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Mexican Radio
Wall Of Voodoo
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- Album
- Call Of The West
- Released
- 1982
- Genres
- new wave, synthpop, post-punk
- Length
- 4:09
- Tempo
- 165 BPM
- Label
- A&M
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About this song
"Mexican Radio" is a single from Wall of Voodoo's second album, Call of the West, released in 1982. Its label, I.R.S. Records, was unwilling to invest much in promotion, so the band spent a couple of days in Tijuana filming a video for the song. The video became a hit on MTV, and once the song was established there, US radio stations began playing it, making it the band's highest charting single in the United States.
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Fun facts
- Sampled in 1 other song, like “Iron Galaxy by Cannibal Ox”.
- Covered 10 times, including “Mexican Radio (New Version) by Celtic Frost”.
- Written by Marc Moreland and Stan Ridgway.
- Produced by Richard Mazda.