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Donna Summer – On the Radio Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
[Verse 1] 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 They never said your name but I knew just who they meant Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh I was so surprised and shocked, and I wondered too If, by chance, you heard it for yourself I never told a soul just how I've been feeling over you But they said it really loud, they said it on the air
[Chorus] On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh
[Verse 2] Now, now, don't it kinda strike you sad when you hear our song Things are not the same since we broke up last June The only thing that I wanna hear is that you love me still And that you think you'll be comin' home real soon Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh Yeah, it kinda made me feel proud when I heard him say You couldn't find the words to say it yourself And now in my heart I know I can say what I really feel 'Cause they said it really loud, they said it on the air
[Chorus] On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio
[Verse 3] If you think that love isn't found on the radio Then tune right in, you may find the love you lost 'Cause now I'm sitting here with the man I sent away long ago It sounded really loud, they said it really loud
[Chorus] On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio, whoa-oh-oh-oh On the radio
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“On the Radio” became Donna Summer’s tenth top 10 hit in the US in early 1980 and was also successful overseas. Her husband told Songfacts she wrote it about “somebody hoping that the song on the radio will let the person know that they are in love with them”. It was nominated for a Grammy but lost to Bette Midler’s “The Rose”. A different recording of the song was featured in the 1980 film Foxes.
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I love [“On the Radio”] because it’s a fun song. It took me a long time to write it and I love the lyric on that song. It seems to mean a lot to a lot of people, especially people that listen to the radio.