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Critical reception

Upon its release as a single, Phil McNeill of Number One believed that "Radio Ga Ga" would be a hit (and accurately predicted it reaching number 2 in the UK) as "no DJ can resist a record with 'radio' in the title" and the music video "pulls out enough expensive stops to push to the top". Stewart Copeland of Record Mirror commented on how Queen had adopted the current "synthesiser sound" rather than remain "true to their form". He remarked that "it's hard to know whether this is a Duran Duran or a Japan clone" and added that Mercury's singing was reminscient of Bryan Ferry. Charles Shaar Murray, writing for NME, noted that the song "just sounds like a lot of old noises borrowed from newer groups".