killed the Radio Star"
• "You Better Run"
• "She Won't Dance With Me"
• "You Better You Bet"
• "Little Suzi's on the Up"
• "We Don't Talk Anymore"
• "Brass in Pocket"
• "Time Heals"
• "Take It on the Run"
• "Rockin the Paradise"
• "When Things Go Wrong"
• "History Never Repeats"
• "Hold on Loosely"
• "Just Between You and Me"
• "Sailing"
• "Iron Maiden"
• "Keep on Loving You"
• "Bluer than Blue"
• "Message of Love"
• "Mr. Briefcase"
• "Double Life"
• "In the Air Tonight"
• "Looking for Clues"
• "Too Late"
• "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
• "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?"
• "Surface Tension"
• "One Step Ahead"
• "Baker Street"
• "I'm Gonna Follow You"
• "Savannah Nights"
• "Lucille"
• "The Best of Times"
• "Vengeance"
• "Wrathchild"
• "I Wanna Be A Lifeguard"
• "Oliver's Army"
• "Passion"
• "Don't Let Him Go"
• "Remote Control"
• "Angel of the Morning"
• "Little Sister"
• "Hold on to the Night"
• "Dreaming"
• "Is It You?"
• "Tusk"
• "He Can't Love You"
• "Tough Guys"
• "Rapture"
• "Don't Let Go the Coat"
• "Ain't Love a Bitch"
• "Talk of the Town"
• "You Better You Bet"
• "Bring it All Home"
• "Sign of the Gypsy Queen"
• "The Man with the Child in his Eyes"
• "Message of Love"
• "All Night Long"
• "Boys Keep Swimming"
• "Rat Race"
• "Just Between You and Me"
• "Once in a Lifetime"
• "Victim"
• "Tonight's the Night"
• "Cruel to be Kind"
• "A Little in Love"
• "Take it on the Run"
• "Wild Eyed Southern Boys"
• "Wuthering Heights"
• "Celebrate the Bullet"
• "More Than I Can Say"
• "A Message to You, Rudy"
• "Heart of Glass"
• "Oh God, I Wish I was Home Tonight"
• "Kid"
• "Come What May"
• "I Got You"
• "Sister Disco"
• "Fashion"
• "Love Stinks"
• "Johnny and Mary"
• "Tomorrow Night"

Even if you have forgotten these songs, you can see how much MTV influenced the musical world.