Chevrolet & other US cars in songs - My Radio Boo broadcast (Wednesday 29 June 2016)

This is my broadcast on Radio Boo with some of the most popular songs that mention (mostly) Chevrolet and other famous US cars in titles or song lyrics (Buick, Chrysler, Pontiac & Ford)

Listen to the broadcast here:

http://yourlisten.com/lefteris.lalos.7/chevrolet-other-us-cars-in-songs-my-radio-boo-broadcast


22:00 - 23:00


01. Pablo Picasso - THE MODERN LOVERS (LP The Modern Lovers, 1976)
Lyrics: well, the girls would turn the color of the avocado, when he would drive down their street in his Eldorado


02. American Pie - DON McLEAN (LP American Pie, 1971)

US # 1, CA # 1, AU # 1, UK # 2, DE # 9, NO # 9, NL # 10, BE # 26

The day the music died... 3 February 1959

Lyrics: drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry


03. Crocodile Rock - ELTON JOHN (single, 1972 / LP Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player, 1973)
US # 1, UK # 5, AU # 1, NZ # 1, CH # 1, DE # 3, BE # 3, NO # 3, AT # 6, IE # 10, NL # 11
Lyrics: had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own


04. Beach Baby - FIRST CLASS (single, 1974)
US # 4, UK # 13, NL # 19, BE # 30, DE # 48
Lyrics: Do you remember back in old LA when everybody drove a Chevrolet


05. Dead Man's Curve - JEAN & DEAN (single, 1964)
Lyrics: I was cruisin' in my Stingray late last night


06. Bitchin' Camaro - THE DEAD MILKMEN (LP Big Lizard In My Backyard, 1985)
Lyrics: I've got a bitchin' Camaro


07. That's The Way I Wanna Rock 'n' Roll - AC/DC (LP Blow Up Your Video, 1988)
UK # 22, NZ # 35
Lyrics: pickin' up my woman in my Chevrolet


08. Love Shack - B 52’s (LP Cosmic Thing, 1989)
AU # 1, NZ # 1, UK # 2, US # 3, CA # 5, BE # 12, NL # 15, FR # 42
A Chrysler is the car used in the songs video
Lyrics: I got me a Chrysler, it seats about 20... Hop in my Chrysler, it's as big as a whale


09. Lust For Life - IGGY POP (LP Lust For Life, 1977)
NL # 4, BE # 6
Lyrics: with my torture film, drive a GTO, wear a uniform on a government loan


10. Neutron Dance - POINTER SISTERS (LP Break Out, 1983 / OST Beverly Hills Cop, 1984)
CA # 1, AU # 4, US # 6, SE # 7, CH # 14, DE # 18, AT # 19, NL # 21, BE # 26, UK # 31, NZ # 17
Lyrics: Someone stole my brand new Chevrolet


11. Let's Go - EURYTHMICS (LP Revenge, 1986)
Lyrics: till we took the little Chevy down to Mexico


12. Short Skirt / Long Jacket - CAKE (LP Comfort Eagle, 2001)
UK # 63, AU # 44, NL # 87
Lyrics: She's trading her MG for a white Chrysler LeBaron


13. How Bizarre - OMC (LP How Bizarre, 1996)
AU # 1, NZ # 1, AT # 1, CA # 1, IE # 1, DE # 2, CH # 4, SE # 4, UK # 5, NO # 11, NL # 11, BE # 14, FR # 16
Top pop single from New Zealand of all times.
The Chevy in the video is a 68 Chevrolet Impala.
Lyrics: Policeman taps his shades "Is that a Chevy 69?"


