Chart performance:
| Week | Position | Movement | Comments |
| 26-Dec-80 | 20 | New | |
| 02-Jan-81 | 18 | +2 | |
| 09-Jan-81 | 14 | +4 | Star raters |
| 16-Jan-81 | 17 | -3 | |
| 23-Jan-81 | 13 | +4 | Biggest climber/Star raters |
| 30-Jan-81 | 12 | +1 | Peak |
| 06-Feb-81 | 12 | 0 | Peak |
| 13-Feb-81 | 12 | 0 | Peak |
| 20-Feb-81 | 14 | -2 | |
| 27-Feb-81 | 17 | -3 | |
| 06-Mar-81 | 20 | -3 |
Written by: Bryan Ferry
Produced by: Rhett Davis & Roxy Music
South African record label (unless otherwise stated): Polydor
| Hit number for artist | 1 |
| Peak position | 12 |
| Weeks | 11 |
| Biggest climber awards | 1 |
| Star rater climbs | 2 |
| Biggest faller awards | 0 |
| Top 20 points | 62 |
| Overall Top 20 points ranking | =1463 |
| Top 20 points ranking for the artist | 2 |
| Top 30 Points | 172 |
| Overall Top 30 points ranking | =1338 |
| Top 30 points ranking for the artist | 2 |
Annual ranking:
| 1980 | =116 |
| 1981 | 70 |
Other chart success:
| Germany | 14 |
| Netherlands | 39 |
| UK | 5 |
SA Radio charts:
| Capital 604 | 3 |
| Radio 5 | 1 |
In most territories, the song was released with the title ‘Oh Yeah’ adding ‘There’s A Band Playing On The Radio’ or just ‘On The Radio’ in brackets afterwards. In South Africa and Zimbabwe, it was released with the title as noted above. The SA, Zimbabwean and Australian releases were backed with a cover of the Wilson Pickett hit, ‘In The Midnight Hour’ while in other territories it had an instrumental called ‘South Downs’ or a song called ‘Rain, Rain, Rain’. As noted above, it would have the second highest top 30 points total of the 2 hits Roxy Music managed in SA, but it did fare better than ‘Slave To Love’, the only SA chart hit for the band’s lead singer, Bryan Ferry.
Video:
Artist link: Roxy Music
SA Singles Charts 