Lorraine Ellison
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According to director Richard Curtis, the film, though inspired by real British pirate radio of the 1960s, is a work of historical fiction and does not depict a specific radio station of the period.

Mark: Nothing. Then, when the tension becomes too much to bear, you finally, finally, you just say: ‘How about it, then? ‘ The Count: I plan on broadcasting from this boat till the day i die……and a few days after that.”

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Sam Smith
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Sam Smith
Jimmy NapesWilliam PhillipsTom PettyJeff Lynne
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Tom Petty has been given a songwriting credit on Sam Smith’s hit Stay With Me, because of the similarities to his 1989 track I Won’t Back Down. Petty’s publisher contacted Smith’s team after it noticed a likeness between the two songs.

In 1967 the British government made it a crime to supply music, commentary, fuel, food and water — and, most significantly, advertising — to any unlicensed offshore broadcaster. The law sounded the official death knell for most of the pirate stations.

Although it peaked throughout the 1960s and again during the 1980s/1990s, it remains in existence today. Having moved from transmitting from ships in the sea to towerblocks across UK towns and cities, in 2009 the UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom estimated more than 150 pirate radio stations were still operating.

The Hues Corporation
“Rock the Boat” is a song by American trio The Hues Corporation, written by Wally Holmes. “Rock the Boat” was first featured on their 1973 debut studio album Freedom for the Stallion (a different edit version, which was the single, later appeared on certain editions of the band’s 1974 second album Rockin’ Soul).

Real pirate radio stations weren’t particularly rock focused. For those who lived during this period, the film’s fictional Radio Rock is bound to recall Radio Caroline , the most fabled of the 60s pirates. It started broadcasting in 1964 and enjoyed a brief heyday before a governmental crackdown in 1967.

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“Stay with Me” (often credited as “Stay with Me Baby”) is a soul song co-written by Jerry Ragovoy and George David Weiss . It was first recorded in 1966 by Lorraine Ellison, and produced by Ragovoy. Ellison recorded “Stay with Me” at a last-minute booking, following a studio cancellation by Frank Sinatra.

It also includes David Bowie ‘s 1983 song ” Let’s Dance ” and a 2009 cover version of ” Stay with Me ” performed by Duffy, with Lorraine Ellison ‘s original 1966 version included as well. In North America, where the film was retitled Pirate Radio, the soundtrack album was released November 10, 2009 through Universal Republic.

Stay with Me (Lorraine Ellison song) It was first recorded in 1966 by Lorraine Ellison, and produced by Ragovoy. Ellison recorded “Stay with Me” at a last-minute booking, following a studio cancellation by Frank Sinatra. With a 46-piece orchestra already hired, Warner Bros. Records asked Ragovoy, with two days’ notice,…

The Pirate Radio version omits four tracks that were included on The Boat That Rocked album—”Crimson and Clover” by Tommy James and the Shondells, “The Letter” by The Box Tops, “The End of the World” by Skeeter Davis, and “Hang On Sloopy” by The McCoys—and reverses the order of tracks 7 and 8 on the second disc.