14. Blue (Da Ba Dee) - EIFFEL 65 (LP Europop, 1999)
US # 6, UK # 1, FR # 1, DE # 1, CH # 1, AT # 1, BE # 1, NL # 1, SE # 1, FI # 1, NO # 1, DK # 1, IE # 1, ES # 2, IT # 3, EUROPEAN # 1, AU # 1, NZ # 1, CA # 1
Lyrics: blue like my Corvette


15. On The Floor - JENNIFER LOPEZ feat. PITBULL (LP Love? 2011)
US # 3, UK # 1, DE # 1, FR # 1, CH # 1, AT # 1, BE # 1, ES # 1, IT # 1, SE # 1, FI # 1, NO # 1, DK # 3, NL # 4, EUROPEAN # 1, CA # 1, AU # 1, NZ # 2
Lyrics: that badonka donk is like a trunk full of bass on an old school Chevy


16. A-me-ri-ca - TRINI LOPEZ (LP Trini Lopez At PJ's, 1963)
DE # 3
Cover version of ''America'' by Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper & Reri Grist (OC West Side story, 1957). made famous in the film version of 1961.
Lyrics: I‘ll drive a Buick through San Juan



23:00 - 00:00


17. All I Wanna Do - SHERYL CROW (LP Tuesday Night Music Club, 1993)
US # 2, UK # 4, FR # 5, AT # 5, IE # 5, DE # 10, CH # 13,
Lyrics: They drive their shiny Datsuns and Buicks


18. Where Have All The Cowboys Gone? - PAULA COLE (LP This Fire, 1996)
US # 8, UK # 15, CA # 7, AU # 32, NZ # 32, DE # 76
Lyrics: oh you get me ready in your '56 Chevy


19. Misled - KOOL & THE GANG (LP Emergency, 1984)
US # 10, UK # 28, BE # 21, DE # 46
Lyrics: She's as heavy as a Chevy


20. Little Red Corvette - PRINCE (LP 1999, 1982)
US # 6, UK # 34, NZ # 12, AU # 22, FR # 94
Lyrics

21. Mustang Sally - WILSON PICKETT (single, 1966)
US # 23, UK # 28
Cover version of ''Mustang Sally'' by Sir Mack Rice (1965)
Lyrics: I bought you a brand new Mustang, 'bout 1965


22. Young Americans - DAVID BOWIE (LP Young Americans, 1975)
UK # 18, US # 28, NZ # 7, FR # 133
Lyrics: He coughs as he passes her Ford Mustang... You ain't a pimp and you ain't a hustler A pimp's got a Cadi and a lady got a Chrysler...


23. Crazy About Her - ROD STEWART (LP Out Of Order, 1988)
NL # 10, BE # 18, DE # 60
Lyrics: when she drove by in a black Corvette


24. Casablanca - BERTIE HIGGINS (LP Just Another Day In Paradise, 1982)
Lyrics: making magic at the movies in my old Chevrolet


25. Night Moves - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND (LP Night Moves, 1976)
US # 4, NZ # 39
Lyrics: out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy


26. My Hometown - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (LP Born In The USA, 1984)
US # 6, NL # 24, BE # 27, SE # 20, NZ # 28
Lyrics: I'd sit on his lap (means his old man), in that big old Buick and steer as we drove through town


27. Somewhere Down The Crazy River - ROBBIE ROBERTSON (LP Robbie Robertson, 1987)
UK # 15, BE # 8, NL # 12, NZ # 40
Lyrics: abandoned '59 Chevy


28. Tim McGraw - TAYLOR SWIFT (LP Taylor Swift, 2006)
US # 40
Lyrics: just a boy in a Chevy truck


29. Summer (The First Time) - BOBBY GOLDSBORO (LP Summer, The First Time, 1973)
UK # 9, US # 21, NL # 19
Lyrics: I told Billy Ray in his red Chevrolet, I needed time for some thinking


30. Of Course I'm Lying - YELLO (LP Flag, 1988)
UK # 23, CH # 30, DE # 48
Lyrics: she took me on a ride in her old Chevrolet

Bonus tracks:

My Love - KOVACS (2014)

Lyrics: diamond rings & Chevrolets

Night Moves - BOB SEGER & THE SILVER BULLET BAND (1976)

Lyrics: Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy Out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy

Cadillac songs - My Radio Boo broadcast (Wednesday 22 June 2016)

This is my broadcast on Radio Boo with some of the most popular songs that mention the most famous car in pop & rock culture in titles or song lyrics

Listen to the broadcast live here:

http://yourlisten.com/lefteris.lalos.7/cadillac-songs-my-radio-boo-broadcast-wednesday-22-6-2016


