I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial Doing anything my radio advised With every one of those late night stations Playing songs bringing tears to me eyes I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver When the switch broke 'cause it's old They're saying things that i can hardly believe. They really think we're getting out of control. Radio is a sound salvation Radio is cleaning up the nation They say you better listen to the voice of reason But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason. So you had better do as you are told. You better listen to the radio. I wanna bite the hand that feeds me. I wanna bite that hand so badly. I want to make them wish they'd never seen me. Some of my friends sit around every evening And they worry about the times ahead But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference And the promise of an early bed You either shut up or get cut out; They don't wanna hear about it. It's only inches on the reel-to-reel. And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools Tryin' to anaesthetise the way that you feel [chorus] Wonderful radio Marvelous radio Wonderful radio Radio, radio...
I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial Doing anything my radio advised With every one of those late night stations Playing songs bringing tears to me eyes I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver When the switch broke 'cause it's old They're saying things that i can hardly believe. They really think we're getting out of control. Radio is a sound salvation Radio is cleaning up the nation They say you better listen to the voice of reason But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason. So you had better do as you are told. You better listen to the radio. I wanna bite the hand that feeds me. I wanna bite that hand so badly. I want to make them wish they'd never seen me. Some of my friends sit around every evening And they worry about the times ahead But everybody else is overwhelmed by indifference And the promise of an early bed You either shut up or get cut out; They don't wanna hear about it. It's only inches on the reel-to-reel. And the radio is in the hands of such a lot of fools Tryin' to anaesthetise the way that you feel [chorus] Wonderful radio Marvelous radio Wonderful radio Radio, radio...
“Radio Radio” nasceu de “Radio Soul”, uma composição de 1974 inspirada em Bruce Springsteen, que Costello reformulou em 1977 com arranjo mais agressivo e letras sarcásticas contra o comercialismo da rádio britânica.
A gravação da faixa ocorreu próximo ao lançamento do segundo álbum de Costello, *This Year's Model*, e a canção foi incluída apenas na versão americana desse álbum.
Lançada como single independente no Reino Unido em outubro de 1978, “Radio Radio” alcançou a posição 29 nas paradas britânicas.
Na apresentação ao vivo de 1977 no *Saturday Night Live*, Costello substituiu inesperadamente o previsto “Less Than Zero” por “Radio Radio”, desafiando as exigências da Columbia Records e da própria SNL, o que resultou em seu banimento do programa até 1989.
Desde então, a música tem sido elogiada por críticos como uma das melhores de Costello e aparece em diversas coletâneas de sua carreira.
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