The New Wave band Devo released "Uncontrollable Urge" in 1978. Today, the single makes founding member Mark Mothersbaugh ...

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

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?’ ...

Mark Mothersbaugh of new wave band DEVO allegedly makes upwards of $1 million per year through MTV's use of the 'Ridiculousness' theme song.

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 ...

In addition to being a founding member of the pioneering New Wave band Devo, best known for the 1980 hit “Whip It,” the singer and multi-instrumentalist has composed the scores and music for ...

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 ...

In addition to his role as a founding member of Devo, Mothersbaugh is an accomplished, award-winning composer. He composed the theme songs for "Pee-Wee's Playhouse" and "Rugrats," in addition to ...