Lyrics to
On The Radio

This version of On The Radio was released by Cheap Trick in 1978.

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On the radio
I love the music
On the radio
It’s what they’re playing
When the radio’s on and you
And me get crazy
Hey, mister on the radio
Please play my favorite song
The one where she didn’t go away
Hey, mister on the radio
You’re really my best friend
Please play my favorite song for me
Hey. mister on the radio
You’re with me every day
And late at night i turn you on
On the radio
I love the music
On the radio
It’s what they’re playing
When the radio’s on and you
And me get crazy
All of the rock and roll dj’s
Got their fingers on the world
’cause they play the songs
That make you and me feel so good
Turn up your radios
And hear the music
On the radio
This song is playin’
When the radio’s on
And you and me get crazy
Radio dj monologue:
One minute the back side of midnight
it’s me captain gonzo ready to roll hot
wax anything you want to hear
All night its a balmy 73 degrees
in fog city, 71 in the valley 80 in santa cruz (?),
but remember if you snooze you lose
I’m gonna hang with you,
i’ll crank it on…
so let me know what you want to hear
phone lines are open now
You say it you know
i’m gonna play it and be ready
to win when i tell you to call in and whatever you do
Remember the phrase that pays
puts your brain on vacation
and let your toes take over
keep your pedal to the metal
I’ll be back in sixty seconds,
in the meantime go with it,
go for it, go nuts, go completely wild…..

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About Lyrics and On The Radio by Cheap Trick

The lyrics to On The Radio are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Cheap Trick used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to On The Radio have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Cheap Trick and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to On The Radio by Cheap Trick. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to On The Radio" means the words set to the music of On The Radio, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cheap Trick. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to On The Radio and the lyrics to On The Radio are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cheap Trick who came here looking just for the lyrics to On The Radio, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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