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With straw-blond spikes and a curled top lip, Billy Idol was one of the best-known faces of the MTV era and delivered global hits such as "White Wedding", "Rebel Yell" and "Sweet Sixteen"."I was alive ...

On this day, 1983, MTV aired the most influential music video of all time, which featured a big budget and lengthy runtime.