All bands fall prey to pressure to change their sound to engender the widest appeal. Written by drummer Roger Taylor, this song musically showcases 80s beats overlaid with lyrics describing the fall of radio and the rise of television.
“Radio Ga Ga”
Radio.
Radio.
I’d sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio
You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds invaded by Mars
You made ’em laugh, you made ’em cry
You made us feel like we could fly.
Radio.
So don’t become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don’t know or just don’t care
And just complain when you’re not there
You had your time, you had the power
You’ve yet to have your finest hour
Radio, Radio.
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio, what’s new?
Radio, someone still loves you!
We watch the shows, we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
How music changes through the years.
Let’s hope you never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around ’cause we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual
You had your time, you had the power
You’ve yet to have your finest hour
Radio, Radio.
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio, what’s new?
Someone still loves you!
Radio ga ga [3x]
You had your time, you had the power
You’ve yet to have your finest hour
Radio, Radio.
I hate this song because it’s played at every major sporting event, high-school graduation and bar/bat mitzvah. Okay, you guys are great just stop proclaiming it before I blow out my eardrums.
“We Are The Champions”
(And I need just go on and on, and on, and on)
We are the champions, my friends,
And we’ll keep on fighting ’til the end.
We are the champions.
We are the champions.
No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions of the world.
We are the champions, my friends,
And we’ll keep on fighting ’til the end.
We are the champions.
We are the champions.
No time for losers
‘Cause we are the champions.
[Not in the original version:] Of the world
And the #1 Not-So-Good song is “NEXT”
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