"On the Radio"
Belgian picture sleeve
Single by Donna Summer
from the album On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II and Foxes (soundtrack)
B-side"There Will Always Be a You"
ReleasedNovember 23, 1979
  • January 1980 (Foxes soundtrack version)
Recorded1979
Genre
Length4:05
LabelCasablanca
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Giorgio Moroder
Donna Summer singles chronology
"No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"
(1979) 		"On the Radio"
(1979) 		"Sunset People"
(1980)

"On the Radio" is a song by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, produced by Italian musician Giorgio Moroder, and released in late 1979 on the Casablanca record label. It was written for the soundtrack to the film Foxes and included on Summer's first international compilation album On the Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II.

History

The song was released in three formats: the radio 45rpm single; the 5+ minute version included on Summer's Greatest Hits double album package, and a DJ Promo 7+ minute version released on 12" single (and included on the Foxes film soundtrack album).[1] This last version was later released on the Bad Girls CD digipack double CD release. The Foxes soundtrack also includes an instrumental version of the song in a ballad tempo and crediting Moroder as a solo artist. In the film, the ballad tempo and the disco version are both heard with Donna Summer's vocals. Donna Summer performed "On the Radio" on many television shows such as American Bandstand.

The instrumental parts of this song were occasionally heard on the US version of The Price Is Right in the early 1980s when they displayed jukeboxes and stereos as prizes. While the first two versions included all written lyrics, the DJ Promo omitted the final verse, opting instead to repeat the third. Only the first "short" version ended with the famous "on the radio – adio – adio" echo vocal effect. For the second consecutive year, Summer placed at least three singles in the Billboard Year-End charts in 1980.

Commercial performance

"On the Radio" was released as a single and became, in February 1980, her tenth top-ten hit in the U.S. as well as her eighth and final consecutive top-five single. "On the Radio" peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and number nine on the soul chart.[2] The song was also Summer's 14th entry on the Billboard Disco chart, where it peaked at number eight.[3] In Canada, it peaked at number two.[4]

Official versions

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications for "On the Radio"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[28] Gold 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Martine McCutcheon version

"On the Radio"
Single by Martine McCutcheon
from the album Wishing
B-side"It's All Over Again"
ReleasedJanuary 22, 2001 (2001-01-22)[29]
Length3:49
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)John Poppo
Martine McCutcheon singles chronology
"I'm Over You"
(2000) 		"On the Radio"
(2001) 		"Say I'm Not Alone"
(2017)

English singer and actress Martine McCutcheon covered "On the Radio" and released it as the second single from her second album, Wishing, on January 22, 2001. Her version was produced by John Poppo. Although it became McCutcheon's fifth consecutive top-10 hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number seven, it was her last single to appear within the top 100 on the UK chart, and it would remain her last single release until 2017's "Say I'm Not Alone". In Ireland, "On the Radio" reached number 18, matching the peak of the original.

Track listings

UK CD1[30]

  1. "On the Radio" (radio mix) – 3:49
  2. "It's All Over Again" – 4:42
  3. "On the Radio" (Pants & Corset radio edit) – 3:33
  4. "On the Radio" (video) – 3:45

UK CD2[31]

  1. "On the Radio" (radio mix) – 3:49
  2. "On the Radio" (Pants & Corset club mix) – 7:33
  3. "On the Radio" (Robbie Rivera's vocal mix) – 7:35

UK cassette single[32]

A1. "On the Radio" (radio mix) – 3:49
A2. "On the Radio" (Almighty radio edit) – 4:14
B1. "On the Radio" (Pants & Corset radio edit) – 3:33

Charts

References

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  4. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
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  29. ^ "New Releases – For Week Starting January 22, 2001: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. January 20, 2001. p. 31. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  30. ^ On the Radio (UK CD1 liner notes). Martine McCutcheon. Innocent Records, Virgin Records. 2001. SINCD 21, 7243 8 97362 0 5.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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