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	"'''Video Killed the Radio Star'''" is a song by the British ]/] group ], released as their debut single on 7 September 1979, on ] from their debut album '']''.<ref name="BPI">{{cite web \|title=BPI Certified Awards Search \|publisher=]. Note: User needs to enter "Buggles" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button \|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx \|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref> It celebrates the ], describing a singer whose career is cut short by ]. The song topped the ] in several countries and has been ] by many recording artists. It was the first ] shown on ] in the U.S. at 12:01am on 1 August 1981. The song was number 40 on VH1's ''100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80's''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://blog.vh1.com/2009-04-01/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s-read-the-list-2/ \|title=100 Greatest One Hit Wonders Of The 80s: Read the List \|publisher=Blog.vh1.com \|date=2009-04-01 \|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref>		"'''Video Killed the Radio Star'''" is a song by the British ]/] group ], released as their debut single on 7 September 1979, on ] from their debut album '']''.<ref name="BPI">{{cite web \|title=BPI Certified Awards Search \|publisher=]. Note: User needs to enter "Buggles" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button \|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx \|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref> It celebrates the ], describing a singer whose career is cut short by ]. The song topped the ] in several countries and has been ] by many recording artists. It was the first ] shown on ] in the U.S. at 12:01am on 1 August 1981. The song was number 40 on VH1's ''100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80's''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://blog.vh1.com/2009-04-01/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s-read-the-list-2/ \|title=100 Greatest One Hit Wonders Of The 80s: Read the List \|publisher=Blog.vh1.com \|date=2009-04-01 \|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref>

			==Background==
	==Structure and release==
	Group member ] has said that his lyrics were inspired by the ] short story "]", in which the title character—a mute boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it—comes upon an ] singer hiding in a sewer.<ref>{{cite news\|work=]\| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/nov/05/1\| title=Horn of Plenty\| last= Hodgkinson\| first=Will\| date=5 November 2004\| accessdate=2008-09-14}}</ref> He also felt "an era was about to pass." The theme of the song is thus ], which is also echoed in the tone of the music. (The vocals are initially limited in ], giving a "telephone" effect typical of early broadcasts.)<ref name="Warner2003">{{cite book\|last=Warner\|first=Timothy\|title=Pop music: technology and creativity : Trevor Horn and the digital revolution\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NWQ6xfA5hfQC&pg=PA46\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2003-06\|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.\|isbn=978-0-7546-3132-3\|page=46}}</ref> The lyrics refer to a period of technological change in the 1960s, the desire to remember the past and the disappointment that children of the current generation would not appreciate the past.<ref name="Warner2003">{{cite book\|last=Warner\|first=Timothy\|title=Pop music: technology and creativity : Trevor Horn and the digital revolution\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NWQ6xfA5hfQC&pg=PA44\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2003-06\|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.\|isbn=978-0-7546-3132-3\|page=44}}</ref> In the 1950s and early 1960s, radio was an important medium for many, through which "stars" were created.		Group member ] has said that his lyrics were inspired by the ] short story "]", in which the title character—a mute boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it—comes upon an ] singer hiding in a sewer.<ref>{{cite news\|work=]\| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/nov/05/1\| title=Horn of Plenty\| last= Hodgkinson\| first=Will\| date=5 November 2004\| accessdate=2008-09-14}}</ref> He also felt "an era was about to pass." The theme of the song is thus ], which is also echoed in the tone of the music. (The vocals are initially limited in ], giving a "telephone" effect typical of early broadcasts.)<ref name="Warner2003">{{cite book\|last=Warner\|first=Timothy\|title=Pop music: technology and creativity : Trevor Horn and the digital revolution\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NWQ6xfA5hfQC&pg=PA46\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2003-06\|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.\|isbn=978-0-7546-3132-3\|page=46}}</ref> The lyrics refer to a period of technological change in the 1960s, the desire to remember the past and the disappointment that children of the current generation would not appreciate the past.<ref name="Warner2003">{{cite book\|last=Warner\|first=Timothy\|title=Pop music: technology and creativity : Trevor Horn and the digital revolution\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NWQ6xfA5hfQC&pg=PA44\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2003-06\|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.\|isbn=978-0-7546-3132-3\|page=44}}</ref> In the 1950s and early 1960s, radio was an important medium for many, through which "stars" were created.

