"Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)", censored as "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)", is the third official single from Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado's debut album, Whoa, Nelly!. For the single release, the song's album title, "Shit on the Radio (Remember the Days)", was censored, and the word "shit" was removed from the title and substituted on the cover art with "#*@!!".

Despite the success of Furtado's previous two singles, the song failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 and began a string of singles for Furtado that failed to chart until "Promiscuous" in 2006. "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" charted in other countries, entering the top 10 in Canada (No. 7), the Netherlands (No. 7), Portugal (No. 6), and New Zealand (No. 5).

Background and writing Furtado, who wrote the song in one session, said it is about the feelings of insecurity she experienced when hiding her desire to make pop music to fit in with her underground musical peers. "I could try to be cool and whatever, but why do I have to try?", she said. "Why can't I just be myself? The moment you make that step and say, 'I want to make pop music' is a big thing. But no matter what happens to me there'll always be someone going, 'Oh, her music sucks now because everyone likes it.' I feel that song a lot."

Music video The music video for "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" was directed by Hype Williams and features fellow British Columbian recording artists Swollen Members. The video begins with a remix of the intro of the song, with Furtado writing in chalk the director's name and editor's name. Soon after Furtado begins listening to music with earmuffs and the camera is showing parts of the room Furtado is in. The lyrics begin to play and Furtado is singing on the bed with earmuffs. She gets up and picks up a radio and walks out of the house. Then, Furtado gets in a car while dancers start doing tricks in an alleyway. The second verse shows Furtado singing to the camera while driving a car and she ends up where the dancers are and starts to sing the chorus with them while dancing. The bridge shows Furtado lying in the grass holding a flower and singing upwards to the camera, and then shows her running up to the stage where there is a concert going on where she begins to sing the last part of the song. The concert crowd begins to shout "myself" while the music stops then begins again. The video ends with Furtado in quick 15 second flashes on a TV screen singing and dancing with the dancers at the concert. The underground version places Furtado in a wooded shed similar to the one in the "Turn Off the Light" underground video, and also leaning on a stone singing the song outdoors in a clearing.

Track listings

UK CD maxi-single "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" – 3:54 "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" – 5:26 "I'm Like a Bird" – 4:54

UK cassette single "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" "I'm Like a Bird"

European CD single "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)"

European & Japanese CD maxi-single "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" "Turn Off the Light" "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)"

Australian CD maxi-single "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" – 3:54 "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" – 3:54 "Turn Off the Light" – 4:40 "Turn Off the Light" – 7:00 "...on the Radio (Remember the Days)" – 4:00

Credits and personnel Credits are adapted from the Whoa, Nelly! album booklet.

Studios Recorded and engineered at The Gymnasium (Toronto, Canada) and Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, Los Angeles) Mixed at Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, Los Angeles) Mastered at Classic Sound (New York City)

Personnel

Nelly Furtado – writing, lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitars, programming, production Brian West – acoustic guitars, production, programming, recording, engineering Lil' Jaz – scratches Gerald Eaton – programming, production Brad Haehnel – mixing, recording, engineering John Knupp – second engineering Scott Hull – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts +Chart (2001–2002)PeakpositionCanada CHR (Nielsen BDS)7 Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)98Portugal (AFP)6Romania (Romanian Top 100)16

Year-end charts +Chart (2001)PositionCanada Radio (Nielsen BDS)59

+Chart (2002)PositionNetherlands (Dutch Top 40)74

Release history + Region Date Format(s) Label Australia December 3, 2001 CD DreamWorks United Kingdom January 7, 2002 United States January 28, 2002 Germany February 11, 2002 CD Japan June 21, 2002

References