"Song on the Radio" is a composition by Al Stewart introduced on his 1978 album release Time Passages.

[1] "Song on the Radio" was released in January 1979 as the second single from the Time Passages album, following the title cut which had been a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100[3] as well as being afforded a ten week tenure at No.

10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

[6] In Canada, "Song on the Radio" also peaked at No.

29 on the national hit parade as ranked by RPM magazine[7] whose Adult Contemporary chart afforded the track a peak of No.