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"Radios in Motion" is a song written by Andy Partridge of the English rock band XTC, released as the opening track to their 1978 debut album White Music.

In a 2009 interview, Partridge stated, "We couldn't think of any better way to start off our first album than with the ‘kick the door in’, breezy opener we used in our live set. On stage we'd play a tape of radio static and fast band sweeping as we plugged in our instruments and got going, but by the time we came to record it for White Music we considered these sound effects a little too Be-Bop Deluxe, and dropped them from the mix. Of course, the lyrics are very silly, picked for their sonic effect rather than meaning. The first refuge of an inexperienced song writer, forgive me, but they do have a youthful scattergun energy. I've just remembered I used to sing the line ‘The songs are too slow’ impersonating a tape recorder slowing down or turning off. Why I didn't just ask John Leckie to do this for real I don't know. I think I was far too excited to be in a recording studio to think straight at all. In fact, too wound up to even remember to eat or shit."

Live performances
A televised live performance of the song was done on The Old Grey Whistle Test in February 1978.

The song was performed in concert by the band consistently, beginning in 1978, until it was eventually dropped from live sets in 1981.

Personnel

 * Andy Partridge - lead vocal, electric guitar
 * Colin Moulding - backing vocal, bass guitar
 * Barry Andrews - keyboards
 * Terry Chambers - drums