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 dry03. 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:
I Left My Wallet In El Segundo - A TRIBE CALLED QUEST (1989)
Lyrics: Dialed Ali up to see what was going down Told him I pick him up so we could drive around Took the Dodge Dart, a '74
The Lady Is A Tramp - FRANK SINATRA (1957)
Lyrics: she won't go to Harlem in Lincolns or Fords
Me & My Monkey - ROBBIE WILLIAMS (2002)
Lyrics: Reclining in the passenger seat of my supercharged jet black Chevrolet
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
