Australian singles chart:
Cars entered the Australian singles chart* on 19 November 1979 and peaked at #9. The song was #53 on the Top 100 of 1980.
Album:
The song is on The Pleasure Principle which entered the Australian albums chart* on 22 October 1979 and peaked at #24.
Songwriter:
Gary Numan
Producer:
Gary Numan
Record label of Australian release:
Atlantic / Beggar’s Banquet
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Cars is the debut solo single by English musician Gary Numan from his debut studio album, The Pleasure Principle. The song was the first release credited solely to Gary Numan after he dropped the band name ‘Tubeway Army’, under which he had released four singles and two LPs.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_(song)
Songfacts:
Cars is about how people use technology and material goods to isolate themselves from human contact. Numan has stated that he has Asperger syndrome, which is a mild form of autism, but until he was diagnosed, he had a lot of trouble relating to other people.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/gary-numan/cars
Lyrics:
Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
And it’s the only way to live in cars
Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
And it keeps me stable for days in cars
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This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
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