DESCRIPTION:
From '' El Bando En Fuego! ''
Label: LPN Enterprises ‎– LPN2002
Format: CD, HDCD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2002

Tracklist
01. Pico And Sepulveda
02. Begin The Beguine
03. Brazil
04. God’s Gift
05. Bai Mir Bist Du Schøn
06. At An Arabian House Party
07. C.O.T.E. Anthem
08. It Had Better Be Tonight
09. Hate Street Blues
10. (You’ve Got A) Shaolin Kung-Fu Death Grip On My Soul
11. Coax Me A Little Bit
12. Two Points Up
13. Pink Elephants On Parade
14. Enjoy Yourself
15. Well Did You Evah?
16. Mexican Radio

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"Mexican Radio" is a song written and performed by the band Wall of Voodoo, and produced by Richard Mazda.
The track was initially made commercially available on their 1983 album Call of the West.
The song peaked at #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. while peaking at #58 in the U.K, #33 in Australia, and #21 in New Zealand.

Cover versions

Arizona-based punk rock band Authority Zero featured a cover version on their 2004 album Andiamo with slightly modified lyrics; for instance, "They talk about the U.S. inflation" was replaced with "They talk about the Iraq invasion".
Kinky, a Mexican electronic/rock band from Monterrey Mexico has covered this song as well. They kept the upbeat rhythm of the song with their own electronic twist and added some lyrics in Spanish. This version is in their album Reina De Lujo, and their Sassy EP, and also is featured in Need for Speed Undercover.
Bruce Lash gave the song the bossa nova treatment on his 2004 album, "Prozak for Lovers II" which also includes easy-listening versions of Nirvana's "Lithium" and Joan Jett's "Bad Reputation" among others.
Mike Keneally has played the song in live concerts with his band, Beer for Dolphins.
The intro synthesizer was sampled by the hip-hop group Cannibal Ox in the song "Iron Galaxy".
Atlanta-based band doubleDrive covered the song as a hidden track in their 1000 Yard Stare album.
Swiss metal band Celtic Frost have also covered the song. They put it as the first song on their third album Into the Pandemonium.
South Park Mexican has a somewhat different version of the song, keeping the chorus more or less intact, but writing a completely new set of verses.
The math rock band Polvo contributed a cover of the song to Tannis Root Presents: Freedom of Choice, a 1992 sampler to benefit Planned Parenthood.
A first-person rendition ("I'm a Mexican / On the radio") appears on the album Graciasland by El Vez, the "Mexican Elvis".
French band Nouvelle Vague, who specialise in bossa nova covers of New Wave tracks, performed this song live in London on November 25, 2006.
Dutch band Gruppo Sportivo covered the song on their 1987 album "Back to 19 Mistakes".
Austin, Texas band Vallejo covered the song on their album "Stereo" in 2002.

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Lyrics

I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
and the touch of a world that is older.
I turn the switch and check the number,
I leave it on when in bed I slumber.
I hear the rhythms of the music,
I buy the product and never use it,
I hear the talking of the DJ,
can't understand just what does he say.

I'm on a Mexican radio,
I'm on a Mexican whoa-oh radio.

I dial it in and tune the station
they talk about the U.S. inflation.
I understand just a little,
no comprende, it's a riddle.

I'm on a Mexican radio,
I'm on a Mexican whoa-oh radio.

I wish I was in Tijuana
eating barbequed iguana.
I'd take requests on the telephone
I'm on a wavelength far from home.

I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
I dial it in from south of the border.
I hear the talking of the DJ
Can't understand what the heck that he just say.

I'm on a Mexican radio,
I'm on a Mexican whoa-oh radio.
I'm on a Mexican radio,
I'm on a Mexican whoa-oh radio.

Radio radio...
Radio radio...
Radio radio...
Radio radio...
Radio radio...

I'm on a Mexican radio,
I'm on a Mexican whoa-oh radio.
I'm on a Mexican radio,
I'm on a Mexican whoa-oh radio.

Radio radio...
Radio radio...
Radio radio...
What does he say.