Radio, Radio

Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics 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 Chorus: 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...

Credits Written by: Elvis Costello Produced by: Nick Lowe Musicians: Elvis Costello - vocals, guitar Steve Nieve - keyboards Bruce Thomas - bass Pete Thomas - drums Discography Albums: This Year's Model, 1978 (U.S. edition) This Year's Model (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1993 This Year's Model (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2002 This section may be incomplete. Singles: Radio, Radio, 1978 Collections: Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers, 1980 The Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1985 2½ Years, 1993 The Very Best Of Elvis Costello & The Attractions, 1994 The Very Best Of Elvis Costello, 1999 This section may be incomplete. Alternate Versions: Radio, Radio (Capital Radio Version 1977-09-27) This Year's Model (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2002 Less Than Zero/Radio, Radio (Saturday Night Live, New York 1977-12-17) SNL25: The Musical Performances Volume 1, 1999 Radio, Radio (live at the El Mocambo, Toronto 1978-03-06) Live At The El Mocambo, 1978 (Canadian promo) Live At The El Mocambo, Rykodisc/Demon, 1993 2½ Years, 1993 This section may be incomplete. Soundtracks: none Various Artists collections: none Covers Recorded by: none This section may be incomplete. Performed by: none This section may be incomplete. Bootlegs This section is incomplete.

Chords

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RADIO RADIO Elvis Costello

     E                            B

I was tuning in the shine on the light night dial

 A                     E

Doing anything my radio advised .

                       B 

With every one of those late night stations

       A                           C#m 

Playing songs, bringing tears to my eyes.

     A                        B 

I was seriously thinking about hiding the receiver

        A/C#                     B/D# 

When the switch broke 'cause it's old .

 A/E                              B/F# 
 They're saying things that I can hardly believe.  
           B                              E 

They really think we're getting out of control.

 E            C#m 
 Radio is the sound salvation.  
         B 

Radio is cleaning up the nation.

    A               E             B        E 

They say you better listen to the voice of reason.

              A            E                  B               C#m 

But they don't give you any choice 'cause they think that it's treason.

          B                         C#m 

So you had better do as you are told.

          B                   E 

You better listen to the radio. |E B7 E|B |E B7 E|B |

 Am                  E 
 I want to bite the hand that feeds me.  
 Am                  E 
 I want to bite that hand so badly.  
 C#m                                  B7 
 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 better shut up or get cut up; 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 Trying to anaesthetise the way that you feel. (chorus)

 E B7 E B E B7 E B 
              Wonderful radio      
 E B7 E B 

Marvelous radio

 E B7 E B 

Wonderful radio

 E B7 E B 

Radio, radio.

 E B7 E B 

Radio, radio.

Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: This Year's Model | lyrics | chords | TYM info page | Rykodisc/Demon TYM reissue info page
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External links

• Elvis Costello on Rhino This Year's Model reissue page