The Very First Music Video

There is much debate to what was the first ever music video as people have many different opinions to what they classify as a music video.

The first video aired on MTV was 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Muggles in America on the 1st of August 1981, however videos were being made earlier than this time.

However, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody has been considered to be the first music video. Although other videos had been made before, it wasn't for the same purpose, Queen's video was purely a video to accompany their song. When it reached Number one in the charts and they were asked to perform on Tops of the Pops, the band were on tour abroad at the time, so they made the video to be played instead.

If a music video is a short film with music, then the first music video dates right back to 1894 with the Dickson Experimental Sound Film by William K.L Dickson. He stands next to a recording horn while playing the violin, and two men are dancing around him.

The Dickson Experimental Sound Film