I Love My Radio
| "I Love My Radio" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Taffy | ||||
| Released | 1985 (Italy & Europe) 1986 (UK & North America) | |||
| Genre | Italo disco | |||
| Length | 3:23 | |||
| Label | Ibiza Records, Transglobal/Rhythm King | |||
| Songwriters | Claudio Cecchetto, Graziano Pegoraro, Pier Michele Bozzetti | |||
| Producer | Claudio Cecchetto | |||
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"I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio)" is a song by Italo disco singer Taffy, first released as a single in 1985. It was produced by Italian record producer Claudio Cecchetto. The song was a top ten hit in Italy and the United Kingdom, and was also a hit in several countries in Europe. In the United Kingdom, the single was released in 1986 and peaked at No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1987.[1]
Composition
The song is about a radio disc jockey broadcasting in the early hours. However, as the BBC's BBC_Radio_1 popular music station did not broadcast after midnight in the 1980s (only a few commercial pop music stations did, as well as the nighttime UK targeted Radio Luxembourg on MW/AM), this reference in the record was changed, and the UK version was re-recorded and retitled as "I Love My Radio (Dee Jay's Radio)", with a few changes in lyrics; the lyric "DJ after midnight" was changed to "DJ up to midnight" and "on the midnight radio" was changed to "on the good time radio".
Charts
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Singles Chart[2] | 35 |
| Ö3 Austria Top 40[3] | 26 |
| Dutch Single Top 100[4] | 42 |
| Irish Singles Chart[5] | 6 |
| UK Singles Chart[6] | 6 |
| US Billboard Dance Club Songs[7] | 6 |
References
- ^ "Taffy - I Love My Radio (Dee Jay's Radio) U.K. Mix / I Love My Radio (Dee Jay's Radio) Instrumental - Transglobal - UK - E TYPE 1". 45cat. 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
- ^ "Charts.de - Taffy - "I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio)"" (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-10-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Taffy – "I Love My Radio" (in German). Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ^ "Taffy – "I Love My Radio" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2013-10-03.
- ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know - Taffy". www.irishcharts.ie/IRMA. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "TAFFY | Artist". Official Charts. 1987-07-18. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance Disco 1974-2003. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 253. ISBN 0-89820-156-X.