Nothing On but the Radio

"Nothing On but the Radio"
Single by Gary Allan
from the album See If I Care
Released	June 21, 2004
Format	CD single
Genre	Country
Length	3:32
Label	MCA Nashville
Writer(s)	Byron Hill Brice Long Odie Blackmon
Producer	Mark Wright Gary Allan
Gary Allan singles chronology
"Songs About Rain" (2003) "Nothing On but the Radio" (2004) "Best I Ever Had" (2005)

"Nothing On but the Radio" is the title of a song written by Byron Hill, Odie Blackmon and Brice Long, recorded by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released in June 2004 as the last single release from his 2004 album See If I Care.^[1] The song was Allan's third Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The song also peaked at number 32 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also won an ASCAP Award for being among the most performed country songs of 2005. The song was later included on Allan's Greatest Hits album.

Content

The narrator talks about dancing with his lover with "nothing on but the radio".

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling the lyric a "light and breezy look at the beginnings of a new relationship. It's nothing deep, just frisky and fun." She goes on to say that the lead guitar starts the song and the melody "immediately catches listeners' attention-and the steel guitar and fiddle-laced production set the perfect stage for Allan's country-boy vocal."^[2]

Chart performance

"Nothing On but the Radio" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of June 26, 2004.

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	32

Preceded by "Mr. Mom" by Lonestar

Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single December 4-December 11, 2004

Succeeded by "Back When" by Tim McGraw

References

1. ^ BILLBOARD HOT COUNTRY ALBUMS 1964-2007
2. ^ Billboard, July 24, 2004 - Vol. 116, No. 30
3. ^ "Gary Allan Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Songs for Gary Allan. Prometheus Global Media.
4. ^ "Gary Allan Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Gary Allan. Prometheus Global Media.