It was chosen as the lead single for the album, released worldwide in May 1987 "Radio Waves" introduces the main character, Billy, a disabled man who finds a way to talk and become friends with a radio disc jockey (DJ).

Billy is gifted and has the miracle of hearing and interpreting radio waves in his head.

He explores a cordless phone which was hidden in his wheelchair by his brother Benny, after destroying and robbing a store.

Recognising its similarity to a radio, he experiments with the phone and is able to access computers and speech synthesizers, he learns to speak through them.

He calls a radio station named Radio KAOS, a completely fictitious radio station based in Los Angeles and tells them of his abilities and his life story throughout the album.