Transistor Radio (song)
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| “Transistor Radio” | ||
|---|---|---|
| Song by Benny Hill | ||
| Released | 1961 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 3:01 | |
| Label | Pye | |
| Composer | Benny Hill | |
| Producer | Tony Hatch | |
Transistor Radio was a comic song written by Benny Hill and Mark Anthony (a pseudonym of producer Tony Hatch), and performed by Hill. The song revolves around the story of a man who's attempts at intimacy with his girlfriend are constantly thwarted by music played from the girl's transistor radio. The song spoofs The Chipmunks, Elvis Presley's Wooden Heart, the BBC Shipping Forecast and Jimmy Jones's Handy Man.
Transistor Radio ends with the now-married couple alone in bed, with the expectant wife disappointed when her husband asks ' 'Ere, where's the radio?'
Released as a single in 1961, the song reached the UK Top-20.
