Via ultimateclassicrock.com. 1981 was a huge year for Billy Squier. His second album, "Don't Say No," was a big hit, and MTV asked him to help them celebrate their first Christmas holiday on air.
MTV VJ Nina Blackwood remembers it well, "It was taped at our original Teletronics Studio on West 33rd Street and featured our original studio crew, who we all loved and were very close to, along with all the people from the MTV offices. Everybody traipsed down to the studio from 44th Street & 6th Ave for the taping. Billy Squier’s career was on fire at this time, and since he lived in NYC, he was a frequent guest at the studio, so it was appropriate that he was chosen for the video."
Martha Quinn singles this moment out as her favorite, "If I had to go back in time and revisit one day, like if I could get into the DeLorean and go back to one moment, it probably be this. What you see in that video, it was recorded within months of our launch, and we were all so starry-eyed, such believers. We were rebels with a cause. Everyone you see in that video, they’re the technicians, the secretaries, the executives, the production assistants. We were all one big happy family, fighting for MTV. We believed so strongly in the power of rock ‘n’ roll. And you can really see it there."
They really do look like one big happy family as they all gather around Billy to sing, "Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You." Check it out...