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This is a list of the first music videos aired on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981.
(Technically, the very first video aired was a montage of the Apollo 11 launch and moonwalk, with the MTV theme. But since this was used as a station ID/promo, it is not considered part of the line-up. Also not counted are commercials and several appearances of v-js which may have been on videotape.)
- "Video Killed the Radio Star" by Buggles -
- "You Better Run" by Pat Benatar -
- "She Won't Dance" by Rod Stewart - (Contains use of the word "fuck" by Stewart .

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This is a list of the first music videos aired on MTV's first day, August 1, 1981.
(Technically, the very first video aired was a montage of the Apollo 11 launch and moonwalk, with the MTV theme. But since this was used as a station ID/promo, it is not considered part of the line-up. Also not counted are commercials and several appearances of v-js which may have been on videotape.)
- "Video Killed the Radio Star" by Buggles -
- "You Better Run" by Pat Benatar -
- "She Won't Dance" by Rod Stewart - (Contains use of the word "fuck" by Stewart . A VH1 broadcast of the video posted on YouTube suggests the word was never edited from the video .)
- "You Better You Bet" by The Who -
- "Little Suzi's on the Up" by Ph.D. -
- "We Don't Talk Anymore" by Cliff Richard -
- "Brass in Pocket" by The Pretenders -
- "Time Heals" by Todd Rundgren -
- "Take It On the Run" by REO Speedwagon -
- "Rockin' the Paradise" by Styx -
- "When Things Go Wrong" by Robin Lane and the Chartbusters-
- "History Never Repeats" by Split Enz -
- "Hold On Loosely" by 38 Special -
- "Just Between You and Me" by April Wine -
- "Sailing" by Rod Stewart -
- "Iron Maiden" by Iron Maiden -
- "Keep On Loving You" by REO Speedwagon -
- "Message of Love" by The Pretenders -
- "Mr. Briefcase" by Lee Ritenour -
- "Double Life" by The Cars -
- "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins -
- "Looking For Clues" by Robert Palmer -
- "Too Late" by Shoes
- "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers -
- "Surface Tension" by Rupert Hine
- "One Step Ahead" by Split Enz
- "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
- "I'm Gonna Follow You" by Pat Benatar
- "Savannah Nights" by Tom Johnston
- "Lucille" by Rockestra
- "The Best of Times" by Styx -
- "Vengeance" by Carly Simon
- "Wrathchild" by Iron Maiden
- "I Wanna Be a Lifeguard" by Blotto
- "Passion" by Rod Stewart -
- "Oliver's Army" by Elvis Costello -
- "Don't Let Him Go" by REO Speedwagon
- "Remote Control/Illegal" by The Silencers
- "Angel of the Morning" by Juice Newton
- "Little Sister" by Rockpile with Robert Plant
- "Hold On to the Night" by Bootcamp
- "Dreaming" by Cliff Richard
- "Is it You?" by Lee Ritenour
- "Tusk" by Fleetwood Mac -
- "He Can't Love You" by Michael Stanley Band
- "Tough Guys" by REO Speedwagon
- "Rapture" by Blondie -
- "Don't Let Go the Coat" by The Who -
- "Ain't Love a Bitch" by Rod Stewart
- "Talk of the Town" by The Pretenders -
- "Can't Happen Here" by Rainbow
- "Thank You for Being a Friend" by Andrew Gold -
- "Bring It All Home" by Gerry Rafferty
- "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" by April Wine
- "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" by Kate Bush
- "Ashes to Ashes" by David Bowie -
- "Just Between You and Me" by April Wine (was both the 14th and 57th video on MTV, making it the first video to be shown more than once)
- "Rat Race" by The Specials
- "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads -
- "Victim" by Bootcamp
- "Tonight's the Night" by Rod Stewart -
- "Cruel to Be Kind" by Nick Lowe
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