Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car

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"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"
Single by Billy Ocean
from the album Tear Down These Walls
Released January 1988
Format
Recorded 1987
Genre Dance-pop[1]
Length 8:59 (extended version)
5:36 (original album version)
5:29 (instrumental version)
4:43 (single version)
Label Jive
Writer(s)
Producer(s) Robert John "Mutt" Lange
Billy Ocean singles chronology
"Love Is Forever"
(1986)		 "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"
(1988)		 "Calypso Crazy"
(1988)
Tear Down These Walls track listing
"Calypso Crazy"
(5)		 "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car"
(6)		 "Soon As You're Ready"
(7)

"Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" is a single by Trinidadian-born British singer Billy Ocean, based on a line in the Sherman Brothers' song (famously covered by Ringo Starr) "You're Sixteen". Part of its popularity lay in its cutting-edge (for the time) video, which featured cartoon mixed with live-action sequences. The song went to number one on both the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Black Singles charts.[2] It also peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart.[3]

The song was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1988 film License to Drive. The song was covered by Fenix TX for the soundtrack of NASCAR Thunder 2003. In 2013, Gwar covered the song in a video featured on The A.V. Club website as part of the site's A.V. Undercover series. Approximately three minutes into the performance, the band incorporates The Who's "Baba O'Riley" into the song. The song is mentioned in a 2014 commercial for Twix Bites.

The short but notable saxophone solo is by Vernon Jeffrey Smith.[4]

Music video

The music video consists of Billy Ocean driving, sometimes involving scenes with different cartoon characters. It was featured in the movie License to Drive.

Track listing

  • 12" single (BOS T 1)
  1. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (extended version) – 8:59
  2. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (7" version) – 4:43
  3. "Showdown" – 4:58
  • 7" single (BOS 1)
  1. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" – 4:10
  2. "Showdown" – 4:58
  • CD Maxi-single (BOS CD1)
  1. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (extended version) – 8:59
  2. "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going" – 4:02
  3. "Showdown" – 4:58

Official versions

  1. Album Version – 5:36
  2. Extended Version – 8:59
  3. Instrumental Version – 5:29
  4. Single Version – 4:43

Chart performance

Chart (1988-89) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[6] 8
Belgium (VRT Top 30 Flanders) 1
Canada (RPM) 1
France (SNEP)[7] 41
Germany (Official German Charts)[8] 3
Ireland (IRMA) 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[9] 1
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10] 2
Norway (VG-lista)[11] 1
Spain (AFYVE)[12] 5
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 3
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) 3
US Billboard Hot 100 1
US Billboard Hot Black Singles 1
US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary 5
US Billboard Hot Dance Club Play 25

References

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  3. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited
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  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
  6. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
  7. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car" (in French). Les classement single.
  8. ↑ "Musicline.de – Billy Ocean Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
  9. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Billy Ocean search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
  10. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car". Top 40 Singles.
  11. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car". VG-lista.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car". Singles Top 60.
  14. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Billy Ocean – Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car". Swiss Singles Chart.

External links

Preceded by Billboard Hot 100 number-one single
9 April 1988 – 16 April 1988		 Succeeded by
"Where Do Broken Hearts Go" by Whitney Houston
Preceded by Billboard Hot Black Singles number-one single
16 April 1988		 Succeeded by
"Da Butt" by E.U.
Preceded by Canadian RPM 100 number-one single
9 April 1988 – 30 April 1988		 Succeeded by
"Wishing Well" by Terence Trent D'Arby


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