Sunset Strip (song)

"Sunset Strip"
Single by Roger Waters
from the album Radio K.A.O.S.
B-side "The Tide Is Turning"
"Money" (Live)
"Get Back to Radio (Demo)"
Released 12 September 1987
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1986
Genre Progressive rock
Length 4:45 (Album Version)
4:06 (Single Version)
Label Columbia/CBS Records (US)
EMI (UK)
Writer(s) Roger Waters
Producer(s) Roger Waters
Nick Griffiths
Ian Ritchie
Roger Waters singles chronology
"Radio Waves"
(1987)
"Sunset Strip"
(1987)
"The Tide Is Turning"
(1987)
Alternative covers
American single cover
Music video
"Sunsret Strip" on YouTube

"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

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

External links

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