	The song was written by Horn, ] and ].<ref name="SchoenbergSutton2004">{{cite book\|last1=Schoenberg\|first1=Richard\|last2=Sutton\|first2=Seattle\|title=Seventy-Nine/Eighty\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=D0FJ2LTxfQwC&pg=PT70\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2004-02\|publisher=Only Easy Day Was Yesterday\|isbn=978-0-9748208-0-4\|page=70}}</ref> Horn has claimed that Woolley was primarily responsible for the musical content, while Horn wrote most of the words. Woolley was responsible for the addition of the words 'put the blame on ]'. The first version was recorded by Woolley & the Camera Club (with ] on keyboards) for his album ''English Garden'', which was a hit in ]. The Buggles later recorded the song and it reached number one in the ] the week of 20 October 1979, the first-ever number one for the ] label. It also would top the Australian charts, and made the ] in the United States, debuting on 10 November 1979, and peaking at number 40.		The song was written by Horn, ] and ].<ref name="SchoenbergSutton2004">{{cite book\|last1=Schoenberg\|first1=Richard\|last2=Sutton\|first2=Seattle\|title=Seventy-Nine/Eighty\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=D0FJ2LTxfQwC&pg=PT70\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2004-02\|publisher=Only Easy Day Was Yesterday\|isbn=978-0-9748208-0-4\|page=70}}</ref> Horn has claimed that Woolley was primarily responsible for the musical content, while Horn wrote most of the words. Woolley was responsible for the addition of the words 'put the blame on ]'. The first version was recorded by Woolley & the Camera Club (with ] on keyboards) for his album ''English Garden'', which was a hit in ]. The Buggles later recorded the song and it reached number one in the ] the week of 20 October 1979, the first-ever number one for the ] label. It also would top the Australian charts, and made the ] in the United States, debuting on 10 November 1979, and peaking at number 40.
			==Other media==

	It appears on the album '']'', where it has an additional piano ]. The complicated arrangement and production of the song, which includes a chorus sung by a group of very high-pitched backup singers, foreshadows Horn's later career as a producer.		It appears on the album '']'', where it has an additional piano ]. The complicated arrangement and production of the song, which includes a chorus sung by a group of very high-pitched backup singers, foreshadows Horn's later career as a producer.

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"Video Killed the Radio Star"
Song
B-side	"Kid Dynamo"

"Video Killed the Radio Star" is a song by the British synthpop/New Wave group The Buggles, released as their debut single on 7 September 1979, on Island Records from their debut album The Age of Plastic. It celebrates the golden days of radio, describing a singer whose career is cut short by television. The song topped the music chart in several countries and has been covered by many recording artists. It was the first music video shown on MTV in the U.S. at 12:01am on 1 August 1981. The song was number 40 on VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80's.

Background

Group member Trevor Horn has said that his lyrics were inspired by the J. G. Ballard short story "The Sound-Sweep", in which the title character—a mute boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it—comes upon an opera singer hiding in a sewer. He also felt "an era was about to pass." The theme of the song is thus nostalgia, which is also echoed in the tone of the music. (The vocals are initially limited in bandwidth, giving a "telephone" effect typical of early broadcasts.) The lyrics refer to a period of technological change in the 1960s, the desire to remember the past and the disappointment that children of the current generation would not appreciate the past. In the 1950s and early 1960s, radio was an important medium for many, through which "stars" were created.

The song was written by Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley. Horn has claimed that Woolley was primarily responsible for the musical content, while Horn wrote most of the words. Woolley was responsible for the addition of the words 'put the blame on VTR'. The first version was recorded by Woolley & the Camera Club (with Thomas Dolby on keyboards) for his album English Garden, which was a hit in Canada. The Buggles later recorded the song and it reached number one in the UK charts the week of 20 October 1979, the first-ever number one for the Island Records label. It also would top the Australian charts, and made the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, debuting on 10 November 1979, and peaking at number 40.

Other media

It appears on the album The Age of Plastic, where it has an additional piano coda. The complicated arrangement and production of the song, which includes a chorus sung by a group of very high-pitched backup singers, foreshadows Horn's later career as a producer.

It appears on the soundtrack for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and in the game itself. The song is now on the video game "Just Dance 3".

The song is used twice in Sarah Polley's 2011 film "Take this Waltz"; once midway through, and again during the closing scene. It is played as an accompaniment to the Scrambler ride in Toronto's Center Island.

