Single:
Jeepster entered the Australian singles chart* on 6 December 1971 and peaked at #28.
Album:
The song is on Electric Warrior which entered the Australian albums chart* on 15 November 1971 and peaked at #15.
Songwriter:
Marc Bolan
Producer:
Tony Visconti
Record label of Australian release:
Parlophone
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Jeepster was released as a single on 5 November 1971 by record label Fly. The single peaked at #2 in the UK Singles Chart, and was controversial in that Fly Records released the song as a single without singer Marc Bolan’s prior permission, Bolan having just left Fly for EMI, which had given him control of his own label T.Rex Wax Co. Records.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepster_(song)
Songfacts:
This music to this song was based on a Howlin’ Wolf blues song called You’ll Be Mine, which was written by Willie Dixon. As is typical of many blues songs, there are many sexual references in the lyrics, which are made in the form of car metaphors. In interviews, Marc Bolan acknowledged that he “lifted it from a Howlin’ Wolf song.”
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/t-rex/jeepster
Lyrics:
You′re so sweet, you’re so fine
I want you all and everything just to be mine
′Cause you’re my babe
‘Cause you′re my love
Ho girl, I′m just a Jeepster for your love
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