<P> The music video for `` Video Killed the Radio Star '' , written , directed and edited by Australian Russell Mulcahy , was produced on a budget of $50,000 . It was filmed in only a day in South London , and was edited in a couple of days . Mulcahy asked Virginia Hey , a friend who was a model and aspiring actress , to dress `` in a silver costume and be lowered via wires in a test tube . '' There were about 30 takes required for shots of the actress in the tube . The tube falls over in the video , although Mulcahy claims it was not intended to be shown in the final edit . Hans Zimmer can be briefly seen wearing black playing a keyboard , and Debi Doss and Linda Jardim , who provided the female vocals for the song , are also seen . </P>
<P> The music video for `` Video Killed the Radio Star '' , written , directed and edited by Australian Russell Mulcahy , was produced on a budget of $50,000 . It was filmed in only a day in South London , and was edited in a couple of days . Mulcahy asked Virginia Hey , a friend who was a model and aspiring actress , to dress `` in a silver costume and be lowered via wires in a test tube . '' There were about 30 takes required for shots of the actress in the tube . The tube falls over in the video , although Mulcahy claims it was not intended to be shown in the final edit . Hans Zimmer can be briefly seen wearing black playing a keyboard , and Debi Doss and Linda Jardim , who provided the female vocals for the song , are also seen . </P>
who was the woman in video killed the radio star
who was the woman in video killed the radio star
Virginia Hey
Virginia Hey