Living in the Plastic Age

"Living in the Plastic Age"
Single by the Buggles
from the album The Age of Plastic
B-side	"Island"
Released	14 January 1980 (1980-01-14)
Recorded	1979
Genre	New wave synth-pop
Length	5:08
Label	Island
Songwriter(s)	Trevor Horn Geoff Downes
Producer(s)	The Buggles
The Buggles singles chronology
"Video Killed the Radio Star" (1979) "Living in the Plastic Age" (1980) "Clean Clean" (1980)
8 tracks "Living in the Plastic Age" "Video Killed the Radio Star" "Kid Dynamo" "I Love You (Miss Robot)" "Clean, Clean" "Elstree" "Astroboy (And the Proles on Parade)" "Johnny on the Monorail"
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"Living in the Plastic Age" (on some releases simply listed as "The Plastic Age") is a synth-pop song written, performed and produced by the Buggles. It was released as the second single from their debut album The Age of Plastic on 14 January 1980.

The B-side of the single, "Island" was written as a 'Thank You' to their record company, Island Records.