Live performances

A rare live performance of the song by Horn and Downes came at a ZTT showcase in 1998. In 2004, The Buggles re-united again with Bruce Woolley at Wembley Arena to perform "Video Killed the Radio Star" and "Living in the Plastic Age" as part of a tribute event to Horn to raise money for the Prince's Trust charity. They were joined by Debi Doss and Linda Jardim (now Linda Allan), who performed the background singing on the original recording. Paul Robinson, who played drums on the original, also appeared. Both Horn and Downes have performed the song live in other acts, including Yes (which Downes and Horn joined for the Drama album and tour in 1980), Downes in the 2006–2009 revival of Asia with John Wetton on lead vocals, and Horn in his band The Producers, also in 2006.

In November 2006, The Producers played at their first gig in Camden Town. A video clip can be seen on the ZTT Records of Horn singing lead vocals and playing bass in a performance of "Video Killed the Radio Star". Tina Charles appears on a YouTube video singing 'Slave to the Rhythm' with The Producers <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pi5wNLcPlw> and Horn reveals that Tina was the singer and originator of the "Oh Ah-Oh Ah-Oh" part of 'Video'; fellow 5000 Volt member Martin Jay was also a session musician on The Buggles record.

Robbie Williams performed the song with Trevor Horn at the BBC Electric Proms on 20 October 2009.

Since 2010, Horn has performed "Video" with both the Buggles and his new band, Producers. Since 2011, he has added new vocals to his live performance before the song's final chorus:

Video killed the radio star,
He hit him on the head with his old guitar,
He tried to run away, but didn't get far,
That's how video killed the radio star

Music video

The music video for the song, helmed by the Australian director Russell Mulcahy, first released in 1979. Hans Zimmer can be seen playing a keyboard; Debi Doss and Linda Jardim, who provided the female vocals for the song, are also seen. It is best known as marking the debut of MTV, when the U.S. channel started broadcasting at 12:01 AM on 1 August 1981. On 27 February 2000, it became the one-millionth video to be aired on MTV. It also opened MTV Classic in the UK and Ireland, which replaced VH1 Classic on 1 March 2010, at 6 AM. The video marked the closing of MTV Philippines before its shutdown on 15 February 2010 at 11:49 PM.

Chart performance

Chart (1979-1980)	Position
Australian Singles Chart	1
Dutch Singles Chart	16
French Singles Chart	1
New Zealand Singles Chart	2
Swedish Singles Chart	1
Swiss Singles Chart	1
UK Singles Chart	1
US Billboard Hot 100	40

Cover versions

"Video Killed the Radio Star"
Song

The Presidents of the United States of America version

In 1998, the alternative rock band, The Presidents of the United States of America, released a version of "Video Killed the Radio Star" for The Wedding Singer soundtrack. The song was also released as a one-track single. The song later appeared on the band's compilation Rarities.

Chart performance

Year	Chart	Position
1998	UK Singles Chart	58

Other cover versions

Year	Artist	Album
1999	Lolita No.18	ヤリタミン (YALITAMIN)
2000	Ken Laszlo	Ken Laszlo 2000
2000	The Presidents of the United States of America	Pure Frosting
2003	Erasure	Other People's Songs
2005	Amber Pacific	Punk Goes 80's
2005	Ben Folds Five	Whatever and Ever Amen
2005	Len	The Diary of the Madmen (in hidden track)
2007	The Feeling	Rosé (CD single)
2007	Haruko Momoi	COVER BEST — Cover Densha
2008	Bitch Alert	Pink Bunnies Get Hit by Big Trucks
2009	VV Brown	Travelling Like the Light
2012	Young London	Single
2012	Joyce Manor	Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
2012	Dominico but call me "D"	Single

Popular culture

The song is heavily sampled in the 2010 single, "Check It Out" by will.i.am and Nicki Minaj

The song is featured in the film, Take Me Home Tonight starring an ensemble cast with Topher Grace and Anna Farris.

The song is featured in the 2002 videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as part of the soundtrack to the radio station Flash FM.

In 2009, Robbie Williams titled his eighth album Reality Killed the Video Star The album was produced by Trevor Horn. Robbie also performed the song live in the BBC Electric Proms that year, with Horn playing bass.

