“And the Radio Played” is the fourteenth track on Lady Antebellum’s album, Golden.
The song references several country songs that have become hits over the past several decades. Lady Antebellum pays homage to all those hits by referencing them in the song.
In each one of the choruses, song from that certain era are references to specific years:
Chorus 1: 1980’s
Chorus 2: 1990’s
Chorus 3: 2000’s