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"My Best Friend's Girl" begins with chords in the lower register of the guitar, a two-bar progression moving from I to IV to V in F. [6] Hand claps enter in bar five, and after the eight-bar intro (following descending synthesizer sounds from David Robinson's Syndrums,) the first verse begins featuring Ric Ocasek's vocals over a lead guitar lick in the key of F. [6] An electronic piano (a ...
The demos for "Just What I Needed" and "My Best Friend's Girl" were often played on Boston radio by DJ Maxanne Sartori, giving the band frequent airplay. [ 2 ] Both Arista and Elektra attempted to sign the band, but in the end, Elektra was chosen, due to its lack of new wave acts, allowing the band to stand out more than they would have had ...
The Cars were an American rock band who recorded 89 songs during their career, of which included 86 originals and 3 covers.Emerging from the new wave scene in the late 1970s, the group consisted of singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter Ric Ocasek, bassist and singer Benjamin Orr, lead guitarist Elliot Easton, keyboardist Greg Hawkes, and drummer David Robinson.
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My Best Friend's Girl may refer to: "My Best Friend's Girl" (song), a song by the Cars from the album The Cars (1978) "My Best Friend's Girl", a song by Steps from the album Steptacular (1999) My Best Friend's Girl, a romantic comedy starring Dane Cook and Kate Hudson; My Best Friend's Girl, a film directed by Bertrand Blier
Original album Length; 1. "My Best Friend's Girl" The Cars: 3:44: 2. "You Might Think" Heartbeat City: 3:04: 3. "Since You're Gone" Shake It Up: 3:30: 4. "Shake It Up" Shake It Up: 3:32: 5. "Just What I Needed" The Cars: 3:43: 6. "Magic" Heartbeat City: 3:57: 7. "Touch and Go" Panorama: 4:55: 8. "Drive" Heartbeat City: 3:55: 9. "You Are the ...
Complete Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album by American rock band the Cars, released on February 19, 2002, by Elektra Records and Rhino Records. It contains 20 singles and notable album tracks in chronological order of their original release. Sales of the album reignited following Ric Ocasek's death in September 15, 2019. [3]
After being released on the 1978 album The Cars, "Don't Cha Stop" saw release as the B-side to "My Best Friend's Girl" in the U.S. and Japan. That single hit #35 in America. However, in Europe, the song "Moving in Stereo" was used as the B-side instead.