“Satellite” by The Hooters

The Hooters aimed "Satellite" squarely at the TV preachers. Rob Hyman, Eric Bazilian and Rick Chertoff wrote it, Chertoff produced it, and in 1987 it went out as the second single off One Way Home, the band's third album. Hyman spelled out the target that year: religion and satellite technology sharing the same sky, airtime that took clout, cash and power to get, and shows meant to be non-profit even as exposés kept digging up money scandals. He reckoned the song's timing was perfect.

David Hogan directed the video, which lampoons the televangelist shows while a girl watches alongside the two figures from Grant Wood's painting American Gothic, and MTV put it in active rotation. It reached 61 on the Hot 100 and 22 in Britain, the band's only song to chart there.

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