I Watched It All (On My Radio)

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"I Watched It All (On My Radio)"
Single by Lionel Cartwright
from the album I Watched It on the Radio
B-side"Hard Act to Follow"[1]
ReleasedFebruary 12, 1990
GenreCountry
Length3:21
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Lionel Cartwright
Don Schlitz
Producer(s)Tony Brown
Steuart Smith
Lionel Cartwright singles chronology
"In My Eyes"
(1989)
"I Watched It All (On My Radio)"
(1990)
"My Heart Is Set on You"
(1990)

"I Watched It All (On My Radio)" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Lionel Cartwright. It was released in February 1990 as the first single from the album I Watched It on the Radio. The song reached number eight on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] The song was written by Cartwright and Don Schlitz.

Content

"I Watched It All (On My Radio)" is a young man's reminiscence of owning a transistor radio when he was a young boy. He recalls that, at bedtime, he would take the small radio that he had hidden beneath his pillow and began listening.

The lyrics contain references to

sign-off process, a sermonette by a local preacher ("to tell me what's right, to tell me what's wrong"), and the playing of the National Anthem
.

Music video

The music video was directed by John Lloyd Miller and premiered in late 1989.

Chart performance

Chart (1990) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2] 14
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (1990) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 68

References