Mr. Roboto was released as a single in 1983, from the album "Kilroy Was Here". It's a rock opera that inspired later songs, by many other bands. It was written by Dennis DeYoung and performed by Styx, with Dennis as the lead singer. I'll be featuring more from Styx later on.
Mr. Roboto made a significant cultural impact on the American public. The song's been used in commercial advertisements and the title's been used in other places, including movie comedies.
Here's the YouTube music video that was put online by Universal Music Group, so it shouldn't get removed like many of the other videos that mysteriously vanish:
This is the Volkswagen commercial advertisement which used the song:
This is a clip from the movie, "Austin Powers: Goldmember" (the second sequel and 3rd movie in the series), that featured another fictional Mr. Roboto:
