Todd Rundgren - Time Heals

What this video is

Released as a single from the album Healing (Bearsville Records, January 28, 1981), 'Time Heals' was born from intensely personal trauma: Rundgren composed it following a violent home invasion in August 1980 and the disturbing discovery that Mark David Chapman had reportedly traveled to Woodstock, NY — Rundgren's hometown — and was reportedly fixated on him before redirecting his obsession to John Lennon. The…

Why it matters

A landmark at the intersection of new wave pop, art-rock, and music video technology. 'Time Heals' represents the first documented synthesis of live-action performance and computer-generated imagery in a music video context. Its broadcast as the 8th video on MTV's inaugural day (August 1, 1981)…

The director

Todd Rundgren (b. June 22, 1948, Philadelphia, PA) is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and video/technology pioneer. He founded The Nazz in the late 1960s before launching a solo career with landmark albums including Something/Anything?…