Three videos you'd scroll right past. Three secret MTV milestones. Blotto's goofy lifeguard clip was the 36th video ever aired, on MTV's launch day in 1981. Iron Maiden was the first heavy metal video the network ever played, that same day. And Duran Duran's Electric Barbarella was the first major-label single ever sold as a download. Hiding in plain sight the whole time.
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Blotto — I Wanna Be A Lifeguard JUST ANOTHER 80S VIDEO · IT WAS THE 36TH VIDEO EVER AIRED ON MTV, LAUNCH DAY 1981
Iron Maiden — Iron Maiden SAME DAY, DIFFERENT VIBE · VIDEO #16 THAT SAME DAY - THE FIRST HEAVY METAL VIDEO ON MTV
Duran Duran — Electric Barbarella 16 YEARS LATER, ANOTHER FIRST · FIRST MAJOR-LABEL SINGLE EVER SOLD AS A DOWNLOAD