Donald Fagan’s hit from the Nightfly album.
“I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)” is a song written and performed by Donald Fagen and released in 1982 as the opening track and first single from his debut solo album, The Nightfly, following the breakup of his creative partnership with Walter Becker in Steely Dan. The title is an abbreviation for International Geophysical Year, the worldwide scientific project held from July 1957 through December 1958,
This “Stand Out Single” is instantly recognizable through its opening guitar riff and Sting’s soaring “I want my MTV”.
“Money for Nothing” backed with the live version of “Love over Gold” (Live) is one of the defining rock singles of the 1980s and the biggest commercial success of Dire Straits. Released on June 28, 1985, as the second single from the landmark album Brothers in Arms, it arrived at a moment when MTV had transformed the
These are songs that contain “radio” in their lyrics.
“Mexican Radio” is a 1982 song by Wall of Voodoo from their second album Call of the West, released as a single in 1983. It was written by Stan Ridgway (lyrics) and Marc Moreland (music). The song was inspired by the band members’ drives to rehearsal in Los Angeles, during which they’d tune into powerful Mexican “border blaster”
