Devo founding member makes $1M from this '78 single each year. Here's how
The New Wave band Devo released "Uncontrollable Urge" in 1978. Today, the single makes founding member Mark Mothersbaugh ...
A 74-Year-Old Musician Makes a Million a Year From an Unpopular Song Written Nearly 50 Years Ago. Here's How.
If you went back in time and asked composer and musician Mark Mothersbaugh to predict what his biggest moneymaker would be in ...
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The ‘Most-Played Song On MTV’ Earns The Guy Who Wrote It So Much Money Every Year
A cover of “Uncontrollable Urge” is the theme song for the Rob Dyrdek-hosted MTV series, which is pretty much all MTV plays. Tomorrow alone, the channel will air 20 episodes of Ridiculousness ...
Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh Makes $1M per Year Thanks to MTV's ‘Ridiculousness' Theme
MTV's ubiquitous video series has become a huge earner for the musician, all thanks to the Devo song used as its theme.
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74-year-old musician wrote a song 50 years ago—now it makes him $1 million a year: It's ‘easily the most played song on MTV'
it received an unexpected second life decades later when it was made the theme song for MTV's hit show "Ridiculousness." The comedy show has become one of MTV's most aired programs and turned ...
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Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO Says He Makes $1 Million Yearly From the ‘Ridiculousness’ Theme Song Alone
Mark Mothersbaugh of new wave band DEVO allegedly makes upwards of $1 million per year through MTV's use of the 'Ridiculousness' theme song.
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Mark Mothersbaugh Makes $1M Per Year From MTV’s Ridiculousness Theme
However, the legendary new wave band also have a banger called “Uncontrollable Urge” that was covered by reality TV star Rob Dyrdek and used as the theme song for MTV’s Ridiculousness ...
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Devo founding member makes $1M from this '78 single each year. Here's how
But that's only a fraction of $1 million. "Uncontrollable Urge" became a moneymaker after it was selected as the theme song for MTV's television series "Ridiculousness," hosted by Rob Dyrdek.
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Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh Makes $1M per Year Thanks to MTV’s ‘Ridiculousness’ Theme
MTV's ubiquitous video series has become a huge earner for the musician, all thanks to the Devo song used as its theme. By Tyler Jenke When Devo opened their 1978 album Q. Are We Not Men?