30 Best Radio Songs – Songs With Radio in the Title

Find popular songs with the word radio in the song title.

Updated on March 1, 2023 | Written by Matthew Campbell (Editor of My Wedding Songs and wedding DJ)

The radio was the major vehicle for music. Then, came the radio followed by a video on the TV. Radio has been a focal point to be “known” as music artists for years.

However, the medium has changed a bit but there are still “radio stations” on Sirius and Pandora. Radio music countdowns have been part of radio history including Dick Clark, Casey Kasem, and Crook & Chase.

Plus, National Radio Day is celebrated each year on August 20 to play radio songs!

So, I created a list of radio songs. However, our song list is a bit different. Each song has the word radio in the song title! Enjoy our list of radio songs.

Top 25 Trending Radio Songs

1. “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons (Alternative – 2012)
2. “Radio” by Lana Del Rey (Alternative – 2013)
3. “Radio” by Sigala, MNEK (Dance – 2023)
4. “Radio Ga Ga” by Queen (Rock – 1984)
5. “Radio” by Dayglow (Alternative – 2022)
6. “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles (Rock – 1980)
7. “Radio” by Freak Slug (Indie Pop – 2020)
8. “Car Radio” by Twenty One Pilots (Alternative – 2013)
9. “Radio” by Sylvan Esso (Alternative – 2017)
10. “Radio” by Alkaline Trio (Alternative – 2000)
11. “Radio” by Margo Price, Sharon Van Etten (Country – 2023)
12. “Radio” by Beyonce (Pop – 2008)
13. “Radio” by Rammstein (Rpck – 2019)
14. “Radio/Video” by System Of A Down (Rock – 2005)
15. “Guerrilla Radio” by Rage Against The Machine (Rock – 1999)
16. “Radio Song” by HARDY, Jeremy McKinnon (Country – 2023)
17. “Mexican Radio” by South Park Mexican (Rap – 2001)
18. “Radioactive” by Pentatonix, Lindsey Stirling (Pop – 2014)
19. “Radio Free Europe” by R.E.M. (Pop – 1983)
20. “Radio Friendly Unit Shifter” by Nirvana (Alternative – 1993)
21. “Radio Song” by Superbus (Rock – 2005)
22. “The Spirit Of Radio” by Rush (Rock – 1980)
23. “Turn Up The Radio” by Autograph (Rock – 1984)
24. “A.M. RADIO” by The Lumineers (Alternative – 2022)
25. “There Ain’t Nothin’ wrong With the Radio” by Aaron Tippin (Country – 1992)

Spotify Radio Playlist

Popular Songs About a Radio

Christmas on the Radio – Runaway June
Released in 2020 on the album When I Think About Christmas – EP

Lyric quote:

I wanna hear Christmas on the radio
Jingle bells and mistletoe
The soundtrack of a cold December night

RADIO – Rammstein
Released in 2019 on the album RAMMSTEIN

Lyric quote:

Radio, mein Radio
Ich lass’ mich in den Äther saugen
Meine Ohren werden Augen

Song On the Radio – Al Stewart
Released in 2018 on the album On The Border

Lyric quote:

We’ll go collecting the days
Putting the moments away
You’re on my mind like a
Song on the Radio

And The Radio Played – Lady A
Released in 2013 on the album Golden

(See a list of top Lady A songs)

Lyric quote:

“He Stopped Loving Her Today”
We laughed, we cried the 80’s away
And the radio played

Radio – Darius Rucker
Released in 2013 on the album True Believers
Genre: Country

Lyric quote:

Who wants to be the DJ
I’ll find a spot on the side of the road
You find something on the radio

Dead City Radio And The New Gods Of Supertown – Rob Zombie
Released in 2013 on the album Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor

Lyric quote:

I’m a rhinestone tiger in a leisure suit
Turn it up! Turn it up! Turn it up! Oh yeah!
We listen to the radio, dead radio

Car Radio – twenty one pilots
Released in 2013 on the album Vessel

Lyric quote:

I have these thoughts so often, I ought
To replace that slot with what I once bought
‘Cause somebody stole my car radio

Turn Up The Radio – Madonna
Released in 2012 on the album MDNA

(See a list of top Madonna songs)

Lyric quote:

Calling you to come outside
To feel the wind on your face and your skin
And it’s here I begin my story
Story
Turn up the radio

Heard It On The Radio – Ross Lynch
Released in 2012 on the album Austin & Ally
Genre: Pop

Lyric quote:

Oh, I heard it on the radio
Sing it out loud
Oh, coming down to see your show

Radio – Lana Del Rey
Released in 2012 on the album Born to Die: The Paradise Edition

Lyric quote:

Now my life is sweet like cinnamon
Like a fucking dream I’m living in
Baby love me cause I’m playing on the radio

Turn On The Radio – Reba McEntire
Released in 2010 on the album All the Women I Am
Genre: Country

(See a list of top Reba McEntire songs)