22:00 - 23:00

01. Pink Cadillac - NATALIE COLE (LP Everlasting, 1987)
UK # 5, CH # 2, DE # 5, CA # 4, IE # 4, AT # 11, BE # 16, NL # 26, NZ # 4, AU # 6
Cover version of "Pink Cadillac" by Bruce Springsteen (b side on "Dancing In The Dark'', 1984)
Lyrics: I love you for your pink Cadillac


02. Freeway Of Love - ARETHA FRANKLIN (LP Who's Zoomin' Who? 1985)
US # 3, NZ # 3, SE # 16, NL # 27, BE # 27
The song features Clarence Clemons (E-Street Band) on saxophone.
Lyrics: We goin' ridin' on the freeway of love in my pink Cadillac


03. C-I-T-Y - JOHN CAFFERTY & THE BEAVER BROWN BAND (LP Tough All Over, 1985)
US # 18
Lyrics: On the South side of Detroit city I'm working all night on the line, Under black smoke stacks building Cadillacs, Jack... Not one of them will ever be mine


04. Made In England - ELTON JOHN (LP Made In England, 1995)
UK # 18, NO # 20, CH # 40, DE # 59, AU # 48
Lyrics: I was made in England out of Cadillac muscle


05. The Boys Of Summer - DON HENLEY (LP Building The Perfect Beast, 1984)
US # 5, UK # 12, FI # 16, DE # 18, NZ # 18, NL # 23, SE # 35
The song uses the same music tempo with "Love Is A Battlefield" by Pat Benatar (1983).
Lyrics: Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac a little voice inside my head said don't look back, you can never look back


06. Walk Like An Egyptian - BANGLES (LP Different Light, 1986)
US # 1, DE # 1, NL # 1, BE # 1, ES # 1, UK # 3, AT # 6, CH # 8, FR # 15, NZ # 2, EUROPEAN # 7
Lyrics: Life is hard you know (oh whey oh) so strike a pose on a Cadillac


07. Deanna - NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS (LP Tender Prey, 1988)
Lyrics: We discuss murder and the murder act murder takes the wheel of your Cadillac and death climbs in the back


08. Satellite - HOOTERS (LP One Way Home, 1987)
UK # 22, NL # 20, DE # 34, BE # 35, US # 61
Lyrics: Hush little baby don't cry like that God's gonna buy you a Cadillac


09. Elephant - TAME IMPALA (LP Lonerism, 2012)
AU # 77
Lyrics: He pulled the mirrors off his Cadillac (yeah) ‘Cause he doesn’t like it looking like he looks back


10. Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) - LED ZEPPELIN (LP Led Zeppelin II, 1969)
US # 65
Lyrics: With a purple umbrella and a fifty cent hat, Livin', lovin', she's just a woman. Missus cool rides out in her aged Cadillac.


11. Maybellene - CHUCK BERRY (single, 1955)
US # 5
Based on the traditional fiddle tune "Ida Red"
Lyrics: I saw Mabellene in a Coup de Ville a Cadillac arollin' on the open road Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford The Cadillac doin' about ninety-five She's bumper to bumper, rollin' side by side


12. Not Fade Away - THE ROLLING STONES (LP Around & Around, 1964)
Cover version of "Not Fade Away" by The Crickets (LP The ''Chirping'' Crickets, 1957).
Lyrics: My love bigger than a Cadillac


13. Brand New Cadillac - THE CLASH (LP London Calling, 1979)
Cover version of ''Brand New Cadillac'' by Vince Taylor & His Playboys (1959)
Their mega hit ''Rock The Casbah'' (1982) is the most popular song in Hellenic radio mentioning Cadillac (the Sheik he drove his Cadillac).
Lyrics: My baby drove up in a brand new Cadillac


14. Back In Black - AC / DC (LP Back In Black, 1980)
US # 37, FR # 58, SE # 100
Lyrics: Back in the back of a Cadillac


15. The Seed (2.0) - THE ROOTS feat. CODY CHESNUTT (LP Phrenology, 2002)
UK # 33, DK # 2, FI # 5, CH # 22, NL # 31, DE # 67
Cover version of "The Seed" by Cody Chesnutt (2002).
Lyrics: Cadillac needs space to roam


