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Multimedia Index: List of 1979 Songs

Category: Chronological Archive
Description: A list of songs released in 1979. Lyrics are in the English language unless otherwise noted.
Contents: 5 originals · 2 covers
Page Sections: Original Songs · Covers

Original Songs

928
Performer: Keith Sykes
Released: 1979 (I'm Not Strange I Am Just Like You)
Featured Car: Porsche 928
Automobile
Performer: John Prine
Songwriter: John Prine
Released: 1979 (Pink Cadillac)
February morning;
My car won't start today.
I turned the key at 8:03;
And the battery passed away.
Car Trouble
Performers: Adam and the Ants
Songwriter:
Released: 30 November 1979 (Dirk Wears White Sox)
Have you ever had a ride in a light blue car?
Have you ever stopped to think who's the slave and who's the master? Po-po-po.
Have you ever had trouble with your automobile?
Have you ever had to push, push, push, push?
Car trouble.
Cars
Performer: Gary Numan
Songwriter: Gary Numan
Released: 21 August 1979
External Link: Wikipedia
Here in my car, I feel safest of all;
I can lock all my doors, it's the only way to live;
In cars.
Crawling from the Wreckage
Performer: Dave Edmunds
Songwriter: Graham Parker
Released: 8 June 1979 (Repeat When Necessary)
External Link: Wikipedia
Got out really early from the factory;
Driving like a nut in the rain.
Don't think I was acting so hysterically;
But I didn't see a thing until it came.

Covers

Brand New Cadillac
Performers: The Clash
Songwriter: Vince Taylor
Released: 14 December 1979 (London Calling)
Featured Car: Cadillac
External Link: Wikipedia
My baby drove up in a brand new Cadillac;
I said my baby drove up in a brand new Cadillac.
She said listen to me daddy;
I ain't never comin' back.
Cadillac
Performer: Bert De Coninck
Songwriters: Vince Taylor & Bert De Coninck
Released: 1979
Featured Car: Cadillac
External Link: Wikipedia




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