Songs that mention the Radio

I searched through 10 pages o the search engine and couldn't find anything...so here goes, a thread about song lyrics that include references to the radio:

Son Volt "Windfall":
Switching it over to A.M.
Searching for a truer sound
Can't recall the call letters
Steel guitar and settle down

Catching an all night station
Somewhere in Louisiana
It sounds like 1963
But for now it sounds like heaven


Drive By Truckers "Opening Act":
And I'm driving north as the sun was rising over a Technicolor horizon
I reached out to touch you but you're not there, a thousand miles away from here
I turned up the radio; heard some preacher talking salvation
My tank is half full and I reached over and changed the station

I'm just the opening act

Golden Smog "Radio King":
Your music fills my car
And your voice breaks every time
I'm still wonderin' if I know who you are
I'll hang on every line

Let's go down together
Down by the old mainstream
I'll take you over anything
Let's go back in time, 1959
I'll take you Radio King

 

Deep Purple - MTV
(Airey/Gillan/Glover/Morse/Paice)

I was driving through the night
Into an endless tunnel of fog
When it dawned on me something was wrong
I was in a trance, hypnotised
Bored beyond belief
I was listening to the same old song
I know every lick, every word
Every nuance
I'm on first name terms with the crew
But I'd better get used to this poop du jour
Sure as hell they won't play anything new

Oh yes I love you really
Classic Rock Radio
Oh my dear it's time for bed
Time for you to go
Everyone is asleep

The pirates took to the water stole the charts
But sadly that didn't go down well with those upstairs
Who require loyalty
The establishment considered
That the uncontrolled appreciation of music
Was a danger to royalty
The mighty empire roared
As Cash 'n' Everitt on the high seas
Looked like they'd get blown out of the water
They did of course eventually come ashore
As meek as mice or to be more accurate
As lambs to the slaughter

Oh yes I love you really
I stand to attention
Oh Fanny, I love you dearly
Something else I should mention?
You sweet thing

Let's not talk about MTV
I don't even want to start
I want to take a look at Classic Rock Radio
We're talking about the state of the art

Mr. Grover 'n' Mr Gillian
You musta made a million
The night that Frank Zappa caught on fire
Could you tell us all about it
Keep it short and use my version
Or everyone out there'll think I'm a liar
We can speak about bananas for one second
Just because I understand
You have to get them off your chest
But in the meantime while your talking
Could you do some more of these here ID's
And then this station might maintain some interest

Oh yes I love you dearly
But why do you exist?
Oh yes I love you really
Is there something that I missed?

 

R.E.M. Radio Song
Rush - The Spirit of Radio

 

"Roadrunner, Roadrunner..........with the radio on" The Modern Lovers

 

On the Radio--Donna Summer
Radio Radio--Elvis Costello
Radio Free Europe--REM
You Turn Me On I'm a Radio--Joni Mitchell

 

Of course there is "Raised on Radio" by Journey
and "Radio Gaga" by Queen.
"Voice of America" by Asia mentions radio as well.

 

Icky Thump by White Stripes

 

The Replacements - "Left Of The Dial".

 

Trying to remember the Van Morrison song is driving me crazy -- is it "Wild Night"?

Do DJ songs count? We can start with "Hang the DJ."

 

Dillard & Clark, The Radio Song

 

"FM" -- Steely Dan

(A reference, of sorts.)

 

"...the country music station plays soft but there's nothing, really nothing, to turn off.."
-- BOB DYLAN

 

"Yesterday Once More" -- Carpenters

"Video Killed The Radio Star" -- The Buggles

 

Ramones- Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?

(This is Rock 'n' roll radio
Come on, let's rock 'n' roll with the Ramones)

Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio
Let's go
Rock'n, rock 'N' roll radio
Let's go
Rock'n, rock 'N' roll radio
Let's go
Rock'n, rock 'N' roll radio
Let's go

Do you remember Hullabaloo
Upbeat, Shindig and Ed Sullivan, too?
Do you remember rock 'n' roll radio?
Do you remember rock 'n' roll radio?

Do you remember Murray the Kid
Alan Freed, and High Energy?
It's the end, the end of the seventies
It's the end, the end of the century

Do you remember lying in bed
With the covers pulled up over your head
Radio playin' so no one can see?
We need change, and we need it fast
Before rock's just part of the past
'Cause, lately, it all sounds the same to me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio
Let's go
Rock'n, rock 'N' roll radio
Let's go
Rock'n, rock 'N' roll radio
Let's go
Rock'n, rock 'N' roll radio
Let's go

Will you remember Jerry Lee
John Lennon, T. Rex and old Moulty?
It's the end, the end of the seventies
It's the end, the end of the century

Do you remember lying in bed
With the covers pulled up over your head
Radio playin' so no one can see?
We need change, and we need it fast
Before Rock's just part of the past
Cause, lately, it all sounds the same to me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

Rock'n, rock 'n' roll radio
Let's go
Rock'n, rock 'N' roll radio
Let's go
Rock'n, rock 'N' roll radio
Let's go
Rock'n, rock 'N' roll radio
Let's go

(This is rock 'N' roll radio
Stay tuned for more rock 'n' roll)

 

Wavelength.

By "Hang The DJ" I assume you mean "Panic" by The Smiths?? "Hang the DJ" is the vocal hook not the title.

 

"Pilot Of The Airwaves" - Charlie Dore

 

Roxy Music Oh Yeah
Van Morrison Domino

 

Thanks for reminding me:

Caravan--Van Morrison

 

"Caravan" refers to the radio, quite a bit!

And the caravan is on it's way
I can hear the merry gypsies play
Mama mama look at Emma Rose
She's a-playin with the radio
La, la, la, la...

And the caravan has all my friends
It will stay with me until the end
Gypsy Robin, Sweet Emma Rose
Tell me everything I need to know
La, la, la...

Turn up your radio and let me hear the song
Switch on your electric light
Then we can get down to what is really wrong
I long to hold you tight so I can feel you
Sweet lady of the night I shall reveal you

Turn it up, turn it up, little bit higher radio
Turn it up, turn it up, so you know, radio
La, la, la, la...

And the caravan is painted red and white
That means ev'rybody's staying overnight
Barefoot gypsy player round the campfire sing and play
And a woman tells us of her ways
La, la, la, la...

Turn up your radio and let me hear the song
Switch on your electric light
Then we can get down to what is really wrong
I long to hold you tight so I can feel you
Sweet lady of the night I shall reveal you
Turn it up, turn it up, little bit higher, radio
Turn it up, that's enough, so you know it's got soul
Radio, radio turn it up, hum
La, la, la, la...

 

Edwin Starr, "H.A.P.P.Y. Radio" (1979)
Autograph, "Turn Up the Radio" (1984)

 

Man, does every Van Morrison song mention the radio?

 

Ryan Adams "Magick":

So turn the radio on
So turn the radio up
So turn the radio up loud and get down
Let you body move
Let you body sway
Listen the music play
It's magick

 

Wall of Voodoo, "Mexican Radio" (1983)
LL Cool J, "I Can't Live Without My Radio" (1985)

 

"On Your Radio" - Joe Jackson
"Around The Dial" - The Kinks
"Radio Play" - John & Yoko
"We Want The Airwaves" - The Ramones

"I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts" - X
"The Unheard Music" - X

 

Tom Robinson - Listen To The Radio (Atmospherics)