“Radio” is a song from Emily’s The Seven EP with a vintage sound written in tribute to the music of artists who came before her. It also holds the distinction of being the song that took her the longest time to complete. Emily told NPR:
“There’s a song on my EP called ‘Radio’ and I had the foundati...
[Intro]
[Verse 1: Emily King]
The moral of a story never meant a lot to me
I've fooled around but can't get down with most philosophy
Buddha and the Pope sing a lovely note
Take my soul to where it wants to go
Hendrix and Marley always do it right for me..
[Hook: Emily King]
If I had one religion
It would surely be a love song in the distance, a soft melody
If I had one request granted after I'm gone
I would ask my creator turn the radio on
Turn the radio on..
Oooh, oooh
[Verse 2: Emily King]
Been to the mountains, and the valleys, seen the holy land too
But ain't no preacher like Aretha when I'm feeling real blue
Buddha and the Pope sing a lovely note
Take my soul to where it wants to go
Lennon and the chief always do it right for me
[Hook: Emily King]
If I had one religion
It would surely be a love song in the distance, a soft melody
If I had one request granted after I'm gone
I would ask my creator turn the radio on
Turn the radio on..[Outro]
Radio was written by Jeremy Most & Emily King.
Radio was produced by Jeremy Most.
Emily King released Radio on Tue Jul 12 2011.
(In an interview with SoGutsy):
“It took me like seven years to write “Radio.” I started when I was around 16 and I had this hook and I couldn’t come up with the rest of it. In my household, when I was a kid, my parents were musicians and we didn’t really have like a culture that we celebrated beca...