MTV's ubiquitous video series has become a huge earner for the musician, all thanks to the Devo song used as its theme.

The New Wave band Devo released "Uncontrollable Urge" in 1973. Today, the single makes founding member Mark Mothersbaugh ...

For a lucky few, a composition on an enduring, popular show can rake in millions of dollars and be, as one songwriter puts it, “the gift that keeps on giving” ...

charts and news Fans of Devo would note that “Uncontrollable Urge” was never released as a single, despite its status as one of their most played songs. Nor was it their most successful track ...

Digging through more than 900 episodes was bound to yield some surprises — and some warm memories. The experience didn’t ...

The music in the verse is dominated by a languid ... ultra-corporate approach to developing and marketing Something For Everybody, “Devo at our best is people going, ‘Is that real or not?’ ...

The two Devo songs became ubiquitous on MTV for starkly ... “Uncontrollable Urge” has consistently been the company’s top earning sync license — the license publishers grant to allow ...

“I’ve written so many other songs for films and television shows,” Devo co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh told Rolling Stone. “I would’ve been shocked [years ago] if you told me this is the ...

DEVO's Mark Mothersbaugh has revealed he earns about $1 million per year from the Ridiculousness theme song, "Uncontrollable Urge." ...