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"Radio Ga Ga" is a song performed and recorded by the band Queen, written by their drummer Roger Taylor. Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist The Works is a 1984 rock album by English band Queen. The band's eleventh studio album it marked a partial return to their rock A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) A gramophone A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Capitol Records is a major United States -based Record label owned by EMI and located in Hollywood California and New York City as A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Roger Taylor (born Roger Meddows-Taylor on July 26, 1949 in Dersingham, Norfolk later moved to Kings Lynn is an English Musician In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Reinhold Mack (aka Mack) is a German Record producer and Sound engineer, mostly known for his collaborations Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist "Back Chat", written by bassist John Deacon, is the track most influenced by Black music on the 1982 Queen album Hot Space " I Want to Break Free " ( is a Song performed by Queen, which was written exclusively by bassist John Deacon. Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Roger Taylor (born Roger Meddows-Taylor on July 26, 1949 in Dersingham, Norfolk later moved to Kings Lynn is an English Musician It was released as a single and was included on the album The Works. The Works is a 1984 rock album by English band Queen. The band's eleventh studio album it marked a partial return to their rock The single was an enormous worldwide success for the band. It reached number 2 in the UK and 16 in the USA. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

1 Meaning
2 Development
3 Video
4 Live versions
5 Chart performance
6 Cover versions
7 Influences
8 External links
9 References

Meaning

The song was a commentary of the invention of television overtaking radio's popularity, and how one would listen to radio for their favorite comedy, drama, sci-fi programs and so on as well as the advent of the music video and MTV. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. (Although, ironically, the video would become a regular staple on the channel in 1984. ) Taylor originally conceived it as "Radio Ca-Ca" (apparently from something his toddler son once said), a slam against radio for the decrease in variety of programming and the type of music being played. It was eventually changed to "Radio Ga Ga", because it sounded better, clearer, and rolled off the tongue easier. There are rumours that the publishers objected to the original title because the word "caca" means "crap" in Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, Greek, Hebrew and French, with much the same cultural connotations. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people

The song makes a reference to Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcasting, in the verse "through wars of worlds/invaded by Mars". George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television The War of the Worlds (1898 by H G Wells, is an early Science fiction Novel which describes an invasion of England by

Development

Taylor began writing the song in Los Angeles when he locked himself in a room with a synthesiser and a drum machine. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West For the early "drum machine" computers that used a rotating cylinder as their main memory see Drum memory A drum machine is an He thought it would fit his solo album, but when the band heard it, John Deacon wrote a bass-line and Freddie Mercury reconstructed the track, thinking it could be a big hit. John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951 is a retired English musician best known as the Bass guitarist for the rock band Queen. Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991 was a Zanzibar -born British Musician, best known as the lead Taylor then took a skiing holiday and let Mercury polish the lyrics, harmony, and arrangements of the song. Recording sessions began at Record Plant Studios and included session keyboardist Fred Mandel, who later on would work with Supertramp and Elton John. Record Plant Studios (also known as just " The Record Plant " were three famous Recording studios which were started and run by Gary Kellgren (who See also Supertramp (ecology and Alexander Supertramp Supertramp were a British Progressive rock band Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Mandel programmed the synth-bass parts. The recording features prominent use of the Roland VP330+ vocoder. is a Japanese manufacturer of Electronic musical instruments electronic equipment and Software. A vocoder, ˈvoʊkoʊdər (a Portmanteau of vox/voc ( voice) and encoder) is an analysis / synthesis system mostly used for speech in which the input is The bassline was produced by a Roland Jupiter 8, using the built-in arpeggiator. The Jupiter-8, Roland 's flagship Analog synthesizer of the early 1980s is an eight-voice polyphonic synth and is considered one ^[1]

Video

David Mallet's music video for the song features scenes from the film Metropolis—Freddie Mercury's solo song "Love Kills" was used in Giorgio Moroder's restored version of the film, and in exchange Queen were granted the rights to use footage from it in their "Radio Ga Ga" video. David Mallet is a director particularly noted for his work on Music videos including David Bowie 's innovative " Ashes to Ashes " and Queen A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Metropolis is a silent Science fiction film directed by Fritz Lang and written by Lang and Thea von Harbou. Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder (born on April 26 1940 in Urtijëi, Italy) is an Italian Record producer, songwriter However, Queen had to buy performance rights to the film from the communist East German government, which was the copyright holder at the time. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state Critics said that the video looked like a "Nuremberg Rally" much to the anti-Nazi Roger Taylor's dislike. The Nuremberg Rally (officially Reichsparteitag, meaning national party convention was the annual rally of the NSDAP (Nazi Party in the years 1923 to 1938 in Anti-fascism is the opposition to fascist ideologies organizations governments and people In the video there is a part where they list some of their earlier videos (such as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Flash's Theme", and so forth) in a photo album, illustrating the changes and the influence videos received through the years. is a Song written by Freddie Mercury and originally recorded by the band Queen for their 1975 album ''A Night at the Opera''. " Flash " is a song by Queen. It was written by Brian May. In the video Taylor tries to turn right in the vehicle but the vehicle moves to his left, he quickly tries to correct this but the video still shows the error.

