I like to listen to music
I like the way that it sounds
On the radio
I like to sit in a silent place
When no one's around
And listen inside it
Inside the silence is a melody
Voices singing harmony
I close my eyes and listen carefully
The silence starts to get loud
It's like your favorite station
Playing your favorite song
Just like they do on the radio
Like they do on the radio
Inside the silence is a symphony
Every note there is in every key
The music tells me how it wants to be
I help it write itself down
I hear the way that would sound
It's like your favorite station
Playing your favorite song
Just like they do on the radio
Like they do on the radio
But the radio isn't on --
On the radio
I like the way that it sounds
On the radio
I like to sit in a silent place
When no one's around
And listen inside it
Inside the silence is a melody
Voices singing harmony
I close my eyes and listen carefully
The silence starts to get loud
It's like your favorite station
Playing your favorite song
Just like they do on the radio
Like they do on the radio
Inside the silence is a symphony
Every note there is in every key
The music tells me how it wants to be
I help it write itself down
I hear the way that would sound
It's like your favorite station
Playing your favorite song
Just like they do on the radio
Like they do on the radio
But the radio isn't on --
On the radio
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Duration00:03:31
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Copyright ©Sony/atv Music Publishing, Spirit Music Group
WriterJoe Walsh
Lyrics licensed byLyricFind
AddedOctober 30th, 2014
Last updatedMarch 5th, 2022
About"The Radio Song" is a song by Joe Walsh, the guitarist for the Eagles. It was released as a lead single from his eighth studio solo album, Got Any Gum?. It was Walsh's fourteenth single and features the non-album track, "How Ya Doin'?" as the B-side.
The album Got Any Gum? was not a commercial success, but this track was highly successful, hitting number 8 on the Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.
The music video starts with the DJ, "Wolfman Jack," introducing Walsh from a radio station booth. Walsh sits behind him, making faces and imitating Wolfman when he's not watching.
As the song actually starts, we have shots of Walsh as the DJ in the radio booth. Throughout the video, different singers appear next to him at the microphone - old-fashioned male singers, some Supremes-type singers, and a children's choir. When Walsh is not behind the desk as the DJ, he moves across the foreground of the screen with a guitar. Intercut with these scenes are Walsh playing a couple of "characters" like a drummer with backwards ball cap.
During the guitar solo, Walsh runs out of the radio station, which collapses behind him, and he finds himself in a field with several searchlights trained on him. In the field, he plays his guitar as the searchlights pan back and forth. The video ends on another searchlight segment as he runs away across the field.
The album Got Any Gum? was not a commercial success, but this track was highly successful, hitting number 8 on the Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks charts.
The music video starts with the DJ, "Wolfman Jack," introducing Walsh from a radio station booth. Walsh sits behind him, making faces and imitating Wolfman when he's not watching.
As the song actually starts, we have shots of Walsh as the DJ in the radio booth. Throughout the video, different singers appear next to him at the microphone - old-fashioned male singers, some Supremes-type singers, and a children's choir. When Walsh is not behind the desk as the DJ, he moves across the foreground of the screen with a guitar. Intercut with these scenes are Walsh playing a couple of "characters" like a drummer with backwards ball cap.
During the guitar solo, Walsh runs out of the radio station, which collapses behind him, and he finds himself in a field with several searchlights trained on him. In the field, he plays his guitar as the searchlights pan back and forth. The video ends on another searchlight segment as he runs away across the field.
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