The 29th music video played MTV on its first day of broadcast, August 1st, 1981, was the video for Gerry Rafferty’s saxophone classic, Baker Street.

Baker Street was followed by Pat Benatar’s I’m Gonna Follow You, the video of which featured Benatar singing while walking around a seemingly deserted city.  Benatar is effortlessly soulful and sexy in this video, putting most of today’s so-called pop divas to shame.

Enjoy!

The First Videos Shown on MTV:

1. Video Killed the Radio Star by the Buggles
2. You Better Run by Pat Benatar
3. She Won’t Dance With Me by Rod Stewart
4. You Better You Bet By The Who
5. Little Suzi’s On The Up by PH.D
6. We Don’t Talk Anymore by Cliff Richard
7. Brass in Pocket by Pretenders
8. Time Heals by Todd Rundgren
9. Take It On The Run by REO Speedwagon
10. Rockin’ in Paradise by Styx
11. When Things Go Wrong by Robin Lane & The Chartbusters
12. History Never Repeats by Split Enz
13. Hold On Loosely by .38 Special
14. Just Between You And Me by April Wine
15. Sailing by Rod Stewart
16. Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden
17. Keep On Loving You by REO Speedwagon
18. Better Than Blue by Michael Johnson
19. Message of Love by The Pretenders
20. Mr. Briefcase by Lee Ritenour
21. Double Life by The Cars
22. In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
23. Looking for Clues by Robert Palmer
24. Too Late by Shoes
25. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around by Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
26. Do Ya Think I’m Sexy by Rod Stewart
27. Surface Tension by Rupert Hine
28. One Step Ahead by Split Enz
29. Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty