Mexican Radio

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Mexican Radio by Wall Of Voodoo

About Mexican Radio

Wall of Voodoo's second full-length album, Call of the West, was a noticeably more approachable work than their debut, Dark Continent, and it even scored a fluke hit single, "Mexican Radio," a loopy little number about puzzled American tourists that's easily the catchiest thing on the album. Speaking with Songfacts about this song in a 2010 interview, frontman Stan Ridgeway explained this song was inspired by the high-wattage, unregulated AM border-blaster Mexican radio stations with signals that traveled well into America .

Mexican Radio Lyrics

[00:32.13] I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
[00:35.22] And the touch of a world that is older
[00:38.15] Turn the switch and check the number
[00:41.12] Leave it on when in bed I slumber
[00:44.25] I hear the rhythms of the music
[00:46.74] I buy the product and never use it
[00:49.74] I hear the talking of the dj
[00:52.55] Can't understand just what does he say?
[00:55.51] I'm on a mexican radio
[01:00.63] I'm on a mexican radio
[01:19.22] I dial it in and tune the station
[01:21.74] They talk about the u.s. inflation
[01:24.68] I understand just a little
[01:27.44] No comprende--it's a riddle
[01:30.49] I'm on a mexican radio
[01:35.63] I'm on a mexican radio
[02:20.05] I wish I was in Tiajuana
[02:23.23] Eating barbequed iguana
[02:25.84] I'd take requests on the telephone
[02:28.82] I'm on a wavelength far from home
[02:32.52] I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
[02:34.74] I dial it in from south of the border
[02:37.72] I hear the talking of the dj
[02:40.39] Can't understand just what does he say?
[03:09.00] Radio radio...

From the album: Full 80s