I heard you on the wireless back in Fifty Two
Lying awake intent at tuning in on you.
If I was young it didn´t stop you coming through.
Oh-a oh

They took the credit for your second symphony.
Rewritten by machine and new technology,
and now I understand the problems you can see.
Oh-a oh

I met your children
Oh-a oh

What did you tell them?
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

Pictures came and broke your heart.
Oh-a-a-a oh

And now we meet in an abandoned studio.
We hear the playback and it seems so long ago.
And you remember the jingles used to go.
Oh-a oh

You were the first one.
Oh-a oh

You were the last one.

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

In my mind and in my car, we can´t rewind we´ve gone to far
Oh-a-a-a oh
Oh-a-a-a oh

Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.

In my mind and in my car, we can´t rewind we´ve gone to far.
Pictures came and broke your heart, look I´ll play my VCR.

You are a radio star.
You are a radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star.
Video killed the radio star. (You are a radio star.)
Video killed the radio star. (You are a radio star.)