Radio Ga Ga

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"Radio Ga Ga" is a 1984 synth-pop rock song by the British band Queen, known for its commentary on the power of radio and its iconic audience clap-along at live performances.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Radio Ga Ga canonical 2
Radio Ga Ga (Live Aid 1985) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album The Works ⓘ
artist Queen ⓘ
bSide I Go Crazy ⓘ
chartPositionAustralia 2 ⓘ
chartPositionBelgium 1 ⓘ
chartPositionIreland 1 ⓘ
chartPositionItaly 1 ⓘ
chartPositionNetherlands 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUK 2 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 16 ⓘ
composer Roger Taylor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
format 12-inch single ⓘ
7-inch single ⓘ
genre new wave ⓘ
rock ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
hasLiveVersion Radio Ga Ga self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Radio Ga Ga (Live Aid 1985)

Live at Wembley '86 ⓘ
surface form: Radio Ga Ga (Wembley Stadium 1986)
hasMusicVideo yes ⓘ
includedOnCompilation Greatest Hits II ⓘ
Greatest Video Hits II ⓘ
inspiredStageName Lady Gaga ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 5:48 ⓘ
musicVideoDirector David Mallet ⓘ
musicVideoFeatures footage from the film Metropolis ⓘ
notableElement audience clap-along section ⓘ
notablePerformance Live Aid concert ⓘ
surface form: Live Aid 1985 at Wembley Stadium
partOf The Works ⓘ
performer Queen ⓘ
performerBassGuitar John Deacon ⓘ
performerDrums Roger Taylor ⓘ
performerGuitar Brian May ⓘ
performerVocal Freddie Mercury ⓘ
producer Queen ⓘ
Reinhold Mack ⓘ
recordingPeriod 1983 ⓘ
recordLabel Capitol Records ⓘ
EMI Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1984-01-23 ⓘ
singleVersionLength 4:24 ⓘ
theme critique of television and music video culture ⓘ
nostalgia for radio’s golden age ⓘ
power of radio ⓘ
tourStaple The Works Tour ⓘ
writer Roger Taylor ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bohemian Rhapsody → featuresSong → Radio Ga Ga ⓘ
Queen → notableWork → Radio Ga Ga ⓘ
Radio Ga Ga → hasLiveVersion → Radio Ga Ga self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Radio Ga Ga (Live Aid 1985)