"I'm a camera" by The Buggles

Nobody needs to be introduced to the Buggles of "Video killed the radio star" fame*. But who has heard of "I am a camera", another superb song from The Buggles on their second album "Adventures in modern recording"?

The Buggles - "I am a Camera" - 1981

Interestingly enough, there is another version of this same song which was released in 1980 by Yes, on their 1980's album "Drama. The song originally composed by The Buggles was included in the Yes album under the name "Into the lens" when Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes temporarily joined the band in 1980.

The later Buggles version is much better in my opinion...


* "Video killed the radio star" was released in 1979 and was the first video played on MTV when it was launched on August 1, 1981.