"Radio" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé taken from her third studio album, I Am… Sasha Fierce (2008). The up-tempo electropop/dance-pop song was composed by Beyoncé, Rico Love, Anton Bakholdin and Jim Jonsin. Composed in the key of D major and built essentially on bouncy beat, "Radio" also displays influences of the 1980s synthpop, Europop, and house. It is instrumentally complete with a Roland TR-808 drum, bass instruments, and synthesizers. The song's lyrics describe the love of Beyoncé in her childhood for the songs she used to listen to on the radio as she grew into an adult. "Radio" received positive reviews from contemporary music critics, who generally praised Knowles's departure from her usual R&B style. Some of them also complimented the believability as well as the originality of the song and chose it as the standout track of I Am... Sasha Fierce. In September 2009, "Radio" was used to promote Dutch radio station Radio 538, and it subsequently charted for six weeks on the Dutch Top 40 chart, where it peaked at number 14. It also reached number five on its urban chart. "Radio" was part of Beyoncé's set list on her I Am... World Tour (2009–10) and was included on the live album I Am... World Tour (2010). Production and composition "Radio" was written by James Scheffer, Rico Love, Anton Bakholdin, and Beyoncé. Production was handled by Jim Jonsin, who also produced of "Sweet Dreams" (2009). "Radio" is different from the usual R&B material for which Beyoncé is known; It is an electropop/dance-pop song that exhibits influences of 1980s synthpop, Europop, and house. Following the release of I Am... Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé explained the concept behind the song on her official website: It just seems like a feel-good record but when you really listen to the lyrics, it's about me growing up. In my household, I didn't go all of the parties and I didn't do all the things that a lot of the other teenage girls did because I was so in love with my radio and my music. I was so in love with this radio and my parents were happy that I was into something positive. According to the sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by EMI Music Publishing, "Radio" is an uptempo song set in common time, written in the key of D major. It follows the chord progression of Bm–G–D–A/C and Beyoncé's