Sunset Strip (song)

"Sunset Strip" is a song written by Roger Waters for his second studio album, Radio K.A.O.S. It was placed as the fifth track on the record. It was also released as the album's second single, in September 1987.

Background

Billy uses a wheelchair and is thought to be mentally a vegetable. However, Billy is highly intelligent and gifted, and can hear radio waves in his head. He begins to explore the cordless phone, recognizing its similarity to a radio. He experiments with a phone that his brother Benny, now in jail, hid in his wheelchair after vandalizing and robbing a store. and is able to access computers and speech synthesizers, he learns to speak through them. He calls a radio station in Los Angeles named "Radio KAOS" and tells them of his life story. "Sunset Strip" is about Billy's sister-in-law, Molly not being able to cope and sending him to L.A. to live with his uncle Dave.

Track listings

12" single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sunset Strip"	4:06
2.	"Money (Live)"	6:28
3.	"Get Back to Radio (Demo)"	4:46

US, Europe and Australian 7" single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sunset Strip"	4:06
2.	"Money (Live)"	6:28

South African 7" single
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sunset Strip"	4:06
2.	"The Tide Is Turning (After Live Aid)"	5:43

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
US Mainstream Rock Songs (Billboard)^[1]	15

References

↑ "Roger Waters - Sunset Strip". Billboard. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

External links

Sunset Strip Discogs
Roger Waters official website

Roger Waters

Studio albums	The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984) Radio K.A.O.S. (1987) Amused to Death (1992)

Soundtracks	Music from The Body (1970) When the Wind Blows (1986) The Legend of 1900 (song "Lost Boys Calling") (1999) The Last Mimzy (song "Hello (I Love You)") (2007)

Live albums	The Wall – Live in Berlin (1990) In the Flesh – Live (2000) Roger Waters: The Wall (2015)

Operas	Ça Ira (2005)

Compilations	Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume 1 (2002)

Singles	"The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking" "Radio Waves" "Sunset Strip" "The Tide Is Turning" "What God Wants, Part 1" "To Kill the Child/Leaving Beirut" "Hello (I Love You)" "We Shall Overcome"

Films	The Wall – Live in Berlin In the Flesh – Live Roger Waters: The Wall

Tours	The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking Radio K.A.O.S. In the Flesh The Dark Side of the Moon Live The Wall Live

Related articles	Discography Harry Waters Pink Floyd David Gilmour The Bleeding Heart Band Ron Geesin Gerald Scarfe Carolyne Christie James Guthrie Alan Parker Jude Waters Inflatable pigs The Madcap Laughs

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