- Nothing On but the Radio
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"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 BlackmonProducer Mark Wright
Gary AllanGary 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.
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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
positionUS Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1 US Billboard Hot 100[4] 32 Preceded by
"Mr. Mom"
by LonestarBillboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks
number-one single
December 4-December 11, 2004Succeeded by
"Back When"
by Tim McGrawReferences
- ^ BILLBOARD HOT COUNTRY ALBUMS 1964-2007
- ^ Billboard, July 24, 2004 - Vol. 116, No. 30
- ^ "Gary Allan Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Country Songs for Gary Allan. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Gary Allan Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for Gary Allan. Prometheus Global Media.
Studio albums Used Heart for Sale · It Would Be You · Smoke Rings in the Dark · Alright Guy · See If I Care · Tough All Over · Living Hard · Get Off on the PainCompilation albums Notable singles "Her Man" · "It Would Be You" · "Smoke Rings in the Dark" · "Right Where I Need to Be" · "The One" · "Man to Man" · "Tough Little Boys" · "Songs About Rain" · "Nothing On but the Radio" · "Best I Ever Had" · "Life Ain't Always Beautiful" · "A Feelin' Like That" · "Watching Airplanes" · "Learning How to Bend" · "Today" · "Get Off on the Pain" · "Kiss Me When I'm Down"Related articles Categories:- 2000s country song stubs
- Gary Allan songs
- 2005 singles
- Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles
- Songs written by Byron Hill
- Songs about radio
- MCA Records singles
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