Song on the Radio

"Song on the Radio"
Single by Al Stewart
from the album Time Passages
B-side "A Man For All Seasons"
Released January 1979
Genre Pop rock
Length 4:10
Label Arista Records 0389
Writer(s) Al Stewart
Producer(s) Alan Parsons
Al Stewart singles chronology
"Time Passages"
(1978)		 "Song on the Radio"
(1979)		 "Midnight Rocks"
(1980)

"Song on the Radio" is a song written and performed by Al Stewart. The song reached No. 29 on the Billboard Hot 100,[1] No. 27 on the Cash Box Top 100 and No. 29 on the Canadian pop singles chart in the spring of 1979.[2]

The song was a considerably larger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number 10 on the U.S. AC chart, and spent three weeks at number three on the Canadian AC chart.[3]

"Song on the Radio" appeared on his 1978 album, Time Passages. It was produced by Alan Parsons.[4]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles [2] 29
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary [3] 3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[5] 29
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary 10
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 27

Year-end charts

Chart (1979) Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles [6] 187
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[7] 175

References

  1. ↑ "Al Stewart, "Song on the Radio" chart positions". Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  3. 1 2 "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  4. ↑ "Al Stewart, Time Passages". Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  5. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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