Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)

"Shit on the Radio" redirects here. For the song by Robbie Williams, see Take the Crown.

"Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)"
Standard international artwork
Single by Nelly Furtado
from the album Whoa, Nelly!
ReleasedDecember 3, 2001 (2001-12-03)
Studio
Length3:55
LabelDreamWorks
Songwriter(s)Nelly Furtado
Producer(s)
Nelly Furtado singles chronology
"Turn Off the Light"
(2001) 		"Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)"
(2001) 		"Hey, Man!"
(2002)
Music video
"... On the Radio (Remember the Days)" on YouTube

"Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)", censored as "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)", is the third official single from Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado's debut album, Whoa, Nelly!.

Ironically, a clean version was sent to radio stations without the word "shit", with the shorter title "... on the Radio (Remember the Days)" and "#*@!!" used in place of the word on the cover.

Despite the success of Furtado's previous two singles, the song failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 and began a string of singles for Furtado that failed to chart until "Promiscuous" in 2006. "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" charted in other countries, entering the top 10 in the Netherlands (No. 7), Portugal (No. 6), and New Zealand (No. 5).

Background and writing

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Furtado, who wrote the song in one session, said it is about the feelings of insecurity she experienced when hiding her desire to make pop music to fit in with her underground musical peers. "I could try to be cool and whatever, but why do I have to try?", she said. "Why can't I just be myself? The moment you make that step and say, 'I want to make pop music' is a big thing. But no matter what happens to me there'll always be someone going, 'Oh, her music sucks now because everyone likes it.' I feel that song a lot."[citation needed]

Music video

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The music video for "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" was directed by Hype Williams and features fellow British Columbian recording artists Swollen Members.[citation needed] The video begins with a remix of the intro of the song, with Furtado writing in chalk the director's name and editor's name. Soon after Furtado begins listening to music with earmuffs and the camera is showing parts of the room Furtado is in. The lyrics begin to play and Furtado is singing on the bed with earmuffs. She gets up and picks up a radio and walks out of the house. Then, Furtado gets in a car while dancers start doing tricks in an alleyway. The second verse shows Furtado singing to the camera while driving a car and she ends up where the dancers are and starts to sing the chorus with them while dancing. The bridge shows Furtado lying in the grass holding a flower and singing upwards to the camera, and then shows her running up to the stage where there is a concert going on where she begins to sing the last part of the song. The concert crowd begins to shout "myself" while the music stops then begins again. The video ends with Furtado in quick 15 second flashes on a TV screen singing and dancing with the dancers at the concert. The underground version places Furtado in a wooded shed similar to the one in the "Turn Off the Light" underground video, and also leaning on a stone singing the song outdoors in a clearing.

Track listings

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Credits and personnel

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Credits are adapted from the Whoa, Nelly! album booklet.[7]

Studios

  • Recorded and engineered at The Gymnasium (Toronto, Canada) and Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, Los Angeles)
  • Mixed at Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, Los Angeles)
  • Mastered at Classic Sound (New York City)

Personnel

Charts

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Release history

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Release dates and formats for "Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)"
Region Date Format(s) Label Ref.
Australia December 3, 2001 CD DreamWorks [29]
United Kingdom January 7, 2002
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United States January 28, 2002
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Germany February 11, 2002 CD [32]
Japan June 21, 2002 [33]

References

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  1. ^ "...on the Radio UK Single|Album Track Listing". Mtv.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  2. ^ ....on the Radio (Remember the Days) (UK cassette single sleeve). Nelly Furtado. DreamWorks Records. 2002. DRMCS50856.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ **** on the Radio (Remember the Days) (European CD single liner notes). Nelly Furtado. DreamWorks Records. 2001. 450 872-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ **** on the Radio (Remember the Days) (European maxi-CD single liner notes). Nelly Furtado. DreamWorks Records. 2001. 450 873-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ .... on the Radio (Remember the Days) (Japanese CD single liner notes). Nelly Furtado. DreamWorks Records. 2002. UICW-5006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "Australian CD single". Mtv.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2008. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  7. ^ Whoa, Nelly! (Canadian CD album booklet). Nelly Furtado. DreamWorks Records. 2000. 0044-50285-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  8. ^ "Issue 619" ARIA Top 100 Singles. National Library of Australia. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  9. ^ "Nelly Furtado – Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
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  13. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 20, no. 5. January 26, 2002. p. 27. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
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  21. ^ "Arhiva romanian top 100 Editia 10, saptamina 11.03–17.03, 2002" (in Romanian). Romanian Top 100. Archived from the original on December 17, 2004. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  22. ^ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  23. ^ "Nelly Furtado – Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)". Swiss Singles Chart.
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  25. ^ "Nelly Furtado Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.
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  27. ^ "BDS CHART : Top 100 of 2001". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 26, 2002. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  28. ^ "Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 2002". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  29. ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 3rd December 2001" (PDF). ARIA. December 3, 2000. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2002. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  30. ^ "New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. December 22, 2001. p. 27. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  31. ^ "Radio & Records" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. January 25, 2002. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  32. ^ "...on the Radio". Amazon Germany.
  33. ^ "新譜発売日一覧 2002年 6月分" [New Release Date List for June 2002] (in Japanese). Universal Music Japan. Archived from the original on December 2, 2002. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
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