Whip it (1979-1980)
Song Name: Whip It
Artist: Devo
Interesting Facts About "Whip It":
Artist: Devo
Interesting Facts About "Whip It":
- "Whip It" was one of the first hit songs that used a synthesizer as the lead instrument. In the following years, many bands began using synthesizers, and soon, the synthesizer became one of the most recognizable instruments that could be attributed to the seventies.
- A music video for "Whip It" was made for only $15,000, and was one of the first to air on MTV when it was created in 1981.
- Members of the band "Devo" often dressed alike in their music videos in order to humorously reflect their band's distaste for the lack of individuality and abundance of conformity in the world.
