Released June 21, 2004 Label MCA Nashville | Format CD single Length 3:32 | |
Writer(s) Byron HillBrice LongOdie Blackmon | ||
"Nothing On but the Radio" is a song written by Byron Hill, Odie Blackmon and Brice Long, recorded by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released in June 2004 as the third and last single from his album See If I Care. The song was Allan's third Number One single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart as well as his last number one until Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain) in 2013. The song also peaked at number 32 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also won an ASCAP Award for being among the most performed country songs of 2005. The song was later included on Allan's Greatest Hits album.
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Content
The narrator talks about dancing with his lover with "nothing on but the radio".
Critical reception
Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine reviewed the song favorably, calling the lyric a "light and breezy look at the beginnings of a new relationship. It's nothing deep, just frisky and fun." She goes on to say that the lead guitar starts the song and the melody "immediately catches listeners' attention-and the steel guitar and fiddle-laced production set the perfect stage for Allan's country-boy vocal."
Chart performance
"Nothing On but the Radio" debuted at number 52 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of June 26, 2004.