Lyric quote:

Well, you can hear me on the radio
You wanna turn me on, turn on your stereo
You can sing along, while they’re playin’ my song. How you done me wrong

Don’t Listen to the Radio – Granger Smith
Released in 2009 on the album Don’t Listen to the Radio

Lyric quote:

Cause you did her wrong and drove her away
So do what you do to get her outta your head you know
But wherever you go don’t listen to the radio

Radio – Beyonce
Released in 2008 on the album I Am… Sasha Fierce

(See a list of top Beyonce songs)

Lyric quote:

I think I’m in love with my radio
‘Cause it never lets me down
And I fall in love with my stereo

The Road And The Radio – Kenny Chesney
Released in 2005 on the album The Road and the Radio

(See a list of top Kenny Chesney songs)

Lyric quote:

And find the strength to close the ones I left behind
And I’ll get there leaning on some friends I know
The road and the radio

Static on the Radio – Jim White
Released in 2004 on the album Drill a Hole In That Substrate and Tell Me What You See

Lyric quote:

Only fools venture where them spirits tread
‘Cause I know
Every word, every sound bouncing ’round my head
Is just static on the radio

Nothing On But The Radio – Gary Allan
Released in 2003 on the album See If I Care

Lyric quote:

Feel the music playing soft and slow
You and me and the lights down low
With nothing on but the radio

AM Radio – Everclear
Released in 2000 on the album Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile

Lyric quote:

Big bell bottoms and groovy long hair
Just a walking in style with a portable CD player
No, you would listen to the music on the AM Radio

Radio – Alkaline Trio
Released in 2000 on the album Maybe I’ll Catch Fire

Lyric quote:

In case you haven’t heard, I’m sick and tired of trying
I wish you would take my radio to bathe with you
Plugged in and ready to fall

Guerrilla Radio – Rage Against The Machine
Released in 1999 on the album The Battle of Los Angeles
Genre: Rap Metal

Lyric quote:

More for Gore or the son of a drug lord
None of the above fuck it cut the cord
Lights out
Guerrilla Radio, turn that s*** up

There Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong with the Radio – Aaron Tippin
Released in 1992 on the album Read Between the Lines

Lyric quote:

Lord, there ain’t a country station that I can’t tune in
She ain’t a Cadillac and she ain’t a rolls
But there ain’t nothin’ wrong with the radio

Raised On Radio – Journey
Released in 1985 on the album Raised on Radio

(See a list of top Journey songs)

Lyric quote:

Be Bop Bop a Lu La
She Loves Me Tender
Jungle Lion Sleeps Tonight
We’re all raised on
(Radio, radio)

I Can’t Live Without My Radio – LL Cool J
Released in 1985 on the album Radio

Lyric quote:

But I still sport gold, and I’m out to crush
My name is Cool J, I devastate the show
But I couldn’t survive without my radio

Turn Up The Radio – Autograph
Released in 1984 on the album Sign in Please
Genre: Rock

Lyric quote:

Turn up the radio
I need the music, gimmie some more
Turn up the radio
I want to feel it, got to gimmie some more

Radio Ga Ga – Queen
Released in 1984 on the album The Works
Genre: Rock

(See a list of top Queen songs)

Lyric quote:

All we hear is radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga

Mexican Radio – Wall Of Voodoo
Released in 1983 on the album Call of the West
Genre: Rock

Lyric quote:

I hear the talking of the dj
Can’t understand just what does he say?
I’m on a mexican radio

This is Radio Clash – The Clash
Released in 1981 on the album This Is Radio Clash

Lyric quote:

Cashing in the bill of rights
Cuban army surplus or refusing all third lights
This is radio clash on pirate satellite

The Spirit Of Radio – Rush
Released in 1980 on the album Permanent Waves
Genre: Rock

Lyric quote:

Emotional feedback on a timeless wavelength
Bearing a gift beyond price, almost free
All this machinery making modern music

Video Killed The Radio Star – The Buggles
Released in 1979 on the album The Age of Plastic
Genre: New Wave

Lyric quote:

Video killed the radio star
In my mind and in my car
We can’t rewind, we’ve gone too far

On The Radio – Donna Summer
Released in 1979 on the album On The Radio: Greatest Hits Volumes I & II
Genre: Disco

Lyric quote:

Someone found a letter you wrote me on the radio
And they told the world just how you felt
It must have fallen out of a hole in your old brown overcoat

Capital Radio – The Clash
Released in 1977 on the album Sound System

Lyric quote:

Hey, listen, I’ve been thinking
We’ll never get on the radio like this
You know that?

Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) – Reunion
Released in 1974 on the album Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me) / Are You Ready to Believe

Lyric quote:

But the radio rolled me
Gotta turn it up louder
So my DJ told me

Do you have a favorite song with the word radio in the title, not on our list?  Please share the song below so that I can add it!

Other song lists to read:

• Music Songs
• Songs About Songs
• DJ Songs

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