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The song features a guest appearance by Sting who sings the signature falsetto introduction, background vocals and a backing chorus of "I want my MTV". [2] The groundbreaking video was the first to be aired on MTV Europe when the network launched on 1 August 1987. [3]
I Want My MTV may refer to: The original slogan of the television channel, MTV; A line in the Dire Straits song, "Money for Nothing", which reiterates the MTV slogan; I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution, a 2011 book
This is a list of notable Iranian singers that have entered the industry, currently working or have left the industry. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Yas in June 2008 made a song called Hoviate Man [my identity] describing his pride in his Iranian heritage and mention of the controversial 300 film. [12] Yas in 2008 made and wrote a song named "Darkam Kon" (Understand me). Yas's music was a protest against the government and for poverty and people who can't find jobs. Yas performing in 2018.
"You'll never look at music the same way again" (The first slogan; appeared on the original blue MTV shirt.) "I want my MTV!" (Originally intended as a promotional tool encouraging subscribers to ask their cable providers to add the MTV network; later became the iconic slogan for MTV for more than a decade, even being featured in the Dire Straits song Money for Nothing)
A video of Iranian singer Shervin Hajipour, whose protest song "Baraye" received more than 40 million views within a day according to some estimates, has quickly spread across Iran and to the ...
Iran's western-influenced pop music emerged by the 1950s. [4] Prior to the 1950s, Iran's music industry was dominated by traditional singers. [4] Viguen, known as the "Sultan" of Iranian pop and jazz music, was a pioneer of this revolution. [4] [3] [5] [2] He was one of Iran's first musicians to perform with a guitar. [4]
For I Want My MTV, their 2011 oral history of the network's early years, authors Rob Tannenbaum and Craig Marks interviewed over 400 people, primarily artists, managers, filmmakers, record company executives and MTV employees. They said none could agree on the best video but all agreed that "Rock Me Tonite" was the worst.