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List of songs recorded by the Cars The Cars were an American rock band who recorded 89 songs during their career, of which included 86 originals and 3 covers. Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, the group consisted of singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter Ric Ocasek, bassist and singer Benjamin Orr, lead guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer David ...
Ric Ocasek was the band's leader and took sole song writing credits for practically every song, something that would lead to friction in the band later. The Cars were at the forefront of the merger of 1970s guitar-oriented rock with the new synthesizer -oriented pop that became popular in the early 1980s.
The discography of the American rock band the Cars includes seven studio albums, eight compilation albums, four video albums and 26 singles. Originating in Boston in 1976, [1] the band originally consisted of singer and guitarist Ric Ocasek, singer and bassist Benjamin Orr, guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer David Robinson. [2][3] The band disbanded in 1988 and Orr ...
" Drive " is a song by American rock band the Cars from their fifth studio album, Heartbeat City (1984). It was released on July 23, 1984, as the album's third single. Written by Ric Ocasek, the track was sung by bassist Benjamin Orr [4] and produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange with the band. [5] Upon its release, "Drive" became the Cars' highest-charting single in most territories. In the ...
Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American rock band the Cars, released on October 25, 1985, by Elektra Records. "Tonight She Comes", a previously unreleased song, and a remix of "I'm Not the One" were issued as singles to support the album. It was a commercial success, going six-times platinum. It was remastered for gold CD by Steve Hoffman in 1998 for DCC Compact Classics.
[7] Unlike many of the Cars' album covers, the cover for The Cars was designed by the record company, rather than drummer Robinson. [8] Robinson said in an interview that he "had designed a very different album cover [for The Cars] that cost $80.00 to design." He continued, "I remember the price exactly.
The song became one of the Cars' most popular songs, peaking at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Billboard Top Tracks chart in early 1982. With the track "Cruiser" as its B-side, it reached number 14 on the Billboard Disco Top 80 chart. [1][2]
" Just What I Needed " is a song by American rock band the Cars from their self-titled debut album (1978). The song, which first achieved radio success as a demo, took inspiration from the Ohio Express and the Velvet Underground. The song was written by lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ric Ocasek and sung by bassist Benjamin Orr. "Just What I Needed" was released as the band's first single in ...