"Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)" is the third official single from Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado's first album, Whoa, Nelly!. The song's album title was "Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)"; the word "shit" was censored and removed from the title for radio airplay and substituted on the cover art with "#*@!!".
After the success of Furtado's previous two singles, it was thought that this one would be another hit for her. However, the song failed to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and began a string of singles for Furtado that failed to chart, until 2006 with "Promiscuous". "#*@!! on the Radio (Remember the Days)" charted in other countries and reached fourteen on the Canadian BDS Airplay Chart.
Furtado, who wrote the song in one session, said it is about the feelings of insecurity she experienced when hiding her desire to make pop music to fit in with her underground musical peers. "I could try to be cool and whatever, but why do I have to try?", she said. "Why can't I just be myself? The moment you make that step and say, 'I want to make pop music' is a big thing. But no matter what happens to me there'll always be someone going, 'Oh, her music sucks now because everyone likes it.' I feel that song a lot."
"On the Radio" is a song by Swedish band The Concretes from their second album In Colour. It was released as the second single from that album in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2006.
"On the Radio" is a single by Donna Summer released in 1979 on the Casablanca. 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 1 & 2. It was released as a single and became, in January 1980, her tenth top ten hit in the U.S. when it reached #5. She performed it on many television shows such as American Bandstand.
The song was released in three formats: the radio 45rpm single; the 5+ minute version included on Donna'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). This last version was later released on the Bad Girls CD digipack double CD release.
What's interesting about these three versions is that while the first two 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.
The song was later covered later by Selena.
"On the Radio" is the first single from Regina Spektor's fourth album, Begin to Hope. The chorus contains references to the song "November Rain" by Guns N' Roses.
