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I Love My Radio

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"I Love My Radio"
Single by Taffy
Released1985 (Italy & Europe)
1986 (UK & North America)
GenreItalo disco
Length3:23
LabelIbiza Records, Transglobal/Rhythm King
Songwriter(s)Claudio Cecchetto, Graziano Pegoraro, Pier Michele Bozzetti
Producer(s)Claudio Cecchetto

"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]

The song is about a radio disc jockey broadcasting in the early hours. However, as none of the BBC Radio stations broadcast after midnight in the 1980s (only a few commercial stations did), 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

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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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Charts.de - Taffy - "I Love My Radio (Midnight Radio)"" (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2013-10-02.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Taffy – "I Love My Radio" (in German). Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  4. ^ "Taffy – "I Love My Radio" (in Dutch). Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  5. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know - Taffy". www.irishcharts.ie/IRMA. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  6. ^ "TAFFY | Artist". Official Charts. 1987-07-18. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
  7. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance Disco 1974-2003. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 253. ISBN 0-89820-156-X.