16. Rapper's Delight - SUGARHILL GANG (single, 1979)
US # 36, UK # 3, FR # 2, NL # 2, BE # 2, CH # 2, SE # 2, NO # 2, DE # 3, AT # 5
The song is based on Chic's "Good Times" (single, 1979).
Lyrics: I got a Lincoln Continental and a sunroof Cadillac


17. The Breaks - KURTIS BLOW (LP Kurtis Blow, 1980)
NZ # 25, DE # 56, US # 87
Lyrics: He said his Cadillac was gold but he didn't say it was ten years old


23:00 - 00:00


18. Superappin' - GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS 5 (single, 1979)
Lyrics: I will dull my grill in a new Cadillac if my Cadillac break down, it's too much


19. Rapture - BLONDIE (LP Autoamerican, 1980)
US # 1, UK # 5, AU # 4, BE # 8, NO # 8, SE # 13, NL # 20, DE # 40
Lyrics: You eat Cadillacs, Lincolns too, Mercury's and Subaru's


20. New York Groove - HELLO (single, 1975)
UK # 9, DE # 7, AT # 10
Ace Frehley's cover version reached US # 3 in 1978.
Lyrics: In the back of a Cadillac with a lady by my side tell you where I'll be stop at third and forty tree


21. In The Night - RUSS BALLARD (LP Russ Ballard, 1984)
Lyrics: She stares at the man in the Cadillac, he drives by but he'll be back


22. Riding With The King - ERIC CLAPTON & BB KING (LP Riding With The King, 2000)
Cover version of "Riding With The King" by John Hiatt (1983)
Lyrics: Every woman, child and man gets a Cadillac and a great big diamond ring.

23. Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) - BILLY JOEL (LP The Stranger, 1977)
US # 17, UK # 35. CA # 11, NZ # 31
Lyrics: He's tradin' in his Chevy for a Cadillac


24. You Don't Mess Around With Jim - JIM CROCE (LP You Don't Mess Around With Jim, 1972)
US # 8, CA # 4, FR # 15
Lyrics: He drivin' a drop top Cadillac


25. Thank You For Being A Friend - ANDREW GOLD (LP All This & heaven Too, 1978)
CA # 7, US # 25, UK # 42
The cover version of Cynthia Fee became the title song for the sitcom "Golden Girls".
Lyrics: If it's a car you lack I'd surely buy you a Cadillac


26. Halleluiah Man - LOVE & MONEY (LP Strange Kind Of Love, 1988)
UK # 63, AT # 27, FR # 41, AU # 47, NZ # 39
Lyrics: In a coat of a thousand colours and a star spangled Cadillac

27. Forever Not Yours - A-HA (LP Lifelines, 2002)
NO # 1, DE # 18, IT # 24, CH # 26, AT # 31, SE 46, NL # 82
A Cadillac appears on the sleeve of the single:
Lyrics

28. Jump - LANA DEL REY (LP Lana Del Ray AKA Lizzy Grant. 2010)
Lyrics: Heaven in the wind Cadillac convertible with him


29. C'est Si Bon - EARTHA KITT with HENRI RENE & HIS ORCHESTRA (single, 1953)
US # 8
Cover version of "C'est Si Bon" by Hellenic singer Jean Marco (1948)
Lyrics: Je cherche un millionnaire avec des grands "Cadillac car"


30. Be Thankful For What You Got - WILLIAM DeVAUGHN (LP Be Thankful... 1974)
US # 4
The song was succesfully covered by Massive Attack in 1991.
Lyrics: Though you may not drive a great big Cadillac, gangster whitewalls tv antenna in the back


31. Invitation To The Blues - TOM WAITS (LP Small Change, 1976)
The song "Χάλια" by Hellenic singer Φοίβος Δεληβοριάς (1998), is based on this song.

Lyrics: But she used to have a sugar daddy and a candy-apple Caddy and a bank account and everything, accustomed to the finer things

Songs not included in the broadcast:

Dead Flowers - THE ROLLING STONES (LP Sticky Fingers, 1971)

Lyrics: Well when you're sitting back in your rose pink Cadillac making bets on Kentucky Derby Day