very carefully, you can also see his blue and green argon laser beams shooting from the spaceship. First credits in a music video on MTV The music video was the first shown on MTV to use on screen credits for the actors. The credits were shown next to the images of the actors at the end of the video. The credits listed were: Jason Sapan as "Sparks" Hopkins Peter Reynolds as Joey David York as Sergeant McGuire Ali Score as Prof. "Scottie" Frost Paul Reynolds as Duane Larry Friel as Major Dick Docherty Frank Maudsley as Rex Nolan Mike Score as "The Alien" Formats and track listing Chart positions Original version Remix version Re-recorded version External links References 1981 debut singles 1983 singles A Flock of Seagulls songs 1981 songs Jive Records singles