Thomas Dolby – “She Blinded Me With Science”
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When MTV first debuted, the first acts to get big via its programming typically did so by pairing a quirky yet catchy song with an unusual video and nobody understood this formula better than Thomas Dolby.
Although the wacky experimentation of MTV’s early days was short-lived, the hooks and unusual features he crammed into the novelty hit “She Blinded Me With Science” — such as Magnus Pyke yelling “science!” — made the song impossible to ignore. After notching another hit elsewhere in the world with “Hyperactive!” Dolby became a visionary entrepreneur in audio technology, most notably regarding cell phone ringtones.