Live versions

Queen played a shorter, uptempo version of "Radio Ga Ga" at the Live Aid charity event in 1985. Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on. The event was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia Events January January 28 - Various artists, under the group name USA For Africa, including Ray Charles It became a live favourite thanks largely to the audience participation potential of the clapping sequence prompted by the rhythm of the chorus (copied from the video).

Paul Young performed the song with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English pop musician The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was an open-air concert held on Easter Monday, April 20 1992 at Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)

At the "Party at the Palace" concert, celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee in 2002, "Radio Ga Ga" opened up Queen's set with Roger Taylor on vocals and Phil Collins on the drums. The Party at the Palace was a Pop concert held in London in 2002. Philip David Charles Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951 Chiswick, London) is an English Singer-songwriter, Drummer

This song was played on the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour in 2005/2006, and sung by Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers. Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour was a world Concert tour by Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, joined by singer Paul Rodgers Paul Rodgers, (born 17 December 1949 is an English rock singer-songwriter best known for being a member of Free and Bad Company.

Chart performance

Country	Peak position	Certification
Australia	3
Austria	2
Belgium	1
Canada	11
France	24
Germany	2
Ireland	1
Italy	1
Japan	89
The Netherlands	1^[2]
Portugal	1
Sweden	1
Norway	2
Poland	2
South Africa	4
Spain	6
Switzerland	3
UK	2	silver
US	16

Cover versions

Roger Taylor performed the song with Spike Edney's SAS Band. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Dutch Top 40 ( Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly Music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40" because the Pirate radio channel Radio Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Philip 'Spike' Edney (born December 11, 1951) is a British musician who has appeared as part of numerous bands
A heavily modified version of the song serves as the introductory number for We Will Rock You, a musical composed of Queen songs. We Will Rock You (abbreviated as WWRY) is a Jukebox musical, based on the songs of Queen and named after their hit single of
The song was covered in 2004 by Electric Six. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The band recorded the song against their wishes under pressure from their label at the time. The video depicts Electric Six frontman, Dick Valentine, as the ghost of Freddie Mercury dancing near his own grave. Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991 was a Zanzibar -born British Musician, best known as the lead It was widely misinterpreted that Valentine (as Mercury) was dancing on his grave. He explains on his website's video section "Though some have claimed this video portrays me dancing on Freddie Mercury's grave, actually it's more like we are resurrecting Mr. Mercury for the duration of the song and his grave is the logical starting point. " [[1]] Roger Taylor has said the video is tasteless and that he will "wait for the royalties". Roger Taylor (born Roger Meddows-Taylor on July 26, 1949 in Dersingham, Norfolk later moved to Kings Lynn is an English Musician On the other hand, Brian May reportedly enjoyed the video. Brian Harold May, CBE
Sophie Ellis-Bextor has made a live-cover of this single at the Al Murray's Happy Hour, on ITV. Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is a multi- platinum selling British pop Singer and Songwriter Al Murray's Happy Hour is a Chat show presented by comedian Al Murray And Produced by Avalon TV Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent
"Radio Ga Ga" is one of the songs performed by the Philippine prisoners (as seen on various web based video sites).
One Night of Queen also performs this song as part of their Queen tribute concerts.

Influences

"Radio Ga Ga" is also the name of a radio station in Targu Mures (Marosvasarhely), Romania, in 88 FM (in the region). [2]
"Radio Gaga" is also a Norwegian cartoon published in the Norwegian cartoon album pondus. [3]
"Radio Ga Ga" is also a radio program broadcast on Melbourne's (Australia) 3WBC-FM - 94. 1FM locally. See [4]

External links

References

^ Queen Concerts, The Works Tour II. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor
^ De Nederlandse Top 40, week 8, 1984. Retrieved on 2008-02-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor

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