I Know Tonight She Comes

It's another top 10 80's hit from the band The Cars via 1985. Plenty of black and plenty of white with some polka dots mixed in just for fun in today's video. Ric's hair is looking mighty fine in today's video. Here is "Tonight She Comes"...




Lyrics | Cars lyrics - Tonight She Comes lyrics

"Tonight She Comes"
Single by The Cars
from the album Greatest Hits (The Cars album)
B-side "Just What I Needed"
Released October 1985
Format 7"
Genre Pop, New Wave
Length 3:52
Label Elektra - Elektra 69589
Writer(s) Ric Ocasek
Producer The Cars and Mike Shipley

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #7

One Hand On the Ground, One Hand in Space

I was ok with today's campy 80's music video until the bald dude wearing the white dress appears as well as the other dude holding the very large snake. Did we need this in the video? I think not. And what is Ric Ocasek doing as a telephone operator/dispatcher of some sort? All I have to say, is helllooo, hellllooo again. From the "Heartbeat City" album here is "Hello Again"...




Lyrics | Cars lyrics - Hello Again lyrics

"Hello Again"
Single by The Cars
from the album Heartbeat City
B-side "Hello Again" (Dub Version)
Released October 15, 1984 (1984-10-15)
Format 7", 12"
Recorded 1983-1984
Genre Dark Wave, avant-garde,[1] New Wave
Length 3:47
Label Elektra
Writer(s) Ric Ocasek
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange
The Cars

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #20

Summer - It Turns Me Upside Down

It's the day after... the 3rd birthday of The Excellent 80's has come and gone and the hangover has set in from counting down my favorite 80 songs/videos of the 80's... but instead of some depressing, slow song today, I've got to pump things back up with some upbeat music and a classic video...

He's walking on water! He's marrying a supermodel! He's landing another top 40 hit! It's another Robert "Mutt" Lange production as Ric and the boys known as The Cars get you into the summer mood in the heart of summertime with this gem - "Magic"...


THE CARS - MAGIC
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Lyrics | Cars lyrics - Magic lyrics

"Magic"
Single by The Cars
from the album Heartbeat City
B-side "I Refuse"
Released May 7, 1984 (1984-05-07)
Format 7"
Recorded 1983-1984
Genre Rock
Length 3:56
Label Elektra
Writer(s) Ric Ocasek
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange
The Cars

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #12

I Would Do Anything to Hold On to You

I still can't believe today's artist married a supermodel... one of the world's most unsexy men, Ric Ocasek has been married to supermodel/actress Pavlína Pořízková since 1989 and enjoyed a little bit of solo success outside of his band The Cars... here is Ric Ocasek today with a song that peaked at #15 in 1986 and includes a dwarf, a corny sword fight, and Snow White - "Emotion in Motion"...

Ric Ocasek - Emotion In Motion
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Lyrics | Ric Ocasek lyrics - Emotion In Motion lyrics

"Emotion in Motion"

by Ric Ocasek
from the album: This Side of Paradise
released: 1986

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #15

Who's Gonna Drive You Home, Tonight?

I feel bad for the crazy girl in this video, because let's all face it - there was a time at one point in all of our lives where we wanted to scream at Ric Ocasek's face... c'mon, you know you wanted to do it... The Cars today with their black and white drama starring Mrs. Ocasek, Paulina Porizkova, "Drive"...

Drive - The Cars
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Lyrics | Cars lyrics - Drive lyrics

“Drive”

Single by The Cars
from the album Heartbeat City
B-side "Stranger Eyes"
Released July 23, 1984 (1984-07-23)
Format 7"
Genre New wave
Length 3:55
Label Elektra
Writer(s) Ric Ocasek
Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
U.S. Adult Contemporary peak: #1
UK peak #5

You Might Think

Oh, to be a fly with a human head... one of the ugliest lead singers of the 80's...
don't try and tell me I'm wrong... you're shaking your head in agreement right now. Nonetheless, one of the Cars best - "You Might Think"




You Might Think Lyrics

"You Might Think" won the first MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year, the only VMA garnered by The Cars

"You Might Think"

Single by The Cars
from the album Heartbeat City
B-side "Heartbeat City" (U.S.)

Released March, 1984 (US)
November, 1984 (UK)

Format 7", 12", CD
Genre New Wave
Length 3:04
Label Elektra
Writer Ric Ocasek
Producer Mutt Lange, The Cars

US Peak: #7
Canada Peak: #8
UK Peak: #88