wall of voodoo sang i'm on a mexican radio.
wall of voodoo sang i'm on a mexican radio.
who sang i'm on a mexican radio?
wall of voodoo
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"mexican radio" is a song written and performed by american band wall of voodoo, and produced by richard mazda. the track was initially made commercially available on their 1982 album "call of the west", and was released as a single in early 1983. in their native united states, the song wasn't much of a success, peaking at no. 58 on the "billboard" hot 100 chart. it did better in other parts of the world, peaking at no. 18 in canada, no. 21 in new zealand and no. 33 in australia. it also reached no. 64 in the uk.
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the band had a "billboard" hot 100 single in 1983 with the song "mexican radio", which received considerable play on the newly aired mtv. ridgway recalled, "marc and i used to go to rehearsal in my '67 mustang and we were really fed up with los angeles radio. we were very cynical and we thought it was much better to tune into these mexican radio stations that would waft in across the border — of course, now the stations are all over los angeles. anyway, when we'd come across one of these stations playing mariachi music, we'd get all excited — 'great, man, i'm on a mexican radio!' i didn't think a thing about it until one day, marc came in with this little one-minute (demo tape) sketch of that great guitar lick and him singing, 'i'm on a mexican radio,' kind of mumbling it. i thought, 'wow, that is just inspired and twisted,' and immediately some of the other lyrics came to mind and where to take it, although it was still a puzzle."
marc moreland