That's an odd promo video, the one I remember can be found here
That was Human League with "The Black Hit of Space" - from the Travelogue album. This is before they became "poppy", as they did when the band's founders Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh left following differences with Phil Oakey.
"Been out all night, I needed a bite, I thought I'd put a record on
I reached for the one with the ultra-modern label, and wondered where the light had gone
It had a futuristic cover, lifted straight from Buck Rogers
The record was so black it had to be a con
The autochanger switched as I filled my sandwich
And futuristic sounds warbled off and on
The black hit of space
Its the one without a face
Its the one that doesn't fit
You can only see the flip
The black hit of space
Sucking in the human race
How can it stay at the top
When its swallowed all the shops
As the song climbed the charts, the others disappeared
'Til there was nothing but it left to buy
It got to number one, then into minus figures
Though nobody could understand why
The black hit of space
Its the one without a face
Its the one that doesn't fit
You can only see the flip
The black hit of space
Sucking in the human race
How can it stay at the top
When its swallowed all the shops
I couldn't stand this bland sound any more so I walked towards my deck to turn it off
All I could see was the b-side of the disc which had assumed a doughnut shape with the label on the outside rim
I reached for the arm which was less than one micron long but weighed more than Saturn and time stood still
I knew I had to escape but every time I tried to flee, the record was in front of me
The black hit of space
Get James Burke on the case
Its the hit that's never gone
Time stops when you put it...[on]"
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