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Events on Thursday 1 August 1985 1
1985Money for Nothing launches MTV EuropeFirst video on MTV Europe — August 1, 1985"Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits was the first video played when MTV Europe launched on August 1, 1987. Its groundbreaking computer-animated video, one of the most expensive ever made at the time, became the defining image of 1980s MTV. The song featuring Sting's "I want my MTV" reached number 1 in the US.