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After splitting writing duty with Orr in the 1970s, Ocasek became the principal songwriter of the band, and wrote nearly all of the Cars' material, sharing credit on only a few songs with bandmate Greg Hawkes as co-writer. In 2010, Ocasek reunited with the surviving original members of the Cars to record their first studio album in 24 years.
The band won Video of the Year for "You Might Think" at the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984. The Cars disbanded in 1988. During this first hiatus, Orr died of pancreatic cancer in 2000. [5] In 2007, Easton and Hawkes joined Todd Rundgren and others to form the offshoot band The New Cars.
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 ...
" 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 ...
When Cars guitarist Elliot Easton and keyboardist Greg Hawkes recruited new musicians to replace Ocasek, the deceased Orr, and drummer David Robinson, they chose Todd Rundgren as primary singer, but "All Mixed Up" and the hit ballad "Drive" were sung by bassist/vocalist Kasim Sulton. This song was later covered by the Red House Painters on their 1996 album, Songs for a Blue Guitar.
" You Might Think " is a song by American rock band the Cars from their fifth studio album, Heartbeat City (1984). The track was written by Ric Ocasek and produced by Mutt Lange and the Cars, with Ocasek also providing the lead vocals.
" 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 ...
" Magic " is a song by American rock band the Cars from their fifth studio album, Heartbeat City (1984). It was released on May 7, 1984 by Elektra Records, as the album's second single, reaching number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Billboard Top Tracks chart. [5] The track was written by Ric Ocasek and produced by Mutt Lange and the Cars. Ocasek sang lead vocals.