Devo founding member makes $1M from this '78 single each year. Here's how
The New Wave band Devo released "Uncontrollable Urge" in 1973. Today, the single makes founding member Mark Mothersbaugh ...
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.
Billboard17 天
Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh Makes $1M per Year Thanks to MTV’s ‘Ridiculousness’ Theme
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 ...
Rolling Stone9 年
‘That’s Pep!’: The Story Behind Devo’s ‘Freedom of Choice’ Outlier
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?’ ...
Rolling Stone17 天
Eight Figures for ‘The Big Bang Theory’? Inside the World of TV Theme Songs
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 ...
Consequence16 天
DEVO’s Mark Mothersbaugh Makes $1 Million Per Year from Ridiculousness Theme Song
DEVO's Mark Mothersbaugh has revealed he earns about $1 million per year from the Ridiculousness theme song, "Uncontrollable Urge." ...