Radio Ga Ga

"Radio Ga Ga" is a 1984 song by Queen and is the lead single from their 11th studio album The Works. It went to number 1 in Belgium. Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden, number 2 in Australia, Austria, Norway and the United Kingdom and number 4 in New Zealand and South Africa.

"Radio Ga Ga"
Single by Queen
from the album The Works
A-side"Radio Ga Ga" (extended version)[1]
B-side"Radio Ga Ga" (instrumental)[1]
Released16 January 1984[2]
Genre
Length
  • 5:48 (7" album version)
  • 4:23 (USA radio edit)
  • 6:53 (12" extended version)
  • 6:01 (12" instrumental version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Roger Taylor
Producer(s)
  • Queen
  • Reinhold Mack
Queen singles chronology
"Back Chat"
(1982)
"Radio Ga Ga"
(1984)
"I Want to Break Free"
(1984)
Music video
"Radio Ga Ga" at YouTube

Track listings

7" single[1]

  • A-side. "Radio Ga Ga" (Album Version)
  • B-side. "I Go Crazy" (Single Version)

12" single[1]

  • A-side. "Radio Ga Ga" (Extended Version)
  • B1. "Radio Ga Ga" (Instrumental Version)
  • B2. "I Go Crazy" (Single Version)

References

  1. "Queen UK Singles Discography (1984โ€“1991)". Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. "News: Predictions 1984". Record Mirror. 31 December 1983. p. 4. Retrieved 16 December 2020 โ€“ via Flickr.
  3. Furniss, Matters (2012). Queen โ€“ Uncensored On the Record. Coda Books Ltd. p. 71. ISBN 978-1-9085-3884-0.
  4. Stereo Review. Vol. 49. CBS Publications. 1984. p. 76. Radio Gaga (the single), a skillful merger of contemporary synth-pop and old-time Brill Building panache
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