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radio song

radio song noun: a song played on music radio stations, or intended for widespread play on radio stations.

Noun

radio song (plural radio songs)

  1. A song played on music radio stations, or intended for widespread play on radio stations.
    • Quite a few songs have been popularized over the radio and made famous, but the success of a popular radio song as a rule is short lived.1926 January, Clarence A. Stout, “The Songwriting Game”, in The Writer's Digest, volume 6, number 2, page 44
    • Philips sounds like the stodgiest Top 40 programmer when he talks about why a typical Prodigy song doesn't work well on 99X: "What are you supposed to do to it? There's nothing to sing along to; there's no lyric per se. There's no traditional melody or harmony. It's a little bit...abstract to work...1998 February, Keith Moerer, “Who Killed Rock Radio?”, in Spin Magazine, volume 14, number 2, page 78

Examples of radio song in a sentence

  • It's a little bit...abstract to work as a traditional radio song.1998 February, Keith Moerer, “Who Killed Rock Radio?”, in Spin Magazine, volume 14, number 2, page 78:
  • A smash club banger, play it all night long / You never get on without a radio song / So this my radio song2011, “Radio Song”, in XXX, performed by Danny Brown:

Forms of radio song

pluralradio songs

Questions about radio song

What does radio song mean?
Radio song means a song played on music radio stations, or intended for widespread play on radio stations.
How do you use radio song in a sentence?
It's a little bit...abstract to work as a traditional radio song.
What part of speech is radio song?
Radio song is a noun.
What is the plural of radio song?
The plural of radio song is radio songs.

Words near radio song in the dictionary

  1. radio signal
  2. radio signals
  3. radio silence
  4. radio silences
  5. radio silent
  6. radio song
  7. radio songs
  8. radio sounding
  9. radio soundings
  10. radio source
  11. radio sources

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