I watched this live as well!

ight, MTV premiered the first single from Van Halen’s for…d particularly dumb to me. Then, watching TV alone in my bedroom late at night on January 31, 1983, I saw two world-premiere videos on either side of midnight during MTV’s New Year’s Eve festivities. The first was the Thompson Twins’ “Hold Me Now,” which we’ll get to in a few weeks. And then, right at the stroke of midnight, MTV premiered the first single from Van Halen’s forthcoming album 1984. I was just sitting up to change the channel…
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 4: January 28, 1984)
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I watched this live as well!
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