Drop Dead, Gorgeous included (The) Internet Killed the Video Star on their 2009 release The Hot n' Heavy

On 2 August 2011, Jay Leno aired a short video of Jersey Shore Killed the Video Star on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

References

^ "BPI Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Note: User needs to enter "Buggles" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
"100 Greatest One Hit Wonders Of The 80s: Read the List". Blog.vh1.com. 1 April 2009. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
Hodgkinson, Will (5 November 2004). "Horn of Plenty". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2008.
^ Warner, Timothy (2003-06). Pop music: technology and creativity : Trevor Horn and the digital revolution. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-7546-3132-3. Retrieved 22 March 2011. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) Cite error: The named reference "Warner2003" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
Schoenberg, Richard; Sutton, Seattle (2004-02). Seventy-Nine/Eighty. Only Easy Day Was Yesterday. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-9748208-0-4. Retrieved 22 March 2011. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
Meld je aan of registreer je om een reactie te plaatsen! (1 August 2008). "[GTA VC] Flash FM- Buggles - Video killed the radio star". YouTube. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
Gig review: The Buggles
http://www.martinjay.co.uk/index_website/
BBC Electric Proms Setlist Retrieved October 2009
Meld je aan of registreer je om een reactie te plaatsen! (28 September 2010). "Video Killed the Radio Star - The Buggles Live 2011". YouTube. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
"the Buggles - "Video killed the radio star"". mvdbase.com. 1 August 1981. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
Debi Doss – '70's Rock Archive Photographs
The Buggles (Biography) MTV
Dehnart, A. "Who really killed the video star?". Salon.com, 2000
Positions @ Finnish-charts.com Retrieved September 2009
"InfoDisc : Tout les Titres par Artiste". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
"Young London on PureVolume". Purevolume.com. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
"BBC - Electric Proms - Robbie Williams". BBC. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

v t e The Buggles
Trevor Horn Geoff Downes
Studio albums	The Age of Plastic Adventures in Modern Recording
Singles	"Video Killed the Radio Star" "Living in the Plastic Age" "Clean, Clean" "Elstree" "I Am a Camera"
Other songs and demos	"I Love You (Miss Robot)" "Videotheque" "We Can Fly From Here (Parts 1&2)"
Related	Discography Bruce Woolley Drama Fly from Here

v t e The Presidents of the United States of America
Chris Ballew Dave Dederer Jason Finn Andrew McKeag
Studio albums	The Presidents of the United States of America II Freaked Out and Small Love Everybody These Are the Good Times People Kudos to You!
Compilations	Pure Frosting
Singles	"Kitty" "Lump" "Peaches" "Ça Plane Pour Moi" "Dune Buggy" "Mach 5" "Video Killed the Radio Star" "Some Postman"
Related articles	Discography Skin Yard Love Battery The Lonesome Death of Buck McCoy The Gentlemen

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	"'''Video Killed the Radio Star'''" is a song by the British ]/] group ], released as their debut single on 7 September 1979, on ] from their debut album '']''.<ref name="BPI">{{cite web \|title=BPI Certified Awards Search \|publisher=]. Note: User needs to enter "Buggles" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button \|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx \|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref> It celebrates the ], describing a singer whose career is cut short by ]. The song topped the ] in several countries and has been ] by many recording artists. It was the first ] shown on ] in the U.S. at 12:01am on 1 August 1981. The song was number 40 on VH1's ''100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80's''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://blog.vh1.com/2009-04-01/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s-read-the-list-2/ \|title=100 Greatest One Hit Wonders Of The 80s: Read the List \|publisher=Blog.vh1.com \|date=2009-04-01 \|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref>		"'''Video Killed the Radio Star'''" is a song by the British ]/] group ], released as their debut single on 7 September 1979, on ] from their debut album '']''.<ref name="BPI">{{cite web \|title=BPI Certified Awards Search \|publisher=]. Note: User needs to enter "Buggles" in the "Search" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Go" button \|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx \|accessdate=2009-10-21}}</ref> It celebrates the ], describing a singer whose career is cut short by ]. The song topped the ] in several countries and has been ] by many recording artists. It was the first ] shown on ] in the U.S. at 12:01am on 1 August 1981. The song was number 40 on VH1's ''100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders of the 80's''.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://blog.vh1.com/2009-04-01/100-greatest-one-hit-wonders-of-the-80s-read-the-list-2/ \|title=100 Greatest One Hit Wonders Of The 80s: Read the List \|publisher=Blog.vh1.com \|date=2009-04-01 \|accessdate=2012-05-08}}</ref>

