AM Radio

Everclear

About AM Radio

"AM Radio" is a rock song by the band Everclear. The song was recorded c. 2000 for Everclear's fourth album Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile. The song was released as the second single from Everclear's album Songs from an American Movie Vol. One: Learning How to Smile. It failed to reach the Billboard Hot 100, getting to number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart. The "AM Radio" single was mistaken by many to be the first single from Everclear's fifth album, Songs from an American Movie Vol. Two: Good Time for a Bad Attitude because the song was released so soon before Everclear's fifth album's release. The song was later used in a television commercial for General Motors in early 2006. 


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2011
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K-H-J Los Angeles!
Portions of today's programming are reproduced by means of electrical transcriptions or tape recordings
You can hear the music
Of the AM Radio

The VCR and the DVD
There was none of that crap
Back in 1970
We didn't know about a
World Wide Web
It was a whole different game
Being played back when
I was a kid

want to get down in a cool way
Picture yourself on a beautiful day
Big bell bottoms and groovy long hair
Just walking in style with a portable CD player
No you'd listen to the music on the

AM Radio AM Radio
Yeah you could hear the music on the
AM Radio AM Radio

Flashback, seventy-two
Another summer in the neighborhood
Hanging out with nothing to do
Sometimes we go driving around
In my sister's pinto
Cruising with the windows rolled down
We listen to the radio station
We were too damn cool
To buy the eight track tape
There wasn't any good time
To want to be inside
My mama want to watch that TV
All goddamn night

I'd be in bed with the radio on
I would listen to it all night long
Just to hear my favorite song
You'd have to wait till you could hear it on the

AM Radio AM Radio
Yeah you could hear the music on the
AM Radio AM Radio
I can still hear Mama say
Boy turn that radio down!

Aw, Mom. Not that show again! I don't want to watch that show! Can't we watch Good Times or Chico and the Man or something cool? Turn it off!

Things changed back in seventy-five
We were all growing up on the in and the outside
We got in trouble with the police man
We got busted getting high in the back of my friend's van
I remember 1977
I started going to concerts and I saw the Led Zeppelin
I got a guitar on Christmas day
I dreamed that Jimmy Page would come to
Santa Monica to teach me to play
teach me to play

There isn't any place that I need to go
There isn't anything that I need to know
That I did not learn on the radio

Everything gets stupid and I just don't know
where to find my happy I listen to my music on the
AM Radio AM Radio
You can hear the music on the
AM Radio AM Radio
You can hear the music on the
AM Radio AM Radio

I like pop, I like soul, I like rock, but I never liked disco. I like pop, I like soul, I like rock, but I never liked disco. We like pop, we like soul, we like rock, but we never liked disco

No never liked disco
No never liked disco
No never liked disco
No never liked disco

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Everclear

Everclear is an American rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1992 best known for their radio hits spanning more than a decade. For most of its existence, Everclear consisted of Art Alexakis (vocals and guitar), Craig Montoya (bass guitar and vocals), and Greg Eklund (drums, percussion & vocals). Eklund replaced original drummer Scott Cuthbert in 1994. Montoya and Eklund departed the band in 2003, but Alexakis continued the band with Dave "Davey" French (lead guitar), Josh Crawley (keyboards), Sam Hudson (bass guitar), and Tommy Stewart (drums, percussion). However all members except for Alexakis left the band in July 2009 to be replaced with a 4th lineup of Everclear. more »

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Written by: JOSEPH BROUSSARD, CARROL WASHINGTON, RALPH WILLIAMS, ARTHUR ALEXAKIS, GREG EKLUND, CRAIG MONTOYA

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Peermusic Publishing

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10 facts about this song

Album
"AM Radio" is a track from the album "Songs from an American Movie Vol. Two: Good Time for a Bad Attitude". The album was released in November 2000.
Artist
The song is by the American rock band Everclear, comprised of members Art Alexakis, Greg Eklund, and Craig Montoya when the song was released.
Billboard Ranking
"AM Radio" peaked at number 20 on the US Billboard Adult Top 40 chart.
Genre
The song is considered a mix of genres, spanning rock, post-grunge, and alternative rock.
Lyrics and Inspiration
It details the nostalgia and longing for simpler times, referencing cultural and social elements of the 60s and 70s. The song title "AM Radio" is a homage to the power and influence of radio during that era.
Music Video
The music video for "AM Radio" features game show host Wink Martindale and is set in the style of a 1970s television show.
Sampling
The song incorporates a sample from the Jean Knight's recording "Mr. Big Stuff".
Band Recognition
"AM Radio" is often considered one of Everclear's most recognizable and beloved songs among fans and is frequently played during concerts.
Song Length
The running time of "AM Radio" is 3 minutes 51 seconds.
Awards
The album containing "AM Radio", "Songs from an American Movie Vol. Two: Good Time for a Bad Attitude", was nominated for a Grammy for Best Recording Package in 2001.

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