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

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

“[Their videos] were subversive, they didn’t like them and wouldn’t play them anymore… Now ‘Uncontrollable Urge’ is easily the most-played song on MTV, so [DEVO] wins.” Mothersbaugh ...

Mark Mothersbaugh, a 74-year-old composer and musician, earns $1 million annually from royalties on a song he wrote nearly five ...

"Devo is a perfect fit for the Ann Arbor Film Festival," AAFF executive director Leslie Raymond said in a media release. "The ...

In the late 1970s, subversive post-punks Devo satirised organised religion and the Christian rock with their own support band ...

A cover of “Uncontrollable Urge” is the theme song for the Rob Dyrdek-hosted MTV series, which is pretty much all MTV plays.

For a lucky few, a composition on an enduring, popular show can rake in millions of dollars and be, as one songwriter puts it ...

Explore See latest videos, charts and news Devo Mark Mothersbaugh See latest videos, charts and news Fans of Devo would note that “Uncontrollable Urge” was never released as a single ...

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

However, it’s far from their biggest earner. As co-founding Devo vocalist Mark Mothersbaugh told Rolling Stone, even though “Whip It” became a staple of the burgeoning MTV network in the ...

Hearing “Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy)” at a dive bar and feeling it in my bones. However, the legendary new wave band also have a banger called “Uncontrollable Urge” that was covered by reality TV ...