The video for The Buggles' "Video Killed The Radio Star" was the first to air on its debut on both MTV in the US (1981) and MTV Classics in the UK and Ireland. It is also the first #1 in this long magical journey of music chart history for Rockmaker.

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NOVEMBER 17, 1979

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1 Debut

Video Killed The Radio Star
The Buggles
From the album: The Age Of Plastic
Peak
1 (for 1 weeks)
Weeks
1
Number
2 Debut

Pop Muzik
M
From the album: New York • Paris • London • Munich
Peak
2
Weeks
1
Number
3 Debut

Heartache Tonight
Eagles
From the album: The Long Run
Peak
3
Weeks
1
Number
4 Debut

You're Only Lonely
J.D. Souther
From the album: You're Only Lonely
Peak
4
Weeks
1
Number
5 Debut

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
ABBA
From the album: Greatest Hits Vol. 2, Voulez-Vous
Peak
5
Weeks
1
Number
6 Debut

Babe
Styx
From the album: Cornerstone
Peak
6
Weeks
1
Number
7 Debut

You Decorated My Life
Kenny Rogers
From the album: Kenny
Peak
7
Weeks
1
Number
8 Debut

No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer
From the album: Wet, On the Radio - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2
Peak
8
Weeks
1
Number
9 Debut

Dim All the Lights
Donna Summer
From the album: Bad Girls
Peak
9
Weeks
1
Number
10 Debut

Come to Me
France Joli
From the album: France Joli
Peak
10
Weeks
1
Number
11 Debut

Please Don't Go
KC & The Sunshine Band
From the album: Do You Wanna Go Party
Peak
11
Weeks
1
Number
12 Debut

Chiquitita
ABBA
From the album: Voulez-Vous
Peak
12
Weeks
1
Number
13 Debut

Confusion
Electric Light Orchestra
From the album: Discovery
Peak
13
Weeks
1
Number
14 Debut

Still
The Commodores
From the album: Midnight Magic
Peak
14
Weeks
1
Number
15 Debut

It's All I Can Do
The Cars
From the album: Candy-O
Peak
15
Weeks
1
Number
16 Debut

Rise
Herb Alpert
From the album: Rise
Peak
16
Weeks
1
Number
17 Debut

Ships
Barry Manilow
From the album: One Voice
Peak
17
Weeks
1
Number
18 Debut

Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Michael Jackson
From the album: Off the Wall
Peak
18
Weeks
1
Number
19 Debut

I Need a Lover
John Cougar
From the album: John Cougar
Peak
19
Weeks
1
Number
20 Debut

Broken Hearted Me
Anne Murray
From the album: I'll Always Love You
Peak
20
Weeks
1
Number
21 Debut

Half The Way
Crystal Gayle
From the album: Miss The Mississippi
Peak
21
Weeks
1
Number
22 Debut

Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
Rupert Holmes
From the album: Partners in Crime
Peak
22
Weeks
1
Number
23 Debut

This Night Won't Last Forever
Michael Johnson
From the album: Dialogue
Peak
23
Weeks
1
Number
24 Debut

Cruisin'
Smokey Robinson
From the album: Where There's Smoke...
Peak
24
Weeks
1
Number
25 Debut

If You Remember Me
Chris Thompson
Peak
25
Weeks
1
Number
26 Debut

Send One Your Love
Stevie Wonder
From the album: Journey Through "The Secret Life of Plants"
Peak
26
Weeks
1
Number
27 Debut

Take The Long Way Home
Supertramp
From the album: Breakfast In America
Peak
27
Weeks
1
Number
28 Debut

I'll Never Love This Way Again
Dionne Warwick
From the album: Dionne
Peak
28
Weeks
1
Number
29 Debut

Tusk
Fleetwood Mac
From the album: Tusk
Peak
29
Weeks
1
Number
30 Debut

Good Girls Don't
The Knack
From the album: Get the Knack
Peak
30
Weeks
1
Number
31 Debut

We Don't Talk Anymore
Cliff Richard
From the album: Rock 'n' Roll Juvenile
Peak
31
Weeks
1
Number
32 Debut

Sail On
The Commodores
From the album: Midnight Magic
Peak
32
Weeks
1
Number
33 Debut

Ladies Night
Kool & The Gang
From the album: Ladies' Night
Peak
33
Weeks
1
Number
34 Debut

Heaven Must Have Sent You
Bonnie Pointer
Peak
34
Weeks
1
Number
35 Debut

My Sharona
The Knack
From the album: Get the Knack
Peak
35
Weeks
1
Number
36 Debut

Cool Change
Little River Band
From the album: First Under the Wire
Peak
36
Weeks
1
Number
37 Debut

Do That to Me One More Time
Captain & Tennille
From the album: Make Your Move
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Lonesome Loser
Little River Band
From the album: First Under the Wire
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Debut

Hold On
Ian Gomm
From the album: Gomm with the Wind
Peak
39
Weeks
1
Number
40 Debut

Rock With You
Michael Jackson
From the album: Off the Wall
Peak
40
Weeks
1

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Date

November 17, 1979

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NE 1 The Buggles – “Video Killed The Radio Star” 1(×1) 1

NE 2 M – “Pop Muzik” 2 1

NE 3 Eagles – “Heartache Tonight” 3 1

NE 4 J.D. Souther – “You're Only Lonely” 4 1

NE 5 ABBA – “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” 5 1

NE 6 Styx – “Babe” 6 1

NE 7 Kenny Rogers – “You Decorated My Life” 7 1

NE 8 Barbra Streisand & Donna Summer – “No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)” 8 1

NE 9 Donna Summer – “Dim All the Lights” 9 1

NE 10 France Joli – “Come to Me” 10 1

NE 11 KC & The Sunshine Band – “Please Don't Go” 11 1

NE 12 ABBA – “Chiquitita” 12 1

NE 13 Electric Light Orchestra – “Confusion” 13 1

NE 14 The Commodores – “Still” 14 1

NE 15 The Cars – “It's All I Can Do” 15 1

NE 16 Herb Alpert – “Rise” 16 1

NE 17 Barry Manilow – “Ships” 17 1

NE 18 Michael Jackson – “Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough” 18 1

NE 19 John Cougar – “I Need a Lover” 19 1

NE 20 Anne Murray – “Broken Hearted Me” 20 1

NE 21 Crystal Gayle – “Half The Way” 21 1

NE 22 Rupert Holmes – “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” 22 1

NE 23 Michael Johnson – “This Night Won't Last Forever” 23 1

NE 24 Smokey Robinson – “Cruisin'” 24 1

NE 25 Chris Thompson – “If You Remember Me” 25 1

NE 26 Stevie Wonder – “Send One Your Love” 26 1

NE 27 Supertramp – “Take The Long Way Home” 27 1

NE 28 Dionne Warwick – “I'll Never Love This Way Again” 28 1

NE 29 Fleetwood Mac – “Tusk” 29 1

NE 30 The Knack – “Good Girls Don't” 30 1

NE 31 Cliff Richard – “We Don't Talk Anymore” 31 1

NE 32 The Commodores – “Sail On” 32 1

NE 33 Kool & The Gang – “Ladies Night” 33 1

NE 34 Bonnie Pointer – “Heaven Must Have Sent You” 34 1

NE 35 The Knack – “My Sharona” 35 1

NE 36 Little River Band – “Cool Change” 36 1

NE 37 Captain & Tennille – “Do That to Me One More Time” 37 1

NE 38 Little River Band – “Lonesome Loser” 38 1

NE 39 Ian Gomm – “Hold On” 39 1

NE 40 Michael Jackson – “Rock With You” 40 1

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