Radioactive

About Radioactive

"Radioactive" is a song by English rock band The Firm. It was the first single released from their eponymous début album The Firm, where it was the fifth track. It was written by Paul Rodgers. A compact and straightforward rock song from the 1980s, structured with Tony Franklin's fretless bass hook at the beginning, combined with Jimmy Page's guitar scratch on the third line in the verse, Rodgers' reverbed vocal, and followed by a wah pedal inflected guitar solo. Chris Slade plays a steady drum beat throughout. On live performances, the song was introduced with a drum solo from Slade, leading into Franklin's opening bass line. Page utilized his brown 1960s Fender Telecaster guitar featuring a Parsons and White B-string bender on tour with this song. Their self-titled album, appearing on Atlantic Records, cracked the Billboard Top 20 on the strength of this single. Jimmy Page broke with the past and participated in the recording for the music video and single, the first time he had done both since the late 1960s. Page can be seen miming to the recording with his famous red doubleneck 1971 Gibson EDS-1275 guitar. In March 1985, MTV began heavily promoting the video, although the track was a modest seller, reaching #28 in America and topping the Top Rock Tracks chart for one week. "Radioactive" was also released as a 12" single and limited edition picture disc. more »

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1986

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Well I'm not uptight
Not unattracted 
Turn me on tonight
'Cause I'm radioactive
Radioactive

There's not a fight 
And I'm not your captive
Turn me loose tonight
'Cause I'm radioactive
Radioactive

I want to stay with you
I want to play with you baby 
I want to lay with you
And I want you to know

Got to concentrate
Don't be distractive 
Turn me on tonight 
'Cause I'm radioactive
Radioactive
Radioactive
Radioactive

I want to stay with you 
I don't want to play with you
I want just to lay with you
And I want you to know

Got to concentrate
Don't be distractive 
Turn me on tonight 
'Cause I'm radioactive oh yeah
Oh yeah radioactive 
Don't you stand, stand too close
You might catch it

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The Firm

The Firm were a British rock supergroup comprising former Free and Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, and Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Uriah Heep drummer Chris Slade and bass player Tony Franklin. Page and Rodgers originally wanted former Yes drummer Bill Bruford and fretless bassist Pino Palladino in the group; however, Bruford was contracted to another label and Palladino had tour commitments with singer Paul Young. more »

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