We are placing a series of caches dedicated the pop culture or history of the 1980s. We were teens both in high school and college during that notable decade and have many fond memories of those years.
MTV was born in the 1980s. We are the true MTV generation and back in the day they actually played music videos all day. Artists came and went, but some songs remain with us. "Turn Up the Radio" is a song by American glam metal band Autograph and the lead single from their 1984 debut album, Sign in Please. Released on December 22, 1984, "Turn Up The Radio" was Autograph's only Top 40 hit, reaching No. 29 in the Billboard 100 and receiving significant MTV airplay. Thus, it would remain the band's most popular song and a staple of mainstream '80s heavy metal.
The song's music video gained significant airplay in the early days of MTV. The video is set in a 1980's technological future. It opens with the band walking into a theater hall through an automated door. A Robo Cop-like figure points, saying "sign in please", a direct reference to the album on which the song appears. In an occurrence of prodcut placement, a ray of light reveals a PaperMate Sharpwriter mechanical pencil, which had been released earlier that year. Using the pencil, the band members provide their signatures next to their names (listed along with their respective musical instruments) on a paper during which the pencil's name is prominently featured. Drummer Keni Richards writes an X, which sets off an error alarm; Keni then erases it and signs properly. The band is then seen performing the song to a crowd. The video ends with Autograph boarding a limousine resembling a Delorean DMC-12 by its gull wing doors. Lead vocalist Steve Plunkett throws the pencil to one of the female fans before leaving. The cyborg hand at the steering wheel turns out to be the robot from the start of the video, and the final shot reveals the robot's head as the door closes.
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