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Turn On the Radio

"Turn On the Radio"
Turn On the Radio - Single.jpg
Single by Reba
from the album All the Women I Am
Released July 19, 2010
Format Music download
Genre Country
Length 3:35
Label Starstruck/Valory
Songwriter(s) Cherie Oakley
Mark Oakley
J.P. Twang
Producer(s) Dann Huff
Reba singles chronology
"I Keep On Loving You"
(2010)
"Turn On the Radio"
(2010)
"If I Were a Boy"
(2011)
"I Keep On Loving You"
(2010)
"Turn On the Radio"
(2010)
"If I Were a Boy"
(2011)
All the Women I Am track listing
"Turn On the Radio"
(1)
"If I Were a Boy"
(2)

"Turn On the Radio" is a song written by Mark Oakley, Cherie Oakley and J. P. Twang, and recorded by American country music singer Reba McEntire to serve as the lead single for her 34th career album,All the Women I Am, which was released on November 9, 2010. It was released to country radio on July 7, 2010, and debuted at number 54 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of July 24, 2010. It was released as a digital download in the U.S. on August 3, 2010.

The song has received mixed reviews from music critics. Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe rated the song a D, stating until McEntire put out something better, he would keep listening to "Consider Me Gone." Matt Bjorke of Roughstock gave the song 4 and a 1/2 stars out of 5, stating that "in the hands of a less-seasoned vocalist this song could’ve been something horribly lacking but in Reba’s hand’s it’s a remarkable success."

McEntire performed the song thus-far on three occasions. First, being on the release date of her new album All The Women I Am (November 9), was on Good Morning America. The second was November 12 on the Late Show with David Letterman. The third being on the first annual American Country Awards.

Filming began on July 27, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee, but due to a storm it did not finish until July 28, 2010. The music video, which was directed by Randee St. Nicholas, premiered on CMT and GAC on August 18, 2010. It begins with Reba, dressed in a black hooded cloak and sunglasses, about to go into a warehouse, when train track arms come down and traffic stops. When inside the warehouse, after walking down a hallway with hanging, swinging light fixtures, she takes off her cloak and glasses, and finds a stack of radios on a metal cart. She then uses a box-cutter to open boxes that contain more radios. After putting these radios on the cart, she finds her cheating ex, sitting in a chair and looking blank. She appears to sing the kiss-off lyrics directly to him, but he just stares into space the whole time. As the instrumental bridge kicks in, she turns up the volume to maximum on every radio on the cart. Then, she ties her ex up with the microphone cord she was using to sing. She then puts back on her cloak and sunglasses and leaves. Before she gets into her car, she texts her ex, and the video ends with him finally taking his iPhone out, hitting the reply button, and seeing multiple texts from Reba saying "Turn on the RADIO!!!", implying that she and him are no more.


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