{{Short description|Romanian dance music group}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Radio Killer | image = Paul Damixie .jpg | caption = Damixie in studio | landscape = yes | origin = Bucharest, Romania | genre = {{hlist|Popcorn|dance-pop}} | years_active = 2009–2015 | label = Roton | current_members = * Paul Damixie * Lee Heart }} '''Radio Killer''' was a Romanian dance-pop and Eurodance music group.<ref name="minsk">{{cite web |date=13 May 2012 |title=Morandi, Radio Killer, Dollarman – 3 hours of quality dance music in Minsk |url=http://www.minsknightlife.net/blog/morandi-radio-killer-dollarman.htm |website=Minsk Nightlife |access-date=9 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517112921/http://www.minsknightlife.net/blog/morandi-radio-killer-dollarman.htm |archive-date=17 May 2012}}</ref> Their debut single was released in 2009 and is called "Voila". It was the most broadcast song in Romania and Russia of that year. The name "Radio Killer" comes from the fact that "radio killer" means "hit" in US slang; Radio Killer intended all its songs to be hits.<ref name="Ioncica">{{cite web |last=Ioncea |first=Iulian |date=18 September 2012 |title=EXCLUSIV Radio Killer, trupa care a spart topurile din Marea Britanie: "Ne-am propus să facem numai hituri" |trans-title=EXCLUSIVE Radio Killer band broke UK charts: "We intend to make only hits" |url=https://www.eva.ro/divertisment/vedete/exclusiv-radio-killer-trupa-care-a-spart-topurile-din-marea-britanie-ne-am-propus-sa-facem-numai-hituri-articol-45083.html |website=Eva |access-date=9 June 2013 |language=ro}}</ref>
They have had songs chart in countries including Germany, Italy, Spain, England, France, Russia, Slovenia, Greece, and Switzerland<ref name="girls">{{cite web |date=30 June 2012 |title=Vezi ce fac fetele cand baietii dorm, in noul clip Radio Killer: VIDEO |trans-title=See what girls do when boys sleep in the new clip Radio Killer: VIDEO |url=http://www.profm.ro/muzica/vezi-ce-fac-fetele-cand-baietii-dorm-in-noul-clip-radio-killer.html |website=ProFM.ro |access-date=9 June 2013 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701144803/http://www.profm.ro/muzica/vezi-ce-fac-fetele-cand-baietii-dorm-in-noul-clip-radio-killer.html |archive-date=1 July 2012}}</ref> and even got a first place in the UK charts<ref name="Ioncica" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Radio Killer |url=http://roton.ro/featured/radio-killer |website=Roton.ro |publisher=Roton Music |access-date=10 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626212031/http://roton.ro/featured/radio-killer |archive-date=26 June 2012}}</ref> and won an award for "Best New Act" in the 2010 Romanian Music Awards.<ref>{{cite news |last=Iancu |first=Catalina |date=9 July 2010 |title=Romanian Music Awards 2010 – aceeaşi Mărie, cu altă nominalizare |url=https://jurnalul.ro/cultura/muzica/romanian-music-awards-2010-aceeasi-marie-cu-alta-nominalizare-549064.html |work=Jurnalul Național |access-date=9 June 2013 |language=ro |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140639/http://jurnalul.ro/stire-muzica/romanian-music-awards-2010-aceeasi-marie-cu-alta-nominalizare-549064.html |archive-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> Their single "Calling You" was the first song by a Romanian DJ project to be in the BBC Radio 1 playlist.<ref name="girls" /> Their song "Is It Love Out There" is the official anthem for the Liberty Parade, the biggest street dance event in Romania.<ref>{{cite news |last=Teodorescu |first=Olga |date=21 May 2012 |title=Imnul Liberty Parade 2012: Radio Killer – Is it love out there |url=http://www.mondonews.ro/Imnul-Liberty-Parade-2012-Radio-Killer-Is-it-love-out-there/ |work=MondoNews.ro |access-date=10 June 2013 |language=ro |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225072730/https://mondonews.ro/Imnul-Liberty-Parade-2012-Radio-Killer-Is-it-love-out-there/ |archive-date=25 December 2022}}</ref>
Paul Damixie (born on 12 September, 1988), the group's DJ,<ref>{{cite web |date=20 May 2010 |title=The real killer... Radio Killer: Paul Damixie |url=https://www.urban.ro/the-real-killer-radio-killer-paul-damixie/ |website=Urban |access-date=23 July 2012 |language=ro}}</ref> has won the Remix Award in Miami for his remix of Adele's "Hello" in March 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Constanda |first=Alexandra |date=22 March 2016 |title=DJ-ul român Paul Damixie, premiat în SUA pentru cel mai ascultat remix al anului 2015 |url=https://adevarul.ro/showbiz/muzica/dj-ul-roman-paul-damixie-premiat-in-sua-pentru-1696486.html |work=Adevărul |access-date=22 March 2016 |language=ro}}</ref>
== Members == * Smiley * EleFunk * Paul Damixie * Crocodealer * DJ CellBlock * Karie * Boogie Man * Lee Heart
== Discography == ;Singles * ''Voila'', 2009 * ''Be Free'', 2010 * ''Lonely Heart'', 2010 * ''Don't Let the Music End'', 2011 * ''Calling You'', 2012 * ''Is It Love Out There'', 2012 * ''You and Me'', 2012 * ''Middle of the Night'', 2013 * ''Raise Me Up'', 2013 * ''Beautiful People'', 2013 * ''Perfect Day'', 2013 * ''Kill the Lights'', 2014 * ''Living It Up'', 2014 * ''It Hurts Like Hell'', 2015
===Popular singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ List of singles, with selected chart positions |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:11em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" |ROM |- ! scope="row"| "Voila"<ref>{{cite web |date=2009 |title=Radio Killer – Voila |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/radio-killer/343362023 |publisher=Apple Music |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref> | 2009 | — | ''Voila'' |- ! scope="row"| "Be Free"<ref>{{cite web |date=2010 |title=Radio Killer – Be Free (Remixes)|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/be-free-remixes/1114524874 |publisher=Apple Music |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref> | 2010 | — | ''Be Free'' |- ! scope="row"| "Lonely Heart"<ref>{{cite web |date=2011 |title=Radio Killer – Lonely Heart (Remixes) |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/lonely-heart-remixes/1106477116 |publisher=Apple Music |access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref> | 2011 | — | ''Lonely Heart'' |}
== See also == * List of music released by Romanian artists that has charted in major music markets
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120721022929/http://www.radiokiller.ro/ Official website] (archived)
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Category:Romanian dance musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 2009 Category:2009 establishments in Romania Category:Musical groups from Bucharest