			==Background==
	==Structure and release==
	Group member ] has said that his lyrics were inspired by the ] short story "]", in which the title character—a mute boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it—comes upon an ] singer hiding in a sewer.<ref>{{cite news\|work=]\| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/nov/05/1\| title=Horn of Plenty\| last= Hodgkinson\| first=Will\| date=5 November 2004\| accessdate=2008-09-14}}</ref> He also felt "an era was about to pass." The theme of the song is thus ], which is also echoed in the tone of the music. (The vocals are initially limited in ], giving a "telephone" effect typical of early broadcasts.)<ref name="Warner2003">{{cite book\|last=Warner\|first=Timothy\|title=Pop music: technology and creativity : Trevor Horn and the digital revolution\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NWQ6xfA5hfQC&pg=PA46\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2003-06\|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.\|isbn=978-0-7546-3132-3\|page=46}}</ref> The lyrics refer to a period of technological change in the 1960s, the desire to remember the past and the disappointment that children of the current generation would not appreciate the past.<ref name="Warner2003">{{cite book\|last=Warner\|first=Timothy\|title=Pop music: technology and creativity : Trevor Horn and the digital revolution\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NWQ6xfA5hfQC&pg=PA44\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2003-06\|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.\|isbn=978-0-7546-3132-3\|page=44}}</ref> In the 1950s and early 1960s, radio was an important medium for many, through which "stars" were created.		Group member ] has said that his lyrics were inspired by the ] short story "]", in which the title character—a mute boy vacuuming up stray music in a world without it—comes upon an ] singer hiding in a sewer.<ref>{{cite news\|work=]\| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2004/nov/05/1\| title=Horn of Plenty\| last= Hodgkinson\| first=Will\| date=5 November 2004\| accessdate=2008-09-14}}</ref> He also felt "an era was about to pass." The theme of the song is thus ], which is also echoed in the tone of the music. (The vocals are initially limited in ], giving a "telephone" effect typical of early broadcasts.)<ref name="Warner2003">{{cite book\|last=Warner\|first=Timothy\|title=Pop music: technology and creativity : Trevor Horn and the digital revolution\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NWQ6xfA5hfQC&pg=PA46\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2003-06\|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.\|isbn=978-0-7546-3132-3\|page=46}}</ref> The lyrics refer to a period of technological change in the 1960s, the desire to remember the past and the disappointment that children of the current generation would not appreciate the past.<ref name="Warner2003">{{cite book\|last=Warner\|first=Timothy\|title=Pop music: technology and creativity : Trevor Horn and the digital revolution\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NWQ6xfA5hfQC&pg=PA44\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2003-06\|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.\|isbn=978-0-7546-3132-3\|page=44}}</ref> In the 1950s and early 1960s, radio was an important medium for many, through which "stars" were created.

	The song was written by Horn, ] and ].<ref name="SchoenbergSutton2004">{{cite book\|last1=Schoenberg\|first1=Richard\|last2=Sutton\|first2=Seattle\|title=Seventy-Nine/Eighty\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=D0FJ2LTxfQwC&pg=PT70\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2004-02\|publisher=Only Easy Day Was Yesterday\|isbn=978-0-9748208-0-4\|page=70}}</ref> Horn has claimed that Woolley was primarily responsible for the musical content, while Horn wrote most of the words. Woolley was responsible for the addition of the words 'put the blame on ]'. The first version was recorded by Woolley & the Camera Club (with ] on keyboards) for his album ''English Garden'', which was a hit in ]. The Buggles later recorded the song and it reached number one in the ] the week of 20 October 1979, the first-ever number one for the ] label. It also would top the Australian charts, and made the ] in the United States, debuting on 10 November 1979, and peaking at number 40.		The song was written by Horn, ] and ].<ref name="SchoenbergSutton2004">{{cite book\|last1=Schoenberg\|first1=Richard\|last2=Sutton\|first2=Seattle\|title=Seventy-Nine/Eighty\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=D0FJ2LTxfQwC&pg=PT70\|accessdate=22 March 2011\|date=2004-02\|publisher=Only Easy Day Was Yesterday\|isbn=978-0-9748208-0-4\|page=70}}</ref> Horn has claimed that Woolley was primarily responsible for the musical content, while Horn wrote most of the words. Woolley was responsible for the addition of the words 'put the blame on ]'. The first version was recorded by Woolley & the Camera Club (with ] on keyboards) for his album ''English Garden'', which was a hit in ]. The Buggles later recorded the song and it reached number one in the ] the week of 20 October 1979, the first-ever number one for the ] label. It also would top the Australian charts, and made the ] in the United States, debuting on 10 November 1979, and peaking at number 40.
			==Other media==

	It appears on the album '']'', where it has an additional piano ]. The complicated arrangement and production of the song, which includes a chorus sung by a group of very high-pitched backup singers, foreshadows Horn's later career as a producer.		It appears on the album '']'', where it has an additional piano ]. The complicated arrangement and production of the song, which includes a chorus sung by a group of very high-pitched backup singers, foreshadows Horn's later career as a producer.

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