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The video was the crucial element for this song to go mainstream in America. The song was already a hit in the UK. Back when MTV actually ran music videos on its network, the producers put the song into rotation to add some racial diversity. MTV, at the time, was called out for not having black artists on their network, by famous musicians like David Bowie (Elahe). After Billie Jean aired and was successful, soon MTV was scrambling to get other black artists into their rotation. Once "Electric Avenue" aired, it did not take long for the song to climb up to the #2 spot on the Billboards. (Denisoff and Billboard)