Story Behind The Song

This is some of the stuff I remember hearing from rock groups that I use to hang out with when I was music director at CBS-FM radio in San Francisco. I then put it in my point of view and made some marketing concept comments.

Song Description

Tounge and cheek look at the music business from a musicians or songwriter's point of view. The stress of having to come up with antoher big hit. Gotta hit the top of the charts.

Lyrics

On The Radio
(Words and Music ? Ronnie Peer )
( Copyright 2007 ? ronniepeermusic.biz)

I need to hit one out of the park
I need to get one to the top of the charts
I need to make me some big quick dough
I need another hit on the radio

I don?t like it when the future looks dark
I only like it when I hit them out of the park
I need to make me some big quick dough
I need another hit on the radio

So many stories that I could tell
I better pick one, I better tell it well
It ?s got to stick right in their head
Then it?s got to make them lay down their bread

It better have one hell of a beat
It better make them want to tap their feet
It?s got to make them jump and shout
And really, really, really work it out
Playing my song that they heard on the radio
They?ll play it over and over and over again

I got to find me some guy who can sing
Put a band on the road, and everything
Playing sold out arena shows
Playing my songs from the radio
They?ll play them over, and over, and over and over again
They?ll play them over, and over, and over and over again


I need to get it on the MTV
I need to hit it with the CMT
I need to get it on the VH 1
And then I got to get it on a DVD
So they can take it home and watch me play it over and over, and over again
They?re gonna take it home and watch me play it over and over and over again

Play it on the radio, put it on a DVD
Watch it on the MTV; download it on your telephone
Download my ring tone, put it on your hard drive
Put it on your tee voo
Put it on a disc or dat
Put it on a cassette tape
Put an ad in a magazine
Put my picture on a billboard
On the side of a bus
Stick it in their ear
Take it to the top
Play it over and over again
Kick it to the top of the charts

I got me high-end exquisite taste
I like to travel all over the place
I like to stay at the finest place
And all my girlfriends have the pretty face
And I need another hit on the radio
I need another hit I need to get some big time dough

Put it on the top of the charts
Put is on an mp3
Put it on a pc or a Mac
Watch it on theCMT
List an ad in a magazine
It?s lonely at the top

Another gold record on my wall
Another gold record on my wall
So many I hope they don?t fall
Hit me on my little head
Lay down your dough
You heard it on the radio
Stick it in their ear
Jam it down their throats
Put it in their head
Put it on the radio

On the radio, hit it on the radio
It?s lonely at the top, it?s lonely at the top, big quick dough, and I got the copyright
Download it on your cell telephone

Whiskey and women, Whiskey and women
Short skirts, long legs, Whiskey and women
On the radio, play it on the radio, All the way to number one
There?s my big quick dough, put it in their head, put it in their ear
Lay down your bread buy my stuff, Jam it down their throat, play it on the radio,
It?s lonely at the top